The difficulty of exterminating the Japanese invaders was what Zhu Yuanzhang asked, which also stumped everyone present. Otherwise, with Zhu Yuanzhang's character, it would be impossible to slap him in the face like that and swallow his anger!

At this time, under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Yifan immediately said eloquently: "Your Majesty, the Japanese are harassing me along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, they should be more difficult than our Daming, and we have no reason to let them be arrogant." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows, the first time he heard the saying that it was more difficult to be a widow. When he was about to ask "how do you say this", Zhang Yifan had already taken the initiative to say it.

"We believe that the extermination of the Japanese will face the power of the sea, but we can think about it from the perspective of the Japanese invaders, if the Japanese invaders want to come to the Ming coastal area to plunder, it will be even more difficult to face the power of the sea, and one will die in the belly of the fish if he is not careful! This is one of them! ”

"Second, the Japanese robbers risked their lives to run and plunder, and they could only be so desperate when they were too poor to survive and had only one life. After all, they not only have to worry about God, but also about our Ming officials and soldiers. Fight head-on, they can't be our opponents! ”

Zhang Yifan watched Zhu Yuanzhang listening carefully, and even Zhu Di and others were listening carefully, so he continued to preach: "And the reason why the plague is endless, the grass people think that the first is that they can indeed loot what they want from the Ming Dynasty, and the benefits are greater than the pay; The second is that under normal circumstances, they are sure that they can loot things from the Ming side. If this were not the case, the grass people would not be able to think of the reason for the endless troubles of the widows! ”

He understands this truth at all, and he doesn't need to elaborate on it, Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang and others can immediately understand it. Even Mei Yin, who is not familiar with the world, can understand.

After all, the Japanese are also human beings, each of them has only one life, and one less one dies, and they have been doing loss-making business, how much are the Japanese robbers?

When they were thinking about it, they saw Zhang Yifan's expression suddenly become serious, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "In this way, the grass people think that there must be someone from my Ming Dynasty who has sent a message to the Japanese Kou, knowing where they are rich, where they are easy to plunder, where the officials and soldiers are not stationed, and so on. Only in this case, as long as they can successfully cross the sea to the coast of Daming, they will be able to gain something! ”

"Not bad!" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he praised it for the first time, and then continued, "I suspect this, so I forbid the coastal people not to go to sea privately, in order to prevent them from fornicating with the Japanese robbers!" ”

Hearing this, although Zhang Yifan was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, he shook his head and vetoed Zhu Yuanzhang's approach and said: "Your Majesty, the coastline of my Daming Dynasty is so long, it is actually unrealistic to prohibit the traitors from going to sea to fornicate with the Japanese invaders, there are various ways to secretly go to sea, and even the Japanese go ashore to contact the traitors, which is also the reason for the endless troubles of the Japanese invaders." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang is actually very generous in matters that are not imperial power. Although he was criticized by Zhang Yifan, he was not annoyed, but asked with a little curiosity: "Then what countermeasures do you think is better?" ”

"It's easy!" Zhang Yifan listened and asked without hesitation, "First, investigate the traitor; Second, the formation of naval divisions and coastal defense officers and armies! ”

Prime Minister Hu Weiyong didn't speak, and when he heard him say it lightly, he couldn't see that he was valued and consulted by the emperor, so he interjected and said: "If the traitor is easy to investigate, the court will already check it, and you still need to say it?" ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, he glanced at him, but didn't say anything, just turned his head to look at Zhang Yifan, waiting for him to answer.

Because of this problem, he also thinks so.

Zhang Yifan turned his head to look at Hu Weiyong, and said with a faint smile: "What's so difficult about this?" Do some logical reasoning, and you can basically have a range of things! ”

As soon as Zhu Di heard this, he immediately remembered that what logic Zhang Yifan said before, could it be related to this?

He was thinking about it, Zhang Yifan had already said: "Those who can contact the Japanese can definitely not be ordinary people." It will only be a local tycoon, or a trader who goes to sea. If there is a place that is plundered by the Japanese bandits, then within a certain area centered on this, there must be a traitor. It was impossible for people from other places to provide details so that the would-be would-be wouldn't be able to avoid the officers and soldiers and grab the property they wanted. ”

At this time in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the road guidance system, and the flow of people was relatively inconvenient, which provided support for Zhang Yifan's analysis.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened and couldn't help nodding slightly. Although he doesn't know what logic is, he still agrees with Zhang Yifan's analysis.

"Also, any collusion between moles and robbers will leave clues, and the government may be kept in the dark, but it is impossible to hide it from everyone. Mobilizing the people and reporting heavy rewards is also a way to find traitors. Zhang Yifan said this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "What the grass people are more worried about is that if the traitor is a person in the official government, or even a person in the official army of the imperial court, it will be more difficult to investigate." ”

He said this, not because he had read the information, and said that when Zhu Yuanzhang killed some heroes, he was accused of colluding with the Japanese invaders.

The reason why Zhang Yifan proposed this possibility is also the reason why wealth is moving.

In addition, at this time, the recommendation system is still used, and dogs and cats may be recommended as officials, as long as there is this way. Among the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, including those heroes, many of them were born as robbers, and it is also possible that they have become the official army of the Ming Dynasty and secretly do business in collusion with the Japanese bandits.

Li Shanchang was a little startled when he heard Zhang Yifan's words. Because he knows Zhu Yuanzhang, once he is moved by Zhang Yifan's words, he really thinks that there are traitors in the court officials or official soldiers, and they will raise butcher knives.

Thinking so in his heart, he quickly turned his head to look over.

But fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang listened attentively at this time, and didn't think of anything else, just stared at Zhang Yifan and asked: "You continue to finish talking about the strategies for dealing with the Japanese invaders!" ”

Zhang Yifan was naturally obedient, so he continued: "The formation of the coastal defense officer army is mainly because the coastal defense officer army is different from the ordinary court officer army, not only the opponent is different, but the combat method is also different, and it is more likely to be a water battle, or even a naval battle. There are a few reasons why they should do this......

Zhu Di listened to him talk eloquently, it was a difference, he knew Zhang Yifan, he was just an orphan in Liujia Village, he was so good at talking, he could even talk about martial arts? The most important thing is that it seems to make sense!

Thinking so, he listened even more with his ears pricked up.

“…… First, the Japanese are mainly elusive, but their combat effectiveness is not strong, so the coastal defense officers and troops in various localities can be more expensive and not expensive, formulate combat methods according to the operational characteristics of the Japanese and strive to kill and injure them in large numbers every time they fight against the Japanese invaders. ”

"Second, the Japanese came from afar, and it was impossible for them to run directly from the Japanese country to the coast of Daming to go ashore and plunder, and they must have a place to settle on an island in the sea. In this way, there must be a sailor who can go to sea to clear out the Japanese who are hiding on the islands near the coast of Daming, kill and injure them a few more times, and they can also kill them so that they dare not come! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Yifan even raised his voice a little and said: "Even our Ming Dynasty can run the Ryukyu Kingdom and garrison troops there, one is to protect Ryukyu from the invasion of the Japanese invaders, and the other is to cut off the sea route for the Japanese to come to the Ming Dynasty!" At least one of the main sea routes can be broken! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "I don't plan to garrison Ryukyu, after all, it is a vassal state. So far away, military food and grass are a big deal! ”

"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty sent troops to garrison the Ryukyus, which is equivalent to protecting the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the military supplies and grass are naturally provided by them!" Zhang Yifan listened to it and had to remind.

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses, and immediately shook his head and said, "Ryukyu has never made such a request, should I force it on them?" It's not right, it's not right! ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yifan listened to it and said disapplausively, "The interests of our Ming Dynasty are the first, since it is a vassal country, and it is also to contribute to the suzerain, this is still worthy of them!" ”

He had just finished saying this, but he heard Li Shanchang shout: "Be bold, don't be rude in front of the emperor!" ”

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately came back to his senses, chatted, and forgot that the person in front of him was the Hongwu Emperor, so he hurriedly pleaded guilty: "The grass people don't know how to count etiquette, and please punish Your Majesty!" ”

When he said this, the word "grass people" was slightly heavier.

But obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind is not here. Although Zhang Yifan said a little rudely, he spoke completely from the perspective of Da Ming, which made him useful.

I only heard him say lightly: "In terms of diplomatic etiquette, if you don't know too much, you don't need to persuade me, I won't agree!" ”

Zhang Yifan listened, and secretly said in his heart, I don't understand too much? You don't know much, do you? I don't know that the foreign policy of later generations of your ancients is mostly based on spraying?

Of course, he only dared to say this in his heart, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hear his heart anyway.

Thinking so in his heart, Zhang Yifan hurriedly said that Zhu Yuanzhang was a lesson on the surface, and then said: "The grass people have the most contact with His Royal Highness King Yan, and they know that His Royal Highness King Yan leads the troops well, and he is His Majesty's own son, if he is in charge of coastal defense, he will definitely be able to rest assured, whether it is the officers and soldiers of the territorial coastal defense, or the investigation of traitors!" ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's sons were still in military training and had never had actual combat.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose is to ask his sons to guard various places so that he can rest assured. At this time, when he heard Zhang Yifan's proposal, he couldn't help but be stunned, not to mention, he trusted his son, so he began to consider this proposal.

Of course, he also has concerns, so he doesn't know if his son can do a good job in this matter?

Zhu Di himself didn't have time to say anything, but he heard Hu Weiyong shout and reprimand: "In military affairs, Hugh has to talk nonsense!" His Royal Highness King Yan is still young, and there are many founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, why should His Royal Highness King Yan fight? ”

As soon as he heard his words, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di, obviously had an idea in his heart, and immediately said lightly: "What other people have to propose on the issue of the Japanese Kou?" ”