Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

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"Too deceiving!"

Zheng Zhilong said angrily, slamming the table.

He really didn't expect that sending people to Hirado Domain to pick up his wife and children would not go smoothly.

In the end, only the eldest son Zheng Chenggong was brought back, and his wife and youngest son were not brought back.

Thinking that he, a great baron, could not even bring his wife and young son back, Zheng Zhilong angrily said to his cousin Zheng Zhiyan, who was on a diplomatic mission to Hirado Domain:
"Didn't you tell the people of Hirado Domain that Ong had been canonized as a baroness?"

"Do the people of Hirado Domain dare to detain the imperial consort of the Ming Dynasty?"

Weng is Tianchuan. Her stepfather's surname is Weng, so the surname Zheng Zhilong reported to her was also Weng. She was conferred the title of Baroness by the emperor.

In other words, Weng is now Zheng Zhilong's legal wife, and the name Zheng Chenggong was bestowed by the emperor. They have an unshakable position in the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhiyan did not handle this matter well, and replied tremblingly:
"Of course my brother did, but the people of Hirado Domain said they didn't know what a baron was."

"They only know that there are princes, dukes, and earls in the Ming Dynasty, but they don't know that there are sons and knights."

"I had to persuade them to send my eldest nephew over. My sister-in-law and youngest nephew were both detained by them."

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he almost burst into anger.

He had long been promised by the emperor the title of earl, and he usually regarded himself as an earl.

Unexpectedly, he was slapped in the face this time. The people of Hirado Domain didn't even recognize his baronship.

This made him angry and he shouted:
"Send troops!"

"I will send troops immediately to let the people of Hirado know who I am!"

Their strength had long surpassed that of the Hirado clan. The reason why Zheng Zhilong had not insisted on bringing his wife and children over was because he was unstable as a pirate.

Now that he was recruited by the imperial court and even made a noble, he could no longer endure this humiliation and decided to lead his ships to Hirado Domain to pick up the people.

Zheng Zhiyan hurriedly dissuaded him:
"Brother, we are now imperial soldiers. We cannot be deployed without orders."

"We must first submit a petition to the imperial court, asking it to issue a transfer order!"

Zheng Zhilong said angrily:

"The imperial court's soldiers can't move, so can Dongning Company's insurance team not move?"

"I don't believe that Hirado Domain can stop my insurance team."

As a private armed force recognized by the emperor, the insurance team of Dongning Company is still under his command.

The insurance premiums he paid to the emperor were also collected by the insurance team.

With this force, he was able to subdue the Hirado clan.

However, precisely because of this, the insurance team must not act rashly, otherwise if the insurance premium is less, the emperor will send someone to inquire about it.

Zheng Zhiyan tried hard to persuade Zheng Zhilong:

"My sister-in-law and nephew were detained. I think it was not only the intention of Hirado Domain, but also the instructions of the Edo Shogunate."

"Brother, please don't be careless and fall into the Shogunate's trap."

This finally reminded Zheng Zhilong that he, Yan Siqi, Li Dan and others had planned to overthrow the Edo Shogunate and accept the title of Ming Dynasty in Japan. However, they were reported before the uprising and had to flee.

It was only natural that the Edo Shogunate noticed his wife and children who remained in Hirado Domain.

If he sends his troops rashly, he might get into danger.

This made him slam the table in anger and said to everyone:
"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Am I going to just put up with my wife and children being detained?"

Of course, everyone said that this was intolerable, and some even volunteered to lead the fleet to Hirado Domain. However, more people thought that they should report to the imperial court first and ask for instructions.

Shi Lang's father, Shi Daxuan, who was also one of the Eighteen Zhi, said:
"The court has conferred the title of Imperial Lady on my sister-in-law."

"Hirado Domain is showing contempt for the imperial court by detaining people."

"You can ask the court to issue an order and send a fleet there."

Zheng Zhiyan also hurriedly echoed this statement. Zheng Zhilong saw that it was hard to go against the public opinion, so he stopped angrily and pointed at Zheng Zhiyan and said:

"I'll leave this matter to you!"

"If you don't get an order from the court, don't come back!"

He also sent Zheng Zhiyan as an envoy to the court to ask for orders.

Zheng Zhiyan did not dare to delay and hurriedly took a boat to the north. He wanted to find Zheng Zhihu first and then discuss how to ask the court for help.

Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief after he left.

It’s hard to say that he values ​​the Weng family very much.

However, Mrs. Weng is now a baroness conferred by the imperial court. If he does not express his attitude, he will probably lose his prestige among his former pirate brothers.

So he made a tough statement and seemed to want to send troops.

But deep down, he actually had no intention of sending troops.

For him, it was enough to bring back his eldest son as heir, and he didn't care whether he could bring back Mrs. Weng.

Therefore, he did not choose to ask his superiors such as the Governor of Fujian and the General of Fujian to send troops, but instead sent Zheng Zhiyan to the court to let the court handle the matter.

He believed that the imperial court would definitely give him an explanation and would not allow the Hirado domain to detain the Baroness.

Zheng Zhilong was right. After the news of Weng's detention reached the capital, Zhu Youjian was furious when he learned of the news.

He had not yet sent troops to Japan, but he did not expect that a Japanese feudal state would dare to detain the Baroness.

This is a contempt for the Ming Dynasty and a challenge to the vassal order. We must fight back strongly to bring Japan back on track.

So he immediately summoned the King of Han and gave him the following order:
"Order Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Chen Xinjia to dispatch troops to expel the Matsumae clan immediately."

"Take out the Japanese stronghold on the North Sea Island and give them a warning!"

An official order was issued to the King of Han to open up the North Sea Island as a fiefdom, and the Matsumae domain, which was originally planned to be retained, was completely expelled.

The King of Han was delighted when he heard this and asked again:
"Han Fan's fleet is not enough. Please send more people to support us."

He recruited many more crew members for this dragon boat race, but it took time for these people to adapt to the sea and they were not yet able to form combat effectiveness.

Zhu Youjian knew about this situation. After thinking about it, he thought that Hong Chengchou had done a good job in Korea and promoted the Korean tribute girls and the prince to come to Beijing. He planned to add more responsibilities to him and ordered:
"This battle is coordinated by the Andong Protectorate, and the Andong Governor Hong Chengchou is in charge of the overall responsibility, dispatching the fleets of the Hanwang Kingdom, the Jiangling Principality, the Ningyuan Earl Kingdom, and the Joseon Dynasty."

"Also, transfer a group of Niulu that Liu Xingzuo trained to imitate the Jianlu over there, and let them see some blood first."

"The patrol camp also sent a battalion of new firearms troops to deal with the Japanese firearms."

"Let them compete on the battlefield to see who has stronger combat power and can destroy more enemies!"

The entire Andong Protectorate was mobilized, and the imperial court also sent new troops armed with firearms to provide support.

This made the King of Han even happier, and he felt that his fiefdom on Beihai Island was secure.

In fact, he was not in a hurry to open up the North Sea Island before, because he wanted to solve the problem of Matsumae Domain in one go.

If we keep this feudal state, we have to be careful that it may contact other feudal states in Japan to invade.

It was just that the emperor had not agreed to it before, not wanting to alert other feudal states in Japan. He even planned to confer a title on the Matsumae domain as a link to the Edo shogunate.

Now that the emperor has finally given up on this idea, King Han feels that the time has come to open up the Beihai Island fiefdom. (End of this chapter)