Before Japan closed itself off from the rest of the world, the surface strength of the navy was stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty, and it was very likely that the Ming Dynasty would win three victories in a war far from the coast.

Of course, the premise is to exclude Zheng Zhilong and others.

The shogunate's capital ship was called the Date Maru, with a displacement of 508 tons, and was a standard Spanish galleon (Galen ship). There is also a Galen ship with a displacement of 120 tons, and most of the rest are Vermilion ships.

Date Maru also carried a delegation of Japanese envoys to Mexico, then to Europe to visit the Pope, then to France and Spain, and finally to Japan via the Philippines.

At that time, Japan was still relatively open, and the credentials submitted to the Pope even asked for more missionaries to be sent to Japan. But a few years later, when the envoys returned to Japan, the shogunate was already expelling the missionaries, and the Roman pope was overjoyed.

"Japan also has a large warship?" Li Dingguo held the binoculars, and his tone was slightly surprised.

Hong Xu said with a smile: "The shogunate is just this big ship, and the Spaniards helped build it." The guys at the bottom of the box have all come over to negotiate, just because they don't want to lose their momentum. ”

The two sides met at the mouth of the bay, each lowered the dinghy, and the envoys of the two sides took the dinghy to the shore for talks.

Liu Xiangke arrogantly arched his hand and said: "Liu Xiangke, Shaoqing of Honglu Temple in Datong China." “

The shogunate envoy was about 30 years old and returned the salute: "Lin Efeng, the shogunate lawsuit and the chief lecturer of the Five Classics." ”

The son of the great Japanese Confucian Rinsama, he was also a diplomatic advisor to the shogun, in addition to serving as a shogunate and lecturing the Pentateuch to Tokugawa Iemitsu. In addition, he also served as a historian of Japan.

The Chinese language of this goods is very slippery, and after reporting their names to each other, they even reprimanded sharply: "Liu Shaoqing, the Shimazu clan is the lord of Japan, even if he offends China, the emperor of your country should also send a letter of state, and the shogun will punish him." Your country uses troops without authorization and goes to war without declaring it, is this in line with Confucian etiquette? Rudeness is unrighteousness! If your country is bent on going its own way and wants to fight this unjust war, our country should accompany you even if it is small! “

Liu Xiangke didn't bother to rap with the other party, and hit the point directly: "What kind of thing is the shogunate?" I have been working in heaven for many years,

The canonization was all the Japanese lords, and I have not heard of any canonization of Japanese generals. Even if the credentials are sent, they will be sent to the Japanese lord, and it will not be the turn of any shogun! The Tokugawa clan, who blackmailed the lord of the country and ordered the Japanese princes, is the real kingless, fatherless, unkind and unjust. Don't send troops to conquer the Satsuma Domain, even if China sends troops to fight against the Tokugawa Shogunate, it will be a reasonable and just battle! “

As soon as these words came out, Lin Efeng was suddenly speechless.

Yes, according to Confucian theory, the Tokugawa shogunate belonged to the country of thieves. Japan, on the other hand, is a vassal state of China, which is tantamount to stealing a vassal state of China.

China has every reason to send troops directly to kill the Tokugawa shogunate!

Liu Xiangke said disdainfully: "If Your Excellency is here to play tricks, then please go back." After the defeat of the Satsuma Domain, the contemptible people led their troops to Edo, and talked to your Excellency again in Edo Castle. ”

Lin Efeng forcibly explained: "The Japanese lord has entrusted the power to the shogun, not to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. ”

Liu Xiangke sneered: "I have sent troops to China here to help the Japanese lord to govern himself." If it is not a theft of the country, ask the shogun to return the government to the head of the country, so as not to provoke criticism if there is a suspicion of stealing the country. “

Liu Xiangke stubbornly grasped the weakness of the shogunate's theft of the country, Lin Efeng couldn't talk at all, and if he continued to entangle, it would only be more full of loopholes.

Lin Efeng coughed and changed the subject: "Wait for the time to come, and the shogunate will return to the government." What we are talking about today is how can your country withdraw its troops? ”

Liu Xiangke repeated the previous request.

It's just that the military indemnity has been doubled, because after a few more battles, the ships of the Datong Navy were damaged, and a lot of ammunition and food were consumed one after another.

Lin Efeng immediately breathed a sigh of relief, China's withdrawal conditions were within the acceptable range of the shogunate. It was nothing more than an indemnity, and it was not the shogunate's money anyway, so the Satsuma clan was saddled with a huge amount of debt, which was also conducive to the shogunate's control.

As for China's recovery of the Ryukyus, it doesn't matter.

At the beginning, the shogunate allowed the Satsuma Domain to send troops to the Ryukyus because of the ban on the Ming Sea and the severance of diplomatic relations with Japan, so the official trade could only use the Ryukyus as a springboard.

Now that China has opened up the sea, and there are a large number of Chinese goods on the outer islands of Nagasaki, and they have been monopolized by the shogunate, then for the shogunate, the territory of the Ryukyus is dispensable, and only the Satsuma clan has really suffered huge losses.

Lin Efeng suddenly: "The shogunate can cooperate with these requests." However, please ask the emperor of your country to give a shogun a golden seal. ”

This proposal was much more than Liu Xiangke expected.

On the shogunate's side, they actually planned to sell the Satsuma domain in exchange for the recognition of the shogunate by the suzerain. If this is the case, the shogun will have an actual legal system, unlike the current diplomacy that is at a loss.

Liu Xiangke: "The matter is very serious, and the people have no right to agree, so they need to go back to Beijing to ask Your Majesty." “

"It's the way it should be." Lin Efeng expressed his understanding, as long as the other party did not refuse, his diplomatic mission would not be considered a failure.

Liu Xiangke again: "If the shogunate wants to get the general's golden seal, it needs to show sincerity." To tell you the truth, after our army finished fighting the Satsuma Domain, we had to go north to fight the Hirado Domain. “

Lin Efeng was puzzled: "How did the Songpu family offend your country?" “

Liu Xiangke said: "Most of our country's maritime merchants who went to Korea were attacked and plundered by the Hirado Domain. The Matsuura clan must pay compensation and promise not to commit any more crimes in the future, nor to plunder the Korean coast again. Also, the Matsuura clan must hand over Li Guosuke, the son of the great pirate Li Dan! “

Zheng Chenggong was born in the Hirado Domain, which was a pirate den, and when the Hirado Wako were most rampant, they mainly plundered the waters of Korea and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and many of the Japanese who landed on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to cause rebellion came from the Hirado Domain. As for the pirate Li Guozhu, he has been hiding there all these years, often going to sea with the navy of the Hirado Domain to sack Chinese and Korean merchant ships.

Since Zhao Han chose to send troops, he not only wanted to take back the Ryukyus, not only to hurt the Satsuma Domain, but also to make the Hirado Domain honest and obedient.

Lin Efeng had a headache, a Satsuma Domain was enough trouble, and he actually carried the Hirado Domain. Asking two great feudal lords to pay reparations to China in a row would really lead to the disgrace of the shogun.

Lin Efeng said: "This matter needs to be reported to the shogun." “

Liu Xiangke smiled: "Wait for good news." ”

The siege of Tsurumaru Castle continues, this ruined castle is built on a 100-meter-high mountain, and the army batteries of the Datong Army are not easy to erect, so they have to be extended for long-distance upward shooting. Fortunately, it is not far from the sea, and the artillery of the Navy can also be hailed,

And you don't have to be stunned in place and be bombarded by the city defense artillery.

It is impossible to storm by force, and even if the city is captured, the casualties of the Datong army are estimated to reach two or three thousand. If the battle is fought like that, Li Dingguo will wait to be punished.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa is depleting, and the Chinese army is exhausted until the food is exhausted and retreats.

Li Dingguo called Shiro Miyazaki and Ghost Head Forty-Eight and ordered: "Go and find five hundred of the poorest people in the neighborhood, and let these people come and wash the clothes of our soldiers." Not only can you get paid, but you can also eat with an open stomach, and remember to spread the news afterwards. ”

When the two left, Li Dingguo instructed his subordinates: "Move 500 catties of rice ashore every day, set up porridge sheds, and relieve the local poor, remember to publicize it." ”

A few days later, 500 women who had washed the clothes for the Datong soldiers were sent to the castle town for a holiday and rest.

They eat well with the army when they meet people, they can eat enough at every meal, and sometimes they can see meat. In addition, the Datong army counts, and the salary is settled every day, and the laundry fee is never in arrears.

And the porridge shack on the shore is also full every day, and there are even queues to fight.

Well, 500 catties of rice a day is 500 catties of rice. Not only did the beggars and poor people come to drink porridge, but the city vendors also came to take advantage of it, lining up with the beggars to eat.

The news quickly spread to Tsurumaru Castle.

Shimazu Jiutong said anxiously: "My lord, Tang Bing is not short of food at all, and there is even surplus food to buy people's hearts. The reinforcements from all the families in the domain have not come for a long time, and we are afraid that we will be surrounded until we run out of food! “

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was silent, he knew that this time he was going to be finished.

Shimazu Hisashi channel: "Otherwise, accept the conditions of the Tang people, and we will pay compensation and surrender." ”

"Wait, wait," Shimazu Mitsuhisa still had a fluke mentality, "maybe in a few days, the shogunate will send troops to the rescue." ”

Shimazu Kutsu knelt down and retreated, and ran to another mansion in the city.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, was the second son, and the third son, Shimazu Tadaro, lived in this mansion.

There were fourteen brothers in all, and the eldest had died a long time ago. The fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth, and fourteenth were all assigned to serve as minor lords in various places. The third child stayed in Kagoshima to be the head of the family, in fact, it was convenient for the feudal lord to control, and he was afraid that he would go out to make trouble. (Anything not mentioned is dead.) ）

"How?" Tadashi Shimazu asked.

Shimazu Hisatsu: "The governor is reluctant to surrender. ”

Tadashi Shimazu asked, "What are your plans?" “

Shimazu Hisatsu: "The Tang soldiers have enough food and grass, even the untouchables who beg, they can take out surplus grain to help." If you continue to consume it like this, you will only run out of food in Tsurumaru City. At that time, the Tang soldiers would consume more time and food, and they would definitely have to pay more silver. In a fit of rage, he set fire to Tsurumaru Castle. If the governor doesn't surrender, we should ask him to surrender, and this is also for the sake of the Shimazu family. “

Tadaura Shimazu asked, "What if he still doesn't surrender?" “

Shimazu Hisatsu: "The governor of the house carried the shogunate behind his back, occupied the eight islands of the Ryukyus, and monopolized the brown sugar of Amami Oshima. After this incident, the Tokugawa shogun must have known about it, and he would definitely be held accountable after the war. The Shimazu family, sooner or later, will have to change their governor.

The second child was replaced, so naturally the third child should be on top.

Tadashi Shimazu smiled and nodded: "Your Excellency has a long-term vision, this is the blessing of the Shimazu family." ”

Shimazu Hisakatsu said: "The retainers and samurai in the city now have their own thoughts. Some shouted to go out of the city,

Some people are panicked after being besieged, and we can secretly win over some people. “

"I'm in the city, and I have a few confidants who are willing to help." Tadashi Shimazu.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

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