Chapter 148

Of course, the Japanese surrender was actually just a casual flattery by the Minister of Rites.

In fact, the Japanese regime at that time was so inflated that it looked down on the Ming Dynasty.

Later, the Japanese achieved a regime change and surrendered to Emperor Hongwu.

Chapter 157 The Japanese Want to Fight

Since that was the case, Zhu Di didn't care about money and food.

Anyway, the boss would definitely give him enough.

"Immediately issue an order to go on an expedition to the Japanese!"

The Minister of Rites saw the fighting spirit and murderous aura emanating from the emperor, and immediately bowed and said, "I obey your order."

It's just that now we have to go on an expedition to the Japanese...

Forget it, Lu Zhen will take his leave first. Whether to go on an expedition is not something he, the Minister of Rites, should be in charge of.

Although it does sound a bit hasty, the expedition is indeed a bit big.

However, the previous court meeting has basically determined that the expedition to the Japanese will be carried out, but the date of the northern expedition has not yet been determined.

Today, the approximate date of the expedition is only set.

"Xuan Taisun Zhu Zhanji, Zhenfu Envoy Zhu Zhankan, Yinggong Zhang Fu, Ningyang Hou Chen Mao, Fengcheng Hou Li Bin, Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng."

"Xuan six...seven ministers, cabinet scholars."

However, when thinking of the many civil and military officials in the court, Zhu Di suddenly felt that no one could take on the position of marshal!

The Yongle period was not as good as the Hongwu period.

During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, there was no shortage of military generals who were capable of standing alone.

From the founding of the country Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Fu Youde, to the later Lan Yu, Zhu Di, Zhu Quan...

Everyone has the qualifications to lead the army independently and fight in the south and the north.

But the Yongle Dynasty was much worse, and Zhu Di was not always willing to lead the army in person.

When he sent General Qiu Fu to the north for the first time, he directly defeated the whole army, and even Qiu Fu died in the battle, which was very uncomfortable.

Among the generals, only Zhang Fu had some experience in leading the army independently and pacifying Annan.

Other generals basically had no experience in commanding the three armies alone.

As for their experience in naval warfare, they were overestimating them.

Just as Zhu Di was racking his brains over who to send as the commander of the Northern Expedition, civil and military officials had already arrived at the Fengtian Hall one after another.

Noticing that there were so many courtiers here, the courtiers were also a little curious.

What kind of confidential matter actually required them to come urgently?

"I asked you to come here to do three things!"

"Martial arts, raising money, and conquering Japan!"

"This..." Except for the Minister of Rites, most of the other courtiers looked at a loss.

The news of martial arts had already spread, but Your Majesty had not yet made it clear.

As for money, if the amount is not large, it is still no problem to collect it.

The problem is why the army suddenly has to be dispatched to go out to sea to conquer the Japanese?

Is this a bit hasty?

"Your Majesty, now that the soldiers of the Beijing Camp and the Northern Expedition have just completed the conquest, do they need some time to recover their vitality and boost morale?" The Minister of War asked tentatively.

As for other issues, there are also things worth worrying about.

For example, if we go to war against the Japanese, should we worry about the attack of the Tatars?

The former Yuan Dynasty went to war against the Japanese twice, but suffered heavy casualties but gained nothing.

The Ming Dynasty dare not say that it will definitely win the battle, right?

Unless... the grandson Zhu Zhankan who killed the beast with a sword on the south wall that day takes action.

That's right, so many days have passed, and everyone has naturally found out who killed the beast.

In the end, everyone locked their sights on the grandson Zhu Zhankan.

The grandson Zhu Zhankan is very similar to the mysterious swordsman in terms of body shape and appearance.

"Your Majesty, if we attack the Japanese, I'm afraid the Tatars will have thoughts that they shouldn't have."

The Northern Expedition did basically cripple the Wala, but the Tatars have not completely lost their vitality.

It's a joke that the Tatars have the ability to threaten the Ming Dynasty.

But they are like flies, disgusting people, and they need to be dealt with.

From the overall perspective of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars are naturally not a threat.

But for a certain guard station attacked by the Tatars, the Tatars are still a bit threatening.

"Order the King of Han to go to the Dusi of Shaanxi, lead an army of 10,000, and inspect the border. If there is a war, he can make his own decision."

When the King of Han heard this order, he wilted like an eggplant hit by frost.

But the imperial edict had already been issued, so he could only answer: "As ordered."

......

Wakoku Island.

Kyoto or Heian-kyō.

A small island country, but a complete city was built.

If you are lucky enough to have seen the capital of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, you will find that there are many similarities between the two.

The city of Kyoto has basically restored a fraction of the original appearance of the Tang Dynasty.

The sickly-looking third-generation general of the Ashikaga family, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was looking at the information that he failed to rob the Ming army and was killed instead.

"Ahem!" His son Ashikaga Yoshimochi hurried forward to support his father.

"Father, don't be anxious."

"How can I not be anxious? The navy of the Ming Dynasty has risen. The Central Plains is vast and rich in resources. As long as they are willing to develop, they will sooner or later dominate the entire ocean!"

In the early years, after unifying the Wanu island country, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

But that was in the late period of Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, or even at the end.

The Ming Dynasty had already implemented a relatively complete maritime ban policy at that stage.

They bowed to the Ming Dynasty in order to paralyze it.

How great are the benefits in the ocean? It is really hard to imagine for those who have not experienced it personally!

It is no exaggeration to say that the biggest source of money and food for the rise of the island nation was the looting and overseas trade of the Japanese pirates!

In particular, they secretly bought back some porcelain, silk, and tea from the Ming Dynasty, and then secretly sold them out to sea!

It is no exaggeration to say that the profits were hundreds of times!

The main reason why the island nation attacked the Ming Dynasty’s fleet directly, as if it were demented, was that the Ming Dynasty began to gradually relax the maritime ban!

Once the maritime ban was lifted, the huge profits on the ocean would definitely be valued by the Ming Dynasty.

The fleet that the island nation had previously developed by relying on small places could not possibly be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty’s future fleet.

Therefore, the old and weak Ashikaga Yoshimitsu planned to struggle one last time.

If there was still the protection of the divine wind, he might really be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty’s army!

Moreover, with the lessons of the previous dynasty in front of him, the Ming Dynasty might not dare to attack them!

"What should we do if the Ming Dynasty attacks us?"

Ashiro Yoshimitsu glanced at his son and said, "The Ming Dynasty has already attacked us. Since the killing of our envoys, the Ming Dynasty has already taken action against us!"

"You go back. The war still needs your best efforts."

Ashiro Yoshimochi returned to his residence.

A small courtyard full of flowers and plants.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, he came to the flower pavilion.

Whenever he encountered something he was hesitant about, he would think about how to deal with it here.

At the same time, there were island princesses standing on the left and right.

Occasionally, they would feed Ashikaga Yoshimochi with purple grapes.

As the son of General Ashikaga, Ashikaga Yoshimochi is only over 30 years old this year.

According to the life expectancy of a person, he should be quite old.

But according to the political career, it is the golden period of a person's politics.