After coming out of the palace, Li Ke was also a little helpless. The thing he had to deal with was the affairs of Mononobe Village.
Mononobe Murashita has secretly arrived in Chang'an. Because the development of the Tang Dynasty is far more powerful than in history, there are many Japanese people in Chang'an now. There are people sent by various clans and families of the Japanese country to study in the Tang Dynasty, as well as their own He dared to go to Datang to study on his own with a small boat.
There are also some envoys sent by the Japanese king who are also in the Tang Dynasty. The total number of these people is quite large.
Mononobe Murashita has now started to take action in the Japanese country, so he came here to ask Li Ke for instructions. There are some things that Li Ke can only meet with him secretly and arrange for him.
If you have to make him wait for a few days, it's not impossible to wait, but Li Ke is not a dawdling character. If the normal rhythm of the Tang Dynasty is followed, Li Ke can meet him after the Lantern Festival and arrange related matters. of.
But in this era, chariots and horses are too slow. If you can save as much time as possible, you can save as much time as possible. In this case, the control of the Japanese country will naturally be faster.
There was a shopping mall, and in Li Ke's exclusive private room, Li Ke saw Mononobe Murashita.
"I have met His Highness the King of Qin." When I saw Li Ke, I bowed down to him.
"Okay, get up." Li Ke waved his hand. This kind of courtesy didn't bring any pleasure to Li Ke. He had already passed that stage. A courtesy can bring such pleasure, and that's not what he cared about.
"Yes." Monobe Murashita stood up from the ground.
"Sit down, how is the situation now?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.
"I have controlled all of Kyushu Island and infiltrated Shikoku Island. I can attack Honshu Island at any time." Mononobe Murakami said calmly. The name in his mouth was temporarily renamed by His Highness. He will wait for Japan in the future. To completely belong to the Tang Dynasty, it must be renamed.
The entire administrative region of Japan is almost the same, so it is impossible to have so many names.
According to His Highness's habit, one or four princesses should be named after that time.
"However, I am following your instructions, Your Highness, to hoard food extensively, rebuild some cities, and paralyze the enemy by controlling the local clans." Mononobe Murakata said seriously.
"The efficiency is good." Li Ke nodded with satisfaction. He had not come into contact with other Japanese people, but as far as Mononobe Murakata was concerned, his execution efficiency was very high, and the most important thing was that he was obedient.
"Do you have any plans for the next step?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.
"I want to directly attack and capture Honshu Island." Monobe Murakata said seriously. He did not mention Hokkaido or the like, because in the Japanese country of this period, let alone Hokkaido, even the northern part of Honshu Island was strictly speaking. None of them are under the management of the Japanese state, and they are basically deserted.
Not to mention Hokkaido, there may be people living there, but the number is very small.
"Can you take it?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.
"It's not a big problem. The Japanese king can recruit an army of 10,000 people, which is good. The Soga clan is the frog in the well." Mononobe Murakata said calmly.
"The Japanese king, doesn't he call himself the emperor?" Li Ke smiled.
It is true that the Japanese nation of this period did not call the Emperor the Emperor, but this was only official and external, and they still called the Emperor the Emperor internally. In the pre-Sui Dynasty, the king of Japan gave his grandfather a letter of credence, calling himself the Eastern Emperor and his grandfather the Western Emperor.
Later, after being taught a lesson, he no longer dared to call himself emperor to the outside world. It was not until Li Zhi's period that he encouraged Li Zhi to call himself emperor, and called Li Zhi and Wu Zetian the two saints.
The title of the Japanese Emperor also gradually began to spread and was confirmed after Riji.
In Li Shimin's era, the Japanese king naturally did not dare to call himself emperor, and the Tang Dynasty did not bother to care about what others called him internally.
"There will be no Japanese country in the future, and naturally there will be no king, let alone an emperor." Mononobe Murakata said calmly.
"Well, let's not talk about the Japanese affairs for now. Let's talk about your other affairs first." Li Ke said lightly.
"Yes, the fleet under my command currently has fifty ships, large and small, and can mobilize a total of twelve thousand soldiers. With your grace, I have several small overseas fleets built in Luzon and other places with your permission. The base is used for supplies, which allows Omi's fleet to transport more than 7,000 people at a time, including 5,000 combat personnel." Mononobe Murashita said.
"In the past year or so, I have completely wiped out all the cannibals on the major islands in the Southeast Asia that your Highness has drawn, and all the remaining Kunlun slaves have been sold to build various overseas ports. Except for In addition, I am already cleaning out all the indigenous people in Australia." Monobe Murakata said calmly.
Li Ke was silent. I have to say that some things are inherited in his bones. Mononobe Murashita is a very ruthless person. The major islands he said Li Ke painted refer to the Philippines and Malaysia in later generations. Indonesia, Papua Guinea and other islands.
Kunlun slaves are also distributed on these islands, but the number is actually not large.
Mononobe Murashita's method of cleaning these places is very simple, just use human life to smash them.
All the people recruited from the Japanese mainland islands were basically given simple training on commands, and then they were directly dragged to the island to kill people.
As for the full protective armor, even if Li Ke provided it to him, the Ministry of Materials did not give it to these people to wear. They only wore the simplest armor to protect the vital points between the chest and abdomen.
To put it bluntly, he is raising Gu.
It seems that he can now recruit 12,000 soldiers, but the number of Japanese people he has recruited has exceeded 20,000. In other words, eight thousand people died on these islands in less than two years.
One can imagine how he trained these soldiers.
As long as these soldiers bring back the Japanese country, which is still in a state of village fighting, and equip them with weapons, there is no doubt about the final result.
"Is there no big problem with your army? Can you control it?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.
"Your Highness, please rest assured. The Japanese people are different from the people of the Tang Dynasty. The living conditions of the Japanese people have been extremely poor since they were born. They can live so long because of fighting. Many people in the Japanese country die every year, and I provide them with such We will give them a lot of food and clothes, and give them food and clothes to their families. It is their duty to work hard, and no one will question or object."
"The only problem is that their methods trained in this way are a bit cruel and bloody. In the long run, their personalities may be a bit incomplete and abnormal, but it doesn't matter. Once they complete all your missions, your highness, this fleet of ships will be yours." The team will take all the soldiers on an expedition and encounter an unprecedented storm on the sea."
Mononobe Murakata said with a respectful expression.
