Let’s not talk about the upcoming turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. Thousands of miles away in Japan, He Guangyi and his party went around in circles and finally arrived in Japan’s Kyoto.
It’s not that they walked slowly, but that along the way, wherever the imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty passed, officials and princes from all over Japan tried their best to receive them. As the saying goes, don’t hit someone with a smiling face, and He Guangyi also had the ability to inspect Japan.
duty of.
Along the way, I became friends with various Japanese people, secretly remembering each other's temperament and hobbies, who they were more compatible with, who they disliked, how many soldiers the family had, etc.
Along the way to Japan's Kyoto, He Guangyi gained a deeper understanding of the situation in Japan. Although the Ashikaga Shogunate was powerful, it had not yet reached the point where it could cover the sky with one hand. There were many people in Japan who were dissatisfied with his power.
The second largest force in Japan, Ouchi Yoshihiro, was at odds with him, and it was an alliance driven by interests. Moreover, within Japan, there was also Imagawa Ryotoshi, and the other two daimyo of Kamakura, who were full of hatred for Ashikaga Yoshihiro.
"The Ashikaga family is a tiger, and those princes of Japan, Daming, are wild wolves!"
On the official road leading to Kyoto City, He Guangyi was sitting in a carriage, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, and thought to himself, "Wolves are afraid of tigers, but if this tiger gets sick, a pack of wolves will swarm it!" Thinking of this, He Guangyi
Looking at the looming city in his sight, he continued, "Find a way to turn Ashikaga Yoshimitsu into a sick tiger!"
The tiger is sick, and the wolves are attacking. The war in Japan is a good opportunity for Ming Dynasty to take action.
At first, He Guangyi despised Japan, thinking it was just a foreign country like Goryeo. But along the way, he discovered that Japan was much stronger than Goryeo.
I remember that when he followed the emperor to conquer Goryeo, he saw everything along the way that was dirty and messy, the people were not fully clothed, the cities were dilapidated, the roads were muddy, and sewage flowed across the city. However, along the way in Japan, the cities, large and small, were all beautiful and solid, and the people's style was similar to that of Goryeo.
The difference is huge.
The Japanese army is also fundamentally different from Goryeo. The warriors of this small Japanese country are all qualified professional soldiers. What is even more frightening is that these warriors are not only capable but also capable of martial arts. Not to mention their good manners, various classics
Have it at your fingertips.
You must know that people who can read and write are rare even in the command of the Ming Dynasty army. Those students who graduated from martial arts and were assigned to the border army were regarded as treasures by the generals and generals in various places.
Looking at the scenery outside the car window, He Guangyi couldn't help but think of the emperor's private instructions to him before leaving.
"Japan is also a student of our Hua Tian Dynasty, and all their clothes and words come from China. But there are two things that Japan has never learned from us. One is eunuchs, and the other is imperial examinations!"
"Without the imperial examination, the Japanese country of Japan has been ruled by nobles and nobles for thousands of years, and the people are ignorant, loyal and numb. Everything serves the samurai group, and among the samurai group, there are many people with outstanding military skills!"
(When the United States opened the door to the Japanese country, they discovered a very interesting thing. Almost every Japanese person had books at home, and the literacy rate in the Japanese country was very high.)
"Lord Todo!" Ji Tsuna trotted to the side of the carriage with his sword in hand, "Someone came to report that King Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of Japan, his two sons, and his generals have personally come out of the city to greet you! There are dozens of others.
The so-called public officials of Japan!"
"Yes!" He Guangyi agreed lightly, sat upright in the carriage, first straightened the gilt gauze crown on his head, then straightened the jade belt around his waist, and smoothed out the folds of the python robe, "I know! Tell the team.
,walk slowly."
As he spoke, he picked up the jade pendant tied around his waist with his right hand and shook it gently.
Since Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gave a letter of credence to the Ming Dynasty and claimed to be a minister, then he, the angel of the heaven, would have to put on a lot of airs. Besides, his purpose of coming here this time was to disgrace Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
He Guangyi shook the jade pendant, then let it fall down, holding down the skirt of his mang uniform, and said to the outside of the carriage, "Ji Gang, you lead the brothers in the honor guard and walk at the front!"
"Here!"
"Fan Biao!" He Guangyi ordered outside the car again.
"Here you are!" A fat man with a round face and a big tongue appeared outside the carriage.
This person looks like a good-natured person, but he is He Guangyi's confidant, and he is a confidant who can be entrusted with life and death.
He Guangyi hooked his fingers, and the latter's fat face came closer, "Tell brothers, cheer up and don't lose our prestige! Guys, get ready too!"
"Yeah!" Fan Biao said with a loud tongue, "Don't worry! Brothers, if the little boy dares to get the better of him, I will give him a slap in the face...
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"Shut up!" He Guangyi rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have been in Jinyiwei for seven years, why can't you speak Mandarin?"
"What I'm talking about is official!" Fan Biao glared, "Isn't it... accurate?"
He Guangyi sighed slightly, "Remember, take good care of your brothers to watch my eyes and act, don't copy others, talk less, do you understand? When Bai opens his mouth to speak, Yin will laugh!" As he said, he suddenly frowned,
"Hurry up and drive away, you've ruined my accent!"
Fan Biao rolled his eyes twice and nodded, then ran back to the escort team and began to explain one by one.
At the same time, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was standing on horseback outside Kyoto City by the moat, also saw the envoy team in strict formation and slowly moving forward.
At this time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was in his early forties, the age when a man is most content, energetic, and mature. He was wearing the traditional Japanese samurai costume, with a jade-handled sword on his waist, and his sharp eyes were fixed
Staring at the envoy's procession.
Among the slowly approaching envoys, the scales on the armor reflected dazzling light in the sun, making people afraid to look directly at them.
"The Ming Dynasty's army is extraordinary!"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu pointed his riding whip in the distance and said to the people around him, "You see, in such a hot weather, their armor is not slack at all. When the team advanced, the scouts were in front, and the archers and infantry were on both sides. The whole team was naturally flawless.
No!"
"Iron armor!" Next to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the shogunate administrator Yukojiden squinted his eyes and said, "The Ming Dynasty is really rich, and everyone is covered in iron armor!" After saying that, he paused and said, "My lord, listen to Ming.
Businessmen doing business in the Ming Dynasty said that the warships of the Ming Dynasty are becoming more and more numerous and bigger!"
"Obviously, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not as kind as the Hongwu Emperor! He first annexed Goryeo, then deployed heavy troops in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, and now his hand has reached the sea again! My lord, it seems that this time the Ming Dynasty
The envoys coming to visit may have ulterior motives!"
Kankai Yukojiden was the right-hand man of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and his official position in the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to the Minister of War.
"That's right!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said slowly, "When I proclaimed myself a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, many princes and lords said that I was groveling, but they didn't know my reasons. Japan is too small and Ming Dynasty is too big, so we can only be friends with them. If
If they really turn against each other and let Ming send troops to attack, even if a hundred thousand people die, Ming will be able to recover. But we cannot afford to die or fight!"
After hearing this, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eldest son Ashikaga Yoshimochi said, "I heard that the envoys from the Ming Dynasty are very close to the Yamana family!!"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes suddenly became sharp, "Actually, what I fear most is not the Ming Dynasty's soldiers! It's their wisdom! Thousands of years ago, they knew the strategy of making friends from far away and attacking closely, and killing three soldiers with two peaches!"
At this moment, a warrior trotted over from the front and said, "My lord, the envoy from the Ming Dynasty has arrived. Do you want to go there in person?"
"This is natural!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu slowly dismounted, looked around and said with a smile, "Follow me to welcome the angel!" He said with a smile, "When guests come to your door, you must not lose your etiquette!"
At this time, in the magnificent city gate tower of Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's wife Hino Yasuko, along with a group of women in costumes, were also looking at the Ming Dynasty envoys coming down the city.
"Ah!" Hino Yasuko exclaimed, "There are so many majestic men!"
"Giggle!" A group of women around him covered their mouths and chuckled.
Hino Yasuko waved to a woman whose face was covered by gauze behind her and smiled, "Saeko, you just lost your husband. How about I ask the general to find you a husband in the Ming Dynasty mission?"
The women around them laughed even louder.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the gauze covering her face was lifted, revealing Saeko's charming face. He whispered, "Mom is joking!"
