The Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's daughter ran away from her arranged marriage, terrifying Zhu Di.

"Nonsense!"

"How is this possible?!"

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"

Zheng He looked up at the sky in disbelief.

He genuinely didn't want to believe it.

One day, the Ming Dynasty actually fell to such a state.

Even if the Ming Dynasty's national strength declines further.

It's one thing if we can't deal with those powerful Western nations.

How could we not even be able to deal with a Japanese person we know well?

Shen Kan, on the other side of the sky, didn't say much, but simply tapped the notebook in front of him twice.

Soon, the scene changed.

A general holding a saber, with only one arm remaining.

He was facing a group of Japanese soldiers whose equipment far surpassed his own.

He launched the final charge of his life.

"Cavalry Company".

"attack!"

After the warhorses neighed.

The battlefield was filled with a chilling atmosphere.

They also quieted down.

There are also Zheng He, Zhu Di, and Yao Guangxiao in the Qianqing Palace.

At this time.

Shen Kan patiently recounted that period of history to Nanping.

After all, he was a history major, so he could accept that Nanping was unfamiliar with the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

But it is absolutely unacceptable that Nanping doesn't even know this part of history.

"Although Western colonizers had already used cannons to pry open the country's doors since 1840."

"But the Western colonizers at that time..."

"Most of them already had stable colonies, which they could use to plunder food and complete their primitive accumulation."

"Their harm to the people of the Ming Dynasty was primarily in the area of ​​dumping goods."

"Only this good student from the Ming Dynasty."

"Unlike other colonists."

Nanping frowned and looked at Shen Kan with a puzzled expression.

"What do you mean by that, Immortal Master?"

"Because they were not much different from the Central Plains at that time."

"It also lacks industry and is closed off from the world."

"In some aspects, it is even far inferior to the Central Plains."

Shen Kan just finished saying these words.

Nanping, Zhu Di, and Yao Guangxiao in front of the sky screen were unaware that something was wrong.

Available soon.

The three of them realized it almost at the same time.

For the Ming Dynasty

This is truly devastating news!

"You mean, they industrialized faster than the Ming Dynasty?!"

"good!"

"In that battle, the Central Plains lost."

"We lost badly."

"And that is the price."

"This allowed these Japanese islanders to catch the last train of the colonial wave."

Shen Kan's voice continued.

At this moment, Zhu Di had already rushed to the map without any regard for the consequences.

"At that time, almost all the land in the world that could be colonized had been divided up."

"The Japanese wanted to achieve industrialization and find a stable supply of commercial grain."

There is only one source.

"It is the Central Plains!"

Shen Kan said.

Zhu Di was trying to find a glimmer of hope on the map to refute Shen Kan's arguments.

But ultimately...

He still bowed his head in despair before the map.

A tear fell onto the map.

Zhu Di could already roughly guess what would happen next.

Meanwhile, Shen Kan's voice continued.

"From the First Sino-Japanese War to the War of Resistance against Japan, a full fifty years."

"When the War of Resistance against Japan broke out, there were already 26 million Japanese living in the cities."

Yao Guangxiao almost blurted out, "Each person will be supplied with one and a half catties of grain per day."

"An annual grain supply of 120 million shi (a unit of dry measure) is required!"

Even though everyone had already prepared themselves mentally.

But when this number is uttered...

Everyone in the Qianqing Palace couldn't help but hear a buzzing sound in their ears.

One hundred million or twenty million shi!

The total annual grain tribute from the seven provinces south of the Yangtze River during the Ming Dynasty was only four million shi (a unit of dry measure).

A tiny country called Japan.

Every year they consume the equivalent of thirty years' worth of grain tribute from the Ming Dynasty!

And this grain.

It was stolen from the Ming Dynasty.

Not one year, not two years.

Instead, every year, the Japanese would plunder so much grain from the Ming Dynasty.

They've been robbing for a full fifty years!

Only then can they achieve industrialization.

Now.

It wasn't just Zhu Di.

Even Zheng He's eyes welled up with tears.

"These beasts..."

"kill!"

"Leave none alive!"

Zhu Di's voice was almost hoarse from shouting.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he once taught him to calculate how much grain a family of five would consume each year.

Only by knowing these things can you understand.

Only then can one truly understand the hardships of the people.

But so many years have passed.

Zhu Di never imagined that he would access this data for the first time under such circumstances.

I don't know how much time passed.

Zhu Di's mind, which had been dazed with anger, gradually regained its composure.

Every year, 100 to 200 million shi of grain are transported away.

A full fifty years.

The people of the Ming Dynasty who died because of this.

It's absolutely impossible that it's only tens of millions.

"no."

"Don't kill him."

"Killing them directly would be too easy on them."

Thinking of this, Zhu Di turned his head frantically to look at Zheng He.

"Zheng He, did you hear me?"

"Have you heard how these beasts treated the descendants of my Great Ming Dynasty?"

Zheng He knelt down with a thud.

He himself came from a poor background and was quite aware of what this number meant to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of this number alone.

It's absolutely no less than scraping the land three feet deep in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty every year!

He never expected this.

Right next to the Ming Dynasty, they raised such a wolf cub!

And he had just spoken up for such a wicked and despicable nation in front of Zhu Di.

At that moment, Zheng He wished he could slap himself twice.

"I deserve to die ten thousand times!"

"Your Majesty, this sinner deserves to die!"

Seeing Zheng He suddenly realize his mistake.

Zhu Di nodded with great satisfaction.

But he didn't have time for idle chatter; he simply took Zheng He's hand and carefully instructed him:

"Let's not talk about that now."

"I just want to tell you, once you get to the island, do not kill a single person."

Zheng He was taken aback.

Zhu Di looked at Zheng He with a forced smile and said slowly, "Just kill him directly, that's too much of a luxury."

"You need to arrest them first."

"Aren't we going to set up a factory?"

"Let them work in the factory first."

"To weave cloth and build ships for our Great Ming Dynasty!"

"Only when they are truly too old to work can they be allowed to plow the fields!"

"You can find some local natives and have them do your bidding, using one barbarian to control another."

"The most crucial point."

"You must calculate the price of grain for me!"

"Regardless of whether they are farmers or not, each Japanese person cannot afford more than six ounces of food per day!"

"No!"

"Three ounces!"

"Can you understand?!"

Originally, Zhu Di might have still cared about the title of emperor.

They would be lenient with the people of foreign lands.

But tonight, after learning these shocking figures from Shen Kan,

He suddenly became more open-minded.

If you get scolded, you get scolded.

It's better to be scolded than to be beaten!

industrialization.

It was never a multiple-choice question.

Ten to twenty million shi of grain each year.

This is to the point of squeezing the blood out of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This law either needs to be changed by the Ming Dynasty itself, or it needs to be forced to change by others.

The current Zhu Di.

I felt only relief.

Fortunately, the heavens descended upon the Ming Dynasty, giving them a glimmer of hope to avert their regret.

This time.

The Ming Dynasty will not miss out on industrialization.

Japan is bleeding money!