On the Japanese island, the wind is surging.
More and more daimyo began to strengthen their troops, expand their troops, and build weapons. The war preparation competition has begun.
Emperor Daigo of the Southern Dynasties was immediately horrified when he learned of the existence of the anti-thieves petition.
As the emperor, Daigo certainly knew about the existence of the Ming Dynasty, and also knew about the power of the Ming Dynasty.
For this powerful empire thousands of miles away from Japan, Japan has been in awe since ancient times.
From the Han Dynasty, when Queen Beimi first came into contact with the Central Plains Dynasty, Wo Dao had already realized that the empire generated in this area was so huge.
Wadao also established a thousand-year relationship with the Central Plains Dynasty starting from the Han Dynasty.
Especially during the Tang Dynasty, when the powerful Tang Empire and all nations came to visit, the Emperor of Wajima sent envoys as foreign students to study the culture and political system of the Tang Dynasty.
This allowed the Japanese island, which originally lived like a savage, to start the iron revolution, which also began to completely change the life of the Japanese island, making the Japanese island gradually become stronger.
Even the capital of Wadao is a scaled-down version of the city based on the scale of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, and its name is also called Luoyang.
Therefore, there was even a special official position called Shangluo.
Why Shangluo? Naturally, he was a minister who had the ability to lead troops to Luoyang. This official position was the official position of the first generation of powerful officials on the island.
Similar to the current Japanese general Zhengyi, they are all powerful ministers who can control the government and represent official positions.
After Emperor Daigo returned to Kyoto, he established the Wajima Kingdom in the Southern Dynasties. The Daimyos of Wajima responded, which greatly increased Emperor Daigo's prestige.
Although the battles with the Northern Dynasty were often unfavorable, Emperor Daigo's Southern Dynasty still had the advantage.
But if the Northern Dynasty really found the Ming Dynasty to join forces, then not to mention the Ming Dynasty's army, just because the Ming Dynasty was willing to support the Northern Dynasty court, the Southern Dynasty would lose a lot of support.
After all, Japan is still a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty in name only.
Emperor Daigo immediately summoned his confidant, Tajiro Tashiro, to discuss the matter.
"Tagami-kun, how should we deal with this situation?"
As soon as Tajiro arrived, Emperor Daigo took out a message and asked him what he should do.
"My lord, since the Northern Dynasty court is shameless, traitorous and seeking glory, and wants the Ming Dynasty to send troops to destroy us, then why can't we repeat the same tactics and let them reap the consequences?"
Of course, Tajiro also heard about the proclamation and quickly offered advice to Emperor Daigo.
"What's the explanation?"
Emperor Daigo looked puzzled. He didn't know what Tajiro meant by what he said.
"What the enemy can do, we can also do. Ming Dynasty is our suzerain country, and the lord is the legitimate emperor."
Tian Lang continued to talk eloquently and continued:
"We also sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to explain the truth, and then asked the Ming Dynasty to make the decision for us and send troops to destroy Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone?"
"Wonderful!"
Emperor Daigo's face was full of excitement, and then he said to Tajiro:
"I leave such an important task to you, sir. I hope you will leave early and come back soon. You must invite the Great Tomorrow Army back and destroy Ashikaga Yoshimitsu."
Tianjiro was then secretly sent out of Kyoto by Emperor Daigo to the Ming Dynasty.
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Shanghu County, military base.
Li Jin received the information about Japan Island and turned it over in his hand several times.
When he saw that before he took action, the petition for thieves had spread throughout Japan, and now it was a mess, Li Jin knew that it was Zhu Yuanzhang who took action.
Sure enough, when it comes to spies and secret service abilities, Jin Yiwei is definitely the best in the world.
Only a short time had passed, and Jin Yiwei was actually on the Japanese island, causing such a turmoil. It seemed that the time to send troops to the Japanese island was not far away.
While Li Jin was still thinking, Xu Da suddenly broke into the camp and saw Li Jin looking at the information. Xu Da didn't waste any nonsense and said straight to the point:
"Now that Japan is in chaos, the emperor sent someone to ask, when can we send troops to Japan?"
Li Jin slowly put away the letter in his hand, raised his head and said:
"The time has not come yet, we still need to wait for one more person."
"who?"
"The envoy of the Southern Dynasty!"
When Xu Da heard this, he frowned and said:
"But we don't want to help the northern court on the island, so why do we have to wait for the envoy from the southern court on the island?"
"Ishimi Country is the territory of the Northern Dynasty of Japan. If we take it rashly, it may arouse the resentment of the Northern Court."
Li Jin slowly explained:
"In this case, we cannot clearly support the northern court of Wajima from the beginning."
Xu Da was thoughtful, and then said softly:
"You want to hedge your bets?"
"After occupying Ishijian Kingdom, the Japanese Southern Dynasty will definitely be overjoyed. Even at this time, our Ming Dynasty can ask the Southern Dynasty to lease Ishijian Kingdom to our Ming Dynasty."
"This is enemy territory. Emperor Daigo will never refuse. After all, he will definitely be generous and choose to ally with me, the Ming Dynasty."
"Suffering this blow, the northern imperial court will not only not send troops to become the enemy of our Ming Dynasty, but will also win over us, and will even give up Shijian State to us in order to gain the support of our Ming Dynasty."
"Exactly right!!"
Li Jin gave a thumbs up and said:
"Our goal is Ishima Country. This is our primary goal. What we do next must be centered around this goal."
"But which Japanese court should our Ming Dynasty support?"
Xu Da was a little confused and asked puzzledly:
"The Southern Dynasty is already very powerful. With our support, it won't be long before the Northern Dynasty can no longer hold on and will be wiped out by the South."
"The Northern Dynasty will not perish. Only when the Northern Dynasty is weak enough will we, the Ming Dynasty, take action."
Li Jin's eyes showed a strange light and he said slowly:
"When a person is desperate, he will do things beyond reason."
"What I want is for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to despair, and only then can we truly implement our Ming Dynasty's plan to dismember Japan."
"As long as our Ming Dynasty starts to intervene, the Japanese islands are destined not to be unified, and they will not have a real winner."
"There is only one winner, and that is our Ming Dynasty."
Seeing Li Jin's appearance, Xu Da frowned even more tightly and said:
"But once the Southern Dynasty agrees to cede Shijian Kingdom to us, then won't the Southern Dynasty be our friend of the Ming Dynasty?"
"friend?"
Li Jin dismissed it, laughed, and said:
"There are no absolute friends in this world. They are just colluding with each other for profit."
"If Japan is truly unified, our Ming Dynasty will never be allowed to occupy the territory they conquered, and then their next spearhead will be aimed at us."
"The island has a population of millions. If it is really mobilized by a powerful dynasty, even our Ming Dynasty will be caught in an endless tug of war. This will definitely be a disaster for our Ming Dynasty."
"So, Washima must be dismembered and never be reunited."
"We, the Ming Dynasty, will continue to bleed the Japanese islands until the Japanese islands no longer pose a threat to our Ming Dynasty. At that time, we, the Ming Dynasty, will annex the Japanese islands and regain this homeland that has been separated from our Central Plains for a long time."
"Japanese Island has belonged to China since ancient times. It has been an indisputable fact since the Qin Dynasty."
Seeing the enthusiasm on Li Jin's face, Xu Da opened his mouth and said nothing more.
As Zhu Yuanzhang said to himself before, Li Jin's obsession with Japanese islands has reached the point of madness.
Xu Da couldn't help but mourn for Wo Dao in his heart. He didn't understand how Wo Dao provoked such a lunatic like Li Jin.
He always felt that Li Jin's attack on the Japanese island had a different purpose, and it was definitely not a simple gold mountain and silver mine.
But Xu Da didn't know what the purpose was. He could only wait until he occupied the Japanese island in the future to see what crazy actions Li Jin would make.
After the two finished talking, a few days later, the person they were waiting for arrived.
A man who claimed to be the envoy of the Japanese Southern Dynasty was sent to Li Jin's military base with his hands tied and blindfolded by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew Li Jin's plan, and this person was the last piece of territory for Li Jin to attack Japan.
