Chapter 103 Bringing Peace to the Japanese Country [Tenth More]
During the Hongwu Dynasty, Japanese pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty were actually extremely rampant.
The Japanese pirates at this time were not the pirates that the officials and gentry later raised with money.
This is a real Japanese pirate.
Basically they are samurai from Japan.
Historically, in addition to Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, most of the remaining troops fled to the sea. Another important factor that prompted Zhu Yuanzhang to block the coast was because of these Japanese pirates.
During the Hongwu period, the Japanese territory was the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the two emperors and their samurai fought fiercely.
Those Japanese pirates basically came to the coast of the Ming Dynasty to cause harm after they failed in the war between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, lost their property, and were deliberately expelled by the Japanese government.
Moreover, due to the current resurgence of spiritual energy in the world, the Japanese country is even more chaotic at this time. The domestic daimyo and generals have expanded their ambitions as their strength has grown.
They don't have a figure like Zhu Yuanzhang who can kill the rebellion with a slap as soon as it has the slightest sign.
So the current Japanese state is actually more chaotic than in history.
There are more Japanese pirates coming to the southeast coast.
But at the same time, the Ming Dynasty has also become different.
Geng Bingwen, a veteran who was good at defense, had always been stationed on the southeast coast, leading Ming Dynasty elites who had practiced the thirty-six postures of body training to kill Japanese pirates everywhere.
Those stragglers were completely unfavorable in front of the elites of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, constant defense is not the answer. If you want to solve the Japanese pirate problem once and for all, you still have to start at the root of the Japanese country.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty's navigation technology was not as advanced as it was before. Zhu Yuanzhang was concerned about the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty's failed conquest of the Japanese country, and he always suppressed his anger.
Even in the third year of Hongwu, when the Japanese beheaded the envoys he sent there, Zhu Yuanzhang could endure it.
But just because he can endure it doesn't mean he doesn't hold grudges.
He has always written down this kind of thing in his notebook!
Now that there were steamships and there was news that there were a large number of silver mines in the Japanese country, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it anymore.
Even though he was too busy with things to go there in person, he could send his son there.
Zhu Di stood on the bow of a steamship and looked at the Japanese land that could be seen in the distance, with a murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
But he still remembered what his father told him before leaving.
"The people of the Japanese country have a kind of servility, and it is impossible to adopt a gentle policy. The better you treat them, the more they jump and become more rampant, just to kill until they are frightened and until they no longer want to
If you dare to resist, they will truly surrender to you!"
Zhu Di remembered this sentence firmly.
The fleet finally arrived at the Japanese port of Edo.
The Japanese nation, which had been dormant for hundreds of years, had never seen such a huge fleet, and such a warship that suddenly emitted black smoke.
He was immediately frightened and ran around.
"Tang Shuai, what should we do?" Zhu Di asked, looking at the frightened and pale Japanese people at the port in the distance.
"I think to be on the safe side, we should be polite first and send an official document to their emperor first. I heard that they have two emperors now, so let them both come over and explain clearly what happened in Hongwu's three years of killing my envoy of the Ming Dynasty.
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"After all, we are not a barbaric nation, we do things with reason." Tang He said with a smile.
"good!"
"Tang Shuai is still very cunning!" Zhu Di also grinned.
Soon the two official documents were sent to the interior of Japan. Of course, it was impossible for the official documents to be sent to the Northern Dynasty.
After all, the Northern and Southern Dynasties are still at war!
Before it was even sent to Emperor Go-Daigo, it was intercepted by General Murata Ieyasu who was on duty in Nagasaki.
"Baga, what envoy from the Ming Dynasty? I think he is a pirate!"
"The time has come to be loyal to the Emperor."
This man tore the official document into pieces and mobilized two thousand troops to march towards Edo Port.
"Can Tang Shuai fight now?" Zhu Di asked eagerly.
"I am at your Majesty's disposal!" Tang He straightened his face and spoke solemnly.
In fact, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's appointment, he was the marshal of this expedition to Japan, but along the way he always regarded himself as a subordinate, giving Zhu Di enough face.
Although Zhu Di was a little embarrassed at first, he has reluctantly accepted it now.
"The Japanese country ignored our Ming Dynasty's solemn representations and refused to hand over the murderer who killed our Ming Dynasty envoy. They even dared to initiate a war. We had no choice but to fight back!"
"Navy fire!"
"I want to capture Edo Port first and use it as a landing base for the army, and then occupy the entire Nagasaki!" Zhu Di said in a deep voice.
After saying this, he suddenly came to his senses and turned back to look at a civilian official who was accompanying the army to record the situation.
"Ahem, you don't need to remember the last two sentences. Just remember the first paragraph. Do you understand?" Zhu Di reminded.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, all your subordinates know it!"
"Your Highness, would you like to check it out?" the civil servant asked with a bright smile.
"No!"
"I believe you!" After all, Zhu Di is only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, his face is a bit unqualified, and he even looks a little shy at this moment.
Unlike Tang He, the old fried dough sticks next to him, his face was not red and out of breath, and he was smiling happily all the time.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The naval gun sprayed out endless fire.
Even if the Ming Dynasty's navy confronts it head-on, it will be able to interact with any country in five hundred years' time, let alone the Japanese country, which has not even had a matchlock gun yet.
Four words summary.
Destroy and destroy.
Two thousand people were defeated without even being able to withstand a round of shelling.
"Land in!" Zhu Di gave the order, and 20,000 troops began to dock and land in an orderly manner.
These infantry also use new equipment, some of which were captured from the British before. Although only 20,000 people came this time, it is basically impossible to fight the Japanese country, which is still in the era of cold weapons.
Any casualties occur.
The entire Nagasaki armed forces were wiped out within half a month.
Zhu Di did not fight further into the interior of the Japanese country. It was easy to wipe out the Japanese army, but it was not possible to truly occupy the Japanese country overnight.
Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the advice that he must hold high the banner of the Chinese suzerainty who came to crusade against the rebels, advance slowly and steadily, capture Nagasaki first, and then clear out the samurai class in the entire Nagasaki. This group of people is actually of the same nature as the gentry of the Ming Dynasty.
They are all landowners.
First clear out the landowners and allocate land to the Japanese people, which will win over some people's hearts and minds. Then use strong methods to kill a group of rebellious people who dare to rebel. After Nagasaki is stabilized, we can move forward step by step.
beat.
And we must do a good job in publicity work to let the Japanese people know that this is not an invasion, because the Japanese country has been the territory of China since ancient times. They are the descendants of the Chinese people who came over by boat with Xu Fu during the Qin Dynasty.
After Nagasaki is firmly established, Zhu Yuanzhang will continue to send civil servants here and establish social studies, so that all Japanese people will start to learn Chinese, speak Chinese, wear Hanfu, and bathe in Chinese culture and history.
After all, this is an old tradition they have been carrying out since the Han and Tang Dynasties.
To be honest, most of the current history of Japan was learned from China.
Only the culture of disembowelment at every turn was their own invention.
This time Zhu Yuanzhang was determined.
He wanted to completely integrate the Japanese country into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, instead of grabbing a colony and throwing it away.
The people of Japan were living a very hard life, and he had an obligation and responsibility to bring peace to these people...