A huge fleet carrying more than 23,000 troops of the mainland army, countless military and ammunition supplies set off on time from various ports at the end of February.
The fleet has hundreds of sea ships of all sizes, including dozens of treasure ships with crews of thousands of people and equipped with thousands of kilograms of Hanwang cannons.
All ships will be assembled on the sea surface along the east coast and then divided into five armies to form formations, with the navy general Chen Xuan controlling the entire army.
Next, the army will slowly travel along the coast. When the monsoon is smooth, it will leave the coast and go to Busan, North Korea, and Hakata Bay, Japan.
At that time, the officials and civilians along the eastern coast of the Ming Dynasty could also witness the large ships floating on the sea and feel the grand occasion of the military's maritime power.
In this era at the beginning of the fifteenth century, no country or military alliance in the world had such a huge navy and the ability to deliver more than 20,000 troops and materials at one time.
In the East and the West, the total strength of most countries should not exceed 20,000, let alone the ability to deploy.
Of course, all these achievements are mainly not due to Zhu Gaoxu.During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty's court had gradually formed such a maritime military force.
Zhu Gaoxu felt that the reason why Japan is unscrupulous and has the illusion of luck is based on an empirical judgment of a country's ability to deliver remotely.
After all, although the Ming Dynasty had more than 2 million troops, it could only be done after the Yongle year when it was expeditioned by sea and dispatched more than 20,000 people.
The Ming army did not consider too much about water warfare, and only considered the ship's storm resistance ability at sea.After all, with the displacement of treasure ships, no artillery is needed at all, and it can crush most sailboats and sampans directly to hit.
After Zhu Gaoxu watched the warships leave the port one after another, he could no longer control the rest.The follow-up news about the Japanese army will have to wait two months at the earliest.
He began to discuss matters with his ministers about the South and the West (west to the Indian Ocean).
When the monarch and ministers were discussing affairs in the Rouyi Hall again, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, began to exhort: the naval and army of Japan were expensive, and the court must not start wars between the north and the south at the same time.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Don’t worry about Xiamen Hall, even if the court has money, there is no ship now.We are not going to start a war soon when we manage the South.If the problem can be solved through negotiation and game, it is better to never fight.
He then said: But after we get silver from Japan, if we no longer conduct foreign trade, the effectiveness of improving national strength will be greatly reduced, because the circulation of currency and materials can only be limited to the domestic market.
The Ming Dynasty had the final say in controlling routes east of Malacca, currency issuance, taxes, prices, and trade rules. The court caravans can make profits from it, and private merchants only have profits and the Maritime Procuratorate Department has taxes. This is open source. If the treasury has no source, what's the use of just crying for poverty?
After hearing this, Xia Yuanji stopped talking.
Zhu Gaoxu said: I want to build the South China Sea Governor's Office and the Western Governor's Office, and use two yamen to manage affairs east of the Strait of Malacca, and belong to the cabinet.The Governor's Office in the South China Sea can be set up in Saigon Port (near Vung Tau, the name comes from the Zheng He fleet during the Yongle period, which means to pay tribute from the west).The Western Governor's Office can be set up in the Old Port Xuanwei Department.
Qi Tai bowed and said: The old Hong Kong Xuanwei envoy was a Han Chinese, Shi Jinqing, who accepted the imperial enthronement and made meritorious service. Most of his subordinates were Han people from all over the southeast, so this matter could be handled.However, Saigon Port is the place of Zhenla Kingdom, and Zhenla Kingdom is afraid of being unwilling to cede land.
Zhu Gaoxu said: We can change the name, not to cede land, but to set up a "city of the city".Countries that accept the tribute system can also set up an "embassy" in our capital of Ming Dynasty.Let’s help those vassal states, reduce disputes and live in harmony, what should we do if we don’t have a stronghold?
Qi Tai said: I am afraid that this matter is still not easy.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: Therefore, our dynasty should make full use of the conflicts between countries to avoid spending the treasury to send troops to attack.Because it is not easy, we have to start as soon as possible. At first, it was just a verbal remark, but it was just too time-consuming.
Officials in the court were talking, and there was a noise in the hall.
Zhu Gaoxu waved: Everyone, sit here and look at the picture.He pointed to a large picture spread on the table and said, "I have thought of a solution. If it is inappropriate, you can think of another way."
He knocked on a position on the table. Annan Kingdom is a vassal state of our dynasty. We can stand up for Annan Kingdom and ask for the Hue land from Chameng Kingdom; and proposed to use Danang as a "commissioned city" so that it can become a supply port and trade distribution center on the waterway.Chameng people have robbed and slaughtered Shenglong and other places many times, and the royal nobles and common people of Annan have all kept their grudges. With such an opportunity, the Annan people must work very hard.Chameng Kingdom may compromise when it comes to pressure.
Hu Yi reminded: Champaign has a good relationship with our dynasty. The king (Jaya Sanghavarma V) paid tribute and paid great respect for his rituals.
They just wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge when we were conquering Annan. Let's not care about those illusory things.Zhu Gaoxu said that Chameng Kingdom was no longer Linyi in the Qin Dynasty. I see that the old files and dynasties recorded that their kings and ministers were all curly hair and black skin, and had long broken the direct relationship with the Ming Dynasty.I would like to praise us for a few words, but I can’t spend it as money.
Hu Yi was speechless.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Chameng is currently attacking Zhenla Kingdom. If Annan Kingdom in the north raises troops south, Chameng Kingdom will be attacked from both sides.If they are unwilling to compromise like this, then our court will go to Zhenla Kingdom and promise to provide military assistance.Then Champaign's situation will immediately become very dangerous.
The kingdom of Angkor Thom (near Tonle Sap, near Siem Reap) is currently facing an attack on both sides of the east and west, and is resisting the attacks from Siam and Champa. Their situation is critical and foreign aid is urgently needed.
Our North Korean government promised to set up a "city" in Saigon Port on the condition of arms and other aid.
If Zhen La Kingdom doesn’t want to pay attention to our ‘reasonable transactions’, then we support Siam.After the Siam Ayutthaya Dynasty broke away from the controlled pressing of Zhen La, it now wanted to fight back.If the Zhenla royal family wants to perish on their own, they can continue to ignore the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone was quiet, with different expressions and very complicated silent.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but say kindly: Human morality is different from that of the country.Our dynasty maintains restraint and does not massacre and conquer like the Yuan Dynasty. This is morality.
But why do those small countries dare to ignore the demands of our dynasty and even dare to kill our envoys?
It is nothing more than that our dynasty has strong national strength, but the power has not been able to truly enter these areas and cannot have an impact on the vital interests of the countries.
You can examine whether our troops in Annan Kingdom dares to kill the Ming Dynasty’s imperial officials after our garrison of 20,000 troops?
What's more, these small countries attacked each other, with countless casualties, and countless barbaric crimes in the war.In the future, once they enter the Governor's Office system of our dynasty, those who judge right and wrong, can mediate everything, and killing will be reduced. Wouldn't it benefit the people of all ethnic groups in all countries?
At this time, the scholar Hu Guangdao: In terms of morality, the emperor has truly immeasurable merits...
The officials looked at Hu Guang and immediately stopped talking.He looked as if nothing had happened, but his cheeks were a little red.
Qi Tai said at this time: In the past, Emperor Taizong worked hard to build a ship to the West and move the capital to Beiping, and issued an order for everyone in the court to handle it.Now the emperor discusses with the ministers first, and I should do my best to assist you.
After Qi Tai said this, everyone agreed one after another.
However, the reason why Zhu Gaoxu tried his best to win over the court officials was not to seek peace; it was because what he did was not just to accomplish those things, but to try to establish a systematic national policy.
Zhu Gaoxu said: After the negotiation strategy was determined, the cabinet recommended a few people, first go to the Annan Governor's Office; then ask Zhang Fu to call the ship for the purpose of traveling south to the country... When the contact was established, the envoy was at a high risk, and some Annan people could be promoted to help, and perhaps the volunteers in China were selected.
The ministers and others received the order.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to find Ruhua, Persia, and the sea ships further west, with the structure of the hull and sails that seemed to be different.You send someone to find opportunities to understand so that we can learn from our strengths and weaknesses, and we should always maintain our advantages in technology.The Guardian Office can also think of a way to do this.
Ru Wei and Qian Xun stood up and bowed: I will follow the order.
A long time ago, he had a model of a Western sailboat that he had assembled himself for dozens of yuan.
He only remembered that the sail of that model was completely different from the sails of the Ming sea boat I saw at the moment. It seemed that one was hard sail and the other was soft sail; the soft sail in the West was more complex, and the sails of the Ming Dynasty were simpler, and it was also very convenient and fast to lift and lower with a sliding rope (pulley set).
Zhu Gao didn't know what the advantages and disadvantages were, or what structure was suitable for large and small ships; but the navy and the officials and craftsmen in the docks should be able to figure it out.
Learning each other is the right way, and arrogance often only leads to mistakes.
It was almost noon, and everyone gave a big gift and thanked him for his gratitude.
Zhu Gaoxu still stayed in Rouyi Hall. This complex is the place where Taizu lived in study and there is nothing. After waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to have lunch, he can find a bed to take a nap.
He walked back and forth next to the big table, looking at the map he had just discussed.
The entire rough structure is rapidly rolling out, but the scope of real success is still very small. The most important thing at the moment is to wait for news from Japan.
Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the hall and stood on the steps outside the door for a while.
In the sound of the wind, he seemed to vaguely hear the sound of waves.
But he came to his senses a little and realized that it should be just an illusion.
Not to mention that the capital is still far from the coast, even the waves by the river are probably inaudible here.
Zhu Gaoxu looked up at the sky in the east and thought to himself: As long as the monsoon reaches the east coast, the Ming fleet will not sail for at least one month.
The fleet has hundreds of sea ships of all sizes, including dozens of treasure ships with crews of thousands of people and equipped with thousands of kilograms of Hanwang cannons.
All ships will be assembled on the sea surface along the east coast and then divided into five armies to form formations, with the navy general Chen Xuan controlling the entire army.
Next, the army will slowly travel along the coast. When the monsoon is smooth, it will leave the coast and go to Busan, North Korea, and Hakata Bay, Japan.
At that time, the officials and civilians along the eastern coast of the Ming Dynasty could also witness the large ships floating on the sea and feel the grand occasion of the military's maritime power.
In this era at the beginning of the fifteenth century, no country or military alliance in the world had such a huge navy and the ability to deliver more than 20,000 troops and materials at one time.
In the East and the West, the total strength of most countries should not exceed 20,000, let alone the ability to deploy.
Of course, all these achievements are mainly not due to Zhu Gaoxu.During the Yongle period, the Ming Dynasty's court had gradually formed such a maritime military force.
Zhu Gaoxu felt that the reason why Japan is unscrupulous and has the illusion of luck is based on an empirical judgment of a country's ability to deliver remotely.
After all, although the Ming Dynasty had more than 2 million troops, it could only be done after the Yongle year when it was expeditioned by sea and dispatched more than 20,000 people.
The Ming army did not consider too much about water warfare, and only considered the ship's storm resistance ability at sea.After all, with the displacement of treasure ships, no artillery is needed at all, and it can crush most sailboats and sampans directly to hit.
After Zhu Gaoxu watched the warships leave the port one after another, he could no longer control the rest.The follow-up news about the Japanese army will have to wait two months at the earliest.
He began to discuss matters with his ministers about the South and the West (west to the Indian Ocean).
When the monarch and ministers were discussing affairs in the Rouyi Hall again, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, began to exhort: the naval and army of Japan were expensive, and the court must not start wars between the north and the south at the same time.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Don’t worry about Xiamen Hall, even if the court has money, there is no ship now.We are not going to start a war soon when we manage the South.If the problem can be solved through negotiation and game, it is better to never fight.
He then said: But after we get silver from Japan, if we no longer conduct foreign trade, the effectiveness of improving national strength will be greatly reduced, because the circulation of currency and materials can only be limited to the domestic market.
The Ming Dynasty had the final say in controlling routes east of Malacca, currency issuance, taxes, prices, and trade rules. The court caravans can make profits from it, and private merchants only have profits and the Maritime Procuratorate Department has taxes. This is open source. If the treasury has no source, what's the use of just crying for poverty?
After hearing this, Xia Yuanji stopped talking.
Zhu Gaoxu said: I want to build the South China Sea Governor's Office and the Western Governor's Office, and use two yamen to manage affairs east of the Strait of Malacca, and belong to the cabinet.The Governor's Office in the South China Sea can be set up in Saigon Port (near Vung Tau, the name comes from the Zheng He fleet during the Yongle period, which means to pay tribute from the west).The Western Governor's Office can be set up in the Old Port Xuanwei Department.
Qi Tai bowed and said: The old Hong Kong Xuanwei envoy was a Han Chinese, Shi Jinqing, who accepted the imperial enthronement and made meritorious service. Most of his subordinates were Han people from all over the southeast, so this matter could be handled.However, Saigon Port is the place of Zhenla Kingdom, and Zhenla Kingdom is afraid of being unwilling to cede land.
Zhu Gaoxu said: We can change the name, not to cede land, but to set up a "city of the city".Countries that accept the tribute system can also set up an "embassy" in our capital of Ming Dynasty.Let’s help those vassal states, reduce disputes and live in harmony, what should we do if we don’t have a stronghold?
Qi Tai said: I am afraid that this matter is still not easy.
Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: Therefore, our dynasty should make full use of the conflicts between countries to avoid spending the treasury to send troops to attack.Because it is not easy, we have to start as soon as possible. At first, it was just a verbal remark, but it was just too time-consuming.
Officials in the court were talking, and there was a noise in the hall.
Zhu Gaoxu waved: Everyone, sit here and look at the picture.He pointed to a large picture spread on the table and said, "I have thought of a solution. If it is inappropriate, you can think of another way."
He knocked on a position on the table. Annan Kingdom is a vassal state of our dynasty. We can stand up for Annan Kingdom and ask for the Hue land from Chameng Kingdom; and proposed to use Danang as a "commissioned city" so that it can become a supply port and trade distribution center on the waterway.Chameng people have robbed and slaughtered Shenglong and other places many times, and the royal nobles and common people of Annan have all kept their grudges. With such an opportunity, the Annan people must work very hard.Chameng Kingdom may compromise when it comes to pressure.
Hu Yi reminded: Champaign has a good relationship with our dynasty. The king (Jaya Sanghavarma V) paid tribute and paid great respect for his rituals.
They just wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge when we were conquering Annan. Let's not care about those illusory things.Zhu Gaoxu said that Chameng Kingdom was no longer Linyi in the Qin Dynasty. I see that the old files and dynasties recorded that their kings and ministers were all curly hair and black skin, and had long broken the direct relationship with the Ming Dynasty.I would like to praise us for a few words, but I can’t spend it as money.
Hu Yi was speechless.
Zhu Gaoxu said: Chameng is currently attacking Zhenla Kingdom. If Annan Kingdom in the north raises troops south, Chameng Kingdom will be attacked from both sides.If they are unwilling to compromise like this, then our court will go to Zhenla Kingdom and promise to provide military assistance.Then Champaign's situation will immediately become very dangerous.
The kingdom of Angkor Thom (near Tonle Sap, near Siem Reap) is currently facing an attack on both sides of the east and west, and is resisting the attacks from Siam and Champa. Their situation is critical and foreign aid is urgently needed.
Our North Korean government promised to set up a "city" in Saigon Port on the condition of arms and other aid.
If Zhen La Kingdom doesn’t want to pay attention to our ‘reasonable transactions’, then we support Siam.After the Siam Ayutthaya Dynasty broke away from the controlled pressing of Zhen La, it now wanted to fight back.If the Zhenla royal family wants to perish on their own, they can continue to ignore the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone was quiet, with different expressions and very complicated silent.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but say kindly: Human morality is different from that of the country.Our dynasty maintains restraint and does not massacre and conquer like the Yuan Dynasty. This is morality.
But why do those small countries dare to ignore the demands of our dynasty and even dare to kill our envoys?
It is nothing more than that our dynasty has strong national strength, but the power has not been able to truly enter these areas and cannot have an impact on the vital interests of the countries.
You can examine whether our troops in Annan Kingdom dares to kill the Ming Dynasty’s imperial officials after our garrison of 20,000 troops?
What's more, these small countries attacked each other, with countless casualties, and countless barbaric crimes in the war.In the future, once they enter the Governor's Office system of our dynasty, those who judge right and wrong, can mediate everything, and killing will be reduced. Wouldn't it benefit the people of all ethnic groups in all countries?
At this time, the scholar Hu Guangdao: In terms of morality, the emperor has truly immeasurable merits...
The officials looked at Hu Guang and immediately stopped talking.He looked as if nothing had happened, but his cheeks were a little red.
Qi Tai said at this time: In the past, Emperor Taizong worked hard to build a ship to the West and move the capital to Beiping, and issued an order for everyone in the court to handle it.Now the emperor discusses with the ministers first, and I should do my best to assist you.
After Qi Tai said this, everyone agreed one after another.
However, the reason why Zhu Gaoxu tried his best to win over the court officials was not to seek peace; it was because what he did was not just to accomplish those things, but to try to establish a systematic national policy.
Zhu Gaoxu said: After the negotiation strategy was determined, the cabinet recommended a few people, first go to the Annan Governor's Office; then ask Zhang Fu to call the ship for the purpose of traveling south to the country... When the contact was established, the envoy was at a high risk, and some Annan people could be promoted to help, and perhaps the volunteers in China were selected.
The ministers and others received the order.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to find Ruhua, Persia, and the sea ships further west, with the structure of the hull and sails that seemed to be different.You send someone to find opportunities to understand so that we can learn from our strengths and weaknesses, and we should always maintain our advantages in technology.The Guardian Office can also think of a way to do this.
Ru Wei and Qian Xun stood up and bowed: I will follow the order.
A long time ago, he had a model of a Western sailboat that he had assembled himself for dozens of yuan.
He only remembered that the sail of that model was completely different from the sails of the Ming sea boat I saw at the moment. It seemed that one was hard sail and the other was soft sail; the soft sail in the West was more complex, and the sails of the Ming Dynasty were simpler, and it was also very convenient and fast to lift and lower with a sliding rope (pulley set).
Zhu Gao didn't know what the advantages and disadvantages were, or what structure was suitable for large and small ships; but the navy and the officials and craftsmen in the docks should be able to figure it out.
Learning each other is the right way, and arrogance often only leads to mistakes.
It was almost noon, and everyone gave a big gift and thanked him for his gratitude.
Zhu Gaoxu still stayed in Rouyi Hall. This complex is the place where Taizu lived in study and there is nothing. After waiting for Zhu Gaoxu to have lunch, he can find a bed to take a nap.
He walked back and forth next to the big table, looking at the map he had just discussed.
The entire rough structure is rapidly rolling out, but the scope of real success is still very small. The most important thing at the moment is to wait for news from Japan.
Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the hall and stood on the steps outside the door for a while.
In the sound of the wind, he seemed to vaguely hear the sound of waves.
But he came to his senses a little and realized that it should be just an illusion.
Not to mention that the capital is still far from the coast, even the waves by the river are probably inaudible here.
Zhu Gaoxu looked up at the sky in the east and thought to himself: As long as the monsoon reaches the east coast, the Ming fleet will not sail for at least one month.
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