He was shot in the back seven times and committed suicide!

"That's right, Your Majesty." The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army said, "I also have a friend..."

Marquis Yongchang: "Haha, a scumbag."

The Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army said righteously, "He is a scumbag! He doesn't want that! He is a eunuch!"

Other generals and marquises were also very excited: "Your Majesty! Let's fight!"

"Your Majesty! As long as we can avoid the evil wind, the mere Japanese country! I can destroy it with a single shot!"

"Your Majesty! I am willing to be the vanguard!"

"I will go to the left army!"

"I will go to the right road!"

"Your Majesty! I have experience in naval battles!"

On the contrary, the old emperor's brain heat decreased at this time, and he began to think: "Wait a minute, we can't send troops yet..."

[Oh! What are you waiting for! ] Xu Yanmiao was anxious: [Damn it! I hate that I have never been to sea! Profits are the biggest motivation. If only I could tell you that there is more than one mountain of gold and silver there. The old emperor will definitely fight back! 】

The old emperor shook his head in his heart.

Xu Yanmiao still doesn't understand politics very well. It's not that easy to send troops.

"War is not a game..."

[There is a mountain of gold near the Kurokawa Valley in the northeast of Kai. 】

The old emperor: "..."

He suppressed the trembling in his heart.

He tried to continue: "When fighting across the sea, we can indeed use the surrounding islands as a logistics supply base, but Japan is also located on an island. We can force it to surrender, but it is difficult to rule it for a long time..."

[There are also the Tang-no-Aojin Mountains in the south, about six gold mountains...]

"Although the difficulties are not insurmountable..."

The old emperor continued with difficulty: "But we still have to consider the transportation problem after conquering. If we don't spend time to manage and just plunder resources, the manpower and material resources transported back to the Central Plains will be wasted like mud and sand, and the most consumed is food."

"Also, you may not know that Japan's resources are not food, but mines. After transporting them back, if we want to turn them into food, We have to buy it from the neighboring small countries. If there is any natural disaster or man-made calamity, and the country lacks food, I am afraid..."

The old emperor sighed: "Even if there is gold and silver, we can't eat it when the time comes!"

[And there are Shinano, Musashi, Sun River... There are about 28 gold mountains in these places?]

[Ah! That's right!!!]

[Ashio Copper Mine! At its peak, it could produce 2 million catties of copper a year!]

[That's 2 million catties of copper!]

2 million!

It can solve the urgent problem of copper shortage!!!

The old emperor's hands trembled, and he quickly said -

"But in fact, gold and silver are not inedible."

In the confused eyes of local officials and vassal kings, the old emperor changed his words at an astonishing speed: "I just thought of a way, we can force Japan to sign a humiliating treaty first, ordering them to pay tribute of annual coins every year and transport them to the Central Plains, and the consumption of food will be borne by Japan itself."

Money makes people excited.

As long as there is money, there is nothing that cannot be done.

Before today, the old emperor had never thought that he could react so quickly and think of countermeasures so quickly.

Yongchang Hou's reaction also exceeded his limit: "Your Majesty! I have a way! We can trap the Japanese!"

"My dear minister, please tell me quickly!"

"Japan's location on the sea is its advantage. Whoever wants to fight them must first train the navy and build ships. Secondly, crossing the sea to fight is a taboo in military strategy and is very costly. In addition, this place is poor, mountainous, and there are many earthquakes. Even if it is conquered, it will be a piece of chicken ribs. Therefore, ordinary people will not mobilize troops against them."

- Of course, this is in the case of not knowing how much gold and silver there are over there.

Many officials nodded.

Fighting a war costs money. Don't think that the silver mountain produces 5 million taels of silver a year. In fact, if you take 100,000 troops to fight in the Western Regions (Xinjiang), this money is not even enough for the travel expenses.

Before the Zhou and Xia dynasties, there were many dynasties. One of them was also a big country. It sent troops to attack the Western Regions. It took three years to conquer it. It was like filling a bottomless pit. A total of 26.7 million taels of silver were spent.

After conquering it, they sent troops to garrison, and the annual expenditure was as high as 8.5 million taels, which was not much different from the cost of fighting a war.

And if they had conquered the Japanese islands, I am afraid the military expenditure would have to be even higher - at least the Western Regions don’t have so many mountains and frequent earthquakes!

The throat of Yongchang Hou moved, and his eyes seemed to be shining.

Maybe it was the light of gold and silver mines.

"But! This is also the disadvantage of Japan! As long as we block the islands and lock the sea at sea, they can't break through at all!"

The naval forces of both sides are not at the same level.

"Based on the islands surrounding the Japanese, such as Tamra Island to the north, Tsushima Island and Iki Island, which the Zhou Dynasty had to attack before attacking Kyushu Island, and other surrounding islands surrounding the Japanese islands, our navy will occupy them and completely block the Japanese from going out to the sea. After that, we will force the King of Japan to sign an alliance and pay tribute."

"Great!!!"

The old emperor tried very hard to hold back the smile from his lips. Although he had an illusion of mountains of gold and silver before his eyes, he still managed to put on a serious look: "You are worthy of being my Marquis of Yongchang! You are worthy of the title of Yongchang!"

He turned to look at the magistrate of Qingpu County: "So, do you have any objections?"

The magistrate of Qingpu County cupped his hands: "I have no objection."

The move of Marquis of Yongchang was equivalent to pulling the logistics supply line directly to the sea near Kou Island. After all, the navy could fish, grow grain, and build forts on the occupied islands, and they had the entire Daxia as their backing. When the evil wind blows, they can withdraw to Daxia in advance.

If the Japanese are unwilling to surrender...

it doesn't matter. When an island fights against a mainland, no matter how good the people on the island are at fighting, they can only watch in despair as the other side's logistics continue to flow in, as they add people, weapons, food, and all strategic supplies.

- With the resources of the mainland, the mainland can lose many times, but if the island fails once, it's done.

The county magistrate of Qingpu County thought about it and said, "If your majesty is worried about the governance problem after the attack, you can actually move all the Japanese to a smaller island with less resources."

The officials who didn't react subconsciously asked, "Why?"

The officials who understood the situation immediately took a breath of cool air and looked at the Qingpu County Magistrate as if they were looking at an ancient poisoner.

The Magistrate continued in a light tone.

"If they can't get out of the island, they can only compete for resources in a limited base, and they will naturally fall apart. This can suppress their population growth. And Daxia comes to the island every year to choose a power to trade with, bringing materials that are not available on the island. Naturally, in order to win Daxia's attention, they will try their best to please and submit."

"And the previous Wa Island, after it is vacated, can be used as another exile place for Daxia."

Since it is an exile place, there is no need to worry too much about how to provide disaster relief when typhoons and earthquakes come.

Poison, really poisonous.

But the old emperor admired this county magistrate more and more, and promoted him on the spot: "When you return to Qingpu County, you should prepare to resign and hand over the position."

The Qingpu County magistrate showed a slight joy on his face: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing that he did not show any special joy on his face, the old emperor suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

——Now the officials in Beijing are particularly emotional because of Xu Yanmo's voice.

With a little bit of bad intentions, the old emperor went straight to the point: "Although you haven't resigned yet, you are no longer the Qingpu County magistrate in my eyes. Now I give you the position of the head of the Ministry of Justice. When the official document arrives today, you can go and receive it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty——"

[If we fight the Japanese, what is the reason? The reason that the delegation was disrespectful to the Emperor of Daxia should be enough, right? 】

A voice interrupted him without caring whether he was speaking or not.

The newly appointed head of the Ministry of Justice paused and finished the remaining word. Just as he was frowning and wondering which official was so rude, he heard the voice again——

【If it’s not enough, I remember seeing someone who reasonably intervened...】

【Found it! 】

The head of the Ministry of Justice was sharp-eyed and discovered that not only was His Majesty’s eyes drifting to one place, but the eyes of his colleagues in the capital could not help but drift in one direction.

"?"

【Sure enough! The son of the Emperor of Japan is in the delegation this time! He has hidden his identity! 】

"?!"

The head of the Ministry of Justice felt that this person might not know that his words were heard, otherwise he would not speak in such a tone as if talking to himself.

Moreover, other people seemed to have heard it too.

But how could there be such a strange thing in the world!

The old emperor glanced at the obviously shocked expression of the head of the Ministry of Justice, and finally felt satisfied. He happily continued to listen to Xu Yanmiao's voice.

The son of the Emperor of Japan! And then!

[I remember that there have been many times in history where the suzerain state can interfere in the internal affairs of the vassal state? For example, during the time of Emperor Wen of Zhou, there was a country in the Western Regions. The uncle seized the throne of his nephew. Emperor Wen of Zhou specifically issued an edict, asking the uncle to stop fighting and preserve the flesh and blood relationship? 】

The old emperor clicked his tongue twice, looked around, and called the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Justice forward: "My dear, what is your name?"

"My name is Guangcai."

"Guangcai, I remember that... Emperor Wen of Zhou, he also seized the throne from his nephew, right?"

The head of the Ministry of Justice: "...Yes."

That's right, but your majesty, why do you look like... "This is really interesting" and "I didn't expect such a thing to happen"?

Is it really good for you, an emperor, to be like a gossipmonger at the entrance of the village?

[I don't know if the Jinyiwei has discovered that the Japanese prince is in the team. I always feel that with the old emperor's shamelessness, he can play with this prince in a variety of ways. 】The

old emperor thinks Xu Yanmo really doesn't know how to talk.

How is he shameless?

A few months later.

Japan.

The King of Wa held a freshly-made letter from Great Xia in his hand. His face was as pale as wax and his expression was as if he had swallowed a fly: "How could my son possibly ask the Xia Dynasty to send troops!"

The Great Xia envoy said politely: "The prince said that the Emperor's "Edict of Compassion for Living Things" has made the people in the country live in misery and the people are forbidden to eat meat. He said that Great Xia is the suzerain state and asked Great Xia to save the poor Japanese people. My Majesty naturally refused. How can you interfere in the internal affairs of other countries for no reason?"

The King of Wa breathed a sigh of relief and put a smile on his face: "Yes, yes..."

The Great Xia envoy's expression became sad, and his tone was ups and downs: "Poor prince, he committed suicide for his people. Please ask my Majesty to send troops..."

He clapped his hands and asked someone to carry up the body of the Japanese prince who committed suicide with seven bullets in the back.

"The prince is so concerned about the country and the people that my majesty is deeply moved and has decided to punish the criminals. He has specially sent me to inform the emperor--"