The fleet sent to the West left not long ago.

Several more sea vessels sailed out of Liujiagang.

Their destination is Japan.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent officials from Honglu Temple to Japan.

There are three things in total.

The first is to canonize the new king of Japan.

The second is to talk about the issue of the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas.

The third is to negotiate the lease of the Iwami silver mine in Japan.

After the reunification of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, it had not formally established relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the Muromachi shogunate who controlled the Japanese imperial power, has been paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the name of "Minamoto Yoshimitsu", the general of the Japanese conquest.

I hope to start trading with the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly rejected the demands of the Muromachi shogunate, on the grounds that the Ashikaga family was a rebellious minister who controlled the government and was not the legitimate monarch of Japan.

To put it bluntly, the grade is not enough and there is no qualification.

The emperor system of Kohi was called the "Eternal One Line", and the imperial family was never overthrown.

Unlike China, which changes dynasties at every turn, the emperor takes turns to come to my house next year.

All some Japanese are proud.

There is never an eternal power in this world.

It was no one who overthrew the emperor of Japan.

Because it's not necessary, people will set up the emperor.

Many generals in Xiaori worshiped Cao Cao, and they also learned the trick of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and they learned it for nearly a thousand years.

The earliest was the military commander Minamoto Yoritomo, who overthrew the emperor and established the Kamakura shogunate, and the family ruled Japan for 150 years.

Now the Muromachi shogunate is in power, and the Ashikaga family overthrew the Kamakura shogunate and continues to use the emperor as a mascot.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who took the initiative to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, was the contemporary ruler of the Muromachi shogunate, and it was he who completed the unification of the north and south of Japan.

But Zhu Yuanzhang looked down on him.

After Zhu Yunxi's persuasion, for the sake of the silver's face, Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to Japan to canonize it.

However, Lao Zhu is also conditional.

In order to be recognized by the Ming Dynasty, the Muromachi shogunate had to solve the problem of the Ming coastal Japanese invaders.

This group of ronin samurai fled to the coast of Daming from the Japanese Civil War.

Who's child will be taken away.

Then there's the Iwami Silver Mine, Japan's largest silver mine, which accounts for one-third of the world's silver production.

Da Ming is coming!

As a condition, the Ming agreed to open up private trade with Japan.

I believe that the Japanese will gladly agree.

After all, they have not yet realized the value of Iwami silver mines, and they do not have the technology to mine and refine silver.

The sea ban was lifted, and the fleet went to the Western Ocean to send an envoy to Japan.

Zhu Yuanzhang was unwilling, completely with the mentality of trying it out.

It's all because of the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunxi's insistence and brainwashing by saying good things every day.

Zhu Yunxi promised: As long as these three steps are done well, at least we can ensure that the problem of the Ming coastal widows can be completely solved.

Historically, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, especially in the Jiajing Dynasty, the Japanese were rampant.

Although Qi Jiguang militarily cleared the coastal pirates, the Ming Dynasty almost no longer had the trouble of the pirates.

In fact, the main reason is not that they have been killed.

It was the Longqing switch two years later.

The more the Ming Dynasty was banned, the more noisy the Japanese became.

Many of them are fake Japanese robbers, and most of them are pretended to be by the coastal people of the Ming Dynasty.

The military can only solve superficial problems, and policy can solve fundamental problems.

Zhu Yunxi firmly believed that as long as the Ming Dynasty lifted the sea ban and started trade with Japan, the problem of the Japanese would naturally disappear.

can make money normally, who wants to live that kind of life licking blood on the tip of a knife?

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yunxi, the emperor's grandson, set off this wave of diplomacy, mainly to make money.

In order to completely solve the problem of Daming treasure banknotes, a series of efforts have been made.

In Zhu Yunxi's view, the Japanese in the early Ming Dynasty were just a small problem.

Shaanxi Province.

The honor guard of the imperial grandson turned east from Pingliang Mansion.

After bidding farewell to Zhu Ao, the king of Su, the third stop arrived in Weicheng, Ningxia, to meet Zhu Chang, the king of Qing.

The conditions of the Qingwang family were even more difficult.

Again, there is no royal palace.

Just in time for the imperial court to send internal officials and eunuchs and the director of the Ministry of Works, they came to Ningxia to jointly prepare for the construction of the palace.

But Zhu Chang, the king of Qing, did not want to stay here, and did everything possible to prevent the construction of the palace.

Seeing the arrival of the emperor's grandson, Zhu Chang cried and said that he missed his relatives and asked to move south to return to the mainland.

The fifteen-year-old young vassal king has suffered too much in the past six months.

Zhu Yunxi said: "King Qing, King Su's side is even more bitter, he didn't sell miserably in front of Lonely. ”

King Qing was still crying vigorously.

said that not only was the environment bitter, but a group of martial arts masters below did not obey him at all, and there were even civil officials who bullied him in violation of the law.

These are the situations that the vassal kings have to face.

Zhu Chang, the king of Qing in history, was loyal and honest, and he has always been bullied by the local civil and military, and he was illegally participated in at every turn, and even the eunuchs dared to slander him.

Understanding what Zhu Chang meant, Zhu Yunxi summoned Ningxia civil and military officials.

In front of everyone, Zhu Yunxi deliberately raised his tone and said to King Qing: "King Qing, you are the dignified Prince of Ming, how can you be weak and timid?" Learn from your seventh brother King Qi! ”

When everyone heard this, they only felt a chill behind them.

Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, is notoriously tyrannical!

Kill officials at every turn in the fiefdom.

Are you the commander of the three products? Trick me into being young and don't listen to me?

In the next second, the commander was stabbed by King Qi.

The kind that doesn't make sense at all.

Are you the prefect of Zhengsipin, an official of the imperial court?

Come on, come on, take a lonely knife!

Qingzhou prefect, died.

The most ferocious and unreasonable of the kings is none other than Zhu Rong, the king of Qi.

At this time, the imperial grandson wanted King Qing to learn from King Qi, obviously supporting King Qing and encouraging King Qing to cut people.

It's like he himself cut down a group of corrupt officials in Shaanxi, as well as the people of the Qin Palace.

King Qing looked at Zhu Yunxi, and his eyes seemed to ask: Can I too?

Zhu Yunxi nodded slightly, and said, "This Shang Fang sword of Lone is left to you!" This is a gift from His Majesty, and officials below the second grade can be beheaded! Whoever dares to disobey the order will be beheaded! ”

As the emperor's grandson, he didn't need this thing at all.

When you want to cut someone, take a knife and get it!

There is no psychological pressure at all.

When Zhu Yunxi took out Shang Fang's sword, many officials in Ningxia panicked and expressed their loyalty.

"The ministers dare not disobey the decree of the emperor's grandson."

Everyone present had heard of the incident of the emperor's grandson cutting people.

I'm afraid that this guy will carry the Shang Fang sword and cut it all the way from Shaanxi.

Zhu Yunxi held his sword and shouted: "You guys don't know what to do, you don't dare to disobey Lone's order, Lone is talking about King Qing!" ”

The officials bowed to King Qing Zhu Chang: "I am willing to obey the orders of His Royal Highness King Qing, and dare not deceive!" ”

Qing King Zhu Chang timidly took Shang Fang's sword: "The imperial grandson ......"

Zhu Yunxi patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Don't keep thinking about going home, this is your home, do it well!" ”

The generations seem to be reversed.

The situation in Ningxia is slightly better than in Pingliang, but the conditions are also limited.

And Ningxia Wei was close to Saibei, and the founding prince Changsheng reminded Zhu Yunxi to leave earlier on the grounds of safety.

After staying in Weicheng for three days, the imperial grandson's army continued to march eastward.

The fourth stop, Taiyuan, Shanxi.

The fief of King Zhu Li of Jin!

Several veteran vassal kings who are interested in competing for the position of the crown prince are the most noisy in Zhu Li.

He is more torsive than Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, both smart and brutal.

The king of Qin rarely led troops to fight, but the king of Jin regarded leading troops as a meal.

He often personally led the escort army out of the fortress to sweep around.

At present, among the kings, only Zhu Di, the king of Yan, can compare with him.

The imperial grandson's guard of honor entered the territory of Shanxi.

This is a great opportunity for hundreds of officials to get a knot with the prince along the way.

Whoever does a good job in hospitality is likely to be promoted quickly.

Zhu Yunxi was overwhelmed, and issued an edict stipulating that all the military and civilian officials should meet in the territory along the way, and there was no need to disturb the people.

As for the prince, he can be greeted in front of his own palace.

Zhu Yunxi cleaned up Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, and beat Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

This trip to Taiyuan, Shanxi, if you want to come to King Zhu Li of Jin, you must have prepared a series of programs.