Fukubune sailed on the calm sea, and the non-commissioned officers on the deck adjusted the direction of the sails from time to time according to the pilot's request so that the fleet could reach Japan smoothly.

There are no coordinates on the surface of the sea, and the difference is a thousand miles, and the work of pilots and sailors is crucial.

After Xu Junsheng watched the soldiers operate correctly, the wind blew for a while and returned to the cabin.

His room was opposite Qian Bingru, he just walked to the door, but saw that Qian Bingjian's door was not closed, and he was reading a book inside, so he walked in and asked: "My lord, Ryukyu is my Ming vassal, but now it is controlled by Japan, this matter will not be tolerated by my Ming Dynasty, and Japan will not give up Ryukyu easily, so my lord's visit this time, I am afraid it will be difficult!" ”

The King of the Ryukyus reported the facts of the Ryukyus to Qian Binglu, who did not stop his visit to Japan because of his anger, and did not stop his visit to Japan because of this, but after appeasing the King of the Ryukyus, he wrote a secret letter to a Chinese businessman in Liuqiu, asking him to send the letter back to Nanjing, and the mission continued to move towards Japan.

Since the Ryukyus have been secretly subjugating Japan for more than 40 years, it doesn't matter for a while.

Although Qian Bingrup felt very angry and was very annoyed by the two-sided tributes of Liuqiu for more than 40 years, as the main court of the Li Fan Yuan, he should consider the problem comprehensively and proceed from the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Qian Bingjian heard the voice, looked up and saw Xu Junsheng at the door, motioned for him to come in and sit down, and then put away a few pieces of information about Japan.

"This matter is really troublesome, and the official has been worrying about it for the past few days, but in the past few days, I have carefully looked at the whole thing, and I feel that this matter is not impossible to resolve." After Qian Bingjian waited for Xu Junsheng to sit down, he smiled slightly, he had obviously gained something after reading the information and materials provided by the King of Ryukyu in the past few days.

"Please give me advice from my lords!" Xu Junsheng couldn't help but arch his hand when he heard this.

Qian Bingrup took out one of the several pieces of paper and handed it to him, and then said: "If you want to find a solution, you should know why Japan invaded the Ryukyus, and after reading this, I came to the conclusion that it is because of trade and profits. ”

"Since the battle for tribute, the imperial court has banned trade with Japan, but for more than 100 years, trade has not been cut off, and the Japanese and Zheng Zhilong are engaged in smuggling trade." Qian Bingrup put one hand on the table, sat reclining, and said slowly: "After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu wanted to restore relations with our dynasty and resume trade. At this time, the Tokugawa family acquiesced to the actions of the Shimazu family against the Ryukyus, the purpose of which was to plunder the wealth of the Ryukyus, and secondly, to use the relationship between the Ryukyus and our dynasty to indirectly trade with our dynasty, so as to obtain huge wealth. ”

After the Tokugawa family established the shogunate in Edo, the Ryukyus became hostile to Tokugawa Ieyasu because they refused to send a thanksgiving mission to the Edo shogunate.

The Shimazu clan had coveted the wealth of the Ryukyus for a long time, and immediately asked Tokugawa Ieyasu for permission to invade the Ryukyus in 1609, that is, in the 37th year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, sending Hisakayama Hisadaka as the general and Hirata Masumune as the deputy general, leading 3,000 troops, more than 100 ships, and 600 iron cannons.

Ryukyu has not been warred for a hundred years, where is the Japanese samurai opponent who has just finished the Warring States and Sekigahara joint war, and was easily defeated by the army of the Shimazu family, King Shoning was forced to surrender, and more than 100 people including princes and officials were escorted to Kagoshima by the Satsuma army, and then they were sent to Sunfu Castle to meet Tokugawa Ieyasu, and then went to Edo to meet Tokugawa Hidetada, the general of the expedition, but after all, Ryukyu was a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and the Tokugawa family left a hand, and did not sign a direct treaty with the Ryukyus, but acquiesced to the signing of the "Fifteen Articles" between the Shimazu family and the King of Shoning, Acknowledging the Satsuma domain's control over the Ryukyus, the Tokugawa family reaped the benefits of the Shimazu family.

After the Shimazu family took control of the Ryukyus, all the pro-Ming factions in the Ryukyus were dismissed from their official positions, and the three officials Zheng Zhen were beheaded by Satsuma, and Xiang Rirui was taken hostage by the Shimazu family, and the pro-Japanese Ikejo relatives Yasa and Yomitanyama relatives Sheng Shao replaced their three official positions, and the Shimazu family also sent personnel to the Ryukyus as officials, making the Ryukyu country a puppet of the Satsuma domain.

Xu Junsheng listened to Qian Bingjian's words, and looked at the information on the paper again, and some understood the meaning of Qian Bingjian, the key to solving the Ryukyu lies in the word trade, but as a military person, Xu Junsheng's thinking is a little different from Qian Binglu, the army talks about strength, Japan has controlled Ryukyu for more than 40 years, how can the vested interests in it easily give up the interests of the Ryukyus.

"My lord, I looked at it and felt that this matter was not very optimistic, even if the Tokugawa family was interested, I am afraid that this Shimazu clan would not agree to give up the Ryukyus!" Xu Junsheng questioned, "Looking at this Shimazu clan, the strength seems to be very strong, if he is not willing to give up the Ryukyus, I am afraid that the Tokugawa shogunate will be helpless." ”

Qian Bingjian also sighed when he heard him say this, but this matter is really not easy to solve.

After all, this Japan is not a small country such as Korea and Annam, although it has been a minister to China in history, but its strength is still very strong, and the Ming Dynasty fought a war with Japan because of the Ryukyus, which is not cost-effective, but the affairs of the Ryukyus, the Ming Dynasty can not ignore it.

Qian Bingrup was entangled, a hundred households hurriedly walked into the shipbuilding, he couldn't find Xu Jun, and came to Qian Bingjian's room instead, just saw that both of them were there, so he stood at the door and reported directly: "Lord Qian, general, there is a large group of ships in the distance to greet you, it seems to be the warship of the Japanese country." ”

"Are you in Nagasaki so soon?" Xu Junsheng was stunned when he heard this.

"Nope!" Hyaknohe clenched his fists and said, "The pilot said that he just arrived at Toshima Island in the southern waters of Kagoshima!" ”

Xu Junsheng frowned when he heard this, looked at Qian Bingjian, and said, "The Tokugawa shogunate issued a decree to lock the country, will it be to investigate smuggling." As he spoke, he felt a little puzzled, "But it shouldn't be so far offshore!"

Qian Bingrup stood up, "Just go and see!" ”

When one or two people followed Baihu out of the cabin and climbed to the top of the ship, almost all the soldiers on the ship stood in their respective positions, holding weapons and looking north.

In this era, the sea is very dangerous, and almost all maritime merchants can become pirates, even if they are sailors and warships, sometimes they will do a vote. Of course, no one will generally mess with the warships of the government, they have no goods, and the fight is completely thankless, and they think that their lives are long.

At this time, with the report of the soldiers in Wangdouli, the soldiers all stretched their necks to look, Xu Junsheng walked to the front in a few steps, and looked north with his hands on the pergola, and there were indeed a few black spots on the sea in the distance, but they were too far away to see really.

"Bring the clairvoyant mirror!" Xu Junsheng put down his hand, turned his head and said to the soldiers beside him.

The soldiers immediately took the clairvoyant mirror, Xu Junsheng picked it up and took a look, this time he could see clearly, there were a total of ten boats, no sails, there were hundreds of oars on both sides, the hull was surrounded by wooden planks, and there were two small houses on it.

"It's a Japanese otaku ship!" Xu Junsheng put down the clairvoyant mirror, "The last general doesn't know the flag of Japan, and he doesn't know what his identity is!" ”

Qian Bingrup has recently been familiar with Japanese information, and knows a lot, he immediately stretched out his hand, to look through the clairvoyant mirror, and saw the white flags planted on these houses of the house, a circle in the middle, and a "three-leaf sunflower" inside, then put down the clairvoyant mirror, and said with a sigh of relief: "I saw the family crest of the Tokugawa family, because it should be the Tokugawa family's navy!" ”

(End of chapter)