When the fleet was transporting silver and other trophies back, Xue Hong was not idle either.
The leader was surrounded by mountains of stone and silver. It was not bad. He grabbed a mine and brought his own miners!
They directly ordered people to "clean up" the mines, leaving only the miners.
The rest is left to Chen Chen’s shopkeepers and craftsmen to do the work!!
Xue Hong's trio was not idle either. With the help of the dog bather who led the way, they visited several temples and shrines near Iwami Silver Mountain.
Zhu Hui took the lead and said righteously: "I heard that you worship evil gods here."
The shrine maidens: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! The one we worship here is Amaterasu, definitely not an evil god!"
Xue Hong: "Fart! I've never heard of Amaterasu. Anyway, have you heard of it?"
Chen Chen shook his folding fan: "No."
Xue Hong: "Then what are you waiting for? Cut down the mountains and destroy the temples! Forbid obscene sacrifices!
Those soldiers who beat up bachelors come here! These witches admire our Ming culture and say they want to marry Ming soldiers. Take them away!!"
"Thank you General for the reward!!"
"Thank you General for your kindness!"
After several witches were "invited" to leave, Zhu Hui took the lead and kicked the door of the shrine!
Bang! Bang! Bang! After three consecutive kicks without kicking him away, Zhu Hui lost his temper.
Xue Hong: "Your Highness, is that okay?"
Chen Chen: "Men can't help it~"
Zhu Hui: "Made! Amaterasu girls! It's all your fault. This king has lost face! Someone, bring up the mortar!!"
Six mortars were pushed up.
Zhu Hui: "What are you waiting for? Invite Amaterasu to eat cannonballs! Fire!"
With the sound of two rounds of artillery, the palace and statues dedicated to Amaterasu were directly blown to the ground.
Next shrine.
Within half a month, 7,000 people under Xue Hong's command worked frantically to help the Japanese people solve the evil god's troubles.
After entering temples and shrines, if you find that the statues you worship are not Chinese gods, just smash them!
As for whether anyone would resist... Xue Hong could only say that he had underestimated the servility and strong-willed nature of Japanese people.
In order to prevent the soldiers under his command from losing their humanity, Xue Hong prohibited unprovoked killings, but allowed legal transactions with local women and then in-depth communication. It could be regarded as a different kind of venting emotions.
But Xue Hong never expected that this group of soldiers would be so popular! When they arrived, there were ten thousand...01 single soldiers to go out.
After this fight, Xue Hong is left alone... Where can this special girl go to reason?
Some soldiers with outstanding abilities got five wives...
Ten days passed, and finally the vanguard troops sent by Emperor Longqing to civilize Japan arrived.
The specific appointment of 10,000 troops and some recruited candidates will be decided upon by Xue Hong and the other three.
After Xue Hong and the others studied it, they decided to assign the people to various cities as county magistrates or prefects.
In two and a half months, Xue Hong almost conquered two-fifths of Japan's land!
Xue Hong first asked the literati to spread the truth that the Japanese were the remnants of China through the ages, and then ordered the monks to spread myths and stories that were beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, saying that those who did not recognize their ancestors would go to hell after death.
Japan is very superstitious about monks.
What? Are there any disobedient monks? Mortar Buddha says hello to you and your temple.
Xue Hong also formulated special laws:
"Those who are not proficient in Chinese are considered to be barbarians, while those who are proficient in Chinese are considered to be superior citizens, and their taxes will be greatly reduced. At the same time, they will have the opportunity to serve as officials.
After five years, the villagers will automatically lose their right to marry, cannot own land, and cannot serve as officials.
Under the rule of officials of the Ming Dynasty, those who made special contributions or major contributions were rewarded with the status of citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and the taxes were the lowest in Japan.
Or those who have cultivated and paid grain continuously for three generations or more under the rule of the Ming Dynasty and are proficient in Chinese will automatically become subjects of the Ming Dynasty."
"The government and the people strictly prohibit the appearance of Japanese characters. It is prohibited to worship evil gods."
Xue Hong also used the name of the Japanese king to cast bronze seals with only one third of the number of daimyo. These were also the official seals for canonizing daimyo.
Xue Hong, Zhu Hui, and Chen Chen adopted a completely random principle to decide which daimyo's official seals would be awarded to the remaining daimyo.
Xue Hong stipulated that those who hold the seal issued by the Ming Dynasty will be canonized by the Ming Dynasty. Those without the seal will not be recognized.
Holding the seal of your name can do business with the areas ruled by the Ming Dynasty, and you are exempted from the necessary annual tribute. If not, then a quarter of the annual income of the area under your jurisdiction must be submitted to the court!
Each daimyo's ruling area must not exceed the land of one county, and anything exceeding it will be regarded as a provocation to the Ming Dynasty.
There were also two people who were dissatisfied, but Xue Hong led others to punish the whole family, and now there was no one who was dissatisfied.
Moreover, the Ming court only recognizes seals and not people. Whoever gets the seal is the friend of the Ming Dynasty. But there are too many monks and too little food, so what should we do... Hehehe!
In this way, the straight line between two points from Kawato to Iwami Ginzan is used as the boundary. The west of the boundary is the area ruled by the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the area where the Japanese king is located.
To the east of the boundary, village-level melee started.
As for why we didn’t just push all of Japan aside, it’s completely unnecessary.
After all, half of the Japanese people have just recognized their ancestors, so why don't you leave some opportunities for them to make meritorious deeds?
After three to five years, the Ming Dynasty can recruit troops on the spot and attack those "violating" famous names in Japan!
When the Japanese generation is almost exhausted, starting from the new generation, they will completely recognize the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
In less than twenty years, Japan can be regarded as "the territory of China since ancient times."
After finishing their work for a while, Xue Hong and the others were ready to return to the court. But almost most of the soldiers from the Eastern Expedition chose to stay.
Here, the people of the Ming Dynasty are more noble than the Japanese nobles. Moreover, Xue Hong rewarded them with a large amount of money, food and land.
That's fine, let them stay and contribute to the assimilation of the Japanese bloodline!
In the handsome tent, Xue Hong just finished tapping the supplies and then stood up to stretch his muscles.
Zhu Hui walked in with a silly smile, holding a letter: "Hehe...hehehe!"
Xue Hong pushed Chen Chen: "What's going on, Your Highness Gongzhi?"
Chen Chen shook his head and said he didn't know.
Zhu Hui happily told Xue Hong: "My mother later wrote and said she missed me! She asked me when she would go back, and it turns out that my youngest son is the most popular."
Xue Hong and Chen Chen looked at each other and felt something was wrong in their hearts.
Xue Hong: "Your Highness... um... are you sure this letter was written by the Queen?"
Zhu Hui: "Of course. As a son, can I recognize my mother's handwriting?"
Chen Chen closed the folding fan with a snap and patted Zhu Hui on the shoulder: "Your Highness, as the saying goes, a thousand pieces of gold will come back again after all is gone. Li Bai's poems are very reasonable."
Zhu Hui: "???"
Xue Hong complained silently: "Since your father is such a biological father, just accept your fate, Your Highness."