The first month of the third year of the Apocalypse passed, Ma Shiying came to Quanzhou, and he came with Wu Mengming of Jinyiwei, Wu Mengming made great contributions when the Xuanfu was raided, and was promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei, because he was meticulous and rigorous, so this time Zhu Youxiao asked him to follow to deal with some things that Ma Shiying was inconvenient to come forward with.

Ma Shiying was a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, and first served as the head of the household department in Nanjing. During the Apocalypse, he moved to Hubu Langzhong, which was very valued by Xu Guangqi. Of course, Xu Guangqi values him because he thinks that this person is flexible, not a person who reads dead books, and he can handle some complicated things properly, and he can not offend anyone, and he is an eight-sided and exquisite character.

Before coming to Quanzhou, Zhu Youxiao summoned the two of them into the palace, analyzed all the circumstances of the trip, and gave a basic response plan, and Jinyiwei was specially responsible for creating a fast line to contact Jingshi at any time.

When I arrived in Quanzhou, I first went to Zhang Qianfang's liaison office, and the person in charge of the East Factory had already received the news, so Zhang Qianfang was already waiting here.

After meeting, Zhang Qianfang knelt down to greet St. Anbi, and the three of them sat down in the inner room. Zhang Qianfang first introduced the basic situation.

In the 31st year of Wanli, Yan Siqi fled to Japan because he was bullied and killed in a rage, and worked as a tailor, concurrently engaged in the Sino-Japanese maritime trade (the elegant term for pirates), accumulated some family property, and was widely famous, and was valued by the Hirado authorities, and was named the leader.

At this time, in Japan, although the emperor enjoyed high prestige and was nominally the supreme ruler of the country, he did not have real power, and the real power was in the hands of the shogun. The shogun was also the largest feudal lord, directly administering a quarter of the country's land and many important cities, and the rest of the country was divided into more than 200 "feudal domains", large and small, and the head of the feudal domain, the daimyo, enjoyed the hereditary rule of the feudal domain, but had to obey the shogun's orders.

Both the shogun and the daimyo kept their own retainers, the samurai, who received fiefs and rokumi from the shogun or daimyo but had to be loyal to the shogun or daimyo, and these samurai were generally professional soldiers with the privilege of swords, and they formed the basis of the shogunate's rule, thus forming a feudal system of rule consisting of the shogunate and the feudal domain, the shogunate system.

Under this system, the brutal exploitation at all levels of the population often did not provide enough for the needs of the people, and some samurai had a dissatisfaction with the shogun and the daimyo and the respect for the emperor, which combined with rebellion and conspiracy.

At this time, the lord of the Hirado domain was the fourth-generation Matsuura Jinnobu, with a total of 63,000 koku territory, and at this time, his younger brother Matsuura Nobutada was at odds with him and wanted to share part of the territory, and the conflict between the two deepened.

And Matsuura Nobutada wants to deal with his brother and contacts the samurai everywhere, and Yan Siqi, as the leader of Hirado, is the focus of his contact.

Yan Siqi was very ambitious, he not only wanted to oppose Matsuura Zhenxin, but even wanted to take the opportunity to seize the entire Hirado, he contacted a lot of Chinese businessmen in Japan, but felt that the strength might not be enough, so he thought of the Ming court behind Zhang Qianfang.

After listening to Zhang Qianfang's introduction, Ma Shiying thought carefully for a while and said: "The emperor means that it would be best if we could hold Hirado in our hands, but we must take the lead. Can General Zhang recruit Yan Siqi over? ”

Zhang Qianfang replied: "Master Ma, I'm afraid that Yan Siqi is unwilling to be subservient, and it should be difficult to recruit him." ”

Ma Shiying said confidently: "The emperor said that if he can't recruit him, it's because the conditions for recruiting him are not good enough, can General Zhang let Yan Siqi come to Quanzhou?" ”

Zhang Qianfang said: "Yan Siqi has committed an accident in Quanzhou, he will not be willing to come to Quanzhou." ”

Ma Shiying said: "Then let's go to Hirado to see him." ”

Zhang Qianfang went back to arrange the going to sea, and soon his ship was loaded with goods, and Ma Shiying took Wu Mengming to Hirado together.

Zhang Qianfang informed Yan Siqi, and Yan Siqi came to Zhang Qianfang's residence in Pingdo. Zhang Qianfang introduced the two sides, of course, only saying that Ma Shiying was the head of the imperial court and came to inspect Zhang Qianfang's shipping business.

When Yan Siqi saw Ma Shiying, he first made a big gesture and said, "The sinner of the old country has seen Lord Langzhong. “

Ma Shiying arched his hand and said: "Mr. Yan doesn't need to be so polite, don't investigate the past, let's sit down and talk." “

After the two sides sat down, Ma Shiying spoke: "Listening to what General Zhang said, Mr. Yan seems to want to do a big thing, and he wants to ask the court for help, I don't know what Mr. Yan wants?" “

Yan Siqi hesitated for a moment and said, "The criminals want to expel the Matsuura family in this Hirado, so that Hirado is up to me. This would require a handy number of weapons, and if a hundred flint flints could be obtained, the sinners would be satisfied. “

Ma Shiying said with a smile: "A hundred flint flint fire guns can be the master, but this official takes the liberty of asking, if Mr. Yan defeats the Matsuura family, will the shogunate recognize you?" “

Yan Siqi said: "It's not the criminals who replace the Matsuura family, but Matsuura Nobusada who replaces his elder brother Zhenxin, and the shogunate will recognize Nobuzhen." “

Ma Shiying then asked, "Is Mr. Yan willing to make wedding dresses for others?" Seeing that Yan Siqi smiled without saying a word, he knew what promise he should have received from Matsuura Nobusada.

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "How can you be compared to being in charge of yourself." “

Yan Siqi's eyes flashed, and he thought for a moment before saying: "The number of criminals is too small, and the force is not high, if it is a naval battle, it is still a little certain, but if it is fought on land, I am afraid that it is not the opponent of the Songpu family." “

Ma Shiying said: "If Mr. Yan has the support of the imperial court, three thousand soldiers, all with flintlock torches and cannons to defend the city, I don't know if he has the courage to fight against Matsuura or even the shogunate?" “

Yan Siqi's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief: "Japan is a country that is not conquered. “

Ma Shiying was very satisfied with his expression: "Mr. Yan is right, Japan is indeed a country designated by Taizu not to be conquered. However, during the Wanli period, Japan invaded Korea, which made the imperial court very unhappy, so some ministers asked for a conquest of Japan. “

Yan Siqi pursed the corners of his mouth, thinking to himself that you are not saying it in vain, what is the use of the minister's request, the emperor must speak, and the emperor dares to overturn his ancestor's decision?

Ma Shiying understood what he meant, and smiled mysteriously: "Emperor Shengming, I have come up with a very good idea, but this idea requires Mr. Yan's cooperation, so the emperor specially asked me to ask Mr. Yan, do you want to glorify your ancestors?" Want to stay forever? “

When Yan Siqi heard this, he already knew that Ma Shiying couldn't be just a Langzhong, and he asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" What do you want to do? “

All kinds of requests, thank you for your support! Historically, Yan Siqi fled to Taiwan because he was forced to flee after he failed to rebel in Japan.