Two quarters of an hour later, Tokugawa Hideyoshi, with his thunder-like methods, slaughtered most of the middle and high-level officers in his 50,000-strong army. In the following time, he arranged his own men to take up the vacant positions in the army.
Within half an hour, Tokugawa Hideyoshi had the 50,000 troops firmly under his control.
All the middle and senior-level generals were replaced by his own people, which gave him more confidence.
"Zhang Wuji, I want to see how capable you are after coming all the way here."
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On the evening of the second day, the little dog Junichiro, who had luckily survived Tokugawa Hideyoshi's butcher knife, ran back to Tokyo in one breath.
"His Majesty……".
The first thing that Junichiro Kotobuki, who managed to survive, did when he returned to Tokyo was to report the matter to Emperor Hirohito. Of course, this was no longer considered reporting. Even Emperor Hirohito found it unbelievable.
However, just when Junichiro Koizumi finished telling all this with tears in his eyes, Tokugawa Hideyoshi's messenger also returned to Tokyo. Tokugawa did not hide what he had done. Tokugawa's messenger told Tokugawa's thoughts impartially, which sounded frank and aboveboard.
Of course, what Junichiro Koizumi said was frank, but it was this frankness that made Hirohito panic and his brain as the emperor short-circuited.
"Quick, summon the cabinet officials to the Amaterasu Palace."
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Half an hour later, dozens of cabinet officials came to the Amaterasu Palace.
Hirohito Hiroichi did not waste any words. He briefly and concisely stated what Tokugawa Hideyoshi had done. All the officials present were shocked after hearing this.
Tokugawa had just been promoted to the position of shogun, and his 50,000-strong army had only been out of Tokyo for two days, but in just two days, he had killed all the middle and high-level officers in the army.
Hirohito roared, "What do you mean? What does Tokugawa mean?"
"Doesn't he know that doing this will incite a mutiny?"
"Isn't he afraid that I will punish him?"
Little Zhuge, Saburo Abe thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, I, your Majesty, congratulations."
Hirohito was stunned for a moment; "What do you mean?"
"Hundreds of middle and high-level military officers have died before the war even starts. What is there to congratulate?"
Saburo Abe said: "I was originally worried that Tokugawa would be promoted too quickly and would not be able to fully control the 50,000 soldiers, but now it seems that I was worrying too much."
"There is no other person in Japan who can use such lightning-fast methods. Tokugawa controlled the 50,000 troops in one day. Moreover, he is not interested in women and has endured hardships for 20 years just for today's matter. Isn't this the kind of person we lack in Japan now?"
"With such a person around, even if we can't defeat Zhang Wuji, we can at least hold him off for a few months, right? If we give him enough military power, we may be able to drive that damn Zhang Wuji into the sea in one go."
After hearing what Abe said, Cabinet Minister Ichiro Tanaka gritted his teeth and said, "That's true."
"What we lack now are such people. What's more, Tokugawa has already explained the reasons why he killed those people. Those people brought a lot of concubines and geishas with them. Damn, are those people going to fight the enemy or to have fun?"
"Our great Japan has come to this point, yet they are still so lax. It is better to kill them than to let that group of people push our great Japan to a point of no return."
Hirohito was stunned: "Is this your attitude?"
Saburo Abe smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, what else can we do?"
"Tokugawa Hideyoshi used such drastic measures. Among those present, who else could have done it except you with the imperial power? Isn't he powerful?"
"Can you find another person who is so decisive in killing?"
Hirohito gritted his teeth and said: "But those more than one hundred generals and officers are innocent."
Saburo Abe smiled bitterly: "They are indeed innocent, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't die. The situation in Japan is like this. They have to face Zhang Wuji. Facing such a person, they actually have to bring women to fight. This shows that those generals, big and small, have spent their minds on women. Such generals will cause the overall situation to collapse even if they go to the battlefield. Let them die."
"As long as Japan is still in your hands, nothing will be a problem. If Japan is gone, why bother with these stupid things?"
Hirohito was stunned for a moment, and after a moment, he asked all the cabinet ministers present: "Do you think so too?"
The cabinet ministers present looked at each other in silence. After all, the attitudes of the highest-ranking officials, Ichiro Tanaka and Saburo Abe, were clear. What's more, the top priority at the moment was how to stop Zhang Wuji. As for the stupid things done by Tokugawa Hideyoshi, they were not the ones to be killed anyway. Those generals and officers who took women to the battlefield were dead, so long as they could stop Zhang Wuji, they would have no regrets about dying. If they couldn't stop Zhang Wuji, it would not be too late to add insult to injury when Tokugawa Hideyoshi was defeated.
Just like that, the shameless thing done by Tokugawa Hideyoshi was left unresolved. Emperor Hirohito did not give any reply and pretended not to know about it. The little dog Junichiro, who had just escaped back to Tokyo City after a narrow escape, was also left there.
Just pretend that this person doesn’t exist.
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At night, inside the Ming army camp.
Zhang Wuji came quietly behind Zhao Linger: "Sister, I..."
Zhang Wuji hesitated to speak, Zhao Linger was a little dissatisfied: "What's wrong, sir? You and your sister can just say whatever you want to say, why are you hesitating?"
Some words can be said, but some words are difficult to say.
Zhao Linger saw it and was anxious: "Young Master, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"What's the matter? Just tell me. Do you want to make your sister die of anxiety?"
There was indeed some anxiety in Zhao Linger's eyes. It didn't matter to her what happened to her in this life. After all, she had gotten everything she wanted. But Zhang Wuji was different. Zhang Wuji was her only support. Therefore, no matter what Zhang Wuji wanted, she would agree to it.
"Young Master, please say something. You are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You should do whatever you want. Tell your sister quickly, what's wrong with you?"
Faced with Zhao Linger's questioning, Zhang Wuji was embarrassed for a moment and said, "Sister, don't think too much. I'm actually fine. I just want to be with you tonight."
As he spoke, Zhang Wuji's eyes involuntarily glanced at Zhao Linger's chest.
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