yes, why not?

What is the problem with whether the national letter is real or fake?

"Tens of thousands of troops from the nine countries of Japan's Saikaido entered the Ming Dynasty, and dozens of states in the Ming Dynasty are adjacent to Japan, and there will be near-term worries. It is the intention of the Japanese general. ”

It is enough to have this phrase.

War needs excuses.

If my father-in-law doesn't lack anything, he lacks excuses.

The letter sent by Murayama Akiyasu to the shogunate was undoubtedly an excuse for the Duke of Wei to go on an open expedition to Japan.

Fight for righteousness, those who jump off the beam, although they are strong, they will be killed!

At this moment, not only was my father-in-law's blood hot, but even the bottom was ready to move.

In fact, Yao Zongwen's speculation that Murayama and Ieyasu "borrowed a knife to kill people" does not conform to the truth, and the truth is that Murayama and Aoan were regarded as a thorn in the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu because they believed in Catholicism, and they always wanted to get rid of him.

After the death of Arima Harunobu, the lord of the Shimabara domain, Murayama and others felt panicked all day, fearing that he would become the next Arima Harunobu, so in order to save his life, he recommended himself to Tokugawa Ieyasu to invade Taiwan, which could be regarded as a meritorious atonement.

Tokugawa Ieyasu thought this proposal was good, and he believed that if he could occupy Taiwan, he would be able to break the Ming Dynasty's trade embargo against Japan, so that he could obtain the most lucrative raw silk, tea, and porcelain in the maritime trade through a large-scale smuggling trade between Taiwan and the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

On the one hand, it can obtain a new territory for Japan; On the other hand, it can also make profits through smuggling, so that it can get rid of the dependence on the Han maritime forces headed by Li Dan, the "Kapitan".

Even though Li Dan and others strongly supported Tokugawa Ieyasu, not only providing him with the war funds needed to unify Japan, but also helping the shogunate suppress Catholics, but in any case, Li Dan and other Han maritime merchants were all from the Ming Dynasty, and Tokugawa Ieyasu always believed them.

Now, Murayama and others have taken the initiative to ask for orders to fight Taiwan, and Tokugawa Ieyasu can't ask for it. As a result, Tokugawa Ieyasu not only issued the "Tsukasago National Ferry Ship Seal" to Murayama and other security authorities (at that time Japan called Taiwan Takasago Country), but also sent 3,000 soldiers to Murayama and appointed Murayama and other security authorities to be responsible for passing through Taiwan.

After accepting the appointment and obtaining the seal, Murayama and others breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he would not be able to die for a while, and he immediately sent his son Akiyasu to lead 11 warships from Nagasaki, first to the Ryukyus, and then to Taiwan in one fell swoop.

As a result, Qiuan's fleet encountered a storm on the way, and the fleet drifted away.

Akiya himself drifted to the Ryukyus with a few boats, some to Annam, and two ships to northern Taiwan under the leadership of the Japanese Akashi Michitomo. The Japanese soldiers on one of the small boats landed in a hurry, only to be discovered and besieged by the local natives, and all the Japanese soldiers on the boat were forced to commit suicide. Michitomo Akashi was so frightened that he quickly fled with the remaining boat.

Knowing that the mission had failed, and that both he and his father would face the wrath of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Akiyoshi forged a letter of state, threatening the Ming Dynasty to open trade with Japan in the tone of the Tokugawa Shogun, otherwise the Japanese would raise tens of thousands of troops to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Qiu An thought that the officials of the Ming Dynasty would definitely pay attention to it after receiving this letter, and judging from the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty people who did not like war, most of the Ming officials would agree to open up the sea trade, even if their emperor was a hard-line anti-Japanese faction.

In this way, Akian can return to Japan with great achievements. Even if the Ming Dynasty did not agree, Qiu An had nothing to lose, and he would blame the Ming Dynasty for the failure of the mission anyway. If Tokugawa Ieyasu had a kind, he could have raised troops to attack Ming like Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

What a wishful thinking.

However, what Qiu An never expected was that the Ming Dynasty received his forged Tokugawa letter, but the Fujian side that received the letter did not take it seriously at all and ignored it at all. If it weren't for Gonggong Wei coming, the two sides had no intention of talking about it, I'm afraid Qiu An would have waited until he died, and he would not have waited for the Ming Dynasty's reply.

Speaking of things, it is not absurd to say that it is absurd, but the bad thing is that there is a serious Wei Gonggong in Fujian, who takes it as his responsibility to be active and enterprising, and to pursue the prosperity of East Asia.

This Grandpa Wei is amazing, he always dreamed of planting a red flag on Mount Fuji and peeing in Tokyo Bay. I was worried about not knowing how to lead the power of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces to Japan, and I was sleepy, and the "horn" came to a pillow, and my father-in-law was full of strength, and he was a thief.

However, the father-in-law could not forcibly use this letter of unclear truth as an excuse for starting a war, in that case, the Zhejiang Party would definitely not agree, and if the Zhejiang Party did not agree, the military strength of Zhejiang and Fujian would not be able to be used.

In the battle to destroy the country, the father-in-law can pull more people.

"Your Majesty has never forgotten the Imjin War, and often said to our family that the Wars not only ruined the vassal countries and the people, but also made our Emperor Ming invest a lot, and the sacrifices of officers and soldiers were also huge. It's a pity that there was chaos in Banzhou that year, otherwise His Majesty would have ordered a large army to cross the sea and go on an expedition to wipe out this henchman in one fell swoop... I don't hide it from you, our family went south to do maritime affairs this time, and we also had the intention of relieving the emperor's worries, so in our opinion, this Japanese country should still be fought, otherwise, people will use tens of thousands of troops from the nine countries of Xikaido to invade dozens of states in the Ming Dynasty! ”

Wei Gonggong's words were to confirm that the letter of state was true, and he was determined to send troops to punish the Japanese shogunate's disrespect to the Ming Dynasty, and to avenge the Ming soldiers and civilians who had died at the hands of the Japanese in the past hundred years.

"If no one offends me, I will not offend; If anyone sins against me, I will offend. ... Let's see, this Murayama and other security are the vanguard of Japan's aggression against our Ming Dynasty, and we must crack down on it! It's not enough to beat this kid from Murayama, but you have to beat that Tokugawa too, so that he knows that whoever offends my emperor will be punished even if he is far away! ...”

The father-in-law sprinkled a lot, and his words were very uplifting, but the reaction was not good.

Fujian Governor Huang Chengxuan and Fujian Admiral Hou Anzhi both held chopsticks, stunned and did not pick up vegetables, and the rest of the Fujian generals were also speechless.

Zhejiang is better, Shi Dezheng looked thoughtful, and although Yao Zongwen frowned, at least there was some change in expression compared to Fujian.

Du Shen Yourong is a bit of an old man talking about juvenile madness, and his eyebrows are full of spirit.

He Shen Yourong was back then, but he almost became the commander of the expeditionary force!

"Yesterday? Why do we dare to do it without a bird, you guys don't have the guts? ”

Seeing that no one echoed him, his father-in-law couldn't help but be a little angry. What a great opportunity, the excuse sent by God for the change of events, if you don't cherish it, it will thunder and thunder.

"Grandpa Wei, this is... Drank too much..."

The banquet ended with Huang Zhongcheng's sentence that Father-in-law Wei drank too much, and no one gave a clear answer to Father-in-law Wei's plan to conquer the day.

The father-in-law was unwilling, the governor surnamed Huang ignored him, and Zhejiang didn't say anything, so he went to fight for it himself. He asked Yao Zongwen to ask for the Murayama national letter, and then wrote the secret overnight and sent it to Beijing.

"According to the minister's exploration, there are many silver mountains in Japan."