The current situation on the Japanese island is very complicated.
In Japan, there are generally two factions, one is the public family, and the other is the military family.
The public family is a faction loyal to Emperor Wajima and is a government official. However, most of these officials are engaged in politics and have basically no military power.
On the contrary, the Wu family held military power, but had a fierce conflict with the emperor of Wajima.
The Gong family and the Wu family are not one family, but factions composed of multiple families. They can be regarded as royalists and anti-royalists.
Since ancient times, the politics of Japan Island have been dominated by powerful ministers.
During the Yuan Dynasty, the power of Wajima was the Hojo family, and the Hojo family established the Kamakura shogunate.
The Kamakura shogunate controlled the government, and the emperor was just a puppet, so at this time, Wajima belonged to the world of powerful ministers.
But later, Kublai Khan's three conquests on the Japanese islands caused a chain reaction on the Japanese islands.
Although the Kamakura shogunate was a dictatorship, the power of the samurai family, a class composed of samurai, had risen.
In order to resist the Yuan Dynasty's conquests, the Kamakura shogunate recruited many samurai to fight for themselves against the Yuan Dynasty's army.
But since ancient times, samurai have helped Wajima daimyo fight, and after victory, they will be given rewards and land.
Although the Kamakura shogunate finally defeated the Yuan Dynasty's army with the help of typhoons, the Kamakura government did not obtain any land or property because it was resisting foreign enemies.
On the contrary, due to the large-scale recruitment of warriors, the national treasury was empty and unable to distribute rewards to the victorious warriors.
Land is even more impossible, because the previous land has been divided up long ago. Where is there any free land to allocate to these warriors?
This aroused strong dissatisfaction among the samurai, and caused great complaints against the Hojo family, the rulers of the Kamakura shogunate.
The current emperor, Emperor Daigo, was very dissatisfied with being sidelined by the shogunate and decisively ordered the world's samurai to attack the Hojo family.
The Ashikaga Taka clan responded to Emperor Go-Daigo's order to attack the Hojo clan, and together with many samurai who were dissatisfied with the Hojo clan's dictatorship, raised troops to eliminate the Hojo clan.
Since then, the Kamakura shogunate has withdrawn from the stage of history.
However, Emperor Daigo's next cunning move caused him to go into exile again.
After Emperor Daigo regained power, he actually began to suppress the samurai family. You must know that he relied on the samurai family to regain power.
The military power in his hands basically belongs to the Wu family.
As a result, the Ashikaga family directly abolished Emperor Daigo and established a new emperor, and he himself appointed himself the general to conquer the barbarians.
The General of the Conquering Yi was originally established by Wajima to conquer the Ezo barbarians, but during the shogunate era, it had become the representative of the highest power.
Subsequently, the Ashikaga family established the Muromachi Shogunate and became a new generation of powerful ministers, replacing the current emperor.
But the matter was not over yet. Emperor Daigo actually escaped under strict guard.
Subsequently, the Southern Imperial Court was established, calling on all righteous men from all over the world to resist the rule of the Muromachi Shogunate.
Therefore, similar to the beginning of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in Chinese history, the Muromachi shogunate exerted less and less control over the lower-level samurai families.
The princes began to fight and attack each other. The government of Japan was also divided into the north and the south, which were called the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The various daimyo attacked and annexed each other under the guise of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, while the Muromachi shogunate occupied Kyoto and could only control a small area.
The two Japanese envoys who are now on a mission to the Ming Dynasty are exactly the envoys sent by the Ashikaga family.
After Li Jin broke Ashikaga Yoshichun's foundation, Ashikaga Yoshichun flashed a look of horror in his eyes, and his heart instantly stirred up a storm.
But it only took a moment for Ashikaga Yoshinaga to recover, and he was still chatting and laughing, and said with a smile:
"What is this adult talking about? I don't understand it at all."
"There is only one emperor in our Japanese island, and it has not changed since ancient times."
"Our Ashikaga family naturally only loyal to such an emperor."
"I came here this time to discuss with Ming Dynasty matters concerning your country's waters and our people on the order of our emperor."
"I didn't expect that Ming Dynasty claimed to be the kingdom of heaven and acted so barbarically."
After saying that, Ashikaga Yoshichun turned around and cupped his hands towards Fei Qing and said:
"Master Fei, it seems that your country has great hatred for our Japanese island."
"In this case, we will return to Wajima immediately and convey your country's attitude to my Majesty, the Emperor."
Ashikaga Yoshinaga said and planned to leave, which frightened Fei Qing. If this matter was not handled well, his black hat might be gone.
Fei Qing quickly stopped Ashikaga Yoshinaga and said:
"Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding."
"We in the Ming Dynasty have been very friendly to your Japanese island from the beginning to the end."
"It's just that this person is here to scaremonger and confuse right and wrong. I will have him arrested now."
"So as not to affect the friendship between our two countries, please Ashikaga envoy not to be impulsive."
A dignified third-rank official of the Ming Dynasty actually behaved servilely to a small envoy from the island of Japan. He simply lost all the dignity of the Ming Dynasty.
The envoys from various countries who were still watching the show thought that these Japanese envoys were about to die.
I didn't expect that this so-called right minister of the Ministry of Rites would be such a softie. So if you say that, can you and others get some benefits from this person?
Everyone present had different thoughts, but Fei Qing looked at Li Jin with fierce eyes again and angrily said:
"Li Jin, do you want Japan to go to war with the Ming Dynasty?"
Li Jin thought to himself, if this is true, it would be really great.
"If they really have the guts, they can give it a try."
Seeing that Li Jin was indifferent, Fei Qing became furious and shouted angrily at several subordinates behind him:
"Catch him quickly. Do you want the emperor to chop off your heads?"
Several officials of Honglu Temple did not dare to slack off. Even if Jiang Wei stared at them fiercely, they could only bite the bullet.
After all, compared to Jin Yiwei, Zhu Yuanzhang is more terrifying.
If Li Jin really messed up the relationship between Japan Island and the Ming Dynasty, then all of them, officials of Honglu Temple, would probably be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang to exterminate the nine tribes.
The momentum between the two sides was tense. Ashikaga Yoshinaga and Saito Taichi were no longer as panicked as before. Instead, they all folded their arms and watched the show from the side.
Just as the two sides were about to fight, a group of people suddenly rushed up.
"The Emperor has a decree."
A high-pitched voice resounded throughout the whole place, and a little Huangmen came to Honglu Temple arrogantly with an imperial edict in hand.
"Crash."
Everyone present hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, the edict says."
"Fei Qing, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, has harmed the dignity of the country. He will be immediately stripped of all official positions and sent to a prison to await trial."
"Appreciate this!"
A dramatic scene was staged in Honglu Temple.
Fei Qing, who originally had the highest official position in the field, was directly thrown into the sky prison.
This scene shocked everyone's jaws. They thought that the person standing behind Fei Qing was the Ming Emperor. But now it seems that the young official is the real Ming Emperor standing behind him.
Fei Qing's eyes widened, he couldn't believe his ears, and roared:
"No, that's not true."
"I serve the imperial court wholeheartedly and serve the envoys of all countries well."
"These envoys respect me so much, why should I be demoted?"
Fei Qing really couldn't accept it and suffered a huge mental blow.
"Hmph, Fei Qing, you served the envoys from various countries so well that you almost knelt down and called me daddy."
Li Jin looked disdainful, pointed at Fei Qing and said:
"As a court official, you betrayed the interests of the country and even the people of Ming Dynasty to win the favor of envoys from other countries."
"A person like you is not worthy of being an official of the Ministry of Etiquette."
"Now that the emperor has sent you to the heavenly prison, it is the cycle of heaven, and retribution will not be pleasant."
"This is what you will get for being a traitor. Just wait, the emperor will definitely cut you into pieces and quarter you into pieces!"
"It's all your fault. It's because of you that things turned out like this."
After Fei Qing heard Li Jin's words, he didn't regret it at all. Instead, he looked at Li Jin with vicious eyes and attributed the source of everything to Li Jin.
He even jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Li Jin.
"puff!!"
Unfortunately, when he arrived in front of Li Jin, he was kicked back by Li Jin and fell into a trap.
The inner guard behind Xiao Huangmen woke up from a dream and pushed Fei Qing to the ground, making him unable to move.
Even so, Fei Qing was still cursing loudly.
"Li Jin, I will never let you go even if I'm a ghost."
But Li Jin smiled coldly and said:
"Then you have to come together, not piece by piece, because I'm afraid I won't recognize you then."
These words immediately broke Fei Qing's guard, and a look of horror suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Thinking of Zhu Yuanzhang's cruel methods, Fei Qing felt extremely terrified.
Fei Qing was quickly taken away, leaving only two bewildered Japanese envoys.
The situation on the field changes too fast, and the ups and downs in life are so exciting that they can't accept it for a while.
When they came to their senses again, they only saw Li Jin with a smile on his face, staring at them with an unusual look.
"Now that the person who was in the way has left, let's settle the score between us."
For some reason, the two of them suddenly felt as if they were being targeted by a ferocious beast, and all the hairs on their hair stood on end.
