Two days later, the Tigers returned to Ryukyu, and the Ryukyu King Shoho was overjoyed to learn that Li Xiao had wiped out all the Satsuma troops on Amami Oshima. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He immediately announced that he would give Li Xiao the largest sulfur mine in the country on the Sakishima Islands, south of the Ryukyu Imperial Castle, to Li Xiao, who would mine and sell it without any interference from the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Subsequently, he collected ingredients throughout the city and held another banquet for Li Xiao's entire army to celebrate his achievements.

After the banquet, Shangfeng Wang Fu had a separate meeting with Li Xiao.

"Uncle Chifeng, Lone told you last time that he had a unique gift for you, but I don't know, is Uncle Chifeng willing to laugh?" King Shang Feng smiled.

"Oh, but I don't know what gift the king wants to give to Benbo?"

The smile on King Shang Feng's face became more and more mysterious, and he whispered, "Uncle Chifeng, have you ever heard of the Japanese liver Fu clan?" “

Li Xiao's heart sank, the name of Liver Fu seemed to be a little familiar, but for a while, he didn't know much about Japanese history, but he couldn't think of it too much.

King Shangfeng saw that Li Xiao was silent, so he gave Li Xiao a brief description of the Japanese liver.

Originally, the Liver Fu clan was a branch of the descendants of the ancient Otomo clan in Japan, and when he was the envoy of the Liver Fu County of Osumi Province, he moved the residence to Yubari Castle in the high mountains of the Liver Fu County, and since then he has changed his name to the Liver Fu clan with the surname of the place.

Before the Warring States Period, the Liver Fu family was powerful, with many soldiers and generals, and it shocked Kyushu Island, and now the strong and arrogant Shimazu family also had to surrender to the Liver Fu family.

With the passage of time, the shape changed, and in the middle of the Warring States period in Japan, the Shimazu clan began to rise, but the liver Fu clan began to decline in a series of civil strife. It's just that at this time, the two families are still an alliance, and there is still an in-law relationship, so they still maintain a superficial reconciliation.

But the ambitious Shimazu clan was not satisfied with the status quo and began to find a way to tear up the alliance and then conquer the liver Fu clan.

As a result, the Shimazu clan carefully planned the "Tsuru-soup" incident.

At that time, the head of the Liver-Fu clan, Liver-Fu Kanesu, and his party went to Satsuma to attend a banquet arranged by the Shimazu family in Kagoshima, and at the banquet, the important minister of the Shimazu family, Ijiin Tadaro, constantly invited the chief retainer of the Liver-Fu family, Yakumaru and the general, and insisted that he eat the pot of boiled crane soup.

It is said that this crane soup is a rare delicacy, but this crane is the family crest of the Liver Fu family, which is equivalent to the spirit bird transformed by the ancestral gods, so the Liver Fu family and his party felt deeply humiliated, and there was a fierce quarrel between the two sides.

And the head of the family continued to pay for it, and after returning, he immediately divorced Anan, the sister of the head of the Shimazu family, and then sent her to the Shimazu family, and the two families completely tore their faces and started a war with each other.

The battle between the Shimazu family and the Liver Fu family lasted for many years, and in the end, the Shimazu army defeated the Liver Fu army in Nishimata Castle, and in January of the following year, the last stronghold of the Liver Fu family, Ushine Castle, fell, and the Liver Fu family saw that the general trend had gone, and the head of the family, Liver Fu Kanliang, and the old Ijichi Shige Hexing and others surrendered to the Shimazu family.

It's just that although the liver Fu clan has surrendered, the Shimazu clan does not stop there in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

As early as more than 10 years ago, after the death of the last generation of the head of the Liver Fu family, Shimazu then annexed all the land of the Liver Fu family, which was a famous family since the Kamakura Shogunate, and finally completely perished.

"So, this liver Fu clan is now extinct and uninhabited?" Li Xiao took a sip of tea and asked lightly.

"Definitely." King Shangfeng said with a smile: "The last head of the Liver Fu clan, Liver Fu Kanji, a year before his death, a concubine was pregnant, in order to save her from the black hands of the Shimazu clan, the already poor Liver Fu Kanji, secretly handed over the edict of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the family seal of the Liver Fu family to the most trusted family old Kawazu Michiku, and asked him to take this concubine to secretly come to my Ryukyu Kingdom. Nagafu Kanji explained to Kawatsu Province in advance, saying that if she gave birth to a woman, if she was naturalized as a Ryukyu national, she would be able to live in peace. If you give birth to a man, you can give him a handwritten letter and a family crest seal, hoping that one day you will have the opportunity to take revenge on the Shimazu clan and revive the liver Fu clan. ”

When King Shang Feng said this, he deliberately paused for a moment, but found that Li Xiao was looking at himself with a smile.

"Ben Bo understands, it turns out that the gift that the king wants to give Ben Bo is the descendant of this liver Fu family."

Listening to Li Xiao's calm words, King Shang Feng smiled and said: "Chifeng Boguo is a little thorough, this young man, named Liver Fu Jianping, is thirteen years old today. Lone wants to know, is Chi Fengbo willing to accept this gift? ”

"Haha, the king gave Li such a big gift, if Li didn't accept it, wouldn't he know what to do?" Li Xiao laughed and bowed to the king of Shangfeng: "This is a great gift that can make Ben Bo firmly gain a firm foothold in Satsuma, Li has thanked the king." ”

The two laughed loudly, and for a while, there was a lot of harmony in the living room.

After leaving the living room, Li Xiao was still smiling.

He knew how much use this young man from the Liver Fu family could be to him.

That is, he can control this boy as a puppet, so that the Tigers can really establish themselves in the Satsuma Domain.

If this young man of the Liver Fu family can be completely controlled by himself, then he can use the excuse of helping the Liver Fu family to restore the domain and conquer the Shimazu clan.

Moreover, this approach has one of the biggest advantages, that is, after the news was passed on to the third shogun of the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu, because the Ming army only helped the descendants of the Liver Fu family to restore the feudal domain, and it was not considered a foreign invasion, although the shogunate would be extremely dissatisfied, but there was no reason to intervene, at most it could only send officials to verify whether the young man's family seal and edict were true. In this way, Li Xiao will gain a foothold in Satsuma by supporting the puppet, and the resistance he will encounter will be greatly reduced.

Li Xiao was very excited to think that from ancient times to the present, the Chinese forces have not been able to get involved in Japan itself, but now he can use such a method to support the puppets to achieve this goal.

After Li Xiao left the meeting room, King Shangfeng and Empress Jun Feng met together and discussed secretly.

"Your Majesty, you used this liver as bait to use this trick to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, but it was very good."

Empress Jun Feng complimented her with a smile on her face, and King Shangfeng's face was even more colorful.

"Alas, there is no way to be lonely, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity now, you can let this Lord Li lead the Great Tomorrow soldiers to wipe out the Shimazu clan of Nasatsuma in one fell swoop and never suffer in the future, in the future, Lord Li will return to the Ming Dynasty, and then Satsuma will take the opportunity to attack again, and my Ryukyu Kingdom will be in danger."

When King Shang Feng said this, the smile on his face had disappeared, but there was a little more sadness: "The lonely king acts like this, and he is also thinking about future generations. If you want to come to the prince, you are soft and cowardly, so you can be mediocre, how to be the opponent of the evil neighbor Satsuma! The Lone King is very old, and it is also the best thing to be able to get rid of the sword that hangs over my Ryukyu Kingdom for him before the great journey. ”

When the queen heard this, she also sighed: "Alas, the king's worries, and the concubines are also relatives. But I don't know, then Lord Li will be dissatisfied with my country when he finds out about my Ryukyu plan in the future? ”

King Shangfeng shook his head: "That's not it, that Lord Li, ambitious, ambitious to swallow thousands of miles, King Gu gave him this puppet of the Liver Fu Clan, so that he has enough reasons to conquer the Satsuma Shimazu Clan, but it is something he can't ask for." ”

King Shangfeng paused, and sighed again: "Although the lonely king and that Lord Li do not have a deep relationship, they feel more and more that this Lord Li is brave and resourceful, and has a strong army in hand, and he is really the tiger general of the Ming Dynasty." The future of this Lord Li is limitless. ”

That night, King Shangfeng asked his subordinates to bring Liver Fu Jianping and the old Chuanjin Dao Advance who was a lonely family to Li Xiao's room together.

Like an ordinary old farmer in the Ryukyu Kingdom, Kawatsu Michitsu immediately took out a wooden box from his bosom, which was old but polished as new, and respectfully handed it to Li Xiao, who was sitting on an official hat chair.

"Lord Li, this is the edict and family seal of my liver Fu family, please take a look at it."

After Kawatsu Dao finished speaking, he bowed and retreated to the side of Naganfu Kanping.

Li Xiao opened the wooden box and looked at the edict and the family seal with great interest, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, it turns out that you are the descendant of the liver Fu family, can you understand Chinese?"

After Li Xiao put the wooden box on the table beside him, he looked up and down and stood in front of him, also dressed entirely as a Ryukyuan man, with an embarrassed and uneasy expression of the thirteen-year-old Liver Fu Kanpei.

Liver Fu Jianping looked up at Li Xiao, his expression was quite afraid, and the Chuanjin Dao on the side hurriedly pulled him, and Liver Fu Jianping nodded and replied respectfully: "Qi Qi Chifeng Bo, who has been growing up in the Ryukyu Kingdom and is very familiar with the Chinese dialect. ”

The humble attitude of Liver Fu Jianping made Li Xiao nod with satisfaction, he pointed to the seat next to him, and motioned for the two of them to sit down and talk.

It's just that Kawajin Dao just stood and didn't dare to sit down, and Liver Fu Jian Ping only sat diagonally for half of his ass.

Li Xiao asked casually again: "Liver Fu and Ping, is your mother still safe?" ”

What Li Xiao didn't expect was that as soon as he finished asking this sentence, Liver Fu Jianping's eyes were red, and the Chuanjin Dao next to him was already kneeling on the ground.

"Lord Li, the master mother, passed away due to overwork a few years ago, and in the past few years, I have been living with the little master."

Li Xiao sighed, and there was obvious sympathy on his face.

It's just that he is secretly thinking in his heart, there is a way that plucked phoenixes are not as good as chickens, and this liver Fu family, who has lost its position, has such a pitiful life in the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is amazing. If it weren't for his own crossing, this young man and this old man who was a lonely family would have been wiped out in the long river of history forever as ordinary Ryukyuan people.

At this time, Kawatsu Dao, who was kneeling on the ground, continued to say to Li Xiao: "Today, the king of the Ryukyus said to Zaixia that Lord Li is willing to send troops to help my liver Fu family drive away Shimazu and retake Satsuma. Such a benevolent and righteous act of Lord Li can be regarded as the reborn parents of my liver Fu family! What I can say to Master Li now is that if Lord Li helps the young master of my family to recapture Satsuma and drive out the Shimazu clan, the young master of my family should always respect Lord Lee. In the land of Satsuma, whether it is the army or trade, my liver Fu family has no objection, it is all up to the adults to deal with! ”

Listening to Chuanjin Dao's respectful statement, Li Xiao had a faint smile on his face.

"Very well, you two can obey Benbo's arrangement like this, Benbo is very happy in his heart. I am a Ming Shangbang, and I should uphold justice for you and help you regain Satsuma! ”

Listening to Li Xiao's words, Chuan Jindao was overjoyed, and he pulled the liver Fu Jianping, who was sitting next to him, and the master and servant were on the ground together, kowtowing and banging.

Li Xiao stood up, helped the two of them up, and returned the wooden box to the liver Fu Kanpei, and then advised: "In two days, you will go north to Satsuma with my Ming official army to crusade against the Shimazu clan!" ”

Chuan Jin Dao predetermined tears in his eyes: "In the next and the young master, only Lord Li's order is obeyed!" ”

The next day, Li Xiao asked the sailors to sail more than 30 captured Japanese ships back to Taiwan. After another two days, the prepared Tiger Army, with the exception of the Sentry Corps of the Second General and the First Sentinel stationed in the Ryukyus, boarded the 110 ships, took with them Kanehei and Kawatsu Michiku, and under the guidance of several guides, sailed north to attack Satsuma.

After a three-day voyage, the army successfully arrived off the coast of Kagoshima, Satsuma. At this time, some patrol ships of the Satsuma Domain, seeing the Ming army ships coming north, were shocked and hurriedly returned to Satsuma to report.

At this time, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the lord of the Satsuma domain, who had just been the lord of the domain for two years, was discussing with his retainers in the castle tower of Tsurumaru Castle, the main city of Satsuma, about mining gold mines and replenishing military resources.

It turned out that since the Shimabara Rebellion a few years ago, Satsuma sent troops to suppress the rebellion, and consumed a lot of military rations and materials, resulting in funds and food being beyond their means. Therefore, in order to recover the losses, the Shimazu family not only forced the Ryukyus to pay tribute to rice, but also prepared to dig gold for military use on Mt. Nagano, the gold mining area of Kagoshima.

Everyone was discussing enthusiastically, and suddenly a personal general, Hua Shan, was in a hurry to report, saying that there was an important military report.

Shimazu Mitsukudon was greatly surprised and hurriedly called him in.

Birakiyama was walking eagerly, kicked at the seam of the tatami mat, and almost fell, but fortunately he quickly stood firm to avoid making a fool of himself.

"What is the military situation, how can you be so flustered and rude." Mitsuhisa Shimazu's voice was very dissatisfied.

As he knelt on his knees and saluted, he said loudly, "Report to the lord of the domain, according to the report from our patrol boat, that in the waters south of Kagoshima, a large number of ships flying the flag of the sun and the moon and the flag of the tiger roaring the sun have appeared, and they are rushing towards our Satsuma domain!" ”

As soon as Huashan said this, the audience was in an uproar.

The old man Shimazu Hisatsu immediately said in a surprised tone: "The Sun and Moon Double Dragon Flag, that is the banner of the Ming Army." Why did they come to our Satsuma Domain? ”

Another old family, Shimazu Jiuqing, frowned and said: "It's strange, even if the Ming army is coming, they should come from the east, how can they come from the south?" ”

He seemed to suddenly remember something, and shouted to Kayama with suspicion: "Since you are from the south, why hasn't Shimazu Akihisa, who is stationed on Amami Oshima, come from any news?" ”

Huashan was stunned for a while, he blinked, and said hurriedly: "This, I don't know below, but now that the Ming army has come, it is menacing, but my Satsuma army, but should I defend it, or take the initiative to attack, and please the lord of the domain and the adults, hurry up and decide on countermeasures!" ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa's face was very ugly, and the retainers on the side were talking a lot, saying everything about the purpose of the Ming army's visit.

"Stop arguing!"

Shimazu Mitsuhisa let out an angry shout, interrupting the argument of his retainers. "What's the use of arguing. Quickly send an envoy to the Ming army fleet to contact and find out what the purpose of the Ming army is. ”

After watching the envoy take the order to leave, Shimazu Mitsuhisa ordered to Kayama again: "You also go down quickly, immediately gather all the Satsuma soldiers, and prepare for defense on the spot, if the Ming army has the act of violating my Satsuma, our Satsuma army should resolutely fight it to the end!" ”

"Hello!"

Birch Hill said a loud promise, bowed again, and then turned around and left hurriedly.