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Chapter 452 pirates

Ming people urgently need a benchmark and an example.

To prove that the previous series of behaviors that violated the ancestral precepts of Emperor Ming were helpless.

As long as the conditions are right, they are still willing to follow Ming Taizu's teachings and walk on the right path.

This is why they spare no effort to support Ryukyu.

Ryukyu's key location made it an important trade hub.

But Akito could easily find countless partners in the divided shogunate who were willing to cooperate.

Ming people's firearms and food were important strategic materials. Even if they were defeated in Japan, as long as they had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty, they could still take their wealth to the Ming Dynasty and live a peaceful life.

But Ryukyu! A country without conquests!

No matter which faction you support, you will be questioned.

What about you who have promised not to covet our land and not to conquer us?

Ryukyu, which has only a few islands and a population of less than one million, is easier to control.

A young shogun commented on Ming Ting's attitude towards Ryukyu at a private reception.

If we starve to death, Emperor Taizu Jiuquanxia will come to settle the score with you!

These Japanese ronin want to make money, even if the way to make money is to rob passing merchant ships, they cannot avoid the giant behemoth of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, you will be responsible for all consequences.

The person next to Gao Chuan with a white feather fan fanning his head and shaking his head was his military advisor.

Facing the shogunate who stood up and begged for food.

It means that in order to meet your demands, we have all staged a coup, and the shogun has been replaced. What else do you want from the Ming Dynasty!

Do you really want to watch us starve to death! Think about the ancestral teachings of Huang Ming? We are a country designated by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty not to be conquered!

“The more something is lacking, the more something you want to prove.”

Mingren is the largest source of goods and the largest market.

But it is clear that there is no shortage of smart people in the world.

But obviously, many people in Japan do not believe the lies of the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The new shogunate expressed the hope that the Ming Dynasty would provide certain preferential policies in view of the predicament of the war that the country had just suffered. Like a resentful woman who was abandoned by her husband from beginning to end, the Ming Dynasty asked the Ming Dynasty to take on the responsibility of rebuilding Japan.

Three days later, the Kinki wealthy family headed by the Hosokawa family announced their support for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the younger brother of the contemporary shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and sent troops to Kyoto. The shogunate Ashikaga Yoshiharu fled to Omi in a hurry under the protection of his retainers.

Officials of the Ming Dynasty chose to escape by boat overnight——

Such a bad case happened, and it is obvious that Ming Dynasty needs to bear certain responsibilities this time. Even if the officials of the Ministry of Rites repeatedly claim that it has nothing to do with me, the infighting among you big names is none of my business, so don't bite.

But it is a pity that the officials of the Ministry of Rites will never hear the apology from the young shogun.

Another fallen scholar of the Ming Dynasty, his main task was to sell the stolen goods they plundered at sea to the local gentry of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for sale.

Then the next day, after hearing this, they were discussing the tribute regulations between the two countries with the emperor at the Imperial Palace. Officials from the Ministry of Rites immediately angrily stated that the shogunate needed to give Ming a reasonable explanation for the general's speech.

"Recently, several daimyo from Kyushu have said that they will cooperate with Akito to stop the coast defense team and clear out Japanese pirates in the surrounding waters. General, do you think you should——"

They are even used as mascots directly through licensed trade to achieve the political purposes required by the cabinet.

It's like if the Franji want to sell their goods and weapons in East Asia, they must first let the Akito accept these new tools from the West.

Once the people of Ming Dynasty got used to it, they would naturally lead the surrounding vassal countries to follow suit.

"No need." Gao Chuan really shook his head.

The amber liquid in the wine glass is slightly turbid, and the light shines on the savage skull painted with gold paint, giving off a faint golden light.

He looked at the Westerner in front of him with ferocious wolf-like eyes. If he were caught and sold to the Ryukyu people, he would be fetched a very high price.

"He is still useful. When he really gathers the manpower to attack the Ryukyu people in the future, and is proven guilty of restoring the country, we can kidnap him and give him to the Ming Dynasty. Maybe he will be a pirate for the rest of his life, and finally You can still get a job as an official in Ryukyu... No matter what happens, you can still occupy an island in the East China Sea..."

This big pirate is obviously not afraid of the so-called coastal defense team or the sword-fighting team established by the big names of Kyushu and Shikoku.

After decades of working in the industry, the combat qualities of his Japanese ronin were no less than those of the Ming Dynasty's samurai, and were even more ferocious.

The equipment, firearms, and ships in his hands were all purchased directly from the Ming Dynasty and Westerners.

original imported.

In terms of power, the quality is much higher than those inferior imitations in Japan.

If the two sides really fight, who will destroy whom?

He drank the wine.

It was a treasure wine that was refined by Western priests using a certain method and was said to be able to prolong life.

This is what he answered when pressed by the pirates before he boarded the deck of the merchant ship flying the Frankie flag and chopped off the head of the Western priest.

"Have you not found the dragon yet? Don't forget the purpose of our coming here."

Gao Chuan really asked.

He does not have a name. Gao Chuan's name was actually given by his grandfather when he escaped from Japan in embarrassment after the East-West War.

At that time, a wealthy businessman from Mingren rescued this poor man wandering at sea.

The wealthy businessman admired his grandfather's loyalty very much and named him Gaochuan. It is said that the wealthy businessman once thought of adopting him as his adopted son before letting his grandfather become a captain for him.

However, his grandfather was not willing to return to land and live a relatively stable life.

He knows that everything is relative. Life on land may seem stable, but once disaster strikes, everything will disappear in an instant.

Later, the businessman was arrested by the government on his way back to his hometown, and all his family's vast hectares of fertile land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang went into the pocket of a certain big shot in the court.

The fleet was also divided up among his peers. That is to say, his grandfather was clever, and because he had no land or property in the Ming Dynasty, he did not have so many scruples. Seeing that the situation was not good, he directly took a group of rogue brothers to sail away, so he did not end up in trouble. The tragic ending of prison.

And because he had served these wealthy merchants in the south of the Ming Dynasty for many years, his grandfather was well aware of how these Ming merchants made their fortunes, so he had been working for them to fight against their opponents, transport goods, and establish bridges with the lords of Western Japan and other places. manual labor.

It continues to this day.

If it were just robbery——

Gao Chuan really took a look at the thousands of capable ronin warriors under his command.

There are thousands of sailors on board to serve themselves.

Even if he brought this group of people back to Japan, how could an ordinary daimyo be a match for Japanese warriors like him who were well-equipped and experienced in many battles?

It's a pity that even if you go back and become a local king, it's meaningless.

Just by robbing passing ships, raising a hundred and eighty people is already the limit. How can he support so many ronin warriors under him?

(End of this chapter)