Chapter 641 Beiyang Fleet ...... Prepare for battle!

Zhenfu Xinhei...... Wu Song's words taste quite right, and I always feel that it is not ......"

Looking at the shadow of the ship heading north, Bai Yanding frowned and muttered, the supreme person in charge of this trip was not him, but Feng Jingyao. The conversation between Ri Jian himself and Feng Jingyao, Chen Xinghua and Fan Sihai just now, he couldn't interject in his mouth, he just listened to it on the side, and felt that Ri Jian himself came from ancient times

"You're right, he is actually a native of China, and his real name is Zhang Xinping. His great-grandfather was named Zhang Zhenfu, who fled to Nichimoto at the end of the Ming Dynasty, settled in the Owari Domain, became the medical officer of the Lord of the Owari Domain, and used the word Zhenfu as the surname of Nichimoto. The Zhang family has been a doctor of the feudal lord for generations, and they are also in the medicinal herb business, and this Zhang Xinping has been taking care of the family business in Nagasaki, and he also has business dealings with Fan Sihai. ”

Feng Jingyao's eyes narrowed as she spoke.

"But this surname Zhang is just a cover-up, many Japanese people themselves, and even the feudal lords of the Owari Domain, say that they are the former Ming clan, after the Huai King Zhu Changqing."

Bai Yanding paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Huai King Zhu Changqing descended to the Qing Dynasty in Shaoxing, how can there be descendants who will run away from the original?" ”

Before the sixteenth Ming King sacrificed to the sky, the government and the opposition discussed the matter of Zen Rang, and the genealogy of the former Ming clan was dug up by the newspaper, and the people of the country knew about it, and they were even more impressed by the former Ming clan of the Qing Dynasty, and Bai Yanding still did not forget.

Feng Jingyao nodded: "Yes, so there are rumors that this Zhang family is the ",......" after Zhu Santai's son [1]

The more I talk about it, the more suspenseful it gets, but ...... There were really a lot of people who fled to Japan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even including the great Confucian Zhu Shunshui, aren't these people a great help!?

Bai Yanding changed his mind and said excitedly: "That Zhang Xinping is good to use, but it is the horse that we are looking for to get the future!" ”

Feng Jingyao let out a long sigh, "Old Bai, you in front of this Tanegashima today are just like me in the Ryukyus in the past, and the reason why you have been tossing in Ryukyu for several years is because such thoughts have always lingered. ”

Feng Jingyao said it tactfully, but Bai Yanding already understood that this was saying that Zhang Xinping was not his own person. He frowned and asked, "How come?" Although our Yinghua has not yet occupied the south of the Yangtze River, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has made peace with our Yinghua, and the position of Huaxia Zhengshuo is known to everyone in the world. He's not a descendant of the Ming people, how can he be willing?

Before he finished speaking, he had already figured it out, how could he be willing to work for the country he lived in, instead of Yinghua? This question was asked by Xiao Sheng, Feng Jingyao, Zheng Yong, Feng Cheng and others in Ryukyu a few years ago. Even the Chinese in the Ryukyus were extremely resistant to the Anglo-Chinese.

Thinking further, the Chinese scattered in Quang Nam, Luzon, Borneo, Siam and Java also had conflicts with the Anglo-Chinese. It doesn't matter whether Yinghua suppresses Confucianism or not, many people are purely scum who have lost their ancestors by the benefits of foreign races. In the Battle of Luzon that year, Chinese merchants loyal to the Spaniards betrayed more than 10,000 compatriots who were also loyal to Spain in order to survive.

Listening to Feng Jingyao's meaning, this person only thinks that he is Zhenfu Xinping of the Japanese Dynasty and not Zhang Xinping, a native of the Central People's Republic of China?

Bai Yanding said indignantly: "When you leave Huaxia, you will become Yidi, a traitor!" ”

Feng Jingyao let out a faint sigh again, oozing goosebumps on half of Bai Yanding's body, what's wrong?

"It's still the same sentence, you today are my ...... yesterday"

Feng Jingyao shook his head, and seemed to sigh at his mental journey.

"Chief Xiao and I have received the aid of the army, and after the Ryukyu leveling, it is the same idea as you...... The Ryukyu natives, regardless of whether the Ryukyu Chinese have forgotten their ancestors, and their faces are particularly hateful. But the world is not always black and white, and being unwilling to serve Huaxia does not mean that he is a traitor. ”…,

Feng Jingyao talked about the Ryukyu incident after the army came to help, and the right division of the Yulin Army arrived in Ryukyu, Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao were angry, and the means were ruthless, and the Ryukyu natives and Chinese were suppressed together, and the Ryukyu was generally calm. However, the hearts of the people of the Ryukyus country have also cooled down, and everyone regards Anglo-Chinese as foreign enemies, making it difficult for the Anglo-Chinese military and civilians to act in the Ryukyus, step by step. It's hard to find someone who understands Ryukyu dialect, let alone run a Ryukyu business.

After the Ryukyus were suppressed by force, the Luzon Company complained again and again, saying that the Ryukyuan people did not want to do business with the company now, and would rather drive their own ships and risk their lives to smuggle, so that they could take the lion's share as before, instead of cooperating with the Luzon Company, and everyone would share the profits.

At that time, Chen Xinghua also came, and took Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao to use Nanyang means to facilitate the encirclement of the Ryukyu Chinese, but Yinghua and the Ryukyu Chinese are not alien after all.

"The foundation of the Ryukyus is an independent country founded by the Ryukyu people, the Chinese, and the Japanese themselves, and the interests of all parties are integrated into it. In the past, the Shimazu family captured the Ryukyus, and it was not that there were no people who resisted, and the Japanese who lived in the Ryukyus even resisted, but because the Shimazu family only took away the suzerain's power, it did not become a tide of resistance after all. ”

"At first, we thought that Ryukyu was focused on China, but we were wrong. Later, we thought that Ryukyu was actually looking to the sun, which was still wrong. Until we figured out that the reason why the Ryukyuan people went up to the royal family and down to the small people, whether they were natives, Japanese people themselves, or Chinese, hated us Yinghua was because we wanted to seize their common interests and take away control of the transit point of the trade route connecting Ryukyu with Nanyang, Huaxia, and Japan. At this time, we realized that the heart of the Ryukyus, no one, was just towards their own interests, and this benefit was carried by their Ryukyu suzerain, and the "Naha Treaty" undermined their righteousness, and we naturally ran into walls everywhere. ”

Feng Jingyao looked at Bai Yanding: "Speaking of Zhang Xinping, if you think about it again with this reason, you should understand where you are wrong." Yes, I can't see him as a pawn of my Yinghua allegiance, nor can I see him as a traitor who is bent on scheming for the sake of the future. Their Zhang family has the righteousness of Chinese blood, but if there is no Lituo, this righteousness will not be able to support their backbone to serve my Yinghua. ”

Bai Yanding nodded, he really can't look at things with one eye like the hot-blooded young people in the training camp and the academy, but if the usage of this Xinping, together with the mastery of the Satsuma Domain, and even the signing of the entire Japanese Treaty, is in favor, wouldn't things be very simple?

Hearing Bai Yanding say this, Feng Jingyao continued to shake his head: "Directly spend money to buy the Zhang family and buy the loyalty of the Satsuma Domain?" Buying the deference of the Edo shogunate? You, take this "profit, the word is too simple" profit, and silver, sometimes not the same thing. ”

He said in a deep voice: "This is the origin of Japan, a land of alien races, and it has been entangled with my China since ancient times. As the official said, when it is weak, it respects China, and when it is strong, it despises China, and this benefit not only cannot be counted as silver money, but even not only in the present and in the long run. ”

From Ryukyu to Japan, from black to white, there seems to be nothing neat and tidy that can be cut across the board, Bai Yanding felt that his brain was hanging in the void, up and down, left and right, he finally understood, why Xiao Sheng and Feng Jingyao waited for three years in the Ryukyu Dynasty, and they were not in a hurry to enter the Japanese capital, how to calculate this "benefit" really took time to think through.

Fortunately, after all, I only came to fight, and I am really glad that these god-wrenching things did not fall on me.

Bai Yanding's happiness is the misfortune of the Satsuma Domain. Chen Xinghua was led by Zhenfu Nobuhei to Kagoshima Castle, and after explaining his intention to the Satsuma Domain, the lords and retainers of the Satsuma Domain felt that they were stepping on the cliff. …,

Chen Xinghua, who put on the skin of the deputy governor of the general office, didn't bother to talk directly with the Satsuma Domain, but passed on the news through Zhenfu Nobuhei that Ryukyu was a subordinate of the Ming Dynasty, and Yinghua inherited the legal system of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally inherited the suzerainty of Ryukyu. But Yinghua will not talk about this issue with the Satsuma Domain, which is just a place in Japan. If the Satsuma clan knew etiquette and legal principles, he should accompany him to Edo as soon as possible and discuss this matter with the shogunate.

At the emergency assessment meeting, the opinion of the old Shimazu Moritsune represented the view of the moderate faction in the domain: "We should fully cooperate in this matter and hide behind the British background."

No matter how the public responds, our Satsuma clan will be able to benefit from it. Therefore, it is not appropriate to emphasize the suzerainty of the Satsuma clan over the Ryukyus in front of the British ministers. As a sign of sincerity, we should also stop preparing for war and try not to anger the British. ”

The opinion of Tamari represents the view of the radical faction of the domain: "The suzerainty of the Ryukyu domain has been in power for hundreds of years! If he is weak at this time and gives Daying the truth, he will regret it in the future! We can't beat the British, but we can't lose this position! ”

Shimazu Jitoyo was very embarrassed, he subconsciously asked his personal servant Takahashi Yoshiruo, and the young samurai muttered, "It's not cost-effective to let the Satsuma Domain suffer just for the sake of the Ryukyu name......"

Yuriliang jumped up, and with a bang, he was about to scold Takahashi, but he froze.

Takahashi said honestly, "But if the matter is put on the public side, the public side may also put all the trouble on our Satsuma clan......

Shimazu Jifeng and the other subordinates sighed in unison, yes, what a dilemma!

So what to do?

The successive feudal lords of the Shimazu family are not ordinary people, especially these generations of feudal lords, they are all used to being poor, and the more they push their brains, the more clever they are, he suddenly slapped his legs, and there is!

"We, the Satsuma Domain, can neither shrink back and watch the British negotiate with the public side, nor can we be tough and become the target of the British or the public side!"

"We must show both the British and the public the value of our Satsuma Domain, the unique value, so that they feel that as long as they talk about Ryukyu affairs, they can't leave our Satsuma Domain aside, and they have to win over our Satsuma Domain and rely on our Satsuma Domain! Great Britain wants the suzerainty of the Ryukyus, and the public is afraid that if Great Britain gains the suzerainty power, it will lose control of the situation of maritime trade, and even threaten the security of the Japanese country, this is the space where our Satsuma Domain can maneuver on both sides! ”

"Temple...... Wise! ”

Shimazu Jifeng made the final decision, and his subordinates praised in unison.

As long as the shogunate faces history squarely and is willing to work hand in hand with China to create a trend of common prosperity in Asia, China and Japan are brotherly states! Xinping, this is your name, believe in peace! ”

In the ceremonial hotel under Kagoshima Castle, Chen Xinghua said loudly, and Zhenfu Nobuhei kept bowing on the tatami mats, thanking him repeatedly.

Chen Xinghua finally couldn't help it and stabbed him: "Ri Jian himself said that there is no Huaxia after the death of the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not Huaxia, but why is Ri Jian's posture of kowtowing more humble than that of the Manchus?" ”

Zhenfu Xinping was stunned, and only after a long time did he argue sneeringly: "This ...... It's not the same......"

Chen Xinghua pointed to his Mediterranean hairstyle, "Yes, this hairstyle is not the same, but why do I always feel like a man's head when I look at it?" ”

This is already a deliberate provocation, but the focus is not on the comparison with the Manchurians, but on saying that Zhenfu Xinping has forgotten Huaxia Yiguan and treats himself as Ri Jian himself, which he understands.

Zhenfu Xinping said gloomily: "Our family is not a big person, and the Zhu family clan is just a false name. It's been seventy or eighty years since I came here, and if I don't follow the local customs, how can I make a living in this foreign land? I'm afraid that in a few decades, the descendants of my Zhang family will only be able to speak the same words. ”…,

He raised his head and said in the usual forceful tone of the Japanese: "Envoy Chen, there is no way to do this!" I have lived here for decades, and my family business is here, and I can't move it. Although our Zhang family has become a Japanese family, our heart is still holding China, and we hope to build a bridge for the two countries, which is the wish of all the people in the world! It was for this wish that I stepped forward to help the envoy, please! ”

Zhenfu Nobuhei put his head on the tatami mat and said loudly: "Please bring us peace!" ”

Chen Xinghua seemed to be moved, helped him up with kind words to appease, and when Zhenfu Xinping's back disappeared, Chen Xinghua shook his head and said: "Peace, not worship, not knocking......"

On May 28, the 9th year of the Holy Way and the 11th year of the Covenant, a merchant ship flying a strange flag sailed through the waves, carrying the expectations of the Satsuma clan and Shinfu Shinhei, and hurried eastward.

Fan Sihai on the boat said: "The Satsuma Domain's calculations, as well as Zhang Xinping's expectations, I'm afraid they will be disappointed." ”

Chen Xinghua shrugged: "It's not our responsibility ......",

On the sea surface of Tanegashima, Bai Yanding looked at the transport ships coming from the south, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

He asked Feng Jingyao: "I have never seen the banner they are hanging, what is the way of it?" ”

Feng Jingyao said: "Well, Beiyang Company, just built." ”

Bai Yanding was stunned: "Beiyang Company!?" ”

Feng Jingyao asked rhetorically, "What's wrong?" Since there is the Beiyang Fleet, of course, there is the Beiyang Company. Your Beiyang Fleet is based on military strategy, and the Beiyang Company naturally uses business to make a living......"

He sighed and said: "This company was built by the official family with a lot of money and bought a trade route from the Luzon Company. From the Ryukyus to Japan and then to North Korea, it is difficult to make money on this line. Right now, everyone was staring at the south with red eyes, and no one wanted to throw money in the north. ”

Feng Jingyao muttered here, but Bai Yanding figured it out, there are Nanyang Company and Nanyang Fleet in the south, and naturally there will be Beiyang Company and Beiyang Fleet in the north, but his Beiyang Fleet is too shabby compared with Nanyang Company, which has eighty percent of naval warships.

"Shabby is shabby, and being able to fight alone in Japan and Japan is a country, but it is a blessing for eternity! I, a former South Sea pirate, can actually achieve such a great feat, why do I want to do so much! ”

Bai Yanding put aside his distracting thoughts, got on the helm platform, and shouted loudly to the trumpeter.

"Beiyang Fleet...... Prepare for battle! ”。 ）

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