Watching Imagawa Sadayo talk eloquently, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew that he had made the right move, this old thing really had a set, thoughtful, insidious and vicious, all kinds of problems were thought of, sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy, and there were ways that others couldn't think of, he thought of it; There are ways that others can't say, and what he says is magnificent; There is another way, even if he says it, but he can't be so meticulous and meticulous, and he wins three points on poison, hehe, yes, it's really good.......

"Your Excellency, Elder Spo is back!"

Just when Ashikaga Yoshiman smiled, the attendant reported that the elder Spo Yoshisho who had gone to the Ming Kingdom came back, and as soon as these words came out, the room immediately fell silent, and even the eloquent Imagawa Sadayo was dumb, he opened his mouth, wanted to say something, and finally closed it again, and at this moment, the Ashikaga retainers around him seemed to unconsciously retreat, and a gap immediately opened up around Imagawa Sadayo......

Seeing this scene, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu coughed and said, "Imagawa-kun, don't worry, everything is the minister, you have to study it carefully, speak freely, and you must block the Ming army!" Then Ashikaga Yoshimitsu glanced at the others: "At this time of crisis, we need everyone to unite sincerely, if someone stumbles behind the back, drags back, and interferes with the construction of the defense line, then if something happens to the part that is responsible for the Ming army and lets the Ming army land, then this minister will exterminate him, understand?" ”

"Understood, Your Excellency!"

Listening to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's peaceful voice, everyone couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

"Let Elder Spoo go to the side hall and wait for a while, and this minister will look at it for a while before going over."

"Yes."

Seeing Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's attitude, Imagawa Sadayo breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and continued to study the strategy.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu waited for a full stick of incense again, and felt the atmosphere in the room regain before turning and leaving.

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"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Si Bo has returned from the Ming Kingdom, and he is here to return to his life!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gently patted the head of General Spo, then walked up, sat cross-legged on the tatami, and sighed slightly: "Spo-kun, have you brought any good news to this minister from the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Shogun is fifty-six years old this year, of medium height, with a few strands of white hair in the middle of his black hair, a ruddy complexion, a dignified appearance, and a loud voice when he speaks, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu discusses with him, often calming his mood, lifting his spirits, and then making important decisions, so over the years, Shobo Yoshimitsu has been the most trusted person in Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. In terms of position, he was the head of the Muromachi shogunate, and in the first year of the Yasuri (the 12th year of Hongwu), he replaced Hosokawa Yoriyuki as the head of the office, and now he has been a major minister of the Ashikaga family, and his prestige in the Ashikaga family is very high.

Imagawa Sadayo was recommended by the former governor Hosokawa Yoriyuki, so he was able to serve as the Kyushu Explorer, and Spoyoshi immediately suppressed him after succeeding to the governor, and almost forced him to commit suicide, but fortunately thanks to the explanation and assurance of the Kanto governor Uesugi Kenji and his nephew Imagawa Yasufan, Imagawa Sadadashi survived on the condition of not participating in any political affairs.

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"Your Excellency, Minister of the Interior," General Spoyi had already prepared, thought for a moment, and said, "General Yi is going to the Ming Kingdom with the heads of Akamatsu Yoshinori's family and his subordinates this time, but how to say it?" General Si Bo Yi pondered his words: "General Yi is not unable to determine the intentions of the Ming Kingdom?" ”

"How?"

"General Yi landed in Ningbo, Ming State, and then went to the Ming Kingdom under the protection of the Ming army all the way. After arriving at the Beijing Division, General Yi handed over your credentials, and at the same time handed over the head and gift list to the Ministry of Rites. ”

"It should be the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, about three days later," Si Boyi narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, "The Ming military department sent someone to take the heads, and later the righteous general knew that these heads were sent to various ports along the coast along with the heads of Akamatsu Yoshinori who attacked the Ming Emperor before. ”

"Have you seen the head of Yoshinori Akamatsu?"

"Yes, on the side of Ningbo Port, there is a high pole hanging on it, but after being pecked and rotted by birds, it is no longer recognizable, only his name is written on it."

"Oh, what about the gift list?"

"After taking the head, a waiter from the Ming State Rite Department called Ren Hengtai, talked with the righteous general once, and he put forward the conditions of the Ming Emperor, asking His Excellency the Minister of the Interior to go to the Ming Kingdom to ask for guilt, and at the same time compensate 10 million taels of silver, otherwise the Ming State will send troops to our country."

"According to him, if not, once a big war starts, it will be the responsibility of our country."

At this, Spooy will let out a sneer.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu seemed to hear the sneer of General Spo, but he didn't speak, he first raised his eyebrows, looked outside, and then turned his head and said, "Spo-kun, how do you think this minister should respond?" ”

"It is impossible to go to the capital of the Ming Kingdom to ask for guilt, not to mention whether the emperor will keep his promise and let your Excellency back, but as long as we confess our guilt, then there will always be a handle in the hands of the Ming Emperor, and he will put forward other conditions in the future, do we agree, or not?"

"Yes, this minister thinks so too," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at the cherry blossoms outside the window and sighed softly: "If Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty was in power, it would not be impossible for this minister to go once, but now this Emperor Jianwen, this minister is not sure at all, and the development of things to this day is greatly beyond the expectations of this minister." ”

"Yes, North Korea is a buffer between the Ming State and our country, and we can't sit back and watch the Ming State control North Korea, which is equivalent to the Ming State putting a steel knife on our noses, making it difficult for us to sleep, but in the first battle of Jeju Island, our army and the Korean coalition army were finally defeated with ten times the strength of the army, and so far I think about it, the righteous generals are still a little unbelievable."

Speaking of this, General Si Boyi twitched the corners of his mouth, "Zi", and said: "It's a pity that we believed the nonsense of Akamatsu Yoshinori, thinking that we could kill the Ming Emperor with the help of the internal power of the Ming Kingdom, but it's a pity that everything is in the Ming Emperor's calculations." ”

"By the way, how did Akamatsu Yoshishi lose? Are the four thousand warriors of my Yamato nation so vulnerable? ”

"This," General Si Boyi smiled bitterly: "I don't know, we are trapped in the post house, not allowed to go out, according to them, now everyone is shouting and beating on the street, and there is no way to guarantee our safety, so what General Yi knows is something that everyone in the Ming Kingdom knows." ”

"Spo-kun, it's really hard for you!"

"It's nothing, it's all the duty of a righteous general!"

"Then you went out and got nothing?"

"No, there are still gains." General Si Boyi thought for a while: "Regarding whether to go on an expedition to our country, General Yi thinks that there is also a debate within the Ming Kingdom, but the Ming Emperor insists on going his own way, so everyone dare not have an opinion." Therefore, if we can defeat the Ming army as we did in the past, then sweep through Korea, deter the Ming coast, and finally send an envoy to sue for peace, it is not impossible. ”

"This," a wry smile appeared on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's face, "Is it possible?" ”

"Why can't it be?"

General Spoyi stood up and arched his hand: "Your Excellency, what does the Ming Kingdom rely on?" It's just that there are many people, big ships, and many ships, but their country is too big, the coast is thousands of miles, and it is impossible to defend everywhere, and my big and male are natural warriors, and they are dragons on the sea, all of them can be ten with one, as long as they break a little, they can make Ming Guo feel pain for a long time, and after a long time, they will definitely not be able to stand it. ”

"It's like," General Si Boyi thought for a moment, then waved his hands, and his spirits were high: "Just like the Western Xia and Liao States in the Song Dynasty in the past, their population and army are not large, but they can suppress the Song Kingdom, what do they rely on?" And our country's military strength is now more than 150,000, if we continue to recruit, three or four hundred thousand is not impossible, in the past, Genghis Khan relied on 100,000 cavalry to take the world, why can't Your Excellency? ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu couldn't help frowning, he found that the more and more General Spoyoshi said, the more outrageous it became, he immediately interrupted him and said: "These are too far away, let's talk about the immediate first, in the past few months, this minister has mobilized farmers to expand the coastal defense line on the basis of the former fortifications, and let Imagawa Sadayo be in charge of the staff, what do you think?" ”

"Imagawa?" General Si Boyi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "This old guy does have a set, and he can use it this time!" ”

"Well, Sibo-kun, you haven't explained the emperor's final reply? And what you saw and heard along the way in Mingguo? ”

"Emperor Ming finally issued a holy decree, reiterating the original conditions, asking you to go and ask for sin, and at the same time, the ten million taels of silver will not change."

As he spoke, Spoyi took a holy decree wrapped in yellow cloth from the package and handed it to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who took it, didn't say anything, put it aside, patted it, and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

"On the way from Ningbo to Jingshi, I feel that the Ming Kingdom is indeed very rich, but the level of the army is very average, far inferior to the elite of our army, so our army is not invincible."

"During the period when the righteous generals were in Beijing, there was a rebellion in Shandong of the Ming Kingdom, and I heard that Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, led his troops to suppress it; And the Ming Emperor was dealing with the case of the rebellion of the King of Chu. ”

"In March, the trial of the rebellion of the king of Chu was completed, and the blood flowed on the court outside the city of Beijing, and the righteous general was also at the scene, and the cruelty of the Ming Emperor was beyond my imagination, and more than 2,000 people were executed on the spot, but there were no women and children, and I heard that they were all exiled to Liaodong."

"Well, what else?"

"There is also the third lady of the Wei family who is about to enter the palace, and Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, was sent to North Korea to supervise the transportation of grain and grass because of the turmoil in Shandong."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu kept his eyes closed, but when he got here, he suddenly opened his eyes: "You mean, King Qi, you want to go to North Korea?" ”

"Yes, General Yi thought that this matter was not trivial, so he rushed back day and night to report it to Your Excellency."

"King Qi, Joseon," Ashikaga Yoshimitsu muttered a few words, and then turned to General Spo Yoshimitsu: "Since you have all returned, King Qi is probably already in Korea." ”

"I can't be sure of this, but King Qi is pampered, I'm afraid it will be slower."

"Well, this matter, maybe you can make a fuss, I hope Hosokawa can seize this opportunity, hehe!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu suddenly laughed.

General Spooyi laughed too.