In the study room.
Zhu Yuanzhang said to Liu Bowen a little fanatically:
"Bowen, do you know that there are countless gold and silver mines on the Japanese island?"
"Just one silver mine has a reserve of nearly 500 million taels of silver."
"These are the Ming Dynasties granted to us by God. What qualifications do those savages on the Japanese island have to occupy these places?"
"So many Jinshan silver mines should belong to our Ming Dynasty."
"As long as we capture these silver mines, we will have the money to send troops to wipe out the Mongols in Mobei and complete this great cause that will shake up the past and present."
Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in shock, not expecting that Zhu Yuanzhang had such an idea.
This was a direct plan to rob Ming Dynasty. Seeing that there was a lot of gold and silver on the Japanese island, he directly captured the Japanese island and used it to fill the Ming Dynasty's treasury.
Liu Bowen has been influenced by Confucianism since he was a child. This kind of unreasonable and even bloody naked plunder is really hard to accept.
"Your Majesty, is there something wrong with this matter?"
"Our Ming Dynasty is a huge country, and it is a great country. How can we do such a barbaric thing?"
"If the surrounding small countries know the inside story of the matter, what will they think of our Ming Dynasty?"
"The emperor will also be infamy for the rest of his life!"
"Your Majesty, please think twice!!"
After Liu Bowen finished speaking, he knelt down towards Zhu Yuanzhang and begged Zhu Yuanzhang to take back his thoughts.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was not moved at all. Instead, he advised Liu Bowen:
"Bowen, as a Confucian scholar, have you ever heard that people who are not of my race must have different minds?"
"Who are the Japanese people on the Japanese island?"
"They are all savages, not even human beings."
"When the Japanese pirates were raging, we sent people to the Japanese islands. We hoped that the monarchs of the Japanese islands could restrain their people and not let them do anything beyond the rules again."
"But what did they do? Not only did they kill our envoys, but they even intensified their efforts, causing Japanese invasion to become increasingly common in the southeast."
"When they killed our Ming people, they never considered whether our people should be killed or not. They were all innocent."
"Now, our Ming Dynasty's navy is so powerful that we can conquer Japanese islands."
"Do you still want us to show mercy to them?"
"All we know is blood for blood, tooth for tooth."
"Since these people on the Japanese island don't regard themselves as human beings, then let's teach these beasts a lesson."
"We just want to command troops to conquer the country, destroy its ancestral temples, plunder its people, hold its monarch accountable, and let these Japanese people remember it for a long time."
Liu Bowen frowned and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with wide eyes.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he has rarely shown such an unruly and unruly fierce side in front of his courtiers.
But Liu Bowen knew that the current Zhu Yuanzhang was the real Zhu Yuanzhang, and this was his character.
Killed all the millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the sword on his waist was still bloody!
I won’t do it when the flowers are blooming, and I’ll be scared to death if they do.
This is the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang who killed millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River.
It was precisely because Liu Bowen knew Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament that he hoped to stay away from Zhu Yuanzhang after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor.
After all, if the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey will be cooked! When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden!
Now Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly exposed his aggressiveness, which made Liu Bowen a little uncomfortable and remained silent for a long time.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Liu Bowen kneeling on the ground without saying a word, his eyes instantly darkened.
As the Ninth Five Emperor, he needed obedient ministers, and Zhu Yuanzhang disliked Liu Bowen, a minister with a strong self-awareness and the ability to see through his own thoughts.
If it weren't for the need for Liu Bowen to check and balance the Huaixi Group, Zhu Yuanzhang might have taken action against Liu Bowen long ago.
Seeing that Liu Bowen wanted to disobey him again, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a little upset.
"Bowen, do you have other ideas?"
Liu Bowen sighed secretly in his heart, opened his mouth and tried his best, and said:
"Even so, it is an unjust act for the emperor to seize the land of a subordinate country."
"justice?"
Zhu Yuanzhang showed a ferocious smile on his lips. Thinking of Li Jin's remarks, he couldn't help but look proud in his eyes and said:
"Who says we are unjust? Who can say we are seizing land from a subordinate country?"
"On the Japanese island, the heroes are vying for hegemony. If the princes disobey the emperor's orders, they are deceiving the emperor and rebelling against the general order."
"As their sovereign state, we have the right and obligation to bring order to the chaos."
"So we plan to eliminate the rebels and defeat the unsubordinates on behalf of the monarch of the Japanese island."
"In order to achieve this, we station troops in various areas of the island. That is also reasonable."
"It is extremely reasonable for Japan Island to receive our help and provide food, grass and rewards for our army."
"Cleaning up the world and bringing order to chaos for our vassal country is justice! It is for justice that we station troops on the Japanese island."
"Bowen, do you think our Ming Dynasty represents justice?"
Liu Bowen was dumbfounded. How could justice say this?
If this is really said, then all wars in the world can be said to be just.
We invaded you because your master was incompetent and could not let you live a good life. We came to rescue you.
The reason why this war is launched is to enable you to live a good life.
As long as you defeat the lord of your land and let the wise and mighty Hongwu Emperor rule you, then your good days will come.
Liu Bowen raised his head, saw Zhu Yuanzhang's joking eyes, and did not speak to dissuade him.
Because Liu Bowen knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was now armed with a sharp weapon and had a murderous intention.
Without Li Jin's sharp knife, he would not have been able to get involved in matters at sea.
Now the navy led by Li Jin has defeated the Japanese pirates, and the Japanese island is in civil strife.
With such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Li Jin even had the opportunity to conquer the Japanese island.
Moreover, the gold and silver reserves on the Japanese island are extremely rich, but the technology of the Japanese island is very backward, and there is no ability to mine these gold and silver.
As a result, the Jinshan Silver Mine on the island has basically not been mined.
As the saying goes, no one is guilty of harboring a jade. Since Zhu Yuanzhang has taken a liking to the fat piece of Japanese island, he will not let Japan go easily.
Liu Bowen is a hero because he knows the current affairs. Since he can't stop it, there is no need to waste words. After all, the victims are the people on the Japanese island, not the Chinese people.
Why should you sacrifice your life for some foreigners?
"The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and what he does is naturally righteous."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Liu Bowen lowering his head, he laughed happily and said:
"Bowen, when it comes to flattery, you scholars are the best."
"Get up and come with us to see if the sea knows about our Ming Dynasty. Spend your energy to explore."
Liu Bowen stood up again and came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side.
At this time, Liu Bowen discovered that Zhu Yuanzhang was surrounded by sea records and charts of the previous dynasty. It seemed that he had been studying them for a long time.
Liu Bowen actually had a doubt in his mind: why did Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly pay so much attention to the ocean?
Is it because there is a lot of gold and silver on the Japanese island?
But in this case, we only need to capture the Japanese islands, so why start studying the charts of the Southern Ocean and beyond?
But Liu Bowen did not ask any more questions. Instead, he quietly looked at Haizhi beside Zhu Yuanzhang, trying to get some clues from it.
Not long after the time passed, Liu Bowen suddenly heard Zhu Biao exclaimed:
"I found it, father, I found the land that can continue our Ming Dynasty's national destiny!"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly turned around and looked towards Zhu Biao, and Liu Bowen was even more shocked when he heard this sentence.
Continuing the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty?
Wasn’t the Ming Dynasty just established? Today's Ming Dynasty is full of vitality and is full of wastes waiting to be revitalized. Why do the emperor and the prince want to find a way to continue the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty?
Did something happen to Ming Dynasty that he didn't know about?
Could this kind of change even affect the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty? But...is this possible?
Liu Bowen also approached Zhu Biao with a feeling of surprise and uncertainty.
I saw Zhu Biao also holding a chart in his hand, and on this chart, a country named Tianzhu occupies a large area of the chart, and it seems to be as good as the Ming Dynasty.
"Father, look at the introduction here. Tianzhu is a rich area, and the land here is extremely conducive to planting."
"And the products here are very rich. The people here don't even need to farm, and the fields can have a good harvest."
"This area is right next to Nanyang. It's a dream place."
"As long as we take this area into our hands, even if our Ming people expand tenfold in the future, we won't be afraid that there won't be enough land."
