When they heard that Li Jin planned to support one of them to become the general conquering the barbarians on the Japanese island, the two behaved completely differently.
Ashikaga Yoshinaga's performance was greatly shocked, and then he showed panic.
Saito Tianchi's expression was a bit intriguing. Although he was also very shocked, after the shock, he showed some surprise and even greed.
"Sir, we have absolutely no intention of tampering, please be clear."
Before Saito Taichi could speak, Ashikaga Yoshichun spoke first:
"Your Excellency must have some misunderstanding with our Ashikaga family now. Please allow us to go back and explain the misunderstanding clearly."
"Hahaha, I was just joking with you."
Li Jin smiled casually, and he saw the reactions of the two people.
Ashikaga Yoshinaga still has illusions about the Ashikaga family, but Saito Tianchi is indeed worth winning over.
But it's not the time yet, let's stabilize the two of them for the time being, and wait until the Ashikaga family is at the end of their rope, then it's time for these two to appear.
Then Li Jin didn't say anything more about this issue, he just said:
"If the Ashikaga family really has some misunderstanding about our Ming Dynasty, then they should wake up after this incident."
"If next, they can send an envoy to negotiate with our Ming Dynasty, we can still accept the apology from your Ashikaga family."
"But if you don't repent and insist on going all the way to the dark side, then don't blame our Ming Dynasty for being unreasonable. Do you understand?"
Listening to Li Jin's cold words, the two of them nodded immediately and did not dare to say anything anymore.
Li Jin asked Jiang Wei to take the two of them down first. Li Jin had other uses for these two people, and it was not the time yet.
After Xu Da saw the two leaving, he said softly:
"The top priority now is to capture Iwami County as soon as possible, and then search for Yinshan throughout the county."
"Only by finding Yinshan can we get further support from the emperor. At that time, it will be time to fully conquer the Japanese island."
Li Jin nodded and said:
"I have already sent people to find the location of Yinshan."
"Secure Ishikawa now, don't let the news leak out."
"According to the spies' report, the daimyo of Iwami Country seems to have found the silver mountain and is mining it secretly."
"We cannot let him leave Ishimi alive. We must control the news about the silver mine. Only in this way can we buy time for our army."
"If other daimyo are made aware of the existence of Iwami Ginzan, I am afraid that neither the Southern Dynasty nor the Northern Dynasty on the island will be willing to cede Iwami Country to us."
Xu Da frowned slightly and said:
"In this case, our army should dispatch quickly to blockade the entire Shijian country. No one in Shijian country can be allowed to escape."
"You lead people to seize Yinshan quickly. As soon as it is verified that the reserve is indeed more than 500 million taels, send someone to notify the emperor immediately."
"I believe that after the emperor knows this news, he will never sit idly by and watch."
Li Jin and Xu Da divided their troops into two groups. Xu Da personally led 20,000 troops to Shijian Kingdom, while Li Jin led 5,000 troops to Shijian Yinshan.
Xu Da was responsible for blocking the news, while Li Jin was responsible for seizing Yinshan.
There were hundreds of experienced miners accompanying him. These were the miners Li Jin brought with him in order to thoroughly ascertain the output of Ishimi Yinshan.
...
Muromachi Shogunate, inside the meeting hall.
Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu were immediately surprised after receiving the report from their subordinates.
Just now they were discussing whether to stop Ming Dynasty from sending troops, but now Ming Dynasty has brazenly captured Shijian Kingdom.
This marching speed far exceeded the imagination of everyone present.
Ashikaga Yoshiki immediately opened his mouth and asked the envoy:
"When did the Ming army attack?"
"How many more people did they send out? Why did they capture Ishijian Country like this?"
Ashikaga Yoshiki's voice was high-pitched, as if he didn't believe that Iwami Kingdom was destroyed like this.
The messenger said fearfully:
"My subordinates don't know how many people there are in the Ming army. I only know that the Ming army is overwhelmingly numerous."
"The three good lords led 10,000 people to fight, but they were defeated in just one stick of incense, and no one survived."
"My subordinates also saw that the situation was not good, so they quickly ran away and came to report to the Lord."
Ten thousand people! A stick of incense! No one survived! ! !
This kind of terrifying record is enough to show the powerful combat power of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ashikaga family personally takes action, it is impossible to win the three good daimyo of 10,000 people in such a short period of time.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu frowned tightly at this moment, as if twisted into a knot, and he was silent in thought.
Ashikaga Takauji unexpectedly said:
"The Ming Dynasty and Emperor Daigo have joined forces."
A stone stirred up thousands of waves. Although the sound was small, it was deafening and shocked everyone present.
Now they are already at a disadvantage. If the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Dynasty really join forces, then they are really likely to be at the end of their rope.
"Father, we cannot let the Ming Dynasty fall to the Southern Dynasty, otherwise it will be an absolutely devastating blow to us."
Ashikaga Yoshiki became anxious and said urgently:
"Ishijian Kingdom is not far from our base camp in Kyoto. If the Ming army and the Southern Dynasty attack from both sides, we will definitely not be able to hold on."
"Please ask father to send someone immediately to contact the Ming army and negotiate peace again."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was anxious to get angry, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was deep in thought next to him, raised his head and objected loudly:
"No, we can never have peace talks with Ming Dynasty."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes turned to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
At this critical juncture, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu actually opposes an alliance with the Ming Dynasty. Doesn't he know what the Ashikaga family would go through if they faced the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Daigo at the same time?
At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshino wanted to strangle his idiot son to death. He wanted to plunge the Ashikaga family into a place of no return.
Ashikaga Takauji, however, still looked as calm as Furui Muha, looking at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu with a hint of doubt in his eyes, waiting for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's explanation.
"Grandpa, I think Daming came well prepared this time."
"Just imagine, shouldn't the closest ports to our Japanese islands in the Ming Dynasty be Satsuma, Hizen, Okuma and other places?"
"It can't be Iwami anyway, so why did they suddenly attack Iwami Country? This is very abnormal."
"If they hadn't planned it for a long time, they would never have appeared in Shijian Kingdom. Sun'er believes that the purpose of Daming's visit this time is probably Shijian Kingdom."
"Grandpa, even if we have peace talks with the Ming Dynasty again, they won't be able to spit out Shi Jian."
"For the current plan, we can only have peace talks with the Southern Dynasty immediately, and then work together to expel the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can we possibly protect the safety of our Japanese island."
"If Ming Dynasty is allowed to stabilize its position in Ishimi Kingdom, neither we nor Emperor Daigo of the Southern Dynasty will be able to be Ming Dynasty's opponent."
Ashikaga Yoshi's face was full of horror, as if he had thought of something terrible.
But after he finished saying these words, the venue suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu with strange eyes.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu saw that everyone seemed not to take his words to heart, so he couldn't help but want to speak again to persuade everyone to follow his suggestions.
But before he could open his mouth, he was interrupted by Ashikaga Takauji who stretched out his hand and said:
"Yoshimitsu, stand down."
"The Ming Dynasty came from afar and was originally our invited ally. Naturally, he wanted to form an alliance with our Ashikaga family."
"Yi Quan, immediately arrange for envoys to contact the Ming Dynasty army and express our willingness to give up Shi Jianguo as the foothold of the Ming Dynasty army."
"I only hope that Ming Dynasty can ally with us to fight against the traitors of the Southern Dynasties."
"As long as the Southern Dynasties are defeated, whatever requirements Ming has, just ask them, and we will definitely satisfy them as much as possible."
Ashikaga Yoshihan was overjoyed, nodded heavily, and then said loudly:
"yes!"
Afterwards, Ashikaga Yoshiki left the meeting hall with the Ashikaga family retainers.
A large number of the retainers who were discussing matters in the hall left with a loud noise, leaving only Ashikaga Takauji and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu alone in the hall.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu really couldn't understand Ashikaga Takauji's decision, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Grandpa, why do you want to..."
"Yoshimitsu, when doing things you must not only consider right and wrong, but more importantly, consider human nature."
