Zuixian Tower.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Li Jin, Lan Yu and Zhu Di, who had recovered from their injuries, gathered together.
Ever since Zhu Di recovered from his injury, he has been clamoring to go to Shanghu County to join the army, as if only here could he realize his ambitions.
Empress Ma had no choice but to seek help from Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang could stop her fourth son.
Unexpectedly, after seeing Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang did not scold or dissuade him. Instead, he patted Zhu Di with a rare kind smile on his face.
"Di'er is like us, a true man, and his ambitions should be everywhere."
"Sooner or later you will have to lead troops to help us, your prince brother, and the people of the Ming Dynasty guard the north."
"Since you can't wait to go to the battlefield now, then go ahead."
"Under the wings of its parents, a young eagle will never become an eagle that fights in the sky."
Zhu Yuanzhang's words moved Zhu Di so much that even Empress Ma stopped trying to persuade Zhu Di.
But Queen Ma's eyes were red, and Zhu Di stopped being pretentious. After bidding farewell to Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, he set foot on the road to Shanghu County again.
Just a few days after Zhu Di arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang missed him so much that he just happened to catch up with Xu Da's letter asking Zhu Yuanzhang to garrison troops overseas. Zhu Yuanzhang simply took this opportunity to visit Shanghu County again.
Several people gathered around the Eight Immortals table, changing cups and cups, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
Zhu Yuanzhang was present. Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, and Lan Yu were all a little restrained, but Li Jin and Xu Da seemed much more relaxed.
"Old Huang, when you go back this time, you must persuade the emperor not to be too short-sighted."
Li Jin drank with a big tongue, grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulders and said:
"The future of Ming Dynasty lies at sea."
"Only by occupying the ocean and conquering the sea can China stand proudly on top of the world."
"Our current Ming Dynasty is, after all, just a corner of this world."
"Send the navy, develop the shipbuilding industry, recruit the descendants of the Han family of the Ming Dynasty, and let them make achievements at sea, so that they can live up to the good men of the Ming Dynasty."
"Huh, that's a lot of nonsense."
Zhu Yuanzhang patted Li Jin's palm to avoid disgust and said:
"Fighting on the battlefield, wrapping corpses in horse leather, driving Mongolia out of the Central Plains, this is the good son of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Yuanzhang was of course talking about himself, as he said, drive out the Tartars and restore the Central Plains.
From ancient times to the present, Zhu Yuanzhang is the only emperor who can do this.
Li Jin did not refute Zhu Yuanzhang, but nodded in agreement and said in a daze:
"These people are indeed the good sons of Ming Dynasty and the pride of our China."
"But the Mongols have now been driven to the bitter cold land of Mobei by the emperor. There is no point in letting these people waste time in Mobei."
"Our emperor takes the Mongols too seriously. If I are asked to guard the northern border, within five years, I will be able to make the Mongolians in the north tie their hands and invite them to surrender."
Li Jin's words only attracted everyone's attention to him.
Although the Mongols were driven back to Mobei, they were still a serious concern of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, these Mongols went south every year and robbed the people, which was a serious crime.
Zhu Yuanzhang wished he could lead an army himself and drive these Mongols to an end.
As for the Mongols, Zhu Yuanzhang never let down his guard and deployed nine important military towns in the north to prevent the Mongols from moving south again.
Such a strong opponent was actually demoted to be worthless by Li Jin, and he even boasted that it would take five years to pacify Mobei, which had to shock everyone around him.
When everyone looked at Li Jin, hoping that Li Jin could talk about how to pacify Mobei, he changed the topic and continued to talk about the sea.
"Compared to the ocean, Mobei is simply a bitter kiln, not even comparable to a bitter kiln."
"On the sea, there is endless land, countless wealth, as well as population, labor, spices, gems, and gold."
"As long as we conquer the ocean, these things will be available to our Ming Dynasty to take whatever we want."
"Why focus on Mobei?"
"The glory of the Mongols has passed, and there will never be another generation of geniuses."
"The so-called strange man Wang Baobao is just a bidder who can run faster. The emperor actually treats such a person as an opponent, which really lowers his own standards."
"Old Huang, when you go back, you must persuade the emperor to conquer the sea. Then the wealth on the sea will belong to our Ming Dynasty."
Li Jinguo uttered arrogant words, and Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was half angry to death from Li Jin.
It's such a big statement to say that Wang Baobao is nothing more than a bidder.
You must know that Wang Baobao was able to fight Xu Da back and forth, and even almost defeated Xu Da and blocked the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition.
Now that Li Jin looked down on the people of the world so much, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel that Li Jin was too frivolous.
"Hmph, the sea is boundless. How can I, the Ming Dynasty, occupy such a vast place?"
"Even if we send out all the people of Ming Dynasty, how much space can we occupy?"
"You're not very young, and you're not very talkative. You just know how to boast and talk nonsense here."
Zhu Yuanzhang scolded Li Jin. He still felt that wanting to conquer the sea was pure fantasy.
The sea is boundless, so what if it occupies a few areas?
It has to be said that even Emperor Hongwu, who stood at the pinnacle of this era, would be limited by the times.
He who has not been baptized by big data will not understand that the enemies of the Chinese nation in the future will come from the sea, not the land.
Li Jin's face was already flushed at this time, but he disagreed with Zhu Yuanzhang's statement. He stared with groggy eyes and said loudly:
"Old Huang, you are wrong, absolutely wrong!"
"The ocean is the way out for the future Ming Dynasty, and it is also the only way out that can solve the chronic problems of the Chinese dynasty."
"Why do all Chinese dynasties, starting from the Zhou Dynasty, have only three hundred years of luck?"
"The reason is that these dynasties did not set foot in the sea, did not set their sights overseas, and eventually ushered in their demise."
"If our Ming Dynasty is still like this, the final result is destined to not be able to survive the three hundred years of reincarnation!!"
Li Jin's words were loud and deafening, shaking the bodies of everyone present.
Lan Yu and Zhu Di were afraid. After all, they said in front of Zhu Yuanzhang that the dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang would perish in less than three hundred years. How could the arrogant Zhu Yuanzhang bear this?
Zhu Biao was also frightened. After all, no one knew better than him that his father wanted to establish a dynasty that would last forever.
Zhu Yuanzhang had an angry look on his face. This was the first time since he became emperor that someone had judged the fate of the Ming Dynasty in front of him.
"Li Jin, if you don't make your words clear today, I guarantee you won't see the sun tomorrow!!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was so gloomy that it could drip water, and his emotions were constantly suppressed, like a volcano that could erupt at any time.
"Dad, Li Jin just said something while drunk and cannot be taken seriously. Please don't be angry."
Seeing this, Zhu Biao quickly interceded with Li Jin.
Zhu Di also wanted to stand up and speak to Li Jin, but Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up and said angrily:
"No one is allowed to speak. We want to listen to what Li Jin has to say."
"Li Jin, tell us, why didn't the Ming Dynasty survive for three hundred years?"
Li Jin took a sip of wine, his face turned red, and he smiled softly:
"Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu, these emperors whose names have been passed down through the ages, cannot pass down their empires to thousands of generations, let alone the emperor?"
"Besides, the root cause of the demise of the Chinese dynasties lies in the land."
"Can it be that the current emperor can become something out of thin air?"
"In the later stages of a dynasty, the landowners and gentry continued to annex land, and the people were displaced and starved of food."
"A natural disaster can push this dynasty into the abyss."
"The rich are in ruins, but the cultivators have no place to stand. Shouldn't such a dynasty be overthrown?"
"Old Huang, have you forgotten the embarrassment of not having enough food in the past few years as a relative of the emperor?"
"Even living has become a luxury. Do you still want such people to wait to starve to death?"
"White bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles."
"Don't talk about hundreds of years in the future. If you go to the Central Plains now and take a look, I'm afraid there are many places that are even worse than this scene."
"Three hundred years have brought great changes. Time flies and can change a lot of things."
"For example, let a poor Juren become a wealthy gentry."
"When more and more landlords and gentry appear, it means that the Ming Dynasty will also come to an end."
"Do you still think what I said was wrong?"
