As soon as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu asked, Fatrich couldn't help but feel sad, and immediately complained: "Your Excellency General, this time I returned to China, Fatrich bought a large number of goods for the general, but not long after I went to sea, I was robbed by the pirates Those damn pirates, I have reported the name of the general, but they don't pay attention to it, and they also stripped the fat rich all over the body, Your Excellency General, you have to be the master of the fat rich."
"Hmm" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me slowly, what the hell is going on" Fattomi told the story from beginning to end, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said unhappily: "These ronin, declining samurai, are too unusual.
Last time, Mitsuo Shimazu came back from Daming, and he was robbed by them, and this time it's like this again, even my messenger dares to rob it, it's time to teach them some lessons. ” Fei Fu took the opportunity to say: "Yes, the Ming Emperor is also worried about this, they hope to join forces with the general to clear out the pirates and make the sea route peaceful, otherwise they are unwilling to reopen the door of trade with me." ” Fat Fu took the opportunity to tell Ashikaga Yoshimitsu about the three conditions mentioned by Xia Xun, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu couldn't help but hesitate, and muttered: "Cracking down on dirty goods, arresting and selling dirty pirates, and attacking and encircling the islands occupied by the discovered pirates, I am thinking about doing this; There is no problem at all with the Ming Dynasty to provide information and information about the pirates they have mastered, but the port is opened and the Ming warships are allowed to dock, rest, and replenish the sea."
Fat Fu hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, General, your army is very powerful, but the navy is not as powerful as the pirates, if you can eradicate these pests with the help of the Ming people, then why not?"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said with a calm face: "It's my Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who is the Ben, and I connived at his team to show off his might in my territory."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was primarily concerned about reputational issues, and his self-esteem made it difficult for him to make this decision, as it would prove his incompetence and his inability to exercise effective control over him.
He is not worried about the methods of control over other countries that are more commonly used by the modern world's superpowers, such as military bases and cultural infiltration.
In those days, it was unrealistic to station troops in a country beyond the reach of the whip and thus exercise effective control over the country.
You build a base there, and food can be obtained locally, but the replenishment of soldiers and armaments can only depend on the country.
And the long way, the supply will cause great difficulties, the Ming garrison in Liaodong, its supply will occupy a considerable part of the tax revenue, and later Zhu Di abolished the Liaodong capital is because of this reason, far away in a foreign country to establish a military base that is enough to deter the country, will cause a huge economic burden to the country, can be imagined.
In addition, there is no need to worry about the long distances, the information that cannot be transmitted instantly, the absence of modern weapons such as rockets and missiles to carry out effective long-range strikes, and the absence of mobile forces that can be quickly put into battle such as aircraft and warships.
If they want to destroy the bases of other countries, the battle will start for more than a month, and the news can reach the ears of the rulers of other countries, and then they will gather troops and make preparations in all aspects such as logistics, and the real battle will be half a year later.
Therefore, in that era, under the various practical conditions of that era, the implementation of a garrison in a relatively strong and relatively strong military force was a waste of money and no effect.
As for cultural aggression, the people at that time did not have this understanding, and there was not the slightest resistance to their own country, they were just hungry to absorb Chinese culture, politics, culture, religion, manufacturing, architecture, rules and regulations, everything wanted to be learned, everything was imitated, Chinese characters, Go, calligraphy, tea drinking, and so on, have penetrated into all strata of the book.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was also fond of and searched for Chinese treasures, goods, calligraphy and paintings, gathered scholars and painters with profound Chinese attainments to conduct Chinese literary research, and formed a distinctly Chinese-style Kitayama culture.
Seeing Ashikaga Yoshimitsu hesitated, Fattomitsu's eyes rolled slightly, and he hurriedly climbed two steps forward, and whispered: "Your Excellency General, reopen trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the wealth will be in the hands of the General, otherwise if you let the pirates run rampant, it will have several adverse effects on Your Excellency the General." ” "Oh, tell me about it" Fei Fu hurriedly said: "Yes, first, Da Ming is gathering troops to crack down on pirates.
On the way back, Feifu has seen the entire Daming coast, everywhere is training military warfare, the pirates are not cheap, once they suffer losses on the Daming coast, they can only shrink back, rob our people, which is greatly detrimental to your rule, general.
Second, even if the Ming Dynasty was not able to fight the pirates, the things that the pirates could loot were very limited, which could not be compared with the goods obtained by trading with the Ming Dynasty, neither in quantity nor quality.
Thirdly, and most importantly, as far as I know, some daimyo and guardians are also secretly letting their samurai join the ranks of pirates, and if they rob them of wealth, they will make them stronger, and maybe one day, they will become a threat to His Excellency the Shogun."
"Fatty, you are so bold, are you telling me that my samurai are not loyal enough to me?"
"Don't dare to be rich, don't dare to be rich, the general is mighty, no one can be defeated, your Excellency the general doesn't think about it for future generations."
This sentence hit Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in the underbelly, he was not arrogant enough to think that the Ashikaga family could hold power forever, and his threat came from his samurai.
Genji Ashikaga originated from the Hachiman Taro Minamoto Yoshika, the two sons of the Yoshikoku family, Yoshishige and Yoshiyasu, who lived in Shindaso in Ueno Province and Ashikagaso in Shimono Province respectively, and Yoshiyasu changed his surname to Ashikaga, which is the origin of the Genji Ashikaga clan.
In the Battle of Genpei, the Ashikaga clan naturally followed Minamoto Yoritomo, who was also in the same lineage, and after the death of Yorito, the Hojo clan became the true ruler.
Beginning with Yoshikane, the son of Ashikaga Yoshiyasu, the Ashikaga clan has always married into the Hojo family and became the guardian of the Kamiso and Mikawa countries.
But the Ashikaga clan in the Kamakura period was just a sword of the Hojo family, and wherever the Hojo family pointed, the Ashikaga family would fight.
The Minamoto Yoshiya once left a last word, "Someone in my seventh generation will be able to take over the world" when he arrived at the Ashikaga family, and he was still living in the suppression of the Hojo family, and he felt ashamed of his ancestors, so he revised the seven-year plan left by his ancestors, and pretended to be a fool and claimed that "someone in the next three generations will take the world", and then committed suicide by seppuku in Hachimangu.
However, it also happened that after so many years of joint efforts from generation to generation, the Ashikaga family really rose within three generations, and finally became the emperor above Emperor Yumoto in the generation of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
In the era of the emperor's rule, the magistrates of the 66 prefectures of the 66 countries were appointed by the emperor, and in order to confront the emperor, the general of the Seiyi Dynasty placed his own clan or meritorious heroes in each country to become a "guardian", and had the power of the local military, administration, and police.
The power of taxation has become a de facto divider.
And these separatists are really willing to be subject to the Ashikaga clan forever, before they followed the Ashikaga clan and thus gained their current status, will their descendants be as ambitious as the Ashikaga clan was in the future?
The anger on Ashikaga Yoshiman's face disappeared, he was silent for a moment, and asked: "This Yang Xu, what kind of person is it in front of the Ming Emperor, what kind of status is the Ming Emperor handed over all the right to negotiate with me, if I agree to his conditions, then what kind of benefits can I get, or is it a tribute for ten years, the quality of the copper coins minted by ourselves is too low, and it cannot be circulated at all, we need the copper coins of the Ming Kingdom, will they still restrict the outflow of copper coins?"
Fat Fu was stunned, he didn't know much about Yang Xu at all, and he couldn't give an answer to these things that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu asked, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was a little displeased, and said with his sleeves: "Find out as soon as possible, and then reply to me" Fei Fu hurriedly agreed, hurriedly said goodbye and left.
After the fat tomo left, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu thought for a moment, summoned a guard samurai, and ordered: "Go to the city, find a few people who have recently come from the Ming Kingdom, who know more about their court, I need to know some news about the Ming Dynasty and need to know about their auxiliary prince Yang Xu."
Yang Xu, the Duke of Fuguo, is now watching the sea off Haiwei, and he is standing on a warship, watching the training of Li Yifeng and Chizhong's two sailor fleets.
At present, Li Yifeng and Chizhong's fleet are still in continuous drills, but their drills are not just this kind of drills aimed at imaginary enemies, after Chizhong arrived in eastern Zhejiang, he led the Fuzhou Naval Division, which is experienced in naval warfare, and has already taken Li Yifeng's Chaohu Naval Division to fight several battles with the Japanese Kou.
The Chaohu Naval Division, which has quickly become proficient in water conditions, sea routes, and maritime combat skills, is now able to carry out patrol missions alone.
Recommended by Xia Xun, Si Hanchao, who has become the commander of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Commander Si Daidu, stood beside Xia Xun steadily, watched the performance for a while, and said: "The Japanese are on the sea, it is difficult to compete with my Daming Naval Division, but now I see, the command of the Chidu Division is remarkable, and the tactics of Li Dusi are quite novel.
However, there is one thing that is unclear about the humble position, and it is difficult to understand it."
Xia Xun held on to the side of the ship and smiled at the two fleets flexibly encircling and counter-encircling; Interspersed, interspersed, asked: "What's the puzzle?"
Si Hanchao said: "Ministry, my Daming Navy Division warship, mostly use Dafu ships.
The Dafu ship is as tall as a city, sailing on the empty ocean, but in the event of a Japanese ship, just rush into the past, and be invincible, so most of the warships of my sailors are equipped with such warships, but the battleships equipped by the adults, why are they mainly sentinel ships, Haicang ships, Cangshan ships and even centipede speedboats?
” Xia Xun shook his head and said with a smile: "Where there is a strength, there must be a short."
The big ship is indeed powerful, and when encountering at sea, you don't need to fight manpower, you only need to fight the ship's strength, you can run over the mantis like a car, the problem is, those praying mantis can't beat you, but they will run.
The Daifuku ship is as tall as a city, it is difficult to drive by manpower, and it is all supported by the wind, so that when there is no wind, it is a waste, and when the wind is not right, it needs to make a detour to keep turning.
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Therefore, ships must be diverse in order to adapt to the unpredictable seas.
What's more, the place where I really fought with the sailors this time will be a shallow sea water, where the islands and reefs are located, the big ships are not very useful, it is these flexible small boats that can play a big role, and when the time comes, we will prepare more underwater mines, haha" Xia Xun suddenly laughed, pointed his finger forward and said, "You see, in the end, it is the Chidu Division that is more skilled, and Li Yifeng's fleet is surrounded again."
It seems that Chi Zhong was the right person to choose Chi Zhong as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, and for now, Chi Zhong's rich experience and naval combat skills make him the best person to command this huge fleet.
However, in the long run, once Li Yifeng, a young general, is familiar with naval warfare, has accumulated enough experience, combined with his various innovations in naval divisions, he is bound to catch up with the latter and become an outstanding admiral.
The soldiers of Shuangyu Wei did not participate in the exercise, they have their own way of playing, over the years not only have been accustomed to, but also created a set of unique tactics that belong to them, Xia Xun did not need to force them to reform, learn the consistent tactical tactics of the Ming Naval Division, and Zhu Di conjecture is different, Xia Xun did not plan to treat Shuangyu Wei as his Chinese fleet, but let them out, as a strange soldier cruising outside the main fleet to fight.
In this way, on the one hand, it solves the problem of insufficient tacit cooperation between Shuangyuwei and other naval fleets, and also relies on Shuangyuwei's strong survivability and reading ability to do war, and can also give full play to their strengths and give full play to their greatest combat effectiveness.
The Shuangyu Guardian has left Shuangyu and rushed to Ryukyu, and the target that Xia Xun really wants to occupy is here.
The Ryukyus were a transit point for trade in Northeast and Southeast Asia, and were known as the "Tsuryo of the World", and are now home to three small states and countless tribes.
A hundred years from now, it will be unified; Two hundred years later, it will be occupied by the Satsuma people who live in the southernmost part of the country, and it will become a puppet state of the country; Four hundred years later, it will be renamed Okinawa and completely incorporated into the territory of the city.
Then the sphere of influence went all the way south, through the Diaoyu Islands, until it took control of Taiwan.
Xia Xun nailed a wedge here, there are polar bears in the north, Shuangyu tigers in the south, Daming in the west, and Canghai in the east, where the snake will be stuck, there will never be enough space for it to turn into a dragon And other fleets stationed there, not only will consume a huge amount of money from the Ming court, so that the Ming Dynasty can't bear it, and it will not be able to integrate and really gain a foothold at all, but Shuangyuwei is different, this not very "rule-abiding" sailor fleet will be the most suitable fleet to take root here and survive Here, it will become an unsinkable aircraft carrier of the Ming Dynasty To be continued: