Li Jie entered the East Nuan Pavilion with a bloody smell. Zhu Biao, who was discussing matters with Zhu Yuanzhang, couldn't help but frown, and then looked at his father next to him with concern.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke with a normal expression: "Have you restrained?"

"I've all been restrained!" Li Jie also answered very calmly.

"Your grandfather's body has been sent to your fifth uncle. Your father and others will handle the affairs behind him. If you have time, burn some paper money for me!" Zhu Yuanzhang ordered again, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing.

"Yes!" Li Jie agreed again.

Did Li Shanchang really participate in the Hu Weiyong case? There is no need to answer this question at all. Li Jie and Zhu Yuanzhang knew it well. The important thing is that now that Li Shanchang is dead, the previous threat will no longer exist, so Zhu Yuanzhang can also look at his old comrade-in-arms calmly.

"How is the coastal area? When will those Japanese pirates arrive?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed the subject.

"After clearing out the Japanese pirates, there was no threat in the coastal areas. It was just that a big storm had encountered before, causing considerable losses to the Ningbo area. When I came back, Duke Xinguo and the local prefect Wang and others were also busy with disaster relief."

Li Jie paused for a moment and then said, "As for the captured Japanese pirates and spies who colluded with Japanese pirates, these people will arrive in the afternoon. Will the court interrogate and then deal with it?"

"What's there to be judged? These thieves really deserve to be killed. They ordered everyone to cut them directly outside the city gate, and piled up to serve as a warning!" Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly with murderous aura.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to peel them off with his own hands for these hateful Japanese pirates. You must know that the Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money on guarding against Japanese pirates every year, but it had no effect before.

Li Jie was not surprised by Zhu Yuanzhang's handling. Firstly, those Japanese pirates were indeed hateful, and not killing them would not be enough to quell the public's anger. Secondly, Lao Zhu was a killer. Just by restarting the Hu Weiyong case this time, I don't know how many people have fallen to the ground, let alone the Japanese pirates who should be killed.

"By the way, you wrote a letter before that the root cause of the Japanese pirates has not been eliminated. In a few years, new Japanese pirates will appear again. What are your good solutions for this?" Zhu Yuanzhang finally asked the most critical question at this time, which was also the main reason why he summoned Li Jie.

Li Jie had known that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask this for a long time, but he reached out to take out a chart he had drawn from his arms and presented it with him: "Please read it by Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang opened the chart, but found that the picture was drawn on it seemed to be a big island. Although he didn't recognize it, he quickly guessed where it was. So he looked up and asked, "Is this picture Japan?"

"Your Majesty is wise, this is Japan!" Li Jie stepped forward and pointed to the island on the map. Zhu Biao next to him also showed a look of surprise. It was the first time he saw a map of Japan.

This map is actually the one that Li Jie showed for Zhang Dingbian. Now he briefly explained the current situation in Japan. It was nothing more than the confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The power was controlled by the Ashikaga family, but Daming from various places did not obey the central government, which led to constant conflicts in various places. A large number of samurai went bankrupt and became pirates, which is the so-called Japanese pirates.

Finally, Li Jie pointed to Tsushima Island and said, "Tsushima Island is the first stop for the Japanese pirates to go south and the old nest for the Japanese pirates. If you can capture this place, you can block the Japanese pirates' way to go south. If you go further and directly capture the Kyushu Island next to you, then there will be no danger of Japanese pirates along the coast of Ming Dynasty!"

"What do you mean is to send troops to attack these two places?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this. He was not afraid of fighting, but the key is that the main forces of the Ming Dynasty were concentrated in the north, constantly attacking the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan, and the south was not peaceful. In this way, the south and the north involved most of the Ming Dynasty's troops, making him unable to expand outward.

"I don't think it's right. Not to mention that I can't distribute troops now, even if there is really an army available, I don't know how much money and food it will cost to cross the vast sea to conquer Japan. The treasury is not very abundant now and I can't afford so much money to fight!" Zhu Biao next to him shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty and the Prince misunderstood. I am not going to let the court send troops to attack Japan, but to let others attack Japan for us!" Li Jie explained with a smile.

"Let others?" Zhu Biao looked at Li Jie in confusion when he heard this.

"Yes, when the Japanese pirates harassed the coast of the Ming Dynasty, the court sent people to Japan and asked them to restrain the Japanese pirates. Does Your Majesty still remember how Japan responded?" Li Jie did not rush to answer, but asked a question.

When talking about sending envoys to Japan, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, because this was a pain point in his heart. When he first ascended the throne, he sent envoys to Japan, but the Japanese pirates detained the envoys and killed five people. Later, because of the Japanese pirates, he also sent envoys to Japan again. Although he had met some conditions, he still had a breakup. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty had just established its country and was unable to conquer Japan, so he could only swallow his anger.

Thinking of the above, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more annoyed with Japan, and then said angrily: "The Japanese pirates are just pirates and are not under their jurisdiction!"

"Yes, the Japanese pirates are indeed a group of pirates. Although they are secretly supported by some Japanese nobles, on the surface, the court cannot catch any handle from Japan. Since that is the case, why don't we use the same way to treat others?" Li Jie also smiled proudly at the end.

"With the way of others, we can treat others' bodies?" Zhu Biao also repeated Li Jie's words when he heard this, but still didn't understand what he meant.

In contrast, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up all of a sudden, and saw him walking back and forth twice before stopping suddenly, staring at Li Jie and asked, "Did you think of this method or did they propose it?"

"I thought it out, but I had already told Zhang Dingbian before I came. He originally did not agree, but later I was convinced and just put forward a condition!" Li Jie said the truth.

"Father, what are you talking about? Why are you Zhang Dingbian again..." Zhu Biao still didn't understand at first, but when he was halfway through, he suddenly woke up and immediately slapped his thighs and said, "I understand. It turns out that you want the court to support Zhang Dingbian and others to kill to Japan, but why did they agree?"

"Your Highness doesn't know that after Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang's old subordinates went to sea, their lives were actually very difficult, and some even became pirates. Now Zou Pusheng and others are still alive and can restrain their subordinates for the time being, but if they die, the hearts of those subordinates will probably disperse. At that time, they will either become bandits or live like savages when they are struggling to guard the island." Li Jie explained again.

"What conditions did Zhang Dingbian raise?" Zhu Yuanzhang was most concerned about this issue.

"The fishermen with the Jiu surname, to be precise, I convinced Zhang Dingbian with the Jiu surname, which made him make up his mind to lead the crowd to go out to sea and kill to Japan!" Li Jie replied honestly again, because he knew that he could not lie in front of Lao Zhu, otherwise the consequences would be serious.

"As expected, you really grasped Zhang Dingbian's weakness. As long as he knew the current situation of the nine fishermen, he would definitely not sit idly by. Even if he was fighting for his life, he would still fight for these people!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered when he heard this.

"Actually, there is nothing we can do about this. Although Zou Pusheng has tens of thousands of men, only a few thousand young and strong people can go to the battlefield. With this little man alone, at most, he can only capture Tsushima Island. Without Tsushima Island, Japanese pirates can still move south from Kyushu Island, but if there are fishermen in the Nine surnames, he will have the strength to break into Kyushu Island!" Li Jie explained again.

The Jiu surname fishermen are just a general term, referring to the navy army after Chen Youliang's defeat and the family members of the navy. Because Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that they would cause trouble, he placed them separately in multiple waters and prohibited them from landing. After years of reproduction and rest, although there is no exact number, according to the Jinyiwei estimate, the total number of Jiu surname fishermen should be hundreds of thousands.

"Hmph, but why did I promise them that even if they can really solve the Japanese pirates, if they were allowed to grow up overseas, wouldn't it be a greater threat to my Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and his eyes looked at Li Jie a little cold, because in his opinion, Li Jie's idea was too stupid!

Li Jie knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would say this, but he had prepared his trump card, so he stretched out his finger and pointed at the southeast coast of Japan, saying, "Do you know where this is in Japan?"

"Speak quickly and don't keep it in front of me!" Zhu Yuanzhang was also surprised to see Li Jie's calm look, and immediately said again with annoyance.

"This place is called Shijian. There are many mountains in the territory, and among these mountains, there is a huge silver mine hidden. If it is mined, it will be enough for me to use it for a hundred years in the Ming Dynasty!" When Li Jie said the last, his fingers pointing at Shijian Silver Mine were even more forceful.

"Are you serious?" Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao asked almost in unison when they heard this.

"I dare to use the head to guarantee it!" Li Jie replied with a smile. It seems that this is not the first time he has used the head to guarantee it, and it is not bad for this time now.

After receiving such a positive answer from Li Jie, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at Li Jie's finger at the same time, and the eyes of the father and son suddenly became unprecedentedly hot!
Chapter completed!