How could Yamamoto Ningji tolerate Inoue Yu's insults? "Baga, this is a matter between my Navy Department and Your Majesty. How can I allow you to be so presumptuous?"

Inoue Yu snorted coldly: "You can't tolerate my insolence. Then you should talk to His Majesty, why hasn't Nanyun Zhongni, your subordinate, returned yet?"

"Nan Yun Zhonger's mission was just to send a few scouts to the Ming Dynasty and to find out about the situation of the Ming Dynasty navy. It's been three months, why hasn't he come back yet?"

"I..." Yamamoto Ningji really wanted to have a good fight with Inoue Yu, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know where to start.

Hirohito Koichi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, could no longer hold back: "Yamamoto, why don't you say something?"

"Could it be that Nanyun Zhonger has gone to heaven or hell?"

Yamamoto Ningji said: "Go to heaven and into the earth? No, it's absolutely impossible. He doesn't have that ability."

"Baka!" Hirohito Hiroichi cursed, "Am I now discussing with you whether Nanyun Chuuji is really a genius?"

"I'm asking you now, where are the others?"

"Even if he's dead, there should be some news, right?"

"It's been three months, and we haven't seen him alive or dead. Could it be that he has gone into the sea to feed the turtles?"

Yamamoto Neiji was also speechless, but he still had a bad premonition: "Your Majesty, I think he might really be dead."

This question could not be avoided sooner or later, so Yamamoto Ningji answered it seriously.

However, after Yamamoto Ningji said this, an uproar immediately broke out in the Japanese court.

A woman in white clothes next to Hirohito Hiroichi said, "Silence."

After the woman in white finished speaking, the court immediately became much quieter.

"Dead?" Hirohito smiled and said, "So you think so too. Then tell me, how did he die?"

Yamamoto Ningji said: "Could it be that he encountered a huge wave and overturned his big boat?"

"Bullshit," Hirohito cursed, "His command ship is the Soryu."

"That is a treasure ship that can withstand any storm in the world."

"If that ship can be overturned, then the waves in the sea will be able to hit the Amaterasu Palace, right?"

How could Yamamoto Ningji not know what Hirohito Koichi said?

However, there is no other explanation besides this one.

Yamamoto Ningji gritted his teeth and continued, "Your Majesty, this is the only explanation."

"First of all, Nanyun Chuuji is a general of the navy of our empire. It is impossible for him to commit treason."

"This is one of them."

"Secondly, it was definitely not the Ming Dynasty navy that sank the Canglong."

"Abandoning these two possibilities, the only possibility left is that Nanyun Zhonger encountered huge waves, so the boat capsized and he died in the vast ocean."

Before Hirohito could say anything, Inoue Takeshi said first: "Your Majesty has just said that it is impossible for there to be such big waves. The weather has been very good in recent months. Even strong winds are useless. Where do the waves come from?"

"If you ask me, it's Nanyun Chuuji from your Navy Department who has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty."

"Baga," Yamamoto Ningji cursed loudly, "Surrendering to the Ming Dynasty is absolutely bullshit. What is your intention? If you surrender to the Ming Dynasty, what can Zhang Wuji give to Nanyun Zhongni? He is already a general of our Japanese Navy Department. His salary is so high, and he has more than a dozen geishas and seven or eight concubines at home."

"He has everything: status, women, money. Could it be that Zhang Wuji would give him the position of marshal of the Ming navy? Or give him his beautiful woman?"

Inoue Yuyan said: "Zhang Wuji is a man who will do anything to win, so there is no guarantee that he will not give the women around him to him. With Nan Yunzhong's lustful nature, he may surrender to the Ming Dynasty just for one or two women."

Yamamoto Ningji was really angry.

He quickly turned his gaze to Hirohito Koichi: "Your Majesty, listen to what Inoue Takeshi said, is this even human language? According to what he said, let alone Nanyun Zhongni would surrender to the Ming Dynasty, if Zhang Wuji really collected a thousand beauties in the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't everyone present have the possibility of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty?"

Hirohito Koichi was also a little worried, not to mention anything else, because he also felt that the possibility of Nagumo Chuuji surrendering to the Ming Dynasty was very small.

He just didn't believe that what Zhang Wuji gave could be more than what he gave.

However, Hirohito Koichi now tends to believe in another possibility, which is that Nagumo Chuuji's warship may have been sunk.

However, such words that would damage morale cannot be said openly now.

After all, the Ming Dynasty and Japan have not yet officially declared war. If the Soryu on our side is sunk by the Ming navy before the war starts, it will be a very morale-damaging thing.

…

Hirohito pondered for a long time before he said, "Forget it. Let's say one thousand to ten thousand. Since Nanyun Chuuji was unable to come back, let's just think of it as an evil wind in the sea that overturned his ship."

"This matter ends here."

"However, you should not take it lightly. There will definitely be a war between us and the Ming Dynasty. It has been three years since we last sent an army of 200,000 to the Middle-earth. We don't have much time left."

"Inoue Yu, how is the training of the new soldiers you recruited going?"

Inoue Yu quickly said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers I have recruited plus our original troops have now reached 400,000. They are all grateful for the emperor's grace. They are all training diligently day and night, waiting for your majesty's order to unify the world."

"Yoshi," Hirohito nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, my dear."

After hearing the three words "thank you for your hard work", Inoue Yu was ecstatic.

After all, this is praise from the Emperor of Japan.

Inoue Yu quickly said: "It's not hard. Compared with Your Majesty, it's as if I have done nothing."

"However, I still believe that offense is the best defense."

"Since the war with Zhang Wuji is inevitable, why don't we take the initiative to attack and fight on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it be better to spread the war to the territory of the Ming Dynasty?"

When Hirohito heard this, he frowned.

Yamamoto Ningji said: "Baga, do you know how much damage your Army Department caused last time?"

"The war between us and the Ming Dynasty is a national war? What is a national war? It is the kind where you risk everything."

"Last time, your Army Department lost 200,000 people, but it was more than just 200,000 people."

"There are also huge amounts of gold, silver, and logistical supplies. Those are all taxes collected from the people of Japan. And those huge amounts of gold, silver, and food supplies were thrown to Zhu Yuanzhang after Musashi Hideki was defeated, and after Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated, they were thrown to Zhang Wuji."

"With Japan's current national strength, it is not a problem to support your 400,000-strong army at home, but if you want to go on an expedition, it will be another matter."