About an hour later, Su Minggang was invited to the Governor's Mansion.
This time, it was the governor who made the coffee himself, reminded him that it was a bit hot, and brought it to him.
But at this time, Su Minggang no longer cared about these details. He already had a hunch that his long-cherished wish might come true.
Therefore, he couldn't wait for this and asked directly: "Mr. Governor, what are you calling me for?"
After finishing speaking, Su Minggang glanced at another Dutchman sitting on one side. He recognized that this was Governor Kuiyi who was originally sent to the city of Relandia by the Governor of Batavia. However, he did not say hello to him, just
Stare at Anthony.
If it had been in the past, he would never have dared to be so rude. However, when he grew old and suddenly knew that his wish to return to his roots might come true, he really didn't care about other things. He only cared about it.
Can you go back to your hometown and see the hometown that you dream of before you die?
Anthony knew Su Minggang's wish very well. He had annoyed this old man before and would always bring it back.
At this time, he said happily: "After the unanimous decision of Batavia, we in the Netherlands are very willing to form an alliance with the Ming Empire. Well, that is to agree to the emperor's will and become a vassal state of the Ming Empire. However,
, you also know that we have nothing to say about this matter, we must repay the mainland. However, we are willing to show our due sincerity first. I hope you can help us communicate with the Ming army in Luzon first, and then go
Communicate with the Ming Dynasty official to explain our difficulties and sincerity!"
While speaking, he had already sat back in his seat, and before Su Minggang could speak, he continued: "In the past, we had an alliance with the Qing Empire... No, no, it was a misunderstanding with the Ming Dynasty. You see, our relationship with Ba
Davia's Mingren has always been good, right? This actually explains the situation. I hope you can help us explain it after you go back."
After hearing what he said, Su Minggang only knew one thing: he could really go back, and he was very excited.
But in the end, he still forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and answered Anthony: "Your Excellency, Governor, I want you to understand one thing first. I am just the most ordinary citizen of the Ming Dynasty. If you really want to resolve the misunderstanding with the court, the best way is
, just do whatever the court tells you to do!"
After a pause, Su Minggang thought for a moment and then added: "Based on the impression in my memory, my Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, and I will definitely not treat the small foreign countries that serve the imperial court badly..."
When Anthony heard the words "a small country", he felt a little harsh. However, when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that the current Netherlands was not a small country to the Ming Empire!
As he was thinking about it, Su Minggang continued to say: "... Of course, if the court wants to ask me about my situation in Batavia, of course I will answer truthfully. Personally, I also hope that you and I will be the same.
Good."
When Anthony heard this, he asked another question that he and Kui Yi were very concerned about: "We don't know much about the Ming Empire, so we just want to ask, if we, the Netherlands, become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, will the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty continue to do so?"
Let’s bring the princes of the Ming Dynasty to Batavia?”
The Ming Empire sent their Zhou king to Luzon, which was known to the Dutch. And Kuiyi brought back news that the Ming Empire had many vassal kings waiting to be granted overseas vassalship just like the Zhou king.
Anthony was worried, fearing that the Ming Empire would seal another vassal king to Batavia, which they would not be able to accept.
If the Netherlands is not a vassal state of the Ming Empire, but still has a hostile relationship, then it goes without saying that the Ming army will definitely attack Batavia, and then just like Luzon, a vassal king will directly seal it over. This is the same as them
It doesn't matter anymore, because they were either killed or driven away, and it has nothing to do with Batavia.
However, if the Netherlands became a vassal state of the Ming Empire, and the Ming Empire wanted to seal their vassal king to Batavia, it would be impossible for them to accept it.
Therefore, after the question was asked, both Anthony and Kui Yi paid very nervous attention to Su Minggang, listening to how he explained this question.
After hearing this, Su Minggang thought for a moment and replied: "From the past, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to send vassal kings to vassal countries, and it did not even send any court officials. However, when the throne of a vassal country changes, it must be canonized by the Ming Emperor.
It is considered valid. In addition, there are regulations that tribute must be paid to the court, but other than that, there is nothing else."
After finishing speaking, he continued in his mind: "At least it didn't happen before, but it also didn't happen before that the imperial court assigned vassal kings overseas."
Su Minggang would not say this from his heart. Otherwise, he was sure that these Dutch people would hesitate.
As he said before, he really hopes that the relationship between Holland and Ming Dynasty will be good.
When Anthony heard what he said, he was overjoyed and immediately smiled and said: "Okay, okay, my friend, I hope one day I can visit your hometown."
Later, he talked to Su Minggang about some specific things, and finally they had a happy conversation.
Late at night, when Su Minggang walked out of the Governor's Mansion, he was in tears.
His son had already been waiting outside with others. When he saw him coming out, he rushed over and was shocked to see him crying silently.
"Dad, what's wrong?" his son asked nervously.
Su Minggang looked at his son, looked at the other Ming people, and saw how concerned they were. Although there were still tears, he smiled and said, "I'm going home!"
In the following days, Batavia made the following three decisions.
First, send a clipper back to the Netherlands to report the matter in the Far East, lobby them to agree to the conditions of the Ming Empire, and strive to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and do business with the Ming Dynasty. Emphasis on two things to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
That’s a lot of money to be made; in addition, the Ming Emperor was the chosen son favored by God, otherwise, the Battle of Manila would be inexplicable!
Second, send people to contact the Ming people in Luzon, explain the situation in Batavia, and express their willingness to accept the call from the Ming Dynasty. From then on, Batavia and the Ming Dynasty are friends rather than enemies. Whether it is to fight against Japan, it is better to let Annan
It was no problem for the Dutch over there to cooperate in countering the rebellion.
Third, I just want to know when can we really do business with the Ming Empire?
As a result, Su Minggang once again set foot on the sailing clipper, left Batavia, and embarked on the road home again.
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Besides, in Edo, far away in Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the ruler of the Tokugawa shogunate, was returning from an inspection abroad and was in a very happy mood.
Although the original Japanese country had completed the policy of seclusion, various problems caused by the suppression of daimyo in various places, especially the unemployed samurai, numbering more than half a million, caused local turmoil. This was a problem that he was very concerned about.
A big hidden danger, if not handled properly, may cause turmoil.
However, it is impossible not to do this. The strength of the daimyo in various places must be weakened. The result is good. The strength of the daimyo in various places has finally been weakened. Natural disasters have also occurred, and the harvest is not good. It is difficult to add so many unemployed samurai.
It’s difficult!
It is also for this reason that the Tokugawa shogunate established the official position of daimyo, which was to monitor the daimyo of various places overtly and covertly and prevent local rebellions.
But unexpectedly, the Qing Empire eagerly came to form an alliance and gave North Korea such a large area for free, which immediately eased the social conflicts in the Japanese country and relieved Tokugawa Iemitsu's troubles.
No, we used to fight for a piece of land, but now we don’t fight for it anymore. There is a lot of land in North Korea;
Those unemployed samurai also had jobs, reorganized the army and sent them to Korea, and then used the land in Korea to feed them. Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't have to spend a penny.
In short, because of the addition of such a large piece of land like Korea, the social conflicts in the Japanese country have been greatly alleviated. He went out to inspect the place, and wherever he went, he was warmly welcomed by the Japanese people. With that level of fanaticism,
Tokugawa Iemitsu felt in his heart that even if he deposed the emperor, it would probably not be a big deal.
Of course, at this time, he did not think about deposing the emperor.
Those big names and powerful people from all over the country who could speak in front of him all wanted to ask for help in front of him, and they wanted to move to North Korea as soon as possible!
The popularity of Korean land in the Japanese country can be seen from this.
Of course, Tokugawa Iemitsu naturally arranged the people who went to Korea according to their close relationships. Those who were loyal to him could move first and get good Korean land; those who were dissatisfied with him before were moved to the back.
He even considered whether he should move the Tokugawa shogunate to Korea after Korea became a well-established territory for the Japanese nation, and use Korea as the focus of development in the future. In the future, it is possible to move the capital further inland to stay away from tsunamis and earthquakes.
!
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Iemitsu was a little irritable. Northern Korea has not been able to become the territory of the Japanese country, which made him very unhappy!
If this delay continues, once the immigration from southern Korea is full, it will affect the continued immigration from Japan.
Although Yagyu Muneki emphasized that the Ming army was a cavalry force and was too mobile, and that Zheng Zhilong could not be exposed as an internal agent, these and other reasons were just to make him unhappy, and he only looked at the results.
In Tokugawa Iemitsu's opinion, Yagyu Munomitsu was too old to be able to handle northern Korea, so he finally decided to transfer Yagyu Munomitsu back and sent Matsudaira Nobutsuna to North Korea.
He was very confident in Matsudaira Nobutsuna. In the past, others could not handle the Shimabara Rebellion. After Matsudaira Nobutsuna went there, he put down the Shimabara Rebellion and was known as "Wisdom Izu".
What surprised Tokugawa Iemitsu was that after Matsudaira Nobutsuna left, he actually sent people back to urge reinforcements, saying that Korea was too big and more troops and navy were needed to control the entire Korea.
in hand.
While he was still considering this, he suddenly received another urgent message.