Hearing that Batavia had fallen, the Dutch in Malacca suddenly lost their will to fight, and they sent messengers to surrender to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong planned to pretend to accept the surrender, and then put all these Dutchmen to death. At this time, Zheng Zhilong's subordinate Feng Chengshi (Feng Xifan's father) suggested: "Although Zhenguo Gong has given the general the right to act cheaply, the general should not use up this right. You have already slain a lot of Dutch feathers in Batavia, and this captive, in my opinion, should be given to the Duke of Zhenguo, and it is up to him to decide what to dispose of, so as to show your respect for him. ”

Zheng Zhilong calmed down and thought about it, it was really such a truth, so he loaded more than 1,000 Dutch prisoners into four ships and transported them back to Fujian to present to Li Long.

It was not until more than ten days after Zheng Zhilong occupied Malacca that the Portuguese fleet that came from India to support the Ming Dynasty was late. Seeing that the Ming army occupied Malacca, Dover, the commander of the Portuguese fleet, proposed to Zheng Zhilong that the Ming Dynasty hand over Malacca to Portugal

Zheng Zhilong was happy and said with a smile: "Damn, Lao Tzu worked hard to fight with the Dutch red hair, don't you come over to eat ready-made, and you still want me to hand it over?" What is the truth of this? ”

Li Weijing, who is fluent in Dutch and Portuguese, removed the foul language and then translated Zheng Zhilong's words truthfully

Dover held his head high and said proudly: "Malacca was originally a Portuguese colony, but it was later robbed by the Dutch. Now, though your country has recovered Malacca, shouldn't it be handed back to its master? ”

"Ganlin's mother~" As soon as Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately scolded his mother, and finally estimated his face, so that he could suppress his anger so that he would not lose his temper even more.

Li Weijing saw that Zheng Zhilong's pirate temper was coming, so he hurriedly persuaded Zheng Zhilong to negotiate with Dover by himself

Li Weijing said: "Your Excellency, if you say that you want to return Malacca to his master, then our army will not be able to hand over Malacca to Your Excellency. ”

"Why?" Dover's eyes widened

"First, our army was ordered to expel the Dutch, so it was our duty to take over Malacca. Second, if we take matters into our own hands and cede Malacca, then we will be beheaded by our king~" Li Weijing made a beheading action, "You don't want us to die, do you?" ”

"Of course not!" Dover hurriedly waved his hand

"That's it~ Next, let's discuss who is the owner of Malacca." Li Weijing said

"Of course it's us Portuguese!" Dover said rightly

Li Weijing shook his head and said: "Malacca, I Ming called Manchuka, it was my Ming vassal country, your country attacked Manraka and captured Malacca, in fact, it is equivalent to my Ming declaration of war." ”

"No, no, no~" Dover was about to defend himself, but Li Weijing interrupted him and said, "But that's in the past?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes~" Dover quickly shook his head again

"Your country has taken Malacca from Manraka, the Dutch have taken the Malacca family from you, and I have recovered Malacca from the Dutch, so today's Malacca actually has nothing to do with your country!" Li Weijing's tongue twister-like remarks made Dover frown

Before Dover could sort out this series of logical relationships, Li Weijing said in a row: "The Dutch have taken Malacca from you, how should you report to your king?" Naturally, it is said that Malacca was lost and defeated. Our army has recovered Malacca from the Dutch, how should we report to our king? Of course, it is to repay the merits of the war. You have received Malacca from Manraka as booty, and the Dutch have taken Malacca from you as booty, and our army has received Malacca from the Dutch. Will you give away your spoils of war to others? Therefore, the same Malacca, through the hands of the Dutch, has nothing to do with your country. To put it bluntly, this is also a matter between our country and the Dutch. If your country recovers the fortress of our country seized by the Dutch, I will never ask for it from you! ”

"Oh God!" Dover rubbed his temples, he was completely dizzy by Li Weijing's words, Li Weijing's words seemed reasonable, but they were full of crooked reasoning, but he couldn't refute it.

"So at least let my soldiers come ashore to replenish some fresh water and food?" Dover said helplessly

"Of course that's fine!" Li Weijing smiled

The countries of Nanyang were originally the traditional sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, and most of them were subject countries of the Ming Dynasty before, but with the invasion of the West, many countries interrupted their tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and some were simply destroyed

Compared with the Central Plains, no Nanyang country will like Westerners, in the past, the Central Plains exchanges, the two sides are basically mutually beneficial, many small countries still rely on tribute to make money, and Westerners are completely naked plunder.

In the past, when the Central Plains Navy Division was strong, there were no Westerners who were rampant and domineering in the Nanyang countries, but now that the Central Plains Navy Division is strong again, those Nanyang countries that have long been cut off from the Central Plains Dynasty for many years have also begun to think about whether to resume the tributary relationship with the Central Plains again, and perhaps they can use their strength to drive Xiyi out.

In Beijing, this year's Lantern Festival is particularly lively, and the victory of the Daming sailors in Nanyang has spread to all corners of the Ming Dynasty. In the teahouse, Mr. Storyteller turned the deeds of the naval army to conquer the Nanyang into "The Legend of the Nanyang Heroes of the Ming Dynasty", three times a day, and the venue was full.

The merchants of the eastern coastal provinces were even happier, as they seemed to have seen gold beckoning to them

On the Jinluan Palace, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites held the court board in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, there are two new arrangements for this year's Lantern Festival celebration~"

"Oh? What is the arrangement? "Emperor Chongzhen on the dragon chair is now completely an emperor who rules vertically, he has no interest in dealing with national affairs, and now the country is in the hands of Li Long. As a result, Li Long completely assigned the task and power of managing the country to the cabinet. The Ming Dynasty originally had a cabinet system, and after Li Long's modernization reform, the current cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty is very similar to the parliamentary constitutional monarchy of later generations, and the Ming Dynasty has actually unconsciously slowly transitioned in this direction. It's just that the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty are not called ministers, but they are still called auxiliaries. At present, this auxiliary position is naturally taken by Li Long himself

"The first item is that the envoys of the Nanyang countries pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty~ The second item is that more than 1,000 Dutch red-haired captives parade through the streets to demonstrate the prestige of our Ming Dynasty." Said the waiter of the Ministry of Rites

"The South Seas Legations?" Emperor Chongzhen thought of the scene when all countries came to the dynasty when the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor, how majestic it was, and he couldn't imagine that he could have this opportunity today. "It's really thanks to Aiqing!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Li Long gratefully

"Your Majesty, the minister just did what he was supposed to do!" Li Long bowed humbly

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, raised his hands and said: "This year's Lantern Festival must be lively and lively, and the whole world will celebrate together!" Then he glanced at Li Long's eyes, and then sat down again tremblingly.

"Yes!"

More than 1,000 Dutch captives were transported by water from Fujian to Tianjinwei, and then walked from Dagukou to the city of Beijing. Along the way, it is rare to see foreigners in the Ming Dynasty people vying to watch.

"It turns out that the red hair is also a head?"

"His third uncle, do you think the Western red hair is three heads and six arms!"

"However, these red-haired devils are indeed taller than us!"

"What's the use of being tall and big? The cake cut is big, but it's a pity that it's a foodie! ”

"That's it, it's not that our Daming babies are looking for teeth all over the ground!"

"I heard that my relatives who do business in Nanyang said that these Western red hairs are the most bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, if you are a bad breed, he will treat you as a pig and dog. If you straighten your spine, he'll take you uncle! ”

"It's not~ I have a relative who does business in Nanyang, in the past, when these Dutch red hairs were in power, he could only accompany the smiling face, but now it's different, and he straightens his waist every day."

"Then your relatives are also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard!"

"That's different, at that time, the imperial court didn't give overseas Ming traders the masters, but now it's different, I heard that Zhenguo Gong will soon make a new law, specifically to protect the Ming merchants who do business overseas."

"Zhenguo Gong is really an angel given by God to our Ming Dynasty! Since we have Zhenguo Gong, our farmers' lives are much better! There are not as many harsh taxes as before! ”

"I think the credit of Zhenguo Gong is great, and he should be crowned king"

"Yes, yes"

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On the side of the Jinshui Bridge, a group of Dutch prisoners of war from the Dutch Governor of Malacca, Sabowen, stood in a large phalanx in the square

Emperor Chongzhen also pointed at these Dutch prisoners of war who looked strange to him as if he were looking at a diorama

At this time, the Ministry of Rites Shang: "Your Majesty, after Tang Taizong defeated the Turks, he captured the Turkic Khan, and once called him to dance for himself in front of the envoys of various countries, why doesn't Your Majesty follow Tang Taizong's example today?" Ordering these people to dance and cheer up? ”

"Great idea!" Emperor Chongzhen felt that he could do the same thing as Tang Taizong, which was really better than any sycophant, so he said loudly: "Order the Yiren captives below to dance~"

"Your Majesty ordered the people to dance!"

"Your Majesty ordered the people to dance!"

The eunuchs passed down the decree all the way

Cui Dianshi, the Taiwanese government who was in charge of the translation work in the audience, immediately translated Emperor Chongzhen's words to Sa Bowen

"Is this an insult?" Sabowen refused to dance

Cui Dianshi waved his hand, and more than a dozen black hole guns were immediately aimed at Sa Bowen, who had no choice but to lead his men to dance by the Jinshui Bridge.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the "weird" dance of the Dutch, and smiled backwards, "Is this called dancing?" Forget it~~ Let them stop! ”

"Your Majesty's order to stop!"

"Your Majesty's order to stop!"

The eunuch went all the way down the holy decree

Sa Bowen, who was twisting his waist very unnaturally, breathed a sigh of relief

Emperor Chongzhen asked Zeng Hualongyan beside him, "Where is the Duke of Zhenguo?" ”

Zeng Hualong replied: "Zhenguo is just in the cabinet to negotiate with the ministers to establish a law to control our Ming vassal state. Zhen Guogong said that in the future, there will be more and more subordinate countries of my Ming Dynasty, and a special law or even a special yamen will be needed to manage these subject countries. This will not be the case that the subject country will become more and more estranged from me tomorrow~"

Since Li Long's merits were improved, Zeng Hualong has also been promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet.

"Oh~~" Chongzhen smiled: "Thanks to the blessing of this Lord Zeng, I, the emperor who rules by the arch, can also accept the worship of the envoys of all countries who come to the court like Chengzu!" ”

Zeng Hualongyan said with a smile: "Not only Your Majesty's blessing, but also my Ming's blessing~"

Winter has turned to spring, and the typhoon season in the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan has finally passed. During the second period, the Japanese crusading army of the Ming Dynasty was also assembled in Shandong, Liaodong and Korea. In addition to the Ming army, which was the main force, there were also 20,000 Korean servants, as well as the commander-in-chief Chen Jixiang of the Ming army stationed in Japan......

Merchants hope that the Ming Dynasty can get Japanese gold and silver after attacking Japan, the young Zhuang officers hope to build up their military exploits, the brothel owners hope to get more Japanese ** supplements to attract customers, and even some old bachelors hope that the officers and soldiers will kill more Japanese men, so that they can go to Japan to breed for the women there, and so on. In short, the voices in favor of the attack on Japan prevailed in the end

With such a momentum, where would the new Tokugawa shogunate not know? As a result, the Tokugawa family, a new shogun, was holding an emergency meeting in Edo. The final result of the discussion was that it would be better to be chalcedony than to be tile.

As a result, the Tokugawa family ordered the feudal domains in China, which had not yet been occupied by Chen Jixiang, to immediately rearm and war, and report the situation on the sea to the shogunate's old man Sakai Tadakatsu stationed in Yamagata Castle at any time

For a time, the seventeen feudal domains in China were busy together, and Chen Jixiang also recruited troops and prepared them for war, however, his purpose in doing so was not to resist the Ming army, but to welcome the arrival of the Ming army.

At this time, it is the bitter cold of North Korea's wind and snow, and the cold of midwinter has not completely passed. The snow melt everywhere makes the roads muddy and difficult to walk. However, at this time, in the Busan port area of North Korea, there is a dense flow of people everywhere, and a busy scene is in full swing. The Ming officers and soldiers in leather armor and iron armor, and the Koreans in white clothes and bloomers, each of them came and went, and they were busy all the time.

Busan Port is the place chosen by Li Long to send troops, and after countless people are busy day and night, Busan Port and the sea outside are now densely packed with nearly 1,000 ships of all sizes. Hundreds of warships of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea were parked in Gujin City, and those troop carriers were parked in the port of Busan.

The conquest of Japan is a huge systematic project, and in order to transport tens of thousands of people safely to Japanese soil, at least 1,000 warships are needed. In order to collect these warships, not to mention North Korea. It is the civilian ships of Shandong, Liaodong and other places in the Ming Dynasty, all of which are all sold out. And the relevant material transportation, without one or two thousand, can not come.

At this time, Daming showed his huge comprehensive national strength. In the past few months since October, because the soldiers of the Korean Crusade were in urgent need of food and wages, they urgently transported 240,000 stone of grain from various places in Liaodong, Tianjin, Shandong Province to North Korea, most of which were transported by water from Tianjin, Shandong, and a steady stream of grain and grass came by sea. At the same time, under the leadership of Zheng Zhilong, the newly established Nanyang Chinese Entrepreneurs Association also organized tens of thousands of large and small ships to transport grain, grass, materials and soldiers for the Ming army.

These grains and grasses effectively guaranteed the success of Li Long's plan to conquer Japan in the future, but in order to move and unload these grains and grasses, Li Long ordered the Joseon king Li Shu to mobilize the people of the southern provinces of Korea, and mobilized 40,000 people to act as porters. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were used to fight in battle, not to be porters or coolies. However, the Ming army provided enough food for the Korean people to eat their stomachs, and each person was paid three cents a day, so the local Korean people rushed to work. Daming's coins are now the hard currency of the decision, and the sanwen is a very objective income in the eyes of the local North Koreans

At this time, Zhou Guoqing found Li Long to complain and said: "Grandpa, the soldiers are eager to fight, and they have asked Grandpa to go to Japan as soon as possible!" ”

Li Long smiled: "Don't come to this set, do you think I don't know?" You have been in North Korea since October last year, and you have been staying for several months, and during this time, you are tired of playing with North Korean women, and you are anxious to cross the sea to play with Japanese women, right? ”

"Uh~" Zhou Guoqing was suddenly pointed out by Li Long, and suddenly felt embarrassed, "I really can't hide anything from you, grandpa!" ”

Li Long scolded with a smile: "Don't think about playing with women all day long, the Japanese are not soft persimmons, you must be mentally prepared to fight a tough battle." Only when you win a battle can you have the life to play with women, don't you? ”

"Grandpa taught me a lesson, I'll go back and teach that thief a lesson!" Zhou Guoqing quickly escaped

As soon as the big tent came out, a group of young military attachés surrounded him and asked, "How is it, how is it, when are we going to fight?" ”

Zhou Guoqing's face was blank, and he said in a fierce voice: "You thieves, don't think about playing with women all day long, the Japanese are not soft persimmons, you must be mentally prepared to fight a tough battle." Only if you win the battle, you will have the life to play with women, otherwise be careful that the following things will be cut by the Japanese! ”

The young military attache was bored with himself, so he could only go back in disgrace

On the 30th day of the 16th month of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming Navy and 20,000 of the Korean Navy and Army, a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, came out of Busan, North Korea, and rushed straight to Fushan with the momentum of thunder. Chen Ji, the chief general of the army stationed in Japan, led an army of 80,000 to respond.

How dare Zong Yoshicheng, the lord of the Toyama Domain, resist, and immediately surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Then, Li Long assigned him an errand that was extremely reluctant to be sent to the shogun, Tokugawa Iemasa, and the Ming demanded that Japan cede Toyama, open the whole territory of Japan to the Ming and its vassal states, and allow the merchants of the Ming and its vassal countries to open trading houses and factories in Japan.

The Tokugawa family was furious, and immediately issued a crusade order from the shogun, ordering the whole country to mobilize and fight to the death against the invading "Tang Ko". At the same time, the Toyama domain was removed and the feudal lord of Zong Yoshinari was deprived, and the old Naka Sakai Tadakatsu tried to persuade him to no avail. The Tokugawa family's impulsive consequences directly pushed the Toyama clan into the arms of the Ming Dynasty.

On the twenty-ninth day of the first month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, on the sea off Fushan, there were densely guarded battleships in front and behind, and Li Long stood on the bow of the No. 1 battleship of the treasure ship and looked out into the distance. I saw the sea and the sky the same color, cloudless, the blue sea water wave after wave, not far from the front, is the north and south of the Fushan Island narrow figure.

At present, the weather is still cold and biting, and the sea breeze blows the red velvet on Li Long's body, and the big rain hunts and hunts, and Li Long stands quietly, just silently pondering. Li Long's plan was to foster proxy power in Japan and return Japan to the Warring States period. In other respects, if the persecution is too tight and arouses the hatred of the whole country in Japan, it is not good.

Soon, the fleet approached Toyama, not to mention the Ming army in the city lined up to welcome the lord of Zhenguo, that is, the governor of the Toyama family, Zong Yoshisei, who had already led the whole clan, as well as all the residents of the city, all greeted each other on both sides of the dock.

However, at present, the governor of the Toyama clan, Zong Yoshisei, has officially surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, so this place has long become the garrison of the Ming Dynasty's army. At this moment, the military camps on Toyama are densely packed, and the sea of flags of various colors is boundless. This city is big enough, wide enough, there is no problem to accommodate tens of thousands of troops, and Dapu Port is also a good port, it is also very convenient to transport materials from Daming and North Korea here, and the scenery here is pleasant, there are many pastures, and horses can also be raised.

Seeing Li Long landing surrounded by a group of men and horses, the city lord Zong Yicheng immediately pounced, surrendered to Li Long's feet, and kowtowed in Chinese in a trembling voice: "The villain Fushan Family Governor Zong Yicheng has seen the Lord of Shangguo!" ”

Zong Jiajiu has been with North Korea for a long time, and he often used to do business with smugglers in the Ming Dynasty, and most of the clansmen are proficient in Korean and Chinese.

Li Long rode on the tall European and Spanish war horse given to him by Donat, and looked at him with a condescending gaze, this Zong Yicheng * person is middle-aged, about forty years old, (Zong Yicheng should be forty-three years old at this time), at the moment Li Long smiled and said: "Zongxiang, you get up, you can abandon the darkness and serve the Celestial Empire, I will not forget your credit!" Don't worry, even if you don't live in Toyama in the future, I will reopen the domain for you in a place where the fields are more fertile. ”

Zong Yicheng breathed a sigh of relief, with Li Long's words, then he was relieved, Toyama couldn't be saved, but his clan had run Toyama for many years and had accumulated a lot of wealth, with this money, it would be no problem to live a rich life in the future.

Soon, everyone entered Nagano Castle, and the defenders here had been replaced by the Ming army. Although Nagano is the center of gravity of Toyama, it is only a small town in Daming, and the population of Nakachi is only a few thousand. That night, Zong Yicheng accompanied some cronies and retainers to hold a dinner party to entertain the coming Lord of Shangguo. However, Toyama is the name of a region that governs the three cities of Toyama Castle, Nagano Castle, and Gunma Castle.

Naturally, singing and dancing are indispensable for a wine banquet, but those Japanese women, wearing kimonos with baby bags on their backs, holding small fans in their hands, smeared with thick white powder on their faces, black teeth, and a flattering look thrown over, made Li Long get goosebumps all over his body. Only Zhou Guoqing, Liu Tichun, Tian Jianxiu and others, who had never seen a Japanese woman, were very curious, and Lin Qingye, the commander of the North Korean army, and others also looked at it with a smile.

After the dinner, it is natural that Japanese women will be indispensable to sleep, and Li Long will take special care to send one more to Secretary Zhou. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, Japanese men went to China, or met Han people from the Central Plains to Japan, they would dedicate their wives and daughters to serve, called Du Chong. Song Renzhou once recorded in the "Qingbo Magazine": "A boat in Japan drifted on the Song Realm, a line of dozens of people, Japanese women were all covered, met Zhongzhou people, and chose the beautiful one to recommend to sleep, named the degree species." ”

The army of Chen Jixiang of the Eastern Route Army had already entered Yamanashi and Shizuoka. It was across the river from Edo Castle, and after Lee Long's army entered Nagano Castle, Edo was sixty miles to the east. The Great Siege was basically formed.

This custom was passed from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and both the Chinese and the Japanese at that time were accustomed to it, that is, the Ming army was stationed in Toyama at present, and many Japanese residents in the city gave their wives and sons one after another, every night, hoping to give birth to a strong and tall descendant in the future. Although the height of the Japanese in later generations has been raised, although it is due to the contribution of the generation of milk and strength, the contribution of the soldiers of the Ming army to their wives and daughters is also indelible.

Zong Yicheng's youngest daughter, Dieji, who was given to Li Long to sleep, was sixteen years old, born small and exquisite, with fair and tender skin, and a height of only more than one meter and four points, which made Li Long feel guilty about playing with underage girls. However, this woman's skills made Li Long quickly erase his guilt. On this night, the exotic** and exotic** made Li Long full of nature, and the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and he scored five times.

Early the next morning, with the support of the maid, Dieji staggered and left Li Long's room with difficulty. Zheng Sen then entered the house and reported the military situation to Li Long. Although his father Zheng Zhilong served as the president of the Nanyang Chinese Entrepreneurs Association, Zheng Sen still served in the army, and now all the sailors that originally belonged to the Zheng family are under his command

After Zheng Sen reported the number of ships, supplies, and soldiers that had arrived, Li Long asked, "General Zheng, I heard that your mother is Japanese and you were also born in Japan, so do you know Japanese?" ”

"Understand!" Zheng Sen nodded

So what does this mean in Japanese? まちがったどうけつ" Li Long repeated one of the short sentences that Diehime said the most last night

"Back to Grandpa, it means 'wrong cave'!" Zheng Sen wondered why Li Long would ask such an inexplicable sentence

"Uh~~~" Li Long was embarrassed, "It's okay, you go down and get busy!" But he replied as if nothing had happened

"That Weichen retired~!"

As soon as Zheng Sen left, Zong Yicheng came to see him again, "Lord Guogong, how was you resting last night?" ”

"Good, good!" Li Long said three good words in a row

"The ministers have something to ask for, I hope that the prince can fulfill it!" Zong Yicheng said

"What's the matter, it's okay for you to talk about it!" Li Long said

"Yesterday, the Kokuko said that the clan would be resealed, but the clan and the retainers have lived in Toyama for generations and have taken root here, and no one is willing to go anywhere else, so the ministers implore the kokuko to be gracious!" Zong Yicheng was flat in front of Li Long, his head low enough to touch the tatami mat

"This~~" To be honest, Li Long felt quite ashamed at the moment, people kindly sent a daughter to his bed to borrow seeds, but he was so good that he bombarded other people's daughter's chrysanthemums all night. Instead of complaining, Dieji also worked hard to make herself score five times, and now her father begged him in a low voice, if he didn't agree, wouldn't it be a bit too much?

"Okay~" Li Long's heart softened, and said: "Zongxiang abandons the darkness and turns to the light, serves the Heavenly Empire, is loyal and brave, I am determined to report to the emperor, in the future, Zongyijun will still be the lord of Fushan, and after the peace between the two countries in the future, you can continue to trade with North Korea and the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Zong Yicheng was overjoyed, and immediately kowtowed to Li Long and said: "Thank you for the love of the prince, the villain is grateful, and he will decide to serve the adults in the future, and go to the soup and fire, and he will not give up!" ”

"Diehime, she~~" Li Long remembered that Dieji was in pain when she left

"Is Lady Diehime still satisfied?" Zong Yicheng didn't know the truth, he said flatteringly: "Do you want Dieji to sleep tonight?" ”

"It's not~"

"Oh? Adults think it's not good for Dieji to sleep? I also have three daughters, and I let them take turns sleeping for the adults, and there's always one for you! ”

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Tokugawa Iemasa's comprehension is sometimes as slow as a stupid cow, and sometimes as fast as a flint. After receiving the news of Zong Yoshisei's surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the Tokugawa family immediately issued a mobilization order, calling on the daimyo families across the country to gather all their retainers, take out all their weapons, and fight to the death in order to defend Japan.

It is said that it is the whole of Japan, but in fact, most of Upper Japan was occupied by the Ming army, and the Tokugawa family only occupied the area north of Edo Castle River.

In response, Li Long threw a big bait to the daimyo in various parts of Japan, telling the samurai and feudal lords that the daimyo who participated in the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate could be crowned, and the meritorious feudal lords had the opportunity to become daimyos; To the merchants, they could freely trade with the Ming Dynasty, Korea, Portugal, and the Nanyang countries; For ordinary people, they have the opportunity to work in the workshops opened by Ming merchants, and even have the opportunity to move to Daming and become the people of Daming.

"Zheng Jun! I haven't seen you for years, but how is your father doing? "Wearing armor and holding a sword in his hand, Shirozu Mitsuhisa stood side by side with Zheng Zhilong.

"Thank you for your concern, my father is in good health!" Zheng Sen smiled: "The army has landed in the Aomori area, and the feudal lord has announced that the crusade against Tokugawa Iemasa has gone out?" ”

Mitsuhisa Shirozu nodded, "I went out, but it seems that there are very few people who respond." ”

"Don't be afraid!" Zheng Sen smiled: "When we win a few battles, the feudal lords of various places will change their mentality. ”

Shirozu Mitsuhisa smiled: "That is, clinging to the strong is the way to survive!" ”

"I'm going to attack the northern feudal domains first, what does the feudal lord think?" Zheng Sen asked with a smile

"North?" Mitsuhisa Shirozu said with a smile: "There are four main feudal clans in the north, which are the Hosokawa family of the Akita Nitta Domain, the Hosokawa family of the Akita Domain, the Hosokawa family of the Uto Domain, and the Sagara family of the Hitoyoshi Domain

Zheng Sen nodded and said, "It seems that the Hosokawa family is the most powerful." ”

"The Chiyuki of the Akita Domain was originally the domain of Kiyomasa Kato and Yukinaga Konishi. The latter joined the Western Army at the Battle of Sekigahara and was executed by the Tokugawa Army after his defeat, and his territory was assigned to Kato Kiyomasa, becoming a daimyo of 520,000 koku. Kanei 9th year (The second feudal lord Kato Tadahiro was punished due to the Tokugawa Tadanaga Incident, and was assigned to the Hagaoka Domain of Dewa Province, and was ruled by the Hosokawa clan until the abolition of the domain. ”

"Okay, let's start with the most powerful Hosokawa family!" Zheng Sen pulled out his saber and pointed in the direction of Edo, "Lord of the Jozu Domain, do you want the rank of Tokugawa Iemasa?" ”

Where can the tiny Aomori accommodate the 100,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty and Korea? Therefore, after Jozu Mitsuhisa sent his retainer Shinna Tadayao to lead 1,500 people as guides and vanguards, 5,000 people from Chen Jixiangbu, the vanguard of the Ming army, and 3,000 Korean troops from Pak Zhonghuan of the Korean army, killed Akita Castle, the main city of the Hosokawa family.

Akita Castle, along with Edo and Nijo, is known as one of Japan's three most famous castles, and it took seven years for the famous general Kiyomasa Kato to complete it, and the predecessor of Kuma Castle was rebuilt during the Muromachi period. Kiyomasa Kato was one of the most popular generals of the Warring States period with his "Tiger Retreat" and a series of anecdotes. During the invasion of Korea, due to the hard work of Qingzheng, the Japanese army was quite smooth in the early stage of the Korean War, and it is recorded in the history books of the Ming Dynasty as follows: "The Japanese people are upright, strong and severe, and they are really famous generals among the chiefs." After that, the name of Kato Toranosuke Kiyomasa spread throughout Japan.

Kato Kiyomasa's ability to build a castle was discovered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the construction of Edo, and Kiyomasa, who was only twenty-four or five-year-old at the time, established the exact location of the present Edo and served as the director of the preparatory fortifications for the construction of the castle, which contributed greatly to the construction of the majestic Edo in the future. After realizing the potential of Kiyomasa, Hideyoshi ordered Kiyomasa and Hiroko Terazawa to build Hizen Nagoya Castle, the base camp of the Japanese invasion of Korea, and after its completion, the five-story seven-story castle tower and the beautiful use of Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru were admired by later generations of castle builders such as Tokugawa Ieyasu, Date Masamune, and Gamo Clan.

In the sixteenth year of Tensho, Sasa Seimasa was ordered by Hideyoshi to disembowelment because of his failure to govern, and after the territory was confiscated, the northern country was divided into two countries, the north and the south, and Kiyomasa and Konishi Yukinaga received them respectively. Qingzheng received 250,000 stones, and took Kumamoto as the residence. The construction site of Akita is located in the hilly area of Mt. Chausu southeast of Kumamoto, across the Tsuboi River, and the Shirakawa River and Ikogawa River in the north have become natural strongpoints, and it is one of the few castles in the history of Japanese castle construction that occupies a natural hazard.

When Shinna Chungyao introduced Kato Kiyomasa, his tone was very awe-struck, but Chen Jixiang and North Korean General Park Zhonghuan became more and more angry the more they listened. The more brave and good you are Kato Kiyomasa, the more Koreans and Ming people you will kill during the Korean War. Especially when Kiyoshi Kato was in North Korea. In the Imjin War, the most hated by the Korean people was probably Kato Kiyomasa.

Park Zhonghuan said disdainfully to his subordinates: "Brothers, the siege of the city is a very boring thing, let's sing two folk songs to cheer up!" ”

The North Korean soldiers asked, "General Park, what folk song are we singing?" "The Ballad of Kikyo"? ”

Park Zhonghuan said in a very inflammatory tone: "The name of this city is Akita, and it was built by the Japanese general Seimasa!" We sang "It's so happy, Qingzheng ran away!" and "It's You—The Righteous General". ”

"What? Will the Japanese be upright? The North Korean soldiers were in an uproar

Qing Qing Qing, Qing Qing Qing, Qing Qing, Qing Qing,

It's really happy, Qingzheng has run away!

Hit hard, kill hard, hit hard, hit mercilessly!

It's really happy, Qingzheng has run away!

It's a pleasure to beat the enemy and capture the prisoners!

Look, the enemy is scurrying around!

It's really happy, Qingzheng ran away! ……

It's you, the Righteous Warrior!

Thirty miles from Anton,

Dare to come and smuggle?

Come, please, and make you a ghost of my sword,

There is no return!

Some of the North Korean soldiers were full of tears, and some of them gritted their teeth and sang these two folk songs

As the commander of the Second Army of the Japanese invasion of Korea, Kato Kiyomasa went straight to Seoul after the landing of Governor Konishi in Busan. And Konishi Yukinaga, as the vanguard, went on a rampage, swept away the cowardly Korean defenders, and even took down several cities, Kato Kiyomasa then rushed after him without an inch, and couldn't help but be angry, so the poor Koreans also suffered. "Connivance" accounted for a large proportion of Kato Kiyomasa's way of motivating the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, and he connived at the slaughter of cities by soldiers everywhere, and even participated in the burning and looting himself, often slaughtering tens of thousands of local Korean residents. In Jinju alone, more than 60,000 North Korean civilians were slaughtered; the massacre of more than 20,000 North Korean civilians in Ulsan; Gyeongju killed more than 30,000 Korean people; Sangju killed 20,000, Wenqing killed 20,000...... Countless people have lost at least hundreds of thousands of North Korean soldiers and civilians on the way from Busan to Seoul under the butcher's knife of Cheongjeong and his men. After attacking Seoul, Qingzheng connived at the soldiers to plunder for three days, slaughtering more than 80,000 civilians, including 5,000 surrendered officers and soldiers, plundering countless property, and finally setting fire to the city, destroying tens of thousands of houses and palaces.

All these bad deeds made Kato Kiyomasa notorious in Korea, so much so that the Ming Dynasty and North Korean documents used "mad dog" to describe Kato Kiyomasa, and to this day, the word "Kato Kiyomasa" is still synonymous with "dog" in Korean. Therefore, the Goryeo Bancheng Dog Meat House is thriving, and people cut the dog and slaughter the dog every day, the original meaning is to kill "Kato" to vent their anger.

However, this Japanese general, who committed the most heinous crimes in the eyes of the Korean people, has an excellent reputation in Japan itself and in his own territory, and is one of the few people who is rarely criticized behind him. The local people of Akita still refer to Toranosuke as "Kiyomasako" today. It is no exaggeration to say that the local people's admiration for Kato Kiyomasa has formed a kind of "pure faith", and the degree of love of the people in the Warring States military commander Shinna Tadamoto (Shinna Tadayao's father), who also has a high reputation, is far from comparable to Kiyomasa, so Shinna Tadayao will speak with awe when he mentions Kato Kiyomasa.

Chen Jixiang is also a belly of fire, because after Li Long's propaganda machine to build momentum, Chen Jixiang and all the soldiers of the Ming army who conquered Japan are convinced: The reason why Jiannu can rise in Jianzhou is because Japan attacked Korea that year, and the Ming Dynasty sent troops to support, so that the old chief of Jiannu wild boar skin took advantage of the loophole. Chen Jixiang recalled the suffering he and countless people in Liaodong, how could he not be angry?

Chen Jixiang shouted: "Enough, can singing take revenge?" Can singing bring back a dead family member? ”

Park Zhonghuan took the lead and responded loudly: "Can't ~~ blood debt and blood repayment~ blood debt and blood repayment!" ”

Immediately, the Ming army and the Korean soldiers also shouted: blood debt and blood payment, blood debt and blood payment!

"Good~!" Chen Jixiang pressed down with his hands, signaled everyone to be silent, and then shouted: "The gunners listen to the order, and all the cannons are aimed at a concentrated bombardment of the enemy city." ”

"Order!"

"Park Zhonghuan listens to orders!"

"The last general!" Park Zhonghuan responded

"After the city is broken, you are the second echelon to enter the city!"

"Order!"

"The generals will obey the order! After the city was broken, you waited as the vanguard and entered the city. Chen Jixiang looked at Xinna Zhongyao in an unquestioning tone

"Yes!" Xinna Zhongyao lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Chen Jixiang's fierce gaze

Boom, boom, boom

The artillery of the Ming army began to roar, and the fierce shelling enveloped Akita Castle, but, unexpectedly, this city, which seemed to Chen Jixiang to be like a country manor in the Ming Dynasty, was still very defeated. The fortification of Akita Castle has been proven in modern warfare. During the Southwest War in the 10th year of the Meiji era (1877), the 13,000-strong Saigo Army attacked the Akita Town Taiwan Army, which had only 3,400 defenders. Saigo Takamori, the general of the Saigo Army, led 30 mountain artillery and 30 mortar artillery to attack, and the commander of Gugancheng who defended the city only had 13 mountain artillery, 7 mortar artillery and 6 field artillery that had been eliminated, so it could be said that there was no hope of victory at all. However, after 52 days of strong attack, the Saigo army declared a total defeat and retreated

Fifty large-caliber cannons fired four salvos at the same section of the wall before a gap large enough was opened.

"General, what are you hesitating about?" Chen Jixiang asked Xinna Zhongyao through an interpreter

"Yes~~" Shinna Tadayao hurriedly pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed at Akita Castle, and shouted: "いけ!すすめ!いけ (rush!) ）”

"Roar~!" Fifteen hundred Japanese soldiers shouted いけ!すすめ!いけ (rush!) Kill into Akita Castle

Let's say that in Akita Castle, the hereditary patriarch of the Hosokawa family, the so-called three families of the Upper Secretaries, Matsui Jiji, Nagaoka Masanaoka, and Ariyoshi Kayoshi Masa commanded the cage city army in the castle to make desperate resistance

Matsui sent to the military in his hand and shouted loudly: "Don't stop the iron cannon~"

"There~ go to the oars and shoot arrows, you must stop the enemy!" Nagaoka held a bow in his hand and shot arrows at the Japanese troops of the Jozu Army, who were pouring into the castle

And Ariyoshi Xiangliang held a spear in his hand and fought hand-to-hand with the Chengjin army at a gap in the city wall, "With Yoshika Liang here, who will send him to death?" "There is Ji Xiangliang wielding a spear, quite a general's style

"Idiot!" Chen Jixiang saw Ariyoshi Xiangliang wearing brightly colored and gorgeous foot gear at a glance, and he said to the musket general flag beside him: "That's the general of the Japanese chieftain, right?" ”

When the musket commander heard this, he said to the sniper beside him: "The general has an order, shoot the general who wields the spear!" ”

"Order!" The Ming sniper immediately picked up a sniper rifle with a scope and a copper-shelled bullet and aimed it at the head of Ariyoshi Xiangliang

At this moment, Ariyoshi Xiangliang didn't know that he had been targeted, and he deliberately stood on a high place and shouted loudly: "The samurai of Jozu listen, if you are Japanese, how can you betray the general and betray the emperor to work for the Tang people?" You guys~~~"

Before Yoshika's words fell, a bullet was shot into his left eye, and Yoshikaliang leaned back, and with a pop, brushed down from a high place, and the bullet entered his left eye, opening a big hole in the back of his head before it came out

Although Xinna Zhongyao, who was fighting hard with a knife, didn't know what was going on, but when he saw that Yuji Xiangliang was killed, he immediately stepped forward and cut off Yuji Xiangliang's head with a knife, let the soldiers pick it on the tip of the gun, and shouted: "Ask for Yuji Xiangliang~ Ask for Youji Xiangliang!" ”

Suddenly, the Hosokawa army, which had sealed the gap, began to lose morale, and soldiers continued to throw down their weapons and flee, and the Jozu army led by Shinna Tadayao finally attacked Sannomaru and began to attack Nimaru.

Akita Castle is worthy of the brainchild of the Warring States period master Kato Kiyomasa who spent seven years building it, although Mimaru was breached, but the various defensive facilities in Ninomaru wielded the defensive firepower of the defenders to the extreme. When the Japanese troops in Jozu bravely passed through a curved corridor, it turned out to be a dead end, and what awaited them were iron cannons and bows fired from traps full of bamboo sticks and hidden firing holes around them. Or maybe they finally found the gate, but now facing the gate was a row of dense firing ports, and a burst of iron cannons rang out, and the brave Jozu Satsuma Hayato fell again

Shinna Zhongyao had no choice but to lead his troops and horses to temporarily withdraw from Akita Castle, count the number of people, and kill and wound 500 people.

"Why did you retreat with 500 dead and wounded?" Chen Jixiang asked the translator disdainfully, and the translator smiled: "Japan is narrow and has few people, and the so-called lords under the jurisdiction of the feudal lords, if they are placed in my Ming Dynasty, there will be more county orders than him, and there will be 500 dead and wounded, so it is naturally distressing." ”

Chen Jixiang laughed and said, "It turns out that he is just a village chief~", but laughing and laughing, Chen Jixiang was wary of this seemingly small, but quite strong Japanese town. So he raised his hand and said, "Light a cigarette!" ”

"Order~!" A personal soldier took out an iron box from his arms, opened it carefully, and then took out a small paper scroll thinner than a finger from it and presented it to Chen Jixiang. Chen Jixiang stretched out two fingers to clamp it, and the pro-soldier immediately took out a fire fold and lit it for Chen Jixiang

"Whew~" Chen Jixiang took a few puffs and spit out a few smoke rings, "This cigarette is good, you can take it with you, you don't have to carry a big cigarette pouch everywhere." ”

The soldier smiled: "No, I heard that the cigarettes of this Shandong Cigarette Factory have all crossed the sea and been sold by businessmen to the country of Franco!" ”

Chen Jixiang took a few more puffs, looked contemptuously at Akita Castle, which was smoking everywhere, and said indignantly: "Lao Tzu still doesn't believe in this evil. The city of Daming is much higher than this small village, and Lao Tzu has not broken it yet? Pass my command, give me a hard shot with a cannon, don't save me shells and gunpowder! ”

"Order!"

Boom Boom Boom ~ Boom Boom

The artillery of various calibers of the Ming army roared at Akita Castle together, and the flying thunder cannons with a relatively short range were also pushed to a distance of less than 200 meters from Akita Castle under the premise that the Jojin Army acted as a meat shield, and sent explosive bags weighing twenty or thirty catties into Akita Castle

Matsui, the elder of the Hosokawa family, was directing the soldiers to repair the breach, and Matsui suddenly felt that the mountains were shaking, and then he saw the firelight accompanied by a huge and blazing wave of air with countless broken iron filings and wood chips flying in all directions~

Old Matsui was shaken by the air wave generated by the explosion, and hit a grain and grass cart before falling to the ground, and the pain of broken bones penetrated through his chest from his back to the chest. Matsui looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was still shining. But when I looked down, I saw that a large part of the wall reinforced by rammed earth and thick wooden pillars at the mouth of the bowl had collapsed, and the remaining ruins and broken walls were as incomplete as if they had been chiseled by a sledgehammer. Most of the soldiers who were close to the ramparts were gone, leaving only mutilated or bloody corpses. There were flames and black smoke all around him, and many creeps were running around, and several lightly wounded soldiers were screaming hoarsely trying to stabilize the mood of the creeps

Matsui was mentally prepared for the fierceness of the battle, and he could even imagine that in the midst of the earth-shattering battle, groups of samurai would fall in front of the walls and trenches, and rush forward one by one over the corpses and blood of his own samurai. As long as the two sides don't stop, the fight will not end, no matter how tragic it is~~~~ However, the current level of tragedy has been beyond his imagination

Nagaoka Masanao instinctively lay down on the ground, his face was close to the ground, the ground that could have been relied on was now like a rough big hand, splitting his head and covering his face and constantly slapping Nagaoka's face, Nagaoka Masanao only felt that his body was like being slammed by many hard fists, and his internal organs were all mashed.

After the loud roar stopped, Nagaoka Masanao raised his head slightly and opened his eyes, but he saw that everything was blood-red, Nagaoka sat up with difficulty, his hand holding the ground felt warm and wet, and he turned to see a pile of blood-soaked things spread out next to him, it was a body with no head and half of its body.

沓~~ has been stepping on the face of Nagaoka Masano, Nagaoka Masachi raised his head with difficulty and looked up, only to see a Ashigaru standing in front of him with the Jotsu family cross crest and flag, and the Notai knife in his hand was already aimed at his neck.

Nagaoka was about to close his eyes and die, when suddenly a cold light flashed, and the Japanese army in Jozu was slashed by a rushing samurai

"Musashi?" Nagaoka Masashi looked up and saw that it was the Hosokawa family's swordsmanship instructor, the famous Miyamoto Musashi.

"You guys~ cover Sado Mamoru to heal!" Miyamoto Musashi, who was already sixty years old, was still arrogant, and when several panicked Ashigaru saw Miyamoto Musashi, they immediately calmed down, picked up Nagaoka Masanao and retreated to Honmaru

"Miyamoto Musashi is here, who dares ~~~" Miyamoto Musashi was about to shout loudly, only to hear two gunshots, Miyamoto Musashi's head fell back suddenly, and fell to the ground on his back, only to see a blood hole in the center of his eyebrows and chest.

Then, I heard someone in the Jozu army shouting: "Kill Miyamoto Musashi~~ Kill Miyamoto Musashi!" ”

"Hey, hey~!" With cheers of victory, the Jozu army once again captured Sannomaru. However, the battle for Ninomaru is still fierce. Faced with the firing holes hidden by the defenders in various parts of the city, the artillery of the Ming army was helpless for a while.

At this time, Chen Jixiang ordered people to cut some bamboo nearby, open the bamboo joints, and then fill it with gunpowder to make a blasting cylinder. Finally, Chen Jixiang said to Xinna Zhongyao through an interpreter: "You send the daredevils to stuff this powder keg into those battlements (shooting holes). ”

Xinna Zhongyao, who had not been able to attack for a long time, was also red-eyed, so he immediately ordered people to act as a death squad

"Wow!" The Jotsu soldiers, with strips of "Victory" cloth wrapped around their foreheads, roared and picked up bamboo poles and stuffed them into the shooting holes, but the defenders' muskets were not fired infrequently, and the death squads were basically killed when they rushed to five or six steps away from the shooting port. The death squad that finally rushed to the firing port also found that the firing port was too small, and the bamboo pole was too thick to fit into it at all. In desperation, the death squad could only use bamboo poles to resist the firing port.

Bang

rumble

The bullet in the firing port was fired into the bamboo barrel, triggering an explosion. The Japanese troops in Chengjin with bamboo poles were naturally blown up and their flesh and blood flew sideways, and the defenders in the shooting port were also screaming again and again. After suffering several heavy casualties, Shinna Tadayao finally entered the Honmaru and slashed the head of Masanao Nagaoka, who was unable to move due to a spinal injury, and then captured Hosokawa Mitsuna, the second-generation lord of the Hosokawa family, who was hiding in a closet.

Akita is worthy of being a great feudal clan in the north, and the Ming army has a large amount of grain and money in the warehouses of Akita Castle, and according to Li Long's established policy, the Ming army did not plunder the ordinary people of Japan, but distributed food to the poor, so the Ming army basically did not suffer any setbacks. At the same time, Li Long also played two cards against the Tokugawa shogunate: the first card was to raise Amakusa Shiro Tokisada as a pretext to call on the Catholic people and daimyo to join the "holy war" against the Tokugawa shogunate.

Amakusa Shiro, whose real name is Masuda Tokisada, and his father, Masuda Shibei Koji, was a clerk for the daimyo Konishi Yukinaga (a Japanese daimyo who was killed in the Battle of Sekigahara). Later, Toshisada was passed on to Amakusa Shibei and renamed Amakusa Tokisada. Amakusa has been brilliant since childhood, known as a prodigy, and has a handsome appearance. A scholar once said to Amakusa: "Your Excellency has a noble face, and you should have mastered the world, but it is a pity that you were born in the Tokugawa era and cannot achieve great things." Amakusa embraced Catholicism and propagated among the people the doctrine that "heaven and earth are of the same root, that all things are one, and that there is no distinction between dignity and inferiority." More than 20 years ago, a priest named Marcus prophesied to the faithful at the time of his expulsion: "In the future, a virgin of sixteen years old will appear here." He was born with extraordinary talents, knew the doctrine, and performed miracles. The clouds in the sky were as red as burnt, and there was a sound on the ground. At this time, a cross appeared on everyone's forehead, and white flags fluttered in the mountains, and Christianity had swallowed up all paganism, and God had come to save the nations. Amakusa Shiro was regarded as a "tendo" by the people, so Amakusa Shiro had a considerable reputation among the people of the southwestern domains.

The moderate policy implemented by the Ming army and the introduction of the shield of Amakusa Shiro solved many problems for the Ming army. The Japanese people did not feel that the Ming army was invading them, but felt that it was to save them, and most of the people here believed in Catholicism, and after the death of Konishi Yukinaga and Amakusa Shiro, because Catholicism did not allow suicide, so their samurai did not follow their masters. Under the suppression of the shogunate, these samurai became peasants or itinerant samurai. Now with the call of Amakusa Shiro, the legendary tendo, and the shogun who opposed their enemy, many samurai asked to fight with the Ming army.

The second card is the Greater China Co-Prosperity Circle, which proposes to coexist and co-prosper tomorrow and support each other. Now, Korea, Ryukyu, Boni, Johor, and Nanyang have joined this co-prosperity circle. As long as Japan also joins this co-prosperity circle, the Japanese people and businessmen can enjoy all the benefits of this circle, such as businessmen can travel freely to various countries without paying customs duties, Japanese people can come to Daming to study and further their studies, Japanese people who have lost their land and landless can go to work in the factories opened by Daming, Japanese women can come to China to farm, and so on. In short, joining this Greater China Co-Prosperity Circle is only good for Japan, not bad. But now the ignorant and brutal Tokugawa shogunate refused to join this circle, and also cooperated with the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, the Dutch, so the Ming Dynasty came to Japan, not to invade Japan, not to target the Japanese people, but to target the Tokugawa shogunate.

After conquering the Akita Domain, the daimyo either looked down on the wind, hoping to reap the benefits of the Ming army; Either they fled to Edo and asked for help from the Tokugawa family. By the beginning of March, the entire city was completely under the control of the Ming army and the allied forces of Korea and Japan.

On 1 March, the Ming army occupied the port of Chongmonji, a key point of communication with Honshu, and immediately afterwards, Chen Jixiang's generals Sun Long and Xinna Zhongyao forcibly crossed the Guanmen Strait under the cover of the Ming army's naval army and the naval army of Matsuura Zhenxin of the Pinghu Domain, and seized the port of Shimonoseki in the Choshu Domain in one fell swoop to contain the Guanmen Strait. This force was an interception force composed of 4,000 men and horses and 3,000 Korean soldiers led by Sun Long and his grandson Yanling of the Ming Army, 1,500 Satsuma Domain Castle Tsu soldiers and 1,000 Hirado Domain Songpu soldiers. Their mission was to keep the shogunate army at Shimonoseki and prevent them from breaking through the Kanmon Strait and setting foot on the land.

Shimonoseki, a port in the southwestern part of Honshu, Japan, belongs to Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is located in the Toyama Strait and the Seto Inland Sea, and faces each other across the Kanmon Strait. The terrain is relatively flat, the climate is warm and humid, and the military towns, the military gateways to western Japan, choke the passage to Honshu. For the shogunate army to set foot on the land, it had to break through the Kanmon Strait and pass through the defensive line laid by the Ming army opposite Shimonoseki.

"Grandpa!"

"Report!" A Jinyi guard wearing a tight-fitting suit suddenly appeared in the dark, after Li Long's adaptation, today's Jinyi Wei no longer wears a conspicuous flying fish suit, but still uses an embroidered spring knife. "Intercept the flying pigeon biography ~ Japan's great chief Tokugawa Iemasa led 130,000 troops to Fukushima."

"Scared ~ 130,000 troops?" Matsuura Zhenxin was taken aback, Fang Cai's momentum was completely lost, and Xinna Zhongyao did not dare to speak

"Can there be artillery and muskets?" Li Long asked

"There are no artillery, no more than four thousand muskets!" Jin Yiwei replied

"Good~!" Li Long smiled: "Songpu-kun, I advise you to make white cloth as soon as possible." ”

"Why is that?" Matsuura Town Shin was surprised

"These 130,000 troops have not returned, how many people should use white cloths?" Li Long laughed out loud as he spoke

On March 5, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army, the Korean army and the Japanese army crossed the lower pass and entered the territory of Nagato. Subsequently, the coalition forces besieged Hagi Castle and showed off their might under the castle for three days. Mao Lixiu was shocked by the strong military power of the Ming army, and announced that he would raise troops and join the ranks of the fallen army.

"Li Long, the prince of Daming Town, has seen the emperor!" Li Long saluted Zhengren

"Chen Jixiang, the Japanese general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, has seen the emperor" Chen Jixiang also bowed to Zhengren

"Wang Guangfu, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, has seen the emperor," Wang Guangfu also said

"Lieutenant General Hisamitsu of the Jozu Satsuma Mori Left Guard, see His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Matsuura Hizen Mamoru Mamoru Shin see His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Maori Nagato Shou Right Konoe Quan Major General Show will see His Majesty the Emperor!"

This was followed by the general small feudal lords who were subdued one after another

Emperor Masahito said tremblingly: "Wait~ Your family has come to see me, what is the so-called matter?" ”

Li Long grinned and said, "Your Majesty, don't get me wrong, I'm here to ask Your Majesty for righteousness. "Righteousness is actually a high-sounding reason for crusading against the Tokugawa shogunate

"Righteousness?" Emperor Masahito trembled: "What righteousness? ”

Li Long glanced at Hisamitsu Shirozu and signaled that you Japanese should come by yourself

So Jozu Hisamitsu raised his head and said, "The Tokugawa family is right, and the next is on the top." Having deprived His Majesty the Emperor of his right to rule over Japan, we are waiting to raise troops to demand that Tokugawa Imasasa return the power to His Majesty the Emperor. For this reason, I hereby ask His Majesty the Emperor to grant him the righteousness of the crusade against Tokugawa Iemasa. ”

This is another trump card played by Li Long for the "Japanese Chaos Plan".

As we all know, the Japanese emperor is a rubber stamp-like ornament, the emperor is powerless to control the samurai class, but the samurai class can control the emperor, and the emperor can only protect his own safety by giving up power for the "gods" with peace of mind. (.) The emperor of Japan has long since had no power, and has nothing to do except deal with his poor ministers. The shogunate promulgated 17 articles of the "Prohibition of the Laws of the Shogunate and the Public Family," stipulating that the emperor was only allowed to engage in academic work, reciting the "Shoshu Zhiji" and "Forbidden Secret Copying", chanting waka songs, and not interfering with politics. The shogunate built "Nijo Castle" in Kyoto as a shogun. Set up officials and send secret agents to monitor the imperial family and the princes of Kansai. The legal system strictly dissociates the public military, and the official position of samurai is granted by the shogunate, and the system of appointing officials from the imperial court to the samurai is abolished. In this way, the connection between the royal family and the samurai was completely severed. During the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate, even scholars who were deeply influenced by the Confucian idea of loyalty to the emperor could justifiably deprive the emperor of his powers. Once the emperor threatened the power of the shogunate and angered the shogunate, the shogunate could depose the emperor under the pretext that "the emperor was immoral".

These are still secondary, and the most difficult thing is that they are short of money and stretched. The emperor's annual income was 45,250 koku, and 26,400 taels of gold. Compared to the income of a small candidate, it is not even half of it, but the expenses are very huge. The dignitaries and nobles in the court have a good name, but their income is very small, and the maximum annual income is only 10,000 stones, and some are hundreds of stones. The total income of all the princes and nobles is less than 150,000 stones, and the entire imperial court together with other incomes is only 4o to 5o thousand stones, which is far less than the income of a big prince and the royal family for this group of poor officials, and they cannot afford not to subsidize them. But where is the source of money? had no choice but to sell the official beard, but the poor official and poor lord couldn't afford to sell it for a price, and only the purple clothes were worth a little bit. This purple robe is a purple robe with gold trim, and those who have the permission of the emperor are eligible to wear it. And those who wear purple clothes must be highly respected and well-educated monks. In the monastic world, this is the supreme glory. Japanese monks are quite wealthy, so many people spend money to buy purple clothes to wear.

In the case of purple clothes, the imperial court allowed dozens of monks of Daitokuji Temple and Myoshinji Temple to wear purple clothes without consulting the shogunate in advance. However, the shogunate's decree on the birth of monks, and the purple cloth edict of Kyoto's Daitokuji Temple and Myoshinji Temple were invalid. Japan's Emperor Gomizuo was the brother-in-law of Tokugawa Iemasa, and in order to solve his current predicament, he desperately sold purple clothes. As a result, this thing was proliferated, causing the displeasure of the shogunate. So the shogunate deliberated and decided that all purple clothes granted by the emperor would be invalid.

In the 6th year of Kanei (1 land 29), the shogun Tokugawa Iemasa actually sent his nurse Kasuga Bureau to meet the emperor, but because the Kasuga Bureau had no officials and no position, he went to meet the emperor (the brother-in-law of the Kasuga Bureau was the Imperial Court Minister Sanjo Nishishijo, and the father of the Kasuga Bureau was Saito Toshizo, a subordinate of Akechi Mitsuhide, and her former husband was the daimyo Inaba Masasari), which was considered a great shame by the emperor and felt that the shogunate did not take his authority seriously. In the same year, the angry emperor gave up the throne without warning to the imperial daughter, Prince Kokonai, who was only seven years old, for Emperor Akisho, in order to show the shogunate's ambition to inherit the throne with his own grandson. After the abdication of Emperor Go-Mizuo, he continued to regent as Emperor Taijo, and was also committed to waka and Buddhism.

However, this does not mean that Masahito has no rights at all**, more often, Masahito is powerless. However, the emperor, who was trying to survive in the gap between the various daimyos, understood very well the reason why the castle head changed the banner of the king, and although there were daimyo such as Jozu, Mori, and Matsuura who came out to oppose the Tokugawa shogunate, there were even Ming provinces across the sea who came to help. But the Ming ** team will be withdrawn after all, and when the time comes, will Jozu, Mori and Matsuura still be the opponents of the Tokugawa family?

Masahito did not have the luxury of returning the power to himself, the emperor, but now he did not dare to agree to the decree that the Tokugawa family should be named as an enemy of the court, nor did he dare not agree to the demands of the daimyo such as Jozu and Mori. As a result, Emperor Gomizuo Masahito suddenly frowned and said, "I have already abdicated, so you should discuss this matter with Prince Xingzinai!" I~ It's a little comfortable! As soon as his eyes rolled, his body staggered, and he fell on the tatami mat with a thud before he could speak. []

"Your Majesty~ Your Majesty!" The palace maids and attendants serving Zhengren are in a mess

Li Long said disdainfully: "I didn't expect the dignified emperor to come to this trick." ”

Shirozu Hisatsu and the others didn't dare to continue urging, after all, they couldn't afford to force the Emperor Taishang out of three long and two short.

Leaving the palace, Shirozu Hishimitsu said sadly: "Your Majesty refuses to give an order, so what can I do?" ”

Li Long wiped his chin and said, "Can you say that the Minister of Movement will come forward?" ”

"Sekibai Toyotomi Hideyoshi, it's definitely not okay to ask him to come forward!" Maori Xiu shook his head

Li Long smiled: "Is he the only one in your country?" ”

Maori Xiu replied: "No, there are many public houses in Japan." The public family has a distinction between the upper and lower halls, and the general official position above the "lower five" is the upper hall, and the upper hall has the qualification of the upper hall, but there is no such qualification underground. From the Heian period onwards, there were more than three nobles who had been promoted from the public service, and from the Senate to the highest position of the Imperial Minister. The Minister of the Minister, the Right Minister, the Left Minister, the Minister of the Interior, the Senate, the Great Minister, and the Central Minister are all official positions that can only be held by the secretary class. The four most famous surnames at the end of the Heian period were Fujiwara, Genji, Taira, and Tachibana. The public family is divided according to the lineage (that is, the family character of the public family): the regent, the Qinghua family, the minister's family, the Yulin family, the famous family, the Banjia Lu, etc. Among them, the regents: also known as the five families of the regent, are divided into Konoe, Kujo, Ichijo, Nijo, and the five regents of the Eagle Division, all of which are from the Fujiwara clan, and can all be officials to the regent and Sekihaku. The rest ~~~~"

Mao Lixiu wanted to continue to introduce, but Li Long waved his hand, interrupted him, and said, "Maorijun, you just pick the most important one and say, which one can we woo?" ”

Shirozu Hisamitsu said: "In my opinion, let's win over Fujiwara Yoshimasa, this guy is a more intelligent and ambitious person among the younger generation of the Fujiwara family." ”

Mao Lixiu smiled and said: "I've heard of this person, this guy is a more strategic person among the public ministers, because he is a little talented, so he seems arrogant, and the relationship with other ministers in the court is not very good." Privately, I also expressed my dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa family! In addition~~" Mori Shu added: "We can also contact the Uesugi family of the Yonezawa clan in the north, who are also the daimyo of the Western Army who were reduced after the Battle of Sekigahara. ”

During the Warring States period, the Yonezawa area was the domain of the Date clan. In 1591, Date Masamune was transferred to Iwaideyama Castle by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was governed by the Gamo clan and the Aizu area. Keikatsu's retainer Naoe continued to receive 3o 10,000 stone in Yonezawa's domain. In 1598, Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness and was succeeded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the political situation began to be turbulent, and he was hostile to another of the five elders, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Later, because of Ieyasu's expedition to Aizu, he returned to the Battle of and Sekigahara, and Tokugawa Ieyasu won the victory. In 101, Uesugi Keikatsu was punished with a reduction in territory, but it was not completely confiscated, and after the reduction, only Yonezawa 3o 10,000 koku remained, and the territory was 180,000 koku in Zhishi County and 120,000 koku in Nobuo County.

In the early days of the Yonezawa Domain, the size of the Domain's retainers was as large as possible, and the actual income of the domain was 510,000. Later, the situation of the Yonezawa clan deteriorated. In order to maintain the large retainers and support the illusory self-esteem of the Uesugi family's million-stone daimyo in the past, the domain's finances have fallen into a vicious circle of making ends meet. In the territory of 150,000 koku, the Yonezawa clan intensified the collection of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the overwhelmed citizens continued to flee, and those who could not escape had to endure abortions and infanticides. The Yonezawa Domain's population plummeted, ultimately causing fatal damage to the foundation of an agrarian-based economy. At that time, 9o% of the revenue of the Yonezawa clan was used to support more than 5ooo feudal lords, and the annual deficit was as high as 30,000 taels of silver, and the debts of merchants were hundreds of thousands. Due to poor harvests and loss of government, the population of the domain was only 10,000, and Yonezawa was still one of the poorest feudal clans in Japan. At that time, the citizens of Edo, in order to get rid of the "golden energy" of the iron pot, often pasted a white paper with "Yonezawa" written on it on the bottom of the pot, and the joke and sarcasm were incomprehensible - from the Warring States to the first poor feudal domain in Edo, Uesugi Kenshin, the dragon of Echigo under the Nine Springs, would not know how to feel if he knew that his descendants were broken

"Okay, I'll send someone to do it about contacting Yonezawa Domain, and I ask you to send an envoy to follow and convince Uesugi Tsunatsu together!" Li Long said

Subsequently, Li Long, together with Hisamitsu Shirozu, Mori Hidesa, Matsuura Zhenxin, and Soyoshinari, went to the residence of the minister in Kyoto to visit Fujiwara Yoshimasa.

The Fujiwara family was a poor public minister, and as it sounded, his name was terrifying—the Left Minister, second only to the Right Minister and the high-ranking officials of the Shogun. However, it is really shabby to say, there are few maids in the dignified Minister Zuo's family, and Minister Zuo only has a few sets of clothes that serve as a façade. There was no way, the shogunate gave too little money to the ministers.

Fujiwara Yoshimasa met Li Long and his party in a gorgeous straight hang, and Li Long could see at a glance that the straight hang was a dress that had been sleeping at the bottom of the box for a long time and was not often worn, and the creases caused by the folding of the clothes were clearly visible

As soon as he heard that he was going to lead the call on the people of the world to raise an army to fight against the unscrupulous Tokugawa shogunate, and to return power to the imperial court, Fujiwara Yoshimasa was immediately excited, "The Tokugawa family's oppression of the Japanese people, their contempt for the emperor, and the bullying of the daimyo have reached the point of no return. Fujiwara Yoshimasa stood up suddenly, faced in the direction of Edo, raised his right hand and said loudly, "It is better to die a glorious and heroic death than to live so miserably!" ”

"However, we lack the righteousness given by the Emperor Taishang right now!" Hisamitsu Shirozu reminded

"Then it's up to me to name the Tokugawa family as the enemy!" Fujiwara Yoshimasa said, "If it succeeds, then no one will pursue the false proclamation. If it fails, then all the blame will be borne by I, Fujiwara Yoshimasa, and His Majesty the Emperor will not be held responsible. ”

"Warriors, warriors of Japan, the moment of glory has finally arrived. (.) Defend the emperor, defend the imperial power, and take back the emperor's power from the unscrupulous Tokugawa family. For the sake of our Holy Emperor, let's act together! Fujiwara Yoshimasa had some talent as a political orator, and he issued a call in the name of Emperor Masahito, calling on all righteous people in the world to join the army of the Fallen Curtain.

Due to the severe punishment of the daimyo of the Western Army by the Tokugawa shogunate, Kansai was full of ronin born after the retainers of the former daimyo of the Western Army lost their source of livelihood. In their minds, the emperor will always be sacrosanct. And an important reason why they risked their lives so much was that after the Tokugawa family came to power, a series of harsh measures were taken against the samurai, so that the samurai of the Western Army, who were extremely beautiful in the past, became penniless beggars in the blink of an eye.

In this way, many ordinary people and ronin, attracted by the banner of "falling the curtain" on the emperor's side, joined the army one after another. Because there was no unified command on the part of the shogunate, and the weapons of the shogunate army were quite sophisticated, coupled with the support of the people, the shogunate army was completely broken all the way. The Shogunate soon broke through to Sekigahara and conquered Nagoya on March 28, marching all the way to Edo. With the support of the people, the army snowballed bigger and bigger, from more than 10,000 people to more than 40,000 people.

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