"What the hell, what the hell are you talking about, what are you thinking about!"
for this strange proposal.
Zhu Gaoxu felt a little disgusted and refused directly.
At the same time, he also felt a little disgusted with the strange customs of the Japanese country.
Then, Zhu Gaoxu drove out all the Jinchuan people and took Jinchuan's mansion for his own use.
At night, Li Xiao finally used the chef from Daming to cook and enjoy.
There are a lot of sea fish in this Japanese country. According to Li Xiao's request, the sea fish was steamed and dipped in soy sauce, vinegar and other sauces, and the octopus was grilled and eaten as skewers. It tasted good.
At the dinner table, Zhu Gaoxu spread out the baked dough, put the grilled octopus skewers on top, added a garlic and green onion, wrapped the dough, and bit into it.
This is a way of eating called Zibo BBQ invented by Li Xiao, and Zhu Gaoxu likes it very much.
Zhu Ningyun likes to eat these steamed fish.
I think it tastes fresh and delicious, with a unique flavor.
Li Xiao was holding the sushi and eating it. He was the one who was most accepting of Japanese food. After all, before traveling through time, he would occasionally eat Japanese food.
"Brother-in-law, do you think we can still fight this battle after so many days?"
Zhu Gaoxu said while eating barbecue: "It feels like a waste of time to give these people something to chew on every day."
Li Xiao took a bite of sushi and said calmly: "Fight, of course we have to fight, but don't rush, wait until you can recharge your batteries, and let the other princes of the Japanese country know about our existence, so that they can weigh it in their minds, is it with us?" Make friends or resist, give them time to think.”
Zhu Gaoxu asked puzzledly: "Is this necessary? I think our three thousand cavalry, equipped with such sophisticated equipment, can definitely sweep through this Japanese country. We can directly hit Kyoto and destroy the one named Xili. Won't we achieve our goal? Is it done?"
Li Xiao shook his head, then looked at Zhu Ningyun and said: "Ningyun, do you think we can control this country by destroying their army and controlling their king?"
Zhu Ningyun has read a lot of history books, so she should be able to give Zhu Gaoxu an answer.
"Does not."
Zhu Ningyun slowly put down his chopsticks, looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said: "Gaoxu, if it were so easy, Lan Yu had captured Tuogusi Tiemu'er of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court was timid, and the prime minister Shi Liemen all surrendered to our Ming Dynasty. At that time, we should have controlled Beiyuan and merged it into the territory. But what is the reality? But I, the Ming Dynasty, did not control them, and could only resist them. "
After listening to Zhu Ningyun's words, Zhu Gaoxu understood a lot and suddenly realized: "Yes, even if the monarch can control them, it is impossible to control the people below. It is different from the previous people who competed in the Central Plains. It is the difference between foreign races!
Foreigners do not recognize Han culture. Even if they disperse the Northern Yuan Dynasty and fight them back to Mobei, even if the Golden Family, Wala, and Tatars below are divided, once we continue to invade, they will unite to resist our Ming Dynasty. .
Because they feel that we are not a kind of people and do not recognize us, we have never succeeded in occupying this grassland nation. "
Over the years, Zhu Gaoxu has matured a lot.
After becoming the Queen of Han in Peiping, he had to consider more and more things, and sometimes he had to study to solve some problems.
Looking at problems is no longer as simple and straightforward as before.
"That's right."
Li Xiao nodded: "When Qin Shihuang unified Liuhe, unified the world, and merged the seven kingdoms, why did the second generation die?
Hu Hai's misdirection of the country is just one of them.
The second reason is that the thoughts of various countries did not agree with each other, but they were forcibly softened by Qin Shihuang, which hid hidden dangers.
Fortunately, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, once again unified the country and adopted a gentle approach, so the idea of the Han people slowly emerged.
In the Tang Dynasty, all races harmonized together, leading to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. Then agree, it takes time to settle, and war cannot conquer them.
Think about Annan, why rebellions often occur and need to be suppressed, that is, they are not recognized, and they do not consider themselves to be subjects of the Ming Dynasty.
Another example is the Japanese country here. The same is true. If it is controlled by force, countless people will rise up in rebellion. How much manpower and material resources will be needed, and how many battles will be fought? There is an ocean far away from here, and the supply line is so long. It is really difficult to control it by brute force. "
After listening.
Zhu Gaoxu fell into silence.
In this case, wouldn’t the idea of occupying the Japanese country come to nothing?
He also thought that after he succeeded, he would send a successful report to his father, saying that he had occupied a country and included it in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, my father would definitely laugh out loud and praise: My son is really awesome! I would say that I have admired him the most since I was a child, the one with the most strength.
Are these all your own fantasies?
"Brother-in-law, are we really just destroying the Japanese pirates this time and not occupying the Japanese country?"
Zhu Gaoxu squeezed the wine glass and said: "I really want to occupy this territory. This place is closest to the Ming Dynasty. It will also be an excellent transit point for starting a voyage in the future."
Li Xiao's eyes lit up, Zhu Gaoxu had really grown up.
Before he could say anything, his thoughts coincided with his own.
Japan is an excellent transit point and must be captured no matter what.
Moreover, in his heart, he also wanted to capture the Japanese country.
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Gao Xu, what we are doing now is not to occupy the Japanese country?"
Zhu Gaoxu asked strangely: "Didn't my brother-in-law just say that war cannot occupy a country?"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "This is the purpose of cultivating the loyal dog Jinchuan. If you want to occupy the Japanese country, you must support a force that can compete with the current rulers of the Ashikaga family."
Zhu Gaoxu asked: "Why is this?"
Li Xiao explained: "Have you forgotten what I just said? If we deal with them personally, they will join forces to deal with us. Even if we defeat their army and control their monarch, we will not be able to rule this country. There will be constant uprisings."
Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "Yes, these little Baga are a little fanatical. Yesterday I saw a samurai come to Jinchuan's house, persuade Jinchuan not to be a savior, and then committed suicide by committing seppuku to show his ambition. These people are really fanatical! It would be really troublesome if uprisings continue.”
"That's right."
Li Xiao said with a smile: "Jinchuan guy thinks that we just want to gain benefits from the Japanese country, destroy the Japanese pirates, and open up a sea route. They don't know our true purpose at all, so they are friendly with us. If he once knew Our true purpose may not be so easy to talk about. In his opinion, he is using us to deal with their enemies, because the enemies are too powerful and require outside forces to intervene. "
"so."
Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up and he understood: "We are the force they need to support a force. Form a confrontation, let them split internally, and keep fighting, then we can reap the benefits. This is the brother-in-law's plan. !”
"You finally understand what I mean."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Yes, there must be one casualty in the fight between two tigers. Support one side to balance their strength and have the capital for war. When they themselves defeat this land and break it with holes, then That’s when we pick peaches.”
After listening to this, Zhu Gaoxu thought about what happened some time ago and suddenly realized: "No wonder. Brother-in-law, no wonder you want to trade with the Tartar Alutai tribe. You just want to increase the strength of the Alutai tribe and gradually achieve a balance with Oara. Then the Arutai tribe will have the strength to resist the Oara tribe and prevent the Oara tribe from annexing it. What a trick to drive the tiger to devour the wolf and kill someone with a borrowed knife! Brother-in-law, you are so good!"
After Zhu Gaoxu understood the truth, he understood everything. He even understood the whole story of his brother-in-law's plan to conduct border trade with the Alutai tribe some time ago.
"That's right, everything is to prevent them from unifying!"
Li Xiao said: "Gao Xu, why do you think the Ming Dynasty is so powerful?"
Zhu Gaoxu shook his head.
Zhu Ningyun on the side smiled slightly and explained: "Because the Ming Dynasty is a unified empire."
"Yes, Madam is smart!"
After praising Li Xiao, he said: "Once the country ends its disputes and enters unification, it will be a time of rapid development. After development for a period of time, it will become stronger and stronger. The strong will always be strong, and the weak will perish."
In later generations, this method was commonly used by a certain country.
Li Xiao is just using it to learn and use it now.
Taking advantage of hundreds of schools of thought and strengthening yourself is the way to go.
In this global village, taking the lead means taking the lead step by step.
If possible, Li Xiao's next step is to occupy Yingjiang Country.
There is a large amount of plain land, suitable for growing crops on a large area.
"I understand! I completely understand."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and nodded, his admiration for his brother-in-law beyond words.
That's it,
In the past few days, Zhu Gaoxu and his generals have been training troops outside the city wall every day.
When the Jinchuan family saw how they were training their own soldiers, they couldn't help but feel terrified.
They looked at this well-trained tiger and wolf army in horror, thinking that with this army, they might be able to sweep away the Ashikaga family! !
At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu also sent people to train the 10,000 puppet troops who were incorporated into the army, so that these miscellaneous troops could also improve their combat effectiveness.
These days, Zhu Ningyun was playing with Li Xiao in the Japanese country.
Stroll around the city every day, or go to the countryside to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
"Xiaolang, what kind of flower is this? It feels so beautiful."
The two of them rode horses and came to a beautiful place in the suburbs.
The river here flows leisurely and is crystal clear.
The river surface ripples slightly, reflecting the surrounding scenery.
The cherry blossom trees on the bank are full of pink flowers, and the petals fall in the wind, like a gentle snow, decorating the entire river bank more beautifully.
The breeze blows on your face, carrying the fragrance of cherry blossoms, which is intoxicating.
A few birds sang happily on the branches.
It adds life and vitality to the picture.
"It is indeed beautiful."
Li Xiao gently held Ningyun's hand and walked beside the creek, feeling the scenery of this foreign country. The two of them tacitly understood each other and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.
Although he has been busy these years, Li Xiao always takes time to experience the natural scenery and beauty with his lover, giving this busy heart a tranquility that belongs to both of them.
【Ding! You and Zhu Ningyun are holding hands and enjoying the natural beauty. Both of you are very happy. Earn sweet points: 100 points. Trigger 50x critical hit and get sweet points: 5000 points. 】
[Current points: 332.6 million. 】
The two of them were sitting under a cherry blossom tree. When the wind blew, they could catch the flowers falling all over the sky with their hands, which was particularly pleasant.
"Xiaolang, do you think we can really travel across thousands of rivers and mountains and browse the beautiful scenery of the entire world in our lifetime?"
Zhu Ningyun's smile is more beautiful than cherry blossoms, and the pear vortex is blooming, making people can't help but look at it more.
"Of course, everything in the world is difficult only for those who are willing. There are many places more beautiful than this." Li Xiao said with a smile.
"It's a pity that I haven't given you a son or a daughter in the past five years. I always feel very ashamed of you."
Zhu Ningyun leaned on Li Xiao's shoulder and said resentfully.
This was the only hurdle in her heart that she couldn't overcome, and she always felt that she owed something to Li Xiao.
"It doesn't matter, isn't it nice to have a world between two of us like this? Ningyun, stop thinking so wildly."
Li Xiao held her in his arms and looked at the scenery.
In fact, Li Xiao also thought of a way, but unfortunately the system did not show this drug.
In fact, it is not impossible. Li Xiao feels that he can take Zhu Ningyun back to modern times and go to the hospital for in vitro fertilization.
If you don’t do this, you feel that the time has not come yet.
It is not convenient to have children to drag us down right now.
When the world is settled and there are no borders for eternity, it won't be too late to have children.
The two of them were chatting together, and suddenly, they felt something was wrong.
"It smells delicious."
Zhu Ningyun held her breath and reminded in a low voice.
"I smell it. It's probably someone trying to assassinate us."
Li Xiao also became alert.
However, the two of them squinted their eyes tacitly, as if they had been tricked.
In the stream, a few straws were moving slowly, and then a few people wearing black clothes, their faces covered and holding daggers came up from the water.
Iga ninja.
This is a kind of warrior unique to the Japanese country, mainly responsible for assassinations and assassinations.
They were waiting in the river just now, waiting for Li Xiao and the two to lose their guard.
Whispering rustling——
The six ninjas quickly rushed towards Li Xiao. As they ran, they also shot Jimei General's poisoned kunai.
"Be careful."
Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun suddenly stood up and dodged easily.
Buzz——
The drawn sword bloomed with the sound of dragon roar and a cold glow.
Both of them possess Xiang Yu's power and possess many martial arts skills, so they can easily deal with little ninjas.
"Baga, they are not stunned. In this case, the six of us will work together to kill them. This man is the Duke of the Ming Army, with a high position. Kill him and the Ming Army will disperse without attacking!"
One of the leading Iga ninja shouted.
Then the four people rushed towards Li Xiao and the two.
"Ninjutsu, Fire Dragon Jutsu."
"call--"
One of the ninjas stood up and jumped, then blew out a stream of blazing fire from his mouth.
It looked very bluffing, but in fact the distance was very limited, and the flames only sprayed out a distance of three meters. Li Xiao took Zhu Ningyun and took a step back, easily dodging it.
"Ninjutsu? They can actually breathe fire?"
Zhu Ningyun was slightly startled, feeling a little strange.
I have never seen such an attack technique before, so I couldn't help but become alert.
"What fire breathing ninjutsu?"
Li Xiao explained, "He drank a mouthful of fire oil when he ran away. It was Shaanxi's fire-breathing acrobatics. This little Baga learned it, regarded it as a treasure, and turned it into a ninjutsu in their mouth."
"It turns out that I stole it from my Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Ningyun felt speechless.
"Should we play fast or slow?"
Li Xiao asked, and at the same time his hand touched his waist.
This sentence is a secret message between the two people.
"Quick, these people are weird, let's deal with them quickly."
Zhu Ningyun thought for a while, but was still too lazy to get too entangled.
"Okay, let's play fast."
Li Xiao nodded, and then the two of them took out small pistols from their waists.
Bang bang bang, bang bang bang!
Both of them are veritable sharpshooters, destroying an enemy with every bullet.
After six gunshots, the six Iga ninjas received their lunch on the spot before they could use their special moves.
The gun is fast from seven steps away.
The gun is accurate and fast within seven steps.
Times have changed, who still plays kunai with you?
Do you really think that you are Naruto and can destroy the world with just one ninjutsu? ?
The so-called Iga ninjas just learned some weird things, which are called ninjutsu.
For example, the fire-breathing skill just now was learned from the Ming Dynasty, and became a powerful ninjutsu in the Japanese country.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Iga ninjas were just a group of people who knew how to juggle and do some boxing and kicking.
With such an incident, the romantic date between Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun was over.
Li Xiao brought up the body of a ninja leader and planned to take it back and ask Jinchuan to give an explanation.
After all, he said that if an assassination occurred here, his head would be taken away.
Jinchuan had also given instructions a long time ago not to be disrespectful to distinguished guests from outside.
This ninja was probably sent by other forces.
No coincidence.
After Zhu Gaoxu finished his military training and was shopping on the street, he went to an izakaya to drink, and was assassinated by an Iga ninja.
The ninjas disguised themselves as walls and leaned against the walls motionless.
After Zhu Gaoxu drank two bottles of wine, he started to leave.
It's a pity that with Zhu Gaoxu's drinking capacity, drinking two bottles of Japanese sake was just like drinking tap water, and he didn't feel anything at all.
He drew his sword on the spot and hacked these Iga ninjas to death.
Two assassinations occurred in one day.
When Zhu Gaoxu and Li Xiao dumped the body in Jinchuan's mansion, Jinchuan himself was so frightened that he sweated profusely.
After all, he had promised that if they were assassinated, he would be responsible.
"Yongle Gongsang, Hanwang Sang, this is definitely not done by my Jinchuan family."
Kanagawa explained while examining the body, and then said angrily: "Iga ninja. This was done by members of the Toshikawa family. They are despicable people. This is their usual trick!"
"The Tokawa Family."
Zhu Gaoxu said angrily: "Whether it is true or not, this is your dereliction of duty. You actually let these ninjas flow into Fukui. Why are you such a waste?"
"Yes, yes, I am a waste."
Jinchuan gave himself a few slaps and said humbly: "Hanwang Sang, please give me three days. I will definitely capture all the ninjas sent by the Lichuan family."
Zhu Gaoxu said displeasedly: "I can't catch them all within three days to make you look good."
"Hi!"
Jinchuan bowed, then withdrew, began to arrange his men, and ordered his warriors to search for assassins throughout the city.
Return to the room.
Li Xiao and others began to think about what happened recently.
Zhu Gaoxu felt something was wrong: "Brother-in-law, something is wrong. This Jinchuan is not as simple as he appears. Look at how humble he is today. This person is too tolerant, capable of stretching and bending. His scheming seems to be very deep, and he is not as easy to control as he seems."
"Did you just find out?"
Li Xiao smiled slightly, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Then if we cultivate such a loyal dog, even if we defeat the Lichuan family and control the political power, Jinchuan will probably betray him immediately after we leave. We can't always stay in this Japanese country, right?"
Zhu Gaoxu expressed his doubts.
"That's right, so we need people to stay here to weigh them. It's not just the Jinchuan family. We need multiple princes to divide their power and use them to achieve our goals. Our ultimate goal is to colonize and then slowly annex This land.”
Li Xiao said this, having already thought of a countermeasure in his mind.
"This person must know how to use power very well."
Zhu Gaoxu worriedly said: "But we don't have such talents in the army this time. Warriors like Zhang Wu and Zhang Fu may not be able to do it. And I can't bear to let them stay in Japan after following me for many years."
"Brother-in-law has already prepared it for you."
Li Xiao clapped his hands and said, "Wei Zhongxian, come out and meet the King of Han."
Then, a handsome young eunuch walked out of the room, walked up to Zhu Gaoxu and bowed, "I have met the King of Han."
This Wei Zhongxian was obtained by Li Xiao at a cost of 30 million points.
That is to say, on the day of going to sea, the character Li Xiao bought appeared in front of him. According to the system prompts, the character he bought was only loyal to himself, and it was hard to say anything else.
To put it simply, although Wei Zhongxian is under his control when it comes to his superiors, he may also do evil to his subordinates.
Naturally, such people could not be used in the Ming Dynasty.
But staying in Japan is really the best choice.
Although this person is a treacherous minister, he has power over the government and the public.
But he knows how to play with people's hearts and knows how to use power.
Li Xiao believed that after defeating the Lichuan family, it would be most suitable to leave Wei Zhongxian in the Japanese country. Wei Zhongxian must slowly annex the Japanese country.
In any case, Wei Zhongxian is Chinese.
Let him go to the Japanese people, which means that evil people will have their own troubles.
At that time, our own colonization plan can also be implemented.
He believed that Wei Zhongxian could govern these Japanese people obediently.
In fact, there is another benefit.
If the people of later generations are bought out in advance, this Wei Zhongxian will not be born in later generations, and there will be no subsequent dynasties.
Buying out traitors and killing them would be a waste of points, but it would also be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.
"Brother-in-law, isn't this your little eunuch serving you? What skills can he have?"
Zhu Gaoxu was a little puzzled.
"Hey, the King of Han must not underestimate the Zajia. The Zajia's ability will be unexpected by the King of Han. The Zajia will turn the small Japanese country upside down. The King of Han only needs to give our family some authority and leave some loyal soldiers before leaving. , just take a look."
This is Wei Zhongxian with memories of his life.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he seemed old-fashioned and completely inconsistent with his actual age.
He was already ready to move, and he was extremely excited. If he could not become the emperor during his lifetime, becoming the emperor in the Japanese country would be a good thing.
Li Xiao looked helpless, so he would never dare to leave such a person in Ming Dynasty.
But actually, if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t matter.
Even if Wei Zhongxian really came to the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period, he would not be able to defeat Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang. These two people are incomparable with later emperors.
"You don't have a small tone."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said disapprovingly: "You, little eunuch, seem to be quite capable. I believe in you. Just watch the territory you conquer here for me."
"King of Han, the Za family takes orders."
Wei Zhongxian bowed slightly, not paying attention to Zhu Gaoxu at all.
In the next three days, Li Xiao arranged for Wei Zhongxian to become the steward of the Jinchuan family, and arranged a group of hundreds of households for Wei Zhongxian to dispatch to prevent him from being assassinated.
As soon as Wei Zhongxian met Jinchuan, he cried loudly about his experience, and then slowly moved closer to Jinchuan, expressing his hatred for the Ming Dynasty.
This surprised Jinchuan, thinking that he had betrayed a member of the Ming Army.
Little did he know that he had become a pawn of Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian had already begun to make plans without Li Xiao's explanation.
Three days later, a dozen ninjas sent by the Lichuan family in the city were all captured and pressed before Li Xiao, Zhu Gaoxu and others.
"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"
These people were also very samurai-minded and committed suicide by committing seppuku.
As the news of the failed assassination spread, the signal for war has started. Families from all over the world do not want to see the Jinchuan family alone benefit, and are ready to take action.
A few days later, the Uesugi family sent someone to Fukui to talk in person.
After getting the news, Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed.
"As my brother-in-law said, if we sit here, the effect is better than fighting directly! If we win over a family, gather more puppet troops, and use them as cannon fodder, our Ming army can reduce a lot of damage!!"
(End of chapter)
