Daming Military Empire

Chapter 215 Seeking Dongying Father and Son Join the Battle
The scorching midsummer passed by in a blink of an eye, and the gentle autumn wind brought the harvest season. This year, there was a bumper harvest in the south of the Yangtze River and a bumper harvest in Liaodong. The output of traditional crops such as rice and wheat increased greatly. It can be said that the food problem has been completely solved.

However, these are not all that Da Ming has harvested this autumn, there is a bigger fruit waiting for Da Ming to grab, this fruit is the island country Dongying!
The Shimabara peasant uprising in Dongying has lasted for nearly a year. Amakusa Shiro firmly controlled the Shimabara and Amakusa Fans with the secret assistance of Ming Dynasty. The 12 troops of the Tokugawa Shogunate were restrained outside Shimabara City. Not being able to attack, and not daring to retreat, can be described as extremely uncomfortable.

Their shogunate general Tokugawa Iemitsu was more uncomfortable than them. The 12 shogunate army led by Matsudaira Nobutsuna was like the 20 Liaodong Army at the time of Chongzhen. Military expenses alone could make him burnt out.

Tokugawa Iemitsu at this time can be said to be worse than Emperor Chongzhen at that time. You must know that the entire population of Dongying is less than 2000 million now, and only a quarter of the Tokugawa shogunate can really fully control it. To be able to receive taxes from 500 million people, the more than 1 million people of Ming Dynasty can only receive more than 2000 million taels of taxes every year. It is not bad that his 500 million civilians can receive 100 million taels a year.

With 12 troops, food, grass and supplies plus salary, at least 30 taels a month is needed, and 300 million taels in ten months. You must know that the Tokugawa shogunate has only been in power for more than [-] years. Ten thousand taels is not bad. In this battle, the Tokugawa shogunate is on the verge of bankruptcy.

The so-called taking advantage of your illness to kill you, it was at this time that Zhu Cijiong started his long-planned plan. He directly summoned Zheng Zhilong to the capital, and the key to winning Dongying fell on this guy. Weimon, he believes that this guy will definitely go all out.

Zheng Zhilong has been very proud during this time. As a new negotiator, he was able to extort 2000 million taels from the Dutch in one fell swoop. This achievement is unprecedented. He doesn't know if there will be anyone coming later. Anyway, he feels very happy, quite cool.

At this moment, Zhu Cijiong summoned him to the capital, he thought he was being asked to blackmail him, so he hurried over.

As a result, Zhu Cijiong summoned him to a private study, closed the door mysteriously, and said, "Get ready, go to Japan in a few days!"

Nani?Go to Japan!Daming doesn't seem to be at war with Dongpu right now, and he doesn't have any prisoners of Dongpu in his hands. If he ran over to extort money with his bare butt like this, wouldn't he be looking for death!
Seeing his frightened expression, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking curiously: "What's the matter, what's the problem?"

Zheng Zhilong swallowed, and asked with difficulty: "Your Majesty, how much should they pay this time?"

He had already prepared himself, if it was a few million taels, he might as well pay it out of his own pocket. If he ran over to find someone to extort money like this, he would definitely die, and he didn't want to die yet.

Zhu Cijiong looked at him inexplicably, and asked inexplicably, "Losing money? What money?"

Isn't it to find someone to extort money?Now it's Zheng Zhilong's turn to be puzzled. If he doesn't ask people to extort money, why does he run over? Recently, his main job seems to be negotiating with people. If he doesn't extort money, is he going to discuss cooperation with them?It seems that there is nothing to cooperate with Dongying!

It's no wonder that Zheng Zhilong couldn't react at the moment. During this period of time, his mind was full of negotiations, and he almost forgot about other things. He couldn't think of anything, so he had to ask stupidly: "Then, your majesty, let me go to Dongying. what?"

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes, what's going on with this guy, didn't he tell him about Dongying before?He reminded angrily: "Isn't it to let your father-in-law get a big name first? If you don't help him make the current big name, how can he become a big name?"

It turned out that this was the matter, Zheng Zhilong almost jumped up excitedly, the emperor finally wanted to attack Dongying, and his youngest son's shogun was about to be obtained, he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, what do you say, just pretend to be a pirate Do Matsuura, or assassinate?"

Zhu Cijiong is inclined towards assassination, he analyzed patiently: "It would be too loud to pretend to be a pirate, and if they notice, they may have to attack the city. It would be bad if they let him escape, it would be better to assassinate. Sneak over and give him a hand, it's all over."

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, and said awkwardly: "This, this, the emperor, please forgive me for being bold, there are more people in Hizen Kingdom who are more qualified to be daimyo than Weichen's father-in-law. In the current situation, if the Matsuura family suddenly If he dies, it will not be the turn of Weichen's father-in-law to become famous."

Zhu Cijiong shook his head, and said helplessly: "Why are you so stupid? Anyway, killing one is killing, and killing two is killing. Just pretend to be a spy of the peasant uprising army in the city, sneak into Hirado Castle, and compare the position of Hizen Kingdom to your father-in-law. Get rid of all the high ones, won't your father-in-law become famous?"

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, and said worriedly: "It's not impossible, but so many people have been assassinated, but my father-in-law is fine, I am afraid that this humble minister will arouse the suspicion of others, and it will cause the dissatisfaction of the people below. , this name is a bit awkward."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "That's a problem, why don't you take Xiao Qizaemon and his mother there, first let them bring thousands of guards home to visit their relatives, and then pretend to be rebel spies and fake with them Fight for a while, and when the others are killed, let the person pretending to be a spy escape, so that no one will be suspicious."

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but praised: "Your majesty is wise, that's the way to do it, but a few thousand people is too many, and the most you can send is 500 people, otherwise the Matsuura family will be suspicious before they start to act."

Zhu Cijiong said indifferently: "You can figure it out. Anyway, you don't want to show your face, just command in secret. Also, do you know Amakusa Shiro?"

Zheng Zhilong heard the words, and wondered: "Amakusa Shiro? Is that the leader of the peasant uprising? I have never seen it before!"

Zhu Cijiong said contemptuously: "Aren't you all Catholics? And you all joined the religion in the Hizen Kingdom, how come you don't know him?"

Zheng Zhilong explained embarrassingly: "Uh, well, I heard that the kid is only in his teens, and Wei Chen left Hirado more than ten years ago. At that time, he was probably just born, and Wei Chen really didn't know him."

Zhu Cijiong patted his forehead, and said helplessly: "Okay, whether you recognize him or not is not the point, but you must tame him when you go to Dongpu this time."

Zheng Zhilong was in a bit of a dilemma. This person didn't know how to subdue him. He was the Zhennan King of Daming, not Dongying's Zhennan King. They had no reason to pee on him.

Seeing his expression, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help pointing out: "You can say that you secretly funded the weapons I gave them; aren't you all Catholics? You are still his senior, so you can use this relationship to get close to him." He; besides, he rebelled because the Tokugawa shogunate suppressed Catholics. You can assure him that the Tagawa shogunate will never interfere with the freedom of individual religious belief after it comes to power, so what reason does he have for not following you?"

Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he couldn't help but praised again: "The emperor is wise, I know what to do."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and continued: "Letting your father-in-law become the daimyo of the Hizen Kingdom and subduing Amakusa Shiro is only the first step, and then you must wipe out the 12 shogunate army outside Shimabara Castle as soon as possible, and then secretly instigate various The famous daimyo rebelled against the Tokugawa shogunate and brought Dongying back to the Warring States Period, so that we have the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos to seek Dongying."

Zheng Zhilong was in a bit of a dilemma again, that was an army of 12, how to eliminate it?

He couldn't help but cautiously said: "Your Majesty, Kusashiro seems to have only 12 to [-] insurgents that day. If he could wipe out the [-] shogunate army, he might have done it long ago. I'm afraid he won't be able to wipe out the humble minister."

Zhu Cijiong was going crazy. As for how this guy's IQ became the leader of the pirates, he explained angrily: "Once your father-in-law becomes a famous name in the Feiqian country, you can recruit soldiers. Let Hong Xu and Gan Hui led 5 well-trained men directly into his name, and then recruited some people everywhere, at least 12 to [-] people could be gathered. At that time, let Zheng Zhilong lead [-] super battleships of the Nanyang Navy to arrive secretly. Near Shimabara Castle, put ten rounds of naval guns on the camp of the shogunate army outside the city, and then flank Amakusa Shiro in Shimabara Castle, will the [-] shogunate army be able to stop it?"

It's all said, Zheng Zhilong is an idiot if he doesn't understand, in fact, Zheng Zhilong is not stupid at all, but his strengths are business and being a pirate, let him lead more than 12 pirates to rob [-] to [-] merchant ships. , there is absolutely no problem, but if he is asked to take [-] to [-] peasant rebels to clean up the [-] shogunate army, he will be a little blind.

Fortunately, Zhu Cijiong has been planning this issue for a long time, and he has already had a plan, otherwise he really can't come to a conclusion in a short time.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong always thought that Zhu Cijiong would directly send troops to attack Dongying, which would be much simpler. As long as all the troops and navy from Liaodong were sent there, the Tokugawa shogunate would definitely not be able to resist, and it was only a matter of time before they took down Dongying.

However, Zhu Cijiong will never do this. The national power of Dongying is not weak. If you attack with an army, it will be aggressive. The whole country of Dongying will fight desperately. Don’t underestimate Dongying. Its population can definitely rank among the top three in the world, and there are almost no big powers with a larger population than him.Moreover, Dongpu has just passed the Warring States Period, and the combined armies of the princes from all over the country are at least 50 to [-]. If they are allowed to unite to fight against the enemy, then Daming will definitely be beaten to the bone.

Supporting the Tagawa shogunate is different. The Dongying people are used to the struggle between the vassal states. The rise of the Tagawa clan seems normal to them. As long as the Tagawa clan does not go too far, it is impossible for the princes from all over the world to unite deal with him.When the time comes, the wars will be raging, and the princes from all over the world will fight against each other, and the Tianchuan clan will take advantage of the trend to climb to the position of overlord.

This is Zhu Cijiong's overall plan. To win Dongying, you don't have to force it. You can also rely on tricks. Zhu Cijiong doesn't even need to make a move. He just needs to support the father and son Zheng Zhilong and Tagawa Shichizaemon behind.

(End of this chapter)