Chapter 106 You need to consider gains and losses when fighting a war, but you don’t need to pick up money [Today 1/4]

Author: Demon Dao Ben Yao

Chapter 106 You need to consider gains and losses when fighting a war, but you don’t need to pick up money [Today 14]

For an empire, foreign diplomacy is an issue that can never be avoided.

Especially today's Ming Dynasty, which has a vast territory and a large population.

A huge empire brings long borders, and external negotiations also determine border security issues to a certain extent.

As for the envoys of a country, no matter what status or status they have when they are at home, once they represent a country and step out of the territory, they represent the dignity of that country.

However, now, the envoys sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to a small country overseas are beheaded by others in a foreign country.

This incident undoubtedly hit Zhu Yuanzhang hard in the face.

This incident in itself was enough to make Zhu Yuanzhang furious.

But now, when he was angry, Chu Ze was still talking nonsense in front of him.

"I can tell you in advance that you'd better be busy."

During this period, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was quite angry and was busy with endless things all day long.

Although he tried to pass all power to Zhu Biao.

But there are some things that he should be busy with.

It's just to transfer the decision-making power to Zhu Biao as much as possible.

"Your Majesty, as you just said, the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to the Japanese country. They originally wanted to establish a friendly state between the two countries, but the other side did not give face. They killed the Ming Dynasty's envoys. This move was undoubtedly a violation of the Ming Dynasty.

provocative."

"This is a reason and a good excuse. If you provoke Tianwei, you will be punished. We can take advantage of this opportunity to directly send troops to fight."

"We originally had friendly intentions and wanted to promote friendly exchanges between the two countries, but the other party did not respect military ethics and killed our envoys. We can stand both emotionally and rationally. We will not fight at this time, let alone

When?"

"What? Do you really want a war?"

Zhu Yuanzhang originally thought that Chu Ze was going to say something profound, but after working on it for a long time, this guy analyzed this for him?

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not know these things clearly?

Indeed, the killing of the envoy at this time was the best reason and opportunity for Ming Dynasty to go to war with the other party.

But don't forget, it was a naval battle.

Moreover, it is a small country with a sea in the middle.

Even if it is defeated, the price will not be easy for the Ming Dynasty, which is not good at naval warfare.

The key point is that a place where birds don’t poop will not be easy to manage even if it is conquered.

If the two countries were connected by land, Zhu Yuanzhang would not even think about it and would just attack the border with soldiers.

When two countries go to war, it's not just two people fighting each other.

As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang thought more about gains and losses.

Every battle is fought with national strength!

So Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still angry at first, calmed down instantly after seeing Chu Ze who was a little eager to try.

This guy is usually a bit out of character.

But today, when the matter of Japan was mentioned, he seemed to be particularly excited.

Such an abnormal Chu Ze made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that something was not right.

"Haha. Your Majesty, look at what you said, how could I hope to start a war? I'm not thinking that the other side is provoking first, and we have every reason not to."

"After all, border neighbors are just for fighting."

After realizing that Chu Ze, who seemed to be a little too positive, faced Zhu Yuanzhang's intense gaze, he rubbed the tip of his nose in embarrassment.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chu Ze who was playing child's play, and a cold snort rang out from his nose.

"You're talking lightly. Do you know how many soldiers will die on the battlefield if there is a war? Fighting... let's just say, a fight can be started with a wave of the hand, but what about after the fight?"

"For a small country like Japan, surrounded by the sea and far away from the Ming Dynasty, our navy of the Ming Dynasty is extremely unskilled in fighting across the sea. If an accident occurs and the ship capsizes in the ditch, how can the Ming Dynasty retain its dignity?

"

"Now that the envoy is beheaded, it is mostly because of the loss of face, but at least the other party does not dare to act rashly. If the war fails by then, the villain will definitely succeed, and the coastal areas may be even more susceptible to their intrusion in the future."

"After all, you are a person from later generations, but you look at war in such a superficial way!"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed a little disappointed with Chu Ze's performance this time.

Originally, he thought that Chu Ze, a person from later generations, should have a strong view of the overall situation. After all, the other person came from later generations, and he should have learned many lessons from history.

But what he didn't expect was that Chu Ze would be such a child's play.

After being provoked even a little bit, he couldn't hold back his anger and wanted to start a fight.

This point, in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, is definitely a taboo!

Being aggressive and aggressive is definitely not the thought that a person in power should have, let alone the behavior of the counselors beside a person in power.

"Your Majesty said that there will be basically no war in future generations. I don't understand these things very well."

"What I mainly think about is that this opportunity is rare. We are justified and have reason to go to war. This is not because there is an internal problem of treasure money. Recently, I saw that the prince has been busy with this matter, so I also thought about defeating the Japanese country.

After that, dig back all the silver mines they have all over the place, and then fill up the national treasury, and this problem will basically be solved."

"I didn't expect that I was superficial. It turns out that there are so many things to consider when starting a war... I thought...

"Wait a minute, what did you just say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who originally wanted to take this opportunity to teach Chu Ze that war between the two countries was no child's play, heard Chu Ze's muttering.

But suddenly he heard something extraordinary in his ears.

Silver mine?

Everywhere!

He was a little doubtful that he had heard wrongly, so he quickly interrupted Chu Ze's words.

Then, he asked again in disbelief.

"Ah? I just said that it turns out there is a war."

"That's not the sentence. Did you just say that the country of Japan is full of silver mines? Have you ever said this?"

"Oh! This is what Your Majesty is talking about! I just said it. Silver will also be an important mineral resource in future generations. In addition to silver, there are also gold, coal mines, oil, etc. The distribution of these important resources is also

One of the important things we need to learn.”

"We don't want to hear what knowledge you have right now. We just want to know if what you just said is true? Are you sure about the fact that there is silver everywhere in the country of Japan?"

"Well, of course I'm sure! I just heard you say that after the Japanese country killed the Ming Dynasty envoy, didn't I say that? The other party came to give us money. Your Majesty, you shouldn't be angry."

"But didn't His Majesty say he didn't want to start a war?"

"Fart! Did we say we don't want to start a war? We said we should be cautious. Come here! Go and call us the prince, and call us Xu Da and Lan Yu immediately.

We have something important to discuss!”

Within a country, there are silver mines everywhere!

If this incident is true, then the Japanese country is not a small and insignificant place in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

That is a golden mountain, an inexhaustible golden mountain!

When two countries go to war, they really have to consider the gains and losses.

But if there is a golden mountain opposite, what else should you consider?

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang gave the order, the palace guards and the eunuchs who delivered the order became lively.

Zhu Biao, who was in the East Palace, heard the news immediately.

After learning that Chu Ze went to see his father, not long after, the entire palace was in commotion.

He couldn't care less about dealing with any more government affairs.

He got up directly and rushed towards the imperial study.

Although he didn't know what happened, as soon as he heard about Chu Ze, Zhu Biao knew that something bad was probably going to happen.

Even on the way to the imperial study, Zhu Biao had already thought about how to plead for Chu Ze.

However, when he really ran all the way to the imperial study room, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a scene that shocked Zhu Biao.

The scene he imagined where his father had a dark face and Chu Ze was beaten with bruises all over his body did not appear.

At this time, Chu Ze actually stood directly in front of his father's imperial study desk.

What he holds in his hand is the imperial pen used by his father.
To be continued...