Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 219: Polite Treatment
"These guys really look exactly the same."

The moment Li Wenzhong saw Tanaka Yukinobu, including the Japanese who came from Nara and Yoshino, he couldn't help but sigh that it turned out that the genes of these Japanese were really bad.

They were all short in stature, and he originally thought that the Fujiwara clan lived on this remote island.

I never thought that insufficient resources would lead to short stature.

Even though he was a shogun who came from Nara, the capital of the Southern Dynasty, Tanaka Yukinobu, who was known as the first retainer of the Southern Dynasty's shogunate, was still an adult male less than 1.4 meters tall.

However, during the days he lived on Fukue Island, Liu Wenzhong had to admire the fact that these Japanese were all crazy.

The other party advocates the spirit of Bushido, and in terms of a pure man-to-man duel, he is absolutely superior to any enemy Li Wenzhong has ever seen in the world.

When the Mongols knew they could not win a war, they would quickly retreat in order to preserve their strength, but the Japanese were different.

These guys can sacrifice their lives for the so-called emperor or master.

The reason why the Fujiwara clan was willing to submit to Li Wenzhong was because Fujiwara Kotaro gave them too few benefits. What Li Wenzhong casually revealed from his sleeves was enough to move and excite these Japanese.

As he looked down, Nobuyuki Tanaka remained kneeling, and his little head raised to look at Li Wenzhong who was walking towards him. That tall figure was exactly what he had always dreamed of.

"This country~ The Ming Empire is indeed a place of great feng shui. The general who appeared here is truly an outstanding person. He is over eight feet tall. Isn't he exactly the same as Lu Bu in the Central Plains? Hiss!"

While he was thinking, Li Wenzhong had already walked up to him.

"Are you the first general of the Southern Dynasty Shogunate, Tanaka Nobuyuki?"

"Hi! I've heard of your great name, General Li, for a long time. I am Nobuyuki Tanaka!" Nobuyuki Tanaka answered Li Wenzhong's question in Chinese with a poor accent, and then stood up from his kneeling position.

At the same time, he bowed 90 degrees to Li Wenzhong.

"General Li! I am here to pick you up according to the Emperor's order. His Majesty knows that you must be very tired after traveling all the way from Ming Dynasty, so he ordered me to lead the way for you. Starting tomorrow, I will personally take you to Nara. His Majesty has already made all the arrangements for your arrival."

It can be said that Nobuyuki Tanaka gave him enough face. Li Wenzhong felt very emotionally fulfilled that a general could treat him with such humility.

However, he would not let the other party go just because he was so polite. He was very clear about the purpose of his coming to Japan.

So let everyone around leave.

"Very good! Since your emperor asked you to come here, let them leave first. I have something to discuss with you."

Upon hearing this, Nobuyuki Tanaka dismissed all the royal geishas who had been arranged without hesitation.

"Did you hear that? General Li told you to leave, why are you still standing here?"

"Hi!"

The geishas in off-shoulder kimonos stood up from their kneeling positions and headed out the door.

"Nagano Hiroshi, stand outside the door and guard it. No one is allowed to appear outside the door. If my men have something to report, then you ask them to wait outside and I will let them in. Do you understand?" Li Wenzhong turned his head slightly and instructed Nagano Hiroshi bluntly.

Nowadays, Li Wenzhong is the absolute authority on the entire Fukue Island, and no one can disobey his orders.

At this point, he would have had this experience even if he wasn't in Japan.

During the war, as the commander of the army, Li Wenzhong led his subordinates outside. Except for the elders of the Zhu family, Li Wenzhong would not give face to the rest, even if Xu Da came.

As the prototype of Zhao Zilong, Li Wenzhong is an outstanding figure in history both in terms of appearance and power temperament.

"Hey! Nagano Hiro will follow the master's orders and guard outside the door all the time. He will never let anyone appear here!"

For Fujiwara no Nagano Hiroshi at this moment, being able to successfully complete Li Wenzhong's order was an honor.

Under the influence of the Bushido spirit, Nagano Hiroshi attached great importance to this honor.

Soon, Li Wenzhong and Tanaka Nobuyuki were the only ones left in the room.

Seeing that the other party was still in a daze, Li Wenzhong couldn't help but cough twice to remind him not to be dazed.

After being reminded, Tanaka Nobuyuki slowly came to his senses and said to Li Wenzhong with admiration:
"General Li is truly extraordinary. From what you just said, the only thing I can see is the special temperament that only the royal family possesses. It seems that General Li also has the potential to become an emperor!"

This is not nonsense from Nobuyuki Tanaka.

Japan's long history and culture has produced many sword masters. When these sword scholars passed on their skills to their apprentices, they said that everyone in the land of the Great Japanese Empire has an invisible temperament.

Some people are born with the ability to release energy without any activation, making others afraid to attack them. This mysterious energy is what many Japanese dream of.

Whether they were ronin or samurai, they all tried their best to activate this potential.

For this purpose, some people can stay under the waterfall, and some people can soak in the pool to let the cold temper their bodies.

Unfortunately, there are very few people who can generate this kind of energy that can influence others.

As a person in power.

No.

To be precise, he should be a native Japanese nobleman, or a military general. Nobuyuki Tanaka has wanted more than once to possess this kind of aura that allows him to look down on everyone!

Because every time he thought of himself being suppressed by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, he wished he could cut off his own head!

The Muromachi shogunate family is his nightmare!

He originally defected to Emperor Chokei of the Southern Dynasty in the hope that one day he would be able to develop the temperament to suppress Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

But now it seems that this temperament appears in Li Wenzhong, and ten Ashikaga Yoshimitsu cannot compare to Li Wenzhong, which makes Tanaka Nobuyuki feel sad.

This compliment did not make Li Wenzhong happy. Instead, he said angrily:

"Hmm? Just now you said that I have the temperament of an emperor! Do you know that only the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is worthy of such a statement in this world? No one else can do it no matter who comes!
I hope you won't say similar things again in the next conversation, otherwise, I will pull out your tongue myself!" Tanaka Nobuyuki's heart trembled repeatedly, he never thought that this was actually the other party's reverse scale.

He quickly apologized: "Private Marseille! General Li, I'm sorry that I used inappropriate words just now and caused you to misunderstand. In fact, I didn't mean that."

"Okay! I hope you can understand that the so-called royal temperament is not something that everyone can possess. Do you know why I let them leave and only left you and me?" Li Wenzhong just sat cross-legged and told a riddle, leaving Tanaka Nobuyuki confused and not knowing what it meant.

Finally, he could only shake his head in confusion:
"General Li, please tell me directly, is it because I did something wrong?"

"No, there is nothing wrong with you. I asked them to leave because I wanted to know how your Emperor wanted to entertain me. Also, how strong is the Southern Dynasty's army and how strong is the Northern Dynasty's army?"

Li Wenzhong did not hesitate at all and directly asked for the information he wanted to know.

He already knew from the Fujiwara clan that the strength of the Southern Dynasty's army was really worrying.

He couldn't even understand why Emperor Chokei, with so many bases at his disposal, had not yet developed a brave and capable army. Of course, Li Wenzhong would certainly not ask Japan to be like the Ming Dynasty.

After all, these guys are short due to genetic reasons, and their economy and culture are not enlightened, and their weapons are backward.

If the Japanese army had half the strength of the Ming army, then they would probably be able to run rampant in their homeland.

After testing, he found that the current combat effectiveness of the Japanese of the Fujiwara clan was roughly equal to that of two Japanese to one Ming soldier.

I don’t know whether it was because the Japanese soldiers were too weak or because the Ming soldiers were too strong.

Anyway, after a real gun and live ammunition comparison, tall people can easily defeat these short guys.

The only thing that troubled Li Wenzhong was that the Japanese were short in stature. If he wanted to get rid of these guys in a short time, he needed to understand intelligence from all sides.

He also discovered that each Japanese family used different weapons. Some families even specialized in darts, which seemed to be called shuriken or kunai, but Li Wenzhong couldn't remember clearly.

He couldn't comment on the strength of these families.

The only information he needs now is what the situation is like with these Japanese families and the strength of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so that he can understand how to treat the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty next.

There was nothing that could be done about it, because there were nearly 10,000 spies in the teams he brought with him, and he had to find a chance to send the spies out.

Even if we conquer Japan in the future, how long will it take to find gold and silver mines?

The question raised by Li Wenzhong made Tanaka Nobuyuki feel a little surprised. At that time, he was discussing with Emperor Chokei, Master Nemoto, and Kobayashi Yoshihiko about the Ming Dynasty sending so many people to Japan.

The purpose must be not simple, but he didn't expect the other party to go straight to the point, which made him feel a little confused.

"Could this be a new strategy among the Thirty-Six Strategies?" Tanaka Nobuyuki thought to himself.

Finally, he looked up and faced Li Wenzhong. He had already decided to tell Li Wenzhong everything he knew.

Since he couldn't kill Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, he could always ask someone else to do it, right?
Anyway, as long as he can bypass Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and disappear from this world, Tanaka Nobuyuki is willing to pay any price.

This is the power of hatred.

"That's right, General Li!" Tanaka Yukinobu bowed slightly and said, "At present, Emperor Go-Komatsu of the Northern Dynasty has completely become a puppet of the shogunate family such as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and only Emperor Nagakyo can still represent the dignity of the imperial family of the Empire of Japan.

It’s just a pity that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu inherited all the property of his father Ashikaga Yoshiakira, which made his overall strength much greater than that of our Southern Dynasty.

But General, you can rest assured that the Southern Dynasty is not weak either. At present, the Northern Dynasty occupies almost 60% of the territory of the Great Japanese Empire and also has several large families.

There are three main families with strong power and more than 30,000 samurai soldiers, namely the Hisazo family, the Yamaguchi family, and the Sato family. These families are all powerful families in the Northern Dynasty of Japan. They have been passed down for almost a hundred years and have many people. Even Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had to be very polite to them.

These people were entrenched in good places such as Ishikawa, Henggangwei, and Nagoya. Some of them were loyal to the Southern Dynasty before, but later they were gradually lured away by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Tanaka Yukinobu roughly described the current situation of Japan's Northern and Southern Dynasties.

All in all, what surprised Li Wenzhong was that the situation in Japan was not just chaotic.

It would be fine if there were only two rulers, one in the south and one in the north, but no matter whether it was the emperor of the Northern or Southern dynasties, none of his subordinates obeyed his orders.

In other words, although it seems that the emperors of the Northern and Southern Dynasties were fighting for the world, it would be more accurate to say that the different families in the Northern and Southern Dynasties had different positions.

Most families in the Southern Dynasty wanted to support the emperor and form a centralized power institution similar to that in the Central Plains. However, the Northern Dynasty was different. Under the influence of the shogunate family, the Northern Dynasty gradually became an independent entity.

Everyone wants to occupy a piece of land and develop on their own. When faced with the emperor's orders, they only follow orders and not announcements.

Except for a few powerful families such as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, most of the remaining families are roving soldiers and generals.

"You Japanese guys are such a mess. In the end, I have to clean up this mess." Li Wenzhong raised a glass of wine, drank it himself, and commented bluntly.

"Since I have already asked you these questions, you should know what I want to know next, or in other words, you should know what I want to do, right?"

Li Wenzhong's words made Tanaka Nobuyuki secretly happy.

Isn't this the decision they made when they discussed it?

As long as Li Wenzhong can give them a certain amount of troops on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, the strength of the Southern Dynasty will surely be greatly enhanced. It is only a matter of time before the Southern Dynasty counterattacks and returns to Kyoto!
Tanaka Nobuyuki couldn't help but feel happy at the thought of leading a victorious army and standing in front of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to slap him in the face.

"General! You must do us justice! I have heard about Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's persecution of the Ming envoys. It is because of him that we in Japan are unable to go to Ming to pay tribute to the current Ming Emperor!
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has a wicked ambition and wants to control the entire Ming Dynasty by himself. However, I believe that as long as General Li can lend a helping hand and let the Southern Dynasty fight back to Kyoto, and let Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wake up from his dream of dominating Japan, Japan will be the most loyal country to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future!"

Nobuyuki Tanaka was completely conquered by Li Wenzhong's personal charm.

Making this decision right now is the best option for him.

Regardless of his vision, as long as he can sit in this position, his vision must be good. Tanaka Nobuyuki is very clear that relying on the personal charm of the Southern Emperor and the strength of the royal family, if he wants to step on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, it will take an unknown amount of time.

But following Li Wenzhong and these powerful Ming troops, his dream of trampling on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was just around the corner.

"General! Please agree to our request! No matter what conditions you propose!" Seeing that the other party did not respond immediately, Nobuyuki Tanaka hurriedly chased after him and took the initiative to add conditions.

As for Emperor Changqing, he believed that as long as he was not stupid, he would definitely agree with his decision to execute first and report later.
(End of this chapter)