Of course, there is no suspense about Yang Feng's scapegoat. That night, Liang Du Commander and Commander in the Jinyiwei prison and had a long talk with Heiba, the next day, the Japanese businessman who was inspired by justice confessed his mastermind behind the scenes...

"Shimazu Kokusa!"

Yang Feng slapped the table angrily.

"A local prince of Japan actually dared to affair with Jiannu and even tried to invade the Ming Dynasty. He was simply ignorant of his life and death!"

Then he shouted.

According to the confession of Heiba, he was a slave of Shimazu Kokusa, the lord of the Satsuma vassal state, and he specialized in maritime trade. Shimazu Kokusa was ambitious and had a deep relationship with Jiannu. The two sides even agreed to jointly invade the Ming Dynasty. Sony and others Nanlai and Gong Dingzi planned to lead the Dutch East India fleet to block the Yangtze River and find a way to kill the Ming Emperor. In addition, they also wanted to lure Li Zicheng to recruit soldiers from Japan. The Shimazu family and several vassal lords who had conspired with him sent samurai to be hired. When the number was enough, they killed Li Zicheng and seized Jiangsu and Zhejiang in one fell swoop, while Haoge launched a counterattack from Liaodong. Finally, the north and south divided the Ming Dynasty with the Huai River as the boundary.

Anyway, this is a very arrogant plan.

(Shimazu: I'm wronged!)

"Your Majesty, that's not the only one."

The responsible person for interrogating the Jinyiwei said: "According to his confession, Shimazu Konoha had already invaded Ryukyu and forced the King of Ryukyu to surrender to him. It was just too remote and the court still did not know about it!"

"What? Summon Shen Tingyang into the palace!"

The emperor angrily slapped the dragon case and said.

One hour later.

"Attack on the Japanese?"

Shen Tingyang, the assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War, exclaimed.

"It is not to attack the Kingdom of Japan, but to attack the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, who dared to invade the Ming Dynasty, and colluded with Jiannu to invade the Ming Dynasty, and even participated in the plot of Gong Ni's lord killing the king. A prince of a small foreign country, actually dared to invade the Ming Dynasty, so that our vassal states of the Ming Dynasty would submit to him. How could such a madman do not attack me? I originally wanted to entrust this matter to the Marquis of Nan'an, but now the war in Hukou is in a hurry and he cannot escape. There are also my dear ministers who are familiar with the situation in Japan. I think that Shimazu Koku is just a small town lord who is arrogant. I decided to supervise the imperial guards and transfer the navy of the imperial guards Zhang Mingzhen, and add an infantry brigade and a yuyao battalion to Japan to attack Shimazu Kokuku."

Yang Feng said.

"Your Majesty, Shimazu Kokusa is a minister of the Tokugawa family. If the court raises troops to attack, the Tokugawa family will definitely send troops. In addition, there are many vassals on Kyushu Island, and their vassal lords will also send troops. The court only uses a navy town, and adds an infantry brigade to win. It is just a trivial matter. It is only 1,500 miles of water from Ningbo to Kagoshima. It is already late autumn. The sea storm period has passed, and the northwest wind is prevalent. The round trip is slanted side wind, which is suitable for navigation. There is no ice age along the coast of Kagoshima. This distance is only three or five days, but the troops are indeed a little less."

Shen Tingyang said frankly.

In fact, he cherished this opportunity very much. What he hoped most now is to be able to win the favor of the emperor like Zheng Zhilong. With the favor of the emperor, Zheng Zhilong not only won the title of officials but also formed a Nanyang company to monopolize shipping to the Nanyang, pick sulfur and hunt gold on Taiwan island. It can be said that gold and silver are moved home, and his son became the emperor's adopted son, and it is even said that he might be named the prince. He also wanted to do this. This time the emperor asked him to lead troops to attack Shimatu Mitsuha, which was to give him an opportunity to show his abilities. If he could complete it well, the Shen family would be the next Zheng family.

But……

But there are too few soldiers!

Zhang Mingzhen's navy was 10,000. Although it was not all large ships that could sail in Japan, this problem was easy to solve. All the large warships of Zheng Zhilong's army and the Zhejiang Navy commanded by him were unable to reach Hukou because of the draft, so they were all near Nanjing. The total number of units was 200 large ships that could sail in Japan was still fine. All the cannons of Zhang Mingzhen's army were cast from the north, and their performance was even greater than that of the Dutch. Although most of them were small cannons due to the problems of the ship itself, it was enough to bomb the Japanese warships. Moreover, at this time, the Tokugawa shogunate basically abandoned its maritime martial arts. It was no longer the time when he invaded North Korea. Even Zheng Zhilong's pirate team back then might not be able to fight, so it would be no problem for the Ming army to drive it.

But it is a bit exaggerated to capture Kagoshima by an infantry brigade.

"I discussed this matter with Zhang Qing. If you feel it is difficult to capture Kagoshima, then take down Seed Island first, and then build a port base on the island. The place is spacious and has certain properties. There is no shortage of tamsui. A brigade should be enough to control the entire island. I am still continuing to expand my army. I am probably able to arm the bandits in four towns next spring. At that time, Zuo Liangyu has also solved it, and his troops will be much more abundant. I can increase my troops. Moreover, I will build a large warship for the Red Hair. The materials are ready and the dock has been built. It is estimated that the first batch of such ships will be built next spring."

Yang Feng said.

He had never thought that a brigade would conquer the Satsuma clan, but a town was enough. According to his latest organization, a town had four infantry brigades, a cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade. If necessary, he could also adjust the support of the Shenwei Invincible General's artillery from the heavy artillery brigade. Didn't the Japanese like to call the cannons a national collapse? They also allowed them to see what the real national collapse was. However, at this time he definitely did not have any extra troops to do this. After all, the civil war was far from over, so his goal was to grab the Seed Island.

One brigade really can't defeat Kagoshima, but it's enough to capture Seed Island.

After occupying Seed Island, you can build a forward base there. After Shen Tingyang and others build the base, enough troops will be expanded in the country.

Yang Feng's military expansion has not stopped.

He was not short of soldiers, but the output of the slaughter guns was limited. However, after two years of development, the output of the major arsenals in the north has increased to 7,000 per month. After capturing Suzhou, the production of the slaughter guns was also started to be invested there. In addition, there is also a factory in Nanjing, so he can guarantee a monthly production capacity of 10,000 by the end of the year. In this way, he can actually arm two and a half brigades every month, and a town can be armed in two months. The rest is only the training of new recruits. Recently, a large number of veterans of the slaughter army have been transferred back to the north to serve as officers of new recruits, and a large number of new recruits have been replenished to the front line. This is also the reason why the Ming army's slow attack on Wuchang.

According to the current expansion speed, it will be easy for him to expand the bandit army to six towns by next spring.

At that time, he could do whatever he wanted.

"Your Majesty, I respect the order!"

Shen Tingyang said immediately.

It doesn't matter if you hit Seed Island. As long as you don't let Shimazu Kokusa get the news and send more soldiers to the island in advance. Then the Ming army needs to face after landing. One brigade of the bandit army went over and fired a platoon and then solved it. The rest is the navy blocking the periphery. The broken ships of Shimazu family are not worth mentioning. As for the Tokugawa Shogunate Navy...

When the Tokugawa shogunate receives the news, study the situation clearly, discuss countermeasures, and then mobilizes the navy to go south to reinforce, it is probably time for the Chinese New Year, and this must be the case when the Tokugawa family is willing to take care of the Shimazu family's life and death. If the Ming army only teaches Shimazu Kokuha a lesson, instead of having further ideas about Japan, then maybe the Tokugawa Shogunate's general Tokugawa Iemitsu will be happy to watch Shimazu Kokuha being beaten to death by the Ming army, and then he happily goes to collect Shimazu family land after the Ming army leaves.

In this way, the plan to attack the Satsuma Pharaoh was determined.

The rest is left to Minister Chen.

There is also Zhang Mingzhen and the General Staff of the Dangbang Army. The three families jointly determined and implemented the entire plan.

Seeing Yang Feng, the Minister of State Shen who was confident, showed a smile. Beating Japan is very happy no matter what. Of course, just beating Japan instead of destroying Japan. He will definitely not destroy Japan. Why did he destroy Japan? It is better to go to Southeast Asia to destroy the country. The reason why he attacked Japan was not only for the purpose of satisfying his evil tastes.

Slave dealer.

Japanese slaves.

His land policy destined that the land in the hands of the royal family and the ministers would become a useless rib. After all, 10% of the land rent could not be collected much, so the only solution for these people was to use slaves, which was their only choice. However, the people in China were not allowed to be slaves, so they could only choose to purchase from outside. Some people had even started to do this. In other words, the slave trade in the Ming Dynasty would be very prosperous in the future, but the black slaves would be too far away, and the price would be very high. Nanyang slaves were also far away, and they had to pass the Spanish and Dutch first. They would not miss such a good business, not to mention that the distance between the South China Ocean was not close, and it would take nearly 4,000 kilometers to transport from the East Indies to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

But what about Japan?

Eight hundred kilometers.

The closer the distance, the lower the mortality rate, the cheaper the price!

So what else is more suitable as the source of slaves for the Ming Dynasty than Japan? Build a base on Seed Island, then beat the Japanese country first, and then you can sell slaves.

As for how to sell...

This is also very simple.

Pirates, this can be found. The ghosts of pirates wandering along the coast of Japan, who occasionally land on the shore to break through a certain village and then loot the population. This will happen frequently in the future, just like the harassment of Japanese pirates on the coast of China in the past.

Acquisition, this is also possible. Japan is indeed divided into four levels: scholars, peasants, industry and commerce, but don’t forget that there is still a lot of filth below the level 4. I believe that those samurai who lack money will definitely take advantage of their fine traditions in the Warring States Period and do some jobs that people generally don’t like to mention in later generations. Use their noble samurai sword to catch a few filth when needed and send them to the slave traders, and then exchange some things they need. Anyway, those filthy are not considered human beings. Sometimes noble samurai often cut a few slaughter when they try their swords.

Kidnapping, this is also possible. You should know that there are criminals in any country. They can do anything for money. Of course, it also includes taking a sack to cover an unlucky cargo and stuffing it into a small boat by the sea when the moon is dark and wind is high.

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It can be said that there are some methods.
Chapter completed!