As long as Wang Yan does not go crazy, sends tens of thousands of people to land in Japan, and sends a few warships to exert pressure, several old ministers in the cabinet can still accept it.

After all, the mission was attacked, and the main courtyard of the Imperial Court was still in the hands of the Shimazu clan, and the Ming Dynasty did not express its anger, and the thousand-year-old empire would not become a thousand-year-old turtle.

At that moment, the cabinet made a decision, and immediately in accordance with the regulations of the military reform, it urgently convened a meeting of the council hall and proposed to use sailors to put pressure on the Tokugawa family to force the Tokugawa family to punish the Shimazu clan.

The Tang and Lu kings were always paying attention to this and were preparing to incite the imperial court officials to stop trade with Japan as a punishment for the Tokugawa shogunate's attack on the Ming mission, and to completely sever diplomatic ties with Japan.

As a result, China and Japan will return to the situation after the battle for tribute, normal trade will be cut off, and smuggling will become rampant.

Domestic merchant ships could not go to Japan, and the entire Sino-Japanese trade would be controlled by the maritime merchants and the Zheng family under the Lu Fan, who would be able to obtain huge sums of money by smuggling to Japan.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and they heard that after Xu Junsheng returned to Chongming, he was about to ask people to write an excerpt to denounce the injustice of the Tokugawa shogunate, and ask the imperial court to end the exploration trade between China and Japan, but they didn't want to, and when the Shimazu clan acted, he revealed his identity.

In the council, although there were many people who thought that Japan should be punished, not to negotiate, and to stop all contacts directly, most of the ministers were still persuaded by Wang Yan.

Nowadays, the trend of profit-chasing that has risen in the entire Ming Dynasty has made most officials pay more attention to practical interests, rather than irresponsible and full of guns.

There is a backlog of so many goods in the country, which need to be sold, and with the loan of Wude not being recovered, there are major problems in the economy of the entire Ming Dynasty, which Wang Yan can see, and many ministers can also feel that many of them are the owners behind the workshop, or interest partners, and they want to find a market for dumping goods more than Wang Yan.

If the Ming Dynasty thought that the Tokugawa shogunate had done it, the negotiations would have basically been broken, but if it was only a daimyo under the Tokugawa shogunate, the possibility of further trade with Japan still existed.

After the council passed the cabinet proposal, Wang Yan first sent people to Ningbo, found the shogunate personnel who came to the Ming Dynasty to conduct exploration and trade, and sent a letter of state and a handwritten letter to the Tokugawa family, hoping that the Tokugawa family could make an explanation about the Shimazu clan's secret control of the Ming Dynasty's Ryukyu and attack the Ming Dynasty mission, and then prepare to draw the latest gunboats from the Guangdong Navy, the Fujian Navy, the Zhejiang Navy, and the East China Sea Division to form a fleet and sail to Japan.

However, the process of transferring warships was not smooth, and neither the Zheng family nor the Zhejiang Navy Division sent the main warships, but only sent a few lucky ships to Chongming to restore their lives.

In the Chu Palace, Nanjing City, in Wang Yan's study, Xu Taichu was standing in front and reporting to Wang Yan.

"What about the things I told you to investigate? What news have you got, tell Lonely! ”

The Zhejiang Navy Division and the Zheng Family's Navy Division, under the pretext that the gunboats were being repaired in the dock, only sent a few lucky ships to Chongming, which made Wang Yan very angry, and also strengthened Wang Yan's determination to reform the military system and return the army to the imperial court.

"Your Highness, I have found some rumors that the attack on the mission this time seems to have involved the maritime merchants of eastern Zhejiang and the Zheng family, with the purpose of disturbing the trade negotiations between the Huang Imperial Court and Japan, so that they can monopolize the Japanese market. However, this matter involves Japan, and Jinyiwei's strength is limited, so he doesn't have any real evidence! ”

Wang Yan's face sank when he heard this, "As soon as the news of the attack on the mission came back, some officials wanted to stop the exploration and trade with Japan and cut off contact with Japan, and a trace of doubt arose in my lonely heart. Cutting off trade was a regression of the national policy of opening the sea, and he wondered who would benefit the most, and he was already suspicious of King Lu at that time. This time, they only sent a few fortune ships to deal with the imperial court, and they determined in their hearts that there might be other reasons for this matter besides the Ryukyu problem. ”

Wang Yan paused, and then said: "You continue to investigate this matter, even if it is in Japan, you must find out clearly." Also, Jinyiwei don't ignore the meticulous work sent from the north, the weapons supervisor can have an accident, and Lone doesn't know what to say about you! ”

Yu Taichu lowered his head, waited for Wang Yan to finish speaking, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "What His Highness said is that the humble position must find out the matter clearly, and strengthen the work of the Jinyi Guard to ensure that there are no mistakes!" ”

Wang Yan nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can step back first!" ”

Yu Taichu bowed down and retreated when he heard this, but when he retreated to the door of the study, he suddenly stopped, and said to Wang Yan: "Your Highness, Jinyiwei investigated the Jinhua Min Incident before, and it involved a big case in Yuyao, Zhejiang. The case has been closed by the Zhejiang side and reported to the Criminal Department, but the humble official feels that there are still quite a lot of suspicious points, and the humble official wants to read the detailed file of the Criminal Department and check it secretly! ”

In the city, in the restaurant under the name of the Tang King, or on the highest floor, the two kings met again.

This is already the norm, and Jin Yiwei knows it, but it is difficult to break into this restaurant.

In the room, there were refreshments and fruits on the table, and the two kings sat by the window, and King Lu spoke first: "I didn't expect that the Shimazu clan was so secretive, and he was so stupid that he exposed his identity, causing us to fail!" ”

The plan to contact the Shimazu clan and stir up the trade between the Huang court and Japan was proposed by King Lu, and the Tang king thought it was feasible to help the Zheng family, originally thinking that this chess was a good move, which could not only hit the small domestic workshop owners, but also cause the people to be dissatisfied with Wang Yan, and they could maintain a large source of wealth through smuggling, but they didn't want the Shimazu clan to mess things up.

Tang Wang said in a deep voice: "Right now, Wang Yan has decided to use sailors, although we didn't give him a warship, but I heard that Japan has been locked down for more than ten years, and the ships are still the same as in the Wanli period, it is estimated that even if we don't send ships, they are not opponents of the imperial court!" ”

"We didn't give Wang Yan the warship this time, it is estimated that Wang Yan will suspect us, but it doesn't matter, as long as we don't let him grab the handle. Now the key is the Shimazu clan's side, we can no longer intervene to help, in this way, there will be one less way to make money in the future, and I am afraid that the plan to train troops on Taiwan Island will be affected! ”

The Tang King bowed slightly, the imperial court should strengthen the monitoring of local finances, their financial resources will be less and less, and if they want to raise private soldiers, they must have silver.

The two kings fell into a deep groan, and after half a sound, the king of Tang suddenly said: "The imperial court has set its sights on Japan, so we will lock our eyes on the South Seas." Didn't the people in Quang Nam want Luzon? Why don't we get ahead of them and take Luzon down. It is also close to Taiwan, and after we take it, it will also be convenient for development. ”

King Lu's eyes lit up, "That's right! The capture of Luzon is also a blow to the merchants of Guangnan, which can stop their development momentum and strengthen our strength. Looking at the nautical chart, that piece of land is not smaller than Taiwan Island! ”

(End of chapter)