The news of Japan's invasion of Ryukyu was finally sent to Shandong after expedited delivery by land.
"What does Zheng Zhilong do for food? As the overlord of the East China Sea, he actually watched the Chinese vassal country being invaded by barbarians. It is really an unpardonable crime."
Zuo Mengeng was furious, but the target he targeted surprised everyone.
He actually blamed Zheng for this incident.
But if you think about it carefully, Zheng is definitely not unjust.
After all, the Zheng family is the largest force on the East Sea, and has a close relationship with Japan, so it must be well aware of Japan's every move.
As a result, they knew that Japan had invaded Ryukyu, but they did not take any action.
Even if you report this matter to Daming, you have fulfilled your responsibility.
However, everyone present was a political veteran and no one was a child. They immediately understood Zuo Menggeng’s profound meaning.
The tension between Xia Guo and the Zheng family is already tense, and the gun may go off at any time.
In this situation, Xia Guo was definitely not the one to deal with it passively.
It can be said that in order to deal with the Zheng family, Xia Guo has been preparing for many years.
There was originally a lack of excuses, but now there are too many.
The North Sea Fleet had already passed back the news of Hong Xu's capture, which had completely nailed Zheng's crime.
At the same time, Guan Zhao and others had another fight with Zheng in the Bashi Channel. This was the second charge.
Now Zuo Mengeng has planted a third crime against Zheng.
At this point, all the prerequisites for using force against the Zheng family have been put in place.
But Zuo Mengeng wanted more.
"Japan's crimes must be investigated, and they must pay a sufficient price. Send an order to Shen Tingyang to put pressure on the Satsuma Domain."
In fact, Zuo Mengeng had already known about Japan's invasion of Ryukyu.
After all, the soul he inherited had studied the history of the East Asian ocean in his previous life and was very familiar with this past event.
It's just that the conditions were not mature in the past, so even if you knew about it, you could only ignore it.
But now, he feels the time has come.
But Hou Xun didn't think so, but was very worried.
"We are about to start a war with the Zheng family. If there is another conflict with Japan, will it involve our energy?"
"Don't worry, Prime Minister Hou. The situation in Japan is now in chaos, and there is much to be done. The Zheng family is nothing but a turtle in a urn, and the outcome has long been clear."
Liu Yiyuan expressed the attitude on behalf of the military.
This is not because the military is arrogant and looks down on its enemies, but it is the truth.
Even though the Zheng family is the so-called overlord on the Eastern Sea, in fact, the Zheng family's power is somewhat inflated.
Their hegemony was established mainly by occupying the Taiwan Strait and controlling the waterways in the East and Southeast Asia.
In other words, Zheng can still do a lot of things within the offshore area.
However, with the traditional sailboats in their hands, they are completely unable to fight as long as they set foot in the deep sea.
That is to say, the Dutch mainly focused on Europe, and the East India Company had to compete with the Spanish and Portuguese for India and Southeast Asia, so it had to let the Zheng family make trouble.
Otherwise, if the Dutch East India Company really comes out in force, the Zheng family will definitely suffer a huge defeat.
The Zheng family could not even compare with the Dutch East India Company, so what could they use to fight against the Xia Kingdom?
Not to mention, this time Xia Guo and Holland jointly took action.
If they lose again, they soldiers might as well find a toilet and soak themselves to death.
As for Japan.
Don't look at the fight between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Ming Dynasty, which was fought back and forth, regardless of the outcome.
But at that time, under the unification of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japan's power was relatively unified and its strength was indeed strong.
In addition, Daming was able to stretch his hips enough, so it became a Wolong and Fengxia situation.
But today's Japan, on the surface, looks like an iron barrel run by the Tokugawa shogunate, but in fact, the internal turmoil is more sinister.
The relationship between the western daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate also became increasingly subtle.
This is an opportunity that Xia Guo can take advantage of.
The most important thing is that the Xia Kingdom is not the Ming Dynasty.
The Xia Kingdom has enough maritime power to intervene in the Japanese mainland, which can offset the repressive power of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
As long as the Tokugawa shogunate is properly attacked, those daimyo who are already hostile to the shogunate will definitely become the shogunate's biggest trouble.
What Ryu Ilwon meant was that it was entirely possible to launch a military attack on Japan under the pretext of the Ryukyu incident, thereby weakening the prestige of the Tokugawa shogunate.
As long as the war is controlled within a certain scale and scope, the Tokugawa shogunate will not be able to unite more people, and will not be able to exert its maximum strength.
In this way, Xia Guo was very sure of achieving the desired results.
The orders from the center were quickly transmitted to Japan.
Shen Tingyang once again made an appointment with Shimazu Hisaki.
"Your Satsuma Domain has invaded Ryukyu, and the Central Committee has been informed of this matter. His Royal Highness King Xia is very angry and has decided to severely punish him. Mr. Laonaka, do you have anything to say? Will the Satsuma Domain bear the responsibility for this matter?"
Hearing that Xia Guo had learned about the situation in Ryukyu, Shimazu Hisaki was so frightened that he lost his mind and was filled with despair.
In the last naval battle of Tsushima, Xia Kingdom's strength had cast an indelible shadow on the Satsuma Domain.
If the Natsu Kingdom comes again, will the Satsuma Domain become history?
Fortunately, Shimazu Hisakei is a veteran politician and he immediately understood his subtext.
He hurriedly fell to his knees and began to abdicate his responsibility.
"Your Majesty, Lord Kami, it is clear that the Satsuma Domain is a daimyo of Japan and everything they do is to carry out the orders of the shogunate."
Although it was the Satsuma Domain's army that attacked Ryukyu, the order came from the Tokugawa Shogunate.
If the Xia Kingdom wants to be held accountable, they can go to the Tokugawa Shogunate. We, the Satsuma Domain, are innocent.
Shen Tingyang got the desired effect, casually took out a document and threw it in front of Shimazu Jiakei.
"Do you, the Satsuma clan, dare to testify?"
Real evidence must be obtained to avoid a lawsuit between the Tokugawa Shogunate and Satsuma Domain in the future.
At the same time, this also meant that the Satsuma Domain could submit a petition.
Life or death is all between this choice.
Shimazu Jiakei was holding the document, feeling completely powerless.
This kind of crisis situation, where everyone is a slave and I am a fish, really makes him sad and difficult to resolve.
"My lord, the matter is too big for me to make the decision. I still need to return, please make a decision, my lord."
Shen Tingyang had expected it.
"I hope the Satsuma Domain will make a wise choice, and that the Natsu Kingdom and the Satsuma Domain can also establish a mutually open friendship."
Beat a stick and give a sweet date.
Shen Tingyang played extremely well.
This promise made Shimazu Jiuqing's scalp numb. As for the excitement in my heart, I can no longer fully express it in words.
Not daring to delay, he set off overnight and ran back to Satsuma Domain.
"If we get the support of the Xia Kingdom, especially those terrible guns, our Satsuma Domain will not only be able to repeat its past glory, but we will no longer have to be coerced by the shogunate."
In front of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, Shimazu Hisake's face was filled with enthusiasm.
What he said penetrated deeply into Shimazu Mitsuhisa's heart.
