On the fourth day of November, in the Huangji Hall in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were having a court meeting.
The official of Honglu Temple cracked his whip and shouted: "If you have something to report, go to court, if nothing happens, leave the court!"
Zhang Guanghang, the Minister of Punishment, held a dental plaque and came out of the queue and shouted: "I have something to report!"
"Play!"
"I recently heard that Duke Li Zhi of the Kingdom of Jin intends to attack the Japanese country because the Japanese country has cut off trade."
Hearing Zhang Guanghang's words, the civil and military forces in the entire court were in a state of excitement. Attacking the Japanese country was no small matter. Although Japan was a small country, its national power was quite strong. During the Wanli period, Japan crossed the sea to attack North Korea. Emperor Wanlixian mobilized the country's strength and spent a huge amount of money.
Zi Cai drove Japan back. At that time, the Ming Dynasty had strong military and horse strength, and it took a lot of effort.
When the Ming Dynasty faced off against a country like Japan, it could be considered a national war. Without the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of millions of dollars, there was no way to determine the outcome.
What's more, Li Zhi still crossed the sea to attack, so the difficulty of logistical support can be imagined.
Although Li Zhi actually controls Shandong, he has not yet been able to mobilize various forces in Shandong. The power Li Zhi can mobilize now is only one town in Tianjin. Want to attack Japan with the power of one town in Tianjin? The officials seemed to have heard a joke
, looked at each other in surprise.
Zhang Guanghang cupped his hands and said: "Li Zhi attacked the Japanese country rashly, and the defeat will be a small matter. I went to the country in a dignified manner, but the loss of authority will be a big deal. If Li Zhi was defeated and returned and was looked down upon by the Japanese country, the barbarians from all over the world would be coveted and ready to make a move, then our Ming Dynasty would be great.
The loss is huge.”
Prosecutor Zhu You looked at Zhang Guanghang and said nothing.
Zhang Guanghang cupped his hands and said: "I would like to ask the Holy One to declare an edict to Li Zhi, telling him not to act recklessly. Otherwise, he will suffer a complete defeat and humiliate the country. How can Li Zhi be able to bear it when the time comes?"
Although the Wanli Korean War was won, the ferocity of the Japanese army was still fresh in the minds of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Ming Dynasty was declining day by day and was besieged on all sides, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to provoke Japan as an enemy. Li Zhi attacked Japan, and the civil servants
I feel like there is no chance of winning anyway.
Zhang Guanghang had always been loyal, but he was kind-hearted and worried about Li Zhi's defeat. Other civil servants were happy to see Li Zhi return in defeat.
Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, took a step forward and said loudly: "I think that Li Zhi is very ambitious and has nowhere to vent his energy. If he is not allowed to attack Japan, he will be resentful and want to cause trouble in Shandong. Since he doesn't
If you decide to attack Japan according to your own capabilities, let him go. When he comes back defeated, he will know his own worth and will be more honest!"
When all the officials heard Liu Zongzhou's words, they all smiled. It seemed that the officials had already seen Li Zhi's dejected appearance and were impatient.
Zhou Yanru, the assistant minister of the cabinet, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, if Li Zhi wants to fight, let him fight. When he hits his head and bleeds, he will know that the sky is high and the sky is high. He will not be so unscrupulous in what he says and does in the future. If the emperor forces him to stop him,
He still thinks that the emperor will not let him conquer the Japanese country?"
Hearing the words "conquer Japan", the civil servants in the court burst into laughter, and for a moment they all lost order.
It is really incredible to conquer the Japanese country with the power of a town in Tianjin.
The officials racked their brains all day long to get Li Zhi into trouble. Who knew that before the officials could succeed, Li Zhi jumped into the fire pit himself.
How can we stop such a good thing?
Zheng Sanjun raised his hand and said loudly: "I agree, so what if I let Li Zhi suffer a defeat? Li Zhi's loss does not mean that the Ming Dynasty lost, and other barbarians did not dare to do anything because of it. At this time, let Li Zhi suffer a defeat
It’s a good thing to learn a lesson and restrain your hands and feet.”
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Zhu Youjian also didn't believe that Li Zhi could defeat Japan with the power of Tianjin. He thought for a while and said slowly:
"What the ministers said is reasonable. Let Duke Jin do what is convenient for him."
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On the sixth day of November, thick fog filled the air outside Nagasaki Port on Kyushu Island, Japan.
The thick fog in the early morning covered the entire port, and the visibility was only fifty meters. Further away, only a patch of white snow could be seen. A two-masted Anzha ship patrolled outside Nagasaki Port, alerting to possible enemy attacks.
However, there is actually no enemy attack at all in this month. Even if the Spanish ships come to attack the port, they will not attack in November when the wind direction is uncertain. Generally, ships sailing from the south to Nagasaki will arrive in June.
, the south wind comes in July. The wind in November blows from south to north, and the sailboat may be blown away when sailing on the East China Sea.
There were a dozen ashigaru and lower-ranking samurai on the two-masted boat. They were very bored at this time. The soldiers threw their weapons aside and were gambling by throwing dice in a broken bowl.
While gambling, a samurai wearing a turban lost two coins and began to cheat and refuse to give him any money. The ashigaru angrily yelled at him and told him to go away. However, this samurai was such a rogue that he refused to pay.
Don't put the money aside and continue to bet.
Everyone was arguing and getting angry. A tall ashigaru and the samurai who didn't pay him started pushing and shoving, and finally they got into a fight on the boat. Others watched the fun and didn't take it too seriously, shouting and encouraging.
The two fought more fiercely.
The two-masted Anzhai was only a dozen meters long and was shaking in the struggle between the two brawlers.
Everyone was excited there, but suddenly they heard a whine coming from the thick fog. The sound was like someone blowing a horn, but it was far louder and longer than the horn, and it was not like a sound that humans could make.
The soldiers on the Anzhai ship were stunned, and they all looked towards the thick fog to the south, wondering what was in it. They had never heard such a whining sound. Even the two people who were struggling with each other stopped moving.
, looked at the fog in the south in surprise, and gradually became a little nervous.
A soldier pulled the captain's sleeve and said, "Captain, do you want to call the police?"
Because of a whining alarm? The Ashigaru general will definitely deduct his salary when he goes back. The Ashigaru captain did not answer, just stared into the thick fog with his eyes.
Everyone stared at the thick fog for two or three minutes, and suddenly saw a huge black shadow in the thick fog. The black shadow got bigger and bigger, and got darker and darker, heading straight towards the Anzhai patrol boat here.
come over.
"Woo~~"
Above the black shadow, a huge whistle suddenly sounded. The Tokugawa soldiers on the Anzhai ship were stunned and stared at the huge black shadow pressing over them. Only then did they see clearly that it was a tower several feet high.
huge ironclad ship.
The huge ironclad ship was covered with iron armor. Thick black smoke came out from the middle of the ship. It was pressing over like a moving castle. How could the small Anzhai ship stop it? The ironclad ship drove extremely fast, faster than the fastest ship.
The sailboat was a little faster, and the waves a few feet high formed on the bow, which was unstoppable.
Seeing that the Anzai ship was about to be hit by an ironclad ship, the ashigaru captain on the Anzai ship shouted: "Escape!"
He jumped into the cold November water.
As soon as Captain Ashigaru jumped off the ship, the armored ship's ram hit the small Anzai without hesitation. Under the huge impact, the sharp ram tore the Anzai ship's waist apart and broke it into two pieces.
Captain Ashigaru swam hard in the cold water, trying desperately to avoid the whirlpool when Anzhaiden sank. He swam for a long time before looking back.
He saw a huge warship that was not seen in Japan, covered in iron armor and loaded with cannons, sailing toward Nagasaki Port in a way that no sailing ship had ever done before.
On top of the iron-clad ship, a huge flag with the Chinese character "Li" in Chinese characters roared, like an unstoppable conqueror, announcing his arrival to Japan.
