Hosokawa Mokiyuki fell into uneasiness. If Xinming really wanted to become an enemy of Japan, it would undoubtedly be a tragedy as overwhelming as Mount Tai for Japan.
But it was clear that Xinming's attitude towards him was very good before, and he also heard from the officials of the Ministry of Rites that the emperor's attitude towards them was not very hostile.
How could there be such a huge change all of a sudden?
There must be... something must have happened in the past few days that he didn't know about.
Temporarily suppressing his thoughts, Hosokawa Mochiyuki took a deep breath and said to Zhu Gaochi very respectfully: "Dear Your Highness the Crown Prince, Japan has no intention of becoming an enemy of the Xin Ming Dynasty, let alone revenge on the Ming Dynasty. We just want to own
A piece of land can allow the Japanese country to continue, isn't Xinming even willing to give this little charity to the Japanese country?"
Zhu Gaochi smiled faintly, glanced at Hosokawa Mochichi meaningfully, and asked with a smile: "If Xinming is not willing to give it to you, then will you and Xinming fight to the death?"
Hosokawa Mokiyuki said nothing, but stared directly at Zhu Gaochi. Obviously, Zhu Gaochi's words were what he wanted to express.
Zhu Gaochi put his hands in front of his fat belly, without even looking at Hosokawa Mochiichi, and sneered: "But what you want is not just a small area, you want a place bigger than the former Japanese island."
More than ten times bigger.”
Hosokawa Mochiyuki suddenly became anxious. He took a step forward and defended very quickly: "But we discovered that place first, and you Xinming didn't even fully occupy this area, so it's impossible to expand to the south.
Shouldn’t we occupy it?”
Zhu Gaochi laughed, shook his head and said: "Your Excellency Hosokawa, the land in this world does not belong to whoever sees it first. If you want to see it first, it should be the Duke of Zhen who sees it first. When he arrived in South America,
, but much earlier than you."
"What's more, there is an old saying in our Ming Dynasty that the land of abundant resources and natural treasures has been inhabited by virtuous people since ancient times. Obviously, our Xin Ming Dynasty is more virtuous than your Japanese country!"
Hosokawa Mochizuki stared angrily and gritted his teeth: "If Xinming must be enemies with Japan, then we will not be afraid! If we can break out of the hellish boundless sea, we will never be afraid of anything again! If
Xinming is determined to be our enemy, so we will definitely unite with dozens of powerful countries in the east to attack you and see how you can resist!"
Zhu Gaochi shrugged and spread his hands: "So what? Do you want to talk about the five great families across the ocean?"
"How do you know?" Hosokawa Mokiyuki looked at Zhu Gaochi with a face full of shock. The five members of the family were the only ones who accidentally connected with each other after they came here.
Moreover, the people of the Five Families are very secretive and do not pay much attention to the Americas. Their territory is mainly in the east of the ocean. Although Xinming has been in America for many years, Hosokawa Mokiyuki is very sure that the Five Families will not fight with Xinming.
Connected.
Because judging from their exchanges with the Five Families, they are very hostile to Da Ming. Xin Ming is Daming in the eyes of outsiders. How can the Five Families have any contact with Xin Ming?
The reason why Hosokawa Mochizuki was shocked was because he had just learned about the term "Five Families" from Reiko Komatsu. Before, he only knew that these people belonged to a force called the Elder Society, or were they informed by Reiko Komatsu.
Later, he realized that this elder clan was composed of five major families.
However, how could Zhu Gaochi reveal the true face of the Sect Elders Association in one go?
Faced with Hosokawa Mochichi's doubts, Zhu Gaochi smiled slightly and sighed sadly: "Because they were once people of the Ming Dynasty, but they were some rebellious officials and traitors who were chased by the Ming Dynasty and exiled to the other side. You want to join forces with them and fight against the new Ming Dynasty?"
Ming Zuo is right? Go and ask them, do they have the courage?"
The clan elders actually came from the Ming Dynasty? When Hosokawa Noriyuki heard the news, he was so shocked that he took a few steps back and sat down on his chair.
In Hosokawa Mokiyuki's view, the Zong Laohui is extremely powerful, with hundreds of thousands of troops, more than a dozen countries under their control, and endless wealth. But he never thought that these were also people from the Ming Dynasty!
Seeing that it was almost done, Zhu Gaochi stood up with some difficulty on the armrests with his hands, and said softly: "Go back and tell Xiaosong Lingzi, either surrender or die!"
Noriyuki Hosokawa's face was full of bitterness, and his eyes were filled with anger and helplessness.
"Sir, why are you here?" It wasn't until a follower discovered that Hosokawa Noriyuki was not in the room, and after looking around, he found Hosokawa Noriyuki in the pavilion.
Hosokawa Mokiyuki looked up at his subordinates and asked sternly: "Has anything important happened in Xinming these days?"
"No." The subordinate shook his head directly, worried that Hosokawa Mochizuki would not believe it, and specifically explained: "I will never neglect the minor things that my lord has ordered. I have been looking around for news these days. Nothing has happened in Xinming recently like before.
.”
"Impossible!" Hosokawa Mochizuki was very angry. If Xinming was the same as before, how could his attitude change so much?
Hosokawa Mokiyuki stood up suddenly, looked towards the Forbidden City, and shouted in a deep voice: "There must be something happening that we don't know about. Let's go check it out immediately! I want all the news about Xinming!"
"Yes!" Although he had agreed, his subordinates were secretly complaining in their hearts.
Find out all the news about Xinming? It has been so many years since Xinming came to America, and there is so much news involved? If we really find out everything, it may not be possible in a lifetime.
But soon, his subordinates found out an important piece of news and hurriedly reported it to Hosokawa Mochiyuki.
"Sir, Han Du is here."
Hosokawa Noriyuki was originally very dissatisfied with his subordinates who barged in rashly. He was about to teach him a lesson, but he did not expect to hear news that shocked him.
"What? Han Du is here? Why is he in Xinming?" Hosokawa Noriyuki was so shocked that he stood up instantly, walked a few steps quickly to his subordinate, grabbed his chest and asked sharply.
"I don't know..." The subordinate spoke with difficulty and reluctantly replied: "But I just got the news that Han Du is really here."
"Are you sure it's Handu from the Ming Dynasty?" Hosokawa Noriyuki was still uneasy and continued to confirm.
"Han Du, the Duke of Ming Dynasty, is indeed him." The subordinate nodded with difficulty.
Hosokawa Mochiichi released his subordinate and shouted in a deep voice: "Tell me carefully, what exactly is going on?"
The subordinate took a breath and quickly told Hosokawa Mokiyuki all the news he had obtained. It was nothing more than when Han Du came and where he is now.
As for why Han Du came to Xinming, he couldn't find out.