After seeing off the thief from Japan, Hou Xuanyan immediately summoned officials from the Ministry of Rites and asked carefully about the recent situation of Japan.

However, Hou Xuanyan was sadly aware that because the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, he was too busy with his own affairs in China, and no one in the court knew about the situation in Japan.

I only know that the relationship between the Dutch and Japan is quite good, because the Netherlands believes in Protestantism and is not very enthusiastic about missionary preaching.

"Looking at the surrounding countries, Japan is not weak, and it has a unique geographical location. If you live alone on the sea, how can such a neighbor know nothing about it?" Hou Xuanyan was a little angry, but looking at the innocent eyes of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he didn't know who to say he was angry.

To put it bluntly, the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, which made the entire Ming Dynasty fight and was unable to take care of itself, of course there was no energy to study neighboring countries.

"Tomorrow, I will send a fleet to Japan and find out their situation clearly for me before I come back." The ministers who were summoned late at night thought there was something big, but after a long time, they did something trivial to the Japanese, and they didn't think so. In their opinion, Japan was just a small place. The Battle of Korea in the three major battles of Wanli was not deeply impressed by these Southern Ming officials. In fact, Japan had already shown great strength at that time.

In mid-June of the second year of Jingyou, a large ship full of spies from Qianxiang Camp and the Siyiguan translation set out from Longtan Port. Under the leadership of Gong Zifang, the important minister of the court, he headed to Japan.

Thirteen days later, the ship returned the same route. Gong Zifang was so angry that he glared at Hou Xuanyan's mansion.

Hou Xuanyan was having a meal in the palace, and Gong Zifang rushed in with anger, his face full of anger.

Hou Xuanyan looked up at him and said suspiciously: "What's wrong? This is my God of Wealth?"

"Prince, those Japanese people are simply short-sighted, watching the sky, and being arrogant!" Gong Zifang, who was the most ignorant of studying in the Jiading Gong family, was so angry that he uttered three idioms in a row, looking very educated.

After taking the last sip of porridge, Hou Xuanyan waved his hand to signal the maid to clean up, and then asked: "What's going on?"

"We arrived in Japan and originally wanted to see their king first, but the local Japanese officials said we would go to Edo to meet the general of the Conquering Yi. It turned out that Japan now has the final say. The king is a puppet at best, just with ours."

"Ahem... Gong Lao San!" Hou Xuanyan quickly interrupted him and scolded him loudly. Gong Zifang woke up in shock and almost blurted out when he was so forgot about his feelings.

"Hehe, hehe, that so-called emperor is a decoration locked in a very small courtyard. The Tokugawa family is in power. After I took our people, their general of the Conquering Army had been passed down to the third generation, called Tokugawa Iemitsu. Although this bastard country is small, it is big, and he dared to make us kneel down to him. After being scolded by me, he gave up. I remember your instructions and wanted to get close to him and investigate, and discuss business with him. Who knew that he actually said that Japan's abundant products can be self-sufficient and does not need to trade with us."

Hou Xuanyan burst out laughing. The fucking smart people have their own cleverness, and stupid guys are all similar. Isn’t this a vivid copy of Qianlong, a perfect old dog?

After pondering for a while, Hou Xuanyan shouted: "Call that Shishilang and his men to me."

After a while, Shishiro Amacao, who had been trapped here for many days, excitedly brought his subordinates to the royal palace with his personal soldiers by Hou Xuanyan. These days, he was so worried that he finally saw the dawn.

Their uprising has been extinguished for a full ten years. Over the years, they have been wandering on the sea with the Franchise people and have been accustomed to living under the roof. At first, the Franchise people saw that they were the part of the religious people, and with a little hope, they could make trouble in Japan through them, which is quite good for them. As Tokugawa's rule became more and more stable, the value of these people gradually disappeared and they have become a dislike for people on Luzon.

Although these people were beaten badly in Japan, they were also good at bullying the local natives in Luzon. In particular, their enthusiasm for Catholicism was even more than that of ordinary Europeans, and they were all inherently extreme by the Japanese, and they often had the inability to preach missionary failure to beat or even kill others.

"Master, are you ready to help us?"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, haha, you may not know yet. I am the most disgusted with others' suffering. The Japanese people are suffering under the rule of Tokugawa! Every time I think of those Japanese who are not full or warm in food, my heart is bleeding." Hou Xuanyan looked compassionate, and even tears in his eyes.

Amakusa Shishiro was already choking up excitedly. In his eyes, Jesus was the first, and Hou Xuan was the second.

"Prince, if you can get your help, you will be the savior of our Japanese!"

Hou Xuanyan spat in his heart and said, "This is a serious statement. Come on, tell me about the current situation in Japan, the more detailed the better." Since Gong Zifang couldn't get information in Japan, Hou Xuanyan could only put his ideas on these rebels in Japan. As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is not your friend, but your mortal enemy.

Sure enough, Shishiro Amakura did not disappoint Hou Xuanyan. For his rebellious plan, dozens of Japanese people told them all about what they knew without any reservation.

Hou Xuanyan was like a treasure, and he asked the people from the Honglu Temple to record them one by one. What satisfied him the most was that these people still had a large number of maps of Japan.

Three days later, Shishiro Amacao came to the palace and asked, "Prince, when will we send troops?"

"Send troops? What troops?" Hou Xuanyan asked with his mouth open.

A trace of ominous premonition appeared in Amakusa Shishiro's heart: "Prince, we have agreed that you will help us overthrow the brutal rule of the Tokugawa family and help the Japanese people receive the baptism of the Lord."

Hou Xuanyan laughed to the sky, tears of laughter came out: "You don't ask if you don't ask, when will I keep my word?"

Amakura Shishiro was stunned and carefully savored the sentence, and finally got to the point. He said furiously: "You can't do this! The Lord will punish those dishonest people."
Chapter completed!