"What is the sun-shooting plan?"
Zhu Biao suddenly became interested and asked aloud.
Li Jin touched his chin proudly and said with joy:
"The sun-shooting plan is a plan to quickly conquer the Japanese islands."
"If the emperor can send me another 30,000 troops, I am confident that I can completely conquer the Japanese island in three months."
"Holding the Emperor of Japan hostage, holding the Emperor hostage to command the princes."
"Then we built forts at strategic locations and stationed large armies to intimidate all parts of the Japanese island."
"At that time, it will take five years to coerce the emperor to issue an edict to gradually transfer the native people of Japan to the mainland of Ming Dynasty. The manpower of Japan's native people will be used by Ming Dynasty."
"It will take another five years to transfer the Chinese people to the Japanese islands, and then the people on the Japanese islands will gradually be dominated by Han people."
"Ten years of gathering together and ten years of lessons, then Japanese Island will become my territory of the Ming Dynasty, and we will never rebel again!"
"The Japanese islands were destroyed in March and completely included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty in twenty years. This is the plan to shoot the sun."
Li Jin had already thought about this. This was a plan he had thought up before he went to Shi Jianguo.
The reason why I didn't say it in front of everyone before was because it required the use of nearly 80,000 troops.
If it were said suddenly, everyone would definitely not agree. After all, mobilizing so many troops to use them in a mere barbarian land would be overkill and the gain would not be worth the loss.
But now Iwami Yinshan's pie is about to be realized, which has also given Ming Dynasty considerable benefits.
If the sun-shooting plan is proposed at this time, the results will be completely different.
After all, speaking out about these plans before this is just bragging and meaningless.
Now is the time to plan the strategy.
Zhu Biao pondered for a long time, then raised his eyes and said:
"How do you plan to conquer Japan in March?"
Li Jin was stunned for a moment, and then began to draw pictures on the sand in the tent.
After drawing the general outline of the three Japanese islands, I started pointing at the map and drawing:
"Special envoy, please see that these three islands are the main body of the Japanese country."
"As long as these three islands are captured, the Japanese country will be completely destroyed."
"Our current location is here, in the northern part of Honshu Island, far opposite North Korea."
"A few hundred miles further south is the heart of Japan, the Gyeonggi region."
"If the emperor agrees to our plan to shoot the sun, we can lead a large army and march straight into the Gyeonggi area."
"As long as Kyoto and Yamato are captured, the imperial court of Wajima is equivalent to being in our hands."
"All government affairs in Wajima are handed over to the shogunate. As long as we have control of the Emperor of Wajima, we can completely support a Japanese traitor as the shogun."
"At that time, the controlling shogunate will cede Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island to our Ming Dynasty as military expenses."
"After these two islands are completely captured, Honshu Island will be completely exposed to our Ming Navy."
"If there is any trouble, our navy can arrive within two days."
"With our Ming Dynasty's extremely powerful force, coupled with the Japanese island and the shogunate in hand, this Japanese country is like a long snake that has been pinched by us."
"No matter how much you jump around, you can't escape our grasp."
"It is not difficult to destroy the Japanese country in March."
Li Jin looked confident, giving Zhu Biao great confidence.
After looking down at the Japanese island for a long time, Zhu Biao finally nodded and said:
"I can report this matter to the Emperor together with you, but whether or not to implement the plan to shoot the sun still needs to be considered by the Emperor himself."
Li Jin was immediately overjoyed and said:
"As long as the special envoy agrees, the emperor will definitely not refuse."
Afterwards, Li Jin had people bring in paper, ink, pens and inkstones, and began to draft a memorial in front of Zhu Biao.
Finally, under the signatures of the two of them, the secret letter titled Plan to Shoot the Sun was delivered to Zhu Yuanzhang at eight hundred miles haste.
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Yingtian.
Since Zhu Biao left, Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that something was missing in his life and he was very unaccustomed to it.
However, Zhu Biao was already thousands of miles away on the ocean. Even if he was not used to it, Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless.
"Mao Xiang, has the prince's memorial been delivered today?"
After Zhu Biao left, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to write a memorial to himself every day so that he could know the situation on his side.
Although the content of the memorial is very simple, just like writing a diary, when Zhu Yuanzhang saw the memorial, he would still smile like a father unconsciously.
It was the first time that Zhu Biao led troops, and it was also the first time that he traveled far away. Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a little worried. After seeing Zhu Biao's memorials every day, he felt a little calmer.
In the memorial received yesterday, Zhu Biao said that he was about to arrive at Iwami Silver Mountain and that the journey was very smooth.
Judging from Zhu Biao's memorial, the sea between Daming and Japan has now become a smooth road, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy.
The ocean used to be like a natural chasm to me.
Now that Ming Dynasty has taken the first step to conquer the sea, it only needs to follow the steps. Sooner or later, the ocean will be completely crawling under its feet.
After Liu Bowen's mutual discussions these days, Zhu Yuanzhang has slightly opened up about the pattern of the ocean. He is no longer extremely wary of the ocean, but has an eager curiosity about the ocean.
From these maritime records of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang could see that there were many wealthy countries in Southeast Asia and even further afield. They had fertile land, countless grains, countless spices, gold, silver and jewelry.
These are what Zhu Yuanzhang longed for, so Zhu Yuanzhang was particularly concerned about Zhu Biao's trip to sea.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang knew that since Li Feng entered the Japanese island, the ocean would become one of the focuses of Ming Dynasty's development.
From now on, both the continent and the ocean will become the focus of Ming Dynasty's attention.
In this case, as the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao must start to get in touch with the ocean. Only in this way can he know how to manage the ocean after he ascends the throne in the future.
As the king of a country, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally cannot go to sea easily, but Zhu Biao can. Let Zhu Biao go to sea, which can be regarded as his eyes and ears, and take a good look at whether the overseas sea is as bizarre and desirable as the sea records say.
Zhu Biao's daily memorials did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang.
I recorded everything I saw, heard, and personally experienced along the way in the memorial.
Zhu Biao naturally understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and everything was down to the smallest detail. Although it was a bit like a running account, it made Zhu Yuanzhang feel as if he was actually there.
Reading Zhu Biao's memorials every day has become Zhu Yuanzhang's habit, and he will feel itchy if he doesn't read it for a day.
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Mao Xiang quickly bowed and answered:
"Back to the Emperor, not yet."
"You Jin Yiwei are really becoming more and more slack."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said:
"Li Jin has been crossing the sea for such a long time, but your Jin Yiwei's intelligence transmission speed is still so slow."
"If our Ming Navy conquers farther places in the future, wouldn't it be slower?"
Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Mao Xiang's forehead, but what could he do about this kind of thing?
They can't just swim back by people?
The only way to travel on the sea is by boat, but Jinyiwei does not have a dedicated fleet to transmit information.
"Your Majesty, we Jinyiwei don't have a fleet at sea, so it's really troublesome to pass on information."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Mao Xiang, and then said in a deep voice:
"In that case, then you should send someone to discuss with Li Jin and ask his shipyard to design a fast-sailing ship for you."
"We don't want you to deliver at such a slow speed next time."
"If it delays the military situation, we will definitely blame you."
"yes!"
Mao Xiang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
While the two were talking, a young eunuch hurried into the study room and reported:
"Your Majesty, a memorial from His Highness the Crown Prince has been delivered."
Zhu Yuanzhang then let Mao Xiang go and opened the memorial happily to see what his prince had done on the Japanese island today.
But what Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect was that as soon as he opened the memorial, a secret letter fell out, which caught his eye.
