As the king of the canonized vassal country, the pomp is naturally extraordinary.

Flags of all colors were unfurled in the wind, with more than a dozen cars and motorcycles in front of the road, and several armored vehicles and heavily armed guards in the back, which the uninformed could mistake for the convoy of the head of state.

However, the canonization ceremony is not just a matter of doing it, and it will take a few days to prepare before that, for example, you have to fast for three days.

To say that the Ming Dynasty canonized Japan, it can actually be traced back to the Wanli period, and it was a moth matter, which can be described as quite funny when you study it deeply.

At that time, there was a rebellion in Imjin, and North Korea, which had been peaceful for a long time and had endless infighting, collapsed. Because the Koreans lied that there were only more than 1,000 Japanese pirates when they asked for help, the Ming army only discovered that there were as many as 10,000 Japanese pirates after the Ming army first sent troops into Korea, so they were defeated.

In addition, the Koreans promised to provide grain and grass for the Ming army at first, but it was empty talk, so the Ming army, which was not lightly trapped, had to prepare to transport a large amount of grain and grass when it regrouped.

During this period, in order to find out the situation of the Japanese invaders as much as possible, and to delay the time so that they could gather troops and horses, the imperial court sent a delegation to the court to negotiate with the invaders, including the "famous" Shen Weijing.

This person is also a person, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, when he was young, he served as the grain chief in the township, participated in the anti-Japanese war, did business with the Japanese, knew Japanese, and also met the father of the concubine of the military department.

After arriving in Pyongyang, Shen Weijing began negotiations with the Japanese representative, Yukito Konishi, who conveyed the request of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was full of confidence and believed that he had won a great victory:

First, the Ming Dynasty needed to marry a princess to be a concubine for the emperor;

second, the development of official trade between the two countries tomorrow;

Third, tomorrow the two countries will always swear to be good;

Fourth, the four provinces of the Korean capital were returned, and the remaining four provinces were ceded to Japan;

Fifth, North Korea must send a prince to Japan as a hostage;

Sixth, the DPRK should never betray Japan.

Obviously, none of these conditions could be agreed to by the Ming Dynasty, but Shen Weijing said that there was no problem in a hurry, so Governor Konishi thought it was feasible and sent his retainers to Jingshi Shuntianfu to continue the negotiations.

In short, after Shen Weijing's fooling and forging the Japanese side's "Guan Bai Descending Table", the imperial court did not suspect it, and Emperor Wanli was also very pleased, after all, it was a good thing to avoid Daxing Bingge just by negotiating.

However, when the imperial court delegation arrived in Osaka with the edict, the edict was read out, "Canonizing Toyotomi Hideyoshi as King of Japan":

「…… Toyotomi Hirahideyoshi, rising sea state, respecting China...... Love is both firm and submissive, and Enke Jin is gentle, and Ztfon is the king of Japan...... I am grateful for the emperor's grace ......"

Naturally, the arrogant Toyotomi Hideyoshi was very angry.

But! He still accepted the canonization and set up a banquet to entertain the Ming mission.

However, the war continued for several years, and finally ended with the Ming army defeating the Japanese to the south of Korea.

As the initiator of this oolong, Shen Weijing was arrested and imprisoned, and was beheaded by Emperor Wanli two years later. The imperial court's evaluation of this big fool was recorded as: "Only respect the villains in the market, sneak into foreign countries, advocate the theory of slaves begging for feuds, cleverly block the army, withdraw the border guards, and humiliate the country and lose prestige."

The edicts, books, and seals given to Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Manryo period still survive to this day, and they are safely preserved in Osaka.

Therefore, a few days ago, the imperial court ordered the envoys in the Osaka concession to temporarily return them and send them back to the capital for the emperor to see.

When the edict and the book were presented, Zhu Shiyan and the ministers were very emotional.

The edict and the book are made of yellow silk brocade, and the edges are decorated with auspicious clouds, cranes, and dragons, and finally they are stamped with the large seal of "Treasure of Guangyun".

The exquisite holy decree in front of them seems to be wrapped in immortal law, which is as fascinating as the twenty-first year of Wanli to the thirty-eighth year of Zhichang now, a full 345 years.

The heavy sense of history makes people can't help but subconsciously hold their breath, maybe more than 300 years is nothing compared with many cultural relics that are thousands of years old, but the holy decree contains the deep meaning of the national ancestor.

Since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the time of the successive dynasties has been uneven, including 15 years in the Qin Dynasty, 210 years in the Western Han Dynasty, 196 years in the Eastern Han Dynasty, 38 years in the Sui Dynasty, 290 years in the Tang Dynasty, 210 years in the Liao Dynasty, 167 years in the Northern Song Dynasty, 152 years in the Southern Song Dynasty, and 98 years in the Yuan Dynasty.

The rise and fall of the dynasty is like a change of lights, sometimes shining and sometimes dim, and the Ming Dynasty, which should have died in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, has survived in another form.

The new dynasty founded by Emperor Sejo is excellent in terms of legitimacy, and there is no objection to the lineage and the legitimacy of the country.

In terms of bloodline, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty is a descendant of Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, and his father is only a county magistrate, and he is already a declining royal family; Ming Shizu is similar, just a lieutenant of Fengguo, and he is also the last member of the royal family.

On winning the country, Han Shizu overthrew Wang Mang with many outnumbered enemies, and after 12 years to dominate the world again, the people's aspirations; Ming Shizu was also difficult, facing the Eight Banners and countless green camps that swept the Central Plains, as well as the forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty who were fighting endlessly, and it took many years of fierce fighting to pacify the north and south of the river.

Nevertheless, in a narrow sense, just as the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty had similar main structures, their official systems were quite different, and their capitals and lineages changed, and they were often regarded as two dynasties with the same national name.

In the same situation, for the Later Ming Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties actually didn't care about this, the so-called "gentlemen are frank, villains are relatives", since the legitimacy is completely sufficient, there is no point in beware.

Do you want to make a distinction between the two before and after? The government and the opposition often bring up old things again after an interval of thirty or fifty years, but each time the pros and cons quarrel with each other and then end up in vain.

In fact, there are many emperors who find it quite interesting to argue like this, and by the way, they can also take the opportunity to divert the contradictions between the government and the government.

At this moment, Zhu Shiyan coughed a few times and gently touched the place covered with a bright red square seal.

"Time flies so fast, I have reigned for more than thirty years, but this edict is ten times longer than mine."

"It's the last thing that happened more than 300 years ago." Zhu Likai, who was standing on the left side of the imperial case, said calmly.

Zou Zhuoyun, who had a complicated gaze, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's finally settled, this is a matter that has dragged on for more than ten generations. ”

"Father, let's talk about the strategy for the future." Zhu Liqi paused and continued: "Erchen still adheres to his previous views in some respects, and should not be allowed to control large-scale troops, and the power to command troops cannot be delegated. ”

This is part of the many strategies for dealing with Japan, but it is also the most important one: how to arrange the defense of the Toei Islands?

Should we help them rebuild their armies?

Is it better to have a larger or smaller army?

With such an army in the Japanese court, shouldn't the other feudal towns also form armies that can compete with it?

How should dispatch and command be distributed?

Do you want to allocate funds to assist in the construction of permanent defensive lines at key points in the archipelago?

The prevailing view of the Constitutional Council was to support the formation of a light infantry force of about 60,000 men and a small number of independent artillery units; The navy mainly uses torpedo boats, minelayerers, and small submarines for coastal defense, supplemented by some coastal defense artillery units; The aviation unit is equipped with fighters, dive bombers, and torpedo planes.

This plan has been unanimously endorsed by the National People's Association, the Renhe Party, and the Datong Party.

The other view is much bolder, simply put, the number of heavy divisions (not armored, only the number of artillery equipped) is increased to about 100,000 men, and each of the local feudal towns is to form a light division. The navy and aviation units should also be expanded, and the navy must have one or two destroyer detachments that can assist the Ming navy in carrying out escort missions along transport lines.

This plan was significantly more radical, and there was much opposition even within the Chinese Party, but the Sun Moon Society, the Kaiser Rapid Advancement Association, and the Democratic Party still generally supported it.

To put it simply, one is to use it as a guard brother and a watchdog, and the other is to build it into a thug and a lackey.

"That's a bit too cautious, isn't it?" Li Guangyuan muttered: "In the future, as soon as the war begins, the war area will be all over the South Seas, and the baggage and manpower required will not be less, and it will also be necessary to constantly garrison troops to maintain stability, and it is not cost-effective to rely entirely on the domestic army. ”

"It's not absolute, Annan and North Korea can be assisted by some troops, at least it is enough to maintain stability behind the front." Zhu Ligong replied.

Long battle lines, long logistics lines, and vast occupied areas require a large number of troops to maintain.

It cannot be said that under the wartime economy, the imperial court can recklessly levy and expropriate, and more conscription will have to pay the same price - the reduction of the young and strong labor force will not benefit the country's economy and stability at all.

As the Minister of Finance, Lee Guangyuan is naturally not happy to see this situation, and he can transfer a little bit is a little bit.

"Your Highness, Annan is mainly guarding against the direction of Burma, and he should not be able to distinguish much from Nanyang." Saying that, Lin Xi shook his head slightly, and said half-contemptuously and half-helplessly: "As for North Korea, I feel that it is enough." ”

The Metropolitan Governor's Office and the Ministry of War also have assessments of North Korea's strength, but the conclusions of the consolidated report are not encouraging.

Throughout history, it seems that there has been no time when Lee's Joseon has stood up?

The report of the military department is very objective but also very ruthless, and it bluntly claims that its army has no fighting spirit to speak of, has poor discipline, and incidents of corruption and reselling of materials are not uncommon.

The main reason for this, in addition to the internal power struggle, is the lack of the possibility of expanding the territory and the comfort of being protected by the suzerain.

The peninsula is so big, where is it expanding? The sea is on the east and west, Japan on the south, and Damei on the north.

Then it is that in the past few hundred years, the country that has been on the verge of death twice has been sent by Wang Shi to come to the rescue, which invisibly makes North Korea have a sense of slackness, to put it bluntly, "it doesn't hurt to lie flat and rot, and my father will come to help in major events."

And in view of the fact that the Koreans have pitted the Ming army countless times in history, coupled with the bad appearance it has shown now, the Ming generals seriously lack trust in it.

It can be said that it is probably human nature to be afraid of pig teammates.

"It is precisely because of this consideration that I think I may only be able to arm the Japanese country for my own use." Li Guangyuan also looked helpless.

Zhu Lijin groaned: "It's not easy to control, at least after decades of real obedience, now... There are still many people who are not convinced. This is a literal tiger breeding. ”

In this regard, the crown prince can be said to be both conservative and radical.

He is committed to eliminating potential troubles at the root, using methods including but not limited to forced immigration, forced sinicization education, and persecution of leaders of opposition organizations to remove the backbone of the Japanese and build them into a deferential and non-threatening subject state.

"I know what you think." The emperor said leisurely: "But if you are careful to pull out the teeth of a vicious dog, you will be injured if you are not careful." ”

He didn't say anything more, but said casually: "Ning You, aren't you going to say something?" ”

Zhu Lingjing was actually there, and she was right behind, but she had been silent like a listener.

As a special adviser to the Executive Committee of the Chinese Party, how can he not express his views?

Her gaze jumped on the bodies of several ministers in front of her, and finally landed on Zhu Ligong, and then she spoke:

"I think it's better to be bold in the strategy of dealing with the Japanese Kingdom, you must know that there are not many people in the Japanese Kingdom who are close to the Celestial Empire, and it is completely enough to gather tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands. Taking it as the core, and then tempting people, can attract many people who do not have feelings of family, country and ethnicity to participate. ”

"The risk of rebellion is obviously very small, and the aggressiveness of the new Japanese army is obviously small, the former will desperately prove their loyalty and personal worth to the Celestial Empire, and the latter will fight for profit. Moreover, if the country is poor, a little wealth or profit can tempt its people. ”

"The party has a rough estimate of this, and you should have read the report that was made, right? The former is counted in 100,000 and the latter in 500,000, which is still based on the selection of the best and the inferior, and can make up 600,000. If you lower the requirements a little, it is easy to have millions. It is sufficient for them to be competent in policing and maintaining stability. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Lijun, who was frowning, asked rhetorically, "That's what you think?" Inducements? This kind of person is the most untestable, when it goes well, it is fine, once frustrated, the army will immediately be discouraged, and the proportion is small, but so many times is definitely not appropriate. ”

After finishing speaking, he added, "What's more, Americans are much richer." ”

"A big war is inevitable, but a general war is about maximizing the use of all resources." Not to be outdone, Zhu Lingjing replied: "Even though our country has abundant people, the labor force should not be less, and the injured and the dead still need to pay for the bereavement expenses, so it is not impossible to transfer some of this pressure to the Japanese country." ”

"Don't change the conversation, just talk about things." Zhu Liqi, who showed dissatisfaction on his face, said solemnly: "How ridiculous is your idea, admiring the Heavenly Empire first, the mercenary fifth, such soldiers and horses... Especially the latter, how do you satisfy their appetites, and how do you calculate this account? Do you connive at their captivity in Nanyang, and then the people will rebel? ”

Well, the conversation that was good before turned into a polemic between the two of them.

However, the emperor and the ministers did not mean to dissuade them, on the contrary, they watched the excitement quite briskly.

Push the book.

At the train station to the university, Lin Yu confessed to Qingmei.

but was rejected.

What happened later caused Lin Yu to regret that he couldn't let go of for the rest of his life.

Ten years later, although Lin Yu is very chic on the surface, he still can't fill the regret in his heart, and his heart is like death.

Luckily, he was born again!

Reborn back to when he had just confessed his failure, facing the girl in front of him, his heart was unwavering.

But the strange thing is that she actually took the initiative to confess.

(End of chapter)