Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 725: The shogunate negotiates a peace with people’s hearts broken, and Xu Heng declines to add insult to injury
  Xu Hengyue spoke more and more enthusiastically: "Your Majesty chose to recover Annan first, which is really a masterstroke. He transported Annan's grain to Japan to sell, and then transported Japan's gold, silver, and copper back to the capital to mint coins.

Now that food is available, silver and copper are available, and the national power of the Ming Dynasty is really rising by leaps and bounds.

To say that the Holy One was truly destined, when he attacked Annan, there were constant droughts, floods, and locust plagues in the two years before Annan; this time he attacked Japan, and Japan encountered a severe drought.

This is deeply favored by God. "

Jin Xing nodded in agreement: "Everything has been going well these past few years. It would be even better if the orthodoxy battle is completely over."

Xu Heng and Jin Xing were drinking tea while thinking about the boundless wealth. When they were happy, soldiers came in to report, and the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates simultaneously sent envoys to see them.

Xu Heng told the soldiers: "Are you here to buy food again? If you reply to them, just say that we have an army of [-] and consume huge amounts of food every day. We don't have enough food to eat, and we have no surplus food to sell to them."

The soldier shook his head: "No, they all said they were here to make peace."

"Make peace?"

Xu Heng immediately refused: "It won't work to make peace. After that, how can I sell food and destroy the Buddha?

Just reply to them and say that I don't have the power to negotiate peace. I want to make peace and ask them to send a special envoy to Beijing to negotiate. "

The soldiers took orders and left.

Xu Heng smiled at Jin Xing and said: "Look, unless they surrender. If we just talk about peace, we will ignore them.

The food in Kyoto is almost running out, and the people are about to rebel. Let's kill him while he's sick.

When I came here, the Holy Spirit gave me a special message: It is better to chase the poor bandits with bravery, and not to pretend to be an academic overlord.

Only by completely conquering Japan can we completely control Eastern trade.

After becoming famous through Eastern trade, we can then engage in Western trade.

Once both Eastern and Western trade are established, the court will no longer have to worry about money. "

The special envoys of the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates were rejected and went home in despair.

On the sixth day of May, after Ashikaga Yoshimasa was rejected by Xu Heng, he left the Flower Palace early in the morning to personally inspect the defense of Kyoto.

Unfortunately, the more I watched, the more frightened I became. The morale of the defenders was low, and the civilians looked hungry.

At the beginning of the war, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was very ambitious and wanted to repeat the feat of the Emperor of Tomorrow in the defense of the capital.

But now, Ashikaga Yoshimasa himself feels cold.

I thought that the [-] Ming army would not be able to bear the consumption of food and grass. Unexpectedly, the Ming Navy's transportation capabilities were so strong that they managed to survive and even had the energy to sell food and make money.

In the end, it was the shogunate who was the first to be unable to hold on.

Kyoto was built in imitation of Luoyang City and Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty. In the middle of the northern end was the inner lining of the imperial city, and to the south was the Suzaku Avenue that ran through the center of the capital.

The east side of Zhuque Avenue is called Zuojing Luoyang, and the west side is called Ukyo Chang'an.

It doesn't matter whether it is modeled after Luoyang or Chang'an. The problem is that due to lack of financial resources, Kyoto has not built a city wall.

Since there is no city wall, even if the Ming Dynasty does not come to interfere, Kyoto is often in turmoil. Whether it is a daimyo or a man, he can rush into Kyoto at any time.

By now Ashikaga Yoshimasa had clearly seen that the Ming army deliberately did not want to attack in order to reduce casualties.

If no matter the cost, Kyoto would have been captured long ago.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa felt even more helpless when he looked at his confidant Arima Chichi and Karasuma Shiren who had escaped from Hakata Port.

Even these two closest confidants refused to suggest abandoning Kyoto and escaping. If you don’t run, you are waiting to die. Running away will immediately lead to a loss of people’s hearts and a complete collapse.

In the end, Ashikaga Yoshimasa chose to force Karasuma Shiren to serve as a special envoy to go to Beijing to negotiate with the Ming court.

……

The seventh day of May.

Zhu Qiyu got up early to eat, and the coffee table was full.

In this day and age, I can reach out my hands for clothes and open my mouth for food. Since Zhu Qiyu has made many new contributions to the court recently, his concubines have served him even more attentively.

Lin Xiangyu and Ningxiang sat next to Zhu Qiyu. Ningxiang first raised a bowl of fresh milk and handed it over: "Husband, first drink the fresh milk your little concubine just squeezed, and eat two pieces of beef and two pickled eggs." .

Then eat vegetables and fruits.

Rest for a while to digest, then eat clam soup and pickles.

If you're still not full after eating, eat a few more snacks. "

"Enough, enough, enough. This is a big bowl full of clam soup. You are really willing to give it to me. Strictly speaking, this can't be called a bowl. This is called a big basin of clam soup."

Ningxiang replied coquettishly: "That's natural. My husband is the backbone of the family. If the pimple soup is not enough, our family will still have donkey meat to burn."

Zhu Qiyu took the fresh milk and said: "The biggest thing in the world is to dress and eat. There are tens of millions of mansions in the vast building, which can shelter all the poor people in the world with joy. It is as safe as a mountain without being affected by wind or rain."

When will my people be able to live in spacious and bright houses, wake up peacefully every day, and drink fresh milk and eat pimple soup as soon as they open their eyes? "

Lin Xiangyu replied: "It's easier to live in a mansion with tens of millions of dollars. If you want to be able to drink fresh milk as soon as you open your eyes, everyone must be able to find a wife."

"Then beg for it. I'll collect less taxes and produce more food, so they can have more children."

Lin Xiangyu replied: "It's a bit difficult to change customs. Many baby girls are drowned at birth, and even if they are not drowned, many are sold.

Although my husband has tried his best to reduce taxes, at least in the short term, the burden on the people is still very heavy. "

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I have tried my best to find a way out for the people. If they are squeezed in their hometown and can't survive, they can choose to take their families and go out to open up wasteland.

Annan, Myanmar, Japan, and Liaodong all have a lot of land waiting to be reclaimed. If they move to another place, the gentry will be less powerful and the oppression they will receive will be much less.

In addition, I also found another way for them: to become craftsmen. In the future, there will no longer be excessive restrictions on household registration changes. If people can't make ends meet, they can choose to work for businessmen.

After the full opening of Eastern and Western trade, the handicraft industry will usher in great development, and the common people will have plenty of work to do. "

Lin Xiangyu nodded and praised: "It's true that from the perspective of ordinary people, life is much better than before. At least if you dare to fight, you can find a way out."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "We didn't gain anything from these two battles. Most of the profits were taken by the court, and the rest was given to the people.

Our sons still have not earned their future family fortune. "

Ningxiang asked: "Then why don't we just stop giving birth?"

"That won't work. We have to have at least eight more sons to finish it off. We can't just grant the newly conquered territory a prince. We can't imitate that fool like Qin Shihuang.

The good world was finally conquered, but the prince was not sent to guard it.

At a critical moment, he relied on the minister's conscience, but ended up cheating his descendants to death. Qin Shihuang knew it, wouldn't his conscience hurt? "

(End of this chapter)