different warring states of japan

Chapter 2148 The Final Battle Is Coming

In late autumn, outside Sakai Port, on a merchant ship in the Seto Inland Sea, a middle-aged woman dressed as a Ming Dynasty merchant was writing furiously in her cabin.

Jinyiwei Junior Lieutenant Qian Shikui respectfully writes this: Since the great law has not been upheld, the evil plots are getting more rampant, internal forces are constantly supporting each other, and external forces are constantly changing, I beg the emperor to make a decisive decision to determine the major plan for the border.

Just as Yoshikin Sasaki and Miyuki Uesugi had expected, Qian Shikui was indeed an intelligence spy directly under the Imperial Guard, who was ordered by the emperor to infiltrate the diplomatic delegation to the island country in order to investigate the truth of the diplomatic negotiations.

The war on the peninsula was at a stalemate, but Shen Weijing was able to maneuver on the diplomatic battlefield and achieved great success.

  This made Emperor Wanli wonder, could something that could not be obtained on the battlefield be easily obtained outside the battlefield?

Since His Majesty the Emperor has doubts, it is natural for the Embroidered Uniform Guard to step in to investigate the truth.

  The results of the investigation also confirmed Emperor Wanli’s speculation that the so-called diplomatic victory was all a lie!

Hideyoshi Ichijo made seven demands.

1. Marry the son of Emperor Ming.

Second, develop Kanhe trade.

3. The military attachés of the two countries swear an eternal alliance.

Fourth, the four northern prefectures were returned to the peninsula, and the four southern prefectures were ceded to Ichijo Hideyoshi.

5. The peninsula sent a princess to the island country as a hostage.

6. Return the captured second prince of the peninsula and other peninsula officials.

7. The rulers and ministers of the Peninsula swear never to betray the island nation.

Shen Weijing actually dared to accept this outrageous condition.

And Shi Xing, the benefactor of Shen Weijing, even wrote to Emperor Wanli, saying that Ichijo Hideyoshi was willing to accept the enthronement of the Celestial Empire.

He promised that a corps would quickly withdraw from the peninsula and Tsushima after being granted the title, that he would only grant the title but not ask for tribute, and that he would maintain friendly relations with the peninsula and not invade.

The disparity between the conditions before and after is so huge that it is jaw-dropping. It is not an exaggeration to call it deceiving the emperor.

After Qian Shikui had found out the truth, he prepared to return home at an opportunity. However, when he was looking for his way home in Sakai Port, he made a new discovery.

Official trade between the Celestial Empire and the island nation had been closed for many years, and the Celestial Court was not very clear about the internal situation of the island nation. It only knew that Ichijo Hideyoshi's rise ended the chaos in the island nation.

This is why Shi Xing wrote a letter to Emperor Wanli, conferring the title of King of the island country on Hideyoshi.

But in fact, Hideyoshi Ichijo was not the ruler of the island country, she was just a traitor.

The envoy of the real ruler of the island country took the initiative to find Qian Shikui, which made Qian Shikui both surprised and worried.

If what the visitor said is true, it means that the line of orthodox island kings once enthroned by Emperor Yongle is still ruling this island country.

Then the Wanli Emperor could issue an imperial decree to the king of the vassal island nation to send troops to attack the rebel Hideyoshi Ichijo, and the stalemate of the Celestial Empire's army in the war on the peninsula could be broken, thus defeating the enemy without fighting.

  And if she gets in touch with Qian Shikui, the real ruler of the island country, she will become damn rich!

But if this story is false, then Qian Shikui will become the second Shen Weijing, deceiving the emperor and deceiving his superiors. At the very least, he will be executed, and his entire family will be implicated.

The worst thing was that the king's seal bestowed by Emperor Yongle on the ruler of the island country was crushed in a thunderstorm. Without this token, Qian Shikui was very embarrassed and couldn't believe it.

In the end, Qian Shikui decided to venture deep into the island country, traveled to the Nara Basin, and met the orthodox island country ruler with his own eyes.

Thinking of this, Qian Shikui couldn't help but pause with the pen in his hand and swallowed subconsciously.

He is so beautiful.

I didn’t expect that the ruler of this island country was actually a man, and he was as beautiful as a flower, comparable to Xi Shi and Diao Chan.

I heard that he was over 30 years old, but he still looked young, so young that Qian Shikui couldn't believe it. Qian Shikui looked at a small box in the corner of the cabin, which was full of gold. After landing in the Celestial Empire, the gold would be sent to her hometown.

As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food.

The ruler of the island nation seemed sincere. He just wanted to regain the title from the Celestial Empire, become a vassal state, and guard the sea borders outside the East China Sea for the Celestial Empire.

Qian Shikui was blinded by beauty and wealth and decided to take a gamble. As long as all this was true, she would gain both fame and fortune and have a bright future.

After finishing the memorial, Qian Shikui put down his brush, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden.

Now that you have made the choice, there is no need to worry or be afraid. You can only wait for the result.

But at this moment, she couldn't help but feel distracted again when she thought of the island ruler who was as beautiful as a fairy.

At that time, the youthful king of the island country was very close to her and needed help from others. If she made some unreasonable demands, she didn't know whether she could get what she wanted.

Thinking about it now, she was too timid at that time. If she could sleep with such a beauty, it would be worth dying for.

Qian Shikui sighed and chanted.

"Death under the peonies, even being a ghost is romantic."

Qian Shikui did not expect that it was her admiration for the peerless beauty of the island country's ruler in her secret report that aroused the interest of Emperor Wanli.

Afterwards, Emperor Wanli sent envoys to the island countries many times, and even took special care to paint portraits of the rulers of the island countries and send them back to the Celestial Empire for His Majesty the Emperor to appreciate.

This is how the famous painting "The Eternal Beauty of Bishamonten" came into being, which was later regarded as a national treasure by both the Celestial Empire and the island country.

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Qian Shikui, with immense wealth and bright expectations for a promising future, boarded the merchant ship prepared for her by Yiyin and returned to the Celestial Empire as quickly as possible.

At the same time, Yiyin also ordered the mothers of the descendants of gods from all over the country to come to the emperor for the first time. The leaders of the various groups of descendants of gods gathered in Duowenshan City, which attracted the attention of the military families all over the world.

To the outside world, Yiyin used the reason of sharing family life and the cover of babysitting.

But internally, after formally expressing his determination to the Wanli Emperor of the Celestial Empire through Qian Shikui, Yiyin also needed to unify the thoughts within the Shenyi Group and prepare for the final battle with Ichijo Hideyoshi.

Just as Shenxue worried, the Ming army's excessive consumption on the peninsula would empty the Ming treasury and weaken the Liaodong military, causing the Manchu and Mongolian forces, which had been suppressed by the Ming for a hundred years, to become restless.

Therefore, after Hideyoshi Ichijo had become a thorn in the side of the Celestial Empire and Yoshigin had obtained a huge bargaining chip of united front value, the time to take action against Hideyoshi Ichijo was ripe.

But in the eyes of the Spo Shen Clan, now is not the best time to take action.

The war on the peninsula continued to consume Hideyoshi Ichijo's military strength, prestige, and economy. The longer it dragged on, the more beneficial it would be for the Sasaki clan.

Therefore, if Yoshigin wanted to take action against Ichijo Hideyoshi immediately, he not only had to wait for the response from Emperor Wanli, but also needed the full support of the Shenyi Group.

And this time, the great gathering of the mothers of the descendants of God who were sharing family happiness was to cover up this purpose.

Yiyin has been in the industry for seventeen years, since his first appearance at the age of fifteen. He has grown from immaturity to maturity. Looking back on the past, he is already at a loss.

Now that the Sasaki theocracy has been established, the only obstacle left to its ambition to conquer the world is Hideyoshi.

Whether for the sake of the Celestial Empire or for himself, Yoshigin was determined to use all his strength to kill Hideyoshi Ichijo and unify the island country.

(End of this chapter)