Zheng Zhilong definitely has no interest in paying attention to the question of whether an imperial doctor at the Imperial Hospital is married. Now, he is standing on the bow of the captured Dutch warship, no, it should be said to be the Ming warship, looking at the familiar Japanese coast,
I have a very special feeling in my heart.
When he first came to Japan, he was just a man making a living at sea. At that time, his name was not Zheng Zhilong, but Zheng Yiguan.
During those years, because of his swordsmanship skills, he met and married Tagawa, the adopted daughter of Fujian overseas Chinese blacksmith Weng Yihuang. It can be said that he settled his family in Japan. Then he worked with Li Dan, a great pirate and merchant.
With his intelligence and ruthlessness, he finally made a name for himself and became one of the many overlords on the sea.
Later, Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to be recruited by the Ming Dynasty, and then used the government's resources to begin to annex his former sworn brothers, and he was almost on the verge of becoming the largest overlord on the sea.
During this period, he rarely cared about his home in Japan and focused on his career. When he came to Japan for important business, he came quietly and in a hurry. Sometimes he didn't even take care of his home and then left.
Unexpectedly, half a lifetime of hard work was basically wasted due to a moment of carelessness. Just when he was panicking and wondering how to deal with the court and those pirates, things took an unexpected turn.
Because his experience was valued by the court, to be precise, he was valued by Zhongxing Hou, the first official in the Ming Dynasty. Not only was he not convicted, but he would be reused in the future.
Now he came as the imperial envoy of the Japanese suzerainty. At this time, he felt more than ever that there was a huge backer behind him, making him more courageous than ever.
"Japan, I'm here again!" Zheng Zhilong said silently in his heart.
The port of Edo no longer has the bustle of the past. The dock workers and fishermen at sea are all invisible. All that can be seen here is groups of ashigaru, led by samurai, patrolling past from time to time.
Their mission is to refuse foreign ships to dock and not allow domestic ships to go to sea. In other words, they are faithfully fulfilling the seclusion order issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Since the implementation of this decree in the first half of the year, there have been fewer and fewer ships in this port, and finally they are no longer seen. The patrol team repeats the same thing every day, and nothing happens, which seems very relaxed and a bit boring at the same time.
When the patrol first passed the pier, they wouldn't even look at the sea because there was nothing but sea water.
But this time it was different. Just as a patrol was about to pass the dock, an ashigaru at the end of the team inadvertently swept across the sea and immediately exclaimed: "Ship, ship..."
The leading warrior was a little surprised when he heard this, and immediately turned his head to look at the sea. Sure enough, there was a sea-going ship sailing towards the port in the wind and waves.
Judging from the appearance of the ship, it was a Western-style ship. When the leading samurai saw it, he quickly blew the whistle and called other patrols to come to the pier, preparing to refuse these Westerners from boarding the pier.
But when the ship got closer, the Japanese soldiers were confused again. Why was the flag of the Ming Dynasty flying on the Western ship? Could it be that the Westerners were working for the Ming Dynasty?
The ship slowly approached and then approached the shore. The Japanese soldiers immediately swarmed to the shore, holding matchlocks and blocking the space for landing.
To their surprise, a Ming soldier came out of the boat and said loudly in Chinese: "The imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty has arrived. Go and notify the king and come to greet the imperial envoy."
When the Japanese on the shore heard this, they were stunned. It turned out that they were not Westerners, but the imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty. This did not seem to be suitable for the object of the decree. The leading samurai discussed it and immediately sent a messenger to report to Edo.
Such a strange scene appeared on the pier. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers were crowding on the shore, as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and yet they seemed to be perfunctory in facing the big ship, with guns drawn and ready.
The people on the boat were doing whatever they were supposed to do, as if they were docking in peacetime, and they were stunned to think that the Japanese soldiers on the shore were nothing.
After waiting for almost half an hour, a group of Japanese officials finally came speeding over. When the Japanese soldiers on the shore saw them, they quickly moved out of the way.
The person who came was Ko Kenichiro, who had dealt with the Ming Dynasty and was highly used. Surrounded by a group of followers, he got off his horse, walked a few steps to the shore closest to the ship, then bowed with his hands clasped in fists, and at the same time
He shouted loudly: "We sincerely welcome the envoy of the Ming Dynasty to the country of Bei..."
After repeating this for several times, there was movement on the ship. First, a Ming army sailor loudly replied: "Stay a little longer and report it to the imperial envoy immediately."
After a while, the wide plank of the boat was lowered and it reached the shore, and then Jin Yiwei began to disembark.
As soon as Renke Kenichiro saw this, he quickly led the Japanese on the shore to give enough space, bowed his head and waited for the imperial envoy to disembark.
He felt that people were getting off the boat one after another, and then they lined up on both sides. Then another person got off the boat and walked in front of him alone.
Then, a voice sounded above his head: "Oh, it turns out to be Ichiro, long time no see."
Kenichiro heard something familiar. When he looked up, he couldn't help but said "Huh", and then asked in surprise: "Isn't an official an imperial envoy?"
After saying that, he turned his head and looked behind Zheng Zhilong with some disbelief, but found no one else.
Zheng Zhilong and Renke Kenichiro are old acquaintances and know each other's details. He smiled and said: "Can't I be the imperial envoy?"
Zheng Zhilong looked at Renko Kenichiro's surprised expression and felt very satisfied. This time, his identity gave him a sense of superiority in front of his old acquaintances.
Kenichiro could see that Zheng Zhilong was the imperial envoy by looking at the posture of the imperial guards of the Ming Dynasty standing behind him.
He looked at Zheng Zhilong curiously, then looked at the bow battleship, then turned around to summon his followers, brought Zheng Zhilong's mount, and led the way. The Japanese soldiers on the dock had already put away their matchlock guns and lined up respectfully with their guns.
On both sides, they bowed their heads and greeted the Ming Dynasty envoy respectfully.
After walking for a while and leaving the dock, Renke Kenichiro finally couldn't help but be curious. He approached Zheng Zhilong and asked: "Yiguan, what's going on? I heard that you were completely annihilated by the Dutch. Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty
Was it also occupied by the Dutch? Why did you come to Japan on a Western warship as the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty?"
Because of the seclusion of the country, the Japanese heard this huge news when they recruited their overseas businessmen back to Japan. At that time, the news still made Kenichiro's situation very difficult. It was once suspected that he had brought back some information about the power of the Ming Dynasty.
The news was false. Fortunately, Tokugawa Hidetada supported his news, so he was not surrounded and questioned.
When Zheng Zhilong heard this, it was beyond Kenichiro's expectations. He was full of strong pride and said casually: "That's all from the old emperor's history. My Western warship was captured by the Dutch!"