First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Very good, your request is met, Daming is here!

Grandson, why don't you fight?How was it captured?

This is like a guy who is arrogant and supercilious, when he really enters the ring, he is knocked down with three punches, and the big guy laughs like a pig.

I thought it was very capable, but it turned out to be a silver pewter gun head.

The people of Daming were so happy, they were so happy, they helped the old and the young, and went outside the city to witness the demeanor of King Huailiang!

As for King Huailiang, he never thought in his life that he would actually cross the ocean and come to Daming.He came out of the cabin and was immediately terrified.

There are so many people, how many people are there?

Why can't you see the end at a glance?

Could it be that the people of Daming have all come?

Obviously, he guessed wrong, the actual number of people who came was less than [-]% of Ying Tian's.But even so, it was enough to subvert King Huailiang's cognition.

Trembling, he got off the diving board, slipped and almost fell, looking pitiful and funny.

The people of Daming couldn't help laughing.

Until now, the big guys didn't notice that King Huailiang was very old.He should be about 60 years old, and with the fact that he has traveled across the ocean, he looks very tired and haggard, and looks older than he actually is.

But no matter what, it is completely different from the temperament shown in his credential!

That should be a young man, full of drive, not afraid of heaven and earth.

The kind that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.

It's hard to imagine that a person of such an age can still say such insolent words, and his middle school has exploded for the second time.

Is it true that people cannot be judged by their appearance, or is there something else hidden?

And why did this guy get caught in Daming, what's wrong with this?

The common people were full of curiosity, but no matter what, they still had to send King Huailiang to see Zhu Yuanzhang first.

Zhang Ximeng was also invited to face this arrogant King Huailiang together.

Zhang Chengtian, who likes to join in the fun, even took advantage of his status as a commander to join in.

Everyone was curious about what kind of thing dared to challenge Daming's dignity?

A haggard and skinny old man walked into the Fengtian Temple, and just passed the threshold, this man knelt down on the ground.

"Sinful minister pays homage to His Majesty Shang, may my emperor live forever!"

This guy speaks Chinese very well, but he doesn't have much accent.

The attitude is also humble enough, kneeling on the ground, very honest.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not let him die, but said coldly: "The Japanese pirates are raging, killing the people in our coastal areas, and plundering our food and property... What a brave dog!"

Old Zhu said sharply: "Wo Chief, are you convicted?"

King Huailiang was trembling all over, and his voice trembled, "Please be sure to see clearly, Your Majesty, the sinner has no intention of offending Daming. In fact, the criminal has lost his authority many years ago. It is not at all wrong to condone bandits and offend Daming. What sinners do, after all, even if sinners want to, no one will listen to me."

"Nonsense! Don't you want to make sophistication? As a Japanese chieftain, you have been wronged?"

King Huailiang kowtowed loudly, "Your Majesty clearly learned, the sinner is not a Japanese pirate no matter what, this is even more unjust, please Your Majesty also enlighten me!"

Now it's interesting, Lao Zhu accused him, but he didn't admit it at all.

Zhang Ximeng could only cough lightly, "King Huailiang, what is your status in the Wa Kingdom? Seriously!"

"Going back to my lord, the sinner was originally the son of Emperor Go-Daigo, who once served as General Seishi. The purpose was to fight against the shogunate Ashikaga clan. It's just that the sinner was incompetent and repeatedly defeated. He had already lost his power a few years ago. Last year, the Ashikaga clan Completely occupying Kyushu Island, the sinner had no choice but to retreat into seclusion... But then for some unknown reason, he was arrested and said to be handed over to the Shang Kingdom for punishment... The sinner asked himself, he did not disobey the Shang Kingdom, and I hope Your Majesty will learn from him!"

King Huailiang had a clear mind and analyzed the key points clearly... He was in the period when the Japanese kingdom was fighting between the north and the south. It was a bit like Uncle Liu who had obtained the imperial edict of clothing and won over the feudal towns of Kyushu to fight against the Muromachi shogunate and wanted to help them. Sheji.

The two sides have been fighting for many years, and King Huailiang has become weaker and weaker. It is obvious that he is no match for the shogun. After the ten-year-old Ashikaga Yoshimitsu succeeded to the position of general, he went on a large-scale conquest.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty asked the crime, and only then did he have the letter of credence that made Lao Zhu's liver hurt.

Later, Lan Yu attacked the Japanese country in the direction of Goryeo, and Chang Yuchun mobilized his troops and launched a campaign.

Because the [-] elite were surrounded by the Ming army in Koryo, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu couldn't stand it anymore, so he came up with a way to send King Huailiang to Daming to appease the anger of the upper kingdom.

"Look for yourself, is this your attitude towards Shangguo?"

A letter of credence was thrown on the ground by Zhu Yuanzhang, someone picked it up and sent it to King Huailiang.

This guy just looked at it for a few times, and he couldn't afford it, and wept bitterly, "Your Majesty, this is indeed not written by a sinner. Even if a sinner did this to his own father, he would not dare to be so rude to Shangguo. This, this It must be that kid Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who dares to be so arrogant when he offends his subordinates!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while. In fact, he had already received a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He probably knew the situation. This King Huailiang did not lie.

But that letter of credence still made Lao Zhu very angry.

"It's really abominable that you, the king of the Wa Kingdom, is in a mess, and the ministers are not ministers! Especially if you dare to offend the Shang Kingdom, you can be killed but not kept!"

King Huailiang was so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't move at all.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the sinner!"

Old Zhu sighed heavily, "We can spare you, but we can't spare Wa country! And we can't spare that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu!"

At this time Zhang Ximeng said: "Your Majesty, could it be that you want to subjugate the non-officials for the Wa Kingdom?"

Old Zhu hummed: "Wo is disloyal, we won't waste our troops!"

These words were heard in King Huailiang's ears, and they were no less than life-saving straws. He hastily kowtowed, "If His Majesty Shang can restore the order of our country's monarchs and ministers, our country is willing to respect Daming as our father! Life after life, we will always be loyal to Daming!"

Chapter 8 The First Principality

When King Huailiang of the Wa Kingdom was captured, the common people were all overjoyed, thinking that if the king of the country was captured, the affairs of the Wa Kingdom would soon be settled.

Your Majesty's majesty is rare in the world of Chang Guogong. Even Sun Yan, who encouraged the use of troops against the Japanese country, followed suit, and his reputation grew day by day, and he secured the position of chief assistant.

But in fact, this is just the wishful thinking of the people of Ming Dynasty, or in other words, when they are used to the people of the Shang Dynasty, they always like to judge others by themselves, and use Daming's experience to trick other countries.

Don't say that King Huailiang is not the king of the country, even if the leader of a country is really captured, [-]% of the problems in the country of Wa will not be solved.

This is a very important matter. Lao Zhu ordered to summon all the princes, including the old King Wu Zhou who was growing up. They lined up in a row to listen to Zhang Xiang's teaching.

In addition, the courtiers headed by Sun Yan, and the nobles headed by Xu Da and Tang He also all came here. A correct understanding of the problems of the Wa Kingdom is of great value to the next foreign strategy, so the big guys are very special. serious.

Zhang Ximeng opened the case and said directly: "In the face of the situation of overseas countries, we must have a common sense, that is, the situation of the Central Plains. Our historical development is not a matter of course, nor is it something that is universal! It is even joking. To put it bluntly, we are the outliers, compared with other countries, we are all out of place. If you use the experience of the previous country to deal with overseas problems, you will probably have a bloody head."

Hearing this beginning, Zhu Di had a lot of experience. Isn’t that what Goryeo is like? Sapphire is so oppressive that it can’t compare to the nobles in Goryeo. On Daming’s side, people hate dogs, and they are so sinister and black-hearted.Put it on their side, and it can still be offered as a bodhisattva.There is nothing wrong with what Master said.

Zhu Di listened happily.

Mao Gui has been in charge of foreign affairs for a long time, he also knows this, and listens very carefully.

But for some officials, it is not so pleasing to the ears, we are Shangguo?Have our 5000 years of experience and 5000 years of civilization become different?

This is what Zhang Ximeng said, if it were another person, he would have already been drowned in saliva.

Even like Qian Tang, he firmly supports Zhang Ximeng's proposition, but Qian Tang hopes to turn the world into China in terms of foreign strategy.

So even in the face of the differences between overseas and Ming Dynasty, he tried his best to seek common ground while reserving differences. After all, sooner or later he will become a part of Ming Dynasty, so how can it be different?

Faced with this thought, Zhang Ximeng could only laugh it off.

You can't say that he is wrong, you can only say that the pursuit is too ambitious, the goal is too grand...

"In fact, the recorded history of the Wa Kingdom is not long. Strictly speaking, they entered civilization with our help. At the beginning, the Wa Kingdom sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to follow the example of the Tang Dynasty and establish a country. About 200 years ago, the Wa Kingdom was in a similar situation to ours. , is also walking on the path of the rise and fall of the dynasty... But then, the development of the Wa country has gone wrong, and this problem has to be attributed to the land. "

"In the Japanese kingdom, wealthy families also merged the land, and the rich families and fields connected to the fields, and a large number of people were reduced to tenant farmers and servants... These wealthy families, in turn, colluded with local officials and generals, forming a powerful local force."

When everyone heard this, they didn't think there was any difference. After all, the Central Plains dynasties also had this kind of problem, like the end of Yuan Dynasty, the end of Tang Dynasty, and the end of Han Dynasty, didn't they all have the same problem!Then the peasant uprising, reshuffle the cards, and do it again!

We are all too familiar.

It's a pity that this set doesn't work in Wa country.

First of all, the Wa country learned from the Tang Dynasty, but did not learn everything.

They did not adopt the imperial examination system, and there was no flow of talents.Moreover, the country itself is too small, and the bureaucratic system surrounding the king is too weak.

From the monarch down, ministers and ministers all depended on the inheritance of their fathers, and those days were simply more comfortable than Yuan Shao, who was four generations and three princes.

In 200 years, it will become a bunch of pigs.

On the other hand, at the local level, the powerful landlords who own the land belong to the local officials, win over the warriors, and form alliances through in-laws to firmly control the locality.

Layer upon layer, hard to shake.

For example, a piece of land is nominally owned by a certain landlord, but a share of the annual output must be given to a local official, a share to a certain general, and a share to a certain courtier...

Such a complex control structure, coupled with weak governance capabilities, makes it impossible to implement policies such as land equalization.

Some people may ask, since top-down is not enough, then bottom-up, the common people launch an uprising and reshuffle the cards, isn’t it also possible?

It really doesn't work.

Right now, the country of Wa is shattered to the ground like Lay's potato chips run over by a car.

Coupled with the lack of education, there is no imperial examination, and there is no flow of officials... The common people have no sense of family and country at all, or they think that the country is just a small village.

They don't care about what's going on outside.In other words, under the layers of oppression, there is no way to care about these things.

"At this stage of development, the imperial court of the Japanese kingdom has lost all its power, just like a puppet. But in the local area, powerful and powerful have risen together, forming feudal towns one by one, the country is fragmented, and there are chicken feathers everywhere."

At this time, Qian Tang stood up suddenly and asked, "Grand Master, is there no one who came into being in the Wa Kingdom to rule the country?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "Maybe there is, but if you study the Wa Kingdom carefully, you will understand...they have complex terrain, several islands, separated by mountains, and not even a decent plain. Although these feudal towns conquered each other, they attacked and annexed each other. But there is still no way to emerge a force that can unify the whole country...so a very evil thing appeared in Wa Kingdom, called the Shogun!"

Unlike the change of dynasty in the Central Plains, it is different from the emperor. The change of dynasty in the Wa country is basically a change of shogun.

Including the Meiji Restoration, many people think that the Meiji Restoration was a successful reform... In fact, the Meiji Restoration is actually a change of dynasty, after all, the Meiji Government is also known as the Sakura Shogunate.

Local forces are deeply rooted and difficult to eradicate. The so-called shoguns are similar to the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, except that they are more stable.

As for the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period, no one is willing to kill Zhou Tianzi. They still want to respect the king and fight against barbarians, and use the title of emperor to expand their strength and command the world.

But among these overlords, who would care about the weak and incompetent Zhou Tianzi?

Applying these experiences to the Japanese country is exactly the same.

Of course, unlike Japan, in our Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, there were not only talented political brothers, but also countless people with lofty ideals, Confucianism, Legalism, and military strategists... For hundreds of years, people have continued to put forward the concept of unification of the world.It is believed that only by achieving reunification can peace be achieved.

The difference between the big guys is only the method, but the goal is the same.

After many years and generations of debates, the theory of great unification was finally formed, and then the Qin army went east, the world was unified, and the nine states were unified.

This opened a new chapter in China.

It is no exaggeration to say that even after 2000, there are still many places where they have not even reached the stage of Spring and Autumn and Warring States, and have not even formed a consensus on national unification.

This also includes those countries that look very advanced.

They have only occasionally mastered advanced technology, possessed extraordinary power, and indeed made breakthroughs in management... But if it is placed on national governance, it will be a complete mess.

After all, it is almost impossible to maintain a huge territory, a large population, a unified concept, and an absolute consensus... outside of China.

In some cases, perhaps thanks to the arrogance of those people.They look down on a dilapidated, messy old empire.

Maybe it's just like the scorpion in the corner stone sea back then, who looked down on the small fish swimming around, thinking that he could keep running rampant with his teeth and claws.

They don't know that the opponent's interior has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the two sides are not playing a game of chess at all!

As far as Zhang Ximeng is concerned, it can be regarded as a strategic plan, and he has analyzed the country of Japan.

No matter whether they are literary or martial arts, or the princes of the clan, all of them were thoughtful and benefited a lot.

Zhang Ximeng said: "The problem now is very clear. When Chang Yuchun crusade against the Japanese kingdom, the shogunate simply sent King Huailiang out as the one who took the blame. What should we do now...do we make mistakes, or continue the crusade and blame the shogunate? "

Zhu Di was the first to stand up, "Of course we will continue the crusade! I'll take care of Wang Baobao first, and then I'll attack the Wa Kingdom later, and let them know what will happen if they offend Daming!"

Zhang Ximeng asked: "How to attack?"

"Just, in the name of King Huailiang, recruit righteous men and reshape the rule of law for the country! What kind of shit shogunate, I think we can just send a governor over there!"

Zhu Di looked around and thought to himself, you bunch of worthless bastards, the country of Wa is not small, why don't you grab it quickly!

King Qin and King Jin remained silent, while the younger kings of Zhou lowered their heads and pretended to be confused.

Grand Master Zhang has already said that the Japanese country is a mess and not good at all, so we don't want to go!

At this moment, Tang He stood up suddenly, "My lord, how about adding a principality to Wa Kingdom?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed suddenly, "Tang He, is it you who want to go, or your child?"

Tang He said: "Let the younger generation go, experience and practice, and suffer a little bit, there is nothing wrong with it."