Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 123 Zhu Han Meets Old Brother Zhu Yuanzhang

Xu Shuhui immediately reacted to Chen Youliang's words.

I am still Tian Wan now, and I must maintain my final dignity.

"Quite! Leave everything to General Chen." Xu Shouhui said slowly.

Xu Shouhui just said a few words about how to appease the other generals, but was roughly interrupted by Chen Youliang.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to say much, how to appease the generals in various places? All this is up to the minister. Your Majesty just stays in the palace, and I will deal with the outside affairs!"

When Xu Shouhui heard this, he was immediately stunned on the spot. The confidantes around him were all stunned when they heard Chen Youliangru's arrogant words.

Among them, Xu Shouhui's brother-in-law Wang Wenshuang immediately stood up and couldn't help reprimanding, "General Chen, isn't it too unreasonable to speak like this?"

Chen Youliang glanced at Wang Wen's eyes coldly, and said with a sneer, "My lord, if it weren't for me, I'm afraid Ni Wenjun would be the emperor, so why would you have the right to talk here!"

Wang Wenshuang was immediately ashamed and annoyed.

Although the former Ni Wenjun acted a little arrogantly, but in front of Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, he always maintained his face and respect, unlike this Chen Youliang.

He had just killed Ni Wenjun, yet he didn't give Wang Wenshuang, the emperor's confidant, any face.

Wang Wenshuang couldn't help but said, "Chen Youliang, I think you are the second Ni Wenjun. If you are so rude again, be careful that your Majesty will punish you for the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Chen Youliang sneered coldly, "You bully, hmph... Without me, Chen Youliang, how can you still be a bullshit king!"

"From today onwards, no one is allowed to leave the palace, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without my permission!"

Chen You snorted coldly, left Xu Shouhui and the others behind, and led the soldiers out of the palace.

Wang Wenshuang was furious, and chased after him to argue with Chen Youliang!
But the guard in front of the gate turned around and knocked Wang Wenshuang to the ground with a bang.

"Those who disobey the military order will be killed!" the guard said fiercely.

In the entire hall, Xu Shuhui, the monarch and his ministers suddenly turned pale.

They already knew clearly that Chen Youliang was much more terrifying than Ni Wenjun.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of killing Ni Wenjun's henchmen, Chen Youliang arrested all the generals in Hanyang who were loyal to Xu Shouhui.

Then these generals who beat Ni Wenjun away a few days ago all gave the name of Ni Wenjun's treacherous party.

Soon, the entire Hanyang City was controlled by Chen Youliang.

In the name of Tianwan Emperor Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang sent the generals stationed in various places to come to Hanyang Chen Lai Hanyang to pay homage to him.

The generals have long lost their feelings towards Xu Shouhui, the puppet emperor.

Now, if Chen Youliang has such iron-blooded wrists, he can deal with Ni Wenjun and others, and all the generals from all over the country will pay respects to Chen Youliang obediently.

Of course, among these people, there was only one exception, and that was Ming Yuzhen who had just led the army to capture Chongqing.

As the general who Ni Wenjun single-handedly promoted.

Ming Yuzhen was very angry at Chen Youliang's behavior of killing the old master.

He angrily reprimanded the envoy of Chen Youliang who came to deliver the letter, and ordered the soldiers of the three armies to beat him out, and then set fire to the official uniforms and gold seals sent by Chen Youliang.

Ming Yuzhen served Ni Wenjun in Chongqing City, and the whole army wore hemp belts to mourn for three days, and then announced that they would block the Yangtze River waterway and no longer obey Chen Youliang's command.

Chongqing is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The terrain is dangerous and the waterway transportation is extremely inconvenient.

No matter how angry Chen Youliang was at Ming Yuzhen's blatant confrontation, he still had no way to attack Chongqing.

According to Chen Youliang's current military strength, if he attacked Chongqing, not only would he need at least hundreds of thousands of civilian soldiers, but he would also need at least two years of food and grass reserves.

After Chen Youliang took control of the Tianwan regime, his first strategic goal was not the little Ming Yuzhen at all, but the wealthy Jiangnan.

The fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers has already made Chen Youliang salivate.

In the past, Ni Wenjun didn't have any great talents and plans, and he always limited his eyes to the inside of the Tianwan regime, while Chen Youliang's strategic vision was much higher.

He already has the ambition to conquer the world.

If you want to win the world, you must first seize the wealth and population in the south of the Yangtze River, and then go north to attack the Central Plains. As for corner places like Xichuan, Guanzhong, and Yunnan, Chen Youliang feels that it will not be too late to solve them slowly in the future.

Chen Youliang did not have a clear understanding of the prosperity of Jiangnan.

After all, he was born in a poor family. In the past few decades, he has been confined to circles within a hundred miles of his hometown, and has never been to a good place in the south of the Yangtze River.

But after the capture of Jiangxi, Chen Youliang had a clearer understanding of the prosperity of Jiangnan, bordering on the territory of Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers in Jiangnan.

Under the governance of the Tianwan Red Turban Army, many ordinary people in Jiangxi are actually considered lightly paid, but many people still leave their homes in Jiangxi and go to the Jiangnan area.

One of the important reasons is that the Zhu brothers in the south of the Yangtze River heard that they were doing some kind of land reform, distributing land to those who did not have land, and all of them were fertile land.

These lands not only have less taxes, but also have many jobs that can be done during the slack time, enough to support the family.

As a result, many villages and people in Jiangxi fled to Zhu Yuanzhang's territory.

Among them is the gap between rich and poor.

Chen Youliang has sent spies to Jiangnan many times to find out more detailed information.

In the Jinling City in the south of the Yangtze River, construction is already underway. Not only is the brand new city wall of Jinling City being repaired, but the Wu Wang Mansion inside is also resplendent and resplendent.

In troubled times, such large-scale construction needs to consume a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, which will generally cause complaints from the people in the territory, and even cause uncontrollable riots and other adverse effects.

But on Zhu Yuanzhang's site, after so many construction projects, he didn't hear any resentment from the common people. Instead, everyone praised the newly built Jinling city wall and the palace, and they all thought it was from the south of the Yangtze River. of glory.

There is no other reason for this. It is nothing more than that the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers have a lot of money in their hands. Even if they are doing large-scale construction projects, they don't need to collect additional taxes from ordinary merchants. The reserves in their hands are enough to support such a huge project.

In this way, Chen Youliang, who had almost only had less than a year's worth of food in stock, had his eyes turn red with jealousy.

How to capture Jiangnan has become his greatest wish.

In Hanyang City, Chen Youliang's Prime Minister's Mansion.

Chen Youliang is discussing with Zou Pusheng, Chen Wending and other confidant advisers how to capture Jiangnan.

For the Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers in the south of the Yangtze River, almost everyone in the Tianwan Red Scarf Army knew their names.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han's brilliant achievements in annihilating a million-yuan army in Yangzhou and killing the Yuan Dynasty emperor Tuo Huan Tie Mu'er made the generals of the Red Turban Army admire for many days!

Now when they heard that Chen Youliang wanted to send troops to attack Zhu Yuanzhang's brothers, they were all horrified.

Zou Pusheng immediately persuaded, "You must think twice, commander! I'm afraid it's not the right time to start a war with brother Zhu Yuanzhang!"

"Although our army occupies Huguang and Jiangxi, the food, grass and military equipment are still insufficient compared with Zhu Yuanzhang brothers. If we rashly attack Jiangnan, it will be worth it if we succeed. If we fail, we will be lost forever!"

"According to what I see, it is better to accumulate strength to collect Chongqing Xichuan to the west, and then go north to Guanzhong. This is Zhuge Liang's strategy to divide the world into three parts and win the world!"

Hearing Zou Pusheng's words, Chen Youliang showed a look of disdain:

"No matter how powerful Zhuge Liang is, didn't he fail in his so-called three-point world? The surrender of the successor Chengdu is an example of failure. How can we learn from him again?"

Hearing Chen Youliang's question, Zou Pusheng shook his head and said,

"No, no! Now the world is in great chaos in the north. If our army stands firmly in Huguang and Jiangxi, and then takes Chongqing to the west, Xichuan goes to Guanzhong in the north, and enters the Central Plains, it can be said that it will not be effortless. It is far from the unification of Cao Wei in the past. In the Central Plains, Zhuge Liang has the power of a god, but it is difficult to save the situation!"

"It's really not worth taking risks for a Jiangnan now."

Zou Pusheng's words immediately won the support of other generals of the Tianwan Red Turban Army.

They already respected and feared the famous brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han, not to mention traveling thousands of miles to fight on their territory.

"Prime Minister, I've heard that... that Zhu Han came down to earth from the martial arts star in the sky, with the strength of his arm weighing a thousand catties, he punched down hundreds of thousands of the cowardly Xue army of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty." Man! Such a terrifying Zhu Longxing, if we are not fully sure, we can't take risks!"

General Chen Wending said.

Chen Youliang scoffed at this remark:
"What's so powerful, what killed hundreds of thousands of cowardly Xue Jun! It's just nonsense!"

Today, within the regime of the Red Turban Army, many storytelling and miscellaneous operas have begun to circulate, many of which originated from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

In addition to Bao Gong's case and Di Renjie's investigation, which are popular among the common people, the most popular story is the story of Marshal Zhu Longxing saving the suffering.

Not only is there a biography of the white-haired girl, there is also Zhu Longxing who killed the Tartar emperor at Hongze Lake, and Yangzhou City who shot down a million-dollar army with a silver gun, and so on.

All kinds of outrageous drama storytelling have already spread in Huguang area of ​​Hanyang.

Chen Youliang was willing to listen to even a little bit of what these novelists said.

However, many soldiers of the Tianwan Red Turban Army and a large number of ordinary people who have little knowledge are not tired of these things, and many people even take the contents of the drama as real. They think that Zhu Longxing, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang is really a god He will lead the Han people in the world to expel the Tartars and restore the Han family to be a world-class hero.

Chen Youliang was so angry that he wanted to order a ban on the spread of these absurd dramas among the people.

Now, hearing that the generals under his command are very angry about Zhu Longxing's miscellaneous opera storytelling.

Chen Youliang was even more angry.

"Brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han were born as beggars and monks. They just occupied a favorable location and are close to the south of the Yangtze River. If we also raise troops in the Huaixi area, we may be the ones occupying the south of the Yangtze River now."

"In terms of combat ability, we may not be inferior to their brothers!"

Chen Youliang's words are full of ambition. Everyone knows that Chen Youliang's temper is very stubborn. Now that the matter has been decided, Zou Pusheng, Chen Wending and others feel that they can't persuade them to come back. They can only obediently follow Chen Youliang's instructions and start Make plans.

"If you want to attack Jiangnan, you must send troops from Jiangxi along the Yangtze River waterway."

"The Yangtze River waterway must pass through to the south of the Yangtze River. There are several places that need important nodes!"

"Anqing, Chizhou, and Taiping respectively, and the next step is the quarry outside Jinling Mansion. As long as this place along the river is captured, an unimpeded communication line along the Yangtze River can be maintained, and a steady stream of soldiers, horses, food and grass will be supported. Soldiers ahead."

Soon, Chen Youliang and others formulated a plan to capture the key points of the Yangtze River in Anqing Taiping, Chizhou.

However, to capture these heavily guarded places, one must first investigate the local military deployment.

Of course it is not acceptable to investigate openly.

Chen Youliang wrote a copy of the book himself and sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang in Jiangnan.

In the letter, Chen Youliang called Zhu Yuanzhang his brother in a very cordial tone, and then explained that the two red scarf armies agreed to attack the Mongols of the Yuan Dynasty, expel the Tartars, and restore China. Many merchants went to the south of the Yangtze River to do business.

In fact, the so-called merchants are naturally spies sent by Chen Youliang.

They have a large number of local specialties in Huguang, especially the tung oil, copper ore, tin ore produced by Huguang, all of which are commodities that are in short supply in Jiangnan recently.

When he received Chen Youliang's letter, Zhu Han was leading an army to attack Quanzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately responded with the same enthusiasm to Chen Youliang's letter.

The two parties agreed to live in peace at the border, and Zhu Yuanzhang greatly agreed with Huguang's idea of ​​doing business.

After all, Jiangnan's fiscal revenue can be described as very rich nowadays. One of the most important reasons is that Zhu Yuanzhang has received a lot of money from Jiangnan's commercial taxes. Just one Suzhou is worth a year's agricultural income in Jiangbei Province. Taxes, plus Jinling, Hangzhou, Mingzhou and other places.

That is even more in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands. Those who have a lot of money don't know how to spend it.

The land tax in Jiangnan has been reduced again and again, in order to encourage the local people to grow more food and restore people's livelihood as soon as possible.

Although the commerce and trade in Jiangnan is prosperous, many minerals and other materials are extremely lacking, especially a large number of copper mines, tin mines and other mines, as well as a large amount of tung oil.

All of them are a large number of consumables for today's military weapons.

In just one month.

There are as many as fifty or sixty caravans coming from Huguang to Jiangnan for business.

These caravans brought copper ore, tin ore, tung oil... and other supplies that Jiangnan urgently needed, which made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied.

At this time, Zhu Han also led the navy back to Jinling from Quanzhou.

After returning to Jinling, Zhu Han didn't go back to his mansion first, but went directly to King Wu's mansion and met his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing Zhu Han coming back, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately smiled and said, "The battle in Quanzhou was a hearty one. We were worried that those Semu people would run away, but we didn't expect that all of them would be slaughtered."

Zhu Han smiled and said, "Actually, we didn't kill them all. We kept some useful ones and prepared to use them as guides for future voyages."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "This is also the reason. Since returning people can come, we do business in the Central Plains and do evil. We have to keep some guides. We have to find an opportunity to visit their hometowns in the future and see them. The crimes committed in Fujian will come back in revenge, otherwise we will really be sorry for the people of the Central Plains!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han brothers have been together for so many years.

Under the influence of Zhu Han's strong nationalist thoughts, the elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang naturally has a lot of national thoughts. Regarding the distinction between the north and the south, Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer thinking like the modern ancients. , all belong to the same family.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang felt empathy for the people in Fujian who were massacred by the color-eyed people. This is exactly the resonance brought about by nationalism, and the national sentiments are shared. From this point alone, even without Zhu Han's assistance in the future, The dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang will also be very different from the Ming Dynasty in history.

"I have sent Hu Dahai to preside over Quanzhou to resume local trade and form a team. The Semu people have left a lot of charts and logbooks. According to their trajectory, they have explored the route to Nanyang, where gold, mountains and silver are hidden. As for the mountains, after sorting out those charts and logbooks, we will immediately send people to the west to explore the way!" Zhu Han said.

"Okay, let's sail to the West!"

Zhu Yuanzhang now also has great expectations for maritime trade.

It is precisely because of the prosperity of trade that Jiangnan is so prosperous now.

The commerce and trade in Suzhou, Jinling, Hangzhou, and Mingzhou made Zhu Yuanzhang not need to worry about the salaries of officials and soldiers, nor did he need to cruelly squeeze the people under his rule, which gave him a good reputation.

Vigorously developing commerce and trade is already an excellent means for Lao Zhu to govern the country.

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately thought of the fact that Chen Youliang sent someone to ask for trade.

When Zhu Han heard that Chen Youliang had sent fifty or sixty caravans within a month, he immediately realized the problem.

He said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "Brother, Chen Youliang is not an easy person! At a young level, he is a hero, but at a big level...he is also a person with the world in mind. He will definitely not be satisfied with occupying a Huguang And Jiangxi, these caravans, I think the real purpose of these caravans is to inquire about our military deployment, maybe Chen Youliang has already started preparing for war, and wants to sneak attack us in Jiangnan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly surprised by Zhu Han's words.

"I heard that Chen Youliang was a man who didn't blink when he killed the Tartars. Now that the Tartars are still alive, Chen Youliang probably wouldn't act like this."

But Zhu Han shook his head, and said: "Whether it's a low-level job or not, that's another matter. If Chen Youliang really has the heart of a hero, he will definitely not show any kindness."

For this sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, he nodded and said:
"That's true. I heard that Ni Wenjun was Chen Youliang's benefactor. Although he rebelled and wanted to kill Xu Shouhui, he was beheaded by Chen Youliang for public display, and his family was exterminated. This is really embarrassing."

"So, Chen Youliang has to guard against this person. However, he sent someone to inquire about the news in the name of a merchant, which shows that he is still very afraid of us. According to my guess...Huguang and Jiangxi have been fighting endlessly, so there should be little food and grass. Reserve, Chen Youliang won't be able to enter the army for a while, at most he is here to inquire about the news, if he really wants to make a move, I'm afraid it will have to wait a few days." Zhu Han said.

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded when he heard this, and said: "Since the resident Chen Youliang has evil intentions and came to inquire about our news, then we can't just sit idle."

Zhu Han nodded and said: "That's right, our Four Seas Trading Company has inquired a lot of information in Dadu. We will immediately open a few more stores in the Huguang area to find out about Chen Youliang."

After all, a ruthless person like Chen Youliang had to guard against him!
When talking about the Four Seas Trading Company, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han talked about another question!
That is, there is a large amount of money shortage in the south of the Yangtze River.

That's right, it's the money shortage.

Today, the business in the south of the Yangtze River is flourishing, and it has even grown a lot more than when Meng Yuan ruled.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang canceled many checkpoints and miscellaneous taxes in Jiangnan according to Zhu Han's suggestion, and strictly prohibited officials and troops at all levels from exploiting merchants, and only collected a unified fixed tax.

As a result, commerce and trade have naturally prospered, and the taxes levied on the people are also very low. Many people have surplus grain in their hands, which can be sold for money, and with spare money, they can buy more for their families. necessities of life.

Commerce and trade naturally prospered.

However, the coins that originally circulated in the Jiangnan market gradually began to be in short supply, and the copper coins minted in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty can be said to be very few.

Because the Mongolian yuan has always used banknotes.

After all, as long as banknotes need to be printed, you can use a piece of white paper to get a large number of goods of equal value.

After several currency system reforms, Yuan Dynasty paper money is as worthless as wipe paper.

The excessive issuance of banknotes is actually a plundering of the common people.

A piece of worthless white paper, with a few words written on it, can buy the merchant's goods.

However, when the merchants took the banknotes and went to buy things for themselves, they could only buy goods with a discount of [-] to [-] percent. Countless merchants went bankrupt because of this, and all businesses withered for a while.

In today's era, only metal currency can circulate stably.

"However, if you want to cast copper coins, it's still a little inappropriate...Nowadays, the value of many commodities is mostly large, and the value of copper coins is too cheap. If our important materials for casting cannons are used to cast a large amount of fire to make coins, then our copper will not be enough." Zhu Han said.

Today, the various large and small artillery of the Red Turban Army have achieved very mature manufacturing processes.

The major artillery workshops in Chuzhou, Jinling, and Suzhou are all running at full capacity to produce artillery, but it is still difficult to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of troops and navies.

It's not that their craftsmanship is not good, but that raw materials are often lacking.

Copper mines are in short supply in the south of the Yangtze River. There were no copper mines in the first place, and they had to be transported from other places. Now that the other places are in turmoil and business routes are cut off, it is difficult to imagine the difficulty of transporting copper mines from other places.

Zhu Han ordered the confiscation of bronze Buddha statues and bells in many temples in order to build cannons!

Melted and cast into cast cannon.

After all, in the age of war and chaos, these bronze buddhas and arhats can't protect themselves. Only the bronze cannons in hand can protect the common people in the world!

"Then what do you think about July [-]th?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Of course, use other things instead of copper coins." Zhu Han said.

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled and asked again: "What will be used instead of copper coins? Could it be gold and silver? We are even more short of gold and silver here!"

The value and acceptance of gold and silver are of course higher than copper coins, and they are even used in sea trade settlement.

However, it is difficult to earn a sufficient amount of silver and gold coins for business in Nanyang.

Because of very long-distance sea trade, it is often barter.

Neither side would carry much gold or silver.

The Central Plains has always lacked gold and silver mines. Even if there are many super-large gold and silver mines in later generations, it is very difficult to mine with today's technical means.

"We are short of gold and silver here, and there is a lot of chaos. Even if there are gold mines, silver mines are not convenient to mine, but there is a place where there is a lot of gold and silver, and it is very easy to mine. You can even dig a hole in the ground, a little If you dig dozens of feet, you can dig out a piece of silver mine, and once you dig out a piece of silver mine," Zhu Han said.

"Oh, where is such a good place?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.

Zhu Han pointed to a map on the back of his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "It's not far away, it's on Wa Island to the east of the sea."

"Woshima?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map.

This map was drawn by Zhu Han himself, but it only marked the situation of the Central Plains, Koryo Peninsula, Wa Island, etc.

"Is there really a silver mine on Wajima, which is thousands of miles away?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't believe it.

Because he also has some impressions of Wajima.

I heard that on Nawa Island, the land is barren, there are many volcanoes, and there are often disasters such as earthquakes, and the people on it are short and savage, and they often go to sea to be Japanese pirates, plundering Koryo and the coasts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have a good impression of Wa Island.

Troubles come out of poor mountains and rivers, if it weren't for poor mountains and rivers, how could troublemakers come out to be Japanese pirates.

If there is really gold and silver on it, is it still necessary to be a pirate?
"There are quite a lot of gold and silver mines on Wa Island. Brother, you don't know. In the logbook of the Semu people I seized in Quanzhou this time, they found a huge silver mine on Wa Island. This place is also called the Iwami Silver Mine, but the local Japanese people are in civil strife, and there is no technology to mine it, which makes this precious place flow until now."

Iwami Silver Mine, this is a very famous big super big silver mine in history.

Historically, in the middle and early Ming Dynasty, more than half of the silver flowed in from Iwami Yinshan. Such a super large silver mine was opened until the middle and late Edo Shogunate era before it gradually dried up.

It is conceivable how huge the reserves of this silver mine are, and the actual mining of silver mines is not very difficult. It may be difficult for people on Wa Island, but for Huaxia who has mastered various silver mining technologies , is simply a piece of cake.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that there was such a big super silver mine, his eyes immediately lit up. He grabbed Zhu Han and said, "There really is such a good place, then let's go vote for him!"

Zhu Han couldn't help laughing at Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

According to the judging criteria of ancient Confucian scholars, they have a saying that a warlike man must die.

But today's Zhu Han and Zhu Yuanzhang brothers are indeed serious militants, because all their battles are all profitable transactions.

So, now my elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang heard that there was a war to fight.

Immediately, I felt as if I saw an opportunity to make a fortune.

In particular, this time to rob such a large silver mine, that is really such a happy bubbling.

As long as there are such sufficient silver mines, you can mint your own silver coins, and once the silver coins are circulated in the flourishing commercial place in the south of the Yangtze River, it will stimulate more prosperity in business and trade, and more taxes will be collected from the prosperity of business and trade. what.

"Okay, since we want to fight the Wa Kingdom, let's do what we say, and take advantage of the fact that there is no war around now, let's take down the silver mines of the Wa Kingdom first!"

"It's just that, what is the situation on Wajima Island now? Our eyes are so dark!"

Zhu Han is not clear about this issue either. He only knows that today's Wajima is in the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties in history. There is an old emperor in the south and a puppet emperor supported by several shoguns in the north.

The two sides separated their own regimes, and the north and the south continued to fight.

Among them, Zhu Han didn't know how the most suitable entrance to snatch the Iwami Silver Mine was.

However, Zhu Han remembered that he captured a group of Japanese pirates when he was in Korea.

Among them is a Japanese pirate named Hojo Yoshizane, who should be familiar with the situation in the Japanese territory.

"Hojo Yoshima."

"This matter is simple, do it for me, brother!"

"I'm going to find a few Japanese pirates, and let them investigate it, won't it be clear?"

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Zhenjiang.

The water army camp of the Zhenjiang Red Scarf Army is outside a bustling commercial street.

In fact, this place was originally a deserted field, and there was no prosperity at all, and there were even very few farmers and fishermen farming.

However, since the establishment of the Red Scarf Army Navy base here, a large number of people have come here to sell their own snacks and drinks here.

In just a few months, it turned this place into a very prosperous commercial gathering place.

All kinds of Jiangnan snacks, such as glutinous rice balls stuffed with rice wine, and sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, are all wafting their own fragrances on the street. Today, the stalls of the vendors still exude an attractive atmosphere.

Hojo Yoshima sat in front of a small wonton stew stand.

Holding a bowl of wontons in bone soup made from dried shrimp skin and winter bamboo shoots, I slurped the food with big mouthfuls.

After finishing the bowl of wontons, he put down a few copper coins, then continued walking, and saw a stall selling sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, and bought some flower cakes for a few pennies to eat.

A few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake are a joy to eat.

While eating, he admired the customs of Zhenjiang.

Hojo Yoshimitsu was instantly filled with a sense of pride.

Since being captured by the Red Turban Army, Hojo Yoshima and the Japanese pirates have been transformed first, and they have been incorporated into the ranks of the Zhenjiang Navy as daily training partners for the Zhenjiang Navy, that is, playing the role of the enemy. Help train the Red Scarf Army Navy.

Although it is a beaten job to act as an imaginary enemy in gang battles and sailing training, Yoshima Hojo does it with great enjoyment.

If you want to talk about the reason, the biggest reason is that the food in the Red Turban Army is really good!
The food in the navy is the best, which makes the Japanese pirates very happy.

When Yoshima Hojo was a child of the noble family, he could not eat fish and meat every day, but at the level of the Red Scarf Army, he could eat eggs, fish or meat almost every day.

And these foods are also very delicious.

After three months of examinations, Hojo Yoshima was judged to be an excellent performer and qualified as an auxiliary soldier.

Obtained the qualification of auxiliary soldiers, there is freedom of movement and military pay.

With these military salaries, Yoshima Hojo was attracted by the prosperity and prosperity of Jiangnan.

Hojo Yoshizane, regrets every day now, hates that he was not born in Huaxia, and deeply feels inferior because he thinks that he was born on Wajima.

The Japanese pirates in the Red Scarf Army and the Navy naturally have a low status, but walking on the streets of Zhenjiang, the common people don’t know whether he is a Japanese pirate or a Han Chinese. As long as they see the red scarf military uniform on his body, they will respect him Plus.

He no longer thinks about restoring the Hojo family's foundation.

What is the use of birds in restoring Hojo's house?
After recovering, it may not be possible to live a good life of eating wine and drinking meat every day.

It's nothing more than rice with dried radish, dried radish with rice.

In those days, he didn't feel that there was any happiness.

When he returned to the military camp, he was suddenly found by the management of the water military camp.

"Xu Yizhen!"

Hearing someone calling him, Hojo Yoshima immediately responded.

Xu Yizhen is his Chinese name.

According to the military regulations formulated by Zhu Han, all foreign barbarians who join the Red Turban Army are not allowed to use their original surnames, and must take a Chinese surname, otherwise they will be cleared out.

Of course, this is to assimilate them.

Therefore, before Hojo Yoshinori took a new Chinese surname for himself, he heard many legends about Xu Fu's eastward journey, which led to the later residents of Wa Island.

So Hojo Yoshinori gave himself a Xu surname.

It means that I am a descendant of Xu Fu Dongdu back then, and a member of Huaxia, with the blood of the Han people.

Of course, as for whether he really has Han blood, he has to ask his ancestors.

"Xu Yizhen, the deputy commander is here, and I want to see you by name!" Guan Yinghu said.

Hearing this handsome guy, Yoshima Hojo didn't react immediately, and was taken aback for a moment.

"Follow me quickly."

Said the water army management battalion.

It took a while for Hojo to realize at this time, who the deputy commander is, of course it is Zhu Han, Mr. Pingzhang from Jiangnan.

Hojo Yoshizane has a heartfelt awe for the guy who beat up the deputy commander Zhu Han as if he was his son in the naval battle.

After entering the barracks, Zhu Han frowned when he saw Yoshizane Hojo.

Yoshima Hojo, who was dressed in a Chinese robe, didn't look like a Japanese pirate at all.

He said to Guan Ying Hu Guanzhu, "Is this person Hojo Yoshizane?"

Hu Guanzhu saluted immediately, and said to Zhu Han, "I want to report to the deputy commander, yes, this person is that Hojo Yoshinori."

Hojo Yoshizane quickly knelt on the ground and saluted, "Subordinate Xu Yizhen, pay homage to the deputy commander!"

"Xu Yizhen, this name sounds good, get up." Zhu Han said.

"Thank you, deputy commander!"

Hojo Yoshima got up quickly.

He was wearing a blue Confucian robe, which was the latest style handed down from Jinling.

Improvements have been made to the length and tailoring, making it look more heroic, in line with the current image of Jiangnan New Confucianism.

Zhu Han nodded in satisfaction, "I heard that you have been doing well recently."

Hojo Yoshizane said hastily, "Reporting to the deputy commander-in-chief, my subordinates now regret their original crimes every day, and they are very regretful!"

Hojo said and even shed tears of regret.

Zhu Han originally thought it was just putting on a show, but after careful inspection, he found that Hojo Yoshizane was actually remorse from the bottom of his heart.

Hojo Yoshizane has repeatedly stated that he feels a deep inferiority complex because he is not born as a Han Chinese. This emotion makes Zhu Han very interesting, which shows that Hojo Yoshizane has completely succumbed psychologically.

Zhu Han said to Hojo Yoshin with a smile:
"Hojo Yoshima, do you miss your hometown?"

Hojo Yoshin shook his head and said, "My hometown will be Zhenjiang from now on. My surname is Xu, not Hojo!"

When Zhu Han heard this remark, he almost laughed angrily.

He wants these Japanese pirates to be the leading party, and go back to Wajima to snatch Iwami Yinshan!
But there is no plan to let these Japanese pirates stay here in Zhenjiang as some kind of "spiritual Chinese descendants".

Zhu Han said, "We in China place great emphasis on loyalty and filial piety, and your Hojo family is considered a famous family in Wajima. If you just abandon your family and family business like this, it is against filial piety, and it does not conform to my way of loyalty and filial piety in the Central Plains!"

But Hojo Yoshinori said very seriously, "Deputy Marshal, I have already firmly believed that our Hojo family must be the 500 boys and girls who followed Xu Fu to the east when Qin Shihuang was in the past, otherwise I would not feel as soon as I came to Jiangnan It's so kind, it's because my blood is the blood of Huaxia!"

Hojo Yoshinori looked serious.

He already firmly believed in his identity as a Chinese descendant. If someone dared to question him, he would probably draw out his sword and fight that person desperately.

For this 'spiritual Han Chinese', Zhu Han feels very relieved.

"Hojo Yoshima, your loyalty! Great! Very good!"

"Now there is a task that needs your help!"

"Deputy Commander, no matter what the task is, I, Xu Yizhen, will never refuse to go up the mountain of swords or down into the sea of ​​fire!" Hojo Yoshinori said very seriously.

Zhu Han nodded slightly, and then said to Hojo Yoshin, "I plan to ask you to bring a group of people back to Japan to find out the way forward for us."

"I want to build a base on Wa Island, right there at Shishan. In order to prevent the war from causing the local Wa people to flee in large numbers, you must come up with a charter." Zhu Han said.

Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang are sure of winning Ishi Jian Yinshan.

After all, the fighting power of the little princes on Wa Island is worrying, and there is a serious shortage of soldiers and horses. It only needs to mobilize 2 people to defeat them in one battle.

However, mining silver mines requires a lot of manpower. If the war is too long, or without the assistance of the local Japanese lords, it will be difficult to gather enough manpower to mine silver mines, and a big silver mine is in sight. But there is no manual mining, that is the most uncomfortable, so Zhu Han asked a Japanese pirates returning home group in Hojo, how to quickly and effectively establish a puppet regime after defeating the feudal lord Iwami Stay to mine silver.

Hearing Zhu Han's words, Yoshizane Hojo's face darkened immediately at the beginning, he thought Zhu Han was planning to drive him back to the country of Wa.

He immediately fell to the ground with a plop, and begged Zhu Hanken, "Deputy Commander, give me a chance, I can do better, don't drive me to Wa Island, I am a Han, I will do it A Han Chinese!"

(End of this chapter)