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Chapter 168
Yang Reform was secretly proud that there were only a few hundred Japanese troops stationed in Ryukyu. In this way, he could easily deal with the Japanese by sending some random people there.

"You dear friends have heard what the envoy said, let's all discuss it." The emperor must have the emperor's score, and he can't say everything by himself. The most important duty of the emperor is to be a referee.If the emperor wants to do something according to his own wishes, it is best not to directly say what the emperor wants to do. This requires a trust to entrust what the emperor wants to do. In this way, the emperor squats on the throne to do " Referee", this is more "reasonable", at least in form it is "reasonable".If you don't discuss it with the ministers, you have to do it yourself. In this way, it is easy to be opposed by the ministers.Yang Reform has been the emperor for such a long time, and he has something to do with this emperor.

"My Majesty, this country of Wa should be taught a lesson. I didn't expect the country of Wa to be so disrespectful to me. It is really very arrogant. If I don't get rid of the arrogance of the people of Wa country, I think there will be even worse things to do in the future." The Japanese did a lot of damage to the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty. When it was said that Japan was attacked, some people stood up and said that they would use force against Japan.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the Wa Kingdom only has 500 people in the Ryukyu Kingdom. The imperial court can organize a navy to go there and suppress them. 2000 people will be enough." .The few people who said they were fighting Japan were relatively "young" and stood behind, while some bigwigs in front didn't speak.

Yang Reform also felt that the matter in the court today was very strange, and it was very in line with his own wishes.Almost all of them are close friends.

Bi Ziyan was also going to persuade the emperor again, he had no money, so what would he use to fight?However, there are "outsiders" in the court, and the details of the court cannot be leaked. Therefore, it is hard to say that you are staring and anxious, and you still have to save face.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that Your Majesty should issue an edict to reprimand the Wa Kingdom first, so that the Wa Kingdom will automatically withdraw from Ryukyu. If the Wa Kingdom does so, the sword will be avoided. If not, Your Majesty will find a way soon." Some Seeing that it was difficult for the wiser minister to reveal his details and family ugliness in front of "outsiders", he had no choice but to use this "transfer" method to persuade the emperor to be more cautious.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think what XX Lord said is reasonable. I think this Wa Kingdom has also been canonized by our court. Why don't Your Majesty issue a decree (chi) to order Wa Kingdom to withdraw from Ryukyu? In this way, the matter can be resolved without any effort... ..."

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Then several ministers came out, all with this set of rhetoric.The envoy of the Ryukyu Kingdom looked anxious and had no choice but to wait for someone else's "judgment" as a big official himself, and he had no other choice.The emperor didn't let himself speak, he didn't even have a chance to cry and play the sad card.

Yang Reform laughed secretly when he heard "hehe", this group of guys who want to save face, with the presence of outsiders, are indeed much more refined.

"Is my edict effective like this? Hehe, in the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates kept plundering and robbing our coastal civilians. This court didn't issue an edict? My Wanli Dynasty expedition to North Korea, resisting the Japanese and aiding the DPRK, caused countless deaths and injuries, and cost a lot. The court did not issue an edict." Edict? Here, does an edict really work?"

Seeing that this group of "hypocritical" guys avoided talking about money in front of outsiders, Yang Reform knew that this group of people wanted to save face, so he stopped talking about money and turned to war.

"Ryukyu envoys, even if I send troops to drive away the Wa people occupying Ryukyu, wouldn't the Wa people come back when our soldiers leave? If so, wouldn't the expulsion be a waste of effort?" Yang Reform was thinking about the garrison. The garrison, this overseas trade, is considered to be opened.

The Ryukyu envoy said: "Your Majesty, please uphold justice for the next country." After thinking for a while, he said again: "I don't know what your Majesty is about..." This person obviously didn't understand what Yang Reform said.

"Hehe, you don't understand this? It's easy for me to send troops to drive away the Japanese people. I can't think of a few hundred people. I just send some people there. It's as easy as crushing bugs, but I can't bear to drive them away. The Japanese people will go again." Ah! Your Ryukyu country has few people and weak land, and your army is not strong enough to resist the attack of the Japanese people. Therefore, what I mean is that it is easy for me to drive the Japanese people forward, but it is impossible for the Japanese people to wait for me to turn back. Going to seek to seize Ryukyu, so your country’s lord will be kidnapped again? Therefore, you have to think of a perfect way! Otherwise, just driving away the Japanese people will not be beneficial to Ryukyu. Ryukyu envoy, you What do you say?" Yang Huaihe smiled and didn't talk about his family's lack of food, but talked about how easy it was to drive away the Wa people, but the Wa people returned after the Ming army left, so what about the Ryukyu country?The king was taken away by the Japanese country again?Wouldn't this be a greater humiliation?

When the emissary heard this, he broke out into a sweat, why didn't he think of such a consequence?The emperor is right. The Ming Dynasty is far away across the ocean. Even if it is a vassal country, for the poor sake, it will go to help the Ryukyu country once or twice, but it can't stand the Wa country to harass again in the future. Is it really like the emperor? Said, the king was taken captive again?
The Ryukyu envoy hurriedly said: "I would like to ask Your Majesty to show mercy and relieve our country from suffering such a catastrophe, so that our country will not suffer such a catastrophe, and our Lord will not be subjected to such humiliation. It all depends on the protection of the heavenly kingdom, and all depends on your Majesty's support..." This Messenger, a lot of flattery will be sent up without money.Not to mention, the ministers in this hall, seeing the envoy's pitiful words, that their own country was taken away by other countries on their own initiative, is really miserable, and they have a little sympathy. This flattery is also a bit useful, personally He is very proud and proud.But he doesn't want to show his glory in front of others and show his back.

"Ryukyu envoys, it's not that I refuse to send troops there. There must be a perfect method! Otherwise, it will be half the effort and not rewarding. Wouldn't it be counterproductive?" Yang Reform wanted to garrison troops.

The envoy was quick to gain wisdom, and said: "I would like to report to Your Majesty, why don't Your Majesty send a boatman to inspect the Ryukyu Islands? If this is the case, the Wa Kingdom will not dare to harm our country. Please have mercy on your Majesty."

As soon as the envoy's words came out, not only Yang Reform, but also all the ministers looked sideways, thinking in their hearts, this guy is a whimsical idea, he thought it was the founding of the country, how can the Ming Dynasty still have the strength to send ships to patrol around?What an astronomical figure the cost of this boat master is!This guy is really whimsical.

Yang Reform is also weird, patrolling Ryukyu, how did this guy come up with it?

"...Visiting Ryukyu?" Yang Reform didn't care about the "outsider" or not, so he asked directly.

A minister saw that the emperor was a little "little white", felt that he was losing face, hesitated for a long time, and then came out and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, when I was in the Taizu, when I became the ancestor, I sent boat divisions to patrol the sea every year. Thousands, the scale is grand, but this happened 200 years ago. As for the tour of Ryukyu, I can’t remember it, and it seems that there is no record in this regard.” The minister is not vague, and these hundreds of years Can tell a reason.This information is definitely a lot to review.

Yang reformed: "Ah!" After a while, Taizu, Chengzu had thousands of battleships.This one seems to be too powerful.With so many warships, it seems that the United States of later generations is nothing more than this!It seems that if I want to be the overlord of the Seven Seas, as long as I return to the level of Taizu and Chengzu, basically there will be no problem.Yang Reform felt itchy in his heart. He wished that there would be countless battleships immediately, and he also wished that he would send troops to Ryukyu immediately and start his journey to be the overlord of the Seven Seas.

The Ryukyu envoy said again: "Your Majesty, there is a record of this visit to Ryukyu, and there are records in the next country. It was in the sixth year and seventh year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty. There are records, Your Majesty, there are records." The envoy seemed to have worked hard, and this kind of matter that has been requested for hundreds of years can also be used as an example.

As Bowen remembers, the ministers looked at this messenger with admiration.

Yang Reform thinks this envoy is really cute. With the tour of Ryukyu, can the navy have fewer footholds?After thinking for a while, he said, "Is the Minister of the Ministry of War here?"

"The minister is here!" A minister stood up.

"I ask you, how many troops do you need to send troops to expel the Japanese occupying the Ryukyu Kingdom?" Yang reformed quickly, and there would be outsiders. These ministers decided to send troops to the Ryukyu Kingdom because of the opportunity to pretend to be polite.

When the ministers saw that the emperor and the Ryukyu envoys were "chatting the jar" well, they suddenly turned their heads and asked about the dispatch of troops. They became even more impatient and prepared to persuade the emperor. It's not good to directly say that sending troops to Ryukyu is not worth it, how can I let go of this face?This is really slapping yourself in the face in front of outsiders.Everyone opened their mouths, but couldn't speak.This is really a dumb man eating coptis, it's hard to say!
The Minister of the Ministry of War also opened his mouth, was dumb for a while, looked at the hopeful Ryukyu envoy, and finally said bitterly: "Return to your majesty, I think the Japanese who occupy Ryukyu are only four or five hundred, if I Sending troops to the court, with the assistance of the Ryukyu Kingdom, I think, one or two thousand people, and a dozen ships and warships are enough." After finishing speaking, the minister of the Ministry of War shut up.I hated him in my heart, but I couldn't do anything about it, I couldn't slap myself in the face in public!My family can say whatever they want when there is no one else around, how can I say that there is no money to send troops and no money to enshrine when there are outsiders?Isn't this called the chilling of the country?
All the ministers lowered their heads. This matter was made, and somehow it changed from sending canonized envoys to sending troops to Ryukyu.

Yang Reform felt amused in his heart, this group of ministers!Still taking face too seriously.If it is someone who doesn't want to be shameless, it will immediately tell the fact that the imperial treasury is empty, that they can't send soldiers, and can't be canonized. Unfortunately, this group of people is too shameless.

"Where is the Minister of the Household Department?" Yang Reform held back his laugh, and asked the Minister of the Household Department again.

"The minister is here." The Minister of the Household Department hurriedly stood up, but with a sullen face, he could tell that he was very upset.

"One to 2000 people, more than a dozen warships, how much is the military expenditure?"

The Minister of the Household Department gritted his teeth for a long time, finally calculated the data, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that if you don't build a new ship and call up the elite, if it takes a year, the cost of launching, weapons, salary, chewing, gunpowder, maintenance, and compensation , burnt and buried, and rewarded with silver, the military cost is about 10 taels.” The Minister of the Household Department really gritted his teeth, the Ministry of Households only has a total of 10,000+ taels of silver. This is really unreasonable, but, the majestic Ministry of Household Affairs of the Shang Dynasty is only 10+ taels of silver, if you tell it, who will believe it?If others find out, do you still want to face Shangguo this day?The shame is really lost to grandma's house.His teeth itch with hatred, but there is nothing he can do.

The officials are even more inexplicable.It's too fast, the money has increased from tens of thousands of taels to one or two million taels. Well, the treasury bank of the Ministry of Accounts has completely bottomed out. If I had known it, I should have simply ordered it and promised my majesty to go to the canonization There will be no such thing as sending troops. Now it's all right, not only sending canonized envoys, but also sending troops, completely spending all the money accumulated in the treasury.Fortunately, there are hundreds of Japanese talents occupying Ryukyu, and the scale is not large. The cost of dispatching 20 people is "barely" acceptable, so they knocked out their teeth and swallowed them in their stomachs.The distress in my heart is known to myself.

(End of this chapter)