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Chapter 373 The Shogunate's Sense of Crisis
"General Zheng, please drink tea." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu knelt in front of Zheng Zhilong and made a cup of tea for Zheng Zhilong himself.

"I'm talking about the young head of the Shimadzu family... Is there a wooden chair here? Isn't it tiring to kneel and sit?" Zheng Zhilong sat with Shimadzu Mitsuhisa for a while, and he couldn't stand it anymore.

"The etiquette of kneeling and sitting is still from China, which symbolizes the importance of etiquette. But if the general is not used to it, why not ask someone to bring a wooden chair?" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu clapped his palms, and the two servant boys took two mahogany chairs. The chairs are moved in.

"Ahem...the ancients also said that if you are poor, you will change, if you change, you will be successful, and if you are successful, you must actively accept things that are beneficial. During the Warring States Period, there was King Zhao Hufu who rode and shot, and finally made Zhao a great country in the north. It is a vivid example." Zheng Zhilong said.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was a little surprised: "I thought the generals were originally strong men at sea, but I didn't expect that they were also well-versed in the present and the past."

"As a descendant of China, you should have the most basic understanding of Chinese history." Zheng Zhilong didn't take it seriously, "What's the business of the young Patriarch rushing to find me this time?"

"General Zheng, does he know that I went to southern Liaoning to study Chinese culture for three years, and I only returned to Kyushu Island in the last two months?" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu did not speak bluntly, but talked about his experience in southern Liaoning. experience.

"I have heard it, but what does it have to do with today's events?" Zheng Zhilong asked suspiciously.

"When I was in Jinzhou City in southern Liaoning, I wrote to my father. In the letter, my father said that our Shimadzu family relied on the cooperation of the Liao Army and gradually grew stronger. However, it also aroused the jealousy of the shogun, and secretly asked Other daimyos around our Shimadzu family put pressure on our Shimadzu family.” Mitsuhisa Shimadzu expressed his concerns, “At first I thought the shogun was far away in Edo Castle, beyond his reach, and it was difficult to govern our island of West Kaido. The Jin family, even if there is a conflict between the two sides, it is just a secret rivalry and will not be put on the bright side. But when I came back this time, I found that things have deteriorated to an unimaginable level."

"What did the shogunate do in secret?" Zheng Zhilong asked with concern when he saw something happened that he felt deeply about.

"This is a restriction given to us by the shogunate, requiring our Shimadzu family to hand over Nagasaki Port, and the shogunate will send genealogical retainers to manage Nagasaki Port. The deadline is less than two months away." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu will A letter from the Tokugawa shogunate was presented to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong lived in Dongying, and with his knowledge of Chinese characters, he can easily understand the letters written by these Dongying people.His expression gradually became dignified, because Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said the truth, and it also had the seal of the shogun on it.

"Originally, this should only be a conflict between our Shimadzu family and the shogun, but the shogun also requested that the Liao army not station troops in Nagasaki Port. Nagasaki Port will be jointly managed by the shogunate and foreign daimyos such as Kyushu Island. So... I had to find General Zheng to discuss how to deal with this matter." Shimadzu Mitsuhisa said.

Zheng Zhilong was very surprised at this time.Originally, he thought that this time was just an ordinary defense change, and he accompanied the ship to take a look at the defense of Nagasaki Port, and did not want to conflict with the shogunate.What I didn't expect was that this time the shogun turned out to be the shogun himself, and asked the Liao Army to withdraw from Nagasaki Port and leave Dongying completely.

Not to mention the influence of the withdrawal of troops from Nagasaki Port on the Fuliao Army in Dongying Kingdom, the matter of handing over the management of Nagasaki Port to the shogunate may bring millions of taels of silver to the Fuliao Army.If the shogunate controls this place, then the shogunate has the right to impose additional tariffs and restrict the trade activities of Liao military merchants in Japan.The Dongying Market is one of the favorites in the eyes of the Liao army.

"It was quite unexpected at this time. In the past few years, it has been a custom for our Liao Army to garrison in Nagasaki Port. At that time, we signed an agreement with your Shimadzu family, and the two sides had no objection. Why did the shogunate put a bar in it? ?” Zheng Zhilong asked.

"To be honest, several uprisings broke out in Honshu Island against your products from southern Liaoning. The import of a large number of your products led to the bankruptcy of a large number of handicraftsmen and small traders. If they could not survive, they had to revolt. Our Shimadzu family So it was not affected because we were able to profit from it and make up for the loss. This matter has attracted the attention of the shogun. The shogun wants to take back Nagasaki Port and suppress your businessmen in southern Liaoning in order to stabilize people's hearts. "Shimadzu Mitsuhisa said.

"This is part of the reason, but it also has something to do with your Satsuma clan's dominance in Kyushu Island, right? According to the information from the Navy Department of our Liao Army, your Satsuma clan has added many merchant ships capable of ocean-going navigation in the past three years, and has even been active. In the Nanyang area. In addition, the Satsuma clan is wooing the retainers and samurai of many feudal states on Kyushu Island, which made the shogunate feel a huge threat, so the shogunate paid more attention to this matter. "Zheng Zhilong was not personally encouraged by Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, but Take a calm look at the actions of the shogunate this time.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa seems to have been guessed by Zheng Zhilong more than half, but after several years of experience, he has also changed his previous frivolous and impulsive character, and said nonchalantly, "According to the Chinese saying, our Shimadzu family and the Liao army are now It is a grasshopper on a rope. I suggest that the two sides cooperate sincerely and deal with the shogunate together. With the strength of the Liao army fleet, it can completely deter the shogunate and prevent him from acting rashly!"

"Wait a minute, this matter still needs to be decided by our higher-ups. If the shogun is really determined to expel our Liao army from Nagasaki Port, I believe the upper-level will not easily compromise." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Okay! I believe that the Liao army will make the most sensible choice!" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said, "My father is getting old and his health is getting worse day by day. In the future, many things will be left to me and our Shimadzu family. I believe that we will have more opportunities to cooperate in the future.”

Zheng Zhilong took this opportunity to ask Shimadzu Mitsuhisa a lot about the shogunate. The Liao army was busy with the expansion of the mainland and the control of the southeast coast, and it lacked intelligence and judgment on the complicated situation in Japan. You can get some information that is difficult to collect from the mouth of the big name.

However, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu said many things vaguely, and most of the time he was emphasizing the hostility of the shogunate towards the Liao army, and he couldn't believe it completely.Zheng Zhilong was careful.

On the third day of Zheng Zhilong's arrival at Nagasaki Port, the shogunate's official ultimatum arrived, requiring the Liao Army's ships stationed in Nagasaki Port to withdraw from Nagasaki Port within a one-month deadline!
　Working overtime on weekends... so there are only two updates, and I owe 5 chapters, and I will find a way to make up. .Thank you for Demonizing Heiye &Daohua Beidou and all the book friends.

　　
　
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