Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 696: Five thousand Japanese pirates are dead, and a net is laid on all sides in Sakai Port to surround Kyoto
Because of the traitor's response, Chen Mingde followed the Japanese defense map, commanded hundreds of warships to line up, and bombarded Sakai Port for two hours.

The main force of the Japanese Navy was holed up in Hakata Port, while Sakai Port had only a few warships and [-] Japanese pirates who had returned from Nanjing to celebrate the New Year.

These five thousand Japanese pirates have made great achievements, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa has promised to formally integrate them.

It's a pity that this group of Japanese pirates still couldn't see the sun in Jingtai for eight years.

Taking advantage of the darkness, ten main ships carrying two thousand Ming troops docked at the port.The vanguard succeeded, and the Ming army continued to kill them.

Fifty thousand Ming troops landed at Sakai Port, and more than a thousand warships raided the merchant ships in the port.

The Japanese pirates had just robbed Shandong, and the Ming army came to rob Sakai Port, and once again retaliated with the same tactics.

Although the Ming Dynasty had already cut off Japanese trade, Japanese merchants could still transit through Ryukyu and trade with the Ming Dynasty's smuggling merchant ships.

The inflow of goods has not been completely cut off, but trade costs have definitely increased significantly.

……

The eighth year of Jingtai, the first day of the first lunar month.

Zhu Qiyu got up early and took his beloved concubines to kowtow to Empress Dowager Wu.

This year, two princesses and two princes are celebrating the New Year in Dengzhou, so there is a queen mother, an emperor, [-] princesses, [-] princes, a princess, and eight princesses gathered in the palace of Empress Dowager Wu. .

Empress Dowager Wu counted the numbers herself, and then exclaimed: "There are 38 people in this big family in this house. Adding in the four people who stayed in Shandong, our family has 42 people.

When Qi Yu first came to the throne, our family was still very depressed. In the past eight years, it has developed into a big family. "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "That's right, I never dreamed at that time that I would actually have given birth to sixteen sons and eight daughters.

You can imagine how difficult these years have been for me. "

Empress Dowager Wu replied: "The most difficult thing is for me, the daughter-in-law, to take care of the housework and have children. Only in this way can we develop a prosperous, united and harmonious family in just eight years.

According to me, Qi Yu, you have to kowtow to your daughters-in-law. "

It was rare for Empress Dowager Wu to make a joke, and Zhu Qiyu also agreed: "What the Empress Mother said is, ladies, please sit down and receive the ceremony, and I will kowtow to you one by one."

Hearing this, Ningxiang immediately stood up and stood in front of Zhu Qiyu: "There is no need to sit still. I can just stand and receive the ceremony. But my husband, one kowtow is not enough. If you want to kowtow, be more pious, kneel down three times and kowtow nine times."

Zhu Qiyu leaned into Ningxiang's ear and whispered intimidation: "You just have to be rude, you girl. Go home and see how I beat you."

Empress Dowager Wu asked: "Qi Yu, what are you muttering about? If you want to kowtow, kowtow quickly. Kneel down three times and kowtow nine times. Kneel down three times and kowtow nine times. After kowtowing quickly, let's eat dumplings."

Zhu Qiyu was a little doubtful whether this was his biological mother, but he replied: "I told Ningxiang to let her stand firm, and I will kowtow immediately."

After saying that, Zhu Qiyu really knelt down.

Ningxiang quickly supported her with a smile: "Okay, okay, my husband has broken the slave's family. If you really kneel down, before the sun comes up tomorrow, the queen mother will have to send someone to send the slave to the Jiaofang Division."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Then let Brother Fang do the kowtow for me, so that I can express my gratitude to you sisters."

After saying that, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand.

Zhu Wenfang glanced at Xu Qing and said with her eyes: Look, this kind of cheating father is not my biological child at first glance.

Xu Qing took Zhu Wenfang's hand and said with a smile: "Let's kowtow together, I'll accompany you."

Zhu Wenfang and Xu Qing kowtowed to the thirteen imperial concubines one by one.

Zhu Qiyu asked his second-in-command Zhu Wenjing, "Xiaojing, can I trouble you with something?"

Zhu Wenjing asked curiously: "What can my son do for his father?" Zhu Qiyu replied: "You also know that your uncle rebelled and was deposed as the county king. Your cousin resigned from the position of crown prince. .

It is definitely inappropriate to go to the imperial mausoleum to burn incense sticks for the ancestors in conjunction with the Chinese New Year.

But I really don’t want to move. I still have to accompany you and your ladies to read and write at home. Why don’t you go there for me? "

Zhu Wenjing teased: "Dad, tell me again, are you accompanying my mother to read and write? You lied in front of your grandmother and asked her to hang you up and hit the board.

Dad, tell the truth and I will go for you. "

Miao Yue helped: "Your Majesty, you must have seen it. Even your sons know that you have stopped doing business all day long."

Zhu Qiyu replied helplessly: "I want to stay at home, be close to my mother, and give you some more brothers and sisters. This is the truth. This is okay."

Zhu Wenjing nodded with satisfaction: "Dad, please rest assured at home, I will just go for you."

Zhu Qiyu covered his head and sighed: These children are really as big as little people.He is obviously not dignified enough as a father and does not look like a feudal patriarch at all.When other people's sons see their father, they remain silent, and all of my sons dare to make fun of me.

But it was said that the ministers in Beijing went to the Yamen in the morning to congratulate each other, and then went home, starting a half-month vacation.

Zhu Qiyu also took a rest completely. Apart from letting Zhu Wenjing pay homage to several former emperors, he did nothing else.

Zhu Wenjing, the young king of Han Dynasty, was also very knowledgeable. He paid homage to his aunt, the Holy Queen, in Jingling, and then talked about the memorial tablet in Xuan Temple for most of an hour, vividly explaining to Xuan Temple how to abolish the emperor and abolish the prince. In the process, he also fiercely criticized his father's various unfilial behaviors of fighting in the south and the north, and expanding the territory.

If Xuan Miao Quanxia had known about it, he would have been so angry that he couldn't survive this year.

……

Nothing major happened in the first month.

In a blink of an eye, it’s the second day of February.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu woke up that day, the frontline military report came over.

Zhu Qi Yuzai read it carefully and then sighed: "The war against Japan has finally ended. Northeast of Kyoto, Kaga and Echizen were occupied by our army.

Southwest of Kyoto, the navy transported [-] elite Ming troops to successfully land at Sakai Port and established a solid defense line.

Southeast of Kyoto, another navy also successfully landed and began to attack Owari and Ise.

Southwest of Kyoto, the Akamatsu clan once again launched an army to recapture the old fiefdom of Harima Kingdom near Sakai Port.

My strategy towards Japan finally became clear. Kyoto, Japan, was surrounded by enemies on all sides and was in danger.

But I surrounded them without attacking, and turned around to attack Hakata Port.

If it doesn't work, we don't even need to fight. Masahiro Ouchi just invests, and I can send craftsmen to dig up Japan's gold and silver mines. "

Lin Xiangyu handed over a jade cup: "Your Majesty is wise and mighty, and I appreciate it. Please drink a cup of fresh milk first, and we will have breakfast after a while."

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Where does the fresh milk come from? Milk?"

Lin Xiangyu shook her head.

"Goat's milk?"

Lin Xiangyu shook her head again.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Lin Xiangyu's graceful figure and asked curiously: "It's been seven years since you gave birth, right?"

(End of this chapter)