Chapter 520: Using deception as straightforwardness
Chenxiang Garden is a typical Jiangnan garden. It inherits the consistent style of freehand landscape gardens since the Tang and Song Dynasties. It uses mountains, stacked stones, waterscapes, ancient trees, and flowers to create an elegant and wild artistic conception. Although it takes nature as its basis, it is unique.
It's not a jungle, it's disorderly. Tall trees, tall bamboos, ancient pine trees, graceful green willows, supplemented by rockery creepers and pond vines, it really is like a fairyland on earth.
There is a bookstore with a half-open window. Birds are chirping outside the window. In the bright spring light, there are two short beds inside. Xia Xun and Zheng He are each lying on a big bed. Zheng He is naked with three rows of bamboo tubes on his back.
It's sucking the flesh tightly and cupping it.
On Xia Xun's back, there was a girl wearing only close-fitting clothes and bright eyes and white teeth sitting, giving him a massage. Before the Han Dynasty, massage was called massage or massage, and from the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, it was often called massage. This girl
It was obvious that the technique and strength were top-notch. Xia Xun squinted his eyes slightly, as if he was very comfortable.
However, the girl only wore a pair of crimson trousers with a belt tightly tied around her waist, which perfectly outlined her beautiful figure, making her look plump and exaggerated. Her round and plump buttocks sat on Xia Xun's legs.
Like a slender-waisted queen bee, only he knows whether Xia Xun's intoxication comes from the girl's technique or her soft and elastic body.
Zheng He crossed his arms and rested his chin on his head and said: "After the traitors in Shandong, Fujian, South Zhili, and Zhejiang were eliminated, it is no longer possible for Japanese pirates to come and go freely in our Ming land. I heard that in Xiaozhi,
There was a Japanese bandit team of 2,000 people in the mountains. When they got to the shore, there was no one to guide them, and no one informed them of the news. In the dark, they actually strayed off the road and plunged into the Zhendong Wei barracks. As a result, they fell into a trap.
hehe……"
Xia Xun narrowed his eyes and said: "Hongbao, if you have stronger hands, I can bear the strength."
"Yes, sir!"
The girl Hongbao sitting on his back raised her wrist, wiped off the sweat, applied some oil on her hand, and pressed the skin harder, so her plump buttocks sat together, and her hands
With more effort, a piece of silk fabric clings tightly to her buttocks and has already slid into the crack of her buttocks. It looks even more interesting, and the guard standing at the door looks at her secretly more and more frequently.
Xia Xun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The most troublesome thing about Japanese pirates is that once they land on the shore, they can destroy them everywhere, but our soldiers can only chase after them to clean up the mess and knock out their
Eyes and ears, we have won half the battle. However, it is not easy. My father-in-law must have heard that many gentry and officials in eastern Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian, and Southern Zhili, including officials from Jinglitou, have written letters to impeach Yu.
Me."
Zheng He smiled and said: "The prince has the trust of the emperor, so why should he be afraid?"
Xia Xun said: "Three people become tigers, what people say is scary! Japanese pirates are a disaster, both to the court and to the people, but we must admit that while they bring harm, there are many Japanese pirate groups among them.
Those who regard robbery as a side job mainly rely on smuggling, and smuggling is beneficial to many wealthy merchants and wealthy families along the coast.
According to the imperial decree, anyone who exports cattle, horses, military supplies, iron goods, copper coins, satin, silk, and silk cotton out of the country for sale or puts them into the sea can be punished with a hundred sticks. Anyone who takes people or weapons out of the country or puts them into the sea can be hanged. However, the loss
The products of China are transported to foreign countries, and the profit can be tenfold by exchanging goods. Wherever the profit comes, the country does not allow buying and selling, and even the smuggling law cannot be stopped, resulting in countless banditry.
There are also many ordinary people who work for these wealthy merchants to make money. Those who rely on the sea eat the sea, and those who have to go to the sea cannot eat. Everything is blocked and the people are poor. Naturally, there are many Japanese pirates and many pirates. We severely crack down on Japanese pirates.
Eyes and ears, demarcating defense zones and cracking down hard can achieve temporary results. If we want to solve the problem of Japanese pirates at the root, we cannot rely on force in the end. We have to restore the sea market and cut off the source of the banditry to truly solve this problem.
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Otherwise, among other things, the soldiers and civilians of the coastal provinces all rely on the sea market to make profits. If our country can gain the emperor's favor and use violence to eliminate the Japanese pirates, I am afraid that within a few years, the bandits will still reappear and make a comeback."
When Xia Xun said this, he glanced at Zheng He and said, "My father-in-law is a person close to the emperor. He is very favored by the emperor. He will return to the capital in the future. Please tell the emperor more about what he saw and heard along the coast."
, If the emperor can relax the maritime ban, it will be beneficial to the country and the people."
Zheng He nodded and said thoughtfully: "Well, what the Duke said is indeed true. Judging from the confessions of captured traitors and Japanese pirates these days, some gangs are indeed smuggling for the purpose of smuggling.
If it is not allowed by the court, you will have to risk your life and violently resist the law. Since it is not allowed by the national law, so many people are fleeing, so why not do some unprofitable business?
Judging from the things they confessed, they wanted everything from my Ming Dynasty goods, including cloth, brocade silk, silk thread, steel needles, iron pots, porcelain, lacquerware, powder for women, as well as Buddhist scriptures, medical books, the Four Books and the Five Classics.
Medicinal materials, such as raw silk, or two pieces of raw silk, can be sold to the public, which is ten times the profit. No wonder so many people are willing to take risks even with swords and guns on their necks."
Xia Xun said: "Yes, our emperor is a wise king with great retribution, and he wants to do big things. However, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, and to do things, you have to use money. Emperor Taizu Gao cared about the people, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, he
We have set a rule of thirty-one tax and never increase taxes, so where does this money come from? I think expanding tax sources is a good way, what do you think, father-in-law?"
Zheng He was greatly moved when he heard this and nodded slowly.
Xia Xun stopped talking, not wanting him to notice his enthusiasm for opening the sea. After planting the seed, he changed the topic: "But now, this bandit still needs to be suppressed. The emperor has already organized the newly formed Shenji Battalion."
He was transferred to eastern Zhejiang. On the one hand, it was to strengthen the ability to fight against Japanese pirates. On the other hand, it was to train troops. It was the first time in the Ming Dynasty that an army mainly relied on firearms.
I heard that the guards along the coast are somewhat resistant to the Shenji Battalion. These conservative generals have always thought that firearms can only be used as supplements and are not useful. In fact, asking the Shenji Battalion to fight a few battles is enough to change their views, but the Shenji Battalion
The machine battalion also has its shortcomings. It is a powerful weapon when combined with the traditional army. If they are asked to act alone, there will be great risks.
The generals of the guards were prejudiced and looked down upon the Shenji Battalion. They were also afraid that the Shenji Battalion would not be able to fight effectively in their defense area, which would actually hinder them. Therefore, even the Shenji Battalion troops assigned to their defense area were left hanging.
There, it is isolated and neither activated nor cooperated. I would like to trouble my father-in-law to go down and mediate the relationship between the Shenji Battalion and the guards."
Xia Xun chuckled twice and said with some embarrassment: "My father-in-law also knows that my black face has been too successful. If I go, I'm afraid the effect will be counterproductive."
Zheng He couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay! It was the emperor's idea to establish a firearms camp. It was during the Battle of Jingnan that the emperor saw the power of firearms, and then he decided to build a sharp firearms force. How could he
Why don't they have any use for them? The Duke can rest assured that he will be in Hangzhou, just leave this matter to our family."
Xia Xun nodded and said happily: "It is Yang's blessing to be able to work with my father-in-law."
Zheng He smiled and said: "The same goes for Zheng!"
The two burst out laughing...
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***Kyoto, Kitayama.
This is the Kitayama Temple where Ashikaga Yoshimitsu held the power of Japan. It is a magnificent temple built on the basis of the Kitayama Villa donated to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu by the Saionji family.
Ten years ago, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu used a large army to suppress the situation and negotiated to achieve the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Emperor Kameyama of the Southern Dynasty made the decision in Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. From now on, the throne will be inherited by the Northern and Southern Dynasties in turn; the manors and territories in various places will be inherited by the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
After promising to rule the Northern and Southern Dynasties respectively, Emperor Gomatsu gave up the three artifacts symbolizing the throne to the Northern Dynasty and became a monk at Daikakuji Temple in Kyoto.
Two years later, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was only thirty-seven years old, gave up the position of "General of the Conquest of Barbarians" to his nine-year-old son Ashikaga Yoshimochi, and became a monk himself. His Buddhist name was Doyu (later changed to Daoyi).
His dharma name was Tianshan, and his leading minister Siba Yishang, left minister Huashanyuan Tongding and many other military and public officials also became monks with him.
But this so-called monkhood is just a formality, in order to better control the power of the temple. In fact, he has moved his shogunate to Beishan. The military and political power of the entire country is still in his hands. He enters and exits the palace just like he enters and exits.
His own home was just as casual. Even when he wanted to enter the palace to see the emperor, the palace had to be specially cleaned, decorated, and received with a grand ceremony. He was the de facto emperor of the Japanese royal family.
Beishan Hall is an extremely elegant Zen courtyard.
The corridor was paved with thick oak floors. Fatty was wearing a pair of wooden clogs. He followed a monk and walked forward step by step. The wooden clogs tapped on the floor, making a "thump, thump, thump, thump" sound.
The monk stopped in front of a room, knocked on the door gently, and said something respectfully. After a while, the shoji door opened, and two young and handsome boys came out, wearing samurai shirts and black hair shawls.
, with delicate features, like a young girl.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had a wide range of sexual interests, and he loved both handsome men and beautiful women. These two handsome young samurai were his servants. They were called "little surnames" in the Japanese country, and they were also called prostitutes in the Central Plains. The Japanese male style was very
Xing Sheng is an ordinary samurai who also likes to adopt a small surname. Kenshin Uesugi, Nobunaga Oda, Naomasa Honda and Tadakatsu Honda, among the four Tokugawa kings, all have the good taste of Ryuyang and regard it as elegance.
However, the difference between the surnames of the lords and the prostitutes of the Central Plains is that most of these surnames are highly skilled in martial arts. They not only have to satisfy their lord's desires on the tatami, but also have the responsibility of sorting out the lord's official documents and protecting him personally.
He also served as lover, bodyguard and secretary, and had a very close relationship with his lord. So when Fei Fu saw these two young men, he did not dare to be careless at all, and hurriedly bowed slightly to them.
The two young men stepped forward, searched Fei Fu, and stepped out of the way. Fei Fu hurriedly bowed, took off his clogs, and entered the room barefoot.
There is a spacious and deep hall with a long table with curly ears at the end. Sitting cross-legged behind the long table is a monk wearing a golden cassock and a shiny head. He is in his forties and has a graceful expression.
When he saw Fei Fu coming in, he folded up the files he was reviewing and put them aside. He raised the two thick black spots on his brows, revealing his dark teeth, and smiled happily: "Ah! Fei Fu is back.