Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if the Ming Dynasty bid farewell to the situation of being divided into three, and if the brothers Zhu Xiaqiu, Zhu Xiaqiu, Zhu Xiafeng and Zhu Xiaye work together, the development of the Ming Dynasty will only be better!

Of course, there are bound to be variables!

After all, no one knows, if we change the direction of history in this way, where will we end up? Will the final result be good or bad?

Of course, neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Yue would give up the opportunity to try this!

Because they still have a chance to correct their mistakes. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang is still alive, through the auspicious national luck, they will be able to know what will happen in the future!

In other words, once there is a situation that goes in the opposite direction, you can stop the loss in time, adjust your strategy, and continue on a different path!

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue, at least for now, are not worried that if history is changed, the situation will become worse!

If something like this really happens, just change it!

"By the way, didn't Japan originally have only one province?"

"Why did it become three?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map in front of him again with a surprised expression.

On the map of the Ming Dynasty given to him by Guoyun Xiangrui before, Japan was clearly a whole!

"Since the Chengwu period, Japan has indeed only had one province!"

"But now the population of Japan alone has reached about 100 million, so it is divided into three provinces!"

When Zhu Zhiqin heard this, he explained with a smile.

"The population of one island alone is over 100 million?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked again when he heard this.

How many people were there in Japan during the Hongwu period?

Only a few million!

Especially during the Chengwu period, Japan was directly slaughtered into a minority by Lao Jiu. Now it has a population of more than 100 million. How can Zhu Yuanzhang not be shocked?

"That's right, but 80% of the population are Han Chinese, and they are all descendants of the Han people who migrated from the Ming Dynasty!"

"The remaining 20% ​​are the He clan members!"

"Today's Ming Dynasty is composed of sixty-eight ethnic groups, among which the Han people are the largest, reaching 1.5 billion!"

Zhu Zhiqin continued to explain.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded suddenly.

Eighty percent are Han Chinese, so that’s okay!

Originally, he was worried about whether those tribesmen would affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty after they grew stronger, but now it seems that this small population cannot make any waves!

Haven’t you seen that the total population of the Han people has exceeded 1.5 billion?

"We remember that after Japan was defeated, Qiu'er's son was named King Qi, and then he conquered Japan, right?"

"It seems that they also brought about 500,000 Han people with them!"

"I didn't expect that six hundred years later, it would have grown to 100 million people!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh with emotion!

"That's right, before I became the emperor, I was King Qi!"

Zhu Zhiqin smiled and nodded.

Only the son of the emperor can be crowned king, so Zhu Xiaqiu's lineage, before Emperor Jiwu Zhu Zhiqin became emperor, was the same lineage, and only King Qi had such a title!

This situation did not begin to change until Zhu Zhiqin became emperor!

Nowadays, Zhu Xiaqiu's lineage, in addition to the emperor Zhu Jihen, has three vassal kingships, which is also the most powerful lineage, and King Qi is also one of them, and it has been continued to the present!

It can also be said that Japan is the foundation of Zhu Zhiqin's development!

"North Korea is actually divided into two provinces!"

"There are five provinces in Northeast Korea, and North Korea also occupies two provinces. Is it also because of population?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were now on the Korean Peninsula again!

"That's right, the current population of North Korea is close to 100 million in the two provinces combined!"

"Among them, the Xian population is about 10 million, and the rest are all Han! Han people also account for more than 80%!"

Zhu Zhiqin nodded matter-of-factly.

"Don't the Han people, the Xian people, and the He people all intermarry?"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little curious about this population structure.

Whether it is Japan or Korea, the proportion of aboriginal people seems to be maintained at a very small level, and they are tightly controlled by the Han people!

Logically speaking, if the two parties can intermarry, the children born should be divided into ethnic groups according to the man!

Even if there are more Han people, the population of the He and Xian people should not be so small!

"Because for a long time, the Han people have dominated everything, and their status and status cannot be compared with that of ethnic minorities!"

"The Ming Dynasty treated Han people much better than ordinary ethnic minorities!"

"Even if there is an intermarriage, even if the man is from an ethnic minority, he will basically become a Chinese citizen along with the woman!"

"And there are very few Han women who are willing to marry Xian and He men. Most of the Xian and He women are more likely to marry Han men!"

Zhu Zhiqin continued to explain.

Upon hearing this explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly showed a look of surprise!

Women of the Xian and He ethnic groups are eager to marry Han people, but Han women despise men of the Xian and He ethnic groups. This is why the populations of these ethnic minorities have never been able to increase!

Zhu Yuanzhang still remembered that it was he who gave the country name North Korea to Li Chenggui!

As a result, after Lao Jiu ascended the throne, King Li Chenggui of Joseon died suddenly and unexpectedly. Lao Jiu directly asked Lao Jiu, the twenty-old Korean king Zhu Song, to go to North Korea and join the vassal state!

The Li family's King of Korea was dethroned by Lao Jiu just a generation ago, which is also a rare thing!

Of course, some wars also occurred during this period, but with Lao Jiu's methods, it would be effortless to conquer North Korea!

Just like when the original nobles of Korea jumped out to cause trouble, they were all crushed by the Mongolian cavalry directly led by Wind King Zhu Xifeng!

To put it this way, it can only be said that North Korea's luck is pretty good!

After all, it was Wind King Zhu Xifeng who attacked them!

If it were Zhu Xiye who led the army, several cities would have been massacred, and they would end up similar to those in Japan!

King Han is also one of the sixteen vassal kings that has been preserved today!

But Zhu Song, the old man in the Hongwu Dynasty, was only about thirteen years old and was not yet married, let alone a vassal!

And Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that when he was deducing the lineage of the fourth son Zhu Di, he saw that Zhu Song died in the fourth year of Yongle, and he never became a vassal in his life!

But in the current history, it was Lao Jiu who ascended the throne and became the emperor. Fortunately, he met Lao Jiu, a good brother, and allowed him, the king of Han, to join the vassal state in North Korea!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again.

Whether it is Japan or North Korea, Zhu Yuanzhang is still very interested. Since he has traveled to the future society and still has a month left, it is a good choice to take a few days to go shopping and broaden his horizons!

"Lao Jiu, what do you think we should go to the three provinces of Japan for a few days? And also take a trip to the two provinces of North Korea?"