"After this Fujiwara returns to the Wa Kingdom, I also need someone to meet the emperor of the other country to express my willingness to reconcile with him."

"Therefore, on the day of the return of Fujiwara, can the gentleman deign to accompany him to the Japanese kingdom as an envoy?" Zhu Su said to Gao Qi.

Everyone present was stunned, and Gao Qi's expression froze on his face. He frowned and thought for a while, then asked solemnly, "Is it just to reconcile with the Wa Kingdom?" Or ......"

"I have a heading to the east...... What does it mean to expand the territory? ”

Speaking of "expanding the territory", Zhu Di couldn't help but sit up straight. The rest of the people immediately sat upright. Zhu Su secretly praised in his heart, nodded frankly: "Yes, only by bringing the Japanese country into the jurisdiction of my Ming Dynasty can we eliminate the Japanese trouble from the root." ”

"For this reason, I must instigate the emperor to ask for help from my Ming Dynasty, so that my Ming Dynasty's justifiable army can be stationed in the city...... And Fujiwara is arrogant and talentless, and this king is afraid that it will be difficult for him to take on a big responsibility......"

"Is this what Your Highness means? Or ......"

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

Gao Qi asked the point in one sentence.

Zhu Su was silent for a while, and finally said honestly: "No, this is the temporary arbitrary intention of this king after meeting Fujiwara. ”

"However, before that, this king had made a proposal to his father and the emperor to open up the territory to the Wa Kingdom...... My father also had this intention. ”

"Hahahaha. Is that really the case? Gao Qi smiled freely, but Zhu Su's heart froze. This celebrity was extremely proud in his heart, and he didn't even do the official that Lao Zhu gave him in the past, but only resigned from the official position and traveled to the pleasure of reciting poems.

If it weren't for respecting his reputation in the literary world, such a celebrity would probably not even help to fool Fujiwara.

But it is also necessary to send a useful person to the Japanese kingdom. Someone must find out the internal political situation and the distribution of forces in the Wa Kingdom, and judge the timing of instigating the emperor, so as to prompt the emperor to ask for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty on the most appropriate occasion. The timing cannot be sooner or later. It's early, Da Ming himself hasn't freed his hands, and he can't afford to cross the ocean; It was too late, and the defeat of the emperor of the southern dynasty of the Wa Kingdom was decided, and even if the Ming army went, it was very likely that it would fall into a tug-of-war with the Ashikaga shogunate, which had already unified all the forces of the Wa Kingdom.

Zhu Su thought about it, Gao Qi was the most suitable candidate. One is that Gao Qi was originally a celebrity, and the nobles of the Wa Kingdom admired such a figure of the Celestial Dynasty the most, even if he did not rely on Fujiwara, Gao Qi was very likely to use his talent in the Wa Kingdom to be a fish in water and be regarded as a guest; Second, Gao Qi already has a certain friendship with Fujiwara, and it is most suitable for him to go to the Japanese country to "control" Fujiwara.

But this is not the emperor's order after all, it is just his own request. Gao Qi didn't agree, and it was understandable......

"Your Highness really has great ambitions! I actually want to swallow the country! It makes me feel the legacy of the Han and Tang Dynasties! "Zhu Su is suffering from gains and losses, but Gao Qi slaps the table and praises." Your Highness has this ambition, why should you regret this? Although the mountains and rivers are far away, it is incumbent on my generation. ”

He winked at Zhu Su: "Your Highness may not know, in my life, I admire Ban Dingyuan's deeds the most!" ”

Ban Dingyuan, that is, the Eastern Han Dynasty Banchao. As an ordinary envoy, he has made great achievements in subduing more than 50 countries in the Western Regions. In his life, he established immortal martial arts as a civil official, and finally became famous in history, praised through the ages, and can be called a legend.

Gao Qi actually has the ambition to be the class super of the Ming Dynasty? Zhu Su was overjoyed. Over there, Ru Taisu and Wei Guan, who were also literati, frowned after hearing this. Ru Taisu said: "Is the Fifth Highness a little too ambitious?" What is the benefit of the barbarian land of the Japanese country, which is used to labor the people and lose money? ”

"Hey, you're too rigid." Gao Qi had a friendship with Ru Taisu and other literati, and before Zhu Su could speak, he laughed first when he heard the words: "Today, I have always been sympathetic to the people, and I have always been safe in military affairs. If it costs people and money, do you still need to worry? ”

"If you can control the Japanese country and calm the troubles with a partial division, how can it be said that it is useless? Besides, even if I can't send troops, it's a big deal to come back. It's just an idle move by His Highness, so why bother with it? ”

As soon as these words came out, Ru Taisu and other civilian officials of the conservative faction could not object. Indeed, it is well known that the Holy God is compassionate to the people today. If it was really a waste of money and money, he would not allow it.

Since there is a holy gatekeeper, what else is there to worry about?

Zhu Su was extremely satisfied with Gao Qi, and said in his heart that it was really Gao Qi's madness who resigned at every turn, and he was even more interested in his own appetite. But whoever acts wildly, who does not have his own pride and ambition in his chest?

Not. This point can be put to good use, and if you encounter such a literati again in the future, you can guide their aspirations and use them to confront and neutralize the old school in the imperial court......

The tide of history, the vast soup. Miss this opportunity, the next time the Chinese nation expands its territory, I am afraid that it will not be able to wait for thousands of years!

……

After deciding that Gao Qitian and Fujiwara would go to the Wakoku in the future, everyone disbanded. Most people only regard Zhu Su's "expansion of the land and the country" as a strategy to try, and they don't pay much attention to it. Zhu Su has already calculated which men and horses to bring to the sea, and this time he went to sea to rescue the Ming people who were captured by the Japanese invaders, which can also be used as a touchstone to test whether Fujiwara is truly returning to the Han Dynasty: if he is sincere to the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be a good "leading party" for the Ming army wholeheartedly.

As the small leader of the former Ota Wako Division, he knew where the nests of the other Wakos were hiding. If he can wholeheartedly assist the Ming army to suppress the Japanese, it is enough to show that he has truly made himself a descendant of China.

Seeing that everyone else was gone, but Zhu Di was still sitting on the chair and couldn't go, Zhu Su said strangely: "Fourth brother? What happened to you? Is there anything you want to say to me alone? ”

"Old Five." Zhu Di really came over. "Do you want to open up the Wa Kingdom, as I said before, and want to use this Wa Kingdom as the first stop for our brothers to build a vassal overseas?"

"Tell me secretly, what good is this Wa kingdom? Worth all your effort? ”

Zhu Di already knew Zhu Su's origin, so he naturally guessed that Zhu Su was so calculating, it must be more than just the "Yongjing Wakou". But the land is poor, the mountains and rivers are bad, and Zhu Di really can't think of anything good about this place, so he specially waited for everyone to leave, and looked for an opportunity to ask Zhu Su.

"Uh......" Zhu Su laughed for a while, Zhu Di wanted to choose a fiefdom that suited him by knowing his origin.

In fact, he wanted to destroy the Japanese kingdom in this way, and the national hatred and family hatred with this country in later generations was actually the main reason. But it was a long story to talk to Zhu Di, so he had to say: "I'll tell you, don't tell others." ”

"In fact, there are countless gold and silver mines in the Wa Kingdom!"

"Gold and Silver Mine!" Zhu Di was shocked. "Isn't that just money?"

He immediately reacted, what is the most expensive thing to fight? Money!

Grain can be bought with money, soldiers can be recruited with money, and people can be cosmetic with money...... In a word, as long as you have money, you can hit the sky!

"Old Five! I want this fief! "Zhu Di's eyes have turned into copper coins." Don't rob me! When the time comes, I will send troops to the Wa Kingdom, and I, Zhu Di, will be the first! ”

Can Zhu Su still not know his thoughts? Ever since he told him about Alexander the Great, he has been holding back his strength to compete with the Western Emperor in the pre-Qin period.

But Zhu Su said that the "Yongle Emperor" was not good at logistics and internal affairs, and he did have a big head when he saw things like grain and grass scheduling. In this life, he doesn't plan to marry a wife, and naturally he can't give birth to that capable fat son to help him coordinate logistics.

Therefore, this guy has been looking for the surrounding areas all these days, preparing to find a rich barbarian to "rob him", and then use this barbarian country as a fief, with his wealth as military resources, all the way to the west, until he hits the hometown of the emperor who is under pressure.

Now that he has heard that there is a lot of gold and silver in the country, how can he rest?

"Fourth brother, don't worry about this gold and silver mine." Zhu Su said. "Why don't you tell those literati about this? Now the household is short of silver. If they knew that the Japanese country had gold and silver, then they wouldn't have instigated their father to rush to the east? ”

"It's not about someone else. Those gold and silver, dad is useful! Isn't there a map of the world hanging in the temple? The old man drooled all day long staring at the Wa Kingdom on the picture......"

"The gold and silver mines must be in the hands of the old man. Don't think about it anymore! ”

Since Zhu Su's harm to Lao Zhu Chenming's treasure banknotes, Lao Zhu has stopped the indiscriminate issuance of treasure money. However, the economic problems of the Ming Dynasty were already very serious, and the silver money circulating in the market was extremely insufficient. In a few years, we will reach the point where we will not be able to issue banknotes.

The gold and silver mines in the Wa Kingdom are all the "reserves" that Lao Zhu has set aside for the Daming treasure banknotes. With the almost endless gold and silver of the Wa Kingdom as insurance, the Ming treasure banknotes will no longer be in danger of collapse.

(End of chapter)