When Zhong Jinwei was organizing and training the new army, several things that happened in the Ming Dynasty are worth mentioning.
First, Hong Chengchou's memorial banning smoking reached the imperial court, stating that with the cooperation of the vassal kings, the national policy of converting tobacco into food in the Hanzhong Plain had been completed, which was greatly appreciated by Emperor Chongzhen and the cabinet.
Then Liang Tingdong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was transferred to Nanjing and still served as the Minister of the Ministry of War. In fact, everyone knew that he was transferred.
Only some people know the reason why Liang Tingdong was sent to Nanjing. Emperor Chongzhen thought that he could only talk about military affairs on paper, and when encountering military affairs, he would often only talk rhetorically.
Liang Tingdong was responsible for the defeat of the Denglai War. Only because of Zhong Jinwei, the Denglai War was not treated as a major defeat. Therefore, Liang Tingdong's responsibility was not openly investigated, otherwise he would not have been transferred to Nanjing.
It's so easy to become the Minister of the Ministry of War.
Yang He, the trilateral governor with actual experience in commanding troops, took over Liang Tingdong's position and served as the new Minister of War. As for the trilateral governor's position, he was succeeded by Hong Chengchou, who performed well and was responsible for military and political affairs on the three sides.
These have never happened in history, and have changed beyond recognition. Not only the Ming Dynasty, but also Japan was affected by the butterfly wings. The Ming Dynasty envoy Sun Chuanting, who did not exist in history, finally arrived on his mission to Japan.
Edo, Japan.
The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Japan has been at a lukewarm stage since the war in the Wanli period. Sun Chuanting came to Japan this time with an order to find out what the attitude of the Japanese authorities towards the Ming Dynasty was.
When Sun Chuanting explained his intention to Japan and asked to meet the contemporary Tokugawa shogun, he was told to arrange it immediately, but was told that the general was out. The inconsistency between his words and deeds made Sun Chuanting suspicious.
He knew nothing about the situation in Japan, which made him unable to judge the attitude of the Japanese authorities. After thinking for a while, he came up with a plan and asked his entourage to call the Japanese contact person in the embassy.
After a while, a middle-aged Japanese samurai in his forties opened the door and came in. He respectfully asked Sun Chuanting for instructions: "I wonder what the angel has to say?"
"Who is Kenichiro? I have been waiting for many days, but your general has not come back yet. I am bored, so I asked you to come over and have a drink with me." Sun Chuanting looked at the Japanese and said enthusiastically.
Kenichiro was a shogun of the previous generation. He had dealt with some Ming Dynasty merchants and knew Chinese, so he was arranged to serve the sudden arrival of the Ming Dynasty Angel.
At this time, when he heard Sun Chuanting's words, he was stunned for a moment, then showed a flattered expression on his face, and quickly declined: "I am an angel, how dare I share the table with you?"
"Why, I'm not willing to give you this thin noodles?" Sun Chuanting's face sank and he shouted pretending to be unhappy.
Seeing Kenichiro's hesitant expression, he sat down first, then put on a warm smile, pointed at the food and wine on the table and said: "Come on, come on, come on, sit down quickly, don't bother sweeping.
It’s my pleasure, otherwise it will embarrass everyone.”
Seeing Sun Chuanting's appearance, Renke Kenichiro felt that it was hard to refuse the hospitality, so he subconsciously looked back at the situation outside the room.
When Sun Chuanting saw him, he shouted: "Wang Baihu."
There was a person at the door wearing a Feiyu uniform. When he heard Sun Chuanting calling him, he quickly opened the door and clasped his fists and said, "My subordinate is here."
"Guard the door and don't let anyone disturb me while I'm drinking." Sun Chuanting ordered in a deep voice.
"As ordered." Wang Yijian, a member of the Jinyiwei family, replied loudly, and then closed the door.
Then a voice of him telling his men not to let anyone in came from outside the room. After a while, there was no movement.
Sun Chuanting then turned to Ke Jianyilang and said, "Why don't you ask me to invite you three times?"
Kenichiro already knew that no one would come to disturb him, so he put his mind at ease, apologized, and went to sit down.
Sun Chuanting was thoughtful, so he kept looking for reasons to respect people. And because of his status, people could not refuse him. No matter how good he drank, his tongue would become a bit big after he was half drunk.
As soon as Sun Chuanting saw that the heat had arrived, he sighed loudly.
You Ke Kenichiro was drinking happily with the Great Tomorrow Angel, and from time to time he secretly sighed in his heart that the Great Tomorrow Angel had a big belly and was able to treat the virtuous corporal.
Suddenly hearing Sun Chuanting sighing, he couldn't help but froze for a moment, and asked with his tongue hanging out: "This..., why did the angel sigh?"
Sun Chuanting glanced at Kenichiro Ren, and said in a low mood: "Others think that I am a good official, but they don't know that I am afraid that I am in danger!"
Kenichiro was surprised when he heard this. Did he already know why the general didn't meet the angel? Thinking of this, he quickly asked: "Does the angel know?"
When Sun Chuanting heard Kenichiro's tone, it seemed that something was really critical. He pretended to be calm and sighed again: "How could I not know about such a big thing!"
After hearing this, Kenichiro Renke waved his hand to Sun Chuanting and said, "Don't worry, angel. With the old general here, the country of Bei will not send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty."
Sun Chuanting was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect such a big news to be deceived.
His mind was racing, and then he sighed, then raised his glass and said: "I have wine today and I will get drunk today. Come on, brother, have another drink."
Sun Chuanting looked at Ke Jianyilang and drank the glass in one gulp as he was told, but he did not drink. He put down the glass and sighed: "Although the old general is here, I think that I can return home safely in the end. But I don't know the specific details, brother.
Can you tell me in detail so that I can have an explanation when I return to my country?"
After finishing the drink, Kenichiro put down the cup and burped. When he heard what Sun Chuanting said, he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Angel. I don't think things will turn around. As for this detail, Angel wants to hear it."
, of course no problem.”
Sun Chuanting made a gesture of invitation, but Kenichiro drank a little too much and spoke out of order, but no matter what, Sun Chuanting finally understood the reason.
It turned out that Li Guangyuan, the envoy of Jianlu, arrived in Edo five days before Sun Chuanting. He lobbied the Japanese authorities and asked the two sides to form an alliance and send troops to the Ming Dynasty together.
He also cited many examples, saying that the Ming Dynasty is now in its twilight, and will no longer be as strong as it once was. As long as Dai Jin and Japan attack from both sides, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably perish. At that time, the world will be a situation of co-prosperity in which Dai Jin and Japan will be equally divided.
At this time, Japan was ruled by the third generation of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu.
The Tokugawa shogunate at this time was quite special. There was another name called the period of dual rule. In other words, after the second generation of the shogunate, Tokugawa Hidetada abdicated to his son Tokugawa Iemitsu, he still did not delegate all power, and the Tokugawa family