At the end of last year, because the Tokugawa family refused to sign an economic agreement, they were unwilling to give up their independence, joined the Ming Dynasty's new tribute system, and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Ming then immediately gave the Ministry of Rites to expel Japanese envoys, closed official contact channels, and prohibited Japan from tribute to the Ming Dynasty, which was equivalent to blocking Japan.

After the Tokugawa family envoy returned to Japan, he informed the four-generation general Tokugawa family that "excludes tribute" to Japan.

This made the Tokugawa family angry and a little frightened.

Faced with the diplomatic strength and oppression of the Ming Dynasty, Tokugawa Ietsunobu discussed with his family and decided to submit a letter of state to the Ming Dynasty, expressing his position, and hoped that the Ming Dynasty would change its mind and not block or attack Japan.

Tokugawa's family tweeted repeatedly and finally decided to use the letter from Japan to reply to the Ming Taizu to persuade Zhao Ming and dispel the idea of ​​conquering Japan.

As soon as he returned to Japan, Shinda Shindo took the letter of the country and hurriedly took the boat to the Ming Dynasty.

The ship arrived in Shanghai after a month of sea navigation, but due to the "exclusion of tribute punishment", Japanese ships were not allowed to dock, so they floated on the sea for more than a month.

During this period, Shindo Sanada wanted to communicate with the Ming Dynasty many times, but there was no channel to meet the top leaders of the Ming Dynasty. The "punishment of tribute" was equivalent to the vassals of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and cut off all contacts with the Tokugawa family.

In the end, Sanada Channel could only find a Portuguese merchant ship, and the Portuguese helped hand over the letter of state to Shanghai County.

Zhao Ming took the Japanese letter and opened it to watch, "I heard that the Three Kings are at their peak, the Five Emperors Zen Buddhism; only China has a master, how can the barbarians and no king? The vast universe is not the sovereign power of one lord; the universe is wide and prosperous, and it is the state of various countries to defend it. The world is not the world of one person. I live in a far-reaching Japanese country, a small country with less than sixty cities and less than three thousand cities, and still have a sense of contentment, so I am content and long. Now the regent is the king of China, and the lord of ten thousand cities, with more than thousands of cities and more than one million miles. I still have a sense of inadequacy, and I often have the intention of extinction."

Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that the Japanese cultural beauty was better than himself.

This means that the world is vast and not one person can govern it. Zhao Ming already has the Ming Dynasty and should be content. If you want to continue to expand, it is wrong to interfere in Japan. Don’t always have the desire to conquer.

Zhao Ming was really surprised to see this. He felt that such an article should not have been written by the Japanese, so he continued reading.

"The sky has a murderous intent, and move stars to change their lobbies; the earth has a murderous intent, and dragons and snakes walk on land; people have a murderous intent, and heaven and earth have repeated. Yao and Shun are virtuous, and guests from all over the world; Tang and Wu are benevolent, and they are tribute from all directions. I heard that the regent has a strategy to promote war, a small country has a plan to defend the enemy, a paper has an article about morality of Confucius and Mencius, and a strategy of military strategy of Sun Wu. I also heard that the regent selects the generals who are strong and sets up their troops to invade the ministers' territory. The land of water and terrain and the state of mountains and seas, so the water comes from the earth to cover the earth, and the soldiers are about to welcome them.

, how could you kneel down and worship it? It may not be possible to live by obedience, and it may not be possible to die by rebellion. When we meet in front of Helan Mountain, we talk about playing a big show, so what are you afraid of? If the king wins the ministers, the king will not be strong; if the minister wins the king, it will bring shame to the small country. Since ancient times, peace is the best, and war is the strongest; if the creatures are the best, and the people are the hardest to save the common people. We are serving the superior country every year, and we call the ministers a weak Japanese. Now we send envoys to Danqiu respectfully. The minister bows his head in fear and fear, and I will report it to you to hear it!"

After reading it, Zhao Ming's eyes lit up. It was a good article.

Zhao Ming closed the letter of the country, looked at Chen Mingxia, and asked with a smile: "What do you think of Chen Qing?"

Chen Mingxia smiled and said, "The Japanese letter tells the way of launching troops in a big country, and the small country has the method of survival. It implies that the regent, although Japan is a small country and a poor people, they are waiting for labor and have a good place. Although the Ming Dynasty has a million troops, it cannot increase wealth if it wins. If it loses, it will lose its teacher and money, and it will be disgraceful, which will be of no use to the Ming Dynasty."

"But this is just a literal meaning. I read the whole article and only read the word "coward". Tokugawa family said so much, but I just wanted to tell your highness to persuade your highness to be content. The Japanese people are poor and it is not cost-effective to attack you. The input and output are completely inconsistent. I hope your highness will let Japan go!" Chen Mingxia paused and continued: "This letter of nationality was written to Emperor Taizu when Japan was written to Emperor Taizu. After reading it, it was out of the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty that Japan had taught Japan. Today, Tokugawa family sent this article. In the final analysis, they were still afraid that Your Highness would conquer Japan!"

Zhao Ming nodded slightly. From the letter of the country, he saw the distorted mentality of Japan. When facing the Ming Dynasty, they were essentially cowardly, but they were unwilling to surrender completely. They listed a lot of things to tell the Ming Dynasty that it was not cost-effective to fight Japan and wanted to pass the test by verbally surrendering.

"What Tokugawa family said is indeed reasonable!" Zhao Ming smiled and said, "They understood the Ming Dynasty's mentality and thought that I just wanted to save face. As long as they acted and were convinced, they could continue to maintain their independence. However, they were wrong this time. What I wanted was Japan's true obedience!"

After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Did Zheng Chenggong come to Nanjing?"

After imposing a "punishment of tribute" on Japan, Zhao Ming had decided to subvert the ignorant Tokugawa family and support the new general who was close to Ming to come to power.

However, Zhao Ming did not know much about Japan's situation, so he could only discuss with the Han Dynasty's chief envoy Yang Wencong and Yanping Wang Zheng.

After the Han Dynasty annexed North Korea, it has been infiltrating Japan and engaged in smuggling trade along the coast of Japan. It is very familiar with Japan's situation. Zheng Chenggong grew up in Japan after he was a child, and the Zheng family has retained a great influence in Japan to this day.

Therefore, Zhao Ming sent someone to call them to Nanjing for discussion very early.

Not long ago, Yang Wencong arrived in Beijing, but there was no news about Zheng Chenggong.

Chen Mingxia said: "The Ministry of Rites sent envoys to Yanping's vassal before the New Year, and the King of Yanping should have been on the way."

Zhao Ming nodded slightly, "The Japanese affairs will be discussed when King Yanping arrives!"

A few days later, Zhao Ming was dealing with political affairs, and Chen Mingxia reported outside the study, "Your Highness, King Yanping is about to arrive in Nanjing."

Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where are you?"

Chen Mingxia replied: "The news came from Shanghai County that she had just passed Shanghai and should be able to arrive in Nanjing tomorrow."

"Prepare the dock, I will personally welcome King Yanping." Zhao Ming ordered.

The next day, at the wharf outside Nanjing City, Zhao Ming led a large group of civil and military officials to go out of the city to greet Zheng Chenggong.

Everyone stood for a long time, but the ships from Yanping's vassal came over. Grand Secretary Du Yinxi asked Chen Mingxia, "Has the Ministry of Rites made the wrong time?"

Chen Mingxia was about to explain, but someone shouted next to her: "Yanpingfan has arrived!"
Chapter completed!