696 The Emperor deliberately refused the ransom

However, Wang Ji thought a little too much, no matter how bold Yan Li was, he didn't dare to trap King Yi to death in front of everyone.

The three of them could not reach an agreement, so they could only send two commanders to defend the camp and confront the Japanese invaders. Then the three of them returned to the Nanjing garrison and gathered other garrisons to discuss countermeasures.

There is only one thing that is certain, and that is to immediately write a report and send it to Kyoto urgently, along with the letters between the Emperor of Japan and the General Seiyi, King Yi, and the crown prince.

On this issue, Yan Li was strong again, insisting on sending three hundred Xiaoling guards to deliver the letter.

These letters are the most important of all, and there must be no slip-ups along the way.

And at night, the wouldn't wait for the ransom, and even took Zhu Qizhen hostage and retreated eastward.

Early in the morning of October 15th.

The 500 battalion state guards escorted the letters found from the Confucian Mansion, as well as the transcripts of Chen Jian and Gu Zhong, back to Beijing.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu woke up, he received these letters and transcripts.

After reading it once, Zhu Qiyu frowned and sighed: "The Confucian Mansion burned down, but Chen Jian and Gu Zhong led the troops to Qufu to preside over the overall situation, and found a secret room from the ruins of the study.

In the secret room are five or six letters written by the Japanese emperor and shogun to Kong Yanjin, some written at the beginning of the year, some in the middle of the year, and some recently. It seems that the contact between Confucius and Japan has not been short.

One of the key points is a reply letter written by Kong Yanjin to the Japanese emperor, and before he could send it, the Confucian Mansion suffered a disaster.

If he engages in maritime trade smuggling with Japan, it will be forgotten, the key is that Dayuan Zhongliang still wants to support the restoration of Zhu Qizhen with the support of Japan and provoke civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, which is really reprehensible. ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu handed Chen Jian and Gu Zhong's recitals to Qianxue: "Send the recitals to the cabinet, and we will keep the letters by ourselves."

These letters reached the hands of the civil officials, and they had to destroy the evidence, and they must guard against them.

In addition, two copies of the letter were to be copied, one to be forwarded to the cabinet and the other to Lian Gang, and it would be published in the newspaper tomorrow and made public. ”

It was almost noon, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

Before the fall of the Confucian Mansion, it was already very shocking; Now the Confucian government is still colluding with Japan, and it is really breathtaking to support the restoration of King Yi.

Originally, the important ministers still wanted to meet the emperor, but Pei Dang personally sent Chen Jian and Gu Zhong's transcripts, as well as a transcribed letter from Kong Yanjin to conspire against the enemy. And it shows that the emperor is still sick and does not accept the court.

This time, the ministers were really panicked, they never expected that such a thing would happen in the Confucian Mansion, it was really a disaster from the sky, which caught people off guard.

The next day, the newspaper published that the Confucian Mansion was well known about the enemy, causing an uproar.

How do you know that there is no such thing as a blessing, and there is no single line of misfortune.

On October 20, the Xiaoling Guards cavalry escorted the secret report to the Beijing Division. Less than an hour later, Shandong's secret report also reached Beijing.

When he got up in the morning, Zhu Qiyu saw that the coffee table was full of secret reports and letters.

The first is Zhu Qizhen's correspondence with the Japanese emperor.

The second is the joint report of the Nanjing garrison: King Yi was held hostage by the Japanese invaders, and the Japanese invaders offered a huge ransom.

Finally, there was a report from Gu Zhong that the 3,000 Japanese invaders who invaded Shandong were annihilated by the Son of Heaven's own army, and Yan Shenggong was rescued, but he was seriously injured and unable to return to heaven, and died after writing a suicide note.

Kong Yanjin confessed in his suicide note that he had colluded with Japan and intended to support the restoration of King Yi, and made a confession, expressing his willingness to confiscate all the property of the Confucian family to atone for his sins.

Zhu Qiyuzai read it carefully and made sure that he didn't miss any details, and then he breathed a sigh of relief: "The Muromachi shogunate's seizement general Ashikaga Yoshimasa is a bit interesting, and Daming was really stirred up by him and was about to get into civil strife." ”

Ning Xiang smiled: "Ashikaga Yoshimasa is not very old, and he is especially good at provoking infighting among other people's brothers. The Hatakeyama family, one of the three leaders of Japan, after the death of the family governor Hatakeyama Mochikuni, Ashikaga Yoshimasa supported Hatakeyama Yoshinoshi to inherit the family governor, and Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Soquan supported Hatakeyama Masahisa.

So he successfully provoked the infighting of the Hatakeyama family, and the other ruler of the Spo family was also concocted by Ashikaga Yoshimasa, which also provoked infighting.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa had a successful experience, and began to greet us with this set of methods. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Don't say it, I really let him do it." This plan is quite complex, and the slightest negligence will turn out of shape in execution.

Well, as last time, the book was transferred to the cabinet; Two copies of the letter were transcribed, one for the cabinet and one for the Lian Gang newspaper. ”

After saying that, Zhu Qiyu's whole body relaxed, and he leaned on the backrest.

The matter is finally coming to an end, with a sufficient chain of evidence, and the government and the opposition still don't let Yi Chu, then they can only kill.

Qianxue asked: "How to reply to Nanjing, what do you say about the ransom of the Japanese robbers?" ”

Zhu Qiyu replied: "Wang Ji proposed to give the ransom first, and then ordered the sailor to intercept and kill at sea. But in the vast sea, where to intercept and kill.

But he can't be wrong in saying this, even if it's me, I don't dare to openly refuse to redeem people.

Yan Li is so tiger, so he gave people 100,000 taels of silver and called Huazi.

Five thousand Japanese robbers traveled thousands of miles, but one person only got twenty taels, which was really a bit excessive. ”

"The husband is really understanding, so really give them 300,000 taels of silver and 20,000 taels of gold?"

Zhu Qiyu replied: "I'm thinking about it, let Zhu Qizhen go to Japan." The last time he went to the north to hunt, the courtiers agreed to depose him to the throne.

This time he went to Japan, and once he was restored as emperor, the courtiers should cry and shout and beg me to abolish the crown prince. ”

Qianxue nodded: "That's right, if Zhu Qizhen is restored and called the emperor, and the crown prince is not abolished, it means that the entire court recognizes Zhu Qizhen as orthodox."

It's just that Japan has Zhu Qizhen as a chess piece, will it make the war change? ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "That's not going to happen, Ashikaga Yoshimasa has a good plan, and I have a wall ladder." Around Kyoto, Japan, I still have a powerful secret hand in ambush.

Now that Kyoto, Japan can be defeated at any time, Ashikaga Yoshimasa successfully obtained Zhu Qizhen's chess piece, and maybe he will get carried away and relax his defense of Sakai Port even more.

When the time comes, as long as Sakai Port is taken, a solid stronghold is established, and then an army of 200,000 troops is sent up, the general trend will be irreversible. ”

Qianxue asked curiously, "What other secret hands does the husband have?" ”

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Ashikaga Yoshimasa old joke is the Ming Dynasty infighting, but in fact, Japan is also a pot of porridge. This is the real fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter.

Fifteen years ago, during the Cargill Rebellion, the Akamatsu clan, one of the four positions of the Muromachi shogunate, staged a coup d'Γ©tat.

It's not called a coup d'Γ©tat, it's just that Akamatsu Mitsusuke invited the sixth general, Ashikaga Yoshino, to his home for dinner. While eating, he sent samurai out to assassinate Ashikaga Yoshikyo.

Therefore, the Akamatsu family and the Ashikaga family completely formed a life-and-death feud.

I sent someone to contact the Akamatsu family privately, and they were willing to cooperate with me.

Before the Cargill War, the Akamatsu family was guarded by Harima, Misaku, and Bizen, and Harimama was close to Sakai Port.

After the Cargill Rebellion, Harima was assigned to Yamana Sozen.

Now that Yamana Soquan died in the Korean War, that's right. I helped the Akamatsu family take back Harima, and the Akamatsu family helped me capture Sakai Port, and everyone took what they needed, a match made in heaven. ”

Thanks to the evil Taoist for the reward of 500 coins

(End of chapter)