Chapter 184 Five strategies for Japan’s geopolitical balance

Author: West Lake in the Rain

Chapter 184 Five strategies for Japan’s geopolitical balance

As soon as Jiang Xinghuo heard the word "Japan".

Combined with Zhu Gaoxu's twinkling eyes.

Having already known Zhu Gaoxu's true identity, he knew that the previous events about Ishimi Yinshan and Sado Jinshan had probably reached the ears of the upper echelons of the Ming Empire.

Perhaps, if Zhu Di had better execution ability, he would have sent an envoy to Japan to check it out at this time.

Wait wait wait

messenger?

Past memories began to appear in Jiang Xinghuo's mind.

Li Jinglong, this guy, wouldn’t lie to me and say he was going to Ryukyu. He was actually going to Japan, right?

Thinking about it this way, many details that I had never paid attention to in the past were instantly connected.

Thinking of Li Jinglong's state of mourning before departure, Jiang Xinghuo couldn't help but cross his hands in embarrassment and rubbed his fingers.

If I don't mention Japan's gold and silver, according to the original development of the historical line, Li Jinglong should have never sent a foreign mission, so there is a high probability that he really went to Japan.

But fortunately, the old fox Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was in power at this time. Because he coveted the Kanhe trade, his attitude towards the Ming Dynasty was very friendly, so there should be no danger to his life.

However, Japan at this time seems to be a very suitable example.

After all, for things like geographical temples, it is necessary to give examples of countries that students can understand. Otherwise, if you use Dai Ying to give examples, others will not understand, right?

Although Jiang Xinghuo’s elective course on Japanese history was not very good, he still vaguely remembered that Japan’s Warring States Period began with the famous Onin Rebellion of the East-West Army.

The Yingren Rebellion is more than sixty years from now.

In other words, Japan, which had just ended the confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, had already laid the seeds of unrest for the rebellion between the Eastern and Western armies.

So if you follow the theory of geopolitical balance, can you ignite the fuse of unrest in Japan in advance and rekindle Japan, a powder keg with profound conflicts among all classes that was only temporarily suppressed by the powerful Ashikaga Yoshimitsu?

Jiang Xinghuo thought for a moment and felt that it was possible!

When Jiang Xinghuo thought that he might be able to bring Japan into the Warring States Period more than sixty years earlier, Jiang Xinghuo felt that his merits were immeasurable.

After all, if we follow the derivation of the unipolar tube, it would be impossible for the Monkeys to invade Lee Korea without ending Japan's Warring States Period. Without this, Shi Wanli would not have resisted Japan and aided Korea. Without resisting Japan and aiding Korea, the Liaodong Frontier Army of the Ming Dynasty would not have

If the Liaodong frontier army's vitality is severely damaged, it will not be able to take advantage of the situation and rise up.

In short, even if this unipolar theory were not used to provoke a civil war in Japan, it would indeed reduce a lot of trouble for China.

Just when Zhu Gaoxu was feeling quite uneasy, Jiang Xinghuo finally spoke.

"Japan is a good example."

"Do you know anything about the temple situation in Japan?"

Although Zheng He had also seen the intelligence sent back from Japan by spies, his role at this time was that of a bandit, so it was hard to say that he had that kind of knowledge, so he looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know it at all, but he raised the question, so he had no choice but to put it on the shelf.

"Have heard a little bit, a little bit."

Jiang Xinghuo smiled and said, "Well, no problem, let's just talk about it."

"We analyze specific issues in detail, and follow the theory of geopolitical balance, and apply them to Japan one by one to see which ones are suitable for Japan today."

"Article 1, divide and conquer."

"First of all, Japan at this time had a basis for divide and rule. Why? The reason is also very simple, because Japan has just ended their Northern and Southern Dynasties era. It is somewhat similar to the unification of the Sui Dynasty in China, but there are still deep-rooted local differences.

Conflicts among various forces.”

At this point, Zhu Gaoxu finally understood.

Zheng He also answered: "That is to say, just like the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty inherited from the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Southern Chen Dynasty, although the country was destroyed, due to the long-term war, culture, and customs

The differences in the country make it appear to be a unified country, but the seeds of internal division have been sown long ago, or in other words, they have never been bridged."

Zhu Gaoxu twisted his beard and said: "I heard Mr. Shu's Pinghua, the story of the heroes in the late Sui Dynasty, is that the Guanlong clan gained power and vigorously suppressed the aristocrats of the Northern Qi and Southern Chen, and the aristocratic families that had served as prime ministers in Hebei and Jiangnan in the past dynasties

By the time of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had built the Grand Canal and conquered Goguryeo, which had exhausted the people and material resources of Northern Qi and Southern Chen. Therefore, the state was already on the verge of collapse."

"Exactly."

Jiang Xinghuo continued: "Moreover, not only were there conflicts between the forces of the Southern and Northern Dynasties before, but if the three islands of Japan (Hokkaido has not yet been developed) are considered as a whole, then the conflicts between the west and the east on many issues are also very profound.

, for example, their attitude towards Ming Dynasty is completely different."

"Why is this?"

"Because the specific situation in the east is different from that in the west. The west is close to the Ming Dynasty, Korea, and Ryukyu. They hope to do business more. The daimyo in the west, such as the Matsuura clan, Otomo clan, Ouchi clan, Kono clan, etc., if they use the divide and rule method

method, then they are all candidates to win over, because they know deeply about the power of the Ming Dynasty and the huge profits from ocean trade."

"As for eastern Japan, the Uesugi, Ogasawara, Hojo, and Takeda clans know very little about the Ming Dynasty. In other words, they are more willing to obtain wealth from Japanese farmers than to carry out maritime trade, and their autonomy is relatively strong.

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"Or in other words, the east and west parts of Japan are suitable for dividing and conquering, and the area in the middle is suitable as a battlefield for them to strangle."

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"Write it down!"

Zhu Di ordered in a deep voice.

Currently, spies belonging to different espionage systems in the Japanese mission have been continuously passing messages through ships between Ningbo Port in the Ming Dynasty and Hirado Port under the jurisdiction of the Matsuura clan in Japan.

A big name like the Matsuura clan, who relied on piracy to maintain their wealth and income, now had legitimate trade, and became the most active in combating piracy.

No one has trouble with money, especially Mr. Matsuura, who knows that if he doesn't do something, others will do it, and then the benefits will not be his.

It’s such an honor to be Ming Dynasty’s dog!

Therefore, Zhu Di's understanding of Japan began to gradually increase.

"Mr. Jiang is right, and judging from the size of the population, it is almost impossible for the Ming Dynasty to conquer Japan at once. If it is possible to achieve it, divide and conquer is indeed a good way."

What I want to say here is that Japan's population at this time exceeded 10 million, and the Ming Dynasty, which had gone through four years of war and civil war, had a population of 66 million. Of course, there were many runaways and hermits.

Yes, perhaps the real population number can reach about 80 million.

But can the land area of ​​Japan be compared with that of Ming Dynasty?

Therefore, the population density of Japan is actually far higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, and there are tens of millions of people. Not to mention tens of millions of people, even tens of millions of pigs cannot be killed!

Once a group of people resist, Zhu Di will have to consider whether the hundreds of thousands of troops under his command are enough.

Moreover, Zhu Di could not send too many troops to conquer Japan, otherwise the country would be unstable.

What's more, Japan at this time was different from the Ming Dynasty in terms of race, culture, customs, language, etc. It was even more impossible to assimilate in a short time.

Therefore, divide and conquer is indeed a good approach.

"Divide and conquer the East and the West, Li Shangshu, I will teach you how to prepare for this. The Ministry of Rites will come up with a strategy and the relevant information will be sent to you."

Li Zhigang's expression perked up. His character was his character, and his ability was his ability. Li Zhigang still had the ability to do things, especially things that could greatly reveal his face and greatly increase his power.

A real man cannot live without power for a day. Who would despise himself for having more power?

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Zhigang looked at the wall with burning eyes.

This inexplicable journey to prison was really the right time.

The prisoner named "Jiang Xinghuo" on the other side of the wall is really the savior of his career!

Thinking of this, Li Zhigang actually felt a little grateful to Jiang Xinghuo.

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Jiang Xinghuo didn't know that across the wall, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty was feeling grateful for him.

Jiang Xinghuo continued: "The second point is to cut the flesh with a knife."

"The cutting of meat here is naturally not cutting one's own flesh like Buddha cutting meat to feed to eagles, but cutting other people's flesh!"

Naturally, there was no meat on hand, but that didn't stop Jiang Xinghuo from picking up a few branches, gathering them together and placing them on the ground.

"For example, you are two forces, and in the middle is a force destined to be slaughtered, which is the fish on your chopping board. So if there is no external intervention and you are allowed to fight and rob, what will be the result?"

Zhu Gaoxu answered honestly: "Whoever grabs it belongs to whomever, or whoever grabs it will count as much."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said: "As for the forces within an enemy country, or between different enemy countries, it is naturally like this. With a piece of fat, everyone is salivating, so everyone can rely on their own abilities. But as for the geographical balance of power,

That’s not the case.”

"Then what should we do?" Zheng He felt as if he was about to have an enlightenment.

"Of course it is to be this high-status flesh-partner."

Jiang Xinghuo said calmly: "There is a prerequisite for being a meat cutter, and that is to have a sharp meat cleaver in your hand."
To be continued...