Han Du just watched Xiaosong Lingzi get on the carriage, subconsciously wanted to reach out, but resolutely held back.
"What? Master, are you reluctant to let go? Just chase after you if you can't bear to let go. It's still too late." Yao Yue said with some amusement.
Han Du turned back to look at Yao Yue, suddenly shook his head and smiled, "Only one of the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese country can exist in the world. I chose the Ming Dynasty, and she chose the Japanese country. From the moment I made the choice, I was destined. We can only meet her at war. Let's go..."
Hearing Han Du's extremely low sigh, Yao Yue followed Han Du into the carriage in confusion. Han Du's words just now touched her greatly. In the past, she thought that the most noble thing in the world was love, and with love, everything would be possible. But now Han Du used his own choices to tell her that in addition to love, hatred and hatred, there is a higher family, country and world in this world.
...
When he returned that day, Komatsu Lingzi went directly to the officials of the Ministry of Rites and asked to return to Japan. According to convention, the returning foreign missions would be protected by troops sent by the Ming Dynasty. Since the Japanese country was isolated overseas, the responsibility for this protection fell on the navy.
Han Du found Zhu Biao directly.
"Your Majesty, no matter what, we cannot let Xiaosong Lingzi return to Japan."
Zhu Biao saw Han Du rushing in so hurriedly that even the eunuch guarding the gate could not stop him. He couldn't help but glance at the frightened eunuch, and then looked at Han Du.
While signaling Wang Yue to give Han Du a golden pier, he said: "Is this why you rushed in like this and insisted on seeing me?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Du and Zhu Biao motioned for him to sit down and talk. He quickly returned the greeting and then said, "I would also like to ask Your Majesty to issue an order to keep Xiaosong Lingzi in the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Biao sighed slightly and said: "How can I issue an order? The Japanese mission has always been well behaved since they came to the Ming Dynasty. Did they make any mistakes? What reason did I use to detain them?"
Han Du was silent for a moment and said: "Then let the delegation go back and detain Xiaosong Lingzi."
Zhu Biao glanced at Han Du with a strange expression.
Han Du felt a little hairy when Zhu Biao looked at him, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"
Zhu Biao pondered for a moment and said: "You...are you reluctant to let go of Xiaosong Lingzi? If you are reluctant to let her go, then I can decree to keep her."
"This..." Han Dumeng was confused, "Your Majesty, I'm here to talk about business, why do I get involved in these things again?"
Zhu Biao immediately shook his head and sighed, "Look, since you don't want to have anything to do with Xiaosong Lingzi, if I force him to stay in Daming, will others think that I want to keep her? Forget it. Well, let her go back."
"But..." Han Du was still a little unwilling.
Zhu Biao waved his hands and said: "Don't say goodbye. She is a female generation. Even if she goes back, what can she do? Can she still turn the tide?"
Han Du lowered his head and pondered, and asked himself if he was too worried about Xiaosong Lingzi. This broken ship of Japan is leaking everywhere, and not everyone has the ability to plug the leaks.
...
The navy dispatched two warships to escort the Japanese mission back home.
Komatsu Reiko stood wearing a white robe, looking cold and lonely.
When Hosokawa Mochizuki saw it, his expression darkened, and he stepped forward and said softly: "Master, the wind on the river is strong, so we should go back to the cabin first. Han Du... I'm afraid he won't come."
Komatsu Reiko didn't look back, took a breath and said, "What? Do you think I'm waiting for him?"
"So, master, what is this?"
Komatsu Reiko stared straight at Jinling in front of her, "I'm looking at the Imperial Capital of the Ming Dynasty."
It turns out that the master is looking at the imperial capital... Hosokawa Mochiyuki couldn't help but nodded when he heard the words, and also looked at the magnificent and huge capital, and sighed: "This huge city is worthy of being the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid It’s the largest and most prosperous city in the world.”
"Yes, the flowers are blooming like brocade and the fire is cooking oil. Don't you want to destroy it?" Komatsu Reiko said coldly.
"Destroy...destroy it?" Hosokawa Mochiyuki glanced at the Imperial Capital, then at Komatsu Reiko, and couldn't help but said: "The Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven, and it can swallow up all the world. Who can destroy it?" Its imperial capital?”
Komatsu Lingzi turned around and walked down slowly. While saying softly: "You are right, even if I work hard all my life, I may not be able to hurt it at all, but there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty that 'the sun goes up without a pawn, and the work that is wasted will end up in the sea.' As long as we If we can persevere from generation to generation, we will eventually be able to destroy this imperial capital."
Hosokawa Mokiyuki trembled all over, and then suddenly discovered the gloomy and restrained resentment in Komatsu Reiko. This resentment transcends life and death and spreads towards the long river of time.
Komatsu Reiko walked to the hatch of the ship, while Hosokawa Noriyuki still stayed there in a daze. Komatsu Lingzi paused, did not look back, and said softly: "Let's go back."
"Ah!" Hosokawa Noriyuki quickly reacted and nodded: "Yes."
The three ships sailed on the sea, cutting through the waves, and the sea wind swelled the sails.
Komatsu Reiko and Hosokawa Noriyuki were standing on the bow of the ship, when suddenly a "woo~woo~" horn sound came, and the two warships in front came up side by side.
When Komatsu Reiko saw it, he sneered and said: "No wonder we can't get any news from the country. It turns out that the sea has been blocked by the Ming Navy."
"Master, what should we do now?" Facing the menacing warship, Hosokawa Mokiyuki only felt a sense of genetic fear.
When people face huge objects, they will have a kind of fear. This is instinct.
Komatsu Reiko smiled faintly, glanced at Hosokawa Mochiyuki, and said, "What are you worried about? The navy will naturally solve the naval affairs. We just need to return to the country in peace and contentment."
Sure enough, facing the two oncoming warships, the naval warships here also responded with horn blasts.
Both sides waved flags.
"The Grand Governor has ordered that all ships are prohibited from passing!"
"According to the emperor's order, escort the Japanese delegation back to the country!"
On the warship responsible for blocking the sea, a deputy general looked fierce and asked: "General, what should I do?"
The general gritted his teeth and said: "Let them pass." Although the general was unwilling to accept the emperor's order, the general did not dare to blatantly disobey the emperor's order.
Besides, this is just a ship, and even going to Japan may not change anything.
"Woo~woo~" The two warships sent out signals to see off the escorting warship.
...
"Your Excellency, I would like to submit a memorial to the Duke of the State." An official stood at the door, holding a memorial.
This official was also from an academy. He spoke and acted in an extremely clean and tidy manner without the sloppiness of traditional civil servants.
Since Han Du took charge of the cabinet, he recruited a group of Jinshi from the academy to serve as officials in the cabinet. After being targeted by Qi Tai, Han Du gradually realized that it was not impossible to fight alone, but that he was too tired.
"Come in."
Han Du took the report from the subordinate officer and glanced at it lightly.
Since Tang Ding went to Jeolla Province, he has been sending reports back regularly, mainly reporting on the process of exterminating the Japanese and how far it has been.
At the beginning, Tang Ding made rapid progress. In just one month, it blocked the entire sea and completely cut off the Japanese country's food supplies and ordnance.
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Due to the lack of food, a large number of famines broke out in the Japanese country, especially in the north, where people died almost every moment.
But later Tang Ding discovered something was wrong. Logically speaking, the Japanese people in the famine in Japan should have gone to the beach to catch fish to satisfy their hunger. This was Tang Ding's plan from the beginning. Once the Japanese were driven to the seaside, the navy would be dispatched to capture them all and send them to Tianfang to dig a canal.
At the beginning, there were indeed many Japanese who ran to the beach to fish, and the navy also caught many Japanese. But after catching them several times, the Japanese stopped coming to the beach to fish, uncharacteristically.
Logically speaking, even if the Japanese know that they will be captured if they come to the beach to fish, they will die for their wealth and food. When they are about to starve to death, how can they care about the risk of being captured?
Especially the time when this happened was very subtle. Han Du scratched his fingernails on the date written by Tang Ding. Doing the math, this time was right after Komatsu Reiko returned to Japan.
"Someone is coming."
"Master Chief Assistant, please give me your instructions." A subordinate officer walked in and said with cupped hands.
"By the way, I want to see the emperor."
"yes."
Half an hour later, Han Du took Tang Ding's memorial and stepped onto the steps in front of Qianqing Palace.
After Han Du saluted, Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Why do you have time to see me today?"
Han Du shook his head helplessly. Since taking charge of the cabinet, Han Du found that he had returned to the nine-to-five schedule of his previous life. I originally thought that I would only deal with important important matters, and there would not be many affairs, but it turned out that Han Du was overthinking. The Ming Dynasty is so huge now that there are more than a dozen important events every day. Each of these matters is very important, and we cannot just make a conclusion casually. We need to find several other bachelors to discuss it together. After finishing his work every day, Han Du felt exhausted and went straight out of the palace and returned home, without any desire to stay in the palace.
Only the warmth of home and An Qing's care can wash away Han Du's fatigue.
"This is the report sent by Duke Xin." Han Du took out the report and handed it over with both hands.
After Zhu Biao took it from Wang Yue, he opened it and looked at it casually.
Han Du sat on the Jindun, holding a cup of tea and sipping it, waiting slowly.
After reading it, Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows and said, "Tang Ding's progress in the Japanese country is not going well? It seems that things are a little beyond our expectations."
Han Du nodded slightly, "Originally, the progress was quite smooth, almost as we expected. I wonder if the emperor noticed it?"
"I saw it..." Zhu Biao nodded and saw Han Du's scratches on the report.
