Asa Xue asked curiously: "How can the political situation in Japan be so complicated, two emperors, two shogunates, then this civil war is not going to beat out all the dog's brains?" ”

Zhu Qiyu explained: "Japan has long been full of internal contradictions, and now it has officially begun the Warring States period because of the impetus of my attack on Korea.

The situation in Japan, using our Ming Dynasty as an analogy, is like a Jingtai court in Beijing, and Zhu Qizhen announced the restoration in Nanjing and established an orthodox court. Then I sent Zhu Wenfang as a supervisor to garrison the line of Xiangyang and Changsha, and to command the southern provinces nearby.

In this way, the Ming Dynasty has two emperors and one prison country, and there are three sets of teams.

With such an analogy, you can see how chaotic Japan is. ”

"Then Japan won't be finished, and when they fight to the point where both sides are defeated, let's rush in and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "No, no, no, that's not good." First, I can't wait; Second, let them fight the civil war, and the last one who survives must be a particularly powerful hero, and when the time comes, he will have two or three hundred thousand elite soldiers, and it will be even more difficult to fight.

It's better to take advantage of his illness and ask for his life. Besides, what I have is the army. The Miao and Yao people are very suitable for being sent to fight Japan, as long as they have enough money, food, and armament, and promise to give them land. ”

Ning Xiang added: "There is also a traitor, Liu Hong's nephew is called Liu Zhi, and he is connected with Japan's Ouchi Masahiro."

Masahiro Ouchi wants to bypass the Muromachi shogunate and conduct a trade with the Ming Dynasty, so he wants to ask his husband if he can agree? ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Amazing, we haven't attacked yet, and the leading party will come out first." You can promise Masahiro Ouchi, no problem.

During the Hongwu Dynasty, this Ouchi clan was trading with the Ming Dynasty alone. Later, after the merger of the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, the qualification for trade was monopolized by the Muromachi shogunate.

As long as Masahiro Ouchi is willing to lead the way for us, it is okay to promise him some benefits. ”

Ning Xiang asked again: "Masahiro Ouchi also proposed to send a special envoy to Beijing for secret discussions, how do we reply?" ”

"Come on, I'll see him in person, God help me, I sent a pillow if I wanted to sleep. I've even figured out what to get them to vote for.

Okay, serve me to eat, and then go out to the court. ”

After eating a meal of big fish and meat, and drinking a cup of fresh milk, Zhu Qiyu took Zhu Wenfang to Qingyun Pavilion leisurely.

The third floor of Qingyun Pavilion was crowded with ministers, Zhu Qiyu frowned, this person is indeed too many.

Therefore, Liu Chang, Zhao Xuan, Wang Lin and others entered Qingyun Pavilion with armor and knives, blocking between Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Wenfang and the ministers.

As his prestige grew, Zhu Qiyu was also afraid that the opposition would turn him into Julius Caesar.

Although under the Ming system, this possibility is not large, but it still has to be guarded against.

Based on this consideration, Zhu Qiyu's first sentence was: "It's too crowded here, and if there are more than ten people participating in the small court meeting in the future, the location will be changed to Qingyun Palace." ”

When the ministers heard this, they naturally had no opinion. Today, it is rare for the emperor to let his cronies stand with swords during the small court meeting, which is very unseemly for the emperor himself and for the ministers.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Qiyu leaned on the backrest and asked quietly: "Let's do something, what do you have to say?" ”

It was Shangshu Luotong of the Ministry of War who was the first to stand up and report: "Shengshang, the Japanese army poured out of the nest, and the siege of Anbian was very urgent. There were shortages of firearms, grain and grass in Anbian City, and Nanhe Hou Zuo asked the imperial court for emergency rescue.

However, Pyongyang City only had 30,000 Ming troops and was unable to divide troops to rescue. If the army is transferred from the mainland, I am afraid it will be too late.

From now on, if reinforcements do not arrive within a month, Anbian City may fall. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "What does the military department mean?" ”

Luo Tong replied: "This matter is difficult to decide, so let's ask the Holy Lord to adjudicate." ”

Zhu Qiyu asked the others again.

Surprisingly, Wei Ji stood up and once again reiterated his position of wanting to withdraw troops.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I want to send a sailor to land in North Korea to relieve the siege of Anbian, and then destroy the main force of the Japanese-Korean coalition army." ”

Wei Ji was stunned for a moment, and then confirmed again: "Is the Holy Lord really insisting on this? ”

"Well, the widow has to include Korea and Japan in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu's attention and obsession with North Korea and Japan are difficult for most ministers to understand.

Starting from Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, including Taizu, Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong, all the Ming Emperors felt that Korea and Japan were dispensable, and it was not worth spending national strength to attack them.

Wei Ji, as a person in the early years of Yongle, and as a person who studied Cheng Zhu Lixue, couldn't understand these things.

After getting the emperor's confirmation, Wei Ji replied: "The old minister is old and frail, and I implore the Holy Lord to allow the old minister to pay tribute." ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Quasi-play, Huang Qi, send Wei Lao for me." ”

When Huang Qi heard this, he stepped forward and asked Wei Ji to go out.

Although Zhu Qiyu and Wei Ji also had a short relationship with each other, but now in Wei Ji's view, Zhu Qiyu has taken the old road of Zhu Qizhen's poor army and great achievements.

People's positions are not static, and it is normal to divide and merge.

Wei Ji was politely helped out by Huang Qi, and the other ministers were quite surprised.

The emperor in front of him has always been relatively gentle, whether it is real or pretending, at least he will show warmth to his ministers.

But today it was quite decisive, Wei Ji asked for Zhishi with the front foot, and the emperor agreed with the back foot, and there was no process of even being stunned, let alone retaining.

Zhu Qiyu is not pure gambling, and the cabinet needs to make some adjustments. Especially for Cheng Zhu Lixue like Wei Ji, the more he will inevitably conflict with his own concept of governing the country in the future.

To tell the truth, Zhu Qiyu is full of malice towards Cheng Zhu Lixue, and sooner or later he will fine-tune the imperial examination system and deny the dominance of Cheng Zhu Lixue's family.

When everyone was distracted, Xue Xuan also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is also too old to do anything, please ask Your Majesty to give a minister." ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Zhun play, go ahead." ”

Seeing Xue Xuan leave, Zhu Qiyu asked: "Who else wants to be a leader, stand up together, don't say it one by one, all the widows are allowed to play." ”

After waiting for a long time, no one spoke, and most of the important ministers were still reluctant to take the official position.

There are two less Cheng Zhu Lixue masters in the court, which reduces everyone's pressure a lot.

The two morals are perfect here, and it seems that the other people's character is quite unbearable.

Wang Wen is the happiest, and this time he has completely boiled it out. Wei Ji's prestige is too high, and his qualifications are incomparable, and having this secondary assistant makes Wang Wen extremely stressed.

Without Wei Ji, Wang Wen can really take power and become a genuine first assistant.

Zhu Qiyu also considered this, after defeating North Korea and Japan, Wang Wen was in charge of the cabinet, and he hid behind his back to control the situation of the DPRK, so he no longer came forward easily.

An emperor who always rolls up his sleeves and goes up in person is not a long-term solution.

Next, it's time to reuse the celebrant and the East Factory. Chenghua uses Wang Zhi, Wuzong uses Liu Jin, and Tianqi uses Wei Zhongxian, this is the right way. Chongzhen's kind of is tired and offends people, and his efforts are not thankless, and the more he does it, the more boring it becomes.

(End of chapter)