Chapter 37 The Situation in the East

For stabilizing the kings of the South Seas, Lu Zhongheng is still confident. After all, most of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons are above the level and are not fools.

Knowing the severity, for them, the throne of the Central Plains is too illusory. And his throne and territory in the South Seas are real.

The problem is that the problems in the Central Plains have more than that, and the impact on Nanyang is not only these. Economically, it's the biggest impact.

Although Nanyang is also a rich land, for these people in Nanyang, the most profitable thing is trade, rather than digging food from the soil, buying goods from the Central Plains to the local area, or transshipment to the West, which are all good business.

Not only does it bring benefits, but it also enjoys a lot of trade attached power.

Turmoil in the Central Plains. Trade is bound to suffer. As a result, the financial resources of the countries in the South Seas will be greatly affected, and there will also be problems in the control of some vassals.

The whole situation turned from offense to defense.

Lu Joong-hyung smelled the sense of crisis.

This made Lu Zhongheng very worried.

Fortunately, Lu Zhongheng followed Zhu Yuanzhang and fought many vicious battles, and he has never seen this kind of situation. Moreover, in his opinion, no matter how bad the situation is, it is just a sword and a soldier, and his Lu someone's wealth today is fought with a knife and a gun, how can he be afraid of war?

Lu Zhongheng has always despised the combat effectiveness of the Nanyang countries, and he doesn't think that he can't beat them.

But Lu Zhongheng also knew that the Ming Dynasty had shallow roots in Nanyang and the number of Han people was scarce. There is no problem in the first and second wars, but if it cannot be delayed and protracted, the possibility that Nanyang will not be able to hold on will be greatly increased.

After all, Lu Zhongheng is at most a general, not a civil and military all-rounder, and even if he is a civil and military all-rounder, he may not be able to persist in this sinister situation.

Lu Zhongheng secretly said in his heart, "Hurry up and end it. It doesn't matter if the South wins or the North wins."

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Kanto, Japan.

In the ruined temple in the mountains, a monk sits cross-legged under a Buddha statue, and countless Japanese samurai kneels behind him.

The samurai at the head said, "Now the Ming Kou has withdrawn. We ask Your Highness to inherit the Great General of Seiyi, ascend to the heights, uphold the righteousness of Genji, and restore the 66 countries of Japan."

"Uphold the righteousness of Genji and restore the 66 countries of Japan."

The monk raised his head slightly and said, "Amitabha, I am still living in the Buddha Gate and have lived a lifetime. However, if you promise the world today, you will fail the Buddha."

This person is none other than Ashikaga Yoshinor. Son of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Of course, the real son and the fake son don't know. It doesn't matter either. The important thing is that the Kwantung princes need someone to be their banner, and this person can only be the Ashikaga family, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's own son is the best, not Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's own son, or not. As long as it's Ashikaga.

For no other reason, the Ashikaga family is based in Kanto.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, a twelve or thirteen-year-old child of the Ashikaga family ascended to the heights, and the Kanto daimyo defected one after another, and captured the Kanto region in one fell swoop. It can be seen that the influence of the Ashikaga family in the Kanto region. Even later, the Ashikaga family occupied Kyoto, Japan, and the whole family migrated to Kyoto, and the Kanto Ashikaga family who stayed behind also made a big battle and was finally pacified.

And the Ashikaga family was destroyed when it was at its strongest, and the Ming Dynasty's attack on Japan was not for the land of Japan, but for the gold and silver of Japan, so after capturing Kyushu and the Kansai region of Japan, he had no intention of continuing the attack.

First, the troops are limited, and second, Iwami has already arrived at the silver mine. Third, for the sake of long-term peace and stability, it is also necessary to slowly figure it out.

Therefore, Fu Youde left the Kanto region and did not attack, but only made the Kwantung princes submit, and assigned several daimyo of Kyushu to the Kanto, and indirectly ruled the Kanto region in the way of the Japanese fighting the Japanese.

As a result, the Kanto region hid a lot of Japanese reverters.

If Daming doesn't have an accident, more than ten years, more than twenty years later, he will do it against Japan's Kanto, or wait for this group of people to die. In the future, Japan's Kanto region will honestly become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that now Daming has an accident.

Fu Zhong, who was guarding Kyoto, Japan, received an order to set out from Japan to attack Liaodong.

Fu Zhong naturally obeyed orders.

During this period of time, most of the Japanese troops were withdrawn to Goryeo, and the army was reorganized and prepared to advance westward. He also expected that after his withdrawal, Japan would be unstable, so he placed the Hosokawa family, the Shimazu family, the Ouchi family, and the daimyo who had a blood feud with the Ashikaga family near Kyoto, Japan.

The area around Kyoto is one of Japan's most prosperous plains. Even if it is the Central Plains region of Japan, many major wars in Japanese history that determined Japan's belonging were fought in this area, and it is not without reason.

Fu Zhong hoped that these daimyo would be able to resist the Japanese Kanto daimyos.

As for how long it can be blocked. Fu Zhong didn't know.

He had already reported these things to the above. But neither Fu Youde nor Zhu Yunwen cared about this. For one, compared to Beijing, the Japanese threat is a little brother's. Second, Fu Zhong's department is actually very dangerous.

Without him, Liaodong was the rear of the Japanese Goryeo army, and a large amount of materials were transported to Japan from Liaodong. Although it is said that it can be transported by sea from Zhejiang, it is inconvenient after all. And many things are also more and cheaper produced in Liaodong, such as weapons.

Fu Zhong's back road cannot be said to be completely cut off, but it cannot be called smooth. Rather than this, it is better to let the Japanese garrison abandon Japan.

Anyway, as long as Beijing is defeated, Japan can be destroyed with a backhand.

So, at this time.

The remnants of the Ashikaga family have revived.

This Ashikaga Yoshimoto, who didn't know whether it was true or not, changed out of his monk's robe, put on Japanese samurai armor on board, and put on a black gauze hat. Holding this delicate little fan in his hand, he suddenly opened it, and it read: "Revenge." Order.

Countless Japanese samurai gathered in front of him from all over the world. After gathering, it is like a mighty torrent, heading towards Kansai.

Ashikaga Yoshinori actually understands very well that the following daimyo are not very obedient to him. But he understands one thing better, Japan is essentially a bit older and more orderly than Goryeo. What does this mean?

It represents a more stable core of civilization.

There is something of its own.

Today, Japan is on the verge of national destruction, and one foot is in the abyss of national annihilation. Countless people with lofty ideals, known as the descendants of Amaterasu, have infinite hatred.

The Hara clan comes from the Japanese imperial family and has a long history with the Taira clan. Most Japanese surnames are from the Japanese emperor's family. And the Emperor of Japan is said to be the descendant of Amaterasu. Now the Ming Dynasty has almost wiped out the Japanese royal family, whether it is the royal family of the Northern Dynasty or the royal family of the Southern Dynasty, and now they are all guests in Nanjing. The Ping clan has long since declined. Therefore, Genji became a spiritual totem followed by countless samurai.

In this case.

Ashikaga Yoshinoro's Ashikaga is very important.

It's not too late to talk about what will happen in the future.

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"Bastard." Fu Zhong was furious.

He's in Goryeo right now. A large army is gathering and preparing to attack Liaodong. It's just that this moment made him overwhelmed.

He knew that something would happen if he withdrew his troops from Japan. But he is still very confident, self-confident, he is ruthless enough in Japan, and his repression is vicious enough. The Japanese did not dare to rebel easily. After all, in this era, the Ming people have a deep contempt for the surrounding Yidi.

It's just that he never thought that he would be slapped in the face.

That's it.

But he is now unable to muster the forces to suppress it.

Without him, it is because of the kings of the East.

Kyushu and Goryeo have been crowned several feudal kings in a row. The strength of these vassal kings is not comparable to that of the Nanyang vassal kings, and without him, the Nanyang vassal kings are all relatively old. Many of them once had fiefdoms and led soldiers into battle.

This time, Fu Zhong went west and also recruited the soldiers and horses of the kings, although the soldiers and horses in the hands of these princes were more than 10,000 and thousands of them. Fu Zhong didn't expect to be able to use it, but he had to care about the idea of the Son of Heaven.

It's Zhu Yunwen's idea.

Zhu Xiongying rose first, and Queen Jingjiang rebelled.

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Yun Wen's distrust of overseas feudal kings has reached the extreme. Of course, there are priorities, and Zhu Yunwen still knows. At this time, it was impossible for him to deal with any vassal king who did not rebel. But it doesn't mean that Zhu Yunwen has no heart to take precautions.

Zhu Yunwen's meaning was also conveyed to Fu Zhong through Fu Youde's secret letter.