Chapter 685 Block Japan

Zhu Youjian said in one sentence, Zhao Zhilong, the Minister of Rites, and others went to negotiate with the Japanese.

The little Japanese are completely a group of barbarians, and they don’t even talk about any rules when doing things.

Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang once sent an envoy to Japan for negotiations, but only one person was killed.

Now the emperor asked them to negotiate with Japan again, obviously to let them die.

The scared few people hurriedly knelt in front of Zhu Youjian:

"Your Majesty, please spare me! I don't understand Japanese how to negotiate with the Tokugawa Shogunate. I also asked Your Majesty to take back his life and choose a more suitable candidate to go to Japan..."

Seeing Zhao Zhilong and others in a mess, the civil and military officials in the court were secretly amused.

They knew that the emperor was punishing civil servants who dared to sing against him.

Seeing Zhao Zhilong and others' ridiculous and hateful appearances, Zhu Youjian felt very disgusted, but he still said patiently with a smile:

"My dear friends, it is difficult for ordinary people to express your words clearly. In my opinion, you are the only one who is the most suitable for being an envoy to Japan in the Ming Dynasty. Please accept the order!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me. I am really not suitable to be an envoy. Please..."

Zhu Youjian's words were already very clear, but Zhao Zhilong and others were still talking.

"Bang..."

Zhu Youjian suddenly slapped the case of Long Shu:

"Shut up, you can't set an example by suggestion you put forward. You dare to talk big and put it into pieces."

"Your Majesty forgive me. We are willing to be envoys to Japan. Please forgive me!"

When Zhao Zhilong and others heard that the emperor was going to behead his head, they hurriedly began to beg for mercy again.

They regretted so much that they were so sorry, so why did they mention the ancestral teachings? It was obvious that the emperor was unhappy.

The emperor is just a golden word, how could they spare their lives if they beg for mercy?

Zhu Youjian waved his hand, and immediately the Jinyiwei stepped forward to drag the few people away and beheaded his head.

Sun Chuanting had already seen that the emperor did not really want to kill Zhao Zilong and others in the court, so he hurriedly went out to plead for them:

"Your Majesty, since they have known their mistakes, please forgive them a life and let them go to Japan for negotiations. If the negotiations fail, killing them will be one of the two crimes, please be kind to your Majesty."

Seeing that Sun Chuanting had pleaded for Zhao Zhilong, the other ministers understood and immediately stepped forward to plead for mercy:

"Your Majesty, please forgive Lord Sun and the others this time and let them make meritorious service..."

Of course, Zhu Youjian knew what these ministers meant. Didn’t he just want the Japanese to chop them down?

Zhu Youjian did not insist, and waved his hand to the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei immediately let go of Zhao Zhilong and others and retreated.

Zhao Zhilong and others hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed to thank him:

"Thank you for not killing your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian snorted coldly:

"You do not agree to send troops to attack Japan, but do not want to be envoys. You should have executed them, but for the sake of the ministers who plead for you, I will spare you for the time being. I will leave the capital early tomorrow morning and rush to Japan. If you have two intentions, I will definitely kill you all and retreat."

"Thank you, long live my emperor!"

Zhao Zhilong and others had no choice but to thank him for his gratitude and retreat from the court to prepare for a mission to Japan.

If you go to Japan, you may still have a chance to come back alive. If you don’t go, you will be beheaded immediately.

Zhao Zhilong and others withdrew from the court, and Zhu Youjian passed the imperial edict:

"Transfer my will. From tomorrow, the Ming Dynasty will stop all trade and trade with Japan, whether it is North Korea or Taiwan, including Luzon, the South China Sea province.

In addition, all sea areas controlled by the Ming Dynasty were blocked and ships that traded with Japan were prohibited from passing.

On the day the Ming Dynasty issued the notice, it was prohibited to trade with Japan by all countries that had trade with the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would completely stop trade with this country and prohibit ships from entering the waters controlled by the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youjian's move is definitely ruthless. Japan is an island country with very scarce resources and many things rely on imports.

The Ming Dynasty is Japan's largest trading country. If the Ming Dynasty stops trade with Japan and blocks all controlled sea areas, it will definitely be a fatal blow to Japan.

North Korea has become a province of the Ming Dynasty, and Taiwan's Ryukyu are also in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Batavia, which was originally controlled by the Netherlands and Manila, which were controlled by the Spanish, are now all controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

All countries around Japan have been controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and no country can only enter Japan.

There are also some countries that have trade with Japan, such as Annan and Indochina Peninsula, which also have close commercial trade with the Ming Dynasty.

If they find that they have trade with Japan, the Ming Dynasty will not only sanction them, but their merchant ships will not be able to pass through the seas controlled by the Ming Navy.

After Zhu Youjian's imperial edict was conveyed, all relevant departments of the Ming Dynasty immediately began to take action.

Freeze all Japanese assets in the Ming Dynasty, including gold, silver and commodities.

Coast guard ships and naval patrol ships also immediately launched a blockade of the waters around Japan, mainly targeting merchant ships traveling to and from Japan.

This is a ban on Japan in trade, and military deployment is also being carried out simultaneously.

After Zhu Youjian arranged for sanctions against Japan in commerce, he asked Sun Chengzong, the Minister of War:

"Ministry of War, how many troops and warships does North Korea have now?"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly replied:

"Report to your Majesty, North Korea has more than 60 sailing warships, 50,000 navy and 50,000 army."

Zhu Youjian nodded and then asked Zheng Chenggong:

"Zheng Aiqing, how many troops and warships does the Ming Navy have now?"

Zheng Chenggong bowed and reported:

"Your Majesty, the total strength of the Ming Navy has reached 350,000. Apart from local defense, Taiwan garrisons and overseas garrisons can still mobilize as many as 150,000 naval forces at any time, and 68 armored warships.

Because the shipyards left by the Netherlands and the Spaniards on Luzon and Huangming Islands worked day and night, and the efforts of several local shipyards in the Ming Dynasty, the local large sail warships had reached 900.

In addition, there are fifty sailing warships in Taiwan, more than two hundred sailing warships on Huangming Island, and more than fifty sailing warships in Luzon."

The numbers reported by Zheng Chenggong not only surprised the civil and military officials in the court, but also Zhu Youjian was a little surprised.

After hearing the numbers of navy and warships, the Minister of Revenue could not help but look at their emperor.

Ni Yuanlu began to worry about how much military pay she needed for so many navy and warships!

However, Zhu Youjian was not worried at all. As the Ming army conquered foreign wars, military pay could be supported by plunder.

The Japanese population is about 10 million, and the total number of soldiers from each vassal is at least one million.

After the Ming Dynasty captured Japan, it would be no problem to support 200,000 troops on this island country.

Zhu Youjian pondered for a moment and said:

"Send people to send North Korea's Lu Aiguo a hundred large warships and two thousand mortars immediately, and order Lu Aiguo to force his crossing of the Tsuma Strait and launch an attack on Japan."

"Abide by the order"

Zheng Chenggong and Song Yingxing, a scientist at the Ming Dynasty Weapon Manufacturing Bureau, immediately went to prepare.

The Korean soldiers were going to fight Japan, and of course the Ming army on Luzon and Huangming Island could not be idle either.

These people are the Indonesian and Filipinos in the future. How could Zhu Youjian miss the opportunity to let them be cannon fodder?

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!