Under the Tokugawa shogunate system, there was a type of service called "Enkoku Shogun".

It refers to the pursuit of managing the government affairs of the place under the control of the elders.

Nagasaki is one of them.

However, Nagasaki has a special mission, which is to conduct foreign trade.

Since its establishment, the shogunate has been trying to encompass the entire vassal states of the Wa Province and to make power relatively centralized.

In order to succeed in doing so, all three generations of Tokugawa shoguns abandoned the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era of free foreign trade in favor of limited openness.

There are two types of opening-up, one is the Nagasaki government, where trade is carried out directly by the shogunate.

The other type is to dominate the foreign trade of the vassal states.

Among them, the Tsushima domain undertook trade with Korea, the Satsuma domain undertook trade with the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Matsumae domain undertook trade with Ezo.

Together with Nagasaki, they are known as the Four Mouths of the Shogunate.

Originally, there was no such thing as the Hirado Domain, and according to the shogunate's design, the Liaodong Merchant House in the Hirado Domain should be moved to Nagasaki, but Yang Chengying politely refused.

Not only that, but the shogunate's lockdown decree also had limited "damage" to Yang Chengying.

For example, the shogunate stipulated that merchants who arrived after the end of July each year would not be given a quota. Look at the book

Foreign ships must leave the port by September 20 each year.

Yang Chengying came here several times, but it was in November, and he stayed for a long time.

The merchant ships under his name hardly comply with the time standard of the lockdown order.

All the ships that held his papers came and went freely. The price is not based on the price of silk in Nagasaki.

In addition, ships also appeared in Haneda Port outside the river, as well as Sakai Port.

The reason for this was that when the shogunate issued the edict of seclusion, the merchant ships of Liaodong had been trading with the shogunate for nearly ten years.

There are many interests involved, and it is not easy for the shogun to cut off this trade.

What's more, Yang Chengying's businessmen obeyed the law, and after he came, he didn't do anything else except do business and visit the green house.

The most important thing is that Yang Chengying has nearly 200 main warships, so many guns, it is scary to look at.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu asked that question, no one could answer.

After half a ring, Matsudaira Nobutsuna stammered, "Lord Gongfang, my subordinates think that they should ignore it for the time being, and focus on countering the rebellion, and then make a decision when the rebellion is decided."

It means to drag it out.

Tokugawa Iemitsu thought about it carefully, and at this time, he would suffer a lot from negotiations, so he agreed.

Matsudaira Nobu took the general's order, did not dare to delay for a moment, and took his samurai to set off from Edo and rushed to Kyushu Island without sleep.

Along the way, Matsudaira Nobutsuna wanted to arrive as soon as possible to put an end to the rebellion that had taken place from within.

At the beginning of May, Matsudaira Nobutsuna finally arrived at the Chikugo Yanagawa Domain.

Tachibana Muneshige, known as the "Unparalleled Western Kingdom", was the lord of the Yanagawa Domain.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna feels that the only reliable person in the western country at the moment is this fierce general of the western country who participated in the Azuchi-Momoyama era.

As soon as the two met, Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't wait to ask, "How can the current situation be calmed down in the eyes of the feudal lord?"

"Although they are traitors, they are numerous, and they are not afraid of life and death."

Sixty-eight-year-old Tachibana Muneshige, with a furrowed gray brow, said, "The former general was defeated only because he underestimated the enemy."

"So what do I do?" Matsudaira asked.

"The best way is to divide and surround it."

Tachibana Muneshige suggested, "The rebellion should be concentrated in the Shimabara and Kumamoto domains, which are separated by the sea. The first step is to cut off the sea lanes."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna nodded, thinking it made sense.

Then he asked the more important question: "What am I going to do to cut off the sea lane?"

Tachibana Muneshige was stunned for a moment, and he was speechless for a long time.

This question seems very simple, with a boat!

Carefully one

Think, the question is not simple - where does the ship come from?

The naval division of the Wa Kingdom had long since been destroyed in the Toyotomi Hideyoshi period, and although it was rebuilt after that, it was mainly the work of the feudal kingdom itself.

Mainly the Hirado and Satsuma domains.

The sailors of the Hirado Domain, when facing the Liaodong Navy, gradually fell into disuse due to a lack of self-confidence and profit-driven.

The Satsuma Domain was more direct and was physically wiped out by the Liaodong Navy.

Other feudal states destroyed themselves out of curry favor with the shogunate or fearing it.

The shogunate's ships were far away in Edo, and it wasn't necessarily useful to transfer them.

Because of the "ban on the construction of large ships", all daimyo were not allowed to build warships of more than 500 koku.

The largest warship, the Sekibune "Tentenmaru", built by the shogunate itself, is gorgeous.

It's just one bad thing - it can't fight.

The sailors who had been absent from the battle array for a long time did not have the ability to block the communication between the Shimabara Domain and the Kumamoto Domain.

Cut constant contact, Kumamoto Domain's food and weapons, can reach the Shimabara Domain.

Hey, why does the Kumamoto Domain have food?

One country and one city were killed, and because the castles were relatively small, a large amount of food was scattered outside, which became a meal for the rebels.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna thought about it again and again, but decided to ask the shogunate for help.

He knew that the only naval force that could be mobilized at the moment was Yang Chengying's Liaodong Navy.

This matter has to be decided by the shogunate.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu saw the letter asking for help, his lungs almost exploded, and he scolded: "How many years has it been since the Osaka Summer Battle ended, and the proud Samurai of Mikawa has become a wreck who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" With that, he threw the letter for help on the ground.

Sakai Tadashi and other elders did not dare to say that the Osaka Summer Battle ended in the first year of Motowa, exactly thirty years ago. Tachibana Soshige, the only remaining fruit, is also getting old, and not many of the new generation of samurai have ever been exposed to war.

After the general finished his anger, Sakai Tadashi took the lead and said, "Lord Gongfang, although the matter is infuriating, it must be resolved as soon as possible.

If we delay any longer, if we miss the spring planting completely, the consequences will be unimaginable."

There is no need for Sakai Tadashi to say this, Tokugawa Iemitsu knows it.

If the chaos goes from the Kumamoto domain to the other feudal states of Hyuga Province, the whole of Kyushu will be in chaos.

Kyushu is in turmoil, and the ruling situation that the shogunate has finally settled on is about to be gone.

Tokugawa Iemitsu took a deep breath and said to Sakai Tadakatsu, "It seems that we can only borrow troops from Yang Chengying. On behalf of the shogunate, you went to the Ryukyu Kingdom to meet Yang Chengying, and said that as long as he is willing to send troops, all the conditions are negotiable."

Well? To put it so loosely, this is not a slippery head!

Sakai Tadashi tactfully persuaded: "It takes a long time to go back and forth, and if the other party feels that the public lord's sincerity is not enough, won't it delay the counterinsurgency."

"Well......

Tokugawa Iemitsu thought about it seriously for a moment and said, "Then agree to Yang Chengying's request for supply points, and I will set up a few commissions here to strengthen management. The top priority at the moment is to counter-insurgency."

"Then what if Yang Chengying takes the opportunity to ask for a price?" Tadashi Sakai asked.

"Then, you better go and ask Yang Chengying to come to Edo to talk. Allow him to take ten ships with him, and two thousand with him." Tokugawa Iemitsu Road.

"Lord Gongfang, one of his warships can carry more than 700 sailors and sailors, and 10 ships are 7,000 people."

Sakai Tadashi blushed and pointed out that the general's mistake was not a good thing.

"Ahh