My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 499 Iwami Rebellion
"what happened?"

Zhang Zhong saw Zhu Zhanhe's expression was wrong and immediately asked curiously.

"I want to go back to Beijing immediately. There is something wrong in Japan. Grandpa Huang called me back to Beijing immediately!"

Zhu Zhanhe stood up and replied.

"I'll have someone prepare a boat for you!"

Zhang Zhong also stood up immediately, but he was also very curious as to what problem happened in the Japanese country that required Zhu Zhanhe to return to the capital in such a hurry.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't know the reason either. Zhu Di just told him to return to Beijing quickly, but didn't tell him the reason, so Zhu Zhanhe could only guess blindly on the road.

However, according to Zhu Zhanhe's estimation, it is likely that Zhu Zhanji has a problem, because if it were an ordinary matter, Zhu Di would not be so eager to let him return to the capital. The only possibility is that the matter in Japan has nothing to do with Zhu Zhanji related.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanhe did not dare to delay on the way, returned to the capital as quickly as possible, and then quickly entered the palace to meet Zhu Di.

When he came to Wuying Hall, he saw Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi there. Next to them hung a map of the Japanese Chief Envoy. What were the father and son studying on the map?
"Grandpa Huang, I wonder what happened in Japan?"

Zhu Zhanhe quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Zhanhe, you are back. The grassland people who were sent to Japan's Chief Envoy have rebelled!"

When Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Zhanhe, he was happy at first, and then said anxiously.

"how is this possible?"

Zhu Zhanhe was shocked when he heard this. The first batch of prairie people sent to Japan were mainly young adults, and they were specially selected by Li Qi. These young adults had family members behind them. Li Qi promised them that as long as they When they arrived in Japan, they followed Ming's orders and would reunite them with their families in the future.

Therefore, in Zhu Zhanhe's opinion, it should be impossible for these prairie people sent to Japan to rebel.

"This is the fact. News came from Japan a few days ago that the first batch of prairie people sent over suddenly launched a rebellion not long after arriving in Ishijian Country, killed the guards and occupied the mine. Zhanji is not sure idea, so I sent someone to ask for instructions.”

Zhu Di also said in a deep voice at this time. Judging from the darkening of his face, he was obviously very annoyed about this matter.

Sending the grassland people to Japan or Jiaozhi was the basis for Zhu Di to continue to bleed the grassland, but now the start is very unfavorable. The grassland people went to Japan and rebelled immediately. This was definitely a big blow to Zhu Di.

"Grandpa Emperor, these young grassland men sent to Japan all have their families in our hands, and the imperial court only sent them to mine, not to send them to death. It stands to reason that they don't have the guts to rebel, right?"

Zhu Zhanhe said with doubts in his mind.

"This is what I can't figure out, but your brother will definitely not lie, so I suspect there is something we don't know about."

Zhu Di said again.

Now they have too little information, only the news sent back by Zhu Zhanji. As for why those grassland people rebelled, there is no definite explanation at all.

"Grandpa Huang, is there any definite news from Jin Yiwei?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked again, although Japan is alone overseas, it belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty after all. Jinyi guards are stationed in various yamen. With such a big thing happening now, it stands to reason that there should be news coming back.

"Not yet." Zhu Di replied with a frown.

The last time the Jin Yiwei fought internally, the Jin Yiwei's vitality was severely damaged. Although he appointed a new Jin Yiwei commander, the Jin Yiwei was still unable to return to its original strength in a short period of time, and some news could not be delivered in time.

"The situation is unclear now. I think it's best to let someone find out what's going on there first."

Zhu Zhanhe thought for a moment before speaking.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe is almost certain that the rebellion of the Shijian grassland people will definitely not be that simple.

The first batch of prairie people sent there was only more than 3000 people. Even if they really launched a rebellion, it would not be a concern at all.

You must know that the Japanese Chief Envoy has just been defeated, and there are already heavy troops stationed there. Zhu Yong has 3000 elite soldiers, and there are also Japanese servants. Therefore, the rebellion of more than [-] grassland people can be completely suppressed by Zhu Yong's strength. It subsides in a short time.

But now that the grassland people are occupying the mines, Zhu Zhanji doesn't want to mobilize the army to quell the rebellion, but instead turns his head to report the news to Zhu Di. This feels wrong no matter how he thinks about it.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi also knew that the current information was too little. Even if Zhu Zhanhe knew the situation in Japan, he could only make random guesses, so they did not make things difficult for him. They only let him go back after listening to some of Zhu Zhanhe's analysis. wait for news.

Coincidentally, on the second day after Zhu Zhanhe returned, Japan finally sent news again, but this news surprised both Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanhe.

This time the news was not sent by Zhu Zhanji, but sent directly to Zhu Di by Zhu Yong in the name of a battle report. In this battle report, he introduced in detail the reasons and process of the grassland people's rebellion.

It turned out that these grassland people were first sent to Jiuzhou Island and were taken over by Zhu Yong. They were then handed over to Zhu Zhanji, who personally arranged for them to be sent to Shijian Country.

Previously, Ashikaga Yoshimichi ceded Ishimi Country to Ming Dynasty in exchange for Ming Dynasty's withdrawal of troops. Zhu Zhanji also started mining Ishimi Country's silver mines. Now is the time when manpower is needed, and these prisoners of war can just solve his shortage of manpower.

However, according to Zhu Yong's battle report, after these prisoners of war were sent to Shijian Kingdom, they were handed over to Japanese officials for management. After the Ming Dynasty occupied Kyushu, many Japanese nobles took refuge, and some Japanese served in the government.

However, these Japanese were cruel in character and were extremely harsh on the prairie prisoners sent over. Not only did they not have enough to eat, they also had to bear heavy labor every day. In just a few days, many people died of exhaustion.

Under this strict management, these prisoners of war finally broke out. After all, if this continues, they will die in the mine sooner or later.

So on a dark and stormy night, the prisoners of war launched a rebellion, killed the guards and seized the mine.

However, the prisoners of war did not intend to rebel. Instead, they demanded to negotiate with Ming officials to improve their living conditions and no longer use Japanese officials to supervise them. As long as Ming could agree to their conditions, they were willing to lay down their weapons and surrender.

Although Zhu Yong did not accuse Zhu Zhanji in the battle report, it can actually be analyzed from these contents that the rebellion of the grassland people was entirely caused by Zhu Zhanji's unclear employment.

"Do you think the content in the battle report is true?"

Zhu Di asked in a deep voice. Because Zhu Zhanji was involved, he did not notify the cabinet. He only called Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanhe to discuss it.

"This one……"

Zhu Gaochi hesitated and didn't know how to answer?

As for Zhu Zhanhe, he stood silently aside, because this matter related to Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Yong, and it was difficult for him to express his opinion.

(End of this chapter)