"In this way, this country of Japan is a country within a country, and the authority of the monarch has been lost?"

In the palace, Yan Song poured out everything he had seen and heard in Japan, on the one hand, to show that he was working hard over there, and on the other hand, he guessed that the emperor listened to the courtiers every day was the same thing, and it must be boring, so he wanted to change the emperor's mood.

If these officials outside listened to it, they would probably have to scold them again.

"What Your Majesty said is right, Japan is rampant with treachery and evil, dignity and humility are disorderly, there is chaos up and down, and all forces are fighting each other, and the degree of fragmentation is even greater than that of the Warring States Period."

"Don't they have an emperor?"

"Well, yes, but the emperor has no real power."

"I don't like the name, Emperor, Emperor, what do you mean? The Emperor of Heaven? The country is weak and the people are poor, but the title shouted out is bold and reckless, you go back and go again, and you have to order the other side to change the name. Outside the Ming Dynasty, how can there be an emperor? ”

Yan Song led the order, "This matter is not difficult, as soon as the army of my kingdom arrives, the emperor's order will not dare to disobey." ”

"What about the silver mountain?"

When Yan Song mentioned this, he had to say a few more words, he patted his ass and said, "Fortunately, the emperor is like a god, although Japan has narrow land and poor materials, it has several silver mountains. The first local people to discover it, called Iwami Ginzan, are a huge silver vein, and by next year, the court will increase the production to 4 million taels per year, and there are some smaller silver veins in other parts of Japan......"

Zhu Hou took care of him and talked eloquently, and he had to cooperate with his performance, in fact, he knew it in his heart.

The island of Japan, when Westerners first discovered him, actually had a pronoun, which was Treasure Island.

"With this silver mountain, it can alleviate the shortage of silver that has plagued the imperial court for more than a hundred years, I am actually a shopkeeper, I have money in my hands, I don't panic in my heart, Yan Song, you have made a lot of contributions."

"Wechen didn't dare to take credit, the minister understood that all this was planned by His Majesty, and Wechen was just passing on His Majesty's words to those Japanese people and asking them to do what His Majesty wanted."

Ignoring his 'nonsense', Zhu Houzhao said, "You have to think more about Japan's affairs. If you plunder too much, you will be fishing with all your might, so you must always be careful, don't really force people to a dead end, and finally unite to drive us away, although you are not afraid of them, but it will always affect the silver income of the imperial court, and you can't do this business for a long time. Appropriately, they should be allowed to do some agriculture and other industries to get by.

In addition, since it has a mountain of silver, the imperial court will not allocate any more military rations next year, and the garrison in Japan will use silver taels to buy grain from local farmers, including other living necessities, and they should also be purchased on the spot. When purchasing, we should pay attention to choosing a 'partner' who is pro-Ming, and you understand the way of vertical and horizontal cooperation, so there is no need to say more. ”

Yan Song naturally nodded, "The minister knows in his heart that he naturally buys them separately, which can be regarded as a kind of support for the daimyo of our dynasty." What the minister thinks is to use the Japanese to govern the Japanese. ”

That's it, support some 'Japanese traitors' to keep them in a strong position, so that if someone opposes it, they are ordered to go and clean it up.

After chatting about this matter, Zhu Houzhao was in a very good mood, so he and he thought of the three million taels of silver, "This windfall is too easy to get, and for two consecutive years, there must be a lot of people in the middle of the court." However, I have already planned it, and now the key estimate of the navy is also clear to you, without the navy, my holy decree will be an empty word overseas, so it is inevitable to build ships and increase troops.

I have decreed that two new military ports will be built on the island of Taiwan, one south and one north, named Taipei and Tainan, and I will listen to the report of the governor of Fujian, although the island is mountainous, but there is no lack of flat land, I am ready to immigrate to the island and grow food in the local area. This is the second place outside of Japan where the navy can be fed. ”

Yan Song has been out to sea for a year, and has already thought about this kind of thing, "Your Majesty, although the sea is endless and endless, but there are many islands distributed on the sea, if you can promote the example of Japan, after years of operation, such an island by island extension control, my Ming Dynasty's territory is not easy to far surpass the previous dynasties?" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Not bad." In fact, a few years ago, I had ordered the construction of a port in Taiwan, but the island was sparsely populated, and it was still not enough, so I wanted to send people to the island this year. Moreover, this prefect of Taiwan, I still have to think about it, and I must send a competent person. ”

Although there are many typhoons in Taiwan, the land is fertile and the products are abundant, or how to call it a treasure island, but it has not been developed enough in the past.

But in the Age of Discovery, their side has already begun to come to an end, and the value of this 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' will be immediately reflected, as long as the central government manages a little, agriculture and commerce flourish, and it will soon become a new economic center.

It's a pity that Yan Song can't do it.

"The emperor is eloquent and strategic, and the ministers can only admire."

"Alright."

Zhu Houzhao saw Xie Pi walking in in a hurry, and probably knew that something was wrong, so he waved his hand, "Go out of the palace, I know you are also busy." ”

"Hey, the minister will retire first."

After sending people away, Zhu Houzhao led Xie Pi inside, and on the way, he opened the song and looked at it.

Xie Pi may have been in the attendant's room for many years, and he has always been steady, if it is not a major event, he will probably not be in a hurry.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at it and couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, "It's Yang Yiqing who played, from October of the 11th year of Zhengde to March this year, my Ming army braved the cold and greeted the seven guards of Kansai along the way, except for Hamiwei. ”

Xie Pi was overjoyed, he only knew that it was the military situation, but he didn't expect it to be another victory, "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!" ”

This is indeed a happy event.

The Yarkand Khanate is now Zhu Houzhao's heart, and the whole court knows that the Son of Heaven has a plan to use troops against it.

So this is indeed a major event that Xie Pi is nervous about.

At this time, Xinjiang established by the Ming Dynasty was actually not the concept of Xinjiang in later generations, but to be precise, it should be the northern Xinjiang north of the Tianshan Mountains.

Those who are familiar with Xinjiang know that such a large territory is divided into southern and northern Xinjiang by the Tianshan Mountains, and the so-called Turpan Khanate is actually the northern Xinjiang region, and the southern Xinjiang region is under the rule of the Yarkand Khanate at this time.

This area was finally classified as the Central Plains, thanks to a figure, that is, Emperor Qianlong, who was often ridiculed by later generations for being a loser and writing poor poetry.

However, it was precisely because of his arbitrariness that he resolutely used troops against the Dzungar Khanate that occupied the northern Xinjiang region at that time and the Daxiao and Zhuo brothers who occupied the southern Xinjiang region, and it was from the 20th year of Qianlong that he used troops with high intensity for four or five consecutive years, and finally got this place.

In this process, Emperor Qianlong was unceremonious to the Kazakh Khanate, which took in the Dzungar rebel generals at that time, and sent troops into the country directly if he did not give anyone, and threatened to destroy the country, and finally made the Kazakh Khanate surrender.

Emperor Qianlong forced the front-line generals to threaten Russia with a large army, despite the obstruction of hundreds of officials.

What's even more ruthless is that the old and weak of the Dzungar Khanate were slaughtered by the Qing army, so that some people in later generations ridiculed why the "History of the Qing Dynasty" could not be repaired, that is, they thought that the Qing Zhun War could not be written.

At that time, it was to what extent it was discovered, that is, before the Qing army was going to pacify southern Xinjiang, hey, why were there still more than 10,000 people hiding in the mountains? Then a large army was sent over to kill them cleanly.

All in all, you have to look at that history to feel damn, and we Han people should also have this courage.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao has always been very concerned about the report from Xinjiang.

In fact, to put it mildly, this place is indeed not as suitable for survival as the Central Plains, and the so-called khanate is actually a tribe and a city, which is equivalent to a stronghold, and each stronghold may only have a few thousand defenders.

Moreover, the Yarkand Khanate and the Turpan Khanate were not very prosperous super empires, and they did not have much combat effectiveness, with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period, if these khanates were really strong, Jiayuguan would not be able to hold it at all.

So the Ming army fought here, and the biggest enemy was the weather and supplies.

Xinjiang is now the general system of Yang Yiqing, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, the central government gave the three guards and horses, and respectively to the second son of Chengguo Zhu Feng, Ma Rong and Ling Weifeng as the commanders, just this small 20,000 horses, if the Yarkand Khanate wants to eat, it has to unite the forces of various tribes in the territory.

The reason why the Ming army has not sent troops is because it has been cleaning up the remaining seven guards in Kansai for most of the past six months, that is, Qu Xianwei, Andingwei, Chijin Mongolian Guard, etc.

These guards were originally part of the feudal rule, and when the Ming Dynasty was strong, it was still easy to clean them up, because they would choose to surrender without any psychological burden.

Zhu Houzhao asked why a certain commander did not listen to the announcement during the Hongzhi period, what does it mean? In short, it's trouble to find them, these guys are already reversing, so it's naturally not difficult to find trouble.

This time it's a surrender sent again,

Zhu Houzhao still didn't intend to let go of these foreigners who were not loyal enough, so after thinking about it for a while, he picked up the Zhu pen and gave Xie Pi a royal approval, and said to Xie Pi on his lips: "The Ming Dynasty has given these tribes a chance before, but since the beginning of the establishment of the Guanxi Seven Guards in this dynasty, for more than a hundred years, it has been the Ming Dynasty that has violated the covenant many times?" Or did they betray my Da Ming more times?

Now I want to think about it with just a letter of honor, but I can't easily allow it. Therefore, in order to surrender, three things need to be done. First, I don't dare to call myself a gentleman, but I also have to guard against villains, since I am willing to surrender, then I will send my son as a hostage and send him to Beijing. The second is to obey the dispatch and crusade against the Yarkand Khanate together! If there is a fear of war, it should be killed! In the end, the imperial court was originally forming the fourth guard of Xinjiang, and since they were subjects of the Ming Dynasty, how could they not come out alone? ”

Draw out the best soldiers of these guards, lest they themselves come together and have different hearts!