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 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 and full of flowers. There are all kinds of strange pines, strange rocks, cherry trees, hot springs and luxuriously decorated courtyards. Duke Wei's residence is very comfortable.
This location is still protected by layers of samurai. Foolproof security. After all, this was something Yang Fan had entrusted, and Mrs. Yitian took it very seriously.
Japanese people respect the strong. Duke Wei was a big shot in the Celestial Empire, the boss who dominated the imperial court, and he immediately gained the admiration 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 gameplay. Now here comes such a great god. Immediately teach him.
Shigeru Matsumoto became close friends with Duke Wei. We often drink wine, taste tea and enjoy delicious food together.
Wei Zhongxian was born in 1578 AD, and this year is 1628. He is already sixty years old.
After this fall, his gray hair turned completely white. Power and profit are things that can be taken up but cannot be let go.
To say it's not disturbing 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, neither Donglin nor the Qi Party, Zhejiang Party, Chu Party, etc. are willing to take over this bad job.
After all, Duke Wei was so powerful back then that even Sun Chengzong and Yuan Dudu built a shrine for him. Not to mention others.
No one's butt is clean. Pulling out radishes and bringing out the mud, there is a risk of annihilating one's descendants.
There is no way to investigate this matter, as it offends too many people. The eunuchs must be attacked, and it is better to kill them all.
But don't make it your own. It's best to have a good person who is not self-interested and specializes in benefiting others to do this. Then he was the one who took everything on his shoulders.
The elders are all practicing 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 heads shook like rattles.
"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 talking to us now. It seems that the eunuch's identity has been forgotten.
"Although Nagasaki is prosperous, it was just a small village under Hirado 60 years ago. It was mainly built by our brothers from the Tianzhu Sect." Matsumoto Shigeru recounted the history of Nagasaki .
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 area and the land is barren. Forced by life, they all went to sea to find a living.
These Japanese pirates are called four-island Japanese pirates by the Koreans. Specially harming the coast of North Korea.
The reason why Nagasaki was able to build a city on this desolate beach is entirely due to the Portuguese. It can even be said that it is Nagasaki Castle built by the Portuguese.
In 1550, a Portuguese ship landed in Hirado for the first time, and Catholicism was also 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 onwards, trade was restricted to the Port of Nagasaki, and Deshima was built as a restricted residence for the Portuguese.
After the Shimabara Rebellion, countries with strong Western religious overtones, such as Spain and Portugal, were banned from visiting Japan.
Nagasaki could only receive merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, Korea and the Netherlands.
In 1641, the Dutch business office also moved to Dejima, 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.
Duke 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 Duke Wei 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 let others snore on the side of the bed." Wei Zhongxian said.
Matsumoto Shigeichi was excited, what he said was 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, everyone in that era needed to trade with the outside world. In order to improve your own strength faster than others.
Therefore, the famous people all support the letter
religion, five famous people even changed their beliefs and officially joined the religion.
But now, Japan is unified all over the world, and believers are everywhere around Nagasaki and even on the entire Kyushu Island. The people in Edo probably can't stand 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 revealed at a glance.
In Wei Zhongxian's view, the extent of a person's achievements 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 lives.
Matsumoto Shigeru 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 Huayi and Huayi 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.
Duke Wei made it very clear that this was a dispute between famous people and religions. It is a conflict of ideas, consciousness and culture. There is no way to reconcile, only one party forcing the other to change.
Wei Zhongxian continued: "If you want to survive, I will give you three strategies: upper, middle and lower."
Shigeru Matsumoto 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 Japan's affairs. 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 defeated daimyo in 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 army, Edo will not dare to touch you."
Matsumoto Shigeru had been thinking about it for a long time, and this strategy was very practical. After all, Nagasaki is the only trading port, and we have obtained Master Yang's trade agency rights.
But it is not easy to reorganize Toyotomi Hideyoshi's old ministers. The religious group may not have the financial resources and strength.
well! Whenever we have to do something big, we feel the lack of talent. Without talent, no matter how good the strategy is, it will be useless.
"I dare to ask Mr. Wei, what is the next move?"
