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Seeing that everything that needs to be said has been said, Zhu Youxiao relaxed a little and said with a smile: "That's all the things that need to be discussed today. I'll leave you my dear friends how to do it, but I still have something else to think about. Let¡¯s discuss this with you!¡±
Everyone hurriedly bowed and said, "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hands and said: "It's not an order, it's just that I want to attack the Japanese country next year. I wonder what you guys think?"
Zhu Youxiao¡¯s words frightened everyone. Even Sun Chengzong, the military minister, heard about Zhu Youxiao¡¯s idea of ??attacking Japan again for the first time, so his face became extremely shocked!
Zhang Weixian immediately said: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is now facing two fronts: the grassland and Liaodong. Although it is not tight, it is difficult to mobilize troops to attack the Japanese country. And the reorganization of the various guard posts has not officially begun. If those guard soldiers are used , I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to do the job, so I ask your majesty that it is best to pacify the grassland and Liaodong, and then plan to attack the Japanese country!"
Fang Congzhe also said: "Your Majesty, the Japanese country is located overseas, and its people are small and have no rare and rare specialties. Therefore, I feel that attacking the Japanese country is of no benefit. Your Majesty, please think twice about this matter!"
As the minister of military aircraft, Sun Chengzong did not know that Zhu Youxiao had the intention to attack the Japanese country, but he had seen all the Japanese intelligence collected by Jinyiwei. Therefore, Sun Chengzong twirled his beard and pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he bowed and said : "Your Majesty wants to attack the Japanese country, could it be because of the Japanese country's manpower and silver?"
Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands and smiled: "Sun Aiqing really knows my heart, but you only guessed half of it right this time!"
Sun Chengzong quickly said modestly: "I wonder what your Majesty's intention is in attacking the Japanese country?"
Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked to the study. At the same time, he waved to Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou. The two people immediately prepared the map of Japan and the information about Japan. In the morning, Zhu Youxiao sent someone to inform them. They were still a little puzzled as they prepared these things, but now they understand Zhu Youxiao's thoughts!
When they arrived at the study, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou spread the map on a seven-foot-square table. This was specially made by Zhu Youxiao to place the map and sand table. Many times, he and Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, and Hong Chengchou engaged in battle situation deductions and Analysis is conducted on this table!
Everyone gathered around the square table and looked at the worm-like map of Japan. They really couldn't figure out why Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Empire, would be interested in such a place!
Although these Ming Dynasty people knew about Japanese pirates and had experienced the eight-year Imjin Japanese Rebellion, they did not know that this small country living outside the East China Sea of ??the Ming Dynasty had brought so many serious consequences to China because of its rapid industrialization. The reason why Zhu Youxiao was so anxious to destroy the Japanese country was to completely eradicate this hidden danger!
"Everyone!" Zhu Youxiao took a wooden stick, pointed at the map of the Japanese country and said: "The Japanese country is located in the East China Sea, and the closest distance to our country, the Ming Dynasty, is about 1,600 miles. Originally, the Japanese country was about 1,600 miles away. The country has a king, but although the king of Japan claims to be the emperor, he has long been regarded as a puppet. All domestic military and political affairs are handled by the shogun. Even the current mission to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty was actually sent by the shogun. However, although the Japanese country is small and has many volcanoes and earthquakes, it is not a small country. There are currently about 15 million people in the Japanese country. These people will play a great role in conquering the surrounding areas in the future. The most important thing is Yes, Japan is rich in silver and sulfur!"
Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao pointed to a narrow strip of land on the western coast of the Japanese country and said: "This is called Shijian Kingdom, and the largest silver mountain in the Japanese country is here!"
"And here!" The wooden stick in Zhu Youxiao's hand moved a little further to the west, and he pointed at a small island and said: "It's Tsushima Island. There is only the Zong clan on it. This Zong clan is quite powerful. Among Japanese The country and North Korea are at odds with each other, which makes him a country within a country!"
Then Zhu Youxiao ordered several islands of different sizes and said: "These are Jeju Island, Iqi Island, Yinqi Island, and Sado Island. These islands are distributed along the west coast of Japan, forming a barrier between the Ming Dynasty and Japan. ¡¤The island chain of the country!¡±
Having said this, Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone and said with a smile: "Do you understand what I mean?"
Fu Wang Zhu Changluo, Fang Congzhe, and Liu Yizhen were not engaged in military affairs, so although they were not completely confused, they did not know much about Zhu Youxiao's intentions. On the contrary, Zhang Weixian, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, and Hong Chengchou listened to Zhu Youxiao's intentions. The school¡¯s introduction made everyone¡¯s eyes light up!
Zhang Weixian said first: "Your Majesty means to occupy these islands and then use these islands as a springboard to launch an attack on the entire Japanese country?"
Sun Chengzong shook his head slightly after Zhang Weixian finished speaking. He and Zhu Youxiao had been studying strategic matters together for a long time. Naturally, he knew that Zhu Youxiao would not be so superficial. His eyes were on the map of Japan. After searching for a while, he suddenly pointed to a large island in the northern part of Japan and asked: "Your Majesty, this island is very big, why don't you take it?"
Zhu Youxiao looked at the place Sun Chengzong pointed to, and said with a wry smile: "This is Ezo Island, not the land of the Japanese country, but the land of my Ming Dynasty, which belongs to Nuer Gandusi!"
Sun Chengzong blushed, shook his head helplessly, bowed and saluted: "I am so stupid that I didn't know that there is such a place in Ming Dynasty. Please forgive me!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "This place is located overseas, and our Ming Dynasty has not set up officials on it. It is normal that Sun Aiqing does not know, but this place is also a treasure land, with many mountains and forests, as well as coal mines and The plains are only inhabited by some uncivilized Ezo people. Although this place was nominally owned by China, it was actually almost an unowned land. Since I want to attack the Japanese country this time, this place must be included It¡¯s under the jurisdiction of the imperial court!¡±
The Ezo Island mentioned by Zhu Youxiao is actually Hokkaido in later generations. This place belonged to Liaodong County in the Han Dynasty, the Andong Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty, and the Nuergandu Division in the Ming Dynasty.
The usurpation of Hokkaido by the Japanese can only be traced back to the Meiji era in later generations. Although the Japanese controlled the entire territory of Hokkaido during the shogunate era in 1807, it was not until 1886 that the new Meiji government established the Hokkaido Agency, and then from 1868 He began to immigrate to Hokkaido and officially changed the name of Ezo Island to Hokkaido in 1869. From then on, Hokkaido became the land of Japan!
Now Zhu Youxiao wants to attack the Japanese country. In addition to occupying the important small islands around the Japanese country, this vast island will naturally not be let go. What's more, Zhu Youxiao knows very well that Ezo Island will be a Japanese country in later generations. It is an important mineral and grain producing area in the country. Now Zhu Youxiao has high-yielding crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. If Hokkaido is occupied, the food problem of attacking Japan will basically be solved!
After Sun Chengzong listened to Zhu Youxiao's introduction to Ezo Island, a plan to attack Japan quickly took shape in his mind. He sorted out his thoughts, then pointed at Ezo Island and said: "Your Majesty should mean We used a large army to destroy the Japanese shogunate in one fell swoop, and then plunged the Japanese country into civil strife. Our Ming Dynasty used Ezo Island as its foundation and occupied the inhabitable islands around the Japanese country to suppress the Japanese country and continue to control the Japanese country. ¡¤The country gains benefits!¡±
Zhu Youxiao nodded, praising in his heart that Sun Chengzong was indeed a great strategist, and that he had guessed nine out of ten of his thoughts. However, Zhu Youxiao still said: "This is indeed my general idea, but I will not let the Japanese ¡¤The country is in civil strife, I want to support the emperor who doesn¡¯t know the heights of heaven and earth, and let him become the puppet of our Ming Dynasty!¡± (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com