Chapter 795: New and Old Grudges

After the Ming army wiped out the Zong clan and the Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island, the whereabouts of the envoys including Qian Xili were unknown. After that, there was no communication between the two countries.

If we look at the Ming-Japan relations in the second year of Wude based on past experience, we can infer that such things would have ended up in nothing. During the Hongwu period, the relationship between the two countries was strained for a time because the Japanese delegation was suspected of being involved in the Hu Weiyong case, but nothing came of it.

Because of the long distance, it is inconvenient to travel; and it is difficult for any country's court to go to war just because of the right or wrong of reason or the likes and dislikes of the upper class. After all, the cost is too high and the price is too great.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Annan, Japan, and various chieftains in the southwestern border have repeatedly provok