"At that time, the Wa Kingdom had torn off the kind skin of the Han and Tang dynasties and became hypocritical and repeated."

"In the eyes of the rulers of all dynasties, this country is a small country, a clown-like existence, and in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang, it is naturally no exception."

"Although there have always been Japanese invaders in the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang never took the initiative to send troops to crusade against the Japanese state, but sent several groups of envoys to let the Japanese government at that time send troops to govern the country's personnel, Zhu Yuanzhang has always maintained the identity and bearing of a suzerainty power, and did not put it in his eyes."

"This country has always been a material-poor country, Zhu Yuanzhang did not take the Japanese people to heart, and people did not take Zhu Yuanzhang's warning to heart."

"They say one thing on the one hand, but secretly do another, after getting Zhu Yuanzhang's warning, the Japanese people will also send envoys to Zhu Yuanzhang, make a big slap, and at the same time exchange a lot of rewards in the name of worship."

"Of course, no matter how you jump up and down, there must be a limit, don't dare to make a big fuss, and make small fuss constantly."

"In terms of Zhu Yuanzhang's domineering and brutal character, it is unscientific for the Japanese people to be alive and kicking all the time, in fact, to put it bluntly, there is no benefit in attacking the Japanese country."

"At that time, the Japanese state was poor, and it was really impossible to arouse people's interest, if Zhu Yuanzhang attacked the Japanese state, not only would there be a lot of military spending, but also a group of grandsons, it would definitely be a loss-making business."

"And there is another lesson from the past, that is, the Yuan Dynasty's two crusades against the Japanese State ended in failure, Zhu Yuanzhang must have had this reason at that time, and he was afraid that once the crusade failed, it would fall into the face of the Ming Dynasty, and the gains outweighed the losses."

"In fact, after analysis, Zhu Yuanzhang also has a certain reason for not attacking the Japanese state, but I think he is still wrong, and the mistake is that Japan should not be designated as a "country without conquest" in the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun", that is, twenty years later, Zheng He went to the West, and it was absolutely easy to destroy the country at that time, but Zhu Yuanzhang's provision left a big disaster for six hundred years later.

Zhu Di: Miss Zhang really can't blame her father for this, and it is also a helpless move not to attack the Japanese Kingdom, you didn't talk about an important point, we don't have a navy in the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Youzhen: This Japanese country is the country that burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil in later generations, right, when I saw that projection, combined with the consequences we know now, I will definitely regret and regret it, but at that time, I was really helpless.

Li Shimin: That's not right! Does this Wa Kingdom have another name in Datang, doesn't it mean that this Wa Kingdom came to study with us in Datang? When did it come? I've been in power for eight years, and I haven't met a country called the Japanese Kingdom!

Li Longji: ......

Li Zhi: ......

Zhu Yuanzhang: ......

Zhang Yanxi was also blinded, "No! I remember that in Datang it was also called the Wa Kingdom? Or Dongying? Fuso? That's not right, this Japanese country visited the Tang Dynasty when you ascended the throne! ”

Li Shimin: What period of time is this, I am not affected, it should be Miss Zhang, you talked about this country earlier, and it was destroyed in advance by some previous dynasties, so it was affected!

Liu Bang: Good thing! Who did this! Come out and we boast!

Zhang Liang: Worthy of enjoying the Taimiao!

Cheng Biting Jin: Yes! Absolutely worthy! I haven't made a move yet!

Fusu: I don't know if it has anything to do with Daqin? My father sent Meng Yi and Meng Tian to kill those people who were abducted and deceived, and also destroyed their dens.

Zhang Fei: Hahahaha! The First Emperor did such a beautiful job!

Liu Bei: It's a pity that there will be a change of dynasty, if only there were a few more such things happening.

Zhu Yuanzhang: I also have a little consideration, and I must be a little regretful when I look back now, and there was really nothing I could do at that time.

In fact, for the repeated Japanese invaders, how did the Ming not think of too many methods, among them, the superior choice suggested by the ministers was to raise the strength of the whole country and send troops to the Japanese country to eliminate the Japanese invaders.

According to common sense, this method is simply perfect, and if I had really approved it at that time, I am afraid that this country would have become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty long ago, and it would not be able to make big waves.

At that time, I also thought about this matter for a long time, and finally had to dispel this idea, because there are too many lessons from the past, whether it is the Sui and Tang dynasties, or the Yuan Dynasty, there have been wars against this country, but in the end, there are fewer wins and more losses.

Zhang Yanxi nodded, this recognition, "What Emperor Yongle said just now is also right, it is I who have given less consideration, the Ming Dynasty does not have a navy." ”

"If you want the army to cross the ocean to conquer an island country, the cost is unknown, which is also the reason, so Zhu Yuanzhang is not optimistic about this battle."

"Furthermore, even if he conquered the Wa State at a huge cost, it would be unprofitable, because in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty at this time, the Wa land was barren and the people were ignorant, and it was not worth him to do so."

"Maybe after weighing it, Zhu Yuanzhang gave up the idea of sending troops to the Japanese country, but in order to curb this group of Japanese robbers, he still adopted some measures."

"If an envoy is sent to the east to establish diplomatic relations with the Wa State, it is hoped that the power of the Wa government will be used to limit the invasion of the Ming Dynasty along the coast."

The mistake was an order, "the country that is not to be levied", and an order almost made the country doomed. ”

"I thought that this would be an effective way to limit the Japanese Invaders, but I didn't expect that at that time, the Japanese State was in the stage of division between the north and the south, and the forces represented by the northern Zhengyi general Yuan Yoshimitsu tended to trade with the Ming Dynasty in exchange for economic benefits, so as to solve financial difficulties, while the forces of Prince Huailiang in the south supported the Japanese State and used the affairs of the Japanese State to blackmail the Ming Dynasty into breaking off the northern forces of the Japanese State."

"This is combined with the first mistake, in such a chaotic situation, the Ming Dynasty negotiated fruitlessly, so it chose the most inferior way to close the country."

"By restricting coastal residents from going to sea to trade, the Japanese were kept out of the country, but the coastline of the Ming Dynasty was more than 20,000 miles, and if the coastal defense was built, the financial, material and manpower required were not acceptable to the Ming Dynasty at this time, so the actual situation was to restrict the coastal residents from going to sea while giving both grace and power to the Japanese state."

"However, after the implementation of such measures, the number of cases of Japanese rebellion has not decreased because of this, which shows the failure of this measure."

"In order to seek a decent situation, the Ming Dynasty ostensibly used Hu Weiyong's truth to sever relations with the Japanese state, but behind the scenes, it continued to show favors to the Japanese state, hoping to solve the Japanese through peaceful diplomacy."

"As a result, this move was still useless, and it was not until the death of Prince Huailiang, the leader of the southern forces of the Wa Kingdom, that the northern power gradually became stronger, and the division ended to unify the Wa State, and diplomatic relations were established with the Ming Dynasty, and the tributary trade between the two sides gradually reduced the number of Wa Kou."

(End of chapter)