Wei Zhongxian, accompanied by Shigeru Matsumoto, strolled on the beach of Nagasaki.
Shigeru Matsumoto is Mrs. Masuda's family elder. He plays the important role of the chief steward in the religious order.
The status is very prominent.
After Duke Wei came to Nagasaki, he was arranged by Mrs. Masuda to live at the end of a hidden valley in the deepest part of the village.
The environment there is beautiful, full of flowers, exotic pines, strange rocks, cherry trees, hot springs, and luxuriously decorated courtyards. Duke Wei Du lives very comfortably.
This position is still under the protection of the warriors. It is safe and foolproof. After all, this is a matter entrusted by Yang Fan, and Mrs. Masuda is very concerned about it.
Japanese people value respecting the strong. Duke Wei was a big shot in the Celestial Empire. He was the eldest brother who dominated the imperial court, and he immediately gained the respect of the elders.
Mrs. Masuda and below often come to visit to ask for help. After all, they are not qualified to experience high-end officialdom games. Now that such a great god has come, they should immediately learn from him.
Matsumoto Shigeru became close friends with Duke Wei. They often drank wine, tasted tea and enjoyed delicious food together.
Wei Zhongxian was born in 1578 AD, and this year is 1628. He is already sixty years old.
After this downfall, my originally gray hair turned completely snow-white. I can afford to pick up power and power, but I can't put it down.
To say it's not annoying would be a lie.
However, at the most critical moment, I was able to escape with my life, which is considered a blessing in misfortune.
I heard that on the other side of the sea, the young emperor in the capital was intimidating the elders of the new cabinet to launch a campaign to liquidate the eunuchs.
But looking at the current situation, no one, including Dong Lin, Qi Dang, Zhe Dang, Chu Dang, etc., is willing to take over this miserable job.
After all, Duke Wei was so powerful back then that even Sun Chengzong and Yuandu built a shrine for him, not to mention others.
No one's butt is clean. Pulling out carrots and bringing out the mud risks annihilating your descendants.
There is no way to investigate this matter, and it offends too many people. The eunuchs want to crack down, so it would be better to kill them all.
However, don't let yourself do it. It's best to have a good person who is not self-interested and specializes in benefiting others to do this. Then he will be responsible for everything.
The elders are all doing Tai Chi with the emperor. Your Majesty is right, he is determined to eliminate the legacy of the eunuch party.
But as soon as he was asked to take charge, everyone's head shook like a rattle.
"I didn't expect that there would be such a prosperous city in Japan. I am also eye-opening." Wei Dugong said with emotion.
He is no longer in our house now. He seems to have forgotten his identity as a eunuch.
"Although Nagasaki is prosperous, it was just a small village under the Hirado clan more than 60 years ago. It was mainly built by our brothers from the Tianzhu Sect." Matsumoto Shigeru recounted the history of Nagasaki.
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Nagasaki Port in Japan was part of Hizen Province in ancient times, and was just a poor seaside place in Hirado.
During the Ming Dynasty, the Matsuura area, the Goto Islands and Tsushima were major base areas for Japanese pirates.
Because there are poor coins everywhere. There are no minerals in the place and the land is barren. Forced by life, they all go to the sea to find a living.
These Japanese pirates are called four-island Japanese pirates by the Koreans. They specialize in causing harm to the coast of Korea.
The reason why the city of Nagasaki was built on this desolate beach is entirely due to the Portuguese. It can even be said that the Portuguese built Nagasaki Castle.
In 1550, a Portuguese ship landed in Hirado for the first time, and Catholicism was introduced. At that time, Portugal was not yet independent and was still controlled by Spain.
The Port of Nagasaki, opened in 1570, became a trading port for Portugal, and a large amount of Western culture flowed into Nagasaki.
A large number of Europeans came to settle here and built business houses, residences and docks.
Nagasaki Port was officially opened in 1570, and the shogunate funded the construction of city walls and defense facilities.
The following year, merchant ships began to communicate with Portugal and the Ming Dynasty, and town construction began.
Starting in 1616, Edo began to restrict ships from Europe. Europeans could only trade in Hirado and Nagasaki.
From 1635, trade was restricted to Nagasaki Port, and Deshima was built as a restricted Portuguese settlement.
After the Shimabara Rebellion, countries with strong Western religious overtones, such as Spain and Portugal, were prohibited from visiting Japan.
Nagasaki can only receive merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, Korea and the Netherlands.
In 1641, the Dutch trading post also moved to Deshima, and the Edo government's measures to seize the country were completed. In the next nearly two hundred years, Nagasaki became Japan's only international trade port.
Governor Wei looked at the bustling port and listened to Matsumoto Shigeru's introduction, his face gradually became serious.
Shigeru Matsumoto quickly realized the change in Duke Wei's expression.
"Why is Wei Gong so hesitant?" Matsumoto Shigeru was a little confused.
"Mr. Matsumoto is well-read and has a deep understanding of Chinese studies, but he has heard the saying "Don't allow others to snore on the side of the bed." Wei Zhongxian said.
Matsumoto Shigekichi, what he said is so appropriate to the current situation in Nagasaki.
This city, Hirado and other places, including the countryside, are filled with people who believe in foreign religions. It is like a country within a country. The streets here are full of blond people, as if they are in Europe.
Nagasaki developed during the Warring States Period. After all, in that era everyone needed to trade with the outside world in order to improve their own strength faster than others.
Therefore, all the daimyo supported belief in religion, and five daimyo even changed their beliefs and officially became religious.
But now, Japan is unified all over the world, around Nagasaki, and even on the entire Kyushu Island, believers are everywhere. Edo may not be able to bear it anymore.
For more than ten years, Edo has been looking for trouble, and many bloody incidents have occurred.
Shigeru Matsumoto was well versed in Sinology. As the saying goes, no heavy hammer is needed to play a drum, and many things can be understood in one click.
In Wei Zhongxian's view, how great a person's achievements can be depends on the time he takes to see through the essence of things. The shorter the time, the more powerful he is. However, there are too many people in this world who cannot see through the essence of things in their entire life.
Shigeru Matsumoto was obviously a powerful character, and he immediately bowed and saluted: "Please also teach me, Mr. Wei."
"There is absolutely no room for compromise in this kind of life-and-death dispute between famous religions. I have been fighting with Donglin for decades, and I know very well that the difference between good and evil, and the difference between China and Yi cannot be compromised by giving in."
Matsumoto Shigeru nodded secretly after hearing this. Wei Gong was indeed a first-rate figure in the Ming Dynasty, and he had a thorough understanding of the relationship between hundreds of thousands of believers and the shogunate.
Compromising will not buy you a living space, it will only make the Tokugawa shoguns intensify their persecution of believers.
Wei Gong made it very clear that this is a dispute between famous religions. It is a conflict of ideas, consciousness, and culture. It cannot be reconciled at all, and only one party can forcefully change the other.
Wei Zhongxian continued: "If you want to survive, I will give you three strategies: upper, middle and lower."
Matsumoto Shigeru quickly bowed and said: "I would like to hear the details."
"The best strategy is to find a powerful foreign enemy for the shogunate so that they have no time and energy to deal with you."
"This matter is difficult. The Ming Dynasty does not want to interfere with the affairs of Japan. The Buddhist and Langji countries are too far away, and there are too few troops to reach them." Matsumoto Shigeru shook his head and sighed.
"The central strategy is to contact the daimyo of the defeated side of the Osaka Summer Formation. They do not have the upper hand now and can only endure Edo's suppression. If you can win them over to join the religion, Edo will definitely not dare to touch you."
Shigeru Matsumoto had been thinking about it for a long time, and this strategy was very feasible. After all, Nagasaki was the only trading port, and he had obtained the trade agency rights of Mr. Yang.
However, it is not easy to reorganize Toyotomi Hideyoshi's old subordinates. The religious group may not have the financial resources and strength.
Alas! Every time you have to do something big, you can only feel the scarcity of talents. Without talents, no matter how good the strategy is, it is useless.
