Ming Zuo

Chapter 882 Unintentional act
The Zheng family that Tadahiro Shimadzu refers to naturally refers to Zheng Zhilong.

As Japan's largest foreign trade partner, Zheng Zhilong has great influence here.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong is still an official of Ming Dynasty, so his attitude is very important.

The Satsuma clan has often traded with Zheng Zhilong, so naturally they have a deep understanding of the strength of this maritime overlord.

But Shimadzu Zhongheng's views were not recognized by his son.

"Zheng is an official of Ming Dynasty, and what we have to deal with this time is Daming's rebellion. Perhaps we can win over Mrs. Zheng and strengthen our strength."

Shimadzu Tadahei has little hope.

"Whether it's an official or a rebellion, it's all an internal matter of Ming Dynasty. I believe that Ming people will not allow us to intervene in it. It's best not to cause extra problems."

The reason is very simple.

No one wants external forces to intervene in the internal disputes in Japan.Because that damages the interests of Japan as a whole.

Looking at his father who was sick in bed, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was submissive on the surface, and he forgot his father's opinion after going down.

"Tell Zheng that you must vote for us. With our help, you can eliminate the rebellion for Daming."

Some retainers went down to do it.

As for how to attack North Korea, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu had already thought carefully on the way back.

"If you want to drag the shogunate in, you must turn this matter into a matter for the entire Japan. At that time, Ooku, in the name of the Japanese co-lord, must come forward no matter what."

Xinna Zhongqing agrees with his idea very much.

This guy is still a militant, always hoping to open up the territory like his predecessors did.

"Why don't we send envoys to negotiate with Xia Guo first, provoking words and fighting for a reason to send troops. As long as the war breaks out, the shogunate cannot sit idly by."

This approach has been recognized by all the people in Satsuma.

Because to put it bluntly, it was just cutting first and playing later, creating established facts and forcing the Tokugawa shogunate to accept it.

This can also be regarded as a variant of "down and up".

Dongying people are best at playing this trick.

Seeing that all the people under him were fighting with high spirits, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu quite enjoyed this prestige of responding to everyone.

"It will take at least a month for the armies of all the big names to be assembled. Who would like to go to Busan as an envoy to find out what happened?"

Even if they want to use force, Dongpu needs to prepare for a long time.

Relying on the Shimadzu family's own strength is absolutely not enough.

Other foreign daimyos will send a certain amount of troops, and then form a coalition to act together.

In order not to alert Tokugawa Iemitsu, all the daimyos sent so-called missions to the Satsuma domain in the name of "authorized consultation".

It's just that the number of people in each mission is more complicated, with eight or nine thousand more and four or five thousand less.

In this way, the army of more than a dozen daimyo came together, and the strength was as many as [-] to [-].

But to fight across the sea, the ship is the most important.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa ordered all the warships of the Satsuma domain to be gathered together, and at the same time to recruit ships from other domains on Kyushu Island.

Although Satsuma's dream of unifying Kyushu was not realized because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's interference, it is still the overlord of Kyushu.

In addition, he had the order of Tokugawa Iemitsu in his hands, and the feudal clans in Kyushu did not dare to disobey, and sent ships to the Satsuma clan one after another.

Hisashi Shimadzu stood up.

"The feudal lord, I am the envoy, and I must complete the mission."

As a member of the Shimadzu clan, Hisamoto Shimadzu also has dreams.

He also wanted to go down in history like Shimadzu Sileng. Even if he couldn't sit on the throne of feudal lord, a brilliant life was enough to comfort him.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa was very happy with his initiative to ask for orders.

"You are going to Busan this time. Firstly, you want to deliberately provoke us to provide an excuse for us to send troops; secondly, you need to take a good look at the so-called soldiers of the Xia Kingdom."

Shimadzu Hisamoto took his orders carefully, and set off from the Satsuma domain by boat on the same day, heading straight for Busan.

As a result, as soon as he reached the center line of the Tsushima Strait, he was discovered by a ship of the Xia Kingdom Navy.

Seeing the Chinese Fuchuan approaching, Hisazu Shimadzu couldn't help but despise him for a while.

"After so many years, Mingren's ship still hasn't made any progress. If we fight again, the victory will definitely belong to us."

In the original Luliang naval battle, the Dongpu navy was completely collapsed by the coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty. Since then, it has lost the capital to spy on the mainland.

However, because the loss was unforgettable, Dongpu has been working hard to find a way to break it after returning.

It can be said that Dongying's shipbuilding industry has developed to a certain extent since then.

It's a pity that the Toyotomi clan perished, and the Tokugawa clan pursued a policy of sequestering the country, so the little progress made by the Dongying Navy was completely useless.

When the two boats converged, the Xia Jun officer on the Fuchuan asked, "Who are you? Where are you going?"

Shimadzu Hisamoto's boat had Han Chinese as interpreters.

"General, the person next to me is the special envoy of the lord of the Satsuma domain, General Shimadzu Hisamoto. On the order of the shogunate, I am here to pay a visit to your army."

The officer raised his eyes.

Now Busan is going all out to prepare for the next big battle. At this time, the people from Dongying came, and it was obvious that the weasel gave the chicken New Year greetings.

But the other party was an envoy, so the officer didn't dare to mess around.

"You follow me, don't run around. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences."

Listening to Xia Jun's superior threat, Shimadzu Hisamoto and others were all furious.But for the sake of the plan, I can only endure it temporarily.

They followed Xia Jun's lucky boat and headed west all the way.

I thought I would go to Busan to land and then meet the commander-in-chief of the Xia army.But who knew that after only traveling more than [-] miles by sea, there were seven or eight larger lucky boats blocking the way on the sea directly in front of him.

The lucky boat leading the way leaned up, paused for a while, and then sailed back.

"Let's go, our minister wants to see you."

Shimadzu Hisamoto was quite surprised.

"I am the envoy of the shogunate, the general of the Satsuma domain. Even if you want to meet, you should talk to the commander-in-chief of your army in Busan."

Xia Jun's officer shook his head.

"The commander-in-chief of our army is not in Busan, and he is very busy now. The one who is waiting to see you on the opposite ship is the Minister of the Navy of Xia Kingdom, who can decide anything here."

After listening to the translation, Hisazu Shimadzu was a little confused, and asked in a chattering manner.

Naihe translation is also a two-handed knife, and I don't even know what the official position of the Minister of the Navy is.

Thinking about the mission of this trip, Shimadzu Hisamoto was quite discouraged.But there was no way to retreat, so he had to follow the past and boarded the largest ship opposite.

The person on this boat is exactly Zuo Hua.

Now the navy is in full swing and is helping the army complete its deployment in Busan while controlling the nearby sea.

Hearing that Dongpu had an envoy coming, Zuo Hua simply intercepted it.

As the Minister of the Navy, he has the right to receive envoys.And he didn't know that this unintentional move actually cut off Dongying's plan to go to Busan for reconnaissance.

(End of this chapter)