Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 562 Things Are Tricky

Southeast Asia has changed to a new overlord. Through a series of wars, the beggar army representing the forces of Ming basically occupied all important ports and strongholds in the East Indies, and kept them in their own hands. The bauhinia border, the brilliant dragon flag, filled every corner.

Luzon, Manila, Golden Harbor.

The dividends brought by the war appeared almost immediately. In the past, Han Chinese merchant ships had to go through layers of inspections, exploitation, and contempt from the natives and Spaniards when they arrived here. The quick and powerful retaliation of the officers and soldiers came in with their chests open, which once again inspired the confidence of the domestic maritime merchants.

The only thing that makes Song Qingshu a little depressed is that there are not many maritime merchants from Jiangnan, only his own family, and most of them are from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. Compared with Jiangnan merchants, their relationship is not as good. Now, all the rules are set by the West India Company, and sooner or later they will also belong to the port, and the shore is full of businessmen from various countries. Unfortunately, Song Qingshu does not have much time to appreciate his achievements up.

"Huang Degong's men and horses were reorganized into two divisions, and the designations were taken from Chu First Division, Chu Second Division, Huang Degong, and Cao Bianjiao each led a division. The older veterans arranged a manor near Manila and arranged for them to retire. The cost of the governor's office can be paid. , In addition, Songjiang Sixth Division, Seventh Division, Fengyang Fifth Division, and Qihuo Ninth Division are all left to you. The major shareholders in Songjiang will also arrange a steady stream of immigrants. Mr. Hong, the biggest task is to continue to cultivate and occupy these lands. live!"

"Perhaps, this is the last Daming!"

This is also a thorough confession, Hong Chengchou nodded solemnly.

Two naval divisions, four land divisions, twelve battleships, twenty functional ships, and a combat force of 8000 people can be regarded as an absolutely powerful force. Fortunately, this is not Hong Chengchou's problem. Standing on the Dragon King of the South China Sea, after listening to Song Qingshu's instructions, Hong Chengchou's old face is still very dignified. After hesitating for a moment, he still can't help hugging Song Qingshu. He clasped his fists and asked in a very formal tone.

"Song Gong, you really don't intend to focus on Li Zicheng. If so, there may be something to do!"

"The capital is already rotten!"

Speaking of this, Song Qingshu couldn't help sighing, and immediately leaned on the railing and looked to the north, shaking his head in a murmur.

"And maybe what I'm going to do, is more important!"

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Abandoning the sweet results he had just obtained, Song Qingshu rushed back to Songjiang under the monsoon that had just risen for more than a month.

Songjiang Villa, living room.

I haven't seen him for more than a year. Zheng Zhilong, the chief military officer, Chen Ding, has really changed a lot. He has gained a lot of weight, and his green Shu brocade robes are bulging. One eye with a silk edge, but the old guy's face was full of worry, and thick wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes.

Seeing Song Qingshu and his sons and daughters being taken down by his subordinates, the old guy was still a little discerning, and he cupped his fists apologetically: "Marshal, the situation is urgent, please forgive me!"

"We're all a family now, and there aren't so many polite words. Let's talk, what's going on?"

The thick cigar presented by the governor of the Netherlands was pinched by Song Qingshu in his hand, and he gestured irritably. He didn't smoke, but the smell of tobacco refreshed him, so he was willing to hold it in his hand.

You're not welcome, Chen Ding hastily picked it up from the package.

Things are still a bit weird, the Japanese country is anti-Chinese!
It is not comprehensive to say that the Chinese are excluded. This group of small Japanese is excluded by any foreigner. First, Toyotomi Hideyoshi shut down the southern barbarian trade introduced during the Warring States Period, and successively drove out the Portuguese, Spaniards, and British. The only ones left are the Dutch.

The Dutch worked hard enough to do business with the Japanese. They wrote a letter of guarantee to the shogunate, promising not to spread Catholicism. Every time they landed in Japan, they had to write a Dutch-style document, reporting what they had seen and heard at sea. In the Yayoi Jubei incident, the Netherlands arrested the Yayoi Jubei who harbored soldiers and artillery on board.

It caused a huge backlash from the shogunate. Little Japan had to admit that it was much better than China in this regard. It immediately ordered to cut off the trade with the Dutch, and also arrested all members of the East India Company in Japan. Finally, The Netherlands had to extradite Taiwan Governor Peter Nuyzi to Japan for imprisonment, and also paid a large sum of Dutch guilders.

Unfortunately, even so, the Dutch were unlucky with Song Qingshu. Four years ago, there was an uprising led by the famous Amakusa Shiro in the Amakusa area of ​​Japan. In January, 20 to 30 Catholics were killed, and the impact on Wajima was extremely bad.

Immediately, the shogunate was very unlucky, when Song Qingshu and Zheng Zhilong were competing for supremacy, Shi Lang's fleet bombarded Nagasaki City, and the relationship between Daming and the Japanese began to decline.

However, relying on the trade with Daming, the shogunate endured it for the time being, but things went wrong again when Ruan Dacheng organized this Wajima tour.

To tell the truth, a group of scholars went to Wajima with money to find a daughter, spent time and wine, and did things right. The shogunate welcomes them. After all, they bring a lot of income to the shogunate. In the country, they are willing to point fingers, and this problem has not been changed in Wajima. The Ming Dynasty pays attention to the monarch and the world, and the son of the Ming Dynasty is the ruler of the world. But in the Wa country, there is a phenomenon that they are not used to. The Wa country is dominated by Germany. In the Sichuan shogunate, the emperor is just a display. This is simply an old thief of Cao Cao, who is coercing the emperor to order the princes!
When a group of guys visited Kyoto, they wrote various poems and articles to mock and abuse. Anyway, the ministers in Kyoto were also full of resentment. The shogunate tolerated these things, but recently some things happened that the shogunate could not bear.

"A few stinky fish ruined a pot of soup!"

Throwing the report given by Chen Ding on the table, Song Qingshu really stretched a little annoyed.

Not to mention, they are still acquaintances, Chen Zhenhui, a member of Fushe who is dead but not stiff, and several key members of Hou Chaozong. In the thrilling food war in the south of the Yangtze River, Fushe was completely defeated, and basically had no right to speak politically. Zhou Yan After Confucianism came to power, he didn't wantonly appoint people from the Fushe as they had expected, but instead blocked them even more severely.

Frustrated by politics, these guys simply went to Japan to travel and relax. These guys who are too political are not satisfied with drinking Japanese sake and eating sashimi with Japanese officials. , In fact, the original intention was to allude to Song Qingshu, a warrior who controlled the political situation in the south of the Yangtze River. However, the shogunate didn't think so.

At a banquet two months ago, when Chen Zhenhui, Hou Chaozong and others were still drunkenly yelling at the old thief Cao Cao in the bosom of the Japanese girl, the shogunate's Liuboluo Tanti soldiers and horses who monitored the emperor rushed in, and on the spot Dozens of scholars in Japan were arrested on the charge of supporting the restoration of the emperor, followed by several ministers. Immediately afterwards, more than 600 Ming people who traveled in Kyoto were all arrested, and the businessmen were extorted a large sum of money. They were only driven to Nagasaki, and as for the poor literati, they waited for the bottom of the prison in the Japanese prison.

Wa Kingdom has always been Zheng Zhilong's domain. At that time Song Qingshu was still fighting in Southeast Asia, Zheng Zhilong didn't inform him and tried to reconcile with the shogunate.

But this matter became serious again. Affected by the Chinese scholars' thought of respecting the king and rejecting barbarians, many impoverished low-level warriors, as well as the old party of Toyotomi's family and several remote small feudal clans formed a downfall faction on this matter, armed Initiated the Falling Curtain Movement, and the flames of war in Kansai had already ignited. The stimulating shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu launched a fierce rebound, formally broke off diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, and expelled all Ming people. In the process, the samurai even killed many Ming people.

Following the unlucky Dutchman, from the Dutch population, Song Qingshu found out that this happened to Daming's neighbor who was stripped of a strip of water, and rushed back in a hurry.

"Very serious?"

After being annoyed for a while, Song Qingshu leaned forward again and asked Chen Ding. This talented pirate military adviser also nodded solemnly.

"That's right, the Zheng family's businesses in Nagasaki and other places in the Japanese country were all sealed up by the shogunate. More than 1000 people were detained, and the loss of silver taels was no less than 400 million taels. Otherwise, all of us will be killed!"

"Longtou has already arrived in Ryukyu with the treasure ship. He still has some relationship with the Shimadzu family. Longtou sent a villain here just to ask the commander to help settle this matter!"

To be honest, although the bulk of the silk, tea, deerskin and other businesses have not been touched, the export of sugar, soap, perfume and other goods from the Japanese country has earned the company more than 200 million taels of income every year, especially tourism. Not only the Japanese earn money, but also the organized The West India Company also has millions of taels of income, and there are always extremely important strategic resources in the hands of the Japanese country, brimstone!
In the next two years, the greatest turmoil and darkness in China is coming. Facing the iron cavalry in the north, the gunpowder needed is countless. Although after Song Qingshu occupies Batavia, Indonesia can also provide sulfur resources, but the sulfur mining there It is far from being as big as the Japanese kingdom, and the shogunate is now stuck in the throat of the begging army.

"Go back and tell your leader, ten days! After ten days, the commander will also go to Ryukyu to join him!"

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Sending off Chen Ding, holding him back, Song Qingshu read the assessment report of the West India Company in Japan for a long time, then stood up and shouted at the door.

"Xiaobao, prepare the car, Songjiang headquarters!"

"Is the master still going out?"

Before Song Qingshu put on his robe and walked out of the living room, a few timid figures flashed out at the door. Dong Xiaowan was holding the child, Caiwei was still wearing an apron, and there was little pepper on her fair face. flour.

This scene made Song Qingshu silent, hesitating for a moment, he finally stepped forward helplessly, reached out and wiped off the flour from Xiaojiali's face, and smiled.

"I'll leave in half an hour! Let's do it!"

The girls in the family finally showed excitement, and continued to make dumplings. Seeing their busy figures in the kitchen, Song Qingshu sighed again, and suddenly promised.

"Next year, I will take you to Mount Fuji to see the cherry blossoms!"

(End of this chapter)