Chapter Ninety-Four: Xu Youzhen's Japanese Mission

For example, if North Korea attacked Tsushima Island, and the Tsushima clan submitted to Korea, the Ashikaga family was indifferent.

It is not that Japan cannot defeat North Korea, but that it is impossible for Japan to fight North Korea for a small island under Japan's internal entanglement.

Although Japan is an island nation, from the perspective of history and tradition, the sailors are their weakness.

Even in the Battle of Wanli Korea, the Japanese sailors could not defeat the Korean sailors, let alone this era.

Zhu Qizhen pondered Xu Youzhen's words, and slowly understood, and said, "How to do it?" ”

Xu Youzhen's mind was spinning rapidly, he had never thought about this question before. He could only think of countermeasures temporarily, and he didn't know how many rounds he had turned, and said: "In the opinion of the ministers, we must first send an envoy to Japan again to canonize the king of Japan." ”

Zhu Qizhen also understood.

The diplomatic relations between Japan and the Ming Dynasty were very complicated.

This complex relationship began with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the most powerful shogun in the Muromachi shogunate.

But he also faced many problems, and under various problems, he made a submission to the Ming Dynasty and was named the king of Japan by Emperor Taizu.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was quite satisfied with the name of the king of Japan, and used this name in foreign exchanges, such as dealings with Korea.

It also shows Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's ambition, plus Ashikaga Yoshimitsu can get great benefits from the Ming trade.

But not everyone in Japan is satisfied.

For example, Japan's Minister of Ministers group.

The first is the attempt to face Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's political ambitions, and the second is Japan's self-esteem.

They believe that since ancient times, Japan has not been a vassal, and it is based on the diplomatic principle of independence and reciprocity, and in the Sui Dynasty, there was still the Son of Heaven at sunrise to the Son of Heaven without the Son of Heaven.

The Emperor of Japan has always existed.

Therefore, no matter what the Chinese think, the Japanese have never felt that they are a vassal state of China.

Among the shoguns of the past dynasties, only Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was a vassal to the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, a lot of opposition has been accumulated.

The best way to deal with a political strongman is time.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu naturally can't live forever, after his death.

The trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty can be repeated, and even during the Yongle period, a script to reject the Ming envoys was also made. Among them, the internal situation changes, Zhu Qizhen and Xu Youzhen are outsiders, and it is not too clear.

However, the last diplomatic season between Japan and the Ming Dynasty was an old event during the Xuande period.

Now, it was more than 20 years ago.

In the past 20 years, China and Japan have not had any contact at the official level. Especially after the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty.

Without him, Japan is proclaiming

The original intention of coming to the dynasty in the German period was to explore. Even in the national credentials, the title of King of Japan is particularly vague.

After the opening of the sea, although the exploration trade was still effective, after all, when the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, Ming merchants were allowed to go to sea, rather than foreign merchants were allowed to come to court.

Therefore, if foreign countries want to come to China to trade, they must either take the survey and cooperation, or find a Chinese as the nominal master, and simply do business in partnership with the Chinese.

Overall, the importance of the exploration trade has been greatly reduced.

In modern terms, between Japan and the Ming Dynasty, there is a situation of political cold and economic heat. As an overseas market for Chinese goods, Japan has become more frequent in people-to-people exchanges between China and Japan after the opening of the sea.

It's just that in this way, the Japanese Ashikaga family has no need to have any official dealings with the Ming Dynasty, and even Japan is deliberately avoiding contacts with the Ming Dynasty.

It seems that on the one hand, I don't want to admit that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu lowered his head back then.

On the other hand, Daming is also a big country and a strong country, and it is not easy to offend. Instead of having frequent contacts with Daming and causing all kinds of trouble, it is better for everyone to seem to be invisible.

Just don't delay getting rich.

Moreover, in the past ten years, there have been frequent civil strife in the Ashikaga family, and the newly ascended Ashikaga Yoshimasa has not been canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has sent an envoy to Japan in the name of canonizing the king of Japan, which can be regarded as a good move.

It's a trick to ask for directions. It is also necessary to understand the inside situation of Japan before it can be started.

Zhu Qizhen nodded, he really wanted to slow down Japan. Don't be in a hurry, but Zhu Qizhen's purpose now is not Japan, but Japan's gold and silver.

There's a lot to say here.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The imperial court is now in a difficult situation, and now the tile thorn is defeated, I want to get rid of the evil and chase the north, but I am shy in my pocket, so I have to be greedy for property and seek it up and down." ”

Zhu Qizhen's tone was a little self-deprecating.

Zhu Qizhen can't say that he doesn't love money, but he never thought that most of his work is to make money and make money.

There are some things that you can't do if you have money, but if you don't have money, you can't do anything.

Xu Youzhen said: "Your Majesty's dedication to the country is a great blessing for the country. ”

Although this sentence is flattering, it is not necessarily wrong.

Zhu Qizhen has been suppressing the palace expenses, and it has been suppressed to less than two million taels.

The annual income is 2,500 stone of grain, about 15 million taels, and the palace expenditure is within 2 million taels, not to mention, there are also small government revenues, which are not included in the state budget.

Really calculated, the expenses of the imperial court in the court have been reduced to less than one-tenth.

Large-scale projects at home and abroad have all stopped, and even Zhu Qizhen's own mountain mausoleum, Zhu Qizhen has no intention of repairing it.

Zhu Qizhen said: "My Jinyiwei got a piece of news, but there is a golden mountain on an island in Japan. ”

Xu Youzhen immediately understood why Zhu Qizhen cared so much about Japan, but even if he decided that he shouldn't question Zhu Qizhen, he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, is this news true?" ”

Zhu Qizhen also understands that it is still a little difficult to win the trust of others by entrusting this news to Jinyiwei.

He said, "I don't know, but I'll just believe it." ”

Xu Youzhen said: "For this news, I will use Japanese swords. It's -----."

He didn't know what words to use for a moment.

He thought that the emperor was not mediocre on weekdays, but he listened to it and believed it. He really wanted to use a more euphemistic word to describe his thoughts, but for a while he couldn't find any words to use instead of the word "absurd".

Zhu Qizhen didn't need Xu Youzhen to finish speaking, and he also understood Xu Youzhen's thoughts.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I also know. However, this island is not on the big island of Japan, but a small island in the west of Japan, called Sado. In remote places, even in Japan, they are not taken seriously. Opposite Hercy, North Korea. I just want you to be in charge of this matter, the matter of the mission to North Korea, and you have also dealt with Li Shi, so I will leave it to him. ”

"Find a way to let Japan let this island be in the imperial court, if it doesn't work, it's not too late to move troops, and let Wang Ying be in charge of this matter."

"He is also under thy control."

"If this matter is fake, I will naturally kill people, and Jinyiwei will also clean it up, but if it is true, I want you to make sure that this Sado Island must be in the hands of the imperial court."

The reason why Zhu Qizhen chose Sado and ignored Iwami is because Sado is an island, and Iwami is on the main island of Japan.

Unless there is a large-scale invasion, it is unlikely that the imperial court will control Iwami in its hands.

But Sado is different.

Overseas outlying islands, as long as the good news is blocked.

Within a few years, there is probably no problem, even if Japan hears any rumors, it will never dare to easily turn against the Ming Dynasty, and after the defeat of the tile, the heavy army of the nine sides will be liberated, and after the completion of the military reform, even if Japan does not find trouble with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will also find trouble with Japan.

After all, Zhu Qizhen promised his younger brother to be the king of Japan. There is no joke, it always has to be done.

Xu Youzhen is skeptical about this matter even now, but the emperor has already said this, so he is naturally impossible to shirk.

So he agreed: "The minister will obey." ”

Even in the heart, how to act.

I heard that it is only an island overseas. Xu Youzhen felt that it was not difficult to ask for this island from Japan, after all, the concept of ancient territory was different from now.

So the Japanese don't necessarily care about this island.

But the problem is that if there is no gold on the so-called Sado Island, how this farce should end is what Xu Youzhen cares about.

After all, Shengming has no fault with His Majesty, and he always has to give His Majesty a complete matter.