"Asshole!!"
In the study room, when Zhu Yuanzhang learned about the attitude of the North Korean envoy, he became furious.
"We usually treat North Korea well. Every time they pay tribute, we reward them generously."
"Is this the result?"
Zhu Yuanzhang instantly remembered the words Li Jin often said in his ears:
Foreign races are just barbarians and beasts, fearful of power but not moral.
Song Lian didn't know what to say. He just lowered his head and looked at his toes without saying a word.
After all, this time, Song Lian, a good old man, was also a little angry.
You must know that Song Lian is the Minister of Rites and a dignified second-rank official. He went to discuss the matter with these North Korean envoys in person.
As a result, the North Korean envoy didn't even care about himself, and left the meeting on the spot without giving any face.
"Go and call Mao Xiang in!!"
The anger in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart could no longer be suppressed.
Since he is afraid of power but not virtuous, Zhu Yuanzhang must let these North Korean envoys know what the emperor's wrath is.
Soon, Mao Xiang hurried to the study room.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's angry face, he quickly knelt down and saluted.
"I have met the emperor."
"Get up, let me give you something."
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice:
"We plan to lease the Busan port in North Korea, but the North Korean envoys are all cheap and need to loosen their bones."
"When you get down later, you can take me to the prison to relax."
"We want them to beg us to rent their Busan Port, do you understand?"
Mao Xiang nodded quickly, then turned and left.
When Song Lian saw this, he was shocked and started to dissuade him:
"Your Majesty, this must not be done."
"Torturing a country's envoy is something that has never happened before. Your Majesty, please think twice."
"Humph, you don't have to worry about this."
Zhu Yuanzhang did not give Song Lian a good look and continued:
"From today onwards, all the officials of Honglu Temple will be dismissed. They are a bunch of losers, cowards and cowards. They are a disgrace to us. We will recruit officials from Honglu Temple again."
"You will be your Minister of Etiquette from now on. We will find someone else to handle foreign affairs in the future."
"If nothing happens, just go down."
Song Lian had a sudden thought. It seemed that this time Zhu Yuanzhang Long Yan was so angry that even he was implicated.
Originally, he wanted to ask for mercy, but when he looked up and saw Zhu Yuanzhang's cold eyes, Song Lian finally did not dare to speak again. He could only bow down and slowly leave.
After Zhu Yuanzhang saw Song Lian leaving, he was still full of anger. After thinking about it, he immediately lay on the table and wrote a secret letter to Xu Da on the Japanese island.
…
On the Japanese island, Luoyang, Kyoto.
After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu returned to Kyoto, the Ashikaga family attached great importance to it and once again held the top meeting of the shogunate in Muromachi.
Basically all the high-ranking daimyo in the shogunate came.
"Da Ming promises that as long as he gets it back..."
Suzuki Shigehide slowly told Daming's request, but everyone present was in an uproar.
You must know that the three sacred weapons of Wajima are basically the lifeblood of Emperor Daigo. If you want to get them back, you have no other choice but to fight Emperor Daigo desperately.
But now that there are no three sacred weapons of Japan, the Ming Dynasty will form an alliance with the Southern Dynasty. When the time comes, they will be attacked from two sides, and they will still die without a burial place.
Ashikaga Yoshiki was the first to stand up and said:
"The Daigo Emperor of the Southern Dynasties is not a concern at all. The most terrifying thing is that they joined forces with the Ming Dynasty."
"Since the Ming Dynasty has put forward conditions, let us prepare immediately and wait until tomorrow to raise troops to attack the Southern Dynasties."
"We have accumulated a lot of experience fighting against the Southern Dynasties and have never had any success."
"As long as the Ming Dynasty does not intervene, we only need to follow the steps, and sooner or later we can win the Yamato of the Southern Dynasties."
"How can we miss such a great opportunity? I suggest that we send troops now to kill Emperor Daigo and unify the Japanese islands. After unification, we can negotiate with the Ming Dynasty."
Ashikaga Yoshiki's words resonated with everyone.
After all, they had been fighting against the Southern Dynasties for so many years, and they had more wins than losses, and they had already established a psychological advantage.
But the Ming Dynasty, a powerful Central Plains dynasty, really didn't have much confidence in their hearts.
You must know that just half a month ago, the Ming Dynasty landed in Shijian Kingdom in an instant and destroyed Shijian Kingdom in one day. The name of Shijian still does not know whether he is alive or dead, so it is probably a disaster.
Such a ferocious army made them feel guilty and dare not look directly at it.
"My lord is right."
"I support fighting against South Korea."
One by one, the shogunate daimyo began to speak in support of Ashikaga Yoshiki.
Ashikaga Takauji knelt on the main seat, his turbid eyes swept over everyone present, and the whole place fell silent again.
Finally, Ashikaga Takauji's eyes fell on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and he slowly said:
"Yiman, you also went on an envoy together and met the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. What do you think of this matter?"
Everyone's eyes instantly turned to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was sitting behind Ashikaga Yoshiki.
After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard his grandfather's question, he calmly said:
"Grandpa, my grandson thinks that the Ming Dynasty's move is to make us fight with the Southern Dynasty, and to fight to the death, with the intention of weakening the overall strength of our Japanese island."
"The Ming Dynasty may have secretly formed an alliance with the Southern Dynasty, or even concluded a peace treaty."
"In today's situation, the Southern Dynasties are more powerful than us. If we want to defeat them, we must mobilize all our forces. Only then can we possibly compete with the Southern Dynasties."
"And the Ming Dynasty is watching behind us. If the Ming Dynasty attacks us from behind when we are in the middle of a fierce battle with the Southern Dynasty, how should we deal with it?"
"Therefore, it is impossible for us to unify the Japanese islands in a short time, nor can we completely ignore the Ming Dynasty and attack the Southern Dynasties."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's words caused the discussion on the court to start again.
"If that's true, aren't we doomed?"
"Yeah, I think it's all unfounded."
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, but most of them did not agree with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's words.
"Ahem!"
Ashikaga Takauji coughed twice, suppressing the voices of the audience again, and then motioned for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to continue.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu continued:
"I think it is almost impossible to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty."
"The Southern Dynasty was the first to arrive. During the half month we stayed at the post house, the Southern Dynasty might have made a peace treaty to sell out the interests of the Japanese island in order to win the favor of the Ming Dynasty."
"Since it is impossible to form an alliance, we can only fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty."
"If the Southern Dynasty wants to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, it must have promised some benefits, and it will definitely not be reconciled."
"We can unite with the Southern Dynasties and unite together to drive the Ming Dynasty out of Japan."
"Only in this way can we resolve this crisis."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
Everyone present had the same reaction, that is, shaking their heads like shaking urine.
The Southern Dynasties were already difficult enough, but now they actually want to provoke the Ming Dynasty. This is not playing with fire at all, but directly committing suicide.
If when he attacks the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Daigo of the south suddenly attacks him, who can withstand it?
Ashikaga Yoshiki stood up and accused:
"Yoshimitsu, do you want all the Ashikaga family to be buried with you?"
"Do you know what you are talking about?"
"Father, don't worry. Since my son dares to speak out about this plan, he will naturally have countermeasures to deal with Ming Dynasty."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was confident, soothing his father's emotions, and then slowly said the method he had thought about for a long time to deal with Daming.
