Dong Xiaowan has already arrived in Japan.

The boat he made set off a few years ago and arrived in Nagasaki, Japan, in only about ten days.

This is a traditional route, as early as the Tang Dynasty, opened up, starting from the coast of Fujian, Zhejiang, China, with the help of the monsoon force across the East China Sea, extremely fast, just need a large ship that can resist wind and waves.

Ten days is not too fast, and the fastest speed recorded in history is three days!

Dong Xiaowan is naturally very popular in Nagasaki, where a large number of Chinese businessmen gathered, most of them have heard of Dong Xiaowan's fame, so they warmly visited this famous fellow countryman one by one.

Dong Xiaowan also invited a lot of Japanese colleagues in accordance with Yang Chao's requirements, and handed over some of Qinhuaihe's skills to these geisha, so that they could spread Chinese Yawen dialect in Japan.

Dong Xiaowan also sent a lot of high-end fabrics such as cloud brocade to the Japanese ladies, which were even more popular.

But there are still people who are more popular than Dong Xiaowan.

That's the Blessed King!

Fukuo also went to Japan this time.

Originally, with Yang Chao's plan, he planned to invite a large number of people to Japan to spread culture, such as a group of pedantic literati who were excellent at learning.

However, Emperor Zhu Cihong vetoed Yang Chao's proposal, but put forward a proposal to Yang Chao to send a group of noble sons to Japan, and he adopted it limitedly, the reason why it is said to be limited, because he did not let Xu Qingjun and other sons of lords go, but agreed to let King Fu, the vassal king, go to Japan.

The reason is probably because King Fu once served as a supervisor before Zhu Cihong went south, and most of the officials in the court were appointed by King Fu, and it would be strange if Zhu Cihong had no doubts, but he didn't dare to move these officials out of order to stabilize the situation.

The struggle for imperial power is extremely tragic, often the king is defeated and defeated, he can't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and he is already very merciful if he doesn't kill the king of Fu, and he is sent to Japan to spread popular culture and education, which is not his love.

So I went to the Japanese fleet. There is one more vassal king.

King Fu was originally depressed, he didn't want to go, the fear that the sea brought to the traditional Ming Dynasty people was deep-rooted, and it could almost be said that he would die for a lifetime. But he didn't have the ability to refuse the emperor's order, even Lu Jiude, who had a very good relationship with him, didn't help him, not only did he not dare to help him, but persuaded him to obey the emperor better.

King Fu did suffer a lot on the road. He couldn't stand the wind and waves in the sea, and as soon as he got on the boat, he vomited and diarrhea, and when he arrived in Japan, he lost half his life.

But after arriving in Japan, Fukuo suddenly felt at ease.

Another reason why he didn't want to come to Japan was that it was a country of Japanese pirates.

But when I arrived in Japan, I found that the original Wa country was not so terrifying, on the contrary, the scenery here also had a different taste.

The most important thing is that the attitude of the Japanese Kou towards him made him relive the feeling when he was a prisoner.

Fu Wang Zhu Youxiang came to Japan with a letter of state, and originally a large number of courtiers opposed it, and they thought that there was no need to send people to envoy to the Wa Kingdom, although Yang Chao was under the banner of promoting the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. However, they still disagree with Japan because they have too deep prejudices, believing that a country like the Japanese State is not worthy of the Ming Dynasty to promote its national prestige.

But the emperor's attitude is very resolute, this is a political struggle, for the purpose of squeezing out a competitor, Zhu Cihong will not compromise, I have to say that he has begun to enter the state of an emperor.

So in the end, there was only one vassal king and a famous prostitute, and they came to Japan miserably with a letter of state saying that they hoped for friendship between the two countries for generations.

King Fu was in a bad mood at first. He is a vassal king, but he is reduced to the point that he wants to go to the Japanese kingdom, how can he be in a good mood.

Therefore, at first, he handed over his credentials and met with Japanese officials. His attitude is extremely arrogant, and he has put on the shelf of his gentlemen, but Zhu Youxiang soon found that the more arrogant he is, the more humble the Japanese are.

For the Japanese, Zhu Youxiang's visit to Japan was an epoch-making event, and no Chinese vassal king had ever been to Japan since ancient times. This makes too much political sense.

The Japanese have not done that kind of self-deception, such as the merchant ship of a small country in the South Seas came to Japan, they would immediately proclaim that they were coming to pay tribute, symbolically give a little reward, etc., so that the shipowner could meet their general, in fact, most of the shipowners they met were Chinese, not enough to hold the credentials of Burma or Siam, and their power actually belonged to Zheng Zhilong.

In this way, Japan received "tribute" from Korea, the Ryukyus, Vietnam, Cambodia, Siam and Burma, but it was fake after all, the Japanese knew it clearly, and it was just an ordinary envoy of the other party, but this time it was a Ming vassal king who came, which is really too status.

On the first day of King Fuku's arrival in Nagasaki, the whole of Nagasaki was shaken, and the local officials did not know how to receive this feudal king, arranged the best room for him, sent him the best beauties, and then reported to the shogunate overnight.

The shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu sent the Tokugawa family three generations of important ministers Sakai Tadakatsu on the third day, this person is the elder of the Tokugawa shogunate, second only to the shogun in status, equivalent to the emperor's prime minister, of course, the shogun is not the emperor, but he is the real ruler, so Sakai Tadakatsu is equivalent to the prime minister, is the first important minister of the shogunate.

Sakai Tadashi immediately visited King Fuku, and his attitude was quite humble, and he brought a letter from the shogunate, as well as a letter from the emperor, and he was also very pleased to express his willingness to be friendly with the Ming Kingdom for generations.

King Fukuki gave Sakai Tadakatsu a few pieces of silk for his appearance, and Sakai immediately thanked Dade and sent him a large number of gifts from the shogunate and the emperor, and invited him to visit Hirado (Tokyo).

So Fukuo sat all the way in a two-seater sedan chair like the Japanese, and traveled from Nagasaki to Tokyo with a grand dependence.

The road was not so peaceful, and along the way, Sakai Tadakatsu took Fukuo to stay in the homes of various daimyos.

The opposite of a political figure like Sakai Tadashi is very simple, that is, to promote the legitimacy of the shogunate, the shogunate is not the emperor after all, but it steals the most power and subdues all the daimyo by force, but these people may not be convinced, now let them see, come to the Ming Dynasty to send a vassal king to deal with the shogunate, you still dare to disobey the rule of the shogunate?

So it's a political act.

But it was different for King Fuku, and he saw that the various daimyo lords offered their beauty and treasures, and it naturally felt good.

Even the discomfort of sitting in a crude Japanese sedan chair along the way endured.

When they finally arrived in Hirado, the shogunate sent a large number of samurai out of the city thirty miles to meet them. He also sent the old man to greet him with a civil official for ten miles, and Tokugawa Iemitsu greeted him at the city gate.

At the General's Palace, the Japanese even held a grand banquet to welcome them, and they also did everything possible to invite the Dutch to accompany them. In fact, it is showing off.

But King Fu didn't give face to the Japanese, the Japanese sent an old artist of Noh opera to play the piano for King Fu, although Zhu Youxiang didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, although he couldn't do poetry and songs, but his ability to have fun was first-class. He listened impatiently to the boring ancient music from China performed by the old artist, and then pointed out on the spot that the old artist's tone was wrong and missing.

This old artist is a Japanese grandmaster-level artist.,Disciples and grandchildren all over Japan.,Ordinary people don't move at all.,This time for the vassal king from the Ming Dynasty to play.,A little nervous.,Plus it's older to write.,There are only a few mistakes and omissions.,The result was pointed out on the spot.。 Very angry, he burned the piano when he got home, saying that he would never play the piano again.

There were Japanese samurai performing sword dances at the table, and several of the personal soldiers sent by Yang Chao to protect Dong Xiaowan suddenly itched, and even asked to have a discussion with the Japanese, which was recognized by other soldiers, and a hundred people competed with a hundred Japanese samurai.

As a result, they were very frustrated, and they lost more and won less.

The few Japanese who lost respectfully held their sabers to their opponents, and Yang Chao's soldiers proudly accepted them.

Those who failed saw this, and also gave their own single knife to their opponents. At the same time, he did not forget to say that "this knife has been stained with barbarian blood", and immediately won the respect of the Japanese, and bowed to say that he must wipe it every day to prevent it from being contaminated with a trace of dust.

The result of the contest really hit these 100 pro-soldiers, and these were the most elite soldiers under Yang Chao. All of them were selected from the thousands of headquarters, and everyone had killed people in battle, but in the face of the defeat of the Japanese samurai, these guys who usually had their nostrils facing the sky suffered a hard blow.

In fact, they don't have to feel inferior, this is not a contest in the same sense at all.

These Japanese are also masters selected from all over the country, and all of them have been trained in bushido since the age of five. All of them are swordsmanship masters, and they are immersed in cultivation all day long, and their fighting skills have long been perfected.

Yang Chao's soldiers are all halfway monks, if they don't have rich experience in actual combat, it is estimated that no one can win, even those who win, not in technology, but in experience.

The corresponding opponent of these Japanese samurai should be Shaolin warrior monks, but unfortunately Yang Chao didn't know that this kind of thing would happen, otherwise he might invite a group of warrior monks from Southern Shaolin to come over to communicate.

Although it is not good in combat, if it is pulled to the battlefield, Yang Chao's soldiers will definitely blow up the Japanese samurai, just like the peasants trained by Qi Jiguang back then took the wolf mill made of bamboo, and the Japanese cowards ran around.

After the fight, the banquet came to an end.

King Fu said to the Japanese: "King Gu originally thought that the Wa Kingdom was a foreign state, but when I saw it today, I saw that the Wa Kingdom also has a Chinese style, which can be called a state of etiquette!" ”

King Fu is just a polite to the Japanese, received so many beautiful gifts from people, naturally felt that the Japanese were very polite, but the Japanese heard it and were high, the general immediately asked the historian to record it, and the historian wrote with a trembling pen, King Fu of the Ming Dynasty praised Japan for having the Chinese style and being a state of etiquette, of course, he used the Spring and Autumn period penmanship to hide the words of the Wa Kingdom and the foreign state.

After a few days of luxury and indulgence in Hirado, the Japanese invited Fukuo to Kyoto to meet the emperor.

At this time, the Japanese had figured out the details of King Fu and confirmed that this was indeed a Ming vassal king, and the extremely important vassal king was the grandson of Emperor Wanli, the cousin of Emperor Chongzhen, and the cousin of today's son, and he almost sat on the emperor's seat.

The Ming Dynasty sent a vassal king of this status, which made the Japanese very satisfied.

As a result, some accidents occurred in Kyoto, and Tokugawa Iemitsu expressed his desire to marry a daughter to Fuku, who became the son-in-law of the shogun.

The trip to Japan made King Fu feel very satisfied, both physically and mentally, and in the end he was so happy that he didn't even want to return to China.

But the happy days were short-lived, and at the beginning of February, the whole fleet returned home. (To be continued.) )