"human nature?"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes were extremely confused. He didn't understand what the current war about the fate of the country had to do with human nature.
Ashikaga Takauji looked at his smart grandson lovingly, nodded with a smile, and said:
"Yeah, human nature."
"Yiman, you have been smart since you were a child and like to read books, especially books from the Central Plains. This has greatly increased your knowledge."
"These are precious treasures that will help you overcome many difficulties on your way to power."
"But communication between countries is more complicated than you think."
"There are various signs that the Ming Dynasty has already prepared for our Japanese island. It has carefully planned and secretly prepared its naval forces, until now it struck with thunder."
"From the appearance of the anti-thieves' message to the present day when the army is at the gate of the country, it only took Ming Dynasty less than a month to complete this action."
"It has been shown that the Ming Dynasty is bound to win over Shi Jianguo. No matter what Shijianguo has, we can no longer get it back."
"The Ming Dynasty sent troops at this time, and blatantly betrayed its alliance with us, and captured Shijian, which already shows that they are confident."
"In this war, our family lost the opportunity. Not only did we know nothing about the Ming Dynasty, we were not even aware of the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Daigo."
"If you fall behind, you will be beaten. If you are beaten, you must stand firm. If you make a mistake, you must admit it."
"Now that we have lost the initiative, we must make up for this mistake as soon as possible. We cannot let the enemy leave us too far."
"Repairing relations with the Ming Dynasty is to make up for the situation and bring us and the Southern Dynasty back to the starting line."
"But Grandpa, what does this have to do with human nature?"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu no longer understood that the old man had said so much, but he had not touched on the point at all.
"We can definitely form an alliance with the Southern Dynasties to fight against the Ming Dynasty."
"This is about human nature."
Ashikaga Takauji said:
"An alliance requires both parties to have the will. Such an alliance is an alliance, otherwise it will just be a piece of waste paper."
"Emperor Daigo of the Southern Dynasties prides himself on being orthodox, and has always regarded us as life and death enemies."
"Do you think if we go to the Daigo Emperor Alliance, they will negotiate peace with us?"
"Now Ming Dynasty is obviously biased towards him, and Ming Dynasty is attacking our territory. With his character, it is absolutely impossible for him to form an alliance with us at this time."
"No matter how lofty your words are, or how clear Ming is about our Japanese island, Daigo will not pay attention to you."
"Because he will only think that this is our excuse and that we are alarmist because we can't bear it anymore."
"Disasters are like this. Before the disaster comes, no matter what you tell these people, they won't believe it."
"We have no choice but to unite with the Ming Dynasty, or we will be wiped out by the Southern Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty."
"Good grandson, do you understand now?"
"When Ming Dynasty appeared in Shijian Kingdom, this outcome was already doomed."
"We have been fighting with the Southern Dynasty for so many years, and it has long been impossible to reconcile. The Ming Dynasty dared to appear openly in Shijian Kingdom, and suddenly launched a sneak attack."
"It has already determined us. Not only us, but also the Southern Dynasties are all being plotted to death."
"Cooperate or die, which one will you choose?"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was silent. He was still young now and was in the prime of his youth. How could he have imagined that there would be so many twists and turns?
He just wanted to protect Japan Island from other countries, but now he found that things were not as simple as he thought.
Things are always very simple in imagination, but in the real society, they will be subject to many constraints. Whether it is their own personal reasons or the so-called sophistication of the world, they are inevitable obstacles.
Seeing that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu remained silent, Ashikaga Takauji stood up slowly, and then said:
"Go, go to your father, follow the messenger to meet our enemy this time."
"Only by experiencing enough can you broaden your horizons and increase your mind, so that you can go further in the future."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was stunned, but seeing Ashikaga Takauji's serious eyes, he nodded heavily and said loudly:
"yes!"
...
"My lord, I'm so happy!!"
Tianjiro's expression was ecstatic, and he trotted all the way to the front of Emperor Daigo.
At this time, Emperor Daigo was discussing matters with his ministers. Seeing the excited Tajiro, some monks couldn't help but be confused as to why he was so excited.
"Tanogami-kun, why are you so happy?"
"Is it possible that the Ashikaga family of the Northern Dynasty collapsed?"
Emperor Daigo just mentioned it jokingly. Although his greatest wish in this life was to kill the Ashikaga family, he also knew that the Ashikaga family was too powerful to be destroyed in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, his casual words made Tianjiro excited even more, and he said loudly:
"Although they haven't collapsed yet, their end is not far away."
"The Lord will rule the world, completely control the Japanese islands, and become the most powerful Emperor in history."
Emperor Daigo's eyes suddenly widened, he looked at Tajiro, and reprimanded hurriedly:
"What happened? Please tell me quickly."
"Our ally Daming has already sent troops."
Tianjiro's face turned red and he loudly showed off Ming's achievements:
"Now that the Miyoshi family's Iwami country has been occupied, the Miyoshi family's daimyo led an army of tens of thousands and looked at the resisting Great Tomorrow Army, but the entire army was annihilated."
"My lord, it won't be long before we can completely defeat the Ashikaga family and reunite Japan."
"really?"
Emperor Daigo was filled with disbelief at this moment. He did not expect that the Great Tomorrow Army would come so quickly.
What was even more unexpected was that as soon as this ally arrived at the Japanese island, they directly destroyed the Iwami Kingdom.
Emperor Daigo knew very well about Iwami Country, and to be precise, he probably hated it to the core of his bones.
At the beginning, Emperor Daigo led many samurai to completely overthrow the Kamakura shogunate, and planned to establish a centralized government.
Completely ending the era when Japan was actually ruled by the shogunate.
Although many daimyo were dissatisfied at that time, they had to succumb to the majesty of Emperor Daigo.
Even the Ashikaga family, under the pressure of Emperor Daigo, planned to recognize Emperor Daigo's official right to rule.
But it happened that the name of the Miyoshi family was a stupid, iron-headed boy who was not afraid of death. Out of dissatisfaction with Emperor Daigo, he directly raised an army to oppose the rule of Emperor Daigo.
The most frightening thing is that Emperor Daigo sent his trusted generals to quell the rebellion, but he still failed to capture Iwami Country.
As the war continued for a long time, more and more daimyo saw the weakness of the imperial court, and eventually more and more daimyo rebelled. Ashikaga Takauji was elected as the leader of the rebel army and defeated the imperial army.
Later, Ashikaga Takauji took control of the court and directly deposed Emperor Daigo from the throne, forcing Emperor Daigo to escape in embarrassment.
If there was a list of people that Emperor Daigo hated, the name of the Miyoshi family would definitely be at the top.
However, the Miyoshi family is deeply rooted in Iwami country, and with the protection of the Ashikaga family, it is a very difficult nut to crack.
However, on the first day after the Ming army arrived, they destroyed the Miyoshi family in one battle and wiped out tens of thousands of samurai. This had to make Emperor Daigo extremely happy.
"It's absolutely true, my lord."
Tianjiro confirmed again and said:
"The news came from the spies from Ishijian Country. There is no mistake."
"Now that Ming Dynasty has begun to attack the Ashikaga family's allies as agreed, we should also keep our promise and lease Iwami Country to Ming Dynasty for use."
"As long as Ming Dynasty has a foothold on Honshu Island, Ming Dynasty will definitely launch a more violent attack on the Ashikaga family."
"In my opinion, it is better to lease the entire Sanin Province to the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the power of the Ashikaga family will suffer a devastating blow."
"At that time, we will send troops to Kyoto to regain the lost territory and unify the Japanese islands."
Tianjiro looked enthusiastic, as if he had seen the dawn of victory.
Emperor Daigo was also moved by Tajiro's words and said excitedly:
"Tanogami-kun, you immediately prepare gifts and go to Ishijian Kingdom to meet the envoy of the Ming Dynasty."
"Express our gratitude to Daming."
"We also signed a contract with Ming Dynasty and agreed to lease Shijian State to Ming Dynasty. We are even willing to rent Shanyin Province as long as Ming Dynasty continues to attack."
"No matter what, we must satisfy Ming so that we can continue to attack the Ashikaga family."
