Although Japan is a small country with few lands, it is still an important vassal state of our Ming Dynasty, isolated overseas and not close to us in the Central Plains.

Since the Han Dynasty sent envoys, he has only visited Beijing several times in the Tang Dynasty to pay homage to him."

After Taizu founded the country, Japan also sent envoys to see him, and during the time of Emperor Chengzu, there were also envoys. But I didn't expect that in my day, Japan actually thought of seclusion. When Zhu Youxiao said this, there was an obvious hint in his tone.

Anger.

Isn't that right? Let's not mention the Han and Tang Dynasties, nor the two Song Dynasties.

When I, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, founded the Ming Dynasty and founded the Yuan Dynasty and Hongwu, you sent envoys from Japan to congratulate me and became my vassal vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

When I, Emperor Taizongwen of the Ming Dynasty, was in the prosperous age of Yongle, you sent envoys from Japan to congratulate me, and you were still a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty.

Later generations of Renzong, Xuanzong, and Shizong continued to invade the border, but the connection between Japan and the Ming Dynasty was never severed.

Ah, it’s time for me, Zhu Youxiao, to enter the Tianqi Dynasty. If you say we should close the country in isolation, then we should close the country. Is it because I, Zhu Youxiao, can’t afford to use the knife, or because you, Mufu, think you can show off?

Looking at the previous samurai shogunate and the emperor's court, no one said that they had stopped communicating with the Central Plains. However, during the Apocalypse, you, Tokugawa Iemitsu, wanted to isolate the country.

Zhu Youxiao was curious about what he had done to make Tokugawa Iemitsu disrespect him so much?

Don’t you have enough achievements?

Flat-boot targets, defeated the Eastern captives, swept across the grasslands, destroyed Annan, pacified the Western Yi at sea, and accepted the twenty-three countries of Nanyang as vassals. Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty is now peaceful and the people are safe, the people have enough food and clothing, the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, commerce and trade are developed, academia is prosperous, science and technology are prosperous, it is so powerful

In such a dreamy prosperous age, even the industrial revolution did not cause any turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. I would like to say that I am comparable to the emperors of Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song. According to folk wisdom, I am an emperor for the ages and a saint king for all ages.

Why was Tokugawa Iemitsu so arrogant? He repeatedly invited other countries to open up trade and communicate with each other, but he was obsessed with seclusion.

After calming down his anger, Zhu Youxiao said: "Tokugawa Iemitsu will clarify the canonical punishment, but Japan also needs to be appeased. The shogunate must continue to exist and continue to maintain order in Japan."

The imperial court needs to send an important minister to Japan to appease the vassals. What do you think?

The important minister Zhu Youxiao mentioned was not a third-rank minister, but at least a second-rank minister, or even better, a first-rank bachelor.

Qian Qianyi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to go to Japan.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Qian Qianyi. His plan was to let one of Huang Liji or Qiao Yunsheng go to Japan. After returning, he could naturally add more burdens to them, so that the imperial cabinet would not seem to have these two people.

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But looking at Huang Liji and Qiao Yunsheng's old-fashioned presence, it was obvious that these two people had no intention of taking a trip into Japan's troubled waters.

Zhu Youxiao has a headache. Should he prepare to eliminate these two people?

There are a lot of four cabinet ministers, not to mention Master Sun who is in charge of Liaodong. The seven ministers in Tianqi Dynasty are too many in the entire Ming Dynasty, so they are of no use.

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Since Qian Ge Lao has this, then I'll give Qian Ge Lao a visit."

"As for the placement of the Japanese garrison and the training of the servant army, General Zhao will be responsible for it. Master and I happen to have the latest idea for the new army. We can use Japan as a pilot first.

Qian Qianyi and Zhao Yuqi told the minister to accept the order.

At the Cui Ri court meeting, Zhu Youxiao conferred the title of Crown Prince and Grand Master on Qian Qianyi, led him to the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and added the title of Xuanfu envoy to Japan, and went to Japan to appease the people.

At the same time, Zhao Yuqi resigned from the rank of General of the Zhengtong Campaign, but still served as the president of the four towns, plus the Japanese envoy, and went to Japan for military deployment and unification.

This appointment naturally caused another wave of turmoil. Qian Qianyi's title of Crown Prince, Grand Master and Minister of the Ministry of War are not important. Looking at today's cabinet bachelors, almost all of them lead the Crown Prince, Grand Master or Prince's Young Master. To put it bluntly,

It is just a matter of adding a title from the first rank, and leading the Ministry of War as Minister is the norm for cabinet ministers to go on missions or to sit in command.

For example, when Zhang Haogu, the chief minister of the cabinet, personally went to the southwest to quell the Annan disaster, he held the title of Minister of War, just to better mobilize local troops.

As for Japan's Xuanfu Envoy, this title is very interesting. This was a position in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It was usually used to appease the internal affairs. Now it is used to appease Japan. Then it is worth guessing the emperor's thoughts.

After all, Zhao Yuqi was the envoy to lead Japan and coordinate the troops of Japan. The former was the Xuanfu envoy, and the latter was the Disposal envoy. Did His Majesty the Emperor have some ideas about some of the duties in the Tang Dynasty, or did he have some ideas about the surroundings?

After all, Zhao Yuqi was the president of Japan's four towns, promoted Japan's troops and horses, and supervised Japan's military administration. In the Tang or Han Dynasties, the correct name should be Japan's Protectorate. It is not surprising that the Protectorate would have this idea. After all, money

Qianyi went to Japan with a large number of imperial robes, seals and ribbons. At that time, all vassal lords, shogunate generals and other positions would have to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and receive the Ming dynasty imperial robes, seals and ribbons, in order to be recognized as orthodox.

Putting all this together, the idea of ​​the emperor in the Wuying Palace is very clear: Japan will still be Japan in the future, but the name of Japan will have to be changed.

On the Pingliao ironclad, Qian Qianyi was standing on the board blowing the sea breeze.

Zhenliao and Pingliao are ironclad ships of the same size but not the same batch. However, Zhu Youxiao's purpose can be seen in the name.

At present, these iron-clad ships of the Ming Dynasty, Zhenliao, Zhenqi, Zhennan, Pingliao, Pingnan and Pingdong, all have their own homes. Zhenliao and Pingliao are to deal with Liaodong, and Zhenqi is to deal with the foundation of the New Deal in Shandong.

, Zhennan corresponds to the original Annan and now Jiaozhi, Pingnan refers to Nanyang, and Pingdong refers to Japan.

Each of these battleships has its own meaning, and they all place the expectations of the imperial court on them.

Standing on this huge warship, a little sea wind and waves made no waves at all. Qian Qianyi didn't even feel any turbulence. He admired the scenery on the sea and looked at the islands in the distance. Qian Qianyi looked comfortable and felt comfortable.

Yu also has a lot of new ideas about this trip to Japan.

Zhao Yuqi did not have much contact with Qian Qianyi, so it would be unreasonable not to mention the most important camp between them in civil and military circles.

Don't look at the fact that the old party is now on the rise. Looking at the forty-seven towns of the New Army in Ming Dynasty, are all the people in one town the old party?

Looking at the new army's organization concept in her room, Zhao Yuqi's brows tightened and relaxed.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to expand the army, and organized and trained more troops not only for maneuvering, but also when the court defeated Liaoning or went to war elsewhere in the future, the court still had enough cards in hand to suppress the disobedient people in the south.

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Zhang Haogu thought more. It is not realistic to expand the number of towns in the current 47 towns, but it is possible to increase the manpower in each town.

Zhang Haogu’s idea is to use each town as a strategic unit in the future. In addition to a certain number of infantry, a town also has attached cavalry, artillery logistics, and other components to form a complete and effective strategic unit, which can be split down.

Each association and school can fight alone, and even a battalion is the most basic combat organization.

According to Zhang Haogu's idea, combined with Zhu Youxiao's idea of ​​army expansion, the latest addition to the new army in Zhao Yuqi's hands emerged.

Each town is no longer limited to infantry and cavalry, but is a combination of various arms. There will no longer be separate arms divisions such as three thousand battalions, pure cavalry, divine machine battalions, or long-range strike forces.

Therefore, as a basic unit, each battalion will have an additional team of cavalry in addition to infantry. During combat, it can also receive artillery support from the town and auxiliary above, and can fight independently.

The Xie unit is a standard strategic unit. Each Xie can act independently and is responsible for a battlefield. At the town level, the comprehensive strategic unit is responsible for operations in one direction.

This is undoubtedly a very large army expansion plan. The current forty-seven towns will undergo changes. For example, the original eight Mongolian cavalry towns will be reduced to four cavalry towns, and the remaining cavalry will be integrated into the thirty-nine new armies.

In the infantry town, the total strength of the new army will also expand from 470,000 to 780,000.

What a big plan.

Zhao Yuqi sighed with excitement on his face. As soldiers and senior generals of the Ming Dynasty, they are most fond of the expansion and strengthening of the army. This means that the military's voice and future status also means that the court will not be affected by it.

Now that we are in a period of development, we have neglected the war.

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"A town has organized and trained twenty-four infantry battalions, two artillery battalions, two cavalry battalions, and so many chasseur teams. The infantry alone is more than 13,000, plus artillery, logistics and other manpower, a

The town has a population of more than 16,500 people! Such a town is more than enough to guard a province. In this way, the court can free up a large number of towns for use in other places.

There are also ten additional cavalry corps, twenty-five independent artillery battalions, and the formation of a divine battalion. Once the court’s plan is announced, the government and the public may not know how big of a stir it will cause.”

Zhao Yuqi finally understood why Japan was used as a pilot project first. According to Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu's ideas, the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to doubling the existing new army. This would not only cause alarm among the government and the public, but also for the surrounding small countries.

It's an earth-shattering thing, so it's best to take it slow. With such a large establishment, so many new weapons, and training so many cavalry, it must be a long-term matter. Now, it's easy to think about training a cooperative pilot in Japan and conducting a pilot test.

Then, Zhao Yuqi solemnly put away this plan. No more than seven people in the new army knew about this plan. He was one of them. After putting away the plan, Zhao Yuqi thought about how to deal with this plan, and the five Japanese people.

It is certainly impossible for the 60,000 servant army to be trained according to the Ming army's new army training regulations. It is enough to give them the strength to protect themselves and suppress them.

Just like Zhao Yuqi's evaluation of Japan, Ming Dynasty must not let go of Jingxu from Japan's neck, cannot give Japan a chance to expand its ambitions, and cannot let Japan see hope of breaking free from the shackles.

The armored ship Heiriao sailed into Edo Bay under the escort of a group of large and small ships. The feudal lords of the Japanese feudal lords and the ministers of the Mu family and the imperial court had already arrived in Edo and watched the approaching ship from a distance.

The giant black ship, looking at the behemoth floating on the sea like an island, gradually approaching, until the warship entered the port, the giant ship like a hill docked on the shore, and the large shadow of the black crow cast an endless sense of oppression.

After the shogunate and the officials of the Japanese imperial court and the feudal lords of each vassal realized the gap between Japan and the Ming Dynasty, everyone's expressions became more sincere. When faced with irresistible force, the Japanese would always show incomparable deference.

As the baffle was lowered, Qian Qianyi and Zhao Yuqi, escorted by a group of new army soldiers, stepped onto the Edo taxi field. They were immediately warmly welcomed by the Japanese nobles and nobles of the military family and even organized many merchants and common people.

Various flags were raised.

What "Welcome to the Bachelor of Shangguo University."

Welcome angels of heaven.

Welcome to Mr. Guoge.

The flags were waved excitedly by these people, showing Qian Qianyi the sincerity and humility of the Japanese people.

What surprised Qian Qianyi the most was that these Japanese nobles also specially organized a large number of good men and geishas to comfort the heavenly soldiers who came from afar. These good men and geishas knelt there submissively one by one, as if they had chosen to do something.

The brands were waiting to be chosen, and Qian Qianyi couldn't help but look suspicious.

General Zhao, are you lying on your back to try your luck?"

Qian Qianyi couldn't help but doubt that the Ming Dynasty defeated Japan, captured the emperor and the shogunate of Japan, burned Edo and crippled Kyoto. With this action, if Ming Dynasty had suffered such a heavy blow, it would definitely have been done at all costs.

Pay back the price, replace the emperor if he is gone, re-elect the general if he dies, run away if you can't win, and resist everywhere, there is always a chance to win and take everything back.

Why is the performance of Japan so similar to Baozong and the Song Dynasty?

The emperor was taken away, and he even sent women and goods to comfort the enemy. Is Japan really that weak?

Could it be that he was imitating the King of Yue's game of lying on his back and trying his courage, and maybe he would strike again at some point?

Looking at Qian Qianyi who was full of doubts, Zhao Yuqi smiled and said: "That's how Qian Ge's old Japanese is. As long as you are better than him, he will be extremely obedient and obedient, even if you step on his face and sit on his head to cook shit."
To be continued...