When Tokugawa Hidetada was preparing to attack Yan Siqi, the Ming Dynasty had already sent envoys to Edo. Tokugawa Hidetada didn't know why, but he still ordered Tokugawa Iemitsu to greet the messenger to a very high standard.

The envoy was Jeju Governor Ma Shiying, who first handed over the letter of state of the Ming Dynasty to Tokugawa Iemitsu, who read the letter and said: "This general has heard of this, but it is true that it was not instructed by this general, it is all the Satsuma clan to do its own thing, please go to the country to see it." ”

Ma Shiying replied: "Since what the Satsuma Domain did was not instructed by the general, then we don't need to inform the general of the punishment of the Satsuma Domain, take your leave!" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu hurriedly stopped him and said, "May I ask your envoy, how are you going to punish the Satsuma Domain?" After all, the Satsuma Domain is under the jurisdiction of the shogunate, so it is better for the shogunate to punish it on behalf of the Shogunate, what do you think? ”

Ma Shiying glanced at him and said, "I don't know how the general is going to punish the Satsuma Domain, but this envoy wants to hear it." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said, "The Shogun will order the Satsuma clan to withdraw from the occupied Ryukyu region and vow not to enter the Ryukyus again. ”

Ma Shiying sneered: "Good one entered, I didn't expect the general to learn Chinese so well, admire and admire." ”

The Tokugawa family said with a shy face: "Then the envoy means that he agreed?" ”

Ma Shiying said: "Since the general means that the Satsuma Domain has entered the Ryukyu Kingdom, then I, the Ming Dynasty, are also going to enter the Satsuma Domain, and then the general is still on the wall." After saying that, he hurriedly arched his hand and walked out.

Tokugawa Iemitsu hurriedly ordered his retainers to accompany the Ming envoy to the lodging place, and he returned to the back to report to his Lao Tzu.

After listening to this, Tokugawa Hidetada thought about it carefully and said, "Last time it was in Korea, we couldn't defeat the coalition forces of the two countries, and now they want to fight on our own soil, so let's come." Ignore Yan Siqi's matter now, send a messenger to threaten him, so that he does not dare to move, let's concentrate on waiting for the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, and we must avenge the revenge of North Korea back then. ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "Then how to reply to the messenger of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Tokugawa Hidetada said: "First of all, we will take advantage of the reason, insist that we handle the affairs of the Ryukyus, and are willing to withdraw from the Ryukyus and give them a certain amount of compensation, one thousand taels of silver, so that they will definitely be furious." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu smiled: "It's better for adults to plan." "Anyway, I went to find Ma Shiying in a hurry.

Ma Shiying was packing her luggage and preparing to return to China. After Tokugawa Iemitsu came in, the two parties finished saluting, and Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "Your Excellency, your lord just instructed this general that we are willing to compensate Ryukyu 1,000 taels of silver for the matter of the Satsuma Domain, hoping to make up for the damage to Ryukyu and the Ming Dynasty." ”

Ma Shiying sneered: "Thank you, General, last time my servant wanted to go back to his hometown to save his relatives, I gave him five hundred taels of silver, your country is really too generous, I will go back and report to our emperor." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "If the envoy thinks that the compensation is too small, in fact, you can add some, what do you think of 1,500 taels?" ”

Ma Shiying smiled angrily: "Thank you, I am leaving." ”

Not to mention that Tokugawa Iemitsu proudly went back to show off to his Lao Tzu, but said that after Ma Shiying packed his luggage, he went directly to the ship and came to Hirado.

Everyone came to greet them, and Ma Shiying said in a long voice: "There is a holy decree!" ”

After everyone knelt down, Ma Shiying read: "The emperor's edict said: Today, there are people from the Satsuma Domain of Japan who steal the Ryukyu of our Ming Domain, and coerce the Ryukyu to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and earn rewards. I appointed Man Gui, the commander of the Independent Brigade, as the commander-in-chief of the Satsuma Domain, Zhou Yuji, the deputy commander of the Third Division, as the deputy general, and Zhang Qianfang, the commander of the navy, as the deputy general, to lead the land and water of our Guards Army to recapture the land of the Ryukyus, and punish the ignorant Satsuma Domain. ”

After receiving the order, Man Gui asked Qin to come in and sit down. Ma Shiying said: "General Zhou will lead two infantry battalions and an artillery battalion to Pingdo. Liaonan is temporarily quiet, so the emperor has ordered the general staff to come to Pingdo to watch the battle and accumulate experience in water warfare. Governor Yan was to stay in Hirado this time, but the emperor said that he could let your subordinate Zheng Yiguan participate in the water war, and if you had no opinion, you could appoint him as the deputy commander of the Guards Navy. ”

Yan Siqi hurriedly said: "How can there be opinions? Zheng Yiguan is my good brother, and I can't rejoice that he can join the Guards. ”

Zheng Yiguan also stood up and said: "The grass people have thanked the emperor for his great kindness, and they will definitely do their best to serve the emperor." ”

Ma Shiying said with a smile: "Don't call it a grass person in the future, all of Yan Dudu's subordinates have official status." By the way, Commander Zheng, please forgive me for being a little rude, are you expensive this year? ”

Zheng Yiguan replied respectfully: "Xia Guan is twenty years old this year. ”

Ma Shiying asked again: "How old is your son this year?" ”

Zheng Yiguan was surprised: "Xiaguan has no heirs yet. ”

Ma Shiying pondered for a long time and said, "I see, I took the liberty of it." But I thought in my heart that the emperor said that he had a son named Zheng Chenggong, and it seemed that the information was wrong, but the emperor said Zheng Zhilong, so he asked: "Does Commander Zheng know about Zheng Zhilong?" ”

Zheng Yiguan was even more surprised: "The next official is Zheng Zhilong." ”

Yan Siqi next to him said with a smile: "Brother Zheng's nickname is Yiguan, and his later official name is Zheng Zhilong." ”

Ma Shiying couldn't figure it out, but he didn't think about it, and continued: "The emperor instructed that you should be strict with military discipline in the Ryukyus, and that I am a teacher of benevolence and righteousness and a teacher of civilization, and I must show the demeanor of a state of etiquette in the Ming Dynasty in front of the vassal state." ”

This is actually a requirement for the navy, the Guards have always been strictly disciplined, and no one dares to offend, but the navy was originally a pirate, and these must be said first, and it will not be good to talk about it when something happens.

They all replied, "Obey the Divine Commandment." ”

I didn't want Ma Shiying to change his mouth and said: "But what everyone wants to do in the Satsuma Domain is beyond the emperor's control, and they are not our vassals, so we don't need to let them feel our benevolence." Fearing the enemy is what we soldiers should do. ”

Yan Siqi was overjoyed, the pirates relied on plundering to improve their morale, he didn't want to plunder in Japan, and his team did not participate in the battle of Satsuma, but looking at it like this, he should not be too restrained at sea in the future, as long as he didn't rob his own people, the emperor might still like to see it.

The last question, the military supplies were originally stored in Jeju, but now they have to fight in Satsuma, so the military supplies will be placed on Hirado Island, a major military supply area, although Yan Siqi did not participate in the war, his responsibility is actually very heavy.

Because Zhou Yuji's troops still needed to reorganize their equipment, and then take a sand boat to Quanzhou first, and then Zhang Qianfang's fleet would take over, so it was expected that they would arrive on Hirado Island in more than ten days.

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