One month passed in the blink of an eye.
After Li Jin had trouble in Fuzhou, he led his army back to Shanghu County.
I thought Zhu Yuanzhang would receive some reward, but a month passed without even a shadow.
However, Li Jin has no intention of caring about this kind of thing. He is currently trying his best to contact his detailed work on the Japanese island.
Nowadays, the Japanese pirates have basically been eliminated. Except for a few groups of Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen's remnants in the Zhejiang waters, these Japanese pirates from other Japanese islands have become insignificant.
In addition, Xu Da has been training new recruits since he returned to Shanghu County, so that the newly recruited Yiwu soldiers will continue to go on missions with the navy.
Japanese pirates are constantly being exterminated on the sea. Nowadays, rampant Japanese pirates are rarely seen in the sea near Daming.
The past situation of Japanese pirates robbing the coastal areas of Ming Dynasty without restraint is gone forever.
Now these Japanese pirates are all hiding on their own islands, for fear that the Ming army will find their traces and catch them all.
Some smart Japanese pirates had quietly returned to the Japanese island at this time. The ferocity of the Ming army really frightened the Japanese pirates.
These Ming soldiers were said to eat human flesh alive, especially their Japanese pirates, who were either buried alive or cut into pieces.
Those who were lucky enough to survive were kept as human meat by these Ming troops.
Terrifying rumors spread across the East China Sea, making the Japanese pirates and pirates on the East China Sea regard the Ming army as a being a hundred times more terrifying than the devil.
Li Jin was naturally not in the mood to care about these rumors, because he had already waited for the exact news. It seemed that Japan was going to send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Da felt that this was because Wo Dao felt that the people on his island had caused so much harm to Daming and wanted to apologize.
But Li Jin felt that it was not that simple.
However, Li Jin didn't say much. According to the news that came back from his detailed work, it can be said that the Japanese island is now blooming everywhere.
There were wars everywhere, especially in the Kyoto area, where several big families were fighting to the death in order to seize the seat of the emperor in the capital.
They all wanted to take the emperor into their own hands, and they had the intention of using the emperor to control the princes.
Li Jin unconsciously sneered in his heart, these are all old tricks. Given the complicated situation on the Japanese island, even if Wei Wu is really resurrected, he will have to spend his whole life to pacify the world.
Today's Japanese island is in a period where heroes are vying for supremacy and princes are vying for hegemony.
On the small Japanese island, there are hundreds of forces, some big and some small.
But even the largest force is only the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
It can be said that it is impossible to build the entire current Japanese island without a hundred years.
In history, the chaotic era of Washima lasted for three hundred years. Naoda Hidenaga was born, ending the Warring States Period on Washima.
Later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi inherited Oda Hideyoshi's legacy, completely unified Japan, and became the real talker of Japan in that era.
Even Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to annex North Korea and use it as a springboard to invade the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, he kicked the iron plate and was punished by the Ming Dynasty. In the end, Toyotomi Hideyoshi died in hatred.
The grand hegemony was also stolen by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the shogunate was eventually formed, which continued the rule of the Tokugawa family for more than 400 years.
But that is the history of later generations. In Li Jin's mind, Japan Island has been the territory of China since ancient times.
This is an undoubted fact. No country can stop the Ming Dynasty's great cause of unification.
During the Qin Dynasty, the warlock Xu Fu was sent to Fusang to occupy the Japanese island.
This is ironclad evidence, ironclad evidence that no one can refute.
What Li Jin has to do is to teach these descendants who have forgotten their ancestors and let these unscrupulous descendants know who is their ancestor.
In the past few days, Li Jin spent every day in the military base, studying maps and intelligence with his staff.
In Xizuo's reply, he got an important clue, which gave Li Jin hope of sending troops.
Just when Li Jin was still thinking about how to send troops next, someone suddenly came in to report that someone wanted to see him.
As soon as Li Jin went out, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang striding towards him.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang again, Li Jin was a little confused. This old Huang had a great temper. The key was that he was in a high position and was not easy to mess with.
Looking back, I saw Xu Da also following behind Zhu Yuanzhang, with a sad face, as if he had been reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Sure enough, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw Li Jin, his expression suddenly dropped, and he asked in a deep voice:
"We heard that you plan to let the emperor station troops overseas?"
"Did you know that if you station troops overseas, far away from the Ming Dynasty, these soldiers will need support from the court if they want to survive on the island."
"But our Ming Dynasty has just founded the country, and it is full of waste. How can we get so many supplies?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, thinking that Li Jin was just fooling around.
Although the memorial was also signed by Xu Da and Deng Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang could tell at a glance that it was Li Jin's idea.
On the way here just now, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but become even more angry when he saw that Xu Da was interceding for Li Jin and wanted to take the responsibility on himself.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang looked like he had eaten a firecracker, Li Jin did not refute, but just asked calmly:
"Old Huang, do you mean what the Emperor means?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned by Li Jin's rhetorical question, then narrowed his eyes and asked:
"What if it is the emperor's intention? If not, so what?"
"If this is what the emperor means, then I can only say that the emperor's thoughts have always been those of small farmers."
"Before, I was reluctant to go to sea because I was worried that Japanese pirates would cause trouble. Now I have eliminated pirates and Japanese pirates. As a result, the emperor still only sees his own one-third of an acre of land."
Li Jin's eyes flashed with a hint of sarcasm, and he said with an expression of hatred:
"Can't the emperor see the huge profits at sea?"
"Chen Zuyi can use the sea to rise, and our Ming Dynasty navy will definitely be able to use the sea to become stronger."
"As long as we occupy the maritime traffic arteries, build fortresses, and block roads to collect taxes, just the tax revenue can increase the court's income countless times."
"When the navy is stationed at sea, it not only does not require money from the court, but it can even feed the court and make the court's treasury richer."
"It all depends on people. As long as the measures are taken properly, within three years, the Ming Dynasty's treasury will become extremely abundant due to maritime trade."
"If the emperor appoints me to be fully responsible for maritime matters, I will be able to bring huge profits to the Ming Dynasty from the ocean in even less than three years."
"Let the emperor no longer think about where to get money every day because of the lack of national treasury."
After Li Jin finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with bright eyes.
If Lao Huang can really recommend himself to the emperor, then he is very likely to become the so-called maritime director.
If that's the case, then there's really a lot to be done from now on.
However, after Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Jin's words, he did not express his intention to recommend him. Instead, he looked at Li Jin deeply and asked:
"The Pinghu Island and Longya Gate you mentioned are just small places. If a large army were to station there, what would the imperial army eat?"
"Just how much silver does it cost to transport food from the Ming Dynasty to these islands?"
"And once troops are stationed overseas, they may be stationed in other places in the future. Don't the troops stationed in these places not have food or drink?"
"Who said that the troops stationed overseas should ask Ming Dynasty to provide food ourselves?"
Li Jin interrupted Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry with one sentence, leaving Zhu Yuanzhang stunned.
If our Ming army doesn’t eat its own food, will there be others who will give it to us?
It can only be said that Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a genius, he can think of all these.
In future generations, how can there be any reason to station troops overseas and have to provide food ourselves?
The purpose of stationing troops locally is to protect local security and prevent the area from being invaded by pirates, Japanese pirates and other countries.
I came here to help. How could there be any reason to help others and pay for it myself? Of course, whoever is helping will pay for it.
As for whether you want to be helped by me, that's not up to you.
For the sake of justice, then I must help you. If you don't want me to help, then you are an accomplice of evil. I will destroy you on behalf of justice.
What is justice? Within the range of the cannon, there is justice.
Li Jin began to slowly instill in Zhu Yuanzhang the hegemonic ideas of later generations.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was stunned. He didn't expect Li Jin to be so shameless.
I really like it too much.
If it is true as Li Jin said, then not only do we not have to pay for food, but the local government will also have to give ourselves money and food.
This is the reward for upholding justice. If you are not willing to give it, you must accept a just trial.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang still does not plan to garrison troops now, because the navy has more important things to do.
"We will discuss this matter later. Let me ask you, how are you preparing for the conquest of Japanese islands?"
"All is ready except for the opportunity!"
