"The situation in Japan today is very different from that during the previous dynasty."
Liu Bowen finally followed his heart. After all, it was not worth being hated by Zhu Yuanzhang for the sake of foreign people.
After figuring it out, Liu Bowen began to analyze the situation on the Japanese island.
"Japanese Island has been divided into two factions, the North and the South, and after years of war, the heritage of Woshima has long been wiped out."
"The reason why Kublai Khan failed was because he faced a united Japanese regime."
"Japanese island is resisting with all the strength of the country, so naturally it will not be easy to conquer."
"Now Japan is divided into two factions. We can definitely win over one faction and attack the other faction."
"Instigate the two factions to launch a full-scale civil war. When the two factions are exhausted, that's when I, the Ming Dynasty, will send troops to make a profit."
"As this secret letter says, all we need to do is send troops to occupy the capital city and hold the emperor hostage to order the princes."
"Then with lightning speed, the army swept across the Kyushu Islands of Shikoku Mainshu. Then the Japanese islands can be destroyed and great things can be accomplished."
Liu Bowen analyzed it carefully, and he was very clear. Li Wenzhong nodded repeatedly on the side.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and asked again:
"In that case, do you think we should support the Southern Dynasty or the Northern Dynasty on the island of Japan?"
Liu Bowen asked:
"Why do you have to choose one faction to support?"
"We can form an alliance with both factions at the same time, and then provoke a conflagration between the two dynasties. We can use chestnuts from our arsenal to achieve success."
"good!"
Zhu Yuanzhang finally showed a smile on his face. He was quite satisfied with Liu Bowen's performance and said softly:
"Bowen, His Royal Highness needs your help now."
"You pack up here and then go to Japan Island."
"When the Japanese country is destroyed, I will personally celebrate your success with you and the prince."
Liu Bowen was immediately shocked. He didn't expect that he would have to go there in person even if he had to make suggestions.
Wo Dao traveled far across the ocean and was isolated from the Ming Dynasty. He didn't know how many dangers there were on the way, and he didn't want to go.
"Your Majesty understands that I may not be able to take on such a big responsibility. Please ask Your Majesty to invite someone else to assist His Majesty the Crown Prince."
Seeing that Liu Bowen dared to refuse, Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly darkened and he said slowly:
"Bowen, who else would you do this kind of thing?"
"If you don't go now, if something happens to our Biao'er, who will be able to afford it then?"
Zhu Yuanzhang stared directly at Liu Bowen, not giving him a chance to refuse.
Liu Bowen sighed in his heart and could only gently cup his hands and said:
"In that case, I accept your order."
"Okay, this time we mobilize 50,000 guardsmen from Zhejiang and Shandong to go to the Japanese island."
"When the time comes, there will be 100,000 soldiers from the Ming Dynasty on Japan Island, and with you, Liu Bowen, in charge, we will be as stable as Mount Tai. Don't worry."
"You go down and prepare first, and we will set off in three days."
Liu Bowen bowed and left.
Li Wenzhong was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be so decisive. The 50,000-strong army set off immediately, without any careful calculation as before.
You must know that in the third year of Hongwu, when he led his army to go on an expedition, he was forced to have no choice. If he did not go out to the army, Mongolia in the north would soon reach Datong.
Now when we set out to conquer a Japanese island, we casually dispatched a hundred thousand troops.
Could it be that in the past two years, Zhu Yuanzhang has become rich and wealthy, and is no longer as embarrassed as before?
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Li Wenzhong was the only one left, he stopped hiding and said:
"Wen Zhong, we are a family, so I won't hide anything from you."
"The reason why we must destroy Japanese islands is actually very simple."
"That place on Washima is rich in gold, silver and mineral deposits."
"As long as we capture the Japanese island, we will no longer be short of money."
Li Wenzhong was very calm when he heard this. After all, he had just heard Liu Bowen explain to him.
But Li Wenzhong was still a little puzzled and asked:
"Uncle, even if Japan is rich in gold and silver, as the sovereign state of Japan, can't we just let Japan pay gold and silver every year?"
"Why do you still have to occupy the Japanese island?"
"Japanese islands are isolated overseas, and maintaining their rule in the future will be too costly."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said softly:
"You do not understand."
"The gold and silver reserves on the Japanese island have far exceeded your imagination. If we just mine it step by step, we may not be able to finish it even if the Ming Dynasty is gone."
Upon hearing this, Li Wenzhong suddenly lost his composure.
The Ming Dynasty had just been established and could have maintained its rule for hundreds of years at least.
But just now Zhu Yuanzhang said that it would take hundreds of years to dig out the silver mines. How many silver mines are there?
"May I ask my uncle, how much are the silver mine reserves on this Japanese island?"
Zhu Yuanzhang made an eight sign to Li Wenzhong with a mysterious look on his face.
"Eight? Eighty million? That much?"
In Li Wenzhong's heart, 80 million taels was indeed a lot. You must know that from the time Zhu Yuanzhang raised his army to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he did not necessarily spend 80 million taels of silver.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's next words made Li Wenzhong's heart beat violently, and his face instantly turned red with blood.
"Eight hundred million, a total of eight hundred million taels of silver!!!"
"This is just the reserve of one silver mine. According to Li Jin, there are many such silver mines on this Japanese island, and there are even similar gold mines."
"In his memorial, Biao'er once wrote that there is a gold mountain called Sado Gold Mountain with gold reserves of about 40 million taels of gold and countless silver reserves."
"In other words, our expedition this time will no longer be like before, where the gains outweigh the losses."
"On the contrary, we will feed war with war, and the more we fight, the richer we will become."
"Hoo ho!!"
Li Wenzhong felt that his breathing was a little heavy. How could such a large amount of gold and silver mines fall into the hands of Wo Dao?
Immediately, Li Wenzhong knelt down on one knee and said loudly to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Uncle, my nephew is willing to lead the troops to capture the Japanese island and return all these gold and silver mines to the Ming Dynasty."
"Uncle please grant me permission."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Li Wenzhong, whose face was flushed with excitement, a happy smile appeared on his face.
But Zhu Yuanzhang rejected Li Wenzhong and said:
"I have sent a bidder to the Japanese island matter, and Xu Da Tanghe is there. The results will be available soon."
"You should still stay in the capital and defend the Ming Dynasty for us."
"Especially Mongolia in the north. Now we have transferred 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp to attack Japanese islands."
"You must not let Mongolia take advantage of this situation. When our Ming Dynasty becomes rich, we will settle the accounts for the Mongols."
Li Wenzhong heard that Xu Da and Tang He were both on the island, and then he remembered that he had not seen Xu Da for a long time.
It turned out that I was going to conquer the Japanese island.
However, this also shows how much Zhu Yuanzhang attaches great importance to Japanese islands.
Since Xu Da personally came to Japan, Li Wenzhong would have nothing to do without him.
Although Li Wenzhong has great military exploits, has experienced hundreds of battles, and is both civil and military, he is still not qualified compared with Xu Da.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Wenzhong discussed the war in Mongolia and asked Li Wenzhong to retreat.
Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head and began to reply to Zhu Biao and Li Jin. Thinking of the three-month plan to destroy the Japanese island, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a little hot.
There is the joy of opening up new territories, but more importantly, those Jinshan and silver mines will greatly improve the current situation of the Ming Dynasty and the lives of the people.
....
Four days passed in a blink of an eye.
In the past few days, Zhu Biao kept asking Li Jin about the disposal of the Japanese island, his future plans, and some of the specialties on the Japanese island.
Zhu Biao was overjoyed when he discovered that rice could still be grown here on the island, and the rice yield was not low.
This shows that Japan can even be self-sufficient in rice cultivation in the future.
Through the conversation with Li Jin, Zhu Biao's understanding of the Japanese island became deeper and deeper, and he became more and more determined to occupy the Japanese island.
The next step is to wait for Zhu Yuanzhang's reply. Zhu Biao wants to return to Zhu Yuanzhang immediately and persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to agree to conquer Japanese islands.
In Zhu Biao's view, the Japanese island is simply a geomantic treasure land for gold, silver, copper and iron minerals, which will be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty.
But Zhu Yuanzhang's letter did not arrive. Instead, a person arrived, Jiang Zhen, a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu.
