Honglu Temple.
After Li Jin saw that Ashikaga Yoshinaga was cowed, he had Ashikaga Yoshinaga put down from the torture rack.
I thought Ashikaga Yoshinaga was a tough guy, but now it seems that he is just a man with a silver-like wax gun tip.
Li Jin forgot a truth: throughout the ages, most people who are righteous are butchers of dogs, and those who are unfaithful are all scholars.
No matter how well-dressed Ashikaga Yoshinaga looks, he cannot escape this law.
The envoys from surrounding countries were in an uproar after hearing Ashikaga Yoshinaga's answer.
Unexpectedly, Japan's imperial power had really fallen from power in Japan, and the powerful ministers in Japan had the guts to pretend to be the emperor's envoys and come to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
It has to be said that the powerful official on the island was really bold.
With Li Jin bringing Ashikaga Yoshinaga back to the Wajima embassy, today's killing of chickens to scare monkeys has come to an end for the time being.
The attitude of the remaining monkeys towards Ming Dynasty began to change quietly.
He is no longer as casual as before, but has become cautious, walking on thin ice, for fear that someone like Li Jin will accidentally fall into trouble and give himself a big health care.
Li Jin and Jiang Yu began to interrogate Saito Tianyi and Ashikaga Yoshinaga separately.
Now that the two's psychological defenses have been broken down, the interrogation has become very simple.
Not long after, Li Jin and Jiang Yu got two identical confessions in their hands.
The oral confession described the basic situation of Washima and the fact that the two men were assigned by the Muromachi Shogunate, the powerful minister of Washima, to pay tribute.
Li Jin was very happy after receiving the confession. He immediately handed the confession to the Jin Yiwei and asked them to immediately send the confession to the palace for the emperor to review.
Jiang Wei did not dare to hesitate and went to the palace to meet the saint with his confession in person.
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On the other side, go up to the study room.
Zhu Yuanzhang was punching, kicking and roaring loudly at the right minister of the Ministry of Rites who had just been taken away.
"Bitch, coward, coward!!"
"We are really blind. Letting you be the right minister of the Ministry of Etiquette has brought great embarrassment to our Ming Dynasty."
"We asked you to be in charge of Honglu Temple and take care of the daily life of these envoys. Is this how you take responsibility?"
"Are we asking you to grovel and flatter these envoys from other countries?"
"Why don't you send your wife, concubines and daughter over??"
"Our great Ming Dynasty Honglu Temple has let you, a piece of shit, make this mess, you really deserve to die!!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang beat Fei Qing until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, but he was still angry. He turned around and wanted to pull out the sword hanging on the wall and hack Fei Qing to death on the spot.
Shame, simply a shame! ! !
Zhu Yuanzhang is such a face-saving person. He always believes that when all nations come to court, it is the performance of a wise king and a symbol of the power of his own Ming Dynasty.
But how dare this bitch Fei Qing do this? He was groveling, acting like a slave, and treated envoys from other countries more happily than meeting his own parents in his previous life. This kind of traitorous dog who seeks glory, and he actually made him the right minister of household affairs?
I am so blind! ! !
Fei Qing, who was beaten, saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was about to take action, so he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.
He kowtowed like pounding garlic, shook his body like sifting chaff, and cried loudly:
"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
"Please, Your Majesty, please see that I am loyal to you. I have toiled hard even though I have no merit in these years. Please forgive me this time."
"Please, Your Majesty, have mercy."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think that this bitch had any hard work. Selling the interests of the people to gain the favor of envoys from other countries was a crime that should not be punished, a crime that could not be pardoned, and death would not be a pity.
Pulling out the sword, Zhu Yuanzhang was about to kill this traitor with his own hands.
But Zhu Biao stopped him and dissuaded him:
"Father, no."
"It is really unlucky for a monarch to kill his ministers, and he will be considered a tyrant."
"Fei Qing is guilty and should be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple for trial. My father does not need to ruin his reputation just because of this person."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said:
"Leave it to the Criminal Department? It's too cheap for him."
"Where is Mao Xiang?"
Mao Xiang was waiting outside the main hall at the moment. Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's call, he hurried into the hall to salute.
"Pull Fei Qing down and put him in jail. We want to know what scandalous things he has done in these years?"
"Remember, without our order, he is not allowed to die!!!"
When Fei Qing heard Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous words, he was so frightened that he trembled all over and began to plead for mercy.
Mao Xiang understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, which was to make Fei Qing unable to survive or die.
"promise!"
Before Fei Qing could continue to plead for mercy, Mao Xiang asked his men to pull Fei Qing down. It seemed that what awaited him next would be endless pain and despair.
After Fei Qing was dragged down, Jiang Yu finally arrived at the palace.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Li Jin had obtained the confession, he immediately summoned Jiang Yu into the palace. He wanted to see whether what Li Jin said was true.
Jiang Wei slowly entered the palace, feeling a little excited.
Jiang Yu, who was born in a torture chamber, was not qualified to see Zhu Yuanzhang in the past. He did not expect that this time he would be able to see the emperor by following a county magistrate, which made his heart tumble.
"I have met the emperor in my humble position."
"Get up and bring the confession."
Hearing this, Jiang Wei took out two confessions from his arms and handed them into Xiao Huangmen's hands.
After Zhu Yuanzhang received the confession, he began to compare it seriously.
The content of the confession was not long. It only explained the identity of the messenger and verified what Li Jin said.
Then he briefly summarized the general situation of the Japanese island. The princes were fighting for hegemony and the powerful ministers were arrogant, which was basically the same as what Li Jin said.
But what made Zhu Yuanzhang angry was that the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast were actually spies sent by the famous names on these Japanese islands to rob the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing the end, Zhu Yuanzhang was filled with indignation and asked Jiang Wei in a deep voice:
"Are these confessions true?"
"true."
Jiang Wei bowed and replied:
"Master Li interrogated the two men separately and got basically the same results, which is enough to prove that the confessions of the two men are true."
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and asked coldly:
"How does Li Jin plan to deal with these two people?"
"I don't know about the humble post, but when the humble post came, Mr. Li seemed to be drafting some kind of memorandum."
"Episode?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused. What kind of trouble was Li Jin going to do?
However, now that the people inside and outside Honglu Temple are all members of Jinyiwei, Zhu Yuanzhang does not need to worry. He just ordered:
"You should go back first. If there is any progress there, report back to the palace in time."
"promise!"
Jiang Wei's first journey to meet the saint passed by in a hurry.
Jiang Wei didn't even see Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance clearly, but this was enough to make Jiang Wei excited for a long time.
When Jiang Wei returned to Honglu Temple, he saw Li Jin still lying on the table, writing something.
Taking a closer look, I saw a piece of paper with dense calligraphy written on it, and at the top was a message of protest against Japan's rebellion.
Judging from the content, it was in the tone of the Emperor of Wajima, issuing a proclamation, asking all the daimyo of Wajima to stand up and resist the rule of the Muromachi shogunate.
At the same time, in order to fight against the Muromachi shogunate, the emperor was willing to invite the Ming Dynasty to send troops to support the Wajima royal family and put down the rebellion.
Of course, this is only the content of the Chinese version, and there is also the text of Wajima, which needs to be translated by Saito Tianyi and Ashikaga Yoshinaga.
Soon, Li Jin completed the Chinese character version of the petition and handed it over to Jiang Wei.
"Jiang Baihu, let the two people translate this message respectively, and then ask them to put their thumbprints and sign their names."
Jiang Wei took a look at this memorandum. His eyes were irritated and his words were thirsty. He asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops, as if the Ming Dynasty did not send troops, and the Japanese island would be destroyed soon.
"Master Li, is this thing useful?"
"Hahaha, the envoy from Japan Island asked our Ming Dynasty to send troops, and wept every word. As the sovereign state, how can we, the Ming Dynasty, just sit idly by and do nothing?"
Li Jin laughed and said:
"As the saying goes, if you have a good reputation as a teacher, if you have a good reputation, your reputation will be justified, and you will definitely be successful."
"Go ahead, the function of this thing is more important than you think."
Jiang Wei walked into Ashikaga Yoshinaga's room with the memorandum in doubt.
