Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 119 Occupying Iwami Mountain!
Looking at Zhang Zicheng's body on the ground, Zhu Di nodded silently.

This man luckily escaped from his father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was fine for him to live peacefully in the Japanese country. However, he instigated others overseas to invade the Ming Dynasty and plunder the people of the Ming Dynasty.

The Japanese pirates invaded the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years, and countless people of the Ming Dynasty died tragically at the hands of the Japanese pirates. Zhang Zicheng can be said to have committed a serious crime and deserved to die ten thousand times!

Zhu Di even felt that killing Zhang Zicheng with one knife would be too advantageous for him.

After Zhang Zicheng died, it was time to carry out the plan to occupy Ishimiyama in Japan.

Cao Wei threw the short knife in his hand to the guard, turned around and looked at Xianggui Mountain.

Until now, the Japanese emperor still lowered his head, fearing that Cao Wei and the others would take the opportunity to cause trouble.

"Okay, let's get up and talk," Cao Wei waved his hand.

Hou Guishan responded, straightened up with difficulty, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He felt that his waist was about to break.

In the past, it was his ministers who saluted him. When had he ever groveled like this?

However, due to the situation at this time, Hou Guishan knew that he must not offend Ming Dynasty and must assume a submissive posture.

Cao Wei stared at Hou Guishan and suddenly grinned, which made Hou Guishan feel chills down his spine and his hair stood on end.

"The Lord of Houguishan really knows right from wrong. Since you dealt with Zhang Zi so happily, we won't make it too difficult for you."

"In the past 20 years, the Japanese pirates you sent have repeatedly plundered the coast of the Ming Dynasty. The goods and money they robbed, not to mention one to two million taels of silver, must be there. As long as you can make up for the losses of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will I will show the magnanimity of my sovereign state and will not pursue this matter with you again."

Cao Wei's words were splashing with saliva, but Emperor Gogeyama's heart went cold when he heard it!

One to two million taels of silver...

Where can he get such a large sum of money?
In war, no matter when it is fought, all that is fought is money, money in vain.

Since the Japanese government was divided into North and South Korea, friction and war between the two sides have never stopped.

Since Kameyama succeeded as the ruler of the Southern Dynasties, he has also been fighting against the shogunate group of the Northern Dynasties all the time.

The Japanese pirates he sent had indeed robbed a lot of goods from the Ming Dynasty in more than 20 years, but they had already been completely consumed in the daily non-stop fighting.

Speaking of which, at this time, the strength of Japan's Northern Dynasties was steadily stronger than that of the Southern Dynasties, and the reasons can be easily traced back.

The founder of the famous "Kamakura Shogunate" in Japanese history was named Minamoto Yoritomo, but the Minamoto family actually only passed down three generations before becoming extinct. The actual person in power of the Kamakura Shogunate was the Hojo family.

However, in the late Kamakura shogunate, the shogunate became chaotic and corrupt, and the Japanese emperor, who had been weak for a long time, decided to take advantage of the opportunity to regain power. The only power the emperor could rely on was the Ashikaga family, which Genji was related to.

Emperor Go-Daigo saw that the Kamakura shogunate controlled by the Hojo clan was in decay, so he relied on Ashikaga Takauji to eradicate the Kamakura shogunate and implement the "Kenbu New Deal."

But not long after, Emperor Go-Daigo and Ashikaga Takauji parted ways due to different political views and conflicts of interest.

In 1336 AD, which was the second year of the Zhiyuan period in the Central Plains, the Japanese general Ashikaga Takauji used the power of the samurai group to depose Emperor Go-Daigo and establish a new "Emperor Komei". He became the shogun himself and controlled everything.

After Emperor Go-Daigo was deposed, he was naturally unwilling to be deprived of his power, so he escaped from Kyoto and opened a new court in Yoshino County, Nara Prefecture, southern Japan, and claimed that he was the most orthodox political power. It became the Southern Dynasty, and the shogunate group controlled by Ashikaga Takauji became the Northern Dynasty.

As a result, the north and south of Japan each had an emperor at the same time, entering the current period of confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The reason for the confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan is nothing more than the power and interest struggle between the royal family and the samurai group.

It's just that the royal family escaped after being deposed, so their strength was naturally not as strong as the Adachi shogunate group with strong soldiers and horses.

If the current situation continues to develop, the Southern Dynasty will one day be defeated by the Northern Dynasty.

In history, it was Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who was in the north of Japan at this time and ended the Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan.

It can be said that Hou Guishan led his team, and now he is just struggling to support it. He will soon be unable to cope with the Northern Dynasty offensive, so he became crazy some time ago and once again sent a large number of Japanese pirates to plunder the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Houguishan is clanging, if the war continues, they will have to sell all their underwear. Where will there be 200 million taels of silver compensation to Ming Dynasty?
Hou Guishan's face was full of bitterness, and he begged with a mournful face:

"Your Majesty, I forgive you. It's not that I don't want to apologize to the Ming Dynasty, but now our Southern Dynasty has been suppressed by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's Northern Dynasty, and we have already been unable to make ends meet. I... I am really powerless! Please be magnanimous, my Majesty. "

When Cao Wei heard this, his face turned cold.

"How magnanimous? Then my Ming Dynasty will suffer the loss of being dumb in vain? Will the people of my Ming Dynasty die in vain?"

Seeing Cao Wei's face change, Hou Guishan was frightened and his face turned pale. He waved his hands quickly, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I also want to make up for the losses of the Ming Dynasty, but now the treasury is empty and it is really impossible to do it. Can the Majesty be replaced?" A request?”

"Or..." Hou Guishan tentatively said,

"If the superior envoy can help my subordinates defeat Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and unify the country, within a few years, I will be able to collect the compensation required by the superior envoy."

"No! I can also pay more compensation to the Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing this, Cao Wei sneered disdainfully and helped him unify the Japanese country?How can this be!

I am afraid that as soon as Japan is unified, its attitude towards the Ming Dynasty will immediately change!

The shamelessness and evil nature of the Japanese people are engraved in their bones. Cao Wei knows this better than anyone else!

Only a divided Japanese country is what he is happy to see, and a Japanese country that is completely wiped out is a good Japanese country.

Cao Wei pretended to frown, glanced at Hou Guishan, and then walked to Zhu Di and Dao Yan. The three of them gathered around and muttered for a while.

Houguishan stretched his neck, waiting for the final result.

a long time,

Cao Wei and the other three stopped talking. Cao Wei coughed lightly, took two steps forward, came to Houguishan, and looked at him condescendingly.

"It's not impossible for us to change our request. Recently, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty fell in love with alchemy. We and other ministers searched for spiritual mountains in various places for his majesty, built spiritual platforms to refine elixirs, and also for his majesty and for Pray for the Ming Dynasty.”

"I once heard that your Japanese country has Mount Ishimi, which offers breathtaking scenery all year round. Is this true or false?"

When Hou Guishan heard this, he understood what Cao Wei meant.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to occupy Shijian Mountain and make elixirs for their emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Suddenly, Hou Guishan couldn't help but sneer at Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.As far as he knew, most of the emperors of the Central Plains began to make alchemy crazily in pursuit of immortality when they were old. However, as soon as every emperor of the Central Plains started to embark on this path, he was not far from becoming comatose or dying!
During the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor, who once conquered the world and unified the world, began to seek immortality when he was old. He kept looking for alchemists to make elixirs, and even sent envoys out to sea to find fairy mountains and immortals in an attempt to live forever.

The envoy sent by the First Emperor was named Xu Fu. Although Houguishan didn't want to admit it, Xu Fu was probably the founder of Japan. After all, Xu Fu did exist in the history of Japan, and he was very old, and his status was extremely noble.

There is also Tang Taizong Li Shimin who created the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty. He was wise all his life, but when he got old, he also began to pursue the path to immortality, and he was no longer as wise as before.

But as time goes by, more and more people know that alchemy is harmful to the body. Even Houguishan knows that he has eaten elixirs containing harmful substances such as lead, mercury, saltpeter, alum, and cinnabar. , which will shorten one's life.

But I didn’t expect that the emperor of Ming Dynasty would also embark on this road of no return!
Hou Guishan secretly cheered with his hands in his heart.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he is old, and he has started to make elixirs, so his position as emperor will soon be over...

However, Hou Guishan did not express what he was thinking. He nodded in fear and answered Cao Wei.

"What the envoy said is true. Iwami Mountain in Japan is close to the sea on the west side. The climate changes significantly. The scenery is pleasant and has its own style. You can enjoy cherry blossoms in spring, fresh greenery in summer, red leaves in autumn, and auspicious snow in winter. It is true. It is indeed a blessed place, just suitable for His Majesty the Ming Dynasty to build a spiritual platform and refine elixirs."

Cao Wei pretended to look back at Zhu Di,
"Your Highness?"

The latter nodded to him.

All of this is a drama that Cao Wei and the others have already discussed, and they are just acting step by step at this time.

Hou Guishan thought he had seen through everything, but he didn't know that he had been kept in the dark from the beginning.

Cao Wei then seemed to have received permission and said: "In this case, we will not embarrass you unduly and obediently step aside, so that we can build a spiritual platform for His Majesty, refine elixirs and pray for blessings. As for the compensation, we can go to Put it away later.”

When Hou Guishan heard this, he was immediately overjoyed!
"I dare not disobey the envoy's words. When will the envoy's preparations begin? I will arrange for someone to take the envoy to Shi Jianshan."

Cao Wei looked at Hou Guishan's ecstatic expression, with a smile on his lips.

Hooked.

"This matter concerns me, His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Naturally, the sooner the better."

Hou Guishan nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice, "It's already getting late today, so the envoy might as well leave tomorrow. I'll ask my subordinates to do my duty as a landlord and entertain the three envoys tonight."

Cao Wei waved his hand, "I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you anxious?"

"Although the compensation issue can be temporarily slowed down, you will also have to contribute some efforts to build the spiritual platform this time. All the materials for building the spiritual platform will be provided by you."

Hou Guishan's face was stunned, but after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and agreed.

As long as Daming doesn’t ask for compensation now!
Cao Wei, Zhu Di, and Dao Yan all had smiles on their faces. The atmosphere in the entire hall relaxed and all the officials were enjoying themselves.

at night,

Hou Guishan ordered people to prepare a banquet for Cao Wei and the others, but after entering the room, Cao Wei and the others frowned.

Compared with the banquets of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese banquets are really shabby.

Looking around, the banquet is full of fish.

Octopus, grilled sea bream, sea bream and vegetables in vinegar, cooked crucian carp sushi, vegetable soup, pickles and rice balls.

When Hou Guishan saw that the three people looked bad, he quickly lowered his status and said:
"This small and crude country is not as good as the great Ming Dynasty. Please don't blame me for asking three envoys for the improper banquet. This is the original meal. There are still meals being prepared later, and they will be served in a few moments."

Cao Wei and the others took their seats with long faces. However, they didn't take two bites of the dish. When the next dish was served, Cao Wei and the others were shocked again.

The first is the two meals, which are Runxiang (salted catfish offal and eggs), sea cucumber and Japanese yam stew (stew), abalone soup, and cold sea squirt soup.

Among the three meals, there is only one grilled chicken dish, and the rest are still seafood, including boiled red snails, salty Sichuan blanched swimming crabs, crane meat Japanese yam soup, and sea bass soup.

The four meals include some messy things cooked with dried squid, shiitake mushrooms, eggplant stew, crucian carp soup, etc.
The five meals are pomfret sashimi, ginger vinegar, roasted kelp, boiled burdock, and duck soup.

On the entire banquet, there was no big meat at all, only minced meat cut into cubes, either fish or fish, rice balls wrapped in vegetable leaves, raw fish fillets, etc., all revealed. I'm so angry.

Cao Wei shook his head every time he took a bite, which made Houguishan and many Japanese ministers sitting there feel embarrassed, sitting on pins and needles, but they could only keep smiling.

Although we know the principle of relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the sea to eat the sea, Japan is too outrageous.

After finishing the meal, Cao Wei felt like he could swim in the sea.

As a prince, Zhu Di didn't live in fine clothes since he was a child, but he was still a vassal king. He was naturally very particular about his daily food. When he encountered a large Japanese table with various kinds of fish, his expression changed after just two bites, and he put it down. Got chopsticks.

He wants to flip the table now!

On the other hand, Monk Daoyan ate a rice ball in one mouthful, which was delicious...

The next day.

Hou Guishan selected some people and gave them to Cao Wei and the others.

The three of them returned to the military camp first. Zhu Di ordered to take away more than half of the soldiers and followed them to Shijian Mountain, leaving a small group to guard the camp and warships.

After more than ten days of journey, Cao Wei, Zhu Di, and Dao Yan led [-] soldiers, followed by the soldiers from Hougui Mountain, and finally arrived at the foot of Shijian Mountain.

"Your Majesty, we have arrived." The Japanese soldier said respectfully to Cao Wei and the others.

The three of them got off their horses and looked around.

Shijian Mountain is a continuous mountain range. The entire mountain range is covered with green plants. The altitude is about 600 meters. Cao Wei and the others can vaguely hear the sound of waves in the distance, which proves that this place is indeed very close to the sea. .

"Okay, you go back and tell Hou Guishan that the materials we need must be delivered within a month, otherwise we will no longer be merciful!" Cao Wei said to those few people with a straight face and an expressionless expression. said a soldier.

Hou Guishan did not dare to offend Cao Wei and Zhu Di, and the few Japanese soldiers were extremely frightened and responded repeatedly.

After the Japanese soldiers were dismissed, Zhu Di ordered the soldiers to set up sentry posts around the mountains and not allow anyone to approach.

Immediately afterwards, the survey and measurement work on Iwami Mountain began.

(End of this chapter)