GBP Chapter 1067: Black sesame dumplings turned into fermented rice dumplings?
Chapter 1067: Black sesame dumplings turned into fermented rice dumplings?
Yang Shaofeng picked up the small dragon ball, took a sip, and then said with a smile, "Japan and Korea, each will send five thousand brave and daring warriors."
“Siam, Annam, Burma… each of the three kingdoms of Srivijaya will send a thousand warriors.”
"Ryukyu produced five hundred."
"We will assemble in Dengzhou Prefecture on the first day of the second month next year to await orders."
Kikuchi Yoshimasa and Park Deok-hwan, along with the other envoys, exchanged bewildered glances, inwardly cursing under their breath.
Five thousand brave and daring warriors?
No, do you, Yang the Madman, have some misunderstanding about our tiny country?
Or do you, Yang the Madman, think that any small country can easily muster a million-strong army like the Ming Dynasty?
Five thousand brave and fierce warriors would be a force to be reckoned with, even in a major country like Japan or Korea.
In other words, even if only 5,000 samurai were transferred out, it would be enough to affect the stability of the various domains!
Only the Ryukyu envoy bowed without hesitation: "Your Highness, please rest assured, the Ryukyu warriors guarantee to arrive in Dengzhou Prefecture before the first day of the second month next year to be ready for service."
Yang Shaofeng hummed in agreement, then turned his gaze to Kikuchi Yoshimasa, Park Deok-hwan, and the others, and asked in a deep voice, "What, is it difficult?"
Kikuchi Yoshimasa's heart tightened, and he quickly bowed and said, "Your Highness, the five thousand Japanese warriors will be on duty in Dengzhou Prefecture before the first day of the second month of next year."
Park Deok-hwan, who secretly resented Kikuchi Yoshimasa, also bowed and said, "The five thousand warriors of Goryeo also guarantee to be at Dengzhou Prefecture by the first day of the second month of next year."
Although it is unknown why Yang Dianfeng would ask for warriors, since he has made the request, the required number of warriors must be prepared, and they must be obedient, daring, and strong warriors.
Even though these warriors were slaughtered like pigs and sheep the day after they arrived at the Dengzhou border market.
Because, at most, the samurai drawn from the country would only cause a little unrest.
However, if they were turned away by the Dengzhou border market, the consequences would be far more dire than mere turmoil could describe.
Yang Shaofeng picked up the small dragon teacup again, took a sip of tea, and said, "If any of your family members are in the military, remember to find a way to get them into the list of warriors, and it would be best to get them an officer's status."
"Next spring, the Dengzhou Fleet will be reorganized into the East China Sea Fleet, and a South China Sea Fleet will be separated from it."
"The duty of your respective samurai is to follow the South China Sea Fleet south to Xinming Island and then clear Xinming Island for me."
"Remember, you are to clean it up thoroughly for me."
"Someone will tell them what to do then."
"During this process, they can learn from the officers and soldiers of the South China Sea Fleet how to navigate the open seas and how to fight."
"The Ming Dynasty will also prepare a military salary for them."
"If one can accumulate enough military merits, there may be opportunities to serve as an official in the Ming Dynasty in the future."
"..."
Yang Shaofeng was still slowly explaining the correct way to use the "cleaner".
However, Kikuchi Yoshimasa, Park Deok-hwan, and the others had completely gone mad, and all they could hear was the pounding of their own hearts; they couldn't hear what Yang Shaofeng was saying at all.
Does anyone in your family serve in the military?
Your Highness, take a look at us. Although we are all civil officials, we are also somewhat skilled in martial arts and can be transferred to the army at any time.
Military pay?
We can provide our own military pay and provisions.
As for cleaning up Xinming Island?
Your Highness, please rest assured, we can guarantee that there will be no creatures capable of walking upright remaining on Xinming Island.
We will also eliminate any tigers, leopards, jackals, or wolves that could potentially threaten the safety of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
As long as we can be transferred to the Ming Dynasty to serve as officials and have Ming Dynasty household registration, we don't care if we die as warriors or not!
Yang Shaofeng glanced at the many envoys, then suddenly put down his teacup and said with a smile, "Do your best to complete the tasks assigned to you by this official, and you will be rewarded in the future."
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Qianqing Palace.
Emperor Zhu circled Yang Shaofeng twice, asking suspiciously, "A few official positions in the Ming Dynasty, and all you've got in return are over 20,000 soldiers, and they're even providing their own food and supplies?"
Yang Shaofeng added earnestly, "They not only provided their own food and fodder, but also their own military pay and weapons such as swords, spears, and halberds."
"Of course, we still have to rely on our Great Ming for warhorses."
"The same applies to warships capable of sailing long distances at sea."
Emperor Zhu suddenly didn't want to pay attention to Yang Shaofeng.
I have a feeling that this bastard is showing off on purpose.
Why couldn't these vassal states provide their own warhorses?
Because any decent warhorses were bought up at low prices by him at the Dengzhou border market.
Why couldn't these vassal states build warships capable of sailing long distances at sea?
Because books related to shipbuilding are classified as engineering books, they fall under the category of confidentiality, meaning "not a single page may be taken out to sea."
Even the shipbuilding craftsmen were all taken by this scoundrel long ago.
Those who were obedient worked at the Dengzhou Shipyard for high wages.
The disobedient ones... we'll have to ask Xia Yu to find out where those disobedient craftsmen went.
Emperor Zhu paced back and forth a few more times, then suddenly looked at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "My dear son-in-law..."
Yang Shaofeng's heart tightened immediately.
As everyone knows, the title of "brother-in-law" used by the Black Sesame Dumpling brothers was not given lightly.
The title of "son-in-law" that Old Deng used was not given lightly.
As Emperor Zhu paced back and forth, he said thoughtfully, “I don’t know if Biao’er has discussed this with you. He wants the second, third, fourth, and fifth sons to each establish their own kingdoms and ascend the throne as emperors.”
Yang Shaofeng blinked, looking completely bewildered, and asked, "Each establish their own country? Each declare themselves emperor?"
Emperor Zhu hummed in agreement and said, "Didn't we say before that we wanted to change the rules for hereditary titles?"
"Biao'er is planning to make up for the losses of the second, third, fourth, and fifth brothers."
"It was well-intentioned, but not a good thing."
Yang Shaofeng rolled his eyes.
Did the black sesame dumplings turn into fermented rice dumplings because the person drank too much alcohol?
The key issue is that the wine he drank was wrong—the enfeoffment of princes and the enfeoffment of emperors are two completely different concepts!
The enfeoffment of princes meant that no matter how many princes were enfeoffed, or how powerful they were, they had to act under the name of the Ming Dynasty, and the people under their rule would identify themselves as people of the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts.
The enfeoffment of emperors meant that they did not have to act under the name of the Ming Dynasty. After several generations, their descendants and the people under their rule would become alienated from the Ming Dynasty, and might even turn against it.
What if one day another ambitious emperor of the Ming Dynasty emerges, or another ambitious vassal king appears among the many vassal kings, thinking, "The many countries under heaven are too troublesome, why not just unify them all, unify them all..."
Then let's prepare to fight for supremacy in the Central Plains!