Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1034 Planning Luzon
As long as Wang Yan doesn't go crazy, he dispatches tens of thousands of people to land in Japan and sends a few warships to exert pressure, the old ministers in the cabinet can still accept it.

After all, the mission was attacked, and the main courtyard of the imperial court was still in the hands of the Shimadzu family. If the Ming Dynasty did not express its anger, the thousand-year-old empire would become a thousand-year-old tortoise.

At the moment, the cabinet made a decision, and then urgently convened a council meeting in accordance with the regulations after the military reform, and proposed to use naval forces to put pressure on the Tokugawa family and force the Tokugawa family to punish the Shimadzu family.

The two kings of Tang and Lu were always paying attention to this matter, and were preparing to incite court officials to stop trade with Japan in order to punish the Tokugawa shogunate for attacking the Ming mission and completely cut off diplomatic ties with Japan.

In this way, China and Japan will return to the situation after the Tribute War, where normal trade is cut off and smuggling begins to rampant.

Domestic merchant ships cannot go to Japan, and the entire Sino-Japanese trade will be controlled by Lu Fan's maritime merchants and the Zheng family, who can obtain huge amounts of money by smuggling to Japan.

They heard that after Xu Junsheng returned to Chongming, they were preparing to have someone write a note, denouncing the injustice of the Tokugawa shogunate, and requesting the imperial court to terminate the joint trade between China and Japan, but they didn’t want to, the Shimadzu family was taking action , but revealed his identity.

In the conference hall, although many people thought that Japan should be punished, that they should not negotiate and stop all exchanges, but most of the ministers were still persuaded by Wang Yan.

The trend of profit-seeking that has emerged in the entire Ming Dynasty has made most officials pay more attention to real interests, rather than irresponsible gunfire.

There is a backlog of so many goods in the country that need to be sold. As the loan from the Wude No. can not be recovered, the economy of the entire Ming Dynasty has a major problem. This can be seen by Wang Yan, and many ministers can also feel it. Many of them They are the behind-the-scenes owners of the workshop, or interested partners, and they want to find a market where they can sell their products more than Wang Yan.

The two kings of Tang and Lu did not expect that Shimadzu would make mistakes when they acted. If the Ming Dynasty thought it was done by the Tokugawa shogunate, then the negotiation would have basically collapsed. The possibility of Japan's further trade still exists.

After the cabinet passed the cabinet proposal, Wang Yan first sent people to Ningbo to find the shogunate personnel who had come to Daming to carry out joint research and trade, and sent them letters of credence and a personal letter to the Tokugawa family, hoping that the Tokugawa family could control the Shimadzu family secretly. The Ming Dynasty belonged to Ryukyu, and attacked the Ming Dynasty mission, made an explanation, and then prepared to deploy the latest gunboats from the Guangdong Navy, Fujian Navy, Zhejiang Navy, and East Sea Navy to form a fleet to sail to Japan.

However, the process of mobilizing warships was not smooth. Neither the Zheng family nor the Zhejiang Navy sent the main warships, but only sent a few lucky boats to return to Chongming.

In Wang Yan's study in Chu Wangfu in Nanjing City, Xu Taichu was standing in front and reporting to Wang Yan.

"How about the things I ordered you to investigate? What news have you got, tell Gu!"

The Zhejiang navy and the Zheng family's navy sent only a few lucky boats to Chongming under the pretext that the gunboats were being repaired at the dock, which made Wang Yan very angry and made Wang Yan more determined to reform the military system and bring the army back to the court determination.

"Your Highness, I have found some rumors that the mission was attacked this time. It seems that the eastern Zhejiang maritime merchants and the Zheng family were involved. The purpose was to disrupt the trade negotiations between the Huang court and Japan, so that they could monopolize the Japanese market. However, this matter When it comes to Japan, Jin Yiwei has limited strength and has no real evidence!"

Wang Yan's face darkened when he heard this, "As soon as the news of the attack on the mission came back, some officials announced that they wanted to stop the survey and cooperation trade with Japan and cut off ties with Japan. With the retreat of Haiguo policy, Gu wondered which of them would benefit the most. At that time, he had doubts about King Lu. This time they only sent a few lucky boats to deal with the imperial court, and Gu was determined in his heart. Apart from the Ryukyu issue, , there may be other reasons."

Wang Yan paused, and then said: "You guys should continue to investigate this matter, even if it is in Japan, you have to find out. Also, Jin Yiwei, don't ignore the secret work sent by the north. Even the military supervisory department can have accidents. I don't know what to say about you!"

Yu Taichu lowered his head, waited for Wang Yan to finish speaking, and hurriedly bowed and said: "What Your Highness said is that the humble official must investigate the matter thoroughly, and strengthen the work of Jin Yiwei, so that there will be no more mistakes!"

Wang Yan nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, step back first!"

Yu Taichu bowed to leave when he heard the sound, but when he retreated to the door of the study, he stopped suddenly and said to Wang Yan: "Your Highness, Jin Yiwei's previous investigation of the Jinhua civil uprising involved a major case in Yuyao, Zhejiang. That case The Zhejiang side has closed the case and reported it to the Ministry of Punishment, but I feel that there are still many suspicious points in it, and I want to read the detailed file of the Ministry of Punishment and check it in secret!"

In the city, in the restaurant under the name of King Tang, still on the highest floor, the two kings met again.

This is already the norm, and Jin Yiwei knows it, but it is very difficult to break into this restaurant.

In the room, refreshments and fruits were placed on the table, and the two kings were sitting by the window. King Lu said first, "I never imagined that Shimadzu's work was so secretive, and he was so stupid as to reveal his identity, which made us fail!"

Contacted the Shimadzu family, the plan to disrupt the trade between the Huang court and Japan was proposed by the King of Lu. After hearing this, the King of Tang thought it was feasible, and helped join the Zheng family. He originally thought that this move was a good one. It caused dissatisfaction among the people towards Wang Yan, and they were able to maintain a large source of income through smuggling, but they didn't want Shimadzu to mess things up.

Tang Wang said in a deep voice: "Right now, Wang Yan has decided to use sailors. Although we didn't give him warships, I heard that Japan has locked the country for more than ten years, and the ships are still the same as in the Wanli period. I guess even if we didn't send ships, they are not imperial courts. opponent!"

"We didn't give Wang Yan a warship this time. Wang Yan might suspect us, but it doesn't matter, as long as we don't let him take advantage of it. Now the key is Shimadzu's side, and we can no longer intervene to help. In this way, In the future, there will be one less source of income, and the plan to train troops on Taiwan Island may be affected!"

Tang Wang nodded slightly. The imperial court wanted to strengthen the monitoring of local finances, and their financial resources would become less and less. If they want to support private soldiers, they must have money.

The two kings fell into deep thought. After a while, King Tang suddenly said: "The imperial court has set its sights on Japan, so we will focus on Nanyang. Don't those people in Guangnan want Luzon? Take Luzon. It is also close to Taiwan, and after we take it, it will be easy to develop.”

King Lu's eyes lit up, "Yes! Taking Luzon is also a blow to the Guangnan maritime merchants. It can stop their development momentum and strengthen our strength. Looking at the chart, that piece of land is no smaller than Taiwan Island. !"

(End of this chapter)