Chapter Ninety-Three: The Age of Discovery

For the Wa Kingdom, no matter which dynasty it is, it is dismissive.

However, looking down on it is looking down on it, and there is really no way for the past dynasties to take the Wa Kingdom.

Because the Wa Kingdom is too far away, if you want to go to the Wa Kingdom, you have to cross the ocean to the east, and in this era when the weather is not mature enough, the ocean is very difficult to control. In the unlikely event of a storm during the voyage, it is likely that the entire army will be wiped out. To conquer the Japanese kingdom in the east, the cost is too great, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, in all dynasties, the harassment of the Japanese state can only be prevented, and the Ming Dynasty can only be exhausted during the decades of being attacked by the Japanese invaders.

If the Wa Kingdom is willing to make friends and send people to pay tribute, it will be the greatest majesty of the Heavenly Empire, and a lot of treasures will have to be given.

Destroying the Wa Kingdom, if this had been placed in the past, the ministers would not have dared to think about it.

But today history has changed.

Everything seemed so unreal.

The ministers couldn't believe it, but the secret reports would not be false, and the gold and silver treasures seized from the Japanese kingdom would not deceive people.

At this time, even the hard-mouthed Yanguan couldn't help but scream.

"The emperor has become something that no one can do in the past dynasties, it is really the three emperors of Degai, the five emperors, there is no ancient, and there is no one after him!"

"The emperor works hard, works diligently, is admired by all the people, and is wise and martial......"

The sycophants slapped like a tide.

No matter which dynasty it is, it is a supreme honor to expand the territory, and at this time, the ministers are not stingy with their praise.

A historian immediately wrote: "In the third year of Zhengde, the emperor improved people's livelihood, overhauled water conservancy, and prevented flooding and drought. The eastern crusade exterminated the Japanese, opened the trade sea in the west, opened up the maritime Silk Road, and demonstrated the majesty of the kingdom of the Great Tomorrow. It's really a gentleman through the ages! ”

In history, all emperors who can open up territories and expand their territory are all famous in history, not to mention those like Ye Jun, who can destroy a country to shock the holy might, even the historians brag about it without any restraint!

"Alright, don't be a sycophant!"

Ye Jun waved his hand, but his heart was still very comfortable.

In the world, who doesn't like to be touted? If there is, it must be pretending.

Ye Jun waited for the court to stop, and continued: "The Wa Kingdom has been destroyed, everything needs to be rebuilt. All kinds of systems, officials, and policies need people, and who wants to go there? ”

There was silence in the room.

The ministers looked around and began to talk in a low voice.

There are advantages and disadvantages to going to the Wa Kingdom. The advantage is naturally that he has now gone to the Wa Kingdom, that is, he has been entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and he will definitely be promoted when he comes back. But there are also disadvantages, after all, after crossing the ocean and leaving the court, what if the emperor forgets about it, what if you stay there for ten or twenty years? The Wa Kingdom is not like the Ming Dynasty, even if the Ming Dynasty is remote Yunnan and Lingnan, it is more prosperous than the Wa Kingdom, and life is much better.

After the ministers hesitated, a young man immediately stood up and said loudly: "The minister is willing to go!" ”

It's none other than Wang Yangming. In Wang Yangming's view, at this time, the Japanese kingdom has just been destroyed, and it is urgent to stabilize it.

Ye Jun bowed slightly, the best candidate in his heart was Wang Yangming.

First of all, Wang Yangming is young and sharp, which is very in line with Ye Jun's policy towards Dongying, and secondly, Wang Yangming offended too many officials in the previous investigation of Tianmu, although others did not dare to deal with Wang Yangming, but Wang Yangming could not integrate into this big circle and was ostracized. It's okay for a short time, but for a long time, once Wang Yangming is caught with a sore foot, his enemies will definitely not give up.

Therefore, sending Wang Yangming to Dongying is the best choice.

Ye Jun nodded and said: "Bo'an, I have appointed you as the governor of Dongying, in charge of all military and civil affairs on the four islands of Dongying, let Xichang Qianhu Yue Buqun cooperate with you, for the Japanese aborigines, if they can be killed, they will be killed, and if they can't be killed, let them do hard labor, and leave no trace of the blood of the Japanese slaves." The population is not enough, so they migrated from the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and the common people did not have a lot of fields, as long as they were willing to go to Dongying, one person was rewarded with one hundred acres of land, and two Dongying girls were rewarded! ”

The emperor's foul language made some old antiques in the court frown.

An official couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is mighty and virtuous, and it should show the majesty of a great country, and the Japanese slaves should be appeased first, and people should be subdued by virtue, why is it so violent?" ”

Wang Yangming had already thrown himself to the emperor and admired him incomparably, so someone slandered the emperor? You say the emperor is violent? Doesn't he treat the emperor as a tyrant? How unreasonable!

"Lord Yang's words are wrong, the so-called non-people of my clan will have different hearts, I have hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, those fields are not enough to support my Daming, why should I leave those slaves with cheap blood?" Wang Yangming pointed at the other party, and spit Xingzi sprayed the other party's face: "Could it be that Lord Yang is also related to the Japanese slaves?" There is the blood of the Japanese slaves on his body, otherwise how could he intercede for the Japanese slaves? ”

"You're spewing blood!" Yang Yan trembled with anger.

"Since you don't, then you can prove it to everyone!" Wang Yangming saluted Ye Jun and said: "The minister begs the emperor for permission, let Lord Yang go to Dongying with his ministers, and let Lord Yang be the master of the prison and behead the Japanese slaves, and he will not be allowed to come back unless he personally cuts off the heads of 10,000 Japanese slaves!" ”

Good idea!

Ye Jun's eyes lit up, and he waved his big hand: "Accurate!" ”

The ministers looked at Yang Yanguan's eyes full of sympathy, this old guy usually likes to talk a lot, but what a mouth at this time! It's okay now, Daming's blessings can't be enjoyed, so he went to Dongying to be an executioner. 10,000 heads, even if this old guy is asked to cut 30 a day, it will have to be cut for a year. Can this old guy still carry a knife? Besides, if you really cut off so many people's heads with your own hands, won't you have nightmares at night? Can you still sleep?

Subsequently, Ye Jun issued an order to select talents from among the young officials to go to Dongying, and all those who were selected were promoted to the next level. Moreover, at the same time, we will recruit talents from all over the country, and strive to build Dongying into an inseparable maritime pearl of the Ming Dynasty within three years!

Next, it is time to open up the western maritime trade.

Half a year ago, Ye Jun sent 13,000 to the west to explore the way, and now it is almost there, and in the past half a year, the Daming Naval Division has expanded a fleet again.

Now in Western countries, there are a lot of pirates, with the protection of the fleet, you can let go of your hands to do business, you don't want to do my business, I can't do it, Lao Tzu has cannons!

Looking at the courtiers, Ye Jun smiled and said, "I know that you have lost a lot of money by checking the acres of land, and you have had no taste in the past half a year. However, you have worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and I am not a ruthless person. Now that the Maritime Silk Road has been opened, I will send fleets to escort merchant ships to the West to do business. If you have relatives in your family who want to do business, you can also send a boat to follow you, and of course, the protection fee must not be less. ”

To do business in the West, it is not enough to rely on 13,000 people, the market in the West is too big. From India, to Portugal, across Asia and Europe. In such a big market, Ye Jun has eaten a lot of it, and he doesn't mind giving some sweetness to these officials.

If you want the horse to run, you have to give some grass.

It is unrealistic to expect these officials to have a clean breeze on their sleeves and rely on love to generate electricity.

Only when they make money out there do they look down on the embezzled silver.

In this way, the ministers were tied to a boat in the matter of opening the sea, and from then on, there would be absolutely no more opposition to the opening of the sea.

Why did Spain and Portugal rise to prominence in the Age of Discovery? It is by relying on this relationship of interests that the interests of the whole country are tied to the same boat, and all the citizens aim to make money by sea, and naturally expand the territory of the country.

Didn't Columbus discover America with the support of Spain?

And now, Ye Jun has taken this step, and from now on, the entire Daming people will become wheels to push the torrent of Daming forward.

With the current heritage, culture, science and technology and national potential of the Ming Dynasty, once the Age of Exploration is opened, who in the world can match?

What Spain, Portugal? You're all over the ground looking for teeth!