At the same time, Zhang Youyu sent someone to bring a letter to Shang Zhouzuo, and the content of the letter was that the Ming Navy was attacked by Japanese invaders.
Shang Zhouzuo, who was stationed in Edo, understood what Zhang Youyu meant and immediately came to the shogunate and asked to see Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Tokugawa Iemitsu now has a headache when he knows that Shang Zhouzuo wants to see him.
Because even though he was the great general of the Japanese state, he could only nod and bow like a dog in front of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, not daring to offend him in the slightest, or even to be disrespectful.
There is no way, Ming Dynasty is too strong now. More than ten battleships in Nagasaki can sail to Edo at any time and destroy his shogunate.
Because of this, Tokugawa Iemitsu no longer wanted to see Shang Zhouzuo, so he had to smile and meet Shang Zhouzuo.
"I wonder what I can learn from the angel's visit?"
Tokugawa Iemitsu asked, smiling humbly and looking at Shang Zhouzuo's face carefully.
Shang Zhouzuo's face was not good, his hands were behind his back, and he looked like he would not let strangers in.
Tokugawa Iemitsu felt quite uneasy because of this, and thought to himself: "Don't think that the ignorant young samurai below are demonstrating under the banner of expelling the Ming people. These samurai at the bottom are too ignorant, and they like to ask for expulsion of the foreigners when they have nothing to do. The key is to fight Is it okay? If we can drive them away, our shogunate still needs you to demonstrate?"
Zhou Zuo of Shang Dynasty still bowed his hands and said: "Since ancient times, when the two countries fought, they have to be polite first and then attack. How come the general doesn't even understand this rule, but actually attacked our navy and killed several people in our navy?"
"How dare such a thing happen? This, this, this, my shogunate dares to do this!"
Tokugawa Iemitsu was about to cry, thinking that even if he borrowed ten of his courage, he would not dare to offend the Ming Dynasty at this time.
Shang Zhouzuo directly handed the document sent by Zhang Youyu to Tokugawa Iemitsu: "This is a letter from Zhang Dutang, the governor of Nagasaki in the Ming Dynasty. Read it for yourself. Shang is naturally willing to believe that the general is a smart man. You won't do such a stupid thing, but you can't guarantee that the people under you did such a stupid thing. But no matter what, please give us an explanation. In this way, we can also give one to the imperial court and to me, the Great Tomorrow. Explain."
As Shang Zhouzuo said this, he picked up the tea and drank it.
Tokugawa Iemitsu hurriedly opened the letter handed to him by Shang Zhouzuo. After reading the content, he glanced at Shang Zhouzuo again, with endless anger flashing in his eyes.
Tokugawa Iemitsu is not an idiot. How could he not guess that the things mentioned here are probably the show made by the people of the Ming Dynasty themselves.
But can he expose it?
He can't expose it.
Tokugawa Iemitsu had to pretend to be horrified and said: "Really, this is really too much. In my opinion, this is probably the work of the rebel army and was deliberately framed by our shogunate!"
"As for whether it is true, please ask the general to investigate. In addition, our people will also investigate carefully."
Shang Zhouzuo said.
"this!"
In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu was not sure whether it was caused by some samurai under his subordinates who were extremely hostile to the Ming people. Therefore, he had to say again: "Please ask the angel Mingjian, how dare our shogunate do such a thing? Our shogunate I will only denounce such a thing! As for the investigation, let’s forget about it and avoid unnecessary complications. After all, if unexpected results occur, it will not be good for the relationship between the two countries, right?”
Saying that, Tokugawa Iemitsu smiled flatteringly.
Shang Zhouzuo nodded and said: "What can we do if we don't investigate? We must get to the bottom of it. In addition, if your shogunate really wants to be innocent, you can first ask your emperor to issue a notice to denounce such people who do not treat friendly countries well and offend the dynasty. behavior, and apologize to the Ming Navy for this matter, make corresponding compensation, and show your attitude first. In this way, even if the people under the shogunate say so, I, the Ming Emperor, will not embarrass your shogunate. "
"you!"
Tokugawa Iemitsu shouted on the spot, and his breathing became rapid with anger.
He had to admit that Akito was too much of a bully.
The thief shouted to catch the thief, but he deliberately framed his own shogunate, and even forced his own shogunate to express its stance on the matter to the whole country.
In this case, the reputation of his shogunate will undoubtedly become worse in the Japanese country, and his shogunate will further become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty and betray the entire Japanese country.
"Um?"
Shang Zhouzuo asked lightly.
After drinking, Tokugawa Iemitsu regained his senses. He couldn't help but bowed and apologized quickly: "Sorry! Just now, just now, I lost my temper. Please calm down! Regarding this matter, our shogunate is willing to let the angels do whatever they want. , and thanked the angels for taking care of my shogunate, and showed great restraint, and did not directly blame the shogunate for this."
Tokugawa Iemitsu added: "The shogunate expressed its apology by offering fifty taels of gold."
"You're welcome, General! I take my leave."
Shang Zhouzuo said and left here.
As soon as Zhou Zuo of Shang Dynasty left, Tokugawa Iemitsu threw a Chinese porcelain on the ground and shouted: "It's too much to bully someone!"
Immediately afterwards, Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't feel relieved, so he directly raised another Chinese-made glass ornament and threw it to the ground.
But Tokugawa Iemitsu still didn't feel relieved. He picked up a Chinese clock again and was about to throw it down. But at this time, he suddenly discovered that almost all the objects in his luxuriously decorated study were made from China. .
Tokugawa Iemitsu felt even more depressed about this.
He had to admit that he had to accept Daming's control if he wanted to live comfortably.
Next, the shogunate asked Emperor Mingsho, who was under their control, to issue a notice condemning the overthrow of the alliance for its offense to the Celestial Empire, and expressed apology to Ming Dynasty for this matter.
But Emperor Gomizuo Taijo, the father of Emperor Meisho, thought it was a very humiliating thing when he learned about it. He couldn't help but said: "What a shame! What a shame! Not only was his shogunate controlled by Mingyi, but also my emperor was also controlled by Mingyi." Because of the weakness of the Tokugawa shogunate, I, Yamato, completely became a slave of the Ming Dynasty!"
Like Emperor Gomizuo Taijo, when Emperor Meisho issued this notice throughout the entire Japanese kingdom at the behest of the shogunate, all the Japanese daimyos were shocked.
The Overthrow Alliance was naturally even more angry at the Tokugawa Shogunate's weak behavior. In addition, they were also very angry at the Tokugawa Shogunate's slander, because they never chose to offend the Ming Empire from beginning to end.
"Excessive! The shogunate relied on the fact that the current emperor was his niece Tokugawa Iemitsu, so he knelt down to the people of the Ming Dynasty and poured dirty water on us. This was obviously to collude with the people of the Ming Dynasty to deal with our collapsed alliance. I propose , we need to launch a more violent offensive against the shogunate forces in order to overthrow the shogunate faster and restore our Yamato glory!"
Shimazu Mitsuhisa said this indignantly after learning about this announcement.
Other big names in the Overthrow Alliance also agreed.
So, next, the defeated shogunate army took a greater offensive against the shogunate army, but the shogunate army was defeated again and lost many cities in a row.
However, at this time, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty's edict arrived in Nagasaki, and stated that he could not ignore the offense against the Ming Dynasty by the Japanese alliance.
Tokugawa Iemitsu also found Shang Zhouzuo at this time and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops.
Because he knew that Ming Dynasty could not ignore his shogunate.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was the reason why the shogunate reached this stage.
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