"Your Excellency is from the Luzon army, have you already pledged allegiance to the Luzon people, and what is the purpose of your visit?"

Just after praising the relatives of the Changzong and our department, Shimazu Mitsuhisa asked about the meaning of the auspicious relatives as soon as his voice changed.

Changzong and my department Jiqin held the katana on his waist with a straight face, "Haiyi, my Changzong and my family are already the retainers of the Luzon general, and I am here to persuade my Luzon general's mansion to surrender." ”

"Yaga!"

The ministers of the Shimazu family were shocked and angry, and persuaded them to surrender? The boys of the Shimazu family never admit defeat.

Changzong and my Yoshikin looked at Shimazu Mitsuhisa indifferently, "The person who led the troops this time is my Luzon Navy Governor You De Gao You, and this attack on the Shimazu family is mainly to punish the Satsuma Domain's invasion of the Ming Dynasty in the Ryukyus, and now that the punishment has been completed, it is natural to persuade him to surrender." ”

Encroachment on the Ryukyus?

Just for the sake of such a small state, the Luzon people are going to make a big move?

Shimazu Jiutong and other old generals looked at each other, and the Shimazu family counted a little, under the intensive fire attack, the Shimazu family lost at least more than 4,000 people.

For the financially struggling Shimazu family, this was a huge loss.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa held back his anger and retorted: "Yaga, Ryukyu is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, what does it have to do with Luzon, why do you represent the Ming Kingdom to punish us and others?" ”

"Now that the Ming Kingdom is too busy to take care of itself, I, Luzon, as a branch of the Ming Kingdom, naturally have the right to maintain the orthodoxy of China, not to mention that Ryukyu is already my Luzon territory", the words that came out of the mouth of the Changzong Jiqin wearing the armor were righteous and awe-inspiring.

It's just that he is dressed as a typical Japanese samurai, but it makes everyone in the Shimazu family feel very weird.

Seeing that everyone in the Shimazu family seemed to want to quibble, Nagazong's Yoshijin was a little impatient, and he waved his hand quite domineeringly and said:

"My Luzon army is on the side, you don't need to say much, it is peace or war is between the thoughts of Guangjiugong, if you want to talk about peace, the Shimazu family must surrender to my Luzon, and then I Luzon can also communicate with the Shimazu family."

Nagamune's Ibu Yoshihito looked at Shimazu Mitsuhisa who was frowning with his eyes narrowed, "If there is a war, my army can burn the Shimazu family's territory at any time, but in this way, I am afraid that only the Tokugawa family in Edo will be happy." ”

This sentence shocked everyone in the Shimazu family.

As a daimyo outside the shogunate, the Shimazu family naturally knew that the Tokugawa family had always been wary of themselves, and if they really let the shogunate know that their strength was greatly damaged, they were afraid that it would really cause a big disaster.

Thinking of this, Shimazu Mitsuhisa couldn't hold it back.

"My Shimazu family was originally a minister of the shogunate, how can I surrender to Luzon again, since your army is only here for the Ryukyus, my family will give up the Ryukyu territory."

Compared with their own foundation, who is more important in the land of Ryukyu, the Shimazu family naturally knows it.

However, the Yoshikin of the Changzong Department bared his teeth and smiled: "I, Luzon, never do things that are difficult for strongmen, if the Shimazu family surrenders, this matter will only be passed on between you and me, and it will never be leaked." ”

Immediately after, Changzong and my department Jiqin threw out a tempting condition.

"I Luzon has millions of taels of silver to sell to Japan every year, if the Shimazu family is willing to surrender, then your family is my Luzon agent in Japan, and there must be no need to say more about the income in the meantime, right?"

"Hiss"

When they heard that there were millions of taels of goods to be sold in Luzon, everyone in the Shimazu family, including Shimazu Mitsuhisa, gasped.

The old man Shimazu Hisatsu stabbed Shimazu Mitsuhisa in the back desperately, and surrendering to Luzon is just a matter of face, as long as he and others don't admit it, there is almost no loss, and there is money to be made, which is a matter of the inside.

The Shimazu family is not the Tokugawa family, and they still bear the glory of the great shogun of the Seiyi, so who to surrender to, besides, it's just a name anyway.

Looking back at his own important ministers, who were all stunned, Shimazu Mitsuhisa turned his head and nodded solemnly.

"Haiyi, in that case, it is not difficult for my Shimazu family to surrender, but how can I ensure that you can keep your promise?"

Chozong Ibu Yoshijin proudly laughed, "My Luzon prestige is still spread throughout the South China Sea, and last year, even the merchant travelers who were damaged in my family's battle with the Zheng family and the Dutch were able to be compensated by my family, let alone a force like the Shimazu family." ”

"Don't worry, I, Luzon, have always regarded promise as life, and I will know this matter as soon as I inquire about it, and there will be no lies."

"So, then please!"

Inside the Sanmaru Gate in Kagoshima Castle, a group of Shimazu samurai lowered their unruly heads.

Changzong and my Ji Qin breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and they finally lived up to their mission.

But the doubts in his heart did not lessen by half, but became thicker.

It's strange why Luzon had to submit to the Shimazu family, and it was a private submission.

Shaking his head to throw these thoughts out of his mind, Changzong and my Jiqin gestured to the outside of the door, "In that case, now please send important ministers from the Guangjiu Gong to ask the governor of my family to surrender." ”

"Hai"

After being beaten violently, the Shimazu family is really much more well-behaved, if the Tokugawa family Shimazu family can still be a little tougher, then looking at the huge fleet at their own doorstep, the Shimazu family has no confidence.

The Tokugawa family was far away in Edo, and if they wanted to crusade against the Satsuma Domain, they would have to go on an expedition, and as a result, the Tokugawa family's world would be unstable.

This is the reality that the Shimazu family has understood since Shimazu Yoshihiro, but for the powerful but unclear Luzon country in front of them, the Shimazu family can only swallow their anger first.

On the Sun Wu, the Luzon Army, which still maintained combat readiness, soon ushered in an envoy from the Jin family.

Led by the old family Shimazu Hisatsu, ten people from the Shimazu family side boarded the Sun Wu in turn under the leadership of Nagamune and my department Yoshikin.

A close look at the armament of the Luzon people made Shimazu Hisatsu and others even more frightened.

The soldiers of Luzon were tall and strong, ruddy in complexion, neatly armed, and majestic, which was several times better than the description in the Korean war records of the governor of his own family, Yoshihiro Gong.

When they saw the muzzle the size of a human head on the Sun Wu, Shimazu Hisatsu and the others felt a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.

However, at this time, the characteristics of the Shimazu family as a daimyo in the wilderness also appeared, and several important ministers of the Shimazu family who followed were all ruthless in their hearts, vowing to use this as an opportunity to strengthen themselves.

On the deck of the Sun Wu, as soon as he saw You Degao sitting among the soldiers of the Malaysian Golden Sword, Shimazu Jiutong and others immediately paid homage without introduction:

"Shimazu Hisatsu, the minister of the defeated army, visited the governor of Luzon."

After listening to the translation of Changzong and my Jiqin, You Degao smiled slightly and helped him to signal Shimazu Jiutong and the others to get up.

"I, the Luzon Heavenly Soldiers, just to rebel for the Ming, the Shimazu family did not accept the king, and dared to invade the Ming vassal state without authorization, so I was slightly punished, and I repented immediately, and the governor of Pontus was not to blame."

Speaking of this, You Degao sat upright and looked at Shimazu Jiutong and the others, "In the future, the Shimazu family will be dominated by me in Luzon, and you must not invade my territory." ”

"Hai", Shimazu Kutsu and the others nodded heavily.

Before he finished speaking, Shimazu Jiutong raised his already slightly wrinkled face and said with a sneer: "The governor is merciful, my Shimazu family is grateful, for the sincerity of the Shimazu family, my family asks to send dozens of samurai to Luzon to learn the royal way, in order to clear the source, and also ask the governor to complete." ”

You Degao's heart was ringing with the alarm bell, these widows are really as the second brother said, good at forbearance, and can use the strong as a teacher, so they can't be underestimated.

He nodded and said: "This matter is naturally a good thing, but I have not yet popularized education in Luzon, and the Honglu Temple, which is in charge of foreign affairs, is still under construction, so this matter can only be discussed afterwards." ”

"Today, you wait to go to the table first, and then you and I will negotiate the matter of trade, and then we will go to Edo to ask the Tokugawa family for the seal after you are busy here."

At present, the Tokugawa shogunate has closed off the country, and although Chinese merchants and Dutch merchants are allowed to trade, they must be issued by the shogunate.

However, compared to the Dutch, Chinese merchants were less constrained and could trade almost as they pleased.

Japan lived alone overseas, and it was already necessary to supplement domestic supplies through trade, and the Tokugawa shogunate was quite aware of this.

However, Luzon's plan was not just to ask for permission to do business, and although it was unlikely that he would rely on such a fleet to coerce the shogunate, it would be okay to negotiate some more favorable conditions on this basis.

On the Sun Wu, several tables and chairs were quickly erected, and You Degao and Shimazu Hisatsu each signed the "Treaty of Kagoshima" drafted by Luzon.

At this time, Shimazu Hisatsu did not know that it was this treaty he signed that marked the official break between the Shimazu family and the Tokugawa family.

For more than a decade after that, the Shimazu family, who had been kidnapped by Luzon's economic and trade interests, had to slowly become the vanguard of Luzon's development of Japan, which laid the foundation for Japan's loss of the country.

This is also the reason why Liu Ximing personally chose the Shimazu family, as the main promoter of the Shogunate movement in later generations, at this time, the Satsuma Domain and the Nagasu Domain and other foreign daimyo were already disagreeing with the Tokugawa Shogunate because of the reduction and suppression.

He just pushed the boat down the river.