In the Beizhili Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang and Song Lian sat on the Taishi chair and drank tea.

Song Lian, as the deputy envoy for the reception this time, glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Duke Ming, the envoys of the two countries have been waiting outside the door for half a pillar of incense, almost, right?" ”

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang get up and say, "Then go out and have a look." ”

As he spoke, he said in a low voice: "I can feel that Your Majesty has no good impression of these two countries, and after dealing with the Northern Yuan, Bacheng will send troops to clean up these two countries."

Be careful, don't be too polite! ”

Song Lian sighed, "Alas, I think I am a big country and a country of etiquette, why did I start not paying attention to it when I came to our generation?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, "Because most people in this world are cheap!" If you teach them manners, they will only treat you as weak and deceitful. ”

Walking out of the palace, two teams of envoys had already gathered outside the palace gate.

The team on the Wa side was all dressed in loose samurai uniforms, with katanas hanging from their waists, and their hair was tied up with strips of cloth and combed back of their heads.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it,

The height of these Japanese people is really indescribable, and it feels like the knives hanging from their waists are almost taller than themselves.

As for the Goryeo team on the other side, it looked even more unbearable, the clothes were not much better than those of the Japanese people, and they were somewhat similar to the Mongols' attire.

He wasn't surprised by that.

He has also heard of this country, and he has always admired the strong, and whichever country is strong, they imitate the dress etiquette of other people.

Although the envoys of the two countries were hung out for a while, they did not dare to have any opinions, and when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang walking out in a national robe, everyone immediately bowed down.

"Japanese envoy Kenjiro Ashiri, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty, long live long live long live!"

"Goryeo envoy Park Sung-sung, meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Song Lian represented the emperor, and the two gladly accepted the salute of the envoys of the two countries, and then after a brief introduction to each other, the envoys of the two countries were introduced to the table.

After some staggering, the envoys of the two countries were drunk by Zhu Yuanzhang, and then roughly clarified their intentions.

Then he instructed Song Lian to take care of the aftermath, and he went to the palace to meet His Majesty.

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In the imperial study, Song Xuanduan sat on the main seat, and Zhu Yuanzhang was given a seat.

"How is it, how do you feel about the envoys of the two countries?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly said: "The clothes are ugly, it really doesn't fit my aesthetics of China, barbarian!" ”

"What do these two countries mean?"

"Having said that, in addition to coming to pay tribute to recognize the suzerain, there is also the desire to trade with our Wu Dynasty and establish commercial relations."

Song Xuan bowed his head and said, "Yes!" In this matter, your cabinet will come up with a charter and trade in the name of the suzerainty and the vassal state. As for the specific details, you can talk to the envoys of the two countries.

In a word, as a vassal state, you must have the consciousness of a vassal state! ”

"Got it!"

......

The envoys of the two countries were just a small episode for Song Xuan, and the next day at the court meeting, they only met briefly, and after a few words of encouragement, they sent the people back to the post station.

At this stage, for the Wu Dynasty, the Mongol forces entrenched in the north are still behemoths, and if they are not completely disabled, they will inevitably be harassed by the other party every now and then in the future.

On the first day of August, the weather began to get cooler, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty issued a letter to officially clear the Qianyuan forces entrenched in the grassland.

On August 2nd, the dense ironclad army outside the imperial capital was like a torrent of steel, ready to go.

In this expedition, Song Xuan attached great importance to it, with Xu Da as the commander, Lan Yu as the deputy general, and the Mingjiao Five Elements Banner as the forward general to go to the Mongolian steppe.

In this expedition, Song Xuan mobilized 100,000 elite cavalry, 100,000 firecrackers, and more than 50,000 artillery battalions.

The combined number of heavy soldiers and civilians who escorted grain and grass amounted to more than 300,000 people, known as 800,000 troops.

Outside the imperial capital, there was an endless sea of people, and the envoys of Japan and Goryeo were frightened and cold.

In their place, the so-called war of the princes, there are thousands of people, and it is an extremely large-scale war, while in the Wu Dynasty, it is often hundreds of thousands or millions, such a huge number is simply beyond their comprehension.

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The Japanese envoy kept chanting, "The Celestial Empire, it is really the Celestial Empire!" ”

At this moment, the envoys of the two countries returned to the post house one after another, and immediately began to write letters to write down what they had seen and heard in the Wu Dynasty during these days, and sent them to their respective countries.

In a word, the Wu Dynasty is extremely powerful, and the troops are irresistible, and I ask His Majesty the King to be cautious and not to make a wrong decision to cause the destruction of the country!

When the army went out, logistics support was naturally the top priority, and the huge war machine of the imperial court was in operation, and countless grain, grass and military supplies were mobilized from all over the country to the imperial capital.

At the same time, it was definitely a great feast for the great merchants of the Wu Dynasty, because His Majesty the Emperor specially ordered the merchants to go to the grassland occupation to do business.

The will is very subtle, but in fact, these businessmen know very well that the court is sharing the cake!

The cattle, sheep, horses, and even women and children of the steppe people were all commodities that could be bought and sold in the eyes of the merchants.

Hundreds of thousands of troops went out on the march, and one tribe killed them one after another, and it was naturally impossible for the army to rush with captives and cattle and sheep, so most of the booty obtained would be sold to merchants cheaply on the spot.

Proper profiteering!

This will is not so much a bonus to the merchants of the Wu Dynasty, but a benefit to the officials of the Wu Dynasty.

Song Xuan knows very well that the officials in the world now, don't care what they say, but how many people are not in business behind their backs?

It's just the size of the scale.

For normal business behavior, Song Xuan did not deliberately stop it.

And this time he issued this will, which is to tell the civil and military officials,

Want to make money, want to make a fortune? Very good, then support me to go out to fight, and you can share the spoils of war with you!

Since ancient times, all Chinese dynasties have shouted that they will die if they are reckless and warlike, but according to the plundering and colonial history of Western countries, this is not the case.

A war that is belligerent does not necessarily lead to death, and a war that is only concerned with fighting a war without knowing that it is profitable to extract benefits from it will bring down a country.

If a country can get enough out of war, then war is no longer a thing that everyone talks about!

And what Song Xuan is doing now is to tie the civil and military capital of the Manchu Dynasty to this chariot of interests.

Civilians don't like to fight?

In fact, this is not the case, if it is profitable to fight, they will only be stronger than anyone else!

It's up to those in power to channel this force.