Kameda and Inoue chatted very freely, as if they saw that they were rewarded by the emperor after getting the blueprint of the Daming Firearms.
But while they were chatting, the two of them suddenly fell silent.
"According to the news from the family, His Majesty Emperor Go-Kameyama has handed over the three artifacts to His Majesty Emperor Go-Komatsu."
After the two drank a few sips of wine, the atmosphere of silence was broken, Kameda said.
The rule of the Japanese imperial family is known as "one line for all generations."
In other words, since the royal family of Japan appeared, the same royal family has been in power from ancient times to the present.
The emperor was the nominal supreme ruler of the entire Japanese kingdom.
This is a phenomenon caused by the special virtual monarch system of the Japanese country. The heroes of the Japanese country competed for the position of shogun, rather than to abolish the royal family of the Japanese country.
Until the recent period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan, the royal family was divided into two emperors, the southern and the northern. During this period, the two sides had their own succession to the throne, and their respective courts stood side by side, and both considered themselves to be orthodox.
Until last year, the third generation general Ashikaga Yoshimitsu forced the Southern Dynasty to surrender, and the Northern Dynasty royal family unified Japan.
The unification of the Japanese country should be good news for most Japanese people. The fifty-six-year chaos has been broken, and at least the people can cultivate themselves and live a healthy life.
Speaking of which, the root cause of the split between the Northern and Southern Dynasties caused by the Japanese Empire still occurred on the side of the Meng Yuan Dynasty.
The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty attacked Japan twice, which forced the Japanese country to use the strength of the whole country to counterbalance the enemy. The entire Japanese country mobilized its troops on a large scale.
Under this situation, the authority of the shogunate continued to increase, while relatively speaking, the status of the Japanese royal family continued to decline.
It stands to reason that with two victories, the Kamakura shogunate's prestige would have greatly increased.
However, the victory of the battle did not bring much actual income, and a large number of anti-Yuan warriors did not receive the rewards they deserved after establishing military exploits.
In simple terms, the Kamakura shogunate was struggling on the edge of bankruptcy because of its opposition to the Mongol Yuan.
The royal family and ministers in Kyoto felt that an opportunity had come, and they contacted everywhere in order to reverse the situation. The core figure here was Emperor Go-Daigo.
The Kamakura shogunate discovered Emperor Go-Daigo's attempt to overthrow Emperor Go-Daigo, and ordered Rokuhara Tankai to punish Hino Shitomo and others around the emperor, which was known in history as the Japanese Revolution.
However, the Kamakura shogunate did not know how to deal with Emperor Go-Daigo. After all, the emperor had always been immutable throughout the history of Japan, and no one dared to take such a drastic action.
This also led to Emperor Go-Daigo's determination to rebel against the curtain.
However, in the face of strong military strength, the second counterattack was completely defeated.
This time, the Kamakura shogunate deposed Emperor Go-Daigo, who had orchestrated his downfall, and installed Prince Yohito, who was the head of Chimei-in, to the throne as Emperor Kogen. Emperor Go-Daigo was then exiled to Oki Island.
However, it was not just the emperor who was dissatisfied with the shogunate, but also various samurai forces and peasants.
Therefore, the Kamakura shogunate of the Hojo clan eventually perished.
"I've been waiting here for nearly twenty years," Inoue asked in surprise.
Kameda was silent for a moment: "Eighteen years and July."
Upon hearing this specific number, Inoue paused for a moment and sighed.
"Even if it is completed, if I go back now, will I really be able to live like that?"
"Although the family didn't say much, I feel that things are not that simple. I saw the family's special mark in the letter, which means that it is not yet clear whether our direct lineage is still there today.
clear."
"I once thought that if we could really get the firearms blueprints and return to Japan, what would be waiting for us might be..."
Inoue didn't finish what he said, but Kameda already knew what it meant.
Eighteen years ago, after His Majesty the Emperor killed the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, he was afraid that the Ming Dynasty might attack with a large army, so he sent capable warriors to lurk in the Ming Dynasty.
It is difficult to distinguish the appearance of the Japanese and the Ming Dynasties. No one can tell them apart as long as they don't speak.
Daming dialect, also known as Zhongyuan dialect, was also widely circulated among the upper class of Japan. Many nobles, including the royal family, were proud of being able to speak fluent Chinese.
Although this Chinese language may only be a dialect of a certain region in the Central Plains.
When they were more than ten years old, Inoue and Kameda followed the Japanese pirates and lurked into the Ming Dynasty, where they lived until now.
In terms of speech, customs, and diet, they are no different from the people here in the Ming Dynasty.
Their source of income mainly comes from the transmission of Japanese pirates.
In other words, every time Japanese pirates invaded the coast of the Ming Dynasty, people like Inoue Kameda would contact them, and then part of the property they robbed would leave a lot of supplies for the Japanese lurking in the Ming Dynasty.
The money was not much for the Japanese pirates to divide evenly, but if it was given only to the craftsmen, it would not be a small amount.
It's enough for them to hire teachers to teach them, and even to gain fame.
Now that the two of them are able to come to the capital, they are not coming in vain, but in the true sense, they have the reputation of being a member of the imperial family.
In today's Ming Dynasty, the only people who can travel around to study without any hindrance are businessmen and scholars.
Compared with businessmen, scholars can be said to be very free.
The two of them came in the name of studying, and there was nothing to stop them along the way.
The key thing that worries the two of them now is their family situation.
Whether it's Inoue, Kameda, or other craftsmen.
All families in Japan, not just any small family, can contact His Majesty the Emperor.
However, the object of their family's allegiance was the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and now the Emperor of the Northern Dynasty had achieved victory and unification.
"You don't need to think so much now. The situation in the family is not good, so my contribution is even more important. No matter who your majesty is, it is still valued by us wanderers in the Ming Dynasty."
"Even this time, King Yan of the Ming Dynasty killed so many people, but he still tried his best to send a lot of property, which shows that it is still very important to us."
Kameda said.
Inoue nodded, but when he heard the name of King Yan of the Ming Dynasty, hatred flashed in his eyes.
Because many of his friends died under King Yan this time.
For all the Japanese warriors lurking in the Ming Dynasty, King Yan's actions were definitely a big disaster.
Although they are not completely connected to each other, it is estimated that at least 60 to 70% of the Japanese were killed because of this.
In their view, this is a completely unreasonable disaster.
His identity was not revealed, but he died inexplicably.
However, while the two were chatting, they didn't notice that there was a small cylinder under the table.
At this moment, in a certain private room.
A plainclothes guard was squatting next to the wall, holding a wooden cylinder and putting it to his ear.
The right hand did not stop, holding the pen on the paper, and kept writing notes.
Beside him, there were seven or eight Jinyi guards waiting.
"Lao Liu, what should I say? These Japanese people are working hard, but they have revealed something."
"Damn it, we are going to make a contribution. For such a big fish, we brothers can get a lot of credit."
A rough man saw Lao Liu put down his pen and knew that the monitoring of this section was almost over, so he asked.
As he said this, the Jinyi guards next to him also looked at Lao Liu expectantly.
Lao Liu slowly put down his pen: "I didn't say yes, why do I feel so thirsty?"
A clever Jin Yiwei quickly brought tea and said with a smile: "Sixth brother, the best Biluochun."
Lao Liu took the tea, took a sip, and then said with surprise: "Brothers, big fish, big fish."
"These two Japanese kingdoms are closely linked. Their families have a very high status in the Japanese kingdom, and they still have the status of being a scholar. If we capture the Yamen, it will definitely be a great achievement."
"Now His Majesty is deploying troops against the Japanese country, and will be setting off for an expedition in the near future. Good guy, the right time and place are all here. Brothers, this wave is about to fly."
Hearing this, the rough man immediately said: "Then what are you waiting for? These bastards think they are staring at the identity of our Ming Dynasty scholar and don't know."
"You really underestimate our Jin Yiwei too much."
Lao Liu said: "Don't worry, I'll listen again to see if there is any more information. These guys are very hard-boned. Even if they are caught in the dungeon, they may not be able to find out much through torture."
"The more information there is, the greater our contribution will be."
Everyone nodded. Regarding the details of the Japanese country, Jin Yiwei had also arrested them before, but even though they were tortured, few of them spoke up.
When he got the chance, he committed suicide.
Lao Liu picked up the receiver again and prepared to monitor again.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden noise.
"What are you doing? We are scholars. How dare you people be so presumptuous?"
"This is the emperor's feet, you dare to break the law."
"Well, old man, I know you. You are the shopkeeper of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce. Do you dare to be so arrogant because of the favor of His Highness the Grand Sun?"
After hearing this, everyone in Jinyiwei didn't feel much at all.
I vaguely heard that the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was doing something, but I had no intention of joining in the fun.
Who doesn't know about the Qunying Chamber of Commerce? It can be said that it is at its peak in the capital now. Although a group of businessmen have no status to speak of and do not hold any official positions, even noble generals and important officials in the court must be treated with courtesy.
What's more, they, the lower-level Jinyiwei.
However, Lao Liu suddenly stood up and shouted: "No, someone has cut off the beard!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone didn't ask any more questions and ran straight out to Xizuo in the country of Japan.
I saw seven or eight people holding on to the two Japanese soldiers who kept shouting in the Japanese private room.
The leading two men were very familiar to the Jinyiwei. They were none other than Zhang Bo, the person in charge of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce in the capital.
There is also Zhang San, a former colleague of Jin Yiwei.
Uncle Zhang turned his head in surprise and saw that the costumes of the Jin Yiwei were certainly familiar to them.
"Why are you here?"
Hearing Uncle Zhang's question, the rough man blushed with anxiety and wanted to explain but didn't know where to start.
It was Lao Liu who was the first to bow and salute and said: "I have seen Uncle Zhang. I don't know why Uncle Zhang suddenly arrested these two people."
"Uncle Zhang doesn't know. These two are spies sent by the Japanese country to lurk in our country. We have been tracking them for more than ten days and are exploring the information."
"Suddenly I heard that the two people here were being arrested, so I hurried over to check."
While talking, Lao Liu walked to the corner of the private room wall, picked up a wooden tube, and showed it to Uncle Zhang and Zhang San.
One end of this wooden tube is still connected to a thread.
Seeing this, Zhang San said to Zhang Bo: "I know this thing. It is a spying thing in the Jinyiwei Yamen."
"You only need to connect the end with a wire, and you can clearly hear the movement and sound at the other end."
After hearing Zhang San's explanation, Uncle Zhang also understood the reason.
Then he smiled and said, "These two brats happened to be discovered by people from our Chamber of Commerce. After some investigation, they turned out to be Japanese."
"The Japanese came to the capital despite being a scholar of the Ming Dynasty. There must be something going on."
"So the old man called for people to arrest these two people first, and then sent them to see the officials for a careful investigation."
Having said this, Uncle Zhang saw Jin Yiwei's expectant eyes and naturally understood what he was thinking.
He continued: "Since everyone has been investigating for many days, it is natural that I am more clear about it than Lao Chen. This is just to send him to the official, and it saves him an extra trip."
After saying that, he looked at several good guys from the chamber of commerce.
The few people in custody then carefully prepared the two Japanese soldiers and sent them to Jin Yiwei.
Hearing this, all the Jinyiwei felt ups and downs, and thought that their achievements were about to be wasted. After all, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was about to send people to the Jinyiwei Yamen.
So for such a huge amount of credit, there may be some leftover, but most of it won't matter much.
The internal competition in Jinyiwei is far more intense than most people imagine.
Regardless of whether it is meritorious service or case filing, it has its own set of strict review procedures, and there are also rules and regulations for the attribution of credit.
The biggest certainty is that whoever catches it will naturally belong to him.
Even if there are auxiliary skills, it can only be considered a small number.
If they were one person, that would be enough, but if there were several people, they would share the benefits evenly, and it would be absolutely impossible for them to soar into the sky with this.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhang, thank you, Third Brother Zhang."
Lao Liu hurriedly bowed and saluted, and the other Jinyi guards also saluted together.
This is a great achievement.
Seeing the two men being handed over, everyone was overjoyed. They couldn't let the cooked duck fly away.
"Uncle Zhang, Third Brother Zhang, I'm in a hurry to go back to the Yamen with two bills, so I won't say much."
"I'll have a banquet tomorrow and invite you two."
Lao Liu was a sensible person and immediately bowed.
Zhang San nodded and did not refuse: "Okay, you go and do your work first."
All the royal guards were beaming with joy, pressed down on the two of them, and prepared to leave and return to the Yamen for business.
"Wait a minute..."
A voice came suddenly, causing all the royal guards to stop in their tracks.
Because this voice feels very familiar to them.
I saw a figure slowly walking up at the corner of the stairs.
There was more than one person, and there was another person following behind.
Lao Liu's eyes narrowed, and he bowed and said, "Lu Liu, the flag officer of Jinyiwei, has met King Yan and Duke Cao Guo!"