Dragon Sea Empire

Yin Feng has always believed: For the problems that have already occurred.The most important thing is not to regret.It's about solving problems.After getting Lin Xiao's report.Yin Feng remembered the three generations of hatred between the Dasmarinas family and the Chinese.From Pan and Five Times.Two generations of the Spanish das marinas family have successively become the governor of the Philippines.He also died at the hands of the Chinese successively.This third-generation Dasmarinas is actually a Jesuit monk preaching in Japan.This is something no one could predict.

If it was he who stole the flintlock.Then there must be a Western instructor in the barracks as the internal response.And Darth Marinas as a priest.It is convenient to openly communicate with those Westerners in the church; at the same time.Missionaries can openly enter the residences of foreign mercenaries and foreign instructors.Because some Western mercenaries and officers were sick.Only believe in Western medicine.certainly.Missionaries who wanted to enter the dormitory area of ​​the barracks had to get a pass at the Supervision Department.There was indeed an Italian Jesuit novice who entered the camp after throwing the gun.The officer of the Supervision Department who was on duty that day was a Catholic who had returned from Manila.The trainee monk was easily let go.He was not searched.

He quickly asked Lin Xiao to send someone to seal up the church.Arrest all the monks who work in the church and examine them.at the same time.Zeng Rui also conducted a review of all the instructors of the Western military academy who often went to church to worship and mass.

Lin Xiao used the torture method he learned when he was a government servant.Quickly pried the novice's mouth open; it was indeed him.On the second day of throwing the gun.From the dormitory of the Portuguese artillery instructor in Luanda.Smuggled out the flintlock gun that was dismantled into parts.And why he did it.He was seduced by religious bewitchment and money from the monks of Dasmarinas.

And Luanda was indeed persuaded by Das Marinas in the church.To steal a flintlock for him.The whole gun-stealing plan was planned by Darth Marinas.The instructor Luanda was persuaded for money.Italian monks of the Jesuit order raised funds for the church.Due to the fact that the Portuguese trade situation in Macau has become worse and worse in recent years.Therefore, the funds allocated from Macau to the Mission of the Jesuits in China are also decreasing.If Taiwan Bishop Baradas hadn't been funded by Christian shareholders of Chinese companies such as Li Yue.There is simply no way to sustain a missionary society.

"In all fairness. The Jesuits are not involved in this incident to make money for themselves. They are to raise funds for the church. And Das Marinas promised them a sum of money from the Japanese Jesuits. So..."

Right now in Yin Feng's study.Li Yue, You Wenhui and others are interceding for the Jesuit monks.

After the church was closed.A group of Han Chinese Catholics spontaneously came to the gate of the Zhonghua Company headquarters to petition.The church members from the owner and shopkeepers at all levels also came to Yin Feng to intercede for the church.

This did not make Yin Feng open one side.And it made him feel the threat of church power immediately.Many people in the top management of the company also don't like the influence of foreign religions.Han Ping, Han Jing and his son were deeply persecuted by the church in Manila.Therefore, like Lu Dahai, the new directors Huang Cheng, Lin Xiao, Zeng Rui and others, they believe that the Jesuit forces should be severely punished.If Zeng Jingshan hadn't rushed back to Manila to handle the affairs of the land auction meeting at the end of the year.I will support Yin Feng's move at all.

to be honest.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many Chinese Catholics regarded missionaries as their parents.Even some religious villages erected fortresses for self-defense during the period of the Prohibition of Religion.It has almost become a religious separatist force.Catholicism is an expansive, exclusive religion.Yin Feng was influenced by the traditional political education of later generations.I have never had a good impression of it; after time travel.He was also influenced by the traditional Confucian cultural atmosphere.Be very wary of Catholic forces.In fact, the Catholic church forces in Western countries at that time.It is basically the vanguard of the colonial policies of various countries.It's really not a good thing.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese people lacked national identity.It is easy to be fooled by such dogmatic religious sentiments.

Yin Feng held an interim board meeting.An Heping and Zeng Jingshan were absent.There will be one pro-church and one anti-church director missing.but.After all, those who oppose the existence of the Catholic Mission have a majority in the board of directors.

Until now.Yin Feng's democratic style is limited to the board of directors.Generally speaking.out of trust in him.No objections to his proposals have yet occurred.

Now.He proposed closing the church.The proposal to suspend the activities of various missionary societies in Taiwan has been opposed.Although Li Yue is not a believer.But his family members are all Christians.So he stood up for the church against Prohibition.He put forward another reason: "If teaching is banned, many missionaries who teach in technical schools will leave. Some Western craftsmen and instructors will also leave. Then our loss will be great."

Yin Feng thought for a while and said: "These are two different things. Brother Li. The church contacted the Japanese pirates privately. This is a violation of our company's rules. The church must be responsible for making mistakes. The Jesuits must stop all missionary activities. The church is closed Finally, those foreigners can let missionaries go to their own homes to worship. Anyway, I do not allow Westerners to preach to Chinese people. Only Chinese missionaries can preach to our people. Moreover, my company can give those Chinese priests pay salaries. In the future, as long as various missionary societies can train Chinese priests to serve as priests, I will allow them to preach in Taiwan. Of course, these missionaries will be organized and managed by our company.”

Everyone looked at each other.I don't understand Yin Feng's meaning.Yin Feng said proudly: "In this way, we can cultivate missionaries who are loyal to our company. This is called self-run church."

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After the release of the regulation that Chinese companies only allow their own people to preach.The Chinese Diocese of the Society of Jesus was greatly shaken.Even Matteo Ricci, who was far away in Beijing, couldn't sit still.He now lives in a newly built church on Shuncheng Street in Xuanwumen, Beijing.This is the predecessor of the famous Beijing Catholic South Church.The seventh year of Qing Shunzhi (1650) in another time and space.Tang Ruowang rebuilt the lobby on its former site.The name is "Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception".It was later called Nantang.

Matteo Ricci, who is old and frail, has been busy dealing with the Chinese upper class for many years.Now it has successfully entered the highest level in China.News of Taiwan's ban on religion has not spread throughout Chinese official circles.This remote little place is either preaching or banning religion.Basically, it will not damage or affect the power of officials and gentry.therefore.The official circles of the capital completely ignored the ban on religion in Taiwan reported by the Fujian government.This matter was reported to Fuzhou governor's office by two Jesuit missionaries in Fuzhou: the governor was asked to mediate and lift the ban.

Governor Xu Xueju is busy with the handover of the next governor.I can't be bothered to care about it.Directly appealed to the court.One is to shirk responsibility.The second is to make Yin Feng feel sad before leaving.

At this time, the center of the imperial court was arguing for the chief assistant of the cabinet.The central official of the imperial court was 30 years later in Wanli.Emperor Wanli was passive and slowed down.Inside and outside the imperial court, it is almost an "empty office".So much so that the court official's second-rank class.This year, there is only one Shangshu of the household department.The lack of local county guards is almost half.Many officials or Ding worry, or old, or weak and sick.The resignation papers were submitted but could not be approved.I had no choice but to seal Baishu and leave the post.For example, Li Tingji, who served as the first assistant, submitted his resignation more than 120 times.In the end, I still had to leave without saying goodbye.therefore.This little thing in a remote place that has just been put on the map.The court officials didn't care at all.So it is automatically ignored.

but.Matteo Ricci was indeed shocked.Because the Catholic Church has been preaching throughout China for many years.It is only successful in Taiwan.There are nearly [-] believers among the [-] to [-] settlers.It is the place with the most believers in China.If this place suddenly bans religion.There is no guarantee that it will not cause chain reactions everywhere.The blow to the missionary work of the Jesuits would be too great.

Matteo Ricci is old.I had no choice but to send the Italian missionary Kinnige who was about to return to Taiwan to find out.

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Das Marinas before winter.Bypass the Tsushima Strait and return to Japan.The reason is to bypass the Yellow Sea to avoid the Ryukyu route.It is because they are afraid that the Chinese company will send people to hunt them down.

After the Sendai clan's ship arrived in Nagasaki.Das Marinas did not return to Kagoshima.Went straight to Edo.The Patriarch of the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma clan is in Edo to meet with the general.

This year is the 35th year of Wanli.Japan's Qingcho 12th year (1607).January 25th of this year.The Tokugawa shogunate issued an order to foreign daimyos across the country to undertake the construction of Sunpu Castle.According to the records of "Contemporary Records".The general content of the project is to expand the original Sunfu Castle in three directions: south, east, and north. "Contemporary Records" says that construction orders were issued to the daimyos of the ten countries of Kinai, Tanba, Bitchu, Omi, Ise, and Mino.But the actual participation of the daimyo is far more than that.Even distant feudal clans like Satsuma were conscripted.There is a Satsuma-dori in the west of today's Shizuoka City.In the past, there was a long embankment called "Hiya Dote" (also known as "Satsuma Dote") on the road.It was built by Shimadzu Tadachi of the Satsuma Domain with the remnants of Osaka Castle.It has both flood control and defense functions.

In fact, this is a measure of the Tokugawa shogunate to weaken the external daimyo.Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is nominally retired, sits in Junfu.It has always been merciless to those threatening forces.Even if there was no major punishment for the Shimadzu family after the Battle of Sekigahara.But then they were greatly exploited financially.Tokugawa Ieyasu greatly weakened the disfigured and disloyal feudal lords through different means of weakening economically and territorially.As a result, many vassals were greatly weakened.Some Ming Dynasty were changed or seized fiefdoms because of the delay in the construction of the city.

The Shimadzu family contributed a lot of human, material and financial resources to the expansion of Junfu.I don't want to just sit around like this.I have been thinking about how to make up for the previous loss.So began to consider the annexation of Ryukyu and Taiwan Island.

Brother Dasmarinas out of feud with the Chinese company.And the idea of ​​avenging Spain's defeat in the Philippine colony.He offered to train troops and equip weapons for Satsuma.

The Shimadzu family also took into account their own geographical advantages.And after finding out the shogunate's thinking, he made such a decision boldly.As long as the shogunate agrees.The Shimadzu family can recover a lot of previous losses in Ryukyu and Taiwan.Restore the strength of their Dafan.

Japan wanted to subdue Ryukyu in the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.Occupy the trade route between Ryukyu and Ming Dynasty.Tokugawa Ieyasu also set his sights on the Ming Dynasty.He attempted to reopen the prosperous maritime trade route between China and Japan in the early period of the Muromachi Shogunate.Thus injecting a boost to the economic development of the Edo shogunate.Although Ming and Japan have negotiated peace after the last invasion of Korea.But the Ming Dynasty became more wary and alienated from its neighbor Japan.Even if Tokugawa Ieyasu was close to the Ming Dynasty after the peace talks.It was also impossible to gain the trust of the Ming Dynasty.Tokugawa Ieyasu is famous for his sophistication and shrewdness.Naturally, he would not learn from Toyotomi Hideyoshi in his old age and clash with foreign forces.After many efforts to no avail.Tokugawa Ieyasu finally chose to control the Ryukyu Kingdom by force.And intends to control it behind the scenes as an intermediary for Sino-Japanese trade.Although this seems to be an easy thing to succeed.But it also carries huge risks.If the Ming Dynasty also came to help the Ryukyu Kingdom like the last time it assisted North Korea.Then the shogunate that Tokugawa Ieyasu just established will fall into chaos again.China and Japan are at war again.Japan is bound to enter troubled times again.After Tokugawa Ieyasu struggled with his thoughts for a long time.Finally made up my mind.Give it a go.

But who is more appropriate to send to attack?At this time, the feudal lord of the Satsuma clan, Shimadzu Tadahiro, proposed himself and came to invite Ying.After weighing the pros and cons, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally agreed to Shimadzu Tadahiro's request.What Tokugawa Ieyasu thinks is: If the shogunate succeeds, the economy will grow.It is absolutely beneficial to consolidate the feudal rule of the shogunate in the future.If it fails.The loss is only the troops of Satsuma.In case the Ming Dynasty comes to blame.It is also possible to shift all the blame to Satsuma.However, the lord of the Satsuma domain, Shimadzu Tadahiro, thought about it: Ever since he experienced the Toyotomi clan.After entering the Edo period.The Satsuma clan has been exploited and oppressed by the big lords all the time.The originally powerful Shimadzu family.no longer exists.If you don't look for a chance to get something back.Then the days to come will be even more difficult.

Although Tadahiro Shimadzu wanted to rely on Spanish missionaries to arm his troops.But don't dare to make it too eye-catching.therefore.He only secretly summoned Brother Dasmarinas at night.Moreover, the monk had to enter through the small door in the backyard of his residence.

Tadahiro Shimadzu.The childhood name is "Miju Wan".When I was young, I liked martial arts.His martial arts name began to spread when he was 14 years old when he fought with his father in North Korea.Because his elder brother Shimadzu Kubo died in the battle of Wenlu, which invaded Korea.Became the designated heir of the Shimadzu family.In the Sino-Japanese Korean War.He and his father Shimadzu Yoshihiro defeated 3000 Liaodong cavalry led by Li Rusong, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, in an ambush.It is famous in Japan.

1599.Killed the elder Yiji Ruan Zhongdong and his son Yijiyuan Zhongzhen.Then they suppressed the Zhongdong clan who set up an anti-banner in the country.Demonstrated excellent qualities of courage and determination.Later, there was a taboo because of the name of General Tokugawa Hideyoshi.It was later renamed Jiajiu.After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1602.Successor to his father Yoshihiro as daimyo of the Satsuma domain.But it was not until Yoshihiro's death in 1619 that he fully gained real power.

The last time he went to Beijing to worship Tokugawa Ieyasu.I worshiped and received the word "jia" and the surname Matsudaira bestowed by Ieyasu.Renamed to Shimadzu (Matsudaira) Iehisa.This time I met with the second generation general.the most important purpose.It was his plan to annex Ryukyu Taiwan that was approved by the shogunate.