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Chapter 517 Extra: Qing's Love, Yue's Longing (Part )
In the 25th year of Zhengde, the chief minister of the cabinet, Fei Hong, was in poor health. He repeatedly submitted petitions requesting to resign from his important post in order to recuperate.

After hearing the news, Emperor Zhengde tried to retain Fei Hong several times, but Fei Hong was determined to leave. He had no choice but to issue an imperial edict, highly praising and commending the prime minister's past achievements, and his words were full of praise.

At the same time, the emperor also issued an imperial decree, ordering relevant departments to visit Fei Hong regularly to show the court's care and sympathy. To further demonstrate the emperor's great grace, Fei Hong was granted a monthly salary of eight stones to support his living needs and ensure that he could spend his recuperation time in peace.

The last prime minister of the Ming Dynasty to receive such treatment was Li Dongyang.

Ou Zanghua went to visit Fei at his home. He said that the smooth progress of his work over the years was inseparable from Fei Hong's support.

For example, in the 18th year of Zhengde, Ou Zanghua initially established the South China Sea Navy and the East China Sea Navy based on the Poyang Lake Navy.

By the 25th year of the Zhengde reign, the two naval divisions each had five garrisons, each with 50 seagoing ships equipped with various firearms and a total of more than 30,000 sailors, which were able to maintain the basic security of the Ming Dynasty's waters.

For example, in the 20th year of Zhengde, Ou Zanghua presided over the compilation of the "Regulations on the Imperial Clan" to count the number of people in the imperial clan. In the same year, the management of the imperial clan's descendants was relaxed, allowing them to make a living on their own.

For example, in the 22nd year of Zhengde, a large-scale anti-corruption inspection was carried out on the Nine Towns. Taking this opportunity, the military strength of the Nine Towns was thoroughly checked, and the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers were eliminated, so that the strength of the Nine Towns increased instead of decreased.

Basically, it was Ou Zanghua who proposed and executed each and every one of them, Emperor Zhengde provided support, and Fei Hong was responsible for resisting pressure from all sides.

As a result, Fei Hong, who was 62 years old, already had a head full of white hair, and his eyesight had deteriorated to the point where he could not even read memorials.

Knowing that Ou Zanghua would come, Fei Hong asked the servants to prepare tea early.

Fei Shuen, the little girl who wanted to hug Ou Zanghua when she saw him, has been married for more than two years. She heard that her husband Wu Ji is very talented, but he always lacks luck.

"Come, play chess with me first." Fei Hong waved at Ou Zanghua and said with a smile.

"Yes!" Ou Zanghua responded and sat opposite Fei Hong.

Fei Hong placed the white piece on the chessboard and said leisurely, "If it weren't for Jingyu, I probably wouldn't have such a high evaluation in history books today."

“Master Fei, please hold on for a few more years. The evaluation in history books will be even higher.” Ou Zanghua said with a smile after making his move.

"No, no, no, I still want to go back to my hometown!"

Fei Hong shook his head repeatedly and said, "Now, the Ou Men has many students and former officials in the court. With so many people, it will be difficult to lead the team!"

"I understand. Please rest assured, Master Fei." Ou Zanghua nodded after hearing this.

After chatting from the afternoon to the evening, Ou Zanghua finally stood up to say goodbye. Fei Hong personally saw him to the door and said calmly, "Daming, I leave it to you! Jingyu."

"Yes!"

A month later, Fei Hong requested retirement for the sixth time due to old age and illness, and the emperor granted his request.

In the same year, with the recommendation of Fei Hong, Ou Zanghua was promoted to the positions of Prince Taibao, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Grand Secretary of the Jinshen Palace, and was promoted to the Chief Minister of the Cabinet at the age of 38.

Emperor Zhengde was overjoyed. After court, he went to Kunning Palace to share his joy with the empress.

When Empress Xia gave birth to the second prince Zhu Zaishan in the 17th year of Zhengde, she was already 29 years old, which was considered an advanced age for mothers in the Ming Dynasty.

With two sons as a foundation, Queen Xia dared to start practicing the Ming Yu Gong with peace of mind to restore her appearance.

In this way, she was able to dominate the garden of Emperor Zhengde, a playboy, for more than ten years.

What about Concubine Wu De, Concubine Shen Shu, Concubine Liu Zhuang, Concubine Li Jing, Concubine Jiang Hui, and Concubine Yu Shun? Apart from their good looks, what can they use to compete with the empress who has two sons?

Moreover, if we talk about beauty alone, Queen Xia was selected into the palace. She was originally the most beautiful among all the other girls. She only became haggard because of giving birth to a child.

"Queen, I have waited for this day for ten years, and now I have finally waited for Lord Ou to take the throne!"

The 40-year-old Emperor Zhengde sat down on the main seat. He had the same goatee as Emperor Taizu, and looked more calm and majestic.

"Yes!" Empress Xia poured a cup of tea for Emperor Zhengde and complimented him with a smile, "Under your Majesty's governance, the national treasury is now full, the four seas are peaceful, and looking around the world, there is no enemy. This is a truly peaceful and prosperous era!"

"Hahaha"

Emperor Zhengde laughed with satisfaction, turned his head and saw the white rabbit raised by Princess Yong'an, so he stood up and walked over, picked it up and weighed it twice, and said in surprise: "A rabbit can grow so big, I wonder how it tastes."

After hearing these words, Snow Rabbit was so frightened that he didn't dare to move at all, his eyes were full of fear.

“Your Majesty.” Queen Xia sighed, with a hint of helplessness in her voice: “If Mingyue knew, she would cry again.”

"Oh, I can't eat it then." Emperor Zhengde put the rabbit down, moved closer to Queen Xia, and asked gossipingly, "How far has Mingyue and Qingzhi progressed? Have they held each other?"

"Your Majesty!" Queen Xia emphasized her tone.

"Your Majesty, you don't know that many ministers in the previous dynasty have been paying attention to the two of them!"

Emperor Zhengde said happily, "I watched them grow up together as childhood sweethearts, and they often gave each other gifts. Aokiji even secretly took my daughter out of the palace to play. I haven't seen such pure and innocent love in this capital for many years."

Queen Xia was speechless for a while. When did those ministers of the previous dynasty, who always talked about "zhihuzheya" and "Confucius said, Shiyun", become so bored that they were like her, the mistress of the harem, and started to pay attention to the relationship progress of the two children.

After a while, Queen Xia said, "Aokiji took Mingyue to go horseback riding today."

"Great! Our royal children should be able to charge into battle and kill the enemy on horseback, and govern the country and the family when they are off horseback." Emperor Zhengde nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Aokiji is already sixteen years old. As the son of a noble family, he should be given a job. Since he likes military affairs, he should be assigned to the Fifth Army Camp as a centurion!"

"Why is it a centurion?" Queen Xia asked hesitantly.

"This is a reform of the children of nobles that I have recently made after discussing with Lord Ou, Lord Qiu, and Duke Cheng." Emperor Zhengde leaned back in his chair and said slowly, "There is no shortage of wars in this world today. Whether it is Liaodong, the northwest, or the southwest, there are many people who do not submit to the king's rule."

"The sons of noble families enjoyed the wealth and glory earned by their fathers, but few of them became successful, and many families have become parasites of the country."

"I don't want to kill them all, so I've made some changes. The sons of nobles who are over sixteen can choose to join the army. The sons of dukes start from the centurion. The sons of marquises start from the general flag. The sons of earls start from the small flag. Gradually accumulate military merits in the hope of promotion. If no one joins the army for two generations, the rank will be downgraded."

"Isn't it a bit too harsh?" Queen Xia asked worriedly.

"I have been very tolerant of them!" Emperor Zhengde smiled, patted the Queen's hand and said, "Besides, with our son here, these people have hope in their hearts."

Queen Xia thought of her eldest son, Crown Prince Zhu Zaiyao, who was now eleven years old.

Now everyone in the world knows that the prince has a gentle temperament, similar to the late emperor.

All the great scholars who had taught him praised him highly and said that the empire had a promising future, which was somewhat similar to the feeling of Emperor Taizu and Prince Yiwen.

The emperor and the empress chatted for a long time until the sun set and Princess Yong'an came back with a candied haws. Only then did the two stop.

A few days later, Ou Qing received a transfer order from the Five Military Commandery, ordering him to serve as a centurion in the Cavalry Battalion of the Five Military Camps in the Beijing Camp.

Ou Qing was immediately overjoyed and put on his armor with the help of his mother Liu Qing.

The young man, with a longbow on his waist, a purple gold crown on his head, and a horse whip in his hand, walked around the yard and asked happily, "Mother, how much do I look like father?"

Before Liu Qing could answer, two voices came from the side:

"I think it's 100% alike!"

"Yes! That's how the young master was back then, and he was so powerful and aggressive that he turned everything into ashes!"

Ou Qing turned her head and saw Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan walking towards her together.

"Eldest aunt, little aunt!" Ou Qing bowed and greeted them with a smile.

The two girls walked up to Liu Qing. They knew the position of Ou Qing in Liu Qing's heart, so they came over to accompany her.

"Yes, it is very similar." Liu Qing's eyes were red. She looked at Ou Qing and warned her, "Don't be unrestrained when you go to the military camp. Take good care of yourself."

"Don't worry, mother! I am very familiar with the Fifth Army Camp." Ou Qing did not notice her mother's reluctance and was completely immersed in her own joy.

Walking out of the backyard, Mu Gaoweng brought him a chestnut horse and personally helped the young master onto the horse.

Seeing the young man galloping away, Liu Qing shed tears. Yue Lingshan and Qu Feiyan hurried to comfort her:
"Don't worry, Madam. The Beijing Battalion is just outside the capital. They can come back every month, and there is no war to mobilize the Beijing Battalion."

"Yes! Which of those military officials in the Fifth Army Camp is not one of the young master's former subordinates? Can they allow others to bully Aokiji? If that is the case, I will be the first one to not let them go!"

"Ugh"

Liu Qing sighed and said, "Aokiji has never been away from me for so long. I'm worried."

Just as Qu Feiyan said, the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Fifth Army Battalion, Taining Hou Chen Ru, the commander of the artillery battalion of the Fifth Army Battalion, Taoist Wang Chengwu, the commander of the infantry battalion of the Fifth Army Battalion, Li Xiaowu, and various military officials and captains were mostly Ou Zanghua's old subordinates. They watched Ou Qing grow up.

So we made preparations for the arrival of the eldest son early on.

Ou Qing just felt that Jingying was much more interesting than his home. Everyone here was talented and spoke nicely. He liked it here very much.

When there was no war, he tried his best to do his best in daily training, and broke the record of a cavalry battalion from time to time. When the news reached the palace, Emperor Zhengde specially chose a time when Princess Yong'an was present to let Zhang Yongnian do it, so that he could see his daughter blush.

In the 27th year of Zhengde, Ou Qing was promoted to a thousand households because of his outstanding performance in the Five Military Camps.

In the same year, Liu Qin took part in the palace examination, passed the examination and was selected as a Hanlin Academy student.

And this year, another powerful man appeared who won three first places in a row. He was Ou Zanghua’s eldest disciple, Tang Shunzhi.

It's just that he took part in the imperial examination two years later than the original history said. Now he is 24 years old, which is the right age to work hard.

It was also in this year that the fifteen-year-old Ou Yue began to travel and study under the protection of masters such as Bai Xia Cheng Baiyu and Huashan Chi Xinlingsong. His first stop was the important town in the northwest, Yumen Pass, where the sage Wang Yangming lived.

After completing his study tour, he would return to Huguang to take part in the provincial examination, and then go to Beijing to take part in the metropolitan examination.

This journey will take four to five years.

Even though Yue Lingshan was reluctant, she had no reason to stop the child from moving forward, so she encouraged him with tears in her eyes, telling him to go forward boldly. Her only request was that he always remember to send a letter home every once in a while.

In the 28th year of Zhengde, the 15-year-old Ou Qu bid farewell to his parents and followed the extraordinary man Bai Feixia to practice medicine all over the world. He planned to meet his second brother in Huguang two years later and take part in the provincial examination together.

Qu Feiyan was more open-minded and waved her hand to let Ou Qu leave quickly.

On the contrary, Ou Qu looked back every few steps and left his father and mother reluctantly.

In the 30th year of Zhengde's reign, the Portuguese colluded with pirates such as Li Guangtou and Xu Dong and attempted to invade Haojing'ao (now Macau).

Haojingao was a trading center for merchants from Fujian and Guangdong and merchants from Siam, Java, Portugal and other countries, and it earned hundreds of thousands of taels of tax silver for the court every year.

It was an area that was protected by the South China Sea Navy. Seeing no chance, the Portuguese turned to join forces with the Japanese pirates and captured the main island of the Penghu Islands. They then dared to send people to Fuzhou, hoping to enter Beijing to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty and jointly manage the waterway.

When this matter reached the capital, it caused outrage among the whole court.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, with all quarters submitting to it, there are still some villains who dare to come and provoke us. They simply do not take the imperial court seriously. Such arrogant people must be wiped out immediately to serve as a warning to others.

As a result, the news was delivered to the court in the morning, causing an uproar.

After two days of urgent verification and confirmation of authenticity, the imperial court issued two imperial edicts on the third day:

He ordered Fujian Commander-in-Chief Cai Chao and South China Sea Navy Governor Qian Zhongyi to lead troops to eliminate the pirates in the Penghu Islands!
He ordered the Minister of the Honglu Temple Tang Shunzhi, the Admiral of the East China Sea Navy Yu Dayou, and the Captain of the Fifth Army Cavalry Battalion Ou Qing to go to Japan to question them!
In Laizhou Prefecture, Shandong, the 21-year-old Ou Qing was in high spirits, leading 800 cavalrymen on a galloping expedition on the official road.

These eight hundred cavalrymen are the elite of the Five Army Cavalry Battalion. Each of them is strong and brave, and has extremely strong psychological qualities.

In the past two years, they followed Ou Qing in fighting against Jurchen cavalry and Mongolian rebels in Liaodong several times and have gained considerable practical experience.

Among them, eight centurions have the title of scholar and are truly talented in both literature and martial arts.

The East China Sea Navy camp was in Jiaozhou, Laizhou Prefecture. When Ou Qing led the cavalry there, he found that Tang Shunzhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had arrived before him.

Ou Qing only glanced at Tang Shunzhi, then walked up to Yu Dayou, clasped his fists in salute, took out the transfer order, and said in a loud voice: "I am Ou Qing, the captain of the cavalry battalion of the Fifth Army Battalion. I am here to lead 800 elite cavalrymen to perform official duties in accordance with the order of Your Majesty. This is my transfer order!"

Yu Dayou took the transfer order, read it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he clasped his fists and saluted in return, saying, "The East China Sea Navy welcomes our comrades from the Fifth Army Camp!"

After completing the formalities, Yu Dayou stepped forward and hugged Ou Qing, patted his armor vigorously, and said with a big laugh: "Good boy, I haven't seen you for a few years. You have become much stronger! Come and compete with me later!"

"Brother Yu! Brother Tang!" Ou Qing grinned and said, "Is there any food in the camp? My brothers came here hungry just to have a meal in the navy cafeteria."

"Yes! It must be!" Yu Dayou waved his hand and said to the deputy general, "Let the canteen open fire. Today, we must make our comrades in the Fifth Army Camp eat until they vomit! Give us a few more servings. Don't let my brother starve."

"Yes!" The deputy general responded with a smile, then turned and walked out of the camp.

Tang Shunzhi also asked with a smile: "The food in the Beijing camp is provided by the imperial farm, which is not bad! Is the food of the navy worth you coming all the way here to eat it?"

"Hehe. Don't you just want to try something new?" Ou Qing scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

As the seafood dishes were served, Ou Qing ate with great pleasure. He held a pair of large tongs and asked hesitantly, "My two brothers, why did you send five military camps to Japan this time? With the Minister of the Honglu Temple and the East China Sea Navy here, how dare Japan not kneel down and confess its guilt?"

Tang Shunzhi looked at Yu Dayou and said calmly, "Junior brother is an eyewitness to this matter, so let me explain it to you!"

"Okay," Yu Dayou nodded and said, "In September of the fifteenth year of Zhengde, Master and I were in Fujian presiding over the land survey. One day, we went to the Anhai Port Wharf in Quanzhou to see how crazy the smuggling was. That day, we encountered a pirate assassination!"

Yu Dayou said coldly, "It's just that those pirates don't know that although Master seems to be visiting incognito, he is actually accompanied by a hundred soldiers from the Five Army Battalions to guard against unexpected situations. Although the land survey is beneficial to the country and the people, it also affects the interests of the local gentry, so they will definitely react."

"Master never thought that the local gentry in Fujian would collude with pirates!"

"Afterwards, Master was worried about the safety of His Majesty, so he rushed back to the capital after measuring the land. I stayed in Quanzhou. On the surface, I was studying, but secretly I was investigating the mastermind behind the assassination."

"It's a pity that the masterminds reacted too quickly. They sold their land and took their families out to sea to settle in Japan. Only some people who were reluctant to leave their property were left behind."

"They are so decisive?!" Ou Qing said in amazement when he heard this.

Yu Dayou said coldly: "Because some of them are Japanese, they just bought land in Quanzhou. If someone takes the lead, the others will naturally act decisively."

"This time the Japanese pirates actually dared to collude with the Portuguese to take over the Penghu Islands. Your Majesty and Master will not tolerate this group of people any more."

"I see," Ou Qing poured the noodles into the seafood bowl and said as she mixed the noodles, "Then I understand why I was transferred here!"

"Why?" Tang Shunzhi asked.

Ou Qing said seriously: "Revenge for my father!"

"Cough cough cough" Yu Dayou was choked hard. What he said was not wrong, but why did it sound weird?
The army does not go out to sea at the command of a single officer, but needs the Imperial Observatory's Five Officials Bao Zhangzheng to select a sunny day to avoid the tragedy that happened to the Mongolian navy in the past.

During the few days of waiting, Ou Qing walked around Jiaozhou City several times, bought a lot of dried seafood and small toys, sorted and packed them, and entrusted the Cangzhou Escort Agency to help him send them back to the capital.

Some of them were given to parents and siblings, and some were given to princesses.

Watching the carriage go away, Ou Qing subconsciously touched the golden talisman hanging around his neck. This was something the princess had specially asked for at Baiyun Temple before he left for the war. Among the toys he gave the princess was a vivid jade rabbit, and he thought the princess would definitely like it.

Thinking of the princess' smile when she saw these rare little toys, he also laughed.

Three days later, on a sunny day, 500 warships carrying 800 cavalrymen, 30,000 navy officers and 10,000 Tianjin garrison officers set sail and headed for Japan. At this time, Japan was in the Warring States period. This saying first came from the 20th article of "Koshu Law Sequence" written by Kai Province Daimyo Takeda Shingen, which began with "the world is above the Warring States period."

In the third year of Chenghua, the Onin War broke out. The major guardian forces took sides and quickly split into two major camps, the Eastern Army Hosokawa Coalition and the Western Army Yamana Coalition, and a great melee on the island country began.

At the beginning of the war, the Eastern Army, relying on the support of the Emperor and the Shogun as well as its relative advantage in military strength, was like a fish in water and seized the initiative in the first few months on the battlefield.

However, things change unpredictably, and in July of the same year, the situation took a dramatic turn. The Shikoku guardian Ouchi Masahiro led more than 10,000 elite reinforcements to join the Western Army, instantly turning the tide on the battlefield.

More importantly, the Western Army made a decision with far-reaching consequences afterwards - to support Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the younger brother of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, as a banner to counter the Kyoto authorities.

This greatly enhanced the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the Western Army, causing the entire battle situation to fall into a stalemate.

As time went by, the leaders of both sides passed away one after another, the dispute over the succession to the shogun was finally resolved, and the two sides finally reached a reconciliation, and the Onin War officially came to an end.

This great melee caused the shogunate's influence to suffer an unprecedented blow. The succeeding shoguns constantly tried to restore the shogunate's prestige. They frequently launched expeditions against neighboring daimyo such as the Hosokawa clan and the Rokkaku clan, attempting to restore the shogunate's authority through military means.

At the same time, the shogunate repeatedly issued orders to call on daimyos from all over the country to jointly fight against local lords who had a strong influence on the Kyoto authorities.

But times have changed, and the days when generals held great power are gone.

Therefore, the Shogun's edicts often became just an excuse and tool for the daimyo to fight for power, and there were very few people who were truly willing to obey the Shogun's orders.

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This situation continued until the sixth year of the Koji era, when Shogun Ashikaga Yoshizai was personally attacking the Hosokawa clan. As a result, the Hosokawa clan instigated the Kyoto authorities to dismiss him from his position as shogun and replace him with Ashikaga Yoshizumi, the son of Horikoshi Kubo Ashikaga Masatomo, as shogun.

This was the famous Meiō Incident, which caused the Muromachi shogunate to lose all face and became a puppet of the daimyo, which officially ushered in the Warring States Period.

The chaos in Japan led to a large number of samurai and ronin going to sea and becoming pirates. This is why pirates were particularly serious in the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing and Wanli periods.

But now the people in power in the Ming Dynasty are Emperor Zhengde and Ou Zanghua, who lived 500 years later. It is impossible for either of them to allow Japan to behave in such a chaotic way.

On the first day of September in the 30th year of the Shotoku era, the head of the Ouchi family, Ouchi Yoshitaka, was seeking the position of Dazai Daini. He had already allied with Ryuzoji and planned to destroy the Shoni family and complete the strategy of governing northern Kyushu.

When everything was going according to his plan, a piece of news suddenly came, catching Ouchi Yoshitaka off guard.

The fleet of the superior country Daming appeared in Hizen Province, and then with lightning speed, it destroyed the Bungo powerful clan Otomo Sorin in just three days, and used another two days to destroy the famous clan Kikuchi Yoshitake in Hizen Province. Now it has completely occupied Hizen Province.

Ouchi Yoshitaka's hand shook, and the bowl filled with sake fell down, soaking his clothes.

Otomo Sorin, who had fought him for many years and was equally matched with him, couldn't even hold out for three days? !
"Crash!" With a loud noise, Ouchi Yoshitaka angrily overturned the table and shouted: "What are the Ming people going to do?! This is a provocation! Where is Tao Xingfang?"

Tao Xingfang, the chief minister of the Ouchi clan, walked in quickly with his head lowered. He bowed with a pale face and said, "Master, the Minister of the Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty, Lord Tang, sent an envoy to ask and greet you. He is now at the door."

"What?!" Ouchi Yoshitaka was startled. When he was hesitating whether to let the other person in, he heard a commotion coming from the yard.

The next moment, Ouchi Yoshitaka saw a group of samurai holding swords retreating into the yard, and surrounded by the samurai were four tall, armored Ming soldiers who walked in to protect a civil servant wearing a green robe with a quail icon embroidered on his chest.

Before Ouchi Yoshitaka could ask, the civil servant on the other side asked first: "Since the lord of the lower country has seen the angel of the upper country, why doesn't he bow?"

Tao Xingfang looked at the trembling Daimyo, gritted his teeth and stood up and said, "The angel from the upper kingdom is too rude. How can you be so rude and break into my Daimyo's mansion without permission?"

"Humph," Honglu Temple Mingzan snorted coldly, "Under heaven, all land belongs to the king. All the people in the world are the king's subjects! Anyone who prevents the angel from entering must be a person who does not obey the king's rule!"

"Those who do not obey the king's rule shall be killed!"

"The upper country is too domineering!" Tao Xingfang said coldly: "The sage said that the strong and violent will not die a good death."

Mingzan of the Honglu Temple's eyes lit up, and he pointed at Tao Xingfang and shouted excitedly: "Great! How dare you curse me to an untimely death? You and I are sworn enemies! Hurry back to the camp and report to Dong Qing that the lord of this place has ulterior motives!"

"Yes!" Four soldiers responded loudly, protecting Mingzan of the Honglu Temple and evacuating quickly.

Tao Xingfang looked at his own master with a confused look on his face, muttering, "Isn't it a saying in the Tao Te Ching that a violent man will not die a good death?"

"I remember it too. It was Chapter 42 of the Tao Te Ching." Ouchi Yoshitaka nodded and said hesitantly, "That man is wearing the uniform of a ninth-rank civil servant. He must be a well-educated person."

A few days later, the Ming army appeared at the border of Suo Province. After Ouchi Yoshitaka learned of this, he contacted the surrounding daimyos and asked them to form an alliance to fight against the Ming army. At the same time, he sent a message to the Ming army camp, expressing his 100% respect for the Ming Dynasty and that there must be some misunderstanding.

However, the commander of the Ming army, Yu Dayou, said there was no misunderstanding. Anyone who dared to curse the Ming angel was disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty and must be killed!
He even gave Ouchi Yoshitaka three days to organize an army to resist, so that he would not be accused of bullying the weak and winning unfairly after he lost.

Upon hearing this, Ouchi Yoshitaka was so angry that he turned the table over again, "The people of the Ming Dynasty are as arrogant as ever. This time we must make them pay the price! Have Niwa Nobunaga and Mori Motonari responded?"

Tao Xingfang replied with a constipated expression: "Master, the Daimyo Niko and Daimyo Mori have asked us for help."

"Hmph, they are quite resourceful! Wait a minute, what did you say?"

"The two daimyo have asked us for help."

"hiss!"

Mori Motonari was the second son of Mori Hiromoto, and his childhood name was Matsutsumumaru. In the Battle of Arita Nakaide in the 12th year of the Shotoku era, Mori Motonari, who was 20 years old, fought for the first time and killed Takeda Motoharu with only a thousand men, thus making his name famous in Japan.

After that, the Mori family defeated the Niwa clan in the east and the Ouchi clan in the west, and their power expanded rapidly. He became one of the legendary figures in Japan.

This time, when the 38-year-old Mori Motonari went into battle, he saw the young general standing opposite him with his head held high and full of vigor, and his image of himself at the age of 20 was all over his mind.

Especially when the young general led 800 elite cavalrymen and charged like a storm, the indomitable and unstoppable bravery was exactly the same as the scene when Mori Motonari charged into battle when he was young.

Akagawa Motosuke tried to resist, but was beheaded with a single blow.

The brothers Awatani Motochika and Awatani Motohide seemed to have a tacit understanding and cooperated well. They could kill all enemies on the battlefield. Now they could last four moves before being defeated by the young general.

Kuchiba Michiyoshi attracted attention for his superb archery skills and accurate tactical vision, while Notani Nobunao won respect for his bravery and tenacity on the battlefield.

However, when Notani Nobunao raised his sword, he was shot away by the young general. Kuchiba Michiyoshi used his bow to attack, but the young general's deputy blocked the arrow and then he was shot dead by the other side.

Mori Motonari stood up, drew his longbow, and aimed the arrow at the young man on the horse.

With a "crack", the arrow flew off the bow and crossed the battlefield in a strange arc.

"Be careful, sir!" The deputy general lifted the round shield tied to his arm and blocked the arrow for Ou Qing.

"Ha, this is fun!"

"I'm betting everything here. I'm going to fight fate! And then I'll win for you to see!!!"

Mori Motonari's eyes lit up, he quickly drew his bow and shot five arrows in succession. This time, the speed and flight trajectory of each arrow was different.

The first arrow was as fast as lightning and arrived almost instantly.

The second arrow was of moderate speed, steady and powerful.

The third arrow has the highest arc and is shot upward.

The fourth arrow is leisurely and seems to be floating in the air.

The fifth arrow is also the most crucial arrow!

The deputy general blocked the first and second arrows, but the third arrow was knocked away by the young general himself. At this moment, Mori Motonari's fifth arrow actually hit the slowest flying fourth arrow, causing the fourth arrow to suddenly accelerate and fly in front of the young general before the deputy general could react.

“This is a sure win!!!”

At the critical moment, the young general leaned back on his horse and avoided the amazing arrow!
Maori Motonari's eyes widened immediately. With his precise calculations, how could the young man still dodge? !
After the young general killed a warrior who wanted to launch a sneak attack on him with a backhand strike, he suddenly exerted force from his waist to sit up again. Then, under the cover of his deputy general, he broke through the battlefield and rushed towards the main general who was still in a daze.

When Maori Motonari came to his senses, the young general, covered in blood, stood in front of him riding a chestnut horse.

"What's your name?" Mao Li Yuan opened his mouth and took a long time to say a word.

The young general smiled and said cheerfully, "It's Ou Qing, the captain of the cavalry of the Fifth Battalion of the Ming Dynasty!"

Mao Liyuan nodded and asked curiously, "Ou Qing, how many young men like you are there in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Like a flood of carp!"

Ou Qing pointed to the cavalrymen who were still cleaning up the battlefield behind him and said cheerfully, "My subordinates are no weaker than me, they just lack opportunities."

"What is the point of me being defeated by such a powerful person?" Mori Motonari pulled out the wakizashi and inserted it into his abdomen without any hesitation.

Ou Qing frowned slightly, pulled the reins, controlled the chestnut horse and turned away.

On the other side, with the assistance of artillery, Tang Shunzhi broke through the formation of Amago Nobuhisa and captured him alive, thus destroying the Izumo Kingdom.

As Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island, Sanyo Road and Yamakage Road were successively captured, the victory news was delivered to the capital in December of the 30th year of Zhengde.

In Kunning Palace, Emperor Zhengde held the victory report and said deliberately in front of Princess Yong'an: "He defeated ten thousand enemies with thousands, broke through the enemy's formation and terrified them. All of them bowed down to the young general. If it wasn't for the fact that it was Aokiji mentioned earlier, I would have thought it was Guan Gong who was reborn! Those people in the Honglu Temple are like writing a novel, and they are becoming less and less reliable!"

"No!"

Princess Yong'an held a jade rabbit in her hand, looked at her father and said, "Brother Qingzhi can defeat ten thousand with a thousand and break through the formation!"

"Have you seen it?" Emperor Zhengde looked at his daughter and asked back, trying not to laugh.

"No, no."

Princess Yong'an shook her head in a lack of confidence, and then said firmly: "But Brother Aokiji will not deceive you, I believe in Brother Aokiji!"

“Hahahaha” Emperor Zhengde couldn’t help laughing and said to Queen Xia: “No wonder Mingyue dared to contradict me today, it seems she is worried about this!”

Queen Xia rolled her eyes at Emperor Zhengde in annoyance, then she also started laughing.

Princess Yong'an felt embarrassed by the two men's laughter, and was worried that no one would speak up for Ou Qing if she left. As an introvert, she gritted her teeth and sat next to the social terrorist Zhengde, enduring all kinds of teasing from her own father.

She didn't leave Kunning Palace until the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. When she returned to her room, it started snowing again.

Princess Yong'an stood in the corridor, watching the snowflakes falling, and wrote: "We are far apart, looking at each other from afar, and watching the bright moon shining on the vast sky. The silver light shines thousands of miles away, and thoughts linger in our hearts. I wish you will not be alone this night, and the moon will shine on your dreams forever."

On the second day, this poem appeared in the Wenyuan Pavilion. Emperor Zhengde sat in the first seat, followed by Chief Minister Ou Zanghua, then Deputy Chief Minister Mao Ji, and Cabinet Ministers Zhang Cong and Zhai Luan. Everyone looked at the emperor who came to "raise an army to punish the culprits" with an expression as if they had seen a ghost.

Emperor Zhengde looked at Ou Zanghua and said cheerfully, "Sir Ou, my daughter is sixteen this year, and Aokiji is twenty-two!"

Ou Zanghua could also see his son's attitude towards the princess, but the boy seemed to have not yet understood, so he said: "Your Majesty, wait for a letter from me to persuade the boy."

"You said it, I didn't force you!" Emperor Zhengde stood up and walked out with satisfaction, but halfway through, he turned back and took the poem away: "My daughter's poem, I have to appreciate it myself. I believe the four of you have memorized it. Each of you should send me a copy of the calligraphy tomorrow."

The four ministers were speechless again. Among the four, Ou Zanghua's calligraphy had long been famous throughout the country, Zhang Cong's small regular script was unique, and Mao Ji's brushwork could be regarded as a model of literati's character and bearing. Only Zhai Luan was slightly inferior and his fame was not as great as the first three.

However, once the emperor opened his mouth, with the blessing of the four great men, the princess's poem would be passed down for hundreds of years.

I just wonder if the shy Princess Yong'an would be so ashamed to face people and hide in Kunning Palace crying after knowing this.
In the 31st year of Zhengde, after several months of rest, the Ming army continued to march north. As the top scholar, Tang Shunzhi wrote a brilliant and eloquent essay.

The core idea is that Japan does not respect the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty and cannot even control its own citizens, allowing them to drift overseas and cause trouble along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

As the Celestial Empire and a country of etiquette, since you can't control it, then I will do it for you.

Anyone who fights against the Ming is a despicable barbarian who refuses to join the world of etiquette.

In order to maintain world etiquette, to eliminate pirates, and to protect the people of the world, the Ming Dynasty will strike hard against the barbarians!

In short, it is the Ming Dynasty’s responsibility to maintain a world of etiquette!

If you are not polite, you are guilty. If you still don't admit it, you are adding guilt to guilt!
The Japanese naturally would not sit idly by and wait for death. Imagawa Ujiharu, who was young and promising, took the initiative to unite with Sasaki Yoshitsugu, Toki Yoriie and others to form a large army of 100,000 to resist the Ming army.

However, the Ming army was not afraid of Japan's alliance, but was afraid of Japan's dispersion. The more Japan united, the happier Tang Shunzhi, Yu Dayou and Ou Qing would be.

Faced with the Ming army's strict military discipline, all the Japanese Warring States masters looked embarrassed, especially when they saw the rows of artillery, they gritted their teeth.

Many people even swore that if the Ming army did not have firearms, they would be able to win easily!

Perhaps because too many people had this idea, it actually started to rain heavily.

All the wise and brave generals in Japan were immediately excited, thinking that this was the favor of Amaterasu. Without waiting for Imagawa Ujiki to make arrangements, the brave generals of each family led their foot soldiers to charge towards the daimyo's army.

Toki Yoriie originally wanted to get a piece of the pie, but was dissuaded by Saito Dosan at the critical moment.

Saito Dosan believed that the Ming army had been through hundreds of battles and it was impossible that they had never encountered fighting in the rain. They must have a plan to deal with it. It would be better to hold back first and see how the situation develops before making plans.

How can each party, with their own ulterior motives, concentrate their strength and fight together?
Sure enough, a shocking cannon shot was heard from the Ming army’s formation, mixed with the rumbling thunder and spreading in all directions.

The foot soldiers rushing in the front were blown to pieces by the shells before they even had time to scream. Many shells even fell into the Japanese army's formation, causing a lot of chaos.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry led by Ou Qing rushed out from the flank and broke through the Japanese formation under the cover of heavy rain. Imagawa Ujiharu wanted to resist, but was defeated by Ou Qing's spear in three moves.

Seeing the Imagawa clan's flag fall, the daimyos became even more panicked. Coupled with the heavy rain, the communication within the coalition forces became slow. Some daimyos retreated with their troops without even waiting for any news. Some daimyos wanted to continue fighting, but they could not tell the direction, which caused even greater chaos.

After Ou Qing killed a round of enemies, he led the cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield from the other side.

Upon seeing this, Tang Shunzhi immediately commanded the Ming army's infantry to advance, with the shield soldiers in front, the crossbow soldiers in the middle, and the spear soldiers in the back. After a smooth attack, even the Sixth Demon King would have to kneel down.

As the Kinai region was captured, Hokuriku Province, Tosan Province, and Tokaido were shocked. The daimyo did not expect that the Kinai region could not even hold out for a month. Did the Ming Dynasty dispatch 100,000 heavenly soldiers?

At this moment, Ou Qing also received the letter from home, and Ou Zanghua also thoughtfully attached the poem by Princess Yong'an.

Ou Qing is not stupid, how could she not see the friendship between them?

Thinking of the little girl waiting for him in the capital, he was so excited that he wanted to fly back immediately.

So the young man rushed into the camp and shouted to Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou who were studying the terrain: "Brothers, let's make another effort and try to destroy Japan within a month!"

"???"

"Nonsense!" Tang Shunzhi reacted and shouted, "As a general, you must not act on your emotions! What do you think your soldiers are?! If you have other things to do, you can go back by yourself. Zhifu and I can conquer Japan together!"

Ou Qing was stunned for a moment, and quickly stopped smiling, and apologized in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, Brother Tang, I, I got carried away."

"In the camp, call your position!"

"I'm sorry, Lord Tang! I'm sorry, Governor Yu!"

Yu Dayou stood aside, and although he felt a little bit reluctant, he did not jump out to play the good guy, because he knew that Senior Brother Tang was doing it for Ou Qing's own good. This young man was really having too easy a life, and if he was not taught a lesson, he would make a big mistake in the future and it would be even more difficult to recover.

So, Yu Dayou ordered with a cold face: "Now it is wartime, first you will be given twenty military sticks, you can collect them after the war! Now, go out and run fifty laps!"

"As ordered!"

(End of this chapter)