Under everyone's amazing eyes, Ashikaga Yoshikazu actually stepped forward to pay a tribute to Zhu Houzhao.

At this time, he still fell under the jade stairs and said: "Since the establishment of Japan, all of them have been hired and asked about the upper country. Fortunately, the country is at utmost attention, and there is no danger in the country..."

What makes people feel is not surprise, but thrilling.

This is something that Japan has gradually escaped from control. After all, Japan is orphaned overseas, and compared with the Korean vassal states, both population and land area are enough to form a system.

It is precisely because of this that the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards Japan was that as long as you don't cause trouble, the Japanese were the most arrogant and domineering among the envoys.

Last time, the court finally expelled the Japanese envoys and the two sides officially cut off their exchanges. However, Ashikaga Yoshikazu, the king of Japan, has actually come to the Ming Dynasty in person, and his humble attitude is really incredible.

Since the establishment of Japan, all of them have been recruited and asked about Shangbang. This not only recognized the status of the Ming Dynasty as the Shangguo, but also talked about the ancient times... Since ancient times, any major events in Japan must be approved by the Shangguo. In this way, he was even to the point of being servile, and he wanted to say, Dad, I am your son. Since ancient times, you have been your son, so don’t refuse it.

Zhu Houzhao was shocked at first, then he was speechless.

Occasionally, kings from vassal states would come to the Ming Dynasty, but they were all small countries in Nanyang, with a population of only tens of thousands. To put it bluntly, they were called kings. They were considered to be chiefs of a tribe who looked down on them. Moreover, such small countries came to get cheap, and most of them had no education. Many people lived in the capital and refused to go back.

Why? Because in their country, although they are kings, they still live in thatched huts, so it is impossible for his ministers to be still working on the trees.

But Japan is completely different. This is a vassal state with a large size, and its national strength is not even lower than that of Annan. Moreover, its cultural level is also high, especially its Chinese level. Even if it is used to make words and sentences, it feels comfortable to listen to.

Ashikaga Yoshitaki said at this time: "The last time I sent an envoy, but the envoy was not in the Ming Dynasty, which angered His Majesty the Emperor, which caused the upper country to cut off the exchanges between the lower country. I was so worried that I could not sleep at night. The upper country was the parents of the lower country. I lost my parents, just like a son who was lonely overseas, and lost his parents' news. So I was worried, sad, and wept like rain..."

But isn't it a bit shameless?

Not to mention Zhu Houzhao, even the eunuchs standing beside him couldn't help but want to curse. They had seen shameless people, but they had never seen such shameless people.

Do you really treat yourself as your son?

If the first sentence is just obscure, the second sentence is completely shameless.

This time, the whole court was in an uproar again.

Countless people looked at Ashikaga Yoshikazu in horror, and saw that he was indeed inexplicably sad and drunk.

Is there anyone so despicable?

Not so...

Could it be that Ye Chunqiu was threatened?

But it was wrong. Although Ye Chunqiu could threaten, why did he still listen to Ye Chunqiu's instructions when he came to the emperor? Now is a good time for him to come and cry. Wouldn't that be nice to beat Ye Chunqiu here?

Many people even think that if the one named Ye kills your people and destroys your city, is it okay to have some success?

Liu Daxia's face was tense and he didn't say a word, but his heart was a little heavy. He felt something was wrong, but for a moment he couldn't figure out where the problem was.

Liu Daxia knew the Japanese very well. Logically speaking, the Japanese were the most rebellious, and after repeated invasions by Japanese pirates, the Japanese country had already begun to show signs of self-esteem, but now...

Ashikaga Yoshikazu was very thick-skinned and actually cried. Then he continued: "I thought about it and was frightened again and again, so I followed the rules and regulations of the past, and personally led a delegation to my parents' country to rebuild the old, and offered another prescription: a thousand taels of gold, fifty horses, a thousand pieces of thin samples, a hundred copies of fans, three pairs of screens, ten collars of armor, thirty collars of bronze balls, eighty waists of swords, fifty knives of swords, fifty knives of inkstone lilies, and one of Wentai. I also learned that the Japanese pirates were cruel, so I secretly plundered the population of Shangbang, so I searched for the island's drifters to return it."

Finally got to the point and paid tribute honestly.

However, this time the tribute is more than several times that of previous years.

Not only did the King of Japan personally come to plead guilty, but he also gave him ten times the tribute. Isn’t this a sincere understanding?

After saying this, Ashikaga Yoshitaki robbed the ground with his head and said with a little crying voice: "Yitaki is so frightened, he is guilty of death, he is so guilty of death, he is so angry, and he bows again."

He kowtowed three times and finally completed the ceremony.

At this time, no one spoke, and everyone was staring at all this in a daze, looking at the shameless look of the king of Japan, but no one laughed at him.

victory!

This is undoubtedly a diplomatic crushing victory.

As a country above the Celestial Empire, the most important thing is face. Some people may think that this kind of face is not worth mentioning, but it is actually a big mistake. Face is for oneself and for others to see.

People will have the effect of imitation, people will be like this, and countries will be like this. Japan is unruly. If the Ming Dynasty cannot effectively counterattack, it will have a chain reaction. What will the vassal states think after seeing it? If you can't do anything to Japan, who will care about you?

But what about the consequences of not caring? There are only two types. One is that I play my own. You can play with it in the Ming Dynasty. This seems to be a good choice.

Unfortunately, although the Ming Dynasty did not like to deal with people, this tribute system had deep strategic considerations. People in later generations might mock their ancestors for being full and insisting on maintaining the face of a country of heaven. In fact, the central dynasty has always chosen this kind of favorable but unrealistic strategy. The fundamental reason is that it has maintained this superlative pattern.

What is the supernatural power? Just like the Western countries, including Annan, Champa, Sumatra, Aru, Manlaca, Kelantan, Guli, Siam, Zhenla, Java, Old Port, etc., it can be said that there are many countries.

But for the Ming Dynasty, these were all remote areas and had no meaning of occupation. Even if you spent a lot of people and material resources, sent large troops to cross mountains and ridges, and occupied the country, the country's resources were not abundant, and the income was far lower than expenditure. What's the point?

No sense.

But what the Ming Dynasty really feared was that the entire Western Ocean was united into one, and Annan was strong. If it annexed Zhenla and eroded Champa, what about the Malacca?

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I have to tell you something. Next, Tiger will participate in Qidian's activities, so there will be relatively fewer updates during this period, but Tiger will still try to draw more time to write and try to keep it above five o'clock every day. I hope everyone can understand it!
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