After Korea was over, it was the Japanese state.

If North Korea's tribute was commonplace for the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, it was different for the Japanese. Since the Jiajing Japanese Pirates Rebellion, the two countries had severed relations. This time the Japanese's tribute seems to represent a reversal of this relationship.

All the etiquette was as before, and the Japanese envoys saluted according to the rules. However, when Zhu Youxiao took a look at the gift list, he immediately frowned.

The letter of credence begins with the words "The Emperor of Japan pays homage to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty". Such a title makes Zhu Youxiao feel like he has eaten a fly. After being emperor for a long time, he has also developed a self-centered attitude, not to mention North Korea's respect in front of him.

The arrogance of Japan was immediately highlighted.

In the crowd, He Ruchong looked at the emperor's frowning expression, and his two sides immediately started to tremble. He was startled and doubtful. Is there something wrong with the credentials of the Japanese country? Thinking about what he had told him, he went to check it himself last night.

Once, there is nothing wrong with it.

Could it be that the other party temporarily exchanged another portion? Thinking of this, he glared at it fiercely, almost wanting to eat the Japanese envoy.

The Japanese envoy didn't care at all, and said stably, "Please pay tribute and reward to the Ming Emperor."

For envoys from foreign countries, the Ming Dynasty would often reward them several times their tribute. This was the inducement of the Ming Dynasty's tribute system. Later, when it developed, this method turned out to be a way for small foreign countries to defraud food, drink and money. Later, gradually

It stopped. Among them, especially the Japanese state, there was once a tribute battle in Ningbo in the name of competing for tribute. The envoys of various daimyo hacked each other, causing many casualties.

Later, the Ming Dynasty cut off tribute from the Japanese country, and then the Japanese pirate rebellion broke out.

Seeing that the Japanese envoy was shameless and acted as if you had given me the reward for granted, Zhu Youxiao's anger suddenly soared and he threw away his credentials.

"This is a small country. Instead of fulfilling its obligations as a vassal state, it comes here to defraud money. How shameless. I will beat you out with a stick."

"Yes!" The Han general on duty shouted loudly, with a terrifying force, which immediately made the Japanese envoy scared. He was just following his past practice, how could he anger the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am a humble citizen who does not know the etiquette. I hope your Majesty will forgive you." When the Japanese official who seemed to be an official stood there, a man next to him immediately begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me." The official came to his senses and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.

However, Zhu Youxiao was indifferent. For him, the traditional tribute system was simply a loss-making business. This kind of business could never be done. Naturally, it would not be tolerated if the Japanese continued to act as they did before. Fighting them out at this time was to establish a

It serves as a benchmark to alert other small countries that come to pay tribute in the future.

This is also the first step in rebuilding a new tribute system and destroying the old system. Some of the officials at court vaguely saw it and looked on with cold eyes. Although some were not aware of it, they did not seem to offend the emperor and stood aside.

Only the Minister of Rites, He Ru Chong, spoke out to dissuade him. This was a drama directed by him, and he couldn't mess it up no matter what.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down. The Japanese envoy came to our court for help. Although he has not fulfilled his duties as a vassal for a long time, our court must not be unethical." As he said this, He Ruchong felt as if someone was tugging on his sleeve next to him and turned his head.

Look, it is Bi Maokang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Bi Maokang pursed his lips and motioned for him to look at the emperor. He Ruchong looked up strangely, only to see that the emperor's face was as dark as water, with a cloudy look on his face.

"Your Majesty, veteran..." He Ruchongqiqiqi Ai Ai said, how could he not see that the emperor was already furious at this moment.

"Forget it, I love what you said. Let's listen to what this Japanese envoy wants." Just when everyone thought Zhu Youxiao was going to be furious, he suddenly smiled, and the mood turned from gloomy to sunny.

The rapid change of face surprised all the ministers.

The reason why he changed his mind was that Zhu Youxiao wanted to know what happened in Japan and actually sent an envoy to ask for help. As for whether it was sent by the official Japanese shogunate, he didn't care. He just wanted to find out, but he didn't know.

intend to participate.

The Japanese envoys came in a hurry, and Zhu Youxiao didn't have time to contact them in advance like North Korea did. So when they came out, they knew they were here for help, and they didn't know anything else about the situation.

"Thank you for your forgiveness, Your Majesty." The well-spoken Japanese envoy thanked him, and then began to tell his sufferings.

As he listened, Zhu Youxiao's face suddenly became strange, and so did many officials in the hall. In the final analysis, it seemed that he had not cleaned up his hands, but the Japanese country was responsible for it. To be precise, it was

Satsuma Domain will bear the responsibility.

The initial defeat of Nanzhili was almost entirely accomplished by Wei Zhongxian on his own. Through careful planning, he transported a large amount of black powder and then took advantage of the rebel leaders' gathering to solve the problem in one fell swoop. Even the Imperial Navy fleet was destroyed.

Wang Siyuan and Wei Guogong Xu Hongji also died there.

Wang Siyuan died, but his pirates did not. In their panic, they did not stop Li Tao from crossing the river. Instead, after harassing him for a while, they ran away directly to the sea. Without a leader, civil strife soon broke out.

, because there was no qualified successor to the Moling Wang family, their influence among the pirates was directly purged. Xu Xinsu, who had been loyal and helped Wang Siyuan to surrender Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong one after another, was the first to take action.

In the end, the pirate fleet was divided into three parts. Xu Xinsu, Zheng Zhilong, and Yan Siqi each took one point and settled down respectively. Zheng Zhilong returned to the Fujian Sea and occupied Penghu, and Yan Siqi went to Taiwan. He invested a lot of energy here and was the most powerful, so he could do it in one fell swoop.

occupy.

As for Xu Xinsu, he was homeless. Finally, he fell in love with the Ryukyu Kingdom. At this time, the Ryukyu Kingdom was being invaded by the Satsuma Domain of Japan. Xu Xinsu pretended to be an official from the mainland and hit it off with the King of Ryukyu, King Shangfeng, and settled in Ryukyu.

Although the pirate fleet is three-thirds, Xu Xinsu also has four to five thousand people and more than a hundred battleships under his command. Although it is the smallest, it is comparable to the Satsuma Domain. The Satsuma Domain is also called Kagoshima Kingdom, which is located in the southwest of Kyushu Island and connects Kyushu.

If they are not occupied, how many troops can there be in the country?

What's more, at this time, Japan's Warring States Period had ended and entered the period of rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Japan had not had a war for twenty years, and the Satsuma clan was also suppressed by the shogunate and tried its best, which was about the same as Xu Xinsu.

But Xu Xinsu was not alone. Although he and Zheng Zhilong and Yan Siqi parted ways, they were still in contact from time to time. Together with each other, the three families began to plunder and trade the Satsuma Domain. Together, the three families had more than 500 warships and 15,000 soldiers.

Although the remaining people were not as good as Wang Siyuan at the time, they could not be resisted by the small country of Satsuma.

Hence the current scene.

Zhu Youxiao and all the ministers' mouths twitched when they heard this complaint. When lamenting Japan's weakness, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but marvel at the strength of Chinese pirates.

This Wang Siyuan is really a hero. He is actually able to unite the pirates along the entire coast. If they were brought under his own command, who knows how useful they would be.

"Please wait, I understand." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and asked the Japanese envoy to go down. As for help, it depends on the speed of fleet construction. The Japanese envoy seemed a little unwilling to see the Ming Emperor, but he did not dare to show off his temper.

, bowed and then hurriedly left.

"The court meeting is over, Your Majesty will give you a banquet."

With Liu Ruoyu's sharp voice, the Winter Solstice Conference in the first year of Tianqi came to an end. Although it was not satisfactory, it was a good result for the first time.
Chapter completed!