The Tokugawa shogunate was behind the black pot, and they themselves disappeared a few soldiers before they went to find trouble, but in a blink of an eye, they became the murderers of the 'Hirado Bloody Case', and they couldn't explain it, because they didn't know who killed the head of the Matsuura clan and a group of retainers.

The shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu was speechless after receiving the news, the rebels on Shimahara's side were enough for him to have a headache, and he really didn't have time to deal with the Matsuura clan in Hirado. So he simply ignored it, let's make trouble, the Matsuura family will only have 10,000 horses to die, as long as the Shimabara rebel army is cleaned up, it will be easy to deal with them again, I will carry this pot, what can you do with the Matsuura family?

However, this time he miscalculated, Emperor Tagawa Yu was like a divine help, the banner was erected, the applicants gathered, as soon as he issued a conscription notice, the people who came to apply for the conscription almost crowded Hirado Castle, and in less than ten days he gathered more than 20,000 people! Coupled with the original Matsuura clan's people, there are already more than 30,000 people under Emperor Tagawa Yu, and this development trend has made more ronins and commoners see hope, and more and more people have come to Hirado Castle to enlist, and this posture seems to have really been favored by the gods.

Of course, Emperor Tian Chuan Yu did not get the favor of the gods, these were the result of his son-in-law Zheng Zhilong's secret assistance, Hong Xu and Gan Hui already had more than 20,000 Dongying pirates under their hands, coupled with the blind adherence of some people, it is not surprising that the conscription situation can be so hot.

What is Zheng Zhilong doing at this time? After successfully seizing the position of the Matsuura family's guard, the next step is to recover Amakusa Shiro, who is rushing to Shimabara at this time.

It is said that the shogunate army has besieged Shimabara Castle for more than ten months, but because Shimahara is facing the sea, the Ming Dynasty continues to send warships to pretend to be pirates to transport grain and grass, so the rebel army in the city has nothing to do, but the shogunate army outside the city is a little unsustainable.

On this day, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada received news that the benefactor who had been secretly supporting him was coming.

Because Zhu Cijiong did a good job of secrecy, even Amakusa Shiro didn't know who had been secretly supporting him, the sea area between Daming and Dongying has always been a hotbed of pirates, and there are countless pirates of all sizes, and he thought that it was a certain group of pirates who supported him!

Zheng Zhilong brought all the 50,000 main forces of the Nanyang Navy Division and more than 20,000 foreign pirates under Shi Daxuan this time, anyway, the big event on the Hirado side has been decided, Zheng Zhilong is not afraid of exposing the target, and a large number of pirates have not been near Dongying, he simply took thousands of large and small warships, and went straight to Shimahara Bay under the banner of pirates.

Of course, there is one thing that cannot be exposed, that is, the people of Dongying cannot know that the sailors of the Ming Dynasty are involved, so Zheng Zhilong ordered Shi Daxuan to command hundreds of small sailing ships and hundreds of lucky ships to sweep around the periphery, and the fifty super battleships of the Nanyang Naval Division are hidden among hundreds of lucky ships, such a huge team of pirates, even the shogun has to dodge when he sees it, and the merchant ships and fishing boats naturally dodge away when they see it, and everyone can only desperately pray that the pirates will not go to his house to loot, No one knew that the Daming Sailor was actually mixed in with pirates.

Which pirate really has such a huge fleet, it is estimated that it can rob all the coastal cities of Jiuzhou Island, but Zheng Zhilong is no longer a pirate, so he did not plunder everywhere, but commanded a huge fleet to sail into Shimahara Bay, and docked on the sea north of Amakusa City, waiting for the arrival of Amakusa Shiro.

Hearing that his benefactor was coming, Amakusa Shiro naturally did not hesitate to come to meet him, and he hurriedly handed over the defense of Shimabara Castle to a few capable men, while taking the pirate ship that came to pick him up, and rushed to the sea north of Amakusa Castle.

When he saw the countless pirate ships on the periphery, he had already made up his mind that it was indeed a powerful pirate force secretly helping him. However, when he saw the fifty super battleships in the middle, he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, who the hell is this, he has only heard of such super battleships in Europe, and he has not heard of any country in the East that also has such warships, is it the fleet of Spain or the Dutch?

Boarding the flagship, he was even more puzzled, this flagship is obviously full of Orientals, what is going on?

The general who led the way only led him with his head covered, and did not tell him who the owner of the battleship was, and he entered a large room in the middle of the battleship with doubts.

Zheng Zhilong put a lot of effort into subduing Amakusa Shiro, and in order to increase the sense of closeness, he even turned out the kimono that he hadn't worn for a long time and put it on, so when Tiankusa Shiro came in, he was directly stunned, he was still a Dongying person, is there such a powerful pirate in Dongying?

Zheng Zhilong pretended to have a pious expression, drew a cross seriously, and then said with a smile: "Lord bless peace, little brother Shizhen, I'm glad that you are safe and sound, when I heard that the 120,000 shogunate army came to attack Shimahara, I was really afraid that you would not be able to withstand it." ”

Catholics, it turned out to be Catholics! No wonder he would help himself inexplicably, it turned out to be a parishioner, he also reverently crossed a cross, and said excitedly: "Thank you to the Lord for sending your lord to redeem us, I don't know who you are?" ”

Zheng Zhilong continued to pretend to be forced: "Little brother Shi Zhen doesn't have to see each other like this, we are all a family, and we should help you." My surname is Zheng, my name is Zheng Yiguan, and I teach people Nicholas. ”

In fact, Zheng Zhilong is still relatively famous in Dongying, especially among Catholics. Kazukan is a great man, and his story has long been spread among the disciples, and Amakusa Shiro has naturally heard of it. Therefore, as soon as Zheng Zhilong signed up, Amakusa Shiro was shocked: "You are Nikolai. An official, the king of Zhennan of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zheng Zhilong said with fake modesty: "Hehe, exactly, little brother, don't be so restrained, everyone is a brother and sister, when you come to me, you can just treat it as a family, come and come, sit, sit." ”

This is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and his power is greater than that of the shogun of Dongying, and Amakusa Shiro dared to sit there, but he couldn't resist Zheng Zhilong's enthusiasm, so he was dragged and sat down. Although the parishioners should be equal and fraternal, the difference in status was too great for Amakusa Shiro to deal with it calmly, so he sat there cautiously and asked a little stiffly: "King Nikolai, thank you for your help to us, I don't know what you did with me this time." ”

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he pretended to be indignant and said: "This Tokugawa shogunate is too disagreeable, not only ordered a complete "ban on religion", but also sent the demon Matsukura Shigemasa and Matsukura Katsuya to brutally suppress my parishioners, I can't stand it for a long time, if the little brother Shizhen doesn't resist, I will also find a way to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and give my parishioners a free and equal space." A few days ago, the Tokugawa shogunate made another move against the Matsuura family in Hirado, and almost all of the heads and retainers of the Matsuura family were assassinated by them. Now that I am funding my father-in-law to recruit troops and prepare to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate in one fell swoop and establish a Tagawa shogunate of equality and fraternity, it is better for the little brother Shizhen to join the Tagawa shogunate and fight against the demons of the Tokugawa family together. ”

It turned out to be to subdue him, Amakusa Shiro is not an idiot, this Zheng Zhilong is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, if his father-in-law becomes the shogunate, then Dongying will not become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, this is not the point, the point is what is the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards Catholicism, if the Ming Dynasty also bans religion, he will not be busy in vain.

He couldn't help but ask worriedly: "I don't know what His Majesty the Ming Emperor's attitude towards our Catholicism is, if he also forbids Catholicism like Tokugawa Iemitsu, then wouldn't we have no way to live either?" ”

Zheng Zhilong couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Little brother Shi Zhen, you are too worried, in Daming, faith is free, and our emperor is not against the people believing in religion, just like me, doesn't our emperor know that I am religious?" If he is against the people's religion, how can I be the king of Zhennan? ”

Amakusa Shiro couldn't help but be a little moved when he heard this, and he continued to probe tentatively: "There are so many people under the prince, my majesty the emperor of your country is afraid that he will have to use high-ranking officials to recruit peace, does this have anything to do with whether he believes in religion or not?" ”

Zheng Zhilongsa shook his head with a smile and said: "Little brother, you are wrong, I am not the only one who believes in religion in Daming, like the emperor's teacher, the current cabinet chief assistant of Daming, Xu Guangqi Xu, is also our churchmate, do you say that our emperor will oppose people believing in religion?" ”

At that time in the Ming Dynasty, information was not as developed as it is now, and ordinary civilians could know the major events within a radius of a hundred miles, even if they were well-informed, Amakusa Shiro, as a commoner in Dongying, naturally did not know what happened in the Ming Dynasty, and the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty was also religious, he really didn't know this, he asked in disbelief: "There is still such a thing, is His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really so tolerant?" ”

Zheng Zhilong patiently introduced: "There are still many things you don't know, such as Zeng Dezhao, a member of the Tuntian Qing Officials Division of the Ming Ministry of Industry, is a missionary in Portugal, and the Ming Dynasty has also signed a friendship treaty with Spain and Portugal, if our emperor is disgusted with religious believers, will he cooperate with these two countries under the Pope?" ”

Indeed, if you are disgusted with religion, you will never cooperate with foreigners, and Amakusa Shiro is finally relieved about the issue of faith. But there is another problem, if Daming takes the opportunity to occupy Dongying, then he will become a traitor who has been stinking for thousands of years, which has little to do with faith, patriotism is a basic quality of a person, Amakusa Shiro asked hesitantly: "Daming will not take the opportunity to invade Dongying, right?" ”

Zheng Zhilong shook his head and boasted: "You can rest assured of this, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, you can completely occupy all the surrounding countries, but has the Ming Dynasty sent troops to invade?" On the contrary, as long as you take the initiative to pay tribute, as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, you will still enjoy endless benefits. Like Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded North Korea at that time, the Ming Dynasty immediately sent troops to support, and directly repelled Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 150,000 troops, and the Ming Dynasty never interfered in the internal affairs of North Korea. As long as the nominal belonging, you can get the protection of the Ming Dynasty, isn't it good to have such a powerful suzerain? ”

In fact, what Zheng Zhilong said was in the past, in the past, the Ming Dynasty was indeed tolerant enough to the vassal state, but now it is different, since the promulgation of the "Ming Vassal State Decree System", the vassal state wants to be free from the constraints of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible to get benefits without a little pay.

However, Amakusa Shiro has only heard of the Ming Dynasty's kindness to North Korea in the past, and he really doesn't know what happened in North Korea recently, so what is wrong with such a tolerant and powerful empire recognizing him as the suzerain?

He nodded slowly, and said firmly, "Okay, I agree to join the command of Emperor Tagawa Yu and assist Lord Tagawa in overthrowing the Tokugawa shogunate." ”