Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 306 Father Has Been Thinking About the Gold and Silver Mine in Japan for a Long Time
"After this Fujiwara returns to Japan, I, Ming Dynasty, also need someone to meet with the emperor of that country, and express my wish to make peace with him."

"Therefore, on the day Fujiwara returns, can Mister condescend to accompany you to Japan as an envoy?" Zhu Su said to Gao Qi.

Everyone present was taken aback, and Gao Qi's expression froze.He frowned and thought for a while, then asked solemnly: "Is it just to repair with the Wa Kingdom? Or..."

"I, Ming, have the intention of going east...to expand the territory?"

Speaking of "expanding the frontier and expanding the territory", Zhu Di couldn't help but sat up straight.The rest of the people also immediately sat upright.Zhu Su praised secretly in his heart, nodded frankly and said: "That's right, only by bringing the Japanese kingdom under the jurisdiction of our Ming Dynasty can we eradicate the Japanese plague from the root."

"For this reason, the Emperor must be instigated to ask my Daming for help, so that my Daming's righteous army can settle in... But Fujiwara is arrogant and has no talent, and I fear that he will not be able to take on the big job..."

"Is this what His Highness means? Or..."

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

Gao Qi got to the point with one sentence.

Zhu Su was silent for a while, and finally said honestly: "No, this is my temporary arbitrary idea after meeting Fujiwara."

"However, before this, this king had advised his father to open up borders to the country of Japan... Father also had the same intention."

"Hahahaha. Is that really the case?" Gao Qi smiled freely, but Zhu Su's heart froze.Deep down in his heart, this celebrity is extremely proud, and he doesn't even serve as an official given to him by Lao Zhu in the past.

If it weren't for respecting his "copied" reputation in the literary world, such a celebrity might not even be able to fool Fujiwara with him.

But it is also very necessary to send someone who can be used to the country of Wa.Someone must find out the internal political situation and power distribution in the country of Japan, and judge the timing of instigating the emperor, so as to remind the emperor to ask for reinforcements from Ming Dynasty on the most appropriate occasion.This time can neither be too early nor too late.It was too early, and Daming himself hadn't freed up his hands, let alone traveling across the ocean; it was too late, and the defeat of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty of the Wa Kingdom was determined. Even if the Ming army went, it was very likely that they would fall into a tug-of-war with the Ashikaga Shogunate, which had unified all the forces of the Wa Kingdom. .

After Zhu Su thought about it, Gao Qi was the most suitable candidate.One is that Gao Qi was originally a celebrity, and the nobles of the Japanese country admired such a person of the celestial dynasty the most. Even if he did not rely on Fujiwara, Gao Qi was very likely to be regarded as a guest of honor in the Japanese country by virtue of his talent; It is most appropriate for him to go to Japan to "manipulate" Fujiwara.

But this is not the emperor's order after all, it's just his own request.It is understandable for Gao Qi not to agree...

"Your Highness really has great ambitions! You actually want to devour the Japanese kingdom! It really makes me feel the legacy of the Han and Tang Dynasties!" Zhu Su was worrying about gains and losses, but Gao Qi slapped the table and praised him. "Since your Highness has this ambition, why should Qi cherish this body? Although the mountains and rivers are far away to the Wa country, we are obliged to do so."

He blinked at Zhu Su: "Your Highness may not know, but in my life, I admire Ban Dingyuan's achievements the most!"

Ban Dingyuan is Banchao in the Eastern Han Dynasty.As an ordinary envoy, he made great achievements in subduing more than fifty countries in the Western Regions.In his life, he established an inexhaustible martial arts as a civil servant, and his name will go down in history in the end, and he will be praised forever, which can be called a legend.

Gao Qi actually aspires to be Daming's Ban Chao?Zhu Su was overjoyed.On the other side, Ru Taisu and Wei Guan, who are also literati, frowned after hearing this.Ru Taisu said: "Is the Fifth Highness too ambitious? What's the benefit of taking it from the barbarian land of the Japanese country?"

"Hey, Taisu, you are too rigid." Gao Qi had friendship with Ru Taisu and other literati, Zhu Su hadn't spoken yet, he laughed and said: "Today, I have always been sympathetic to the strength of the people, and I have always been safe in military matters. .If it’s a waste of time and money, do you still need to worry about it?”

"How can it be said that it is useless to control the Japanese country and calm down the Japanese plague with a partial teacher? Besides, even if I can't send out troops in Ming Dynasty, I will come back at worst. It's just an idle move by His Highness, why object?"

As soon as this remark came out, Ru Taisu and other conservative civil servants could not object.Indeed, it is well known that the Holy One is sympathetic to the people today.If it is really a waste of money and people, he will not allow it.

Since there is a sage guarding the gate, what is there to worry about?
Zhu Su was extremely satisfied with Gao Qi, and said in his heart that it was Gao Qi, a crazy student who would resign at every turn, and he was more appetizing to him.But whoever behaves wildly does not have his own lofty ambitions in his chest?
Well.This point can be put to good use. If you encounter such literati again in the future, you can guide their aspirations and use them to fight against and neutralize the conservatives in the imperial court...

The tide of history is overwhelming.If you miss this opportunity, the next time the Chinese nation expands its territory, I'm afraid it will have to wait another thousand years!
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After it was decided that Gao Qi would go to Wa country with Fujiwara in the future, everyone disbanded.Most people only regard Zhu Su's "expanding the land and Japan" as a tentative strategy, and they don't pay much attention to it.Zhu Su has already figured out which troops to go to the sea to take. This time he went to sea to rescue the people of Ming who were captured by the Japanese pirates, and it can also be used as a touchstone to test whether Fujiwara really returns to Han: if he is sincere to Daming, he will definitely serve Ming with all his heart. The army should be a good "leading party".

As the little leader of the Japanese pirates department in Ojinga in the past, he knew where the lairs of other Japanese pirates were hidden.If he could wholeheartedly assist the Ming army in suppressing the Japanese, it would be enough to show that he had truly regarded himself as a descendant of China.

Seeing that everyone else had left, Zhu Di still sat on the chair and refused to leave. Zhu Su asked strangely, "Fourth brother? What's wrong with you? Do you have anything you want to say to me alone?"

"Fifth." Zhu Di really came over. "You want to open up the Wa country, do you want to use this Wa country as the first stop for our brothers to build a vassal overseas as I said before?"

"Tell me secretly, what good is this Japanese country? It's worth your trouble?"

Zhu Di had known Zhu Su's origin for a long time, so he naturally guessed that Zhu Su's scheming was definitely more than Tuna's "Yongjing Japanese pirates".But the land is poor and bad, and Zhu Di really couldn't think of anything good about this place, so he waited for everyone to leave, and took a chance to ask Zhu Su about it.

"Uh..." Zhu Su laughed for a moment, Zhu Di wanted to choose a fief that he wanted foresight by knowing his own background.

In fact, he wanted to destroy the Wa country in this way, and the hatred between the later generations and the country was actually the main reason.But it would be a long story to talk to Zhu Di about it, so I had to say: "I tell you, don't tell others."

"Actually, there are countless gold and silver mines in Wa Kingdom!"

"Gold and silver mine!" Zhu Di was startled. "Isn't that money?"

He immediately realized, what is the most costly thing to fight?money!
Food can be bought with money, soldiers can be recruited with money, and civilians can be supported with money... In a word, as long as you have money, you can fight to the sky!
"Five! I want this fief!" Zhu Di's eyes had turned into coins. "Don't fight me! When the time comes, I, Zhu Di, will be the first to send troops to Japan!"

How could Zhu Su not know his thoughts?Ever since he told him about Alexander the Great, he has been holding back all his energy, wanting to compete with the great Western emperor in the pre-Qin period.

But Zhu Su said that "Emperor Yongle" was not good at logistics and internal affairs, and he did get dizzy when he saw things like grain and grass dispatching.He doesn't plan to marry a wife in this life, so naturally he won't be able to give birth to that capable fat son to help him with logistics.

Therefore, these days, this guy has been concentrating on looking for the surrounding barbarians, planning to find a wealthy barbarian to "rob him", and then use this barbarian country as a fief, using its wealth as military resources, and fight all the way to the west , until the home of the great emperor who is under pressure.

Now that he has heard that there is a lot of gold and silver in the Wa country, how can he give up?

"Fourth brother, don't worry about this gold and silver mine." Zhu Su said. "Why didn't you tell those literati about me? Now the household department is short of silver. If they know that there is gold and silver in Japan, why don't they encourage dad to rush east?"

"Don't worry about other people's hands. Those gold and silver are useful! Isn't there a picture of Kunyu Wanguo hanging in Jinshen Hall? The old man is drooling all day long just staring at the Japanese country on that picture..."

"The gold and silver mine must be in the hands of the old man. Don't think about it!"

Ever since Zhu Su harmed Lao Zhu Chen Ming's treasure banknotes, Lao Zhu stopped issuing treasure banknotes indiscriminately.However, the economic problems of Ming Dynasty were already very serious, and the money circulating in the market was extremely insufficient.In a few years, we will reach the point where we cannot do without issuing banknotes.

Those gold and silver mines in the country of Wa are all the "reserve money" that Lao Zhu has set aside for Daming treasure banknotes.With Japan's almost endless gold and silver as insurance, there will be no danger of collapse.

(End of this chapter)