Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1041 Tang Ship Incident ([-])

When Sakai Tadakatsu found out that Xu Junsheng was not there, he was shocked, and his smiling face immediately became serious, and turned a little cold.

Immediately when he waved his hand, several warriors rushed into the post house, and ran out in a hurry after a while.A samurai leader guarding the posthouse nodded and bowed in front of Tadakatsu Sakai and spoke a bunch of Japanese, probably because he didn't notice the Ming general.

"Baga!" Sakai Tadakatsu listened, his face darkened, and he slapped the warrior on the face. The latter didn't dare to complain of pain, took a slap, and hurriedly lowered his head and saluted.

Tadakatsu Sakai was annoyed. The shogunate followed a procrastination policy. Although it was a bit of a rascal's refusal to admit it, as long as the matter was delayed a little longer and the cost of solving the matter increased for the Ming Dynasty, the matter might be put on hold.

"Your Excellency, I don't know, where is General Xu going now? What does your country want to do in Japan?" Sakai Tadakatsu ignored the samurai, but turned his head to Wu Shizhao, and said with a gloomy face.

"I have explained this matter before. If the shogunate does not give an explanation and a satisfactory answer to Satsuma's attack on our mission within three days, our court will solve the Satsuma problem by itself. General Xu has already returned to the ship! If the shogunate makes a decision now, there is still time, and if it is a day later, our fleet will go straight to Satsuma!" Wu Shizhao said, looking at each other.

Tadakatsu Sakai felt tired when he heard the words. The Tokugawa shogunate was cheated by the Shimadzu family this time.

The shogunate helping the Ming Dynasty to deal with Satsuma will inevitably lead to accusations from other domestic daimyos, that is, the central government of the country is helping foreigners to bully their own people.

Although Tadakatsu Sakai received the money from Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, even if Mitsuhisa Shimadzu did not send it, as one of the helmsmen of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he would definitely not agree to help the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Shimadzu.

Not helping the Ming Dynasty and letting the Ming Dynasty deal with the Shimadzu by itself is not enough. As the central government, it is also a weak act for the vassals to be attacked but not to express their position.

The Tokugawa shogunate most hoped to make this matter a minor one, but the Shimadzu family refused to admit the attack on the Ming mission, and the Ming side refused to let it go. No matter how the Tokugawa shogunate expressed its position, there were problems.

Sakai Tadakatsu stood outside the posthouse with a sullen face. According to the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the general surnamed Xu had already returned to the ship, and if the shogunate did not reply, the Ming Dynasty would do it by itself.

This is, it can be said, a threat to the shogunate. Tadakatsu Sakai was furious. The dignity of the shogunate was trampled by the Ming Dynasty. He even wanted to stand on the side of the Shimadzu and destroy the fleet of the Ming Dynasty first. Yes, but as the head of the shogunate, he couldn't use his loyalty like this.

"My shogunate will not make any response to this matter for the time being. Since your country wants to resolve it by itself, I want to see how you can resolve this dispute without the support of the shogunate." Tadakatsu Sakai suddenly said angrily, He just turned around and left.

It is impossible for the shogunate to punish the Shimadzu family according to the intention of the Ming Dynasty, so there is no need to talk about it if there is no delay.

Sakai Tadakatsu turned around and left, and said to the samurai who followed, "The shogunate's order はなく, 何らを加れてはいけない!" (They are not allowed to leave without the order of the shogunate!)
The samurai nodded, and hurriedly blocked the posthouse again.

Back at the shogunate government office, Tadakatsu Sakai informed several bigwigs of the shogunate about the situation. Hoshina Masaoyuki was also very angry when he learned about it, "The Ming country is so overbearing, and they will not give up until they achieve their goals, so they can only let them and the island It's the last match of the Jin family."

The shogunate bigwigs on both sides of the kneeling seats in the palace nodded in whispers, thinking that this was the only thing at the moment.

Tadakatsu Sakai was silent for a while, and said sullenly: "The Shimadzu family has some strength in Kyushu. The Ming Dynasty does not have the support of the shogunate. It is too arrogant to deal with the Shimadzu family alone with only [-] ships. The current situation has become impossible. Stop it, and only if the Ming Kingdom hits a wall in Satsuma, they will be willing to turn around and talk to us again, agreeing to make the big issue smaller."

Hoshina Masayuki nodded slightly, "You can immediately inform Satsumamori Mitsuhisa Shimadzu of the Ming fleet's movements, and let him prepare. If the Ming fleet can be severely damaged, Ming will definitely find the shogunate again. We will talk then. The shogunate will be able to take the initiative. As for the Shimadzu's mistakes, after this incident is over, the shogunate will settle accounts with them."

The oppression of the Ming Dynasty made the shogunate very unhappy. Although the Ming Dynasty occupied morality, Japan was a sovereign country, and the shogunate also had the dignity of the shogunate.

Now that the matter cannot be suppressed, the shogunate decided to let the Ming Dynasty deal with Satsuma, but in the eyes of the shogunate, Satsuma is a powerful vassal in Japan after all, and the Ming Dynasty has twenty ships, so they want to ask Satsuma for an explanation. If there is a big problem, the Ming Dynasty will have to look back to the shogunate at that time, and at that time, it will be seen whether the envoys of the Ming Dynasty dare to show any face to the shogunate.

A few days later, in the living room of Satsuma Domain, Kagoshima Castle Honmaru, and Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, more than a dozen retainers knelt and sat on both sides.

"The shogunate sent news that the fleet of the Ming Kingdom will kill Satsuma in the next few days." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu glanced at everyone, and then said: "According to information, the fleet of the Ming Kingdom has a total of twenty ships, ten of which are the latest ships of the Ming Kingdom. The gunboats, ten are blessing boats for supplying and transporting troops, these boats are larger than ours, but the number is very limited."

Said, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu looked at Tadaro Shimadzu and others, and then said: "According to the experience during the Battle of Korea, the advantage of the Ming Ship lies in the artillery, so if we want to defeat the Ming Ship, we must fight in close combat. The Ming Ship has Twenty ships, and I, Satsuma, have 150 warships, swarming up, I will be able to defeat the bright ships!"

Satsuma is located at the southern tip of Japan, and has close trade ties with China, Ryukyu, and Southeast Asia. Maritime trade and the well-developed fishing industry have made Satsuma's navy the best in Japan. Warships are more confident.

Tagawa Nanazawaemon, as a member of the Zheng family, although he has been in Japan for many years and has not returned to China, he also knows from various channels that China's navy is developing rapidly, and has even driven the red-haired barbarians out of the officials. Immediately poured a bucket of cold water and reminded: "Guard Your Excellency, Daming's warship not only has sharp artillery, but also extremely fast. If the Satsuma navy wants to fight in close combat, it may not be easy to get close to Daming's gunboat."

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu thought for a while, but Tadaro Shimadzu, who was sitting first on the left, said, "Then the decisive battle will be in the Osumi Strait, where the sea area is relatively narrow and can restrict the movement of open ships, making it easier for us to fight!"

The Ming army ships are fast. If they are on the sea, they can take advantage of the range of the artillery. Coupled with the speed of the ship, they can attack the Satsuma navy like flying a kite. If they choose a narrow strait, they can control the range of movement of the Ming army fleet. Playing a little restrictive role, General Samo, who was kneeling on both sides, nodded heavily after hearing this, thinking that this idea is good.

Seeing this, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu pulled out the assistant from his waist, put it on the desk, and said solemnly: "Masters, let's fight again for the rise and fall of Satsuma!"

Many Satsuma warriors immediately put their hands on the thighs of the kneeling seats, lowered their heads, and solemnly promised: "Hi!"

"Then, please!" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu lowered his head and said heavily.

After Xu Junsheng returned to the fleet, he explained his guess to Man Dazhuang and Yu Fangqi. The fleet waited outside Sagami Bay for another three days, but Wu Shizhao did not hear from him.

If Shimadzu is compared to a disobedient child, then the whole incident can be described in this way. Shimadzu took advantage of the carelessness of the parent, Tokugawa, and beat the neighbor's child and robbed the neighbor's things. The neighbor is now looking for Come on, Tokugawa, as the bear's parent of the bear child, protects Shimadzu no matter what.Children in one's own family can be beaten by themselves, but not by others.

Seeing that there was no news from Wu Shizhao at the appointed time, everyone already knew the attitude of the shogunate and was unwilling to teach the Shimadzu family a lesson, so the Ming army could only vent their anger on their own, and directly hit the door, beat the Shimadzu family to death, and let the Tokugawa shogunate regret.

Immediately, the fleet raised its sails and headed towards the Satsuma domain in a mighty manner.

(Thanks to Taoist Moxin, Yuedong Woxin, and phuoc ruffian for their rewards, and thank you for your recommendations.)
(End of this chapter)