After seeing the situation on the Buddhist side, I don't know what to say. The Great Master Mangmang has not faltered and is working very hard.
These monks just don't follow the usual path!
They solemnly and happily accepted the existence of the guardian spirit beast, and within the Buddhist community, they highly revered the "spirit beast." And that was it.
Those who chant scriptures continue chanting scriptures, and those who are vegetarian continue to be vegetarian, as if nothing has happened...
He was very conflicted; where did things go wrong? He could only repeatedly urge the Great Master Mangmang to work harder, but with little effect.
This is serious; the system is practically going to war with Buddhism.
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With the matter settled down, and under someone's subtle manipulation, the turmoil in the Ming Dynasty gradually subsided.
At this time, Japan was in the Nanboku-cho period, an unprecedented period with two emperors and two dynasties.
At this time, the Northern Court was ruled by Emperor Go-Enyū, and the Southern Court was ruled by Emperor Chōkei.
According to historical development, just ten years later, the legitimate Southern Court was about to completely submit to the Northern Court, and the actual ruler of the Northern Court, the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, won a great victory.
It was a very complicated matter, but Lan Yu had no interest in finding out. The only thing that caught his eye in Japan was its silver mines.
The Ming Dynasty fleet sailed on the sea, a magnificent and spectacular sight. Lan Yu got up early that day, looked at the spotless sky and sea, and spat out a mouthful of saliva.
"Damn it, why haven't they arrived yet?"
The scenery is beautiful, but seeing the same view every day and being trapped in the cabin is unbearable for anyone.
The lieutenant reassured him:
"It shouldn't be long. Judging from the map, they should be able to land in a day or two at most. Japan is very close to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the Japanese pirates' rebellion wouldn't have escalated so much."
Lan Yu swung his arms to loosen his muscles and bones, then grinned.
"What do you mean? The Japanese are so poor, they have a huge silver mine right in front of them and they don't even know to mine it?"
"This is because the Japanese are unlucky. They can only beg while holding onto their silver mountains. They are just temporarily holding onto the silver mines for our Great Ming Dynasty. Hahahaha."
After Lan Yu's foul mouth, her mood improved a little. She then thought about how she had heard that the silver mine was overflowing with silver, and that Liu Xian had even bestowed upon her a divine tool for refining silver, yielding tens of millions of taels of silver a day...
As she pondered, Lan Yu's heart began to stir.
With so much silver, and having worked so hard to conquer Japan, it shouldn't matter if I only take a small share. I should be able to keep my men quiet.
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Lan Yu subconsciously looked towards the statue of "Willow Fairy" at the bow of the ship.
Everyone knows that the silver mine is shared equally between Liu Xian and the Ming Dynasty. If they were to embezzle the silver, wouldn't that be an offense to Liu Xian?
In a daze, Lan Yu seemed to see the statue come to life, lunging at him menacingly... When he came to his senses, he was drenched in a cold sweat.
Ugh, this is such a struggle.
He had witnessed the miraculous appearance of the Willow Immortal firsthand, and the memory still sends shivers down his spine.
A giant white snake coiled in the sky, seemingly capable of killing the entire city's inhabitants effortlessly.
Suddenly someone reported that a group of Japanese pirates, numbering over a hundred, had been captured. They must have just set off from Japan on their way to the Ming Dynasty.
A fierce glint flashed in Lan Yu's eyes as she said, "Find a few skilled torturers to loosen their bones before questioning them."
The visitor agreed to leave.
Soon, a message was delivered, and Lan Yu's eyes lit up after glancing at it.
According to the Japanese pirates, they had only been sailing for less than an hour, originally intending to "make a fortune," but they died before they could even begin, and happened to run into the Ming army.
Perhaps in the future, this group of unfortunate bandits will even earn a place in history books.
Lan Yu immediately ordered the sails to be unfurled and the ship to sail at full speed. Before long, the outline of the land became clearly visible.
Before the fleet even approached, the barefoot Japanese people on the shore spotted it and ran in terror to their lord to report, while many others fled home.
"Hahahaha, my men, follow me and charge!" Lan Yu stood at the bow of the ship, pointing his sword forward and laughing wildly.
A chorus of agreement rang out from within the fleet.
On one side were fully armed, battle-hardened soldiers, and on the other side were Japanese soldiers who couldn't even get enough to eat. The outcome was obvious.
Just one month later, Zhu Yuanzhang received a letter from Lan Yu.
In the letter, Lan Yu was almost bewildered. He described in detail the several battles he had fought in Japan, in which his soldiers suffered few casualties. Moreover, when the two emperors were in front of him, they reacted exactly the same way—abdicating to become monks!
There was also a need for manpower to mine silver, so he forced the Japanese to work. After a few days, they saw the ore turn into silver after entering the divine artifact bestowed by Liu Xian.
Lan Yu discovered that large numbers of Japanese people had begun to devoutly worship the "Liu Xian" statue every day, and had even given Liu Xian several titles.
With the help of someone fluent in Japanese, I managed to understand the meaning of these titles, which are—
Having read this far, the page was finished. Zhu Yuanzhang turned to the next page and burst out laughing.
"The Great Serpent Who Destroys the World", "The Serpent Lord Who Sees the Moon", "The Bloodstained Ebisu".
The Japanese deity name given to Liu Xian by the Japanese was unacceptable to the Ming emperor; it was too straightforward and lacked subtlety.
The letter could only bring a smile to the king's face; what truly set the court ablaze was the ship after ship loaded with silver.
This was only the harvest of a few days; more fleets were coming. One can imagine how many ministers were dazzled by the gleaming silver laid out before them.
After the ships docked, they could only be transported by horse-drawn carriages. Since the imperial court did not have enough carriages, Zhu Yuanzhang generously hired carriages from the common people to load the silver.
Within a day, the news spread throughout Nanjing from top to bottom: they'd struck it rich!
Because of some minor emotional outburst, Lao Zhu didn't immediately notify Liu Xian to collect the silver. What could Ling Xiao do? Of course, being kind-hearted, she went to collect it herself.
The silver was piled up perfectly in the warehouse, but when it was opened the next day, the mountain of silver had mysteriously shrunk by half. The head of the imperial guards guarding the warehouse was so frightened that he almost wet himself and quickly reported it.
Zhu Yuanzhang understood immediately, but his heart was still twisted with pain. Ah, my silver! So much silver!
The silver that even the most corrupt officials couldn't recover from their homes!
A famous writer once said that people's joys and sorrows are not shared. Ling Xiao was happily counting his silver.
After counting the silver and getting the amount, the system checked the data recorded by the smelting machine, then divided it by two... wait, the amount doesn't seem to match up...
The system immediately reported this to the host!
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