Chapter 123 Zhu Han meets his brother Zhu Yuanzhang
Chen Youliang's words immediately made Xu Shuhui react.
I am still in ruins now, I must maintain my last bit of dignity.
"Yes! Leave everything to General Chen." Xu Shouhui said slowly.
How did the other generals from various places comfort them? Xu Shouhui just said a few words, but was rudely interrupted by Chen Youliang.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to say much. How do you appease the generals everywhere? All this is up to you. Your Majesty, just stay in the palace and I will handle everything outside!"
When Xu Shouhui heard this, he was stunned on the spot. The few followers and confidants around him were also stunned when they heard Chen Youliang's arrogant words.
Among them, Xu Shouhui's brother-in-law Wang Wenshuang stood up immediately and couldn't help scolding him, "General Chen, isn't it too unreasonable to speak like this?"
Chen Youliang glanced at Wang Wen coldly and said with a sneer, "Master Wang, if it weren't for me, I'm afraid Ni Wenjun would be the emperor, and you wouldn't have the right to talk here!"
Wang Wenshuang was immediately ashamed and annoyed.
Although Ni Wenjun acted a little arrogantly before, he always maintained respect in front of Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, unlike this Chen Youliang.
He had just killed Ni Wenjun, but he did not give Wang Wenshuang, a close confidant of the emperor, any face.
Wang Wenshuang couldn't help but said, "Chen Youliang, I think you are the second Ni Wenjun. If you are so rude again, your Majesty will punish you for deceiving the emperor!"
Chen Youliang smiled coldly, "You are bullying me, huh... without me, Chen Youliang, how could you still be such a bullshit prince!"
"From today on, no one is allowed to leave the palace. No one is allowed to enter or exit the palace without my permission!"
Chen You snorted coldly, left Xu Shouhui and others behind, and led the soldiers out of the palace.
Wang Wenshuang was furious and chased after Chen Youliang to argue with him!
But the guard in front of the gate turned around and punched Wang Wenshuang to the ground.
"Anyone who disobeys military orders will be killed!" the guard said fiercely.
In the entire hall, the faces of Xu Shuhui, the emperor and his ministers suddenly turned earth-colored.
They already knew clearly that Chen Youliang was much scarier than Ni Wenjun.
Chen Youliang took advantage of the opportunity of killing Ni Wenjun's gang members and arrested all the generals loyal to Xu Shouhui in Hanyang City.
Then these generals who had driven away Ni Wenjun a few days ago were all labeled as Ni Wenjun's traitor to the party.
Soon, the entire city of Hanyang was controlled by Chen Youliang.
Chen Youliang, in the name of Emperor Tianwan Xu Shouhui, notified the generals stationed in various places to come to Hanyang Chen Lai Hanyang to pay homage to him.
The generals no longer have any feelings for Xu Shouhui, the puppet emperor.
Now, if Chen Youliang has such iron-blooded skills, he has defeated Ni Wenjun and others, and all the generals from all over the country have paid homage to Chen Youliang obediently.
Of course, among these people, there was only one exception, and that was Ming Yuzhen, who had just led an army to capture Chongqing.
As a general promoted by Ni Wenjun.
Ming Yuzhen was very angry at Chen Youliang's behavior of killing his old master.
He angrily rebuked Chen Youliang's envoy who came to deliver the message, ordered the soldiers of the three armies to beat him out, and then set fire to the official uniforms, gold seals and other rewards sent by Chen Youliang's messengers.
Ming Yuzhen mourned Ni Wenjun in Chongqing City, and the entire army wore linen and mourned for three days. Then she announced that she would block the Yangtze River waterway and no longer obey Chen Youliang's command.
Chongqing is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The terrain is difficult and water transportation is extremely inconvenient.
No matter how angry Chen Youliang was at Ming Yuzhen's blatant confrontation, he could not attack Chongqing.
According to Chen Youliang's current military strength, if he were to attack Chongqing, he would not only need to use at least hundreds of thousands of civilian soldiers, but he would also need at least two years of food and grass reserves.
After Chen Youliang took control of the Tianwan regime, his first strategic target was not the little Ming Yuzhen at all, but the prosperous Jiangnan.
The sacred land in the south of the Yangtze River occupied by brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han has already made Chen Youliang salivate.
Previously, Ni Wenjun did not have any great talents and strategies, and had always limited his sights to the Tianwan regime. However, Chen Youliang's strategic vision was much higher.
He already has the ambition to conquer the world.
If you want to seize the world, you must first seize Jiangnan, a land of wealth and population, and then move north to capture the Central Plains. As for corner areas like Xichuan, Guanzhong and Yunnan, Chen Youliang felt that it would not be too late to slowly solve them in the future.
Chen Youliang did not have a clear understanding of the prosperity of Jiangnan.
After all, he came from a poor family. In the past few decades, he had been confined to traveling around a hundred miles away from his hometown, and had never been to the good places in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, after capturing Jiangxi and bordering the territory of Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers in Jiangnan, Chen Youliang had a clearer understanding of the wealth in Jiangnan.
Under the rule of the Tianwan Red Scarf Army, many people in Jiangxi were already considered to be frivolous and insignificant, but many people still left their homes in Jiangxi and went to the south of the Yangtze River.
One of the important reasons is that the Zhu brothers in Jiangnan heard that they were carrying out land reform to allocate land to the people who had no land, and all of it was fertile land.
Not only are these lands less taxed, but they also have many businesses that can be used to make a living during off-farm periods, enough to support the family.
As a result, many villages appeared in Jiangxi and people fled to Zhu Yuanzhang's territory.
This is caused by the gap between rich and poor.
Chen Youliang has sent spies to Jiangnan many times to find out more detailed information.
Jinling City in the south of the Yangtze River is currently undergoing extensive construction. Not only is the brand-new Jinling City Wall being repaired, but the Prince Wu's Mansion inside is also being built in a splendid way.
Such large-scale construction projects, in troubled times, require a large amount of manpower, material and financial resources, which will generally cause complaints among the people in the territory, and may even lead to the outbreak of riots that are difficult to suppress and other adverse effects.
But in Zhu Yuanzhang's territory, there were so many major construction projects, but he didn't hear any complaints from the people. On the contrary, everyone was full of praise for the newly built Jinling City Wall and the Royal Palace, thinking that they were from Jiangnan.
of glory.
There is no other reason for this. It is simply that the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers have a huge amount of money in their hands. Even if they are building large-scale construction projects, they do not need to levy additional taxes on ordinary people and merchants. They can support such a huge project just by relying on the reserves in their hands.
This made Chen Youliang's eyes turn red with envy, as he barely had enough food for less than a year.
How to capture Jiangnan has become his biggest wish.
In Hanyang City, the Prime Minister's Mansion of Chen Youliang.
Chen Youliang was discussing with Zou Pusheng, Chen Wending and other close advisers on how to capture Jiangnan.
Regarding the brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han from Jiangnan, almost everyone in the Tianwan Red Turban Army knows their names.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han annihilated millions of Yuan troops in Yangzhou and killed the Yuan Dynasty emperor Tuohuan Tiemuer's glorious achievements, which made many Tianwan Red Turban Army generals admire them!
Now when they heard that Chen Youliang actually wanted to send troops to attack the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers, they were all horrified.
Zou Pusheng immediately advised, "Commander, you must think twice! Now is probably not the right time to start a war with the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers!"
"Although our army occupies Huguang and Jiangxi, its food, grass, ordnance is still insufficient compared to the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers. If we attack Jiangnan rashly, we will be fine if we succeed. If we fail, we will be in catastrophe!"
"According to what I see below, it is better to accumulate strength and go west to capture Chongqing and Xichuan, and then go north to Guanzhong. This was Zhuge Liang's strategy back then to divide the world into three parts and conquer the world!"
Hearing Zou Pusheng's words, Chen Youliang showed a dismissive look:
"No matter how powerful Zhuge Liang is, his so-called three-part world will fail in the end. The surrender of Chengdu is an example of failure. How can we learn from him again?"
Hearing Chen Youliang's question, Zou Pusheng shook his head and said,
"No, no! Now the world is in chaos in the great north. If our army holds firm in Huguang and Jiangxi, then goes west to capture Chongqing, and goes north to Guanzhong from Xichuan, and advances into the Central Plains, it can be said that it will not be effortless. It is far from what it was when Cao Wei unified
In the Central Plains, Zhuge Liang is in a situation that even with the power of an immortal it is difficult to save!"
"It's really not worth taking risks for Jiangnan now."
Zou Pusheng's words immediately gained support from other Tianwan Red Scarf Army generals.
They already respected and feared the famous brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, not to mention traveling thousands of miles to fight on their territory.
"Prime Minister, I've heard that... Zhu Han is the martial arts star from the sky who came down to earth. His arm is as strong as a thousand catties. With one punch, he killed hundreds or even thousands of the cowardly soldiers of the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Man! Zhu Longxing is so terrifying, if we are not completely sure, we cannot take risks!"
General Chen Wending said.
Chen Youliang sneered at this statement:
"The idea of being extremely powerful and killing hundreds or even thousands of cowardly Xue Jun! It's just nonsense!"
During the Tianwan Red Turban Army regime, many storytelling operas began to spread, many of which came from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
In addition to Bao Gong's case and Di Renjie's investigation, which are popular among the people, the most popular ones are the stories about Marshal Zhu Longxing rescuing people from distress.
Not only the legend of the White-Haired Girl, but also Zhu Longxing Hongze Lake and killing the Tartar emperor, a silver spear in Yangzhou City killing a million-dollar army, etc.
All kinds of outrageous drama storytelling have long been spread in the Hanyang and Huguang areas.
Chen Youliang was willing to listen to even a little bit of what these novelists had to say.
However, many Tianwan Red Scarf Army officers and soldiers with little knowledge, as well as a large number of ordinary people, enjoyed these things endlessly. Many people even took the contents of the play as true. They felt that Zhu Longxing, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang was really in heaven.
The star descended to earth to lead the Han people in the world to drive out the Tartars and restore the Han family to the world.
Chen Youliang was so angry that he already wanted to ban the spread of these ridiculous dramas among the people.
Now, when I heard that my generals were even more angry about Zhu Longxing's commentary on miscellany.
Chen Youliang felt even more angry.
"Brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are just beggars and monks. They have only occupied a favorable location, close to Jiangnan. If we also raise troops in the Huaixi area, maybe we will be the ones occupying Jiangnan now."
"When it comes to combat skills, we may not be worse than their brothers!"
Chen Youliang's words were full of ambition. Everyone knew that Chen Youliang was very stubborn. Now that the matter had been decided, Zou Pusheng, Chen Wending and others felt that they could not persuade him to come back, so they could only follow Chen Youliang's instructions and start.
Make plans.
"If you want to capture Jiangnan, you must send troops from Jiangxi along the Yangtze River waterway."
"The Yangtze River waterway must pass through to reach the south of the Yangtze River. There are several places that need important nodes!"
"They are Anqing, Chizhou, and Taiping. The next step is the quarrying outside Jinling Mansion. As long as we capture this place along the river, we can maintain an unimpeded Yangtze River transportation line and support it with a steady stream of troops, horses, and grain.
Soldiers at the front.”
Soon, Chen Youliang and others formulated a plan to capture key points on the Yangtze River such as Chizhou and Anqing Taiping.
However, in order to capture these heavily guarded places, one must first explore the local military deployment.
Of course it is not possible to investigate openly.
Chen Youliang personally edited a letter and sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang in Jiangnan.
In the letter, Chen Youliang called Zhu Yuanzhang his brother in a very cordial tone, and then explained that the two Red Scarf armies unanimously crusaded against the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty, expelled the Tartars, and restored China. In order for the two sides to complement each other and share their needs, he hoped that Hu Guang could
Many merchants went to Jiangnan to do business.
In fact, the so-called businessmen were naturally spies sent by Chen Youliang.
They have a large number of local specialties in Huguang, especially the tung oil, copper ore, tin ore, etc. produced in Huguang, all of which are commodities that have been in short supply in Jiangnan recently.
When he received Chen Youliang's letter, Zhu Han was leading his army to attack Quanzhou.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately responded to Chen Youliang's letter with the same enthusiasm.
The two sides agreed to live peacefully on the border, and Zhu Yuanzhang fully agreed with Huguang's idea of doing business there.
After all, the fiscal revenue in Jiangnan is now very generous. One of the most important reasons is that the commercial taxes in Jiangnan have made Zhu Yuanzhang very rich. Just one Suzhou is worth a year's agricultural production in Jiangbei Province.
Tax, plus Jinling, Hangzhou, Mingzhou and other places.
That made Zhu Yuanzhang have so much money that he didn't know how to spend it.
Jiangnan's land tax has been reduced again and again in order to encourage local people to grow more food and restore people's livelihood as soon as possible.
Although local commerce in Jiangnan is prosperous, there is an extreme shortage of many minerals and other materials, especially large quantities of copper ore, tin ore and other minerals, as well as large quantities of tung oil.
All are consumables in today's military and industrial weapons.
In just one month.
There were as many as fifty or sixty caravans coming from Huguang to Jiangnan for trade.
These caravans brought much-needed copper ore, tin ore, tung oil, etc. to Jiangnan, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied.
At this time, Zhu Han also led the navy back to Jinling from Quanzhou.
After returning to Jinling, Zhu Han did not go back to his mansion first, but went directly to Prince Wu's Mansion and met his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.
Seeing Zhu Han come back, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately smiled and said, "The battle in Quanzhou was really exciting. We were worried about letting those lustful people escape, but we didn't expect that not one of them was killed."
Zhu Han smiled and said, "Actually, we didn't kill them all. We kept some useful ones to serve as guides on our future voyages to the West."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "That's the same reason. Since Hui Hui people can come and do business in the Central Plains, we have to leave some guides. We also have to find an opportunity to visit their hometowns in the future and learn about them."
The people who committed evil in Fujian came back to take revenge, otherwise we would really be sorry for the people of the Central Plains!"
The two brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han have been getting along for so many years.
Under the influence of Zhu Han's strong nationalist thoughts, his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang naturally had many national thoughts. Regarding the distinction between north and south, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer thought like a modern ancient man. He felt that whether it was Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian or the Han people in the north,
, they are all one family.
Therefore, when the people of Fujian suffered massacres by people with colored eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt the same way in his heart. This is exactly the resonance that nationalism can bring, and national sentiments are common. From this point of view alone, even without Zhu Han's assistance in the future,
The dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang will also be very different from the Ming Dynasty in history.
"I have sent Hu Dahai to take charge in Quanzhou, restore local trade, and form a team. The Semu people left a lot of charts and logbooks. Following their tracks, they explored the route to Nanyang, where gold and silver are hidden.
Shan, after sorting out those nautical charts and logbooks, we immediately sent people to explore the Western Ocean!" Zhu Han said.
"Okay, it would be great to go on a voyage to the West!"
Zhu Yuanzhang now also has extremely high expectations for sea trade.
Jiangnan is so prosperous now precisely because of its prosperous trade.
The business and trade in Suzhou, Jinling, Hangzhou, and Mingzhou meant that Zhu Yuanzhang did not need to worry about the military salaries of his officials and soldiers, nor did he need to cruelly squeeze the people under his rule, which gave him a good reputation.
Vigorously developing commerce and trade has been an excellent means for Lao Zhu to govern the country.
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately thought of Chen Youliang sending someone to request trade.
When Zhu Han heard that Chen Youliang had sent fifty or sixty waves of caravans within a month, he immediately realized the problem.
He said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "Brother, Chen Youliang is not a simple person! At a small level, he is a heroic figure, but at a large level... he is also a man with the world in mind. He will definitely not be satisfied with occupying a Huguang city.
I think the real purpose of these caravans from Jiangxi and Jiangxi is to inquire about our military deployment. Maybe Chen Youliang has started to prepare for war and wants to sneak attack on us in Jiangnan!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised by Zhu Han's words.
"I heard that Chen Youliang was a man who killed the Tatars without blinking an eye. Now that the Tartars have not been wiped out, Chen Youliang should not do so."
But Zhu Han shook his head and said: "It's another matter whether you can do it or not. If Chen Youliang is really ambitious, he will definitely not show mercy."
Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with this sentence. He nodded and said:
"Indeed, I heard that Ni Wenjun was Chen Youliang's benefactor. Although he rebelled and wanted to kill Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang had his head beheaded in public, and his family was wiped out. This is indeed disgraceful."
"So, Chen Youliang has to be on guard. However, the fact that he sent people to inquire about information in the name of merchants means that he is still very afraid of us. According to my speculation... Huguang and Jiangxi have been in constant war, and there should not be much food and grass.
Reserve, Chen Youliang can't go into the army for a while. At most, he is here to inquire about information. If he really wants to take action, he may have to wait for some time." Zhu Han said.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded when he heard this and said: "Since Chen Youliang has evil intentions and comes to inquire about our news, we can't be idle."
Zhu Han nodded and said, "Yes, our Sihai Trading Company has gathered a lot of information in Dadu. We will immediately open a few more shops in Huguang to gather information about Chen Youliang."
After all, you have to guard against a ruthless person like Chen Youliang!
When talking about the Sihai Trading Company, Zhu Yuanzhang talked to Zhu Han about another issue!
That is, there is now a huge money shortage in Jiangnan.
Yes, it is money shortage.
Nowadays, commerce in Jiangnan is flourishing, even more than during the reign of Meng Yuan.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang followed Zhu Han's suggestions and canceled many checkpoints and many miscellaneous taxes in Jiangnan. He also strictly prohibited officials and troops at all levels from exploiting merchants and only collected a unified fixed tax.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As a result, commerce has naturally prospered, and the taxes levied on the people are also very low. Many people have surplus grain in their hands, and they can sell the surplus grain for money.
, and with spare money, you can buy more daily necessities for your home.
Naturally, commerce and trade prospered.
However, the coins originally circulating in the Jiangnan market gradually began to be in short supply. It can be said that the number of copper coins minted in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties was very small.
Because the Mongolian Yuan has always used banknotes.
After all, as long as paper money needs to be printed, you can use a piece of white paper to collect a large number of goods of equal value.
After several currency reforms, the Yuan Dynasty's banknotes were already as worthless as wipes.
The excessive issuance of banknotes is actually a form of robbing the people.
A piece of worthless white paper with a few words written on it can buy the merchant's goods.
But when the merchants took banknotes and went to buy things for themselves, they could only buy goods at a discount of 10% or 20%. As a result, countless merchants went bankrupt, and all industries were in ruins for a while.
In today's era, only metal currency can circulate stably.
"However, if you want to cast copper coins, it is still not suitable... Many commodities nowadays are of large value, and the value of copper coins is too cheap. If you want to do business in other places, it is very inconvenient to carry large quantities of copper coins with carriages and horses, and it is the same as now.
If our important material for casting artillery is used to cast coins in large quantities, then our copper will not be enough." Zhu Han said.
Today, the various large and small artillery pieces of the Red Turban Army have achieved very mature manufacturing processes.
The major artillery workshops in Chuzhou, Jinling, and Suzhou are operating at full capacity to produce artillery, but they are still unable to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of troops and navies.
It's not that their craftsmanship isn't good, but that raw materials are often in short supply.
Copper ore is in short supply in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no copper ore in the first place, so it needs to be transported from other places. Now that the place is in chaos and the trade routes are cut off, the difficulty of transporting copper ore from other places can be imagined.
In order to build artillery, Zhu Han ordered the confiscation of the bronze Buddha statues and bells in many temples!
It was melted and cast into cannon.
After all, in the era of war and chaos, these bronze Buddhas and bronze arhats cannot protect themselves. Only with bronze cannons in hand can they protect the people of the world!
"What do you think we should do in Qiwu?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
"Of course, use something else to replace the copper coins." Zhu Han said.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked in confusion: "What should we use instead of copper coins? Is it gold and silver? We are even more lacking in gold and silver here!"
The value and acceptance of gold and silver are of course higher than that of copper coins, and they are even used in maritime trade settlements.
However, it was difficult to earn a sufficient amount of silver and gold coins by doing business in Nanyang.
Because very long-distance maritime trade often involves barter.
Neither side will carry too many gold or silver coins.
The Central Plains region has always lacked gold and silver mines. Even if there were many super-large gold and silver mines in later generations, it would still be very difficult to mine with today's technical means.
"We are short of gold and silver here, and the war is in chaos. Even if there are gold mines and silver mines, it is inconvenient to mine. But there is a lot of gold and silver in one place, and it is very easy to mine. You can even dig a hole in the ground and dig a little.
If you dig dozens of feet, you can dig out a piece of silver ore, and you can dig out a piece of silver ore." Zhu Han said.
"Oh, where is such a good place?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.
Zhu Han pointed at a map behind his brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "Not far away, it's the Japanese island to the east of the sea."
"Japanese Island?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map.
This map was drawn by Zhu Han himself, but it only marked the Central Plains, Koryo Peninsula, Japanese Islands, etc.
"Is there really a silver mine on the Japanese island thousands of miles away?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't believe it.
Because he also has some impressions of Japanese islands.
I heard that the land on the Japanese island is barren and there are many volcanoes. There are often earthquakes and other disasters. Moreover, the people there are short and barbaric. They often go to sea to act as Japanese pirates and plunder the coasts of Korea and Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not have a good impression of Japan Island.
Poor mountains and harsh waters bring out unruly people. If it were not for poor mountains and harsh waters, how could unruly people come out to become Japanese pirates?
If there really were mountains of gold and silver up there, would there be any need to become pirates?
"There are quite a lot of gold and silver mines on the Japanese island. Brother, you don't know. According to the Semu people's sailing log I captured in Quanzhou this time, they found a huge silver mine on the Japanese island, right next to Iwami.
This place is also called the Iwami Silver Mine, but the local Japanese people were in civil strife and did not have any mining skills, so this precious place has been left to this day."
Iwami Yinshan is a very famous large silver mine in history.
Historically, nearly half of the silver in the middle and early Ming Dynasty came from Iwami Ginzan. Such a large silver mine was not gradually depleted until the middle and late Edo shogunate period.
It is conceivable how huge the reserves of this silver mine are, and the actual mining of silver mines is not very difficult. It may be difficult for people on the Japanese island, but for China, which has mastered various silver mining technologies,
, it’s simply a piece of cake.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that there was such a big super silver mine, his eyes suddenly lit up. He grabbed Zhu Han and said, "There is such a good place, let's go and kill it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Zhu Han couldn't help laughing.
According to the evaluation standards of ancient Confucian scholars, they have a saying that those who are warlike will perish.
But today's brothers Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang are indeed militants, because all their battles are guaranteed profits without loss.
So, now my brother Zhu Yuanzhang hears that there is a war to fight.
Immediately I felt as if I saw an opportunity to make a fortune.
Especially, this time to rob such a large silver mine, it would be such a bubbling happiness.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As long as there are such sufficient silver mines, you can cast your own silver coins, and once the silver coins circulate in the prosperous commercial place of Jiangnan, it will stimulate commerce and trade.
The more prosperous and prosperous the trade, the more tax revenue will be collected.
"Okay, since we want to attack Japan, let's do it as we say. While there is no war around now, let's knock down Japan's silver mines first!"
"It's just that we are blind to what is going on on the Japanese island now!"
Zhu Han didn't know much about this issue. He only knew that the current Japanese island was in the Southern and Northern Dynasties period in history. There was an old emperor in the south and several puppet emperors supported by the shoguns in the north.
The two sides separated themselves and fought continuously between the north and the south.
Among them, Zhu Han did not know the most appropriate entry point to seize the Iwami Silver Mine.
However, Zhu Han remembered that he had captured a group of Japanese pirates when he was in Goryeo.
Among them was a Japanese pirate named Hojo Yoshima, who should be familiar with the situation in Japan.
"Hojo Yoshima."
"This is a simple matter, just let me do it, brother!"
"I'll go find some Japanese pirates and ask them to investigate. Then it will become clearer."
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Zhenjiang.
Outside the navy barracks of the Red Scarf Army in Zhenjiang is a bustling commercial street.
In fact, this place was originally a remote field with no prosperity at all. There were even very few farmers and fishermen working in the fields.
However, since the Red Turban Navy Base was built here, a large number of people have come here, carrying their own snacks, drinks, etc., and selling them here.
In just a few months, it turned this place into a very prosperous business gathering place.
Various Jiangnan snacks, such as glutinous rice dumplings, rice balls stuffed with wine, and sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, all have their own fragrances floating on the streets. Today, the vendors' stalls still exude an alluring smell.
Hojo Yoshima was sitting in front of a small wonton stew stall.
Holding a bowl of bone soup wontons with dried shrimps and winter bamboo shoots, I took a big mouthful and enjoyed the delicious food.
After finishing the bowl of wontons, he put down a few copper coins and continued walking forward. He saw another stall selling sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and spent a few pennies to buy a few pieces of flower cakes to eat.
A few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake were a great pleasure to eat.
While eating, he admired the local customs and customs of Zhenjiang.
Hojo Yoshima's heart was instantly filled with a sense of pride.
After being captured by the Red Scarf Army, Hojo Yoshin and other Japanese pirates were first transformed. They were incorporated into the ranks of the Zhenjiang navy. As the daily training partners of the Zhenjiang navy, they were playing the role of enemy soldiers.
Help train the Red Turban Navy Navy.
Acting as an imaginary enemy in gang-hopping battles and navigation training was a tough job, but Hojo Yoshizhin did it with great joy.
If we want to talk about the reasons, the biggest reason is that the food in the Red Turban Army is really good!
The food among the navy was the best, which made the Japanese pirates extremely happy.
When Hojo Yoshin was a child, he was not able to eat fish and meat every day, but at the level of the Red Scarf Army, he could eat eggs, fish or meat almost every day.
And these foods are extremely delicious.
After three months of examinations, Hojo Yoshin was judged to have superior performance and was qualified as an auxiliary soldier.
Once you obtain the qualification as an auxiliary soldier, you will have freedom of movement and military pay.
With these military pay, Hojo Yoshima was attracted by the prosperity and prosperity of Jiangnan.
Hojo Yoshizhin now regrets every day, hating that he was not born in China, deeply believing that he was born on a Japanese island and feeling inferior.
The Japanese pirates among the Red Turban Army naturally have a low status, but when walking on the streets of Zhenjiang, the people do not know whether he is a Japanese pirate or a Han. As long as they see the red scarf military uniform on him, they will respect him.
There are plus.
He no longer thinks about restoring the Hojo family's foundation.
What's the use of restoring the Hojo family?
After recovering, you may not be able to live a good life of eating wine and meat every day.
It’s nothing more than rice plus dried radish, and dried radish plus rice.
On those days, he didn't feel happy.
When he returned to the military camp, he was suddenly approached by the commander of the navy camp.
"Xu Yizhen!"
When he heard someone calling him, Hojo Yoshin immediately responded.
Xu Yi is his Chinese name.
According to the military regulations formulated by Zhu Han, all barbarians who join the Red Scarf Army are not allowed to use their original surnames and must take a Chinese surname, otherwise they will be kicked out.
Of course this is to assimilate them.
So before Hojo Yoshin gave himself a new Han surname, he heard a lot about Xu Fu's eastward journey, which led to the legend of the subsequent Japanese residents.
So Hojo Yoshizhin gave himself the surname Xu.
This means that I am a descendant of Xu Fu's eastward journey, a member of the Chinese nation, and of Han blood.
Of course, as for whether he really has Han blood, you have to ask his ancestors.
"Xu Yizhen, the deputy commander is here and wants to see you by name!" Guanying Hu Guanzhu said.
Hearing this handsome man, Hojo Yoshin didn't react immediately and was stunned for a moment.
"Hurry up and follow me."
Said the naval commander Guanying.
It took a while for Hojo to realize who the deputy commander was. It was naturally Zhu Han, Lord Pingzhang of Jiangnan.
Hojo Yoshizhin had a heartfelt awe for the man who treated him like a son and beat up the deputy commander Zhu Han during the naval battle.
After entering the military camp, Zhu Han frowned when he saw Hojo Yoshin.
Hojo Yoshizhin, who was wearing Han Chinese robes, looked nothing like a Japanese pirate.
He said to Guanying Hu Guanzhu, "Is this person Hojo Yoshizhin?"
Hu Guanzhu immediately saluted and said to Zhu Han, "Deputy Commander Qi, yes, this person is none other than Hojo Yoshima."
Hojo Yoshizhen quickly knelt on the ground and saluted, "Subordinate Xu Yizhen, pay your respects to the deputy commander!"
"Xu Yizhen, this name sounds good to you. Get up." Zhu Han said.
"Thank you, deputy commander!"
Hojo Yoshizhen stood up quickly.
He was wearing a blue scholar's robe, which was the latest style circulated from Jinling.
The length and tailoring have been improved, making it look more heroic and in line with the current image of Jiangnan New Confucianism.
Zhu Han nodded with satisfaction, "I heard that you have been doing well recently."
Hojo Yoshin said quickly, "Deputy Commander Kei, my subordinate now regrets his original sins every day and regrets endlessly!"
Hojo even shed tears of regret as he spoke.
Zhu Han originally thought it was just a show, but after careful inspection, he found that Hojo Yoshizhin was actually regretful from the bottom of his heart.
Hojo Yoshin repeatedly expressed that he felt deeply inferior because he was not born Han. This emotion made Zhu Han very interesting, which showed that Hojo Yoshin had completely surrendered psychologically.
Zhu Han smiled and said to Hojo Yoshima:
"Hojo Yoshima, do you miss your hometown?"
Hojo Yoshin shook his head and said: "My hometown will be Zhenjiang from now on. My surname is Xu, not Hojo!"
When Zhu Han heard this comment, he almost laughed in anger.
He wants these Japanese pirates to lead the way and fight back to the Japanese island to rob Iwami Ginzan!
There is no intention to let these Japanese pirates stay here in Zhenjiang and become some kind of "spiritual descendants of Yan and Huang".
Zhu Han said, "We in China value loyalty and filial piety. Your Hojo family is considered a famous family in Japan. If you abandon your family and business like this, it is against filial piety and does not conform to my Zhongyuan way of loyalty and filial piety!"
Hojo Yoshizhen said very seriously, "Deputy Commander, I have no doubt that our Hojo family must be the 500 boys and girls who followed Xu Fu eastwards during the time of Qin Shihuang. Otherwise, I would not have felt this way as soon as I came to Jiangnan.
Such kindness is because my blood is flowing with the blood of China!"
Hojo Yoshima looked serious.
He has no doubts about his identity as a descendant of China. If anyone dares to question it, he will probably pull out his knife and fight that person to the death.
Zhu Han felt very relieved about this 'spiritual Han man'.
"Hojo Yoshin, your loyalty! Great! Very good!"
"There is a task now that requires your help!"
"Deputy Commander, no matter what the task is, whether it's a mountain of swords or a sea of fire, I, Xu Yizhen, will never refuse!" Hojo Yoshizhen said very seriously.
Zhu Han nodded slightly, and then said to Hojo Yoshin, "I plan to ask you to bring a group of people back to Japan to explore the way forward for us."
"I want to build a base on the Japanese island, right at Shishan. In order to prevent the war from causing the local Japanese people to flee in large numbers, you must come up with a charter." Zhu Han said.
Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang were sure of victory in seizing Shijian Yinshan.
After all, the fighting ability of the small princes on the Japanese island is worrisome, and they are also seriously short of soldiers and horses. It only needs to mobilize 10,000 to 20,000 people to defeat them in one battle.
However, mining silver mines requires a lot of manpower. If the war continues for too long, or without the assistance of local Japanese lords, it will be difficult to recruit enough manpower to mine silver mines. Watching a large silver mine in front of you.
But there was no manpower to mine, which was the most uncomfortable thing, so Zhu Han asked a Japanese pirate return group from Hojo to see how they could quickly and effectively establish a puppet regime after defeating the feudal lord Iwami, and annihilate all the surrounding Japanese people.
Stay and mine silver.
Upon hearing Zhu Han's words, Hojo Yoshin's face suddenly darkened at first. He thought Zhu Han was planning to drive him back to Japan.
He immediately fell to his knees with a plop and begged Zhu Hanken, "Deputy Commander, give me a chance. I can do better. Don't drive me to the Japanese island. I am a Han and I want to do what I want to do."