Chapter 203: Japan's Envoy

In the end, Zhu Houhuang still couldn't avoid Shuri Castle and his party, and it was still early for the pirates to arrive. Second, I can't bear to ask the prince of Ryukyu again and again.

Outside Shuri Castle, Zhu Houhuang knew that Shuri Castle was quite Tang style, and this sentence was appropriate.

Shuri Castle is not large, just a small castle surrounded by a sturdy stone wall. Attacking the castle, you will see a magnificent heavy eaves hall, which has the characteristics of the magnificent architecture of the Tang Dynasty as a whole, but there are many subtle places, and it is inevitable that there are some small family spirits of the island country.

Such buildings in this era can only be said to have some characteristics, after all, there are still a large number of Tang Dynasty buildings in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Houhuang has long been used to it.

The only thing that Zhu Houhuang is not used to is that the tradition of kneeling and sitting is still preserved here. However, following the local customs, Zhu Houhuang could only sit down reluctantly.

After Zhu Houhuang's main lord came, the prince of Ryukyu and some Ryukyu dignitaries came out to accompany him, and even the king of Ryukyu who was sick came out to drink a glass of wine with Zhu Houhuang.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. As soon as the prince of Ryukyu waved his hand, the song and dance dispersed, and even the ministers who accompanied him also dispersed. Only the Ryukyu prince remained.

Seeing this, Zhu Houhuang immediately sobered up a little, knowing that the Ryukyu prince had secret matters to discuss.

"This time, I asked His Highness to come here, but someone asked me to visit His Highness in secret." Ryukyu said.

"Oh, but I don't know who it is, so mysterious and mysterious, I want to see Lonely, Lone in the Ryukyus, see you openly, why not?" Although Zhu Houhuang said this, he had already guessed a few points, he must be from Japan, otherwise he would not be able to invite the Ryukyu prince.

"It's the envoy of the Hosokawa clan of Japan." The prince of the Ryukyus said in a low voice: "The kingdom is a small country and a small country, and the Hosokawa clan is a powerful minister of Japan. The small country did not dare to offend, so it could only take the liberty of doing so, and asked His Highness Haihan. Before he finished speaking, the Ryukyu prince knelt on the ground and buried his head deeply to apologize.

Zhu Houhuang knows that although Japan in this era is not looked down upon by the Ming Dynasty, but looking at the whole world, Japan cannot be regarded as a weak country. There is only the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is the land of bullet eggs, and he cannot afford to offend either the Ming Dynasty nor Japan. If you really have to offend one. He will definitely offend the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty still has a reason to talk about, but Japan does not make sense.

This can be said to be a gentleman who can be bullied.

"Okay, since you're here, let's meet Lonely." Zhu Houhuang is still very curious about the current Japan, he knows very little about Japanese history, and even less about Japan in this era, the only thing that can be determined is that Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu These people have not yet been born, as for the current Japan, who is the man of the hour, only listen to a few words, there is no detailed understanding at all.

He was looking to meet someone who knew the inside story of Japan. When the Lord comes, how can he not see him?

Seeing that Zhu Houhuang agreed, the prince of the Ryukyus immediately sent someone to summon the envoy of the Hosokawa clan of Japan. After a while, a Japanese samurai, wearing a kimono and stepping on clogs, walked over, came to Zhu Houhuang, and said in Chinese with a Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent: "The Japanese Hosokawa clan is pursued, and Song Suqing meets His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

"Song Suqing? Listen to the name, are you Han? Zhu Houhuang asked.

"Yes, the minister is from Ningbo. Liberty grew up in Japan and is now a retainer of the Hosokawa clan. Song Suqing said slowly but firmly.

If it is a Ming person in this era, look at Song Suqing's appearance. It must be very uncomfortable, because in the eyes of the Daming people of this era, good Chinese are inappropriate, and it is simply a big rebellion to go to the Japanese.

But in Zhu Houhuang's later generations, he was used to seeing yellow-skinned and white-hearted banana people. It's long been strange.

Zhu Houhuang asked directly: "You came to see Gu, what's the matter?" ”

"Then it depends on Your Highness, who gathers heavy troops in the Ryukyus and sends messengers on the sea. Recruit heroes, but don't know where to point? Song Suqing said loudly.

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he didn't expect that his actions would actually cause a reaction from the Japanese side. But if you think about it empathically,

Such a large fleet, staying at their own doorstep, will also be suspicious.

Zhu Houhuang was amused, but he also felt secretly awakened. This is not a stand-alone game of traversal, and others will have their own interpretation of every move, so you must be cautious in what you do.

However, Zhu Houhuang really had no plan to send troops to Japan. If you don't want to, you can't.

Zhu Houhuang has his own understanding of how many taels he has, and he will never be arrogant, thinking that he is invincible in the world. Japan is not the cake that Zhu Houhuang can move now. Even if Zhu Houhuang will send troops to Japan one day, it is definitely not today.

"Lone came to Ryukyu, but because Lone came to and from Japan's merchant ships, it was repeatedly attacked by pirates, Lone Naixing killed Monk Xu, and held a maritime conference to demonstrate on the sea. I don't know if you are satisfied with this? Although Zhu Houhuang had no intention of attacking Japan, he did not have much good feelings, and he spoke straightforwardly.

Song Suqing said: "The foreign minister naturally trusts His Royal Highness's words of Chrysostom. As the Hosokawa clan is in charge of trade, His Royal Highness may be interested in trading with the Hosokawa clan. ”

Zhu Houhuang sneered and said, "For this matter, you can go to Commander Xu." ”

Zhu Houhuang will not refuse anything to make money. But this Zhu Houhuang will not say this to Song Suqing. Because it's identity parity.

Zhu Houhuang, as the king of a country, said these words with Song Suqing, a subordinate, and he was already a little suspicious of lowering his status. It would be too self-respecting to talk about trade again.

Sometimes it's not that someone has to hold a shelf, but that holding a shelf conforms to most people's cognition, so it must be shelf.

Song Suqing did not hesitate at all, and said: "Since this is the case, the foreign minister will retire." Song Suqing bowed and retreated, stepped back in small steps, retreated outside the gate, and saluted again. The door was closed. Immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finished." Song Suqing said secretly in her heart.

This time of contact with Zhu Houhuang, Song Suqing was simply a fox and a fake tiger, and he didn't have time to ask the Hosokawa clan for instructions. directly borrowed the name of the Hosokawa clan, went through the relationship with the Ryukyu royal clan, and met Zhu Houhuang.

Why didn't Song Suqing go to see Zhu Houhuang openly, because if so, Zhu Houhuang would definitely check Song Suqing's documents, but he didn't have them. If Zhu Houhuang directly talked to Song Suqing about the matter of trade, he would immediately be able to see through Song Suqing's lies, because Song Suqing did not dare to agree to any conditions to Zhu Houhuang without authorization. But Zhu Houhuang didn't.

This is a big adventure, and Song Suqing has succeeded. He believed that the Hosokawa clan, which was trying to regain its strength, would definitely not have any chance to improve its finances. Just like Zhu Houhuang.

Song Suqing secretly said in her heart: "I will delay the time first, and then I will discuss with King Yong's subordinates in detail when the domestic conditions are met." ”

Zhu Houhuang didn't expect that Song Suqing was lying to himself at all, and when he returned to the port, Zhu Houhuang immediately found Xu Dong over, told Xu Dong about this matter, and asked randomly: "What kind of power is the Hosokawa clan, who is the current head of the Hosokawa clan, who are the talents in the family, and where do they control?" ”

Xu Dong bowed his head, and said in the future: "The minister is incompetent, I only know that the Hosokawa clan is a big name near Gyeonggi, Japan, and it is a distant branch of the Japanese royal family, as for the specific minister, I don't know." ”

Zhu Houhuang let out a long sigh, knowing in his heart that Xu Dong couldn't be blamed for this, he had a specialization in the art industry, and let Xu Dong do the hookup of Jinyiwei, no wonder he couldn't figure it out. At this moment, he suddenly remembered his uncle Wu Fengyi. Wu Fengyi has been in Beigang for several months, and it is time for him to come back.

Previously, Zhu Houhuang focused on internal affairs and how to develop Dongyong. Now the affairs of developing Dongyong fall on Lu Wan. And what Lu Wan did was better than Zhu Houhuang. The focus of Zhu Houhuang's work was placed outside, and at this time, the importance of an intelligence agency was revealed.

Zhu Houhuang said: "It's no wonder that you don't have to worry about this matter from now on, you have to worry a little more about such a thing, otherwise how can I care about you alone." ”

Xu Dong's face was a little moved, to be honest, he was the first to be the first to be a big man who could be alone outside, Zhu Houhuang's subordinates.

I just don't know if this touch is true or not. Zhu Houhuang didn't know.