Chapter 715: Having control of the sea means you can do whatever you want

Chapter 715: Having control of the sea means you can do whatever you want

Marginalization is the most dangerous situation, because once marginalized, it means no one cares, it means becoming a wild dog on the roadside, the kind of wild dog on the roadside that anyone can kick, and the jailer knows this best.

Jailers were the vane of political struggles in the Ming Dynasty. If they were in the center of the whirlpool of the struggle, jailers would often not dare to bully the criminals, because in the center of the whirlpool, everyone was watching. No matter who handed the note, the jailers would not dare to attack easily. But once Being marginalized, with no one even coming to take a look, the jailer knew that this person was the easiest person to bully.

No one cares, which means absolute isolation of information. This is the most dangerous situation in political activities.

The academicians, academicians, academic officials, scholars, and literary writers who were detained by Zhu Yili had reached this point.

The literary world of the Ming Dynasty has exhausted all its efforts. When the situation is unclear, no one dares, is unwilling, and cannot express a position, because no one knows whether expressing a position will make the emperor make more violent decisions. That's it. No matter what, you can still survive if you keep it closed.

Wait until Emperor Yuanfu's anger subsides before testing again.

Zhu Yijun actually didn't quite understand why Zhang Juzheng was so insistent and insisted on severe punishment, because Zhu Yijun was a young man, he was only twenty-three years old, and it was a time when he was high-spirited and fearless. He was fearless, and during the Southern Tour The courtiers are all very old. The older they are, the more helpless they are, and the more things they fear.

Zhang Juzheng believes that in the future of the Ming Dynasty, it does not matter even if it is a world where everyone has the same path and purpose, as long as His Majesty is wise and wise. These Confucian scholars who like to turn effects into causes had better shut up, because veterans like Zhang Juzheng have really experienced that Era.

The Ming Emperor and Yuan Fu were very insistent, and finally chose to put it aside and deal with it on the margins.

Although Shi Maohua passed away, he was still buried in the Xishan Mausoleum. He quietly looked at the capital and the Ming Dynasty, hoping that the Ming Dynasty would be peaceful and peaceful for the people, and the government would be harmonious and harmonious.

Three days after Zhu Yijun issued an order to withdraw from the court, the court discussions began again.

"My dear friends, an express report came from the Governor's Office in Nagasaki. There is something unusual about the Japanese pirates." Zhu Yijun circulated a Tong report that had been sent to the capital of the Ming Dynasty through coastal defense inspection.

"Eh? Are the Japanese crazy?" Ningyuan Marquis Li Chengliang said with a very solemn expression after reading the newspaper.

Because there are various signs that the Japanese pirates are gathering, and the target is North Korea. If the target is the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, the Ming Dynasty should be fully prepared to deal with the Japanese pirates' counterattack on Nagasaki. But the opponent's target is North Korea, so Very intriguing.

This is a very crazy decision no matter how you look at it.

After everyone had finished reading the newspaper, Zhang Juzheng said with a solemn face: "Oda Nobunaga is indeed qualified to be the leader of the Japanese country. Even though he was repeatedly assassinated, he still paid a huge price to let the Japanese United together.”

Oda Nobunaga was a fierce man from Japan. He never gave up his idea of ​​one public and two citizens. No matter how many times he failed, he was pursuing the realization of this goal. The universal tax rate of eight publics and two citizens made the Japanese country There are almost no civilians, all are slaves.

What is more interesting is that Oda Nobunaga was the king of Japan and Azuchi Shogun who was conferred by the Ming Emperor. The Ming Dynasty left Ashikaga Yoshiaki in the capital as a neighbor to the Ryukyu King, which actually added great legitimacy to Oda Nobunaga's ascension. Sex, because the shogun who was previously canonized by the Ming Dynasty has moved to the Ming Dynasty.

No one in the Japanese country could be called king, and Oda Nobunaga was the king of the Japanese country recognized by the Ming Dynasty.

This is the second way that the Ming Dynasty is trying to bring peace to the Japanese country, if possible, besides completely destroying the Japanese.

A peaceful and stable Japanese country is also extremely beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. If the Japanese country can be stabilized, whether it will have to pay a huge price to completely destroy the Japanese country, we have to calculate the costs and benefits to see if the gains outweigh the losses.

From beginning to end, the Ming Dynasty hoped to solve the Japanese problem. As for attacking the Japanese mainland, it was somewhat radical.

If Oda Nobunaga's one government, two citizens is successfully implemented, the number of refugees and wandering warriors in the Japanese country will be greatly reduced. The anti-piracy order and the defense lines of Nagasaki, Jeju Island, and Tsushima built by the Ming Dynasty, this Great Wall on the sea, will It can be guaranteed that Japanese pirates will not flow out of the country, and coupled with the restrictions on Japanese ship technology, the Ming Dynasty's waters will be quiet for at least a hundred years.

Unfortunately, the road to peace has been blocked from the beginning.

The Japanese daimyo wanted Oda Nobunaga to die.

The daimyo of Japan did not accept one government and two citizens, so they rose up to resist. Political assassinations were like eating and drinking, and they united to resist Oda Nobunaga again and again.

"So, what price did Oda Nobunaga pay to unite the Japanese?" Wang Chonggu looked puzzled. In his opinion, the Japanese daimyo had bitten a mad dog and completely lost his mind.

"It's famine." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Wang Cifu, since last year, the price of food in Japan has skyrocketed. The result of a 10% shortage of food is not that the price of food has increased by 10%, but that the price has continued to increase until 10% of the people starved to death. , Food is not another commodity. If the supply decreases by 10%, the demand must decrease by 10%. Of course, in many cases, starving to death by 10% is the beginning.”

From food shortage to famine, 10% starvation is just the beginning.

Japan was short of food, and the Ming Dynasty banned the sea. It was absolutely forbidden to sell food to Japan.

Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Juzheng, and Zhang Juzheng looked at His Majesty, the First Assistant and the Second Assistant of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, it was somewhat incomprehensible. Can the lack of food make the crazy dog ​​calm down, talk to each other, and go out to grab food?

"When people are hungry, there is only one worry, and that is hunger. Food is different from salt, oil, steel, and coal. The acquisition cycle of food is very long, usually taking several months." Zhu Yijun's evaluation of himself , has never been a holy emperor, he feels that he is just a peasant on the throne.

The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty lacked experience in farming, but Zhu Yijun had cultivated wasteland, helped plows, picked dung, planted seedlings, worked in desert fields, built firehouses, raised seeds, turned over his trouser legs, and would personally do it every year. When working in the fields, Zhu Yijun knew very well that the acquisition of resources such as food was not determined by human will. Hungry is just hungry.

The food shortage in the Japanese country is a very complicated contradiction. In terms of military, too much food is consumed by the constant wars with each other, and these battles are often accompanied by plunder, the people are in dire straits, and production is destroyed; economically, the daimyo of the Japanese country, It also refused to lower the general tax rate of eight citizens and two citizens, which resulted in a large amount of land being abandoned; and politically, there was a lack of top-down actual rule. After the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the semi-colonial and semi-feudal feudal system worsened everything.

In the end, the food shortage became more and more serious, forcing all the Japanese daimyo to sit down and talk.

"Oda Nobunaga also paid a sufficient price. He promised to move all his sons out of the Japanese country, and he has put it into practice. His sons have now arrived at the Nagasaki Governor's Palace by boat and come to the Ming Dynasty. "Zhu Yijun told the courtiers what price Oda Nobunaga paid.

This behavior is tantamount to saying that if he gives up the hereditary succession of shogun, he will work until death. After all, the shogun of Japan will not be of his bloodline, and his policies will not continue.

Oda Nobunaga is indeed a mighty man descended from heaven in Japan, but it is a pity that the Japanese do not thank Oda Nobunaga.

"Are the Japanese planning to attack North Korea?" Wang Chonggu breathed out, still not quite sure what Oda Nobunaga's purpose was.

How could the Ming Dynasty sit idly by when the Japanese invaded Korea? If the Japanese pirates really come ashore, the Ming Dynasty will never have peace. No matter what the reason, the Ming Dynasty will send troops.

Zhang Juzheng looked at the huge map placed in the Wenhua Hall and said: "What Nobunaga Oda wants is nothing more than that if he wins, the Japanese will get the vast plains in southeastern Korea as a granary. If they lose, they can wipe out enough If you have more warriors and reduce food consumption, even if you lose, the problem of food shortage will be solved.”

"Isn't he afraid that the Ming Dynasty will launch an army to attack the Japanese?" Wang Guoguang twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Although the national funds are poor now, there are still 7 million in silver in this old treasury, which is enough to destroy the Japanese."< br>

As the accountant of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Guoguang always kept a sum of money. Even if the court's annual revenue and expenditure are now balanced, he still has a budget of seven million silver to start the war. Dao Ye is stuck at this link because there is no There was not enough money to start, but not enough guest soldiers were recruited to eliminate Ada Khan. The longer it was delayed, the bigger the hole became.

When it comes to fighting, it's actually easy. When you start to attack, everything must be tilted toward war.

"He is not afraid, just destroy him. Killing people with soft knives of the Ming Dynasty is more painful. Oda Nobunaga is also for the future of the Japanese country. No matter how powerful the Ming Dynasty is in killing people, can it still kill more than 8 million people in the Japanese country?" Zhang Juzheng can understand the Japanese people. Tian Nobunaga's plan, this is his last dance. If he wins, then everything will come naturally. If he loses, he will be merged into the Ming Dynasty.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty itself is the suzerain state of the Japanese country. The Ming Dynasty is not the gang of red-haired people in Taixi who kill, set fire and plunder, cutting off the foundation of civilization. The most tragic outcome of this battle for the Japanese country is that the Japanese country will be transformed by the Ming Dynasty. This is also an acceptable result. .

The soft knives of the Ming Dynasty mainly involved the trade of silver, treasure banknotes, goods, high walls, Japanese women and Japanese slaves, especially the last item. The Ming Dynasty never had any moral burden in its policy towards the Japanese. Japanese plagues are everywhere, people are in ruins, and wars are burning for thousands of miles.

"To put it bluntly, it's just gambling on the fate of the country." Zhu Yijun said in summary. Oda Nobunaga's behavior was in line with the Japanese way of thinking. Betting on the fate of the country was a big gamble that put the entire Japanese country on the gambling table.

"There is the Ming Dynasty's Yamatai Military Port on Tsushima Island. Your Majesty, the memorial from the Nagasaki Governor's Office is asking whether the Yamatai Military Port will be withdrawn." Qi Jiguang said with a very solemn expression: "Your Majesty, although Yamatai The military port is just an isolated city, but if His Majesty gives the order, the Ming army can guarantee that this isolated city will not fall without the order."

The city that will never fall is a lie, but Qi Jiguang said it, and Zhu Yijun believed it.

Tsushima Island is the stepping stone between the Japanese islands and the Korean Peninsula. Whether it is attacking Japan from North Korea or Japan attacking North Korea, Tsushima Island is a battleground for military strategists.

The Ming Dynasty's military port on Tsushima Island is called Yamatai Military Port. It is located in the middle of Tsushima Island. It is a good port and is surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Oda Nobunaga ceded Tsushima Island, and the Ming Dynasty army Going to build a port, there was a conflict with the Tsushima clan. The Tsushima clan lost to the Ming army and chose to surrender.

Now that the Majo clan has the support of the Japanese mainland, the Yamatai military port, a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, has become the most dangerous battlefield of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the Yamatai Military Port was built with reference to the experience of the Hongmao Fan. High walls, camps, ravines, and water gates were left to facilitate ship supply. The weapons of the Japanese country were weak, so long as the Ming Dynasty navy was the advantage. , Yamatai Military Port can obtain supplies, and Yamatai can be defended." Qi Jiguang briefly explained the construction standards of Yamatai Military Port. It is an important town nailed to the enemy's throat. As long as the Ming Navy is strong and has supplies, The Japanese pirates killed as many as they came.

Japanese pirates attacked the city and lacked heavy artillery.

"Let me think for a while." Zhu Yijun looked at the Kanyu map and kept tapping his fingers on the table.

The withdrawal of troops from the Yamatai military port represents the opening of a gap in the high wall built by the Ming Dynasty, just like opening the door of a dog cage, and hungry vicious dogs will rush from the dog cage towards North Korea.

If the Ming army does not withdraw from the Yamatai military port, no matter what, Oda Nobunaga and Mori Terumoto will not be able to bypass Tsushima Island and attack North Korea. This is equivalent to saying that if the Ming army does not withdraw its troops, the Ming Dynasty will bear everything for North Korea, and everything will come from Japan. All the pressure from various aspects was borne by Yamatai Military Port. "Withdraw." Zhu Yijun shook his head after thinking for a while and said: "Why, why should the Ming army resist the attack of the Japanese mad dogs on behalf of North Korea? And they are still very hungry mad dogs?"

The Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of Korea, a state of parents. The Japanese pirates are attacking your own son, and you, the Ming Emperor, actually want to withdraw your troops!

The mad dogs in the Japanese country were starving, but they still had something to eat. Zhu Yijun was cruel and insisted on sticking to the decree. In less than a year and a half, the Japanese country would fall into a full-scale famine. By then, they would retreat without a fight.

Famine is also the soft knife of the Ming Dynasty. A soft knife kills people, killing people invisible.

If the Ming Dynasty allowed sea ships to transport grain, especially after the Ming Dynasty had something like the Taiyue (grain) box, shipping grain by sea would no longer be a problem, and the famine in the Japanese country could be partially alleviated, but the Ming Dynasty would not allow it. The Ming Dynasty maritime merchants transported grain to the Japanese country.

But now, Ming Dynasty is about to withdraw its troops from Yamatai Military Port, open up the road, and let go of the dog leash.

"What does Commander Qi think?" Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang. When making major military decisions, it is natural to consult the general for his opinion. After all, military talent is something you are born with, and if you don't have it, you don't have it.

"I think we can withdraw or not." Qi Jiguang said very calmly: "We all rely on Shengde. Since the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, the navy has been strong and has control of the sea. The initiative is in our hands, and even the battle situation can be directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty. The control of the sea is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. No matter what the Japanese do, it is wrong, and no matter what the Ming Dynasty does, it is right.”

If you have control of the sea, you have absolute initiative, which means you can do whatever you want, especially for an island country like Japan, which is trapped on an island. It means you can do whatever you want. If it is a landlocked country, closed to the outside world, if the distance is too far, the Ming Dynasty will not be very good. method, but island countries are not so lucky.

If the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula is compared to a game of cards, the Ming Dynasty, which has control of the sea, has all the cards in its own hands.

"Ah, yes, sea control can even interrupt Japan's logistical supplies and reinforcements at any time." Zhu Yijun was stunned. When he was thinking about it, he really ignored the significant impact of sea control on the Korean Peninsula battlefield. When necessary, Ming Dynasty could even Close the door of the dog cage, block the sea rights of Tsushima Island, and beat the dog with the door closed.

Qi Jiguang is telling the truth, and they all rely on Shengde. The opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty was led by His Majesty. Songjiang Prefecture, this special bridgehead for the opening of the sea, was built by the Ming Emperor with real money. The initial investment of 37.12 million silver, plus the Nan After the official payment of 13 million silver, the total scale of Kaihai Investment has reached 50.12 million silver.

All these are the foundation of the Ming Navy.

"Then withdraw the troops and let them fight." Zhu Yijun, the emperor who expected to be lenient with his enemies, finally made a decision with confidence, letting go of the dog leash and letting North Korea and Japan fight to the death. Watching the fun is not too big a deal, and the more lively the fight, the better good.

"The King of North Korea will definitely ask the Ming Dynasty for help." Wan Shihe said with a frown.

The filial son of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, will definitely hold the banner of the country of his parents and come to the Ming Dynasty to morally kidnap the Ming Dynasty and send troops to quell the Japanese invasion. How the Ming Dynasty should respond is also a problem that needs to be resolved at the court meeting.

"Delay." Zhu Yijun gave him a way, which was to delay. Just like Wang Jiaping pretended to be confused in Guangdong, the Ming court also pretended to be confused. They didn't say yes or no, so they just delayed and let North Korea guess. It doesn't matter if you come out, Ming will just clean up the mess when the time comes.

"I obey the order." Wan Shihe obeyed his leader's orders.

Your Majesty has a consistent style of doing things. He has never wanted to be a universal king, a khan of heaven, or a king of kings. Your Majesty is the monarch of the Ming Dynasty. He puts the interests of the Ming Dynasty first, and the interests of the Ming Dynasty are above all else. North Korea wants to kidnap morals and engage in free prostitution. Ming army? Don't even think about it.

In fact, the ministers of the DPRK and China were very, very disgusted with the offensive and defensive alliances that the DPRK had forged among various tribes. Ming Dynasty was addicted to being a father. He had been a father to the DPRK for two hundred years. He gave too much, but instead became angry!

If the father doesn't give it, the son starts to slap his face. It really should be reprimanded to let the North Korean royal family understand the true truth. What the Ming Dynasty gives is yours. If you don't give it, you can't take it away.

The Japanese army is gathering, the Tsuima clan is flirting with Mouri Huimoto, the Ming army is withdrawing from the Yamatai military port, and the Japanese ships are constantly gathering under Mouri Huimoto's account. Everything is a mountain. The rain is coming, the wind is blowing, and the situation is getting tense.

The Ming Dynasty dispatched twenty-three three-masted plywood ships to North Korea. After half a month of searching, they evacuated all the Ming Dynasty people in the country. The war seemed about to break out.

Oda Nobunaga was very, very surprised by the withdrawal of the Ming army. In fact, the Ming court officials had thought too much. The Japanese country did not have such a long-term plan at all. The victory or defeat was not important to the Japanese country at this time. The main Japanese daimyo such as Tian Nobunaga, Mouri Terumoto, Nagasogabe Motochichi, Hojo Ujinao, Uesugi Kagekatsu, etc., faced a choice between two.

Because of the food shortage, the crisis of famine is imminent, and the constant attacks on the people have made all the daimyo anxious.

Either choose to find a way to consume the warriors and appease the people, or find a way to suppress the people.

While food prices skyrocketed, in less than a year, more than 200 people's protests broke out throughout Japan. This was the basis for everyone to sit down and talk.

The Ming Dynasty was a behemoth, and as long as it turned around, it would have countless impacts. After the Ming Dynasty began to open up the sea, many wealthy port cities appeared in the coastal areas of Japan.

These coastal areas are in a state of dissatisfaction and consume a lot of food. This is also a contradiction. Just looking at the prosperity of these coastal areas, one would think that the Japanese country also took advantage of the east wind of the Ming Dynasty to open the sea and soared to 90,000 miles. However, there was a more serious problem with distribution. , there is one more place to suck blood. Except for these coastal areas, people in other places are already on the verge of life and death.

At the expense of giving up his heirs to inherit the shogunate, Oda Nobunaga summoned all the daimyo to discuss the state affairs in Kyoto, and finally determined the plan to attack North Korea. From the beginning, this plan had no intention of attacking North Korea, so it was evil. The Matai Military Port alone can consume enough warriors.

Oda Nobunaga is a very capable general. He knows that if the Ming Dynasty does not give up the Yamatai military port, no matter how many people are added to it, it will not be able to defeat it.

Now, the Ming Dynasty suddenly withdrew its troops, and before the withdrawal, it informed the Ma Zong clan that the Ming army had left and took away all the armaments. The Ming Zong clan also specially sent 200 people to enter the military port. Indeed, all the Ming army No more, it was completely withdrawn. The meaning was very clear. Daming, the referee, had left the field, and Japan could let go.

Kuroda Takaka said solemnly: "General, the Ming Dynasty can't bear the two sides of the Korean king. Because the ancestors established the law and the country without conquest is still there, the Ming Dynasty cannot directly reprimand it, so we have to reprimand it. General, This battle cannot be fought!”

"Why?" Oda Nobunaga looked at Kuroda Takaka and said in confusion: "The Ming army has already evacuated the Yamatai military port. Are you telling me that we can't fight?"

The channel has been dredged, the sails have been hoisted, and the horn has been blown, but Kuroda Takataka actually said that he could not set sail.

"Because the purpose of the Ming Dynasty is obvious and everyone knows it. What the Ming Dynasty wants is to destroy the Japanese, not to restrain them." Takaka Kuroda said with a serious face: "The Ming Dynasty cannot attack the Japanese mainland from the sea. It has learned from the original Yuan Shizu’s lesson, Shui Wen made Yuan Shizu twice defeated in Japan, and now the Ming Dynasty wants to attack from the land, North Korea is the stepping stone!”

"Once we attack, it will give the Ming Dynasty a reason to enter North Korea. The Ming Dynasty will actually occupy North Korea, and the Japanese country will perish!"

Only now did Kuroda Takataka understand the Ming Dynasty’s intention. The Ming Dynasty’s ultimate idea to solve the Japanese problem was to destroy the Japanese!

Oda Nobunaga thought for a long time before shaking his head and said: "The arrow has to be fired when it is on the string. You know, it is not easy to take care of the current situation. Right now, we just want to find ways to consume the samurai and not let them eat food in the Japanese country. No. To die at Yamatai Military Port is to go to North Korea to eat food, there is no difference.”

"Isn't it? A small country never has much power to choose. In Jiajing, Japanese pirates invaded frequently, which was a life-or-death feud."

What if we understand Daming's plan? We can only die under the will of the Ming Dynasty. As the Celestial Kingdom, the Ming Dynasty has been relieved. Such blood revenge has to be avenged. The Ming Dynasty established the country with force. For more than two hundred years since its founding, there was not a day without a war.

"That's what the general said." Kuroda Takaka thought for a moment and showed a wry smile. He called himself a smart man and believed that everything in the world has a way out. But from the looks of it, this is a situation where there seem to be many choices. But it’s just a dead end where everything cannot be controlled.

The only way the Ming Dynasty gave the Japanese country was a dead end. The only way to break the situation was to defeat North Korea, defeat the Ming Dynasty army in North Korea, and defeat the Ming Dynasty Navy at sea. This is the fate of the country that must be bet!

"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually gave us another way, which is the land return order that the Ming Dynasty has been talking about recently. The land was distributed to the people. The landlords were not allowed to charge too high rents. The land tax was reduced to one public and two citizens. But the Japanese daimyo How can we agree to this... Moreover, even the Ming Dynasty didn't understand this, and it was even more impossible for Japan. "Kuroda Takagao was a little helpless.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very tolerant. It was not that he had no way to survive, but the Japanese country could not do it. Let alone one Oda Nobunaga, could ten, a hundred, or ten thousand Oda Nobunaga do it? It's impossible to do that either.

"What is the attitude of the Nagasaki Governor's Palace and the Osaka Bay Guard Sento?" Oda Nobunaga asked about the attitude of the Kyoto Prefectural Special Investigation Department.

The Ming Dynasty garrisoned the Qianhu Station in Osaka Bay. There was also a yamen in Kyoto called the Prefectural Procuratorate’s Special Investigation Department. The troops guarding the Senhu Station were generally not mobilized. It was mainly the Prefectural Procuratorate’s Special Investigation Department that interfered with Japanese affairs. In Japan, the Kyoto District Prosecutor's Office's Special Investigation Department is like the Supreme Emperor with military power, and their attitude is very important.

"No attitude." Ranmaru Mori bowed his head and said: "The governor and the guarding general are pretending to be confused."

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty are very good at pretending to be confused. When asked, I don't know what is going on. I'll ask you. If you don't express your position clearly, it has nothing to do with them.

"Then prepare to attack." Oda Nobunaga exhaled. The gears of fate began to turn from this moment on. He didn't know what the future would be like. He only knew that if it dragged on any longer, there would really be no future.

Kuroda Takataka didn't say it. In fact, according to the theory of the Ming Dynasty's contradiction, it would be fine not to attack North Korea.

According to the basic methodology of the theory of contradictions in the Ming Dynasty, if Korea is not attacked, the Japanese country will have internal civil strife. The people's internal conflicts will be fully intensified. After decades of chaos, the contradictions will continue to reach consensus in the conflict, and finally there will be A conflicting answer, breaking and then building.

Everyone understands the truth, but the time of breaking and then establishing is too long, so long that daimyo like them will not be able to see the day of Chonghe even without illness or disaster. The daimyo of Japan are more inclined to gamble on the fate of the country, because in front of them The crisis is more imminent.

National policy is a very, very luxury thing for any country at any time.

Although the Ming Dynasty is extremely powerful, the Japanese country is not without a glimmer of hope!

(End of chapter)