Chapter 122: Someone from Japan

When King Yan blurted out, he already regretted it.

secretly said in his heart: "I said that I showed my mouth." ”

From the bottom of his heart, King Yan is not a person who is too peaceful. He naturally didn't want to go to Mobei simply to be a king of Mobei. It's just that this idea, King Yan didn't tell anyone. After all, King Yan knew very well that for the Ming Dynasty, a vassal king who could suppress the Mongols. It is still a big empire spanning Mobei, the Western Regions, and even Central Asia, which is more in line with the needs of the Ming Dynasty, which can be understood without thinking about it.

Regardless of whether King Yan is a descendant of the royal family or not, when the two great empires are close, they will feel threatened by each other.

Therefore, King Yan was actually very worried that he would be constrained by the center if he did this.

This is also the reason why King Yan curries favor with the crown prince. He likes his prince brother to let him go in the future.

However, King Yan's words are sincere, and they are sincere. Because, King Yan knew very well that he wanted to achieve such a grand goal. He doesn't need a strong general who can fight well. King Yan is actually very conceited in his heart. feels that he can have a place for the heroes of the world.

What he needs is a Xiao He.

This is also the reason why King Yan attaches so much importance to Lian Zining. But he felt that Lian Zining's teacher was much more powerful than Lian Zining himself. If He Xi can assist him. That couldn't be better.

He Xi pretended not to hear what King Yan said, coughed, and said, "Your Highness, it's useless for you to tell me about this matter. ”

He Xi had such thoughts about King Yan, and he had some speculation from the beginning. At this moment, I don't think it's strange that the Yongle Emperor Zhen'an is divided into a vassal king, which is a strange thing. Even for this matter, He Xi is happy to see it come to fruition.

Because, He Xi understood at this moment what is called the nature of capital expansion. In order to maintain the immature industrial system, He Xi needs a market. And the Daming internal market is the largest. However, it is impossible to expand the market without destroying the stable small-scale peasant economy within the Ming Dynasty.

Because the people with the largest base will not buy much goods at all.

But if the smallholder economy is destroyed, the turmoil it will cause is something He Xi does not want to face. That's the only way to expand the market. And the market in Nanyang is certainly one thing. But the market in the Western Regions is also one aspect. In He Xi's view, Daming's market in Nanyang has reached a stage.

It's hard to expand.

The four towns of Nanyang seem to be very powerful, but in fact, the foundation is unstable. It's like the four towns in the Western Regions in the early Tang Dynasty, which were repeatedly lost and occupied several times, and He Xi didn't feel rare at all. At this time, stability should be the main thing.

The Indian Ocean can only be explored by private individuals, and it is better for the military to stop.

I have to admit that there are still some differences between the national character of Chinese and Westerners. It seems that the Chinese have been in the Great Unification Dynasty for too long. The government of the regime is more sacred and will not be touched lightly. Therefore, even if the private merchant fleet actually has some strength, even if there are high-ranking officials and dignitaries behind these fleets, they are only doing business, and will not encroach on foreign lands and establish ruling institutions. Something like that.

And even the more background the fleet, the less likely it is to do this.

Quite simply, in the eyes of these dignitaries, sea trade is just a way to make money. And the land is the foundation that can be passed on to future generations. The status of the court is the source of everything. It is impossible for him to do something taboo for a little money, if they make some territory overseas. It is known from above.

aroused the suspicion of the emperor, and that was more than worth the loss.

Therefore, without the support of the army, in many places in Tianzhu, business is not big.

This is also the business environment of the whole world in this era, even in some places in later generations, without the support of the state, many businesses cannot be done. Not to mention this era.

Therefore, the expansion of other aspects, and even the expansion of any aspect, He Xi is supportive.

He Xi even felt that he had become an imperialist.

Ming imperialism.

Yan Wang and He Xi didn't have a deep conversation on this topic, I'm afraid they will be embarrassed by each other. The ship slowly entered the port. King Yan seemed to want to divert the topic, and suddenly many soldiers got down from the ship. "Where did these people come from?" he asked. ”

He Xi looked over, his heart moved, and said, "It should be Ye Shen who came back from Japan." ”

The fighting in Nagasaki has been going on since last winter. Fu Youde has already started his shift. Ye Shen's department has been fighting in Nagasaki for more than a month, plus it is a cavalry, so it is useless in the mountainous places of Japan. So Fu Youde has already discussed it with He Xi. Transfer Ye Shen's subordinates back, and then ask He Xi to select a few guards from the Liaodong guards and send them to the front line.

By the way, let Ye Shen rest for a while.

Yan Wang said: "It's just right, ask how the Japanese front line is?" The Battle of Nagasaki was fought a little too long. ”

He Xi was a little strange and said, "Is there any problem?" ”

King Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know." But it always feels wrong. ”

He Xi's military sensitivity is too low. Far inferior to King Yan. He Xi didn't believe King Yan's statement at the moment, but when He Xi asked Ye Shen, he believed in King Yan's foresight.

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Yingkou Yefu.

He Xi took King Yan to the house and greeted the people in the family, King Yan saw Ye Yuansi and gave gifts, as if He Xi also had gifts for King Yan's three sons.

Soon, He Xi inquired that Ye Shen had arrived. Immediately called Ye Shen over. Inquire about the situation.

Ye Shen naturally didn't dare to lie in front of He Xi.

He said: "Actually, Yingchuan Hou is not wrong at all. It's just that there are some things he didn't say. The Battle of Nagasaki, fought like this, in my estimation, was also unexpected by the Marquis of Yingchuan. I figured out that the original idea of the Marquis of Yingchuan was to determine the decisive victory, and then let the other daimyo know where the power of heaven was. have defected, not now, and want to use the defection of the Kyushu daimyo as a means to break the situation. ”

He Xi naturally understood.

These two ideas, which seem to be just one after the other, are actually the difference between active and passive strategy.

He Xi, a qualified general, knows that he is controlled by others, but not by others, doesn't Fu Youde know that pinning the hope of victory on others is too ethereal. He Xi was taken aback and glanced at King Yan. But he saw that King Yan was not shocked. No change at all. It seems to be expected.

He Xi said: "Tell me in detail. What was the situation on the battlefield in Japan? ”

Ye Shen said: "Because my department is a cavalry, I didn't go to the battlefield for the first time. Rather, it is now being repaired on the islands near Nagasaki. However, I have heard a few points, but Japan is not unguarded. On the coastline of Kyushu, there is a line of defense, which was built to prevent the Yuan Dynasty from the eastward expedition, known as the Great Wall of Nations. It was built when the Japanese Imperial Court allocated it to other countries this year. Each daimyo bears a paragraph. It is known as the Great Wall of Nations. Yes, in the direction of Hakata Bay, it is difficult to land. However, Yingchuan Hou chose Nagasaki really well. Hit Japan by surprise. ”

Nagasaki was the center of Sino-Japanese exchange during the Ming Dynasty. Prior to that, the most important port in Kyushu was in Hakata Bay. It is also the main battlefield of the Mongol conquest.

Japan wants to replicate the experience of the last time. The focus of the defense was also on Hakata Bay.

The choice of Yingchuan Hou has the effect of avoiding the real and attacking the false.

But Nagasaki also has the disadvantage of Nagasaki, which is that Nagasaki is a prominent peninsula. Attacking Kyushu from Nagasaki, the attack surface was not large. The current stalemate has been formed. It is also related to the topography of Nagasaki.

Ye Shen continued: "The Marquis of Yingchuan originally wanted to book the battlefield in Nagasaki, and after Nagasaki, he would surround the point to send reinforcements, but I underestimated the Japanese before. The Japanese weapons are rudimentary, and they don't deserve a blow from our army's long sword. Their armor, bells and whistles. Vulnerable. As for the war horses, they are even more unbearable, donkey-like, and these Japanese horses can't move with my size. Moreover, the height of the Japanese soldiers is not high, and their strength is naturally insufficient. There is no strength on the battlefield, there is nothing. However, one thing is enough to praise. ”