The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 726
Half a month before the Daming Navy regained Taiwan.

Kyushu, Japan.

Hizen, Takabashima.

It was getting dark, and the two figures walked quickly in the barren mountains, bypassing countless valleys and winding paths, and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated wooden house hidden behind a tree.

The short man in the lead knocked on the door rhythmically.

After a while, someone opened the door with a squeak, saw his appearance, put down the ax in his hand, and let the road go: "Master Jiangbu, why are you late?"

Ebe Yoshiji just made a slight gesture, and then led the people behind him to bow their heads and enter the house.

If ordinary Japanese see the scene in this room, they will be scared out of their wits - on the east wall is a huge wooden cross with a lifelike statue of a man "hanging" on it.On the table under the cross were some candles and a book.On the opposite side are several neat rows of seats.It is clearly a small Catholic church.

You must know that the current Tokugawa shogunate has promulgated the "Prohibition of Protestantism". In the whole of Japan, once Catholics are found, they will be executed with cruel punishments immediately.

But the dozen or so people in this house obviously didn't take the shogunate's ban seriously, and actually carried out Catholic activities in this barren mountain.

They turned around and saw Ebe Yoshiji, who was about to greet him with a smile, but suddenly found that there was a tall and unfamiliar man behind him, and immediately stood up with a sickle and a pitchfork, and panicked: "Mr. Ebe, who is this man?" ?!"

No wonder they were nervous, if the stranger leaked what he saw, none of them would survive!
Before Jiangbu Yoshiji could answer, he saw a person behind him stepping forward a few steps, and said loudly, "I'm Xia Louming, he's a priest."

"Father?"

More than a dozen people surrounded him suspiciously, and with that posture, if they found the slightest abnormality in him, they would kill him immediately.

Someone heard that Lou Ming's Japanese accent was a bit strange, contacted his name again, and asked in surprise, "You, are you from the Ming Dynasty?"

"good."

These people immediately glared at Jiangbu fiercely, "Are you crazy? How did you bring a bearded man here?!"

"You listen to me..."

Lou Ming interrupted him again, and said calmly to the people around him, "I am here to save you according to the decree of Jesus."

Everyone immediately looked at each other, and after a while, Yoshiji Ebe was able to interject: "It's true! I have been with Father Lou for a long time, and I brought him to see you only when I was absolutely sure."

This Ebe Yoshiji is a wealthy family in the Nanjimabara area, and he is quite prestigious in this circle. When he said this, the others couldn't help but put down their arms.

A short and thin old man looked at Lou Ming and said cautiously: "Are you really a priest? What's the matter with saying you want to save us?"

Lou Ming is actually a member of Jinyiwei North Town who came to Japan to assist Dai Xiuyuan, but he had many contacts with Japanese businessmen and was quite familiar with Catholicism.He immediately took out a cross from his arms according to the "script", and said with a stalwart expression: "Of course I am a priest.

"Jesus learned of your suffering, and ordered Master Amakusa to reincarnate. I am the godfather of Master Amakusa after reincarnation."

Amakusa? !
These two words made everyone feel like an electric shock, they couldn't help staring at Lou Ming, and said in a trembling voice: "You... what the priest said is true?"

Amakusa Tokisada was the leader of the religious uprising in Kyushu more than ten years ago.At the end of the sixteenth century, Catholicism was introduced to Japan, and it spread extremely quickly, with believers spread across most of Japan.

In order to eliminate the influence of the church and consolidate its power, the ruling class began to ban religion.From Toyotomi Hideyoshi to Tokugawa Iemitsu, they persecuted Catholics several times and killed many people.

In the end, because of the brutality of the Matsukura Katsuya of the Shimabara Clan on Kyushu Island, heavy taxes were imposed on the collars, which caused the people to live in poverty. Finally, peasant uprisings broke out in the Shimabara and Amakusa areas.

Under the leadership of a 16-year-old boy, Amakusa Tokisada, the rebel army took Catholicism as the keynote, occupied the original castle of Shimabara Island, erected a cross, and painted the cross pattern on the flag. Facing the shogunate army several times, they persisted For nearly half a year, the rule of the shogunate was severely damaged.

After the failure of the uprising, a large number of Catholics were killed, and Amakusa Tokisada also died before the battle.However, it is said that he has great supernatural powers, can save the dead, knows magic, and has great influence among Catholics.

Lou Ming said seriously: "It's absolutely true, Lord Amakusa is at Mr. Jiangbu's house right now."

Ebe Yoshiji nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Lord Amakusa is letting go."

The old man doubted: "How do you know that he is Lord Amakusa?"

Jiang Bu looked around and said in a low voice: "My lord told me his real name in his previous life - Masuda Shiro. There are also many things about the fierce battle in Hara Castle, such as the time when the city was defending..."

He said a lot of things, and now the others couldn't hold their breath anymore.

Just the name of Masuda Shiro is only known to a very small number of core figures in the rebel army.As for those who defended the city, almost all the people who rebelled at that time were killed. Except for Lord Amakusa himself, who can know such details.

Of course, even in their dreams, they would never have imagined that these were all told to Lou Ming by a person from later generations named Zhu Linmi.

Seeing that they were beginning to waver, Lou Ming took out the mace taught by the emperor, and began to tell a "prophecy": Amakusa Shizhen fell into the demon world after death, and then reincarnated back to the human world, summoning many swordsmen in the demon world, after a hard fight, the last move Overthrew Tokugawa Iemitsu, the black hand who suppressed the Shimabara Rebellion.

These so-called prophecies were all excerpted by Zhu Linmi from a later Japanese novel "Reincarnation of the Demon World".

After a long while, someone finally excitedly said: "Master Priest, please take us to see Lord Amakusa!"

Lou Ming waved his hand and said, "Master Amakusa wasted too much due to reincarnation, and now he only has the appearance of seven years old. He entrusted me to lead his lamb, that is, you, to overthrow the brutal rule of the devil."

Everyone was taken aback immediately, "Seven years old?"

"Justice?"

"Do you want to be an enemy of the shogunate?!"

The old man shook his head even more, "My lord priest, to tell you the truth, although we all hate the Tokugawa family, there is not a day when we don't want to take revenge. But if there is no power of Master Amakusa, we are not The opponents of the shogunate. And no one will be willing to participate in this must-lose struggle."

Ebe Yoshiji immediately brightened his eyes and said, "Although Master Amakusa is seven years old, his magical powers are still there! Last month, he cast a spell and sent me five hundred iron cannons!"

"Five hundred iron cannons?!" There was an exclamation all around.

The iron cannon they are talking about is the fire gun.Right now, the shogunate has extremely strict supervision over weapons, especially firearms. No matter how much money you have, it is extremely difficult to get iron cannons.

And Master Amakusa can "change" five hundred of them, which can only be explained by miracles!

Someone said: "However, five hundred iron cannons... are not enough."

Lou Ming smiled and said: "Master Amakusa told me that with his remaining mana, he can summon five thousand iron cannons, as well as corresponding lead bullets, gunpowder, and even food and grass."

(End of this chapter)