Being able to get Tianxiuni's cooperation made Xu Xinsu's mood a lot happier. Although the Toyotomi clan had been extinct for almost 15 years, and all the daimyo loyal to the Toyotomi clan had been wiped out by the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tokugawa clan's policy of changing and cutting feudal feuds with foreign daimyo caused many samurai who had lost their fiefs and were reckless to raise the banner of reviving Toyotomi and opposing the shogunate.

Especially in Japan, west of Osaka, the shogunate officials' **, coupled with the heavy assignment of labor, made the common people and low-ranking samurai in this area full of hatred for the shogunate. Being able to borrow the name of the Toyotomi clan can naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.

After reaching an agreement, Xu Xinsu unceremoniously asked Tian Xiuni: "In this way, please ask Your Highness to meet a few people first, which can be regarded as a beginning for cooperation." ”

Tian Xiuni raised his head to look at him, and asked in some surprise, "Who do you want me to meet?" ”

Xu Xinsu clapped his hands and called the servants outside the door, and after telling him the names of a few people, he turned his head to Tian Xiu Ni and said: "To Your Highness, they should not be outsiders, they claim to be the samurai who fled from Osaka Castle back then, or the descendants of the fugitive samurai. After the death of your father and brother, they were deeply remorseful for fleeing, so they tried to rebel against the shogunate, but nothing happened.

I thought they might be of some use in the future, so I contacted them for His Highness. There are about two or three hundred people, and three or four of them are on the island now, and Your Highness will meet them and say a few words of reassurance, so that they will know that Your Highness has been rescued by us, and that today's matter will be over. ”

Tian Xiuni didn't really believe Xu Xinsu's statement, but now that she has accepted the reality, she naturally won't think about exposing Xu Xinsu again. What she was most interested in now was a question that she hadn't figured out since she was kidnapped, so instead of continuing to ask about the identity and background of the samurai she was going to meet, she changed the subject and asked.

"I can understand that the Ming wanted to plot against Japan and support the Toyotomi family against the Tokugawa shogunate, so as to reduce the resistance in Japan. But I still don't understand some questions, can you please explain them for me? ”

Xu Xinsu thought about it, then put down the teacup in his hand and said: "Your Highness will be my ally of the Ming Dynasty in the future, you can say anything you want to ask, if it is something I can answer, I will naturally answer it for you one by one." ”

Tianxiu Ni thought for a while, and then asked: "Japan is just a remote country located overseas, although our country is densely populated, but the products are poor, daily needs even have to be imported from the Ming Dynasty, and from time to time there are earthquakes and volcanoes and other disasters.

And the Ming Dynasty sits on a continent with abundant resources, but it still has to mobilize the people to plot against the state, no matter how you look at it, it is an action that outweighs the loss. Therefore, I am very curious, what did Da Ming do like this? ”

Xu Xinsu thought for a moment before slowly replying: "I can't answer this question, but after His Highness arrives in the capital, if you have the opportunity to meet the person who drafted the plan, you can ask him in person, maybe he can answer this question for you." ”

Tian Xiuni bit his lip, and after calming down for a while, he changed the question and asked, "In order to invite me out of Dongqing Temple, my lord did not hesitate to set up a bureau a year ago, which can be said to have taken a lot of thought.

Since the adults have spent so much energy, I think it is also to avoid attracting the attention of the shogunate as much as possible. But why did I deliberately expose my whereabouts on board the ship to the shogunate? Could it be that my escape was part of the plan? ”

Xu Xinsu hesitated, and decided to reveal something to her a little, "How could Your Highness think that we deliberately exposed your whereabouts to the shogunate?" ”

Tian Xiu Ni looked at him and said, "Since the adults can make such a precise plan, naturally they will not be unable to prepare even a boat, but after arriving at the beach, they will temporarily hire fishermen's boats." Kamakura is not far from Edo, and this is the direct jurisdiction of the shogunate, and the officials of the shogunate must be able to find this clue, isn't this deliberately exposed?"

Xu Xinsu stretched out his hand and scratched his head, before he smiled and said, "I didn't expect Your Highness to be so smart and icy, even this has been thought of by you." Yes, as long as the officials of the shogunate use a little refreshment, they will naturally be able to discover this clue and know that Your Highness you have left from the sea.

Why leave it to the shogunate for clues, because there is no land connection between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, and it can only rely on boats. Although Japan is surrounded by the sea on all sides, its boat skills are not as good as ours. Of course, whether it is Japan or the Ming Dynasty, the power at sea is not very strong. Therefore, neither country can maneuver ships to attack across the sea, otherwise it will be a disaster.

If it was on the mainland, the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate was nothing, but in Japan, an archipelago country, it was enough to resist the sea-crossing attack of our Ming army. If Japan and the shogunate are at loggerheads, then whoever has reinforcements from the sea will be the final victor.

Today, the two European countries that can act as reinforcements for Japan at sea are Spain and the Netherlands. The Spaniards and the shogunate had no friendship, so I will not mention it for the time being. But the Dutch had a good relationship with the shogunate, but once the shogunate knew that you were leaving on a Dutch ship, then..."

After listening to Xu Xinsu's answer, Tian Xiuni finally did not ask any more questions, and after the arrival of several samurai who claimed to be the descendants of the Toyotomi family, Tian Xiuni talked a little with a few people, and then left.

Being able to meet the former people of the world, the descendants of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, made Yoshiemon and others very excited. These wandering samurai, in fact, are not very loyal to the Toyotomi family, and the samurai who are truly loyal to the Toyotomi family have long been martyred in the fall of Osaka Castle.

However, the hatred of these wandering samurai for the shogunate that had cost them their fiefdoms was unmistakable. The common hatred for the shogunate brought them together, but it was obvious that there was no appeal to fight against the shogunate as them, so the banner of the Toyotomi clan was raised.

However, under the slogan of reviving the Toyotomi clan, there is no figure with Toyotomi blood as their leader, so naturally there will be no waves. If it weren't for Xu Xinsu's help and contact, these wandering warriors would probably have disappeared silently.

However, now, the wandering samurai, who were about to lose hope for the future, suddenly began to cheer up after meeting Tenshuni. After Tenshue left, under the leadership of Yoshiemon, six samurai bowed to Xu Xinsu, and Yoshiemon also said: "Your Excellency has indeed fulfilled your promise, now please let your lord order, no matter what the order, we are willing to complete it for your lordship." ”

Xu Xinsu looked at these people and smiled and said, "You have already met His Royal Highness Toyotomi, so you must also know that the revival of the Toyotomi family will not be a farce."

If we want to revive the Toyotomi family, we need not only force, but also intelligence. Therefore, when you return, you will need to reorganize the ronin groups and organize them into operations groups and intelligence groups.

Yoshiemon, you are temporarily in charge of the intelligence group, and Matsumoto Kojiro is in charge of the action group, and after the establishment of the two groups, they are not allowed to contact each other, and can only obey the command of my Tokai Patrol Office, can you do this? ”

Yoshiemon and his companion exchanged glances and replied loudly "yes" together. Xu Xinsu nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "Although with the support of my Daming, the revival of the Toyotomi family is definitely just around the corner. But after all, the Toyotomi family has been dead for a long time, and even the base of Osaka Castle has been destroyed.

There is a sea between me and Japan, and it takes a month to go back and forth at the earliest. Therefore, if you want to defeat the shogunate, you must at least establish a base in Japan that can train troops to defeat the shogunate.

In my opinion, this base is the most suitable location in the Satsuma Domain. However, the Shimazu family has always been arrogant and fearful of the shogunate, and if we talk to him well, they will definitely ignore us, and maybe even betray our plans to the shogunate.

Therefore, we must first teach them a hard lesson. Let the Satsuma clan know that compared to the shogunate in Edo, I'm closer to the Satsuma domain. ”

Yoshiemon immediately answered: "My lord is right, if it weren't for Shimazu Yoshihiro's foresight in the Battle of Sekigahara, the Tokugawa old turtle would not have won so easily." ”

In order to be able to show his courage in front of Xu Xinsu, Yoshiemon did not hesitate to scold Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was known as the god king, as an old turtle, but as soon as the words came out, he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

However, he immediately turned his heart and continued to say to Xu Xinsu: "Please give an order, how to deal with the Shimazu family, we are willing to die for the adult." ”

Xu Xinsu was very satisfied with Yoshiemon's attitude, and he replied with a smile: "There is no need for you to die, this Ryukyu Kingdom is originally my Ming Dynasty's vassal state." However, more than 10 years ago, the Satsuma clan took advantage of the unpreparedness of our Ming Dynasty to invade this place, and rudely demanded that the Ryukyu King be a vassal to the Japanese shogunate, which was obviously provoking my Ming Dynasty.

For the Ming Dynasty, the rudeness of the Satsuma Domain must be punished, otherwise how can the overseas vassal states still be in awe of my Ming Dynasty in the future? But after all, this matter has been going on for a long time, and if I mention this matter again at this moment, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public.

Therefore, I intend to take advantage of the fact that this official is here to let the Satsuma clan once again challenge the majesty of my Ming Dynasty. In this way, we can also ask the Satsuma clan to pay off the old debts.

The Ryukyuan and Japanese accents are different, so it's easy to tell the difference. So I hope that tomorrow when it gets dark, you will pretend to be a Satsuma samurai in the downtown area to provoke my Ming merchants, and then I will lead the army to surround the Satsuma merchant house dignitaries. Regardless of whether the Satsuma clan made friends or not, it was a good opportunity to start a war. ”

Yoshiemon suddenly suggested with some concern: "But my lord, although the power of the Satsuma Domain in Shuri is small, the strength of the Satsuma Domain in the domain should not be underestimated. Even the shogunate was deeply afraid of the Shimazu family. ”

Xu Xinsu said disappreciatively: "I have heard of the reputation of the Satsuma samurai, but can he still rush to the sea to fight our cannons?"

This time, I want to let the Satsuma people know that in this sea, my East China Sea Patrol House is the master. ”