After hearing this, Zheng Zhilong immediately replied: "I asked about the situation in Japan last night. As your Majesty said, the situation in Japan is not very good!"
At this point, seeing the confusion in Li Ruolian's eyes, he explained: "The previous Shimabara Rebellion was very big, and the Tokugawa shogunate spent a lot of effort to suppress it. Despite this, there are still conflicts in various places.
It's quite chaotic, and all kinds of things happen one after another. The reason is that the samurai have no income and are causing trouble. They don't know how to do other jobs, so they only fight and use force. Originally, the shogunate was really trying to find a way to solve it."
After a pause, Zheng Zhilong then smiled and said: "However, as soon as the news spread that Jianlu was going to give Korea to the Japanese country, the shogunate's method of appeasing the samurai suddenly became very bad. Not only those who were unemployed
The samurai, including those currently under the command of the great masters, and even those under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate themselves, all want to own Korea very much."
"The most senior officials of the Tokugawa shogunate may have wanted to be cautious, but such a huge public opinion, or the public opinion of the samurai, had to be taken into consideration." When Zheng Zhilong said this, he couldn't help but sigh, "The one who broke the news
The people who are spreading out are trying to seize the Tokugawa Shogunate's army and attack them. It's amazing!"
Hearing this, Li Ruolian thought seriously and asked his question: "Is it possible to achieve those warriors and force their king?"
This kind of thing, where the lower level conquers the upper level, was unimaginable in the Ming Dynasty.
If I have to explain it, the Ming Dynasty was still big enough, and the situation in different places was different. For example, if Qin rebelled, it was impossible for all other places to follow suit.
However, Japan is different. At this time, Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom were still independent. Hokkaido, also called Ezo Land, had not yet been annexed by Japan. It was a place belonging to primitive tribes, just like North America at this time.
The Japanese country is small, and under natural disasters, basically the whole country is affected by the disaster, and the lives of the whole country are impoverished. The public opinion gathered from this is the public opinion of the entire Japanese country.
In the history of the Japanese state, it was not uncommon for the inferior to overcome the superior. Perhaps this is one of the reasons.
Of course, Zheng Zhilong didn't know that. When he heard Li Ruolian's doubts, he just nodded in response, and then explained: "Of course, there is another point, the shogun should still be ambitious. If there is something that is easy to get,
He also wants territory. For example, Ryukyu was invaded by the Japanese, and the king was ignored. Everything was decided by the Japanese!"
When Li Ruolian heard this, he immediately shouted angrily: "This is unreasonable. Ryukyu is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. How dare you covet Ryukyu? Have you asked me if the Ming Dynasty has existed!"
Zheng Zhilong was not angry, and said to Li Ruolian: "If the news of our powerful Ming Dynasty reaches Ryukyu, I believe that the King of Ryukyu will definitely ask for help from our Ming Dynasty!"
In fact, the Ryukyus at this time had already sent people to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. This was the same as in the original history. However, in the original history, when the Ryukyu envoys arrived in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen had just hanged himself, and the Jianlu invaders invaded the Central Plains.
It's a mess, so it's natural that we can't ask for any reinforcements.
When Li Ruolian heard Zheng Zhilong's words, he quickly calmed down, pondered for a moment, and then said to Zheng Zhilong with a little pride: "So, in fact, the reason why the Japanese court is cautious is because they are worried about our Ming Dynasty!"
"That's right!" Zheng Zhilong nodded immediately after hearing this and said, "So when I talked to Umekawa Neiku yesterday, I revealed part of the information to him as we had agreed, which was considered to agree with Jianlu's words. I estimate that he will definitely report my matter to Edo immediately."
Nagasaki is the only place regulated by the Japanese country for foreign trade. If you are not a close confidant of Tokugawa Iemitsu, it is impossible to become the leader here. Zheng Zhilong can guarantee that his estimate is absolutely correct.
After hearing this, Li Ruolian couldn't help being surprised and said: "Why does this Japanese have such a strange name? He's not wearing underwear?"
"Hahaha..." Zheng Zhilong laughed when he heard it and said to him, "The names of the Japanese are all like this, as well as my grandson Chimei, who has a strong anus, my wife Shinji, Chihiro Inobi, Naoki Naoki, etc. It's strange to people from the Ming Dynasty, but they think this name is normal. By the way, only those with status in Japan have surnames, and ordinary people don't have surnames!"
Li Ruolian laughed immediately after hearing this, but he didn't pay too much attention to this. He immediately said to Zheng Zhilong: "Then we just wait for the news from the Japanese court, and then act according to the situation?"
"Yes!" Zheng Zhilong nodded and said, "We can just wait!"
Having said this, he thought for a while and then said: "I have more people here, so I can take advantage of this time to draw a map of the Japanese country, as well as the distribution of forces, etc. It may be useful in the future!"
"Not bad!" When Li Ruolian heard this, he immediately showed approval, nodded and said, "If you present this map, His Majesty will definitely be happy!"
Both of them knew that the emperor decided to use troops to destroy the Japanese country. In this case, this map is very important!
So Zheng Zhilong explained the matter. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to reveal the real purpose, but used his Zheng family's trade in the Japanese country as a cover. This was the true nature of the Zheng family, so no one suspected it.
In the following days, Zheng Zhilong just stayed at the house and did not go anywhere.
However, the dignitaries from all over the Japanese country, including those who represented daimyo, either came to him openly or secretly. Anyway, in Li Ruolian's eyes, Zheng Zhilong basically didn't have much time to be truly free.
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From this we can also see how influential Zheng Zhilong was in Japan.
But one thing that made him regretful was that he didn't understand foreign languages and couldn't understand the content of their chat at all.
On the contrary, Zheng Zhilong, when the Japanese people came to visit, he spoke Japanese; when the Fujian fellows who had been living in the Japanese country came to visit, he spoke Hokkien; when the Hongyi, that is, the Dutch came to visit, he could speak the Hongyi language.
In short, it seems that there is nothing Zheng Zhilong can’t do. After discovering this, Li Ruolian secretly admired him. This Zheng Zhilong is really a talent!
Just like that, about a month later, it was already early winter. Li Ruolian lived here and tried to learn a little Japanese. He was able to speak some basic words.
I know how to say Missi Missi, Sayunala, Myna, etc., but if I want to express something longer, I still can’t.
During this period of time, he also learned that there was an active volcano not far from Nagasaki, within the territory of the Satsuma clan. This made him very surprised, after all, he had never seen it before in the Ming Dynasty.
A mountain that spits fire and mist.
Hearing his surprise, Zheng Zhilong smiled and said to him: "There are many volcanoes like this in the Japanese country. It is actually common for the earth dragon to turn over, it is just bigger or smaller. In addition, it is common for earth dragons to turn over.
, there may also be hurricanes, tsunamis, etc., there are many disasters, and we are not just talking about them!"
After hearing this, Li Ruolian was thoughtful and asked Zheng Zhilong: "Then is this the reason why the Japanese want to invade North Korea?"
"It's possible!" Zheng Zhilong heard this and did not give a definite answer. He just replied, "Any emperor or king should like to expand the territory, right?"
Speaking of this topic, Li Ruolian couldn't help but think of the powerful general of the Japanese country. At this age, he is still in the prime of life. Is he really willing to give up a great opportunity and just shrink in his nest?
Under such doubts, someone finally came from Edo. It was Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Tokugawa shogunate, who was very happy when he heard that Zheng Zhilong had arrived in Japan, and warmly invited him to Edo as a guest. What he said was,
It also reveals a meaning, this invitation cannot be refused!
The vague threat beyond politeness made Tagawa Song very worried.
In fact, why Zheng Zhilong never went to Japan again after his career was successful? It was not only because he had an official position in the Ming Dynasty, but also because he was the God of Wealth.
Previously, he wanted to take Tagawa Song and his second son back to the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese side had always refused, also because of Zheng Zhilong, the God of Wealth.
But now, Zheng Zhilong has actually arrived in Japan in person. If Japan covets his wealth and is disadvantageous to him, such as putting him under house arrest and letting his fleet serve Japan and the Tokugawa shogunate, it is also possible.
Therefore, Tagawamatsu was a little worried that the Tokugawa shogunate had this idea.
But unfortunately, the shogun's order had been issued. Even if Zheng Zhilong wanted to leave at this time, he was afraid that he would not be able to leave.
Regarding her worries, Zheng Zhilong did not show any abnormality, and even comforted Tagawa Song. Then, at the urging of the visitor, he set off for Edo.
Because Tokugawa Iemitsu was in a hurry, Zheng Zhilong and his party first rode across Kyushu Island, crossed the sea, and then rushed to Edo.
This way of traveling will indeed be fast, but it will be tiring. Anyone with a discerning eye will know that this is definitely not the real way of hospitality, and it is definitely not the kind of hospitality that is meant to bring Zheng Zhilong back to the world, but something else.
As for what happened, both Zheng Zhilong and Li Ruolian knew it in their hearts and had no complaints.
Along the way, Li Ruolian gained a basic understanding of the entire Japanese country.
In terms of its level of prosperity, it is really far worse than the Ming Dynasty. In the fields, there are many Japanese people wearing half-clothes. There are also many ronin with swords, doing evil things in villages, towns, official roads, and even other places.
some things.
If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong and his party, who were all strong men and horses, and were followed by a group of soldiers from the Tokugawa Shogun, it's hard to say whether something would have happened on the way.