The Satsuma clan originated from the Shimazu clan of Kyushu during the Warring States period of Toei, and at the end of the Warring States period, the lord of the Shimazu clan, Shimazu Yoshihisa, almost unified the entire island of Kyushu, but unfortunately was finally defeated by the regent Sekihaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi with a coalition of 150,000 troops, and since then he has been subjugated to the Toyotomi clan.

After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Shimazu clan participated in the Western Army, and the Eastern Army led by the Tokugawa clan, and finally the Western Army was defeated, and the Shimazu clan submitted to the Tokugawa shogunate, and owned most of the Satsuma country, Osumi Province and Hyuga country, and built the main city in Kagoshima, named Kagoshima Domain, but because the Shimazu clan originated from Satsuma Province, outsiders usually call it Satsuma Domain.

The Satsuma Domain, which possessed the land of the Three Kingdoms, invaded the Ryukyus soon after, monopolizing the trade between Ryukyu and Toei, and soon became the largest feudal domain in the southwestern part of Toei, and if it continued to develop like this, it was only a matter of time before it developed into the largest feudal domain in Toei.

It's a pity that history has deviated here, because of the appearance of Zhang Bin, the Satsuma Domain is afraid that it will not become the first strong domain in Dongying.

In the past few days, Shimazu Tadashi, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, always feels restless, and even dreams often dream of the scene of the bloody battle with the Ming army in the Blue Hoof Pavilion, the bravery of the Ming army is really terrible, I hope that this time, the Ming army that came to support the Ryukyus is really as Biryama Hisamori said, the military discipline is sloppy, and there is no fighting spirit, otherwise it will be really a big trouble.

He really guessed correctly, this time it was really a big trouble, the army had only set off for more than ten days, and he was still there calculating the day of the return of the army, and the general of the city guard suddenly came to report: "My lord, it's not good, there are suddenly a lot of warships in the port." ”

Shimazu Tadashi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the news, the warship that appeared at this time must not be the warship of the Satsuma Domain, because the warships of the Satsuma Domain are all going to the Ryukyus, even if they rush there, the Ming army will run away, and it is impossible for them to rush back so quickly!

He hurriedly took out his binoculars and rushed to the eastern city wall with his guards.

When he came to the city wall and raised the binoculars, he was suddenly frightened, the flag of the Ming army turned out to be the flag of the Ming army!

It turned out to be the Ming army, how could it be!

There is also the terrifying giant ship, that is the gunboat that the Dutch only have, how could the Ming army have, looking at the dense giant ship, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, this kind of giant ship he has seen, when the Dutch came to visit Dongying, they brought such a giant ship, and he also went up to visit, there are hundreds of artillery guns on it!

Not to mention dozens of such giant ships, as long as a few come to defeat his naval army, and now the Ming army actually drove thirty or forty such giant ships to Kagoshima, doesn't that mean that their naval army is all finished.

This time he didn't guess wrong, because a small boat soon sailed out of the fleet of the Ming army, and after the boat docked at the port wharf, a figure jumped down from the small boat, he held a telescope and swept it, and recognized it at once, and the person who came turned out to be Huashan Jiushou!

His face suddenly changed greatly, it seemed that the army he sent out was really defeated by the Ming army, and Huashan Jiushou went out with the army, and at this time he actually came back with the Ming army's fleet, there was only one possibility, that is, he was captured by the Ming army.

As for the question of whether Kayama Kumori will rebel, or even whether it is a traitor, it is impossible at all, because the Ryukyu Kingdom was defeated by the Kayama clan with an army, and they rebelled, how could it be.

Tsurumaru Castle is not far from the port, and Kayama Kumori soon came to the city gate tower, and when he saw that Shimazu Tadashi was on the city gate tower, he hurriedly ran up in a panic, hunched his waist, and said ashamedly: "My lord, the Ming reinforcements suddenly arrived, and my father and I tried our best to resist, and finally we were defeated!" ”

This guy can really break blindly, a one-sided rout was said to be a defeat in a hard battle, so that Shimazu Tadashi couldn't blame him, so he could only sigh in despair: "What did the Ming army say? ”

At this time, it was already clear that the Ming army had rushed to Kagoshima, and they must have put forward some conditions, otherwise I am afraid that they would have opened fire long ago.

Kayama Hisamori pretended to be distressed and said: "The commander of the Ming army said that you should go to Ryukyu Island with their warship to negotiate, if you don't board the battleship within a day, he will lead a large army to attack the Satsuma Domain." ”

Negotiations? Some talks are good, it seems that the commander of the Ming army does not want to start a full-scale war with Dongying, and the Satsuma Domain should still be able to keep it, but I don't know what kind of conditions the Ming army will propose.

He thought for a while and sighed: "You go and talk to the Ming army, and I'll go back and arrange to go to Ryukyu with them." ”

Birshan, Kumori, hurriedly said hello, then turned around and ran down the city wall and ran towards the dock.

Shimazu Tadashi hurriedly returned to the mansion and confessed, and his eldest son Shimazu Mitsuhisa temporarily took the position of head of the family, and then rushed to the port with a team of guards and boarded the warship of the Ming army.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't do anything to him, but ordered someone to collect their weapons, arranged a place for them to stay, and then ordered the fleet to return and rush to Ryukyu Island.

At this time, Shimazu Tadashi knew how wrong he was, not to mention the many gunboats of the Ming army's naval division, the speed was very fast, and there was no need for sails at all, this speed, if you set off from Dongban, it is estimated that you can reach Ryukyu Island in one or two days, and you can reach Kagoshima in three or four days, and your own naval army is not enough to see in front of them.

Sure enough, his estimate was quite accurate, and at noon the next day, the fleet rushed to Ryukyu Island, and when he saw that there was a similarly large fleet parked there in Naha Port, he had no intention of resisting in his heart, as long as the Ming army's request was not too excessive, he would agree, and it was only right to send the Ming army away as soon as possible.

Zhang Bin began to show his official authority again at this time, not only did he not go to greet the lord of the Satsuma domain, but he didn't even get up after the people entered the tent.

Shimazu Tadashi didn't think there was anything wrong, because at the beginning, Kayama Hisamori had said that this official of the Ming Kingdom wanted him to kneel down and kowtow and admit his mistakes, of course, it was impossible for him to kneel down and kowtow and admit his mistakes, and after entering the account, he just nodded and said: "This lord, Shimazu Tadatsune, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, was invited. ”

Zhang Bin didn't expect this guy to be so honest, he looked at this guy curiously, then waved his hand to the side, and said seriously: "Please take a seat." ”

Shimazu Tadashi still didn't have any resentful expression, but honestly knelt down behind the small table next to him.

Zhang Bin is strange, why is this guy so honest, he is ready to fight, and it didn't come in handy to get off the horse or anything, he could only say solemnly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Domain Lord, my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire is very angry at your invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty cannot be bullied, do you know?" ”

Shimazu Tadashi hurriedly nodded and said, "I'm sorry, we will immediately withdraw from Amami Goto, and please return our Satsuma clan soldiers, and we promise not to invade Ryukyu in the future." ”

On the way, he had already heard from Kayama Hisamori that although all the warships were destroyed in this battle, and the casualties among the infantry were relatively heavy, there were not many real casualties, at least more than 20,000 people were captured by the Ming army, as long as more than 20,000 soldiers could come back, the Satsuma Domain was still the strongest on Kyushu Island, but the naval army needed time to rebuild.

Zhang Bin sneered in his heart, is it so simple, is it okay to apologize?

He said solemnly: "Because you have occupied the five islands of Amami for more than 20 years, you must also give up the five islands to the Ryukyus, let the Ryukyus govern for 20 years, and then return them to you after 20 years, this request is not too much, right?" ”

This request really doesn't sound excessive, but he didn't think about paying it back, not twenty years, at most ten years, he will destroy Dongying, and then he will pay back a fart.

Of course, Shimazu Tadashi didn't know Zhang Bin's thoughts, he thought about it carefully, this request didn't seem to be unacceptable, he didn't have any rich islands in the Satsuma Domain, and it was nothing to let the Ryukyus govern for twenty years, just a few fishing villages, twenty years would be twenty years, he thought about it and nodded slowly: "Okay, I don't know which islands the adults want." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and said slowly: "Well, then Senoshima, Nakanoshima, Kounoshima, Yakushima, Tanegashima are not counted, there is nothing anyway." ”

Shimazu Tadashi thought that it was also these islands, because the five islands of Amami were a little larger to the north, so he did not refute, but nodded very dryly: "Okay, please let Ryukyu make a note, and we will hand over the islands." ”

Still thinking about taking it back, hehe, that's impossible, Zhang Bin laughed a few times in his heart, nodded and said: "Well, this official will give to King Shangfeng, in addition, it is very expensive for us to support this trip, and the Ming Household Department has spent one million taels of silver for this purpose, this money must be borne by you, otherwise, I will not be able to pay to our Emperor His Majesty when I go back." ”

He is purely, the household department didn't give him a penny, he wanted to go back to Chongzhen for a million taels of silver.

Shimazu Zhongheng heard this, his face changed slightly, he knew that this guy was, he could roughly see how many Ming troops came, at most about 30,000, even if each person's monthly salary of five taels, it only needed 150,000 taels a month, and they came for more than a month, supporting 300,000 taels, 1 million taels, too exaggerated.

However, people win the battle and want to extort some money, what can you do, the silver is not very short at this time, he can make up a million taels if he scrapes together a little, forget it, just send it to the plague god, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, we will give this silver." ”

Is this guy quite interesting, Zhang Bin finally showed a smile, he smiled and said: "Well, seeing that you are so sincere, forget about other things, the last point, you have monopolized the trade between the Ming Dynasty and Ryukyu for more than 20 years, and you have been in and out of the three ports of Naha, Nago, and Amami at will for more than 20 years, and you must compensate for this." ”

This should also be compensated! How to compensate?

Shimazu Tadashi looked at Zhang Bin dumbfounded, not knowing what he meant.

Zhang Bin said slowly: "You don't have to lose this money, but you must also open the three ports and let the merchants of Ryukyu and Daming do business freely for twenty years." ”

This request doesn't seem to be too much, anyway, it's the last one, Shimazu Tadashi held the thought that the long pain was better than the short pain, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, which three ports, you say." ”

Zhang Bin still said slowly: "Kagoshima, Kochi and Osaka. ”

"Ah" Shimazu Tadashi was really shocked when he heard this, forget about Kagoshima, it was the territory of the Satsuma Domain, he just vaguely went over, Kochi and Osaka were not his territories, one was on the island of Shikoku and the other was on the island of Honshu, and he had no right to be the lord at all.

He couldn't help but be puzzled: "This, Kagoshima is no problem, I can't help Kochi and Osaka, this must be nodded by the general." ”

Zhang Bin said lightly: "That's okay, you go and ask your general to see if he agrees." ”

Shimazu Tadashi looked at Zhang Bin dumbfounded again, why should the general agree, and I am not His Majesty the Emperor, why should he listen to me? Besides, even if His Majesty the Emperor says it, he won't necessarily listen to it!

Seeing this, Zhang Bin pretended to be suddenly enlightened, patted his forehead and said, "Oh, I forgot that you don't have a ship, it doesn't matter, this official will send a fleet to send you there." ”

Shimazu Tadashi rolled his eyes when he heard this, this guy meant to let himself take his gunboat to threaten the general!

Baga, threaten it, anyway, the relationship between himself and the general is not very good, this time he suffered such a big loss, and he also wanted the general to see the strength of the Ming army, lest he scold himself for being useless at that time.

Thinking of this, Shimazu Zhongheng gritted his teeth and stood up and nodded, "Then it's troublesome." ”

This guy is quite simple, he is a character, Zhang Bin glanced at him approvingly, and then ordered someone to recruit Lu Xiangsheng in, and explained: "Jiandou, you lead the fleet to send him to Edo, by the way, go and transfer twenty Weiyuan battleships with Yu Chenglong, enter Edo Port, and directly come to a round of salvos from the left and right sides, lest their shoguns not open their eyes and insist on finding trouble." Remember, if their shogun doesn't agree to open the port, you just give him five rounds of a salvo from Edo Castle, and then let this guy ask him if he agrees, and if he doesn't, keep bombing. ”

My God, this is likely to lead to war, Lu Xiangsheng was dumbfounded and said, "This, isn't this okay?" ”

Zhang Bin raised his fist and said: "There is nothing good or bad, at this time, it is reasonable to have a big fist, at sea, their fists are not as big as ours, so they must listen to us, if they don't listen, they will bombard until they listen." ”

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and reminded: "What if they still don't listen to the shells after all the shells are fired?" ”

Zhang Bin said coldly: "If they don't listen, you come back, and we will make more cannonballs and bombard all the cities along their coast." ”

, what a hatred, to toss people like this, Lu Xiangsheng glanced at him quite puzzled, and finally said, "Okay, I'll try." ”

After saying that, he led Shimazu Tadashi to go.

Three days later, at dawn, a huge fleet suddenly sailed into Edo Bay and headed straight for Edo Castle, and the merchant ships and warships along the way were frightened to dodge, but there was no way, the guns of the forty gunboats in front of them were opened, and thousands of huge guns were exposed, just like monsters with teeth and claws, who dared not hide!

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun's general, received the news, and before he could figure out what was going on, there was a sudden loud roar on the sea outside the city, "Boom boom", this is obviously someone who opened the cannon, I heard that they have thousands of artillery, and now Edo Castle is estimated to be destroyed, Tokugawa Iemitsu's neck shrunk in fright, and he waited tremblingly for a long time, and there was no sound in the city.

What's going on here?

At this moment, the guards outside came to report, and Shimazu Tadatsune, the lord of the Satsuma domain, asked to see him.

Will Tokugawa Iemitsu agree to open the treaty ports? At the end of this volume, please see the breakdown of the next volume.