Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 685 Blocking Japan
With a word from Zhu Youjian, Zhao Zhilong and others were asked to negotiate with Little Japan.

Little Japan is a bunch of barbarians, they don't follow any rules at all.

Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang once sent envoys to Japan to negotiate, and only one person was killed and returned.

Now the emperor asked them to negotiate with Japan, obviously to send them to death.

The few people who were frightened hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhu Youjian:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! How can I negotiate with the Tokugawa shogunate if I don't understand Japanese? Please take it back and choose a more suitable person to go to Japan..."

Seeing Zhao Zhilong and others in distress, all the civil and military officials in the court secretly laughed.

They knew that the emperor was punishing civil servants who dared to speak against him.

Seeing the ridiculous and hateful appearance of Zhao Zhilong and others, Zhu Youjian was very disgusted, but he still said patiently with a smile on his face:

"My loves, it's difficult for ordinary people to express your words just now. In my opinion, only you are the most suitable envoys to Japan in Ming Dynasty. Receive the order!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am really not suitable to be an envoy. Your Majesty..."

Zhu Youjian's words have been made very clear, but Zhao Zhilong and others are still chattering.

"Snapped……"

Zhu Youjian suddenly patted the Longshu case:

"Shut up, you can't lead by example even if you put forward your own suggestions. If you dare to boast, push them out and chop them up."

"Your Majesty, forgive me, we are willing to be envoys to Japan, please forgive me!"

Hearing that the emperor was going to behead him, Zhao Zhilong and others hurriedly begged for mercy again.

They regretted it to death in their hearts, why did they mention the ancestral precepts, the emperor was obviously unhappy.

The emperor has a golden eloquence, how can they spare their lives when they beg for mercy.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand, and Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward to drag several people away and behead them.

Sun Chuanting had seen that the emperor didn't really want to kill Zhao Zilong and others in the court, so he hurried out to intercede for them:
"Your Majesty, since they have already realized their mistake, please spare their lives and let them go to Japan to negotiate. If the negotiation fails, they will be killed. Please forgive them."

Seeing that Sun Chuanting pleaded with Zhao Zhilong, the other ministers understood and immediately stepped forward to intercede:

"Your Majesty, please forgive Lord Sun and the others this time, and let them commit crimes and meritorious deeds..."

Of course Zhu Youjian knew what these ministers meant, didn't he just want the Japanese to kill them?
Zhu Youjian didn't insist either, he waved his hand at Jin Yiwei, and Jin Yiwei immediately let go of Zhao Zhilong and others and left.

Zhao Zhilong and others hurriedly kowtowed on the ground to thank:

"Thank you Your Majesty for not killing me."

Zhu Youjian snorted coldly:
"You don't agree to send troops to attack Japan, but you don't want to be envoys. You should be executed, but for the sake of pleading for you, I will spare you for the time being. I will leave the capital and rush to Japan tomorrow morning. If there are two Xin, I will definitely chop all of you and retreat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Zhao Zhilong and others had no choice but to Xie En withdrew from the imperial court and prepared to go to Japan.

If I went to Japan, I might still have a chance to come back alive. If I didn’t go, I would be beheaded right away.

Zhao Zhilong and others withdrew from the imperial court, and Zhu Youjian issued another decree:
"It is my will that starting tomorrow, Ming Dynasty will stop all business and trade with Japan, whether it is North Korea or Taiwan, including Luzon Province in the South China Sea.

In addition, all sea areas controlled by Ming Dynasty were blocked, and ships trading with Japan were prohibited from passing.

On the day when Ming issued the notice, all countries that trade with Ming were prohibited from trading with Japan. Otherwise, Ming would completely stop trading in this country and prohibit ships from this country from entering the waters controlled by Ming. "

Zhu Youjian's move is absolutely ruthless. Little Japan is an island country with very scarce resources, and many things rely on imports.

Daming is Japan's largest trading nation. If Daming stops trading with Japan and blocks all controlled sea areas, it will definitely be a fatal blow to Japan.

North Korea has become a province of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ryukyu in Taiwan is also in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Batavia, which was originally controlled by the Dutch, and Manila, which was controlled by the Spaniards, are all controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

The countries surrounding Japan have all been controlled by Ming Dynasty, and ships from no country can enter Japan.

There are also some countries that have trade with Japan, such as Annan and Indochina Peninsula countries, they also have close commercial trade with Ming Dynasty.

If it is found that they still have trade relations with Japan, Ming Dynasty will not only sanction them, but also their merchant ships will not be able to pass through the waters controlled by the Ming Navy.

After Zhu Youjian's imperial decree was conveyed, various relevant departments of Ming Dynasty immediately began to take action.

Freeze all Japanese assets in Daming, including gold, silver and commodities.

Coast Guard ships and naval patrol ships also immediately started to block the waters around Japan, mainly targeting merchant ships traveling to and from Japan.

This is a commercial blockade of Japan, and military deployments are also being carried out simultaneously.

After Zhu Youjian arranged trade sanctions against Japan, he asked Sun Chengzong, Minister of the Ministry of War:

"Ministry of War, how many troops and warships does North Korea have now?"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly replied:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, North Korea has more than 60 sailing warships, [-] navy and [-] army."

Zhu Youjian nodded, and then asked Zheng Chenggong:

"Zheng Aiqing, how many troops and warships does the Ming Navy have now?"

Zheng Chenggong clapped his hands in reply:

"Your Majesty, the total strength of the Ming Navy has reached 35. Excluding the local defense, Taiwan garrisons and overseas garrisons, the navy that can be mobilized at any time is still as many as 15, and there are 68 iron-clad warships.

Because of the non-stop work of the shipyards left by the Netherlands and the Spaniards on Luzon and Huangming Island, and the efforts of several local shipyards in Daming, the number of large local sailing warships has reached [-].

In addition, there are 200 sailing warships in Taiwan, more than 50 sailing warships on Huangming Island, and more than [-] sailing warships in Luzon. "

The figures reported by Zheng Chenggong not only surprised the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but even Zhu Youjian was a little surprised.

After Hubu Shangshu heard the numbers of the navy and warships, he couldn't help but peek at their emperor.

Ni Yuanlu began to worry about how much military pay would be needed for so many navies and warships!

However, Zhu Youjian was not worried at all. As the Ming army fought abroad, the military salary could be supported by plunder.

Little Japan has a population of about 1000 million, and the total number of soldiers from each domain is at least more than 100 million.

After Ming took Japan, it would not be a problem to feed 20 troops on this island country.

Zhu Youjian thought for a while and said:
"Immediately send people to North Korea's Lu Aiguo with [-] large warships and [-] mortars, and order Lu Aiguo to immediately forcefully cross the Tsushima Strait and launch an attack on Japan."

"According to the purpose"

Zheng Chenggong and Song Yingxing, a scientist from the Daming Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, went to prepare immediately.

North Korean soldiers are going to fight Japan, and of course the Ming Xie Army on Luzon and Huangming Island cannot sit idle.

The main body of these people will be Indonesians and Filipinos in the future. How can Zhu Youjian let them be cannon fodder?

(End of this chapter)