Before Tang Ming came to see Zhu Di, he had already preconceived that the emperor would talk about the big military parade. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 But this Zhu Di caught him off guard, and actually asked about the trip to the island country, Tang Ming, who was stunned for a moment, reacted for a long time, and said with his fists clenched: "Back to the emperor, Weichen will destroy his grass mustard family on this trip, capture the captives, and have a few copies of money and money that are the same as those used in this army." ”

Under Zhu Di's seemingly casual appearance, he kept staring at every slight change in Tang Ming's facial expression, and the spies he sent couldn't understand Tang Ming's real gains, so he wanted to deceive him and see what he had gained. Obviously, Tang Ming's performance at the moment was perfect, and Zhu Di stared at it for a long time without any gain.

After pondering for a moment, he warned coldly: "You will not mention this trip to the island country to the widow in advance, if it causes a war between the two countries, have you ever thought of the consequences?" ”

Zhu Di's attitude at the moment made Tang Ming deeply puzzled, as far as the island country's current divided family ruling system, let alone a war with the Ming Dynasty, it was unknown whether they could unite or not. In fact, after Tang Ming destroyed the grass mustard family in the island country, he also had the idea of taking the opportunity to occupy a place in the island country. But considering that Zhu Di is likely to disagree, he gave up, after all, the island country is still far away from Daming.

With the current inconvenience of transportation, it is not easy to rule the island country in a real and effective way, and military occupation is not what Tang Ming wants. Not to mention the thankless effort, it is very likely that he will trap himself in, if he can't really subdue the island country in a short period of time, then Tang Ming's current military strength alone is very likely to be dragged down by it.

The tide of the Great Voyage had come, and it was not wise to conquer the target by force, what Tang Ming wanted was to rely on the absolute superiority of his current sea power and use economic means to destroy the target he fancied. Without bloodshed, you can easily put your opponent in a place of no return, this is the best policy!

In the face of Zhu Di's questioning, Tang Ming smiled and explained: "The emperor may not know something, in fact, the island country is still in civil strife at the moment, and the scattered island country is not worth mentioning for our Ming Dynasty. If they really dared to make any moves against the Ming Dynasty, they would only need forty treasure ships and five hundred warships to blockade their entire sea area. Occupy its coastal areas again, support the puppet family and plunge it into endless infighting, if this move can become an island nation in a short time, it will be in the bag of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Tang Ming's analysis was the Tao, and after pondering for a while, Zhu Di seemed to feel reasonable, until in the end he was also interested. As Tang Ming said, only forty treasure ships and five hundred warships are needed, and such a military operation is really a drop in the bucket for Zhu Di. With less than one-third of Zheng He's voyage, it is very likely to occupy an island country, and the more he thinks about it, the more cost-effective he feels.

During the period of the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, or before that, the coastal areas had been plagued by Japanese invaders, and this annoying fly could not be extinguished. If you can really occupy the island country without spending great effort and cut off the attack on the Ming coast by the Japanese invaders, this is not an excellent choice.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Di said with great interest: "As you said, if I leave this matter to you to do, how sure are you that it will be done?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Tang Ming knew that Zhu Di was tempted, and sighed in his heart that Zhu Di was still so greedy and cheap, but he said: "The emperor wants to occupy the island country, which is easy for Da Ming at this moment, but the question is how to govern after the occupation." It takes nearly ten days to sail from Minnan Moon Port to the nearest port of the island country, and the weather at sea is ever-changing, which greatly restricts the transmission of news. ”

"For example, if the emperor sends a holy decree from Nanjing to the island country, then this holy decree will take more than ten days to arrive if it is smooth, and a round trip will take more than a month. This is still in the case of smooth sailing, if you encounter weather anomalies on the way, you can't even pass on the news, let alone governance. ”

Zhu Di nodded with deep feelings, and rarely admitted Tang Ming's remarks in person, in fact, most of the reasons why he would be in a hurry to move the capital to Beiping were also based on the consideration of resisting the Tatars nearby. Now it's better, the cement that Tang Ming poured out has built a cement road from Nanjing to Beiping, which has greatly improved the speed of message transmission.

But even if the fastest means of transportation on land is a fast horse, it can't keep up with the speed of a boat. The journey on land requires crossing mountains and mountains, and the sea is much easier, but as Tang Ming said, the sea is not really that easy, and the changeable weather often leads to the inability to go to sea.

Zhu Di's active mind at the beginning was instantly extinguished by Tang Ming's pour of cold water on his head, although there was disappointment in his expression at this moment, it was not serious. After a moment of silence, he changed his tone and changed the topic: "I called you here this time to let you go to Beiping to prepare for the upcoming military parade. This military parade is different from the past, we must show the majesty of my Ming Dynasty, and there will be many envoys from foreign countries coming, don't give me any basket for this matter, otherwise I won't be able to spare you. ”

Tang Ming had already learned about this from Zhang Yu's mouth, so he would not be surprised at all, but Zhu Di had just said that he wanted him to go to Beiping, which was unexpected.

"Your Majesty, why do you want to go to Beiping?" Tang Ming asked the doubts in his heart.

The seriousness on Zhu Di's face was gone, replaced by a smile on his face, the completion of the imperial city of Beiping is getting closer and closer, and now he can't help but be happy when he mentions this, he chuckled and said: "This military parade was originally in Beiping, and now the required venue and some basic personnel, Zhu Neng has almost prepared." You can leave tomorrow, and if you need anything else, just tell Zhu Neng, and he will do his best to meet any of your requests. ”

No wonder Zhu Neng has been staying in Beiping and has never moved a place, Tang Ming will finally understand why, the old guy has been secretly preparing for the big military parade.

Tang Ming accepted Zhu Di's request, and when he left, he originally wanted to find out what Zhu Di thought about the current situation in the court, where the civil and military forces were weak. But in the end, he still couldn't ask, Zhu Di can be regarded as a Ming monarch, and under his governance, the Ming Dynasty is about to usher in a prosperous era, such a person lets civil and military officials fight in the court and ignores it.

What is going on in this Tang Ming doesn't know and doesn't want to get involved, at least until Zhu Di says it, he will definitely not be unhappy. Putting aside the annoying business, Tang Ming has already begun to look forward to the daughter he is about to meet. It's been almost a year since we last met, and the little guy is now more than three years old and almost four years old, I don't know if I still remember my irresponsible father! (To be continued.) )