In the Seto Inland Sea of the Japanese Kingdom, the mighty fleet sailed towards the Kyoto area, the core of the Japanese Kingdom at this time. Wherever they passed, all the Japanese daimyo along the way were trembling, for fear that they would become this huge Ming army.
The goal.
The news that the Otomo family on Kyushu Island was destroyed disappeared and spread quickly throughout the entire Japanese country.
The strength of the Otomo family is not too strong among the many daimyo in the entire Japanese country, but it is definitely not weak and can be regarded as a overlord.
However, in the face of the powerful Ming army, they were like a mantis blocking a chariot. They were simply vulnerable. With only ten thousand Ming troops, in less than a day, the powerful Otomo family was annihilated, and the capital of Higo Kingdom was reduced to ashes.
It became a ruin.
The whole Japanese country was in an uproar~
The Ming Dynasty was the suzerain state of the Japanese state, and the Japanese state and the Ming Dynasty were also friendly during the times.
The Japanese state has always been learning from the Central Plains dynasty in everything. The characters used by the upper-class aristocratic society of the Japanese state are Chinese characters, and those who can write Chinese characters are people of very high social status.
However, now the Ming Dynasty has used large-scale troops against the Japanese country, and directly destroyed the Dayou family of one of the princes, which made the entire Japanese country's daimyo fearful.
Fortunately, everyone soon knew that this time the Ming army came not to invade the Japanese country, but to avenge the Ming merchants.
Some Ming Dynasty merchants in the Japanese country imposed heavy taxes on Ming Dynasty merchants. The Otomo family and the Ouchi family even looted Ming merchants. The Ouchi family even killed Ming merchants.
This incident angered the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. This time, Ming Dynasty's army came to raise an army to question the crime. At this time, there were tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of warships heading straight for the Kyoto area, the core of the Japanese shogunate.
Obviously, this time, if the Japanese country does not give an explanation to Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty will not give up.
Muromachi is the seat of the Muromachi shogunate and the general who conquered the barbarians.
In the meeting hall of General Ashikaga Yosumi, many retainers of the shogunate gathered together. General Ashikaga Yosumi stared at the crack in the door with dull eyes, as if he wanted to see the free world outside through the crack in the door.
Although he is the shogun, he is a puppet general.
The previous shogun, Ashikaga Yoshisai, was deposed and he was jointly promoted by several powerful ministers. There is no doubt that he did not have any power in his hands. At this time, all the power of the shogunate was in the hands of a few retainers.
Hosokawa Masamoto, Hino Tomiko, Tonse Sadatada, and Uehara Motohide, the power of the shogunate is basically in the hands of these four people. As for the Hatakeyama mayor who originally supported Ashikaga Yoshisai and was loyal to the Ashikaga family, Ashikaga Yoshito
Already old and dead, all the power of the shogunate fell into the hands of retainers.
"Let's talk about it~"
Hosokawa Masamoto looked at everyone, then at Ashikaga Yosumi. Seeing that no one spoke, he thought for a while and spoke slowly.
"In my opinion, we should call on all the Japanese daimyo to send troops together to fight against the Ming Dynasty's invasion. This is an invasion, Chi Guoguo's invasion~"
Yin Shi Zhenzhong said almost without thinking.
"Call?"
"How many big names do you think will listen to us?"
Uehara Motohide said with a sneer.
"The Ming Dynasty invaded. At this time, they don't listen to us. Are they going to betray our Japanese country?"
Yin Shizhenzhong looked at Uehara Motohide and said.
These four powerful ministers actually had huge differences with each other. They were also competing for power and gain. They all wanted to gain more power, and they even ambitiously wanted to control the entire shogunate.
"Yin Shi Zhenzhong is actually right. At this time, even though the daimyo from various places usually defy us, but at this moment, they have to listen to our shogunate."
"Because this is a matter related to the interests of our entire Japanese country. Whether it is the imposition of heavy taxes or the Ming merchants being robbed in our Japanese country, these matters are our Japanese country's own affairs."
"Even if the Ming Dynasty is dissatisfied with us, they should not mobilize troops to come here, let alone destroy Dayou's family without explanation."
"This is no longer a matter between one or two daimyo, but a matter between our entire Japanese country and the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, we need to summon daimyo from all over the country to discuss countermeasures and jointly fight against the invasion of the Ming Dynasty."
"This may be an opportunity, an opportunity to greatly weaken the power of daimyo in various places. As long as we make good use of it, our shogunate may be able to regain control of the entire Japanese country."
Hosokawa Masamoto's voice was not loud, but it was very weighty, and his words made everyone present nod.
Yes, this is indeed a good opportunity, an opportunity to use Akito's help to weaken the famous names in various places.
The current shogunate is a bit embarrassed. There are fewer and fewer areas that it really controls. Now the Kyoto area is still in the hands of the shogunate. The daimyo in Kansai, China, Kyushu, and Shikoku are all obedient to the shogunate. Every daimyo is ambitious.
, all want to replace the current shogunate and become the ruler of the Japanese country.
"I have just received a distress letter from the Ouchi family in China. The Ming army has landed in the Iwami area and has occupied Iwami country. It is estimated that the next step may be to directly sweep the Ouchi family."
"In addition, according to the intelligence report, the Ming army in the Seto Inland Sea was divided into one group and headed straight for our Kyoto area, while the other group went straight to the Tokyo area in Kansai."
"If Ming Dynasty just taught the lords who imposed heavy taxes in various places, they wouldn't need to divide their troops into three groups. They could defeat them one by one and clean up the lords who offended Ming Dynasty."
"Obviously, Akito's purpose is not just to teach the daimyo who offended Akito. Their main army is heading straight for the Kyoto area where our shogunate is located."
"Even if we send people to make peace with the Ming people, I estimate that the Ming people will put forward extremely harsh conditions, so no matter what, there will be a battle between us and the Ming army."
Hosokawa Masamoto analyzed the situation in detail, and then said with great certainty.
"Just do what Hosokawa Masamoto said and summon the armies of daimyo from all over the country to come to the Kyoto area to assist our opponent's Ming army. No matter what, it is not the Ming Dynasty's turn to dictate matters in our Japanese country."
Hino Tomiko, who had been silent until now, spoke up. Although she was a woman, she possessed extremely powerful power. It was with her support that the deposed shogun Ashikaga Yoshisai became shogun.
However, after Ashikaga Yoshikai became the shogun, he wanted to monopolize power, which seriously violated Hino Tomiko's original intention, so she united with Hosokawa Masamoto, Yoinse Sadatada and others to depose Ashikaga Yoshikai.
She supported the puppet general Ashikaga Yosumi to take power. From this alone, you can know how powerful this woman is.
"Yes, it is not the Ming people's turn to take care of the affairs of our Japanese country. It's just a few Ming people who died. What's the big deal? The Ming people are doing business in our Japanese country and dumping products on a large scale, which has had a huge impact on our Japanese country. It has already been
It’s time to impose heavy taxes on Ming Dynasty merchants.”
Some people followed up and expressed support.
"But the Ming Dynasty is our suzerain country after all, and this time the Ming Dynasty has tens of thousands of troops pressing on the border. Whether we can win is still unknown."
"The people of Ming Dynasty have nothing to fear. We in Japan have many wandering warriors who are looting the coastal areas of Ming Dynasty. They are invincible and no one can stop them."
"Although the Ming Dynasty was big, it was not strong. An army of tens of thousands seemed like a lot, but it was just a paper tiger and not something to be afraid of."
"I heard that last year, the Ming Dynasty army wiped out all the million-strong army of the little prince of the prairie. I guess the combat power should not be bad."
"Don't let other people's ambitions destroy your own prestige. Our Japanese warriors are not easy to mess with."
Everyone expressed their opinions, but the shogun Ashikaga Yosumi remained silent. He was a very qualified puppet and never cared about these things.
After some quarreling, the shogunate finally decided to summon daimyo from all over Japan to come to the Kyoto area to jointly fight against the Ming army's invasion.
At the same time, the shogunate also began to mobilize its own army and concentrated them all in the Kyoto area to prepare for a bloody battle with the Ming army.
