Chapter 942: A Two-Way Strategy

"Enough!" Looking at the chaotic situation in front of him, Ashikaga Yoshihito's face sank, and he slammed the folding fan in his hand on the long table in front of him.

Seeing that Ashikaga Yoshihito was angry, the mustachioed man and the middle-aged round-faced samurai hurriedly inserted their swords back and bowed to him, and the room immediately became quiet.

"The original intention of both of them is for the good of the country, and there is no need to draw a knife against each other." Ashikaga Yoshihito glanced around at the crowd looking at him, softened his tone, and pointed at the mustachioed man and the middle-aged round-faced samurai with the folding fan in his hand, and motioned for the two to sit down.

Speaking of which, the reason why the mustachioed man and the middle-aged round-faced samurai dared to almost fight in front of Ashikaga Yoshihito was because both of them were Ashikaga Yoshihito's confidants and retainers and won the trust of Ashikaga Yoshihito, so they dared to express such radical behavior.

On the other hand, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo and other powerful people were more calm, after all, the shogunate took the decision of the great military and political affairs of the Wa Kingdom, so it was better for them to speak less.

"Judge Matsuyama, what do you think of the best plan?" Since the main battle faction and the main peace faction were-for-tat and did not give in to each other, Ashikaga Yoshihito knew that it would be a waste of time to let everyone discuss it any longer, so he asked Matsuyama Ming with a deep groan.

After all, among all the people present, Matsuyama Ming was the most familiar with Daming's situation, so his opinion was very important in Ashikaga Yoshihito's opinion.

"General, the lower officials feel that this battle must be fought, otherwise it will make Da Ming think that we are afraid of them." Under the gaze of everyone at the scene, Matsuyama Ming groaned for a while and then said to Ashikaga Yoshihito in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the middle-aged round-faced samurai's face couldn't help but glow, while the mustachioed man's face became ugly.

"But how this battle will be fought is really debatable." However, then Matsuyama Mingyu Peak turned around, and said to Ashikaga Yoshihito with something in his words.

"How to discuss?" Ashikaga Yoshihito couldn't help but show a curious look on his face when he heard this, and asked.

"According to the lower officials, the Satsuma Domain connived at pirates, which made piracy rampant along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, which was the main reason for the dissatisfaction of the Ming Dynasty with our country. Our country is small and lacks resources, if we can trade with the Ming Dynasty, we will definitely make a lot of profits, which will be of great benefit to our country. ”

Matsuyama Ming pondered for a moment, looked at Ashikaga Yoshihito solemnly and said, "The Shogun once punished those pirates, but because the daimyo in some places have made more and more pirates gather from it, not only plundering the Ming Dynasty and the Korean Kingdom, but also Kyushu, Shikoku and Honshu have also been infringed on from time to time, so the lower officials feel that this time they may be able to eliminate the pirates and trade with the Ming Dynasty again!" ”

"Those pirates are inextricably linked to Shimazu-sama, and even if the shogun asks him to hand over those pirates, I'm afraid it will be against him." As he spoke, Matsuyama Ming paused and proposed a proposal to Ashikaga Yoshihito, "Since the samurai of the Satsuma Domain are the most capable soldiers in our country, it is better to let them fight with the Ming army, and we can know the true strength of the Ming army." ”

"Let him fight the Ming army?" Hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshihito couldn't help but gently pat the folding fan in his hand, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Everyone at the scene couldn't help but glance at each other, this idea was not bad, it not only avoided turning his face with the Ming Dynasty but also spied on the reality of the Ming army's combat power, but this made the Satsuma clan face the Ming army sailors alone.

"Your Excellency, as far as the lower officials know, the Ming army did not have many troops coming this time, and if the Satsuma Domain can go all out, it will not be inferior in terms of troops." Matsuyama Ming knew everyone's worries, and then opened his mouth to add.

"What do you think, two Jing Zhao Yin-sama?" Ashikaga Yoshihito's mention of Matsuyama Ming was the safest method at present, both to avoid a war with the Ming Dynasty and not to let the Ming army retreat, and then asked Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo.

"That's very good." Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo didn't expect Matsuyama to come up with such a way to get the best of both worlds, so the two glanced at each other, and then bowed to Ashikaga Yoshihito and said that the two were happy to use the unruly Satsuma clan to find out the strength of the Ming army and reopen the tributary trade with the Ming Dynasty.

"What about you?" Ashikaga Yoshihito saw that Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo agreed with Matsuyama's idea, so he looked at everyone at the scene.

"Obey the Shogun's orders." Since Matsuyama Ming's mention took into account the demands of the main battle faction and the main peace faction, and Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo had already agreed, everyone bowed down and said to Ashikaga Yoshihito.

"Okay, since everyone has no objections, then this matter will be done." Ashikaga Yoshihito nodded when he saw this, and then looked at Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo, "The matter of negotiating with King Chungmu will be handed over to the two Kyo Zhao Yin adults, please be sure to deal with this matter well." ”

Ashikaga Yoshihito knows that Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo are both wooing Li Yuntian, and the relationship between the two sides has been hot recently, so it is best to leave this kind of tricky matter to the two, which invisibly provokes the relationship between the two, and it is obvious that both of them have different demands for Li Yuntian, which is bound to cause a conflict of interest between the two.

"Yes!" Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo can't take care of the future now, and the two just use guò to negotiate this time to further close their relationship with Li Yuntian.

Most importantly, the two can take this opportunity to talk to Li Yuntian about restarting trade between the two countries, and then profit from it.

At the same time, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo have a greater appreciation for the quick-thinking and calm Matsuyama Ming, and both want to take it for their own use.

Since Matsuyama Ming knew something about Daming and Li Yuntian, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo decided to bring Matsuyama Ming with them when negotiating with Li Yuntian.

When Ashikaga Yoshihito held a meeting in the shogunate, Li Yuntian was leisurely strolling with Lei Ting under the cherry blossom rain in the courtyard of his residence, and as the cherry blossom season ended, the flowers on the branches of the trees fell one after another in the breeze, and the scene was extremely beautiful.

"Xianggong, how do you say the king of Japan will reply to you?" While walking, Lei Ting remembered something and looked at Li Yuntian beside her with a smile.

"Now Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo both want to get the support of the shogun in the matter of the shogun's heir, as long as the two of them don't let go, then the war between the Ming and the Wa Kingdom will not be fought." Li Yuntian stretched out his hand to pick up the cherry blossoms falling from the tree and replied with a smile.

This was the main reason why he took the initiative to woo Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo, using them to achieve the strategic goal of isolating the Satsuma clan on his trip and opening up contact with the high-level of the Wa Kingdom.

In Li Yuntian's view, if you want to completely control the Japanese invaders, the shogunate's attitude is very important, after all, what Li Yuntian has done is only to prevent the Japanese invaders, and the shogunate can know from the root that the Japanese are in the base camp of the Japanese state, and only by taking a two-pronged approach can it achieve results.

"Xianggong, the Ming Dynasty has always had no good impression of the Wa Kingdom, and is wary of it, I don't know if I can agree with your strategy of combining grace and power with the Wa Kingdom." Lei Ting nodded when she heard this, and then a worried look appeared on her face.

Since the attack on Songjiang Mansion in the south of the Ming Dynasty was an unexpected incident, Li Yuntian's strategy of pulling and beating the Japanese was not discussed by the auxiliary ministers, and the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty were extremely vigilant against the Japanese because of the Japanese invaders, and Li Yuntian's "goodwill" would inevitably attract criticism.

"Those who become big things are not informal, as long as they can achieve the goal of being public, they don't mind what the world says, otherwise they won't want to do anything." Li Yuntian knew that Lei Ting was worried about himself, so he smiled disapprovingly and gently blew out the cherry blossoms in his palm.

Lei Ting couldn't help but smile when she heard this, since Li Yuntian set up the martial arts hall, almost everything he did would be questioned by the outside world, and in people's eyes, some of his acting styles were too difficult to understand.

It was under the doubts of the outside world that Li Yuntian withstood the pressure and came to this day step by step, which finally made people look at him with admiration.

"Lord Wang, a group of women from the Kingdom of Japan came, saying that they were sent by the King of Japan to serve the Prince, and accompanied the King to Daming to perform." At this moment, a guard walked quickly and bowed to Li Yuntian.

"Oh?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but look at the guard with some surprise when he heard this, and then he thought of what was going on, he was just mentioning it in passing when he and Ashikaga Yoshihito enjoyed the geisha performance, but he didn't expect Ashikaga Yoshihito to really send a group of geisha to him.

"Send them here." Although Li Yuntian had no interest in those geisha with white faces, since this was Ashikaga Yoshihito's kindness, he naturally couldn't shirk it, and then nodded to the guards who reported the news, preparing to hand over the group of geisha to Lei Ting to manage.

After a while, a group of young women in kimonos walked behind the two guards with their heads bowed and small steps, unlike when they performed before, this time they did not wear makeup, but they could not see their appearance because of their heads down.

"See Lord Wang." After coming to the front, the group of geisha bowed down and saluted Li Yuntian, their movements were uniform, and it seemed that they had been strictly trained.

Although geisha are not prostitutes, they do not sell their bodies, but if they are favored by the shogun, then they can only resign themselves to fate, after all, Ashikaga Yoshihito is the supreme ruler of the Wa country, since he has issued orders, how dare those geisha disobey.

"This king will tell you one thing, the situation in the Ming Dynasty is different from that in your country, you don't need to paint those white paints on your face when you perform in the future, and the rest will be the same." Li Yuntian glanced around at the dozen or so geisha in front of him, and quietly gave an order.

In Li Yuntian's opinion, the geisha's face was white like a dead person after being painted with those white paints, which looked very unlucky in the words of the Ming Dynasty, so he made this provision in advance.

"Yes!" Naturally, the geisha did not dare to refute, and bowed down one after another, and they still understood the truth of following the local customs.

Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he saw this, and then asked Lei Ting to take those geisha down, looking at those geisha with their heads down and taking small steps, he couldn't help but shake his head, with these geisha, I am afraid that there will be many more gossips in the capital.