Shimazu Mitsuji was stunned on the spot, with his mouth open and unable to say a word!
If the Spaniards want to seize the Ryukyu Kingdom, they should do so. Anyway, the entrepot trade of the Ryukyu Kingdom has shrunk so much that they can no longer make any money. The height of the twelve stones is all false, so it’s okay not to want it.
But this group of Catholics who deserved to be burned to death only robbed half of Ryukyu... They drove away the business supervisor sent by the Ming Dynasty in Ryukyu, but kept the Shimadzu family and let them Continue to hold the King of Ryukyu hostage and rule.
"Damn, isn't the Ming Dynasty a Chinese dynasty? Isn't it very capable of fighting? Why were they driven away?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa couldn't accept this reality for a while, so he asked again.
Ni Ni Kiyoo still sighed: "Because the Ming Dynasty did not have any troops stationed in Ryukyu, and only had one business office and a small number of civil servants. It was impossible to resist and had no choice but to escape."
"Why is there no garrison?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa still refused to give up.
"Because, because someone didn't allow them to garrison troops."
"Who? What bastard didn't allow it?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa was so angry! The Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of Ryukyu, so it should be stationed with troops!
"My lord, that person is not a bastard," Kiyoo Kiyo said, dumbfounded, "because that person is you!"
"Me? I..." Shimazu Mitsuru thought back and realized that this big bastard seemed to be him!
It was because he was worried that the Ming Dynasty would regain all the suzerainty of the Ryukyu Kingdom that he tried every means to prevent the Ming Dynasty from stationing troops in Ryukyu.
And the Ming Dynasty didn't seem to care much about Ryukyu, a small country, so it didn't send troops to Ryukyu. As a result... Ryukyu is now shared by Spain and Satsuma.
How should the Satsuma clan explain to the shogunate?
The Spaniards even drove away the supervisors of the Celestial Empire, why not drive away the people of the Satsuma Domain? The Satsuma Domain only had one or two hundred samurai in Ryukyu. How could they withstand the Spanish fleet's thousands of men?
So there must be something fishy about this matter... The Satsuma clan must have colluded with the Spaniards!
If the Satsuma Domain was completely innocent in this Ryukyu Kingdom incident, not to mention the shogunate, even Shimazu Mitsuhisa himself didn't believe it!
"Kiyo, could it be... is there someone with ulterior motives in the feudal lord who is colluding with Spain?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa's face was pale and his voice was trembling.
"My lord is wise!" Ni Nekiyo complimented, and of course this was from the bottom of his heart - the Shimazu family really doesn't have a secret lord! The lord Mitsuhisa is no exception, he can see the essence of the matter at a glance.
There must be some vassal warriors and country warriors with ulterior motives colluding with the Spaniards!
Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who knew he was Mingjun, sighed: "These people are so hateful... They can't see the general trend of the world at all!"
"My lord...the general trend of the world is changing!" Ni Nekiyo seemed to be a guy with ulterior motives. He lowered his voice and said, "Isn't there any sign of decline in the current shogunate?
First, Toyotomi's loyal followers reappeared in Japan, then they sent troops to Katai Island and were defeated, and then the coastal areas were harassed by the Spanish and Ming Dynasty navies. Now the Ming Dynasty recognized His Majesty the Emperor as the Emperor of Japan... Obviously, the Emperor was Your Majesty is regarded as the lord of Japan! "
Shimazu Mitsuhisa whispered: "The news I just received is that the shogunate is preparing to marry the Ming Emperor. Takako from the Aizu Domain will enter the Ming Emperor's harem in the name of the daughter of Daiyuin (Iemitsu)... ..”
"So what?" Ni Nekiyo sneered, "If the princess of the Aizu family becomes the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, she may be worthy of bragging. But now she is just entering the palace, and I am afraid she is not even considered a side chamber. She is just the plaything of the Ming Emperor.
By doing this, the shogunate is actually humiliating itself, and it further shows that Ming Dynasty does not like the shogunate at all... Moreover, my lord, do you think the shogunate will let the Shimazu family go because of our explanation? Before, they just moved to the Shimazu family because the Ukita Hide family escaped from Hachijo Island, forcing you and the young master to live in seclusion! This time the incident of the Spanish entering the Ryukyu Kingdom is more difficult to explain. Who should the Shimadzu family let live in seclusion? "
Shimazu Mitsuki sighed deeply. The current lord of the Satsuma clan, Shimazu Tsunaki, was still a child and had no successor. Once he retired, who would take the position of lord?
In addition, will Shimazu Tsunaki's seclusion allow the shogunate to let the Shimazu family go?
"What do you mean Spanish?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa suddenly changed the subject.
The corners of Kiyoo's lips curled up, revealing a smile, "Lord, the Spanish Admiral Garcia has said that he is willing to give us 36 6-pound cannons, and is also willing to provide us with 180 gunners...Now There are still tens of thousands of iron cannons left over from the troubled times of the Warring States Period in the domain. If there are thirty-six Spanish cannons and 180 Spanish gunners, do we still need to be afraid of the shogunate? Even if we cannot conquer the world, we can at least unify Kyushu!"
"But..." Shimazu Mitsuhisa thought, "But the Tokugawa family is likely to receive support from the Ming Dynasty!"
"The Ming Dynasty has been defeated!" Mi Neki Kiyo said, "The Ming Dynasty's Dongyang Fleet's Dinghai anchorage was unexpectedly attacked by the Spanish navy, and twelve large ships were lost. Now the Dongyang Sea is dominated by the Spaniards.
Moreover, the lord thinks that the Ming Dynasty emperor will be involved in Japan's domestic war because of a Tokugawa Takako? With a beauty like Takako, the Shimazu family couldn't find a beauty who could be dedicated to the Emperor of China?
Besides, if the Shimazu family only pursued the separatist rule of Kyushu, would the Ming emperor really object? "
yes! The Shimazu family did not really want to lift up the emperor to challenge the Ming Emperor's status as the master of the East Asian world. What the Shimazu family wanted was just a small independent kingdom of Kyushu, and it would not offend the Ming Emperor's authority.
Mi Nekiyo said calmly: "My lord, the number one enemy of the Shimazu family will always be the Tokugawa shogunate! Because of the existence of the Tokugawa shogunate, the tens of thousands of warriors in the Satsuma domain have no place to use themselves, and they can only fight endlessly. Starving...this is the greatest sorrow of a samurai!
Lord, please raise the flag of the emperor’s downfall! "
...
"The Shimazu family has indeed colluded with the Spanish!"
"This big bastard Mitsuhisa Shimazu might have become a Catholic..."
"Shimazu Mitsuhisa must want to use the power of Spain and Catholicism to seize the world and turn Japan into a Catholic country!"
"Shimazu Mitsuhisa is a traitor!"
"Shimazu Mitsuhisa is a national traitor..."
"We can't let Shimazu go!"
Edo Castle, among the seven treasures. Lao Zhong and the important ministers assisting the shogunate are shouting about beating and killing, and the targets they want to kill are the Satsuma Domain and the Shimazu family!
Of course the Tokugawa shogunate would never let go of the Shimadzu family!
Because the Satsuma Domain of the Shimazu family is the strongest among all the foreign daimyo, and the strongest domain farthest from the center of shogunate rule!
The stupid Tokugawa Ietsuna also came to Shippo today. Seeing a group of senior middlemen and ministers clamoring to attack Shimazu's ministers, he was a little nervous.
He is just stupid, not stupid, and he also knows that these uncles want to fight. But he didn't know whether to support or oppose, so he turned his attention to "other people's children" Tokugawa Mitsukuni - that was the smart kid whom Ietsuna and his father Iemitsu drooled over! He must know what to do?
Seeing Gongfang's gaze, Guangguo coughed, and Qibao immediately became quiet.
Although Tokugawa Mitsukuni is not an old man, he has been accompanying the shogun all the time, and he also assists the government with Masaichi Hoshina of the Aizu Domain. He seems to be the elder above the old man.
Tokugawa Mitsukuni turned around and bowed to the general: "My lord, you should now request the imperial court in the name of the shogunate to designate the Satsuma domain as an enemy of the court and deprive Shimazu Tsunaki, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, and Shimazu All of Tsunahisa's official positions!
In addition, the shogunate should send Miss Takako to Nanjing immediately... I personally send Miss Takako to Nanjing! "
He paused and then said: "Until I return, the shogunate will not send troops."
Tokugawa Ietsuna nodded, and then looked at Masayuki Hoshina.
Yasukina Masayuki thought for a while and asked: "If, if the hegemony in the East Asian sea is really seized by Spain, do we still need to provoke a war?"
Tokugawa Mitsukuni smiled and said: "We did not provoke the war, but there is too much evidence that the Shimadzu family colluded with the Spanish state and the Catholic Church... It is the duty of the shogunate to investigate! Finally find out the truth , it’s not Shimadzu’s fault, of course the official positions of those in the Shimadzu family can be restored!”
