Chapter 207: The way out given by Zhu Houhuang is three

After these people left, Zhu Houhuang settled down. Wei Dalin, who recently took refuge, and Zheng Lu.

It is not the first time Wei Dalin has dealt with Zhu Houhuang, and he knows the inside of Yongguo better. Don't need Zhu Houhuang to appease more. But Zheng Lu is different.

After Zhu Houhuang appeased Zheng Lu, he arranged him to his side and became Zhu Houhuang's personal guard.

First, show sincerity to Zheng Lu. Second, Li Liangqin looked at Zheng Lu, and Zhu Houhuang was not worried about what he did wrong.

It's not too early, count the time, and the whole winter will pass. The Spring Festival is just around the corner. Empress Dowager Wu also sent a letter urging her. Zhu Houhuang could not stay in the Ryukyus for a long time.

Zhu Houhuang is about to leave the Ryukyus and return to Dayuan. However, with Zhu Houhuang leaving, there is also the main force of the Yongguo Water Division. Before he left, Zhu Houhuang wanted to talk to Xu Donghaosheng.

During this period of time, Zhu Houhuang worked very the water master, and Xu Dong was the one who was most affected.

Xu Dong was originally the commander of the Yongguo Naval Division, and he was the commander of the Yongguo Naval Division, but under Zhu Houhuang's successive actions, he became the commander of the Ryukyu fleet, from the commander of the Naval Division, to the commander of the Ryukyu Naval Division. It's simply devaluation.

Although Xu Dong has some flaws in doing things, it has not yet reached the point of demotion.

"Xu Qing, when I met you in Ningbo, I only had ten ships allocated by the political envoy of Zhejiang, and 200,000 taels of silver, did you ever think of today?"

Xu Dong said respectfully: "This is all thanks to His Highness's wisdom and martial arts. ”

Zhu Houhuang smiled slightly and said: "Xu Qing is too famous, we and I will work together, and my Yongguo will not be what it is now." ”

Zhu Houhuang thought of the past year, and only felt that all kinds of flavors were cold, and a surge came to his heart, and he obviously felt that he had matured.

After the Chinese New Year last year, it has been almost a full year since I left Beijing. He felt that he hadn't matured as much in two lifetimes as he had in that year.

At least now he can kill people without blinking. Playing with power tricks without feeling guilty in the slightest.

Zhu Houhuang said: "This time, you are the commander of the Ryukyu fleet, you have wronged Xu Qing. ”

Xu Dong immediately said: "The minister didn't dare to say that he was wronged, it was the minister's disadvantage, so His Highness had to condescend to Ryukyu to deal with it." It deserves to be punished. ”

Zhu Houhuang can feel his own growth, and Xu Dong can also feel it.

Zhu Houhuang in Ningbo, in Xu Dong's view, is just a young man with ambition, passion and vision, and now evaluating Zhu Houhuang, Xu Dong wants to give Zhu Houhuang one more word, that is, he has a skill.

The previous Zhu Houhuang was only convincing by relying on the means of pushing sincerity into the belly. But now Zhu Houhuang will also play with power.

How could Xu Dong not know why he came down from the commander of the water master. Obviously, it is because his sister became Queen Yong, and his brother became Shaofucheng. The Xu family became the first powerful person in the Yongguo country except for King Yong. Therefore, Zhu Houhuang wanted to suppress the Xu family.

And Xu Dong thought of this when he was transferred from Dayuan to Ryukyu and opened up routes to Japan. However, firstly, Xu Dong was willing to suffer some grievances for the Xu family, and secondly, although Xu Dong had somewhat reduced his real power, because of the Yongguo Water Division, after the Penghu Peace Conference, it expanded rapidly. Although Xu Dong is leading a detachment, it is actually almost the same as the previous Yongguo fleet. And not under Zhu Houhuang's nose, Xu Dong's authority in the fleet has risen a lot.

Zhu Houhuang didn't know what Xu Dong was thinking in his heart, he continued: "Lone originally wanted to transfer you back, but the affairs of Ryukyu are really inseparable from people. Therefore, the position of the commander of the Lonely Commander of the Navy is vacant for you, and you will come back after you finish the affairs of the Ryukyus. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness." Xu Dong said: "I don't know what arrangements His Highness has for Ryukyu here. ”

"There is nothing good to arrange in the Ryukyus." Zhu Houhuang said: "However, the Japanese route is in your hands, and the ships that are not allowed must not run on the Japanese route." And the details of the Hosokawa family in Japan, to find out this, Lone also asked his uncle to send someone to help you. Trade with Hosokawa must be negotiated. ”

"I understand." Xu Dong nodded and said.

"Yongguo's use is on the sea, once the sea financial route is cut off, Yongguo will immediately change, there is a big enemy like the Francophone in the South Seas, and the Nanyang route will change at any time. Therefore, this Japanese route must be in the hands of a lone person, and it must be foolproof. Above the East China Sea, there can only be one voice, and that is the voice of Lone. Zhu Houhuang said in a deep voice.

Xu Dong's heart sank, and he said stubbornly: "Your Highness, you can't do this. ”

The sea is vast, even in later generations, it may not be able to master every corner of the ocean, let alone in this era, in terms of strength, Xu Dong's Ryukyu fleet, compared to some pirates, is just to take advantage of firearms.

It is still possible to let Xu Dong eliminate those big pirates, but suppressing all the noise in the East China Sea is a bit difficult for a strong man, and it is almost an impossible task.

"Xu Qing doesn't have to worry, Lone is not an unsympathetic person, Lone will not find faults, as long as you can exterminate a large number of pirates and master the Japanese route, Lone will be satisfied." Zhu Houhuang said.

"The minister has a message." Xu Dong said. "The pirates that Your Highness sees today are all my Ming pirates, but on the Japanese route, it is not just my Ming pirates, especially the closer to Japan, the more Japanese pirates, most of these Japanese have a direct or indirect relationship with the Japanese daimyo. It is inexhaustible, and it is endless. Unless His Highness invades his country with a large army, he will not be able to stop them from taking a share of the pie on the Japanese route. ”

Zhu Houhuang was a little big.

The situation at sea is too complicated. Even in the area of Jiangnan and Fujian, it is also inextricably related to the Daming Doctor. If it weren't for Zhu Houhuang's special identity, otherwise where would things be so easy to solve.

He can imagine that the situation in Japan is not much better than here in Daming. Faced with such a problem, Zhu Houhuang couldn't say any solution.

He could only ask, "What can Xu Qing do?" ”

Xu Dong said: "In the opinion of the ministers, there is only one way to control the raze. Cooperate with the Japanese ministers, rather than let this little big name get a piece of the pie, it is better to let the Japanese ministers get a piece of the pie. ”

"Hosokawa." Zhu Houhuang said.

"The minister has this intention, but I don't know how much strength this Hosokawa clan has in Japan." Xu Dong said.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Lone gives you the right to be in the field, and you have the right to be cheap in the Ryukyus." Japan has entrusted all its affairs to the secretary. ”

Xu Dong said: "The ministers should do their best. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Lone this Yongguo is a country, but the system is not complete, the foundation is not decided, and when Dongyong becomes fertile soil, Lone will not hesitate to reward the name." Xu Qing reluctantly. ”

Maybe Zhu Houhuang suppressed Xu Dong in one way or another, but Xu Dong's loyalty to Zhu Houhuang and Yongguo has never changed, and it is not that Xu Dong is the kind of loyal minister. But Xu Dong weighed the pros and cons and felt that loyalty to Zhu Houhuang would benefit the most.

Even if Zhu Houhuang suppressed him, it was temporary.

He saw with his own eyes how Taiwan had become like this from a desert island, and he said that Zhu Houhuang was wise and martial. It's really a little sincere, to the group of Yongguo. Xu Dong has more confidence. Not to mention that his sister is Queen Yong, he was born to be a member of the Yongguo aristocratic group.

Zhu Houhuang's famous reward made him feel a pounding feeling. Xu Dong knew that he must have a knighthood, but he didn't know how Zhu Houhuang arranged the knighthood system, whether he was a duke or a marquis?

When Zhu Houhuang left Ryukyu, all the people with heads and faces in the entire Ryukyus came to send them off. Not to mention the Ryukyu prince.

The prince of the Ryukyus secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was afraid that Zhu Houhuang would annex the Ryukyu Kingdom easily. When Zhu Houhuang left, he was even more courteous. Zhu Houhuang naturally wanted to give face to such a deferential vassal country, and especially explained to Xu Dong, asking him to give more face to the Ryukyu royal family.

The prince of the Ryukyus knew that Zhu Houhuang had just opened the country and was short of manpower, so he specially sent some important ministers from the side branch of the royal family to the ship and went to Dongyong with Zhu Houhuang.

However, the prince of the Ryukyus did not expect that his undoubted actions would make the Ryukyu Kingdom cross Korea in the future and become the first foreign country of the Ming Dynasty.