Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 239 Returning with a reward!

"General, you will be fine. Mr. Chen said that as long as you return to the capital and receive treatment from the imperial doctors, you will be fine soon," a deputy general said quickly.

Xu Da stretched out his hand to interrupt him and said in a deep voice: "I know my physical condition well. Compared with my body, what is more important is to safely transport the silver mined over the past few months back to the Ming Dynasty."

Xu Da said and began to explain how to take over the army.

He had marched and fought all his life in a royal style, and it was absolutely impossible to risk the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers on the Japanese court's attitude towards them.

So retreat is inevitable.

What Xu Da had to do was to get everyone to retreat safely while taking away as much silver as possible.

In the next few days, Xu Da's health went up and down.

The Ming Dynasty was in good order and withdrew from the Izumo Kingdom. They not only took away the refined silver, but also took away the mined unrefined silver ore when they left.

As for the ore veins in Shijian Yinshan, Xu Da did not let anyone destroy them.

Because in Xu Da's view, they will always come back, and no matter who is occupying this place, it will only be temporarily guarded by the Ming Dynasty.

Twenty days later.

Only the royal flag of Ming Dynasty was still flying in front of the gate of Izumo Kingdom.

The Ming warships filled with silver and various trophies had already embarked on their return journey.

This time it can be said that they returned with a full load. More than five million taels of silver filled hundreds of large boxes. The faces of the soldiers on the warship were all filled with joy.

"Damn it, if I hadn't run out of bullets, I would have destroyed this little Japan!" Some soldiers who had participated in the Izumo Battle were chatting with the brothers who were guarding the warships in the port, bragging about their marksmanship. How to chat, how to make a small Japan with one shot.

Although they suffered nearly 5,000 casualties this time, they directly killed nearly 200,000 people on the opposite side!

And this number of casualties is nothing compared to before.

Only the treasure ship in the middle was filled with an uneasy atmosphere.

Because Xu Da fainted again.

Beijing.

Fengtian Temple, early dynasty.

A full half a year has passed since Xu Da went on an expedition to the sea.

Rumors about Xu Da's death became more and more intense.

Today, I finally couldn't suppress it anymore, and some ministers even mentioned the matter openly in the morning meeting.

The imperial court was asked to send another navy to Japan to investigate the news.

on the main hall.

Hu Weiyong had a serious face, but he was already smiling in his heart.

Once Xu Da was defeated, it would mean that all the tens of millions of taels of silver that the imperial court had invested in building the navy would be wasted.

This kind of loss is absolutely unbearable by the court at the moment.

At that time, the person who proposed that Ming Dynasty go to sea to expand its territory, the person who advocated that the court borrow money from the people, that... Yang Xian!

He will be the sinner of the entire Ming Dynasty.

A trace of cruelty flashed in Hu Weiyong's eyes, Xu Da had better die at sea.

In this way, Yang Xian will be completely pushed to the forefront.

Not only their civil servants from the Zhongshu Province, but also the Huaixi nobles and Xu Da's old subordinates in the border army would all launch a collective attack.

When the time comes, Hu Weiyong is sure that even Zhu Yuanzhang will not protect him.

Because in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, no matter how many things Yang Xian did, he could not replace Xu Da's position in his heart.

Hu Weiyong glanced at Zhu Biao in front of him without any trace. Without the support of the emperor, it was impossible for the prince alone to fight against the entire court.

At this thought, Hu Weiyong was determined.

My mood also improved.

Because of their respective identities, one was Li Shanchang's student and the other was Liu Bowen's student. The two of them are often discussed together.

In these years, Hu Weiyong has always been stepped on by Yang Xian, which made him hate Yang Xian deeply.

In particular, Yang Xian was the biggest obstacle to his future entry into the Zhongshu Province.

He must take advantage of this opportunity to completely remove this obstacle.

Hu Weiyong was about to stand up and echo what the minister said.

At this moment, a messenger came outside the hall to report.

The chamberlain went out to check the situation, and after asking questions, Dian Dian ran back.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Good news! Good news from the southeast!"

"The good news from Duke Wei has been delivered!"

The words echoed through the entire hall.

After hearing the "good news" twice, Hu Weiyong stepped out and retracted his feet that were hanging in the air.

All the ministers also turned their heads to look at the chamberlain.

The expeditionary force had disappeared for almost half a year without any news, and the first news they brought back was the good news.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was overjoyed after hearing the news and raised his hand.

The chamberlain lowered his head, held the military newspaper in both hands, walked quickly, came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and handed it over respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang received the good news, read it himself, and read it out.

What is written in the front of the victory report is the entire process of the Ming Dynasty navy led by Xu Da going out to sea to destroy the Japanese pirates, landing in Japan, capturing Izumo Kingdom, and occupying Iwami Ginzan.

The language is short and concise, but it clearly explains a series of things that happened after Xu Da went to sea.

When all the ministers heard this, they were all confused.

Why did Xu Da specifically mention the name of a mountain range in his victory report?

Until they heard what Zhu Yuanzhang read later, when they learned that Xu Da had dug a huge silver vein in Shijian Yinshan, and the daily output reached tens of thousands of taels of silver, everyone's faces showed extremely shocked expressions.

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face became brighter and brighter.

Yang Xian was indeed right. There really is a huge silver mine in Izumo Country in Japan. What is the concept of tens of thousands of taels of silver being produced every day?

You must know that before the tax reform, the Ming Dynasty’s tax revenue for the whole year was only more than 1000 million taels of silver.

That is to say, this silver mine alone is almost equal to the annual income of the Ming Dynasty.

How could this not make Zhu Yuanzhang happy?

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to read, and when he read that nearly 10,000 Japanese and Northern Dynasty troops were annihilated without any injuries, he couldn't help but cheer loudly.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"These Japanese pirates deserve to be killed!"

Your Highness, the ministers also talked in low voices.

Zhu Yuanzhang could see the expressions of the important officials one by one without leaving any trace.

He looked away, then looked at the victory report in his hand.

When they read that Japan's Eighteen Route Princes Allied Forces had assembled an army of more than 200,000 people and pressed on the country of Izumo, the breathing of His Highness and the ministers could not help but become rapid.

The entire Fengtian Palace became extremely quiet.

You can hear a pin drop!

Everyone is put into Xu Da's perspective. You must know that the Ming Navy only has a total of more than 50,000 people. The place where the warships dock in the port obviously needs soldiers to guard it.

In other words, when the Japanese princes allied forces pressed on the border, there were no more than 30,000 Ming soldiers in Izumo!

(End of this chapter)