Chapter 42: Means (1)
Let’s not talk about the upcoming waves of the Ming Dynasty. He Guangyi and his party went around in Japan thousands of miles away and finally arrived in Kyoto, Japan.
It’s not that they walked slowly, but that along the way, wherever the imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty passed, officials from all over the country, and princes and famous names, all of them tried their best to receive them. The so-called "to stretch out your hands and not hit people with a smile, and He Guangyi also had an investigation into Japan.
Mission.
Along the way, they call each other brothers and brothers, secretly remembering each other's temperament and hobbies, and who the other party is better, who they don't like, how many soldiers there are at home, etc.
On the way to Kyoto in Japan, He Guangyi gained a deeper understanding of the situation in Japan. Although the Ashikaga shogunate is powerful, it is not yet at the point where one hand covers the sky. There are many people in the Japanese territory who are dissatisfied with his power.
Japan's second largest force, Yoshihiro Ouchi, was in a disagreement with him, and was an alliance made by interests. In addition, there were Imakawa Ratsushi and the other two daimyos of Kamakura Kōkara.
"The Ashikaga family is a tiger, and the princes and Ming dynasties in Japan are wild wolves!"
On the official road leading to Kyoto City, He Guangyi sat in a carriage, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, and thought to himself, "Wolf is afraid of tigers, but if this tiger is sick, the wolves will rush forward!" Thinking of this, He
Guangyi looked at the city that was looming in his sight, and continued in his heart, "Think of a way to make Ashikaga Yoshima turn into a sick tiger!"
The tiger is sick and wolves attack it. The wars are everywhere in Japan are the best opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to take action.
At first, He Guangyi despised Japan and believed that it was just a foreign country like Goryeo. But when he walked along the way, he found that Japan was much better than Goryeo.
I remember that when he followed the emperor to conquer Goryeo, everything he saw along the way was dirty and messy, the people were not covered in clothes, the city was broken and the road was muddy, and the city was sewage flowing. As he walked along Japan, the city was beautiful and solid, and the people's style was as beautiful as Goryeo.
The difference is very different.
The Japanese army is also essentially different from Goryeo. The warriors from these small countries in Japan are all qualified professional soldiers. What is even more fearful is that these samurai are not only literary but also martial. Not only are they gentle and polite, but they are all kinds of scriptures and classics.
It can be easily picked up.
You should know that even the command level of the Ming army is rare. Those students who graduated from martial arts and were assigned to the border army were regarded as treasures by generals and generals from all over the country.
Looking at the scenery outside the car window, He Guangyi couldn't help but remember what the emperor privately told him before leaving.
"Yang is also a student of our Chinese Celestial Empire, and all the clothes and words come from the Celestial Empire. But there are two points that Japan has never learned from us. One is the eunuch, and the other is the imperial examination!"
"Without the imperial examination, Japan's Kingdom has been ruled by the nobles and nobles for thousands of years, and the people are foolish and loyal. Everything serves the samurai group, and there are many people with outstanding civil and military strategies among the samurai group!"
(The United States blasted the gates of Japan and found something very interesting. Almost every Japanese have books at home, and Japan's literacy rate is very high.)
"Master Todo!" Ji Gang trotted to the side of the carriage with his waist knife, "Someone came to report to the front, the king of Japan, Ashikaga Yoshiman, two sons, and his generals, went out of the city to greet you in person! There are dozens of others.
The so-called officials and civil officials in Japan!”
"Yeah!" He Guangyi agreed briefly, sat upright in the carriage, first straightened the gilded gauze crown on his head, and then stretched the jade belt around his waist, flattened the folds of the python robe on his body, "I know! Tell me!
The team, walk slowly.”
As he said that, he pinched the jade pendant tied around his waist with his right hand and shook it gently.
Since Ashikaga Yoshima called himself a minister in the letter to the Ming Dynasty, he, the angel of the Celestial Empire, had to put on airs. Besides, his coming this time was to make Ashikaga Yoshima look disgraceful.
He Guangyi shook his jade pendant, then let it go, pressed the corner of his skirt of the rage, and said to the outside of the carriage, "Ji Gang, you will walk in the front with your brothers from the guard of honor!"
"Here!"
"Fan Biao!" He Guangyi gave instructions to the outside of the car again.
"I'm not here!" A fat man with a big tongue appeared outside the carriage.
This person looks like a person who is not as good as a man, but He Guangyi's confidant, and he is a confidant who can entrust life and death.
He Guangyi hooked his fingers, and the latter's fat face leaned closer, "Tell brothers, cheer up and don't lose our prestige! You guys, you're all ready!"
"Yeah!" Fan Biao said with a big tongue, "Don't worry! Brothers are so proud, little slut dare to show off, I stumble with a big neck...
.”
"Shut up!" He Guangyi gave him a blank look, and said, "You have been in the Jinyiwei for seven or eight years, why can't you speak official language?"
"I'm talking about official words!" Fan Biao glared, "Is it accurate if you don't protect me?"
He Guangyi sighed slightly, "Remember, take your brothers to see my eyes and act, don't copy me, don't talk less, do you understand? Bai said, "I'm not mysterious, let Yin laugh at me!" As he said that, he suddenly frowned,
"Hurry up and turn my accent off!"
Fan Biao turned his eyes twice and nodded, ran back to the guard team to explain one by one.
At the same time, standing outside Kyoto Castle, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiman, who was standing by the moat, also saw the envoy team with a strict formation and slowly moving forward.
At this time, Ashikaga Yoshiman was in his early forties, which was the most proud, energetic and mature age in his life. He wore traditional Japanese samurai costumes, with a jade-handled sword around his waist, and his sharp eyes were dying.
staring at the envoy's team.
Among the slowly coming team of envoys, the scales on the armor reflected dazzling light in the sun, making people dare not look directly at it.
"The army of Ming Kingdom is extraordinary!"
Ashikaga Yoshiman pointed at the distance and said to the people around him, "Look at it, in such a hot weather, their armor has not been relaxed at all. When the team advanced, the scouts were in front and the archery infantry were on both sides. The entire team was completely in a state of flaw.
No!"
"Iron armor!" Ashikaga Yoshimoto, the shogunate manager's office, Yu Kojitan said with a squinted eyes, "Ming is really rich, everyone has iron armor!" As he said, he paused, "Ming is listening to Ming Dynasty.
The businessman in China said that the Ming Dynasty has more and more warships, and are getting bigger and bigger!"
"Obviously, the new emperor of the Ming Kingdom is not as kind as Emperor Hongwu! He first annexed Goryeo and arranged heavy troops in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty. Now his hand is extended to the sea again! Lord, my subordinates, this time the Ming Kingdom is this time
The envoy came to visit, probably because he had ulterior motives!"
The study of the story of Oji Temple is Ashikaga Yoshiman's right-hand man, and his official position in the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to the Minister of War.
"What I said!" Ashikaga Yoshiman said slowly, "I was in charge of the Ming Dynasty. Many princes and daimyos said that I was servile, but I didn't know my difficulties. Japan was too small and the Ming Dynasty was too big, so I could only have a good friend.
If we really get into evil, let the Ming Dynasty send troops to attack. Even if hundreds of thousands of people die, the Ming Dynasty can recover its vitality. And we can’t afford to die or fight!”
Upon hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshihisa's eldest son Ashikaga Yoshihisa spoke, "I heard that the envoys of the country are very close to Yamama's masters!!"
Ashikaga Yoshiman's eyes suddenly became sharp, "Actually what I fear the most was not the Ming Dynasty's military front! But their wisdom! Thousands of years ago, they knew the strategy of fighting far and near, and killing three soldiers with two Taos!"
At this moment, a warrior trotted over in front of him, "Lord, the envoy of the Ming Kingdom has arrived. Do you want to come here in person?"
"This is natural!" Ashikaga Yoshiman slowly dismounted and looked around for a while and smiled, "Everyone will follow me to welcome the angels!" As he said, he smiled, "You can't lose your courtesy when you come to the door!"
At this time, in the magnificent castle in Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshimi's wife Yasuko Hino, brought a group of women dressed up, and was also watching the Ming envoys coming down the city.
"Ah!" Yasuko Hino exclaimed, "How many majestic men!"
"Hihehe!" A group of women around them covered their mouths and chuckled.
Yasuko Hino waved to a woman with a light veil covering her face and smiled, "Saeiko, you just lost your husband. Why don't I ask the general to find you a good husband in the Ming Dynasty mission?"
The women around him laughed louder.
Chapter completed!