Zhu Di and others were in the cabin, looking at the uninhabited islands through the bright glass, and the sound of the main cannon roaring came from the deck, and after a while, they saw that the shells fell on the islands, and a burst of fire rushed to the sky, and a huge wave was set off on the sea, slapping fiercely in the direction of North Korea.

"This is the power of my Daming warship!" Zhu Di put his hands behind his back and said with a smile.

The courtiers were all complimented, and a sense of jealousy inevitably flashed in everyone's eyes, and the warship sailed smoothly on the sea, out of Bohai Bay, turned in the direction of Pingcheng, and sailed south.

Kaesong is the capital of North Korea, located in the central and western part of the Korean Peninsula, about 20 kilometers from Ganghwa Bay. It was once the capital of the Goryeo Kingdom, and it is also known as Songdu because of its dense pine forests on Songak Mountain.

In the twenty-first year of Hongwu, the Goryeo general Li Chenggui launched a mutiny, turned his back on the Yuan and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and after several abolitions, he took power and changed the name of the country to Korea.

Initially, the Joseon king's capital was set in Kaesong, but after two years, it was moved to Seoul, and five years later, Taejong Yi Fangyuan returned to Kaesong.

On this day, he heard a rumbling explosion, and Li Fangyuan, who was in the palace, was discussing state affairs with the minister, thinking that there was an earthquake, he jumped up in shock and ran towards the door.

A total of three shells landed on an uninhabited island near the Korean Peninsula at the same time, setting off a huge wave that soared into the sky, and the huge explosion frightened the people near the coast to their knees and worship the sky, and for a while they did not know what was happening.

After kneeling in the yamen for a long time, and after not hearing any more movement, the local officials ran out and hurried to the shore with a whip, and saw a gray-blue behemoth driving on the sea from a distance.

A huge "Ming" on the Golden Dragon Banner was waving in the wind, followed by two slightly smaller behemoths, which were riding the wind and waves.

As if to give an answer to the officials and people of North Korea, at this moment, a black line flew out from this behemoth, and the target was directed at the small island not far away.

The legs of this soldier were weak, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and when he came back to his senses, he could smell a smell of urine.

This...... What is it?

When the waves are gone, where is there still a trace of the island that used to stand in the southwest like coordinates?

When the behemoth gradually went away, he joined the army and was helped up by his entourage, he didn't care that his crotch was still wet, and ordered, "Prepare the horse, hurry up, prepare the horse, I will report to Liyuanjun." ”

Liyuan-kun's name is Min Wuxian, he is the brother-in-law of the Joseon king Li Fangyuan, and at the beginning of this year, he also served as a thanksgiving envoy to Daming, and was named Liyuan-jun after returning.

The attendants hurriedly helped him to his horse and watched him ride away.

In the palace, Li Fangyuan pricked up his ears and listened, there seemed to be another rumbling sound, he was anxious, he didn't know what was going on, if it was an earthquake, it was that he had lost his morality, and he needed to learn from the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to give himself an edict.

The fifth son of Yi Sung-gye, the founding monarch of the Kingdom of Korea, Yi Fangyuan ascended to the throne after two princely coups and was the first Joseon king to be canonized by the Ming Emperor.

After the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di ascended the throne in Yingtianfu, Li Fangyuan sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and in April of the following year, he again sent his courtier Li Guiling to pay tribute.

North Korea has always been the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Li Fangyuan didn't know what was going on outside, and he was uneasy.

He arranged for someone to go out to see what was going on, and after about an hour, the envoy came back, followed by Li Zhan and Min Wuxian.

Li Zhan is known to be learned, served as a government minister, and was the same envoy as Helun to congratulate Ming Chengzu on his ascension to the throne.

"What the hell is going on?" Li Fangyuan was so angry that until now, he didn't know what was going on, and his anger was almost vented on the two important ministers.

"Your Majesty, the two ministers brought Kaesong Mansion to join the army, and he said that he saw with his own eyes what was going on?" Min Wuxian's voice was very heavy, which made Li Fangyuan feel very uneasy, he nodded, and motioned for the Kaesong Mansion to join the army to come in.

If it weren't for the fact that he witnessed the warships of the Ming Dynasty today, he would not have had the opportunity to admire Li Fangyuan's holy face in his life.

Therefore, after this little person came in, he kept his head down, but fortunately he changed into a pair of pants, and the smell of urine was not so obvious.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister saw with his own eyes, the ship of the Ming Dynasty sent out cannonballs, which blew up the islands of our near neighbors of Korea, and their cannonballs were so fast that they couldn't see clearly, and when they rushed out of the boat and landed on the island, the waves rolled ashore, and the ministers still seemed to be in a nightmare, and they didn't dare to think about it!"

Li Fangyuan gasped, he hadn't come back to his senses yet, someone came in again, Li Fangyuan was about to kick this person out, the man was so frightened that he couldn't even care about the etiquette of the monarch and the minister, and said, "Your Royal Highness, the minister heard, I heard that it only took a month for the Ming Dynasty to defeat Annan and Zhancheng!" In order to make amends, Annan and Champa sent hundreds of thousands of people to help the Ming build roads. ”

Li Fangyuan only felt that it was dark in front of him, but fortunately there was a pillar next to him, he hurriedly held on to the pillar and scolded, "Make it clear, what happened?" ”

The soldier and the person who came to report looked at each other, and the soldier decided to repeat it, because he saw it with his own eyes, and he still couldn't believe it, let alone someone he had never seen, and said, "The minister is not lying, the minister heard the bombardment, followed the sound and looked over, and saw a gray-blue behemoth driving on the sea, the minister was still doubting the previous bombardment, and a cannonball flew out of the behemoth, and the minister could see it from far away, and the cannonball flew to the nearby island, and the minister saw that the island was gone." ”

"How can you conclude that it is the Ming Dynasty...... Uh, behemoths? Li Fangyuan was very impetuous, and asked hoarsely.

Fear, so that he could not calm down at all.

Joining the army was sweating all over, and the double fear made him tremble, "Your Royal Highness, the behemoth is like flying, yes, there is the golden dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty, with the words 'Ming' and 'Yongle' on it, and the word 'Mingwei', the minister, the minister is determined, that is the Ming Dynasty." ”

Li Zhan and Min Wuxian glanced at each other, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes, and at this moment, they couldn't say words to comfort the Lord, so they could only lie on the ground to minimize their sense of existence.

This must be the Ming Dynasty, and Li Fangyuan couldn't question it, he asked, "What is this behemoth?" ”

No one gave him an answer, and Li Fangyuan also knew that it was impossible for someone to give him an answer at the moment, so he looked at the other person, "You say, what's going on with Annan and Champong?" ”

"Da Ming, there is a kind of Da Min, a thing called an armored car, which is very large, can drive automatically, is fast, and can go over mountains and mountains. An armored car can seat more than a dozen people, equipped with a turret, a single shell can shoot more than ten or twenty miles, and they also have a kind of fire gun that can fire continuously, and what is fired is the kind of metal lotus canopy, which is completely unstoppable. ”

In the small palace, after the man's words fell, he fell into a dead silence, but there seemed to be a distant rumbling sound in the air, one by one, beating like a drum in the hearts of the Korean monarchs.

For a long time, Li Fang said from afar, "In the past, my ancestor Emperor Hongwu ordered King Kangxian to send his son to escort the relevant personnel to the Ming Dynasty because of my harassment of North Korea, and he had visited my Emperor His Majesty when he passed through Beiping in the past. “

King Kang Xian is Li Fangyuan's father, Li Chenggui.

After Li Fangyuan finished speaking in a nostalgic tone, the atmosphere in the palace was only slightly better, and the courtiers were all relieved.

Min Wuxian said, "The Lord has a deep friendship with His Majesty the Emperor, and the minister thinks that if the Ming Dynasty wants to attack my Korea, he will never bombard the nameless island, and the soldiers should come to the city, and the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Lord should quickly send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty with rich gifts to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor and his subjects." “

This is the right way, Li Fangyuan also thought of this, nodded and said, "My Emperor His Majesty is a great achievement, such as my country's small wreckage and great gift, and the master will ask for guilt." I think that sincerity and fortification of the fortress to store food and wages are the most urgent tasks of the day. “

In a word, Li Fangyuan determined the direction of the exchange with Daming, and after he said this, the important ministers and small people kneeling on the ground had no objection.

Instead, Li Fangyuan asked, "Who is the right person to send to Daming?" ”

Li Zhan said, "During the Hongwu period that year, King Kang Xian sent His Royal Highness the Lord to Daming, why didn't His Royal Highness follow suit and send the prince to Daming?" “

Li Fangyuan nodded, thought about it, and in order to show his sincerity, he decided to send Li He, the prince of the king, to Daming.

Li Yu is the eldest son of Li Fangyuan, born to Li Fangyuan and Princess Min.

Min was born in the aristocracy of the Kaijing Gate Valve, the second daughter of Min Ji, the monarch of Lixing Mansion, and made great contributions in the process of seizing power by Fuzuo Fujun, but because of jealousy and Li Fangyuan's attitude towards foreign relatives, he was not on good terms with Li Fangyuan.

Li He received the order and ordered him to leave immediately, and Li He, who was still dizzy, had to enter the palace to ask his father about it.

At this time, Li Fangyuan was talking to the Min family in Gyeongbokgung Palace, one face facing east and the other facing west, and Li Fangyuan reiterated the matter of wanting the prince to marry the princess of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Exotic Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"

Min felt very surprised, before this, Li Fangyuan did ask someone to go to Daming, and proposed to let Huang Yan be a matchmaker, and proposed to the emperor of Daming to marry the princess of Daming to the prince as a concubine.

How could Huang Yan be so ignorant of current affairs and mention to Zhu Di such a thing that would lead to the crime of exterminating the Nine Clans?

Jun did not see the Han Dynasty repeatedly marrying princesses, exchanging a short peace to the Xiongnu, and finally the Han Dynasty. From then on, for the emperor of the Central Plains, the marriage of the princess was a sign of shame.

Huang Yan didn't mention it, Li Fangyuan also regretted it, and initially decided to hire the daughter of Jin Han Lao of Zuo Yizheng as the wife of the son, both sides are optimistic, what does it mean to regret it now?

Min didn't speak for a while, he and Li Fangyuan were a young couple, but after Li Fangyuan ascended the throne, he repeatedly visited the maid, which made Min very dissatisfied.

Later, Li Fangyuan simply referred to the harem system of previous dynasties and officially established the imperial concubine. In March of the first year of Yongle, Li Fangyuan accepted the daughter of Junle Zhengquanhong as a concubine, and the husband and wife gradually became strangers.

But in any case, the Min family gave birth to eleven children for Li Fangyuan, survived four sons and four daughters, and was the wife of the chaff, which made great contributions to Li Fangyuan's seizure of power, and Li Fangyuan had no reason to dethrone him.

After Li Yu came in, he saw his parents communicating with silence, Li Fangyuan re-mentioned the idea of hiring Princess Daming as his wife for Li He, Li He became more and more shocked, and asked, "Please also ask my father to make it clear!" ”

Li Yu had an answer in his heart, and it was rumored outside that Daming's artillery was so powerful, and he guessed that his father wanted to protect the country's security by marriage because he was afraid of Daming.

Li Fangyuan said, "Success or not, this matter is still yours, I want to send you to lead the mission to Daming, on the way to this way, you must see more, learn more, after you come back, nothing is too big and small." ”

When he left, he saw the gift that his father had prepared for Daming, he really doubted that his father had moved the inner library, ginseng, straw mats, lacquerware, fox tails, leopard skins and otter skins, loaded with five hundred carts, and hundreds of oily and slippery horses, it was really exciting to watch!

Li Yu and the Korean mission, plus more than 3,000 people in the chariot escort, set off from Pingcheng Mansion to Daming.

After passing Zhoudong and crossing the Shanhaiguan, Li He and his entourage went on the newly built asphalt road, the hard road surface, in the middle of the road is a row of luxuriant chrysanthemums, three roads on the right, three roads on the left, Li He and others did not know which road to go on for a while.

Fortunately, there was a person in front, riding a two-wheeled car, which Li He and others had never seen before, and when they saw Li He and others, the man wearing a straw hat was busy pointing, "You go on that side of the road, do you see the arrows on the road, don't go on the wrong path, so as not to affect others." ”

Li Yu glanced at the people of the envoy group, Li Zhan stood up, he went to Daming many times, and spoke very well in the original language, seeing that this person was only in his forties, he shouted, "Brother, what kind of car are you?" ”

"You shouldn't be my Ming people, right?" The man pushed the cart and stood at the intersection, "I'm riding a bicycle, if you want to ask what kind of road this is, this is an asphalt road, you should hurry up, it's too late, you can't get to the station!" ”

After saying that, the man rode his bicycle and went up to the fork in the road unusually.

Li Yu and others don't know why, on the asphalt road, the carriage is suddenly much easier, the wind after the autumn is very cool, and the chrysanthemums in the middle of the road exude bursts of fragrance, this is still the Ming Dynasty, which is completely different from the Ming Dynasty that Li Zhan and others have seen before.

Further on, the chrysanthemums in the middle of the road were replaced by pines and cypresses, and crape myrtle trees were planted at intervals after the flowering season, because the weather was too dry, the old farmer wearing a straw hat held a long pipe in his hand, and water came out of the water pipe and sprinkled on the newly planted crape myrtle trees.

This is so amazing, Li Yu and the others have never seen this kind of pipe, and they can't tell what material it is made of, they paused, the old farmer has been stared at for a long time, raised his head, and looked at everyone.

"Uncle, what are you holding in your hand?"

"Water pipes!" The old farmer lifted the black water pipe and said proudly, "It's the water pipe, let's go, don't be uncommon and weird!" ”

This water pipe is not cheap, it is sent down from above, the old farmer saw that it was a visitor from other places, he was afraid of being robbed, so he hurriedly carried the water pipe and left.

It's a bicycle and a water pipe, a rarity they've never seen before.

When I entered the city of Beijing, it was evening, and there were no candle lights on both sides of the road, and the buses stopped along the way, and the carts selling food along the way, made Li Yu and others have the illusion that they had entered another world.

Li Yu stayed in Beijing, I don't know what night it is, in Muromachi, Kyoto, Japan, Xiangguo Temple, Japan's new king Ashikaga Yoshinori stepped into the deer garden courtyard, standing high in front of the Buddha statue, a monk sitting cross-legged, wearing a robe, is muttering sutras.

Hearing the movement, his ears moved slightly, and his mouth stopped.

Ashikaga Yoshinori walked up the steps, took off his shoes at the door, walked into the Buddhist hall, and knelt down within the threshold, "Father! ”

The monk was silent, and Ashikaga Yoshimori's voice trembled, "The warship of the Ming Dynasty stopped near Izumo and blasted Hakuki, Izumo, and Iwami into ruins. “

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has been a monk for ten years, and Ren has completed his cultivation, but at this time, he is still shocked, and the Buddha in his hand slammed and sprinkled all over the ground.

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty knows about this?"

Ashikaga Yoshimashi shook his head, "The son doesn't know, father, the son has sent someone to see those places, where the shells fell, a ruin, the mountain fire burned all night, according to the survivors, at that time, the warships of the Ming Dynasty were at least five miles away from the shore, and the shells kept bombarding our land, and the son wanted to send someone to the Ming Dynasty to ask for an explanation." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu raised his hand, he slowly stood up, at this time, four years before his death, his body was still still in good spirits, pacing around the Buddhist hall, asking, "What did you say when you came back?" ”

Although the position of general was given to his son, the real power of Japan was still in the hands of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and power was like an addictive poison, once contaminated, no one could quit it.

"Fei Fu said that Daming has an armored car covered in iron, and Daming's cannonballs can fly twenty miles away, and his son thinks that this warship must also be made of iron."

"Da Ming punished more than 2,000 of my international students as lowly slaves, helping them build roads and serve forced labor, which is simply too deceitful!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu swept away the compassion of his family and gritted his teeth, "When Emperor Hongwu was alive, although he did not recognize the status of my Ashikaga clan, he was not so deceitful. Emperor Jianwen canonized me as the king of Japan, which is considered to be a person who understands current affairs, and now that Zhu Di is the emperor, he is so humiliating to my sunrise country. ”

Ashikaga Yoshinori knelt on the ground, also full of resentment, "Father, what should I do?" ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't know what to do, so he had to say, "Shi Ami is still in the Ming Dynasty, what does he say?" ”

"Shi Ami let the fat rich come back and said that the great prince and the third prince of the Ming Dynasty know how to respect people and Huairou the feudal country, but the four princes are arrogant and rude, and they have always been favored by His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and it should be that he slandered in front of the Ming Emperor, so that the Ming Emperor conquered the Quartet, Annam and Zhancheng have been bent to the knees as slaves, and North Korea has always looked forward to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is especially dissatisfied with my sunrise country."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said, "Order people to send envoys to Korea, Champong and Annam, listen to their opinions, send envoys, send the thickest gifts to the Ming Dynasty, and if you can, form an alliance with the great prince of the Ming Dynasty to deal with the four princes together." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu thought for a while and asked, "His Majesty the Ming Emperor is not confused, hasn't he yet set up a crown prince?" ”

Ashikaga Yoshishichi, "According to the family law of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Emperor should make the prince the crown prince, but I don't know what's going on, this time the Ming Emperor did not announce it to the world, but hid the holy decree of the prince in the Fengtian Temple behind the Zhengda Guangming plaque, few people know who the person is?" ”

"Then let it go, and say that the crown prince is the fourth prince. When we can't defeat the enemy, only the enemy can help us defeat him. ”

"Yes!" Ashikaga Yoshitsu threw himself to the ground with five bodies, and after saluting his father, he crawled like a dog and crossed the threshold.

When Ashikaga Yoshinori reported to his father, Daming's artillery swept past Nagato, and the warship swung its tail beautifully and headed in the direction of Yingtenfu.

As soon as Ashikaga Yoshimori came out of Sokokuji Temple, a samurai came to report, and his eyes were so dark that he almost fell to the ground.

On the warship, Zhu Di and the others saw Jiangning Mansion from afar, the monarchs and ministers were standing on the deck, the late autumn sea breeze with a fishy smell was blowing slowly, and the golden sunlight reflected on the deck.

When the Ming shells fell mercilessly on the Japanese islands, the hearts of the Ming courtiers were very uneasy, if the Ming Dynasty invaded Annam, because the Annan courtiers usurped the throne, lost their ethics, and carried out deception on the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain, and hung the people, for a legitimate reason, then what about Japan?

What did Japan do wrong?

You know, the generals of the Muromachi shogunate in Japan have asked the Ming to trade again and again with a humble attitude, does the Ming Dynasty say that now that they have advanced weapons and developed industries, they are unwilling to make friends with their neighbors, go around to conquer and commit banditry?

Moreover, the emperor did not consult the ministers, and insisted on making a move against the neighboring countries, which made the ministers particularly uneasy.

"Your Majesty, where did Japan offend us?" Zhao Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't help but asked puzzled.

When Zhao was still in infancy, he avoided trouble in the mountains and forests with his mother, and when he met Menghu, his mother put it on the ground in a panic, and Menghu looked at him for a long time and turned away.

Zhao Li has been smart since childhood, tireless in learning, Hongwu for 20 years, from the township to Taixue, and then worked in Shandong, with diligence and prudence, for the chief and step by step.

Zhu Di didn't answer well, holding on to the railing, muttering for a long time, Zhu Gaoxian came over with two cups of tea, handed a cup to his father, a cup for himself, took a sip, and said, "Lao Zhao, the cannonball is not long-eyed, the same firing method, the North Korean side did not wipe the edge, but this sunrise country, it suffered, you ask my father, why don't you ask the turret, what's going on?" ”

This is talking about business, the Fourth Highness is so unreasonable, what's going on?

Zhao Xian was furious, especially when he saw that Zhu Gaoxian was young and hairless on his mouth, he was even more polite, "Your Highness, I am a big country in the Central Plains, and I have always had the title of a ceremonial state, and the country of the rising sun has always been willing to serve my Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, and I admire the culture of my Central Plains, and sent more than 2,000 students to study. ”

"Yes, I gave the order, why, you object?" Zhu Gaoxian smiled, "I remember, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the Guozijian is your territory, you are here to question me on behalf of the country of the rising sun?" ”

"Don't dare!" said that he didn't dare, but Zhao Qian didn't dare at all, "The king of Japan has not sent an envoy to denounce it for the time being, and now His Royal Highness has bombarded the land of Japan with cannonballs, I don't know how His Highness intends to explain?" ”

"Why do I have to explain?" Zhu Gaoxian squinted his eyes, and his mood was a little impetuous, "Lao Zhao, your family is rich, you are a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, a second-class official of the imperial court, in the eyes of the common people, you are a big country in the state, rich and powerful, why don't you get a few more children from poor families to look like in your family, and let your son's reading teacher also teach them to read, tell them the way to get rich, the trick of the middle lift, and compete with your son?" ”

What kind of fallacy is this? Zhao Di fainted all of a sudden, but those ministers who had been dealing with Zhu Gaoxian for a long time, such as Xia Yuanji, Song Li and others, understood, and Zhu Di also understood, and felt that it made sense and was a little funny.

"You have the ability to do things that are good, what is the matter if you use my resources to help others?" Zhu Gaoxian was obviously annoyed, "The knowledge of my Ming Dynasty is left by my ancestors, not a certain person's, and my Ming industry's industry is developed by all of us." Japanese students in my Ming Dynasty, eat and wear for nothing, take benefits, don't you pay any price? Okay, you think what I did is unreasonable, one person is a little less than one or two silver a month, more than 2,000 people, you count how long you have been in my Daming, you are willing to pay for these silver, you take people away! ”

Zhao Qian became more and more confused, and asked puzzledly, "Your Royal Highness, a student from Japan, spent the money of the Ming Dynasty, what does it have to do with the minister?" Why is it a courtier's payout? ”

This money, counting it, is a lot, not to mention that he Zhao Xuan does not have such a huge amount of money, even if he has, why should he be the wrongdoer?

"Since it has nothing to do with you, then what are you running to avenge for the country of the rising sun?"

Only then did Zhao Xian remember that he was reasoning because of the Ming Dynasty's random attack on Japan, but he was accidentally pulled astray, and he didn't dare to reason with Zhu Gaoxian again, Zhao Xuan said, "Is His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince planning to use this warship to attack Japan?" I don't know what the name of the teacher is? ”

Since ancient times, empires need to have a name for their expeditions, which is also used to restrain those warmongers, but from ancient times to the present, emperors who like to fight have a name for their expeditions, and it is too easy.

For example, Yingzheng attacked the Six Kingdoms in order to unify the Six Kingdoms and rescue the people in the six countries, such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who fought the Xiongnu, that was because the Xiongnu always committed the border, and the shame of marrying a princess and relatives was a bloody Han man; For example, Tang Taizong pacified the Turks, in order to prevent the Eastern Turks from dominating East Asia, and he wanted the position of the Khan on this day to conquer Gaochang and Goguryeo, and there was always an unexpected reason.

Zhu Gaoxian looked at Ru Yu, what does that mean, Ru Yu, you are the secretary of the Ministry of War, isn't it up to you to answer this question?

Ru Yu trembled, he stepped forward, saluted Zhu Di and his son, and said slowly, "Your Majesty, the pirates of the Japanese Kingdom harass the coast of the East China Sea all the year round, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil, the emperor ordered the king of Japan to punish him, and the king of Japan was perfunctory, and captured twenty pirates to prevaricate. ”

Although the secretary of the military department is in charge of the military department, military affairs, in fact, he is a civilian official.

Zhao Yi originally thought that Ru Yu would support him, but he didn't expect that Ru Yu would turn around so neatly, he was angry and said to Ru Jin, "You ......"

wanted to scold a few sentences, but in front of Zhu Di, he really didn't dare, and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is a big country, acting so arrogantly and unreasonably, so like this, how to convince people with virtue?" ”

Convince people with virtue?

Zhu Gaoxian felt that this was all before the advent of thermal weapons, you take a kitchen knife, I take a sickle, I can't kill you at once, and you can't kill me at once.

In later generations, after a hundred years of humiliation, my China struggled with great difficulty, being chased and intercepted from all sides, bullied by all kinds, and giving in everywhere.

If you want to be reasonable, the premise is that your fists are hard, and your fists are not hard, who will listen to your reasoning?

But his own people still have to rely on reasoning to communicate, Zhu Gaoxian didn't speak for the time being, and listened to what his father said.

Zhu Di has been nurtured by his son for many years, and in addition, he is also an unreasonable person in his bones, so he is not very willing to entangle and deal with the ministers, so he has to be patient at this time, "You have a point, since Japan has repeatedly harassed the coast of my Ming Dynasty, I should also reason with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu five times, if he is perfunctory, I should be more patient to reason with him, let him understand that this is not right, Zhao Aiqing, do you say yes?" ”

Zhao Yan's face was red and white for a while, and he had no confidence to speak, "Minister, minister doesn't mean this!" ”

"Then, Zhao Aiqing, can you help me come up with an idea?" Zhu Di said in a seductive tone, "My Daming, there are armored vehicles on land and armored warships on the sea, and I still have to endure those flies and mosquitoes to harass my people all day long?" So what do I want to do with this? With this money, I don't squander it, I don't enjoy it, let my son work hard, what do you do with this? When furnishings? When decorated? ”

Zhu Di was a little angry as he spoke, but on this good day, Zhu Di didn't want to spoil the atmosphere, he took a deep breath, and slowly swept over all the civil and military generals with Long Wei's gaze, and said, "If I can't even protect my own people, for the sake of face, let them be bullied and slaughtered by others, am I worthy of being the respect of this Ninety-Five and worthy of the support of the people?" ”

"If you want to be famous, you can, I will give it to you, since the Tang Dynasty, the country of the Japanese has openly regarded the country of my Central Plains as the suzerain, but in fact, it wants to deceive the upper and lower levels, calling its small country the country of the rising sun, and calling my Central Plains suzerainty the country of the sunset, this alone is enough to make me have the heart to destroy his clan, how can there be a reason not to pay the price for arrogance!"

The more Zhu Di spoke, the more angry he became, these Wenchen actually dared to bully his youngest son, "Zhu Gaoxu! ”

"Erchen is here!"

"I have ordered you to be the general of Zhengkou, and from now on you will be responsible for the preparation of our Ming Navy, and I will see ten such warships and ninety cruisers within a year!"

What does the emperor want to do?

Before Zhao Qi woke up, Zhu Gaoxu had already knelt down and said excitedly, "Erchen has the order!" ”

At this moment, Ma Sanbao walked over quickly and said to Zhu Di, "Your Majesty, my subordinates have observed that about five miles away from my Ming warship, there are three large pirate ships of the Japanese Kingdom, trying to spy on my Ming warship. ”

What a sin to be desired!

These three Japanese pirate ships are not big, and one of them is a defeated samurai, from the Japanese island of Kyushu, who can't survive in Japan, so they drift near the left, looting when they have the opportunity, and chatting for a living.

Naturally, they didn't have telescopes, and when they saw Daming's big ship, they had already been locked by the warship and were quickly reported to Zhu Di by Ma Sanbao.

Zhu Di glanced at the Wenchen generals, after everyone was scolded just now, they all lowered their heads, Zhu Di nodded at Ma Sanbao, Ma Sanbao waved his hand backwards, and waved a flag from the Ming Navy on the third deck to the Ming Navy.

At this time, the Jiangning wharf had been cleared, and Zhu Gaochi led the civil and military officials who stayed in Yingtianfu to meet Zhu Di.

The autumn sun was shining, the sea was calm, and a ship holding the golden dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty was moving quickly towards this side, and when it was about to dock, the speed slowed down.

And on the ship, without warning, three shells flew out and rushed straight towards the sea not far away.

After seeing Daming's ship, the Japanese were already terrified, and the ronin warriors rowed desperately into the distance, no matter what direction ahead, as long as they could stay away from Daming's ship, they would have more safety.

It's just that it's too late!

The leader of the pirates standing on the deck clutched his katana tightly in his hand and shouted frantically, "Hurry, hurry!" ”

He heard the wind whistling in his ears, and saw the black thing flying towards them.

It's a cannonball!

This is a shell that he has never seen before!

He only had time to realize this little bit in his mind, and a violent explosion sounded in his ears, and his soul floated in the sky, and he saw the shattered ship, the broken arm, the head that had broken away from the body, and the monstrous waves that had been shaken up, and the living people who were stunned after seeing this scene not far away!

Zhu Gaochi and the others heard a huge explosion, and the waves rushed into the sky, and the three ships were washed into the sky, and then split into pieces, which fell on the sea like rain.

They seemed to see the black sea water stained red with blood, and in an instant, it was washed away by the waves, and the sea soon calmed down, and pieces of wood floated quietly on the sea, and those who had flaunted their might, bullied and plundered, disappeared like this.

This is the warship of the Ming Dynasty?

The sound of the motor sounded at the dock, the warship slowly approached the dock, Zhu Gaochi and the others recovered from the horror, everyone knelt down, and the mountain shouted long live.

The boat board was on the dock, Zhu Di walked on the boat board steadily, and when the footsteps fell on the flat ground, Zhu Di only felt like a dream.

Behind him, Xu, supported by his two sons, also got off the boat and stood calmly beside Zhu Di.