Yang Yiqing replied: "Your Majesty, according to the usual practice, when the surrounding subject countries ask for help, the Ming Dynasty should send troops to help, but the situation of Japan is relatively special, it is lonely overseas, if you want to send troops to help, you must use a large number of ships to transport, but also depends on whether the weather is suitable or not, in the past, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, sent a fleet to conquer Japan many times, and the results were all defeated, most of them were caused by storms, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run." ”

Hubu Shangshu is now in charge of Gui Cao, he heard Yang Yiqing's words and said: "Your Majesty, Wechen thinks that Lord Yang's concerns are reasonable, the Yuan army fleet was indeed repeatedly attacked by storms and the Yuan Dynasty government's plan for Japan was finally abandoned, but this is all an old thing, as far as Wechen knows, now our Ming Dynasty ships to and from Japan every year as many as thousands, as long as you find one or two capable guides, the Ming fleet sails smoothly to Japan is no problem." ”

Zhengde snorted and said, "Even if the weather is not a problem, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, it seems that everyone thinks we should send troops to help this poor emperor?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Yan Song, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, suddenly took a small step forward and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Wechen thinks that the help is to help, but Wechen thinks that he can take the opportunity to get some benefits from it, for example, if the Japanese emperor automatically cancels the title of emperor, like other subjects of the Ming Dynasty, he can only be called the king, and there are ......."

Yan Song's words are all on Zhengde's heart, looking at the appearance of other officials, they also recognize Yan Song's words, but they can't wipe their faces and say these villains.

After Yan Song finished speaking, Zhengde stroked his short beard and said with a smile: "What Yan Aiqing said is reasonable, Japan is a mere land, how dare you call the emperor?" This title must be going, the others...... It's also very reasonable, what do you think? ”

The emperor has spoken, these things are indeed beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, and others will naturally not refute it, and everyone considered these terms and requirements for a while, and then decided.

"Ahem...... I wonder which minister or general the emperor plans to send to Japan to help the Japanese lord put down the rebellion? Yang Yiqing finally raised this question.

Zhengde smiled and said, "Do you have a suitable candidate in your heart?" ”

Yang Yiqing and the others glanced at each other, and said in unison: "We recommend Wei Guogong, who is idle at home, to go to Japan to preside over the overall situation, Wei Guogong is young and promising, has outstanding ability, and has a record of defeating the Japanese invaders many times, and is the best person to go to Japan to help the Japanese lord eliminate the rebellion!" ”

Duan Fei returned home with some excitement, he was destined to go to Japan, thinking that he could finally set foot in Japan, play with this country that had brought deep harm to the entire Chinese nation, and even find a way to make his so-called Yamato nation disappear into this world quietly, Duan Fei couldn't help but be excited.

There is no humanity to Japan, one word is enough - kill!

The cabinet ministers were ordered to keep their mouths shut about this credential, and Duan Fei began to get busy, he wanted to recruit people he trusted to go to Japan together, and he also had to prepare a fleet, enough munitions, and a suitable reason......

Now that the five southwestern provinces and Guanwai have temporarily quieted down after several years of fighting, Duan Fei has sent 5,000 skilled musketeers from these two places back to Beijing, and at the same time, a large number of muskets and grenades have been produced to supplement the past, and a large number of soldiers trained by new methods have been supplemented to supplement the past, which is enough to ensure the deterrence capability of these two sides.

Although Qi Jing, Han Xing, Jiao Yang, Jiao Xu, Shen Xiyi, etc. were transferred back to the capital, they all had successors, and there was no need to worry about what would go wrong in these two places after they left.

Duan Fei vaguely revealed that he wanted to take everyone to Japan and let everyone settle down with their families, everyone was excited, Qi Jing even brought his wife to see Duan Fei, his wife was already pregnant, he wanted a son, and seeing that Wei Guogong's family had three sons in a row, so he brought his wife to get some light, and asked Duan Fei to name his son.

Duan Fei smiled: "Are you so sure that you will definitely have a son?" What if I give birth to a daughter? ”

Qi Jing said with a smile: "If you give birth to a daughter, you will continue to give birth, you can always give birth to a handle, right?" Lord Guogong, humble and rude, asked someone to give this kid a big name Qi Jiguang, what does Guogong think of this name? ”

Duan Fei's mouth was so surprised when he heard the words 'Qi Jiguang' that he couldn't close it, he glanced at Mrs. Qi's stomach with bright eyes, and said with a strange expression: "Okay, this name is good, no matter how good it is, he will definitely inherit your glorious tradition and carry forward your ability to fight well!" ”

Qi Jing was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth after hearing this......

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After a few more days, even Wu Huai'an was recalled to the capital, and the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet also transferred a large number of ships and new ships to form a new fleet, the North Sea Fleet.

When everything was ready, the time had passed in June, Zhengde issued a secret decree, Duan Fei took all the summoned subordinates to Ningbo, now Ningbo has not only long been restored to prosperity, but also better than in the past, Duan Fei stopped here for a day, and met with the sea merchants who came to meet.

Duan Fei slightly revealed the news that he was going to Japan for development, and these maritime businessmen asked to go with them.

Duan Fei gave them three days to prepare and set off together, because Wu Haiyan's men often ran to Japan, and an old captain said that the wind direction was just right and the current was just right after three days, so everyone waited for three days, and more than 100 ships of all sizes gathered by the North Sea Fleet and other maritime merchants left Ningbo and sailed towards Japan smoothly.

Japan, is a small country composed of four large islands and many small islands, although Japan is relatively small, the history is not long, but in this small land since ancient times there have been few days of stability, the armed forces continue to fight, once the emperor was the supreme ruler of Japan, but the emperor is now just a symbol or puppet, the real power has fallen into the hands of the shogun since a few generations ago, but now the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu has also become a puppet, now the two largest forces in Japan Ouchi, The Hosokawa clan was fighting endlessly, making the people in Japan miserable, and the emperor's life was not easy.

Duan Fei suppressed the Japanese in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan were completely different, the Ouchi clan occupied a dominant position in Japan, and as a result, Duan Fei was a little partial to the Hosokawa clan, and even Song Suqing, who was sent by Hosokawa Gaoguo to fish in the troubled waters of the Ming Dynasty and directly triggered the battle for tribute, did not kill Song Suqing, but instead cooked the real envoy sent by the Ouchi clan to cook alive, and also sent his subordinates to the Hosokawa clan for exhibition, which was a big blow to the Ouchi clan, but Duan Fei didn't want the Hosokawa clan to be dominant, So in the past few years, the people on Jinyiwei's side have not all suppressed the Ouchi clan, and when the two forces are equal, the people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are left and right in Japan.

This time, Duan Fei led a team to Japan and greeted the two families in advance, so when the fleet arrived off the coast of Japan's Fangzu Port, both of them sent ships to greet them.

It's just that suddenly seeing the Ming envoys bring so many ships, the people of the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan were taken aback, and they came to the flagship to meet them with trepidation, among which the person sent by the Hosokawa clan was Song Suqing, and the person sent by the Ouchi clan was a retainer named Akamatsu Zhitou.

Duan Fei received each other with a pleasant face, Song Suqing made up his mind when he saw him, and when Chi Song Zhitou heard that the envoy from Daming was actually Duan Fei, the Duke of Weiguo, his face suddenly changed.

Duan Fei's name can be called thunderous in Japan, especially the Ouchi family, Akamatsu Zhitou barely calmed down, and said to Duan Fei: "It turned out that Wei Guogong came in person, it seems that your emperor attaches great importance to the visit of this envoy group, I don't know why Wei Guogong carried so many ships in this act?" Doesn't it seem like too much work? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Are you still worried that your father's intentions will not succeed?" It must be known that the public responsibility of our country is a heavy responsibility, and it is related to the diplomatic relations between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, how can we be careless? Along the way, the Japanese are rampant, the national government does not bring more boats, but I am afraid that the road is not very peaceful, not to mention that although the national government brought many ships, but the noble envoy should have seen just now, these ships are hung with the flags of the major merchants of the Ming Dynasty, they are also worried about the insecurity of the waterway, so they gathered together, with the fleet of the national public to come to Japan to do business. ”

Akamatsu looked stunned, but he didn't dare to refute, in fact, after several years of suppression of the Japanese, there has long been no large number of Japanese robbers along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, even if some unknown Japanese robbers appear occasionally, they will be extinguished in the blink of an eye, Duan Fei came to Japan with a fleet in a big way, using the excuse of guarding against the sneak attack of the Japanese invaders, it is really a bit of a desire to cover up.

Jiang Hui glanced at Duan Fei outside the cabin, Duan Fei smiled slightly, and said to Chi Song: "Don't hide it from your envoy, this time my lord was ordered by the emperor to help the Hosokawa family exterminate your Ouchi clan, this answer can always be understood, right?" ”

Akamatsu Zhitou's face turned snow-white with a sound of brushing the ground, he reacted very quickly, and he wanted to stand up and escape, but as soon as he made a move, a sword tip suddenly pierced out of his Adam's apple, and disappeared in an instant, Akamatsu Zhitou covered his neck, his eyes suddenly hissed a few times, and he turned his head in shock, only to see a beautiful woman in purple clothes standing behind him, injured and carrying a sword that was cold but shining but not stained with blood.

Akamatsu finally fell, only a little blood came out of his neck, his body was quickly dragged down, Jiang Hui walked in, and said to Duan Fei: "My lord, the ship of the Ouchi family has been controlled by us, what should we do with the people on board?" ”