After sending off the thieves from Japan, Hou Xuanyan immediately summoned the officials of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites and carefully inquired about the current situation in Japan.

However, Hou Xuanyan sadly found that because of the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was too busy with domestic affairs, and no one in the DPRK and China knew about the situation in Japan.

I only know that the relationship between the Dutch and Japan is not bad, because the Dutch are Protestants and are not very enthusiastic about mission.

"Looking at the surrounding countries, Japan is not weak, and it is blessed with a unique geography, and it lives alone on the sea, how can such a neighbor know nothing!" Hou Xuanyan was a little annoyed, but looking at the innocent eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he didn't know who to shoot at when he was angry.

The culprit of this matter, to put it bluntly, was the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which made the entire Ming Dynasty at war, and of course he had no energy to study neighboring countries when he was too busy to take care of himself.

"Tomorrow I will send a fleet to Japan for a trip to give me a clear picture of their situation before coming back." The ministers who were summoned in the middle of the night thought that there was something big about it, but they ended up doing a trivial matter for a long time, and they were a little unimpressed. In their opinion, Japan is just a small land, and the Korean War of the Three Great Expeditions of Wanli, these Southern Ming officials were not impressed, but in fact, Japan had already shown strong strength at that time.

In mid-June of the second year of Jing You, a large ship loaded with spies from the Submarine Elephant Battalion and translators from the Siyi Pavilion set off from Longtan Port. Under the leadership of Gong Zifang, an important minister in the court, he went to Japan.

Thirteen days later, the ship returned the same way, Gong Zifang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and came to Hou Xuanyan's house.

Hou Xuanyan was having dinner in the palace, and Gong Zifang rushed in angrily, his face full of anger.

Hou Xuanyan looked up at him and said suspiciously: "What's the matter, my God of Wealth?" ”

"Lord Wang, those people are simply blind, sitting in the well and watching the sky, Yelang is arrogant!" Gong Zifang, who can't read the most in the Gong family in Jiading, was so angry that he said three idioms in a row, and he looked very cultured.

Hou Xuanyan drank the last mouthful of porridge, waved his hand and motioned for the maid to clean up, and then asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"When we arrived in Japan, we were supposed to meet their lord first, but the local Japanese officials said that we should go to Edo to meet with the general Seiyi. It turns out that Japan is now the general of Zhengyi, and the lord of the country is a puppet at best, just like ours"

"Ahem... Gong Laosan! Hou Xuanyan hurriedly interrupted him and scolded him loudly, Gong Zifang woke up in shock, and almost blurted out just now.

"Hehe, hehe, the so-called emperor is just a furnishing in a small courtyard, and the Tokugawa family is in charge. After I took our people with me, their Shogun Shogun had been passed down to the third generation, called Tokugawa Iemitsu. Although this bastard country is small, but the spectrum is large, he dares us to bow down to him. After being scolded by me, I gave up. I remembered your commandments, and I wanted to get close to him, and to investigate, so I consulted with him about trade. Who knows what he said about Japan's abundant products, which can produce its own products and do not need to trade with us. ”

Hou Xuanyan burst out laughing, fucking smart people have their own cleverness, and stupid people are all similar. Isn't this a copy of a perfect old dog Qianlong?

After pondering for a while, Hou Xuanyan said loudly: "Call me that Shishilang and his men." ”

After a while, Amakusa Shishiro, who had been trapped here for many days, Xing Chong Chong brought his subordinates to the palace by Hou Xuanyan's personal soldiers.

Their revolt had been extinguished for ten years, and they had been adrift at sea with the Franciscans, accustomed to living under the fence. At first, the Francois looked at them for the sake of the congregation, and there was still a little hope that they could do things in Japan, which was okay for them. As Tokugawa's rule became more and more secure, the usefulness of these people gradually disappeared, and they became hated by the people of Luzon.

These people don't look like they were beaten badly in Japan, but they are also good at bullying the local natives in Luzon. In particular, their fanaticism for Catholicism even surpassed that of ordinary Europeans, and they all carried the inherent extremism of the Japanese people, and there were often cases of missionaries not succeeding in beating or even killing others.

"Lord Wang, are you ready to help us?"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, hehe, you may not know that I'm the person who is most unaccustomed to other people's suffering. The Japanese people are under the rule of Tokugawa, bitter! Every time I think of those Japanese people who don't have enough food and clothing, my heart bleeds. Hou Xuanyan's face was compassionate and compassionate, and there were even tears in his eyes.

Amakusa Shishiro was already choked up with excitement, and at this moment in his eyes, Jesus was the first, and Hou Xuan was second.

"Lord Wang, if you can get your help, you will be the savior of our Japanese!"

Hou Xuanyan secretly sighed in his heart and said: "This is serious, come, tell me about the current situation in Japan, the more detailed the better." Since Gong Zifang couldn't get information in Japan, Hou Xuanyan could only hit these rebels in Japan with his ideas. As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is not your friend, but your mortal enemy.

Sure enough, Amakusa Shishiro did not disappoint Hou Xuanyan, and for his own rebellion, dozens of Japanese told everything they knew without any reservations.

Hou Xuanyan was like a treasure, so that the people of Honglu Temple under him were recorded one by one. What pleased him the most was that these people still had a large number of maps of Japan in their hands.

Three days later, Amakusa Shiro came to the palace and asked, "Lord, when are we going to send troops?" ”

"Sending troops? What kind of troops? Hou Xuanyan asked with his mouth open.

A hint of foreboding appeared in Amakusa Shishiro's heart: "Lord, we have said that you will help us overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Tokugawa family and help the Japanese people accept the baptism of the Lord." ”

Hou Xuanyan looked up to the sky and laughed, and the tears of laughter came out: "You don't inquire, I, Hou Xuanyan, spoke, when did I count?" ”

Amakusa Shishiro froze in place, carefully recalling this sentence, and finally touched the taste. Furious, he said, "You can't do this! The Lord will punish those who are dishonest. ”

Hou Xuanyan put away his smile and said coldly: "Japan is under the leadership of Tokugawa's general, the country is peaceful and peaceful, you are a shameless thief, you want to make waves in your own country for the sake of the white-skinned people, how can I tolerate you." You must know that the yellow people in the world are one family, and the yellow people are one family with common prosperity and disgrace. Come on, imprison this group of thieves, don't let them die, I'll be of great use in the future. ”