My wife is Invincible East

Zhu Moye spat lightly. He was so tired of hearing such flattery that his ears were sore. He quickly interrupted him and continued asking.

Shang Ming pondered for a moment and then said truthfully, "At noon today, news of Long Yi arrived. Miss Dongfang's sister is currently at Jianxing Peak on Hengshan Mountain in Shanxi. She has been accepted as a disciple by Ding Yi of the Hengshan School. Your Majesty need not worry."

At this point, Zhu Moye breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking for a moment, he said, "The Imperial Palace is currently in turmoil. It's not appropriate to bring her here. Let her stay in Hengshan for the time being. Ask Long Yi to send someone to protect her. When this matter is settled, I will go there myself."

"Oh, slave, obey your command."

Zhu Moye walked into the courtyard, looked up at the soft moonlight, and an image of a cute, shy and resolute girl emerged in her mind.

For a moment, he felt for the first time in two lifetimes what it meant to miss someone, and immediately fell into deep thought:

"Remember, call her Queen from now on."

"The throne of Queen can only be hers forever!"

Chapter 79 Hosokawa goes to Kyoto!

The next morning, the sun had just risen.

The city wall of Shijiazhuang is surrounded by bustling crowds of people, with heavy traffic and extremely noisy.

They all focused their attention on the imperial edict posted on the city wall.

"Emperor Chenghua has passed away seven days ago. The country cannot remain without a ruler for even a single day. Crown Prince Zhu Youji has now inherited the throne and has ascended the throne. I have changed the country's name to the first year of Shangwu! His imperial title is Wuzong!"

When they saw the first sentence, the crowd immediately went wild, jumping up and down like ants on a hot pan, cheering and boiling with excitement.

"Haha! Long live the prince! No, he's the emperor now. Long live the emperor!"

"A while ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood up for the common people in the city and taught the Japanese a lesson. I knew he must be a wise ruler. I never thought this day would come so soon. Long live the Emperor!"

"We ordinary people are finally living a good life. Haha, let's see if those corrupt officials dare to oppress us again! Long live the Shangwu Emperor!"

……

After a long period of enthusiastic cheering, the thousands of people surrounding the city wall finally quieted down and continued to watch.

"The Great Emperor Shangwu cares deeply about the people, and hereby issues a proclamation exempting taxes for ten years, with no further increase!"

"During the Chenghua period, all unjust cases were re-examined. No good person would be wrongly accused. Those wrongfully imprisoned would receive 100 taels of silver and be released without charge!"

"The eunuch Liang Fang, who brought disaster to the nation and the people, was executed yesterday. All his property has been confiscated. Anyone who has been oppressed or blackmailed by him can go to the government to claim it back!"

"Those who are poor, have no children to support them, or are physically disabled and unable to work can go to the government office every month to receive a stipend to support their lives."

"Within ten years, anyone who levies taxes without authorization can be reported by the public at will. Once verified, they will be executed without mercy!"

A long list of inspiring regulations came into view, and tears of excitement welled up in the eyes of thousands of people.

Under the oppression of those treacherous officials in recent years, the lives of ordinary people have been extremely miserable and they can barely hang on to their lives.

From time to time, local government offices would arbitrarily increase taxes, almost forcing the people to death.

Now that the prince has ascended the throne, he exempts taxes, tries unjust cases, kills treacherous officials, and uses money to support the poor. Each of these can make the common people wake up with a smile in their dreams. It is a life they have always dreamed of.

Thinking about all the grievances suffered in the past, which would no longer exist from now on, for a moment, a burst of sobbing was heard by the city wall.

Even a group of grown men couldn't hold back their tears and trembled with excitement.

"Mandated by Heaven...Long live and prosper...The Imperial Seal...cannot be wrong!"

When everyone was immersed in the atmosphere of excitement and tears of joy, an old man in his twilight years walked tremblingly to the front of the imperial edict, and looked at the seal on the imperial edict with his cloudy old eyes in disbelief.

He looked left and right, afraid he had seen it wrong. After a while, he trembled all over and cried out with tears in his eyes, "It really is the Imperial Seal!"

"The Imperial Seal, lost for centuries, has finally been unearthed! Hahahaha... The current emperor is truly the chosen one, destined by heaven. People of the Ming Dynasty, our spring has arrived!"

Hearing the old man's crazy laughter with tears streaming down his face, everyone who was crying with joy turned their eyes to him.

This person was a famous scholar in Shijiazhuang. When he was young, he went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and won the third place in the imperial examination. He was supposed to rise to a high position and become a high-ranking official.

However, he was of a strong character and when he met the emperor, he bluntly said that he was incompetent in governing the country, which angered the emperor. He was expelled from the Golden Palace and was never allowed to serve as an official in the court again.

However, no one doubted this man's knowledge.

Most of the talented men and beautiful women in Shijiazhuang are his students.

I heard the old man crying and laughing, and constantly muttering about the imperial seal.

Thousands of people turned their attention to the place with the seal below the imperial edict. After a closer look, they found that it was indeed different from before.

Few people could recognize those eight small characters, they only knew that they were ancient characters.

Recalling the old man's initial voice of disbelief, everyone opened their eyes wide in horror.

If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life!

These are the eight small seal characters engraved on the jade seal by Qin Shi Huang when he swept across the world and obtained the Heshi Bi.

How could ordinary people who grew up under the influence of various folk legends not know what the imperial seal represents!

"Mr. Chen...didn't the Imperial Seal disappear after the fall of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes, even if there are these eight small seal characters, they might be fakes."

"Bullshit, your mother! Does His Royal Highness need to forge the Imperial Seal to deceive us?"

……

Listening to the endless questions and scolding around him, Mr. Chen calmed himself down, pressed his hands, and the crowd instantly quieted down and listened quietly.

"That's right... the Imperial Seal disappeared after the fall of the Tang Dynasty..."

"However, the material, craftsmanship, and patterns of the Imperial Seal are all unique in the world and cannot be copied..."

"Furthermore, it is said that the Heshi Bi is a celestial object with spiritual power. Only a great dynasty that has produced an emperor of the ages can possess it."

"The Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties were all great dynasties that held the Imperial Seal. Each of them was more powerful than the current Ming Dynasty. However, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was weak and even suffered the Jingkang Incident. Such a weak country naturally could not be recognized by the Imperial Seal..."

"The subsequent Yuan Dynasty was founded by the Mongols. It was not orthodox to the Han Dynasty and was not recognized by the imperial seal. Naturally, it disappeared for hundreds of years..."

"And now, it has fallen into the hands of the emperor..."

Mr. Chen spoke a long string of words in one breath, a little out of breath. After taking a deep breath, he opened his eyes, and a blazing fire ignited in his cloudy old eyes. He said in a loud voice: "My Great Ming Dynasty is about to prosper!"

As the old man told the secret, the crowd fell into deathly silence, without a trace of life. The next second, it erupted uncontrollably like a volcano.

"The Ming Dynasty is mighty! Long live the Martial Emperor!"

The sound was deafening and reached the sky.

Even Hosokawa Ono and Hosokawa Masato, who were far away in the inn, were disturbed. They hurried out of the inn, grabbed a passerby, and asked, "Sir, what happened? Why is there such a commotion?"

Passersby looked at them as if they were aliens, saying, "You're from out of town, right? The Crown Prince who beat up the Japanese invaders in the city has ascended the throne as the new emperor and issued a series of imperial decrees to benefit the people. Everyone is overjoyed."

"Okay, I'm done with all this nonsense. I have to go home and slaughter a pig to celebrate the Crown Prince's ascension to the throne!"

Hearing the words of the passerby, Hosokawa Masamoto's face turned purple and he was shaking with anger. Wasn't he the Japanese devil who was beaten up?

"Master Congmingwan, let's go to the capital to pay homage to the emperor immediately!"

Chapter 80: King's Plan for Hegemony!

The corners of Hosokawa Masamoto's mouth twitched constantly, he shook his head and snorted angrily: "Humph, I can't help but want to kill him when I see him, no!"

"Baga! You still want to kill him? Can you beat him?"

Hosokawa Ono angrily slapped him hard on the head and said in a muffled voice, "Don't forget that you are responsible for the lives of 170,000 brave warriors of the Hosokawa family. If this mission fails, we will have no choice but to commit seppuku to apologize to the great name!"

Hosokawa Masamoto was slightly taken aback when he heard this, then he lowered his head in shame and admitted his mistake: "Thank you, Ono-kun, for reminding me. Masamoto almost forgot our mission on this trip to the east."

Hosokawa Ono nodded and said in a deep voice, "When you go to the capital to see the emperor later, remember to be humble and treat him as a subordinate."

Hosokawa Masamoto frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing across his face. He said, "How can you lower our status? This is an insult to the Great Japanese Empire."

"What's more, isn't the Ming Dynasty known as a nation of etiquette and the Celestial Empire? They should treat us like honored guests."

Snapped!

Hosokawa Ono was so angry at this stupid guy that his chest felt stuffy. He slapped him on the head again, hoping to wake him up.

"Baga, when this guy was still just a prince, he dared to threaten and blackmail us, and even beat you, the son of a daimyo. He doesn't even take our Japanese Empire seriously."

"He has become the emperor of the Celestial Empire, and we are no longer in his sight. If you are still holding onto your pride, you should return to Japan as soon as possible to apologize to the Daimyo, lest you bring disaster upon Japan."

Hearing this, Hosokawa Masamoto struggled intensely with his thoughts, then suddenly bent down and shouted, "Hey! Masamoto understands."

"I understand. Follow me to the capital immediately!"

……

At noon, the sun was shining brightly inside the Daming Palace.

Zhu Moye was sitting in the courtyard, having lunch, while Shang Ming was carefully serving him, bringing him tea and wine.

Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps. The guard at the gate of Daming Palace came hurriedly, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I am sorry to interrupt your meal."

"No need to be so polite, just say what you want to say."

Zhu Moye raised his head and drank a glass of mellow and fragrant fruit wine, wiped his mouth, put down his bowl and chopsticks, turned around and looked at the guards.

The guard at the gate stood up, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, this morning two Japanese people requested an audience with you. They were stopped outside the Forbidden City and are now being entertained by the Honglu Temple."

"They've been waiting all morning but haven't seen you. The young man with scars all over his face can't wait and is starting to make some noise."

"My Lord Temple Minister is a little unsure, so he asked me to ask your opinion."

Two Japanese? One with a scarred face?

Zhu Moye's eyes lit up and he couldn't stop laughing. Before he even went to look for them, two big fat sheep had already come to him impatiently.

"Tell the Minister of the Temple to bring them into the palace, and I will see them."

After responding lightly, the guard knelt on one knee, agreed, and left quickly.

Shang Ming, who was standing by, seemed to have thought of something as well, and asked uncertainly, "Your Majesty, those two Japanese people are not the ones you beat up in Shijiazhuang a while ago, are they?"

Zhu Moye took a sip of his mouthwash tea slowly, a strange smile appeared on his face, and he sneered, "Who else could it be but these two idiots?"

"They must have seen the imperial edict and learned that I have become emperor. The war in Japan is tense, and they are already impatient."

Shang Ming nodded, having also thought of this. A trace of worry flashed across his face, and he said anxiously, "Your Majesty, we can just send them some muskets and weapons. Why risk going deep into the enemy's heartland?"

In Shang Ming's opinion, although Zhu Moye was very capable of planning and strategizing, he was nothing more than a person who had a very thorough understanding of human nature.

War is not that simple, especially a battle across the sea.

Although the Ming soldiers were fierce and their warships were among the most powerful in the world, the sea was unpredictable. It could be a vast, peaceful and beautiful blue sky and sea one second, and then a violent storm the next, changing color in an instant.

If everything goes well, it would be fine. With the speed of Ming Dynasty warships, they can land in Japan in half a month. But if there is an accident and it takes more than a month, the soldiers will be exhausted physically and mentally.

When they arrived in Japan, they were unable to adapt to the climate there and their fighting power was greatly reduced.

In this situation, it is not easy to reap the benefits, annex Japan and become the Japan Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty. It is tantamount to trying to grab chestnuts from the fire.

If he succeeded in conquering Japan, everyone would be happy and the whole country would be excited. Zhu Moye would become the greatest emperor in history who expanded the territory. His throne would be as stable as Mount Tai and no one could shake it.

If they failed, tens of thousands of soldiers would die in a foreign land, which would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to the morale of the people, and the people's hearts that had just been gathered would also be dispersed.

The foundation of the country will be shaken, and in the end, ten years of hard work will be in vain.

Even Shang Ming, who had followed Zhu Moye for ten years, felt that he was a little too eager for quick success this time.

"How can a sparrow understand the ambition of an eagle?"

Seeing Shang Ming's cowardly look, Zhu Moye glanced at him with disdain and spoke nitpickingly.

Immediately, he stood up with full confidence and high spirits, and said with great dignity: "Not only will the Kingdom of Dongying be transformed into the Dongying Prefecture, I will also recover the Tatars in the north and the Rakshasa Kingdom in the far north, as well as Korea, Ryukyu, and the distant land of the British Empire. None of them can escape the iron hoof of the Ming Dynasty!"

Shang Ming broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. This was an exaggeration. Although the Ming Dynasty's military was at the top of the world, its economy could not afford to support the army to go on expeditions everywhere, not to mention fighting on someone else's home turf. How could it be so easy to conquer a country?

He naturally didn't dare to say such cold words to Zhu Moye, so he just laughed and said, "It's a good thing that the emperor has such ambitions, but we still need to think it over carefully."

"Hmph, I never fight a battle I'm not sure of. This is true in the court and on the battlefield. Just take care of your own business, and we'll see what happens."

Zhu Moye snorted lightly, feeling extremely annoyed. Suddenly, he felt like everyone else was drunk but he was the only one sober.

Communicating with people of this era was too limited, so Zhu Moye simply sat in the chair dejectedly, not saying a word, waiting for the two people from the Hosokawa family to arrive.

It has been a long time since he last played with these two Japanese friends, and he is already itching to do it.

Chapter 81 Playing with Hosokawa Masamoto Again