Chapter 96 Gentleman’s Agreement
He Xi quickly said: "I don't dare to take it seriously."
Feng Sheng said, "Don't be humble. If you really want to talk about it, some old people like me are gone, and the world is counting on Mu Ying, Lan Yu and others. And after them, you, King Yan, and several others will be included." .Just do what you want."
He Xi said, "On this matter, at least the Marquis of Yingchuan should nod."
Feng Sheng said: "I know Lao Fu, he won't say anything. And Japan doesn't need much. I guess you are going to see Lao Fu too. Just pass the news on. After I go back, I will go back to Nanjing for the Chinese New Year this year. Come on, tell your Majesty this intention. When the time comes, you------"
He Xi said; "My nephew also knows what to do."
Feng Sheng actually knew very well that since he came to Liaodong without permission, he had to give an explanation to Zhu Yuanzhang. Moreover, if he, He Xi, and Fu Youde jointly submitted a memorial to this matter, it would be absolutely impossible for him to approve it. The reason is too simple. Three frontier officials joined forces to change the national strategy. The first thing the court should do is not to think about the right or wrong of this strategy, but to consider the authority of the court.
Conquest comes from the emperor, not from the princes. This is a matter of principle.
Therefore, this statement is, overall, a gentleman's agreement. However, no one will regret it, because if they regret it, they will lose their political credibility. Turn your original allies into enemies all of a sudden. It's better to refuse directly.
Feng Sheng stayed in Yingkou for one night, and hurriedly left here the next day and returned to Peiping.
It made He Xi feel like a dream.
It's like what happened yesterday didn't happen at all.
This also depends on the prosperous shipping within the Bohai Sea. After all, the wind and waves in the Bohai Sea are far smaller than those in the Yellow Sea. In addition, there are a series of small islands between Shandong and Liaodong that can be docked. As a result, shipping in Denglai, Yingkou, Lushun, Tianjin and other places was very developed.
Not just official ships, but also trade ships.
In this era, the Bohai Rim Business and Trade Zone was formed.
Feng Sheng was able to arrive at Yingkou within a few days, and then returned to Peiping within a few days. Except for some thoughtful people, many people had no idea that Feng Sheng had left once before.
He Xi recalled the gentleman's agreement reached with Feng Sheng, and thought to herself: "Come on, before I thought six million taels would be enough to spend. Now it seems that it is not enough at all."
For the development of Northeast China, not to mention six million taels, even two zeros are not enough. However, facing this situation, He Xi became a little excited. It seemed that a day with everything planned out was not challenging and could not arouse He Xi's interest at all.
Only this difficulty made him happy.
He Xi secretly thought, "I wonder what the Japanese battlefield is like? It's time to go there. If it snows later, it will be bad."
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At this moment, Yang Zhen had just experienced a naval battle.
Yang Zhen raised three large ships and sailed northward, but had to pass through the Tsushima Strait. Involved in a fight. It is Fang Chengfeng Department and the Japanese Navy.
Not so much the Japanese navy. Might as well be called Japanese pirates.
For a long time, there was no so-called navy in Japan. Their sailors are all pirates, part-time water thieves. In the era of Oda Nobunaga. Still so. Not to mention this era. The Ouchi family, the Otomo family and other Kyushu daimyo naval forces were the core. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu surrendered the Seto Inland Sea, as well as some pirates from the four countries. They gathered together to form a very large fleet in the eyes of the Japanese. Attack Tsushima again.
This is not what Ashikaga Yoshimitsu meant.
But Ashikaga Yoshimitsu could not completely control the situation. Especially the Kyushu daimyo, intentionally or unintentionally, lost a lot of interests after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu entered Kyushu. Under this situation, the Kyushu daimyo were generally dissatisfied. They have the largest number of people in Busan City.
Rationally speaking, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu should suppress the rash emotions of the Kyushu daimyo. But Ashikaga Yoshimitsu understands one thing better. Such disobedient friendly forces are often useless.
Of course, the reason why Kyushu's name is like this is not without reason.
The reason is that after the Battle of Busan, Ming Dynasty did not pursue the victory, which gave them an illusion. I feel that the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than that. On the sea, they are protected by the divine wind.
The reason why Fu Youde didn't move was because of Fu Youde's fighting style.
Young things, Fu Youde fights, it is life-threatening, it is simply a battle. Live towards death.
It can be seen from the battle in Sichuan that from the time the troops were sent out on April 4, the fourth year of Hongwu, to the middle of June when they besieged Chengdu, they were invincible. Even if there were relapses on the way back, they ignored them. When Chengdu surrendered, Tang He The others have not yet crossed the Three Gorges.
But when people get older, things are different from when they were young.
During this period of time, Fu Youde spent more time on reorganizing the army. In his view, Japan is not the problem, the problem is military affairs. Only by rectifying the army and winning the hearts of its lieutenants will Japan be like a country dog and a chicken.
During this period of time, Fu Youde focused on getting the troops accustomed to crossing the sea by boat, and even went to the battlefield personally to confront the soldiers.
More than a month later. The style of Sapphire in the army was gone, and Fu Youde was recognized by everyone in the army.
But in this case, I don’t know if Japan knows it or not. Anyway, Japan's proactive attack made Fang Chengfeng extremely happy.
Because of the relationship between He Xi and Fu Youde, Fang Chengfeng's treatment under Fu Youde was second only to the direct lineage. It was much better than when Lan Yu was there, so he added ships and served as a pioneer. Wait, a lot of benefits are coming.
Fang Chengfeng was extremely happy. The only problem was that Fu Youde did not want to attack Japan for the time being. Fang Chengfeng could only obey the request and temporarily suppress the strong desire to fight in his heart.
Now, the Japanese are coming to our door, which is actually not the best.
There is nothing to say about this battle between the two sides.
Ming warships were better than Japanese ships.
Japan built ships. Even during the Tokugawa Shogunate period, the shipbuilding skills were not very good. Not worth mentioning at all, let alone firearms. The artillery on the Ming army's ship seemed to He Xi to be a small cannon. But the Japanese can no longer resist it.
Both parties spend the most time looking for each other's location.
This is also inevitable in naval battles.
Once you go out to sea, it is an isolated space. The sea is so vast that it is difficult to find your opponent.
Fortunately, Japan wanted to attack Tsushima, so the two sides did not circle around dozens of times on the sea.
But the confrontation lasted less than half an hour. The reason was simple: Japanese ships did not have watertight compartments. Although these small cannons hit the ship's deck, there were only fist-sized holes, and sometimes there were even no fist-sized holes at all. It's just a crack and water seepage.
The advantage of a wooden boat is that the wood itself floats on the water.
Wooden boats are easy to repair. Just nail a piece of wood and it will last for a while.
But the problem is that Japanese ships do not have watertight compartments, only one compartment. There are few places where water has just begun to enter, and they can be repaired. When there are gaps everywhere, it is impossible to divide the compartments and abandon part of them. As a result, only the deck of the entire ship surfaced.
It's all in the water below decks.
In this case, the ship couldn't run at all. When they met the Ming army ships chasing after them, they were naturally at their mercy.
Later, the Japanese also learned to master it.
All of them are like birds and beasts. There are them all over the sea. Fang Chengfeng had no time to catch up.
Moreover, Fang Chengfeng was also worried that enemies would bypass this place and attack the coast of Goryeo. Then he has failed in his duty. So there was no further pursuit. At the same time, Yang Zhen's boat was also discovered, and he immediately raised a flag and asked, who are they?
Yang Zhen naturally answered his identity.
So Fang Chengfeng flagged and asked to see him.
Yang Zhen naturally agreed.
After a while, the two sides finally came together.
The Fang family is considered to be on He Xi's side, not to mention Yang Zhen. Therefore, the relationship between the two parties is very good, and they became familiar with each other within a few words.
Fang Chengfeng said: "Brother Yang, where are you going?"
Yang Zhen said: "If it were anyone else, I would definitely not tell. But since Uncle Fang asked, how could I not say it and ask Uncle Fang for advice." So he explained the purpose of the trip. Five Ten said.
