Queen Ma looked at the furious Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise, wondering why Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became like this.
Just now, Zhu Yuanzhang was still praising Li Jin's achievements, but he didn't expect that it would become like this in a blink of an eye, which made Empress Ma puzzled.
Zhu Biao immediately explained for Li Jin:
"Father, in fact, Li Jin also has difficulties in this matter."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were filled with coldness. Hearing these words, he did not speak, but the cold light kept flashing in his eyes, which was very scary.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, Zhu Biao quickly spoke again:
"The reason why Li Jin massacred those prisoners was because those prisoners wanted to rebel."
"If one hundred thousand prisoners get into chaos, Li Jin might not be able to control it. That's why he made this move. Please forgive me, Father."
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and suppressed his anger:
"Biao'er, do you want to join forces with Li Jin to deceive us?"
"Li Jin's move was clearly premeditated. With the 100,000 elites from the capital camp in his hands, even if those prisoners make trouble, they are just looking for death!"
"But Li Jin resolutely buried the 100,000 prisoners alive and even massacred the 200,000 Japanese, leaving not a single person alive."
"Doesn't this show Li Jin's cruelty?"
At this time, Queen Ma finally understood what was going on.
Li Jin, who seemed to be gentle and polite, actually carried out a massacre on the Japanese island and directly killed more than 300,000 people.
It sounded so sensational that Queen Ma's hair could not help but stand on end.
"Biao'er, is everything your father said true?"
Queen Ma couldn't help but ask. After all, killing prisoners was unlucky in any era.
But now Li Jin directly killed 100,000 people and massacred 200,000 civilians, which was simply crazy.
Zhu Biao's face also became very ugly, and he nodded slowly, but he still wanted to continue to argue with Li Jin.
"Father, please listen to my words."
"Although Li Jin killed too many people, my son felt that the matter was not as serious as my father thought."
"Li Jin did this so that our Ming Dynasty could completely control the Japanese island."
"Since entering the Japanese island, Erchen discovered that the mineral veins on the Japanese island are very rich."
"There are not only Jinshan silver mines, but also many copper and iron mines, which are inexhaustible."
"Therefore, Erchen believes that the Japanese island is crucial to the Ming Dynasty. It can perfectly fill the gap between the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty's shortage of gold and silver."
"So our Ming Dynasty must capture the Japanese island."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said:
"We have now captured the Japanese island, but Li Jin's move will make the people on the Japanese island hate our Ming Dynasty."
"Even if it eventually causes turmoil, our Ming Dynasty will have to pay a hundred times the price to completely control the Japanese island."
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally did not care about how many people on the Japanese island were killed or injured. What he was most angry about was that Li Jin did not obey his orders and acted without authorization, which led to the hatred of the people on the Japanese island.
By then, his 100,000 elite troops from the capital may have to be permanently stationed on the Japanese island, which Zhu Yuanzhang cannot accept.
Because he will continue to conquer Mongolia next year, the absence of these 100,000 elites will ruin Zhu Yuanzhang's plan.
But what Zhu Biao said next shocked him.
"Father is wrong. Li Jin's move will not only not make the people of Japanese island restless, but will also make them extremely obedient."
"According to Erchen's observations these days, the people on the Japanese islands are very different from us Han people."
"The Japanese on the Japanese island seem to be born with a kind of servility. The better you treat them, the more they will push forward."
"But if you are strict with them, these Japanese will be able to obey orders honestly and do what you arrange."
"As Han Wu said, foreigners are just like beasts, fearing power but not being moral."
"That's what these Japanese are like. The more ruthless and cruel you are to them, the more docile they become."
"Now that Li Jin has massacred their entire capital, I hope all the Japanese daimyo will become honest and no longer dare to resist the power of the Ming Dynasty."
"And Li Jin has another plan for the next step."
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly and asked:
"what's the plan?"
Zhu Biao thought for a while and said:
"The slave trade plan smuggled all the young Japanese and children on the Japanese islands into the Ming Dynasty."
"If we say that the young people of a nation are the blood of the nation and the country, they create vitality for the country."
"Li Jin's plan is to drain the blood of the Japanese island to make up for the blood of the Ming Dynasty, so that the young people on the Japanese island can become the nutrients for the growth of the Ming Dynasty."
"In this way, a hundred years from now, all the Japanese islands will be Han people, and there will naturally be no chance of the Japanese rebelling and breaking away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty."
"Next, we will start planning to open the sea and allow merchants to enter the Japanese islands to carry out trade and plunder."
"If this continues, the decline of Japanese islands will be greatly accelerated. Coupled with immigration, in less than fifty years, all Japanese islands will be populated by Han people."
"At that time, the entire Japanese island will be the territory of the Ming Dynasty and will never be separated."
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent.
If it is true as Zhu Biao and Li Jin said, then Tomorrow may have to enter another mode.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty had no regard for these small countries.
These countries were impoverished and starved, and could not compare with the rich Ming Dynasty. If they were to seize these countries, they would have to go on expeditions, spend money and food, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
But now Li Jin regards the population as resources, and plunders all these resources to the Ming Dynasty as slaves, building highway kilometers, water conservancy, and dredging canals for the Ming Dynasty.
All these measures require manpower.
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling to do it because he was afraid of the disaster of the previous dynasty.
After all, the previous dynasty repaired the Yellow River, resulting in the stone man with one eye, instigating the world to rebel, and thus losing the world.
If you do it yourself, no one can tell whether there will be another Zhu Yuanzhang.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang would rather have the canal blocked than build a canal on a large scale.
But if foreign slaves were used to do this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there was much to be done.
After all, it is difficult for foreigners to make waves in the Ming Dynasty, which is full of Han people.
Thinking about it conversely, if the Ming Dynasty occupied a country, it would start buying and selling people and extracting the blood of these small countries. After a few years, the population of these small countries would inevitably wither.
At that time, if Han people are sent to immigrate, won't these small countries become the territory of the Han people? There is no need to worry about indigenous uprisings.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have opened the door to a new world.
But thinking of Li Jin's decision without permission, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was still very gloomy, and he said to Zhu Biao:
"Even if Li Jin had great reasons and arbitrarily slaughtered 300,000 Japanese, it is still an unforgivable crime."
When Zhu Biao heard this, he immediately became anxious and hurriedly wanted to explain again.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and interrupted, shouting at the door:
"Call Mao Xiang to come in."
Soon, Mao Xiang was called to the study room by Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Mao Xiang, immediately send capable men to the Japanese island to capture Li Jin!"
