"Imperial Majesty, Imperial Majesty!"
Zhang Jing came to Zhu Yijun's side and called out to Zhu Yijun softly. Seeing Zhu Yijun open his eyes and look at him, Zhang Jing quickly said, "Your Majesty, information about the Japanese Empire."
Hearing Zhang Jing's words, Zhu Yijun was stunned at first. It was too comfortable to lie down, and his thoughts were too scattered for a moment.
After a while, Zhu Yijun nodded and said to Zhang Jing with a serious face, "Tell me about it!"
"Yes, Imperial Majesty!"
Zhang Jing quickly said, "Imperial Majesty, this information was sent from the Japanese Empire via Korea. It was sent by the people we planted around Li Dan."
Zhu Yijun nodded. With the support of Daming, Li Dan's business in the Japanese Empire and Daming had been doing very well in the past two years.
However, once the war started, Li Dan's business would probably be ruined.
"Li Dan went to the Japanese Empire again?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and asked with a smile.
"Imperial Majesty, Li Dan hasn't been to the Japanese Empire since last year. He has been in Shandong.
Last year, Li Dan was almost caught by Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Japanese Empire. If he hadn't run away fast, he would have been killed. "
"But he didn't dare to go. His people still have business in the Japanese Empire."
Hearing this, Zhu Yijun laughed, and the more he laughed, the happier he was.
Since Li Dan turned to Daming, his business grew bigger and bigger. He went to the Japanese Empire and Daming all day long to collect materials for Daming.
After the rich Li Dan came to the Japanese Empire, he showed the demeanor of a rich man and bought everything.
A large amount of silver poured into Japan, and then a large number of materials were bought by Li Dan.
Li Dan also brought Daming's luxury goods, such as wine, mirrors, fine porcelain and silk, and soap and perfume from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It could be said that they were very popular in the Japanese Empire.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not a fool, and he soon realized that something was wrong.
Especially when he learned that Li Dan turned to Daming, coupled with the competitive relationship between the Portuguese and Li Dan, it made Toyotomi Hideyoshi want to kill Li Dan.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi had never thought of starting from within the country. After all, the daimyo in the country couldn't be provoked.
Diverting the conflict and attacking Daming was originally meant to divert the domestic conflict. How could they provoke the domestic conflict?
It should be known that these daimyo were Li Dan's clients, and they didn't have much to worry about when they attacked Li Dan.
Therefore, Li Dan suffered a tragedy. He was almost caught and killed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
After Li Dan returned to Daming, he directly reported to Zhu Yijun, ready to take his own people to teach Toyotomi Hideyoshi a lesson.
However, Zhu Yijun also knew that Li Dan wasn't weak, but at this time, the Japanese Empire was also very strong. In addition, there was the Portuguese causing trouble, so Li Dan couldn't do anything to the Japanese Empire.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun appeased Li Dan, and at the same time, sent Dongchang to take over a large number of Li Dan's contacts in the Japanese Empire.
An intelligence network that went deep into the Japanese Empire was born. Although Li Dan was still doing sea trade, he no longer went to the Japanese Empire.
This intelligence network had also collected a lot of information before, but because of the long distance, it was inconvenient to transmit information, and it had been unstable.
It was not until Dongchang opened up the intelligence channel in North Korea that things got better.
"Tell me about it!" Zhu Yijun shook the chair and said expressionlessly.
"Yes, Imperial Majesty!"
Zhang Jing agreed, then said, "This information is more detailed. Toyotomi Hideyoshi has already completed the assembly of the army and is ready to send troops."
"Since the first month of last year, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has already issued a mobilization order for the navy troops to be mobilized."
"From Changlu in the east, through the South Sea to Shikoku and Kyushu, from Akita and Sakata in the north to China, the daimyo territories near the sea, prepare two large ships for every hundred thousand stones.
Each port should send ten sailors for every hundred households to board the large ships built by the daimyo of various countries. "
Hearing this, Zhu Yijun smiled lightly, "This is the strength of the whole country!"
Thinking about the nation of Japan, since the Tang Dynasty, they had wanted to expand and leave that small island, but they were suppressed by the Tang Dynasty's Liu Renjiao, resulting in Liu Renjiao's reputation as a late bloomer.
After so many years, during the Wanli era, Toyotomi Hideyoshi appeared and sent troops again, but they were suppressed by the Daming again.
In modern times, they finally rose after many hardships. The land of Huaxia completely declined, and Japan made a comeback again.
After 14 years of war, they were suppressed again, and no one knew when the next time would be.
"Continue!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand, indicating for Zhang Jing to continue.
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi has gathered 300,000 troops, and the vanguard is 150,000. A total of nine routes of troops are ready.
The vanguard's general is called Yukita Hideie, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's trusted general. "
"Other than these 150,000 people, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has gathered more than 700 warships and more than 10,000 sailors."
Zhu Yijun turned to look at Zhang Jing and said with a sullen face, "How many sailors did you say?"
"More than 700 warships and more than 10,000 sailors!" Although Zhang Jing didn't know what was wrong with his Imperial Majesty, he still quickly said.
"So few!"
Zhu Yijun sat back in his chair and sighed. "I was planning to let the Imperial Navy go all out. How are we going to do it with so few people?"
Zhang Jing sweated as he listened. He understood Zhu Yijun's thoughts.
His Imperial Majesty had built a large navy, all kinds of warships and cannons, and trained so many soldiers. He had originally wanted to fight a good battle with the Japanese Empire, but now he realized that the Japanese Empire's navy was too weak.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand. "Have you figured out their attack route?"
"I've figured it out!"
Zhang Jing said directly. "Toyotomi Hideyoshi used Tokugawa Ieyasu's proposal and confirmed the strategy of 'advancing by land and sea', 'bullying the weak', and 'ending the battle quickly'."
"Using the navy to ensure the supply of strategic resources for the land army, the land army will advance in three directions and occupy North Korea in one go."
Zhu Yijun nodded, then looked at Zhang Jing and said with a smile, "Dongchang's intelligence is not bad. They can even find out about this."
"Imperial Majesty, this is not a secret!"
Zhang Jing quickly said with a smile, "Such a big strategy can't be hidden. How can the deployment of resources and personnel be hidden?"
Zhu Yijun nodded. It made sense. This was not the future.
The mobilization of the army and the transportation of provisions all needed time in this era.
It was not like the future. It was possible to use cavalry on the plains, but it was not practical to fight on land.
"That's still very good!"
Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "You don't have to be humble. You have done well in Dongchang. A few days ago, Zhang Hong asked for his resignation. He is too old to be the Chief of Rites, so I decided to let him go."
"You will always be by my side. When you go back, help me supervise the Chief of Rites," Zhu Yijun thought for a moment, then added, "You can also take over in Dongchang!"
In fact, since the establishment of the Grand Council, the status of the Chief of Rites had declined greatly.