Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 407
It is another winter and snow season, with snowflakes flying all over the sky, covering the entire Beijing city with a layer of snow.

It has been a few months since the Ming Navy attacked the Japanese country and landed in Nagasaki, and it came to November of the first year of Chongzhen.

In the past year, a lot of things have happened in the entire Ming Dynasty, from the snowstorm in the first month of the year, to the tsunami that occurred in Hangzhou, Jia, and Shaofu in July, to the severe drought that spread throughout the entire Guanzhong area in summer, and the tsunami that occurred in the past two months. The capital earthquake.

All these incidents, one by one, show that the Ming Dynasty has suffered many disasters in the past year. Countless people have suffered heavy losses under the natural disasters, and their families have been destroyed.

But fortunately, due to the early anticipation of these natural disasters, Zhu Youjian ordered the court and the forces in his hands to make preparations before the disaster occurred, and did his best to carry out disaster relief and properly resettle the victims after the disaster occurred.

With Zhu Youjian putting the knives on the necks of the chief officials of each government to force all the officials to curb their greed, all the disasters were properly handled.

There may be some inappropriate things, but compared to the human tragedy in the original history where the government did not act and the people starved to death thousands of miles away, this is already excellent.

At the very least, the victims of the disaster have a way of life, no major disturbances have occurred, and the country has become more stable.

On the outside, since the navy landed in Nagasaki, it has continuously transported the already sharpened army from Tianjin, Quanzhou, and North Korea to the mainland of Japan, and drove straight in under the pressure of leading weapons. Now The converging army of the three routes is even approaching the capital of the Japanese country.

This made the ministers in the court very excited, because in their cognition, as long as the capital was captured and the Wa king of the Wa country was captured, the entire Wa country would be completely defeated by the court.

But Zhu Youjian knew that this could only be regarded as the beginning. Today's Wa country is not the emperor who is in power. Their so-called emperor is just a spiritual leader, also known as a puppet.

Today's Wa Kingdom is somewhat similar to the Wei Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period, where the emperor was used to order the princes, but the difference is that the shogunate forces of the Tokugawa family did not have the two enemies of Shu and Wu like the Wei Kingdom, but firmly controlled the entire Wa Kingdom Under the shogunate regime, one-third of the country's military castles and more than 200 daimyos are all loyal to the Tokugawa family's shogunate. The so-called emperor is just a joke.

Zhu Youjian did not tell these courtiers about this situation, because it was unnecessary, and he or the court really needed this procedure.

Maybe the current emperor is just a puppet for the Wa Kingdom, but for Daming, as long as the current Emperor Gomizuo is still the nominal king of the Wa Kingdom, if he is not taken down, it does not mean that the Ming Dynasty has completely conquered the Wa Kingdom. Justifiably so.

And as long as the puppet emperor is taken down, even if he cannot be used to capture the remaining Japanese forces, with him alone, Daming can use the name of helping the lord of the vassal state to regain the state power, and in the name of justice. Forces are labeled as evil elements.

And this is called being famous from the teacher.

Don't underestimate these four words, but these four words are indeed extremely important to the Ming Dynasty, a Han empire that has always been particular about this. They are so important that they can raise the morale of the army by at least three levels.

Another court meeting.

Reluctantly, he got up from the bed, held the hand warmer up, and looked at the courtiers who were trembling from the cold but still pretending to be calm, Zhu Youjian held the warmer in his hand even tighter in relief. some.

It's better to be the boss, you can do whatever you want, you don't have to take into account the image in front of the boss like these hard-working employees below.

Therefore, it is impossible to work part-time in this life, and it is still cool to be a boss.

Complacent, Zhu Youjian circulated the star power in his body to dispel the cold air in his body.After boosting his spirits, he sat upright and looked down at the ministers below, and began to discuss today's issues.

"Dear dears, not long ago, the battle report was sent back from the front. Our Ming army has pushed the battle line to the capital of the Japanese country for a hundred miles, and we will reach the capital of the Japanese country in a few days. What do you think about this?"

After Zhu Youjian opened his mouth to point out today's topic, the ministers immediately started discussing it. After a while, the Minister of Rites, Lai Zongdao, stood up and said, "Your Majesty! Now that our army has attacked the capital of the Wa Kingdom, we have to consider it now." One question is, when the army invades the capital of the Wa Kingdom, how to deal with the royal family of the Wa Kingdom, especially the current King of Wa, is a top priority!"

That's right, Lai Zongdao had no doubts at all whether Daming's army could invade the capital of the Wa Kingdom. In his opinion, the small capital of the Wa Kingdom was nothing more than 30 regular troops sent by Daming Guang to the mainland of the Wa Kingdom.

Not to mention the number of not less than [-] Japanese, Koreans, and Mongols who surrendered, as well as the subordinate army who were captured after the Nagasaki landing battle and entered the territorial waters of the Ming Dynasty in defiance of the imperial ban. .

From Lai Zongdao's point of view, it is nothing more than a Japanese country. It is not worth attacking by so many troops. I am afraid that only 50 troops will be enough to sweep the entire Japanese country. Isn't it easy for these [-] million troops to attack a small Japanese capital?
Hearing Lai Zongdao's words, Zhu Youjian nodded immediately and said: "What Lai Shangshu said is exactly what we need to consider now. What do you think about the disposal plan for the Wa King of the Wa Kingdom after the capital of the Wa Kingdom is conquered?" , might as well talk it out and discuss it.”

As soon as Zhu Youjian's voice fell, Huo Weihua, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said, "Your Majesty! I believe that the Japanese king should be spared and let the front-line soldiers use the Japanese king to make the remaining Japanese forces surrender, so as to reduce the loss of our Ming army. .”

Just as Zhu Youjian was about to nod after listening, someone spoke out immediately.

"I object to this!"

An old man stood up, it was Zuo Du Censor Fang Zhuangli.

The old man stood up tremblingly, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't lose the big by being small.

The King of Wa is the supreme leader in the name of the country of Wa, and keeping him will only cause trouble for me after Daming occupies the country of Wa.

Even if the country of Wa was completely captured by my Ming Dynasty, it would still be isolated overseas, far away from the mainland.

In the future, it is impossible for the imperial court's army to stay there forever, and they still have to return to the mainland. At that time, the imperial court's control over the Wa country will inevitably plummet.

If the King of Wa is still alive, whether he is kept in the territory of the Wa Kingdom or brought under house arrest in the Ming Dynasty, it will eventually bring a trace of unrealistic delusion to the remaining opposition forces of the Wa Kingdom. There will be riots again, this is an extremely dangerous behavior! "

"I object to Fang Shangshu's words!"

Lai Zongdao glared at Fang Zhuangli angrily, turned his head to look at Zhu Youjian who was sitting on the throne, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, I don't care what to do with the Wa King official afterwards, but at this moment, my Daming must capture him alive. As long as the Wa King is in my hands, my Da Ming's actions in the Wa Kingdom can help the vassal monarch to take back the fallen officials. No matter what the facts are, at least in name, people can't find fault.

As far as I know, today's Wa Kingdom is not governed by the Wa King as my colleagues think, but rather like the situation in the Three Kingdoms era of our country, where the Wei State coerced the emperor to order the princes. Famous excuse, Your Majesty, please think carefully, don't miss this opportunity, my Ming Dynasty has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, unjust wars should be fought less! "

Lai Zongdao didn't know where he learned the real situation of the Wa country, and he directly pointed it out in the court, causing a great commotion.

Many courtiers who only knew about it for the first time looked at Lai Zongdao with surprised expressions.

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(End of this chapter)