However, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not welcome Zheng Zhilong's arrival at all.

As the third shogun of the Edo shogunate, he has been in power for thirteen years since the death of his father, Tokugawa Hidetada, in the eighth year of Kanei (1632).

It was he who established the political system of the Edo shogunate, the old man, the Wakanian sei, the Shogunate, and the Ometsu, and it was he who revised the "Laws of the Samurai Family" and imposed an obligation on the lords and daimyo to pay tribute to them. It was he who established the rules of Nagasaki's trade, strengthened the suppression of monotheistic religions, put down the Shimabara Rebellion with harsh measures, and completed the policy of seclusion.

In the history of Japan in the past life, Tokugawa Iemitsu was an important figure and the final finalist of the Edo shogunate system, and the prestige of the Tokugawa shogunate reached its peak in his hands.

And such a person is naturally a powerful person. However, it is strange that such a powerful person suddenly has to face the suppression of another more powerful person, so he can feel better.

Zheng Zhilong, who won the Battle of Nagasaki with an absolute advantage, and then swept the Saga Domain by the naval army, captured and destroyed Saga Castle, and swept away the Nabeshima family's family, was a standard villain in the eyes of Tokugawa Iemitsu.

This wicked guest is coming, will it be good?

It's a pity that Tokugawa Iemitsu, who has a strong personality, is powerless to stop such a villain from coming. Who said that Edo Bay is still very "flat at this moment"?

Historically, Shinagawa Odaiba (Fort) in Edo was not until the end of the shogunate, a year after the attack of the black ships, and the incident aroused the sense of crisis on the part of the shogunate, so it was specially commissioned to entrust the acting officer of Nirayama of Izu Kunitakata Gun, Egawa Hideryu (Egawa Taro Saemon), to start building the fort in Edo Bay in the same year.

At this time, Edo Bay was a blank and undefended place, and Zheng Zhilong led the fleet directly to Tokugawa Iemitsu's doorstep.

Although the shogunate had amassed a large number of troops on the shore, it was a bird's use.

Don't forget what kind of material Japanese architecture was made of this period, it was all wood, wood.

Zheng Zhilong only needs a cannonball to enter the castle town, hehe, if the entire Edo is not burned out, half of it can be burned, believe it or not? (Edo Castle under the Tokugawa family was plagued by frequent fires, and during the 267 years of the shogunate, there were 49 fires and 1,798 fires in 1601.)

"Yaga, Yaga-" Holding the knife, he slashed the table. Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes were bloodshot.

Shame, this is a great shame that he has never had in his life.

But this shogun, who is the same age as Zheng Zhilong, hides a deep sense of powerlessness under his irascible appearance at the moment.

In the face of Zheng Zhilong's threat, he was completely powerless to resist.

Even if he has 80,000 horses, it is useless.

Without enough warships, the shogunate couldn't help Zheng Zhilong at all, but Zheng Zhilong had enough methods to make the shogunate uncomfortable.

Looking at the letter from the town of Matsuura, if it weren't for Zheng Zhilong's 'scruples' about his friendship with Tokugawa Iemitsu, he (Zheng Zhilong) would have asked his subordinates to take people to Sado Island, and then go to Iwami Ginzan by the sea for a visit.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was uncomfortable and wanted to vomit blood. Zheng Zhilong: This is a strong threat, okay?

"What exactly does he want?"

This humiliation had to be swallowed by the shogunate, even though it had enough to shake Japan and shake its rule. But this bitter fruit, Tokugawa Iemitsu must also swallow it. And be quick.

Solving the problem in the shortest possible time is the best way to smooth out the impact.

If Zheng Zhilong was to be asked to take the fleet to roam the coast of Japan for a year and a half, that would be the real trouble.

And he also believed that Zheng Zhilong had no intention of starting a complete war with the shogunate, otherwise he would not have swept the Saga Domain, so he would have come directly to Edo.

He didn't even leave a single soldier in Nagasaki, and released the tens of thousands of feudal soldiers who had been captured before. Of course, some of the children of the nobility were still detained by him.

But it was precisely Zheng Zhilong's behavior of leading troops directly to Edo that made Tokugawa Iemitsu puzzled.

Zheng Zhilong's move in Nagasaki was to reconcile with Japan, right? So why did you come to Edo with such a bang? Wouldn't it be nice if the two sides reached a settlement agreement in Nagasaki themselves? More conciliatory, isn't it?

Matsuura Zhenxin's face flushed with bitterness, "Your Excellency the General forgives you." Zheng Jun really has the intention of reconciling with Japan, and he also very much agrees with the lockdown decree you have formulated. It's just that he thinks that the lockdown order you made is too harsh for people who make a living overseas. Therefore, it is necessary to ask you for a special order to allow Kazuto who served under him to return to his hometown to visit relatives and friends.

At the same time, it is believed that there are too many lower-class samurai in the Japanese people who have no food and clothing, and their lives are too poor, which will not be conducive to your rule and the stability of society. So I beg you to make another special order to allow him to recruit some poor low-class samurai from Japan every year. ”

"For this reason, he came to Edo in a special way."

The samurai class in Japan had certain social privileges, but these people suffered too much compared to the children of the Manchu Eight Banners in the same period of history.

In the Edo period, the name of the flag was "Hachimoto 80,000 horses", but the actual number was less than 5,000, and the following members of the imperial family included about 15,600 direct retainers. Among them, there were about 100 people with a height of more than 5,000 koku, and about 200 or 300 koku or more, and these people were either able to serve as close attendants and retinues at the shogun's side, or they were civil and military officials in Edo Castle and other prefectures. More than ninety percent of the banners have manor territories with an output value of less than 500 stones.

That is to say, more than ninety percent of the flags (the flag is called a servant and a sergeant in the domain, and the imperial family is called an apprentice and a corporal in the domain) receives about 200 taels of genmai (about 3,600 liters of brown rice or about 5,400 kg of brown rice, and the density of rice is 0.75 kg/dm3) every year as expenses for himself and the other 12 families (ashigaru, etc., calculated based on 500 koku military service, excluding horse food). If a family of five is calculated, the average person can get 90 kilograms of brown rice as a year's income.

Compared with the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who were also forbidden brigades in the same period, two to four taels of silver per month, 24 to 48 taels of white rice per year (960 kg ~ 1920 kg of polished rice, 192 ~ 384 kg of rice per capita in five mouths, equivalent to 288 ~ 576 kg of brown rice per capita), in addition to more than ten acres to dozens of acres of fields, rations and forage for family members stationed abroad, and food for the expedition, Yu Ding and young Ding under the age of 16 were given 1.5 taels of silver per month. Moreover, in addition to preparing for war, the children of the Eight Banners did not have any other miscellaneous things such as the Japanese flags, and the days of the two were really worlds apart.

So, don't be influenced by the media, and video games, and have any unrealistic fantasies about the life of the samurai in the Shogunate and the Sengoku period before it. Lower-class samurai who could not afford to use stacked mats (禢禢米) and pawn swords to make a living abound in Japan.

This was not only for the Tokugawa family, but also for the samurai class under the daimyo in many other places.

Zheng Zhilong has now set his sights on these lower-level warriors. Just like Kenji Ono next to him.

In today's Japan, the samurai in the middle and upper classes are waste, and there are a lot of waste among the samurai in the lower class, but there are always some usable people. Hiring these people would not only expand his military resources, but also strengthen his influence in Japan.

"And then, then? What else does he want, you can say it together. Zheng Zhilong's letter to Tokugawa Iemitsu did not contain any requirements, and he was carried by the ship, all the way to Matsuura Town, Edo Bay, and Nobu was his real messenger.

As soon as Matsuura Zhenxin said this, he buried his head in the ground, and his ass was eager to pout.

Now the Tokugawa Iemitsu people are going to be angry.

Zheng Zhilong, what is this?

He just decided that he would change the lockdown for a few years, which was a slap in the face.

"The General's anger is at ease." Matsuura Zhenxin hurriedly knelt down, and several old middlemen on the side, such as Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Abe Tadaaki, also knelt on the ground.

The lord humiliated the ministers to death, and now they are not wronged by the old ones who are in service one by one. Therefore, everyone hates the old man Nabeshima Katsushige in their hearts.

"Say!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu's breath was really irritable.

Because he got a message from Matsuura Zhenxin's reaction, Zheng Zhilong, the birdman, really had other requirements.

"Say."

Tokugawa Iemitsu roared.

Even if Zheng Zhilong's next request was to take his own life, Tokugawa Iemitsu felt that he was fully mentally prepared.

"Lord General, Zheng Zhilong also hopes that his second son, the second son of the Tagawa clan, the fifteen-year-old Tagawa Nanazaemon can become a respected daimyo, even if it is a daimyo with very little height."

Matsuura Zhenxin said that he had left the man and fell to the ground tightly. Although he was very puzzled by Zheng Zhilong's intention to do this, because Zheng Zhilong had mentioned to him a place he wanted, which was really unexpected.

But the subconscious told him that Zheng Zhilong was probably not well-intentioned. Not to mention that this kind of request is really excessive.

Tokugawa Iemitsu shook for a moment, he never expected Zheng Zhilong to make such a request, which really shocked him more than to drop his head.

"Daimyo? Where's the daimyo? Did he want a daimyo in Nagasaki or an Edo daimyo? ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu jumped out of his teeth word by word, and a chill all over his body made Matsuura Town cry bitterly.

"The general is angry, what Zheng Zhilong wants is Ezo." Matsuura Zhenxin, who was deeply afraid that he would be slashed by Tokugawa Iemitsu, didn't even dare to call Zheng Zhilong 'Jun' at this time.

"Ezo?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu was like a man who found his wife lying in the same bed with someone else in disheveled clothes, and when he was so angry that he was about to carry a knife and kill the adulterer, he was stunned to find that the person was also a woman.

The voices have changed.

I want to be angry, but I can't help the surprise in my heart, and even a hint of joy.

Ezo is a desolate wilderness that is not looked upon by the Tokugawa family.

The Matsumae clan of the Matsumae clan is classified as a daimyo without Ishitaka, which is evident from this.

In addition, the Matsumae Domain in Ezo has been cultivated for more than 100 years, and its main sphere of influence is still the Wajinchi (an area where Japanese people gather) in the southern part of the Toshima Peninsula. You know, when the Matsumae clan was still the Oyster Clan, they had already cultivated it there.

The territory assigned to the Matsumae Domain by the Edo Shogunate was much larger than the Toshima Peninsula, covering most of the Ezo region. With the exception of Higashi-Ezo (the part of Hokkaido along the Pacific Ocean), Ezo and its surrounding islands were under the jurisdiction of the Matsumae Domain. However, due to the large number of Ainu people living in the area, the Matsumae clan was not able to manage it effectively.

Now Zheng Zhilong is going to install his son in Ezo, which is too unexpected by Tokugawa Iemitsu.

When he first heard Matsuura Zhenxin's words, he thought that Zheng Zhi Gentian was fat and eyeing Nagasaki.

"Yo Xi ......"

Ezo, this Zheng Zhilong obviously has other plans, but in any case, this is better than the situation he imagined.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's anger subsided a lot after this interruption. "Yours, get up."

He said to Matsuura Jinshin that he was about to put the knife back into its sheath, and Tokugawa Iemitsu calmed down.

"Huh? Why haven't you gotten up yet? ”

Shivering, Matsuura Jinshin trembling. "The general atonements, then Zheng Zhilong still has one last request......"