All Heavens: Starting from Traveling Through Song Qingshu

Chapter 113 Tied you to my chariot of interests

In the yamen of Beizhili Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang and Song Lian sat on the Taishi chair, drinking tea.

As the deputy envoy to receive this time, Song Lian glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Duke Ming, the envoys of the two countries have been waiting outside the door for half a stick of incense, isn't it almost there?"

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang get up and said, "Then go out and have a look."

He said in a low voice: "I can feel that His Majesty doesn't like these two countries very much, after dealing with Bei Yuan, he will probably send troops to clean up these two countries.

You pay attention, don't be too polite! "

Song Lian sighed, "Oh, how come our generation doesn't pay attention to etiquette in my great country?"

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled, "Because most people in this world are cheap! If you teach them etiquette, they will only think you are weak and can be bullied."

Walking out of the government office, two teams of envoys had already gathered outside the government office.

The team on the Japanese side all wore loose samurai uniforms, with samurai swords hanging around their waists, and their hair was tied up with cloth strips and combed behind their heads, as ugly as they could be.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it,
The height of these Japanese people is really hard to describe. It feels like the knives hanging around their waists are almost taller than themselves.

As for the Goryeo team on the other side, it looked even worse. The clothes were not much better than those of the Japanese, but somewhat similar to the costumes of the Mongols.

He was not much surprised by this.

He has also heard of this country, and has always admired it. Whenever a country is strong, they will imitate other people's clothing and etiquette.

Although the envoys of the two countries were left alone for a while, they did not dare to have any opinion at all. When they saw Zhu Yuanzhang walking out in a royal robe, everyone immediately bowed and bowed.

"Japanese envoy Kenjiro Ashiki, pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty, long live long live long live!"

"Pu Chengxing, envoy of the Goryeo Kingdom, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Wu Dynasty. Long live my emperor!"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Song Lian represented the emperor, and they readily accepted the salute from the envoys of the two countries. After a brief introduction to each other, the envoys of the two countries were introduced to the table.

After a lot of drinking, the envoys of the two countries were drunk by Zhu Yuanzhang, and then they roughly figured out their purpose.

Then he asked Song Lian to be good, and he went to the palace to meet His Majesty.

In the imperial study room, Song Xuanduan took the main seat, and Zhu Yuanzhang was given the seat.

"How do you feel about the envoys of the two countries?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly said: "The clothes are so ugly that they really don't fit my Chinese beauty, barbarian!"

"Have the two countries talked about their intentions?"

"Speaking of which, apart from coming to pay tribute to recognize the suzerain abroad, there is also the desire to do business with our Wu Dynasty and establish a business relationship."

Song Xuan nodded and said: "Yes! The cabinet will come up with a charter for this matter, and conduct business in the name of the suzerain country and the vassal country. As for the specific details, you can discuss it with the envoys of the two countries.

In a word, as a vassal state, one must have the consciousness of a vassal state! "

"I understand!"

The envoys of the two countries were just a small episode for Song Xuan, and they only met briefly at the next day's court meeting, and after a few words of encouragement, they sent them back to the post station.

For the Wu Dynasty at this stage, the Mongolian forces entrenched in the north are still huge. If they are not completely disabled, they will inevitably be harassed by the opponent every now and then.

On the first day of August, the weather began to cool down, and His Majesty the Emperor of Wu Dynasty issued a call to action, formally starting to suppress the Qianyuan forces entrenched on the grassland.

On August nd, the dense armored army outside the imperial capital was like a torrent of steel, ready to go.

Song Xuan attached great importance to this expedition, with Xu Da as the commander, Lan Yu as the deputy general, and the Mingjiao Five Elements Banner envoy as the forward general to march on the Mongolian grassland.

For this expedition, Song Xuan mobilized elite cavalry, gunfire soldiers, and more than artillery battalions.

The number of heavy soldiers and civilians who escorted food and grass together amounted to more than 30, known as an army of 80.

Outside the imperial capital, there was a boundless sea of ​​people, and the envoys from Japan and Korea who watched were trembling with fear.

For them, the so-called war of princes involved thousands of people, and in the Wu Dynasty, it was often hundreds of thousands or millions. Such huge numbers simply exceeded their comprehension. .

The Japanese envoy kept saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven, it is really the Kingdom of Heaven!"

At this moment, the envoys of the two countries returned to the posthouse one after another, and immediately began to write down what they had seen and heard in the Wu Dynasty during these days, and sent them to their respective countries.

In a word, the Wu Dynasty is extremely powerful, and its soldiers are irresistible. Please be careful, your majesty the king, and never make a wrong decision to bring about the disaster of destroying the country!
When the army went out, the logistics support work was naturally the top priority. The huge war machine of the imperial court was in operation, and countless food, grass and military supplies were mobilized from all over the country to the imperial capital.

At the same time, for the great merchants of the Wu Dynasty, this was definitely a great feast, because His Majesty the Emperor specially ordered that merchants be allowed to go to the occupied grasslands to do business.

The decree was very subtle, but in fact these merchants knew very well that the imperial court was dividing the cake!
Cattle, sheep, horses and even women and children of grassland people are all commodities that can be bought and sold in the eyes of merchants.

Hundreds of thousands of troops went out to fight, one tribe after another killed them. Naturally, it was impossible for the army to take the captives and cattle and sheep on the road, so most of the spoils they got would be sold cheaply to merchants on the spot.

Proper profiteering!

This decree is not so much a bonus for the merchants of the Wu Dynasty, but a benefit for the officials of the Wu Dynasty.

Song Xuan knew very well that today's officials in the world don't care what they say, but how many of them are not in business behind their backs?
It's just a matter of size.

For normal business behavior, Song Xuan did not deliberately stop it.

And this time he issued this decree, telling the civil and military officials,

Want to earn money, want to get rich?Very good, then support me to go out to fight, and you can all share the spoils you get!

Since ancient times, the Chinese dynasties have shouted that militarism and belligerence will lead to death, but according to the history of plunder and colonization of Western countries, this is not the case.

A war does not necessarily perish. A war that only cares about fighting and does not know how to profit from it will drag down a country.

If a country can gain enough benefits from war, then war will no longer be something that everyone talks about!

And what Song Xuan is doing now is to tie the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to this chariot of interests.

Civil servants don't like fighting?

In fact, this is not the case. If it is profitable to fight, they will only be more energetic than anyone else!
It just depends on how those in power direct this force.

(End of this chapter)