Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1033 Deploying the Gunboat
After Xu Junsheng was summoned, he rushed to Nanjing immediately. Before his arrival, Wang Yan had already discussed with several elders for two days.

The opinions of the cabinet were very different. The seven old ministers were very angry, but they had different opinions on how to deal with it.

After all, there is a lesson from the past. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty's conquest of Japan all ended in failure, and the Ming Dynasty's war to aid Korea was not easy.Japan is a place with poor mountains and bad waters, full of unscrupulous people, and the sea is separated from Ming Dynasty, so it is really difficult for Ming Dynasty to deal with it.

Xu Junsheng drove all the way, and rushed from Su Song's mansion to Nanjing in two days.

At this time, in the Wenyuan Pavilion where the cabinet was working, Wang Yan was talking to several elders of the pavilion.

He was taken by an official to an outer hall on the second floor. Several green-robed officials were sitting on nanmu chairs on both sides. Inside the hollowed-out round arch partition made of huanghuali, there was a quarrel between several elders.

"My country is thousands of miles away from Japan. Meng Yuan sent troops from Goryeo and attacked across the sea, but was defeated several times? How do you want to fight? Send troops from the East China Sea to fight Japan? The wind is stronger, and the fleet may blow To the extreme northern barren land!"

"Then what does Mr. Su Ge mean? I don't want the face of Daming? Qian Bingdeng is still in Japan, so just ignore it? If so, who will dare to go to Daming for me in the future?"

"I didn't say I don't care! It's just that we can't start a war. I don't say whether we can win it. Does the treasury have money? What should we use to fight?"

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The debate inside was very intense. The official who brought Xu Junsheng pointed to the empty chairs in the outer hall, cupped his hands and said, "Sit down first, general, I will report to His Highness and the elders right now!"

After finishing speaking, the green-robed official entered the inner hall, Xu Junsheng and several officials in the outer hall nodded and sat down at the end.

In the inner hall, Wang Yan propped his elbows on the chair and pressed his temples, feeling a little headache, and the opinions of several academicians below were divided into one piece.

"Your Highness, the elders, General Xu was brought here by his humble post, and he is waiting in the outer hall!"

Hearing the words, Wang Yan regained his energy immediately. The note sent by Man Dazhuang was vague, which confused him and the cabinet.

"Come in!"

Xu Junsheng, whose buttocks were still hot, immediately stood up when he heard the call. He cupped his hands to several green-robed officials who were still waiting, and immediately walked into the inner hall.

In the inner hall, Wang Yan was sitting on the main seat in the middle, with five large nanmu chairs placed on each side, and several cabinet ministers sat on both sides, all staring at him who had just entered.

Xu Junsheng was about to salute, but Wang Yan, who was sitting on it, waved his hand and asked directly: "Dawang, it's good that you're here! Tell me what's going on? Why did the Tokugawa shogunate attack the mission? What happened between you?" What a conflict!"

After hearing this, Xu Junsheng clapped his hands and said: "Your Highness, the people who attacked us were under the banner of the shogunate, but in fact they were the foreign daimyo under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma vassal! The humble official and Mr. Qian doubted it. It has something to do with the Ryukyu matter!"

More than a month ago, the Ming Dynasty received the news that Qian Bingdiao entrusted the merchants to bring back, and understood the situation in Ryukyu. However, Wang Yan made the same judgment as Qian Bingdeng, thinking that it was the only way to solve the domestic product sales with the shogunate. It is an important matter right now, so the Ryukyu matter has been put on hold for the time being.

After hearing Xu Junsheng's words, he immediately reacted, "You mean, Shimadzu knew about the fact that the Ryukyu King asked you for help, so they decided to attack you!"

"That's what I think!" Xu Junsheng saluted.

"So it wasn't the work of the Tokugawa shogunate!" Chen Bangyan asked.

"I don't know if the shogunate acquiesces, but it is indeed Shimadzu who attacked us!"

After hearing this, several cabinet ministers sitting on both sides began to whisper to each other, as if they all let out a sigh of relief.

The mission was attacked this time, which is really strange. Wang Yan and the cabinet did not understand why the Tokugawa shogunate did this. After hearing Xu Junsheng's words, they got a reason. It is estimated that the Shimadzu family did not want the Ming Dynasty to know. They control the news of Ryukyu, so they took the risk and attacked the mission.

Wang Yan pondered for a while, "If the Shimadzu family did it and the Tokugawa shogunate didn't know about it, then this matter would be easier to handle!"

Wang Yan needs the Japanese market, and he doesn't want to fight against the Tokugawa family. If the Tokugawa family did it, the trade between China and Japan would be impossible, but if the Shimadzu family did it, then he can still do business with Germany The Chuan family continued to talk, and asked the Tokugawa family to teach them a lesson. The disobedient Shimadzu family should be optimistic about their younger brother.

"Your Highness, I have found some businessmen to understand the situation in the past two days. This Shimadzu family is a powerful feudal clan in southern Japan, and I am afraid it is not easy to deal with it!" Chen Bangyan got up and said.

Wang Yan nodded, but then said: "You don't need to go to the Shimadzu family for this matter. The Shimadzu family is a vassal of the Tokugawa family. Out of politeness, I should first inform the Tokugawa family and let them take care of their younger brother, and then let them take care of their younger brother. Punish the Shimadzu family and make compensation and apology to my Ming Dynasty. This will not affect our business negotiations with Japan. Of course, if the Tokugawa family can’t manage their younger brother, then for my Ming’s face, I must punish the Shimadzu family."

"Let the Tokugawa family first tell them to put pressure on the Shimadzu family. I agree with this point!" Su Guansheng stood up and said to Wang Yan: "But if the Shimadzu family does not bow to the Tokugawa family, or the Dechuan family The Chuan family intends to favor the Shimadzu family, what should the court do? His Highness said that the Shimadzu family will be punished, and if it is to send troops to attack, the officials will never agree!"

Many officials in the hall were silent for a while, and it was too difficult to transport tens of thousands of people to fight Japan.

If the Ming Dynasty had North Korea as its base, it might be able to learn from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and attack across the strait, but now it is across the East China Sea, and the distance is simply insurmountable.

Wang Yan frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly looked at Xu Junsheng and asked, "How powerful is the Shimadzu's navy?"

"Reporting to Your Highness! The Shimadzu family's naval forces are not bad, especially in the boarding battle, but there is still a big gap between the Japanese ships and our warships. They are almost the same as in the Wanli period, and they are all Anzhai. The ship lacks artillery! If they hadn't been approached this time, the humble two Fuchuan would have easily defeated them!"

Wang Yan didn't know much about naval battles. He couldn't accurately judge how far the Shimadzu family was from the navy of the Ming Dynasty, so he asked again: "If we use my latest three-masted gunboat to deal with the Shimadzu family's The navy, the chances of winning are not great!"

"Your Highness, even if you don't need three-masted gunboats, the Shimadzu family will be hard to beat. If you use three-masted gunboats, you only need ten, and the general thinks you can sweep the coast of Japan!"

After hearing this, Wang Yan thought for a moment, looked at the elders, especially Su Guansheng, and said, "If the Tokugawa family can't manage the Shimadzu family, then I will send naval warships to go there and not attack the city. Hey, just teach the Shimadzu family a lesson and get the Tokugawa family to agree to trade. It’s just a navy, with at most a few thousand infantry, it’s just a naval drill, so the court can afford it!”

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