Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1071
A man from the Ming Dynasty actually became a warrior, and he was still a high-ranking warrior, which made many people feel dissatisfied. There are even rumors that this sea lord will become Hizen Mamoru in the future, that is, the daimyo of one party. Although this is absurd, no one Dare to say anything wrong, whoever mentions this in front of the grief-stricken Lord Guan Bai, it is not impossible to disembowel and strip the territory.

And this Shen Wang's strength is also strong enough, with so many big names, large and small naval forces, none of them can catch up with Shen Wang's fleet.

Shen Wang's current status is different. Several ports in Kyushu and Honshu have given him exclusive trade rights. Originally, he had an advantageous share in the trade between Japan and Ming Dynasty, but now this has become an absolute advantage.

Now if you want to do business in Japan, you must cooperate with him. Those big and small sea masters who depended on Japan for food, either took refuge or formed alliances, were almost all controlled by Shen Wang, and it was not that no one wanted to be popular. Moreover, with the support of the land army, they are really not opponents near Japan's territorial waters.

If they didn't know each other or someone pointed them out, no one would be able to tell the difference between Shen Wang and other daimyos when looking at Shen Wang in Japanese-style robes, etiquette clothes, speech and behavior, he is completely a Japanese native of Kyushu.

Moreover, after arriving in Osaka Castle, the sequence of Shen Wang’s worship was arranged very high. Guanbai’s officials and generals were very polite and courteous to this Lord Shen. Despite such grief, Kanbai Toyotomi Hideyoshi still took time Summoned Shen Wang alone, and had a long conversation in private, which is a rare and extremely courteous reception.

Originally unconvinced by Shen Wang's status, the Arima family and the Ryuzoji family began to ask people to make peace in private. The Shimadzu family even sent a daughter to ask for marriage.

Shen Wangzhen can be said to be full of ambition. In Daming, he was just a pirate. Although officials respected him, it was only because of his money. Anyone with official status could arrest him. A good citizen can despise him, but it is different now, Shen Wang is already a master in Japan, and also a dignitary.

But the scenery belongs to the scenery, and the self-satisfaction returns to the self-satisfaction. Shen Wang is still good in Japan, but he is still depressed when he leaves here.

Originally thought that coming to Japan to form a self-contained system could avoid Tianjin Wei far away, but when Shen Wang came to Japan, he discovered that in the current Eastern Sea, if he wants to conduct trade and buy and sell any goods that can bring huge profits, he must It is necessary to deal with the Sanjiang system and the alliance of the Sanjiang system.

For example, the sucrose trade with the largest total profit, after occupying Luzon, all sucrose transportation must pass through the control area of ​​the Sanjiang Fleet, and Luzon has purposefully planted sugar cane and developed the sugar extraction industry, so that the sucrose output here It has become very large and has been able to hit the Japanese market.

As for silk, raw silk, medicinal materials, and porcelain, Songjiang and Tianjin Wei are all under the control of the Sanjiang system. For every penny that Shen Wang earns at sea, the Sanjiang system will get half or more of it. Pinching his own lifeblood, this feeling is not good, Shen Wang tried hard to get rid of him.

What makes Shen Wang feel depressed is that he originally found a business selling leather goods outside the Customs at the Incheon Port in North Korea. He thought he had found a source of profit, but he did not expect to send someone to inquire. Now it is impossible to avoid Wang Tong's range at sea.

Shen Wang is now extremely keen on obtaining a port, a port exclusively for himself. As long as he can have such a place, he can have a stable supply area and a stable rear.

Driven by this thought, Shen Wang paid great attention to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders, gathered fleets everywhere, and searched for ships that could be used. The amount of gold and silver allocated to him by Toyotomi Hideyoshi was huge. It was a great opportunity for exploitation and embezzlement, but Shen Wang was not greedy for ink, and spent as much as possible on shipbuilding and winning people's hearts.

His style made the samurai sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi very satisfied, and Shen Wang gained more and more trust from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but with such a big momentum, Shen Wang's current ships were completely sufficient, and what he did wanted to It is also difficult to hide from anyone who is interested, not to mention, there are already big Japanese businessmen who have begun to transport food and various equipment to Hizen and Chikuzen by water and sea. To the west is North Korea.

What is there in North Korea? It is poor from top to bottom. The real benefit lies in Daming, which is further west, which is the legendary rich country full of gold.

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Generally speaking, Ming Dynasty is a big country, while Japan is a small country. The two sides are completely different, but it may not be the case when you look closely. As the backbone, all the soldiers and horses of Ming Dynasty suffered heavy losses.

Looking at the present, Ming Dynasty has been at peace for a long time, while the generals and soldiers in Japan have just stopped. One has been at peace for a long time, and the other has been battle-tested. Naturally, they are different.

Maritime merchants traveling between Daming and Japan saw more Japanese generals and soldiers, but less of those from Daming. For them, the majesty of the Imperial Army on the grassland was extremely far away, and it was difficult to tell the truth from the fake. Things, but Japan has been in the Warring States Period for 200 years, traveling to and from various ports, and I have seen and heard a lot.

What the Ming court center discusses will be spread in teahouses and wine shops that night. In Japan, the situation is not much better, and the secrecy may be better, but the next day and the third day, there will be corresponding news in the castle town .

In November of the 19th year of Wanli, many people with status already knew how many people Master Guan Bai wanted to use, and it would not be less than 20.

20 troops, so many years of the Warring States Period, this number of troops was dispatched in the conquest of Hojo last year, this time it is unexpectedly dispatched on such a large scale, and there are news about the generals and legions used, all of which are from the Western Kingdom And veteran generals and elite corps of Kyushu and Shikoku.

Such a scale, such quality of generals and soldiers, 20 people, how many times did Ming Dynasty mobilize troops of this size, after careful calculation, it is really impossible to find out over the years.

In many battles, there are so-called hundreds of thousands of people, the so-called is just a bluff, and there are also claims of millions, but the actual number of people, after careful study, does not seem to exceed [-], and the soldiers of Ming Dynasty are not everyone. To be able to fight, it is necessary to distinguish what kind of family soldiers, what kind of pacesetters, and what kind of regular soldiers. Many soldiers are just a soldier with the name of a soldier, but actually do a job of carrying luggage.

As for the 20 soldiers in Japan, if you plan carefully, they are all veterans from all over the place, and they all fought fiercely on the battlefield. There is no trace of hypocrisy. Even in Daming, Liaoning may not have enough strength to resist.

The sea masters have been at sea for a long time, they don't see many things, and there are not many basis for judgment, but this does not prevent them from making judgments and choices.

Shen Wang is about to become Hizen's daimyo, this news makes them very envious, he Sanshui Wang is going to be a real king this time, many people say that, he has a boat, I also have a boat, why can't I In doing so, many large and small forces came to help.

For these sea masters from the Ming Dynasty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is naturally the more the better. The big ship that can be used in Japan is called Anzhai Ship. A large flat-bottomed ship has a wooden building on it to launch large cylinders and bows and arrows. Even the technology of iron nails has only been mastered in recent years, and there is no way to compare with Daming's ships.

In fact, the Dutch and Portuguese were more willing to provide ships, but they could only come up with less than ten ships in total, and the remuneration they demanded was too high.

In addition to Shen Wang, there is also the new sea lord Li Dan who is willing to send people out of the boat. Toyotomi Hideyoshi is also willing to reward people like Li Dan.

I have been wandering on the sea for a long time, I am used to the wind and waves, I am used to life and death. People on the sea are used to taking risks, but the sea masters and merchants have also accumulated a large amount of wealth. Not everyone wants to give it a go. More People want to wait and see, see how things develop before placing bets.

They don't want to blatantly support or not support anyone, they only work for money, and Japan is willing to buy them off with gold ingots and trade rights, so they are naturally happy to help.

The sea masters and sea merchants are actually quite indifferent to their national attributes. Just like in the later period of the Japanese invasion in the southeast, most of the powerful pirates on the coast drove the Japanese soldiers to plunder, burn and kill. It should be, are they traitors, they just think that there is money to make, why don't they make it.

A missionary once described in his travel notes that "The pirates of the Ming Empire should not be classified as any nationality or country. They themselves are a country. To be precise, their actions and moral values ​​are very similar to those of the Netherlands. Similarly, the powers at sea are a whole, and they have their own judgments of interests. Although some people lean towards the Ming Empire, some people lean towards Japan, and some only identify with themselves. If they have their own territory, maybe they are the Dutch Federation in the East Republic"

There were trade-offs and judgments, there were those above who were willing to help Japan invade North Korea, and there were those who wanted to stay out of it, and there were those who were worried about Daming.

In December of the 19th year of Wanli, sea merchants Zhu Junwang and Chen Shen reported in Fuzhou, and in Fujian Province, they informed the Japanese that the Japanese were about to attack North Korea and invade Daming.

But there is a paradox here. Daming has the most severe crimes and punishments for communicating with the Japanese. If you tip the news, where did you get the news? If you didn’t communicate with the Japanese, how can you explain the authenticity of this? .

And people who think they have a logical judgment think that the so-called Japanese invasion of North Korea is really unbelievable, extremely absurd, far away from the same, and they were hit like that in Daming during the Jiajing period. How could there be 20 people attacking here? This is not alarmist talk , Deliberately disturbing people's hearts?

Back then in Fujian and Zhejiang, when performing operas on the stage, someone jokingly shouted "the Japanese pirates are coming", tens of thousands of people panicked, hundreds of people trampled to death, and criminals took the opportunity to steal, isn't it this time?
The two sea merchants were immediately arrested and thrown into prison. The Fujian inspector said leisurely:
"This is a self-made meritorious deed by hooking up the Japanese, inciting people to profit from it!"

For a while, everyone praised him, saying that Mr. Xun Ya was calm and calm, and he was really the choice of Zai Fu for seeing through the villain's tricks.

But this matter is too shocking. Although the inspector handled it like this, the local Jin Yiwei did not dare to make such a judgment. He quickly sent someone to the prison for interrogation, and then delivered the news to the capital quickly.

This behavior was also reprimanded by the inspector, saying that you should not do such absurd and nonsensical official affairs with the imperial salary. I thought there would be signs of the Japanese entering the bandits.

"Without Wang Tong, how would you dare to act so recklessly today!"

Master Xun Kan said this in a righteous and dignified manner, Zuo Wang Tong is now the Liao State Duke and is not in the center, so it is not a big deal to scold him or two in Fujian, and he can still have a reputation of being upright and outspoken.

This is true as usual, but this time things did not develop as expected by the Fujian inspector. Jin Yiwei Qianhu, who was reprimanded by him, sent his words to the capital. , Jin Yiwei didn't pay much attention to it, Dutang, Duke of Liao Kingdom, was just smiling, so why should everyone care.

But this time it didn't work. At the end of the first month of the 20th year of Wanli, the imperial envoys rushed to Fuzhou. Fujian inspectors were charged with dereliction of duty and imprisoned. , Immediately go north and rush to the capital.

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Song Chanchan also gave birth to a boy, and when she learned that the baby was safe and that it was a boy, Song Chanchan wept with joy, startled the mother-in-law who served her, and quickly comforted her, crying and mourning during confinement is easy to hurt the body.

Naturally, Wang Tong was very happy, and choosing a name this time was much easier than last time. Since he already had "loyalty", then this is Wang Yi.

When Wang Tong got a son, the whole Jiangnan was a sensation, and it was in the first month of the 20th year of Wanli. Everyone wanted to take the opportunity to make a noise and celebrate. The congratulators broke the threshold, not for Mr. Wang's son, but to take the opportunity to reunite with him. The Liao Kingdom has a close relationship, and Wang Tong is naturally willing to have fun with the people.

The son of the Duke of Wei arrived at the beginning of February. This is a distinguished guest in every sense. Wang Tong arranged a family banquet to treat him generously. After Wang Tong opened the newspaper, the smile on his face disappeared.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent a letter to the King of Joseon, and there was a sentence in the letter: "I want to pretend to be a noble country, surpass the mountains and seas, and go straight to the Ming Dynasty, so that the four hundred states will be as good as I am."
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