Hizen Castle.

This is the city where Jin King Zhu Fan has been stationed for three months.

If people from the Japanese country had come here before, they would definitely be very unfamiliar with this city.

It is said that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. After the city was conquered, the life-conscious King Zhu Fan of the Jin Dynasty began to transform the city.

Zhu Fan missed the life in the capital very much. Before coming, he had been accustomed to living a luxurious life.

Especially for some of Zhu Ying's measures in the capital, he moved here in a learned manner.

The first is the demolition and construction of redundant buildings.

The streets of the capital were spacious and clean, but here in the Japanese country, obviously except for the city lord's palace in the center of the city, other places could only be described as dirty and messy.

Sometimes, even the cavalry couldn't pass by.

So just dismantle it.

As long as it obstructs traffic, be it residential or commercial, all of them will be demolished.

Then came the expulsion of the Japanese people in the city.

In the words of the soldiers, His Royal Highness the King of Jin was kind-hearted and did not want to see too many chaotic people, so he had no choice but to expel them all from the city.

Of course, these Japanese people who were expelled from the city were not allowed to move freely. They would work under the arrangements of supervisors.

Whether it's work in the fields, felling trees, construction, etc., everything has to be done.

Two meals will be provided every day. Of course, in order to ensure that these Japanese people do not starve to death, they will be given dry food.

The Japanese people all believe in Buddhism, so there is a custom that meat eaters are despicable, which makes it easier to eat meat.

Rice, wild vegetables, and some fish and shrimp were the life of the Japanese people.

Sounds good.

It's just that the rice is the worst kind of brown rice. I dig the wild vegetables by myself and harvest the fish and shrimps by myself.

In today's Japanese country, there are not as many fresh fish and shrimps as there were in later generations. Because of the issue of preservation, the fish and shrimps eaten are basically the smelly fish and rotten shrimps left by the Ming army.

Of course, in this era, not starving to death is already the best thing.

Such treatment is a big change from the current situation in the Ming Dynasty. Today, the Ming Dynasty has relatively sufficient food, and even poor people can rely on high-yielding crops to maintain their livelihoods.

In this way, there will be enough food to be transported to the Japanese country to support an army of 500,000.

Every two months, a batch of food will be delivered to meet the daily needs of the soldiers.

This is how the people of Japan live now.

However, under such circumstances, except for some warrior nobles, a large number of Japanese people were actually grateful to Jin King Zhu Fan.

Even though the language is different, it can be seen from their behavior that the people of Japan really recognized King Jin.

There were even many young men from the Japanese country who wanted to join the Ming Dynasty's army.

For this reason, Jin King Zhu Fan felt a little weird.

In fact, in today's era, life is very difficult for people no matter where they are.

They have no other ideas. Their biggest dream is to have a full meal. Even so, it is a luxury.

If there was a famine in the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't there be a famine in the Japanese country?

In fact, the famines and various natural disasters in the Japanese country were far more severe and frequent than those in the Ming Dynasty.

This also led to the fact that starvation was a very common thing for the people of Japan.

But now, as long as he works, he can actually eat two meals a day.

Since the Ming army occupied the city, no one in the Japanese country has starved to death.

What an unimaginable thing.

Jin Wang Zhu Fan himself was relatively cruel.

For the people of the Japanese country, they often beat and scolded them, and even killed those they didn't like on the spot.

However, the Japanese people seemed to be accustomed to this and did not feel disgusted.

Because the King of Jin in the Ming Dynasty only allowed himself to kill people, but not his subordinates.

This is simply good news to the people of Japan.

Although the Japanese state learned from the Tang Dynasty and lost the slave system after Dahua reform, in terms of law, it was completely local aristocrats who had the final say. All kinds of oppression were extremely serious.

After the arrival of King Zhu Fan of the Jin Dynasty, military control was naturally implemented. The laws in the army were strict. The Japanese were treated equally, regardless of whether they were common people, warriors, or nobles. They were all Japanese anyway, so why bother with so many of them.

This immediately balanced the internal conflicts in the Japanese state.

The hearts of the people of Japan were also balanced.

I saw the great lords, warriors, and nobles of the past working just like me.

Don't tell me, I'm energetic enough to do any work.

That afternoon, when Zhu Di arrived at Hizen Castle, he couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes.

What a young man, he managed the Japanese city in such a spectacular way, it seems that he still underestimated him.

After receiving the notification, Zhu Di entered the city with a few personal guards.

It is a spacious avenue with smooth traffic along the way. The surrounding houses are obviously newly built and look neat and well-arranged.

Going all the way, we arrived at the center of the city.

At the door, Zhu Fan's personal guards were waiting.

"Meet His Highness King Yan."

Several guards clasped their fists and bowed.

No matter what kind of conflicts there are between King Yan and his own King Jin, this is a family matter of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not something ordinary soldiers can participate in.

If there is any hindrance due to this, let alone King Yan, even his own prince will definitely not take it lightly.

As soon as he entered the door, a voice sounded.

"Fourth brother, what do you want to do when you bring three thousand horses and suddenly come to third brother?"

"Are you going to demonstrate to my brother?"

Zhu Fan originally planned to wait in the lobby for King Yan to come, but when he thought of King Yan Zhu Di, he lost his temper. When he heard the noise, he went directly to the courtyard to make fun of him.

When Zhu Di saw this, he couldn't help but hide it, and said bluntly: "I came here this time to give a sum of money to the third brother."

Zhu Fan sneered without any hesitation: "With your temper, what kind of money can you give me? It's funny."

"Maybe you're holding something bad in your stomach."

"Tell me what's going on. Let's make it clear first. I can't borrow food."

Regarding the arrival of the fourth child Zhu Di, Zhu Fan was actually very confused in his heart.

Now the Japanese country is about to surrender, and there is no war to fight. Everyone is busy relocating the population. Why did they come here at this time?

Zhu Di said: "Since Third Brother asked, I won't hide it. I came here this time to invite Third Brother to join forces and capture the Fengqian Kingdom."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Fan's originally prepared expression of ridicule suddenly disappeared, his face became a little gloomy and uncertain, and then he said: "Come into the room and talk."

Zhu Di and Zhu Fan entered the lobby together.

Zhu Fan first asked: "Fourth brother, you must know that the Japanese country has agreed to the conditions of His Highness Taisun, surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, and paying compensation of 90 million taels of silver and three cities."

"Are you going to attack Fengqian at this time because you want to disobey the grandson's order?"

Zhu Di smiled and said, "How dare I disobey Taisun's order? But did the third brother receive Taisun's order? Or did he receive a truce order from the court?"

"The Japanese country has surrendered. Not long ago, it was said that the Japanese country has signed a treaty. It is just waiting for the imperial court to seal it."

"But now, we can't say for sure whether the imperial court has stamped it or not."

When Zhu Di said this, of course Zhu Fan knew it very well.

After pondering for a while, he said: "There are hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers in Bunzen Castle. Even if you and I join forces and 200,000 troops want to capture Bunzen in a short period of time, we are not necessarily sure."

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"If we capture it by force, we will definitely suffer too many casualties. Even if we defeat it, we will definitely be punished by the court. The attack on the Japanese country will not only be in vain, but it will also lead to mistakes."

"If it persists for a long time and waits for the court's order to come, then it will be a useless effort and you will be reprimanded by the court."

"I didn't eat any mutton, so I'm all messed up."

In the face of interests, Zhu Fan obviously chose to put aside some of the previous conflicts between brothers, and began to discuss with Zhu Di, and took advantage of the situation to express his thoughts.

Zhu Di heard this and said: "Third brother, please don't misunderstand me. I don't have a hundred thousand troops here. If we join forces, we can only have 40,000 troops and third brother to attack Fengqian together."

Hearing this, Zhu Fan was about to lose his temper, but suddenly stopped.

Personally speaking, Zhu Fan's military talent is actually no worse than Zhu Di's.

That Northern Expedition was accomplished by Zhu Di, and it was not because of poor leadership.
To be continued...