Chapter 138 Zhu Yuanzhang is determined to raise troops to destroy the Japanese
"Your Majesty, this bird gun is several times stronger than the old fire gun in terms of power and range. However, making the barrel is a bit time-consuming and laborious."
"As for the wolf trap, because the materials are easy to obtain and the iron teeth installed on the branches are also easy to forge, it is not very troublesome to make."
Li Boyuan replied [-].
Immediately afterwards, Li Boyuan specifically praised Langzhen: "After actual combat drills by soldiers, they all said that this thing has a miraculous effect on enemies with sharp weapons!"
"I believe that this item should be provided to the soldiers along the coast as soon as possible to prepare for Japanese invasion!"
Zhu Yuanzhang learned about the two new weapons given by Lin Che.
They are all practical things that can make achievements on the battlefield, and Long Yan was immediately delighted:
"Very good, Li Aiqing, you have done great work in supervising the construction of bird guns and wolf spears. I will reward you heavily!"
"However, just equipping coastal soldiers with new weapons is not enough."
"I decided to go on an expedition to the Japanese country, go straight to their lair, and solve the problem of Japanese pirates once and for all!"
Previously, in the secret room of the imperial prison, Lin Che scolded him as Zhao Gou.
I haven't forgotten this to this day.
It’s not that I hate Lin Che, but I hate those Japanese pirates who are ignorant of education and do not understand the benevolence and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty!
Since peaceful diplomacy cannot make the Japanese slaves restrain themselves from their illegal behavior.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang could only use swords and weapons to reason with these guys who couldn't understand human language, as Lin Che said!
"Your Majesty, the Japanese country is in the midst of a rough sea, and it hastily raised troops to attack, fearing that it would be detrimental to our Ming Dynasty!"
"What's more, Your Majesty is about to send a large army to the north and raise troops to attack the Japanese. The strength, food and salary..."
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"I believe that the Northern Expedition is the top priority of our Ming Dynasty, so we must not be distracted by this!"
"... "
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's words came out, the courtiers were dumbfounded.
Why are you so clueless that you suddenly want to go on an expedition to Japan? At this time, Li Wenzhong, the left governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, glanced at him with a look of confusion on his face.
Li Wenzhong was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew and adopted son. He was highly regarded by Zhu Yuanzhang, although he did not understand why the Ming Dynasty had to cross the sea to annihilate the Japanese country when it was about to embark on the Northern Expedition.
However, out of his absolute trust and loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Wenzhong stood up to express his support without hesitation.
"The Japanese country is so ambitious that they often send Japanese pirates to invade our territory and coastal defense, and harm our people in the Ming Dynasty."
"Your Majesty wants to send troops to attack, how can it be without reason?"
Tang He also stood up at the right time and supported Li Wenzhong: "What Mr. Cao Guo said is right. Today, the coastal areas of Ming Dynasty are invaded by Japanese pirates everywhere."
"I, the Ming Dynasty, have warned Japan many times about this matter."
"But the Japanese didn't react at all. The Japanese pirates still went their own way!"
"If we don't send troops to attack such an act of belittling the national character of our Ming Dynasty, how will our Ming Dynasty's face be saved?"
Li Wenzhong and Tang He were both important ministers of the Ming Dynasty. They deeply trusted Zhu Yuanzhang and always supported his majesty unconditionally.
Tang He also once supervised the troops in Fujian and Zhejiang to fight against Japanese pirates harassing the coast.
He understood the dangers of Japanese pirates, and countless people suffered at the hands of Japanese pirates.
In order to guard against Japanese pirates, I don't know how much money was spent.
Or take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's prosperity to send troops to quell the Japanese.
It will be much more difficult to deal with Japanese pirates in the future.
"Li Wenzhong! Tang He!"
"It seems that His Majesty suddenly wants to go on an expedition to Japan. It turns out that you are the one who instigated it!"
"You are such a treacherous traitor. In order to become a hero who opened the border and leave a name in history, you actually asked me, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, to die in vain!"
Suddenly, Hu Weiyong's trusted censor Chen Ning stood up and called the two princes by their names.
By the way, they were also charged with instigating the emperor and using weapons recklessly.
With one taking the lead, others may worry about state a minister who simply wants to fish in troubled waters.
They criticized Li Wenzhong and Tang He one after another.
"Have you forgotten that in the era of Kublai Khan of the puppet Yuan Dynasty, the world was swallowed up by whales, the territory was vast, and the military was so prosperous."
"As a result, after two expeditions to the Japanese country, once they ran out of food and retreated, and once they encountered the divine wind of the Japanese country to protect the country, the entire army was directly wiped out! The tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry that roamed the world were all fed with fish and shrimps, so that the pseudo-Yuan Dynasty no longer dared to Attack Japan!"
"Now because some bandits are causing trouble in Haiphong, you are instigating His Majesty to cross the sea with a large army to attack the Japanese country. You know clearly that the first national policy of our Ming Dynasty is the Northern Expedition to destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty and consolidate the country, but you insist on doing this. What on earth do you think? What kind of peace of mind do you have!"
The censors of the Inspectorate followed with repeated bombings.
Li Wenzhong and Tang He were directly criticized as traitors who brought disaster to the country and the people.
The two neither refuted nor stopped the attacks of these censors.
They all understand His Majesty's determination to make such a decision, and the more they are scolded, the more aggrieved they are.
The more you can improve your own weight in His Majesty's mind.
"enough!"
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the dragon chair and coldly interrupted everyone's criticism of Li Wenzhong and Tang He.
With a quick glance, his eyes locked on Chen Ning, the imperial censor who had just scolded him the most.
"Chen Ning, since you are so categorical, you said that the expedition against the Japanese slaves would do a lot of harm to the Ming Dynasty but not a single benefit."
"Then do you know how many times Japanese pirates have invaded our coastal defense in the Ming Dynasty in just the past few years?"
When Chen Ning heard this, his face instantly became stiff.
The main purpose of his taking the initiative to stand up today was arranged by Hu Weiyong.
It was to characterize the Meridian Street assassination case as a reverse case.
It was so convenient to frame Lin Che later.
After the failure, I heard that Li Wenzhong and Tang He not only did not stop the emperor from conquering the Japanese country.
On the contrary, he highly praised His Majesty's approach.
As a royal censor, Chen Ning would naturally not let go of such an opportunity to become famous.
Although he knew very little about Japanese pirates.
But he couldn't help but had a lot of experience in trolling people and hating others, and he quickly gained the approving looks of many ministers.
however.
Before he could be happy for a few seconds, he was spotted by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Faced with this problem that was beyond his understanding.
Chen Ning was sweating profusely and wanted to fool him by just telling him a number.
But after coming into contact with Zhu Yuanzhang's extremely cold gaze, he gave up the idea of committing suicide.
Just when Chen Ning was in a dilemma.
The censors had been attacking, but Zhongshan Hou Tanghe, who was silent, stepped forward to help Chen Ning out of the siege.
"Your Majesty, as of the day before yesterday, Japanese pirates have invaded our country 390 times this year."
"Nearly 3000 Ming people were injured or killed as a result of the attack, and countless property was lost!"
Tang He's data caused an uproar among the ministers.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not give them time to be surprised.
He glanced around and saw the courtiers who opposed the conquest of Japan for various reasons, and said sadly:
"These Japanese pirates came to plunder my Ming Dynasty. Although the number of people in a single team is not large, the total number of their teams is quite large. They can invade all the coastal areas of our Ming Dynasty at the same time!"
"Over the years, countless people have died at the hands of Japanese pirates!"
"Isn't this enough for me to send troops to destroy the Japanese?"
(End of this chapter)
