Ouchi Yoshitaka was very happy and smiled and said to his retainers: "The Shimazu family's ships have been sunk by pirates."
"Congratulations, Governor, for getting rid of another big trouble!" Xiangliang Wuren said immediately.
Tao Longfang also hurriedly said: "From now on, the war on the Western Front will cease, and we can fully attack the Chisong, Pushang, and Shanming clans."
Damn pirates, how can there be large-scale pirates in the East China Sea and South China Sea of the Ming Dynasty?
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It was purely Ryukyu's stranglehold on the southern route of Sino-Japanese trade. The Shimazu family wanted to seize this route and annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom by the way. Many naval battles broke out between the two sides, and all the Ryukyu Kingdom's ships were lost, so they asked the Daming Navy for help.
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The Ming Dynasty's armed merchant ships disguised themselves as pirates and destroyed the Shimazu fleet without the Ming Dynasty's navy taking action.
In this way, the southern route of Sino-Japanese trade was completely in the hands of the Ming Dynasty merchants. The Shimazu clan and the Ryukyu Kingdom were not allowed to sail to the sea, and they honestly supplied and received goods to the Ming merchants.
After all, Ouchi Yoshitaka had studied at Hangzhou Industrial and Commercial School for several years, and he had long received warnings from his brothers. Although he was unwilling to do so, he still obediently gave up the northern route of Sino-Japanese trade, and the Ouchi family's ships have been exclusively
Traveling to the Seto Inland Sea, I became a two-way dealer with great joy - buying goods shipped by the Ming Dynasty fleet, transporting them to East Japan for sale through the Seto Inland Sea, and collecting materials from various places to resell to the Ming Dynasty shipping merchants.
Today, the Ouchi clan has almost controlled the Seto Inland Sea, but there are still countless Japanese pirates secretly causing trouble, and the Kanto princes also like to rob the Ouchi clan's caravans.
The Ouchi clan in Japan was somewhat similar to Spain in Europe, and was hated and envied by other princes.
It and the Shimadzu clan joined forces to monopolize Sino-Japanese trade in the south and north, making money while also acquiring advanced weapons. After years of high-priced purchases and desperate maritime merchants taking risks, the Ouchi clan now has a musketeer team of 6,000 people.
How can Nizishi next to him be able to bear it?
The two sides fought several field battles, all of which ended in a crushing defeat for the Nizi clan, who then huddled in the city and held on. Finally, half a year ago, Tsukiyama Tomita Castle was captured, and the Ouchi clan completely annexed the Nizi clan.
Yamaname, Urakami, Akamatsu, Bessho, Rokkaku... Many lords were at odds with each other. They put aside their grudges and formed an alliance to jointly resist the Ouchi clan's brutal eastward expansion. At the same time, after the Shimazu clan and the Ouchi clan divided Kyushu Island, the Shimazu clan
Expanding westward has stirred up a hornet's nest, and it has been digging into the Dai Nei's chrysanthemum for several years.
The Ouchi clan seems to be powerful in the Western Kingdom and controls one-seventh of Japan's land, but it is already surrounded by enemies on all sides, and there is also the semi-independent Mori clan lurking. Moreover, due to the aggressive military campaign, famine persists all year round in the jurisdiction, and bandits and bandits are rampant.
The lower class warriors and ordinary people suffered terribly.
"Qiang!"
Tao Longfang stood up, drew his katana, and said in a loud voice: "While the Shimazu fleet is destroyed, we should immediately attack the Higo area."
Sagara Takeno retorted: "The Shimazu clan also has an iron artillery (musketeer) team, and it has rich financial resources. It is impossible to defeat them in a short time."
"Of course we can't defeat them," Tao Longfang said with a smile, "It's just a feigned attack on Higo. The weak brigade scared the Shimazu clan so much that they didn't dare to act rashly. Our elite troops went west to capture the Urakami clan. I heard that we and Shimazu
The Urakami clan must have been unprepared in the battle, and they will definitely be able to win in one battle this time!"
Yoshitaka Ouchi smiled and praised: "Excellent strategy!"
Sagara Takenobu advised: "My lord, if the territory under your jurisdiction is not stable, you cannot expand the territory any further. The top priority is to eliminate the remnants of Otomo, Arima, Nizi and other families. They usually stay in the mountains and plunder our caravans.
He robs our people, recruits rogues to cause trouble, and encourages the people to rebel. This is such a serious problem, how can we just sit back and look at it?"
Tao Longfang sneered: "The remnants of various families are just fleas on their bodies, what kind of trouble can they cause?"
Xiangliang Wuren clasped his fists and said: "My lord, it is important to straighten out the internal affairs. My lord, don't you want to control it with one yen?"
"One yen domination" means centralizing power, completely controlling the territories under your jurisdiction, and taking back the private territories entrusted to retainers.
As soon as these words came out, the retainers changed their expressions one after another, lying on the ground and not daring to speak.
Tao Longfang held the hilt of the sword and glared at Xiang Liang Wu Ren. Among the retainers present, he had the most private territory, so how could he be willing to hand over his territory?
Seeing the subtle atmosphere, Ouchi Yoshitaka immediately changed his attention and said to Fang Lingxi: "Brother, why don't you speak?"
Fang Lingxi is the sworn brother of Ouchi Yoshitaka. After being exiled to Nanyang, he was invited to come to Japan and served as the military advisor of the Ouchi clan. It was Fang Lingxi who was the one who planned the attack on Tsukiyama Tomita Castle last year, but he left with Sagara Takenobu.
Gotta be closer.
Fang Lingxi smiled and said: "After the Lantern Festival, I left Japan and wanted to go to Yinzhou to broaden my horizons."
Ouchi Yoshitaka asked in shock: "But why did you treat your brother so poorly?"
Fang Lingxi shook his head and said, "My virtuous brother treats me generously and is not mean in any way."
Ouchi Yoshitaka asked: "Then why did my brother leave when he was in good condition?"
Fang Lingxi said: "If you stay in one place for a long time, you have to change to a new place."
Tao Longfang was delighted and complimented: "Mr. Fang is a bird in the sky and a whale in the sea. He always travels far and high."
Actually, when Fang Lingxi first arrived in Japan, he also wanted to make a difference, but reality quickly shut him up.
In Fang Lingxi's view, the Ouchi family ignored the people's livelihood, kept up internal affairs, made enemies on all sides, and resorted to militarism. Moreover, they were still at odds with each other internally, and sooner or later they would collapse into internal strife. He suggested that Yoshitaka Ouchi consolidate power and improve domestic affairs and diplomacy, but
This sworn brother is not obedient at all, or he does not have the courage to reform.
The law was unchanged when authority was at its peak, how could it change in the future?
Xiangliang Wuren, the leader of the internal affairs faction, persuaded him to stay: "Mr. Fang, even if you have to travel far away, you can wait another year and a half. It will not be too late to leave after the internal affairs are stabilized."
Fang Lingxi waved his hand and said: "I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore."
Fang Lingxi finally left. Ouchi Yoshitaka gave him a thousand taels of silver, but Fang Lingxi only accepted one hundred taels of it.
When leaving Yamaguchi Castle, more than a dozen Japanese samurai followed him. These were all Fang Lingxi's disciples in Japan.
"Those of you who have families, please go back and take care of your wives, children, and parents." Fang Lingxi waved.
The warriors knelt down and said, "Sir is your parents, and those who are disciples should serve you for life."
Fang Lingxi said: "I am going to Yinzhou. I don't know when I can come back. What will happen to your parents, wife and children at home if you leave?"
The warriors were silent, they would rather give up their families.
Fang Lingxi sighed: "Oh, let's do this, bring some money back to your family."
Fang Lingxi led the samurai to Hakata Port (Fukuoka), where he withdrew a thousand taels of silver from the shop of his sworn brother Xu's family and distributed it to everyone. These samurai disciples immediately took the silver home and soon came to pay their respects alone. None of them swallowed
Lost money and never got it back.
"Senior Brother Fang!"
Fang Lingxi was on the dock inquiring about shipping information when she suddenly heard someone shouting in Chinese.
Turning around, he saw a handsome young man. Fang Lingxi asked doubtfully: "Who is your Excellency?"
Wang Ji smiled and said: "Senior Brother Fang, for a while, you often came to my house as a guest. I was only eight years old at the time, and I am still deeply impressed by Senior Brother Fang. Your hairpins are always replaced by bamboo chopsticks."
Fang Lingxi still had no impression. He couldn't even imagine that Wang Yuan's son would become a sailor.
Wang Ji reminded: "My surname is Wang and I live in the west of Beijing."
Fang Lingxi's eyes widened: "You...you are Brother Ji, how come you are dressed like this in Japan?"
Wang Ji smiled and said: "I want to come to the sea to make my own fortune, and now I am working as a sailor on the Breaking Waves. The Breaking Waves arrived at Hakata Port a few days before New Year's Eve. The damaged hull is still being repaired. The cargo on the ship has been scattered, but we still have to wait.
Let’s collect the goods and return to the sea. Where’s Senior Brother Fang, do you want to go back to Ming Dynasty?”
Fang Lingxi smiled bitterly: "I committed a murder in Hangzhou and surrendered. I was sentenced to be exiled overseas and never allowed to return to the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese governor of the Ouchi family was my sworn brother, and I stayed under his hospitality for several years. Now, I want to go to Yinzhou to see
Look, I don’t know when I can return to Nanyang.”
"Yinzhou? I want to go too!"
Wang Ji suddenly felt impulsive, and his old habit of being impatient returned.
In the past six months, Wang Ji worked on the deck every day, traveling between China and Japan. During this period, he was requisitioned to help the Liaodong army transport food. He felt that it was boring to death, and he would get moldy if he went down, and he was eager to change to a new one.
tricks.
Do you know why Wang Ji is mediocre?
He has no patience, no perseverance, and his personality is too out-of-the-box. In fact, this guy is very smart!
Fang Lingxi was startled: "Yinzhou is thousands of miles away, and the journey is dangerous and unpredictable. Junior brother, please don't be willful."
Wang Ji smiled and said: "Senior Brother Fang doesn't dare to take me to Yinzhou. I'm going there on my own. I'm a big living person, who can stop me?"
Fang Lingxi was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Then let's do it together."