Zhu Cihong's face sank, according to the secret report from China, during the prince's imprisonment, the imperial court ordered a blockade of Japan, prohibiting Ming merchants from doing business with Japan during the war, especially grain trade.

Now there is a large amount of grain hoarding in Kyoto, apparently because the Tokugawa shogunate hastily transferred it and did not have time to take it away.

Previously, the Imperial Group reported that under their control, the Tokugawa shogunate's grain stocks were simply not enough to support the expenses of hundreds of thousands of troops, and even if the Japanese withheld merchants and confiscated some grain, it would only be enough to last for a month at most.

Now, the shogunate's stock of grain far exceeds the expectations of the Imperial Group, and needless to say, they have the means to bring in new food supplies.

"Is the information reliable?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Reliable!"

Li Tingbiao said: "According to the information provided by this shogunate, the Tokugawa shogunate has indeed strengthened its ties with the Batavia side in recent months, and a large number of merchant ships have frequently traveled to Japan long before the assassination of the Japanese emperor. ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "It turns out that Little Japan is prepared, no wonder they dare to suppress the Ming businessmen and tear their faces with the Ming Dynasty!" ”

He asked again: "What about the merchants in China, the Ming Dynasty blocked the trade to Japan, how did they transport grain to Japan?" ”

Li Tingbiao said: "The minister carefully looked at the grain, and judging its quality, most of them came from the small West, and it should be that profiteers bought from Annam, Burma and other places and sold grain to Japan privately. ”

In the Ming Dynasty, Cochin, Cambodia, west of Siam, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, as well as India, Persia, Arabia as the Western Ocean, also known as the Little Western Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean is the European area.

"That's the enemy, treason!"

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "These traitors who threaten the national interests of the Ming Dynasty must be cleaned up severely!" I'll leave this matter to you Jinyiwei! ”

"Command!" Li Tingbiao responded.

After the Dutch were defeated by the British, they were still restless, and they dared to intervene in the war of the Ming Dynasty against Japan for the sake of profit! I don't know if I'm alive or dead!

Zhu Cihong looked at a pair of small globes placed on the table, and said leisurely: "Malacca, Batavia, it's time to fly the Ming flag!" ”

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After the banquet, Zhu Cihong walked around the imperial palace casually and enjoyed the scenery of Japan.

Behind the palace, the trees are dense and lush, and the pavilions and pavilions are paved with gravel.

At the end of the path, there are two large boulders two people high, and from time to time there is a "whooshing" sound of water flowing from behind the stones?

Next to the stone, there were several voices and shadows of maids, and as soon as they saw Zhu Cihong, they knelt down and saluted, their faces nervous.

Li Tingbiao explained: "Your Majesty, they are the maids of the Japanese empress, and they can be trusted to follow the empress to surrender early. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, and said curiously: "What's behind?" ”

At this time, the leading housekeeper of the Imperial Palace raised her head slightly and said softly: "Back to His Majesty the Emperor, this is the Imperial Palace is a hot spring, and His Majesty the Emperor usually uses hot spring baths here......"

"I'm just tired."

At this time, it was the best time to soak in the hot springs, and Zhu Cihong walked inside without saying a word.

Li Tingbiao, Xu Sheng and the others were just about to follow, but they were stopped by the housekeeper, and she said nervously: "My lord, the empress is inside......"

"Even if the king of heaven is inside, I will protect it with me!"

Xu Sheng raised his eyebrows, his face was slightly gloomy, and he was about to forcibly break in.

"Wu Anhou, don't be impatient!"

Li Tingbiao grabbed Xu Sheng in time and winked at him repeatedly.

Seeing that the old man was like this, Xu Sheng patted his head and immediately understood.

He has been married for a long time, and he is no longer the straight man of steel, although he is upright, he still reacts relatively quickly to men.

Xu Sheng glanced at the housekeeper, smiled, and then turned around and picked out a few skilled female guards from the Royal Forest Army and let them follow in.

Emperor Tianwu's personal escort in the forest, not to mention women, even eunuchs!

After Zhu Cihong stepped into the boulder, he saw a huge stone wall more than ten meters high in front of him, on which a bowl of thick water flowed down from the crack in the stone wall and fell into the semicircular huge pool below.

The diameter of the pool is about 30 meters, like a super large swimming pool, the water vapor on the surface of the pool is steaming, and the waterfall of the hot spring is also exuded, which is full of fairyland-like fantasy color.

Zhu Cihong was in a good mood, and secretly said that the emperor of little Japan would really enjoy it, and he even started a swimming pool!

In the nearly 30 years since he came to Daming, Zhu has never played in a hot spring, so he divided his clothes by two, and prepared to feel refreshed.

Zhu Cihong is nearly 30 years old, usually attaches great importance to maintenance and exercise, and maintains a very good figure, every muscle is well-proportioned and powerful, convex and concave.

After stripping naked, several female guards happened to come in and saw the embarrassing scene in front of them.

Although they were all unmarried women in their early twenties and had never seen a man naked, in a short period of shyness, one by one the female guards immediately stabilized their emotions, not only did not turn around, but also stared intently at Zhu Cihong's masculine body.

For them, the emperor's safety is the most important thing, and everything else is floating clouds.

Women are not afraid, Zhu Cihong, a big man, is even more afraid, he has been a maid to take a bath since he was a child, and after the wedding, the imperial concubines personally served him, and he has long been accustomed to this.

With a "plop", Zhu Cihong plunged into the hot spring, and then swam like a fish.

Gradually, he only felt that the warm spring water soaked his whole body, as if every pore had been soaked, and it was very comfortable.

Zhu Cihong's diving and flying movements were extremely unprofessional, neither did arm diving, nor did he fly for a week and a half, the only highlight was the huge splash.

Because of his unprofessionalism, Empress Mingzheng, who was doing fruit backstroke on the other side of the hot spring, was frightened and let out a slight exclamation.

Several female guards had excellent eyesight and ear power, and three of them immediately touched their hands to the handcuffs on their waists silently, showing an offensive formation and quietly approaching the source of the sound.

The two female guards cautiously dived into the hot springs and approached Zhu Cihong like a fish.

The last female guard stayed in place and was in charge of guarding.

After hearing the sound, Zhu Cihong faintly noticed that there was a figure shaking in the pool, and then stopped moving.

A breeze blew, and a figure soaked in the water gradually emerged, a wonderful body that floated and sank, like a mermaid.

Empress Mingzheng and Zhu Cihong were only a few meters apart, and they met each other sincerely.

Zhu Cihong was stunned, he didn't expect to take a bath and meet a female VIP.

Empress Mingzheng was even more stunned, and after just a few seconds of staring at each other, she suddenly realized that she was in her spring, and she immediately waved her arms and screamed.

With just a shout, she was taken down by the two female guards who swam over.

Empress Mingzheng, who was suddenly arrested, was obviously frightened, and screamed several times in a row, calling it in standard Japanese, or the sentence that the Chinese people are familiar with......

At this time, the housekeeper of the Imperial Palace quickly ran in, and it was only her who came in.

The housekeeper spoke Japanese to Empress Meizheng, and only then did she stabilize the frightened empress.

From their conversation, Zhu Cihong also heard that this girl was the Empress of Japan.

With a wave of his hand, he asked several female guards to let them retreat, and the housekeeper also retreated, leaving only a man and a woman in the hot spring pool.