Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 673
"Bullshit!"

Zheng Sen scolded angrily: "My king's teacher has not arrived, not only did he not return, but he dared to abscond in fear of crime, he really deserves to die—"

Ryukyu Wang Shangxian and others were dumbfounded.

"The majestic power of the sky is so powerful that it frightens thousands of miles away. When the little Japanese slave heard that the angel was approaching, he was defeated without a fight."

The Ryukyu King had no choice but to step forward and respectfully cooperate.

"Forget it, we will settle accounts with him later."

Zheng Sen said with a face full of displeasure, and then entered Shuri Castle without hesitation.

For Ryukyu, it was the first time to see such a huge fleet, and it was also the army of the Kingdom of Heaven, which was a surprise.

The small Shuri Castle was filled to the brim by the Ming army.

At the same time, the Kagoshima domain, the Shimadzu family.

Family Governor Shimazu Mitsuhisa held a meeting to discuss Ryukyu affairs.

"Since the shogun closed the country, although our domain has controlled Ryukyu's foreign trade, it has to accept the conditions of Edo, and the benefits are negligible..."

"Instead of still managing the Ryukyu and offending the Ming Dynasty, it is better to withdraw and win the favor of the shogunate..."

An elder said.

"No!" At this time, another person said: "Although Ryukyu is small, there are tens of thousands of people, and the stone is 12 stone high. This is an important cornerstone of my Kagoshima Domain."

"It's better to wait for the Ming army to retreat, and then send a general to Ryukyu."

At this time, the Kagoshima Domain was weakened by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa family. The stone height of the feudal kingdom was only 72 shi. If Ryukyu was lost, the stone height would be only 60 shi.

This was definitely an unacceptable blow to the Shimadzu family.

"However, the Ming army has already arrived at Shuri Castle."

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu sighed: "Even if we admit defeat, we are still afraid of being held accountable."

"The head of the family is the lord of the Kagoshima feudal clan, and also a subject of the general. As the pillars of the samurai family, the Tokugawa family, the shogun, how can they stand by and watch?"

"In the face of the invasion of the Ming army, my family should also seek help from the shogunate, asking for food, gold and silver funding."

"it is good!"

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was overjoyed and rushed to the shogunate for help.

At this time, the new year is turned, and it is the fourth year of Qing'an.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was seriously ill, and naturally he was lingering on the sickbed, pale and weak, and almost all government affairs were handed over to Hoshina Masaoyuki and the elder Sakai Tadakatsu.

At this time, the elder (chief assistant) Tadakatsu Sakai took the main seat, and Hoshina sat with him.

Nobutsuna Nakamatsuhira and Tada Abe sat on both sides, each with serious faces.

"My lord, you have heard about the situation of the Kagoshima Clan, right?"

Sakai Tadakatsu's huge body was sitting on his knees, putting great pressure on everyone. At this time, his tiger eyes were wide open, and his eyes were full of pressure:

"During the Zhengdan court meeting, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty asked us to withdraw from the Ryukyu Kingdom. Now the army has arrived in Ryukyu."

"I don't know, how should our shogunate deal with it?"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna lowered his head, and then said calmly: "The Ryukyu Kingdom is originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the Kagoshima Domain sent troops to occupy it just to covet the benefits of the maritime trade."

"I trust the general to close the country and only allow the city of Nagasaki to trade with foreign countries. Therefore, the Kagoshima Domain values ​​Ryukyu, and only Shi Gao is the only one."

"Shimadzu is a foreign name, and it is justified to weaken its stone height."

During the Tokugawa shogunate period, daimyos were divided into three types, pro-vassal daimyos, generational daimyos, and external daimyos.

The pro-vassal daimyos belong to the same family as the generals, and they are all Tokugawa clans, such as the Yusanjia, and later the Yusanqing, all have the qualifications to inherit the position of the general.

Genealogy daimyo refers to the family of the lords who surrendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu before the Sekihara War, and formed a close relationship with the Edo shogunate "all prosperity, all losses", and most of them served in the shogunate.

Outer daimyos refer to the lords who surrendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu after the Sekihara War, such as the Shimadzu family, Date Masamune of the Sendai Domain, and so on.

These people have never been trusted by the shogunate, and later they were also important black hands in the formation of the downfall faction.

"I'm afraid it will affect the reputation of the shogunate." Abe Tadaaki said bluntly: "After all, it involves the Ming Dynasty. The shogunate is now in charge of the whole country. If you sit back and watch the Kagoshima domain be attacked, I'm afraid it will be a bit embarrassing—"

Once the face of the shogunate is involved, it will affect the reputation.

The veterans immediately calmed down.

"Why don't you ask General Yan!" Baoke Zhengzhi shook his head and said cautiously: "After all, the matter is so important that we cannot decide."

Tadakatsu Sakai nodded when he heard the words, "That's right, only the general can decide this matter."

In this way, several people went to Ooku to see Tokugawa Iemitsu regardless of Tokugawa Iemitsu's seriously ill body.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was startled awake, so he had to pull himself together and listen to the words of the senior middlemen.

Years of imperial career allowed him to think about government affairs from a high place, and he immediately sensed that something was wrong: "Ming Kingdom is stepping on the Ryukyu this time, and the essence is probably our Japan."

"General 様——" Several senior middlemen were taken aback, thinking that this was too unbelievable.

Ryukyu at most involves the Satsuma clan, so how could it have plans for the shogunate?
"This matter is nothing more than speculation."

Tokugawa Iemitsu waved his hands weakly, and confided word by word:
"As for the Kagoshima Domain, they can be asked to hand over the Ryukyu. If the Ming army is approaching, the foreign daimyo of Kyushu can be sent to support them. Don't ask for more victories, just hold the Ming army."

"Ming people are not in Japan at all, they can't stay long, and if they don't have enough food and grass, they can only retreat—"

After Tokugawa Iemitsu said so much in one breath, his spirit immediately became depressed, he closed his eyes, and fell asleep directly.

Tadakatsu Sakai could only choose to obey.

At this time, the Ming army, at the request of Ryukyu Wang Shangxian, sent troops to the Amami Islands, defeated hundreds of Japanese troops, and recovered more than a thousand people.

This aroused strong repercussions in Ryukyu.

Shangxian ran to the military tent every day, constantly persuading Zheng Sen to send troops to attack Kagoshima Fan, so as to avoid future troubles.

However, the daimyos in the Kyushu area also received orders from the shogunate, coupled with the sad mentality of the death of the rabbit and the fox, they quickly gathered in Kagoshima with a scale of more than [-] to [-].

Zheng Sen took this opportunity to go in and out of the palace to persuade:
"Your Majesty, the Japanese are so determined that they have gathered 2 people—"

"Today we can drive them away, and in the future they will come back and bully them even more. After all, Ryukyu is too far away from Ming Dynasty and too close to Japan..."

After repeated intimidation, the whole Ryukyu Kingdom believed that the next time the Japanese came to Ryukyu, they would carry out horrific massacres on the island.

Even ordinary people can survive.The princes and nobles must not survive one out of ten.

All the mouths make money, and the large-scale soldiers and horses gathered by the Kagoshima Domain cannot help but the Ryukyu Kingdom does not believe it.

In the middle of March, King Shangxian of the Ryukyu had a personal conversation with Zheng Sen and said the following:

"I don't want to regain the power of a country. I just want to protect the family and continue to be rich. Now, the ten thousand households in Ryukyu will be handed over to the general—"

(End of this chapter)