"Your Excellency, the Zheng family's ship has sailed out of port." Matsuura Dong looked at Nabeshima Katsushige, who had a serious face in front of him, and said respectfully. But in front of him, he seemed to be able to see Zheng Lian's angry appearance, and he was worried for a while.

As the son of the Matsuura family of the Hirado Domain, the Matsuura clan has a very close relationship with the Zheng family, and his father Matsuura Zhenxin has a close relationship with Zheng Zhilong.

Not to mention that Tagawa Matsu has a good relationship with Matsuura Shin's mother, Mrs. Matsutoin, so much so that rumors have spread that she is the adopted daughter of the Matsuura family. The Matsuura family was also an important trading partner of the Zheng family in Japan, and the Tagawa mother and son were also cared for by the Matsuura family over the years.

Now that the Zheng family has sent someone to pick it up, the Matsuura family is naturally going to be swept up. It's normal for Matsuura to appear in front of Nabeshima Katsushige.

Nabeshima Katsushige was a general at the end of the Warring States period, and he is now seventy years younger. Unlike his father, Naoshige Nabeshima, who chose to retire directly, Katsushige, Nabeshima, who is not young, has always firmly grasped the real power in the domain, and is the current commander of the Nagasaki garrison. When the Edo shogunate was first established, Nabeshima Katsushige was appointed as the Nagasaki Imperial Officer, but Nagasaki was not yet in Nagasaki at that time. Later, Japan was completely closed to the rest of the country, and even the Dutch merchant house was moved to Nagasaki, and the Saga Nabeshima family and the Kuroda family of the Fukuoka domain alternately took charge of the security work in Nagasaki.

Zheng Zhilong was a figure that the shogunate had always been concerned about. According to the shogunate's regulations, all Chinese and Dutch ships that came to Japan for trade were required to submit reports on the overseas world situation to the shogunate when they entered Nagasaki's port, and a special agency was set up to collect and organize these reports. This kind of written submission of information and information is called a wind story in Japanese, and the leader is Nagasaki.

At present, there are two people in charge of the Nagasaki commission, and it will increase to four people in the future, and the wind storytelling will be systematically sorted out and then transferred from the Nagasaki commission to Edo!

With the exception of a few Nagasaki daimyo daimyo of the foreign domain, the others were all banners of 10,000 stone or less.

This was the check and balance that the Edo shogunate had always pursued to select practical officials from among the low-ranking samurai and to exclude the feudal lords from the shogunate.

Therefore, although the little book is closed to the country, their understanding of the outside world has not stopped. They knew very well that Zheng Zhilong's strength was stronger than before. The Manchu Tatars, who beat the Ming State unwanted, repeatedly suffered losses under his men, and even won the big man in one fell swoop, forcing the Dutch to submit to it.

"So what? You know Zheng Zhilong's power, and the Dutch are not his opponents. If we in Japan do not have the handle to restrain him, how can we deal with it in the event of a conflict in the future? Nabeshima Katsushige said that he didn't care if the Zheng family's ship set sail.

He also thought of Zheng Lian's angry appearance, but he felt so uncomfortable. What if you are angry? Don't you still endure it obediently?

Japan is a very important trading partner of the Zheng family, and Zheng Lian does not dare to be presumptuous at all.

"And are we doing it wrong? The general has clearly issued an order to explicitly prohibit Chinese people from going abroad and prohibiting Chinese people who are abroad from returning to China, is my decision against the general's will? Or do you ignore the general's orders in order to marry Zheng Zhilong? ”

Matsuura Dong hurriedly pleaded guilty, such a sin was not something their small Matsuura family could bear.

From the 10th year of Kanei (1633) to the 16th year of Kanei (1639), the Tokugawa shogunate issued a total of five "national closure decrees", which basically included: prohibiting the spread of Catholicism in Japan, prohibiting Japanese people from going abroad, and not allowing Japanese people and merchant ships from other countries to return to Japan, except for the Netherlands and China, and the scope of activities of Dutch and Chinese merchant ships was limited to Nagasaki.

That's not a joke.

It was the Dutch who were able to be opened to the net, and it was also the reason why they promised the shogunate to abandon their missionary work. He also did not support any missionary activities, and also supported the shogunate's efforts to suppress religious uprisings in exchange for the shogunate's trust. However, the shogunate was not completely at ease with the Dutch, and in addition to stipulating that they could only do business in Nagasaki, they also limited their residence to a small island (Dejima) outside the port of Nagasaki, stipulating that they were not allowed to come into contact with the Japanese people, and that they were subject to strict inspections when they entered and exited.

Therefore, compared with the Netherlands, the treatment of Chinese in Japan is already higher. Not only could the Chinese marry Japanese wives, but the shogunate also set up a Tang Pavilion for immigrant merchants to live in.

But Nabeshima Katsushige forbade the Tagawa clan to go to China on the grounds that "Japanese women do not enter the Central Plains", and he really didn't take chicken feathers as an arrow.

It's just that he thinks he has a plan, but he would never have thought that Zheng Zhilong has already changed the kernel now.

The Anping Spring in March was bright, and Zheng Zhilong enjoyed a rare comfortable life. Because now he doesn't even have to move his brain.

The situation in the South Seas is developing in a good direction, whether it is Annam or Angkor, or Siam and Burma, or Sulu, Brunei and other countries, these countries are facing the threat of foreign Western powers, the Portuguese and Spaniards have been ravaging the South Seas since a hundred years ago, making them very frightened of foreigners.

Now that China's time-honored umbrella company has opened, these countries, regardless of their true feelings for Zheng Zhilong, are all very enthusiastic.

At least by doing so, you've bought a 'talisman'.

It can be said that in addition to some troubles in the Malay Peninsula, Zheng Zhilong is now going to Xinzhou to collect protection fees, and the land kings of those countries will definitely come in a hurry.

As for Jinling and the Central Plains, Jiangnan's scolding has stopped, and the court is already discussing whether to reorganize an embassy to go north, but just as Zheng Zhilong expected, few people dare to continue to go to Yanjing. On the contrary, many people wrote to Zheng Zhilong, asking for a secret recipe to prevent smallpox, and Zheng Zhilong would hand over the cowpox if he lacked the heart.

There's no technical content in fart, won't the Tartar be used immediately?

And the situation in the Central Plains has not changed much. The war in western Jin is still ongoing, and although Li Zicheng is attacked from many sides, he is still stable. Of course, hidden dangers have also emerged.

Huguang's Zuo Liangyu successfully killed Xiangyang City, and joined up with Yunyang's Gao Doushu, but hundreds of thousands of troops were trapped under the strong city, and Bai Wang still guarded Xiangyang City steadily.

Zuo Liangyu is no longer attacking the city now, and he hasn't even blocked the road to the north, just waiting for Bai Wang to abandon the city and flee north.

Because Haoge defeated Liu Fangliang and Guo Sheng, and the three mansions in northern Henan were taken by Haoge, Guo Sheng did not go to Guanzhong, but chose to continue to insist in Qilu, while Liu Fangliang fled to Heluo.

Luoyang, Tongguan can be close at hand, Li Zicheng hurriedly transferred Li Yan, who assisted Li Guo in Taiyuan, to Heluo, preparing to use the factor that Li Yan is a person from the Central Plains to defend Heluo.

Now Li Zicheng's situation is also difficult, his territory seems to be still very large, but he has almost lost all the rich land in his hands, if only Guanzhong and the northwest are left, he may not have food for the army in the coming year.

Therefore, holding half of Jinxi, holding Heluo, and guarding Xiangyang will keep the future of the Dashun Dynasty. And if it can't be defended, then the great northwest will not be able to protect it. Who called that place too barren? Even the Central Plains, Qilu, and Beizhili, which have been chaotic for a long time, are not as good.

Li Zicheng dug a pit for himself before and asked him not to collect taxes for three years, but now he fell into the pit and couldn't climb out.

But in the short term, Li Zicheng can still support it. Zuo Liangyu obviously didn't want to lose his strength, and Xiangyang City was not ordinarily strong, so the left army only surrounded Xiangyang and did not fight, this is hoping that after the Tartars could capture Heluo, he would sit back and enjoy his success.

Once the Dashun army loses Heluo, Ruzhou and Nanyang are difficult to keep, Bai Wang does not want to become a lone army, and the best way is to abandon Xiangyang City and run back to Wuguan as soon as possible.

It's just that in this way, Li Zicheng's territory in the Central Plains was completely lost. If the battle in western Jin is lost again, and the Qing army makes persistent efforts, while storming Tongguan, while detouring through Mongolia and killing from north to south, can Li Zicheng resist it?

If he can't resist it, he just wants to abandon the northwest and go south, and it will be difficult to go down to Huguang.

Wuguan, Tongguan, and Hanzhong are very convenient when defending, but they are also very troublesome when they want to come out. If you don't do it well, you will become a turtle in an urn.

But if he resists, how long can Li Zicheng hold on?

As for the ruined land in the northwest, as well as the three years of no taxes he preached, I don't know if the military consumption of the Dashun army is sufficient.

All in all, Li Zicheng's situation is not good-looking, and he is attacked in several directions, and everyone is targeted.

But it is also difficult for the Qing army to take Li Zicheng neatly, looking at Datong and Taiyuan, aren't they still firmly in the hands of the Shun army.

The Southern Route Army led by Haoge is now divided into two, and it is difficult to attack Qilu on the one hand and run the Central Plains on the other. At least at the moment, the troops are definitely insufficient, and it is difficult to say when they will be able to take Heluolai.

Under such a general trend, Zheng Zhilong has no room to use his brains.

You can 'see' it with a glance.

Although the general trend of the world is very considerate of human brain cells, it is more about hard power, isn't it? Imagine that Li Zicheng was replaced by Nanming, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the first target was Emperor Chongzhen, and hundreds of thousands of troops fought all the way down the canal, and now it is to enter Lingnan and kill the whole of China, Zheng Zhilong is not unusual.

As for the Qilu region, Guo Sheng's strength is limited, and now he has given up Dongchang Mansion and guarded Jinan Mansion with Liu Zeqing. Zheng Zhilong is now waiting for the news of the fall of Jinan Mansion.

Guo Sheng actually pulled Liu Zeqing in, and didn't look at what kind of goods this was? Seeing that the situation is not good, he can turn his face and deny people, if he doesn't sell Jinan City, Zheng Zhilong can deduct his own tricks.

Zheng Zhilong, who was so 'convinced' of Liu Zeqing's betrayal, was obviously influenced by the history of his previous life, but the change in the situation in Qilu also illustrated the fact that the war in Qilu was about to start.

Jinan Mansion is followed by Qingzhou and Yanzhou, Shi Kefa does not let Liu Zhaoji go north, and the strength of Yanzhou Mansion is obviously unable to stop the Tartars.

That Qufu's Kong Yinzhi is afraid that he will also lick his ugly face to stage ugly dramas everywhere, what kind of persuasion is indispensable.

And what about Qingzhou?

Li Shiyuan is very good, and He Yongqing also knows the general situation, but when the Tartars really kill Qingzhou, then the general trend must have become a general trend. With Kong Yinzhi's kneeling and licking, can the Tartars not be arrogant and arrogant?

Zheng Zhilong has already asked Zheng Zhiguan to stare at the Kong family tightly, once Kong Yinzhi kneels and licks the tartar, the statue of the old master Kong with a pigtail of money and rat tail will be spread all over the world, not only can the Kong family be ashamed, but the scholars will also be humiliated.

However, in such a situation, Zheng Zhilong really doesn't even need to turn his brain around.

Therefore, he was really blessed during this time, and deeply experienced the decadent and degenerate life of the feudal aristocracy.

Until Zheng Lian came to ask him for guilt!

"Father, the child asks for his life, and he is willing to carry the army and go to Japan to welcome back his mother and brother." Hearing that the Edo shogunate would not let go, Zheng Sen's eyes turned red.