During World War II, Japan committed heinous crimes against our country, and the "three lights" atrocities committed by the Japanese army on our soil of killing, burning, and robbing the light are really indignant. Whenever I think of this period of history, I always think that if Liu Bowen had not dissuaded Zhu Yuanzhang from crusading against Japan, how good it would have been, and at that time, as long as Liu Bowen said a word less, Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately ready to send troops to Japan. But why did Liu Bowen stop Zhu Yuanzhang at that time? This also begins with Zhu Yuanzhang's letter to Japan.
At that time, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, according to the past practice, he wanted to inform his neighbors. The main thing is to announce that the owner of this land has been replaced, the title of the subject, the tribute of the tribute. Because the Central Plains are vast, the land area alone crushes the surrounding small countries, so the basic neighboring small countries will immediately give a friendly response after receiving the letter from the messenger. However, at that time, Prince Huailiang of Japan was very arrogant and turned a blind eye to the Ming Messengers. Zhu Yuanzhang was already a little angry, but he still patiently sent several letters, and this time sent 7 emissaries to deliver letters.
Prince Huailiang was originally a warrior, and his temper was relatively grumpy, and when he saw that the Ming Dynasty had sent 7 emissaries to him, he thought that he was threatening him, and in a fit of anger, he killed 5 of them and let the remaining two go back to explain the situation. This can be regarded as a complete offense to Zhu Yuanzhang, you must know that in ancient times, all countries tacitly acquiesced to the principle of "not chopping to make", and this was a naked provocation by the Japanese Wokou! So Zhu Yuanzhang sent a sharp-toothed emissary Zhao Yi to Japan, and Zhao Yi was indeed eloquent, and Japan reluctantly began to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty under the persuasion of Zhao Yi.
However, the Japanese Wokou were yang and yin, constantly harassing the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese emperor even used a ghostwriter to write a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, to know that the credit ghostwriting between the lords of the country is equivalent to an insult, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely angry, decided to drive the imperial conquest, personally led the army to fight against Japan. At this time, the founding hero Liu Bowen came forward to dissuade the emperor, and the reason given by Liu Bowen was that Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty had also personally conquered the Wokou, but twice because of the disadvantage in the geographical environment, he finally failed. The Ming navy was also not necessarily better at water warfare than the Wukou. Secondly, not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the common people have not yet recovered from the depths of the water, and it is not a wise move to launch a war at this time.
Because Liu Bowen held a high position of authority and spoke very heavily, Zhu Yuanzhang finally followed his advice and did not start a war against Japan. It was only when they left a small life in Japan, not only were they not grateful, but they were arrogant in the later stages, and in turn invaded China, if Zhu Yuanzhang could see it in the spirit of heaven, presumably the intestines would be repentant.