The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 277 The good old man is angry
time flies.

Amid the expectations of both the government and the public, the delegation finally arrived in the capital.

According to the rules, Zheng made Xie Duo enter the palace immediately to meet the saint, and Zhu Houzhao simply held an impromptu court meeting.

After all, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty wanted to know what was going on in Japan and what was the specific situation of the Iwami Silver Mine.

After learning that Xie Duo had returned to the court, the ministers immediately set off to attend the court meeting.

After all, hundreds of millions of grains of silver are involved, so you can't just listen to your own words.

This Xie Duo never participated in any court battles. He taught and educated people with peace of mind. He was a pure scholar!

In this way, he has no selfish motives and will not conceal any information about the Japanese country.

It was precisely because of this that the civil servants and gentry recommended Xie Duo to serve as this envoy.

Now, it's time to harvest.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's mission to Japan did not go smoothly.

But now they can eat every day, including all the seafood they want, and it's all free, so everyone is in high spirits.

The sea is no different than land, and it is very difficult to make a fire. Although a lot of briquettes and wood have been prepared on the ship, in line with the principle of saving what you can, eating sliced ​​seafood directly is the most energy-saving and environmentally friendly way.

Life on the ship is very boring, there are no entertainment items, and it is bumpy all the time. It is better not to get seasick, but if you do get seasick, life is worse than death.

The lunch on the boat is very rich, with a lot of seafood.

In the main hall, His Majesty the Emperor immediately summoned Xie Duo.

Although the food on the ship was sufficient before going to sea, no one knew what would happen when sailing on the sea.

At first, everyone was very happy. After all, it is not easy to eat fresh seafood in the capital, unless you are willing to spend a lot of money.

Half a month is not a long time, but if you are above the sea, this day becomes extremely long.

But then new difficulties came one after another, and that was the food problem.

Therefore, in order to save food as much as possible, the soldiers had a small trawl net on the back of these boats. They could also trawl fish while walking on the sea. This allowed the members of the mission to eat endless seafood every day.

The crew also enjoyed the meal very happily. They are used to eating raw food. This is the best choice on the ship. If you are not used to eating cooked food, just dream on it!

Although the blessing boat the delegation took was large, it was only that big and could be completed in a few minutes.

All kinds of seafood, except those that must be cooked with fire, most of them are sliced.

The ministers turned their heads subconsciously and saw that the right minister of the Ministry of Rites had a tired and weathered face. It was obvious that he had suffered a lot during his mission to Japan.

The most important thing is that the entire fleet is nominally led by Xie Duo, the Ming Dynasty envoy, but in fact it is led by the two commanders of the Beijing army, Ma Yong and Deng Boyan. After all, the two thousand soldiers under their command are real soldiers. , I will not be used to these literati at all.

Xie Duo also inevitably fell into the trap, and because of his old age, he almost died in the vast sea.

First, crossing the vast sea made these usually pampered courtiers and gentry a little overwhelmed.

But when we got to the back, Iron Man couldn’t stop eating like this!
Even Xie Duo couldn't stand it anymore and felt like retching when he smelled the fishy smell of the seafood.

At the beginning, I suffered from general seasickness, a terrible headache, and vomited whatever I ate. Fortunately, I got better in the end.

Fortunately, he often worked hard, so his bones were still strong, and he recovered within a few days.

Being on the ship is like wartime. The soldiers take over everything. Who the hell will they pamper you, the delicate literati?

However, Xie Duo is different after all. In addition, he has a good temper and is fair in everything, so he is highly respected by Ma Yong and Deng Boyan. The two often open a small stove and make some cooked food for Xie Duo. After all, he is old and cannot stand such a situation. No matter how hard it is, you have to respect your elders.

In such a boring life, the fleet finally arrived at the Japanese port.

A total of three lucky ships arrived at the port and, under the command of Ashikaga Yoshimi, entered the core territory of the Ouchi clan.

The current head of the Ouchi family, Yoshihiro Ouchi, after learning the news, hurried to the port with a large group of family warriors to contact the Ming envoy.

During the Heian period, the Ouchi clan became a government official of the Zhou Defense Kingdom and accumulated considerable influence. After the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, the Ouchi clan became an imperial family member of the shogunate and became the local overlord.

After the Japanese Kingdom entered the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Ouchi Hiroyo, a direct descendant of the Ouchi family, joined the anti-Murocho shogunate and became the party of Ashikaga Naotū. During this period, Ouchi Hiroyo successively eliminated the shogunate's guardian Ouchi Shogun. Hiroshi (the Washuto Ouchi family) and the guardian of Nagato Province, Hoto Yoshitake, became the actual rulers of the two countries. Soon after, Ouchi Hiroyo was bribed by the Muromachi shogunate with the official position of guardian of the Zhou Fang Kingdom and Nagato Kingdom, and joined the side of the shogunate, becoming the ancestor of the Ouchi family during the Warring States Period.

Ouchi Kyouhiro formulated a judicial system with Yamaguchi as the center. In fact, Yamaguchi was the capital of the territorial kingdom and controlled each branch. At that time, Ouchi Kyouhiro actually controlled the six counties of Shufang Province, the nine counties of Nagato Province, and Toyo During the Warring States Period, the territory of the Ouchi clan also basically fluctuated around this scale.

Because Zheng He led the invincible fleet to the Japanese country suddenly. Under the deterrence of force, the Japanese country that had been clamoring before surrendered instantly. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also showed a lot of knowledge. Not only did he proactively offer his sword and horse, he also entrenched Tsushima, The Japanese pirate gangs in Yiqi and other places were wiped out, and they "held their leader as a sacrifice", and then officially accepted the canonization of Emperor Yongle and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. The two countries also started exploration and trade.

Although Japanese businessmen in Ningbo and other places will inevitably encounter price reduction and deception by the "official shipping company", the hospitality of the local shipping company was quite considerate during the berth of the "Kanhe trading ship", and daily meals and supplies were all free of charge supply.

Not only were the Chinese products purchased by Japanese merchants such as raw silk, medicinal materials, calligraphy and paintings, books, etc. highly profitable in the Japanese archipelago, but even the currency of the Ming Empire, the "Yongle Tongbao", also gained the same credit and purchasing power as today's U.S. dollars, so that every contract was When the trading ships returned, there was a feeling of joy in Japan that "the Tang ships returned to the dynasty and the Xuande money arrived."

This and the Ming Dynasty's exploration trade made huge profits. The Muromachi shogunate, which had monopolized the "Tomorrow Trade" for a long time, naturally attracted many "envious, jealous and hateful" eyes. Especially because of the Onin Rebellion, the Muromachi shogunate's control over various parts of the Japanese country was greatly reduced. With the continuous rise of daimyo in various places, the reconnaissance ships sent by the Muromachi shogunate were often robbed by the Ouchi clan entrenched in Nagato, Shubo and other places on their way back. They lost all their money and had to surrender to the Ouchi clan who controlled the Seto Inland Sea. Uchi and Hosokawa transfer their rights to "Tomorrow Trading".

The Ouchi clan was an anomaly in the history of the Muromachi shogunate and even the Japanese nation. His claim to be the "Saint Prince of Baekje Kingdom" may be bragging, but his identity as an immigrant from southern Korea is basically confirmed. After generations of reproduction and management, the Ouchi clan eventually developed from a small ethnic group in Ouchi Village of Zhou Fang Kingdom to the "overlord of the Western Kingdom" who has occupied the western part of Honshu for generations.

Although the Kamakura shogunate, Emperor Go-Daigo, and the Ashikaga clan repeatedly suppressed it, they were eventually forced to adopt a soft policy because they were concerned about its entangled influence in the local area.

For example, in the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty, the Muromachi shogunate organized the seventh trade mission to the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ouchi clan had a Seika alliance, they did not have credentials and could not realize trade with the Ming Dynasty. Under the mediation of the shogunate, the Ouchi clan and Hosokawa They jointly formed the seventh trade delegation, which is the best proof of the transfer of benefits.

Relying on the profits earned from trade with the Ming Dynasty, the power of the Ouchi family continued to rise. Moreover, Ouchi Yoshihiro himself was an ambitious tycoon, and he secretly took in Ashikaga Yoshimoto, the tenth shogun of the Muromachi shogunate who was driven away. , always ready to subvert Kyoto. After all, after the Onin Rebellion, the control of the Muromachi shogunate continued to decline. The war between daimyo and daimyo, and the war between daimyo and shogunate, can be said to be a continuous war that never stopped. The daimyo of various places continued to conquer each other, and the internal affairs of each daimyo There were also struggles for power and profit, with retainers trying to seize the family owner's property, samurai assassinating family governors, and so on.

But at such a juncture, the Ming Dynasty really sent a mission, and there were even two thousand well-equipped and well-trained Ming soldiers. This made Ouchi Yoshihiro have to be more vigilant.

Immediately, under the arrangement of the Ouchi clan, the Ming envoy temporarily lived in its core city, Yamaguchi. After that, Xie Duo met with Ouchi Yoshihiro and Ashikaga Yoshimoto. The latter, the tenth shogun who had been driven away, saw The Ming Dynasty actually sent soldiers to assist themselves. Na was even more ecstatic, and immediately asked Xie Duo and Ouchi Yoshihiro to organize their troops and counterattack Kyoto to regain their position as shogun.

However, Xie Duo did not come here this time to help you Ashikaga Yoshinori fight for the general position. He came to mediate the internal war of the Japanese country and return peace to the people of the Japanese country.

Therefore, it was impossible to send troops. Xie Duo, in the name of the Great Angel, summoned the Muromachi shogunate and another tyrannical daimyo, the Hosokawa clan, to come to Yamaguchi to discuss matters.

During this period, everyone in the Ming Dynasty's mission, including Ma Yong and Deng Boyan, was also trying every means to send people to Iwami Country in Shimane County, Kyushu Island to search for the whereabouts of the silver mines, and also used various means to test the Ouchi family's stone. See silver mine news.

This made Ouchi Yoshihiro extremely angry. How did he know how these Akito got the news? The news about the silver mine had been hidden by them. It was being mined on a small scale. Even their old rivals Even the Hosokawa family didn't know about it, but these damn Akito people knew about it, and they tried every means to spy on the silver mine.

However, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were nothing but decorations. Naturally, the Ouchi family did not dare to take action against the envoys, so they could only feed them with delicious food and drink, and then slowly quarrel with these greedy guys.

The Ming Dynasty envoys quarreled with Ashikaga Yoshinori, Ashikaga Yoshinori and Hosokawa Masamoto.

Ouchi Yoshihiro, on the other hand, was dealing with these greedy damn Akito in a panic. He also had to secretly guard against the news that these Akito were spying on the Iwami Silver Mine, or leaking the information about the silver mine to the Hosokawa clan or the shogunate. I was also very irritable for a while.

Because of the arrival of the Ming Dynasty's envoy, the originally war-torn Japanese country fell into a strange silence, and all the daimyo's eyes were focused on the Ming Dynasty Angel.

However, the declining dominance of the Muromachi shogunate is not an empty talk. Moreover, the Japanese country has no respect for the Ming Dynasty. The reason why it became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty was just because of the profits from the joint trade. At this moment, Xie Duo wanted to mediate the internal strife in Japan. , it is simply unrealistic to prevent these ambitious daimyo from fighting each other.

Several forces repeatedly argued and blamed each other for the internal chaos in the Japanese country, so that Xie Duo, a good old man, couldn't help but get a little angry.

He finally saw clearly that these despicable Japanese were a group of native barbarians who did not want to be educated and did not know etiquette, justice and shame. They knew small etiquette but no great righteousness, were afraid of power but not moral, were strong but committed bandits, were weak and humble, and did not care about kindness and justice. , all of them are extremely selfish people!
It is simply impossible for Ming Dynasty to rely on the prestige of the suzerain country to mediate these damn barbarians!
In addition, everyone in the mission not only determined the specific location of the Iwami Silver Mine through their own means, but also confirmed that the Ouchi clan was secretly mining on a small scale, so they could not sit still and immediately asked Xie Duo Return.

Xie Duo was already angered by these damn barbarians, and he didn't bother to care about their nonsense anymore, so he immediately gave up and left.

I won’t play with you anymore, you can fight slowly on your own!
As for Ma Yong, Deng Boyan and others, they led two thousand soldiers to stay. However, they did not forget the order of Marquis Nakayama and secretly reached an agreement with Ashikaga Yoshimi, who reached an agreement with Ouchi Yoshiki through Ashikaga Yoshimi.

The final result was that Xie Duo led the delegation to eat and drink at Ouchi for more than two years, and then found out the specific location of the Iwami Silver Mine. Ma Yong and Deng Boyan became Ashikaga Yoshimoto and The mercenaries of Ouchi Yoshihiro stayed with the Ouchi clan and prepared to start an earth-shattering war and completely overthrow the entire Japanese country!

After listening to Xie Duo's narration, the officials were all stunned, and then began to discuss.

Zhu Houzhao also found it difficult to understand how these Japanese people had developed brains.

According to Xie Duo and Tang Hao, the so-called famous names of the Japanese country are actually village chiefs and town chiefs. Their troops are no more than the number one person. You are full of food and fighting every day!

The Ming Dynasty has sent people to tell you to stop fighting and be calm. How dare you not listen and continue to fight?
This really doesn’t take the Ming Dynasty into consideration!
Xie Duo also got angry and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, these Japanese are just a group of native barbarians who do not want to be educated and do not know etiquette, justice and shame. They know small etiquette but not great righteousness, fear power but not morality, the strong will be bandits, and the weak will be humble. Fu, they are all extremely selfish people regardless of kindness and righteousness!”

"His personality is like that of a wolf. If you are nice to him, he will only think you are easy to bully. To deal with the Japanese people, you can only use your fists and beat them hard to make them obedient. Beat them to make them obedient. They will be as docile as dogs, otherwise they will grin at you!”

"Our Chinese dynasty has always been the suzerainty of the Japanese country. We have done our best to carry out exploration and trade with them regardless of past suspicions. However, after careful observation by the minister, it can be confirmed that these Japanese people do not have the slightest respect for our Ming Dynasty. Even they The tribute mission sent by all parties is also involved, and they are here for the profits of the joint trade! "

"Therefore, I request you to immediately stop the exploration and trade with the Japanese country, and issue an order to warn the Japanese country for violating our great power of tomorrow, and give them a lesson!"

Xie Duo is a well-known Confucian and a staunch supporter and advocate of Confucianism.

But I personally went to the Japanese country and argued with these Japanese people there for two or three years. This good old man was really disgusted.

Everything is for profit, so what kind of joint trade can you carry out?
As Xie Duo spoke, the ministers also agreed.

The Celestial Suzerain Kingdom came forward to mediate. You damn barbarians are still disobedient and dare to be disrespectful to the Angel of Heaven. You really need to teach these damn Japanese barbarians a lesson!
Tang Hao had been listening quietly, and finally couldn't help laughing.

No way, this thing is so funny.

Ouchi Yoshihiro has been raising these guys for more than two years in vain. Finally, when they returned to the court, they immediately asked the court to stop the prospecting trade and cut off the Ouchi family's financial path. If Ouchi Yoshihiro knew about this, who knows what would happen How angry.

In addition, how much of the current group of courtiers who are clamoring to teach the Japanese a lesson is to maintain the dignity of the Ming Dynasty's sovereign state, and how much is it for the Iwami Silver Mine?

Haha, people are unpredictable!

But now it is a great opportunity, and Tang Hao will naturally not give up.

As for the Japanese country, they all know it. Needless to say, as long as there is a chance, they will definitely die!

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!"

"Everyone should be aware of how despicable the Japanese country is."

"Since the reign of Taizu Hongwu, the Japanese country has been disrespectful to our Ming Dynasty. They killed our angels without permission, imprisoned the entire envoy, and even provoked my Majesty the Ming Dynasty Taizu in their credentials."

"The reason why the Ming Dynasty later surrendered to me was because of the force deterrence of Zheng He's fleet. Then he tasted the sweetness of the exploration and cooperation trade, so he kept paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty for the exploration and cooperation trade, but he always treated our Ming Dynasty No respect!"

"In addition, over the years, Japanese pirates from the Japanese Kingdom have often raided our coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty. According to my investigation, these Japanese pirates are not gangsters who survive by robbing homes all year round. Instead, most of them are formed by local daimyo from the Japanese Kingdom. That is to say On the one hand, the Japanese are engaged in exploration and trade with our Ming Dynasty to make profits, but on the other hand, they are secretly pretending to be Japanese pirates and plundering the coastal areas of our Ming Dynasty!”

"Knowing small etiquette but not great righteousness, being afraid of power but not being virtuous, being strong but committing bandits, being weak and humble, not caring about kindness and righteousness, betraying one's master and relatives, such a despicable small country has never taken the Ming Dynasty seriously!"

As soon as these words came out, it caused an uproar.

The despicable behavior of these Japanese people is really disgusting.

Who can bear to do business with you and make profits while pretending to be Japanese pirates to rob you?
For a time, the officials in the hall were furious and all targeted the Japanese.

(End of this chapter)