Ming Zuo

The news of Japan's invasion of Ryukyu was sent to Shandong after an expedited overland route.

"What does Zheng Zhilong do? As the overlord of the East China Sea, it is an unforgivable crime to watch the Chinese vassal state be invaded by barbarians."

Zuo Menggeng was furious, but the person he targeted surprised everyone.

He actually blamed Zheng Shi for this matter.

But thinking about it carefully, Mrs. Zheng was definitely not wronged.

After all, the Zheng family is the largest force in the East Ocean, and has a close relationship with Japan, so they must know everything about Japan.

As a result, they knew that Japan had invaded Ryukyu, but they did not take any action.

Even if he reported this matter to Daming, he had done his duty.

However, all the people here are political veterans, and no one is immature children, so they immediately understood Zuo Menggeng's deep meaning.

The swords between Xia Guo and the Zheng family are already tense, and they may go off at any time.

In this situation, Xia Guo is definitely not the one to deal with passively.

It can be said that in order to deal with the Zheng family, Xia Guo has been preparing for many years.

Originally, there was still a lack of excuses, but now there are too many excuses.

The North Sea Fleet had already sent back the news of Hong Xu's arrest, and Zheng's charges had been completely crucified.

At the same time, Guan Zhao and others had another fight with Zheng in Bashi Channel, which was the second crime.

Now Zuo Menggeng charged Zheng with a third crime.

So far, all the prerequisites for using force against the Zheng family have been fully in place.

But Zuo Menggeng wanted more.

"Dongpu must be held accountable for their crimes, and they must be made to pay a sufficient price. Send an order to Shen Tingyang to put pressure on Satsuma."

In fact, Zuo Menggeng already knew about the Japanese invasion of Ryukyu.

After all, the inherited soul had studied the history of East Asian oceans in a previous life, and was very familiar with this period of the past.

It's just that the conditions were immature in the past, and even if they knew it, they could only ignore it.

But now, he felt the time had come.

But Hou Xun didn't think so, but was very worried.

"We are about to go to war with the Zheng family. If there is another conflict with Dongying, will it involve our energy?"

"Hou Xiang, don't worry. The situation in Dongpu is chaotic and there is a lot to do. The Zheng family is just a turtle in a urn, and the outcome has long been clear."

Liu Yiyuan expressed the attitude on behalf of the military.

It's not that the military is arrogant and looks down on the enemy, but it's the truth.

Don't look at the Zheng family as the so-called overlord of the Eastern Ocean, but in fact the Zheng family's strength is somewhat puffy.

Their overlord was established mainly by occupying the Taiwan Strait and controlling the waterways of the East and South China Seas.

That is to say, within the offshore area, the Zheng family can still make troubles.

But relying on the traditional sailboats in their hands, as long as they set foot in the deep sea, it is not enough to fight.

That is to say, the main energy of the Dutch is still on Europe, and the East India Company has to compete with the Spaniards and Portuguese for India and Southeast Asia, so they have to let the Zheng family make troubles.

Otherwise, the Dutch East India Company really came out in full force, and the Zheng family would definitely lose.

The Zheng family can't even compare with the Dutch East India Company, so what can they use to fight against Xia Guo?

Not to mention, this time Xia Guo and the Netherlands made a joint attack.

If they lose again, these soldiers simply find a toilet and soak themselves to death.

As for Dongpu.

Don't look at the back when Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Daming fought you back and forth, with neither winner nor loser.

But at that time, under the unification of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the power of Dongying was relatively unified, and its strength was indeed strong.

In addition, Daming is enough to stretch his hips, so it is a game of crouching dragon and phoenix chick.

But today's Dongying, on the surface, looks like an iron bucket operated by the Tokugawa shogunate, but in fact the internal turmoil is more sinister.

The relationship between the western daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate has also become more and more delicate.

This is an opportunity Xia Guo can take advantage of.

Most importantly, Xia Guo is not Ming.

Xia Guo has enough sea power to interfere in Japan's mainland, which can offset the oppressive power of the Tokugawa shogunate.

As long as the Tokugawa shogunate is properly attacked, those daimyos who are already hostile to the shogunate will surely become the biggest trouble for the shogunate.

What Liu Yiyuan meant was that the Ryukyu incident could be used as an excuse to carry out military strikes against Japan, thereby weakening the prestige of the Tokugawa shogunate.

As long as the war is controlled within a certain scale and scope, the Tokugawa shogunate has no way to unite more people, and there is no way to exert its greatest strength.

In this way, Xia Guo is very sure of achieving the desired effect.

The order from the center was quickly transmitted to Dongpu.

Shen Tingyang once again met with Shimadzu Jiuqing.

"Your Satsuma clan invaded Ryukyu, and the center has already learned about it. His Royal Highness King Xia was very angry and decided to punish him severely. My lord, do you have anything to say? Will Satsuma clan take responsibility for this matter?"

Hearing that Xia Guo learned about the situation in Ryukyu, Shimadzu Jiuqing was so frightened that he lost his mind and was full of despair.

In the last Tsushima Sea Battle, the strength of the Xia Kingdom had cast an indelible shadow on the Satsuma Domain.

If the kingdom of Xia calls again, will the Satsuma clan become history?
Fortunately, Shimadzu Jiuqing is a veteran politician, and he immediately recognized his subtext.

He hurriedly knelt down and began to shirk responsibility.

"Master Shangguo clearly learned that the Satsuma clan, as a daimyo in Japan, did everything they did to carry out the orders of the shogunate."

Although it was the army of Satsuma who attacked Ryukyu, the order was given by the Tokugawa shogunate.

If Xia Guo wants to pursue responsibility, he can go to the Tokugawa shogunate. Our Satsuma clan is innocent.

Shen Tingyang got the desired effect, took out a document and threw it in front of Shimadzu Jiuqing.

"Do you Satsuma clan dare to testify?"

It is necessary to obtain solid evidence to avoid future lawsuits between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Satsuma clan.

At the same time, doing so also meant that the Satsuma domain submitted a nomination certificate.

Life or death is all in this choice.

Holding the document, Shimadzu Jiuqing was completely powerless.

This kind of crisis where people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat really makes him sad and difficult to resolve.

"Master Shangguo, this is a big matter, and the subordinates cannot make the decision. It is still necessary to return, please the lord of the feudal kingdom to make a decision."

Shen Tingyang had expected it.

"I hope that the Satsuma clan will make a wise choice, and the Xia Kingdom and the Satsuma clan can also establish an open friendship."

Hit a stick and give a sweet date.

Shen Tingyang played with great proficiency.

This promise made Shimadzu Jiuqing's scalp tingle.As for the joy in my heart, I can't completely express it in words.

He didn't dare to delay, so he set off overnight and ran back to Satsuma.

"If we get the support of the Xia Kingdom, especially those terrible guns. Our Satsuma clan can not only repeat the glory of the past, but also don't have to be coerced by the shogunate."

In front of Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, Shimadzu Hisaki was full of fanaticism.

What he said deeply entered Shimadzu Mitsuhisa's heart.