The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 368: Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Angry Face

It's already a bit cool in Japan in September.

Especially in the Tsushima Strait north of Kyushu, the north wind blows through, and it is so cool.

At about 9:00 a.m. that day, the sun was high in the sky, the sky was clear and cloudless, and the sea was sparkling with a breeze.

The warships of the Japanese navy were in groups, shuttling back and forth between Kitakyushu and Busan Port, constantly transporting supplies and looted women.

From time to time, the cries of women and the hearty laughter of Japanese pirates could be heard from many ships.

At this time, a centipede ship of the Ming Dynasty Navy suddenly came rapidly from the northwest and headed straight for Nagoya.

However, the Japanese pirates on the Japanese navy warships just raised their hands and took a look, and did not step forward to intercept.

Because there was a big flag with the word "envoy" hanging on the ship, and standing on the bow was Konishi Tobi, the adopted son of Konishi Yukinaga, the general of the First Army of Japan.

The Japanese pirates all knew that His Majesty Taiko had sent Konishi Hibiki as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally would not stop the ship carrying the envoy.

Xiao Xifei looked at the naval warships coming and going and the familiar Iki Island in the distance, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He is finally back.

This mission to the Ming Dynasty was truly a thrilling one.

The tragic scene of Shen Weijing being tortured often appears in his nightmares, and every time he is scared to sweat profusely.

He lived in fear every day, fearing that the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty would suddenly order his men to torture him with all kinds of torture.

Well now, finally back.

However, he soon frowned again.

The young emperor of the Ming Dynasty said that he must convey all the words that humiliated His Majesty Taiko to His Majesty Taiko, otherwise he would be arrested and tortured!
How could he tell those words to His Highness Taiko?
If he didn't tell, could the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty really send someone to capture him?
It's hard to say. The strength of the Ming Dynasty was beyond his expectations, and he couldn't guess the methods of the young Ming emperor.

He frowned and pondered all the way, and finally arrived at Nagoya.

At this time, he could only get off the boat quickly and run to the main hall in the city to meet His Highness Taiko.

He has been on a diplomatic mission for over a month now, and His Highness Taiko must be getting impatient.

At this moment, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was really getting a little impatient.

Shen Weijing took Xiaoxi to the capital of Ming Dynasty by speedboat. The distance between Nagoya and the capital of Ming Dynasty was at most two or three thousand miles. If the speedboat was rowed fast, it would only take a few days to get there, and a round trip of half a month at most.

This guy was gone for more than a month!
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi heard that Konishi had returned, he immediately summoned her into the secret room.

As soon as Xiao Xifei finished his greetings, he couldn't wait to ask, "Where's Shen Weijing?"

That guy's grave is probably overgrown with grass.

Xiao Xifei thought for a moment, then said carefully, "The Ming Emperor accused Shen Weijing of collaborating with the enemy and betraying his country. He even tortured Shen Weijing to the point of being unrecognizable in front of me, and then dragged him out and beheaded him."

Shen Weijing is a traitor to the country?

It seems that the Ming Emperor has not wronged this guy.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked, "What did the Emperor of Ming say?"

This was said by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, not me.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xifei gritted his teeth and repeated what Wanli had said.

Eight road rollers!

After hearing this, Toyotomi Hideyoshi clenched his fists and was as angry as a wounded bull.

How dare the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty humiliate me like this? This is too much! This is too much!
However, after panting for a while, he took a deep breath and endured it.

His purpose was to find an excuse to withdraw troops and then play dirty tricks.

The purpose of the Ming emperor's humiliation was to make him angry and humiliated, so that he would send troops to deal with the remnants and rebel forces of the vassal state of Korea.

He can't be fooled.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty clearly refuses to negotiate. What should we do?

Should the army be allowed to rest in the winter? The problem is, even if we return to rest, we cannot abandon all the territory we have conquered.

Perhaps, let the remnants of the vassal state of Korea retake the Korean capital, and then take the opportunity to give up Gyeonggi Province and Pyeongan Province?
Doing so may seem a bit shameful, but it is better than spending a large number of manpower to wipe out the remnants and rebel forces of the vassal state of Korea.

He couldn't waste his manpower on these guys; his target was the main force of the Ming army.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi thought about it carefully, then waved his hand and said, "Remember, don't tell anyone what the Ming emperor said. Go down."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xifei felt as if he had been pardoned, and quickly bowed and retreated.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was still sitting there with a frown on his face, thinking about how to withdraw his troops and asking the King of Korea, a vassal state, and his court officials to help him deal with the more than 100,000 remnants and rebel forces when they returned.

At this time, Li Yuansheng secretly contacted Tokugawa Ieyasu and had a secret discussion with him.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was really surprised to hear that the kerosene cans cost one hundred taels each. However, he still wanted as many as he could get, even ten thousand or one million taels!

After the business deal was settled, Li Yuansheng began to let those ronin spread out and start distributing Japanese tabloids everywhere.

Japanese ronin will do anything for money.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a ronin, he tried his best to become a servant.

Li Yuansheng simply asked this group of vagrants to throw things around. Moreover, each time they threw things, they could have enough food to eat for at least a month. The farther or more dangerous the place they threw things, the more money they would get.

This is almost like picking up money, and Japanese ronin would naturally do it.

As for the Japanese tabloids that cursed Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it had nothing to do with them. Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't give them any food.

Li Yuansheng actually gave ten taels of silver to each of the ronin who were particularly good at fighting, and asked them to run to Nagoya and even to the place where Toyotomi Hideyoshi lived to rob!
These guys really dare to go there. They just want to throw something away, but they dare to throw it anywhere.

The Japanese tabloids were really thrown everywhere by the Japanese ronin, because they were still looking for business next time. Li Yuansheng told his ronin that if they did a good job this time, he would come to them next time, but if they didn't do as required this time, they would have no chance next time.

This was a terrible thing. It was as if an unprecedented storm had blown up in Northern Kyushu, sweeping towards southern Kyushu, Shikoku Island and Honshu.

Wherever the storm passed, there were constant screams and curses.

The Grand Chancellor Toyotomi Hideyoshi was so incompetent!
At this time, everyone in Japan knew that Prime Minister Toyotomi Hideyoshi was going to lead his army to take over the Tang territory.

Moreover, they all knew that the army had really gone there, and in less than two months, they had almost taken over the entire territory of Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

When they were fantasizing about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and the beautiful girls, the Grand Minister suddenly sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty to seek peace!

It would be fine if they really couldn't defeat the Ming Dynasty, but the problem is that the Ming Dynasty didn't send any troops.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was unable to defeat even the hundreds of thousands of remnant soldiers and rebel forces of Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. He was so scared that he sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to ask for peace!
With an army of more than 200,000, they can't defeat the 100,000 remnants and rebel forces of Korea, a vassal state?
How incompetent was Toyotomi Hideyoshi?

When they looked at the exaggerated battle records in the tabloids, they found that it was true. Toyotomi Hideyoshi seemed to have only commanded five major battles personally. He escaped in two of them, suffered a major defeat in one, and had four or five times more troops than others in the other two. Even a pig could have won the battles!

The Ming emperor was right in his evaluation, this guy is just a sissy, so shameful, the whole of Japan is ashamed of this!
Although few people in Japan dared to curse Toyotomi Hideyoshi to his face at this moment, they were already cursing him behind his back.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi saw the Japanese tabloids that inexplicably appeared in his courtyard, he was so angry that he almost spit out blood.

He was unable to defeat the more than 100,000 remnants and rebel forces of his vassal state, Korea. He just didn't want to waste his manpower.

What's more, just because he didn't know how to fight, he personally commanded five major battles?
His defeat to Tokugawa Ieyasu was just a mistake, not because he was not good at fighting.

Also, who spread these words of humiliation against him by the Ming emperor?

He was about to order someone to call Konishi to question him when several daimyos and generals from Nagoya Castle came running over with the same tabloid, including Tokugawa Ieyasu.

When everyone saw that he had it in his hand, they all looked surprised and said nothing.

Now all the people are gone!

If he doesn't regain his prestige, who will obey him?

Who printed this tabloid?

Tokugawa Ieyasu?
This guy wants to overthrow me and take my place!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi glanced around with a gloomy face, and suddenly roared: "Mobilize the army and prepare to wipe out the remnants of the Korean vassal state and the rebel army!"

There was no other way, he had to fight. If he didn't fight, he would not be able to keep his position as Taiko.

(End of this chapter)