"Mr. Zhang Tianru was famous all over the world back then, and although there were many people who offended, there were also many people who received his favor. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhy is it that now that he is dead, no one is willing to take care of the affairs after his death? Li Xiangjun couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, it's because I'm afraid of offending people." Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhang's death is not that simple. Mr. Zhang's health has always been very good, how could he suddenly die? I'm afraid there is a big problem here, and it can't be said that it was Zhou Yu who was harmed. ”

"If there are a lot of diseases today, why can't you die of a violent illness? Why did the husband decide that Zhou Xiang was harmed? Isn't Zhou Xiang about to rely on Mr. Zhang Tianru, how can he harm him? Li Xiangjun asked rhetorically.

"Xiangjun, do you actually think so?" Zheng Sen stared at her with wide eyes, and after a while, he shook his head with a smile and said, "Xiangjun, you don't pretend to be stupid." I see, now that you have a sister, you first lost the troupe or everything to your mother, and now you ...... Do you want to hide your clumsiness, so as not to show your edge too much and accidentally offend her? In fact, you don't have to be so careful, although your sister is not as good as you in poetry and songs, but she has more serious books to read than you, and she has some knowledge, but her experience in human feelings is not as good as yours. You're Lulu, and you can't necessarily beat her. And your sister is also from a scholarly family, and her parents-in-law have taught women to be virtuous since she was a child, as long as you don't have any problems yourself, she won't target you. By the way, you haven't seen her yet, when will I take you back to Anhai to meet your sister Dong. ”

"Where did the husband say, where did the concubine dare to hide it? Where can something go wrong with a concubine? Li Xiangjun shook his head and said, "The husband knows that if you talk about Yuefu, the concubine understands a little, but how can the concubine understand these major things?" is the same as what the husband said, the husband should have arranged for the concubine to visit the lady a long time ago. ”

Zheng Sen shook his head and said, "I won't tell you, in short, there are many people who suspect that Mr. Zhang Tianru died at the hands of Zhou Yusheng." Since everyone has this suspicion, they will naturally think that if I go to arrange the funeral for Zhang Tianru, will it seem that I sympathize with Mr. Tianru and oppose Zhou Xiang. Will it offend Zhou Xiang because of this? So there are naturally fewer people who are willing to help deal with his aftermath. It's my family, and now I can't offend Zhou Xiang for no reason. I estimate that Ma Yaocao is probably the only one who can really help Mr. Zhang deal with the aftermath in this world. Well, you reminded me that others know that I am familiar with Mr. Zhang Tianru, and if he dies, I will not react at all, and I am afraid that some people will gossip. It's just that I'm very busy here, but I don't have time to go. Kong Bangui happened to be at Ma Yaocao's senior, so he asked him to bring some silver to help show that it was okay. Oh, by the way, Xiangjun, I'm going to go out again in a few days, you can help me prepare. ”

Li Xiangjun leaned over and said faintly: "Husband is really busy, so he just settled, and the chairs here are not hot, so he is going to leave again." ”

Zheng Sen also hugged Li Xiangjun and said, "Who said that the chairs are not hot?" I can still stay in Taiwan for a few days this time, not to mention the chairs, even the beds, which can also be warmed. ”

"Not serious." Li Xiangjun said.

"Oh, by the way, this time it's not the same as before. This time I'm going to Japan to pick up my mother. Zheng Sen let go of Li Xiangjun again, straightened his clothes, and said to her very seriously, "I'm going to prepare gifts for my mother, my brother, and my grandfather." I'll send a letter to your sister Dong right away, and ask her to prepare some, and you can also help me think about what to bring here. ”

Hearing the news, Li Xiangjun immediately forgot about Zhang Pu's matter, after all, it was just someone else's business, and picking up her mother-in-law from Japan was the most important thing for a daughter-in-law.

"Husband, then you want to tell me what your mother-in-law and uncle like? What else is missing in Japan? And ......" Li Xiangjun immediately asked a lot of questions. However, the trade between the Zheng family and Japan has always been close, and after the Zheng family is developed, it will naturally not treat the Tagawa clan and Nanazaemon in Japan. At this time, although Japan had already begun to implement a policy of seclusion, prohibiting any Japanese from leaving Japan and prohibiting any Japanese abroad from returning to China, it also cut off trade with all countries except the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands, and prohibited any merchant ships other than the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands from entering Japanese ports, and even the ships of the Ming and the Netherlands could only trade in the port designated by the shogunate, Nagasaki Port. And the vast majority of the Ming trade with Japan was controlled by the Zheng family. Therefore, the Tokugawa shogunate still knows a lot about the Zheng family of the Ming Dynasty, and of course it will take care of Zheng Zhilong's wife and son. So materially, the Tagawa clan and Nanazaemon really don't lack anything.

After listening to Zheng Sen's explanation, Li Xiangjun thought for a while, and then said: "Husband, the concubine thought about it, but she really couldn't think of anything else, she only thought of one thing." ”

"What do you think of?" Zheng Sen asked.

Li Xiangjun didn't answer immediately, but stood up straight first, blessed and blessed before saying: "This trip to Japan, thousands of miles away, my mother-in-law is afraid that she has not been on a boat for so long before, and she naturally needs to be taken care of along the way." Although the husband is a filial son, there is always an inconvenience in taking care of people, and this can be used as a concubine. The concubine is willing to follow her husband to Japan and take care of her mother-in-law all the way. ”

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It will take some time to prepare for going to Japan to meet my mother. First of all, there was the matter on the Japanese side, and over the years, the Tokugawa shogunate had continuously strengthened the sea ban and forbade any Japanese to leave Japan. Theoretically, the Tagawa clan is also within this range, and it is also forbidden to leave. The Tokugawa shogunate's continued strengthening of the sea ban also had profound political considerations. It's not the result of a one-time slap on the head.

The biggest problem of the Tokugawa shogunate was that "if the name is not right, the word is not good", and the only legitimate ruler in Japan is the emperor, and the so-called "samurai" are essentially only tyrants. Their rule was based only on force, and their feudal system also made the daimyo essentially semi-independent, and once the shogunate weakened, the other daimyo would lead troops to "Kamiraku", overthrow the shogunate by force, and establish their own shogunate. Japan is a small country, so it is naturally susceptible to external influences. It's like a stock with a relatively small total value, which can easily make its price fluctuate with little external capital. Therefore, the most worrying thing for the Tokugawa shogunate was that those "foreign daimyos" colluded with foreigners, received assistance from foreigners, and even became the spokesperson of some foreign countries, and then relied on the support of foreigners to challenge the shogunate. For this reason, it was only natural that the Tokugawa shogunate continued to tighten the sea ban.

Since the sea ban has such great significance, it is absolutely unthinkable to change the policy of the sea ban for the sake of a woman. Of course, the Tokugawa shogunate was also well aware of the power that the Zheng family possessed. Moreover, the Tokugawa family also gained a lot through trade with the Zheng family. Therefore, they are naturally not willing to turn their faces with the overlord of the East Asian seas for the sake of a woman. Therefore, the best way the Tokugawa family can take for the Zheng family's plan to take the Tagawa clan back is naturally to pretend not to know, of course, if there is a daimyo who does not know each other and insists on asking, the shogunate can also pick up the manuscript of a spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Red Rabbit Country in the later generations and say: "There is still such a thing?" He even simply picked up a male spokesman's manuscript and said, "It's your business!" ”

However, although the Tokugawa shogunate was most willing to pretend that they didn't know anything, they couldn't really let them know nothing. Without their cooperation, it is easy to make trouble. And Zheng Sen finally went to Japan once, so he couldn't really do nothing, so he just took his mother back, which was too inefficient. The trade volume between the two sides is so large, it can be said that there are many issues of common concern and many common interests. Naturally, there is room for further deepening the friendship between the two sides. Even if they can't tie the Tokugawa shogunate to their chariots all at once, at least make them very "well-meaning neutrals."

Zheng Sen hoped to take this opportunity to visit Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. Although it is not particularly difficult to meet Tokugawa Iemitsu, it also requires considerable preparation in advance. In addition, the fleet also needs preparation time, so Zheng Sen still has to wait in Taiwan, and he can just deal with some things.

Zheng Zhilong stayed in Taiwan for a few days, and then took the Feiyan to meet Anping. The Feiyan stayed in Anping for two days, and when it came back, there were two more passengers on board, but they were Dong You and her maid Lotus Flower. The ship entered the North Harbor and docked at a small secluded pier. At this time, Zheng Sen was already waiting here with Li Xiangjun and Huan'er.

Lotus helped Dong You down the boat along the gangplank, and Zheng Sen noticed that both of them were a little pale, and it seemed that they were probably a little seasick. After all, Dong You rarely took a boat before, except for this time, that is, when he got married, he took a sea boat once. And that time she was on a huge ship, as long as there was not too much wind and waves, there was not too much swaying. But this time it was different, this time she was on the Feiyan. The Swift was much smaller, and in order to achieve higher speeds, the boat was modeled after the design of the later "Flying Clippers". The "clipper boat" has obvious advantages in speed, but this kind of ship also pays the price for high speed: this kind of boat has a low freeboard, and the waves can hit the deck at any time; Even if there is no wind and waves at sea, she shakes it very much, and if there is a little wind and waves, it can shake the old sailors unconscious. Therefore, in later generations, after the appearance of clippers, they were more used as cargo ships than passenger ships, even if passenger ships required higher speed, even if it could cut the time to cross the Atlantic by half. Of course, Dong You didn't encounter any wind and waves along the way, but there was no wind and waves on the sea, so obviously Dong You and Lotus Flower were seasick.