Lin Guangxing rushed from Tanegashima to the capital in a daze, he felt that he could no longer find his direction, and wanted to rescue his own crew and clansmen, not to go to the location of the Japanese shogunate, but to send him back to China, what was going on?

He couldn't help but think uneasily in his heart, could it be that the official of the East China Sea Patrol Mansion that he met on Tanegashima didn't want to cause trouble, so he tricked him back to China.

Lin Guangxing, who was arranged in the guild hall, did not fall asleep all night, and walked back and forth in his bedroom for a night. Early the next morning, Lin Guangxing, whose eyes were full of bloodshots, finally made a decision, if those officials of the East China Sea Patrol Mansion just fooled him and tricked him back to China, and did not want to help him rescue the personnel on the "Guangxing", he would rather go out and sue the emperor than let go of these bastards.

After Lin Guangxing washed up, he sat in the living room and waited for about half an hour, although he felt a little dizzy, but his brain was still very active, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. Just when he felt that he couldn't wait, the little official of the Patrol Mansion who had come to the capital with him walked in with a group of people.

Lin Guangxing hurriedly got up to greet him, clasped his fists and saluted the little official and asked, "Lord Qin, didn't you say that you would take me to find a place to cry grievances?" When can we leave, the dozens of lives on the Guangxing can't be delayed. ”

The little official waved his hand and said to him: "Don't worry, Master Lin, let me introduce you first, this is the representative of the Daming Maritime Merchants Association..."

The little official introduced the identities of the seven or eight people behind him, such as representatives of the Maritime Association, representatives of the Merchant Association, reporters from the Daming Times, reporters from business news, and so on. After Lin Guangxing heard the identities of these people, he found that none of them were from the yamen, and he didn't understand what this Lord Qin was doing with these people.

Lin Guangxing then pulled the little official aside and asked him in a low voice, "Lord Qin, what are you bringing these people over?" How can they help in rescuing the Guangxing? Shouldn't we now go and cry out to the court? ”

The little official glanced at him and asked, "Shouting grievances to the imperial court, are you going to shout grievances to that yamen?" There are so many yamen in the capital, and there is one yamen that can control the heads of the Japanese, so it would be strange if you just found a yamen to shout and not be bombarded by others as a troublemaker. ”

Hearing the confident tone of the little official, Lin Guangxing's anxious heart suddenly calmed down a lot, and he couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Then Lord Qin thinks, what should I do to get the imperial court to take care of the Japanese and let them let them go?" ”

The little official glanced back at his back and said, "Of course, it's up to them, tell me what happened to the Guangxing, and focus on how rude those Japanese behaved." As long as these people sympathize with the plight of the Guangxing and publicize it, the people of the capital will naturally be inclined to you, and there is pressure from public opinion, and the imperial court will naturally send someone to find you and help you solve this matter..."

Lin Guangxing followed him back to the crowd in disbelief, and then stammered to them about the Guangxing's experience. Lin Guangxing originally thought that as long as he said last time, he would be able to wait for the envoy from the imperial court to come to the door, but he soon realized that he was wrong. The little official kept bringing people to the courtyard to listen to him tell about the experience of the Guangxing, but the court envoy that the little official said never appeared.

Seven or eight days have passed, and the Guangxing incident has become the most talked about news among the people in Beijing after dinner. Several newspapers in the capital published not only the Gwangheung incident, but also the murderous Japanese army in the southeast coast and the Korean War decades earlier, and the people's disgust with Japan was deepened for a while.

Although public opinion in the capital was extremely sympathetic to the Chinese crew and Portuguese missionaries who were detained by the Japanese during the Guangxing incident, Lin Guangxing did not see any statement from the imperial court, which made him feel a little chilled in his heart. These days, I don't feel like it's going to have any effect, it's just making him more skillful and sensational in telling the Guangxing incident.

Before going to the capital, although Lin Guangxing was angry that the Japanese had detained the ships and personnel, he still vaguely felt that it was he who brought the Portuguese missionaries to cause this disaster, so he was still a little weak in his heart.

In these days in the capital, Lin Guangxing, who was supported by public opinion, removed this bit of weakness, and instead felt that this was the unreasonable troubles of the Japanese and a plundering of Chinese merchant ships. Whether he was carrying Portuguese missionaries or not, the Japanese might have found some other excuse to seize the Guangxing or some other Chinese merchant ship.

The upright Lin Guangxing felt even more aggrieved when he told people, which made the audience feel indignant and empathetic. On 14 May, Lin Guangxing finally waited for the news, although he was not an official sent by the imperial court, but a eunuch sent by the emperor, and asked him to go to Xiyuan the next day to tell the representatives of the Maritime Merchants Association and the Ming Merchants Association in Beijing about the experience of the Guangxing.

The venue in Xiyuan was full of people today, in addition to the representatives of the Maritime Association, the number of people was more than the representatives of the Ming Merchants Association. It was the first time for these representatives of the Ming Merchant Association to come to the meeting venue in this imperial city, and many people were more concerned about taking this opportunity to enter the imperial city to have a look than to listen to Lin Guangxing's account of what happened to the Guangxing in Japan.

As a matter of fact, most of the delegates attending the meeting today have already learned about the Guangxing incident. Regarding this incident, the members of the Maritime Merchants Association and the members of the Daming Merchants Association did not agree on this incident. The members of the Maritime Association were not only extremely angry about the Guangxing incident, but also actively linked up, wanting to move the emperor to exert pressure on Japan, after all, what happened to the Guangxing was very likely to happen to them.

As for the members of the Ming Merchant Association, although they sympathized with the crew of the Guangxing, they were only sympathetic and asked them to intercede with the emperor or the imperial court, and they had no motivation to do so. Therefore, most people came to this meeting with the mood of watching the excitement.

Zhu Youzhen had estimated such a scene, but he was not very worried. Because today's meeting is just a formality, the real key is in another venue.

The other venue mentioned by Zhu Youzhen was naturally the ASEAN in the Nanxunfang, where the representatives of Portugal and the representatives of the Ming Dynasty jointly submitted to the ASEAN that Japan had unreasonably disposed of the Ming crew and the Portuguese missionaries in the Guangxing incident.

The Dutch, Spaniards, and British, who had been thinking about how to attack Japan, passed without much disguise, and jointly put pressure on the Japanese shogunate to release the crew of the Kohōhing and the Portuguese missionaries, and to pay compensation for the damages. The Dutch also took advantage of the situation to put forward a proposal demanding that Japan abandon its policy of seclusion and allow ASEAN to conduct free trade in Japan.

Just after the ASEAN unanimously passed the bills put forward by the representatives of the Ming Dynasty, Portugal, and the Netherlands, the merchant representatives also unanimously passed the proposal to condemn Japan and negotiate with the imperial court in advance.

The reason for this was that the emperor said to the crowd before voting: "... When a merchant pays a tax to the state, he is tantamount to signing a contract with the state, and the merchant should have the right to conduct legal free trade under the protection of the state.

As Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will oversee the implementation of the contract between the merchant and the state. I am also committed to protecting the legal rights of every taxpayer. Japan's brutal handling of the crew of the Guangxing must be punished..."

With the emperor's endorsement, the merchant representatives present naturally knew what they should vote for. After the meeting in Xiyuan ended, Zheng Cai entered the palace to report to Chongzhen about the decision made by the representatives of the ASEAN.

After listening to this, Zhu Youzhen thought for a moment before he said to Zheng Cai: "Since the Dutch and Spaniards have promised to send their fleet to the Ryukyus before the end of August, then we can also send someone to inform Xu Xinsu to provoke a rebellion in Japan."

One was the rebellion of Tokugawa Tadanaga against his brother, the other was the downfall of the three feudal clans in the southwest, and the other was the continued purchase of grain from the Japanese feudal domains, so that the Edo shogunate lost its power to control grain prices.

From now until the end of August, there are still more than two months for us to prepare. For the Japanese offensive line, one was to attack Edo along the coast south of the Japanese archipelago; The other was to attack Kyoto along the north of the Japanese archipelago.

Therefore, Jeju Island and Ryukyu should be stockpiled with sufficient supplies, and Tanegashima, Nagasaki, Hirado, and Tsushima Islands should be captured first and used as advance bases.

In order to ensure that the fleets and armies dispatched by the members of the ASEAN countries can be dispatched in a unified manner, you should go and discuss with them again and set up a Combined Fleet Command and a Combined Army Command to manage the navy and army involved in the attack on Japan respectively..."

At the same time when Beijing was in full swing to teach the Japanese shogunate a lesson, Tokugawa Tadanaga was looking out at the castle tower in the northeast corner of Sunpu Castle. The castle tower, built on the ruins of Imagawakan, was the last retreat of Tokugawa Ieyasu, so the decoration is not very ornate, but it is majestic enough.

With the Anshin River to the west, mountains to the north and east, and Tokaido and the sea to the south, Sunpu Castle can be said to be an extremely dangerous pass between Edo and Kyoto. However, because of the danger, there is not much room for development, but Junfu City, which is surrounded by mountains and seas, is a place with very beautiful scenery.

The distant figure of the white mountain of Mt. Fuji and the torii gate of Asama Shrine in the north were displayed in front of Tokugawa Tadanaga's eyes, but the thoughtful Tokugawa Tadanaga did not seem to see these beautiful scenery in his eyes.

Just behind him, Yahachiro and Monk Somoto were both kneeling on tatami mats, as if waiting for his orders. Tokugawa Tadanaga, who had been silent for a long time, finally said angrily: "Have these bastards forgotten who they are loyal to? Actually because they couldn't eat rice, they were about to make trouble, how did Torii Seiji manage them in the Ming Kingdom? ”

Monk Zongyuan hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Highness, now is not the time to hesitate, except for the more than 100 samurai guarding the castle tower, everyone else in Junfu Castle is obeying the shogunate. These troops who returned from the Ming Kingdom were completely loyal to His Highness. Your Highness should send someone to appease them and grant their request. Otherwise, if someone is provoked by this and goes to Edo to denounce it, it will be a big loss. ”

Tokugawa Tadanaga clenched the folding fan in his hand several times, and finally suppressed his anger and asked, "Yahachiro, after agreeing to their conditions, how long will our treasury be able to support it?" ”

Yahachiro lowered his head and said calmly: "If you don't use the big treasury in the city, it will probably be two or three months." If you use the big library, you can last for more than a year. But in this case, the shogunate will soon receive the news. News came from Edo Castle that someone had complained to the shogun and the Daigosho that His Highness had shot a monkey at the shrine, and the Daigosho was furious. If he hears the news of the passive use of the Great Treasury again, the villain is worried that the Great Imperial Palace will ask His Royal Highness to explain. ”

Tokugawa Tadanaga was silent again, and he was also in a dilemma about the current situation. Ming sent an envoy to contact him last year, asking him to stock up on more food and wait for the opportunity. Although he did so, he didn't dare to transport the grain into Junfu City. Then at the beginning of spring this year, the Akito sent back hundreds of people including Torii Seiji, saying that it was to protect his safety.

Then the Ming people sent back several batches of personnel in a row, and the more than 3,000 people he entrusted to the Ming Kingdom to train were sent back as many as 1,200 people, which was already more than the number of samurai in Junfu City. According to the Akito's intentions, he should use these people to control Sunpu Castle, cut off the Tokaido, and then issue a declaration of the Shogunate.

Although it was something he had always wanted to do, when it came to the end, he cringed a little. He was really a little worried about whether a few thousand people and a small Junfu Castle would be able to reach the crusade of the shogunate's army. What's more, his father is still alive, which makes Tokugawa Tadanaga always have a glimmer of hope, thinking that his father will not ignore him after all and let that brother continue to bully him.

After a long time, Tokugawa Tadanaga finally hesitated and ordered: "Yahachiro, you accompany Master Sogen to bring food to appease them, agree to their request, and let Torii Seiji strictly manage it, and no one is allowed to go out alone." In addition, you can go to Tanegashima again and discuss with Xu Patrol Envoy, how will Ming Kingdom help me in my crusade against the shogunate? ”