Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Ryukyu, military port!
Gan Changsheng led a team to inspect the port, boarded a battleship, and inspected the combat readiness of the Donghai Navy Fleet.

He knew that the King of Ryukyu was assassinated just after Ryukyu was annexed. This was a slap in Ming's face.

The imperial court would never swallow this breath no matter what.

I believe it won't be long before the imperial edict to conquer the sun will be issued.

When the time comes, if Gan Changsheng wants to make meritorious deeds, he will have no choice but to participate in the war against Japan and make meritorious deeds.

Before that, he had to purify the army's armaments as much as possible and prepare the entire army for battle.

Boom!dong dong!

The dull sound of war drums sounded, and the flags on the battleships were waved.

Immediately there was a burst of artillery fire.

On the sea, a floating target ship was successfully sunk under the concentrated fire of naval guns.

There was a burst of cheers from all over the fleet.

But Gan Changsheng's expression was not very good. He stood on the deck of the ship with a solemn expression.

An officer stood beside him and reported to him.

"Admiral, the banquet has been prepared."

"The ministers and gentry of Ryukyu have arrived at our army camp and are preparing to attend the banquet."

This banquet was specially arranged by Gan Changsheng to meet with a number of important figures in Ryukyu and explain to them the assassination of Shang Wen.

Regardless of whether this matter can be explained, Daming must show its attitude.

Otherwise, those Ryukyus may really turn away from Ming Dynasty.

Gan Changsheng nodded and said.

"Get ready and let the generals accompany me to the banquet."

His military order was issued, and the fleet began to dock. After the fleet docked, he was immediately ready to take people to the banquet location.

Not far away, for the sake of safety, the location of Gan Changsheng's banquet was set in the Ming army's military camp.

After all, Shang Wen had just been assassinated, so Gan Changsheng naturally had to be more careful.

A military camp with no other people coming or going is definitely safer than the outside world.

Gan Changsheng led the team off the boat, led a war horse, and prepared to lead people to the banquet location.

When the group of people were walking halfway, a fast horse came galloping towards them.

The messenger on horseback held several documents in his hands.

Judging from the appearance of the file, it should be a telegram file.

The messenger rushed all the way to Gan Changsheng, and then spoke.

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

"Generals take the order!"

After the messenger finished speaking, Gan Changsheng and other generals of the East China Sea Fleet immediately dismounted from their horses, knelt on the ground and spoke.

"The general will take over the order!"

Upon seeing this, the messenger unfolded the imperial edict and began to speak.

"The emperor, who is destined to carry the heaven, issued an edict: The East China Sea Navy Fleet was slacking off and concealing their ignorance. They were complacent and even slackened off, so there was the sad news of the assassination of the King of Ryukyu..."

"With this order, the ranks of officers at all levels in the East China Sea Fleet will be reduced by three ranks and reserved for future use as a form of punishment."

"Gan Changsheng, the admiral of the East China Sea Fleet, had his title forfeited by one level and was demoted to an earl. He was relieved of his position as the admiral of the East China Sea Fleet and his official rank was reduced by three levels. However, he was temporarily appointed as the admiral of the East China Sea Navy Fleet to atone for his crimes and wait for the consequences. ”

Zhu Jing'an's first imperial edict was a rebuke.

After all, the assassination of the King of Ryukyu is not a trivial matter. Gan Changsheng and the generals of the Donghai Navy Fleet are inseparable from it.

If Zhu Jing'an is not punished, it will be difficult to convince the public.

Gan Changsheng and the generals of the Ming army heard this and bowed down one after another.

"The last general has given orders!"

Faced with Zhu Jing'an's imperial edict, no one dared to express dissatisfaction.

As the de facto founding king of the new Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jing'an's prestige in the military was at its peak.

No one dares to disobey him!
Even Gan Changsheng is like this.

Besides, after all, it was a prince who died this time, but even so, the court only demoted him to a first-level title, removed him from his official position, and allowed him to continue to act in his original position, exonerating his merits.

This can already be regarded as leniency.

Otherwise, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, losing one's vassal status would be a death penalty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen lost his vassal status, but no major general, governor, governor or other high-ranking officials were imprisoned or even executed.

Compared with Chongzhen's harshness and unkindness, Zhu Jing'an's current treatment of them can definitely be called merciful.

After the messenger read out the first imperial edict reprimanding the generals of the Donghai Navy Fleet, he immediately opened the second imperial edict and read it out.

"The emperor, who is destined to be the emperor, issued an edict: Japan's Satsuma clan did not know the fate of the sky and assassinated our Ming vassal, provoking our Ming's national prestige. This is really intolerable, but what can't be tolerated."

"With this order, all members of the Donghai Navy Fleet will immediately begin combat preparations and be ready to cross the sea to conquer the sun at any time. No mistakes will be made. This is your honor!"

The reason why Zhu Jing'an did not order the fleet to send troops immediately was because the fleet needed a certain amount of time to prepare for war.

The more important reason is that Zhu Jing'an is preparing to send an envoy to Japan to question the crime.

Ask the Tokugawa shogunate to give an explanation to the Ming Dynasty regarding the assassination of the Ryukyu King.

Because he thought, if the Ming army rushes to conquer Japan, the army will not be familiar with Japan. Even if the Ming army has advantages in weapons and ammunition, tactics and tactics, it will still suffer.

You may even suffer considerable losses!

It would be perfect if we could get assistance from the Tokugawa Shogunate, or even use diplomatic means to force the Tokugawa Shogunate to send troops to help the Ming Dynasty conquer the Satsuma Domain.

In Zhu Jing'an's view, the Tokugawa shogunate was to the Ming Dynasty what the Manchu Qing government was to the great powers.

Unless he had no choice, Zhu Jing'an did not want to stand on the opposite side of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Because the Tokugawa shogunate is the biggest promoter of Japan's isolation and the biggest beneficiary of Japan's isolation.

It is best for Ming Dynasty that Japan continues to close itself off.

Zhu Jing'an didn't want to have a good time conquering Japan, and then wake up Japan.

If possible, he still hopes that Japan will continue to be closed to the country until Ming Dynasty completely completes industrialization and until Ming Dynasty is able to eat Japan in one bite.

To take a step back, even if the Tokugawa shogunate refused to send troops to assist the Ming Dynasty due to pressure from public opinion.

But if the Ming Dynasty could use diplomatic means to keep the Tokugawa Shogunate out of the matter and not side with the Satsuma Domain, it would be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

To fight a war is to defeat as many of your own people as possible and to defeat the enemy as few as possible.

It is much easier to conquer a Satsuma domain than to conquer the whole of Japan.

Of course, even if neither of these goals can be achieved, it doesn't really matter.

The worst case scenario is that the Tokugawa shogunate will also deal with it.

As for conquering Japan, Zhu Jing'an didn't mind expanding the war against Japan.

Wouldn't it be a good thing to kill more little devils?

As for the killing of little devils, as long as you are Chinese, you will not support it.

Unless he is a traitor! People in this era may not have that much hatred for the little devils, but they just regard the little devils as a relatively new vassal state, not much different from Vietnam, Myanmar and other second- and fifth-century countries.

After the expansion, I wanted to challenge the status of Yangyanghua Xiachao Shangguo.

Just a clown!

But for Zhu Jing'an, this was not the case.

He could never forget what the little devils had done to the Chinese people during the fourteen years of the War of Resistance.

Regarding the conquest of Japan, he had a vague idea of ​​​​expanding the war.

Gan Changsheng and others all bowed down to accept the decree and expressed their understanding.

Immediately afterwards, the messenger launched the third imperial edict.

In this imperial edict, it was announced that Ryukyu King Nao On would be given a grand burial.

As for the marriage grant, there is no need to worry. We can wait until the war against Japan is over and avenge the King of Ryukyu.

The King of Ryukyu was newly mourned, so it was not appropriate to discuss the marriage of his only daughter at this time.

……

North Korea, Seoul!
The residence of the Governor-General of Korea.

Wang Minhao, as the latest governor of Korea appointed by the Ming Dynasty, was sitting in the lobby of the governor's office with a look on his face full of contentment.

He has been walking on thin ice his whole life, but now he has finally reached the other side.

Wang Minhao was once the ceremonial judge of Lee's Joseon Dynasty, and he was considered to be a high-ranking official.

However, his background was not good.

His father was a legitimate son of the Wang family with a distinguished status, but his mother was just a maid of low status.

That day, his father got drunk and slept with his mother before they had him.

But because of his mother's status, Wang Minhao's life was very difficult when he was a child.

His father didn't pay much attention to him, and his mother had to do chores every day to support the family. He grew up being bullied and bullied by his peers.

Fortunately, Wang Minhao was a good scholar. After entering school, he quickly stood out in Wang's private school.

Only then do you have the qualifications to become an official!
He started from the bottom, walked carefully every day, walked on thin ice, cautiously and humbly tried to please the superiors, and kept working hard, all the way to the high position of rites, decrees, and judgments, which was considered to be outstanding.

However, due to his status as a concubine, many officials who were the legitimate sons of wealthy families looked down upon him even if their official positions were lower than his.

When facing him, contempt was almost written on his face.

Wang Minhao was unwilling to give in, but there was nothing he could do about it, because in North Korea, a place where wealthy families dominated everything, the difference between wealthy family members and mud-legged sons, legitimate sons and bastard sons, was really like clouds and mud.

Until that day, the Manchu Qing invaded North Korea and North Korea was defeated, so he was sent to the Ming Dynasty to ask for help.

At this point, everything changed.

After a trip to the Ming Dynasty, Wang Minhao changed his identity, from the rites and decrees of the Joseon Dynasty to the minister of the establishment of the Joseon Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, completing his identity transformation.

From then on, his status as a concubine could no longer be a shackles on him.

He, Wang Minhao, is considered to be a leader.

After he took the power, the legitimate sons of those high-ranking family members in the past began to take the initiative to show their respect in front of him, Wang Minhao.

Things were changing, and now it was his turn, Wang Minhao, to look down upon and look down upon the legitimate sons of those wealthy and powerful people.

How happy is Wang Minhao's heart? !

In gratitude for the changes brought to him by the Ming Dynasty, in the following years, Wang Minhao began to preside over North Korean affairs wholeheartedly and calm down the situation in North Korea.

Over the past few years, it has been quite effective.

Then, he was conferred the title of Governor-General of Korea by meritorious service.

In North Korea, he can now be said to be truly one person below ten thousand people.

In the entire North Korea, the only person with a higher status than him was Huang Changjun, the admiral appointed by the Ming Dynasty to oversee North Korea's military affairs.

This is Wang Minhao's old boss.

Huang Changjun and Wang Minhao have made great contributions to the stability of the situation in North Korea over the years without any major disturbances.

Wang Minhao was sitting in his office, reviewing government affairs and thinking about how he could cultivate relations with the new emperor after he ascended the throne.

He thought that if one day he could get into the position of a close confidant of Xinlow, he might be able to get rid of the prison of North Korea and go to the mainland of Ming Dynasty to become an official.

At that time, it will truly be a promising future!
Just as Wang Minhao was daydreaming, there was a knock on the door, and the North Korean admiral Huang Changjun walked in from the outside.

"Lord Wang, the imperial edict is coming!"

"Get ready, let's take the order!"

Huang Changjun said with a happy expression on his face.

When Wang Minhao heard this, he couldn't help but look shocked, but he still asked.

"Master Huang, is it an imperial edict from the imperial court? I see you smiling so happily, but what's the good thing?"

Huang Changjun nodded and said after hearing this.

"It should be a good thing. I received news that the King of Ryukyu was assassinated and the perpetrator was the Satsuma Domain of Japan."

"After His Majesty learned the bad news, he was furious and ordered a conquest of Japan."

"The imperial edict coming this time is most likely for the purpose of conquering the sun."

"Master Wang, here is the opportunity for you and me to make great achievements!"

Since the end of the North Korean incident, Huang Changjun has been assigned to North Korea and is responsible for handling North Korean affairs.

Although on the surface, Huang Changjun is extremely powerful in North Korea, and it is not an exaggeration to say that North Korea is the Supreme Emperor.

However, it was impossible for Huang Changjun not to envy those who stayed in the Central Plains and followed the emperor's expeditions north and south, made great achievements, and were given the title of wife.

Nowadays, if the imperial court wants to conquer Japan, it must send troops from North Korea.

Then won't Huang Changjun's chance to perform come?

When Wang Minhao heard this, he couldn't help but look happy.

"Is this true?"

"If the imperial court wants to conquer Japan, doesn't it mean that the preparations we have made before will come into use?"

When the Ming Dynasty decided to send troops to Ryukyu, it had already prepared the fate of the Japanese, and then the Ming Dynasty planned to send troops to conquer Japan.

The imperial court once issued an imperial edict, written in North Korea, requiring the authorities to prepare grain and grass supplies in advance, recruit civilians and local warriors, and be prepared to send troops to conquer Japan.

It's just, it's just preparation.

It’s not certain whether to fight or not!
But this time, it was definitely a fight!
Wang Minhao was inevitably a little excited. If he did what the court ordered him to do this time, wouldn't he, Wang Minhao, have a chance to fall into the eyes of the new emperor?

This battle to conquer Japan, it cannot be said, was the first step for him, Wang Minhao, to escape from the cage of North Korea and go to the Ming Dynasty to serve as an official.

When Huang Changjun heard this, he just nodded and said.

"The news was given to me by my old brother in the capital. It shouldn't be false."

Many of the current high-ranking officials of the Ming Army have gone through the mountains and valleys together in Guangxi, and their relationship with each other is actually pretty good.

Huang Changjun often exchanged letters with his old brothers in the capital.

When the old brothers in the capital get the news, they will definitely inform him. (End of chapter)