649 Why are you afraid of the Ming Dynasty?

Style: Historical Author: Call the skyWords: 3049Update Time: 24/02/20 19:09:56
During the Tokugawa Shogunate era, daimyo were enfeoffed according to their relationship with the Tokugawa family. Those who had good relations with the Tokugawa family were sealed close to Edo. Those who have a normal relationship with the Tokugawa family should be kept away from them.

The Satsuma Domain is actually at the southernmost tip of Japan, and can be said to be the farthest away from Edo. This shows how the relationship between the Satsuma Domain and the Tokugawa family is going.

As a result, the Satsuma clan's daimyo Shimazu Mitsuhisa was one of the most troubled daimyo. Throughout the year, the few possessions that were in his territory, and the wealth that he had managed to obtain with great difficulty, were all wasted on the way to or from Edo, making him so poor that he was so poor.

This is also the case, which is why the Satsuma Domain's exploitation of the Ryukyu Kingdom was very serious.

Previously, Shimazu Mitsuhisa was still thinking about mining gold mines to supplement his financial resources, but was stopped by Edo. One can imagine the depression in my heart.

When the New Year was about to come, Shimazu Mitsuhisa returned to the Satsuma Domain with a gloomy face and unhappiness that was palpable.

The family elder he relied on most, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who helped him handle affairs in the territory when he was not in the territory, saw his expression when he led his men to greet him, and basically understood in his heart that Shimazu Mitsuhisa was angry again.

In previous years, it was actually the same, with other daimyo laughing at the Satsuma clan for being poor. And because his relationship with the shogun was far less good than that of other daimyo, Shimazu Mitsuhisa became the object of ridicule by others.

Thinking of this, after receiving the gift, Shimazu Hisamichi approached him and said to Shimazu Mitsuhisa: "Sir, in the middle of this year, we seized two ships of Ming Dynasty goods, and they..."

Before he finished speaking, Shimazu Mitsuhisa suddenly opened his eyes, staring at him with surprise, and immediately confirmed: "What? Two ships of Ming Dynasty goods? Come on, they are all What kind of goods is it?”

When Shimazu Hisami heard this, he wanted to answer, but Shimazu Mitsuhisa waved his hand again and said: "Let's go, take me to see where the goods are right away!"

Those anxious words and deeds were like burning my buttocks, and I couldn't wait any longer.

Under his urging, Shimazu Hisumi naturally did not dare to neglect and quickly led him to the warehouse.

Shimazu Hisamichi unlocked the door, and as soon as he opened the warehouse door, Shimazu Mitsuhisa jumped in with a single stride.

I saw that the warehouse was filled with boxes of goods, divided into categories and placed neatly.

He immediately opened the nearest box in front of him and saw that it was full of porcelain.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, he stretched out his hand, carefully picked up a piece of porcelain and started to admire it.

As a famous person, I have seen a lot of good things. At this glance, he immediately saw that this porcelain was definitely not made in China, but exquisite porcelain from the Ming Dynasty!

This is good stuff!

Nowadays, in Japan, people are proud of Ming Dynasty porcelain. Even when the shogun entertained guests, he used Ming porcelain!

It can be said that as long as it is Ming Dynasty porcelain, it is all valuable.

A rough estimate shows that just the box of porcelain in front of me is worth a lot of money.

Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face. After carefully putting down the porcelain in his hand, he immediately looked at another box.

He discovered that these boxes of the same specifications were all filled with exquisite porcelain. Suddenly, the smile on his face could not be concealed.

So, he immediately walked to another relatively smaller alley, opened it, and was shocked to see that there were still Western goods!

He carefully took out one thing, which was a transparent wine glass. This was a rarity in the Ming Dynasty, let alone the Japanese!

It is said that the Dutch used this kind of transparent utensils to give gifts to the shogun. In the end, the shogun only allowed the Dutch to do business in Japan!

This box is full of transparent utensils. In addition to wine glasses, there are many things. There are so many tricks, I'm afraid even the shogunate doesn't have so many, right?

At this moment, Shimazu Mitsuhisa grinned and couldn't close his eyes with laughter. In his eyes, these things are not only symbols of wealth, but also symbols of status.

At this time, he had already thought of this scene in his mind: when other famous people came to laugh at him again, they would inadvertently use this transparent cup to entertain him, and then pretend to accidentally break one, and then show that they didn't care. , shocked them to death!

Standing next to his master, Shimazu Hisamichi saw his master suddenly standing there holding a transparent wine glass, with a smile on his face, and he looked like he was giggling.

He knew that his master must be extremely happy.

Now it's better, the master is happy, and this year will be better.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa suddenly shook his head, rejecting the idea in his mind. Although there were so many good things at once, if one of them broke, it would probably be great at the time, but he would be so distressed that he couldn't sleep at night!

After half a day, he put down the transparent wine glass in his hand and looked at the goods in other boxes, and found that there were silk and other Ming Dynasty goods.

Looking at the boxes piled up in the warehouse, Shimazu Mitsuhisa stretched out his hands and made an embracing gesture, as if he wanted to hold all the goods in the warehouse in his arms!

Two whole shipments of Ming Dynasty’s best-selling goods!

Transparent utensils, silks, porcelain, etc. from the Ming Dynasty were all popular goods in Japan. Especially after the Tokugawa shogunate ordered the seclusion of the country, these products were actually more popular and more valuable in Japan.

In his excitement, he suddenly forgot about the fatigue of the journey and appeared to be in high spirits.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa turned around, looked at his right-hand man, stretched out his hand to pat his shoulder, and said with a smile: "吆西, haha! Well done!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and asked quickly: "They are all here, is there anything hidden?"

Every item, although not priceless, is worth a lot of money. If you hide it a little, it’s all money!

"No, there is absolutely no secret, it's all here!" Upon hearing this, Shimazu immediately denied it and assured immediately.

As Shimazu Mitsuhisa's confidant, he naturally knew that his master was definitely a ruthless person.

His brother-in-law, Hisakaki Shimazu, the head of the Shimazu family in the new city, and Hisakei Shimazu, the elder of the family, were killed by his master without hesitation due to conflicts of interest, and no one could mention this matter.

Shimazu Mitsuhisa stopped smiling. After staring at Shimazu Mitsuichi for a while, he glanced at the other submissive subordinates, and suddenly laughed and said: "Xinxi, I definitely believe you, you did a good job!"

After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment, turned around, went to the glass box, opened the lid and took out a glass wine glass. After hesitating for a moment, he looked up at the boxes full of boxes in the warehouse, and then put the glass wine glass away again. He walked back, then pointed at the box of glassware and said to Shimazu Hisumi: "You have worked hard during the Chinese New Year, so I will give you this box, and have a good New Year!"

Upon hearing this, Shimazu Hisumi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his master would be very generous this time!

Then, Shimazu Mitsuhisa pointed at two boxes of silk and asked him to distribute these to other subordinates.

If his men didn't know that there were so many goods from the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely be very happy to be rewarded with the goods from the Ming Dynasty during the Chinese New Year.

However, everyone now knows that there were two entire ships of Ming country goods, but their master only rewarded them a drop in the bucket. Although he looks happy on the surface, it is self-evident how he actually feels.

It's just that their master is cruel and doesn't dare to show his true thoughts.

Seeing that Shimazu Mitsuhisa was so happy and unwilling to leave after staying in this warehouse for a long time, Shimazu Mitsuhisa hesitated for a long time, and finally reminded Shimazu Mitsuhisa: "Sir, these goods were all wanted by Akito when he came to Ryukyu. Those who were doing business were detained by our people and driven away.”

When Shimazu Mitsuji heard this, he didn't have any other thoughts at all. He casually hummed as an answer and didn't care. In his eyes, there was still a warehouse full of goods from the Ming Dynasty.

Shimazu Jiudong saw it, and then said with a little worry: "Later, people around Shangxian reported that Shangxian had complained to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Complain?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa was a little surprised after hearing this. He finally moved his eyes away from those Ming Kingdom's best-selling products and turned to look at Shimazu Hisashi's passage: "What is that coward complaining to Ming Kingdom?"

"It seems that he wrote a letter in blood and wanted Mingguo to help him make the decision!" Shimazu Kudou heard this and quickly replied respectfully.

Shimazu Mitsu couldn't help but sneer after hearing this, with a sarcastic look on his face: "Writing a book in blood? What about singing? I think he is impatient with life. If he makes me angry, I will kill him!"

In the original history, Shangxian was young and died suddenly in the past two years.

After Shimazu Mitsuhisa finished speaking, he sneered again: "Does he think writing a blood letter will be useful?"

"Sir..." Shimazu Hisamichi hesitated for a while, and then said to his master, "He gave the blood letter to the Ming Dynasty businessman. It is said that this man's uncle was the Ming Dynasty's number one scholar and an official in the court." Maybe, his blood letter will really be sent to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

At this point, he said with a little regret: "If I had known that this Ming businessman had such a background, I probably shouldn't have detained his goods in the first place..."

Upon hearing this, Shimazu Mitsuhisa felt a pain in his heart and interrupted without hesitation: "What are you afraid of? When did our Japanese country become afraid of Ming country?"

Having said this, he paused and said: "Besides, you did nothing wrong. This is the general's order. What is there to be afraid of?"

Later, Shimazu Mitsuhisa sneered again and said: "I heard that the Ming Dynasty itself is in chaos. Can the emperor of the Ming Dynasty take care of it?"

Under the seclusion of the country, the news of the Japanese country was blocked, so it was naturally impossible to know what kind of Ming Dynasty it was now!

Having said this, he instructed Shimazu Hisashi: "Immediately send someone to Ryukyu to capture that Shangxian and let him know the cost of being careful!"