Zhu Youzhen is not wrong, now Tokugawa Iemitsu is still confused, such a long time has passed... The turbulent territory of the Wa Kingdom could not bear the powerful news that the emperor was lost.

More importantly, once he admitted that the emperor was lost, it undoubtedly meant that what he had said to the local daimyo that the emperor ordered them to surrender their military power was a complete fraud.

Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't dare to gamble, so he could only keep things from leaking out as much as possible.

At the same time, use all the forces that can be mobilized, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find the lost Emperor Mingzheng... This little niece made Tokugawa Iemitsu gray almost overnight.

On the other hand, in the East Warm Pavilion.

Zhu Youzhen's thoughts drifted far away at this moment, and Jinyiwei's secret report was transmitted to the capital in various ways like snowflakes almost every day.

He knew that there was now a stalemate between the peasant uprisings within the Wa Kingdom and the samurai army organized by the Tokugawa shogunate. This stalemate was undoubtedly bad news for the peasant rebels.

Because the longer the time dragged on, the faster the peasants' enthusiasm for the uprising dissipated.

After all, in this process, the shogunate's infiltration and disintegration of the peasant rebel army was constant all the time, compared to defeating the enthusiastic peasant rebel army on the battlefield.

Behind the scenes, the peasant uprising was resolved by means of bribery, assassination, etc.

It is undoubtedly the most cost-effective way, which Tokugawa Iemitsu also knows, and Zhu Yuzhen also knows.

Originally, Zhu Youzhen, who had been lacking a suitable reason and entry point for attacking the Wa Kingdom, looked at Emperor Mingzheng not far away, and his eyes were shocked... It's a surprise!

Emperor Meisho, the titular ruler of the Wa Kingdom.

If he can have the help of this little girl, then Zhu Youzhen can make Da Ming completely have a feeling of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes... Although Zhu Youzhen himself is the son of heaven.

But for the Wa Kingdom, the status of Emperor Ming Zheng is undoubtedly the Son of Heaven.

It's much better than Zhu Youzhen!

So Zhu Youzhen looked at Emperor Mingzheng not far away, and then said, "You mean. . . If I could call you Xingzi, you'd be happier, wouldn't you? ”

Chai Nan translated, and Xingzi nodded heavily after listening.

Zhu Youzhen asked Xingzi: Are you willing to become the real king of the Wa Kingdom?

Xingzi was a little confused, looked at Chai Nan, nodded at Chai Nan's signal and said, "Xingzi is willing." ”

Then Xingzi asked Zhu Youzhen in a milky voice in Chinese, which he was not proficient in: "Become.." After becoming a king, can you eat Daming's food every day?

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile.

"Absolutely. I'm right! ”

...

The next day, the front page headlines of Daming Monthly and Jingshi Daily.

It was reported that Emperor Akimasa of the Wa Kingdom asked the Ming Dynasty for help on behalf of the Wa Kingdom, claiming that the Tokugawa Shogunate controlled the Wa Imperial Family, and now asked the Ming to send troops to war with the Shogunate.

The Daming Shandong Naval Division gathered outside the port of Tianjin overnight.

Many overseas businessmen were stunned to see the neat ironclad ship.

"Wow! When did Daming have such a mighty warship! Is it made of steel? Why didn't such a warship sink in the sea? Oh, my God! ”

"I can't believe my eyes, such a ship! I'm afraid it won't be sunk anyway! This is a real battleship! Battleship! ”

"Look! This warship can sail on the sea without sails! ”

...

The envoys of the Japanese state in the capital were even more shocked after learning the news.

Even a little panicked, no one thought that the Emperor Akimasa of the Wa Kingdom, who the Japanese shogunate was looking for in every possible way, now appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

Hurriedly sent the news back to the Wa Kingdom.

The Heavenly Tiger Army began to assemble in large numbers, and it was also another step up of training, after all, these war machines bred by the Ming Dynasty after the Battle of Mongolia.

It fell into a state of total stagnation.

If it weren't for the fact that I could express my inner feelings through daily training, I am afraid that many soldiers would suffer from mental illness.

Soldiers are born to survive in the smoke of war!

In the process of preparing for the Ming Dynasty, Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious when he learned the news.

But the news was not only delivered by the envoys of the Wa State in the Ming Dynasty, but also by the Daming Monthly Newspaper a long time ago by translating into different languages and distributing it in the areas controlled by the peasant rebel army.

Through continuous infiltration, many daimyo who were confined in Edo Castle also received such news.

For a while, they rebelled.

Tokugawa Iemitsu had to look for a girl overnight, claiming that all this was a conspiracy of the Ming Dynasty and that Emperor Ming had not lost it.

And preach that what the Ming said about the Emperor Ming who came to the Ming Dynasty is false.

But how could Zhu Youzhen miss such a great opportunity, so he began to declare war on the Japanese kingdom with righteous words!

As a monarchy, it is necessary to find a place for Emperor Meisho!

Under the urgent work of Penglai Shipyard, the scale of the Daming Shandong Water Division has begun to expand, and the total number of soldiers of the Water Division has exceeded 20,000.

And not counting several ironclad ships that have already gone to the vicinity of Annam and Guangdong.

The scale of the existing Daming Shandong Naval Division near the port of Daming Tianjin also exceeded twelve ironclad ships.

The newly trained sailors have passed the recruit drill and are gradually getting used to life on the sea, after all, for the expansion of the Shandong Navy Division this time. Even Zhu Youzhen takes it very seriously.

Many of the sailors were selected from the sequence of the Tianhu Army of the Ming Dynasty and transferred to the Eastern Naval Division of the Ming Dynasty.

This time, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom.

Zhu Youzhen's idea is also very simple, that is, to compile the Shandong Naval Division that is still stationed in Guangdong as the Ming Guangdong Naval Division, but temporarily return to the Shandong area. Garrisoned in the Daming Sea.

came back with this Daming Guangdong Water Division, as well as the Governor of the Daming Shandong Water Division, that is, Zhao Yunkai.

This time to attack the Wa State, Zhu Youzhen handed over the command of the sea forces to Zhao Yunkai again.

The one who succeeded Zhao Yunkai and became the governor of the Ming Dynasty Guangdong Navy was Liao Siwei, who defeated the Spaniards at the mouth of the Red River in Annam.

And not just warships.

Zhu Youzhen also deployed a large number of Ming sea ships.

This kind of sea ship was produced after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, not at the Penglai shipyard, but in the Fujian area, which had strong shipbuilding experience a long time ago.

The general appearance is very similar to the large fortune ship used by Zheng He when he went to the West.