"Listen to my explanation." Zhu Su said, and then he started talking.
"First of all, I am familiar with Monk Daoyan and Mr. Gao Qi who went to Japan. Fujiwara Shinpei, the minister of Japan, is also old to me. If I go there, I can cooperate with them tacitly, so that they will not be abandoned. This is one of the foundations they have worked hard to lay in Japan over the years."
"Secondly, the two generals Feng Sheng and Deng Yu are famous generals in Ming Dynasty. Their fame is so far-reaching that even the Japanese have heard of it."
"If two generals are sent there, I am afraid that the Japanese will be wary and take precautions. However, I am still young and my reputation is not great, so I can make the Japanese look down on me and take advantage of it. two."
"Finally, Japan is a country that values bloodline and superiority the most. After all, I am also a prince, with the dignity of a king. When I arrived in Japan, as the prince of Shangguo, in name, even the emperor of Japan was still in my throne of King Wu. under."
"If I am lucky enough to seize the country, I will use my position to command the Japanese country. I can subdue the Japanese country as quickly as possible and make it the land of my Ming Dynasty. This is the third one."
"With these three points, I have to go on this trip to Japan. What do you think, father?" Zhu Su blinked.
Everyone looked at the Fifth Highness in surprise. What does it mean to "seize the country and command the Japanese country"? This Fifth Highness's "wolfish ambition" is simply obvious. On the surface, I, the Ming Dynasty, as the suzerain, went to help the Emperor of Japan quell the civil strife!
...Although to be fair, the Ming Dynasty was actually coveting the gold and silver mountains of the Japanese country, just to make profits.
"Dad, in that case, why not let me go!" Zhu Di immediately stepped out of the queue and knelt down proudly. "Lao Wu is weak. As the elder brother, how can I let my younger brother go to danger? If he, the King of Wu, can do this, so can I, the King of Yan!"
"Father, why don't you let me go?" Prince Zhu Biao also knelt down and said. "As a prince, my son is the easiest to act when it comes to his status. If not, let me go. My fifth brother is still young and can safely travel across the ocean..."
"Fourth brother, eldest brother, you two should stop causing trouble." Zhu Su pulled up the two brothers and said to Zhu Di first: "Fourth brother, when it comes to the situation in Japan, can you be more knowledgeable than me?"
"I am definitely more suitable for the job of going to Japan."
"This..." Zhu Di was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
"And big brother." Zhu Su turned to Zhu Biao. "Brother, you are a noble prince, there is no reason for you to go to a foreign country."
"I won't talk about the country's stability... The dignified prince is going to the Japanese country. How big a face does the Japanese country have? Can he still ask me, the Ming Dynasty, to send a hostage there?"
Zhu Biao suddenly lost his temper. It is indeed not appropriate for a prince to be sent as an envoy to other countries. If there are any rumors, there will be turmoil in the DPRK again.
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite pleased to see the three of them as brothers and sisters. However, what Zhu Su said was true. Indeed, among all the people in the Ming Dynasty, he was the most suitable person to go to Japan. After some deliberation, he said, "Lao Wu, if you are asked to go on a mission to Japan, how many people do you think would be appropriate to bring with you?"
"Go back to my father. I believe that bringing five thousand people is the limit." Zhu Su said.
"Five thousand?" Lao Zhu's eyes widened. "No, no, how can we rest assured that our son will go to that barren land with only five thousand people?"
"Although we can't send a million-strong army, there is still no problem if we can mobilize 30,000 to 20,000 troops."
"Since you are going to Japan, we will let you choose as you like. If you choose 20,000 people to accompany you to Japan, we can feel at ease!"
"Dad..." Zhu Su smiled bitterly. "Thirty thousand people... The tiny country of Japan is enough to scare them to the point where they have trouble sleeping and eating."
"A so-called daimyo in the Japanese country can hardly count ten thousand soldiers capable of fighting. These are just peasant soldiers who farm on weekdays and fight in wartime."
"You asked me to bring 20,000 people, but I'm afraid that once these 30,000 people arrive in Japan, Emperor Lao Shizi will be too frightened to let his subjects enter the city."
"Not to mention the so-called capital city of the Japanese country. It is only a little bigger at this time. If 30,000 people arrive there, it will be difficult to support the whole city with food and crops. Do we, the Ming Dynasty sergeants, need to work hard to support the Japanese country? Can’t we cross the ocean to resupply?”
Lao Zhu was stunned when he said this. With only 30,000 people, we have to worry about whether a city will be impoverished?
This... this is not Kyoto, it's clearly a village in the countryside!
But that was really the situation in Japan at that time. Decades later, at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched a movement to seize land. The total stone height in Japan is about 18 million stone. Under normal circumstances, 10,000 stone can support 250 soldiers. In theory, the entire territory of Japan can support a total of 450,000 soldiers.
This is still an ideal situation. In actual circumstances, there will be another discount.
Imagawa Yoshimoto, the No. 1 figure in the Tokaido Road, led an army of more than 20,000 troops to Luo. All the other great figures along the way were trembling as if they were facing a powerful enemy, for fear that the Imagawa family would make false plans and destroy Guo...
This is really not a joke, but Imagawa Yoshimoto's strength was indeed strong in the Japanese country at that time. With the power of a land name, tens of thousands of troops can be supported. After all, in addition to the troops taken away, there will also be tens of thousands of troops stationed in the territory. All in all, Imagawa Yoshimoto should have at least 40,000 to 50,000 troops, which is already shocking.
Judging from this level, if Zhu Su really led 30,000 Ming troops to Japan and asked for an audience, Emperor Changqing's first reaction would not be to be surprised at how powerful his reinforcements were, but to be frightened. Is the Ming Dynasty going to directly take away the throne of emperor from him? It's purely to lure the wolf into the house.
At that time, the Japanese people were frightened, and if they united to deal with the Ming Dynasty first, the Ming army would have to travel far across the ocean, and its logistics would be weak, which would make it even more difficult to open up the situation.
It is better to send a small number of troops first to secure a concession without scaring the Japanese country, and then use the concession as a springboard to slowly gain a foothold... This is the long-term solution.
Once you have a concession, you can slowly increase your troops, draw in the power of other daimyo, or recruit local soldiers on the spot. In any case, it is just boiling frogs in warm water and accumulating strength...
There are so many methods and tricks that Zhu Su has more than 10,000 methods in his mind to manipulate these Japanese barbarians who have not yet realized what they are doing.
Zhu Sudu said this, and Lao Zhu had no choice but to obey. But with only five thousand people, Lao Zhu was still worried after all. Therefore, Lao Zhu specially arranged Lan Yu and Mu Ying, who were friends with Zhu Su, as well as Zhang He, who was named by Zhu Su himself, to accompany Zhu Su to the Japanese country. Zhu Su's military strength also increased to 30,000.
Whether he advances in batches or finds an island to station himself in order to be ready for rescue at any time, it is all up to Zhu Su himself.
They actually sent the future famous Dukes of Liang and Qian to help out. Zhu Su felt that the Japanese government was really embarrassed by this wave. However, this can also be seen that Lao Zhu attaches great importance to sending troops to the Japanese country this time. Although it is still in the name of helping the Japanese country to suppress the rebellion, in real terms, this is the first time that the Ming Dynasty has tried to open up territory that its ancestors have never explored.
If there are one or two results, the previously formulated strategy of carving up foreign territories will naturally be truly recognized by the nobles. But if it fails, I am afraid that this vigor will soon be lost, and Ming Dynasty will have to face the two major problems of how to deal with the founding heroes and how to arrange the vassal king surnamed Zhu.
(End of chapter)
