The so-called family elder is the person who takes charge of and handles the affairs of the feudal domain for the feudal lords and daimyos.

Just as the clan was the hereditary lord of the Tsushima domain, the Yanagawa clan was the hereditary patriarch of the Tsushima clan, the family second only to the clan on Tsushima Island, and its status was equivalent to that of the prime minister of Tsushima Province.

However, this patriarch is different from the butler or prime minister, because the patriarch has his own territory, which is often the most powerful of the retainers.

It stands to reason that the relationship between the elder of the family and the daimyo is the relationship between the vassal and the lord, or the relationship between the servant and the master, and the relationship between the servant and the master should be loyal to the lord's family for generations.

There is nothing wrong with this truth, whether it is in China's feudal period or before Japan's Warring States period, it is basically this routine.

Especially in a place with a very serious hierarchy like Japan, the sovereign has a lot of power over his vassals, even the power to kill and take them.

However, since the late Muromachi shogunate, Japan has entered an era of so-called ritual collapse, especially during the so-called Sengoku period for nearly a hundred years, when many very powerful retainers broke away from their lordship and became new daimyos.

The most typical examples are Toyotomi Hideyoshi to Oda Nobunaga, and Tokugawa Ieyasu to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi came from an extremely humble background, and after several efforts he entered Oda Nobunaga's mansion as a servant, and he was also a servant of very low status - specializing in carrying Oda Nobunaga's shoes and cleaning shoes, which were called clogs.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi worked as a domestic servant under Oda Nobunaga for more than ten years, and only then did he rise to prominence step by step, and was promoted by Oda Nobunaga to become a retainer of the general.

No one expected that as soon as Oda Nobunaga died, he did not choose to assist Oda Nobunaga's descendants, but immediately raised troops and stood on his own.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did something similar to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but was more ruthless than Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was once loyal to the Toyotomi clan as one of the elders of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but he has been silently strengthening his strength, and as soon as Toyotomi Hideyoshi died, he immediately raised an army to destroy the entire Toyotomi clan, replaced the Toyotomi clan, and established the Tokugawa shogunate.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's actions set an example for many ambitious figures and became their idols.

Although Emperor Chongzhen did not know what kind of person this Yanagawa Choxing was, he knew that Japan was a very contradictory country, with an unusually strict hierarchy and a deep tradition of lower ranks.

Since the Yanagawa clan is the hereditary patriarch of the Tsuma Clan, and his strength is second only to the Zong clan, then raising him again can be regarded as a constraint on the Zong clan.

Although Emperor Chongzhen has hoped to get Iwami Silver Mountain for a long time, this idea has always been buried in his heart, even if Chen Jisheng has taken the power of the Daming Water Division one step further, it is not too far from the west coast of Japan where Iwami Silver Mountain is located (north of Hamada Port in later Japan), and there are no other sea obstacles in between, but he is still not ready to do it immediately.

At least until he eliminated Jianyu and pacified Liaodong, he couldn't set up another strong enemy for himself in the east.

Although the Iwami domain no longer exists, Iwami has become the direct jurisdiction of the Tokugawa shogunate.

There is no big problem with the Tsushima Domain, which is far away from the Japanese mainland, as long as it is resolved before the Tokugawa Shogunate intervenes, and the Tsushima clan himself admits that he has softened, and the Tokugawa Shogunate has nothing to do.

However, Iwami Ginzan is different.

Although the place was also far from the heart of the Edo shogunate, on the remote west coast of Japan's main island of Honshu, and the Tokugawa shogunate did not fully realize its full reserves and true value, if you did send troops to occupy the place, you would immediately be met with full resistance from the Tokugawa shogunate.

Although Iwami Ginzan was indispensable for Emperor Chongzhen's future series of reform measures, it was not yet the time to get it at all costs.

Therefore, in the case of the Tsushima domain, it is necessary to make long-term plans.

He could not squeeze the Tsushima clan too much, or persecute it too much, so that he could only take the risk of asking for help from the Tokugawa shogunate, which would lead to unpredictable results, and he could not just forget it, let him be ashamed and courageous, and take advantage of its superior geographical location to develop again by trade.

What should be done is to weaken it, and the best way to weaken it is to nurture within it a family that may be able to replace it in the future.

Once the Tsushima clan has internal worries and the possibility of causing trouble, then the Zong clan will not be tough.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that Liuchuan Tiaoxing was so young, only twenty-seven years old, and he was the elder of the family above 10,000 people under the Tsushima Domain, so he gave him the title of Commander of the Tsushima Guard, which might arouse the so-called ambition of the Japanese.

Sure enough, Liu Chuan, who couldn't understand Chinese, listened to the words of Gui Bo Xuanfang at this time, and was surprised and happy at the moment, and muttered to himself:

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what a god-like person! Three thousand miles away, I even know the Yanagawa clan of Tsushima Island! The prestige of my Yanagawa clan has since spread to the Great Tomorrow Dynasty! ”

Liu Chuan muttered excitedly for a while, and suddenly asked Gui Bo Xuanfang: "Master, do you know how many products this Wei Commander is?" What are the same commanding acquaintances? ”

Seeing Liuchuan's appearance, Gui Bo Xuanfang sighed secretly, but had to say: "According to the Ming Dynasty system, the commander of the guard is the third grade, and the commander is the third grade, which is equivalent to the three grades of the Japanese order system of the samurai!" ”

After listening to Uncle Gui's explanation, Liu Chuan sighed excitedly, and was even more happy to dance.

You must know that in Japan's official hierarchy, the Tsushima clan has been guarding Tsushima Island for hundreds of years, although it is known as the daimyo of the feudal state, but its position in Tsushima is only under the four ranks, similar to the four grades on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, it is the so-called foreign daimyo under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, and its status is not high.

As the lord of the Tsushima Domain, the status of the clan in the Tokugawa shogunate was not high, so the Yanagawa clan, who did not have the position of the shogunate, had an even lower status in the Japanese hierarchy.

The mismatch between strength and position or title has made the Yanagawa clan always dissatisfied with Yanagawa Tomoyong, who had made great contributions to the horse clan in the previous generation.

This dissatisfaction naturally continued to his son Yanagawa Tiaoxing.

For this kind of dissatisfaction hidden by the Liuchuan clan, the old monk Gui Bo Xuanfang, who has always been loyal to the Ma Zong clan, naturally knows it in his heart.

At this time, I saw Yanagawa Tiaoxing's performance, and I was worried.

After being received by Emperor Chongzhen, in the next two days, Gui Bo Xuanfang and Liu Chuan Tiaoxing, accompanied by Bi Denghan and officials of the Li Fan Yuan, toured around the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and then set off and returned with the Tsushima Guard Command Commander Commander Commander Tongzhi Yinxin Banner and other things awarded by the Li Fan Yuan.

Bi Denghan and his Jinyi guards also accompanied these people on the journey back to Yingzhou Island after visiting their families.

For the merits of the Dongjiang Sailor and the Yingzhou Town Guard Mansion this time, Emperor Chongzhen also gave appropriate rewards.

Although the terms they made with the Tsushima Domain were more based on the interests of the Dongjiang Naval Division and the Yingzhou Town Guard, such as the military expenses of compensation, which needed to be compensated to the Yingzhou Town Guard, the Dongjiang Naval Division, and the Korean State for 100,000 taels of silver each year within five years, it was not directly compensated to the Ming Dynasty or Emperor Chongzhen himself.

But in general, it can be regarded as a certain benefit for the Ming Dynasty, so many people have worked hard for months, and if there is no intention of rewarding the court at all, it will not be reasonable.

Therefore, when Bi Denghan left Beijing this time, he also brought Chen Jisheng and Li Xingzhong rewards from the imperial court:

First, Chen Jisheng, the deputy capital envoy of Jiadongjiang Town and the guard of Yingzhou Town, was the general of Zhengyi and gave the seal of the general of Zhengyi;

Second, Li Xingzhong, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Naval Division, was appointed as the Governor of the Navy Governor's Office, and he was still the chief officer of the Dongjiang Town Naval Division;

Third, Kong Youde, the deputy general of the Dongjiang Town Water Division, was promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Town Water Division, and he was still stationed on Yingzhou Island and was under the control of the Yingzhou Town Guard.

As for the other meritorious personnel reported by Chen Jisheng and others, they were also promoted by the military department, so there is no need to go into detail one by one.

Although the agreement reached between Yingzhou Town, Dongjiang Town and North Korea, the three parties and the Tsushima Domain, although they needed the approval of the Ming court, they did not reach the level of stamping the emperor's seal.

Emperor Chongzhen's purpose in giving Chen Jisheng a general seal of Zhengyi was to let him use this seal of general Zhengyi given by Emperor Ming to manage the sea area around Yingzhou Island, including the Tsushima Strait, outside the Yingzhou Town Guard.

Whether it is a letter of agreement with the Tsushima clan now, or a future deal with the nearby port of Nagasaki, Hizen domain, Satsuma domain, and Hirado domain, you can negotiate with them with the seal of the Shogun of Seiki.

In addition to the meaning of the title of the shogun himself, this title of shogun is naturally a reference to the title of shogun of the shogun received by the Tokugawa shogunate.

Since the daimyo of all the Japanese feudal domains recognize the authority of the general of Zhengyi, recognize this title, and think it is amazing, then let Chen Jisheng use the name of this general of Zhengyi to deal with them.