First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 550

Coming out of the East Palace, Sun Yan let out a sigh of relief.

My mother, I have something to do.

To be honest, Sun Yan really didn't think too much about it, he just wanted to find something to break the situation.

It is said that a new official has three fires when he takes office. If his new face can't even ignite one fire, it is indeed like others think, he should go out.

It's just that everything is not so easy to do.

His ability and prestige are not enough. If he tries to do it reluctantly, he can only put himself in it.

There is no other way but to wrong the Japanese merchants!

Sun Yan announced his decision...Unexpectedly, the entire court was full of support, and all parties who were originally opposed to each other agreed, or at least did not object.

Sun Yan was dumbfounded, is this trick so easy to use?

That being the case, then shake off your arms and do it hard!

Sun Yan issued an order to seal the city shipping department, and then sent troops to the coast, the Yangtze River, and various guild halls. Anyway, where there are Japanese merchants, don't let them go.

In a short period of time, more than 500 Japanese merchants were arrested in the Ming Dynasty.

In an instant, people were excited, and they praised Sun Xiang's means of thunderbolt. There were many articles in the newspapers, and some people even called Sun Yan a good prime minister who cared about the people...

My goodness!

When did you give me such a high evaluation?

Really flattered.

Sun Yan wasn't so confused, he also got a taste for it. Using troops against the Japanese kingdom, in Zhang Ximeng's group, was to open up the outside world and reshape the order of China, so naturally they should strongly support it.

Needless to say, Xu Da's nobles, the world has been peaceful for a long time, and there is an urgent need to expand the territory and make contributions.

Borrow the heads of Japanese pirates to make my achievements.

As for Li Shanchang's past, although these people are not willing to fight, but at the moment, it is better to torment the Japanese pirates than to torment them.

Speaking of which, the only ones who had some opinions were those export businessmen, but after some communication, these people changed their faces almost overnight, and became the most supportive of using troops.

Sun Yan proposed two things, which hit the heart of the businessman.

First, the goods of Ming Dynasty must use ships of Ming Dynasty... In other words, encourage the development of Ming Dynasty's merchant fleet and actively open up overseas sea routes.

The goods produced are transported by themselves, and all profits belong to themselves.

Second, Sun Yan believed that the Wa country only exchanged local gold and silver for Ming's goods...they should open the country's door, allow grain trade, and even agree to provide labor to Daming.Also, after the goods of Ming Dynasty entered the Wa country, they faced a high commission, which had to be resolved.

All in all, our Ming Dynasty should not only produce high-quality and cheap commodities, but also lead trade routes and formulate trade rules!

How can businessmen not support Sun Xianggong who is so reasonable?

In this way, Sun Yan gained a firm foothold and established his own foundation in a way that almost no one could have imagined.But Sun Yan is not stupid, the cowhide has already been blown out, whether it can be done or not depends on the skills of the soldiers.

If he loses, he is finished.

So Sun Yan immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Ximeng, asking the former boss if he could win the battle. You should say something!

Chapter 763 Zhang Xiang's Old Wisdom

In Yingtian, Sun Yan unceremoniously arrested Japanese businessmen, confiscated their properties, and ordered newspapers to publish numerous crimes committed by the Japanese country, including their treachery, disobedience to the state, plundering the coastal people, robbing property, and enslaving the living people... Crimes Tired, too many to write.

Not only did he write these empty words, but Sun Yan actually found some people who were invaded by the Japanese pirates. Some of them had their property taken away, some relatives were killed, and some were separated from their flesh and blood... They complained like cuckoos crying blood, and brought the Japanese pirates to death. Crimes are fully displayed in front of people.

Many people of Ming Dynasty didn't realize until now that there were still so many victims in the prosperous age, and that a tiny country that dared to provoke Shangbang deserved to die.

Not killing is not enough to anger the people!

"This Prime Minister Sun is really very powerful." Zhu Di held the newspaper, read it from the beginning, and couldn't help looking at Lan Yu, "I said, Mr. Lan, how is Prime Minister Sun's ability better than yours?"

Lan Yu rolled her eyes, but he looked down on the world and looked down on anyone, even her brother-in-law Chang Yuchun didn't take it seriously, the only one who could convince Lan Yu was Zhang Ximeng.

He asked himself, since he was a teenager, following Zhang Ximeng's side was the fastest time for him to improve his realm, and the skills he learned have been used until now.

But, he couldn't deny that Sun Yan sorted out Zhang Ximeng's manuscripts and handled various affairs. In comparison, Sun Yan learned much more than him, even Zhu Biao and others couldn't compare.

Of course, if you don't learn a lot, you must be good, but from Sun Yan's operation, Lan Yu has to admit that Sun Yan has indeed learned the essence, and it is even better than him.

"There is no light in the east and light in the west. It is not easy to solve internal affairs. It is a matter of course to use troops abroad. I don't understand what happened to those people in the past. I can't even understand such a simple truth!"

Zhu Di rolled his eyelids, "Mr. Lan, don't you just stand and talk without pain in your back. Using troops abroad is risky? Father and Emperor have told me that Fanbang is a small country, desolate and remote, full of smog, and complicated mountains and rivers. The country has millions of elite soldiers, and they are not afraid of any enemy, and they cannot compete with God. The two Mongol crusades against Japan were met with sea breeze, which is a clear proof. So my father warned me that I must be careful in using troops!"

Lan Yu snorted, "Your Majesty's words are certainly correct...but the careful use of troops does not mean not not to fight, but to put in a lot of effort before starting the fight!"

Zhu Di frowned, "What do you mean?"

"It's the literal meaning!" Lan Yu said: "Like Sun Yan, we want to catch Japanese merchants, block trade routes, and prohibit trade. We need to use newspapers to mobilize the people and unite people's hearts. Naturally, we also need to know people well and arrange good officials and generals. We must also carefully understand the situation in the Wa country, so that nothing will go wrong."

Lan Yu concluded: "We must be careful when using troops abroad, but this caution is not about fearing the enemy and avoiding war, but showing enough skills to ensure that no matter what the situation is, we can win the battle!"

Zhu Di blinked his eyes, but also had to nod, this guy Sapphire is really unique.

"So, Mr. Sun and Mr. Lan are a perfect match?"

Lan Yu pondered over and over again, and finally nodded, "The imperial court finally has a reliable person. With this person living in the imperial court, we can all relax a bit."

Zhu Di pondered for a while, and then said: "Mr. Lan, I have recently received some news about the Japanese country. What do you think we should do?"

Lan Yu squinted at him, "Who is that King Huailiang, King Lianghuai?"

Zhu Di nodded.

Lan Yu said: "Forget it, the two of us will directly find the culprit and ask that old fool what he does with his foreign affairs! If he doesn't understand, we will go to His Majesty."

"Father? What are you going to do?"

"Of course it is to impeach Li Shanchang for deceiving the emperor!"

Zhu Di was surprised, "You, you want to kill Mr. Li?"

"What's the harm? Let's cooperate with him. This kind of old fox, if you don't hold his tail in your hand, he can turn around and trap us. I call it preparedness!"

Sapphire took Zhu Di and came directly to Li Shanchang.

It is indeed reasonable for them to settle accounts with Li Shanchang.

Even though Daming established the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and raised the level of understanding of the situation to the outside world, the Ministry of Education still made jokes... After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates made trouble along the coast.

On the side of the Ming Dynasty, envoys were sent to condemn the Japanese kingdom, asking them to restrain the Japanese pirates and not to harass the coast of Daming.

According to the situation, Mao Gui has already reported the situation to the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. Right now, the Muromachi Shogunate has the final say on the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Chieftain has been evacuated.

An order should be given to the Muromachi Shogunate, and they should immediately follow the order.

But when this matter came to the meeting of the Ministry of Education, someone immediately raised objections.

We don't care what the Wa country is, the Muromachi shogunate is just the country of Samurai, which belongs to the usurpation of the feudal town. If we give the Muromachi shogunate an order, what does it mean?

Do we, Ming Dynasty, admit that the warriors of the Wa Kingdom caused rebellion?

Encourage courtiers to stand up to the king?

What is this?

Totally unreasonable!

So no matter what your country thinks, on Daming’s side, we only recognize orthodoxy, not any shoguns.

Mao Gui couldn't compete with this group of people, so he could only follow their wishes, and issued an order to the Japanese royal family, and then got the copy of Prince Huailiang's Chinese bibliography, which made Zhu Yuanzhang so angry that he decided to use troops against the Japanese kingdom.

The funny thing is that because of Mao Gui's objection, the Ministry of Education asked the Imperial Academy to be responsible for drafting the credential, and also made King Huailiang into King Huaihuai, which caused a big joke.

This matter was also figured out by Sapphire during the preparations for the battle.

At this moment, looking at the Japanese national letter again, it is a little bit funny.

It's not that the Wa Kingdom is arrogant, arrogant, and doesn't take Daming seriously.

Shouting to meet Daming at the foot of Helan Mountain.

In fact, this Prince Huailiang couldn't restrain the shogunate at all, and he couldn't say it clearly, he could only pretend to be tough.And at the beginning of the chapter, he regarded himself as a minister. Thinking about it this way, it's not so outrageous.

In the final analysis, the problem still lies with Li Shanchang. You old man, can't you work hard?Study the situation outside, can you be exhausted?

"Li Xianggong, to be honest, just now the general of the Muromachi shogunate Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has sent a letter of credence, willing to punish the Japanese pirates and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. This Ashikaga Yoshimitsu seems to be only two years older than King Yan, and there is no prince. Great!" Lan Yu sneered and said, "If you had agreed at the beginning, you would have directly issued an order to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and the matter of the Wa country might have been resolved long ago, so why bother?"

Li Shanchang sat there without moving, even though he was ashamed in his heart, but on the surface he would never let you see any clues!

"Lan Yu, if the old man had done this in the first place, how would you have the chance to make meritorious deeds? Don't you think so?" Li Shanchang said with a smile.

Sapphire was dumbfounded immediately, your shamelessness of an old man really makes people fall in awe!

Zhu Di couldn't help but said: "Mr. Li, now that the shogunate has sent the letter of credence, they are already afraid of Ming's heavenly soldiers, what should we do?"

Li Shanchang straightened his back suddenly, and sternly said: "What should I do? A martial artist in a chaotic country dares to write a letter of credence to Daming? What are they? Don't listen! Reject! Send troops!"

Zhu Di was taken aback, and blurted out: "Mr. Li is saying that if you make a mistake, you will make a mistake?"

Li Shanda shook his head, "Whatever is wrong is wrong? How can Shangguo be wrong? You young juniors really make this old man angry! Don't use bad words on yourself. Even if there is a mistake, it belongs to Waguo Wrong, do you understand?"

Zhu Di nodded, "Understood, you need not only to be black-hearted, but also thick-skinned!"

Li Shanchang rolled his eyes angrily, "King Yan, you really should read more books!"

Zhu Di shook his head, "Forget it, I don't want to read like you always do!"

Coming out of Li Shanchang, Zhu Di looked up to the sky and sighed, before I met Mr. Zhang, I was still a good person.After meeting Mr. Zhang, I once felt that I had learned badly.But I didn't realize until now that there is no end to badness!

This man surnamed Li, dismissing his aspect is simply cheap for him.

It should be cut into pieces and made into a human leather pillow!

Of course, no one cares what Zhu Di thinks at the moment.

The letters from the Muromachi shogunate were sent back, and there was also a severely worded letter, accusing Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of deceiving the emperor, being treasonous and immoral, and that the upper kingdom will definitely send out heavenly soldiers to crusade.

This letter was sent, and the whole country of Wa was shocked again. Obviously, the war was getting closer and closer.

After some intense discussions, Waguo believed that another kamikaze could not be expected.

It happened that they used troops against Goryeo before, and they were in the south of Goryeo, and they still had some strongholds.

At this moment, it is time to increase troops to Koryo to resist the attack of Ming Dynasty!

Or simply attack Goryeo first, maybe you can drink horses in the Central Plains.

Sure enough, the Muromachi shogunate decided to increase troops to Koryo and began to advance north.

The drums of war are rumbling, and the flames of war are smoldering.

On Goryeo's side, more than 5 people were invested in a decisive battle with the Wa Kingdom.

The big event was unexpected. As soon as the Goryeo soldiers and horses started fighting, the whole army collapsed... The soldiers scrambled to escape, and the more ordinary soldiers, the faster they ran.

No one is willing to work hard for those nobles in Korea!

The common people may not understand other reasons, but Xin Tun advocates dividing the land, and the group of them has become a thorn in the eyes and a thorn in the flesh of the nobles of Korea.

Although the big guys also know that it is difficult for Xin Tun and his group to succeed, they do not hinder ordinary soldiers and spurn the nobles of Korea.

Terrible defeats swept across. Goryeo lost three hundred miles of territory as soon as the war started.

Now Gao Li panicked and had to ask Daming for help.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was alarmed at this time, and he immediately called three people, Li Shanchang, Lan Yu, and Zhu Di, to stand in front of Zhu Yuanzhang together.

Lao Zhu was still polite and gave Li Shanchang a seat.

"We're going to crusade against the Wa country. After such a long time, you didn't make any achievements, and let the Wa country drive straight in. What, what is this? Do you have anything to do?"

Zhu Di didn't dare to speak, so he could only look at these two. Lan Yu was also silent, and only Li Shan said: "Your Majesty, the current situation can only be described as mixed."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "What do you mean?"

"It's very bad for Goryeo, but the situation in Wa country is not bad!"

Old Zhu rolled his eyes angrily, "Let me ask you, what should we do?"

Li Shanchang shook his head slightly, "Don't do anything!"

"Then why does Gao Li ask for help?"

"We only provide support for everything but help!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. At this time, Li Shanchang added, "When Zhang Shicheng asked us for help, that's how Grand Master Zhang dealt with it."