Japan, Daming Port.
This is the closest port from the Ming Dynasty to the coast of Japan, and it is currently one of the largest ports in the entire Japan.
It was originally established when a large number of troops landed when the Ming army first conquered Japan.
In the past year or so, due to the discovery of Japanese silver mines, the number of merchants coming and going has become more intensive, and the Ming government also needs to transport a large amount of various mineral deposits.
After rapid economic development, the port has naturally grown to a huge scale.
There are not only businessmen from Ming Dynasty here, but also many businessmen from other countries.
Most people are accustomed to ships as tall as city towers, such as the Ming Dynasty Treasure Ship.
But the shock of hundreds of treasure ships sailing from the seaside together is a spectacular sight that many people have never seen in their lives.
Subsequently, the entire dock was blocked by a large number of Ming troops.
"Who is this? The scene is so grand that the entire port has been cleared. My goods haven't even been shipped yet. If this takes too long, I'm going to lose money."
"You should say a few words less, lest disaster comes from your mouth. Haven't you heard that the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty will be going to the Japanese country in the near future? For such a big occasion, it must be the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty."
Crowds of people surged on the pier, and the huge ship slowly docked at the port.
Nearly 200,000 Ming troops opened the way and completely blocked all roads. Under such circumstances, ordinary people had no chance of getting close, and even the grandson of the Ming Dynasty could not see what he looked like.
A large number of cavalry began to patrol the surroundings. With artillery now available, according to the travel escort regulations, the surrounding two miles must be inspected, and any hidden dangers that threaten Taisun's life must be completely eliminated.
You must know that even the current granular artillery has a range of no more than one mile, and a range of two miles is considered absolutely safe.
As the Ming army suppressed the situation, the most gorgeous treasure ship in the center of the many treasure ships slowly docked.
The huge staircase was hung on the side of the treasure ship, and Zhu Ying and Sultana slowly walked down from it.
There are already twelve horse-drawn chariots waiting on the ground.
Beside the dragon chariot, there were four middle-aged men waiting in royal costumes. They were King Zhu Xi of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, and King Zhu Su of Qi.
"Greetings to His Majesty Taisun."
The four of them bowed and saluted.
There are no uncles or nephews outside, only monarchs and ministers.
"Your Majesty, no courtesy."
After the process was completed, Zhu Ying followed the four imperial uncles to the palace that had been arranged long ago.
After Zhu Ying's mission to Japan was confirmed, construction of a palace began immediately along the coast of Japan.
Thousands of craftsmen worked day and night to build Zhu Ying's resting place.
Naturally, the palace will not be as luxurious as the Imperial Palace in the capital, but basically everything that should be provided is in place.
When Zhu Ying came over, a banquet had already been prepared.
Once inside the palace, there was no need to be as polite as outsiders. In private, Zhu Ying and many of the emperor's uncles were addressed by their own family members.
After a while of passing glasses and drinking for three rounds.
Zhu Xi took the lead and asked: "My eldest nephew, don't blame my second uncle for talking too much. Now we all know the military strength of the Japanese country. The number of soldiers capable of fighting on the left and right is only 500,000, which is far compared to our Ming Dynasty."
"Now, there are hundreds of various mineral deposits including silver mines in the Kyushu Island of Japan alone. This does not include some that have not been discovered in the deep mountains and old forests."
"I also went to Shikoku Island. If my father's edict hadn't arrived, my eldest nephew might have already become my Ming Dynasty territory by the time you came over."
"Let me tell you, my eldest nephew has brought 200,000 soldiers this time. If we brothers put them together, 200,000 soldiers are not far behind."
"What if we take over Shikoku Island directly and bring more mineral deposits to my Ming Dynasty?"
"What do you think, eldest nephew? As long as you give the order, I will lead my sons and sons to attack the city and seize the land. I guarantee that we will capture it within ten days and a half. What are you talking about with the Japanese royal family? I see All
There is no need to talk. "
Zhu Xi has been feeling very unhappy these days.
All the Iyo Castles in the four countries have surrendered, and even Tosa Castle can be captured in less than two or three days.
As for the Sanuki and Awa cities behind, it is impossible to say that they can be blocked.
All the fat in his mouth was vomited out, which made Zhu Xi feel suffocated.
Now that I have met the rightful owner, I can't help but complain.
After hearing these words, Zhu Ying put down the wine glass that she originally held and frowned slightly.
When everyone saw Zhu Ying's appearance, their hearts suddenly trembled.
As for Zhu Xi himself, he was half sober from drinking.
It seems that the four major vassal kings have established vassals overseas, but the Japanese country is so far away from the Ming Dynasty that it is no different from the Tu emperor.
But in fact, if you consider it carefully, you will find that the power of the vassal kings is almost all under Zhu Ying's influence.
Whether it is the economy, military, logistics, or even officials, Ming Dynasty has direct or indirect power.
Economically, the Japanese economy was very weak. A large amount of mineral deposits were money, but they also needed to pay taxes from the Ming Dynasty, and almost all of this transportation relied on Ming Dynasty ships.
With the current strength of the Ming Navy, it can even easily blockade the entire Japanese country.
It's similar in the military.
Although each has a quota of 30,000 personal soldiers and 50,000 auxiliary soldiers.
But these middle-level officers are also gradually infiltrated by seniors who graduated from the Ming Military Academy.
For each vassal king, they are really eager to get the students who graduated from the Ming Military Academy.
These students not only have outstanding abilities, but most importantly, they strictly obey orders. Not only can they successfully complete the tasks assigned by the feudal lord, they can also train new recruits on their own and integrate the discipline of the entire army.
Of course, such talents will be robbed.
Even Zhu Xi, as long as there are more students, he will feel completely relaxed.
Who doesn't like that the army under his command is a strong army?
For soldiers stationed in the Japanese country, they only need to be stationed for three years before they can apply to return to the Ming Dynasty.
Most of their thoughts are still on the Ming Dynasty, and it is difficult to change in a short time.
Needless to say, officials, most of the officials who followed the feudal kings to Japan wanted to gain good political achievements and display their talents and academic ambitions here.
As long as his term is up, he will definitely think of ways to return to Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Ying's power as the grandson of the Ming Dynasty directly extended to the Japanese country.
When the four vassal kings faced Zhu Ying in Japan, there was no difference from when they faced Zhu Ying in the capital of Ming Dynasty.
Today's Zhu Ying no longer needs to rely on Zhu Yuanzhang to support himself a few years ago. After the military power is gradually controlled and his reputation gradually increases, although Zhu Ying is not the emperor himself, he actually has the power of the emperor.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I was drunk and talking nonsense. Please don't take it to heart." Seeing the tense atmosphere, Zhu Feng quickly said with a smile.
He used to only be afraid of his father, but now there is another person.
Just silence can make him panic.
"Second uncle said something serious. I was just thinking about how to tell the uncles." Zhu Ying waved her hand to show that she didn't mean to be angry.
Then he pondered for a while and said, "What my second uncle just said makes sense and is correct."
"Let's talk a few words behind closed doors today."
"With the military strength of our Ming Dynasty, it is not difficult to completely conquer the Japanese country. Whether it is the Japanese country or other small countries around it, they are like ants to our Ming Dynasty."
"It's just that the ants themselves also have their own role. If they are completely replaced, it will make themselves more troublesome."
Speaking of this, Zhu Ying glanced at Zhu Fang and said, "I have heard of my second uncle's bold words in the capital. He said that he wanted to conquer the entire Shikoku Island and use it as his future vassal territory."
Zhu Xiang's face was shocked when he heard this, and he hurriedly explained: "It's all drunken nonsense. I don't know which little bastard spread it to me. Grandson, don't trust others."
Zhu Ying didn't care too much about this aspect. If he really wanted to pursue it, this would be a big crime for Zhu Ping.
Because the territories conquered by overseas vassal kings need to be canonized by the imperial court, and they cannot do whatever they want.
"Whether it's conquering Shikoku Island or conquering Japan, these are not big things to you uncles."
"In my opinion, fighting is one aspect. If you really want to completely rule the vassal, education is the key."
"Although I have not personally seen the mineral deposits in various places on Kyushu Island, I can roughly guess that the Japanese people must have worked hard."
"This is not good. It's very bad. It's like squandering the fish. Once it reaches a breaking point, it will bring more trouble."
"I asked my second uncle to return Iyo Castle to the Japanese royal family, just because I don't want to embarrass the Japanese side too much and cause chaos in the Japanese country, resulting in too many casualties."
"Having said that, if the Japanese royal family disappears, will the people of this Japanese country really obey my orders from the Ming Dynasty? Just like the late Yuan Dynasty, there must be constant uprisings."
"When hatred is deep-seated, the price paid becomes even more troublesome."
"The ruined Japanese country means nothing to me, the Ming Dynasty, including all of you uncles. The mineral deposits on Kyushu Island are enough for us to mine, and we can't manage any more."
"This time I came to Japan to negotiate, because I wanted to suppress the possibility of the Japanese royal family mobilizing troops from all over the country."
"You know, today's Japanese country has a population of more than four million, while the Ming Dynasty can only station 200,000 troops all year round. This is very similar to when the Mongols settled in the Central Plains."
"Uncles, what I want is not to rule the Japanese country for a short period of time. In the vassal territory of the Japanese country, it is also the family fortune of many uncles in the future. Who doesn't want the family fortune to last forever?"
In Zhu Ying's heart, especially in this era, population is the most precious wealth.
Almost no Han people are willing to leave their hometowns to mine mineral deposits. You must know that the probability of mine collapse is very high now, and it is extremely normal for several people to die.
But there must always be someone to do these jobs, and it is most suitable for Japanese people to do it.
Only a stable Japanese country can create more wealth for the Ming Dynasty. If you want to thoroughly educate the Japanese country, it will not be achieved overnight. It can only be done through generations of education like Mu Ying.
Zhu Ying is still young and can carry at least three generations.
Three generations later, can this Japanese country still belong to the Ming Dynasty?
There are some things that you cannot rush. If you are too anxious, it will have the opposite effect.
Hearing this, Zhu Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter what, as long as he continues to be a feudal lord in Japan, everything else doesn't matter.
Since Taisun said not to fight, then he won’t fight.
At this time, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, and Zhu Shu also roughly understood what Zhu Ying meant. These words were one factor. In fact, they still wanted to control the battle between several feudal kings within the scope of Kyushu Island.
Today's Ming Dynasty is making great strides and is almost constantly civilizing the surrounding small countries. It needs a huge number of talents.
The news of Zhu Ying's arrival in the Japanese kingdom naturally reached the Japanese royal family and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu at the fastest speed.
The grandson of the Ming Dynasty personally came to Japan to negotiate, which was enough to give him face.
Emperor Komatsu must come to the Daming Palace in person at Daming Port.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is the shogun and holds real power, but the nominal ruler is Emperor Gokomatsu of the Japanese royal family.
Compared with the Japanese royal family, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was regarded as a powerful general in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, but he was still a little worse than the later Emperor Komatsu.
Before Emperor Gokomatsu departed, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu prepared a banquet to entertain Emperor Gokomatsu.
"The great grandson of the Ming Dynasty said that the great Ming Dynasty should be
Ming's high-yielding crop seeds were given to our Japanese country. He must have wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to divide the entire Kyushu Island into the territories of various vassals of the Ming Dynasty. "
"We, the Japanese country, now have no ability to compete with the Ming Dynasty. We can only quietly accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity to come."
"So when necessary, we should ask His Majesty the Emperor to put the overall situation first."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knelt on the ground and saluted Emperor Gokomatsu respectfully.
How could Emperor Gokomatsu not understand the meaning behind these words.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Japan's cession of the entire Kyushu Island has become a fact, and there is currently no ability to take it back. It is simply a fantasy to ask Ming Dynasty to take the initiative to return it.
Being able to return Iyo Castle on Shikoku Island is already the biggest concession, and it also sends seeds of high-yielding crops.
It's just that someone must be responsible for the act of ceding territory.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu naturally did not want to bear the responsibility himself, and wanted to throw the blame on Emperor Gokomatsu.
Facing the powerful shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Emperor Gokomatsu had no possibility of refusing.
He could only say after having a drink: "General, please don't worry."
Hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu suddenly smiled on his face.
As long as the Japanese royal family is responsible for this matter, it will not hinder his future real power rule, and he can also take this opportunity to weaken the power of the Japanese royal family.
Three days later, a group of people headed by Emperor Komatsu, Queen of the Japanese Imperial Family, including Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, arrived at the coastal Daming Port to meet with His Highness the Great Grandson of the Daming Dynasty.
