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

Chapter 222: Southern Dynasty
no way.

Everyone in the Southern Dynasty already had a rough assessment of the current strength of the Ming Dynasty in their minds, but they did not expect that the Ming Dynasty was far beyond their imagination.

Whether it is the weapons equipped by the soldiers on those ships or the information revealed by Li Wenzhong's tone, everything proves that the Ming Dynasty is now far beyond what Japan can imagine.

Once this is really confirmed, the Southern Dynasty of Japan must hold on to this thigh tightly.

With the support of the Ming army, how could they still be afraid of the Northern Dynasties in the future?
The so-called Northern Dynasty was nothing more than an enemy that could be defeated with one move in front of them.

Understanding this, Master Genben took the initiative to speak:

"Hahaha! General Li is really high-spirited, and has the demeanor of the most powerful generals in the Ming Dynasty. Since you have said so, it means that the strength of the Ming Dynasty must not be underestimated. We in Japan are willing to follow the Ming Dynasty!
I just hope that General Li can say a few more good words to the Emperor of Ming in the future."

"Master, rest assured. The exchanges between our two countries can be traced back to more than a thousand years ago. As long as you are willing to sincerely become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, we can sit down and discuss anything.

By the way, everyone, I heard that the situation in Japan is very bad now. I wonder what is going on here?
Of course, Mr. Tanaka has already told me the general situation a few days ago, but I still want to know from His Majesty the Emperor what Japan's current strength is. In this way, when I return to the Ming Empire, I can tell His Majesty the truth, and His Majesty can make a better decision. "

After Li Wenzhong answered Master Genben's words, he chose to get straight to the point without any hesitation.

He knew that transactions between major powers were about redistribution of benefits. Instead of going into details, he wanted to directly understand how Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was currently treating the Southern Court of Japan.

Of course, he also needed to understand the situation of the Southern Court of Japan. What he wanted to know was whether the Southern Court of Japan was still qualified to be the one he funded.

If it is said that the Southern Dynasty of Japan is no longer qualified to be used, Li Wenzhong will support a new emperor himself.

The Fujiwara family was quite good. Fujiwara no Nagano Hiroshi once confided a very secret thing to him.

That is, Emperor Chokei's mother actually had a lot of ties with the Fujiwara clan.

Fujiwara no Nakamiya was his mother's name.

After learning about this, Li Wenzhong thought about whether he should just build up his own force. In the end most of these Japanese would die anyway.

Unfortunately, he rejected this idea as soon as it came up.

Because this would instead unite the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan. Originally, they were fighting for hegemony, but after he messed things up, the two of them would unite to fight against him. Wouldn't that be a waste of effort?

For this reason, he had to waste time here with Emperor Chokei.

The Japanese side was quite active in the discussion.

Finally, Emperor Chokei personally came forward to explain all of this.

"That's right, General Li. You should understand that Japan is in a very embarrassing situation now. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu may not be able to hold back and take action against us in a while. Once a war breaks out, both sides will invest a lot of troops.

Without the help of General Li, it would be difficult for us to hold on until victory, so we would also like to know one thing: to what extent is General Li prepared to help us? "

Hearing this, Li Wenzhong's expression gradually became serious.

Did Emperor Nagayoshi treat him just like a wet nurse?

It seems that these Japanese still feel a certain awe towards him in their hearts.

While the other party was still not able to react, an idea came to Li Wenzhong's mind.

That is to make the other party fully understand how much benefit you can bring to them.

"Well, Your Majesty, I have learned that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wants to attack you. You can rest assured that as long as I am here, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will never invade your Southern Dynasty territory. However, during the war, I need you to cooperate with me on some things. I wonder if you can do it?"

Yoshihiko Kobayashi came quietly behind Emperor Nagayoshi and whispered something in a low voice. Emperor Nagayoshi, who was originally frightened by this, suddenly looked very happy.

It’s not that I’m happy, but I’m quite excited.

He quickly took the initiative to agree to Li Wenzhong's seemingly rude request.

"General Li, please rest assured that as long as you can help us defeat the rebel Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, we will definitely meet your demands.

You don't know that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has been trying to attack us with all his strength recently. If you don't show up, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will have already begun to occupy Yoshino and Nara."

I was thinking that there would be a lot of arguing in a while, but I didn't expect that Emperor Chokei would agree to my request without me noticing.

It turned out that Yoshihiko Kobayashi had just told Emperor Nagayoshi carefully.

From the moment he saw the Ming army, he understood that the Ming came to Japan with the intention of forcing Japan to end this farce. It was obvious that Li Wenzhong supported the Southern Dynasty.

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang supported the Southern Dynasty's struggle to defeat Japan. As long as Japan gained political unity from the Southern Dynasty, Japan would become a vassal state of the Central Plains dynasty like the Tang Dynasty. This was something Japan was familiar with, and there was no reason to refuse.

As long as you can win, it doesn’t matter what you do next or what conditions you agree to with the other party.

To this end, Kobayashi Yoshihiko asked Emperor Nagayoshi to prepare in advance.

Be prepared to make him extremely happy.

I thought the Ming Dynasty would make some very strict requirements for helping them, but I never expected it to be just a simple condition for sending troops.

For Emperor Chokei, this was like a pie in the sky.

This wave of tug-of-war was entirely due to Japan's own fault, which led to them losing everything.

"General Li, as long as you can make the Southern Dynasty the only regime on Japanese territory, we can agree to any request you make!"

Emperor Choqing was worried that Li Wenzhong would give up his original plan, so he pursued the victory. However, Li Wenzhong at this time was completely impressed by this group of Japanese geniuses.

He never thought that this group of people would be so eager to give him their heads.

But it’s better this way, it saves him a lot of energy.

So Li Wenzhong suppressed his smile and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay! Your Majesty, rest assured. I, Li Wenzhong, always keep my word. As long as you agree to my request, the Ming soldiers will spare no effort to help you!"

Now, his remarks directly made the entire Japanese royal family boil.

It's everyone!

"Great! With the help of General Li, it's only a matter of time for us to get back what belongs to us from Ashikaga Yoshimitsu!"

"General Li! Please accept my Kobayashi Yoshihiko's knee! Thanks to you, we have a chance to fight against the cruel Ashikaga Yoshimitsu!"

"That's right! General Li is the savior of our Great Japanese Empire!"

"Haha, calm down, everyone. This is not my wish. It is mainly because Your Majesty wants Japan to return to a peaceful and tranquil era.

By the way, Your Majesty, in order to enable you to resist Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, we will arrange a lot of supplies to Japan, and I hope you can accept them. "Li Wenzhong did not forget his real purpose, in order to make Japan willingly accept its future fate.

The Ming Dynasty will launch a biological warfare.

By then, smallpox and various diseases will begin to spread in Japan, and the population will drop sharply from several million to less than one-tenth in an instant.

Those who survived were controlled by the armed forces of the Ming Dynasty and finally put into the mining area as mining slaves. "No problem! General Li, please rest assured that we will do as you ask. Then, with these equipment and strength, we can go to the Northern Dynasty and completely eliminate the corrupt dynasty of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu!"

Nobuyuki Tanaka was full of excitement in his words.

He had been thinking about this for a long time, and today it finally came true. How could he not be excited?

"General Tanaka seems to have missed this war for a long time." Emperor Nagayoshi said to Tanaka Nobuyuki with a slight smile:
“But this is also a good thing. As long as we work together, we can definitely kill this guy Ashikaga Yoshimitsu!
The glory of the Great Japanese Empire can only be in our hands, don’t you agree? "

"That's right! The glory of the Great Japanese Empire belongs to us!"

Li Wenzhong looked at these guys and started to shout "Long live" crazily, with a hint of sharpness and ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.

He secretly hoped that these guys wouldn't cry when the time comes.

Once this thing starts, there will be no turning back.

Before Li Wenzhong returned to his lounge to sleep, Emperor Nagayoshi gave him something.

It was a samurai sword, something like Kitetsu.

Li Wenzhong saw that the samurai sword was of much better quality than the Ame no Murakumo bow, so he reluctantly accepted it.

Night falls.

Yoshino Castle has been shrouded in darkness.

There were many armored guards guarding outside the house where Li Wenzhong lived.

Because of his special status, Emperor Nagayoshi had no right to arrange his own samurai and ninjas to guard outside.

These people are all from the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, in the bedroom, Li Wenzhong just sat there quietly. He didn't sleep nor did he do anything else.

After a moment, a figure seemed to flash across the room.

He walked slowly and quietly to Li Wenzhong, then knelt on one knee and bowed, saying:

"My lord, all the people sent here from the Ming Dynasty have spent time to understand the habits of the Japanese. Now we are sure that we can hide without being discovered by the Japanese.

My Lord, shall we carry out the plan?"

The speaker's voice seemed to have been specially processed, and it was so hoarse that it was irritating to the ears.

Li Wenzhong, who had never opened his eyes, said calmly:
“Arrange as many people as possible throughout the Southern Dynasty. Remember, people of status are the most honorable people in this country from now on. They know their mission.

Those who have no identity must always remember their identity and not forget the mission entrusted to them by the Ming Dynasty.

The same goes for you and others. The Ming Dynasty has now become a powerful country and is only one step away from dominating the world. If you can complete the task, I will remove the death squads among you.

By then, you will also be qualified to live openly in this world.

The premise is to complete the task. "

With just these words, the eyes of the man in the darkness were instantly moved. This was the request they had always dreamed of.

But for a long time, no one could beat them.

Because they know very well that for the death warriors, most of them can only dedicate their lives to their masters throughout their lives.

Haven't they thought about leaving? But where will they go after leaving?
After a long period of special training, they have lost the ability to communicate with normal people, unless Li Wenzhong personally says that they are no longer slaves.

Otherwise, no one can leave here alive.

This bad situation will continue for a long time. Now, Li Wenzhong has made such a tempting promise to them, how can they not be excited!
"I understand. I will definitely complete the task assigned by your majesty and my lord!" the man in black answered in a powerful voice.

Li Wenzhong said nothing, just waved his hand and let the other party leave.

Nan Chao was happy.

The Northern Dynasty was worried.

Ever since the Ming navy appeared in the Southern Dynasty, the spies planted by the Northern Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty had already transported all these matters back to Kyoto.

The residence of Ichiro Tachibana.

The place where Ashikaga Yoshimitsu lived.

At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had arranged all his subordinates to gather at this place.

Because they are going to discuss a big issue that concerns the future destiny of Japan.

It can be said that all the important figures of the entire Northern Dynasty appeared in this place, and no one was absent.

Anyone who doesn't come is at their own loss.

Sitting in the highest position, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is now full of worry. He is very worried that what will happen next will not go in the direction he expected.

In fact, things have far exceeded his control. As of now, the whole of Japan has become a testing ground for the Ming Empire.

He is also very clear about this.

Taking a deep breath, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said solemnly:
"Everyone, I believe you all already know what happened in the Southern Dynasty. So, what do you want to do next?"

Faced with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's question, everyone below chose to remain silent temporarily.

Nonsense, this matter has very little to do with them. If anything really happens, it won’t be them who will be in trouble.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew exactly what these fence-sitters were thinking.

In order to calm his mind, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the first to stand up and express his position.

"Everyone! Now is the time for the decisive battle between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Now that the Southern Dynasty has the assistance of the Ming Empire, its strength will definitely become extremely powerful. We cannot just sit there and wait for death.

As the saying goes, taking the initiative is the best defense in any situation. While the Ming Navy has not yet learned about the situation in Japan, I think we can launch an attack one step ahead of time to let them see that our Japanese strength is not easy to bully.

These warriors from the Ming Dynasty will definitely leave on their own when they see how difficult it is to deal with us. What do you think of my idea?"

The reason why Ashikaga Yoshimitsu became the Shogun of the shogunate was because he advocated going to war.

He has always been able to win victories over many powerful princes, which has a lot to do with his ability to advocate war.

A group of people in the audience looked around and finally decided unanimously to agree with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's approach.

(End of this chapter)