Li Zhi walked to the four "big names" and stopped.
The four daimyo stood up straight and looked at Li Zhi.
Chosogabu Okinori suddenly changed from a "country scholar" to a "daimyo" and restored the rule of the Chosogabu family in Tosa. Then he participated in the war in Osaka and won the Awa Kingdom. It can be said that he suddenly succeeded. His whole life
The man seemed to be still in excitement, and said loudly: "From now on, as long as Jin Guogong Palace points to the destination, the warriors of my clan will not say a word, but will just lead the troops to kill it!"
Li Zhi smiled and said nothing.
The head of the Nabeshima family, Nabeshima Katsushige, said with some worry: "Tsugukong-dono, now that your army has withdrawn from Japan, I'm worried that the shogunate will take the opportunity to launch an attack."
Li Zhi smiled and said, "The shogunate doesn't dare."
"I left five thousand soldiers and horses in Osaka, enough to defend Osaka Castle."
"If there is any big event in the future, you can come to Osaka to see Zheng Kaida. Zheng Kaida has full authority to represent me and can handle various affairs in Japan. If the shogunate is unwilling to fail and makes a comeback, my army in Tianjin can kill any place in Japan within ten days.
Place. I guess the Tokugawa shogunate knew how powerful it was and didn’t dare to cause trouble.”
When the four daimyo heard these words, they felt relieved. The four of them bowed deeply to Li Zhi again.
Li Zhi said no more and walked up to the poop of Yangwei.
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On February 13, Li Zhi led a triumphant army of 15,000 people back to Tianjin.
Li Xing led Tianjin's civil and military officials to greet Li Zhi on the dock, beating gongs and drums.
When Li Zhi saw the welcoming crowd on the pier, he was so happy that he gave each of the 20,000 soldiers of the Huben Division who participated in the war a reward of fifteen taels of silver. The soldiers of the Huben Division who did not participate in the war were all envious when they saw this.
——There were almost no casualties in this expedition against Japan. The 20,000 soldiers easily earned fifteen taels of silver, equivalent to four months' monthly wages. It was really relaxing and enjoyable.
Fifteen taels of silver is not a small number. A small villa in Fanjiazhuang only costs fifty taels of silver.
On the way back to the Acropolis of Tianjin, Han Jinxin rode up to Li Zhi, raised his hands and said: "Congratulations to the Duke of Japan for defeating the Japanese shogunate. It really shows the prestige of our country."
Li Zhi nodded.
Han Jinxin said again: "My lord, the news just came from outside the customs a few days ago that Huang Taiji is dead!"
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh?"
Han Jinxin said: "My lord, the subordinate detectives were not good enough and did not get first-hand information. In fact, Huang Taiji died in August last year. After his death, the Tatar Prince Dorgon immediately took control of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and began to deal with the opposition.
His own nobles and officials. Dorgon was worried that Hong Chengchou would take advantage of Huang Taiji's death to carry out the Northern Expedition and conceal the news of Huang Taiji's death. It took him four months until all the Manchu nobles and officials swore allegiance before he made the news of Huang Taiji's death public.
.”
Li Zhi took a breath when he heard this, secretly thinking that Dorgon was really a cunning character. Originally, the Manchu and Qing dynasties were in chaos after the death of Huang Taiji, which was a good opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to attack Huanglong. However, Dorgon blocked the news, and even Han Jinxin
Been cheated.
Li Zhi nodded and said: "That's all, in the future, let's set up more informants outside the customs and try to get first-hand information!"
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On February 16, in the Huangji Hall of the Forbidden City, all the officials had a feeling of being unable to react.
The officials were so shocked because Li Zhi sent a memorial describing his victory over the shogunate army in Japan.
Zhou Yanru, the first assistant, had a look of disbelief on his face and shook his head while reading Li Zhi's memorial.
"The Tokugawa shogunate did not know the importance of the matter and had the audacity to burn the Li family's fine cloth and ban the trade. It deceived our country into having no one. I led an army to attack, first bombed Nagasaki in the Japanese country, and then occupied Osaka, and destroyed the Tokugawa navy in the Izu Peninsula.
, entered Edo Bay and burned the Edo Castle of the Tokugawa Shogunate into a sea of fire. After numerous battles, he finally defeated 120,000 shogunate troops in Osaka."
"The shogunate army is afraid of our great power, and has given up resistance, fully opened up the fine cloth trade, and fully compensated the minister for his losses. From now on, the minister Li Zhi will lease Osaka, Japan as a trade port. Not only that, the shogunate will also use Nagasaki
, Hirado, Nagoya, Edo and Sendai as free trade ports. From now on, our ships from the Ming Dynasty can sail to these five places for trade at will."
"In this battle, the participating generals Zheng Kaida, Li Laosi, Zhong Feng and the maritime guerrilla Zheng Kaida made great contributions."
After Zhou Yanru finished reading Li Zhi's memorial, he looked at the emperor in surprise and then at the courtiers behind him.
None of the officials in the court reacted.
Li Zhi's few soldiers and horses crossed the vast East China Sea to conquer Japan, and actually won.
After a long time, Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came out of the procession holding a dental plaque in his hand and shouted: "I have something to say!"
"explain!"
Liu Zongzhou shouted: "Your Majesty, this is impossible, Li Zhi must be lying!"
Li Zhi's memorial was incredible. Li Zhi, a Duke of Jin, with 20,000 to 30,000 men under his command, actually defeated the Tokugawa shogunate who ruled Japan. Not only did the Tokugawa shogunate completely convince him, but he also asked the Japanese shogun to cede territory and pay compensation.
Are Li Zhi's 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers all divine soldiers and generals?
Liu Zongzhou was the first one not to believe such nonsense. This must be Li Zhi himself putting gold on his face. As long as half a year passes, as long as the news from Japan gradually spreads, Li Zhi's lies will definitely be exposed.
"I have something to say!"
"explain!"
Zheng Sanjun, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, raised his hand and said loudly: "I believe that there are many doubts in this memorial and should not be taken lightly! When the Japanese invaded Korea, they often sent out an army of 200,000. Emperor Xian mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to win the battle. Now 500,000 soldiers and horses were mobilized.
Years passed, and I heard that the Japanese population was colonized, and their military strength was greater than during the Wanli period. With such a strong military strength, how could Li Zhi turn "Edo City into a sea of fire"? Are the 200,000 soldiers of the Japanese shogunate just decorations?
"
"The so-called 'complete victory over 120,000 shogunate troops' in Osaka Castle is even more impossible. I heard that Li Zhi stationed 10,000 troops in Tianjin and Shandong, but the number of troops he brought to Japan was only 20,000. Twenty thousand! Twenty thousand people crossed the sea.
How could it be possible to defeat 120,000 Japanese shogunate troops in Japan?"
Zheng Sanjun arched his body forward slightly and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this memorial is too sensational. Li Zhi must be claiming credit and selling his name, trying to use lies to justify his fruitless trip to Japan. Your Majesty, at this time
You must distinguish between true and false, and don’t let Li Zhi deceive you.”
After Zheng Sanjun finished speaking, other civil servants stood up and collectively doubted Li Zhi's memorial:
"I second the proposal! This matter is really strange!"
"I second the proposal! We must check Li Zhi carefully!"
Zhu Youjian looked at Zheng Sanjun, who was making an impassioned speech, and the few white-bearded civil servants who were filled with indignation, but said nothing. Finally, he looked at Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jin Yiwei.
"Luo Yangxing, is there any news from Tianjin? Is there any discrepancy in what Li Zhi reported?"
Luo Yangxing was also a military attache close to the Donglin Party. He originally did not want to see the civil servants make a fool of themselves. But the emperor had already asked him, and he had to stand up and answer. Luo Yangxing's face turned pale, and he went out with a tooth plate in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Li Zhi
Everything you play is true!”
Upon hearing Luo Yangxing's words, the faces of all the princes in the court turned dark and their eyes widened.
