King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 170: Ridiculing the so-called fig leaf of the Celestial Empire

In an instant.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned on the spot, with a hint of disbelief flashing across his face.

What the hell?

The Japanese envoy met with the old man, and then the old man asked him to deal with this matter?

However, it is understandable that the two countries of Japan and Ming Dynasty are adjacent to each other along the line. The two countries are quite close and occasionally have some trade exchanges. Many Japanese people come to Daming to buy some things, and then the profits of shipping them back to Japan instantly increase several times. .

Anyone who sees such huge profits will be extremely excited.

Of course there are people who follow the rules, and there are also people who don't.

There are also many Japanese people among them. They are greedy for various items of the Ming Dynasty. They always try to "purchase zero yuan" from time to time to organize forces, harass the borders of the Ming Dynasty, and massacre the people of the Ming Dynasty to gain profits.

Zhu Di was quite annoyed about this. After taking office, he organized several attempts to exterminate Japanese pirates in coastal areas so that the people could live a stable life.

Unfortunately, things didn't work out. They fought against each other several times and attacked and killed many Japanese pirates. However, these disgusting things are like weeds. If one crop is wiped out, another crop will grow tomorrow. Come.

It really makes people extremely sick and sick.

This is probably why the old man didn't want to see these disgusting things when the Japanese envoys came to see him.

This didn't directly push him out.

Thinking of this, a hint of coldness appeared at the corner of his slightly raised mouth, and he suddenly couldn't help but smile strangely, cruelly, and fiercely. His expression was extremely complicated, and he murmured in a low voice:

"Japanese country! Japanese country!"

"Yeah!"

"I haven't taken the initiative to find these bastards, but these bastards have come to me."

"But in these little days, people who are living a good life, although they are not good things, they are disgusting and disgusting things."

"But the Japanese country is a very good place. You must know that it has the largest silver mine in the world today!"

"If the old man, a money man, knew this"

"Hehe. With the old man's urine... I'm afraid it will be extremely interesting."

After a brief moment of silence, Zhu Gaoxu half-squinted his eyes and asked with a faint smile on his face:

"As for the audience of the Japanese envoy, will your Majesty arrange for someone to accompany him?"

"Or are there any arrangements for a special meeting venue or other requirements?"

After hearing this, the slave girl shook her head slightly and responded:

"Go back to your lord."

"Your Majesty has no other arrangements. Everything is entirely up to you, Your Majesty."

"The time, place, and things are all decided by you."

With such an answer, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but become happy, waved to the slave, and said in a deep voice:

"okay!"

"I know this. I will arrange the rest."

After the slave who delivered the message left, Zhu Gaoxu paused and thought for a long time, with a trace of teasing on his face. He looked in the direction of Miyagi involuntarily and said:

"Old man! Old man!"

"I'm afraid this is not your temptation and calculation again!"

"If it's about other things, I'd like to argue with you."

"But as far as the Japanese envoys and Japanese people are concerned, forget it. This plan is exactly what I want, so I will turn a blind eye."

"Hehe. Interesting. Interesting. This matter is interesting."

Immediately, he turned to look at the guards guarding him and ordered:

"Invite Xia Yuanji, Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi, Song Li and others to come to the mansion to meet me."

After that, he waved his hand to the slave and said:

"Go back to the palace."

Not long after.

In the palace of the King of Han.

Xia Yuanji, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Song Li stood in the courtyard waiting obediently.

Ta-ta-ta.

Zhu Gaoxu, who put on a python robe, slowly walked out of the house.

The few people who were whispering from time to time, after hearing the noise coming from behind, instantly stopped talking and turned their heads to the location where the noise came from. When they saw Zhu Gaoxu, who was dressed in extremely formal clothes, they were stunned.

After a while, several people came back to their senses and hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"I will see you, Prince Han!"

While saluting and saying hello, several people couldn't help but feel a sense of suspicion in their hearts.

What's going on with this guy?

Are you planning to do something stupid again?

It's not surprising that everyone thinks so, considering Zhu Gaoxu's style of doing things during this period.

Whether he is strictly investigating the corruption of Liu Guan in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the corruption in the weapons workshop, or the rectification of the salt tax, this man is always dressed like this. As for other times, it seems that except for going to court, he has nothing to do. See Zhu Gaoxu dressed so formally.

Therefore, people in the court privately commented to Zhu Gaoxu that it was not a big problem for the King of Han not to wear formal clothes. Once he wore formal clothes except for going to court, something big would happen.

All of a sudden, all kinds of suspicions and suspicions could not help but arise in everyone's hearts, along with some timidity and fear.

The corners of Zhu Gaoxu's mouth rose slightly, with a faint smile on his face. He waved to a few people without comment and said:

"No gift!"

Zhu Gaoxu came closer and saw the different expressions on everyone's faces.

He was not a fool, and the court did not lack his eyes and ears. Naturally, he knew some of these people's private evaluations of him. He instantly guessed the thoughts and concerns in these people's hearts. He waved his hands to a few people and said with a smile:

"okay!"

"Don't look so nervous. I'm not a ferocious beast, and I don't know how to eat people, so there's no need to be so nervous."

Everyone: "."

Yes!

What you say is better than what you sing. It’s not a shame.

You are indeed not a savage beast, nor do you eat humans.

But what you did is probably not much different from that of a man-eating savage beast.

During this period of time, how many ministers of the DPRK and China have been imprisoned, imprisoned, had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated because of you?

If I knew who you were, I would really believe your lies.

The few people who received the order straightened up, and then Xia Yuanji, who was familiar with Zhu Gaoxu, spoke first, with a hint of probing in his words, and asked:

"My lord."

"I'm sorry, but I don't know why you summoned us here."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled noncommittally and responded:

"I have just received an oral message from His Majesty that the Japanese envoys came to the Ming Dynasty to meet with the Holy Emperor."

"You all also know that Japanese pirates have harassed the people along the coast of Ming Dynasty over the years. Your Majesty is uncomfortable with this matter, and immediately does not want to come forward to meet these ungrateful things."

"And because I have the power to supervise the country, I ordered this king to deal with this matter and go to see what tricks the Japanese people want to play and what the purpose of coming here is."

"At the same time, I also want to see if I can take the opportunity to deal with the Japanese pirates' attacks on the people along the coast."

"And this is my first time to participate in this kind of thing, and you are all ministers of the Great Ming Dynasty. I want to come into contact with many such things and have rich experience."

"So I ordered you all to come together and go to the imperial post station to see these Japanese envoys who are unreasonable."

After hearing this, several people finally let go of their worries and couldn't help but let out a long breath.

But after a while, they seemed to have thought of something, and their hearts that had just been put down rose again, and they subconsciously asked:

"Your Majesty." "You said we all went to the imperial inn together to meet the Japanese envoy?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being presumptuous. Our Ming Dynasty is a majestic dynasty, and Your Majesty is the Prince of the Ming Dynasty and now holds the power to supervise the country. Foreign envoys are coming to visit us. How can we take the initiative to see them?"

"I'm afraid it's not good to be like this. It's not in line with etiquette!"

"So I feel that although His Majesty is unwilling to come forward in this matter, the prince should also summon the Japanese envoys to meet in the palace. This is in line with the etiquette of our heaven."

"Otherwise, if these things are known to others, I'm afraid they will suffer a lot of criticism."

"It will also cause a lot of jokes."

"I beg you, Your Majesty, to think twice!"

In fact, this is not difficult to understand.

The Japanese state is, in a sense, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

And its own strength is far different from that of Ming Dynasty.

As a celestial dynasty and a suzerain country, it must have the airs and cards it deserves, and it also reflects the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

If people like them came to the door in person, the meaning would be completely different in the eyes of outsiders. After all, such unreasonable and uncharacteristic actions would, on the one hand, make people laugh, and on the other hand, they would make people think about it.

After all, the conversation cannot be done in front of everyone.

In this case, too many articles can be written behind the scenes.

It's not that they think much about Zhu Gaoxu, or that they plan for Zhu Gaoxu.

The reason is that these people were involved in this matter. Regardless of whether they did it intentionally or not, it would be fine if nothing happened. Once something happened, no one wanted to make it clear. It could be said that there was no way to argue.

For this reason, it is not a good thing for them or Zhu Gaoxu.

Therefore, these talents had no choice but to speak out and give advice to Zhu Gaoxu.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what everyone said. Although he had no experience, it didn't mean that he was a fool.

But the purpose of his trip was not just to meet the Japanese envoys and talk about some things.

Instead, he wanted to take the opportunity to find a reasonable excuse to clean up this group of people, and at the same time, he wanted to take the opportunity to get some inside information and important things from these people.

If you really follow the etiquette of meeting courtiers.

With the current strength of Japan and the gap between the two countries, these people may not be as obedient as grandsons.

If this is the case, how can he find a reasonable excuse and how can he achieve his goal?

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu half-squinted his eyes, shook his head and said:

"I know your wishes well."

"However, have you forgotten what I just said about His Majesty's oral instructions and what you asked me to do?"

"Try your best to deal with the Japanese pirates' harassment and the affairs of the people along the coast of Ming Dynasty."

After hearing this, several people looked slightly startled, and a trace of doubt flashed in their eyes. They couldn't help but glance at Zhu Gaoxu and asked:

"Your Majesty...what is the meaning of this move? Why can't we understand it?"

"Since we want to deal with the Japanese pirates' harassment of our coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, we should summon the Japanese envoys to the palace."

"Let him feel the majesty of our great dynasty, so that he can conquer others without fighting?"

"Why..."

I didn’t say what I said later, but everyone is smart, so what’s the underlying meaning?

In response, a hint of sarcasm flashed across Zhu Gaoxu's face, he curled his lips with disdain and responded:

"Conquering others without fighting?"

"Everyone...you are not awake before you can say such nonsense?"

"According to records, Japanese pirates harassed the coast. If my memory is correct, such a thing should have happened before the Tang Dynasty, and it has continued to this day, right?"

"If you can really... achieve what you want to achieve without fighting, how many dynasties have been interspersed in the middle, can anyone succeed?"

"According to what I think..."

"The best way to prevent this kind of thing from happening is to exterminate all these bastards, so that we can completely protect the people along the coast of Ming Dynasty from the suffering of Japanese pirates."

"If not... I'm afraid it will be as difficult as climbing to heaven!"

"If summoned in the palace...do you think these people would dare to do anything beyond their reach?"

"If we don't take any overstep, what excuse do we have to take action?"

Everyone: "????"

No?

Your Majesty, are we talking about the same thing?

This person came to the Ming Dynasty to have an audience, hoping to see the style of the Celestial Dynasty.

In the end, this man actually planned to let others have no return. This was not enough to relieve his anger, but he also tried to destroy others' countries and genocide.

Do you have to be so murderous, do you have to be so ruthless?

Also, His Majesty only asked you to solve the problem of Japanese pirates invading the coast of Ming Dynasty as much as possible, but he did not ask you to directly destroy other countries!

The few people who came back to their senses subconsciously looked at Zhu Gaoxu, their eyes changed, and they quickly spoke out to persuade:

"My lord."

"Would this be too much?"

"Doing things like this would probably lose the grace and majesty of our great Ming Dynasty."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu smiled indifferently and replied:

"The majesty of the Celestial Empire? Style?"

"The majesty of a country is never given by others, but is earned by our own strength and the hard work of our soldiers on the battlefield."

"Do you really think that those so-called vassal countries are sincerely surrendering to me, the Ming Dynasty?"

"Then you come all over the place to pay tribute and make the Ming Dynasty your suzerain?"

This statement came out.

Everyone looked stunned. They had never really thought about this question. They subconsciously opened their mouths and asked:

"My lord, what do you mean by this? Isn't it right?"

Regarding everyone's reaction, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help curling his lips and said sarcastically:

"Not yet?"

"Can the former Timurid Empire claim vassalage and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?"

"The results of it?"

"Two hundred thousand troops gathered in an attempt to attack the Ming Dynasty. Have you forgotten these things?"

"Why are these so-called small overseas countries and satellite countries so willing? Firstly, they are afraid of the strength of our Ming Dynasty, and secondly, they want to make profits by following our Ming Dynasty."

"Not to mention loyalty, I'm afraid I don't even have the slightest sense of awe."

"Do you think it's incredible?"

As he spoke, he reached into his arms and took out a memorial. He glanced deeply at everyone with half-closed eyes. A hint of coldness flashed across his face. He handed the memorial over and said coldly:

"This is the break just now. I asked the people below to collect information about the Japanese envoys."

"After you take a closer look, you will understand why the king has such thoughts and why he has done so."

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