"A small foreign country dares to be so rude to the emperor!" Liu Zongzhou, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, stood up and pointed at the Japanese nose and scolded angrily.

Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department, also sneered and shook his sleeves:

"This person is not yet a retainer of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he is just a daimyo clan of the Equestrian Kingdom, and the Tokugawa Shogunate ordered the Daimyo clan of the Tsushima Province to be a vassal to our court, but he is sitting back and enjoying it..."

"The title and many benefits of the Japanese king, he Tokugawa family suffered, but he did not admit to paying tribute to my Ming Dynasty."

"Tokugawa Xiuzhong played such a scheming, I'm afraid that he is still ambitious."

After more than 100 years of the Warring States period from the Onin Rebellion, Japan was unified by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 18th year of Wanli and assumed the post of Sekihaku, reaching the so-called strongest period of the ancient martial arts.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan by force, his ambitions swelled sharply and he began to plan for foreign expansion.

At that time, the Lee dynasty of North Korea was in the midst of party strife and internal strife, and it was at a time when the dynasty was in disorder, which was almost a copy of the Ming Dynasty.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi then decided to invade Korea by force, and then conquer the Ming Dynasty to complete the hegemony.

Only a year after the start of the war, almost all of the Korean Eight Provinces had fallen, and the Korean army was almost powerless in the face of the Japanese army.

King Li Hao fled to the border of Yiju in a hurry and asked for help from the suzerain, Daming.

Japan's encroachment completely angered the Wanli Emperor, and in the twentieth year of Wanli, he issued an edict to officially declare war on Japan.

As soon as the edict was issued, the Ming army immediately mobilized the elite troops of various provinces and Liaodong and entered Korea in batches.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi also mobilized the daimyo of each feudal domain, and the so-called victorious army that unified the whole country was poured out of the nest, and the land and water were advancing with great momentum.

After six years of war, Japan was defeated twice in succession, Toyotomi Hideyoshi fell ill and died, and the Tokugawa family rose to prominence.

Tokugawa Ieyasu established the shogunate system, and in order to ensure a hereditary system, he decided to give way to his third son, Tokugawa Hidenaka.

After several battles, Tokugawa Hidenaka completely eliminated the Toyotomi clan five years ago and once again completed the unification of the whole of Japan.

In order to resume trade, the Tokugawa shogunate authorized the Daimyo clan of Tsushima to restore diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty in a "proper name".

The point is here, the "Tsushima" daimyo clan paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty as a representative of Japan, in order to obtain the Ming Emperor's canonization of the "King of Japan" of the Tokugawa shogunate.

In fact, the Japanese emperor and shogun Tokugawa Hidenaka did not openly admit that there was a tribute, but he acquiesced and enjoyed the benefits of trade and prestige.

If you really want to ask, it's just that the daimyo of the Equestrian Kingdom has paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, what does it matter to me in Japan?

This time in the second year of the Apocalypse, Tokugawa Hidenaka obviously still wanted to use Tsushima's title of minister to pay tribute in exchange for the Ming Dynasty's continued canonization of the Tokugawa shogunate.

On such occasions, British public Zhang Weixian often cherishes words like gold and does not want to make a fuss about nothing, but after learning what happened, he was really deeply shocked by Japan's brazenness and showed his attitude for the first time.

He said:

"What Cui Butang said is true!"

"After the Second Korean War, the envoys who came to my Ming Dynasty to pay tribute were only the Daimyo clan of Tsushima, and as for the Tokugawa shogunate, they had no intention of surrendering at all!"

"Although the Korean War was won, there were no people who were familiar with Japanese culture at that time, and the Tokugawa shogunate took advantage of this and deceived it for so long."

"Now I dare to come again, I am really a towering celestial courtier, I am a fool!"

The voice landed, and above the hall, there was a discussion.

At this moment, the courtiers all abandoned the prejudice of party contention, and unanimously to the outside world, it was the first time that the daimyo envoys of Equestria faced such verbal and written criticism, and they suddenly seemed a little uneasy.

Zhu Youxiao played with the jade seal of the country, his fingers crossed between the blood-red seals on the jade seal, and said lightly:

"I would like to know, are you representing the Daimyo of Tsushima or the Tokugawa Shogunate, and are you a vassal to me?"

"A Tsushima country doesn't even have the qualifications to be my Ming vassal country..."

After speaking, he looked at Tang Ruowang, the scholar of Qin Tianjian on the side, and said:

"Aren't you proficient in many Chinese, translate the words of Shu to him."

Zhu Youxiao's words naturally aroused great concern among the envoys of various countries, that is, they were translated into many Chinese languages and reached their ears.

The faces of Yarkand's envoys changed and began to whisper.

At this moment, a wisp of spring breeze ghostly burrowed into the Maoqin Palace, and the Japanese envoy of Tsushima suddenly shuddered.

Listening to Tang Ruowang's words, his expression gradually became a little wavery.

"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is above, I am a retainer of the Tsushima Soyoshi clan, representing the whole of Japan, and I am here to pay tribute to the Emperor and accept the canonization."

"Retainers of the small feudal clan, how do you represent Japan!?" Liu Zongzhou came out of the ranks, and spat flew sideways:

"If you want the Ming Dynasty to canonize the king of Japan, you should let the Tokugawa clan personally send envoys and call a small feudal clan to come to meet you, what kind of country will it become?"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Liu Zongzhou and found that these Donglin Party were quite good at this kind of thing, spraying people without mercy.

The emperor didn't speak, apparently meaning the same thing.

After listening to John Tang's original words, the envoy of Equestria also jumped his eyelids, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth "gurgling", and said in Chinese that he was not fluent in:

"Since Da Ming has no intention of canonization, please forgive me for retiring!"

As soon as he turned around, two Han generals stepped forward, looking at him condescendingly, with a little disdain in their eyes.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes narrowed slightly, stabilized his tone, and said lightly:

"What kind of place are you in the Ming Dynasty, where you can come and leave if you want?"

Up to now, Zhu Youxiao also knows that Japan has always been trying to canonize itself, and then continue to develop trade and make a lot of money.

In fact, Tokugawa Shuzhong didn't mean to be a minister to the Ming Dynasty at all!

Now the Ming Dynasty may not be able to eliminate the annexation of Japan, but it is still very easy for them to be uncomfortable and unable to continue to develop.

The vast majority of Japan's economic sources come from overseas trade, and now the sea control is still in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and it seems that the sailors will also be developed!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly:

"I let you go back today and tell Tokugawa Hidenaka that if he wants to continue to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty, he will personally send an envoy to pay tribute, and I will only give him this choice!"

"It's not uncommon for Tsushima to be a minister, and if Tokugawa Hidechu wants to have diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, he must show sincerity!"

"Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!"

John Tang felt that this was too serious.

In the eyes of him, a missionary from the Holy Roman Empire, there was nothing wrong with Tsushima as the middle vassal of the Edo Shogunate and representing Japan.

Although he thought so in his heart, out of respect, he still translated Zhu Youxiao's words to the Japanese envoys in 1510.

After hearing this, the Japanese envoy's eyes widened, his eyebrows were full of disgust, and he didn't say anything, he hurriedly bowed and left angrily.

Regardless of how the Japanese envoys returned to China, they reported the matter to Tokugawa Hidenaka, anyway, once the events of this great court ceremony were published in the "Beijing Daily", the people of the Ming Dynasty were not unhappy.

The emperor's attitude towards Japan was so tough that it was somewhat angry for the coastal inhabitants who had been devastated by the Japanese plague!

The Great Dynasty Ceremony has just ended, and the Renxu Branch Palace Examination in the second year of the Apocalypse is about to start in the spotlight.

The wealthy tributes arrived in Beijing from all over the country, intending to show their talents in front of the emperor.

However, at this time, a bad news came, but there was a major earthquake in Yuncheng and Juye in Shandong Province, which had not been encountered in a century!