Why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang attack Japan the most?

City Observer: Downtown, a blog, the core tip: whenever a dynasty is initially decided, it is always hoped that there will be four foreigners to serve. Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he sent envoys to Japan, North Korea, Annan and Zhancheng with his credentials. North Korea, Annan and Zhancheng all obeyed, and immediately sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute. Instead of paying tribute, Japan cut off the head of the envoy. Open the Lord of China, but it is so ridiculed by the small country of Yidi. Zhu Yuanzhang became angry from embarrassment and threatened to send troops to attack Japan. Zhu Yuanzhang has long despised Japan. There is a Japanese fan hanging in the study, which was seized and presented by the Ming army in a battle to wipe out the enemy. He wrote a poem entitled "Fan Travel in the Sun" on this topic, in which he rebuked the Japanese king for being heartless and the people for being thieves. He also said with disdain that Japanese monarchs and subjects usually walk barefoot and talk like frogs. On one occasion, Zhu Yuanzhang met with Japanese envoy Arima and asked by the way, "What is the custom in your country?" So, Mary came prepared, shook his head straight and recited poems and replied, "The country is not as good as the Central Plains, and people are not as good as the ancients. Clothing is made in Tang dynasty, and etiquette and music are Han, monarch and minister. The silver urn keeps sake, and the golden knife keeps scales. Every February and March, peaches and plums spring. " This poem is obviously contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's "Sun Fan Travel", and the meaning of arrogance is clear at a glance. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang "hated his disrespect, refused his contribution, and made clear his intention." That is to say, the Japanese are arrogant and unreasonable, and have the intention of conquering Japan. What annoys Zhu Yuanzhang more in Japan is yet to come. In view of the Japanese invaders' repeated occupation of coastal counties and counties, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Yang Zai to Japan in February of the second year of Hongwu (1369) and gave him a letter to denounce his crimes. The credentials are extremely overbearing, which is entirely the tone of Laozi's admonition to his son: "When the imperial edict comes to Japan, if I am a minister, I will take it to court. If I were not a minister, I would train my army and strengthen myself. If I am brave on land, I will be a thief. I will sail the island with my sailors, arrest his disciples, reach his country and restrain his king. Isn't it that God is ruthless, and the king will play along? " First, I want to be a vassal, second, I want to ban the Japanese pirates, and third, I even threatened to bind my own king and conquer Japan. It was not the imaginary Japanese king Zhu Yuanzhang who got the credentials, but Prince Huai Liang, a powerful man in the Southern Dynasties who controlled Kyushu. Prince Huai Liang is not a good man or a good woman. The copper dustpan met the iron broom. At that time, Japan was in the midst of a civil war. Prince Huailiang was the 11th Prince of Daigo in the Southern Dynasties, and was named General of the Western Expedition. The first large-scale confrontation between the northern and southern dynasties in Kyushu-the battle of Zhu Houchuan, Prince Huailiang personally went into battle to supervise the war, but he was shot three arrows and did not retreat. The southern dynasties won a great victory. Regardless of identity or personality, Prince Huai Liang was naturally annoyed when he saw this reprimand letter. In addition, influenced by the sequela of the Mongolian attack, the Japanese became wary and contemptuous of China's emissary, killed five of them on the spot, and held Yang Zai and others for three months before putting them back. The envoy was beheaded! This also got? Seeing that the Japanese harassment became more and more serious, a year later, Zhu Yuanzhang sent an envoy Zhao Zhi to Japan and submitted credentials to Prince Huailiang. After some thrilling tactics and fierce rhetoric, Zhao Zhi finally softened the position of Prince Huailiang. Prince Huailiang sent monks and ancestors to deliver a large number of tribute horses and local products to the Ming Dynasty, and also sent back more than 70 Japanese prisoners. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy. He hosted a banquet for the Japanese ambassador in the palace and gave him a lot of money. However, Zhu Yuanzhang lacked a basic understanding of Japan at that time. He overestimated the influence of Prince Huailiang, who was only a prince, not a king, and his will could not represent the will of the whole country. In fact, the most powerful Japanese king at that time had the opposite idea. He didn't think it was urgent to make friends with China. What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang has been casting pearls before swine, so the Sino-Japanese negotiations ran aground again, and the sacred scene from Japan to North Korea that Zhu Yuanzhang hoped for still did not appear. Japanese politicians don't buy Zhu Yuanzhang's account because, in their view, China, as a mainland power, has extremely limited external tension, and there has never been a record of conquering a maritime island country. What about the experience of winning the naval battle? So, although they admit that their strength is not strong enough to defeat China, they expect that Emperor Daming can't do what the Mongolian Expeditionary Force can't do. Zhu Yuanzhang's threat of war is just a big talk, and he himself has to answer blows with blows, releasing "big talk"-I'm not afraid of you! Not surprisingly, despite Japan's repeated disrespect, Zhu Yuanzhang was just bluffing and never dared to make a move. From a political point of view, the world began to settle down. Zhu Yuanzhang knew the importance of rest and didn't want to fight any more. In his ancestral training, he tirelessly warned future generations not to "militarism." Strategically speaking, the remnants of northern Mongolia are worrying. Although Japan is not a minister, it is far away in the depths of the ocean, and the outcome is unpredictable. He is unwilling to take the risk. Of course, if Zhu Yuanzhang can predict that the descendants of Daming Jiangshan created by himself will be repeatedly violated by the Japanese, he will not hesitate to dispatch the army of hundreds of battles and spare no effort to pull out this thorn for future generations. Angry at Japan, but afraid to send troops, this is probably the biggest regret of Zhu Yuanzhang's life. Zhu Yuanzhang's son Judy became emperor, and the Japanese suddenly changed their arrogant and stubborn faces and bowed their heads and asked for tribute. This is, of course, the consistent habit of the Japanese to assess the situation, and they will carry it hard. Once they are hard, they will make peace and surrender. When Judy, the overjoyed emperor of China, met ashikaga yoshimitsu, a Japanese general who worshiped gold, the relationship between the two countries was as good as honey. Judy even praised: "The country of Haidong is not superior to Japan." Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and soon the dispute broke out again. Kill the messenger first, then descend, then reverse. In the diplomatic history of Japan and the Ming Dynasty, the farce of the era of white clouds and pale dogs was staged again and again. Emperor Jiajing couldn't bear it: break the tribute! This made the hornet's nest even angrier, the messenger disappeared, and the enemy with white cloth wrapped around his head roared! Results In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, people along the southeast coast of China were harassed by Japanese pirates many times. China has an indescribable feud with Japan-for example, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894- 1895, the treaty of shimonoseki and the Nanjing Massacre ... Looking at Sino-Japanese relations, China has made Japan profitable; China, a powerful Japanese, has suffered! At present, Japan stubbornly resists the Japanese government on sensitive issues such as the Diaoyu Islands and is not optimistic about future Sino-Japanese relations!