Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 398 Meet Zheng
Almost very thrilling, Abe Tadaaki arrived in Nagasaki.It's just that it was the Zhendong-class sailing warship of the Ming Navy that took him across the Qianqian Bay Strait.

Tadaki Abe had waited for many days before crossing the sea, and there were no ships that could cross the sea in a big way. Whenever there was a ship trying to cross the sea, Ming's ships would bombard it. At that time, many Japanese ships had been destroyed. Seized and sunk.After Abe Tadaaki risked his life to prove his identity, he was sent to Nagasaki by a Ming Dynasty sailing warship.

When he boarded this warship of the Ming Navy, he was very shocked.Japan built warships like the turtle ship at the end of the Warring States period, but compared to Ming's clipper sail warships, they were nothing.

Daming's sailing warships have already undergone mid-term refits at this time, the hulls are covered with iron armor, and steam engines are used as power.Tadaki Abe watched these giant sea monsters, braving billowing black smoke, moving quickly on the sea without anyone paddling or propping up their sails.

Abe Tadaaki asked: "Could it be possible that the Daming Navy has magic tricks? It's too sensational to make this ship sail with black smoke."

The captain of this battleship did not hide it, but said jokingly: "It is almost the same as saying that it is a fairy method, and you Japanese can't understand it. The technology that I mastered, in your opinion, is also a fairy method." To be able to make a huge ship sail against the wind, to destroy a city with a single cannonball, and to make hundreds of millions of people live and work in peace, these abilities are indeed immortal."

Abe Tadaaki didn't believe it, but the Ming navy he witnessed made him feel very stressed.It is very difficult to run a large ship at sea, and the soldiers on the deck perform their own tasks, and they seem to cooperate very well.They banned orders and wore uniforms.When boarding the ship, Abe Tadaaki saw the terrifying National Beng Datong (cannons), and he was convinced that such an army could easily defeat the shogunate army and daimyo's army that hadn't fought a serious battle for a long time.

Abe Tadaaki was trying his best to record all the things he saw, and it seemed that the more he saw, the more frightened he felt, and a sense of powerlessness filled his whole body.

Tadaki Abe wrote in a diary-style letter to the general Tokugawa Ietsuna: "...my subordinates had a very deep experience when riding on this Ming Navy warship. Most of the Japanese navy were pirates, and there How much they are valued by the shogunate and daimyo. But on the warships of the Ming Dynasty, the style and majesty displayed by these Ming warriors are even better than the most loyal warriors and retainers of the family. It is extremely difficult to control such a warship. The skills and professions of these soldiers were tested. They were divided into different teams and knew what they should do. As soon as the call to battle sounded, they appeared where they should appear. The subordinates had no chance to see this warship in battle What it looked like back then, but according to the captain, their Guobeng can travel nearly a thousand feet away, and any wooden ship would feel like paper in front of them."

"...But my subjects were fortunate enough to witness the shooting drills on their ship. The iron cannons (fire guns) of the Ming army have become their only combat weapons. According to the Ming generals, no one in their army is equipped with swords, spears, bows and crossbows. Soldiers, the only weapons used by all soldiers are iron cannons. Even the navy has to conduct regular trials of combat skills on board. This item shows that the training of the Ming army is quite sophisticated and heavy. The subordinates do not believe it This is their special act to intimidate their subjects. The Ming army put some floating targets on the side of the ship, or threw them into the water, and the soldiers lined up to shoot. The targets on the side of the ship, ordinary soldiers of the Ming army can hit seven or eight out of ten shots. The floating targets thrown on the sea were also hit one after another at a distance of several tens of feet. It can be seen that the soldiers of the Ming army are quite good at shooting. It is expected that if the shogunate army encounters the soldiers of the Ming army in an open terrain, they will die before they get close. It's no surprise that he was shot dead."

Abe Tadaaki became more and more afraid. When he arrived in Nagasaki, Abe Tadaaki was determined not to let the shogunate army and the Ming army fight head-on. There was no comparison between the two sides.Once the shogunate army fails, Japan will enter a troubled world again, and restless daimyos may gather to overthrow the rule of the Tokugawa family.

Therefore, when Abe Zhongqiu met Zheng Chenggong in Nagasaki, his posture was extremely low.

"Criminal Minister Abe Tadaaki, I apologize to His Royal Highness King Ying of the Ming Dynasty." Almost on his own initiative, Abe Tadaaki was going to plead guilty to the crime accused by Ming Dynasty, that is, the crime of invading Ryukyu, a Ming vassal state.

He thought very clearly that as a retainer, he pleaded guilty by pleading guilty to the general. As long as he can persuade Ming to let the Ming army leave, then he can commit suicide to apologize to the Tokugawa family, save the general's face, and prevent Japan from entering the Warring States Period again. era.

"Japan is willing to pay ten times the usual tribute to Ming Dynasty, send the royal family as a hostage, and surrender to Ming Dynasty, in order to obtain the forgiveness of the heavenly kingdom." This is actually a discussion he had with Sakai Tadaki before. If the price can make Daming leave, then they will pay it.

The danger of fighting Daming is too high. Once the shogunate loses, its prestige will be wiped out, and it may be challenged by other daimyos.Therefore, what Sakai Tadakiyoshi is mainly doing now is to mobilize the armies of the various feudal clans, with a small number of shogunate troops participating, and use the Ming army to consume each other with the troops of the various feudal clans, so as to maintain the strength of the Tokugawa family.

This abacus is well played, but it may not be successful.

Zheng Chenggong said to Abe Zhongqiu with a straight face: "At the time of Jiajing, Japan disregarded its duty as a tributary country of the Ming Dynasty and allowed the Japanese pirates to invade the coast of the Ming Dynasty, causing huge losses. At the time of Wanli, it was even more about Bai Fengchen Hideyoshi's invasion of North Korea, which tired us. The Ming Dynasty sent troops to rescue them. During the Chongzhen period, Japan invaded Ryukyu and forced the tributary country of the Ming Dynasty to become Japan’s vassal. All kinds of rebellious behaviors are tolerable or unbearable? My Emperor Guangfu of the Ming Dynasty ordered Japan, the country of thieves, to be afraid of power Don't be virtuous, act madly with little benevolence, and don't keep it. Today, the king, under the imperial edict of my Ming emperor, conducts justice in the East, with the aim of destroying Japan and restoring benevolence, destroying the country of thieves and establishing order. You will count as pleading guilty What does it matter to me? Indulge you today, and then commit thieves in three or fifty years. It’s better to cut them off once, kill all the tyrants and tyranny, educate the people to be good, and use things to produce. From then on, Japan is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. Tu Dongyang is safe and sound, and the people are all safe. Come to envoy, and go back, unless the general of the Tokugawa family pleads guilty and offers great government with both hands, otherwise I, Ming, will not give up!"

(End of this chapter)