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Da Boling smiled and said: "The morale is high enough, it seems that I can't wait to go to the battlefield, right?"
Yu Xiaoqian smiled and said, "Isn't the morale high for the Koreans to beat Japanese pirates?"
Qiu Hu said with a smile: "It seems that it won't be long before the Holy Majesty will be able to enter Kyoto and Edo!"
When Zhu Heqi was standing on the big bird ship and watching the military appearance of the Ming army in North Korea.On another bird boat of about the same size, his face was a little pale due to seasickness, and Anukdun and Tserwang Alabatan were also startled by cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
At this moment, they were also standing on the deck of the bird boat, looking at the spectacular scene outside the pier, a little stunned.
They had never seen such a neat formation, with tens of thousands of infantry carrying flintlock guns with bayonets attached.The sun shone on the bayonet, reflecting dazzling light, which made everyone who saw it tremble in their hearts.
"Kedun..." Allah Butan, who seemed to have no plans, said to Anu in a low voice, "Da Ming has such elites, it seems that Kangxi's defeat was not unjust, and my uncle shouldn't come to Guihua City! "
Anukodun said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case, now we are not the enemies of the Son of Heaven... Just fight hard and make more contributions."
Cewang Allah Butan just smiled, did not continue this topic, and turned his attention to the pier again.
"Brother Sage...I'm looking forward to you!"
"The emperor Hu De respectfully welcomes Sheng An!"
"Veteran Song Shilie respectfully invites Shengan!"
At this time, Zhu Heqi had already disembarked from the boat with Yu Xiaoqian, Qiu Hu and others.
Besides Li Wenji, the governor of North Korea, Hu Dedi, and the left deputy prime minister, Song Shiyeol, greeted him on the pier.
Chapter 677 See you at Hakata Bay on the seventh day of July!
Asan Palace now has the appearance of a "Great Emperor's Fortress".In the past two years, although Zhu and Qi did not come to North Korea again, the construction of Asan Palace has not stopped, and it has been regarded as the number one project in North Korea, and has been busy for two years.
By the time Zhu Heqi came back this time, the entire Asan Valley and the mountains on the north and south sides had become part of the Asan Palace.A mountain city was built on the mountain, and a continuous city wall was built along the mountain. At the east and west entrances of the valley, there are two bastions built with granite stones from Seoul and cement from Nanjing. And strong enough to ensure the safety in the valley.In the valley firmly guarded by mountain cities and bastions, there are barracks, warehouses, palaces, and government offices.
The Governor’s Yamen, the Admiral’s Yamen, the Navy’s Admiral’s Yamen, and Zhu Heqi’s personal expedition palaces have long been stationed in the Yashan Valley.As for the food, grass and other various military supplies needed to attack Japan, they have been continuously transported by sea to the port of Asan Bay since two years ago, and then transferred to the Asan Valley for storage.
And the main force to attack Japan this time—five elite Korean infantry towns, have successively entered the barracks of Asan Palace from Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou Mansion, Liaoyang Mansion and other places since last winter, and also started a long-term Months of landing drills.
In the spring of the third year of Dagong, the two towns of the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty and the five Mongolian cavalry battalions led by Luo Buzang also marched to North Korea by land, and they all entered the camp of Yashan Palace.
And on April [-]th in the third year of Omiya, those who arrived with Zhu and Qi on hundreds of large bird boats were the guard cavalry battalion, Sauron cavalry battalion (including three guard cavalry leaders), Balhu The cavalry battalion and the five Junggar cavalry battalions-these cavalry battalions have been reorganized like the five Mongolian cavalry battalions. They all have about a thousand people, and they are all large establishments with one battalion and five leaders.
According to the different equipment and tasks performed, these cavalry battalions are divided into three categories: heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and general cavalry. Among them, the guard cavalry equipped with breastplates, the Sauron cavalry battalion, and the Barhu cavalry battalion are all heavy cavalry. Just charge forward, it is the decisive force on the battlefield!
The five Mongolian cavalry battalions brought by Luo Buzang were all light cavalry, not equipped with armor, but equipped with flintlock guns, grenades, bows and Mongolian scimitars.Although they can't make a wall charge, they are good "miscellaneous cavalry".
The [-] Junggar cavalry brought to Beijing by Anukodun and Tsengarabutan are "universal cavalry" who can charge into battle and do chores, and can even dismount and fight on foot in formation-in fact, the traditional Eastern cavalry Most of the cavalry are of this "all-round type", and it is difficult to distinguish whether they are heavy cavalry, light cavalry or heavy infantry.
In addition to these military preparations on land, the Daming Navy and the Nanyang Trading Company are now also ready for an expedition to Japan!
Due to the emergence of the "naval riding and shooting" tactics, the current Daming Navy and Nanyang Trading Company no longer rely on soft-sail warships like the Great Eastern class to fight, so they can build hard-sail armaments like large bird ships at a faster speed Merchant ship - because this kind of armed merchant ship does not need to be equipped with heavy artillery, it does not need a strong hull structure, which not only saves high-quality wood, but also greatly saves time.
So by the third year of the Grand Duke, the Daming Navy and the Nanyang Trading Company already had quite a large fleet.The hundreds of big bird ships that are now assembled in Asan Bay and nearby Haizhou Bay are part of their huge fleet!
It can be said that everything is ready for the war to invade Japan, and the only thing left is Beifeng!
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"My lord, Japan's Japanese king Shiren has issued a great edict, declaring that he will unite the sea and land armies of the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, England, Annan, Myanmar, Siam and other friendly countries to fight with me on the beach of Hakata to reproduce the kamikaze of the Battle of Bunyong Victory!"
It was Song Shiyeol, the deputy prime minister, who was briefing Zhu Hechi on the domestic situation in Asan Palace. Although this old man had the title of deputy prime minister, he had been staying at Asan Palace for the past two years to discuss the invasion of Japan!
Invade Japan!
Real North Koreans wake up laughing when they think of this, and they are full of energy!
Moreover, Zhu Heyi also promised Song Shiyeol two good jobs - the first Japanese supervisor and Japanese envoy!
Of course, Jian Guo is responsible for supervising the "big pen-headed wolf dog" of Ming Dynasty in Japan.The Dajiaohuashi is a Confucian position, responsible for educating Japanese devils. If this thing is done, Song Shilie will be the real "Songzi".
So Mr. Song is in very good spirits now, and looks younger than three years ago.
"Hahaha, the Japanese have many friends!"
After listening to Song Shilie's report, Zhu Heqi laughed out loud.
It is not surprising that Japan has many friendly countries. In the distant memory of Zhu Heqi, Japan has friends all over the world!
And now, it's time to see whether Japan's allies are true or false!
Thinking of this, Zhu Heqian smiled and said, "The allies of the Japanese are not close at all... so, I will spare them a few more months, is it April [-]th now? Around the seventh day of July, if the wind direction And the weather is suitable, I will compete with them in Hakata Bay!"
Hearing his words, Mr. Song was taken aback, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the way of using troops has always been to use surprises to win? You agreed with the Japanese pirates on the time and place, and gave them nearly three months to prepare. Isn't it a bit...too benevolent? gone?"
Zhu Heqian smiled and shook his head, "I have no interest in Japan's land and wealth, nor do I want to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate. What I want is to abolish the emperor's arrogance, and then turn Japan into a vassal of the Celestial Dynasty... From now on, I will We also need to use Japan as a springboard to go straight to the New World and save the native people who were enslaved by the Westerners there. Moreover, the samurai of Japan can also fight for us and join in the just battle to save the natives of the New World. If you make a contribution, I will treat everyone equally and reward you!
Therefore, the war between me and Japan is a war of gentlemen. It would be great if we could gamble and fight at a time and place without massacring people everywhere. "
The purpose of Zhu Hechi's invasion of Japan is obvious - to collect dogs!So he didn't want to occupy the entire territory of Japan at all, and he couldn't do it.Because Japan has a population of 2000 million, and there are hundreds of thousands of samurai who can fight, and they have not sinicized themselves like North Korea... Zhu Heqi's wishful thinking is to treat the Japanese devils as the same existence as the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols , responsible for clearing the field, no, responsible for saving!
Wherever they were oppressed by the Westerners, the Japanese devils, the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols rushed over to rescue them on the ships of the Ming Navy...Of course, there is no free lunch in the world, and there is no free rescue either!
Song Shilie nodded, "Of course the Holy Majesty's Da Ming soldiers are invincible. If they can defeat the Japanese in a single battle, it is indeed a good thing... But if the Japanese king and the generals of the Japanese are afraid of the power of heaven and dare not send troops, then what can we do? Is good?"
Zhu Heqi smiled and said: "Then let our envoys tell Shiren and Tokugawa Tsunayoshi that if they dare not send troops, I will station in Hakata, and then support the Japanese loyal ministers who are willing to cooperate among the powerful southwestern vassals and support them. They sent troops to Luo, overthrew the shogunate, and then returned the Japanese government to the Japanese king Shiren who was willing to give up the title of emperor!
Mr. Huayang, your disciples often go to Japan in the past two years, right?He must have had a lot of contacts with the daimyo, the feudal lords of Kyushu and the Western Kingdom, right?Some of them must want to overthrow the shogunate and support Zhongliang who is in power under the Japanese king, right? "
Song Shilie has now convinced Zhu Heqi, an invasion can be so just, and he can also describe the behavior of treason and surrender to the enemy as a leading party as "loyalty", and by the way, he also used "returning the great government" to seduce the Japanese king Shiren ——This is so benevolent!
Chapter 678 Emperor, you must be ashamed!
"Tick, tick, tick..."
The "tick" sound in the Zichen Hall of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan is getting more and more intensive. This is the sound made when the rainwater that leaked into the Zichen Hall drips into the wooden basin.
Now it is raining heavily outside Zichen, but of course it is raining lightly inside Zichen Hall.
As the emperor, Shiren has long been accustomed to the situation of heavy rain outside and light rain in the house... Anyway, in his memory, most of the palaces in the Zichen Palace and the Imperial Palace in Kyoto have always been like this, and he is used to it .And the other thing he got used to was the mild musty smell that filled his palace every rainy season!
There are too many moldy things in his palace. For example, the tatami mat he is kneeling on is moldy... It has been moldy for many years, but as long as it is not completely rotten, it must continue to be used.
In addition, the tatami where His Majesty slept was also moldy. When he woke up this morning, His Majesty saw many green hairs growing on the tatami beside him—it was full of life!
For this reason, His Majesty the Emperor also made a waka to praise the vitality of "green hair" and the spirit of equality of all living beings - "mildew hair" is probably one of the sentient beings, right?
In the very dim light in Zichen Hall (candles are too expensive, His Majesty the Emperor is reluctant to light them), the Emperor Shiren, who claims to be a strong personality and firm will, is sitting motionless on the moldy tatami.The gauze curtain in front of him was rolled up, so when you kneel in front of him and close a winter scripture, you can clearly see the patches on the emperor's court clothes...
Outside the Zichen Palace, the emperor's most trusted female officials are nervously watching the movement around them. If there is any disturbance, they must report back quickly. The reason why they are so nervous is because an adult is negotiating a big business of 2000 million shi with the emperor!
"Your Majesty, the emperor's envoy said that as long as you are willing to designate the Tokugawa shogunate as an enemy and give up the title of emperor..."
"Baga!" The emperor was angry, "This is impossible! I am the emperor, the descendant of God!"
"Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down, I haven't finished my words..." A Dongjing's voice trembled, not because he was frightened by the emperor, but because he was excited!
"Your Majesty, the emperor's envoy said that the emperor can make you the real king of Japan!"
"Baga! Could it be that my emperor is a fake?" The emperor really has a thick skin!They all live in moldy houses, wear patched court clothes, and there is nothing to eat and drink, and the women in the harem are all crooked melons and bad dates... It's all like this, and you still have to pretend to be the richest person in Japan!
"Your Majesty, what the Great Emperor means is that you can personally control the great affairs! The important officials of Japan will be returned to you!" As he spoke, tears from a stream of winter scriptures came down, "Your Majesty, the total stone height of Japan is 2000 How many stones, and your annual income is only a mere [-] taels! If you really get the Dazheng..."
The so-called "Shi Gao" by the Japanese is the "tax base" of a territory, which is theoretically the total output that can be counted in the territory.And "念高" is the tax actually received.Normally, one stone output corresponds to one income.However, how much "one piece" is depends on the conscience of the lord.It may be six buckets or even six and a half buckets, or it may be three buckets and a half.Throughout the Edo period, the most conscientious must be the Tokugawa shogunate, and the darkest are of course those Southwestern strong vassals who led the future restoration...
"More than 2000 million yuan..." Emperor Shiren's eyeballs were about to protrude, "Give me flowers?"
"Of course it's impossible," Yi Dongjing said, "after all, there are still so many feudal lords and warriors...but there must be three to four million taels."
"That, that's a lot!" Emperor Shiren was gnashing his teeth when he spoke-he is a step up to the sky!From an annual salary of 400 to [-] million in one go, wealth and freedom will be achieved in one go!And it's not just wealth that's free...
"Your Majesty," a winter scripture saw that the emperor was about to agree to "become a dog", and quickly added fire, "In addition to income, you can also get the power to control more than [-] states in Japan!"
"The power to control over sixty prefectures in Japan?" The emperor thought for a while and asked, "What is the use of this power?"
Yes, what is the use of power?
The emperor asked one question, but he didn’t know one thing. The Fujiwara clan had not been in power for hundreds of years... He tried hard to think about it, and finally thought of a use. He said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, you can choose beauty contests in more than sixty states." ! There are more than 1000 beauties in Ooku in Edo!"
"Beauty pageant... more than 1000?" The emperor's saliva was about to flow out, and he nodded repeatedly, "Yaoxi, Yaoxi..."
It turns out that being a dog for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is so happy, not only has the freedom of wealth, but also the freedom of flower girls!
"Your Majesty," a winter scripture lowered his voice, "this opportunity must not be lost, and it will never come again..."
There is only one chance for Daming to be a dog!
"But..." the emperor said in an inaudible voice, "the imperial court has always been under the strict supervision of the governor of Kyoto!"
"Actually, it's not very strict," Yi Dongjing said in a low voice, "There is now a group of warriors loyal to Ming Dynasty living in the minister's house..."
"Samurai loyal to Ming Dynasty?" The Emperor was taken aback, "Ming people?"
"They are overseas Japanese!" One said, "Your Majesty, although there are not many of them, they are all battle-hardened warriors who can defend the Imperial Palace when necessary."
The emperor shook his head, "But the general has so many samurai..."
Tokugawa Tsunakichi did not come to Kyoto empty-handed. He brought 1 banner samurai and [-] imperial family members. In addition, several veterans who came with him also had their own samurai regiments, and many banner samurai also had retainers.Coupled with the people and horses of the governor of Kyoto, there are more than [-] people!
How many Ming warriors sneaked into Kyoto?One or two hundred is the top, how can you beat the general's more than 1 people?
"Your Majesty," said a winter scripture, "as long as you can let the general go to Kyushu to fight the invading Ming army, then your chance has come!"
"This……"
When Emperor Shiren was weighing the pros and cons, an elderly female official who was guarding outside suddenly walked in in a panic, "Your Majesty, General Tokugawa is visiting!"
"What?" Shiren's face turned pale with fright, "Your Excellency the General knows?"
Yi Dongjing also trembled all over with fright, and his voice trembled, "No, it's impossible...we didn't do anything!"
That's right, the secret rebellion has just started, and the governor of Kyoto already knew about it, and even reported it to the general?
Shiren had regained his composure a little, he asked the female officer, "Has the general led the troops into the palace?"
"No, only a small number of warriors follow."
"Then, then it doesn't matter." Shiren heaved a sigh of relief, "The general shouldn't be here to arrest me... One thing, go and invite the general to come to Zichen Palace."
In fact, if Tokugawa Tsunayoshi wants to win Shiren, a small number of samurai is enough.Because Shiren has only some useless ministers and female officials under him, they can't resist the general's warriors at all.
However, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi did not come to suppress the emperor's rebellion, because he didn't know that the emperor had turned his back.He came to the Imperial Palace to meet because the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Quan Shangxia, had already arrived in Osaka and had a meeting with the representative of the shogunate, "Deputy General" Mitsuki Tokugawa.
So Tokugawa Tsunayoshi also knew about Daming's "war appointment", so he entered the palace to discuss countermeasures with the emperor.
In addition, envoys from Spain, the Netherlands, and England have also arrived in Osaka these days—this was not allowed in the past, but after Ming Dynasty issued "coercion" on Japan, Japan's opening up to the outside world has also become more active, allowing foreign countries The envoys are stationed in Osaka.
The envoys of Spain, the Netherlands, and England also knew about the "war appointment", and at the same time they also expressed strong support to the "deputy general" Mitsuki, and encouraged Japan to fight against the Ming Dynasty to the end.It also promised to ask for reinforcements from the country. As long as Japan can hold on for a while, the reinforcements will arrive.
Chapter 679 The Emperor, We Are Blessed and Shared, We Have Dogs Together!
General Tsunayoshi Tokugawa took a breath of the fresh air in the rain, then frowned and walked into the leaky and moldy Zichen Palace, and began to play the loyal minister of Japan-to be honest, the world's "high imitation" made The best is the devil.
For hundreds of years, they were all imitations of the emperor—living in moldy, leaky, and drafty palaces, wearing tattered court clothes, sleeping with crooked and inferior women, and eating vegetarian every day, If you still go hungry in troubled times, even if the world is peaceful, you don't have much money to spend... After all, you still have to play the role of the emperor, and you have to play the role from generation to generation. How can this be the royal family?It is clearly the Liyuan family, who have played the role of emperor and prince for generations.
Someone plays the emperor, and of course someone plays the minister.The Five Photographers, the Eighth Tsinghua University, and various other public houses with various names are actually families of performers, and they have been ministers of acting for generations... There is no need to mention the professionalism of these actors.The Japanese, professionalism is quite enough.These Liyuan families who acted as emperors and ministers are really not for money, but they have dedication and love this career.
In the Edo period, there was a shogunate who paid them to play ministers.In the chaotic times of the Warring States Period, the emperor was starving, so how could the minister be good?But the "theater troupe" can't fail, the big guys will stay together, relying on this professionalism and cameo begging, and perform conscientiously for the Japanese people and daimyo.
And the Japanese devils who watched the theater were really the best audience. They just watched these actors perform there for generations, pretending that their country still had a court and an emperor.And they have to pretend to believe that their emperor is a descendant of a god, an emperor who is on an equal footing with the Son of Heaven... This is really interesting.
And Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is a "fancier"... He spent money to raise the "theatre garden" of the Japanese court.He himself sometimes appears on stage.The role he plays is Japan's general conquering barbarians - he is obviously the king of a country, he is not an emperor or a king, but he is some kind of general, and he even puts a beggar on his head, the imperial court and the actor emperor, he is not a "ticket" What is "play"?
Those who don't know Japan's national conditions see this beggar court, the beggar emperor, and the general who holds the world in his hands, and think that someone is trying to usurp the throne!
But actually it's a play.Japan's great general conquering barbarians is the real king, and the emperor is a "play king". How can a real king usurp the seat of play king?
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi has already "entered the play", and walked into the Zichen Palace where the wind and rain leaked like the real thing, and there are broken wooden basins on the ground to catch the rainwater... just such a broken house where "the wind can enter and the rain can enter" , I don’t know how much worse than Nijo Castle, and it’s really ridiculous to pretend to be a place where the Japanese court discusses politics!
But Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is a good actor, he tried his best to control his emotions, and there was no laughing place.He still pretends to take small steps, and walks around a wooden basin that catches rainwater on the way forward, then kneels down on a moldy mat and bows to the emperor sitting behind a torn gauze curtain Salute...every move is art!
The performance quickly came to an end.Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is in a routine "ticket show" today, and he still has something serious to say to the emperor—that is, the war letter from Daming has arrived.
As the great general conquering barbarians, the de facto king of Japan, he must stand up and go to Kyushu to fight this battle!
If he doesn't go, those powerful feudal clans in Kyushu and Western Kingdoms who are determined to collapse may join Daming... Especially Changzhou Mori and Satsuma Shimadzu have made Yuan Guanbai and Shenjun Ieyasu miserable. In middle school wolves (samurai) are more fleshy (farmers) and less, although they can be oppressed hard, they can't squeeze out much oil and water, and they are very miserable up and down, so they live better than the emperor.If this group of guys were unattended, they might hook up with Ming Kou and use Ming Kou's support to start a war to end the curtain.
In addition, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi still wants to make peace with war... If he really can't fight, he can't help being a dog.Before he came back to Kyoto, he had already been to Toshō Shrine and discussed with the old turtle Ieyasu's spirit in heaven, no matter what, he must protect the Tokugawa family, even if he was a dog for Daming.
Being a dog... is better than dying!
He came to the Imperial Palace Zichen Palace today to talk to the Emperor about this matter... Now everyone is fighting together, if we can't fight, then let's be dogs together!
This is called sharing blessings and sharing with dogs!