jdhmnovel Chapter 784 I also hope that the Southern Japanese pirates can become stronger, and ideally, be able
Chapter 784 I also hope that the Southern Japanese pirates can become stronger, and ideally, be able
Huai Liang had no doubt about Gu Chengzhi's hatred for the Ming Dynasty.
If it were his entire family that was killed by Tianhuang, he might be even more insane than Gu Chengzhi.
But Huailiang was too afraid to gamble.
Because it's one thing to brag freely, but it's quite another to bet your entire fortune on those boasts.
"We still need to be careful."
Huai Liang put on a sighing and lamenting expression, "The Southern Japanese are ultimately no match for the Northern Japanese. If they can win a great victory, that would be fine, but if they lose, I'm afraid the Northern Japanese will never let the Southern Japanese go."
"I am willing to die for my good intentions, but I must never betray Lord Tianhuang's trust in me."
"You can understand how I feel, right?"
Gu Chengzhi thought he could understand it, but the question was, what exactly was this Lord Tianhuang?
Tianhuang is your father? You motherfucker, you keep calling me an adult.
Gu Chengzhi frowned as he mentally complained, and said, "There's another issue involved here."
"If Japan wants to use the Ming Dynasty, it must first establish a tributary relationship with the Ming Dynasty."
"The establishment of tributary relations also involved the question of who the King of Japan was."
Huai Liang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What do you mean?"
Gu Chengzhi said, "The Ming emperor is easy to talk about, but he has a son-in-law whom Ming officials and dignitaries all call 'Crazy Yang.'"
"Unfortunately, there is no way to establish a tributary relationship without going around that madman Yang."
At this point, Gu Chengzhi spat out a hateful "Pah!" and said, "Your Highness, you may not know this, but that madman Yang is insane. My son-in-law's entire family, numbering in the hundreds, died at his hands."
"If it weren't for the good karma I've cultivated in the past, someone might have replaced me with a death row inmate, and I'm afraid I would have been killed by him long ago."
Gu Chengzhi started talking incessantly about Yang Shaofeng, while Huai Liang began to feel secretly anxious.
What I want to hear is how your entire clan was wiped out.
no.
What I am concerned about is the King of Japan!
Seeing the impatience flash across Huai Liang's face, Gu Chengzhi took the initiative to steer the conversation back on track: "Because of Yang's madness, we must not write a letter to the Ming emperor in the name of Tianhuang under any circumstances, as he will see it as a provocation."
Huai Liang simply snorted coldly and said, "So what?"
Gu Chengzhi sighed slightly and said, "If the letter is written in Tianhuang's name, the Ming emperor might give up attacking Japan for various reasons. But that Yang the Madman is different. He will send troops to attack Japan no matter what."
Huai Liang was slightly taken aback, then said with an arrogant expression, "So what? If he dares to come, we'll fight him!"
"Moreover, the Great Japan is protected by divine winds. Even if we don't make any preparations, the divine winds will surely capsize their ships!"
"but……"
Huai Liang suddenly changed the subject and said, "You just said that we can't write letters under Tianhuang's name, so that means we can write letters under someone else's name?"
Gu Chengzhi nodded.
"You may write a letter in His Highness's name."
"The emperors of the Ming Dynasty valued their reputation."
“As long as His Highness the Prince does not provoke the Ming Emperor in his letter, he will definitely appoint His Highness the King of Japan and give him many rewards.”
"More importantly, as long as he acknowledges that His Highness the Prince is the King of Japan, then the Northern Japanese will be seen as rebels by the Ming Emperor."
"The matter of Japanese pirates harassing the Ming Dynasty can be attributed to the northern Japanese pirates."
"We could even ask the Ming emperor to borrow troops and have him wipe out the Northern Japanese pirates."
Huai Liang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What if the Ming army doesn't leave?"
Gu Chengzhi chuckled and said, "The Ming emperor values face, and only face. To him, the land of Japan is a worthless backwater. Even if the prince invites the Ming army to stay, the Ming emperor will not agree."
"It may be unpleasant to say, but it's the truth."
After a slight pause, Gu Chengzhi continued, "The reason I brought this up is to tell Your Highness that the Southern Japanese still have plenty of strength and there is no need to worry about the Northern Japanese at all."
Huai Liang hummed in agreement, then pondered for a moment before asking, "What if the Northern Japanese beat us to it and established tributary relations with the Ming Dynasty first?"
Gu Chengzhi smiled and said, "Now that the Northern Japanese are powerful, they will never be willing to establish a tributary relationship with the Ming Dynasty."
"In fact, establishing tributary relations with the Ming Dynasty was merely a fallback plan that I, your son-in-law, devised for the Southern Japanese."
"If possible, I would also like to hope that the Southern Japanese can become stronger, and preferably attack the Ming Dynasty and completely destroy it."
"Only in this way can the hatred in my son-in-law's heart be dispelled!"
As soon as Gu Chengzhi finished speaking, Huailiang immediately began to make plans.
If I can severely damage the northern Japanese, my reputation will surely become even more renowned. Even if I cannot become the next Tenko, I can still establish a shogunate.
If they cannot severely damage the Northern Japanese pirates, the Southern Japanese pirates still have a way to protect themselves, at least they don't have to worry about being wiped out by the Northern Japanese pirates.
They could even take the opportunity to receive investiture from the Ming emperor and then rightfully unify the entire Japanese kingdom.
After a brief moment's consideration, Huai Liang smiled and said, "Chinosuke, your idea is excellent, I agree."
Gu Chengzhi hummed in agreement, and Huai Liang continued, "The Northern Japanese will probably make their move soon. Do you have any ideas?"
"It would be best if we could severely damage the Northern Japanese."
"If all else fails, we must do our best to preserve the strength of our Southern Japanese."
Gu Chengzhi nodded and said, "That's easy."
"We can make it look like we're going to attack the Northern Japanese before they're even ready."
"In this way, we will be able to seize the advantage of terrain."
"For example, we can choose a valley with mountains on both sides and a narrow road in the middle, and set up an attack posture on the south side of the valley. Then the northern Japanese will definitely make preparations on the other side of the valley."
"Then we'll lure them into the valley and burn them down."
These short, ugly fellows don't know how to fight, but do you think I, Gu, don't know how to fight?
Even if you don't really understand, after reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" a lot, you can eventually learn a trick or two.
That's enough to deal with these shorty creatures.
Huai Liang nodded and asked, "What if the Northern Japanese don't fall for it?"
"Also, you burned all the Northern Japanese pirates to death, so how are we going to build a Jingguan (a mound of corpses) from them?"
"Where else can we find ronin to sell to the Ming Dynasty?"
Instead of directly answering Huai Liang's question, Gu Chengzhi asked inexplicably, "Does Your Highness know that the Ming Dynasty has suddenly become very powerful in recent years, even creating machines that can harvest wheat by themselves and machines that can draw water from underground?"
Huai Liang paused slightly, then asked, "What do you mean?"