Zhu Jianshen was decisive and quick, giving no opportunity to interest groups to react, and no room for negotiation.
In just over a month, the Jiangnan smugglers were completely destroyed!
This time, Zhu Jianshen won again.
However, his victory was not complete, and there would be a series of troubles to solve in the future, especially interest groups headed by military generals and nobles, who had to be appeased.
Therefore, reforming the country and returning home was put on the agenda.
Zhu Jianshen wanted to give these generals and nobles whose interests had been harmed a chance to make meritorious deeds and a chance to make up for their losses.
This time, he showed great sincerity and released several places for knighthood.
At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity to rectify the West Factory, Zhu Jianshen transferred Wang Zhi and changed him to a military eunuch, supervising the entire process of suppressing the chieftains.
Wang Zhi was the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Guards and was in charge of the imperial guards in the capital. He already had military power. Zhu Jianshen's arrangement was reasonable and reasonable, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Moreover, the civil servant group is happy to do this. It is better to harm the generals than harm them.
The generals were unhappy. They had just had a chance to make up for their damaged interests, but Wang Zhilai got a share of the pie. This was too much!
However, there are quotas for the knighthood, so you have to endure the discomfort. Who is not jealous of the long-term meal tickets of Daming Company?
With limited quotas, not only could they not confront Wang Zhi, they even had to be polite to him.
There is no way, who let this eunuch be the supervisor.
Although they were unhappy, they had to take this trip seriously in order to better benefit their children and grandchildren.
The cost of the Ming Dynasty's internal use of troops was not large. It could be said that there were granaries everywhere, and there was no need to establish expensive long-distance supply lines. Compared with the external use of troops, the cost of war was not even a little less.
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Yongning Palace.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to chat after tea, Zhen'er said tactfully: "Your Majesty, Wang Zhi is young and vigorous, and has a sharp edge. Now that he has the power to supervise the army, I am afraid that he will go on a killing spree in order to perform meritorious deeds... He will be the supervisor of the army. , in the end it is of no use to the Emperor’s grand plan.”
Zhu Jianshen chuckled and said: "I still have the ability to judge people, but Wang Zhi will not be like this."
"It's hard to say," Zhen'er shook her head. "If the killing goes too far, what will happen to the Emperor's subsequent plans... I am not interested in intervening in politics, but I just don't want the Emperor's efforts to go to waste."
After a pause, "Even if Wang Zhi doesn't know how, those generals..."
Zhu Jianshen said amusedly: "This is what you want to say, isn't it?"
Zhen'er's face heated up and she said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, your Majesty has promised several promotions and promotions this time. In order to achieve meritorious service, the military generals will naturally spare no effort to expand the results... I'm afraid it will do more harm than good!"
"If you can think of it, I can of course think of it," Zhu Jianshen smiled calmly and sighed: "This is inevitable, and it does not mean that the harm outweighs the benefit."
He took a breath and said, "Any restructuring will inevitably offend those with vested interests. This has been true since ancient times;
Therefore, it is very necessary to fight several times hard. The harder the fight, the better. The harder the fight, the higher the cost of resistance of the toast, and the lower the resistance will be;
The tepid conventional method of fighting would have to be fought all over again, which would not only be time-consuming, but also waste money, and would not achieve the purpose of deterrence! "
Zhu Jianshen said: "If you make those chieftain leaders shocked and frightened, the subsequent implementation of the reform will save more worry and effort, and achieve greater gains at a smaller cost. Do you understand?"
Zhen'er paused for a moment and said in awe: "Your Majesty is wise!"
"Of course I'm wise." Zhu Jianshen's mouth crooked, and then he said: "I know you have good intentions, but there are some things you shouldn't worry about. Remember."
"Yes, I know I was wrong." Zhen'er shuddered and hurriedly bowed down to apologize.
Zhu Jianshen helped her up and said warmly: "I'll just make another example next time. I'm not really angry with you. I understand what you're worried about. It's just that you're worried that Wang Zhi's knife is too sharp and I won't be able to tolerate him in the future. Or I might burn the bridge by crossing the river." To appease public anger, right?”
"Yeah." Zhen'er nodded and admitted frankly.
The little ancestor's scheming skills are now far beyond hers, and it would be really stupid to try to be clever again.
Zhen'er is naturally not a fool.
"Your Majesty has seen this, it's really amazing." Zhen'er said sweetly.
"It's still a long way from me," Zhu Jianshen glared at her and hummed: "Don't worry, I promised you before that I would give him a good ending, and I will never break my promise."
Zhen'er felt relieved, "Your Majesty is benevolent."
Although Wang Zhi was an eunuch, she raised him as her son, and she didn't want this young man to end up like Wang Zhen.
Zhu Jianshen shook his head and sighed: "I am not benevolent. A benevolent emperor is not a good emperor!"
Zhen'er: "..."
Is it wrong to praise you?
The little ancestor is getting more and more difficult to take care of...
In March, when the armaments were ready, Zhu Jianshen found an excuse and officially took action as chieftain.
At the same time, he sent an order to Li Hong to prepare for Japanese pirates.
Zhu Jianshen destroyed the smuggling industry. It was not only the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty who suffered losses. Japanese smugglers also lost money. Hunger and cold aroused the desire to steal, so we must guard against it!
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The Ming Dynasty was rippled again, and the situation in Japan was even more changing.
Hosokawa Toyohisa came again. This time, he was more polite than last time because he had paid the money but the goods had not been confiscated.
"I hope that you will keep your promise and spare no effort to help us attack the Yamana family." Toyohisa Hosokawa promised, "I, the Hosokawa clan, will not take any of the profits after the war, and I will openly recognize the legitimacy of your department."
Li Qing smiled and asked, "How many people will you send?"
"Seven thousand warriors!" Hosokawa Toyohisa looked proud.
A war of this scale is earth-shattering. The entire country of Japan can produce such a large array of forces with only one hand. This is also the horror of the Hosokawa clan.
"Seven thousand warriors..." Li Qing pondered for a moment and said: "With our fifteen hundred warriors, it is impossible to defeat the Yamana family. Although our warriors are extremely brave, this time it is an siege after all... It is difficult. !”
Hosokawa Toyohisa was speechless and hummed: "Do you think the Yamana family is made of clay? How can it be so delicious! I won't attack the city this time..."
Li Qing frowned and said, "Why don't you go and have fun without attacking the city?"
"You..." Hosokawa Toyohisa was very angry. He couldn't control his temper when talking to Li Qing. He was really too irritating.
However, he was the weak one at the moment, so he had to suppress his anger and said:
"Of course we are grabbing money, food, and resources as much as possible. Don't worry, our Hosokawa family has a great cause and we won't blackmail your harvest."
Li Qing felt disappointed: "In other words, we are just going to loot?"
"Ang, not bad." Hosokawa Toyojiu nodded muffledly.
I shouldn't have any illusions about the people here. From top to bottom, they have a fucking gangster mentality and no strategy at all... Li Qing couldn't help but hold his forehead.
From an overall perspective, this is a good thing, but it will make it much more difficult for Li Qing to take advantage of the situation. óΠъ.oяＧ
The Hosokawa clan did not rush to eliminate powerful enemies at all, but only ransacked them. They did not even plan to attack the city, so the losses would certainly not be great.
Damn...
"All the good things are in the city. If we send out so many people this time, if we don't attack the city and loot it, I'm afraid it won't be worth the loss!" Li Qing wanted to provoke the opponent's ambitions.
Unexpectedly, Hosokawa Toyohisa said firmly: "Don't worry, we have calculated that this time we will definitely make a profit!"
After a pause, he added: "Big profit!"
Li Qing: "..."
The Hosokawa family dispatched 7,000 warriors, which was really a lot. The problem was that the bastards were not going to fight, but to rob.
This results in a very short battle and low casualties.
In this way, it would be extremely difficult for Li Qing to eat the Hosokawa clan.
Hosokawa Toyojiu saw the light in Li Qing's eyes, but without saying a word, his face also darkened: "Could it be that you want to break your promise?"
"That's not true." Li Qing sighed softly and said, "I'm just a little disappointed. I thought that the Hosokawa clan was ambitious and wanted to completely destroy the Yamana family, but I didn't expect... to be so small."
Hosokawa Toyohisa blushed and hummed: "I, the Hosokawa clan, will eventually take the name of the mountain, but not now. This has nothing to do with you. You just need to keep your promise."
"Of course I will keep my promise." Li Qing smiled, "When will we leave?"
"The sooner, the better!" Hosokawa Toyohisa said, "When I came, we were already mobilizing the warriors. I expected that they would have already set off. I hope you can follow me as soon as possible."
"Then tomorrow?"
"Okay!" Hosokawa Toyohisa felt happy, finally hearing something happy.
He said: "This time I am with your team. I wonder who you will send to lead the warriors?"
"Saburo Inoue!"
Hosokawa Toyohisa was even happier. He had a certain understanding of Li Qing's armed forces and knew that Saburo Inoue was second only to this great master.
This shows that this great god has no intention of cheating or cheating.
"This is the best. Don't worry, sir, I, the Hosokawa clan, always keep my promises!" Toyohisa Hosokawa said seriously: "As long as your troops fight bravely, I will never treat you badly after the war."
Li Qing just smiled. As a veteran of cake painting, he didn't bother to pay attention to such useless words.
"Come here and arrange a good guest room for Mr. Toyohisa Hosokawa."
"Thank you!" Yutaka Hosokawa sat up, bowed, and promised again: "We, the Hosokawa clan..."
"Get some rest early!" Li Qing interrupted. He couldn't get used to hearing this kind of words, especially since the other party was a Japanese. He was really uncomfortable with it.
Mr. Hosokawa's expression froze, but he didn't care, "Goodbye!"
He followed Han Chinese etiquette and cupped his hands, turned around and followed a warrior out of the living room.
Li Qing exhaled a breath of depression and said to himself: It seems that the plan has changed!
However, the strategy of the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind can still be used, but the target will change. There is little hope of capturing the Hosokawa clan, so the only option is to capture the Yamana clan.
But if this happens, we have to give up our current territory...
"Let Saburo Inoue and Takumi Murakami come to see me!" Li Qing shouted.
"yes!"
A quarter of an hour later, the two of them walked in, bowed and said, "Great God."
Li Qing stood up and said, "Go to the inner hall and talk."
The two of them were startled for a moment, then quickly followed.
Entering the inner hall, Takumi Murakami at the end closed the door, and then stepped forward and asked: "Master, do you want to change the plan?"
"It's going to change." Li Qing nodded.
He took a breath and said in a deep voice: "It's time to eat the Yamana clan instead of the Hosokawa clan!"
