"Ahh

"Ahh Please, please, stop fighting! ”

"Hmph, aren't you capable? Why don't you run away? Bastard, I'm going to beat you to death today! ”

"Ahh Yes! ”

The man's screams woke the birds in the forest, but they did not alarm the people who were struggling to walk on the mountain road, and they did not even glance around.

"Uncle Sasaki......"

A girl about ten years old in the crowd suddenly shouted, as if she knew the man who was whipped, but before the people around her could react, the girl's mouth was covered by her mother, and at the same time, she nervously bowed to the soldiers who rushed to hear ......the sound and said: "Adult, children are ignorant and talk nonsense, please bear with me, bear with me."

But before the mother could finish speaking, the soldier whipped her head and face, and the mother hurriedly lowered her head, hugged her daughter, and received the whip raw, without humming a word......

"Don't talk nonsense, you want to die!"

The soldier finished whipping, glared at his mother, threw down a sentence and left.

The little girl was frightened, she shrank in her mother's arms, and looked at the soldiers who were far away, her eyes full of fear; Her mother, on the other hand, lowered her head and wiped the blood from her forehead, bit her lip, and sighed slightly.

"Mom, you're bleeding!"

"It's okay, be quiet!"

......

On the rugged mountain road, thousands of Japanese people marched north, escorted by the same Japanese who would board ships in the harbor and head to Ezo Island......

Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, Chu Zheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ezo Island Expeditionary Force, has arrived!"

"Oh, show me!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Yunwen took the fold, read it carefully, thought for a while, and then put the fold down and said, "Zhong Jing, what do you think?" ”

Liu Jing bowed down and saluted, and he had already predicted the emperor's question, so he had already prepared the draft in advance: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that General Chu plundered the Japanese people and enriched Ezo Island, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

"One is conducive to the construction of Ezo Island and stabilizes the military morale of Ezo Guard; Second, it can shake the hearts of the Japanese army, and the Kwantung cavalry heard that their hometown was looted, and it was very likely that the army would be in turmoil, which was more conducive to the offensive of the Marquis of Licheng! ”

"Well, you don't see anything else?"

Liu Jing was stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly in his heart, he understood what the emperor meant, the emperor had discovered what Chu Zheng had hidden in the compromise, and now, he couldn't help but tell the truth: "Your Majesty, the king of Taijun personally went into battle and took the lead, and Weichen thought something was wrong!" ”

"Yes," Zhu Yunwen sighed: "My younger brother, it's really not worry-free!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen raised his hand and called Liu Zhen, and gave a few orders, Liu Zhen nodded again and again, turned around and went out.

Zhu Yunwen slapped the fold, and suddenly looked up and said, "What do you think of Yu Xin's matter?" ”

"Yu ......" Liu Jing was silent for a while, and said: "Yu Shangshu is indeed in poor health, I'm afraid I can't bear to work anymore!" ”

"Well, today is the third time he's resigned!"

Zhu Yunwen tapped the table lightly with his right hand, his eyebrows tightened, and it seemed that it was difficult to make this decision.

After a long time, Zhu Yunwen said: "Zhongjing, if I approve Yu Xin's resignation, who do you think can take over?" ”

"This ....." Liu Jing was silent for a while, and said: "Weichen thinks that Guo Ren, the Minister in charge of the Internal Affairs Department, Tan Bo, the secretary of the Ministry of Taxation, and Lu Zhen, the servant of the Ministry of Households, are all more suitable candidates. ”

"Well," Zhu Yunwen nodded, and said, "Zhongjing, you go to Zhan Shifu, let the prince go on a trip, go to visit Yu Xin on my behalf, and by the way, inform him that I have approved his resignation, and the holy decree will be issued tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"In addition," Zhu Yunwen picked up a fold on the table and said, "You can bring this fold over by the way, let the prince take a look at it, deal with the specific opinions, and send it here tomorrow afternoon!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Liu Jing took the recital handed over by the eunuch, looked at it carefully, and was shocked in his heart, this was Chu Zheng's recital.

Liu Jing turned around and was just about to leave, when a voice sounded behind him: "The prince is going to visit Yu Xin, let Zhuo Jing go with him!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

......

Zhan Shi Mansion.

The crown prince Zhu Wenkui is ten years old this year, and he was canonized as the crown prince shortly after he was born. In order to train him as a qualified heir, Emperor Zhu Yunwen put a lot of effort into it.

From the age of five, Zhu Yunwen perfected the establishment of the Zhan Mansion, Zheng Yi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, served as the Zhan Shi, Zhuo Jing served as the young master of the prince, Geng Xuan served as the young master of the prince, Fang Xiaoru, Xie Jin and others were the guests of the prince, and Yang Pu served as the young Zhan Shi, and Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong were appointed as the left and right Chunfang scholars, and the rest of the subordinate officials were selected to be honest and simple, and people with both ability and political integrity.

At the same time, Zhu Yunwen also formulated a strict work and rest system for Zhu Wenkui, starting from six o'clock in the morning, the time was full, the first subjects mainly included the Four Books and Five Classics, History Books and so on, and later added mathematics, physics, chemistry and other content, at the same time, for Zhu Wenkui's body, Zhu Yunwen also added sports, horse riding, archery and other subjects, hoping that his son can develop in an all-round way.

Not only that, Zhu Yunwen will also take the time to take a proposition test to examine his learning, and at the same time adjust the weight of the subjects in time to avoid making his son a nerd.

For these, Empress Ma Hui is extremely agreeable, she will check the prince's schoolwork almost every day, and if Zhu Wenkui does not do well, she will be punished, such as beating the handboard, punishing kneeling, etc., so Zhu Wenkui is more afraid of the queen mother Ma Hui, rather than the emperor Zhu Yunwen.

Since the age of nine, Zhu Yunwen slowly handed over some political affairs to Zhu Wenkui to deal with, he wanted to investigate not only Zhu Wenkui's comprehension ability, but also wanted to see the ability of the people around Zhu Wenkui, if there was an obvious problem, Zhu Yunwen would immediately make appropriate adjustments to Zhan Shifu.

And today, Chu Zheng's performance is a special exam question.

When Liu Jing came to Zhan Shifu, the prince Zhu Wenkui was studying, accompanied by Zhuo Jing, Yang Pu and others, Fang Xiaoru, Xie Jin and others were not here, they were all guests of the prince, part-time in nature, and they would only come to Zhan Shifu once every three or five days, and they happened to be not here today.

Liu Jing read out the will on the spot, and then went back; And the crown prince Zhu Wenkui rushed to Yu Xin's mansion with his subordinate officials to visit.

Qianqing Palace.

Liu Zhen went out for a trip, and soon came back, handing a copy of the fold to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the fold sent by the King of Taiwan to the Zongren Mansion, in addition," Liu Zhen hesitated for a moment, and said: "This morning, the Queen Mother did receive a letter from the King of Taiwan, the specific content is not clear." ”

"Oh," Zhu Yunwen opened Zhu Yunxi's recital and looked at it, then was silent for a while, and said, "Put this away!" No hurry! ”

"Yes!"

......

Wakoku, Kyoto, shogunate.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was still dressed as a monk, and the Hatakeyama Mitsuya, Uesugi Kendori, and Shibukawa Mitsuyori on the opposite side were wearing standard samurai uniforms, and they all stared at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu but did not speak.

After a long time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu spoke: "Spo Yoshizhong led the Ming army into the two countries of Kozuwa and Mutsu, what do you think should be done?" ”

Listening to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's somewhat hoarse voice, the three of them were shocked in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces, and finally Shibukawa Mitsuyori spoke first: "Your Excellency, the Spo family has a lot of prestige in the two countries of Ou, and knows that the two places are both virtual and real, and at the same time, a large number of troops in these two places have been transferred to the west, and the local area is empty, I am afraid it will be difficult to block the advance of the Ming army, so the last general thinks that it is necessary to send reinforcements as soon as possible to prevent the situation in the two places from continuing to erode." ”

Isn't this nonsense? Hatakeyama Manjia and Uesugi Ken sneered in their hearts.

"Well, where do you think the troops should be drawn from?"

Shibukawa Mitsuyori thought for a while and said, "You can draw the army of the Edo clan!" ”

"No," Uesugi immediately objected: "Your Excellency, the reason why the eastern army's westward transfer did not involve Edo's army is to prevent the Ming army from landing in Kanto from Edo Bay, then Kai, Sagami, Musashi, Ueno, Shimono and other places will fall into the flames of war, and if we are not careful, our army will be in danger of being cut into two sections, and then the Wa country will be in danger!" ”

"Isn't it dangerous now? Are we going to sit and see the fall of Yu and Mutsu? If the Ming army occupies Dewa and Mutsu, won't Echigo, Ueno, and Shimono also fall into war? ”

Listening to Shibukawa Mitsuyori's words, Uesugi Kending raised his eyebrows, and was about to answer, but was preempted by Hatakeyama Manya: "What Shibukawa-kun and Uesugi-kun said makes sense." But I'm more worried about the Ming army in Kyushu and Shikoku, and the Ezo Ming army should just be harassing, but Sheng Yong's army is our big trouble! ”

"However, you can't ignore the Ming army of Ezo!"

"I didn't say I didn't care, but I think Sheng Yong's movements are more important."

"Kyushu and Shikoku have only fallen into the hands of the Ming army for three months, and in such a short period of time, it is impossible for the Ming army to completely control Kyushu and Shikoku, so I don't think they can send troops now; The Ming army came across the ocean, and if Kyushu and Shikoku are unstable, then the Ming army will die without a place to be buried! ”

"So I think that we should take advantage of the time when the Ming army cannot attack, eliminate the Ming army in Ezo, stabilize the rear, and then fight a decisive battle with the Ming army, which can be won!"

"Hahaha," Uesugi Kending was stunned for a moment, then sneered, and said, "Since the Ming army is so incompetent, why did Shibukawa-kun run back in less than a month?" ”

"The Ming army is incompetent, isn't Shibukawa-kun even more incompetent?"

"You! You are talking nonsense! ”

.......

"Shut up!"

Finding that the deliberations had turned into scolding, Ashikaga Yoshi's angry seven holes smoked, and he couldn't help but stop it.

Under the prestige, although everyone was not silent, they still stopped.

At this moment, the guards outside the door rushed in in and knelt on the ground: "Your Excellency, Lord Hosokawa urgently reports that the Ming army has landed!" ”

"What? Where is it? ”

"Hyogozu!"