It all started when Shimazu Tadashi inherited the family governor. Tadashi Shimazu is a very shrewd man. In order to make the Shimazu family go further in the troubled times, Shimazu Tadashi can be said to have done his best. At that time, the Shimazu family was faced with a situation where there were many enemies on land, and it was difficult to expand their strength. So, Shimazu Tadashi wisely looked overseas. And the closest to him is naturally the Ryukyus.

Therefore, before he took over as governor, he had already germinated the idea of annexing Ryukyu. And when he became the governor, he was eager to turn this idea into reality. However, his father once participated in the Korean campaign. He had seen the brave Ming soldiers defeat the elite Japanese soldiers to the ground, and it could be said that he was terrified!

Since then, he has understood that there is a heavenly difference between the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he strongly opposed the annexation of Ryukyu by Shimazu Tadatsune. Because Ryukyu was one of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. And Ryukyu is very deferential to the Ming Dynasty, so it is deeply loved by the Ming Dynasty. If the anger of the Ming Dynasty is triggered because of Shimazu Tadashi's annexation of the Ryukyus, the Shimazu family will definitely not be able to afford it!

However, Shimazu Tadashi never gave up the idea of annexing the Ryukyus. So he simply found another way to solve the problem of the protection of the Ryukyus by the Ming Dynasty. So he sent his henchmen to Daming to try to open up an intelligence line within Daming to obtain some information. Trying to analyze how the Ming would react if the Shimazu family annexed Ryukyu?

Therefore, Shimazu Tadashi sent his henchmen samurai to Daming in the guise of a merchant. The Ming Dynasty was the reign of Emperor Wanli at that time. Because he loved his young son more, when King Fu was inaugurated, Emperor Wanli rewarded King Fu with a large amount of property and land, which caused Emperor Wanli's inner treasury to be somewhat empty. Therefore, the eunuchs in charge of the inner treasury had to step up their looting to fill the inner treasury.

As a result, when the spy found out that the eunuch appeared, he actively leaned in, sold the goods in his hand to the eunuch at a low price, and collected the goods in his hand at a high price. Since then, the two have officially met.

Shimazu Tadashi was also overjoyed when he learned the news, and ordered the secret agent to increase his investment, and be sure to open the hole from this eunuch. After a few times, the two became more and more familiar, and they became friends of life and death.

When he learned that the emperor's treasury was empty, the spy offered to help him sell goods in the Wa Kingdom, so that he would get a greater profit. In the end, with the support of Tadashi Shimazu, the two sides decided to use the Ryukyus as a fulcrum to conduct business activities in secret.

Why do it in secret? Because the Japanese were in a state of seclusion at that time, foreign ships were not allowed to stay in other places, except for limited port openings. At this time, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty had the absolute upper hand, and Emperor Wanli suppressed it at all

Don't stop the civil servants! And the civil officials found out that Emperor Wanli was doing business with the Japanese people, and they dared to drown him with saliva!

Therefore, after communication between the two sides, it was finally decided that the Ryukyu Kingdom would be responsible for the trade and procurement and transportation of goods between the two countries. As soon as the eunuch sent someone to Ryukyu to say it, the king of Ryukyu agreed! Just ask the Ryukyu Kingdom to profit from it as well. So this trade route was completely established. The eunuchs avoided being blamed by the civil officials for their foreign operations, the Shimazu family avoided the decree of locking the country, and had a profit to carry out military preparations, and Liu Qiuwang was also able to get an additional asset. The tripartite benefits were quickly settled, and the trade cycle continued until Shimazu Tadashi decided to annex the Ryukyus.

After the Shimazu family annexed the Ryukyus, the Ryukyus asked for help from the Ming Dynasty. But the eunuch Ma was reluctant to make a profit from the trade with the Shimazu family, especially his share of the ink greed in it! Therefore, he repeatedly spoke out in front of Emperor Wanli to oppose helping Liu Pei. The most important thing is that Shimazu Tadashi was very clever not to annex Ryukyu directly, but to retain the throne of the Ryukyu king. This saved the face of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty did not send troops to the Ryukyus.

In normal history, it was not until a few years later that the Shimazu family decided to formally annex the Ryukyus, abolished the throne of the Ryukyu king, and began to set up counties and dispatch officials in the Ryukyus.

Liu Dahai only understood when he heard this. It turns out that this is really just like Sun Yunhe said, it is a matter of money. So Liu Dahai said tentatively: "Lord Sun, if we can ensure that this business continues to cooperate, will there be no problem with this canonization?" ”

Sun Yunhe drained the wine in the cup and said, "It's not without a problem!" You should know what kind of virtues those civil servants are! How could they let go of this opportunity to show their skills? So this canonization is destined to be full of twists and turns. ”

Liu Dahai nodded in agreement. When discussing this matter with Wang Changde before coming, Wang Changde once said: "Wei Zhongxian is extremely greedy, so the only difficulty in getting through his path is to catch his line!" As long as you can catch him, you can buy him! But the civil servants are different! First of all, there are many factions in the civil service, and they will attack each other. Second, these civil officials have an incomparable zeal for orthodoxy. As soon as the Ryukyus requested canonization, many places showed the skills of civil officials! Any excuse based on family lineage will be tossed out by civil officials to show their existence and erudition, and the canonization of the king of the Ryukyus is secondary! So the most troublesome are the civil officials! ”。

So Liu Dahai hurriedly stood up and arched his hand and said, "Lord Sun, I hope Lord Sun will show you a clear road!" ”

Sun Yunhe waved his hand and motioned for Liu Dahai to sit down, and said, "If I didn't have the intention to promote this matter

Love, how can I talk to you about these old things. ”

Liu Dahai immediately arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Lord Sun!" Master Sun is noble! ”

Sun Yunhe said: "It's not difficult to make this happen! But you have to make sure that this business with the Japanese people continues. And the yield can't be reduced! ”

Liu Dahai knew how much silver Liu Pei had, so he didn't think this problem was a problem. But he couldn't show a relaxed demeanor. So he frowned and said cautiously: "I don't know how much silver is handed over to the inner treasury every year?" After all, this business is uncertain, and the sea is also stormy, in case there is a loss, I wonder if the palace will blame it? ”

Sun Yunhe said with a smile: "Every year, Ryukyu can hand over more than 30,000 taels of silver to the inner treasury. At most, it reaches 40,000 taels. ”

Liu Dahai listened to the ecstasy in his heart! With such a small trade quota, they can actually see it. When Liu Dahai ran the boat, the gross profit of two trips was about this number! Liu Dahai raised his head and just wanted to speak, when he saw Sun Yunhe's smiling face. At that moment, Liu Dahai's brain was in a hurry, and he immediately thought that this silver must be distributed to the handler, and the rest can be handed over to the inner treasury! So Liu Dahai patted his head and said, "Master Sun, you see that I am confused for a while, isn't it!" I would like to ask you for some advice, who are the people who handle it everywhere? How much profit is generally shared? ”

Sun Yunhe said slowly: "There are a lot of people who share profits like this, so I won't tell you in detail." But at least 80,000 taels of silver should be distributed a year! ”

Liu Dahai almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard it! Well, it turns out that the emperor is a fool, and he was fooled by others! The income of more than 100,000 taels of silver a year was mostly taken away by his subordinates, and the little head was handed over to the inner treasury for his expenses.

So Liu Dahai said with a forced smile: "No problem! I can call the shots in this matter. And I can promise it on behalf of my master, and I don't want the share that Ryukyu deserves. ”

Liu Dahai also knew that there must be a lot of vanity in this. I'm afraid that Sun Yunhe knocked himself out of the loop. However, Liu Dahai remembered that Liu Pei had confessed before, money is not a problem, the key is to be fast! That's why Liu Dahai dared to agree to Sun Yunhe's conditions cleanly.

When Sun Yunhe heard Liu Dahai say this, he immediately smiled and gave Liu Dahai a thumbs up! said: "Lord Liu is really a smart person! Actually, it's not that hard to do! As long as the Ryukyu side has ships and people ready, the goods will naturally be disposed of. ”

Liu Dahai nodded and said: "Don't worry, Lord Sun, I will handle this matter as soon as I go back, and I will definitely not break this business, and I promise not to disappoint the factory father and Lord Sun!" ”