The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 430 I will make it clear
Thousands of warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy flew around Honshu Island with colorful flags!
This is an unprecedented event.

The entire Honshu island was in an uproar.

The Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted everywhere. They had killed and robbed the Ming Dynasty, its vassal state Korea, its vassal state Ryukyu, and even the countries in Southeast Asia.

However, this was the first time that so many warships from other countries visited Honshu Island. The Mongols only reached Kyushu Island.

There was no television or internet back then, and transportation was not well developed. Many Japanese civilians had never left their hometowns in their entire lives, so they naturally had never seen the Ming navy fleet.

The civilians on Honshu Island and even the assembled Japanese pirates exclaimed in surprise and their eyes widened when they saw the Ming navy fleet.

They were not frightened by the large number of Ming Dynasty navy warships. On the contrary, most of them believed that the Ming Dynasty would not attack the Japanese mainland.

Because they clearly stated that they were here to deliver prisoners.

Attacking the Japanese mainland and sending the prisoners back are inherently contradictory. Since they have sent the prisoners back, they definitely do not want to attack the Japanese mainland.

Wanli used this to undermine Japan's will to fight to the death.

Sending the prisoners back is not actually contradictory to attacking the Japanese mainland, because these prisoners were released to disrupt Japan.

However, Japanese civilians and ordinary Japanese pirates certainly would not have thought of this.

They just hope that the Ming Dynasty will not attack the Japanese mainland.

This is normal. Who would want the enemy to come and destroy their hometown?

While the civilians and even the Japanese pirates on Honshu Island were discussing the matter, the Ming Navy's fleet had already arrived at another island.

This island is Iki Island.

Iki Island is a small island about 40 miles away from the Kyushu coastline. It cannot be compared with Honshu Island, which covers an area of ​​more than 200,000 square kilometers.

Its length and width are about thirty miles. The island is full of low mountains, and there are only about 50,000 acres of arable land.

However, the population of the island is about 20,000 to 30,000.

The limited arable land on the island naturally cannot support such a large population. The people on Iki Island mainly make a living by doing maritime business.

Originally, this place was an overseas trade base for the vassal states of Korea and Japan.

Pro-Japanese officials in the vassal state of Korea and Konishi Yukinaga's son-in-law, So Yoshitoshi, controlled the interests of trade between the two countries.

At this time, almost all the pro-Japanese officials in the vassal state of Korea had their properties confiscated and were executed. So Yoshitoshi was still a prisoner in the Ming Dynasty. The vassal state of Korea and Japan no longer did business, and the livelihood of the people on the island became a problem.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi actually ceded this place to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, when the Ming navy officers and soldiers arrived, they said that they should all be sent to Kyushu Island and handed over to the Mori clan for resettlement!

Although the people on the island don't really want to leave their homeland, it is better to go to Kyushu to make a living than to be trapped on this small island with scarce arable land.

It is still unknown whether the business with the vassal states of Korea and Japan will continue. Even if it continues, it will have little to do with them. The Ming army has occupied this place, and people will not do business with the vassal states of Korea and Japan.

If there were no benefits from overseas trade, the island's small land would not be able to support half of the people, and most of them would probably starve to death if they stayed on the island.

In this case, they might as well go to Kyushu Island to make a living.

The Ming navy's thousands of warships came in one go and took Nagoya along with all their belongings.

Immediately afterwards, these thousands of warships went to the island to transport the two million taels of silver and 1.4 million shi of grain that Japan had to pay as compensation this year.

The densely packed navy warships were connected in a long string, dozens of miles long.

That’s nothing.

There was actually a Ming Dynasty navy fleet constantly transporting personnel and supplies from Jeju Island. Moreover, there were thousands of warships each time, and more than one trip every day.

At this moment, the small Iki Island suddenly changed its appearance as if the world had turned upside down.

A huge city with a radius of twenty to thirty miles gradually appeared next to the original harbor terminal in the south of Iki Island!

The originally sparse docks became densely packed, and the harbor coast within a radius of four or five miles was almost full.

To the north, the low hills gradually turned into double-layer fortresses.

It is obvious that the Ming Dynasty wants to build a fortress here to firmly guard Iki Island.

This is somewhat puzzling. What is there to defend about a small island with a radius of about 30 miles? There are no gold or silver mines on it.

When more than ten of Li Yuansheng's trusted followers rushed over after hearing the news, they were all stunned. How could this island be so densely packed with people?
There were also various supplies piled up like mountains, and the tents were about to fill up the fields on the island!
These people are still building the city wall.

The length of the city wall is so long that you can't see the end at a glance.

What is the Ming Kingdom going to do?

Li Yuansheng did not explain to his close subordinates.

He led these ten or so trusted men directly into a large tent and pulled them in front of Luo Sigong, who was busy working on a large table full of maps. He introduced them, "This is my former deputy general, Lord Luo. He has been promoted to the position of Guardian of Iki by my superiors. From now on, you will follow him and obey his orders. Do you understand?"

This "guardianship" is actually a Japanese term.

Although Iki Island is small, its protection is that of a daimyo.

These more than ten confidants had heard that Li Yuansheng was a big shot in the Ming court, but they never imagined that this big shot was so powerful that he could be given the title of guardian so easily!

Won’t they become prosperous in the future?

Although these guys are not yet to the point of being completely devoted to anyone who gives them milk, they follow Li Yuansheng for the sake of wealth and glory.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also born a ronin, but that guy could become the Taiko. It’s not too much for them to want to become a local rich man, own hundreds or thousands of acres of land, and marry a few women, right?

Originally, they thought this was just a dream and it might be difficult to realize.

Now it seems that this dream is not far away from them.

The guardian daimyo, Lord Luo, can easily help them realize this dream.

They nodded and bowed quickly, saying, "Greetings, Lord Luo."

Luo Sigong nodded slightly, then said solemnly: "You should be very clear that everything you are doing now is very detrimental to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi has not yet thought of investigating those of you who are distributing tabloids everywhere, or those of you who are hiring ronin to distribute tabloids everywhere. Once he thinks of it, you will be in danger.

Therefore, you must be careful and try to stay in the Ronin Camp and not go out. You must also make good arrangements in the Ronin Camp to prevent anyone from checking you or arresting you.

Also, you must keep my presence a secret and don't let anyone know that I am your superior. Next time when you come to get food and money, try to bring trusted confidants with you and don't bring random people with you.

Next time you come here, don't come directly from the south. After you go out to sea, take a detour and go north of Iki Island. I will have people build a dock specifically for you in the bay over there, and you can go there quietly to get food and money. Do you understand?"

Will Toyotomi Hideyoshi come to deal with us?

This is likely to happen!
More than ten confidants nodded and bowed without hesitation, saying, "Hi."

Luo Sigong then gave detailed instructions: "You should try your best to spread the Ronin camp to all the vassal states in Japan and gather all the Ronin you can.

I will give you enough money and food. The ronin you gather will be fed one pound of rice a day, and you can let them catch seafood on their own. I will provide you with a large fishing boat for every thousand people.

Also, you should pay wages to all the ronin you have recruited. Those who obey you will be paid one or two taels of silver a month, and those who are not so obedient will be paid half a tael of silver a month. If the work is dangerous, there will be additional rewards.

I'll have people bring enough weapons over. I'll give each of you a thousand sets of weapons every month. You have to carefully screen them. The more obedient ones will be given more first. Do you understand?"

Lord Luo is different. He actually gave us so much money and food, and also gave us weapons!

In this way, the ronin they recruited were almost the same as the troops under the daimyo.

If they can gather more than 100,000 ronin and distribute enough weapons, ordinary daimyos will not be their match!
Upon hearing this, more than ten close confidants couldn't help but bow excitedly and said, "Hi."

The next step is to distribute the new issue of the Japanese tabloid.

This time, Wanli was very clear about it, and the words "Printed by the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty" were directly printed on the title page of the tabloid.

The content of the tabloid was no longer hidden, and it clearly stated that the Ming Dynasty did not want to fight, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi insisted on fighting the Ming Dynasty for his own selfish interests.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a grudge against the Ming Dynasty because he was severely scolded by the Ming Emperor when he invaded the vassal state of Korea, so he never let go of the Ming Dynasty.

As for how many Japanese people will believe the contents of the tabloid, that is not important. As long as some people believe it, it is enough. If some people believe it, Japan's will to fight to the death will gradually collapse from within, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Taiko, will slowly lose the support of the people.

This is a clear slap in the face.

How would Toyotomi Hideyoshi react after seeing the new issue of Japanese tabloid?

(End of this chapter)