Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 99 The long-cherished wish of the Tokugawa Shogunate

While Xiao Zhou was regretful, Lin Hai and Li Guozhu carried out their words in Nagasaki.

Early that morning, the general secretary of the Tang Dynasty, Hayashi Nagaemon, came to Goshenji Temple and sent Lin Hai an invitation from Nagasaki to worship Hasegawa Gonroku.This Hayashi Nagaemon is actually from Shanxi according to his native place. His brother is Feng Liu, who was the first Tang general of Nagasaki, but he passed away two years ago.

Since the Tang Ship trade is still in a "three-no-no" zone, there is actually not much public business dealings between Nagasaki and Tang Ship. Therefore, the system of Tang Ships is far from as complete as that of later generations. There are only two or three people, and the main powers are also limited. It is simply equivalent to the official Chinese translation of Nagasaki.

After receiving the invitation from Nagasaki, Lin Hai immediately thought that Li Guozhu was going to visit Quan Liu, so he invited him to go with him.Li Guozhu went to invite Zhang Jingquan again, but the old monk was still unwilling to go with him. After all, he still doubted Lin Hai's words and wanted to wait two years to see if Chongchuan really recovered before deciding whether to continue to live in seclusion.

Li Guozhu then prepared a generous gift and went with Lin Hai.Lin Hai was also well aware of the importance of the Nagasaki cult in Japan, so he also chose a pair of Changbai Mountain old ginseng, two buckets of dongzhu and four tiger skins as a meeting gift. If he had known that Quan Liu would be resigning next year, he might not have So generous.

Although the Nagasaki governor is generally held by a bannerman of about three thousand koku, under the Japanese shogunate system, he has the same rank as the chief daimyo of Shikoku. Looking at the Japanese country, he is considered to be a high-ranking figure, not to mention the person who is mainly responsible for it. The most important thing is overseas affairs.

Lin Hai guessed that yesterday's trade fair caused a sensation in Nagasaki, which alerted Hasegawa Gonroku, and sent Tang Tongshi to Gozhen Temple early the next morning to post a message.

It was only after arriving at the execution office that I realized that was not the case. After some polite greetings, Quan Liu asked: "Lin Sang brought a lot of goods to Nagasaki this time. I wonder if all the money belongs to him?"

This question was a bit abrupt. After listening to Tang Tongshi's translation, Lin Hai didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he replied vaguely: "With so many goods, the capital is naturally not all his own."

Quan Liu nodded when he heard this. These days, it is rare for large merchants to go to sea in person. After learning about the fair at Wu Zhen Temple yesterday, he guessed that behind Lin Hai there must be some Ming Dynasty dignitary or tycoon. After all, it is worth millions. The goods are not something that just anyone can take out.

Quan Liu said again: "I heard that Lin Sang was a military attache of the Ming Dynasty. I wonder where he serves?"

"Lin works in Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, but this time he came to Nagasaki from Dengzhou." When Lin Hai met with the group of wealthy Japanese businessmen yesterday, he claimed to be from Zhoushan Qianhu. Given the well-informed nature of Nagasaki's practice, he must have been early I knew it, so I told you the truth.

"Ningbo, that's a good place! Our Japanese tribute ships docked in Ningbo back then, but now the trade between the two countries has been interrupted for many years. I wonder if your country is willing to resume it?"

Hearing Quan Liu's words, Lin Hai's thoughts changed.He knew that Tokugawa Ieyasu had been committed to restoring the tribute trade with the Ming Dynasty. To this end, he had instructed Masazumi Honda to write a letter to the governor of Fujian, testing the attitude of the Ming Dynasty in an extremely humble manner, but the result was like a mud cow in the sea.

After that, Ieyasu tried to pay tribute through the false roads of Korea or Ryukyu to repair the relationship between the two countries that was damaged by the Jiajing Japanese pirates and the Wanli Korean War. As a result, he was rejected in front of Dameng, who had always been cold and arrogant.

Lin Hai immediately understood the reason why Quan Liu invited him to visit. It seemed that Tokugawa Hidetada, a son of a bitch, still didn't give up and still wanted to realize his father's long-cherished wish during his lifetime.

However, Quan Liu found the wrong person in this matter. He fully thought that there must be someone with great skills and eyes behind Lin Hai, but he did not know that he was just a military attache who donated his class and had not yet taken office.

Thinking that Li Guozhu still asked Quan Liu for help, Lin Hai laughed and said: "This is not something that a mere thousand households in Lin can say, but Lin does know a big eunuch who is beside the emperor. You can ask him when you return home." An old man’s perspective.”

"Oh? The great eunuch beside the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, is he the nine thousand year old Eunuch Wei?" Quan Liu's eyes lit up when he heard this. In his opinion, the one who could give out millions of taels of silver at one time must be the legendary Ming Dynasty. The country covers the sky with one hand and is nine thousand years old.

Lin Hai was not surprised that Quan Liu had heard of Wei Zhongxian. After all, Nagasaki was responsible for collecting intelligence about the Ming Dynasty.However, this information mainly comes from hearsay and fabrication by maritime merchants, and its reliability is extremely low. Otherwise, Shen Weijing, the great liar during the Wanli Korean War, would have been hard-pressed to fool Brother Toyotomi Monkey.

"No, no, it's not Eunuch Wei. Lin is talking about another eunuch, whose rank and power are almost the same as Eunuch Wei." Lin Hai was not all making nonsense. Wang Minzheng went one step further and became the eunuch of the ceremonial department. , and the eunuch Bingbi is also very similar.His answer is actually more believable. If he really tries to pick off Wei Zhongxian's skin, he might be suspected of having ulterior motives.

Sure enough, Quan Liu couldn't help but believe him even more when he heard that he seemed to have no intention of pretending in front of him.He was immediately overjoyed. If he could fulfill Tokugawa Hidetada's long-cherished wish, his official career in the Japanese country would be further advanced in the future, and it might be possible to give the Hasegawa family a Wanshi territory.

Quanliu knew very well that the reason why Ieyasu wanted to restore the tributary relationship with the Ming Dynasty back then was not mainly about trade. Today, the Japanese country has no shortage of Ming Dynasty goods. What the old turtle really longs for is an imperial edict from the Ming Dynasty - canonizing him. Edict from the King of Japan.

Unlike Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was born as a commoner, Tokugawa Ieyasu paid more attention to the political tradition of the samurai family.He did not adopt Hideyoshi's approach of assuming the position of Guanbai as the leader of the samurai family. Instead, he packaged himself as an elder of the Genji family and ruled Japan in the name of the general conquering barbarians. This was also the inheritance of the Kamakura and Muromachi shogunates.

At that time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the Muromachi shogunate was canonized as the King of Japan by the Ming Dynasty. Since then, the shogun has adopted this title in his foreign relations.This is the title that Mr. Ieyasu covets. It will gain international recognition externally and enhance the authority of the shogunate internally.

After Ieyasu's death, the second-generation general Hidetada did not openly seek to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he wanted to obtain the title of King of Japan more than his father.

A few years ago, the credential that this son of a bitch gave to North Korea claimed to be Hidetada of Japan. However, the credential returned by North Korea directly called him the King of Japan. Hidetada was so happy that he couldn't help but know that the credential was signed by Tsushima. It was modified just to make him happy.

Quan Liu can completely imagine how happy Hidetada would be if he could be canonized as the King of Japan by the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Hidetada has lived in the shadow of his powerful father all his life, and was generally despised by the Japanese for being late for the Sekigahara War.If he could overcome his dead father on this matter, it would undoubtedly help him get rid of the shadow of the past.

However, Xiuzhong was loyal on the outside and cold on the inside, and his actions were never as bright as his father.Therefore, he no longer sought the Ming Dynasty's canonization openly and openly, but secretly asked Nagasaki to seek opportunities, so as to avoid being ridiculed in vain.

Quan Liu was one of the few people who knew Xiuzhong's thoughts. Hearing this, he quickly said to Lin Hai: "Laurin Sang has put a lot of effort into this matter. If it can lead to reconciliation between the two countries, I will repay him in kind."

"Following your orders, I dare not do my best." Lin Hai said and winked at Li Guozhu. The latter understood and quickly put forward his request. Quan Liu immediately agreed.

Regarding the dispute between Heizang and the Dutch, Matsuura Takanobu had already approached the shogunate veteran Doi Toshikatsu in Edo.This person is Quan Liu's immediate boss, and he has specifically told him not to bite the Matsuura family on this matter. His promise to Li Guozhu at this time is just an empty favor.

As for banning Zheng Zhilong from trading in Nagasaki, Quan Liu didn't know Zheng Zhilong in the first place. This was just a favor. If you say he is a pirate, then he is a pirate.

Li Guozhu was ecstatic when he saw that things were going so smoothly.He couldn't remember how many times this was the first time he had shown love to Lin Hai, and he couldn't be more grateful.

Before leaving from the observance center, Quan Liu ordered someone to take out two kilograms of ambergris and eight bags of fried sea rat, and asked Lin Hai to hand them over to the eunuch behind him, and also sealed some gold and silver to him as a thank you gift.

Lin Hai declined the gold and silver given to him by Quan Liu, but he honestly accepted the ambergris and fried sea rat. These were given to the eunuch who had no reputation. He would not be relieved if he did not accept them.

Both of these are good things, and they are very useful as gifts.Especially for ambergris, Emperor Jiajing spent a lot of effort to collect dozens of kilograms, but this man in front of him bought two kilograms, which shows that Nagasaki's pursuit of wealth is rich.

Li Guozhu snickered secretly on the sidelines. Isn't this a replica of the way his father deceived the British people back then?
The difference is that Li Dan tried his best to deceive others, but Lin Hai was sent to his door by others to deceive him.In this realm, tsk tsk, my second brother is really a god!
(End of this chapter)