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

Xi'an Mansion, Imperial Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yue, father and son, were looking at a map of Japan in front of them.

According to the battle reports sent back by the frontline army, any area that has been captured by the Ming army has now been directly marked!

In the entire Japan, more than half of the territory has fallen into the control of the Ming Dynasty!

"A few years ago, we never thought that such a situation would happen!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map of Japan in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

Did the idea of ​​attacking Japan only come up in the past few years?

No, in the early years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang had the idea of ​​attacking Japan, but it was a pity that he was dissuaded by Liu Bowen and others in the court!

First of all, the Ming Dynasty had just founded the country, and everything was waiting to be revitalized. The focus was to rest with the people and restore national strength!

Secondly, there is no capital to support the Ming Dynasty in crossing the sea!

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Tatars crossed the sea to attack Japan. At that time, the Ming court was completely opposed to attacking Japan. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, he had no way to make a decision. In the end, he had no choice but to let it go!

Let’s talk about the countries Zhu Yuanzhang listed in his early years that he would not conquer. Was it really Zhu Yuanzhang who didn’t want to conquer them?

It's just that he doesn't have the ability to fight for the time being, or Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't like those places and feels that he will suffer a loss if he fights them!

Combining these factors, we have the so-called country without conquest!

Otherwise, with Zhu Yuanzhang's character, how could he stop expanding his territory?

However, the fundamental reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was so determined to conquer Japan was that he saw something that happened in history!

In the original history, that is, the history of Zhu Di's generation, when the Ming Dynasty reached the middle period, Western colonists began to cross the ocean and arrived in the sea areas around the Ming Dynasty, and also arrived in Japan!

At that time, muskets were brought to Japan by these Western colonists!

The muskets introduced to Japan by Western colonists in the early days were actually matchlock guns!

The method of use is also very simple. First, light the match rope behind the bolt, and then push it with a hook when firing, and use the match rope to ignite the gunpowder inside to launch the projectile.

Generally, a trained shooter can fire once in 2 minutes on average.

Although this kind of gun has a shorter range and poorer accuracy than later flintlock guns, it still surpasses other cold weapon crossbows in Asia, and if used concentratedly and in sections, its lethality is very good.

Japanese people also call muskets iron cannons!

Among the daimyo of Japan's Warring States Period, Shimazu Yoshihiro and Oda Nobunaga were both loyal supporters of iron cannon!

The muskets at that time were designed to ignite the gunpowder with a matchlock after stuffing gunpowder and bullets from the front end. The maximum range was 280 meters, and the distance at which it could fully exert its power was about 50 meters.

If it is within 30 meters, the chance of killing the enemy will be nearly %.

However, matchlocks at that time required considerable preparation time.

In addition, after five rounds are fired, the sulfur in the gunpowder will block the inside of the barrel, making it impossible to install bullets.

Therefore, people who use matchlocks must clean the barrel from time to time.

Because of this, muskets are not suitable for continuous fire.

In addition, this shooting method of the matchlock gun is not suitable for use in rainy weather, because if the matchlock or gunpowder is wet, it will not be able to ignite the fire.

Although this shortcoming was improved with the use of Hayagi, which wrapped bullets and gunpowder in paper, and the improved new matchlock gun, the musket was still a difficult weapon to use.

The reason why muskets are so popular is that this kind of weapon can be used without considering personal qualifications. As long as people with sound limbs and normal minds can immediately form combat effectiveness after a short period of practice, they can provide powerful lethality on the battlefield.

This is actually the same as the fire blunderbuss that the Ming Dynasty had been using!

The threshold for use is low, and even though it has some obvious shortcomings, it can still be equipped in large quantities and produce good results on the battlefield!

In other words, in the early Ming Dynasty, before Japan had mastered firearms technology, the Ming army was actually capable of crushing Japan in terms of equipment!

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Zhu Yue did not develop a flintlock gun and only used fire blunderbuss, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army still far exceeded that of the Japanese!

However, this situation will fundamentally change after the matchlock gun is introduced to Japan, and the subsequent Japanese invasion of North Korea, as well as the Japanese invasion of the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, have clearly exposed this problem!

Japan's matchlock guns caused a lot of trouble and casualties to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!

It is precisely for this reason that in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, it is absolutely necessary to capture Japan earlier!

Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty now has a flintlock gun that is sharper than a matchlock gun!

"A few years ago, the Ming Dynasty could also conquer Japan, but the price would be much more tragic than now!"

“So for some things, it’s not about not doing them, it’s about waiting for the right time to do them!”

Zhu Yue smiled slightly when he heard this.

"You brat, aren't you going to tell us that every generation does what it does?"

"Have a rest, our ears are going to feel numb!"

"Don't worry, Daming's stall is now big enough. As long as you do these things right now, what to do next is your business. I will never care about you anymore. Anyway, I will take care of you when the time comes." The throne is passed directly to you!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but laughed and cursed, then waved his hand and said.

"Feng'er wrote back and asked us to send him some officials. What do you think?"

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned sending officials to Japan again!

"Now most of Japan is under the control of the Ming Dynasty, but because of the war, there is no official government to maintain order, resulting in great chaos in the area!"

"If this kind of chaos cannot be contained quickly and effectively in the early stage, it will cause more and greater troubles to the management of Ming Dynasty in the later stage!"

"I think we should send a group of officials to Japan as soon as possible to manage the land that has been conquered first!"

Zhu Yue put forward his point of view seriously.

In fact, he has been thinking about this issue in the past two days.

For example, although Zhu Xifeng and the others conquered many Japanese cities along the way, some of the rules established during the war did not actually apply to ordinary people!

Especially regarding the law and people's livelihood, these are things that Zhu Xifeng and the others cannot consider and take into account!

And this part needs to be handled by corresponding officials!

"That's what I said, but now that the civil and military dynasties are full of people, how many people are willing to become officials in Japan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled bitterly.

The nine-year compulsory education has only just begun to be implemented and has not been fully popularized in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty today is still scarce in all kinds of talents, whether it is officials or educational talents, the gap is too big!

Moreover, the newly conquered territory will definitely need to improve laws and management, and even more need education, so a large number of officials will need to be willing to shoulder this responsibility!