amaotonovel Chapter 837 Only Japan?
Chapter 837 Only Japan?
Is this normal?
This is not normal at all.
Just by looking at the short, ugly man cooking a live person on the beach in Dengzhou, you can tell that your brother-in-law's personality can't be described as just vindictive, but rather as ruthless and petty.
As for the herders on the grasslands, although my brother-in-law kept shouting that he would capture them all to mine and that he would implement a "sheep eat people" strategy, he neither went directly to the grasslands to capture people nor implemented the "sheep eat people" strategy.
Otherwise, the grasslands would not be what they are now, and the county magistrates from Ningyang County in the Yanyun area would not have taken in and resettled those herders who fled from the grasslands.
None of this fits my brother-in-law's established persona!
Zhu Biao blinked blankly, looked at Li Shanchang and asked, "In your opinion, why doesn't brother-in-law kill the herdsmen on the grasslands?"
Li Shanchang turned his head and glanced in the direction of the beach, saying meaningfully, "The Xiongnu are descendants of the Xia dynasty, whose ancestor was Chunwei."
The Xiongnu were descendants of the Xia dynasty, and their ancestor Chunwei was the son of Jie, the last ruler of the Xia dynasty.
This included herders from the grasslands, as well as many people from the Central Plains who had fled there.
Therefore, no matter how much the Xiongnu fought to the death with the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were still considered to be half of their own people. The Ming Dynasty wished it could completely wipe out the Hu Yuan Dynasty, but it did not treat the herdsmen on the grasslands as outsiders.
Compared to that, what is a short, stocky person?
Moreover, those who fought the Yuan dynasty most fiercely were precisely the Mongols who had submitted to the Ming dynasty.
(Those interested can search for it. Ma Zi once said, "Do not follow the teachings of the Mongols and Han Chinese." There was also a "Declaration of the Righteousness of Revenge" issued on the grasslands. The authenticity of the declaration is hard to verify, but it mentioned that "We will live together, die together, survive together, perish together, and be of one mind.")
Li Shanchang stroked his beard and smiled, then continued, "Besides, although ordinary herders on the grasslands are extremely poor, the grasslands are rich in mineral resources. If we treat ordinary herders on the grasslands as short and weak, who will mine them? Who will herd the cattle and sheep?"
"Therefore, the prince consort's attitude towards the grasslands should be similar to his attitude towards those chieftains. If he can implement the policy of replacing chieftains with centrally appointed officials, he will not carry out large-scale killings and will never treat the Mongols as Japanese."
Zhu Biao nodded thoughtfully, and after considering it for a moment, said, "In that case, there's something to say about this short and stocky servant army."
Li Shanchang nodded, glanced again in the direction of the beach, and laughed, "That shorty should be here soon."
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As soon as Kikuchi Yoshimasa entered the arrow tower on the Dengzhou city wall, he knelt down with a thud and bowed to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Kikuchi Yoshimasa greets Your Highness, the Prince Consort!"
Yang Shaofeng smiled and took a sip of tea.
Li Shanchang whispered to Zhu Biao, "This Kikuchi Yoshimasa doesn't have any good intentions."
Zhu Biao scoffed and mocked, "These shorty bastards only have these underhanded tricks up their sleeves."
As an envoy of Japan, how could Kikuchi Yoshimasa not know that Zhu Biao was currently in Dengzhou Prefecture?
He must know.
Knowing that Zhu Biao was in Japan, he went directly to kneel and pay homage to Yang Shaofeng, the emperor's son-in-law, without mentioning whether Emperor Zhu and Zhu Biao were "in good health."
No one would believe that Kikuchi Yoshimasa didn't have the intention to sow discord.
Zhu Biao clicked his tongue and said, "Unfortunately, the ideas of these short and ugly people are destined to fail."
Li Shanchang grunted in agreement, then said with a hint of schadenfreude, "With so many short and ugly people in the fiefdom, the prince consort will have a lot of headaches in the future."
Ok?
Zhu Biao glanced at Li Shanchang sideways.
Lord Korea, have you forgotten that your fiefdom will soon be transferred to Japan?
Oh, maybe my dad hasn't told you yet?
Or perhaps I simply forgot to tell you?
Or do you know, but simply don't care?
Li Shanchang was almost brought to his senses by Zhu Biao's slightly pitying gaze.
"Your subject is aware that the fiefdom is to be exchanged for Japan!"
"But I don't care!"
"Anyway, Qi'er will go to Japan to develop and build up the area first."
Li Shanchang used the last bit of his rationality to lower his voice, looked at Yang Shaofeng's figure through the screen, and roared in a low voice: "As long as I can make the Prince Consort uncomfortable, I will feel very comfortable!"
Outside the screen, Yang Shaofeng put down the tea and, without telling Kikuchi Yoshimasa to get up, said with a smile, "Yoshimasa, I had someone call you here because I have two things to instruct you to do."
Kikuchi Yoshimasa bowed deeply and replied, "Yes, Your Highness! Please give your orders, Your Highness!"
Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "The first thing is that the Ming Dynasty needs laborers, a lot of laborers. Road construction, mining, almost everywhere will require laborers."
"As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo provided the Ming Dynasty with 100,000 laborers, while Siam, Burma, Annam, Ryukyu and other countries also provided the Ming Dynasty with tens of thousands of laborers."
"Is it only Japan that hasn't done so?"
Is it only Japan that hasn't done so?
These five words reminded Kikuchi Yoshimasa of the phrase "Only the Xiongnu have not yet been defeated."
Kikuchi Yoshimasa's heart trembled, and he bowed deeply once more: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Your Highness, I will certainly inform the King of Japan to provide 100,000 laborers to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible!"
Yang Shaofeng hummed again, picked up his teacup once more, took a sip, and said, "The second thing is that I need some Japanese samurai, 100,000 or 200,000 would not be too many, 30,000 or 50,000 would not be too few."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Kikuchi Yoshimasa almost fainted.
Is 100,000 or 80,000 too much?
Thirty or fifty thousand is not too little?
Do you, Yang Dianfeng, have some misunderstanding about the number of warriors?
If Lord Kaneyoshi had 100,000 or 200,000 samurai under his command, how could he have been so overwhelmed by the northern Japanese?
Kikuchi Yoshimasa was internally ranting, while Yang Shaofeng continued, "I intend to properly equip these samurai, have them use Ming-style weaponry, and give them formal Ming training in order to form a Japanese auxiliary army."
"I intend to use this auxiliary army to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
"When I need them to go to the battlefield, the spoils they capture can belong to them."
"As for who your Japanese will send to manage this auxiliary army and how they will treat the spoils of war they have captured, I am too lazy to interfere."
"Did you understand?"
Kikuchi Yoshimasa bowed deeply once more and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty! I understand. I will certainly convey this to my lord and do my best to prepare enough warriors for Your Highness!"
Yang Shaofeng smiled and shook his head, saying, "No, you don't understand."
Kikuchi Yoshimasa was slightly taken aback, and Yang Shaofeng continued, "The samurai I want must be from the Qing army, understand?"
Clean Army?
Kikuchi Yoshimasa looked at Yang Shaofeng with a completely bewildered expression.
Yang Shaofeng made a gesture and laughed, "The so-called 'pure army' are warriors who have cut off the root of right and wrong."