The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 240 "This plan is against the harmony of nature"

Tanuma Okitsugu announced punishments for the five heads of the Tokugawa clan: Tokugawa Jiyasu, Tokugawa Jibao, Tokugawa Munemachi, Tokugawa Jisuke, and Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The five people were then sent home by Tian Yiming and placed under surveillance by soldiers from the Ming Dynasty's First Division in Japan brought by Tian Yiming.

In the process of Tian Yiming inviting them to the palace, more or less fighting had already taken place, and some of their retainers and warriors were eliminated.

Now the soldiers of the First Division stationed in Japan arranged by Tian Yiming lived directly in the homes of the five Tokugawas.

Needless to say, the samurai who had been eliminated and who ultimately did not resist to the end and who actually surrendered for various reasons were also completely disarmed.

The five Tokugawa family heads completely lost their ability to resist.

The situation in Edo stabilized, at least in the eyes of ordinary people and ordinary feudal lords, Edo had not yet completely fallen into chaos and quickly regained stability.

It felt like the normal small-scale turmoil that comes with a new monarch taking the throne.

The new king, or shogun, ascended the throne sooner than normal, and Tanuma Okitsugu, who had been in power for many years, continued to preside over the government.

Of course, many people were not satisfied, as Tanuma Okitsugu had too many political enemies.

However, no feudal lord or minister dared to confront the Ming Dynasty, whose military achievements in the past few years were brilliant and brilliant.

There has been no greater achievement in expelling foreign invaders in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad, than this.

Now the Ming Dynasty is still supporting the normal heir Tokugawa Ienari to succeed to the throne, leaving the ordinary feudal lords and samurai in Edo speechless.

It's mainly because they can empathize with others. If their family is in chaos and there is a strong monarch who protects his heir and ensures normal succession to the throne, they will be grateful from the bottom of their hearts.

In feudal Japan, people were not particularly sensitive to the actual power of the monarch.

The generals overruled the emperor, the elders overruled the generals, and the retainers overruled the heads of their families. This kind of situation of the inferior overthrowing the superior can be said to be everywhere.

What they care more about is family inheritance.

Tanuma Okitsugu's political enemies could only suppress their dissatisfaction and resentment and wait for the old man Tanuma Okitsugu to die.

"Tanuma is already seventy years old..."

"Tanuma's life span is just a matter of days."

"I just have to wait patiently."

"But Tian Yiming is only seventeen years old now..."

The appearance of the special character Tian Yiming made many people who knew the inside story feel desperate, but more people chose to ignore it.

But what Tian Yiming was going to do was definitely something that none of them could ignore.

After Tian Yiming supported his grandfather to return to power, he began to write a plan to completely conquer Japan based on Japan's current situation.

Because Japan had officially pledged its allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, and Japan also had the tradition of Sankin-kotai.

The origin of this practice was that the Japanese feudal lords took the initiative to show their loyalty, live in the shogunate residence and assume obligations.

It was established as a clear system during the Tokugawa Ieyasu era.

All the feudal lords took turns to live in Edo, and in Japan, which had been peaceful for a long time, it gradually became a platform for the feudal lords to compete for wealth.

The wealthy feudal lords came on their own initiative, and the poor feudal lords were forced to come. Even if they had to temporarily hire samurai and followers, they could not lose face in Edo.

Now the new king of Japan can issue an order. Since the new king has ascended the throne, he should order all the monarchs of the Japanese feudal domains to bring their important family members and retainers to Edo to report once.

Then the King of Japan asked them to collectively hire a passenger ship to go to Shuntian Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty to pay homage to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

If they cooperate, so be it. If they don't, we will use the vassal army to force them.

After the Japanese feudal fleet went out to sea, the Ming Dynasty naval warships intercepted it in the open sea and sank all the ships of the Japanese feudal lords.

All the Japanese feudal monarchs, their families, and close ministers were sunk into the sea at once.

At the same time, the vassal troops remaining in mainland Japan controlled Edo and attacked the forces left behind by the local feudal lords.

This is equivalent to directly destroying the main force of the Japanese king and the feudal lords, and in the subsequent frontal land battlefield, they only need to face the residual forces in various parts of Japan.

The difficulty of the final operation will be greatly reduced, and casualties and ammunition consumption will definitely be greatly reduced.

After Tian Yiming finished writing, he sealed it and handed it to a special military intelligence officer, who then sent it to North Korea at the fastest speed on a specially prepared fast intelligence ship.

Tian Yiming's old boss Liu Biao is the commander of the main force of this Japanese operation and is currently integrating and assembling the Japanese puppet troops in Incheon, Korea.

After Liu Biao received Tian Yiming's proposal, he took a quick look at it and immediately couldn't help but frown and mutter:
"This... method is probably feasible... but will it be harmful to the harmony of nature..."

This strategy was to use the trust of the Japanese king and the feudal lords, and the special traditions inherent in the Edo Shogunate of Japan, to trick all the feudal lords out of their nests. On the boundless sea, the Ming Dynasty's crushing naval warships would destroy the defenseless ordinary passenger ships they were on.

If the Ming warships blocked the relevant waters before and after the operation began, these people would basically have no chance of leaving alive, and they would all be sent into the sea to feed the fish.

No general would feel it is inappropriate to destroy the enemy normally on the front battlefield, because the battlefield is a matter of life and death.

As long as you go to the battlefield, you are prepared to be killed, no matter whether this preparation is proactive or forced.

However, taking advantage of trust to create disasters and using water or fire to indiscriminately eliminate enemies are considered to be against the harmony of nature and a loss of virtue in the traditional moral framework of Shenzhou.

After Liu Biao read Tian Yiming's plan, he forwarded the letter to his staff.

After reading it, several staff officers couldn't help but frown:
"This plan is brilliant. If used properly, it can quickly destroy the main force of the Japanese feudal lords without hurting anyone."

"But he is too vicious. He is not afraid of killing countless people on the battlefield. If Tian Yiming does this, it will really reduce his virtue."

"It's hard for us to decide on this matter, right? Should we ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for advice?"

"How can we ask His Highness for instructions on such matters? Wouldn't that make His Highness the one who bears the responsibility? Then what else do we need to do?"

"The key is that this strategy requires the use of the navy, so we can only report it to His Highness for the decision."

"We can write without writing the content of the strategy, and only write to ask the navy to support the main force's operations in Japan, including attacking transport ships to block Japan's access."

"There is no need for the imperial court to send a formal invitation. Just let the little king of Japan take the initiative to go there with his people."

Several staff officers discussed for a while and then looked at Commander Liu Biao together.

Liu Biao really can't make up his mind now.

Tian Yiming's strategy is very likely to be useful and can reduce the difficulty of Japan's actions by more than half.

But it is indeed too damaging.

This is equivalent to inviting someone to be a guest and then having your men ambush and kill them along the way.

According to the traditional standards of ministers, whether this strategy is used or not, the monarch should not be informed, as the monarch may be labeled with a bad reputation if he knows it.

Liu Biao waved his hand:

"Let me think about it..."

Liu Biao took back Tian Yiming's letter, returned to his residence and began to think anxiously.

He was mainly thinking about the work habits and words of his old boss Cao Zhendong and his lord, the Crown Prince.

After thinking about it for a whole day, Liu Biao called one of his staff officers:
"Reseal Tian Yiming's letter and send it to Shuntian Mansion to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and explain that we cannot make a decision and ask His Royal Highness for instructions."

The staff officer was shocked when he heard this:
"Why is the general so angry? Do you really need to let His Highness know about this?"

Liu Biao immediately said very confidently:

“According to my impression of His Highness, His Highness hates subordinates being self-righteous and does not want them to make decisions based on their own wisdom.

“At the same time, His Highness has always done things uprightly and has never been shy about taking the initiative to take responsibility.

“His Highness treated us as family, often eating and living with us in the barracks, and often told us that we could discuss anything with him.

"So now I feel that the more sensitive the matter is, the more His Highness should be informed.

"Otherwise...it might even leave a grudge in the future..."

Liu Biao had been in a high position for a long time, and he gradually became wiser and learned how to understand the mentality and intentions of his superiors.

The main reason is that Zhu Jianxuan did specifically remind me of these words.

When Zhu Jianxuan was in Australia and Shuntian Prefecture, he indeed often lived in the military camp and often took soldiers out for training personally.

Most generals were indeed very familiar with Zhu Jianxuan.

Liu Biao's staff thought carefully for a few seconds and gradually felt that what Liu Biao said made sense.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a person who is willing to open his heart to his subjects and hopes that his subjects can be honest with him, rather than someone who needs his subordinates to take the blame and bear the blame for him.

The more open-hearted a monarch is, the more his subjects are willing to take the blame for him and not want him to know about such disgusting things.

But this kind of monarch does not want his subjects to do that, and may even get angry about it.

So the staff officer obediently accepted the order, took Tian Yiming's letter and Liu Biao's report, resealed them, and sent them to the capital.

(End of this chapter)