During this period, on the one hand, the Javanese Yuan reorganized the army and built warships; on the other hand, scholars were also thinking: The Yuan Dynasty was obviously so tolerant and powerful. Logically speaking, it should have been able to last a long time, but why did it end so quickly?

Only by understanding this issue can we avoid making the same mistakes again.

They believe that the reason for the decline of the Yuan Dynasty is not difficult to sum up, and that is the endless civil strife. Whether it is within the Khan family or between the Great Khan and the Mongolian nobles, there has been a long-term lack of stable systems, relying only on a few outstanding leaders.

In order to maintain it. If there is any disturbance or contradiction, it will fall into serious conflicts and internal friction, causing greater damage to the already unstable order.

This fragile system was brought about by the Mongols. These people's organization was too primitive and their political level was too poor, which ultimately ruined the good situation of the Yuan Dynasty.

It can be seen that Dayuan is good everywhere, but these Mongolians are not.

If you want to revitalize the country's prestige and restore the country's power as it was during the days of Taizu and Shizu, you have to kick out all these guys who can only do bad things. Without the Mongols, Dayuan will be better off.

Therefore, the Javanese Yuan called on businessmen and scholar-officials to unite and establish a more complete Yuan Dynasty regime. In their interactions with Western trading countries, the official country name they used in Latin and Greek was called "The Orthodox Yuan Dynasty of the Han Nation"

empire".

Guo Kang always felt that this theory was a bit strange, and no matter how you looked at it, the Javanese Yuan was actually neither orthodox nor great, nor an empire. After all, they were just a federation established by a group of businessmen.

Moreover, not only him, but many other people also found it strange. When he was off the hook, he complained to him, saying that the Roman attributes of the Holy Roman Empire might be higher than the Yuan Dynasty attributes of the Javanese Yuan Dynasty.

However, Sun Shiwan's entourage told them that the excluded Mongolians here were only the upper-class Mongolian nobles. Of course, the maritime merchants did not exclude all Mongolians: when the Yuan Dynasty was still there, they frequently purchased Mongolian slaves.

To this day, there are still a certain number of Mongolian slaves and soldiers in Java.

This idea has also led to some strange results. For example, when the two sides fought recently, there were more Mongolian officers in the Ming Dynasty army than in the Javanese army.

Tuo Huan doubts whether this kind of Yuan Dynasty can still be called the Yuan Dynasty. But the Javanese Yuan Dynasty said that the Yuan Dynasty was not the Yuan Dynasty of the Mongol Khan, but the Yuan Dynasty shared by the Great Khan and the scholar-bureaucrats.

During the reign of Genghis Khan, the Mongols were still useful; by the time of Xue Chan Khan, many tribes and even clan kings were mainly making trouble and needed to be taught a lesson; after the ancestors, even the great khans and nobles were worse than the previous generation. Therefore, they

Now we should take care of these Mongolians on behalf of Changshengtian and Genghis Khan, so that they can be worthy of the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Tuohuan couldn't defeat these people, so he had to give up. Anyway, it was the matter of Kublai Khan's family, and he, who claimed to be a descendant of Batu, didn't seem to have to worry about it...

However, Guo Kang still had great doubts about whether they could help. Because Java's Yuan and Ming dynasties had been bitter enemies for decades.

After the successive defeats of Vietnam and the Liang Dynasty, the Javanese Yuan Dynasty has become the biggest threat to the Ming Dynasty in the southeast. Javanese pirates, with the cooperation of the local Yuan Dynasty old and young, as well as Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Chen Youding and other remnant forces, frequently attacked the coast, everywhere

Loot.

The Ming Dynasty initially tried to cut off their connections and suppress the ravages of pirates by banning the sea. However, this method was good for dealing with small groups of pirates, but it was obviously not enough to deal with a force with a regular army like the Javanese Yuan.

The Ming Dynasty also tried to relocate coastal people in important areas, clearing out the wilderness in areas that were convenient for landing, trying to cut off the supplies of Javanese pirates and force them to leave as soon as possible. However, the migration affected the livelihood of the local people and caused greater dissatisfaction.

Fishermen and small businessmen who had lost their source of livelihood gathered on the coast one after another, engaged in fishing and black market trade privately, and even took the initiative to invest in Javanese dollars. Repeated bans issued by the government failed to achieve the effect, and instead made the situation worse. Javanese troops even openly landed,

He attacked prefectures and counties and robbed treasuries. He also cooperated with the remaining forces of the Yuan Dynasty in the northeastern region to carry out multiple attacks, leaving the court in a state of distress.

In the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign, the Hu Weiyong case broke out. Someone reported that he had secret contacts with the Champa State, which was an important buffer state between the Ming Dynasty and the Javanese Yuan Dynasty. The incident quickly escalated, and finally evolved into a large-scale rebellion in collusion with the Javanese Yuan Dynasty.

The case had a huge impact on both the government and the public.

However, with this major case, the Ming Dynasty finally began to change its thinking. Instead of continuing to torment the fishermen, it tried to attack the supporters of the Javanese Yuan in the middle and upper classes. At the same time, it began to prepare a navy to destroy the enemy at sea.

The navy burns a lot of money, and it continues to burn money. When the army is not in use, it can cultivate the fields, but even if the ships are left there and not used, they have to spend money frequently to maintain them.

Moreover, one ship often does not have much effect. At least the gap between the size of your navy and the enemy must not be too big before it can be of value. The investment at one time is not a warship, but an entire fleet.

Therefore, the Central Plains dynasties were often not very enthusiastic about this.

Expanding the navy is often only feasible in two situations: either the losses caused by the enemy are too great and far exceed the high cost of the navy. Or, the benefits brought by the navy are high, making these costs bearable.

The Ming Dynasty was forced to accept the former. But when the navy was established and needed to be maintained for a long time due to war, it became natural to pursue the latter to reduce financial pressure.

In fact, the ocean trade routes were not only important to Zizhang, but also a huge source of wealth to any country. Although the Ming Dynasty was the origin of various finely crafted goods and seemed very rich, such a large amount of tax revenue was not good for them.

It's not a small number. These benefits don't matter when you can't get them. Once you experience them twice, you don't want to let them go.

The second round of war was mainly fought at sea. Although the scale was not as large as the previous one, it covered a larger scope. The naval forces of the Yuan and Ming dynasties of Java fought from Ryukyu to Manchuria, and the entire Southeast Asia became a battlefield.

The Ming Dynasty once built a city and garrisoned troops in Manlajia, trying to block the strait, cut off the trade channels of the Javanese Yuan, and trap them. The Javanese Yuan then circled to the south, looking for new routes, while allying with the Timurid Empire, and drove away the Ming Dynasty.

army to regain the stronghold. A few years later, the Ming army sailed south from Jiaozhi, trying to compete for the trade line again...

The sporadic fighting continued until Zhu Yuanzhang's death and came to an end. However, after a few years of lull, the successor Tianping Emperor Zhu Biao launched a new war, trying to start from Luzon Island, and the two sides once again became a mess.

Strictly speaking, this round has continued until now and is not over yet.
Chapter completed!