Jin Liu didn't dare to say anything for a while.
Although he was a dignified political leader of North Korea, he was not noble at all in front of even a small Qianzong who was responsible for delivering decrees in the Ming Dynasty.
Even Jin Liu had to force out a smile: "Please calm down the angel!"
There is no way. In this era, China, which was still the Ming Dynasty, was indeed a world hegemon. Therefore, the Han people in this era behaved very toughly in front of foreigners.
Yuan Chonghuan also asked the North Korean King Li Zhu: "Your Highness! You should know who can and cannot be disrespected between China and Japan! In this expedition, you will have to do it whether you go out or not! Otherwise, Our Ming Emperor will question your loyalty, and once I, the Ming Emperor, no longer trust you, you must be aware of the consequences! In addition, according to what Yuan has heard, our Ming Dynasty has an imperial censor requesting the restoration of Lord Guanghai's throne! As for the Japanese revenge, what are you afraid of? As long as China is not willing to let you perish at the hands of the Japanese slaves, you will not perish. And if China is willing to let you perish, let alone the Japanese, even a small Ryukyu country can perish. Wait! Your Highness, please prepare an expedition as soon as possible, otherwise the Japanese will not be conquered first."
After hearing what Yuan Chonghuan said, Li Zhu sighed secretly, and then said with a forced smile: "Mr. Yuan, please calm down! It is an honor for all of us in Korea to serve the Heavenly Dynasty! I will issue a royal decree and order Cao Cao to dispatch troops." thing."
Seeing this, Jin Liu secretly sighed. He did not expect that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty would go on such an expedition for the lives of several businessmen, and would even ask North Korea to follow him on the expedition.
But no matter what, North Korea finally had to obey Zhu Youxiao's will and let the navy commander Li Gui personally lead the North Korean navy to accompany the Ming Dynasty navy to conquer Japan.
Moreover, the North Korean King Li Zhu also asked Li Gui to bring North Korea's most elite Royal Guard Navy and the best warships to accompany the Ming Army Navy.
Although, for Li Jian and other monarchs and ministers, it was a very costly thing to go to Japan, but they still cared about face and did not want their navy to be despised by the Ming Dynasty.
However, even though Li Gui had already brought the best warships of his Korean navy to join the Ming Dynasty Navy, when his Korean navy appeared in front of the Ming Dynasty Denglai Navy fleet, it still seemed dwarfed.
Because the sail warships of the Denglai Navy of the Ming Dynasty are powerful enough to crush all the warships of the North Korean Navy just in terms of the size of the hull.
The key is that the Ming Dynasty's sail warships also crushed North Korea's main hard-built sailing ships in terms of numbers.
The Ming Dynasty Navy also built some rigid sailboats to serve as flagships, defense and logistical supplies because the rigid sailboats were more stable and easier to control.
However, even when talking about rigid sailing ships alone, the rigid sailing ships manufactured by the Ming Dynasty in imitation of treasure ships overwhelmed the Korean navy in size and quantity.
Therefore, when Li Gui led the North Korean Navy on an expedition and saw the entire Edo Bay area crowded with large Ming warships, he was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.
"How powerful is the Chinese Empire that it has built so many large ships! The Japanese country is so unlucky that it has offended the Chinese Empire!"
Li Gui couldn't help but feel enlightened.
But if he knew more about the history of the Ming Dynasty, he would know that the current Ming Dynasty is just recreating the previous maritime national prestige. It’s just that the Ming Dynasty used civilized methods to promote the national prestige, but today’s Emperor Zhu Youxiao has no intention of using civilized methods. way to promote national prestige.
The reason is very simple. No matter how civilized the former is, they will not receive praise from scholars internally, and they will only leave a good reputation and be scolded by scholars as wasting national power, not worth the gain, and just to satisfy the emperor's personal selfish desires. , and did not get any thanks from foreigners because of this civilized way. When the Ming Dynasty's national power declined, these unfamiliar white-eyed wolves would still bite Ming Dynasty when they should, and they were not merciful, and even rushed to bite them. Especially when the Western colonists came, these natives who had been favored by the Ming Dynasty because of Zheng He's voyages to the West still actively acted as accomplices of these Western colonists, killing the Han people mercilessly, even in the civilized 20th century. It was still happening in the 1990s.
Therefore, in this era, Zhu Youxiao would rather choose the latter, pursuing only the maximization of the interests of his own country, even using the most cruel means to promote the country's prestige, because he knows that in this era, the rules are different from those of later generations. .
Of course, Zhu Youxiao also has his own understanding of the so-called reputation. He feels that good praise is not something you can get by doing good things, but you can only get good praise if you have the ability to hurt others. At that time, even if you do a small good deed, you will be praised.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao believes that as long as his Ming Dynasty is strong enough, no matter how domineering and arrogant he makes his empire, some people will take the initiative to praise him as the embodiment of civilization and the angel who brings peace. The influence also becomes cruel and vicious, and he will be praised as a high-quality person.
Just like now, after Zhu Youxiao, who frequently confiscated his family and exterminated his family, was dealt with by him, the civil servants often praised him as the most benevolent emperor throughout the ages. He was even praised by civil servants far more often than Ming Renzong and Ming Xiaozong who were really good to civil servants. , and many of them praised him from the bottom of their hearts and took the initiative to whitewash him, because if these people want to legalize the benefits they receive, they must first whitewash their emperor.
Of course, North Korea's navy commander Li Gui has no intention of praising the Ming Dynasty yet. Now he only feels awe after seeing the Ming Dynasty's powerful battleships.
The Denglai Navy of the Ming Dynasty was personally led by Shen Yourong.
Shen Yourong is a veteran who is over 60 years old. He has rich experience in water warfare, especially the war against Japan. Similarly, he is also one of the people who knows the Japanese country best in this era. He has always believed that the Japanese country is not a neighbor worth worrying about. , sooner or later it will bring disaster to China again.
Therefore, Shen Yourong has always wanted to completely destroy the Japanese country to eliminate its troubles.
Fortunately for him, the emperor gave him such an opportunity in his twilight years.
Shen Yourong naturally attached great importance to this war against the Japanese. He had made corresponding preparations. After arriving in Nagasaki, he first asked Chen Xin about the situation in the shogunate after the Nagasaki incident.
But what Shen Yourong didn't expect was that the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate had no intention of seeking justice for its civilians. It even acquiesced in Chen Xin's occupation of Nagasaki and took the initiative to give Chen Xin food.
"Today's Japanese country after entering the Tokugawa era is really far inferior to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's time! Since this Japanese country has no intention to expand the war, then we can only report to the court first, wait for the court's arrangements, and stay in Nagasaki to deal with Germany at any time. A possible attack by the Shogunate Army."
Shen Yourong therefore said to Chen Xin.
Chen Xin also agreed with this and said: "This Tokugawa Hidetada is not a simple man. He knows that a little impatience can ruin a big plan. Therefore, he did not rush to send more shogunate troops to Nagasaki for fear of losing more."
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A few months later.
As soon as it snowed in the capital, Zhu Youxiao received a report from Shen Yourong.
"Since Tokugawa Hidetada doesn't want to fight, let's negotiate! There must be an understanding of this matter. Immediately organize the nine ministers to participate in the court meeting to discuss how to negotiate!"
Zhu Youxiao said directly.
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