Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

The Honglu Temple has been crowded recently.

As the New Year approaches, envoys from various countries arrive one after another, and the Honglu Temple is gathering more and more people.

The staff became increasingly busy.

The people in Tianfu City can also see many people from foreign countries.

Looking at those people, most of whom are dark and thin, like monkeys, walking in Yingtianfu City.

His eyes were filled with shock and admiration.

A spontaneous sense of pride fills the love.

How could these things, which they were already accustomed to, actually cause such amazement in the envoys from foreign countries?

Barbarians are barbarians!
It is far less abundant in resources than our own Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, many people submit to the Ming Dynasty.

Many foreign countries, such as Annan, Ryukyu, Goryeo, and Japan, sent envoys.

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang took time out before New Year's Day to meet these envoys in advance.

But the only one left behind was the Japanese envoy...

"As for those people from Japan, just let them stay in the Honglu Temple.

During the grand court meeting on New Year's Day, let them join the envoys from other countries in celebrating the occasion."

In the Wuying Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Prime Minister Hu Weiyong and gave him instructions.

Hu Weiyong was stunned when he heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said.

It was obvious that no one expected that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang would say such words at this time.

“This… Your Majesty, Japan also sent envoys here according to etiquette.

It seems a bit bad that he received the envoys from other countries but left out Japan.

If you favor one over the other, I'm afraid it will be hard to convince the public..."

Hu Weiyong carefully considered his words and spoke to Zhu Yuanzhang while looking at him.

At this time, Hu Weiyong looked no different from before.

He still seemed to be working particularly hard, as if he was not affected at all by the death of his son.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said, "What's wrong with that?

It’s enough that we didn’t catch them all and chop them all up!
It's just a tiny country, but it's still jumping around!
We haven’t yet settled the score with him for killing our envoy!”

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, seven out of eight people were dissatisfied and eight out of ten were angry.

With strong dissatisfaction.

Hu Weiyong was delighted when he heard this.

But on the surface he said, “Your Majesty, it’s been so long since this happened.

Moreover, later on, the Japanese side also bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes.

This matter concerns the prestige of our Ming Dynasty.

How about... Your Majesty, please calm down your anger first? How about adding Japan to the list for the time being?"

Zhu Yuanzhang cursed and said, "Go over there? Wait till you're gone!"
We all remember it in our hearts!
Is it also about the majesty of the Ming Dynasty?
The messenger was beheaded before, is this majesty?
It is enough if we allow them to send people to our Ming Dynasty to participate in the grand court meeting.

Do you want us to receive them like we received the envoys from other vassal states before this?

What do you think?
If we don't kill them all one by one, it will be enough to show the magnanimity of our great country!
There are no Japanese invaders in places like Goryeo and Annan to invade the coast of our Ming Dynasty.

That's it.

There is no place for them!

Just wait patiently for the grand court meeting on New Year's Day!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to say more about this matter.

Directly define the matter.

When he replaced the Yuan Dynasty, he sent people to the surrounding areas to declare his suzerainty.

He still remembers that the Japanese envoy was beheaded.

This was a thorn in his heart.

At that time, he wanted to grab his weapons, cross the sea, and send troops to directly defeat Japan.

However, Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty had learned from the lessons of a series of disastrous defeats in his expedition against the Japanese invaders.

In addition, Japan is quite far away from the Ming Dynasty, separated by mountains and seas.

It is inconvenient to conquer.

The Ming Dynasty had just been established and there were many things that needed to be dealt with. It was not cost-effective to put so much energy there.

So I just endured it and didn't have an attack.

According to the original history, as he stays in power for longer, many of his ideas will change.

They would feel that the surrounding barbarians were too far away and too poor, and it was not cost-effective to conquer them.

If we really attack like this, it will easily plunge the Ming Dynasty into a quagmire.

So according to the original history, he later created an unconquered country.

Many of the surrounding remote small countries were listed as unconquerable countries.

Otherwise, in the future, some descendants will drag the Ming Dynasty into the quagmire.

But now, with the appearance of Mei Yin, Zhu Yuanzhang got the simulator again.

Many ideas have changed.

He no longer felt that Japan was too far away to be punished.

I don’t think overseas is too barren.

It was previously discovered that the Yuan Dynasty earned huge amounts of silver from overseas every year in the early and middle periods, which was a particularly good proof.

In addition, his good son-in-law Mei Yin had told him before that there was a lot of gold and silver in Japan, which made him even more excited.

Under such circumstances, Japan naturally cannot let it go easily.

Wait another two years, as the capital in hand increases.

The power is getting stronger and stronger.

He sent soldiers to investigate the matter regarding the Ming envoy who was beheaded.

Of course, besides these considerations, there is another reason why he is so tough.

That is to continue to add fuel to the fire of this matter.

Let Hu Weiyong rebel quickly.

Did Hu Weiyong think that he himself was unaware of his little thoughts?
In fact, I have known it clearly for a long time!
After hearing what the emperor said, Hu Weiyong did not say any more about this matter.

He still looked somewhat worried.

It seems that he is afraid that doing so may be against the rules.

But in fact, my heart was already filled with joy.

In the past, it was not uncommon for the emperor to summon envoys from various countries in advance before New Year's Day.

This time, he took the initiative to bring up this matter to promote it.

What I expected was that there might be some mistakes in this matter.

In this way, he can take the opportunity to do something.

We can use the power of Japan to do this.

Better to kill Zhu Yuanzhang!
He had been having corresponding exchanges with Japan a long time ago.

But he felt that if he wanted Japan to help, they would do everything they could to help him assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, this matter is still a little short of the mark.

But now, with this added fuel to the fire, it will be enough to make Japan submit to him in the future.

There will be absolutely no hesitation in the future.

Will completely fall to my side!

By then, these people will be able to be used for your own benefit!
There is a lot of help from Japan!
According to Hu Weiyong's understanding of Japan, the people there generally do not have strong fighting capabilities.

This is mainly because the people there are too barbaric, the country is small and the population is sparse, and the country is extremely poor.

Many soldiers were actually no different from the civilians.

It's all day work.

They only take up weapons when they encounter a strong enemy or are in a battle.

The key point is that they don’t even have decent weapons, most of them are hoes and other things.

There is simply no way they can compare with the troops of the Ming Dynasty.

Although they had many big battles, how should I put it... many of them were actually no different from village fights.

But there are exceptions, there are some exceptions, such as samurai.

Samurai are completely different from the foot soldiers in Japan.

These people have received special training and are equipped with weapons and armor.

Some of them can even be equipped with war horses. They don't have to work in the fields, they just need to undergo rigorous training.

When the war broke out, these so-called samurai were not just samurai, but also low- and middle-level officers.

They brought their respective foot soldiers to fight.

Hu Weiyong felt that he could rely on his relationship with Japan and what Zhu Yuanzhang had done this time.

Next, I will make things sound more serious.

It shouldn't be a problem to promise more benefits and get more warriors from Japan to come and help.

Originally, he didn't have enough confidence about this, but now, the dust has settled.

Zhu Yuanzhang has already given a clear answer to this matter, which is to suppress Japan.

Well, under this circumstance, it would be easy for him to accomplish his goal!

It really is God’s will that makes me successful!

He stopped talking about this matter and started telling Zhu Yuanzhang about other things.

Zhu Yuanzhang also gave corresponding solutions.

……

"idiot!!"

Honglu Temple, where the Japanese envoys lived.

There were some Japanese who couldn't help but start cursing here.

Seems particularly indignant.

The same is true for the rest of the Japanese.

However, no matter how angry you are, there is no other way.

This is also the Ming Dynasty, not their Japan.

Especially after the news that was received later, even Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, personally spoke to Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang about this matter and pleaded for them.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was still unwilling to meet them.

These people became more and more agitated.

He talked a lot there.

Although most of them could not understand, from their expressions and tones, one could tell that these were definitely not good words...

……

Two days later, everyone at the Honglu Temple had already started to get busy.

Numerous envoys from foreign countries, under the guidance of the people from the Honglu Temple, began to get busy here.

Afterwards, under the guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple, they headed towards the imperial city in accordance with their respective etiquette and in a very orderly manner.

This is to pay homage to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Only the Japanese envoys were left behind.

Although this result has been known for a long time, it is actually happening now.

It's still very stimulating to the mind!

This made many Japanese people become more dissatisfied and resentful.

Everyone gnashed their teeth secretly, feeling extremely aggrieved.

I just think that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is too arrogant!
It's really shameless!

How can you look down on and insult them like this!

They are also very powerful!

Before, even the Yuan Dynasty was defeated by them twice!

Now, this mere Ming Dynasty dares to be so disrespectful and arrogant!
Damn it!

Thinking of this, the dissatisfaction in my heart reached its peak in an instant!

But some people are worried that the Ming Dynasty will make things difficult for them in the future...

……

In this way, after a few days, the New Year's Day court meeting arrived.

This is the beginning of the year and also the biggest court meeting.

So it looks particularly grand and solemn.

All the nobles and civil and military officials from various places were present.

There were also envoys from various countries.

There was a long queue in front of the Fengtian Gate Square.

The emperors' ceremonial guards were also all lined up.

It looks grand and solemn.

It fully demonstrates the demeanor of a great country.

Even Mei Yin, the son-in-law who spent the whole year in Shuangshui Village, slacking off and feeding pigs, and never getting involved in court affairs, participated this time.

Not to mention, looking at those hundreds of colorful flags flying in the wind, protected by the guards.

There were also numerous ceremonial guards that belonged exclusively to the emperor, which really made him feel a lot of emotion.

It's really like that.

How lively!

Mei Yin nodded secretly several times after watching this, feeling that he had learned a lot.

He just watched it with an eye of appreciation.

According to his previous understanding, the New Year's Day court meeting before this would be even more lively.

Because in addition to these, many old folks from Fengyang will also come here to congratulate Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang on the New Year.

Not only will there be New Year celebrations, but the Fengyang Flower Drum Band will also perform Fengyang Flower Drum for the emperor.

Singing Huaguci.

However, since the New Year's Day of the eighth year of Hongwu, this item has become a swan song.

Moreover, to be honest, the cause of this incident was Mei Yin's fault.

It was Mei Yin who had dealt a heavy blow to Zhongdu City before.

During Zhu Yuanzhang's subsequent investigation, he not only discovered that Li Shanchang and many other people had deceived their superiors and subordinates and committed evil deeds in matters concerning Zhongdu City.

He, the emperor, was kept in the dark.

Harming the people.

And those old fellow villagers from Fengyang, whom he used to value very much, have long since become like Li Shanchang and many other Huaixi nobles.

Help them hide their property and their crimes.

He also spoke well of them in front of himself, the emperor.

Treat yourself as a fool and deceive yourself.

It was also from that time that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang became angry and humiliated.

So that they don’t have to come to Beijing to meet each other again in the future.

Moreover, their preferential treatment such as tax exemption and exemption from corvee labor were also cancelled.

Make them no different from ordinary people.

After the complicated formalities, it was almost noon.

Mei Yin went with the others to eat some food.

He also took the opportunity to meet Empress Ma and wish her a happy new year.

Then, prepare to slip away.

Go back to Shuangshui Village and don’t get involved in what’s happening here.

I feel these things are too complicated.

He was already a little impatient.

But, unfortunately.

Lao Zhu will have a dinner party to hold next.

The dinner on New Year's Eve was mainly used to entertain old subordinates and nobles.

In the past, Mei Yin did not participate.

But the difference now is that he has an additional title of Shuangshui Earl.

You have to participate too.

Therefore, although somewhat reluctant, Mei Yin also participated in Zhu Yuanzhang's New Year's Eve dinner.

And be prepared to gain some knowledge...

(End of this chapter)