The undercurrents in the Ming Dynasty are not mentioned for the time being, and let’s talk about the land of Japan thousands of miles away.

The winter in a foreign country is particularly cold.

Unlike the winter covered with ice and silver thousands of miles in the northern Ming Dynasty, the snow in Japan is also very heavy, but the wind is far less powerful than the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaochi was wearing a round-necked silver-gray cloak and sat in a loft in the famous garden of the mountain. He looked at the pine garden with a different shape from the Central Plains but with a unique style, and the snow-covered mountains in the distance, with a bit of loneliness on his round face.

"How long have I been here?" he asked softly.

Zheng He, wearing a tunic sheepskin robe, whispered behind him, "Your Highness, you have been here for a month and twenty-one day."

Zhu Gaochi nodded when he heard this, "It's time to go back!"

In the past month, he has not been all famous people in the mountains. Instead, he has taken advantage of the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and wandered among the territories of various Japanese daimyos. His daily itinerary was to meet people, and then he had a banquet.

For the famous princes in Japan, the prince of the Celestial Ming Dynasty, the emperor, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, was of course a rare guest whom he wanted.

For Zhu Gaochi, his move was ulterior motive.

Although he had already known the purpose and significance of this trip before he came. But he only believed in his eyes and ears.

He can do it according to the emperor's instructions, but he must also do it himself to dig out so much intentions the emperor asked him for.

More importantly, although he doesn't like this place, he must figure out the complex relationship between the princes here and analyze their pros and cons.

In this way, he can go from a participant to a controller.

There are many princes in Japan, and Yama Mingjia is just one of them. In the past month, he figured out that Yama Mingjia was really rich more than ten years ago, but the subsequent Mingde Rebellion caused them to be severely damaged and they were beaten to the point of being fled by the shogunate.

It is precisely because of this that Yamama's genius held a grudge against the Ashikaga Shogunate and wanted to continue Aki's thigh and rise again.

In Japan, there were not only Yama Ming, a family of princes who wanted to eliminate the Ashikaga Shogunate.

There is also the princes of Danai family, who has a background. During the interview with the head of Danai family Yoshihiro Yuki, the other party hinted that Zhu Gaochi had joined forces with other Danai vassal lords and could send troops to attack Kyoto at any time.

Zhu Gaochi had a deep impression of Yoshihiro Ouchi, not only because the other party was the most masculine prince he had ever seen in Japan, but more importantly, his idol was Xiang Yu. Within a few days of his fiefdom, he pulled Zhu Gaochi to inquire about the story of the Battle of Chu and Han that year.

It made Zhu Gaochi unhappy and finally gave him a vernacular story that is now popular in the Ming Dynasty, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. As a result, the guy felt like he had gained a treasure and studied it all day long as he was studying it as a military book.

In addition to the two families, there are Hosokawa, Akamatsu, Inoue and other vassal lords.

In nearly two months, he has figured out the contradiction between these princes Daimai and the Ashikaga shogunate, clarified their interests and hatred, and even figured out what they wanted and what they could pay.

By figuring out these, the Ming Dynasty represented by Zhu Gaochi can obtain the greatest benefits.

Actually, think about it, these things are the only things left by the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Emperor of Zhou became a decoration, and the princes fought endlessly. The art of combining the vertical and horizontal lines was already perfect.

He not only met these Japanese princes, but also met the Ashikagi Shogunate's envoy at the home of Akamatsu Daiming.

The famous princes in Japan have a determination to oppose the shogunate, but they are not a solid piece of cake. There are also people who seek benefits from both ends of snakes and rats.

The Ashikaga shogunate was particularly respectful to him, the envoy of the Emperor's grandson of the Ming Dynasty, and he always praised him. In the secret letters given to him by Ashikaga Yoshimi, he was even more frank and could submit to the letter of the country again, bow down to the Ming Dynasty, and even arrested Japanese pirates who had harassed the Ming Dynasty. He did not guarantee a tribute every ten years. Each time, the two hundred missions did not carry swords, and would restrain the warriors under his command in the future and would not harass the Ming Dynasty's seashores again.

The Ashikaga shogunate's request was also very simple. The Ming Dynasty should not support forces against the shogunate anymore. At the same time, if the Ming Dynasty wants to trade, they can open the port.

In fact, in Zhu Gaochi's opinion, this result is the best. Japan surrenders to the vassal states, and the two countries will not have any disputes. For the Ming Dynasty, enthronement is just an edict. No matter who Japan is in charge, it is enough to be respectful to the Ming Dynasty.

But the emperor's order is hard to violate. The insidious emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to make Japan, which was a little bit big, fall into a civil war. Let the people's brains slam their dog's brains and never be at peace.

In fact, he could already guess the intention of the insidious emperor in the capital.

The emperor used the old man's thug policy to the Northern Yuan Dynasty in a different way to apply it to Japan.

The properties in Japan were barren. In the early years, why did pirates and pirates become popular and desperately go to the Ming Dynasty to rob? It was because the Ming Dynasty stopped selling them things. Because of the long-term civil war in Japan, everything was in trouble. They had to rely on the Ming Dynasty to deliver needles, threads, medicinal materials and iron tools.

The emperor did not give Japan the opportunity to be self-sufficient, and let them fight on their own, and then firmly control the economic lifeline of Japan through trade.

Use some valuable things to bring Japan's silver back to the Ming Dynasty, so that the harbor is full of Ming merchant ships, so that the Japanese people must buy everything from the Ming merchants, no matter what they use.

Japan not only has silver, but also copper mines.

When Zhu Gaochi learned the news, his eyes were red. Jinyiwei sent someone to investigate the news. According to the calculations of the staff of the accompanying Ministry of Industry, the annual output of the copper mine can reach 1.5 million kilograms of copper. You should know that the annual output of the Ming Dynasty copper mine in Yunnan was only 1.2 million kilograms.

The Ming Dynasty lacked copper, and the copper in Japan was not smelted thoroughly, and it also contained silver!

So in the past two months, in order to maximize profits, he did not move any of the supplies that should have been handed over to famous Japanese princes and mountains on the ship that came with him, and he had a slight slightest price.

He was a little worried about the capital emperor's policies towards Japan, but he was salivating about Japan's minerals.

"Your Highness? Your Highness?" Seeing that Zhu Gaochi had not spoken for a long time, Zheng He asked behind him, "You..."

"I inform the famous mountain master that I am going back!" Zhu Gaochi said lightly.

Zheng He was slightly stunned, "Yes!"

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"Nani?"

The head of the mountain master, Yama Shixi, was shocked, "Is Your Highness leaving?"

After he learned that Zhu Gaochi was going to reply to the Ming Dynasty, he hurried to Zhu Gaochi's residence with several important officials.

"I have been disturbing for so long, it's time to go back!" Zhu Gaochi smiled warmly, "I am here to replace wine with tea. Thank you to the famous mountain master for your kind hospitality." As he said that, he raised the tea cup.

Speaking of this country of Japan, there is no place to attract Zhu Gaochi except for beauties, whether it is food, wine or even tea.

"But..." The famous mountain master was anxious.

Whether Zhu Gaochi left or not was not important. What was important was that the things brought by this Ming envoy was still on the Ming ship and were not handed over to their hands.

Moreover, since the Ming Dynasty emperor came to Japan, he has never mentioned any serious matters and has been eating, drinking and having fun all day long. The subsequent cooperation between the two sides and the subsequent delivery of materials have not been mentioned at all.
Chapter completed!