Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Just when Song Dagang and others were discussing Zhu Yunwen's visit to Japan.

A merchant ship returned from the sea and docked at the port of Japan. The person getting off the ship was the weathered-looking Ikkyu Sojun. A long time ago, he was responsible for going out to sea on behalf of Japan and conducting on-site inspections to find out which areas on the sea were suitable for Japan to attack.

Japan had great ambitions, and Emperor Go-Komatsu had even greater ambitions.

They are not satisfied at all with developing in a small island country. They even have ambitions towards the Ming Dynasty, but they dare not express such ambitions in front of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would definitely teach them a lesson.

If it were Zhu Xuan, they would not even be given a chance to survive and would all be wiped out.

After Ikkyu Sojun landed, he returned to Kyoto as quickly as possible and joined the Japanese royal family. At this time, there was no shogunate in Japan that could compete with the royal family.

The Japanese royal family dominated Japan.

What Emperor Go-Komatsu wanted most was to destroy the shogunate, take Japan into his own hands, and develop it independently.

"Father!"

When Ikkyu Sojun returned to the palace, he immediately went to find Emperor Go-Komatsu to share his gains from the voyage, and bowed, saying, "I am back, and I have not let you down."

The current Emperor Go-Komatsu was enjoying a shoulder massage from a palace maid. When he heard Ikkyu Sojun say that he was not disappointed, he quickly asked, "What happened specifically?"

Ikkyu Sojun took out a map of the sea.

This map was produced by Zhu Xuan and his team and sold to the public. As a nautical map, it promoted maritime exchanges and allowed more overseas merchants to know about the Ming Dynasty and bring silver to trade with it.

"The places we can fight are all marked on this map."

Ikkyu Sojun spread out the sea map and said excitedly: "According to our staff's judgment, these places only had commercial dealings with the Ming Dynasty, but their relationship with the Ming Dynasty is not deep, and some places are still in civil strife. If we attack them, we will definitely be able to rob a lot of things, and even occupy them."

Japan is preparing to officially expand overseas.

But expansion is not an easy thing. There is a lot to do. The first is to go out to sea to fight. However, they bought a lot of firearms from the Ming Dynasty, so they are confident that they will have no problem fighting.

Only through war can we earn back all the money spent on buying weapons.

Emperor Go-Komatsu looked at the range drawn on the map, and his eyes lit up.

Luzon, Ryukyu and other places that the Ming Dynasty could control were not within their expansion range, but far away from the Ming Dynasty, there were still many coastal areas that could be fought, and in their eyes, they were all opportunities.

"Give me the order."

Emperor Go-Komatsu said excitedly: "We will build ships on all fronts and send people to Ming to buy more ammunition and weapons. In the second half of this year, we will try our best to go abroad."

"Yes!"

Ikkyu Sojun said in a clear voice.

"Yes!"

The other Japanese people around him also responded loudly.

Other people in Japan are unprecedentedly excited and looking forward to this plan of going out and expanding outward. As long as this step is completed smoothly, Japan may have the ability to compete with the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Becoming the Ming Dynasty, surpassing the Ming Dynasty, and occupying the Ming Dynasty are the three-step strategy proposed by Emperor Go-Komatsu. Now that they are about to take the first step, they are very confident and full of hope.

"We will definitely succeed!"

Emperor Go-Komatsu said with certainty.

As a result, people in Japan began to get busy with this matter.

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Zheng He set sail again and arrived in America.

The last time I left, I thought I would be able to come back soon, but I didn't expect to be delayed by things in the trade zone, and then I went to the West to capture people. It was not until now that I had the opportunity to return to America.

The city wall of that big city has been built and is now taking shape. Although the wall is not very high, it does look quite majestic.

The sudden appearance of a city on the west coast still attracted a lot of attention and made many people curious. However, since there were Ming Dynasty troops stationed here, many local tribes were just curious. Because they could not defeat the Ming Dynasty at all, and the Ming Dynasty's firearms could easily destroy them.

"Master Zheng is here."

Colville said excitedly.

These two American tribes that had already surrendered to the Ming Dynasty were still respectful and polite to Zheng He.

Zheng He asked, "Did anything unexpected happen on the city's construction site while I was away?"

Arikla certainly couldn't let Colville take the lead, so he immediately said loudly: "Except for some distant tribes who occasionally show interest in our city and come to inquire about the news, there is nothing else."

They didn't take those small tribes who came to inquire about the news seriously.

With the Ming Dynasty's garrison there, no matter how many tribes came to investigate, the Ming Dynasty's firearms could directly blast them back.

"As long as it goes well."

Zheng He said: "We must build this city as soon as possible. It will be of great significance in the future. In addition, I am going to bring back a batch of tobacco this time. Is the cargo ready?"

"My Lord, everything is ready."

Colville and Arikla said in unison.

Nowadays, cigarettes have gradually become a trend in Western aristocratic circles. If you don’t smoke, you would be embarrassed to call yourself an aristocrat.

Tobacco is in short supply.

Cigarettes have become popular not only in the West, but also in Eastern Europe, Central and West Asia, and all this is thanks to Adelaide. This guy is very wild and can sell anything.

Or it’s because cigarettes were not popular in the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, the demand really exceeds the supply.

"That's good. Help me load the ship and prepare to ship it back. I'll go into the city for an inspection."

Zheng He gave the order.

Without saying a word, the two men arranged for people to load the ship, and then followed Zheng He into the city under construction. Seeing that everything was normal inside, they were temporarily relieved.

According to Zhu Xuan, this continent should be controlled as much as possible. If it is really impossible to control it, the power of the Ming Dynasty should be infiltrated into it.

Zheng He is fully implementing Zhu Xuan's intentions and ideas.

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The imperial examination came to an end.

The marking work was completed quickly.

Zhu Xuan temporarily replaced all the people who graded the papers with people he could control and who would not secretly collude with the candidates to cheat.

"Your Highness, the papers have been graded."

Zhang Xun handed over the test paper and bowed.

"Hou Xian!"

Zhu Xuan simply said two words.

Hou Xian understood what he meant and immediately walked over and placed all the test papers in front of Zhu Xuan.

The names on those test papers were still covered up, and the contents of the papers were copied by special students from the Hanlin Academy to ensure that the handwriting could not be recognized by the examiners.

If you can recognize it, it would be unfair.

Zhu Xuan flipped through it and asked, "Can we separate their names?"

Hou Xian said respectfully: "Your Highness, of course you can." (End of this chapter)