nownovels Chapter 850: After A Long Year, The Japanese Country Was Basically Divided And Cannibalized [Please
Chapter 850: After A Long Year, The Japanese Country Was Basically Divided And Cannibalized [Please
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is March of the 21st year of Hongwu.
More than a year has passed since the Ming Dynasty sent troops to conquer Japan.
And in the newly built Mingzhang City in the center of Honshu Island.
At this moment, Crown Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes are gathered together for a rare occasion.
Looking at the younger brothers who were becoming more mature and stable in front of him, Prince Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh:
"It's finally over."
After more than a year, the Japanese island of Honshu was finally carved up and swallowed up by the Ming Dynasty.
All the local lingzhi states either surrendered to the Ming army, or were attacked, suppressed, and destroyed by the Ming army and the Japanese who took refuge in the Ming army.
In addition, there are nearly eight million Japanese on the entire Honshu Island.
Among them, the emperors of the northern and southern dynasties who had defected to the Ming army from the beginning, as well as the Japanese samurai who were loyal to the emperors of the northern and southern dynasties and guarded the daimyo, totaled about 300,000 to 400,000 people.
However, after more than a year of bloody fighting, there are now only about 50,000 people left.
During this period, there were almost a million Japanese slaves who died in wars, city building, or mining.
Today, there are only about a million Japanese slaves who continue to be responsible for mining on Honshu Island.
Of the remaining five million Japanese slaves, four million were transported back to the Ming Dynasty to be responsible for the heavy national infrastructure construction of the Ming Dynasty.
The other one million was transported back to the Korean Province of the Ming Dynasty and was responsible for the mining and other heavy national infrastructure construction in the Korean Province.
When the Japanese people in the Japanese country have been hollowed out to this point, if the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Palm, Zhu Di and other princes are willing.
So from now on, the Japanese country can basically be said to have been removed from the list.
After all, the current Japanese country has at best 50,000 Japanese warriors who can fight, and nearly one million Japanese mining slaves whose movements are restricted, who have numerous hidden injuries, long-term malnutrition, and may die suddenly at any time.
In addition, the current Honshu Island was banned from growing any crops and grains by the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes.
All daily necessities for food, clothing, housing and transportation were transported from the Ming Dynasty's North Korea Province by the Ming Dynasty Navy Fleet.
Although this move expanded the Ming Dynasty's logistical pressure burden, the Ming Dynasty also used this method to cut off the possibility of the Japanese to achieve self-sufficiency in a short period of time, making the Japanese have to rely on the Ming Dynasty's supplies to survive.
Just like now, there is no need for Ming Dynasty to take action. It only needs Ming Dynasty to cut off the logistical supply of these Japanese warriors and Japanese slaves.
Then it won't be long before these Japanese slaves die in droves.
After all, no food crops are grown on Honshu Island now.
If you want to replant and obtain corresponding harvests, it may take a few months, or even a year, which is not impossible.
And such a long wait was enough for the nearly one million Japanese slaves to kill each other due to the serious shortage of food and other living materials.
When more Japanese slaves died, the output of Japanese slaves' daily necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation would naturally decrease accordingly.
By then, the 50,000 Japanese warriors who did not have the various supplies of food, clothing, housing and transportation produced by these Japanese slaves would not be able to be at ease for long.
At that time, if these 50,000 Japanese warriors want to continue to survive.
Then it is inevitable that more than 80% of the Japanese warriors will abandon their former samurai status and transform into ordinary Japanese people.
Then produce various daily necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation to support the remaining 10 to 20% of the Japanese Takeda nobles.
But the problem is, everyone has the aristocratic status of Japanese warriors, who wants to be classified as a lower class ordinary Japanese people who are only responsible for production but cannot enjoy it?!!
Therefore, when the time comes, new internal disputes will inevitably arise, and each other will compete with each other through force to determine everyone's new identity as a Japanese warrior aristocrat, as well as the identity of ordinary Japanese people.
In this process, many Japanese warriors, young and strong, were bound to be killed or injured.
If you are lucky, only a few hundred or a few thousand people may die.
If you are unlucky, you might die, or 20,000 people may die.
The decrease in population also means a decrease in the ability to resist natural risks.
Especially in an island country like Japan, where earthquakes, typhoons, and volcanoes occur frequently, a few natural disasters may be enough to completely wipe out the remaining Japanese who commanded them!
Therefore, in the view of Prince Zhu Biao, after this battle, even if the Ming Dynasty does nothing now, the Japanese country will not be able to cause any more troubles in the next hundred years.
Even if they are unlucky, there is no possibility that the Japanese country will cause trouble again in the future.
King Zhu Shu of Qi on the side heard the words of his eldest brother Zhu Biao, snorted slightly and said with some displeasure:
"Huh, if it weren't for the frequent typhoons in summer and autumn, there would be no need to wait until the beginning of this year. As early as last year's autumn and winter, it would have been enough to destroy the entire Japanese country!"
Just the Japanese island of Honshu, even if Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island, and North Sea Island are added to it, it will not take them more than a year.
After all, the Ming Dynasty dispatched six great princes and 600,000 naval officers.
As long as the logistics supplies are sufficient and the corresponding city strongholds are built.
Even if it is a frontal attack with troops, it will take at most half a year to defeat the entire Honshu Island.
The reason why it takes more than a year is mainly because typhoons occur frequently in summer and autumn.
In order to avoid the damage caused by natural disasters caused by typhoons, basically in the summer and autumn, their Ming army did not dispatch much, and the Japanese warriors who had taken refuge in their Ming army were mainly responsible for the attack.
Therefore, under such circumstances, they spent more than a year attacking the Japanese island of Honshu.
"The Japanese country is indeed not a very good place."
"Not only are there many typhoons, but there are also many earthquakes and even occasional volcanic eruptions."
"If it weren't for the silver mines and gold mountains of Japan, who would be willing to come to this shabby place."
Jin Wang Zhu Fan also shook his head and looked at the Honshu Island below him with disgust.
During more than a year in Japan, they had seen how bad the geographical environment of Japan was.
Forget about typhoons, they have large bungalows made of reinforced concrete and cement.
As long as they hid in the large reinforced concrete bungalow in time before the typhoon came, Zhao Feng would not be able to do anything to them.
But the problem is that there are frequent earthquakes in Japan.
From last year to now, he couldn't remember whether this place had experienced seven or eight earthquakes, or more than a dozen.
In the Ming Dynasty, an earthquake that others might not encounter in their lifetimes was actually felt on a monthly basis in Japan.
In the most serious one, even the walls of his Jinzhou City were cracked by several large holes, and many large bungalows made of reinforced concrete and cement were also cracked.
He was lying on the bed, and when he and the bed were carried out by the guards, he was a little confused.
After all, after living for so many years, he has never seen the scene of the mountain shaking while sleeping, and then the house cracking open.
If it weren't for the fact that his Prince Jin's Mansion had soldiers constantly patrolling and guarding him twelve hours a day, they would have rushed in and carried him out in time after discovering the earthquake.
In addition, the quality of houses built with reinforced concrete and cement is much better than houses built with wooden structures.
Even if it encounters an earthquake, it will only crack apart instead of collapse.
Otherwise, the other person might have to be buried in the ruins of the house that time.
For Jin King Zhu Fan, even facing millions of Japanese warriors was not as frightening as facing an earthquake.
"Although there are many typhoons and earthquakes in Japan, there are indeed as many silver mines and gold mountains as Mr. Yan said!"
King Yan Zhu Di said with a smile on his face.
In the past year, he also successfully found Sado Island in the Japanese country, and also found the Sado Gold Mountain on the island.
From last year to now, more than 300,000 taels of gold and 1.2 million taels of silver have been excavated from Sado Jinshan.
If more Japanese slaves are sent to dig this year, it is conservatively estimated that half a million taels of gold and more than one million taels of silver can be unearthed.
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Speaking of which, Sado Island is not far from Noto Country where he first landed. As long as he continues forward from Noto Country and travels on the sea for about one or two days, he can reach Sado Island.
Hearing Yan King Zhu Di mention the silver mine Jinshan, Chu King Zhu Zhen also looked at his eldest brother Zhu Biao with interest and asked curiously:
“Brother, how much gold and silver have been mined in Jian Yinshan last year so far?!!”
Looking at the curious glances cast by his younger brothers, Prince Zhu Biaowen replied:
"From last year to now, a total of more than 3.85 million taels of silver and more than 120,000 taels of gold have been excavated from Iwami Yinshan."
"If more Japanese slaves are arranged to dig this year, it is estimated that this year we should be able to achieve the annual output of 5 million taels of silver and more than 500,000 taels of gold mentioned by Mr. Yan."
Hearing Prince Zhu Biao's answer, Qin King Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes couldn't help but take a breath.
Although the king of Qin Zhu Xi, the king of Jin Zhu Fan, the king of Chu Zhu Zhen, and the king of Qi Zhu Shu also found some gold and silver mines in the past year.
However, the output of the Jinshan silver mine they found was far less than that of the Shijian Yinshan found by Prince Zhu Biao and the Sado Jinshan found by Yan Wang Zhu Di.
From last year to now, at best, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of gold have been unearthed.
With such a number, if Iwami Ginzan and Sado Jinshan Zhuyu were not in front, they would be worthy of joy.
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But with the gems from Iwami Ginzan and Sado Jinshan behind them, their attitudes towards the small gold mountain and small silver mine they each found were just so-so.
"Father and Lord Ru are extremely happy!"
Chu King Zhu Zhen couldn't help but feel a little unbalanced.
In the Japanese country, they fought typhoons, endured earthquakes, attacked Japanese people, and dug gold and silver mines.
Their father and Lord Ru were sitting in the capital, happily waiting to collect the gold and silver they had transported back.
There really is no harm if there is no comparison.
“I heard that the previously formulated [Ming Dynasty’s Second Five-Year Medium and Long-term Development Plan] has been completed two years ahead of schedule.”
"Now it is said that a new, short two-year development plan is being planned."
King Yan Zhu Di on the side also told the news he had received previously.
On the other side, King Qin Zhu Ping heard this and sneered:
"There are millions of taels of gold and silver thrown in, as well as millions of Japanese slaves who don't have to worry about life and death."
“If even this cannot complete the previously formulated [Ming Dynasty’s Second Five-Year Medium and Long-term Development Plan] two years in advance,
Planning], I have to wonder if all the civil and military officials in the imperial court are dead!"
Millions of taels of gold and silver were fine, until the credibility of the Ming court collapsed.
As long as the court is willing, the court can also achieve the effect of producing millions of more taels of gold and silver in disguise by over-issuing Ming Dynasty currency notes.
What is really important is the four million Japanese slaves who do not have to worry about life and death. The role they play is truly huge.
Although these four million Japanese slaves were averaged, a county in the Ming Dynasty could only have less than 4,000 people.
But with these four thousand, there is no need to worry about life and death, as long as one mouthful is enough to eat.
Even if you just give some Japanese slaves who have potatoes and sweet potatoes everywhere in the Ming Dynasty to eat, and then let them work all the time, there is really too much work that they can do.
National infrastructure such as bridges connecting the two sides of various rivers, new rivers and channels for flood control and diversion, and reservoirs for water storage and disaster relief.
In short, Japanese slaves can be arranged to complete any project that is dangerous or tiring.
In addition, the local people of the Ming Dynasty were responsible for the less tiring and heavy corvee construction, so the five-year medium and long-term development plan originally formulated by the Ming Dynasty could be shortened.
To be completed in just three years.
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