Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179 Planning for Japan

After Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bing made clear arrangements for Wang Daoqiu tomorrow and had enough teasing.Wang Daoqiucai asked slowly and knowingly: "Your Majesty, I saw the Japanese envoy kneeling there at the gate of Fengtian Palace. What is going on?"

"Hey Wang Qing, don't mention that Japanese man. When you mention him, I will be angry. In recent years, Japanese pirates have repeatedly harassed our coastal areas. I have sent decrees to the Japanese king several times, asking him to restrain his people and stop Let them go out to sea to harass our country, the Ming Dynasty, and severely punish those Japanese who have become pirates, but what will be the result?"

"The Japanese king really turned a deaf ear to my wishes! And this time, they said they came to wish me a birthday, but the gifts they gave were only a few paintings written by the Japanese king, a box of pearls, and a handful of Japanese sword. Wang Qing, tell me, what does the Japanese king mean? Are you making fun of me? To be honest, the Japanese are foreigners, and I have to take into account the dignity of my Ming Dynasty. If they are the native officials of my Ming Dynasty, If they dare to neglect me like this, I have already asked Lu Bing to teach them how to behave with the punishment of imprisonment."

When Wang Daoqiu asked about the Japanese, Emperor Jiajing was furious and said angrily.

And when Emperor Jiajing finished speaking, Wang Daoqiu also knew that the current Ming Dynasty really didn't pay attention to neighboring countries at all!Japan has been fighting for half a century during the Warring States Period, and Emperor Jiajing actually thought that the Japanese king had the final say in the Japanese state.Based on this, you can say that Ming Dynasty’s foreign intelligence work is really blind!
Understanding this, Wang Daoqiu explained to Emperor Jiajing leisurely: "Your Majesty, you have wronged the Japanese king. Let's do this. Your Majesty, I will report to you the current situation in the Japanese country. Your Majesty, how about the Japanese king? It is different to change dynasties when I am unable to survive. Every time there is a major social turmoil there, the generals and ministers are replaced, but the Japanese kings are not replaced, so the Japanese kings have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years."

"But although this Japanese king has survived social turmoil one after another and has not been replaced by his subordinates. But probably since the Tang Dynasty of our country, the Japanese king has been controlled by his relatives and powerful officials for a long time, and has lost real power. Later, the great general in the Japanese army destroyed the powerful ministers and foreign relatives, and took control of the government. His council hall was called the shogunate. From now on, the shogunate had the final say in the government of the Japanese country, and the Japanese king was reduced to a person who could only sign and seal. The decoration of the chapter is similar to that of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in Cao Cao's hands. Later, probably during the Chenghua period of our dynasty, a turmoil started in the Japanese country caused by local military leaders, which the Japanese called the Yingren Rebellion."

"The Onin Rebellion lasted for more than ten years. The shogunate who originally controlled the power of the Japanese country lost most of its strength due to more than ten years of suppressing the rebellion, and lost its absolute control over the local area. Then the Japanese country began to fall apart. Just like what happened in the late Tang Dynasty in my country, local vassals and towns were divided, territories were closed and territories were broken, and heroes competed for power. The shogunate could only control the vicinity of their capital."

"Since the Japanese state began to be in chaos during the Chenghua period of the I Dynasty, the life of the Japanese king has been getting worse day by day. The original civil and military officials of the Japanese king have long since disappeared, and he only lives in the palace with his own small family. They often lacked food and were too poor to open the pot. Even after the death of the Japanese king Tsuchimikado, he could not be buried because there was no funeral expenses, so he kept it there. Later, the Japanese generals and some nobles couldn't stand it anymore. So we organized a group to donate money to organize the funeral so that the Japanese king could be buried with dignity."

"Because he had no real power, the Japanese king was not only poor, but his social status was even lower, and he lived a very miserable life. For example, such an incident happened in the Japanese country. In a local vassal town called Toqi Laiyuan, he was drunk. The Japanese king was shot with an arrow in the street and his ox cart was smashed. This incident was called a mess in the Japanese country. Your Majesty, the current Japanese country is just like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of our country, with constant attacks from the princes. The Japanese king is like The King of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is just a decoration. He is the king in name of the country, and he has no control over him at all. So Your Majesty, you put the responsibility of the Japanese pirates on the Japanese king. This is really an injustice to him. "

Wang Daoqiu gave a brief introduction to Emperor Jiajing about this sixteenth-century Japanese state, which the Japanese called the "Warring States Period."

After listening to Wang Daoqiu's words, Emperor Jiajing also slapped the table out of class instinct. Standing from his emperor's position, he cursed the Japanese for having no king or father, and for committing rebellion against their superiors.After the scolding, Emperor Jiajing even boasted that he would send troops to escort the Japanese envoys back to help the Japanese rouse Wang Gang.

After Emperor Jiajing was satisfied with his scolding, Wang Daoqiu said again: "Your Majesty, when I just passed by the gate of Fengtian Palace, I saw the Japanese kneeling there. I was curious and went over to chat with him for a few words. He himself said that he His name is Fujiwara Takumi, and he is the eldest prince of the current Japanese king."

"Yes, yes, Wang Qing, that's what he told the people at Honglu Temple. The minister of Honglu Temple once reported this matter to me."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, those Japanese people now are actually the people from our side and the Koreans who crossed the sea and merged with the original local natives. During the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu took three thousand boys and girls to the sea to search for the King of Qin. elixir. Because they did not complete the task, everyone had to die according to Qin law, so they did not dare to come back, so they stayed in the Japanese country. This can be said to be the beginning of the Japanese people's wisdom. Later in the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese people sent a large number of Tang envoys to learn comprehensively I am a Chinese culture. It can be said that the current Japanese people have the same culture, same species and ethics as us, and their succession to the throne is also roughly similar to ours. So if nothing unexpected happens, the Fujiwara Takumi who is kneeling at the gate of Fengtian Palace now, He will be the next Japanese king."

The next Japanese king!This sentence touched Emperor Jiajing's heart.Emperor Jiajing is the kind of person who takes soft things rather than hard things and is very self-reliant.He had just learned from Wang Daoqiu that the current Japanese king in the Japanese country was Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in the hands of powerful officials. He was a little pitiful, and those powerful officials in the Japanese country bullied him.

What Wang Daoqiu said just now had already aroused Emperor Jiajing's strong desire to protect the weak.Therefore, Wang Daoqiuichi now said that Fujiwara Takumi, who was kneeling at the entrance of Fengten Hall, might be the next Japanese king.Emperor Jiajing's compassion for the weak from the strong was immediately overturned.So as soon as Wang Daoqiu finished speaking, Emperor Jiajing issued an order to Lu Fang who was beside him: "Lu Fang, go and ask Fujiwara Takumi to stop kneeling. In addition, Honglu Temple will treat him as a state guest. In my longevity banquet tonight, let him He sat as the prince of Korea. In addition, when he left, he gave him double the gift given to Korea."

"promise"

After Emperor Jiajing issued the decree, Lu Fang accepted the promise.After Lu Fang left, Wang Daoqiu said to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, this Japanese prince, before he leaves, your Majesty had better meet him and give him full face. In addition, your Majesty also knows that after your Majesty has passed 40 Wanshou, it’s time for me to go to Shandong. By then, the Dengzhou Shipyard will be working hard. Your Majesty, with the connections and financial resources of the honorable ministers, I believe that Dengzhou will be able to build a shipyard before next summer. It’s an ocean-going fleet that can be seen by most people. When I go to Japan in the Ming Dynasty, I should not just go to sell some silk tea, but also go to Japan to honor the king and fight the barbarians."

The slogan "respect the king and repel the barbarians" is similar in nature to the "Qing Jun side" used by Zhu Laosi during his rebellion. Emperor Jiajing understood the meaning behind this.To be honest, with Emperor Jiajing's class position, he couldn't bear the fact that his ministers and military leaders would climb over the king.So when he heard what Wang Daoqiu said just now, how miserable the Japanese king was being bullied in the Japanese country, he immediately slammed the table and shouted to send troops to the Japanese country.

But after all, Emperor Jiajing's own family knew about his own affairs. With the Ming army's heartbreakingly weak fighting power, he asked them to go to the Japanese country to fight against the Japanese pirates who were like wolves and tigers. Emperor Jiajing actually felt guilty. .

So now that Wang Daoqiu wanted to send troops to Japan, Emperor Jiajing didn't believe that with Wang Daoqiu's intelligence, Wang Daoqiu didn't know the huge risks involved.

So after listening to Wang Daoqiu's words, Emperor Jiajing said with a question mark on his face: "My dear Zhejiang people, Zhejiang is the province with the worst Japanese rebellion. I believe you have heard of how ferocious the Japanese pirates are, right? I received the message The Southeast Tang Newspaper said that the Japanese pirates were all short and powerful, and they were not afraid of death in the battle formation. When our Ming army fought, a hundred men could often defeat a thousand of our Ming army. My dear! I have heard that there are some Japanese pirates on the Japanese island. There are tens of millions of Japanese, and they have no less than a million strong men. If we want to defeat millions of Japanese pirates, we may not be able to defeat them even if we transfer all the troops from the nine frontiers and all the guards from all over the country!"

Emperor Jiajing raised his concerns to Wang Daoqiu, which was also a very real issue at the moment.After listening to Emperor Jiajing's words, Wang Daoqiu thought for a while and said: "That's not the case, Your Majesty. Just as Your Majesty heard, if the Japanese nation is united and united, then he can assemble millions of soldiers. And if that is the case, we still have to do that. It would indeed be unwise to mobilize troops to attack the Japanese islands. After all, the Japanese are not afraid of death, and in this respect they far surpass our Ming army."

"But Your Majesty, the Japanese country is not a whole! They now have hundreds of princes in the country who have closed their borders and split the land, and each of them wants to be alone one day. The Japanese country is currently in constant war, and the people are in dire straits. And if we Landing on the island is to honor the king, not to occupy the land. This should not cause widespread resistance among the Japanese people. And although the Japanese king now has no real power in his hands, after all, he is still the monarch of the Japanese country in name. The appointment and dismissal of officials at all levels and the implementation of national decrees all require his signature and seal."

"In addition, the Japanese king is still very important and popular in the hearts of the people at the bottom of the country. Ordinary people in the Japanese country regard the Japanese king as a god. Otherwise, the lineage of the Japanese king will not be passed down for thousands of years. So when we go to the Japanese country, we will not take advantage of it. Tu only respects the king, so that we can not only occupy the great righteousness, but also win the hearts and minds of the people at the bottom of the Japanese country and make them cooperate with us."

Only respecting the king and not occupying land is indeed very noble from a moral perspective.But when Emperor Jiajing heard this, he always felt that he was at a loss!
So after Wang Daoqiu finished speaking, Emperor Jiajing began to beat around the bush, hinting to Wang Daoqiu that we spend military expenses and kill people.In the end, the Japanese king was fulfilled, but we ourselves ended up with only a reputation and no benefits at all. Isn't this such a loss?

After Wang Daoqiu listened to Emperor Jiajing's words, he hurriedly tempted Emperor Jiajing and said: "Your Majesty, we help the Japanese king regain real power. That is not to make him like your majesty, who can be everything in Japan. It is not to help. He eliminated all the princes of the Japanese country, but only helped him become the largest force in the Japanese country. If he asked him to say anything, those princes would consider it carefully. In this way, the Japanese king can only be loyal to his majesty, otherwise once he loses my Ming Dynasty If we, the Ming Dynasty, support the other princes of the Japanese state, then the Japanese king will be nothing."

"As long as the Japanese king has to listen to us, and the princes of the Japanese country are afraid of us, the people and property of the Japanese country will be used by our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, the Japanese country is not as poor as it seems now! The Japanese king is not Far away, there is an Iwami silver mine. A silver mine like this is enough to match all the silver mines in the Ming Dynasty. There is also a gold mine on Sado Island in the Japanese country. If I don't care about the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely the largest gold mine, so The Japanese country is also called Treasure Island."

"It's just that the Japanese have not been good at mining and smelting. Now they still hire Korean craftsmen to help them, so the output is very small. And if our Ming Dynasty can control those gold and silver mines, even if the gold and silver mined are not the same as those of the Japanese Half a point, how much gold and silver will we get in a year? And Your Majesty, everyone in the world knows that those Japanese people have no brains. They only know how to obey their commanders in war and do not think about their own life and death, so they have very strong combat effectiveness. So if we are in the Japanese country The final say is that more than [-] soldiers from the Japanese country are dispatched every year to help us guard the border and help us conquer the unyielding, then...?"

(End of this chapter)