The Cabinet received a letter from Nanjing.

The one who played was the Nanjing garrison, Xu Chengzong, the Duke of Wei.

Recently, the activities of the Japanese pirates have become increasingly rampant, and in just one month, they have landed and plundered more than a dozen times in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and other places.

It is said that because of the civil war between the north and the south of the Japanese kingdom, the victory of the north and the unification of the whole country, the samurai, frustrated politicians and ronin in the south lost their support, so they were stranded at sea and entrenched on the island.

Nanjing wanted to send troops to suppress the Japanese invaders, but in the face of this scattered Japanese bandits, it was really a headache.

Cao Nai's three people couldn't make up their minds about the trouble of the Japanese invaders, so they had to go to the Wenhua Hall to find Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu also frowned when he saw the song, and said helplessly: "This is like scattered sand, what can I do?" ”

Cao Nai and the others glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, if we have a way, we still need to find you?

"It's better to ...... Your Highness will ask the emperor, or let the emperor come up and make an idea! ”

Zhu Qiyu was stunned suddenly, and suddenly became angry in his heart, and said: "Don't bother the emperor, since the Japanese are raging, it is enough to suppress it, so why say more." ”

Cao Nai and the others didn't know what Zhu Qiyu was thinking, and still said: "However, what is clearly said in this recital is that a group of thirty or fifty Japanese robbers has come and gone without a trace, and there is no fixed base, so the sailor is very annoying......

Zhu Qiyu didn't have the heart to listen to him, in his heart, for some reason, there was a thought that he had never had.

From the moment he was born, his identity determined his position.

Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji had two sons before his death, the eldest son Zhu Qizhen and the second son Zhu Qiyu.

Although Zhu Qiyu is only one year younger than his brother Zhu Qizhen, this age is like a dividing line, with a king on one side and a minister on the other, this line cannot be seen or touched, but it can never be crossed.

The status of Zhu Qizhen's eldest son determined that he was born to be the emperor, even when Emperor Xuanzong died, Zhu Qizhen, as the crown prince, was only eight years old, and when the ministers of the court and the central government discussed whether they should welcome King Xiang into Beijing and ascend the throne in the name of the country's Lai Changjun, no one ever considered Zhu Qiyu.

The crown prince was originally the first heir in line, but he was too young, and the Northern Yuan forces were eyeing him and could go south at any time, so everyone proposed to be succeeded by King Xiang.

King Xiang is an older man, has two experiences in supervising the country, has a good reputation among the ministers, and has no problem governing the country, but from the perspective of the heir, he is not justifiable enough.

As for the servant king Zhu Qiyu...... Sorry, not at all.

The biggest reason is not that he is one year younger than the crown prince Zhu Qizhen, but that it is ...... He is a concubine.

Zhu Qiyu's mother, Concubine Wu Xian, turned out to be a slave maid in the mansion of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han rebelled, Zhu Zhanji drove the expedition in person, and came to the interest after the battle.

In the third year of Xuande, Wu gave birth to Zhu Qiyu, but the mother and son still lived in seclusion outside the palace for a long time.

It can be seen from this that neither Zhu Zhanji himself nor the ministers of the DPRK and China have any sense of identity with Zhu Qiyu's existence.

It wasn't until the tenth year of Xuande that Zhu Zhanji was seriously ill and remembered that he had a son outside the palace, so he sent someone to summon Wu's mother and son into the palace, and only then did he officially recognize them, and entrusted his mother, Empress Dowager Zhang, to treat Wu's mother and son well.

Because Zhu Qiyu has lived outside the palace for a long time and lacks the company of his father, his character has been very cowardly since he was a child, and Zhu Zhanji didn't expect this child to do anything when he grew up, just as his own blood and blood, he was crowned a prince and ensured that you would be prosperous and rich in your life.

Empress Dowager Zhang did not break her promise, named Zhu Qiyu as the king of servants, and built a palace for their mother and son to live.

This year, Zhu Qizhen was eight years old and Zhu Qiyu was seven years old.

Perhaps because of his father's early death, Zhu Qizhen lacked someone to accompany him in the palace compound, at this time, Wang Zhen saw the opportunity and changed his ways to make the baby emperor happy, in exchange for favor.

However, Wang Zhen is an adult after all, and it feels different to play with adults and children.

As a result, Zhu Qiyu's little transparent returned to everyone's field of vision.

The emperor reads, and the king is the companion.

When the emperor went to the court, he would also bring his younger brother to the palace from time to time.

The ministers said one after another, it was so unruly, but the young Zhu Qizhen insisted on taking Zhu Qiyu with him.

Don't look at him on the surface is very obedient, in fact, deep down, there is a natural resistance to these old guys.

You can just call the shots on those national affairs on weekdays, and now that I have my brother with me, you have to take care of it?

So, under the care of his brother, Zhu Qiyu continued to live in Beijing until he was twenty years old, and did not become a vassal domain.

Immediately afterwards, it was the attack of Wara, the emperor drove the expedition in person, first besieged in Tumubao, then reversed the tide of the war, and led 3,000 battalions into the desert, and then cut off contact with the imperial court.

At this time, the ministers remembered that there was still a king in the capital!

Zhu Qiyu was taken seriously for the first time, and those important ministers of the court who did not look at him correctly shouted at him one by one, which made people feel flattered.

However, since the imprisonment of the country, it is obvious that the burden on his body is getting heavier and heavier.

Dealing with the major affairs of the DPRK and China every day has already exhausted him physically and mentally, however, what shocked him even more was the words that the emperor said on the day he left Beijing.

The ancestral system is not set in stone.

The principle of the sages and the way of governing the world in the mouths of the Manchu Dynasty ministers have become extremely pedantic empty words in the mouth of the emperor.

Everyone has their own position, for the monarch and the minister, and the perspective of the problem is different.

From that day on, Zhu Qiyu began to doubt life.

He thinks about who is right and who is wrong every day, but the more he thinks about it, the more he feels weak, especially the truth contained in the emperor's words does not seem to belong to what they should have at their age.

That...... He now feels the gap between him and the emperor, and a sense of inferiority is born in his heart......

Maybe he didn't realize this clearly, but Cao Nai's words made his heart fire namelessly.

The emperor is relieved to hand over the court to me, you are good, you have to find the emperor for everything, when I am a prisoner of the country is a decoration?

Isn't it just a Japanese guard, what is the imperial court doing with so many guards, just send troops!

As for saying that the Japanese are fast, come and go like the wind, the coastline is too long, difficult to defend, and so on, it's all nonsense, if the Japanese are so easy to deal with, do you still need to talk about it?

"Let the Ministry of War come out with a charter to suppress the Japanese, now the imperial court wants soldiers and soldiers, and food and grain, why be afraid of the little Japanese robbers?"

Cao Nai was still relieved, and asked again: "What His Highness said makes sense, but the minister suggested...... Let's ask the emperor what he means, the emperor has not been to the court for three consecutive days, and it is more appropriate for the emperor to deal with some major matters in person. ”

Zhu Qiyu suddenly sank his face and said, "Groups of widows are also a big deal, Elder Cao Ge is inevitably making a little fuss, right?" ”

Cao Nai already faintly felt that today's King Yu seemed to have changed a little.

However, he did not realize the seriousness of the situation, and continued: "The minister thinks that the rampant Japanese are inseparable from the Japanese state. ”

Zhang Yi also said: "Yes, if there is no one behind the back, where will the looted property of these thieves be sold?" ”

After the two finished speaking, Gao Hub said: "The envoy of the Japanese people is in Beijing, why don't you summon him and let the emperor talk to them in person?" ”

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, bring people here, and this king will personally meet them!" ”

"The emperor's ......"

Seeing that Gao Hub mentioned the emperor again, Zhu Qiyu said impatiently: "It's just a small season, and when this king sees him, he has already given them a lot of face." Even if the king of the Wa Kingdom is here, at most he is a prince, and according to etiquette, he is also received by this king! ”

Cao Nai and the others looked at each other, they didn't know where to make the king unhappy, it was the first time that such an unpleasant situation had occurred.

"Wait for the minister, let's arrange it!"

The three of them left the Wenhua Palace, and Zhang Yi took the lead in saying, "Both, have you noticed that there is something wrong with King Yu?" ”

Gao Hub said: "Could it be that it was influenced by the emperor, it was somewhat ...... Some ......"

As for something, he couldn't tell.

In the past two years, the emperor has been changing at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and even has some deviant meanings.

Now, the king of servants, who has always been honest and dutiful, has also begun......

The surrounding countries in the Ming Dynasty all have envoys, mainly to coordinate tribute.

The envoy of Honglu Temple, Dong Changyuan, was also confused, so he hurried to see him.

Now, the Wa Kingdom was in civil strife, and it was Ashikaga Yoshimasa who was only 14 years old who was in control of Kyoto and controlled the shogunate.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was the third son of the sixth shogun Ashikaga Yoshikyo, and after Ashikaga Yoshinori was assassinated by Akamatsu Manyou, his half-brother Ashikaga Yoshikatsu succeeded him as shogun, but died early two years later. Ashikaga Yoshimasa, with the support of the governor Hatakeyama Mochikuni and others, was elected as the eighth shogun and officially took office in the 14th year of Orthodoxy.

Higashi Changyuan is a staff member of the Ashikaga family, in addition to being a military general, he is also a singer, which is equivalent to a scholar of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Ashikaga Yoshimasa was young, he knew that controlling the sea trade, especially the tributary trade with the Ming Dynasty, was equivalent to making himself invincible in a steady stream, so he was very attentive to the tribute, which made the staff member Higashi Tsuneki as the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, stationed in the Ming Dynasty.

Dong Changyuan is extremely tactful, but also willing to spend money, in the Ming Dynasty these years, I have met many powerful people, for the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, has long been clear.

Especially for the new firearms of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols who fought lost their armor along the way and collapsed, completely pacifying the troubles in the north that had plagued the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years.

Dong Changyuan saw it in his eyes, and his heart itched, if the Japanese also had such a firearm, what kind of situation would it be?

He sent a letter to Ashikaga Yoshimasa and told him the truth, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa also showed great interest and wanted to imitate, and wrote a letter of state and presented it to the Ming Emperor, wanting to follow the Ming Dynasty as a teacher and learn the technology of new firearms in order to improve himself.

When Zhu Qizhen saw this letter of state, he directly scolded the shark, and then there was no more news.

Today, he was finally summoned, although he was not the emperor, but it could be regarded as allowing him to see a glimmer of light.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the King of Servants!"

Dong Changyuan bowed down and saluted.

Zhu Qiyu bowed slightly, and then went directly to the topic: "Today, I heard that the Japanese invaders have frequently landed on the southeast coast and plundered the people of my Ming Dynasty, have you heard of this?" ”

Dong Changyuan has lived in Daming for a long time, and is no stranger to the Chinese language, and when he heard King Yu ask, he hurriedly replied: "The minister has heard that these are some poor people in our country, and they refuse to surrender, so they go to the sea to ......."

Zhu Qiyu was very dissatisfied with this answer, and frowned: "The property they looted was not sold in the desert island?" If there is no internal response in the country, and there is no one for them to sell the stolen goods, then ...... They plundered, just to plunder the grain? According to this king, the root cause of the Japanese is not just some wandering warriors, but that the Japanese state cannot help and kill them all! ”

"This ......"

Dong Changyuan looked panicked and couldn't speak.

Zhu Qiyu was already impatient, and said: "If the Wa Kingdom ignores it, this king has no choice but to suggest to the emperor that the tribute will be reduced!" ”

The Ashikaga family started by sea trade, and of course they are most aware of these things at sea.

The so-called trade, its essence, is to rely on many Japanese groups looted treasures, to sell the stolen goods, overseas trade, is not a hand to pay money and one hand to deliver the goods, above the ocean, who will abide by what rules, more is under the sign of trading, secretly but hidden knives, you give me goods, I kill your whole family.

This kind of business is not only the Ashikaga family, but the major families are all equally interested, and once they crack down on the Japanese invaders, they will completely lose a source of wealth.

Dong Changyuan looked nervous, and said cautiously: "Please Your Highness, this really has nothing to do with us, this is all the wandering ronin, as for whether they are secretly selling goods in the country, it must be a secret operation, even if the country wants to investigate this matter thoroughly and give an explanation to His Majesty the Emperor, I am afraid it will take a year and a half...... No, it may even take three or five years...... to have results......"

Zhu Qiyu's face was gloomy, but he didn't say anything, just waved his hand: "This king knows, you go down!" ”

Dong Changyuan plucked up his courage and asked, "May I ask Your Highness, I don't know ...... the letter written by the lord of the country to His Majesty the Emperor?"

"You mean, you want the Ming Dynasty to appoint craftsmen to teach new firearms manufacturing methods to the Wa Kingdom?"

"Yes, yes, that's it!"

Dong Changyuan nodded again and again, and added: "The expenses of the exchange are all borne by the Japanese Kou!" ”

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but laugh and said, "What do you think, is this possible?" ”

Totsuneki didn't know why, and said, "If it's inconvenient, the lord of the country can send a study group to investigate......"

"Don't mention this again!"

Zhu Qiyu was taught by Confucianism, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom, and he also knew the importance of firearms.

How could this thing be given to you?

Dong Changyuan looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, and continued: "Please also ask His Royal Highness to pass it on to His Majesty the Emperor, the lord of the country admires Daming very much, and hopes to worship Daming as a teacher and learn the advanced technology of Daming, this matter is ......"

"This king said, Hugh has to mention it again, you go down!"

Zhu Qiyu gave the order to expel the guest again, and the two Han generals walked in, looking like you are not decent, I will help you with a decent posture.

Dong Changyuan wiped his sweat and was busy retiring.

Out of the Wenhua Palace, he couldn't help but think in his heart that he had to tell the lord of the country about this matter quickly, but as long as he didn't admit it, he decided that the would-be would-be exiled overseas ronin, not subject to the control of the Wa State.

He raised his head, looked at the majestic Forbidden City, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the abundance of China is really surprising, and even more unforgettable......