After Li Chengliang said this, he looked at Wang Xijue, Shen Li and others.
Shen Li pondered for a while and then said: "According to the wishes of the Prime Minister, in the future, the western part of Japan should be directly ruled by the central court! The eastern part will be divided into a number of vassal states, and there are still many vassal states between them. It is necessary to ensure that the vassals are not close to each other."
"In this way, although the entire Japan will become Han territory in the future, the political power will still be divided."
"It will be easy for future kings to reduce the vassal status in the future, or not to do so. Because the cost of rule is high, abandoning the territory and carrying out strategic contraction will also ensure that Japan will be difficult to unify, which in turn will make it easier for subsequent successors who want to make a difference. Sir, can you continue to conquer this place in a more comprehensive way!"
When Shen Li said this, he looked at Li Chengliang: "But is that so?"
Li Chengliang nodded.
Wang Xijue also nodded here and said: "Japan has too many islands and they are too long and narrow. It is indeed difficult for the imperial court to directly rule all the places under the current conditions!"
"And if you want to digest all of it after conquering this place in the future, it will take several generations. Now it is true that only part of it can be returned and part of it can be restrained!"
"That's right!"
"For example, although Lingnan was unified into China during the Qin Dynasty, it was still during the Song Dynasty that it was completely returned to its original homeland."
"The southwest has just begun to return on a large scale!"
"Military victory over a place is often just the beginning. It often takes a long time to completely digest a place as Han territory and truly achieve effective rule."
"The reason why the former Chief Secretary of Cochin was abandoned was that he was too eager and forcibly returned to his hometown, which made it difficult to quell the rebellion and tasted tasteless."
Li Chengliang elaborated a few words and then said:
"The same goes for Japan. Although it is a narrow strip of water, before the emergence of the kind of radio that the Qi family consort studied, the cost of achieving internal and external transportation is still too high!"
"So, there is no problem if we just send a large army for conquest now, it is nothing more than a one-time deal; but if we have to station the army permanently in the local area and set up floating officials, it will be difficult to know the changes in time."
“Especially east of Edo!”
"Because the transportation is too long, sooner or later the exiled officials sent there will become local officials."
"Instead of doing this, it is better to imitate Taizu, and in such a remote place, not only seal the king, but also set up officials to check and balance each other."
"In this way, even if the government's decree cannot be implemented quickly, it can prevent it from getting bigger."
"What's more, there are troops stationed in the imperial court to the west watching at all times."
Shen Li followed.
Li Chengliang nodded, and pointed to the location of Ibaraki in the Kanto region of Japan on the map: "This Hitachi Kingdom is just east of Edo, with more than 5 million acres of land. The current lord of the country is a hard-liner who is unwilling to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty. , just as our army is conquering the Tokugawa clan, we can completely capture Edo and directly turn Hitachi Kingdom into our Ming Dynasty."
After hearing this, Wang Xijue said: "I agree!"
Shen Li nodded: "Me too."
"I have no objection. It's just that the Kingdom of Hitachi has become the Kingdom of Wei, and the Daimyo of Japan has become the King of the Ming Dynasty."
"It's just that King Wei is the first vassal king to establish a vassal overseas after all. Since he wants to ensure that the vassalage goes smoothly and can attract other sects to join the vassal overseas in the future, then the Wei vassal area should be well managed, so You should carefully choose the governor of the vassal territory of King Wei."
Wang Lin, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, then said.
"Of course, I recommend that the governor of Yie Bo (Xing Jie), King Wei, take control of the vassal territory."
Li Chengliang said something at this time.
"Uncle Jie has served as governor of Japan and is familiar with the barbarians in the east, so he is qualified for the job."
The other ministers also agreed.
Li Chengliang therefore said: "In that case, I will report it to Your Majesty."
After Zhu Yijun learned about this plan, he said: "Then the place will be enfeoffed and defended, Changlu State will be changed to Kaiping Mansion, the Chief Secretary of Honshu in the Ming Dynasty, and Xing Jie will be ordered to governor Honshu, and he will order to conquer the Tokugawa clan's Magui tribe army, and let They must clean up the Japanese pirates so that King Wei can join the vassal state, and King Wei can wait until the sea monsoon is suitable to temporarily station in Japan, and then go to Changliu Kingdom to join the vassal state."
"According to the order!"
The Ming Dynasty's official army, led by the commander-in-chief Ma Gui, is advancing rapidly in Honshu with overwhelming momentum, and has reached the vicinity of Kyoto in the winter of the 24th year of Wanli.
The emperor in Kyoto was frightened by this and hurriedly sent someone to send a letter of surrender to Magi, saying that he had no intention of proclaiming himself emperor or allowing Tokugawa to establish a shogunate.
Ma Gui directly ordered the envoy to be killed.
Because Zhu Yijun had clearly decreed to him that the Japanese royal family must be wiped out to prove to the world that there can only be one emperor in this world.
Therefore, Magui had no intention of accepting the emperor's surrender.
During the time when Ma Gui led his troops to attack the Japanese kingdom of Kyoto, King Wei also formally boarded the ship after bidding farewell to Zhu Yijun, and set out to sea to Japan.
Since Ming Dynasty now has ships frequently traveling between Japan and Ningbo, there is basically no risk in going to Japan by sea.
Therefore, King Wei successfully arrived in Japan, and met Zhu Yili, the former King of Lu, who was imprisoned here.
"Your Majesty wants you to go back as long as you are willing to write a letter of repentance."
King Wei also conveyed Zhu Yijun's words to Zhu Yili.
Zhu Yilu said: "I won't write, and I don't want to go back. It's so prosperous here, and the Chinese-style Japanese are also very respectful. It's much more comfortable than in China."
At this time, King Wei was also standing on the attic facing the street, looking at the bustling Nagasaki City. He saw that there were a lot of people here, all wearing Han clothes, and there were even densely packed shops. Han characters could be seen everywhere, and even though they were During the cold weather, I still see pink girls dancing with red sleeves in the brothels of various brothels to embrace people, and they will say: "It does not look so desolate and desolate here, it actually looks like the south of the Yangtze River!"
"right?"
"So, why should I go back? I might as well be locked up here until I die."
As Zhu Yirui said this, he lay down on the couch and let the Japanese girl knock his legs. He closed his eyes and smelled the faint body fragrance of the Japanese girl. After a while, he started snoring like thunder.
As the second son of Long Qing and Li, his character is somewhat similar to that of Wanli in history, and he likes to show off.
Seeing this, King Wei did not persuade him any more, but stayed temporarily in Nagasaki, waiting for news of the conquest of Magui's army.
Magaki has now led the army into the Hyogo area of Kyoto.
The entire Kyoto ruling class was even more panicked.
After the coalition forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi were defeated by the coalition forces led by the Ming Dynasty, Tokugawa Ieyasu became the real shogunate due to the early outbreak of the Sekigahara War, but the power of the Toyotomi family was not completely eliminated.
Japan as a whole is still in an era of fragmentation.
However, because Tokugawa Ieyasu had just ended the Sekigahara War, he had not yet had time to divide the daimyo who had moved away to be loyal to the Toyotomi family.
Therefore, the real power in Kyoto is still in the hands of the Toyotomi family.
same.
Now the Ming Dynasty is conquering the Tokugawa clan, not only to eliminate the Tokugawa clan, but also to eliminate the forces of the Toyotomi clan along the way.
The reason is that the Toyotomi clan was originally a hostile force to the Ming Dynasty.
Ever since Toyotomi Hideyoshi was ordered to be a rebel by Zhu Yijun, the Toyotomi family has been the enemy of the Ming Dynasty.
East, October, the twenty-fourth year of Wanli.
The Ming army arrived at Himeji Castle and used hundreds of artillery pieces to capture the outer city of Himeji Castle.
Kinoshita's servant, who was given the surname Toyotomi, was forced to open the gate of Honmaru Castle, the inner city, and ask for surrender.
After the Ming army occupied Himeji Castle, they were not in a hurry to launch an attack and go to Osaka Castle.
Because the weather was too cold, the army was exhausted, and the logistics needed to be resupplied, they only rested in Himeji Castle and sent people to recruit the Toyotomi family.
The Toyotomi family, which held the real power to rule the Kyoto area, did not know that the emperor had secretly asked for surrender.
Only after they received the news that the Ming army was persuading them to surrender, did they start having heated discussions about whether to surrender.
But in the end, the Toyotomi family did not choose to surrender, because their actual leader Asai Chacha knew that once he surrendered, his three-year-old son Toyotomi Hideyori would definitely lose his life.
Therefore, Asai Chacha asked a group of ministers to protect Osaka and not surrender.
Coincidentally, the civil servants of the Toyotomi family now have the final say, with military generals taking second place. Civil servants have always been obedient to obeying the emperor's orders, which is why the Toyotomi family was still trying to resist when the Ming Dynasty's royal division arrived.
However, the Toyotomi family also knew that the Ming army was powerful and had no intention of fighting alone.
Therefore, Asai Chacha still followed the advice of ministers, and in the name of Toyotomi Hideyori, asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to send troops to reinforce Kyoto and Osaka.
But Tokugawa Ieyasu rejected Toyotomi Hideyori's request.
The reason was that Tokugawa Ieyasu's own Edo area was also being harassed by the Ming navy. He was afraid that if reinforcements were sent, the Ming army would focus on attacking his own Edo area.
and.
Tokugawa Ieyasu still wants to use the Ming army to eliminate the power of the Toyotomi family, which will help him to better conquer half of the Japanese country by flattering the Ming Dynasty and eliminating the main war faction in the country.
Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu chose to refuse, and even continued to show favor to Mingguo secretly. He refused Toyotomi Hideyori's request for reinforcements to prove that he had no intention of becoming an enemy of Mingguo.
Because Tokugawa Ieyasu was very stubborn, Magui chose to implement the plan given to him by the Privy Council to destroy the Toyotomi family first and then the Tokugawa family, and only ordered Shen Yourong to lead the navy to continue to harass and bombard Edo. In this area, a tentative landing can be carried out at most, rather than a forced landing in Edo.
However, this also gave Tokugawa Ieyasu the illusion that the Ming army was not particularly strong and that he could really use Gou's method to continue to be the actual ruler of Japan in the future.
But here in Kyoto, many daimyo who submitted to the Toyotomi family did not have this illusion, and even the Ming army was not particularly strong.
They had been beaten to pieces by the Ming army, and they kept asking Osaka for help.
Big names such as Kinoshita's servant have chosen to surrender.
While Magui led his army to rest in Himeji Castle, King Wei finished crossing the sea and came to Matsuyama.
But as soon as King Wei arrived at Songshan, a large number of Japanese wearing Han clothes suddenly rushed out of the houses on both sides. They took up swords and attacked King Wei.
King Wei was so frightened that his face turned as white as paint.
"Escort!"
"Escort!"
(End of chapter)
