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Chapter 792 Good heavens, this official exclaimed "Good heavens!"

As Zhu Biao finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng's face immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

This is just bullying honest people!

Who can explain to me what it means to say "this is my fiefdom" and what it means to say "I will handle this myself"?

You, Zhu Biao, the Crown Prince and Executive Vice Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the famous Black Sesame Dumpling, personally led the Duke of Ying and the Marquis of Nan'an of the Ming Dynasty, commanding two treasure ships, warships and more than sixty other accompanying vessels of the Dengzhou Fleet, across the ocean to conquer the Japanese, vowing to seek justice for the people who were harmed by the Japanese pirates.

And just when we were almost at Japan, you suddenly said, "This is your fiefdom, brother-in-law, you can decide what to do with it?"

Good heavens, I must say good heavens!

"If you let me handle it, that would be very easy."

Based on the principle that "if you, Zhu Biao, are not human, then don't blame me for being disgusting," Yang Shaofeng said with a smile, "First, destroy the Japanese, then destroy their ancestral temples, books, and writing, ban their clothing customs, and send all the able-bodied men among those short and ugly men directly to Dengzhou Prefecture to do hard labor. Keep some of them as seed, and raise them together with the Japanese women. In this way, we can have a continuous supply of laborers."

"If we don't have enough manpower and ammunition, then we'll take down one daimyo at a time, occupy their territory, build a city, settle people there, and use it as a forward base to prepare for the complete annihilation of Japan in the future."

"In any case, I would never play any tricks with those short and ugly people, like beating one up and supporting another."

"Oh right, I'll have to borrow a few people who know how to castrate from Mr. Chen later."

“Those short, ugly men sent to Dengzhou Prefecture to do hard labor must be castrated first.”

This time, Zhu Biao's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

I knew my brother-in-law didn't treat short and ugly people like human beings, but I never expected that he could come up with such a vicious and insidious scheme!

It's not that his methods for targeting short and ugly people were too insidious and vicious, but rather that his scheme to put his brother-in-law, me, on the hot seat was far too insidious and vicious!

I, the dignified Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, am accompanying you on this trip to Japan. If I allow you to play these tricks, won't I be the one to bear the blame in the end?

But then Zhu Biao looked at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Brother-in-law just said it's impossible to play the game of bullying one and supporting another with those short and ugly guys?"

Yang Shaofeng hummed in agreement. Although he was shocked by Zhu Biao's perspective and curious about Zhu Biao's thought process, he still explained a few words: "If we compare the short and ugly to dogs, then they are vicious dogs that are always ready to devour their masters."

There were several other vicious dogs as well.

For example, those who were making a living under the rule of the Koreans, after twenty or thirty years, would run to the Ming Dynasty to be taken in, and were eventually settled in Liaodong by Zhu Yuanzhang. In the end, they were the filial sons of Cheng Liang and the virtuous grandsons of Zhao He who entered the pass under the pretext of avenging Emperor Chongzhen.

For example, the squid in Bianliang.

There were also vassal states like Annam and Burma, which were always ready to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty.

Even the current Koreans are not the same as the later North Korea, which considered it "the greatest honor to be a dog for the Ming Dynasty".

Because the Yuan dynasty hasn't completely collapsed yet, the Koreans are not only in a state of fence-sitting and watching, but they are also constantly thinking about how to gain some advantage from the Ming dynasty.

To put it bluntly, the Ming Dynasty's ability to raise dogs has always been negative.

Eh?

Not right.

Something's 12 out of 10 about it.

Was the Ming Dynasty's ability to raise dogs in the negative?

It doesn't seem to be the case.

While it's true that South Korea is currently playing both sides, King Seonjo (Yi Yeon) later said, "China is like a parent to us, and both our country and Japan are foreign countries, like children. In terms of the relationship between parents and children, our country is a filial son, and Japan is a traitor."

This passage is a legitimate record in Volume 37 of the Korean Annals of King Seonjo.

Later, the Ming Dynasty fell into ruin. After the unfortunate Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself from the old crooked tree on Coal Hill, King Sukjong of Joseon, Yi Sun, bluntly stated, "On the day of the Imjin War, if Emperor Shenzong had not mobilized the entire nation's army, how could our country have been rebuilt and achieved what it is today? The rapid demise of the dynasty may well have been due to the Eastern Expedition. Our country was small and weak, unable to avenge our defeat and wipe away our shame. After the Hongguang Emperor crossed the Yangtze River, we remained oblivious to our own fate. Whenever I think of this, I cannot help but feel deep regret."

Later, when Korea borrowed grain from the Qing Dynasty due to famine, Kim Gan, a disciple of the Korean philosopher Song Si-yeol, said, "When the rice (referring to Qing rice) arrived, all the scholar-officials and officials eagerly competed for it without any shame... Some who refused to eat it out of righteousness were ridiculed and regarded as strange people. Alas! The darkness in people's hearts and the obliteration of heavenly principles... It is truly lamentable! It is truly painful!"

Even during famines, there were people who refused to eat Qing rice. Back then, in Korea, who could say that the Ming Dynasty's ability to raise dogs was negative?

Something still doesn't seem right.

Leaving aside the letter from Queen Elizabeth of England to the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the key point is that when Britain was fighting the Qing Dynasty over opium, it even shouted the slogan of "overthrowing the Qing and restoring the Ming" and declared in its manifesto that it would "restore the old Ming Dynasty's former achievements". Isn't that even more absurd and magical?

Of course, Britain at the time certainly didn't have good intentions in using this banner. After all, in the ninth year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, the Ming and Britain had a naval battle, and Britain was forced to pay 2800 taels of silver in reparations and submit an apology letter to the Guangzhou government. To say that Britain was anti-Qing and restored the Ming was pure nonsense.

However, the Minister of Defense of the foolish Eagle Clan once said, "They are planning based on the Ming Dynasty, but obviously in a more powerful way."

It's obvious that the foolish thief Ying family's defense minister knew what the Ming Dynasty had done, otherwise he wouldn't have said those words.

So, how much truth has been hidden in history books?

How much of the history of Ming Dynasty, which has been compiled over a hundred years, is truly credible?

How many good things did the Siku Quanshu actually destroy?

Seeing that Yang Shaofeng was starting to drift off again, Zhu Biao unconsciously stroked his chin and said, "Short fellow, devouring its master? Actually, it's quite easy to handle."

Startled by Zhu Biao's words, Yang Shaofeng asked, "Is it easy?"

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "Of course, it's easy to handle."

As the saying goes, "One monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water together, but three monks have no water to drink." A short, ugly monk is likely to betray his master, but what about two?

As Zhu Biao gestured on the map, he said, "Anyway, no one says that Japan can only have one ruler."

"Moreover, with the Koreans and Ryukyu around, those shorty guys won't be able to jump up anytime soon."

"Once Hu Yuan is destroyed, the imperial court will naturally be able to free up its resources to destroy Japan, and then there will be no need to worry about those short and ugly people turning against their master."

"With Gu Chengzhi and Shihang the bald monk in Japan, we won't have to worry about not finding a sufficient reason."

"If all else fails, then we'll avenge the humiliation of the Baijiang Estuary on behalf of the Tang Dynasty... But forget it, let's avenge the humiliation of the imperial edict on behalf of Emperor Yang of Sui."