At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 198 Your home is gone
In Tianjin Port, a fast ship suddenly appeared on the sea level.

The waterway inspection immediately issued a warning, and dispatched sandboats to leave the port urgently.

Soon, the sand ship approached the opposite ship, forcing it to stop, and then shot out with a huge crossbow bolt tied with a cable to fix its side. When the two ships were in sync, they set up the sampan and prepared to board the ship.

The leader was a hundred households, who glanced at the other party's sails and saw that it was a Japanese boat, and immediately became nervous.

Coincidentally, this person's name is Deng Kang, who originally belonged to the Three Thousand Battalion. Some time ago, he fought against the Japanese pirates. Because he rushed too fast, he was accidentally hit by a stray bullet from his teammates and injured his thigh. He had no choice but to retreat from the Three Thousand Battalion. Come down and come to Tianjin Waterway to inspect Renbai households.

Of course, this place is no match for the [-] battalion. It's just a matter of going around the port twice a day. It's really boring.

Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected situation today, and Deng Kang suddenly became excited.

Subconsciously, he touched the rifle on his body, only then realized that he was no longer in the Three Thousand Battalion.

Weapons like rifles are only equipped with the most advanced troops, so a mere waterway inspection is naturally not qualified.

So, Deng Kang pressed the handle of the knife and boarded the opponent's ship first.

Any ship arriving at the Daming Port requires relevant defense documents. Under normal circumstances, it is the tribute fleets of various countries that are allowed to enter the port.

But now, it was obviously not the time for the Japanese to pay tribute, and the recent battle between Da Ming and the Japanese pirates made Deng Kang extremely vigilant.

"Is there anyone in charge, come out!"

A Japanese came out of the cabin quickly, and shouted in broken Chinese: "Hayi, Hayi, I am the shogunate general Ashikaga..."

Deng Kang saw that he didn't look like a good man, and before he finished speaking, he said impatiently: "Isn't it a tribute envoy, could it be a Japanese pirate? Come, take him down!"

The officers and soldiers behind them rushed forward without the slightest hesitation.

The Japanese hurriedly yelled: "I am not a Japanese pirate. I want to see the ambassador of our country, His Excellency Dong Changyuan. I have a letter from General Ashikaga. I want to..."

Deng Kang had never had a good impression of the Japanese, so he kicked his knee directly. The Japanese staggered and knelt down on the ground with a plop.

Immediately, officers and soldiers began to search, and apart from a few ingots of gold and silver, a letter was indeed found on this person.

Deng Kang took the letter to read, um... I don't understand it.

He glanced around, but saw a Japanese sword tied around the man's waist, and ordered: "Drop his sword!"

Immediately afterwards, someone took the knife off his body, Deng Kang took it over, and played with it in his hand, already thinking about it.

The Japanese are good at knives, and the more prominent the family is, the more expensive the knives are.

This knife is extraordinary at first glance, not because of its decoration, but because this knife is obviously forged from [-]-year-old steel, and the word "Fushan" is engraved on it, so it should not be Japanese pirates.

Deng Kang gave this person a cold look, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Your Majesty Toyama Yu, a retainer of the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshimasa, was ordered to come to see our country's ambassador, His Excellency Dong Changyuan. There is an important matter, and the ambassador needs to speak to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Because the matter is urgent and involves confidentiality, we need it." Immediately meet the ambassador, and please let me go!"

Deng Kang did not doubt the purpose of this person, because it was a lone ship, and there were letters and seals. Moreover, after searching the ship, it was true that he was not carrying any weapons except for the knife.

However, it doesn't seem appropriate to just let him go.

After hesitating for a moment, Deng Kang made up his mind.

"Come on, take him ashore first, and I will report to the commander. You prepare the prison van and are ready to send him to Beijing at any time."

Yu Toyama is indeed a retainer of the Ashikaga family. Since the establishment of the Muromachi Shogunate, the Ashikaga family has emptied the Japanese emperor. As the Japanese emperor's control gradually weakened, the Ashikaga family became stronger and stronger, and almost unified the four islands of the Japanese kingdom.Toyama Hiroshi's ancestor, Toyama Heisaburo, was a retainer of the Ashikaga family and made great contributions to the Ashikaga family.

This time he came from a long distance, because he was in a hurry, but when he heard about the prison car...

"My lord, I am an envoy, how can I take the prison car?"

Deng Kang looked at him dissatisfied, and said: "Your identity is unknown, so naturally you have to use a prison car, and you don't have to sit in it if you don't want to. Where did you come from, and where do you go back!"

Xiong Toyama was so anxious at this time that he had to agree.

But as far as he is concerned, as long as he can see Dong Changyuan now, the prison car is the prison car.

So, he didn't struggle and let the officers and soldiers tie him up.

Deng Kang snorted lightly, as if he felt puzzled, then handed over the boat and went ashore.

…………

In the capital, Gao Zhu's corruption case is still fermenting.

Zhu Ji took Jin Yiwei to arrest people everywhere, including Chen Ruyan, the left servant of the Ministry of War.

The money seized from his house was not as shocking as Gao Zhu's house, but it was as much as 60 taels.

Ever since Chen Ruyan was "invited" to Zhao Prison, he has been extremely cooperative, saying what he asks, and even taking the initiative to explain what he doesn't ask.

After Zhu Qiyu got the confession, he couldn't help frowning.

"There are Japanese people giving him money? This Dongchangyuan...why does it sound familiar?"

Zhu Ji replied: "Your Highness, Dong Changyuan is an envoy of the Japanese Kingdom and is permanently stationed in the capital."

"The Japanese envoy, what do you intend to do by sending money to the left servant of the Ministry of War?"

"According to Chen Ruyan's confession, Dong Changyuan heard that the imperial court wanted to issue an order to punish the Japanese country because of the Japanese pirates, so he went up and down to prevent the Japanese country from being implicated."

"Humph!"

Zhu Qiyu sneered and said, "The lives of the people along the coast of my Ming Dynasty are worth these boxes of gold and silver? Did Chen Ruyan find any other issues?"

"The main thing is corruption, bribery, nothing too outrageous, and no homicide."

"That's not enough, 60 taels, according to the ancestral system, killing him [-] times is enough, put this person on the death row list, and immediately present it to the emperor!"

"Your Highness, what should I do with that Japanese envoy Dong Chang Yuan?"

"Bring him back to Zhao Prison, and have a careful interrogation to see if there are any problems, and let him have a longer memory!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Ji suddenly discovered that His Royal Highness King Tan seemed to have changed a lot during this period of time.

The former King Yi treated civil servants with great respect.

As long as he is a scholar, even if he makes a mistake, he will try his best to intercede to reduce his guilt.

Therefore, King Yi has a very good reputation among civil servants, and was even called a virtuous king for a while, and the meaning behind it is self-evident.

In Zhu Ji's opinion, the reason why King Yi was praised by civil officials was mainly because of his relatively...weak character.

This kind of weakness does not mean that he is timid, but that he is easy to compromise.

Compared with the emperor's rebellious character, the civil servants of course prefer King Tan.

Think about it, if the king of a country can easily compromise, wouldn't being a courtier be able to win more power?
Even when the emperor led troops to raid Mobei, when there was no news, some people were ready to move and secretly supported King Tan.

However, everything seemed to have changed as the emperor put King Yi on the seat of Jian Guo.

King Yi has been subtly influenced by the emperor, and his style of acting has become more and more tough.

He no longer blindly protects civil servants, and when it is time to deal with them, he is merciless.

For some reason, the two brothers became more and more alike, and even the tone of their speech was exactly the same.

Zhu Ji felt that the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

On weekdays, the emperor didn't want to go to court, and would run away without a trace, and when there was a war, he even took the lead and rushed up.

In this way, the family supervisor must be strong enough.

When you encounter something, you must act decisively without hesitation.

Even if you do something wrong, the emperor will give you the bottom line, but if you don't dare to do it, it's another matter.

However, this also has hidden dangers.

If this prison country is too tough, and when its wings are full, it wants to kick the emperor away and do it alone...

Zhu Ji didn't dare to think that this kind of thing should not be considered at his level.

He believed that the emperor must have seriously considered it, so he should not worry about it.

…………

Honglu Temple, a strange person was brought over.

The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple who was in charge of receiving the foreign envoy personally verified his identity. After confirming that the other party was a retainer of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the shogunate of the Japanese government, he was not in any trouble and arranged for this person to meet Dong Changyuan.

At this time, Dong Changyuan had just been released from Zhao Prison.

Although he was not convicted of any major crime of treason, the charge of bribing officials must have gone away.

Zhu Ji still had a lot of cases in his hands, so he didn't have time to waste time on him, so he gave him a slap, gave him a warning, and then let him go.

Dong Changyuan's buttocks were opened, and he was recuperating on his stomach at home, but when he heard that there were guests, he raised his head with difficulty...

"You...why are you here?"

I saw that Toyama Xiong looked anxious, and when he saw Dong Changyuan, tears filled his eyes.

"Your Excellency Dongchang!"

Dong Changyuan struggled to get up. Although it was a great pleasure to meet an old friend in a foreign land, he immediately noticed something unusual.

Fu Shanxiong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Dongchang, I have been ordered by the supervisor to come here to report an urgent matter... Sit down, why are you lying on your stomach?"

Dong Changyuan waved his hand and said, "Leave me alone, just keep talking, what's the matter?"

"The country of Wa... was attacked!"

"what?"

Dong Changyuan was stunned, and then asked: "Who is the enemy?"

"Yes……"

Xiong Toyama looked around cautiously, and said in a low voice, "Ming Army!"

Dong Changyuan's eyes were changing, he couldn't believe it at all, there was no news from Daming that there was a Ming army going out to sea to attack the Wa Kingdom.

He shook his head and said, "No, maybe some thieves, or Japanese pirates."

Since the main force of the Japanese pirates was defeated by the Ming army, the remaining forces did not dare to harass Daming. It is entirely possible to invade and occupy the coast of the Japanese country for their livelihood.

"No, it's not a thief!"

Yuu Toyama was so anxious that he cried loudly: "They attacked more than a dozen ports, and they also attacked Hirado Town!"

"what?"

Dong Changyuan suddenly turned pale with shock, and hurriedly asked: "How is Hirado now?"

Hirado-cho was built by the sea, across the sea from North Korea, and it was an important town for Japan's foreign trade. The Ashikaga family started from Hirado and became the shogun in one fell swoop.

There, countless merchant ships from North Korea and Japan came and went, as well as smuggling ships from Ming Dynasty, appearing here and there.

What's more, Dong Changyuan's home is in Hirado-cho!

Fu Shanxiong said truthfully: "Wherever the Ming army passed by, they burned, killed and looted. set fire to everything, boarded the ship, and was never seen again. Our fleet encountered them, but their ships had guns, and our fleet was completely destroyed! Hirado Town has been looted, and There are you...your wife and children...they are unfortunately...unfortunately killed!"

Dong Changyuan's face was pale, and he howled, "Who are they, who are they..."

"They are by no means ordinary bandits. They are undoubtedly the Ming army. Now the whole country is in panic. The gold and silver they have looted are countless, and the people who were killed because of this are even more countless. They are extremely ferocious. Even at one point, they attacked near the capital. The terrible thing is that their fighting power is astonishing. Now Hirado has been burned. General Ashikaga wants to gather troops to find these bandits for a decisive battle, but he can only sigh, especially Hirado, where...there... ..."

Speaking of this, Toyama Yuki choked up, tears wet his clothes.

It is the window of the entire Japanese sea trade there. Countless wealthy businessmen have bought properties there, hiding an unknown amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and Ashikaga's wealth, which was also looted. What's more frightening is that these bastards, they robbed Just grab it, and like to set fire after it's over.

Dong Changyuan only felt that his mind was blank, his hometown was gone, the Ashikaga family was severely injured, and all his wealth was gone.

My wife and children... my wife and children...

He couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood: "Bastard, shameless, badass!"

After crying, Toyama Yuki continued: "General Ashikaga hopes that you, as a national envoy, will immediately negotiate with the court of Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty and our country have always been in harmony. Why are swords suddenly drawn and swords drawn at each other? What is your intention?"

Dong Changyuan looked angry and asked, "Where are these fleets now?"

"do not know!"

Shaking his head, Toyama Yuki said with a wry smile: "No one knows where they are, nor where their next target is. Nowadays, any place may be their target."

Dong Changyuan's face was pale, and he fell to the ground. Then, with a groan, he jumped up like a spring.

He didn't care about the severe pain in his butt now, and the expression on his face was both frightened and angry.

According to Fu Shanxiong's description, the speed of Ming army ships is extremely fast. They can carry people, food and weapons. Within a few days, they can appear in any place, thousands of miles of coastline, even if all the Japanese are recruited. Get up and defend, but you can't defend!
"I...I'm going to file a complaint now, and I must negotiate solemnly!"

Dong Changyuan endured the wound on his buttocks, ordered someone to hire a sedan chair, lay down in the sedan chair, and went straight to the palace.

He was almost insane, and when he thought of his wife and children, a painful expression appeared on his face.

However, he still forcibly suppressed this emotion.

State affairs are the most important thing, and we must have an explanation today!
(End of this chapter)