Chapter One Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty Seven: Not Going Smoothly
Han Du just watched Xiaosong Lingzi get on the carriage, subconsciously wanted to reach out, but resolutely held back.
"What? Master, are you reluctant to let go? Just chase after you if you can't let go. It's still too late now." Yao Yue said with some amusement.
Han Du turned back to look at Yao Yue, suddenly shook his head and smiled, "Only one of the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom can exist in the world. I chose the Ming Dynasty, and she chose the Japanese Kingdom. From the moment I made the choice, I was already destined.
We can only meet her at war. Let’s go.”
Hearing Han Du's extremely low sigh, Yao Yue followed Han Du into the carriage in confusion. Han Du's words just now touched her greatly. In the past, she thought that the most noble thing in the world was love.
She had everything. But now Han Du used his own choices to tell her that in this world, in addition to love, hatred, and hatred, there is a higher family, country, and world.
When he returned that day, Komatsu Reiko directly went to the officials of the Ministry of Rites and asked to return to the Japanese country. According to the usual practice, the returning Japanese envoys would be protected by troops sent by the Ming Dynasty. Since the Japanese country was isolated overseas, the responsibility for this protection fell on the navy.
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Han Du found Zhu Biao directly.
"Your Majesty, no matter what, we cannot let Xiaosong Lingzi return to Japan."
Zhu Biao saw Han Du rushing towards him, and even the eunuch guarding the door could not stop him. He couldn't help but glance at the frightened eunuch, and then looked at Han Du. .??.
While signaling Wang Yue to give Han Du a golden pier, he said, "Is this why you rushed in like this and insisted on seeing me?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Du and Zhu Biao motioned for him to sit down and talk. He quickly returned the greeting and then said, "I would also like to ask Your Majesty to issue an order to keep Xiaosong Lingzi in the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Biao sighed slightly and said, "How can I issue an order? The Japanese mission has always been well-behaved since they came to the Ming Dynasty. Did they make any mistakes? What reasons did I use to detain them?"
Han Du was silent for a moment and said, "Then let the delegation go back and detain Xiaosong Lingzi."
Zhu Biao glanced at Han Du with a strange expression.
Han Du felt a little hairy when Zhu Biao looked at him, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Zhu Biao pondered for a moment and said, "Are you reluctant to let go of Xiaosong Lingzi? If you are reluctant to let go, then I can decree to keep her."
"This" Han Du was confused, "Your Majesty, I'm here to talk about business, why do you get involved in these things again?"
Zhu Biao immediately shook his head and sighed, "Look, since you don't want to have anything to do with Xiaosong Lingzi, if I force him to stay in Daming, will others think that I want to keep her? Forget it.
Well, let her go back."
"But" Han Du was still a little unwilling.
Zhu Biao waved his hand and said, "Goodbye. She is a female. Even if she goes back, what can she do? Can she still turn the tide?"
Han Du lowered his head and pondered, and asked himself if he was too worried about Komatsu Reiko. This broken ship of the Japanese country was leaking everywhere, and not everyone had the ability to plug the leaks.
The navy dispatched two warships to escort the Japanese envoy back home.
Komatsu Reiko stood wearing a white robe on her head, looking cold and lonely.
Hosokawa Mochizuki's expression darkened when he saw it, and he stepped forward and said softly, "Master, the wind is strong on the river, so you should go back to the cabin first. I'm afraid Hando won't come."
Komatsu Reiko didn't look back, took a breath and said, "What? Do you think I'm waiting for him?"
"So, master, what is this?"
Komatsu Reiko stared straight at Jinling in front of her, "I'm looking at the Imperial Capital of the Ming Dynasty."
It turned out that the owner was looking at the Imperial Capital. Hosokawa Mokiyuki couldn't help but nodded when he heard this, and turned his gaze to the magnificent capital. He sighed, "This huge city is worthy of being the Imperial Capital of the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid it is the largest and most prosperous one in the world."
It’s a city.”
"Yes, the flowers are blooming like brocade and the fire is cooking oil. Don't you want to destroy it?" Komatsu Reiko said coldly.
"Destroy it?" Hosokawa Mokiyuki glanced at the Imperial Capital, then at Komatsu Reiko, and couldn't help but said, "The Ming Dynasty is a kingdom in heaven, and it has swallowed up all the world. Who can destroy its Imperial Capital?"
Xiaosong Lingzi turned around and walked down slowly. He said softly, "You are right. Even if I work hard all my life, I may not be able to hurt it at all, but there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty: 'Sun Gong Yi Peng'
There is no end, no contribution will be made in vain.' As long as we can persevere from generation to generation, we will one day be able to destroy this imperial capital."
Hosokawa Mokiyuki shuddered, and then suddenly discovered the extremely dark and restrained resentment in Reiko Komatsu. This resentment transcended life and death and spread towards the long river of time.
Komatsu Reiko walked to the hatch of the ship, but Hosokawa Noriyuki was still staying there in a daze. Komatsu Reiko stopped, did not look back, and said softly, "Let's go back."
"Ah!" Noriyuki Hosokawa quickly reacted and nodded, "Yes."
The three ships sailed on the sea, cutting through the waves, and the sea wind swelled the sails.
Reiko Komatsu and Noriyuki Hosokawa were standing on the bow of the ship, when suddenly there was a "woo~woo~"
The sound of the horn came, and the two warships in front came up side by side.
When Komatsu Reiko saw it, he sneered and said, "No wonder we can't get any news from the country. It turns out that the sea has been blocked by the Ming Navy."
"Master, what should we do now?" Facing the menacing warship, Hosokawa Mokiyuki felt only a sense of genetic fear.
When people face huge objects, they will have a kind of fear, which is instinct.
Komatsu Reiko smiled faintly, glanced at Hosokawa Mochiyuki, and said, "What are you worried about? The naval affairs will naturally be solved by the navy. We just need to return to the country with peace of mind."
Sure enough, facing the two warships approaching, the naval warships here also responded with horn blasts.
Both sides waved flags.
"The Grand Governor has issued an order that all ships are prohibited from passing through!"
"According to the emperor's order, escort the Japanese delegation back to the country!"
On the warship responsible for blocking the sea, a deputy general looked ferocious and asked, "General, what should I do?"
The general gritted his teeth and said, "Let them pass." Although the general did not accept the emperor's order, he did not dare to blatantly disobey the emperor's order.
Besides, this is just a ship, and even going to the Japanese country may not change anything.
"Woo~woo~" The two warships sent out signals to see off the escorting warships.
"Your Excellency, I would like to submit a memorial to the Duke of the State." An official stood at the door, holding a memorial.
This official also came from an academy, and when he spoke and acted, he was very clean and neat without the sloppiness of traditional civil servants.
Since Han Du took charge of the cabinet, he recruited a group of Jinshi from the academy to serve as officials in the cabinet. After being targeted by Qi Tai, Han Du gradually realized that it was not impossible to fight alone, but that he was too tired.
"Come in."
Han Du took the report from his subordinate officer and glanced at it lightly.
Since Tang Ding went to Jeolla Province, he has been sending reports back regularly, mainly reporting on the process of exterminating the Japanese and how far it has been.
At the beginning, Tang Ding made rapid progress. In just one month, it blocked the entire sea and completely cut off the Japanese country's food supplies and ordnance.
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Due to the lack of food, a large number of famines broke out in the Japanese country, especially in the north, where people died almost every moment.
But later Tang Ding discovered something was wrong. Logically speaking, the Japanese were famined in Japan and would have gone to the beach to catch fish to feed themselves. This was Tang Ding's plan from the beginning. Once the Japanese were driven to the beach, they would go out to sea.
The division captured them all and sent them to Tianfang to dig canals.
In the beginning, there were indeed many Japanese people who came to the beach to fish, and the navy also caught many Japanese people. However, after being caught several times, the Japanese people unexpectedly stopped coming to the beach to fish.
Logically speaking, even if the Japanese knew that they would be captured if they came to the beach to fish, but people died for money and birds died for food, how could they care about the risk of being captured when they were about to starve to death?
In particular, the time when this happened was very subtle. Han Du scratched his fingernails on the date written by Tang Ding. After calculation, this time was exactly after Komatsu Reiko returned to Japan.
"Here comes someone."
"Master Chief Assistant, please give me your instructions." A subordinate officer walked in and said with cupped hands.
"By the way, I would like to see the Emperor."
"yes."
Half an hour later, Han Du took Tang Ding's memorial and stepped onto the steps in front of Qianqing Palace.
After Han Du saluted, Zhu Biao said with a smile, "Why do you have time to come see me today?"
Han Du shook his head helplessly. Since taking charge of the cabinet, Han Du found that he had returned to the nine-to-five work schedule of his previous life. He originally thought that he would only deal with important important matters, and there would not be many affairs, but it turned out that Han Du
I think too much. The Ming Dynasty is too big now. There are more than a dozen important things every day. Each of these things is very important, and we can't just make a conclusion and deal with it casually. We need to find several other things.
The bachelors came together to discuss the matter. After working hard every day, Han Du felt exhausted and went straight out of the palace to go home. He had no desire to stay in the palace at all.
Only the warmth of home and An Qing's care can wash away Han Du's fatigue.
"This is the report sent by Duke Xin." Han Du took out the report and handed it over with both hands.
After Zhu Biao took it from Wang Yue, he opened it and looked at it casually.
Han Du sat on the Jindun, holding a cup of tea and sipping it, waiting slowly.
After reading it, Zhu Biao raised his eyebrows and said, "Tang Ding's progress in the Japanese country is not going well? It seems that things are a little beyond our expectations."
Han Du nodded slightly, "Originally, the progress was quite smooth, almost as we expected. I wonder if the emperor noticed it at all?"
"I saw it." Zhu Biao nodded and saw Han Du's scratches on the report.