After Sakai Ieji said, Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at him: "But are we the opponents of the Ming Kingdom, can we stop it by breaking the jade?" ”

Sakai didn't answer, only clenched his fists.

Masuda Nagamori couldn't help but reply, "No! ”

Sonor!

A sake bottle in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu suddenly flew out and shattered outside the door.

All the retainers were stunned on the spot, not daring to say anything more.

And Tokugawa Ieyasu himself said with a calm face at this time: "It's not a good one! ”

Masuda Nagamori couldn't help but lower his head.

"Since the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has asked us to give up the shogunate, we will do what it will do."

Tokugawa Ieyasu then asked with a smile again.

Sakai Tadaji, the veteran of the Tokugawa clan, said at this time:

"But now, we have finally eliminated the Toyotomi clan and subdued the hearts of the vassals, but today we have to give up the power in our hands because the emperor of the Ming Kingdom does not agree, even if the general is willing, the retainers under him will not be willing."

"But what else can we do?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu asked with a wry smile.

Tadaji Sakai said: "Strengthen combat readiness!" If the Ming army really wants to come to conquer, it will fight with it, whether it is victory or defeat, and the samurai will have an explanation. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded: "This matter is up to you." ”

Then, Tokugawa Ieyasu said to Masuda Nagamori, "Follow me." ”

Masuda Nagamori followed Tokugawa Ieyasu into a secret room.

Tokugawa Ieyasu asked Masuda Nagamori: "You have always been familiar with the Chinese language, and you are also familiar with Han rites, this time, does he have any spies who send Jinyi Wei by your side?" ”

Masuda Nagamori was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "No! ”

"How could it not be?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu asked.

Masuda Nagamori was stunned for a moment: "This ......"

"It seems that the brocade guards of the Ming Kingdom are not vigilant, or rather, their emperor only knows how to protect his so-called etiquette, and he doesn't know how to bury eyeliner around me, or rather, he doesn't take my Tokugawa clan in his eyes at all, and we are really just ordinary Yikou, and we can be destroyed by our hands, so we don't send it!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu said at this time and looked at Masuda Nagamori with a sneer: "Yes yes or no?" ”

Masuda Nagamori was sweating profusely for a while, and he was busy prostrate on the ground: "The general said yes, that is!" ”

"In any case, even if they don't send it, we have to have someone to take the initiative to communicate with them and take the initiative to give him Emperor Ming as an eyeliner."

Tokugawa Ieyasu's expression became solemn at this time, and then he looked at Masuda Nagamori: "You come to be this eyeliner!" It's up to you! ”

Masuda Nagamori looked stunned.

"Find a way to send the children of your family to the Ming Kingdom, so that the Emperor Ming Guo knows that now we are not going to the position of the shogunate, and we are still resisting, not because Tokugawa Ieyasu is unwilling to observe the ceremony, but because the remnants of the Toyotomi clan of the lower and military factions are unwilling to observe the ceremony, they may accept that the main position is my Tokugawa clan, or the Toyotomi clan, or even the Oda clan, but let the Ashikaga clan be the king, they will not be willing, and think that they will also be controlled by the Celestial Empire like the Ashikaga clan, but they do not represent the meaning of my Tokugawa clan."

"I, the Tokugawa clan, am actually willing to be a dog for the Celestial Empire. Therefore, I also ask him to be considerate of Emperor Ming, in the future, I really want to protect the success of the ceremony, don't punish me Tokugawa clan, my Tokugawa clan didn't want to be a shogunate at all, it was all forced by the people below, only you Masuda clan did not force it. ”

After Tokugawa Ieyasu finished speaking, he asked Masuda Nagamori, "Do you understand what I mean?" ”

"Got it!"

Masuda Nagamori nodded his head back.

After Masuda Nagamori returned to his home next, he invited Shi Shigong, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who was temporarily living in his home, and relayed Tokugawa Ieyasu's words to Shi Shigong.

"Your governor is really shrewd."

Shi Shigong said a word and said, "Then let him cooperate well, and the official will convey his meaning to His Majesty." ”

……

"Did the Tokugawa clan play back?"

Xiyuan, the Imperial Division.

Zhu Yijun also asked about Qi Jiguang because he asked Tokugawa Ieyasu not to establish his own shogunate.

Qi Jiguang replied at this time: "Back to Your Majesty, there is no news yet." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this, and asked again: "Qi Baoguo and Li Rubai were sent to the place, how did they go through?" ”

"The ministers haven't gotten any news yet."

Qi Jiguang replied.

Zhu Yijun said: "I hope they can make progress." ”

"That's what the ministers want."

"However, Your Majesty, although there is no news of the dog and Rubai Xian's nephew, the dog Qi Changguo and Zhao Shilang of the temple have good news to report to Your Majesty."

Qi Jiguang said at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun stood up directly and asked, "But the steam engine has made progress?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case."

"They improved the steam engine according to the piston brought by the bellows given to the dog by Lin Guogong and the principle of air cold and heat exchange mentioned by Wan Juma, so that the steam engine can finally be used not only to pump water, but also to turn the crankwheel through the piston and the linkage rod, so that it can be used on the spinning wheel, and now they are proceeding to realize what His Majesty proposed, using the power of steam to propel the vehicle forward, instead of using horses."

Qi Jiguang replied.

Zhu Yijun said after hearing this: "Very good! If you can have such an achievement, you should be knighted. ”

Zhu Yijun said this, which surprised the ministers present.

"Why, Zhu Qing doesn't think that such a technical achievement should be knighted?"

"All of you are people who understand, and you should know that the reason why all the people in the world are afraid of my China is that my China's grasp of the principles of the world has always been above them, and this reason is manifested in the progress of utensils."

"Once the artifacts are determined to make great progress, they can be peaceful internally, and they can deter barbarians externally, which is summarized by the former Mr. in the suicide note after seeking truth from facts to verify the process of their own civilization, whether it is the emergence of iron that makes farming and warfare easier, so that the Huns are finally destroyed, or the appearance of Quyuan plough makes the south become a rich and noble town, and the appearance of firearms, so that I can finally be afraid of Hu Lu riding and shooting, all of which show that there is great progress in this skill, and it can produce great merit to Sheji."

Zhu Yijun talked eloquently at this time.

The ministers had no choice but to reply: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

However, at this time, Wang Xijue still got up and said: "As Your Majesty said, the progress of skills is a great achievement for the benefit of the country and the people, and it should be exemplified. However, this dynasty is really too populated, so most of the things produced in the workshops are still entrusted to the people for manpower production, and the people are now finally exempted from forced labor and reduced taxes because of His Majesty's benevolence, and can begin to accumulate wealth by hard work, so if this steam engine is suddenly used instead of labor, it is not conducive to the purpose of benefiting the people. ”

(End of chapter)