Shoichi Matsunaga traveled in the territory of the Ming Dynasty for two years, and although his Chinese language is still a little lame, his knowledge of the Ming Dynasty is very far-reaching.

He knew that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the real emperor and had supreme power, unlike Fuso, the emperor was just a puppet, and it was the shogunate that really held power, and if the shogunate was weak, it would not be able to control the ambitious daimyo everywhere.

The current Fusang is like a small country, which is very similar to the Warring States of the Han people. Unlike Fusang, even if the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty declined, the power would not be released, but was firmly controlled by the ministers of the imperial court, which was the benefit of centralization, which the Ming Dynasty did very well.

He knew that there were many feudal kings in the Ming court, and these feudal kings had fiefs, guards, and the right to pay taxes in the fiefdoms, just like a country within a country, which was very similar to the daimyo of Fusang, but unlike the daimyo, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had the military and financial power of the fiefdoms, but the power was still in the hands of the imperial court, that is to say, the imperial court could set up officials in the fiefdoms of the feudal kings to supervise the actions of the feudal kings. This is wonderful in Shoichi Matsunaga's opinion.

The separation of military, finance, and political powers and mutual constraints is a stroke of genius to maintain local stability and curb the ambitions of local vassal kings! Shoichi Matsunaga compared Fuso and found that if the shogunate could also divide the three powers of the local daimyo and delegate control of local finances to officials, the shogunate's position would not be shaken for a hundred years.

It's a pity that the shogun of this generation of shogunate is a fool, and even the little power in his hands has been seized by his subordinates, let alone centralized power.

The young man who had a wicked smile must have been a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty, and Shoichi Matsunaga was convinced of this, because that man's bearing was not something that a pirate or a merchant could have. Shoichi Matsunaga even guessed that the man was likely to be the son of a local vassal king in the Ming court, because that man's subordinates were very lethal, which was a special system that only the military had, and the vassal king had a personal guard in his hands......

Guess a little deeper, from the river to the sea, along the river of the Ming Dynasty, the fief in the middle, can have some power on the ship is only King Ning of Nanchang! Thinking of King Ning, Shoichi Matsunaga's expression was a little strange, according to his understanding of King Ning's lineage, after King Ning was crowned, he also had an army, known as "80,000 armor and 6,000 leather carts", but then I don't know what reason was pit by the emperor at that time, not only changed the fief, but also reduced the military horses, which was so stupid that it made people feel distressed.

After positioning Cao Wei as the prince of King Ning in his heart, Song Yongxiang was clear about the other party's reluctance to reveal his true identity, and he felt that if he was in the other party's position, he would also keep his identity strictly secret, otherwise it would be a big trouble once it was leaked, and it was a big taboo for a royal child to appear outside the fief with soldiers and horses.

And it is precisely because the other party is unwilling to reveal his identity that Matsunaga Xiang is more at ease, because the reluctance to reveal his identity means that the other party does not want to be involved too deeply, which means that the other party wants not land but property! People are the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, so they shouldn't occupy the territory of other countries.

Shoichi Matsunaga's guess was unreasonable, but what he didn't know was that the real situation was precisely unreasonable, and it was unthinkable that a marquis would be able to lead an army to run around the sea and kill him.

And Cao Wei's identity is also very embarrassing, a marquis with troops is so reckless, I am afraid that the hat of leading the soldiers to rebel will be buckled down, if the imperial historians in the court know about it, they will immediately be like dogs walking into the thatched house, and they will only do three things when they are crazy: scolding, impeachment, and death!

So Cao Wei didn't plan to tell Shoichi Matsunaga about his identity. Now there are only two people in the Wa Kingdom who know Cao Wei's identity, one is Toyotomi Shunyi, and the other is Ma Peizhe, Cao Wei doesn't think that these two people will reveal their identities, Toyotomi Shunyi will not, and Ma Peizhe will not dare.

Silk was very popular among the nobility of the Wa Kingdom, and Shoichi Matsunaga liked the black satin robe he wore most now, and the Fuso nobility valued black. He stood on the city wall, and to his right and left stood two short warriors, these two men with gray hair and thin bodies, but they were full of energy, and their eyes were like torches, and each of them carried three knives behind their backs, plus a short knife stuck in their waists, a total of four, and it was said that they could cut thirty-two knives in an instant, and in a short time they could separate the flesh and bones of a person.

They are the enshrined samurai of the Matsunaga clan, and when Shoichi Matsunaga was an hour, he was sent to his side to protect his safety, and he shared the honor and disgrace with Shoichi Matsunaga, lived and died together, and was the most trusted person of Shoichi Matsunaga. There were no more than ten samurai of this kind in the Matsunaga clan.

The walls were full of drunken samurai lying on the ground, some of whom were even drunk and holding the jar of wine in their arms. Dozens of samurai stood straight around Shoichi Matsunaga with swords in their hands, their expressions respectful.

"Childe, do you really want to do this? Once that's the case, there's no going back......"

Matsunaga Xiang turned around and glanced at the city guards who were already drunk and lying all over the ground, and said expressionlessly: "There is no way out, now is the best opportunity, if you miss it, I, Matsunaga Xiang, will no longer hope for the position of the famous lord in this life."

Over the years, you have secretly trained samurai for me, recruited ronins, and managed to accumulate 800 people with all your might, although these 800 samurai have been trained by you to be extremely fierce and disciplined, but you still can't take the position of famous lord with them, and now there is a strong external force that can help me, how can I refuse?

I didn't hesitate to turn my face with my eldest brother, and it took 10,000 gold to buy Emperor Go-Daigo's saber and give it to Azu, who liked it very much and gave me his own saber, but that's all!

These days I have figured out a truth, in the past, Azu connived at me, almost the same as the eldest brother, I secretly accumulated power, and he also knew, but he never said anything, which made me think that I also had a chance, but until I sent the knife that day, I understood, the reason why Azu indulged me so much was to turn me into a whetstone, and sharpen the eldest brother's knife quickly......"

Matsunaga Xiang's face gradually distorted, and he said in a deep voice: "I can understand Azu's this, he wants to pass on the position of the famous lord to the eldest prince, so that the Matsunaga clan will not continue to fight in the future...... However, I, Shoichi Matsunaga, am not reconciled! Azu gave me hope but wanted to despair.

My eldest brother is like that, can he keep the Matsunaga clan? In the past, the daimyo in Kyushu were constrained by each other, and no one dared to move, so there was a relative balance, and now Toyotomi Shunyi was born, and wanting to live a stable life is tantamount to suicide!

Do you know what Azu thinks? He wanted to surrender when Toyotomi Shunyi led his troops to attack, and he said that he used to be a retainer of the Toyotomi clan, and he would not be ashamed to be a retainer of the Toyotomi clan in the future! Such stupid words simply drive me crazy, how can Toyotomi Shunyoshi trust and tolerate a person who has betrayed before? If Azu really surrenders, it is unlikely that the Matsunaga clan will want to lay down the power in their hands and live a stable life.

It seems that years of luxurious life have completely destroyed the courage and pride of a samurai, Azu is old, too old to see the road ahead, and needs my support, so what I did is not wrong, there is no mistake.

My eldest brother also had two worship warriors around him to protect his life, and I knew that Azu didn't want me to die, and he didn't want my eldest brother to die, so he specially chose the best worship warrior in the clan to protect us when we were young. I won't kill my eldest brother after I succeed, so I will let him accompany Azu to take care of his old age, and let them see how I will write the Matsunaga clan's clan emblem on Kyushu...... Achabe, Hayakawase, when I become a famous lord, reward the two of you with the surname of the Matsunaga clan, and help me sort out the samurai who control the Matsunaga clan! ”

The two samurai behind him glanced at each other, and they could feel the joy in each other's eyes, compared to the samurai who controlled the Matsunaga clan, they cared more about that surname, in Fuso, there were only a few people with a surname, and even fewer could have a noble surname, and with the Matsunaga surname, they were no longer the slaves of the Matsunaga clan, but the masters of the Matsunaga clan.

"Shed the last drop of blood for Childe!" This great glory caused the two to bow down immediately.

Shoichi Matsunaga helped them up and said, "What is the situation in the city now?" ”

"Our samurai have been sent into the city in batches and planted everywhere, and once launched, they will control most of the samurai under the Grand Prince...... It's already the limit to do this, there are still many samurai in the hands of the famous lord, and they are guarding around the famous lord's mansion, and there are still too few samurai in our hands......"

"Then let's light the fire and let our friends enter the city, Sagara has been calm for so long, it's time for some movement......"

"Yes!"

A moment later, two torches were lit on the head of Sagara Castle, which was extremely dazzling in the dark night. Outside the castle, a dark shadow flickered, and when they quietly arrived at the gate, they pushed it open with a slight push, and a large group of people rushed in, and it didn't take long for the screams to be heard from Sagara Castle......

Shoichi Matsunaga stood on the city wall, looking at the castle with a calm face, listening to the various sounds coming from the castle, he felt that this was the best song he had ever heard in his life.