Fight to Japan and destroy the Japanese pirates!

Taichang had this idea long ago.

The reason why he never took action was mainly because of the rebellion of the chieftains in the southwest and the disaster in the northwest.

After all, fighting Japan is not a matter of a matter of one day or one night. If the rebellion of the chieftains in the southwest has not been quelled and the victims of the northwest are still unable to be self-sufficient, he will send troops blindly, and there is a very likely chaos will occur in the rear.

You know, many people want to be heroes in troubled times these days. Once they are given a chance, they will come out to make trouble.

Now the rebellion of the chieftains in the southwest has been quelled, and the victims of the northwest have almost been resettled. The Ming Dynasty has almost stabilized, so he naturally has to prepare to take action.

In the Wenhua Hall Conference Hall, the court officials were stunned again.

Why is the emperor always so shocking about the world?

Fight to Japan and destroy the Japanese pirates?

Japan is not a little barbarian who can be destroyed at will!

What are your expressions?

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but ask, "Why are you stupid? Can't you beat Japan?"

This is not a question of whether it works!

Emperor, Japan is not a small country that can be destroyed at will!

If we really destroy others in one fell swoop, that would be fine.

If it is not destroyed in a short time, how much money and food will be spent?

Your Majesty, you have to consider whether the Ming Dynasty's national strength can hold on, and whether you can fight this battle!

The Minister of Rites Zou Weilian couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid to ask, why do you want to fight Japan?"

Taichang couldn't help but ask: "Does it take a reason to fight Japan?

People can beat us, why can't we hit others?

Don’t you know the ambitions of Japanese people and wolves?

Don’t you know how crazy Hideyoshi was in the Japanese Guanbai and Toyotomi Hideyoshi?

Don't you know what he said?

First go to North Korea, then destroy the Ming Dynasty, take down India, and dominate the world!

Do you think he was joking?

Japanese people have more ideas like him, and the current Tokugawa shogunate is the same, but they are just taking different paths.

They all destroyed the Ming Dynasty's vassal state, Ryukyu, and tried to take down the Eastern Ban and attack the Ming Dynasty by sea.

If General Shen Yourong hadn't sacrificed his life to repel their vanguard, do you know how serious the consequences would be?

These Japanese pirates have always been desperate and have another plan.

So why did the Dutch, the sea overlord, come to attack the Ming Dynasty, don’t you know?

These guys were fooled by the Japanese to consume our Ming Dynasty. The Japanese tried to benefit the fisherman and destroyed us when we fought with the sea overlord!

These Japanese pirates are endless.

I really think that our Ming Dynasty is so bullying!

If we don’t destroy these Japanese pirates, they still don’t know what tricks they will do in the future.”

Well, there is no reason to fight Japan. These Japanese pirates have not had one or two ideas for the Ming Dynasty.

The problem is, Japan is not so easy to fight, and Japanese pirates are not so easy to destroy!

Minister of War Lu Xiangsheng thought about it and then reminded carefully: "Your Majesty, Japan is a bit evil. The Mongolian Yuan of the previous dynasty also wanted to conquer Japan, but he went there twice, and both times encountered sea storms. Especially for the second time, there were more than 100,000 people, and only a few people survived!"

Of course Taichang knew about this.

Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, organized a large army to cross the sea twice, trying to capture Japan.

The first time they rushed to Kyushu Island, but they were not well prepared and were not very familiar with mountain combat, so they couldn't catch it for a long time and had to return to the ship.

The evil thing is that as soon as they retreated to the ship, they encountered a sea storm that night, and most of the warships were blown over.

There was no way, they had to retreat.

The second time was even more weird. The Mongolian Yuan prepared more than 3,000 large warships carrying more than 100,000 troops to expedition to Japan. As a result, before successfully landing, it was blown away by the so-called divine wind of the Japanese people. Only a few people survived!

Is it evil?

I really don't believe this evil!

Taichang shook his head repeatedly and said, "This is not a problem of being evil. Sailboats are prone to encounter sea storms, because sailboats need strong winds to go to sea, and strong winds are most likely to turn into storms. Haven't you heard from the Spanish envoys? The Spanish Invincible Fleet encountered sea storms during the five expeditions of Britain! This is not a problem of being evil. This is caused by the characteristics of sailboats. Now we have steamers, so don't worry about this."

OK, this makes sense.

Sailing boats do need strong winds to go to sea, but who knows whether this strong wind will turn into a storm?

The Ming Dynasty had ships, it was different. There was no need for wind to go to sea. The calmer the sea, the better.

In this way, it is naturally unlikely to encounter a sea storm.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he nodded repeatedly and tried to try: "Your Majesty, when will we go to war?"

The reason he reminded Taichang was not because he was afraid of war. He was just afraid that he would encounter sea storms like the Mongolian and Yuan army, and he would be finished without fighting much.

After Taichang said this, he understood that it was unlikely that the ship would encounter a sea storm.

Then what else can I say? Just start doing it!

The name of King Lu was not hyped, he was not afraid of death at all.

He just didn't want to bring more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers to die.

When Taichang heard this, he shook his head slowly and said, "No rush, let's make complete preparations first."

There is no need for a reason to fight Japan.

However, fighting Japan requires some preparation.

Japan is really not a small country, at least not now.

The reason why Toyotomi Hideyoshi said wildly that he would go to North Korea first, then destroy the Ming Dynasty, take down India, and dominate the world was not because he was too crazy.

Japan is really not weak at this moment, both in terms of population and military number.

If we only talk about population, Japan has the largest population besides the Ming Dynasty. Conservatively estimated that Japan's population is at least 15 million, or even more than 20 million.

And the so-called continental powers at this moment are actually around five million.

Moreover, Japan has long had muskets and cannons.

In other words, Japan was not easy to do at this time, and it can even be said that Japan is more difficult to do than the European powers at this moment.

Taichang wanted to destroy Japan, but not with his mouth, but with his strength.

Therefore, he would not send troops rashly before he was fully prepared.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he couldn't help but feel relieved: "The emperor is wise, and it is indeed necessary to make complete preparations to fight Japan."

He was really afraid that the emperor would do whatever he said, and he would not prepare anything and go directly.

Fortunately, the emperor hasn't been so crazy yet.

Of course Taichang is not that crazy. He just has crazy ideas and is still relatively steady in his work.

He thought about it carefully before he slowly said: "The so-called "knowing yourself and your enemy" will never be defeated in a hundred battles. We must first figure out how many troops there are in Japan now."

Does anyone know this?

Of course there is!

After all, the Ming Dynasty fought two battles with Japan in the Wanli Dynasty.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he slowly recalled: "The Japanese invasion of the Korean infantry were nine legions, and each legion had a population of more than 10,000 to more than 30,000.

It is said that they mobilized more than 300,000 infantrymen. Although this number is a bit exaggerated, it is not much exaggerated.

Even if they mobilized 300,000 infantry, their local area would definitely have a certain amount of defense. If we counted in this way, Japan would have at least 400,000 infantrymen. If we could fully mobilize young men to fight with us, it would not be impossible to collect 500,000 troops.

In addition, they also had six navy troops, with a total of about 10,000 people and more than 700 warships of all sizes.

This shouldn't be exaggerating. After all, they transported more than 300,000 infantry to North Korea. Without so many warships, it would be impossible to transport so many infantry across the sea."

Xu Guangqi did not understand astronomy, geography, farmland and water conservancy, and he was also responsible for mobilizing troops to train a large army. It was at that time that Sun Yuanhua became his disciple.

The things he collected were not very good. The two wars of the Wanli Dynasty proved that Japan did have some strength, otherwise they would not have been too crazy to destroy the Ming Dynasty.

When all the ministers heard this, they nodded with serious faces on their faces.

Although they did not know the situation at that time as Xu Guangqi did, they still heard about the general situation of the battle.

Japanese Japanese pirates do have this strength.

Taichang nodded with a serious face when he heard this, "After 500,000 infantry and 10,000 naval masters, his strength is indeed good. It seems that we have to mobilize more people."

Although the Ming Dynasty has more than 500,000 troops at this time, there are not so many people who can go to Japan.

Liaodong must have left a large army to guard it, otherwise Jiannu would definitely take advantage of the situation to make a comeback.

There is also the southwest where the chieftains' rebellion will be settled, so people and horses must be left to shock them.

There is also Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the 50,000 people and horses cannot move, after all, there are hundreds of thousands of prisoners there.

There is also Fengyang Mansion, and the 50,000 people and horses cannot move. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of royal relatives who have been deposed.

There is also the southeastern waters. In order to prevent the Dutch from counterattacking, at least a navy fleet must be left to guard it.

There is also Dongfan, and the more than 100,000 troops will definitely not be able to move, because the Dutch will come again next time and will probably not attack Fujian again, but will rush directly to Dongfan.
Chapter completed!