"Yo Sai", hearing that the Shimazu family suffered heavy casualties, Tokugawa Iemitsu instead showed a smug look, "What about Luzon's self-proclaimed Ming vassal state"

"This, the ministers think about it should be true, otherwise why would the Luzon people take the risk of attacking the Shimazu family, and after the great victory, they will not plunder, except for the order of the great emperor to beg for thieves, the ministers and others can't think of any other reason."

At this time, the advantages of information asymmetry in Luzon are manifested.

You must know that a small person like Shen Weijing could deceive the Ming Dynasty and Fengcheng Hideyoshi back then, not to mention that Luzon was a collective fraud.

"Soga, what are you going to do in that case?" , Tokugawa Iemitsu thought about it carefully, and immediately asked again.

Abe Tadaaki looked at the eldest elder Doi Toshikatsu next to him, as well as several other old middle Matsudaira Nobutsuna, Hotta Masamori and Abe Shigeji and others, and considered a few words before saying:

"The minister suggested that the Luzon people agree to the request of the Shimazu family, and since the occupation of the Ryukyus in the 14th year of Changkei, this place has been under the control of the Shimazu family, and the family has not received any benefits other than the Ryukyu dynasty."

"Now that the Ming Dynasty has known about the affairs of the Ryukyus, in order to protect the peace of the family, it is best to be able to turn the big things into small ones. As for the matter of trade, the main purpose of the family's retreat was to cut off the Red Fan heretical cult, and the merchants of the Ming Kingdom had always been able to trade back and forth, and now it seems that one more Luzon is not a big deal. ”

"Well, what does the elder think about this?"

Doi Toshikatsu is 67 years old this year, and his spirit is obviously a little lacking, and when he saw Tokugawa Iemitsu looking at him, he nodded slowly.

"What Harima Mamoru said is reasonable, at the moment everything must be safe, the Luzon people are strong, the minister heard that yesterday the Luzon people shelled Sagamiya Hayama, and the mountain can be destroyed and the rocks can be destroyed, even if the government can compete, it will have to suffer heavy casualties, and it is naturally best to be able to negotiate peace."

"Yo Xi, then, as the elder said, it is better for Harima Mamoru to negotiate with the Luzon people and agree to their demands."

Tokugawa Iemitsu has a lot of respect for his own old minister, and it was the "Tokugawa Family Samurai Laws Internal Counsel and Confession Rules" drafted by him that made Iemitsu obviously see the hope of weakening the external daimyo.

"More than that", seeing that Abe Tadaaki was ordered to leave, Doi Toshikatsu hurriedly called him.

"To negotiate with Luzon, Harimamoru can test it to see if the Luzon people can sell the kingdom on their warships to the prefecture, and even if they can't, they must add a few articles to the treaty to strictly sell these heavy weapons to other foreign vassals."

"Oh, sure enough, the elder is thoughtful, I almost forgot."

Tokugawa Iemitsu patted his head and hurriedly waved a folding fan to signal Abe Tadaaki to write it down.

"Hai, the minister must fight with the Luzon people on this matter."

Yu Degao docked the fleet near Kanazawa off the coast of the river, which was later known by a more famous name, Yokohama.

Hearing that the envoy of the Tokugawa shogunate invited him to go ashore for negotiations, Jiang Baolin had to move ashore again.

Luzon and the Tokugawa family were again mired in lengthy negotiations, and after two days, the two sides finally reached an agreement, the main contents of which were:

The Tokugawa shogunate officially recognized the Ming Dynasty's jurisdiction over the Ryukyus, and promised to protect the independent sovereignty of the Ryukyus, and the shogunate and its subordinate vassals were not allowed to lead troops to attack.

Because although Luzon is outside the territory of the Tang Dynasty, it obeys the orders of China, uses the Chinese language, and is a country where the three religions are passed.

For this reason, the Tokugawa shogunate granted Luzon the privilege of trading and listed it as a treaty country, and unlike the Dutch, who could only trade in Nagasaki, the Tokugawa shogunate opened up Nagasaki, Osaka, Sakai, and Edo to Luzon for trade.

In response to Luzon's pledge not to sell its firearms to feudal feudal clans and daimyos affiliated with the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tokugawa shogunate imposed a low tariff on Luzon merchants.

Needless to say, the Tokugawa shogunate also had its own considerations regarding trade with the Ryukyus, and Osaka, Edo, and other places were in the hands of the Tokugawa shogunate, and trade with Luzon would not increase the strength of other foreign daimyos.

As for the issue of firearms, the Tokugawa shogunate tried to ask for the purchase of the country, but Luzon excused himself on the grounds that the country's production capacity was limited and its own army had not yet been assembled.

However, what the Tokugawa shogunate did not know was that since Luzon occupied Taiwan and the Ryukyus, the Dutch had to be controlled by Luzon if they wanted to continue to get involved in this trade.

In addition, the southeastern trade circle of the Ming Dynasty controlled by the Zheng family was soon to be impacted by the Liu family's trading system, and Ben's trade dominance was soon transferred to Luzon's hands.

As for the exclusion of the Shimazu family from the scope of trade, Yu De and others had already expected it, but with the Ryukyus presence, it was not difficult for the Shimazu family to really want to trade.

Overall, however, the peace treaty between Luzon and the Tokugawa shogunate was fairly fair.

For this reason, the influence of the Luzon bombardment of Sagami was quickly suppressed by the shogunate, and the peace treaty became a means for the Tokugawa shogunate to prove its prestige once again.

On March 11, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the renovated Luzon fleet set out for Edo again.

The target of the people of You Degao this time was North Korea.

On March 25, Luzon's fleet appeared off the coast of Incheon outside Seoul.

At this time, North Korea had just been conquered by the army led by Huang Taiji for a few years, and the war in the ninth year of Chongzhen was even called the Chongzhen Rebellion, which shows the depth of Little China's consciousness.

As soon as I heard that the Incheon County Shoulai reported that dozens of warships had come to the sea, all of them were majestic, and all of them had a Ming accent.

It's just a pity that Luzon is not strong at this time, and there is no plan to start a war on multiple fronts, so You Degao and others had to tell North Korea that Luzon was originally a branch of the Ming Kingdom, and this time it was only for trade.

This statement disappointed the Korean monarchs and ministers.

At this time, the Korean political scene had been divided into two parties, the Westerners and the Easterners, and the Westerners were controlling the government because of their meritorious support.

Among the Westerners, there is a distinction between the rebuke and the faction and the faction, and at present, because of the banner of respecting Zhou and respecting the great affairs, the rebuke and faction have completely gained the upper hand.

Therefore, for the power established by the Ming people like Luzon, although the Korean monarchs and ministers were unwilling to give Luzon the same treatment because of the etiquette and law, they still looked down on it.

Although You Degao was not a Ming general, like the Tokugawa shogunate, the Joseon monarchs and ministers almost unanimously adopted the decision to trade with Luzon on the grounds that although Luzon was not a Ming minister, it was actually a country of three religions.

As for why You Degao and others did not lie about the Ming Dynasty as Ben, it was really because North Korea was too close to the Ming Dynasty.

And unlike Ben, Korea has always been a subject state of the Ming Dynasty, and although it was forced to pay tribute to Jianyu, there were still smooth official communication channels among the Ming Jingshi.

If Luzon rashly makes false claims, it will be easy for the North Koreans to see through it, and it will not only attract the suspicion of the North Koreans, but also attract the attention of the Ming court.

For now, however, the results were not bad, and the Luzon fleet, which had successfully completed trade with Korea, was finally on its way home.

At the same time, in the city of Batavia in Southeast Asia, thousands of miles away from Korea, news of the loss of Taiwan finally reached the desk of Anthony van Diemen, the governor of the Dutch East India Company.

Ever since Bolger asked for help, Batavia has been following Taiwan's movements.

However, at this time, the South China Sea had already turned into the northeast monsoon season, and the sea route was blocked, so it was not until March that the specific battle report on Taiwan was discovered by the Dutch reconnaissance team.

Upon learning that the Luzon people had demanded a complete cession of Taiwan, Fan Dimen was naturally furious.

It was with great difficulty that he had managed to rise from a bankrupt merchant to the position of Governor of the East India Company, and if he admitted defeat, how would he explain to the Board of Directors of the East India Company.

For this reason, taking advantage of the conflict between Banten and Mataram on the island of Java, a fleet of 12 warships led by Van Dimen began to march towards the city of Qianzhou.

However, off the coast of Qianzhou Bay, the Dutch fleet was intercepted by the Luzon fleet.

Although the fleet had been sent north, Luzon still maintained the scale of more than 30 warships, including as many as 6 battleships.

Not surprisingly, Van Dimen and others fell into disadvantage as soon as they exchanged fire, but fortunately, the Dutch had a lot of experience in naval warfare.

Seeing that the Luzon firepower was more ferocious, Van Diemen had no choice but to lead the fleet back to Batavia.

Unexpectedly, the Luzon people had to send a fleet to follow them, demanding a formal peace treaty with Van Dimen, recognizing Luzon's right to rule Taiwan.

After bombarding a turret in the northwest corner of Batavia, even the arrogant Van Diemen had to bow his head.

The peace treaty between Luzon and the Dutch East India Company came to an official end, as the turmoil caused by Luzon's struggle for sea power came to an end.