After Tokugawa Iemitsu was persuaded by Li Guangyuan, the emissary of the Japanese Empire, he was quite moved. After all, Japan is an island country with many volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Being able to occupy the territory of the Ming Dynasty and own a territory on the mainland has always been an ambition for those in Japan.
What rulers dream of.
But there was another ruler in Japan, Tokugawa Hidetada. Unlike Tokugawa Iemitsu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was already more than ten years old when he launched the Battle of Bunroku Keicho.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi can be regarded as a great man in Japan, who ended the Warring States Period in Japan. In the eyes of the Japanese, he was already invincible at that time.
With such a strong strength, the success of sending troops to North Korea in the early stage also proved its strength. But after the Ming Dynasty sent troops, everything changed.
Tokugawa Hidetada saw and heard with his own eyes that the once powerful Japanese army was beaten back home by the Ming Dynasty's army. All the Japanese daimyo who went on the expedition suffered great losses. Even Toyotomi Hideyoshi could be said to have died indirectly from this incident.
fighting.
The losses were so great that the Tokugawa Ieyasu family, who did not participate in the war, became the dominant one and eventually stole power and established the current shogunate.
Therefore, it can be said that Tokugawa Hidetada had a sense of fear towards the Ming Dynasty. In the original history, his views also influenced Tokugawa Iemitsu, so that Japan no longer dared to covet the Ming Dynasty.
But now is different from history. Before Tokugawa Hidetada's ideas finally affected his son, Jianlu came to lobby. Therefore, he and Tokugawa Iemitsu had two attitudes towards this. Tokugawa Hidetada did not believe Li Guangyuan.
In other words, he always believed in the power of the Ming Dynasty. But Tokugawa Iemitsu believed more in the achievements of Jianlu, so he coveted the conditions offered by Jianlu.
At this time, Sun Chuanting came again, which intensified the conflict between Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa Iemitsu. On how to treat the Ming Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, neither side could convince the other, and they remained in a stalemate.
Because of this, Sun Chuanting never met the shogun and was treated perfunctorily.
After Sun Chuanting listened to Hitoko Kenichiro's statement, he already understood the reason. But on the surface, he still said: "You are not making up these words to scare me? I have been here for so many days, and I have no idea."
I saw the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin!"
When Renke Jianyilang heard this, his face that was already red from drinking became even redder. He said loudly: "No... no, the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin is... just on the second street on the east side, Gao Gao
The one with the red lantern hanging on the flagpole is..."
"Oh, come on, let's have some food." Sun Chuanting said as he even picked up a chopstick of food for Kokenichiro, and then pretended to be casual and asked: "How many people are here?"
Renke Kenichiro gratefully used the plate to pick up the vegetables from Sun Chuanting, but with a shake of his hand, the dishes almost slid to the counter. After listening to Sun Chuanting's question, he grabbed the vegetables from the counter and said, "No.
There are many, almost the same as the number of people in your country."
Sun Chuanting stopped talking after hearing this, and just started drinking again. But Kenichiro had drunk too much, and after a while, he fell like mud on the floor and fell asleep.
Seeing this, Sun Chuanting stopped any movement and sat there alone, thinking about things motionlessly.
The sky was getting dark, and the setting sun shone into the room, just hitting Sun Chuanting's face, bringing him back from his thoughts.
Sun Chuanting looked at the sky, had a suspicion in his mind, and shouted loudly: "Wang Baihu!"
The door to the room was quickly opened, and Wang Yijian's figure appeared at the door. He cupped his fists to Sun Chuanting and replied, "My subordinate is here."
"Place him in the room." Sun Chuanting pointed to the man who was sleeping soundly, Kenichiro, and then said: "I will have dinner with all the staff, and each person will add a bottle of wine."
When Wang Yijian heard this, he was a little hesitant. Sun Chuanting glared and shouted: "Why don't you do it quickly?"
Before leaving, the court had made instructions that everything should be done by angels. Therefore, although Wang Yijian felt that something was wrong, he still clasped his fists and agreed and called people to make arrangements.
The followers who came to Japan with Sun Chuanting this time were all Jinyi Guardsmen. Because their relationship with Japan was unclear, the Jinyi Guardsmen selected were all brave and capable.
The alcohol content of Japanese sake is not high, so after drinking a pot of sake, these imperial guards were all radiant and energetic.
Sun Chuanting saw all this and suddenly said loudly: "Do you know why the King of Japan has not come to receive the imperial edict for so long?"
The Ming Dynasty was accustomed to addressing those in power in Japan as kings.
Seeing the imperial envoy asking this question, these Jinyi guards knew that there was a reason. They all looked at Sun Chuanting and listened to what he said.
Seeing that everyone was listening to him, Sun Chuanting continued: "Because Jianlu has sent envoys to Japan to persuade the Japanese king to cooperate with Jianlu and send troops to invade our Ming Dynasty!"
There was no sound at the scene, and everyone was frightened by Sun Chuanting's words. Previously, they thought it was just an imperial edict, and even if the relationship between the two countries was not good, there should not be many problems. But now that Jianlu has intervened, the situation has become serious.
"Although the King of Japan is still hesitant now, if the lobbying by Jianlu succeeds, not only will the Ming Dynasty have an enemy, but the heads of you, me, and everyone present will be at risk."
Sun Chuanting's words made the temperature of the scene become colder, forming a sharp contrast with the scene of eating and drinking just now.
"Master Sun, what do you think we should do?" Wang Yijian, a member of the Jinyiwei family, asked loudly after being silent for a while.
Before Sun Chuanting went to Japan as a mission, he was temporarily awarded the position of Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, so Wang Yijian was given this title.
Sun Chuanting glanced at the imperial guards present and saw everyone's serious expressions before replying: "Everyone, my fate is up to me. We cannot allow the King of Japan to make the final decision, so I
We must force the King of Japan to make a decision that is beneficial to our Ming Dynasty."
"We listen to you." Wang Yijian expressed his position first after hearing this.
The other Jinyi guards heard Baihu's statement, and they themselves felt that what Sun Chuanting said was reasonable, so they expressed their opinions one after another: "Yes, we listen to you."
Sun Chuanting nodded and said: "The relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Jianlu is either your death or my death. Now we have the same relationship with the Jianlu envoy. As long as the Jianlu envoy dies, the Japanese king will have no choice, and we can survive. Moreover,
The Japanese rebels that happened this time are made up of the scum of our Han people, and killing them can be regarded as culling traitors for the country!"
Previously, when some of the Jinyi guards heard Sun Chuanting saying that he wanted to kill the Jianlu envoys, they felt a little worried. The Jianlu soldiers were not weak in fighting ability, so whether they could defeat them was a question.
But when they heard what happened, they realized that those Jianlu envoys were actually the scum of the Han people, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun Chuanting saw that no one present had any objections, so he said again: "I have found out where those scum are. Without further ado, I will go over and kill them all at midnight tonight to eliminate the traitors for the country. We will all do it."