After chatting about trivial matters, Zhu Qiyu counted Japan again with his fingers: The whole of Japan should have a population of seven or eight million. Because Japan attaches great importance to agriculture, it is the samurai who fight in peacetime, and they do not toss the peasants very much, and do not engage in the whole people as soldiers.

In addition, Japan was scattered with large and small feudal states, and there was no strong centralization of power.

Therefore, Japan's maximum military mobilization capacity will not exceed 400,000.

To resist the Ming Dynasty and aid Korea, 130,000 people have died in Japan; On the Kanto side, the Kamakura Shogunate, the Kanto Governor, and the Muromachi Shogunate allied forces fought in the dark, and the entire battlefield contained more than 100,000 troops.

In other words, the maximum number of troops that the Muromachi shogunate can use to fight us should not exceed 120,000.

I have already invested more than 200,000 people in Kaga, and then 200,000 in Sakai Port, and the general trend is certain.

The more Zhu Qiyu thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and he couldn't help humming a little song.

……

In the capital, the officials gathered together with sad faces and discussed the petition.

Recently, the emperor expelled fifty-four officials from the court in one fell swoop and forced them to appear outside the Daming Gate every day.

The Imperial Court was under the control of Wang Wen, and the imperial historians were reluctant to speak; The Ministry of Rites has been killed by the emperor in recent years, and the current Shangshu Wang Yining has become friendly with Wang Cheng, the eunuch of the Celebrant Seal. He Wenyuan, the secretary of the ministry, firmly supported the emperor.

Now there are only six branches that can stand up and advise the emperor.

In the middle of the matter, Zhang Rang impassionedly encouraged the officials to give the matter, and most of them responded enthusiastically, only Qiao Yi'an sat quietly in the corner, silent.

Over time, Qiao Yi was finally discovered by everyone, and they inquired one after another.

Qiao Yi shook his head and replied to everyone: "I really don't think there is anything wrong with the Holy One, since the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the Holy One has turned the tide and the Society of Baozong Temple is unharmed;

Externally, it took Annam, Burma, Siam, Korea, Usizang and other places, completely destroyed Luchuan, and defeated the main force of Warat.

Internally, we should promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, open sources and reduce expenditures. Exempt the people from taxes and servitude, and recuperate with the people. He also withdrew the banknotes, suppressed Buddhism, cut the sect and domain, and changed the commoners.

Where is the saint sorry for the subjects of the world, why are there always people who are endlessly picking thorns? ”

Everyone wanted to refute, but there was nowhere to focus. What Qiao Yi said is the truth.

If someone has to stand up and pick a bone in the egg, it will reach the emperor's ears, just wait and walk around if he can't eat it.

Zhang Rang saw that the atmosphere was embarrassing, and he hurriedly stood up to play a round: "What Brother Meng Qian said is very reasonable, our eldest nephew is studying very hard behind closed doors, if it is cold today, Brother Meng Qian will go back to take care of him, even if he takes a few days off." ”

Qiao Yi immediately got off the donkey, said a few polite words to everyone, and left the yamen to go home.

After leaving Zhengyangmen and returning to the outer city, Qiao Yi went around the vegetable market, first spent 50 yuan to buy a chicken and two fish, and then spent 80 yuan to buy two bottles of good wine and a few fruit and vegetable snacks, and then happily returned to his small courtyard.

Qiao Feng heard the movement, came out to look, and saw that it was his father who came back, and was surprised: "I haven't even arrived at noon, why did my father run back?" ”

Qiao Yi smiled: "Cook for you, let's rest more today, let's drink two cups." ”

"What day is it today?"

"It's not a day, but there have been a lot of things happening in the court recently, while the two of us are drinking wine and eating meat, I will tell you about current affairs.

Next year's test will definitely be taken in the strategy theory, and it is necessary to know more about it. ”

Qiao Feng nodded, so Qiao Yi personally cooked, cleaned up the wine and food, and the two made a charcoal fire in the house, then went to the kang, set up the coffee table, and chatted while eating and drinking.

Qiao Yi drank a big glass first, and then said with a smile: "Since you were beaten up, from the court members to the lords and nobles, everyone has been shushing and asking for warmth when they see me."

With the precedent of He Yi and Wang Xian, many people in the government and the opposition are now staring at you. As long as you get into the Jinshi next year, just wait to be robbed. ”

Qiao Feng smiled and asked, "Father thinks it's better for me to marry someone in the end?" ”

Qiao Yi shook his head: "I don't know, I can't understand the recent situation more and more." The methods of the saints seem more and more absurd, but in fact they are even more antelope with horns and nowhere to be found than when they first ascended the throne.

But you don't have to worry, I can't look around for connections before you get into the Jinshi, so as not to cause gossip.

But if you get a jinshi, even if I have the cheekiness to go up, I have to help you find someone who understands the staff officer.

My fellow jinshi He Yi is a good candidate, but now he must not be approached, because he should know in advance what the topic of the saint is, and even if the question is made by himself, we have to avoid suspicion.

and the saint's favorite Shi Niangniang, who is also a good candidate. This lady is kind-hearted and easy to speak, and a few days ago she also made a matchmaker for Qin Minyue, a new science and technology scholar, saying that it was the sister of Dingbei Hou.

Dingbei Hou Xu Tong, this is a henchman who was born in Yingzhou Wei and started with the saint, and he will have a bright future in the future. ”

When Qiao Feng heard this, he was no longer worried, and then asked, "How is the war in Japan recently?" ”

Qiao Yi shook his head again: "It's been a long time since there has been clear progress, I see, it's so calm, if you don't get it, something big will happen."

What Seigami wanted was Japan's gold and silver minerals. According to rumors in the court, it is said that the Holy Lord estimated that the defeat of Japan would increase the income of the imperial court by an additional five million taels of silver a year.

If you pass the strategy exam, you have to start with the benefits from the imperial court's capture of Japan.

I have calculated myself, 130,000 people died in the war of Japan's aid to Korea, and they are fighting a civil war in their own country, and those who can be used against the Ming Dynasty are only about 100,000 when they are full.

Don't look at the time of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan's attack on Japan was so difficult. Now Japan is actually very fragile, as long as it loses a big war and dies 50,000 or 60,000 people, the whole situation of the Muromachi shogunate will collapse.

But the Muromachi shogunate must not have realized his own vulnerability, and he was still intoxicated by the historical experience of the heavy defeat of the Great Yuan. ”

After that, Qiao Yi sandwiched two pieces of fish and meat to eat, drank a big sip of wine, and then praised: "No wonder the Holy Lord rarely shows up in the Lingyu Palace."

Behind closed doors, the wife and children heated the kang head, drank wine and ate meat, and chatted, this little day was indeed delicious and warm. ”

Qiao Feng said angrily when he heard this: "Father, don't think so far from it, it's okay, you're talking about Japan, don't divert the topic." ”

Qiao Yi smiled: "The information I can access is limited, and I don't know how much I have." What I can be sure of is that the Holy Lord has already made a decision, and there will definitely be some very unexpected accidents between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, and I can't guess what they are.

The means of the saints, how to say it, anyway, when you become an official, you must be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and you must not go against the saints.

For example, the more than 50 officials who have recently disagreed with the saint will definitely not live, sooner or later. ”

Qiao Feng asked, "The sudden conflict between the Holy Lord and Wenchen means that it is about to be easy to store?" ”

Qiao Yi gave a thumbs up when he heard this, and praised: "It's worthy of being my son, amazing." There are three months left in this year, and the weather is freezing, so there should be no more tossing.

Therefore, Yi Chu should be next year, and the most obvious signal is that the saint named his eldest son as the king of Qi and began to order him to appear on various important occasions.

The saint himself has served as the king of Qi for eight years, and now he has suddenly passed it on to his eldest son, which means nothing to himself.

So you bury your head in reading at home, I'll cook for you at home, let's be quiet, don't make trouble at a critical moment. ”

Qiao Feng nodded solemnly: "What the father said is that the son remembers." ”

……

There are undercurrents surging in the capital, and many people can perceive the extraordinary political situation.

At the same time, more than 8,000 pirates landed on the southern coast of Shandong, and then divided into two routes, with 3,000 men all the way, rushed west to Qufu. More than 5,000 people rushed south to Nanjing.

Because the main force of the Ming army's naval division all went to the front line, the coastal garrison was extremely weak, and no one even noticed the landing of the Japanese invaders.

For the first few days, the Japanese invaders were in a no-man's land.

(End of chapter)