While Daming attacked the Japanese Empire, two very important things happened in Daming. These two things were defined by later historians as the turning points of Daming's overseas policy change. The first thing was that the first foreign governor of Daming, who was also the governor of the Japanese Empire, Zhao Lian, came to the capital.
Zhao Lian's arrival in the capital opened the history of Daming as the foreign governor. At the same time, Zhao Lian also became the clarion call of Daming's colonization.
The other thing was that a fleet was assembled in Shandong. The leader of this fleet was Wang Dong, the younger brother of Empress Daming and the son of Earl Yongnian Wang Wei.
As the largest slave trader in Daming, the Wang family's business had been very big in recent years. This time, they had organized a large fleet.
The fleet totaled more than 200 ships of various kinds. The transportation capacity was very strong. This time, they only had one goal, which was the Japanese Empire.
Forbidden City, Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Jing, who was standing next to him, and asked, "Has Zhao Lian left?"
"Yes, the Imperial Majesty has left!"
Zhang Jing nodded and said, "Zhao Lian went to Tianjin and took a ship from there. The Imperial Bodyguard and the subordinates of the governor's office also set off together."
Zhu Yijun nodded. Although the battle report had not been sent back, Zhu Yijun knew that Zhang Weixian had probably started to take action.
Zhu Yijun also did not think that the Japanese Empire would cause any trouble to Daming's army. After the war in Korea, the Japanese Empire had no power to fight. Daming and Korea had invested a total of 200,000 troops. If they still could not destroy the Japanese Empire, then there was really no need to fight.
After destroying the main force of the Japanese Empire, Daming's merchants would also come.
The first caravan was a slave trader. When the first caravan returned to Daming, it would only stimulate more merchants to set sail.
"Has the Tianjin side replied yet?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and asked again, "The matter of the shipyard cannot be delayed."
After returning to Beijing, Zhu Yijun began to make arrangements for this matter. Daming's second shipyard was about to be built. Ge Dan chose Laizhou in Shandong as the location, which was later known as Qingdao in Shandong.
Daming's largest civilian shipyard would be born here, producing all armed merchant ships.
With the experience of the Royal Shipyard, the speed of building armed merchant ships here would definitely be very fast, because armed merchant ships were a simplified version of Daming warships.
When the first fleet of slave traders returned to Shandong, the first batch of armed merchant ships from the Shandong shipyard would also be launched. At that time, they would definitely sell for a good price.
Zhu Yijun had already issued an edict, which was to build as much as they wanted. The more the merrier. When the time came, all of them would be sold to merchants.
Once there were more ships, the Japanese Empire would be trampled by Daming's merchants. At that time, there would be no more Japanese Empire.
In the end, the Japanese Empire would not be able to satisfy the appetite of Daming's merchants. Zhu Yijun did not need to think to know what they would do.
"Your Majesty, the edict has already reached Tianjin. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has also begun to prepare production areas and manpower in Shandong. The preliminary construction of the shipyard has already begun.
After the Tianjin Royal Shipyard received the edict, they also sent people over. They are going by ship, and I think they will arrive soon. "
Zhang Jing replied again.
Zhu Yijun nodded. Very soon, Zhu Yijun would start selling armed warships. Shandong's Laizhou and Dengzhou would also become prosperous places for sea trade.
Equipping the merchants with military force was equivalent to releasing another beast. However, this could not be helped. In this era, if the merchants' ships were not armed, they would not be able to do business in the sea trade. He did not have the strength to send people to escort them.
However, the construction of the armed merchant ships still needed to be controlled, especially the cannons. They must not be made carelessly.
Hearing that his arrangements had been carried out well, Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction. "Where is Qi Jiguang?"
"Imperial Majesty, Grand Marshal Qi has already passed Jinzhou. I believe he will enter the capital in a few days."
Zhang Jing was already used to Zhu Yijun changing the topic. After so many years, Zhang Jing's position was stable, to a large extent, because he could answer Zhu Yijun's questions at any time.
Nodding lightly, Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "Wait for him to come back and let him rest for a while!
How is Buyan Chechen of Chahar?
I asked him to hand over the Imperial Jade Seal. Why has there been no movement?
Issue an edict to question him. Give him three days. If he does not reply by then, don't blame me for not warning you! "
"Yes, Your Majesty. Old Slave will send someone to issue the edict!" Zhang Jing replied and bowed.
The Japanese Empire needed time to deal with it, so the rest was simple. What Zhu Yijun needed to do was to send people to deal with Chahar.
The existence of Chahar in the north of the Great Ming Dynasty made Zhu Yijun very unhappy. It was a good place, but Chahar was the only one in the way.
"When Qi Jiguang comes back, I will deal with them!" Zhu Yijun muttered as he flipped through the memorials.
Although Daming was fighting against foreign forces, Daming's domestic economy was flourishing. Trade was flourishing, and recruitment was everywhere.
The trend of getting rich was great. There were business opportunities everywhere, making business a very popular thing.
Since the start of the war in Korea, Daming's trade doubled.
Countless workshops appeared, the Tax Sector already asking Zhu Yijun for people, directly asking for half of the Civil Servant Academy's graduates.
Now, Daming was hiring people everywhere. The scale of the civil servant school was constantly expanding. There were now more than 20,000 students in the school.
However, it was still not enough. All the government offices were asking for people.
The amount of official salary that Zhu Yijun had spent was unimaginable in the past. It was terrifying.
There were also many benefits. The court's control over the local areas was getting better. Zhu Yijun's edict could also be better carried out.
After correcting the memorials, Zhu Yijun stood up and stretched. He smiled and said, "I'm finally done!"
Zhang Jing handed him a cup of warm tea. The timing was perfect.
After taking the tea, Zhu Yijun took a sip, then nodded slightly. Then he turned to Zhang Jing and said, "Call Xu De from the Inner Yard!"
Not long after, Xu De from the Inner Yard came in from outside. After seeing Zhu Yijun, Xu De hurriedly bowed. Zhu Yijun waved his hand. When Xu De stood up, Zhu Yijun said slowly, "I called you here today because I have something for you to do!"
"Please give me your orders, Imperial Majesty!"
Xu De hurriedly bowed and said with a very serious expression. The Imperial Majesty had not given him anything for a long time. Since he called him here this time, it must be something big.
Zhu Yijun did not pretend and said directly, "I intend to go to Nanjing to pay my respects to Emperor Taizu. I don't know how the people will react. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will investigate and then report to me!"