Oshima Yugali, born in Kyushu, Japan in the 12th year of Wanli, known as Izumo, was an advocate of the Emperor's Great Asianism, a staunch follower of Wei Gonggong's thought, an excellent army general, and one of the founders of the Emperor's pro-army secret organization Fuxing Society.

Claiming to be a ronin of Fusang, the royal paradise, he is regarded as a floating cloud in fame and fortune, and he is outside the degree of life and death, and he is the side of the emperor inside and outside. He was quite friendly with Shimazu Tadashi and other outstanding generals of the Imperial Allied Army in the "Meiji Era", and jointly launched the "336 Mutiny" in Kyoto, forcing the puppet emperor to abdicate and enshrine Emperor Ming. ——Excerpt from "The Biography of the Imperial Generals", official edition of the Hanlin Academy.

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The speculation of Freedom in the field is correct, and the Ming Imperial Army is indeed behind the leaflet incident. And the spreaders of the leaflets were "Chrysanthemum Samurai".

The "Chrysanthemum Samurai" was composed of captured soldiers of the First, Third and Fourth Armies of the original Japanese invasion of Korea, and they were also called "Chrysanthemum Samurai" in the Imperial Army because the clothes they wore were embroidered with a chrysanthemum, and each of them wore a steel dagger engraved with the word "Wei".

As the flower of the empire, the retainer of the Ming Admiral and the maritime eunuch Wei Gongliangchen, each Chrysanthemum warrior has followed the head of the family to fight in the north and south, and has also guarded their master in the middle of the night with a sharp sword.

Thus, loyalty and ability led them back to their homeland.

More than a year ago, the Chrysanthemum samurai secretly returned to their homeland with the mission to Japan, and they were active in the four islands of Japan as a spark that could ignite the prairie to cooperate with the Imperial Army's upcoming large-scale war against Japan.

Father-in-law Wei affectionately called them "the fifth column of my family".

Yugari Oshima, who was born in Kyushu, sneaked back to his hometown with his friend Hyojiro after breaking up.

On the one hand, Oshima actively contacted the Catholic Shogunate forces in Kyushu, and on the other hand, Oshima also connected with Yan Siqi and others, and through the latter, he received money and weapons support from the Imperial Army Headquarters to better carry out the Shogunate movement in Kyushu.

It was at this stage that Oshima and Hyojiro and others jointly formed the Funado Society and became the de facto leader of the Renaissance Society in the Kyushu region.

In more than a year, Oshima has developed more than 500 members in Kyushu, and directly mastered a Catholic army with less than 3,000 people.

Oshima and the members of the Funado Society had become the backbone of this fallen shogunate, and although they were not strong enough to face the Japanese army of the Satsuma Domain, let alone the standing army of the shogunate, they were able to win some skirmishes and are now gradually growing through the accumulation of battles.

The leaflet incident in Hyuga Province was the work of Oshimabe.

In the territory of Hyuga Province, Oshimabe also defeated a local government invasion team and killed more than 100 Japanese troops, so the officials of Hyuga Province, who did not know the details of Oshimabe, called him "the stray dog of Kyushu".

This means that this is a very difficult and cunning enemy.

Now, with the narrative of Irino's freedom, things have changed.

The country's old Shimizu Xiu Yi even believed that behind those leaflets that spread evil rumors were the Ming ** team who called themselves the "Imperial Army".

The important ministers also clamored and scolded the Ming people for their insidiousness, they actually sent chess pieces to infiltrate Japan early to sabotage, and even the Catholics who were making trouble everywhere in the country were probably instigated by the Ming people behind the scenes.

"The Emperor's pro-army?"

Shimazu Tadashi thought for a moment and waved his fan, signaling everyone to be quiet.

There were several shogunate armies in Kyushu, but even if the shogunate repeatedly ordered them, Tadashitsune never dispatched the Shimazu family's main camp to encircle and suppress those shogunate armies.

As he said to his father Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was snorting on his sickbed, the Tokugawa family had always been distrustful of Satsuma, and both Ieyasu and Hidetada were weakening the power of the Shimazu family, so the Chinese called raising self-respect was not necessarily a good choice for the Shimazu family.

In fact, if it weren't for the existence of forces opposing the shogunate in Kyushu, the notoriously sinister Hidetada would have slashed the feudal domain again after the purge of Kyoto.

Therefore, the Shimazu family needs those fallen armies, at least, not to let them finish too quickly.

"My lord, we can't sit idly by, we must send troops to the Ryukyus, otherwise once those troublemakers in the country know that the army of the Ming people has approached our Satsuma, they will make even more trouble."

Shigetomi Miura was a staunch warlord, not only because his family had great interests in the Ryukyus, but because he was engaged in intelligence work, he knew that the Catholic Shogunate was the same threat to the shogunate as it was to Satsuma, especially since the Shogunate in Kyushu was probably behind the Ming army.

Because, if the Imperial Army really wanted to attack Japan, they would inevitably choose to attack Satsuma, which was closer.

When the time comes, those fallen armies will be the natural allies of the Ming ** team.

Shimazu Tadashi was noncommittal, but asked: "Who is the commander of the Ming people?" Did you know that? ”

The question of the family governor once again stumped the elders of the heavy courtiers, and then the general of the ashigaru general, Riyoshi, hesitated for a moment, and raised his head: "My lord, the specific situation is not clear below, but last year I heard from the Chinese in Kagoshima that their emperor sent a eunuch to the south to open the sea, maybe the commander of the Ming people is this eunuch." ”

When Okamura heard this, he thought of something, and hurriedly said: "When Yoshikun said this, I remembered one thing, the old Edo family once wrote to me that Murayama Akian wrote a letter to him last year, in which he said that there was a very powerful young official with military power on the southeast coast of the country, and he had a nickname called the East Asian Tiger Eunuch... It is certain that this East Asian tiger eunuch contained a group of Murayama's subordinates. ”

"Nani?"

"East Asian Tiger Eunuch?!"

When the crowd heard this nickname, they were stunned at first, and then burst into laughter. The important ministers who are no strangers to Chinese history know that eunuchs are eunuchs, and eunuchs do not have such a thing.

To put it mildly, Chinese eunuchs are like Japanese surnames, and even they are inferior to small surnames. At the very least, the little ones had to accompany the daimyo to bed, and could the eunuchs do it.

Miura smiled: "How can a castrated man be described as a tiger." If that's the case, wouldn't our lord be called Donga Ryu? ”

Miura's words made everyone laugh again.

Shimazu Tadashi didn't smile, his face was even a little solemn, as if he was thinking about something, but he didn't show it in front of his subordinates, but waited for everyone to laugh and said to Miura: "You must find out the details of this tiger eunuch." ”

"Hello!"

Miura got up and walked out of the hall, waved a samurai to whisper a few words to him, and then walked into the chamber again.

There are many Chinese merchants in Kagoshima, and as long as they are willing to spend money, it is not difficult to know the details of the Ming officials.

In the hall, the old and important ministers of the main battle have already begun to discuss the matter of sending troops to the Ryukyus.

Someyata, who was in charge of internal affairs, frowned, and he said loudly to everyone: "Everyone, if we send troops, how many troops will we send?" You must know that the losses of the Birch Mountain Division that captured the Ryukyus were too great, and it was difficult for us to mobilize an army large enough to resist the Ming ** team. Moreover, this is an expedition, and the cost of money and food is astronomical, and our finances are difficult to afford. ”

"Yes, what Someya-sama said is right, if we send a large army to expedition to the Ryukyus, the country will be empty, and those fallen shogunes will definitely take the opportunity to attack our important town, in that case, do we still have to transfer the expeditionary army back?"

“......”

Almost none of the officials in charge of civil affairs among the important ministers agreed to the expedition to the Ryukyus, because there was little chance of victory, and the gains outweighed the losses.

"My lord, you don't need a general mobilization of the whole domain, as long as you give me 5,000 troops, I can defeat the so-called Ming Imperial Army and recapture Ryukyu! ... 3000, as long as 3000 will do! ”

Okamura obviously wanted to avenge his friend Hisaka Kayama and his son, and his eyes were red, and he was very annoyed when he looked at the officials who opposed the sending of troops.

Someya shook his head and said, "Lord Okamura, this time our opponent is not those cowardly Ryukyuan people, nor pirates, but a regular army of the Ming Kingdom... Huashanjun has broken jade, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the ** team is far above that of my Satsuma, and we are not sure, is the matter of sending troops a long-term plan? ...”

Okamura didn't wait for Someya to finish speaking, and said disdainfully: "The Ming ** team has come from afar, the more their army numbers, the more vulnerable the supply of food and grass, as long as our soldiers are brave, it will be difficult for the Ming people to last." ”

Okamura's words attracted the support of the main battle faction, and the hall set off another wave of the main battle. You must know that in history, Japan has never been conquered by troops from the mainland.

Qing Shui Xiu glanced at the head of the family and found that the head of the family seemed to be interested in letting the old and important ministers of the family discuss the issue of whether to send troops, and had no intention of interfering to stop everyone.

He said nothing.

It wasn't until the angry Okamura Kazuto began to quarrel that Shimazu Tadashi looked at Shimizu Shuichi.

Qing Shui understood what the head of the family meant, so he raised his voice and said: "Everyone, if we send troops, no matter how many chances we have, first of all, we will face the fact that the army of the Ming Kingdom will be angry with Satsuma because of this, and then put the target of attack on us?" ”

"The Ming Kingdom is a giant beast, in the Guanbai era, the Ming Kingdom only sent part of the army to make the Guanbai army look at the river and sigh, no matter how difficult it is to advance north, our Satsuma soldiers are not more than 10,000 people, how can they be the opponents of the Ming Kingdom? I advise you to be sensible and not to ruin our inheritance by impulse. ”

“......”

The speeches of the cautious faction such as Shimizu Xiu made the important ministers of the main battle faction dumbfounded for a while: Yes, if you don't send troops, the army of the Ming Kingdom may not attack Japan, but if you really want to send troops, if the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is angry because of this, will it really be Satsua to resist a big country?

At this time, Shimazu Tadashi finally spoke, and he said, "Are you sure that if we face a big report from the Ming Kingdom, we will receive support?" ”

The ministers were silent.

"The Ryukyus are too far away from Satsuma, and the intervention of the Ming people has meant that we have lost the opportunity to rule the Ryukyus, but this does not mean that Satsuma and the sea are separated. If we touch the giant beast of the Ming Kingdom because of momentary anger and momentary interests, there may not be a divine wind to protect us. ”

After Shimazu Tadashi finished speaking, he ignored the old ministers of the family, turned around and walked directly behind the screen, and then came to a secret room under the leadership of the small surname.

In the secret room, three people sat on their knees.

The two people are typical Ming costumes, and one is the clothes of the Japanese people.

The three of them looked up at the Satsuma lord who had walked in, and one of them smiled slightly and pushed a letter in front of the Satsuma lord in front of him.

"If you are able to swear allegiance to our Emperor, you will be appointed commander of the First Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Allied Army. The Imperial Army pledged not to infringe upon your interests, and signed a military alliance treaty with you to ensure that your territory would not be invaded by the tyranny of the shogunate. ”

As a eunuch, he originally had no beard, but now he has two beards stuck to his mouth, and he looks very majestic with the appearance of others.