Chapter 233: Top Strategist, Liu Bowen's Plan
After listening to Li Jin's analysis of the situation, Liu Bowen said:
"Why don't you form an alliance with the Ashikaga family of the Northern Dynasty?"
Zhu Biao was blinded first and said:
"Mr. Liu, we have signed a contract with the Southern Dynasty now."
"If you form an alliance with the Northern Dynasties again, is it a bit against morality?"
"And if the Northern and Southern Dynasties know at the same time that we are allied with each other, I am afraid that these two sides will come against us at the same time."
Zhu Biao felt a little unbelievable, but Li Jin lowered his head and frowned, thoughtful.
Liu Bowen explained lightly:
"First of all, I heard what Master Li said that the Southern and Northern Dynasties are already incompatible, and it is unlikely that they will exchange news."
"Secondly, even if these two parties join forces, they will only be at odds with each other, and they cannot be our opponents."
"In the end, we don't need to sign any treaty with the Northern Dynasties, just tell them that if we can get back the so-called Three Artifacts of Wajima, we will agree to form an alliance with them and recognize their legitimacy."
"Although the Southern Dynasties have signed a peace treaty with us, they want us to be at war with the Northern Dynasties, so they agree to lease San'in Province to us."
"Since they are using each other, why don't you directly provoke a war between the south and the north?"
"When the Northern and Southern Dynasties are exhausted, it will be the day when our Ming Dynasty will send troops."
When Li Jin heard Liu Bowen's explanation, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and then he clapped his hands and smiled:
"Wonderful, so wonderful."
"Mr. Liu's move is really to interpret the sentence that there are only interests between countries and no friends."
"Whether it is the Southern Dynasty or the Northern Dynasty, they will only fall at the feet of our Ming Dynasty in the end, so why care too much about their lives and deaths."
"I'm going to call the envoy of the Ashikaga family from the Northern Dynasty."
Seeing that Li Jin was in such a hurry, Liu Bowen hurriedly stepped out to stop him:
"Master Li, don't worry, the old man hasn't finished talking yet."
"After Lord Li has reached an agreement with the Ashikaga family of the Northern Dynasty, he can send someone to inform the Southern Dynasty and tell them that the Ashikaga family of the Northern Dynasty intends to snatch their three artifacts."
"In any case, we must let the Southern and Northern Dynasties fight."
"Now that Lord Lee is planning to use North Korea as a transit point, he should focus on the line between Iwami and Dengju and Busan."
"After all the logistics are done, and the connection between our Daming and Iwami can be unimpeded, we can come out and clean up the mess."
Li Jin once again felt the power of Mr. Liu in front of him, and he was strategizing and winning thousands of miles away.
Do things without leaking, do not give the other party a chance, and at the same time can make fatal moves, focusing on the opponent's key points.
Steady and ruthless, powerful, really powerful.
Li Jin bowed to Mr. Liu and said:
"Sir, great talent."
"I wonder if there's anything else to explain?"
Mr. Liu shook his head and said:
"Before the matter of Wadao is over, the old man will follow Xu Dashuai and will not leave."
"If anything happens, you can come to the City Lord's Mansion to find the old man."
Liu Bowen was dressed in a clean air, with a smile on his face, and his right hand gently stroked his beard, looking unfathomable.
Li Jin arched his hand, then turned to leave, heading to the post station.
Zhu Biao did not keep up with Li Jin this time, but asked excitedly after Li Jin left:
"Lord Liu, why are you here too?"
Liu Bowen's immortal wind dao bone just now broke through the defense instantly, and his face fell, and he said:
"It's not that your father can't rest assured of you."
"In addition, the emperor is becoming more and more interested in Wajima, and he is worried that something will go wrong."
"After all, on the Wa Island, 100,000 Ming soldiers will soon be gathered."
"If something goes wrong, I'm afraid that Da Ming will be greatly injured."
"Now is the emperor's attempt to go overseas, if it succeeds, then tomorrow will have an unusual policy for overseas."
"Wajima can't afford to make mistakes, so I can only let this old bone come."
"It's really not a human being on this sea, and I vomit dizzy."
"Li Jin plans to open up the first line of Dengzhou Busan, which is indeed a good choice."
Zhu Biao smiled when he heard Liu Bowen's complaint.
Although Liu Bowen looked reluctant, Zhu Biao knew Liu Bowen's feelings for Daming, and now Wadao's future for Daming is self-evident.
This is the reason for Liu Bowen's arrival.
Zhu Biao thought about it carefully, and there was already a group of top people in the Ming Dynasty gathered on the island.
Xu Da of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen, Zhu Yuanzhang's think tank, plus himself, the prince of the Ming Dynasty.
There are also Tang He, Lan Yu, Zhu Di, Li Jin and others, which can be said to be a gathering of stars.
If even these people can't take the island, it means that the island is not destined to be owned by the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will continue to enforce the sea ban in the future.
After Liu Bowen complained, he began to talk to Zhu Biao and Xu Da about the current situation in the DPRK and China, as well as the things that Zhu Yuanzhang explained before he came.
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The other side.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had been in the inn room for more than half a month, and they hadn't gone out since the last time they saw the messenger of the Great Ming.
A few days ago, there was a huge explosion at Iwami Castle, which was like thunder on the ground, startling the pensive Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
But at that time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu remembered that it was a sunny day, so why was it still thundering?
Hearing the sound as if it was coming from the east, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wanted to go out and have a look, but was stopped by the guards.
Now that so much time has passed, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu can't wait any longer, and asks to see Suzuki Shigehide, but the result is to continue to wait.
Shigehide Suzuki was also anxious, but he knew what the purpose of his visit was this time, and he would not give up until he achieved his goal.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was a young man, and he couldn't hold his breath after all, but Suzuki Shigemu was the leader of the mission, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was helpless.
On this day, while Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was reading a book, the messenger of the Ming Dynasty finally summoned them again.
Shigemu Suzuki and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't dare to delay, hurried to the meeting room, and saw the young Ming envoy again.
"I'm sorry, but our Emperor Ming finally rejected your request for an alliance."
As soon as Li Jin met, he directly gave the two of them a thunderbolt.
"Why, my lord?"
Shigehide Suzuki hurriedly stepped forward and asked:
"Is our sincerity not good enough?"
Suzuki Shigehide was very anxious, if he really let the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Daigo of the Southern Dynasty form an alliance, then they would definitely suffer a catastrophe.
In any case, they can't just go back.
Li Jin shook his head and said:
"Our Emperor Ming believes that your Ashikaga family in the Northern Dynasty is not orthodox after all, and it cannot represent a country and form an alliance with our Ming Dynasty."
"My lord, we can ask our Emperor Mingguang to come forward and ask him to form an alliance with the Great Ming."
Shigehide Suzuki tried hard to reverse Daming's attitude, and continued:
"Not only that, but we can also lease Nanhai Province to Daming."
"With the addition of Saikaido, we are willing to lease both Dao to Daming as a reward for our alliance."
"If your Excellency agrees, we can even lease the Saikaido and Nankaido to the Ming Dynasty now, without waiting for us to completely exterminate Emperor Daigo."
It seems that Shigehide Suzuki also realized his mistake last time.
After staying in the post house for so long, his own careful thinking had already made him put it away.
Now Daming has directly expressed his willingness to ally with the Southern Dynasties, which made Suzuki Shigehide panic even more, and told Li Jin all his bottom line.
When Li Jin heard this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.
Saikaido is the island of Kyushu, while Nankaido is the island of Shikoku, and it is separated from the Gyeonggi area of Wajima across the sea.
If the Ming Dynasty occupies these two provinces, the Gyeonggi region of Wadoshima will be under their noses.
This temptation had to make Li Jin greedy.
The look on Li Jin's face suddenly became embarrassed, which made Shigehide Suzuki seem to see hope.
Kneeling on the ground with a thud, he pleaded with Li Jin:
"I beg my lord to write a new note to Emperor Daming to express our sincerity."
The expression on Li Jin's face changed for a while, and finally said:
"Okay, but there are a few things that you have to do first, or even I can't do anything about it."