Chapter 360: The Ming Soldier Who Didn't Commit a Crime in Autumn
"Young Lord, your abacus is so loud!" Guan Lingdai said coldly.
"The Shogun is indeed wise." The young lord smiled, "But what if you recognize the facts? You are now a man, a sword, and I am a fish, and you can only do what I command."
"What if I don't say yes?" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said coldly, "Only in the name of my shogun, can you make the lords of the local domains obey their orders. If you call them to resist, your reputation will not be good."
"So, I'm courteous to you." The young feudal lord smiled.
"However, if you really don't know the times, I can only kill you."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Ashikaga Yoshimando.
"Isn't that right, there is only hope if you live." The lord of the young domain.
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Kyoto.
The army led by Zhu Di captured Kyoto, the capital of the Japanese Kingdom, in just one day. Except for the annihilation of a small number of Japanese soldiers who defended the city, the Ming army did not commit any crime against the people of the Japanese country.
And it was also very easy to attack, after all, the firearms were advanced, plus the command was proper.
Plus they don't have the idea of defending the city entirely.
Therefore, the destruction of the city is also expected.
After entering Kyoto, many nobles led the people to welcome the Ming soldiers.
Many people of the Japanese Kingdom sent flowers, wine, and food to treat them.
"In the final analysis, we are all the descendants of the boys and girls brought by Xu Fu, that is, the descendants of Yan Huang, so we belong to the powerful and rich mother country of the Ming Dynasty, which is in accordance with the mandate of heaven." The crowd said.
In order to conform to the people, the Ming Dynasty came to let them recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, Zhu Di ordered the soldiers to perform the "Divine Dragon Breaking Array Dance" for the people of the Japanese Kingdom on the street, and let them learn from it.
Its dance is magnificent, with a strong oriental mystery, but also with the atmosphere of killing, and the boundless majesty of the oriental dragon.
Just like the dragon, it is mysterious and powerful, and it spreads clouds and rain, and it is blessed in all directions.
Soon, the dragon breaking formation dance spread among the people of Kyoto, and some song and dance studios and geisha halls almost all danced this dance. However, their people are generally short and depressed, and few of them can jump out of it.
Kyoto Shogun's Palace.
"His Royal Highness King Yan has not committed any offence against the people of the Wa Kingdom, and he really deserves to be a teacher of benevolence and righteousness!" Hu Weiyong said to Zhu Di, the fourth prince on the throne of the general, and he was quite dissatisfied in his heart, and his tone seemed to be resentful.
In the past, when generals led their troops to battle, they often had to burn, kill and loot.
Because the sergeants are doing desperate work, and in the days when the knife licks blood, it is easy to die in war. Therefore, as a general, after victory, he will generally connive at his subordinates to burn, kill, loot, and rob women of the conquered land.
Only by letting those sergeants carnival can the morale of the army be cohesive to the greatest extent.
Because they are doing desperate work, they will only have a balance in their hearts if they enjoy the same.
Therefore, Hu Weiyong felt that King Yan seemed to be a little too benevolent, Ci did not control the army, and was too merciful to stabilize the army's heart.
"Mr. Qin said that defeating backwardness with civilization is itself beneficial to social development." Zhu Di said, "In backward places, it is the ruling class that is guilty, and the people are innocent."
"Therefore, although we are conquering the Wa Kingdom, as long as we only target the corrupt Kamakura Shogunate and not the common people, we are the teachers of justice."
"Awesome." Hu Weiyong said, "When we invaded the Japanese country, we have become just."
"Isn't it?" Zhu Di's expression was cold, "We let the people at the bottom of the Wa Kingdom no longer be enslaved by the Kamakura Shogunate, live a good life, and then come into contact with advanced civilization, isn't it justice?"
"When we went on an expedition to the Wakuni Kingdom, it was the Kamakura shogunate ruling class that suffered, not the common people."
"As long as Mr. Qin said it, it's all right." Hu Weiyong hurriedly said, "But His Royal Highness King Yan did this, and did not allow the sergeants to carnival, it is really not beneficial to stabilize the morale of the army, how can they work for His Highness in the future?"
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The spirit of the army does not have to be stabilized by the carnival of killing and playing with women." Zhu Di said, "Mr. said, there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by money."
"It's much better to use money to stabilize the morale of the army than to let them slaughter the city."
"Pass the order, and each sergeant will be rewarded with ten taels of silver! The fallen soldiers will be compensated heavily."
"Yes!" Hu Weiyong said, "In this way, the hearts of the sergeants will be balanced."
"Sure enough, it's easy to do things."
"In the past, after the generals who led the troops broke the city, they let the soldiers revel for three days, but after the revelry, there was no real benefit. Because the generals will put the looted money into their own pockets and not give it to the sergeants."
"And His Royal Highness is selfless, and he actually gave them money!"
"Only by giving them money can it be truly beneficial."
"It's just so much money, where does it come from?"
"Confiscated the property of a wealthy family in Kyoto, and then there was the Sado Mine and the Iwami Silver Mine." Zhu Di said.
"Uh-huh." Hu Weiyong said, "In this small place, there are two large gold and silver mines in this small place, and there are also gold and silver mines in other places, but I didn't expect them to be small, but they are so rich."
"The Ming Dynasty is now developing the ideas of freedom and equality, and we must also bring these ideas to the Wa Kingdom. Let the people of the Wa Kingdom also believe in our Three Emperors and abandon Confucianism." Zhu Di said.
"Not bad." Hu Weiyong said, "The Wa Kingdom has been learning from our Central Plains Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty sent many envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and our Confucianism was also learned by them."
"That's why they gave birth to the terrible spirit of bushido, and the custom of seppuku, saying that the more painful the death, the more glorious it is." Zhu Di said, "The spirit of bushido is an upgraded version of killing oneself and sacrificing one's life for righteousness."
"The longer I studied with him, the more I felt that Confucianism was against human nature."
"Those who think Confucianism is good, let them "kill themselves" for the exploiters who ride on their heads, and cut their stomachs for their masters, and the more painful the death, the more it can embody their spirit of "benevolence and righteousness"."
"Mr. Qin, teach students well!" Hu Weiyong sighed, "His height has surpassed many ordinary people. He said a lot of things that we never thought of before."
"His students will conquer the Quartet in the future, and they will only break the backwardness there and bring civilization to others."
"Mr. Qin, this is liberating the world."
"Your Highness, there is an urgent military situation!" While the two were talking, a guard hurried through the door and said.
"What military intelligence?"
"Our patrol sergeant has intercepted a secret letter sent by the Japanese soldiers to the north of the Japanese country." The sergeant said, after speaking, he directly handed the secret letter to Zhu Di.