Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 388 Incorporated into the Ming territory
The Forbidden City, Huangji Hall.

Today is the second time in history that Emperor Wanli, who has not been in court for more than ten years, is in court.

The first time was about the disposal of Ryukyu.

Today is the second time, mainly discussing the handling of Japan.

"The Emperor is here!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

"Everyone loves to be flat!"

After a set of formal procedures have been completed, the morning court officially started.

"If you have something to play, you have nothing to do!"

After the beginning of the court, the eunuch next to Emperor Wanli stood up and shouted, of course this was just a formality.

At this time, as a courtier, he must immediately stand up and play.

"The minister has the original play."

Sure enough, a minister immediately stood up.

"Long live, the Hetao Tatars have invaded our Ganzhou border, and the border army has insufficient food and the border pass has been in disrepair for a long time. Please also ask the imperial court to allocate 20 taels of silver to the Ganzhou frontier army and rebuild the border pass." A middle-aged civil servant stood up. Said to Emperor Wanli.

"Long live, the Liaodong frontier army owes [-] million yuan. I hope the court can reissue the food as soon as possible." Another court minister also stood up and said.

"You can apply to the Ministry of Households for this matter. If the Ministry of Households has money, let it go." Emperor Wanli said to the minister.

"Long live, the Ministry of Households has no extra money to send to the frontier army. I also ask Wansui to allocate some money from the internal funds, and then return the internal funds after the court's tax balance." Li Ruhua, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, stood up and said.

"Let the cabinet discuss this matter. Is there anyone else involved?" Emperor Wanli asked directly, interrupting the topic.

The cabinet wants to take money from his internal funds, but there is no way.

While speaking, Emperor Wanli had already looked at a young man in the hall.

This young man was naturally Zhang Qingfeng.

In today's court meeting, Zhang Qingfeng is a well-deserved main role. He naturally has to go to court, because it was he who launched the war between the Royal Fleet and Japan and achieved an unprecedented victory.

His purpose today is very simple, that is, to ask Ming Dynasty to incorporate Japan into its overseas territory.

"I have the original play!"

Zhang Qingfeng had no choice but to stand up and play.

"What is Aiqing going to play?" Seeing Zhang Qingfeng standing up, Emperor Wanli asked kindly with a smile on his face.

"Long live, since Japan attacked Ryukyu the year before last and was defeated by the Royal Fleet, the Japanese shogunate ignored Daming's dissuasion and insisted on retaliating against the Royal Firm..."

After Zhang Qingfeng read a lot, he finally said: "Since the Royal Fleet went to war with Japan in March last year and completely defeated the Japanese shogunate two months ago, now the Royal Fleet has rescued Japan under the control of the shogunate." King Zhou Ren."

After a pause, he continued to say to Emperor Wanli: "Currently, King Zhou Ren of Japan is requesting to be removed from the throne of King of Japan and take the initiative to bring Japan into the territory of Ming Dynasty. Please also ask Ming Dynasty for permission."

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

"No, this is absolutely impossible." Someone stood up and objected: "Japan is a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty. The Ryukyu royal family has been destroyed. It is reasonable for our Ming Dynasty to send a vassal king to succeed in the past. But the Japanese royal family is still there. If we directly accept It is the territory of Ming Dynasty, what do other vassal states of Ming Dynasty think of it?"

"This sir, it was the King of Japan who requested that Japan be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty." Zhang Qingfeng reminded the courtier.

"Did you take the initiative? You and I are fully aware that if I, Da Ming, do such a shameless thing, I will be cast aside by the whole world. At that time, what prestige will I have to speak of when I am Da Ming?" refute.

"Why is there no prestige at all? First of all, it was Japan who started the war. At first, it wanted to annex North Korea, and then it wanted to annex Ryukyu. Now even Ming Dynasty is no longer in the eye. Such a country If you don’t beat him to death with a stick, will you let the tiger go back to the mountain? Do you want Gou Jian to try his best to destroy Wu to happen to me, Daming?” Zhang Qingfeng retorted.

"Today, my Ming Dynasty occupies the Great Righteousness, and the Japanese king took the initiative to let Japan be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Shouldn't I take this opportunity to annex the whole of Japan in one fell swoop?"

After a pause, Zhang Qingfeng said to everyone: "In my opinion, as a courtier of Daming, everything should be based on Daming's interests, and you should not betray Daming's interests just because you care about other people's opinions.

It took my Royal Fleet more than a year and more than 1000 million taels of silver to conquer the whole of Japan. Is it just to teach Japan a lesson? "

"Anyone who disagrees with placing Japan under the Ming Dynasty, as long as you can immediately come up with 2000 million taels of silver, the royal fleet can withdraw from Japan immediately."

"You, you are using strong words to make excuses." The official pointed at Zhang Qingfeng with trembling fingers.

"What's Ye Aiqing's opinion on this matter?" At this time, Emperor Wanli didn't bother to listen to that person's accusation, but asked Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet.

"Back to Long Live, I agree to designate Japan as the territory of Ming Dynasty." Ye Xianggao said to Emperor Wanli.

"What do other lovers think?" Emperor Wanli looked at the other court ministers again.

"The minister agrees to bring Japan into the territory of Ming Dynasty."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

Except for a few people, most of the court officials agreed to include Japan in the territory of Ming Dynasty.

"Since everyone agrees to include Japan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, this matter is settled. Next, let's discuss how to accept Japan and reward the meritorious ministers..." Emperor Wanli said to everyone.

Next, everyone discussed how to rule Japan and rewards for meritorious officials.

This time the meeting lasted from morning to evening, and the discussion continued the next day.

After several days, everyone discussed how to rule Japan and reward meritorious ministers.

For ruling Japan, the first step was to have the Japanese king move to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Secondly, the imperial court sent officials to Japan to serve as officials.

Furthermore, it is to give Japan a place in the imperial examination, so that Japanese scholars can come to Ming Dynasty to become officials, etc., so that Japan can be integrated into Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

Regarding rewards for those who have made meritorious deeds, as the person in charge of this incident, although Zhang Qingfeng is an eunuch, he cannot escape from his contribution to the expansion of territory.

In the end, after the court deliberated, Emperor Wanli decreed that Zhang Qingfeng be named Zhendong Bo, becoming the second person in the history of the Ming Dynasty to be knighted by an eunuch.

The first one is Cao Jixiang, Uncle Zhaowu during the Ming Yingzong period.

In addition to Zhang Qingfeng, Wei Zhongxian and Chen Guangping, the other two eunuchs who participated in the expedition against Japan, were also conferred the titles of Marquis of Kyushu and Marquis of Honshu respectively.

The titles are named after two large islands in Japan in recognition of their achievements.

In addition to the two, many others were also made official officials of the imperial court.

For example, Tian Jie of the First Musketeer Battalion was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Musketeer Battalion and was made a viscount.

Zhang Changshun of the Artillery Battalion was also appointed as the Chief Soldier of the Artillery Battalion and made a Viscount.

In addition, there are many people who have also been appointed as the chief soldier, thousand generals, and general generals.

Generous pensions and rewards were also given to ordinary soldiers and casualties.

After the news that Japan was included in Ming Dynasty's territory spread, the names of Zhou Qingfeng, Wei Zhongxian, Chen Guangping, Tian Jie, Zhang Changshun and others immediately became heroes.

Of course, Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, had the same reputation among the people for a while.

(End of this chapter)