In addition, he also rewarded him with some paintings of famous calligraphers and painters in the Central Plains, and King Gongchou was like a treasure after getting it. He is a master of calligraphy and painting, and of course his favorite is the calligraphy and painting works of famous artists.

Zhu Di and Hu Weiyong even admired the masterpieces of King Gongchou's calligraphy and painting.

"The subordinates looked carefully, and there was no sadness or resentment in King Gongchou's paintings." Hu Weiyong said, "Unlike Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty, after the death of the country, he talked all day long about asking how sad you can be, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward." ”

"It can be seen that he will not rebel against my Ming in the future."

"He is another Song Huizong, whose calligraphy and painting level is extremely high. I can accept a 'Song Huizong' as a courtier, which can be regarded as a lie. Zhu Di said, "When we return from the pacification of the Japanese Kingdom, we must take a few of his paintings and go back to pay tribute to my father." ”

"King Gongchou must be very happy, and now his reputation will spread to the Central Plains."

"With his level of calligraphy and painting, it is estimated that those calligraphers and painters in the court will admire his calligraphy and painting skills when they see it."

"Yes, Song Huizong is only suitable for being a courtier, and he is the kind who doesn't care about political affairs." Hu Weiyong said, "So we have to leave a little more time for King Gongchou, so that he can paint and write more, and be a calligrapher and painter with peace of mind." The government affairs of Goryeo Province will bother him less. ”

"The name of King Gongchou will definitely be passed down to future generations as a 'calligrapher and painter' in the future. Calligraphers and painters are its main achievements, just like Wu Daozi, Mi Fu, Zhao Mengfu. ”

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"My Daming Sailor is about to go on an expedition, and I'm afraid that the Wa Kingdom has already been ready to face the battle." Zhu Di changed the topic and no longer discussed the current situation in Goryeo, and said.

"Yes, Goryeo and Wa have been fighting for many years, and each side has its own detailed work within the other. In Busan, Changwon, Gwangju and other prefectures in Goryeo, there are a large number of Japanese people mixed among the common people, and there are also Goryeo fine works on the Japanese side. Hu Weiyong said, "Therefore, large-scale military operations cannot be concealed from both sides, unless it is a small-scale sneak attack." ”

"The military information that my Daming Sailor is about to attack the Wa Kingdom is about to be transmitted to them when King Gongchou begins to build ships for us."

"Who is the other party's general?" Zhu Di asked again.

"The general on the side of the Japanese country, whose name is Arima Hiroshi, is extremely good at water warfare. Arima Hiroyoshi is in his forties this year, and he led the army in his teens, and is now the head of the Arima family. ”

"The head of the house?" Zhu Di asked in surprise.

"There are many family forces in the Wa Kingdom, and many family forces constitute the current situation in the Wa Kingdom. Each family power dominates one side and is called 'kingdoms'. In the family, there are also retainers, samurai, and samurai are the main combat force of the family. Hu Weiyong said.

"Uh-huh." Zhu Di nodded, he also knew this.

"Because of the large number of islands and inconvenient transportation, it is difficult for the Japanese to form a great unification." Hu Weiyong said, "Their so-called 'kingdoms' are actually only one family power. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, was actually the largest family on the island of Honshu. ”

"In the first year of Hongwu, the Japanese invaded the southeast coast of our country, and the emperor sent envoys to reprimand me. The envoy went to Honshu to meet Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew nothing about it. It turned out that the family entrenched in Kyushu did it, and he didn't even know about it. Later, when the envoy returned to China, he was intercepted and killed by the family in Kyushu. In other words, although the countries ostensibly respected the Kamakura shogunate, they actually went their own way. ”

"Shogun, it's sad to ask about the internal affairs of other 'kingdoms.'"

"This is equivalent to the Han Dynasty, the same as the vassal kings?" Zhu Di said, "They all have their own private soldiers, and even mint money privately? ”

"Yes, that's exactly the case." Hu Weiyong said, "However, the 'kingdoms' of the Wa Kingdom are much smaller than the vassal kings of the Han Dynasty. Fearing that their retainers and samurai would rebel, those 'nations' vigorously advocated 'bushido.'"

"The Central Plains Dynasty only advocated the idea of 'loyalty to the monarch' in Confucianism, and the 'bushido spirit' was more ruthless than 'loyalty to the monarch'." Zhu Di said, "In the thoughts of loyal monarchs, there is only sacrifice of life for righteousness, and in their bushido spirit, they not only have to sacrifice life for righteousness, but also have to cut their stomachs, and the more painful they die, the more glorious they are." ”

"That's all what the gentleman taught?" Hu Weiyong said.

"Yes, Mr. Qin taught us." Zhu Di said, and there was naturally a sense of respect in his tone.

"You really respect that gentleman." Hu Weiyong was very uncomfortable when he heard this, these princes of the Ming Dynasty all respected him very much, if he was willing to go out of the mountain in the future, wouldn't it be on everyone's heads?

However, he could only be jealous in his heart, and he didn't dare to show it, and said: "The head of the smaller family of the Wa Kingdom is called the lord, and the head of the big family is called the lord of the domain, and the Arima family is relatively large, so Arima Hongyi can be called the lord of one party." There were dozens of retainers and 10,000 samurai. ”

"After the news of our war against the Wa Kingdom reaches the Wa Kingdom, its general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will definitely send troops to help, so our enemies are definitely not only the forces of the Arima family." Zhu Di said.

"Not bad." Hu Weiyong said, "Hearing the news that the Ming Dynasty was about to conquer the Japanese Kingdom, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his ministers had already panicked, and they didn't sleep well for a few days and nights. ”

"In the past, the reason why they dared to be fearless was because the Ming Dynasty set out from the coast of their homeland and could not reach the Wa Kingdom. And now that we can go out from Goryeo, they are scared. ”

"They screamed wildly when they couldn't hit them, and as soon as they were really scared of them."

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"But they won't surrender easily, after all, they think that our Ming are not familiar with naval warfare. In addition, there are several clan lords who do not agree to 'Yoshiwa' with the Ming Dynasty, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu can't help it. ”

"I had to send some troops to help Arima Hongyi and jointly resist the expedition of my Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the enemies on our side are not only the 'Arima family', but also the Yuzuki family and the Takahashi family. ”

"How is the opponent's combat power?" Zhu Di asked again.

"The other side is very powerful, because they almost used the power of the whole country. The other side had 400 warships and 70,000 sergeants. Hu Weiyong said, "And the biggest difficulty is that they have already deployed defenses on Tsushima Island." ”

"Because of the ocean currents and the direction of the wind, our warships could not bypass Tsushima Island and go straight to Iki Island. If you capture Iki Island, you will be able to land in Fukuoka. ”

"Therefore, this large-scale naval battle is inevitable."

"In this battle, we will completely defeat it." Zhu Di's expression was cold, "And you have to beat them to be afraid, you have to fight them hard, only if the enemy is beaten in the first battle and has a nightmare, the future war can be carried out." ”