A month later, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was far away in Yingtianfu, received a recital from Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai.

Of course, Zhu Biao first looked at this fold, and then forwarded it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The fold reads:

Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai, led 2,000 people from the Daming Navy Division to chase the traces of the Japanese Invaders all the way to Ryukyu Island. When the Ming soldiers were searching for the traces of the Japanese invaders, they accidentally discovered that the Ryukyu King was harboring and hiding the Japanese invaders, and even attacked the Ming soldiers, resulting in one death and one injury.

How could Da Ming, as the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, be humiliated? Wu Zhen was furious, so he led his army to attack the royal city and captured the king of Ryukyu alive.

And because the Ming soldiers were emotional and eager to avenge their comrades, they accidentally destroyed the Ryukyus, and they also caught a lot of Japanese robbers hiding here.

The king of the Ryukyus knew that he was guilty of a great sin, and when he heard the severe punishment of the Great Ming Law for hiding the Japanese robbers, he was terrified and took his whole family to the end.

The people of Ryukyu Island, who were usually bullied and exploited by the Ryukyu king, cried and shouted to beg the court to take this place when they saw the great soldiers coming.

Wu Zhen, Marquis of Jinghai, couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the people of Ryukyu Island, so he had to write the matter of whether or not to accept Ryukyu and report it to the imperial court, and asked Lao Zhu to decide.

But can you not accept it? The royal family of the Ryukyus is dead!

At that time, Zhu Biao's first reaction when he saw this letter was: This content is so familiar?

When Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, went to the West, didn't he destroy the Kingdom of Ceylon with 2,000 soldiers.

The reason seems to be similar to what Jinghaihou wrote, much the same.

However, what the real situation is on the Ryukyu Island, Zhu Biao is clear.

He suddenly had a bold idea: could it be that Zheng He did the same at that time, but he also used a similar Spring and Autumn brushwork to modify it.

After all, in the era when there were no reporters watching, what really happened in Ceylon at that time was entirely based on the words of Zheng He and his subordinates, and what they said was what they said.

After all, the Ming fleet is so majestic, and the sailors accompanying him are all arrogant soldiers, so the king of Ceylon will take the initiative to provoke when his brain is pumped?

Maybe it's just that Daming deliberately found an excuse in order to establish himself in Nanyang.

The difference is that Emperor Yongle only wanted to establish power, and did not want to occupy the land of Ceylon.

"Father, how absurd and unscrupulous this Ryukyu King usually is, this person has just died, and the people of Ryukyu Island are anxious to merge into our Ming Dynasty." Zhu Biao pretended to be confused, "My Ming Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, and those foreign barbarians must be yearning." ”

Lao Zhu is such a good person, how can he not see the greasy in the twists and turns.

"Since the other party is willing to join, let's accept it." He followed Zhu Biao's meaning and said lightly.

Adding a Ryukyu Island, which is no more than the size of a county seat, to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang did not take it seriously at all.

Lao Zhu's main energy was still in the Northern Yuan, and then in the southwest, only Zhu Biao understood how important the location of the Ryukyus was to the Ming Dynasty's maritime expansion.

Taking the Ryukyus means that the Ming Dynasty is no longer a purely land country.

"How to govern the Ryukyu County set up by the father, the son thought it was ......" Zhu Biao was about to express his thoughts, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This stupid son doesn't know all his plans yet, and you already know all about it.

"Biao'er." Lao Zhu said solemnly, "For my father, I will use this Ryukyu County to test your ability to govern the place." The superior can not only lead troops to fight, but also cultural and martial arts are indispensable. ”

The implication is that no matter how you tinker with this Ryukyu County, we will not interfere.

That's it?

Zhu Biao was in a trance for a while before coming back to his senses.

He also thought that he would have to take a lot of words to convince Zhu Yuanzhang.

Now it seems that my dad doesn't care about the Ryukyu Island, which hangs overseas alone, and he can toss as much as he likes.

"The retainers obey!"

After Zhu Biao received the order, he was about to leave the imperial study.

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly ran in and reported: "Your Majesty, good news has come from the Qiyang Palace, the princess has successfully given birth to a baby boy. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately stroked his palms and laughed: "My nephew Wenzhong has a queen!" ”

Li Wenzhong is the only child of Lao Zhu's sister, who died early, and Lao Zhu has always treated this nephew as his own parent.

With Li Wenzhong's merits, he is still a lot worse than Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, and it is entirely for the sake of his own nephew to make an exception for him.

"Wen Zhong can't come back when he is out and can't come back yet, so you can go with your husband to see it in a few days!" Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao, in a very good mood.

Zhu Biao nodded, but muttered in his heart: Li Wenzhong's eldest son also means that the future Ming God of War Li Jinglong was born. (The date of birth of Li Jinglong, the god of war of the Ming Dynasty, is unknown, and even the date of death is uncertain, only saying that at the end of Yongle, the only year of birth mentioned in some information is 1369)

That is, this guy made his son Zhu Yunwen miserable.

It's just that in this life, Zhu Biao will probably not marry the Lu family, even if there will be the name "Zhu Yunwen" in the future, he will be a completely new person.

After retracting his thoughts, Zhu Biao said with a smile: "It's not easy for my cousin, and I finally have an heir in the year of my establishment." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to empathize with him and said: "We were also 27 years old back then, and your mother gave birth to you, and we were also fighting outside at that time!" However, Wen Zhong's child is much better than when Biao'er was born. ”

When Zhu Biao was born, Zhu Yuanzhang was just a general under Guo Zixing, and was regarded as a thorn in the side of Guo Zixing's son Guo Tianxu.

Now when Li Jinglong was born, Li Wenzhong had been canonized as the king of Qiyang and was a very popular minister.

This Li Jinglong is Zhu Biao's cousin, and as the second generation of top nobles, he will inevitably inherit his father's business in the future.

He was already thinking about how to train him well, so that he would only talk on paper.

If you can, try to seal it out in the future, this guy is an amateur in the civil war, just see if the foreign war is an expert?

Old Zhu Le was in it, smiling from ear to ear, this happiness was no less than having one more son, Zhu Biao also took the opportunity to say goodbye and quit the imperial study.

After returning to the East Palace, Zhu Biao summoned Fang Jin and asked: "Old Fang, that Ryukyu is already a county of our Daming Dynasty, and my father said that he doesn't care about this broken island, how to govern it is up to me to say a word." Tell me, how should loneliness be governed? ”

He decisively kicked the ball to Fang Jin.

People in later generations have the habit of liking to be keyboard warriors, and Zhu Biao is no exception, but it is also troublesome to really let him list the policies and regulations of local governance by himself.

If you have a think tank, why not use it?

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