Hosokawa Mokiyuki wandered around leisurely inside, and while watching, he had to admire the wisdom of the Ming Dynasty people. This hall was almost exactly the same as the one he lived in in the Ming Dynasty capital. Even when he first moved in, he was in a trance.
For a long time, I thought that I was back in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, not in the Xinming Dynasty.
The experiences along the way were like pictures in Hosokawa Mochiyuki's mind, slowly turning page by page. Except when he first met the Shinmei Navy, he was treated roughly. When he took out his credentials,
After revealing that he was an envoy from Japan, the navy officers' attitude towards him changed significantly.
Not only did he no longer treat him as a pirate, but he was also escorted all the way to the capital.
The officials of the Xinming Ministry of Rites did not dare to neglect him when they saw him, and quickly arranged for him to live in this hall. The next day, the new Ming prince Zhu Gaochi came to see him in person.
Thinking of the scene of meeting Zhu Gaochi, Hosokawa Mochizuki showed a smile on his lips.
Although Zhu Gaochi was angry at first because pirates attacked his son's ship and almost prevented his son from returning. However, after he expressed his willingness to pay the price to seek forgiveness from His Highness the Crown Prince, Zhu Gaochi obviously changed his attitude towards himself.
That's good. Hosokawa Mochizuki is not afraid that Xinming wants to gain profits, but he is afraid that Xinming doesn't want anything and has to fight the Japanese country desperately.
Although the Japanese came to the South American continent earlier than Xinming, they have struggled to develop over the years.
After all, no matter how powerful Komatsu Reiko is, it is impossible to bring all the Japanese people to South America. She can bring tens of thousands of people to South America, which is already a shocking move.
But Xinming was different. At the beginning, the number of civilians, soldiers and civilians who followed Zhu Di exceeded one million. Later, people followed one after another. The number of people from Xinming who came from Daming alone exceeded two million.
The Ming Dynasty was completely unprepared and let people go to America at will, and even actively encouraged the people to go. Almost as long as the people had the slightest idea of going to the Americas, the Ming Dynasty would take the initiative to contact Xinming and ask them to send ships to pick them up.
people.
Under such circumstances, coupled with Xinming's twenty years of recuperation, Xinming's current scenery has emerged.
The Japanese country did not have such conditions at all. They only brought out more than 10,000 people. Even if they did nothing all day long and just gave birth to children, how many people could they give birth to in more than 20 years?
In order to strengthen the Japanese country, Komatsu Reiko was ruthless. He completely used the Japanese men as cattle and horses and let them marry the natives in large numbers, in order to have as many children as possible and restore the Japanese population.
Just like the son who was thrown into the sea by the pirate leader before, he was born to him and the natives.
Of course, the Japanese people attach great importance to blood. For those who are born from the Japanese and Japanese people, their status is very high. It can even be said that these people are born aristocrats, while those who are born with the natives are pure.
oxen and horses.
As a result, although the Japanese country recovered its population to one million in a very short period of time, it also laid great hidden dangers.
If one day those who were born with the natives begin to rebel, pure-bred Japanese people alone may not be able to resist them. After all, the number of pure-bred Japanese people is too small.
While Hosokawa Mokiyuki was looking around, Zhu Gaochi suddenly appeared behind him.
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"Hosokawa-dono."
When Hosokawa Mokiyuki heard the voice, he quickly turned around, bowed his head and said, "The foreign minister pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Zhu Gaochi walked forward with a smile and sighed softly, "No courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince." Hosokawa Mochiyuki attaches great importance to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, even to the point of rigidity. As for his greeting actions just now, it is even more standard than the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette who taught him etiquette. It can be said that it is
Meticulous.
Looking up at Zhu Gaochi, Hosokawa Mochizuki asked with a smile, "Your Highness will not bring good news to the foreign ministers today, right?"
"You really guessed it right." Zhu Gaochi chuckled, and when Hosokawa Noriyuki showed a satisfied smile, he said, "It's really not good news."
The smile on Hosokawa Mochiyuki's face suddenly froze, and it took him a long time to react. He stared at Zhu Gaochi in disbelief and asked, "What do you mean, Your Highness, Xinming does not agree to have good relations with our country?"
Zhu Gaochi did not reply directly to him. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the stone bench in the pavilion next to him, and said with a smile, "Let's sit down and talk."
Hosokawa Mochizuki lowered his head and thought for a moment. He had no other choice but to follow Zhu Gaochi to the pavilion and sit down.
As soon as he sat down, Hosokawa Mokiyuki couldn't wait to ask, "What do you mean by what Your Highness just said? Does Xinming have to be an enemy of Japan?"
Zhu Gaochi glanced at him and asked with a smile, "I am very curious."
"Whatever your Highness is curious about, the foreign minister must tell you everything." Hosokawa Noriyuki was also extremely anxious in order to restore the relationship with Xinmei. He agreed directly without even thinking about it.
"When Lord Zhenguo besieged the Japanese island, how did you escape?" Zhu Gaochi was really curious about this. When he heard Han Du talk about the battle to destroy the Japanese, he replaced himself with Xiaosongling.
As a result, he could not think of a way to break the situation.
Seeing Hosokawa Noriyuki sitting in front of him, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but ask.
Hosokawa Mochizuki's expression changed, and his face instantly darkened, and he said sternly, "Your Highness, what do you mean? Does Xinming really want to fight the Japanese to the death?"
Zhu Gaochi chuckled, spread his hands and said, "You should understand in your heart that from the moment the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Japanese country, we can only fight to the death."
Hosokawa Mochiyuki froze, and then immediately returned to normal. Staring into Zhu Gaochi's eyes, he took a deep breath and said, "We do have a grudge against the Ming Dynasty to destroy the country, but didn't you separate from the Ming Dynasty? We and the New Ming Dynasty originally
If there is no hatred, why should we fight with each other?"
Zhu Gaochi stared at Hosokawa Mochizuki and sneered, "Da Ming and Xin Ming are separated, but we will always be one family. Since you want to be enemies with Daming, you are enemies with Xin Ming. What else is there to say?"
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Hosokawa Mokiyuki was shocked by Zhu Gaochi's words. He had never thought that Zhu Di was exiled to America by the Ming Emperor. How could he defend the Ming Dynasty in this way?
According to Hosokawa Mochiyuki, it is normal for Zhu Di to unite all the forces around him and counterattack to seize the throne.
But he did not expect that Zhu Di lost his rebellion, but he was convinced of his defeat. For his eldest brother Zhu Biao, he only had respect, no hatred, and he would not deal with his eldest brother's descendants.