As soon as Zheng Zhibao heard it, he knew that there was a play to be played. So, he also immediately went out to greet him.

If it were a change of time, with the respect of the second-ranked person in the shogunate, he would definitely not wait at the door, even if he came to the Zheng Mansion, he would come in directly. Now he is waiting at the door, nothing more than something to ask for the Zheng family.

Sure enough, when Zheng Zhibao arrived at the door, Matsudaira Nobutsuna showed great respect for the Zheng family, and entered the Zheng Mansion with great joy, and then, chatting and chatting, the conversation suddenly changed, and he said to Zheng Zhibao: "I heard that it is not easy for an official to be an official in the Ming Kingdom, why don't you come to my country?" The general has long admired the name of an official, as long as an official serves my country, he will definitely sweep the couch to greet him! ”

"Ah......" Zheng Zhibao pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly said with a grateful look, "It is valued by the general, and my eldest brother must be very grateful." However, I guess my eldest brother may not come to the Wa Kingdom, after all, my Zheng family's foundation is in the southeast of the Ming Kingdom. Please tell the Shogun about this, and I will tell you for sure, but ......"

Zheng Zhilong is a delicate person in all directions, doing maritime business, for the Japanese side, even if he closes off the country, his Zheng family is fine, which shows that he also has a business with the Tokugawa shogunate on weekdays and wins the favor of the shogunate. However, as for Zheng Zhilong's reaction, the Tokugawa shogunate also estimated that Zheng Zhibao's answer was as expected by them.

Therefore, although Zheng Zhibao didn't finish his words, Matsudaira Nobutsuna knew what he wanted to say, so he smiled and said disappreciatively: "It's okay, it's okay, understand, understand." In fact, this official is more puzzled, an official is across the sea, and the Ming Kingdom is powerless at all, why does an official want to take refuge in the Ming court and be restrained and angry? ”

With Zheng Zhilong's current maritime power, including Xiyi, he didn't dare to provoke Zheng Zhilong at all, and he had to listen to Zheng Zhilong in order to mix in the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty. Such a huge force, if the officials of the state of explanation are not clear, as an island country, the country of Wa is clear.

Hearing Matsudaira Nobutsuna's question, Zheng Zhibao sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't, my brother was helpless!" If you can have a good relationship with the imperial court, you will naturally be able to make a lot more. Otherwise, if the court wants to make trouble, although my Zheng family is not afraid, it will affect the business to some extent. ”

Speaking of this, he laughed at himself and said to Matsudaira Nobutsuna: "Who will have trouble with money, don't you say?" ”

Hearing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna smiled. How is Zheng Yiguan a person, they have a number, and now they dominate the southeast of the Ming Kingdom, and they don't know how much protection fees are charged every year, and they have also heard about it. Zheng Zhibao's answer was as they expected.

Therefore, Matsudaira Nobutsuna smiled and said to Zheng Zhibao: "Since the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has no way, why don't you rebel, even if the business is affected for a while, the general's side can promise to make up for this part." In the future, all the business of my country will be handled by your Zheng family, how about it? ”

"Well......" Zheng Zhibao heard this, pretending to be a little surprised, "It's not like my Zheng family hasn't done anything against the imperial court." However, after all, this matter is very important to my Zheng family. The General's kindness, my Zheng family is very grateful, but this matter is very important, and I don't dare to call the shots! ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna listened, nodded again and again, suddenly his face became solemn, and said to Zheng Zhibao: "I believe you have also heard some rumors, this matter, the official will pick it up." The general is bound to win Korea, and he will send troops within the year. But the Denglai Sailors of the Ming Kingdom are all subordinates of an official, and if they meet on the battlefield when they turn back, this is what the general does not want......"

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Zheng Zhibao's face, and after finding that there was no surprise, he continued: "I believe that the first official knows the maritime strength of our Wa Kingdom. If an official continues to serve the Ming court and fights against Korea with our Wa State, I dare not say anything else, the Zheng family's fleet is not enough to rely on those warships in Liaodong today. Even if the warships were to be transferred from the southeast, they would definitely suffer heavy losses. If the strength of the warship in the hands of the Zheng family is greatly damaged......"

Matsudaira Xingang deliberately paused, and when he saw that Zheng Zhibao's face had finally changed, he felt proud in his heart before he continued: "If you don't know it, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will ask the guilty officials and take the opportunity to take away the foundation of your Zheng family." The fate of an official may not be a good end! ”

Hearing this, there was a "snap", Zheng Zhibao almost startled Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and saw Zheng Zhibao said loudly with indignation: "But no, just now, Emperor Ming felt that Jianyu had no sailors, and my eldest brother was of little use, so he casually found an excuse to dismiss my eldest brother." If you really have to go to Korea and start a war with my Zheng family, my Zheng family's warships in the north will definitely suffer. The dog emperor was furious, and he couldn't have put all the blame for the defeat on my eldest brother's head. And to tell you the truth, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom has long coveted my Zheng family, not only transferred my eldest brother to the north, but also forced my Zheng family to constantly buy grain from Nanyang and give it to the imperial court. ”

If the Zheng family's fleet and the Japanese naval division confront each other head-on, it is really difficult to say whether they will win or lose, and if they leave the southeast coast, they will not be able to win. After all, the sailors of the Wa Kingdom are not comparable to the Jianlu or the North Korean sailors, they are the real sailors of a country, which are far more important and stronger than the Ming Kingdom. Even Zheng Zhibao admits this.

Seeing Zheng Zhibao so angry, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's heart blossomed. The Zheng family is just a pirate, and how much righteousness does the court have? Now it seems that the Zheng family has long been dissatisfied with the imperial court, so there is room for negotiation!

So, in the face of Zheng Zhibao's anger, Matsudaira Nobutsuna also accompanied the verbal criticism of the Ming Kingdom and felt sorry for the Zheng family. In the end, the old saying was repeated, saying that the Wa Kingdom was willing to give the Zheng family the most favored treatment and make the Zheng family's business bigger. There is only one condition, that is, to avoid the competition between the two powers, the Zheng family should not listen to the words of the Ming court in Korea, at most they should be pretentious, and they should not really fight. Otherwise, there would be losses on the warships of the Japanese Kingdom, but the losses of the Zheng family would inevitably be greater.

Hearing this, Zheng Zhibao immediately nodded and said: "How can my Zheng family confront the Japanese State, without the capital to cross the sea, how can I gain a foothold in the future!" At this point, I immediately sent someone to tell my eldest brother, believing that my eldest brother would definitely make the right choice. It's just that...... Just ......"

Hearing that he seemed to be in trouble, Matsudaira Nobutsuna knew that the conditions that the Zheng family should have set for him were still a little unsatisfied. So, he said again: "You tell an official, my general, said that as long as the Zheng family stands by, all the business of our country will be handed over to your Zheng family to make up for the loss." ”

Speaking of this, his face became very solemn, and he said very seriously: "Of course, if your Zheng family rebels against the Ming court, then in the future, my Wa Kingdom and the Jurchens will seize the world of the Ming Kingdom, and I am willing to cede Fujian and Guangdong to an official, so that an official can not only dominate the sea, but even be the emperor himself, how about it?" ”

After saying that, he even showed Tokugawa Iemitsu's handwriting on the spot to show that there will definitely be no fakes in this matter!

Zheng Zhibao was taken aback when he heard this, to be honest, this offer really surprised him.

With the Zheng family's maritime strength, if it is based on the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong, it will definitely dominate one side. Even if you don't have the heart of the north, there is absolutely no problem with going south to the South Seas.

If it is said that the Wa State made this condition before the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and the Wa State and Jianyu would really join forces at that time, Zheng Zhibao believes that maybe he can really tempt the Zheng family.

At that time, not to mention anything else, the Ming Dynasty was full of thieves in the country, and it was impossible to resist the invasion of the prisoners, and then joined a Japanese country, can the Ming Kingdom not lose the country? The Zheng family took advantage of such an opportunity, if they could divide one side, it would definitely be very tempting.

But, at this point, hehe......

Who was the Ming Emperor? As long as they are not blind, just because of their great military exploits, how many people have the courage to oppose it?

Besides, is the emperor good to the Zheng family?

In the past, a pirate like the Zheng family, Wang Zhi in the Jiajing period was a good example. Wang Zhi was willing to surrender to Cheng and accept Zhao'an, but Da Ming still did something untrustworthy and sent him to prison.

However, the current emperor did not discriminate against his background at all, not to mention that the eldest brother became an unprecedented sailor commander-in-chief, just Zheng Sen's nephew, the emperor gave him a name and asked him to be the prince's companion. If there is really discrimination, it is absolutely impossible to become the prince's accompaniment.

What's more, the current Ming Emperor is majestic and ambitious, and it is when the sailor is about to show his skills that he will destroy these when he is crazy.

Besides, can you destroy it even if you want to? The Zheng family's fleet, not to mention the southern Fujian side, at least the Denglai Sailor will definitely not only listen to the Zheng family!

The most important thing is that the emperor has already calculated the plan of you widows. Even if I'm dizzy, I can't form an alliance with you!

However, although Zheng Zhibao thought so in his heart, he did show a look of shock on the surface, and then he couldn't believe it, took Tokugawa Iemitsu's handwritten letter, looked at it carefully, and after confirming it again and again, he said to Matsudaira Nobutsuna with a ecstatic expression: "You won't regret it?" ”

"Amaterasu is above, and I will never regret it!" When Matsudaira Nobutsuna saw this, he was also overjoyed, and immediately swore solemnly.

There was a moment of silence in the room, followed by a loud laugh of wrenchedness.

Subsequently, after some deliberation, the two took separate actions.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's reply to Tokugawa Iemitsu was that the Zheng family wanted Fujian and Guangdong provinces, but in the end, it was up to Zheng Yiguan to make a decision. But nine times out of ten, it's fine.

Hearing this, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't help but laugh, and I will talk about the future later. As long as the Zheng family's fleet did not harass the army going to North Korea in the early stage, the goal had already been achieved.

Naturally, he didn't know that this was a pit dug by Emperor Ming for his Wa Kingdom a long time ago, and he was waiting for him to jump!