After hearing this, the prince hurriedly turned to look at Sun Zhonghe: "What book?" ”

Sun Zhonghe instructed Jinyiwei to give a set of "Taizu Records" to the prince.

"Taizu Record?"

The crown prince was quite surprised, and then asked Sun Zhonghe, "What else does Shen Ge have to say?" ”

Sun Zhonghe arched his hand and said, "Back to Your Highness, no." ”

After hearing this, the prince did not ask again.

And in the next step, because he already understood that if he, the magistrate, did not want to benefit the top eunuchs and gentry in a county, he could not do anything, so he simply spent his time mainly reading the "Taizu Record".

Although, Shen Li did not explain why he gave him "Taizu Record".

But the prince knew that it was impossible for Shen Li to send him "The Record of Taizu" for no reason, there must be some purpose.

Therefore, the prince also watched "Taizu Record" very seriously.

Originally, books like "The Records of Taizu" were not allowed to be triggered externally, but after Zhu Yijun's reform, private printing and circulation have been allowed.

Therefore, Shen Li was able to send "Taizu Record" to the prince in private.

West Garden.

Liquid poolside.

On this day, Zhu Yijun was lying on a rocking chair in the window of a xuan, and he was also watching "Taizu Record".

At this time, outside the window, because it is noon, the bamboo banana under the eaves illuminated by the summer sun is like a burning flame at this time.

It didn't take long.

Just when Zhu Yijun was tired of throwing books, listening to the chirping of cicadas, and looking at the green color of the willow embankment outside the court, Huang Xun came over and said, "Emperor, Shen Ge has come to report that he has been ordered to give the "Taizu Record" to the master. ”

Zhu Yijun said "um" and said, "I hope the prince can find the answer to solve the doubts in his heart." ”

"Now, the first phenomenon that he began to know in the local area should be the phenomenon that the magistrate has to be driven by the local big clan eunuchs."

"The kings of all dynasties have actually faced this phenomenon, and the situation encountered by Taizu back then can be said to be the most serious."

"After all, the Yuan Dynasty was too lenient to the eunuchs, so that many eunuchs were accustomed to arranging places."

"In addition, Taizu's background also determines that he will not be looked down upon by many eunuchs, even if he is sincere, many eunuchs will despise him in their hearts, do not have a heart to heart with him, and have little motivation to cooperate with him to establish a new and powerful dynasty."

"But Taizu still succeeded, and successfully achieved that in the early days of the dynasty, the Ming court could know how many people there were in a county and a mile, and how many fields there were, so that the conquest was in a good way and the Haiyan River was clear."

"And how did Taizu do it?"

"Taizu's methods have actually been written into the actual record, but the actual record has recorded a lot of content related to the ceremonial process and information about the promotion and demotion of officials who are not valuable on the surface, so if you want to find out how Taizu did it, you have to find out what the prince himself has to discover, dig and summarize."

"As the future son of heaven, it is necessary to combine reality, study anew, and integrate knowledge and action."

Zhu Yijun walked out of the house as he spoke, and walked along the causeway.

Huang Xun, who was following him, echoed: "What the emperor said is that the little master is smart and must be able to find a solution." ”

"I hope so!"

Zhu Yijun said.

Subsequently, Zhu Yijun came to the Imperial Secretary and asked Qi Jiguang and other ruling ministers: "How is the negotiation with the Tokugawa clan going?" ”

Qi Jiguang replied: "Back to Your Majesty, according to Magui Bao, many daimyo of the Tokugawa clan are still unwilling to lose their territories, of course, in fact, it is the Tokugawa clan itself that refuses to lose their territories and armies, and still wants to remain in power." ”

"Still want to stay in power?"

Zhu Yijun smiled after hearing this.

"Yes!"

"The Tokugawa clan was nominally worried that they would lose their territory and army and be slaughtered at will by the national dynasty in the future, and asked to keep part of their territory, at least the Kanto region and the Kyoto region, and part of the army, at least 50,000 soldiers and horses."

Qi Jiguang replied at this time.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then looked at Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, Wang Xijue and other ruling ministers: "What do you think?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty!"

"Yuchen thinks that the Tokugawa clan is worried that after losing their territory and army, they will be slaughtered by the imperial court at will, but why doesn't the imperial court worry about cutting the grass and leaving it behind?"

"After all, if it's not my race, its heart will be different!"

"What's more, Kyoto and Kanto are both anointed lands, and even if they are divided into feudal feudal relatives, they still need more feudal divisions to check and balance in order to rest assured, not to mention these foreign empires."

"Therefore, we must not leave a great calamity for the future because of the kindness of the moment."

Qi Jiguang said.

Li Chengliang followed: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Then.

Li Chengliang said again: "Your Majesty, now that the Tokugawa clan has been surrounded by my soldiers, it can be said that it can be wiped out!" Therefore, he Tokugawa clan is no longer qualified to bargain with us, let alone ask for any territory and army! ”

"His value, to be honest, is not even as good as a big eunuch with 10,000 acres of fertile land in his country, at least a big eunuch in his country is still a compatriot, so if he refuses to surrender unconditionally, it is better to completely eliminate him! Now giving him a chance to live, it's just to kill a few fewer widows and avoid misery. ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Although it is not a pity to be a Japanese people, the national conditions of this dynasty are that a larger market is needed, so that a large number of commercial goods brought by the promotion of the steam engine can be dumped; Therefore, it is better whether the Japanese people can not be killed or not, and it is better to be able to be kings or try to be kings, not to mention, this is also advocated by Xinli. ”

"In short, the Tokugawa clan can violate etiquette because it is a barbarian in its own right; But we must not disobey the courtesy, otherwise we will lose our trust in the world. ”

"If the negotiations are not successful and the Tokugawa clan is executed, I am afraid that in the future, other Yi chieftains will only resist to the death."

"Therefore, in the opinion of the foolish ministers, it is appropriate to be tolerant of the Tokugawa clan and other Dongyi chieftains."

Wang Xijue said at this time.

After hearing this, Li Chengliang looked at Wang Xijue: "It's easy for the public to say, is it possible, does Your Majesty still have to compromise with him because of this, since ancient times, there has been no reason to have a tolerant heart for ants!" ”

"But where there is mercy, we must practice a benevolent government, and only then can we be a great country!"

Wang Xijue replied at this time.

Zhu Yijun followed at this time and said: "Then compromise, he Tokugawa clan wants to have his own territory and army, but he has to make his own meritorious service to fight for it, as long as he agrees to lead his troops to Burma, accept the command of Liu Wei, Marquis of Nanchang, and go to conquer the Mughals for the Ming Dynasty, if he makes great contributions, I can accept to give him a title in the future, and allow him to lead a certain scale of soldiers and horses." ”

"However, in this state, if he wants to have his own territory and army, he will definitely not be able to!"

"Middle-earth is a land with a strip of water, even if there is a feudal town on the side of the festival, it can only be the same clan of the royal family, and the most important thing should be the military rank and honor of the same clan with the country and the people!"

Zhu Yijun said here: "This is my bottom line, if he is unwilling, he will directly eliminate it, which is nothing more than to make the development of the domestic steam industry slower, which is better than raising a different species of tiger on the side of the couch." ”

Waji, Kamakura.

At present, this is already the general headquarters of the Eastern Army of the Ming Dynasty.

Magui is temporarily stationed here.

"The Musashi and Hitachi kingdoms have all sent large soldiers, and as long as you give the order, you can enter Edo at any time and completely destroy the entire Wa country! From now on, this place will be completely the land of our Han family, so that His Majesty's martial virtue will add another great achievement, and it will also add another stroke to the great achievements of the entire Chinese history! ”

"And you, the Marquis of Shuozhou, will also leave a strong mark in the annals of history, such as the Han Zhiwei Huo to destroy the Huns, and the Tang Zhili Pharmacist to destroy the Turks, maybe you can also enter the Wu Temple!"

"It's just that why is Gong still hesitating, and he has to let Vice Chen negotiate with them?!"

"I don't understand, what's there to talk about?!"

"The Tokugawa clan is already a sheep to be slaughtered, and there is no reason for a sheep to be slaughtered in this world!"

And this day.

In Magui's line, Li Rubai was very incomprehensible to Magui because the army had not attacked Edo for a long time, and even the sailors outside Kamakura Port had returned, and he did not go to Edo to bombard, so he told Magui why he didn't end the negotiations quickly.

Ma Gui said after drinking tea slowly: "It's easy to kill a sheep, but what if you still point to the sheep cubs to be killed?" ”

"You! Not to mention that the general is not yet mature, it takes time to be handsome. ”

Ma Gui said here: "For the sake of the country, we have to think about big problems, and we can't just think about our own merits!" The current Ming Dynasty is not that the more Japanese people kill, the better, but the more Japanese people stay, the better, so maybe His Majesty wants to agree to him more Tokugawa clan, how can we go against the holy will? ”

After hearing this, Li Rubai only shook his hand slightly: "Yes!" ”

"Kill!"

At this time, there was a sudden shout of killing outside.

Li Rubai hurriedly ran out and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Report! There are Japanese robbers leading the iron artillery team to attack the camp! ”

At this time, Jiang Shigong, who was in the Chinese army with Li Rubai, walked in and said to Ma Gui and Li Rubai.

Ma Gui smiled after hearing this: "Guessed!" This widow is worthy of being an adventurous thief, and he loves to behead at every turn, which was the case last time in Osaka Castle, and still is, truly like a donkey in the land. ”

Ma Gui said and looked at Li Rubai: "Like you, you don't have a long-term vision, and you don't want to think about it, even if you rush to the camp and kill Ben Hou, can you really stop this dynasty's strategy of exterminating the Japanese?" ”

"Not really!"

"The emperor, who mainly earns from government-run business, needs to eliminate everyone who only wants to collect land rent and doesn't want to do business!"

After Ma Gui said, he said: "Let the self-generated firearms team of the Shenji Battalion of the Chinese army go to meet these Japanese iron artillery teams, and see if the iron artillery team they dare to use to attack our Chinese army is more powerful!" ”

"Yes!"

Not long after, outside the camp of the Kamakura Ming army, crackling gunshots rang out.

The Iron Artillery Corps led by Date Masamune himself exchanged fire with the Ming Army's firearms corps, which was equipped with newly developed rifled flintlocks.

In a short time, Date Masamune's iron artillery team was strewn with corpses, and he himself fled back to Edo in a hurry.

"You should have seppuku!"

Masuda Nagamori, who was beside Tokugawa Ieyasu, was the first to be furious, pointing at Date Masamune and yelling. (End of chapter)