A large mansion with a high gate, the word "Zheng Mansion" on the door, and the door is closed. However, on the street at the door, there was a long queue of Japanese people. Just by looking at this outfit, you can tell that the shogun is coming.
When the Japanese people on both sides of the street heard about it, they came out to watch the excitement, looking around and trying to figure out why the General came here.
"Look, it seems like we are going to Zheng's Mansion, that Mingren's mansion!"
"Yes, we are going to the Zheng Mansion. No wonder. On this street, the only place where the General is likely to come is the Zheng Mansion. But let me tell you, the General can just give the order directly. If the owner of the Zheng Mansion still wants to do business in our great Japanese country, he will definitely go to the General Mansion in a hurry, and he will never dare to neglect it!"
"Look, the General is coming on horseback!"
"..."
Sure enough, Tokugawa Iemitsu rode over. Since his plan was to honor Corporal Xian, he had to let everyone know.
As a result, the Japanese people watching the excitement on both sides of the street knelt down to greet their general.
It wasn't until Tokugawa Iemitsu passed by that they stood up and continued to watch the gossip.
"Did you see that the General is going to the Zheng Mansion?"
"Hey, that's strange. There's such a big movement, why is the door of Zheng Mansion still closed? They are so brave!"
"Yes, it's so strange! Are you so brave that you don't even come out to greet the general when he comes?"
"There's another strange thing, have you noticed? In this situation, no one even called the door?"
"The general must have given orders in advance, otherwise, who would dare to let the general turn away! But then again, the Zheng Mansion is so brave, he dares not to welcome him?"
"Could it be that the General has something to ask for from the Zheng Mansion? Otherwise, he wouldn't be so groveling... no, no, no... so courteous to a corporal?"
"Yes, you see, the general has arrived at the door of Zheng's Mansion, but the door of Zheng's Mansion is still not open. The general seems to be talking to someone, and he is not angry!"
"Someone called the door. Did you see him? He was very polite. He must have asked to come to the Zheng Mansion for something. Otherwise, the general wouldn't be so courteous to the corporal, right?"
"Could it be related to the recent Korean War?"
"What happened to the Korean War? Didn't our Japanese country occupy North Korea? The Zheng family is engaged in maritime business. What does this have to do with the Zheng family?"
"Don't you know? I heard that the Chinese navy has cut off the Korean Strait, and the general suspects that the Zheng family's fleet is inside!"
"Don't we, the Japanese nation, have no way to defeat the Ming navy that came to our doorstep? Are we still going to ask for a pirate?"
"What do you think? Otherwise, the general would be so polite to the Zheng family. Look, the Zheng family can be so rude. They are obviously confident! Hey, it doesn't seem right..."
"..."
At this time, onlookers from a distance realized that the person who called the door seemed to have sensed something was wrong. After reporting a few words to Tokugawa Iemitsu, several samurai immediately rushed out from the team, stepped forward and knocked on the door directly, shouting loudly at the same time. He shouted: "Open the door quickly, the general is here! Open the door quickly, the general is here!"
The shouts and the banging on the door could be heard clearly even by those watching from a distance, but the people inside the Zheng Mansion still did not respond.
At this time, as long as you are human, you will know that something is wrong.
After Tokugawa Iemitsu came out of his mother's womb, he had never been so slighted by anyone. Although he said he wanted something from the Zheng family, he had already suppressed his anger. Seeing this situation, his face looked gloomy as if it was about to rain.
When the warrior on the side saw it, he was also anxious and started to kick the door. However, the door was bolted from the inside and could not be opened by kicking. So, these warriors joined forces and started to break down the door. Make a rhythmic sound of "bang, bang, bang".
This situation surprised those who watched from a distance.
"Isn't there no one left in the Zheng Mansion?"
"How could this be? I saw people from the Zheng family coming and going in the past few days, and the owner of the Zheng family also saw it!"
"Yes, besides, if there is no one in the Zheng Mansion, can the General come?"
"I bet there is absolutely no one in the Zheng Mansion. Otherwise, believe it or not, the general will kill everyone in the Zheng family in anger!"
"..."
They were making bets when a warrior suddenly rushed out from the side, pointed at the side door of Zheng's Mansion, said something and then rushed back. After a while, the door opened from the inside. A large number of warriors outside swarmed in and rushed towards Zheng Mansion.
Tokugawa Iemitsu did not enter, but sat on his horse with a gloomy look on his face, looking at the gate of Zheng Mansion.
At this time, the Japanese watching from a distance stopped talking. Seeing what was a good drama of polite corporal suddenly turning into a slapstick farce, the current general must be very angry.
Thinking like this, after seeing that something was wrong, the Japanese who were watching from a distance used ninja escape techniques one after another and disappeared on the street in the blink of an eye.
"Your Majesty General, there is no one in the Zheng Mansion!"
Tokugawa Iemitsu had already expected this result, and he couldn't help but become very angry and shouted sternly: "No one knows when the Zheng family left? What do you do for food?"
No one among the people below dared to answer. A group of people with heads that could compete with Jianlu's money rat tail lowered their heads one after another. At the same time, they could only respond: "Hi!"
Just when Tokugawa Iemitsu was about to shout angrily, another samurai held something high and ran out to report: "Shogun, there is a letter in the lobby, and it was signed by the Shogun himself!"
After saying that, he raised his hands. When Tokugawa Iemitsu saw it, the scowl on his face softened a little. He thought to himself, could Zheng Zhibao have something going on?
After taking it and unfolding it, just for a moment, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face turned red, as red as the butt of a monkey taking a bath in a Japanese hot spring, and he roared: "Baga, Baga..." "
At the same time, his hands began to tear the letter in his hand wildly, once, twice, three times...each time, he tore it very hard. Obviously, he was very angry about the content of this letter!
When the surrounding warriors saw him, they were so frightened that they lowered their heads and didn't even dare to take a breath. At the same time, they were also very curious. They didn't know what was written in the letter that made the general so angry, even to the point of being extremely angry and crazy?
Tokugawa Iemitsu tore it into pieces and threw it towards the Zheng Mansion gate. At the same time, he yelled with a ferocious face: "Baga..."
But who would have expected that a gust of sea breeze blew in his face at this time, blowing back the shredded paper he had just thrown out. Not only did it smear his face, but a few naughty shredded papers even got into his open mouth.
So, it was like a duck that was quacking when someone suddenly strangled its neck, making it unable to quack.
With something stuck in his throat, Tokugawa Iemitsu felt embarrassed again, causing the samurai around him to panic. The entrance to the Zheng Mansion seemed to have become a farce.
After finally taking out the shredded paper and retching for a while, Tokugawa Iemitsu was already mad. Pointing at the Zheng Mansion with his finger, he shouted loudly: "Burn it, burn it all for me, General, burn it..."
His men were all stunned when they heard this. This Zheng Mansion is not a single-family house. What if it burns down and affects other houses? Moreover, this house is fine. Even if you are very angry with the owner, the worst case scenario is that it will be confiscated.
However, they could also see that Tokugawa Iemitsu was in trouble now, and no one dared to persuade him, so they immediately followed the order to avoid incurring the wrath of the general.
Of course, these samurai who worked in the shogunate still had some sense of propriety. While burning the Zheng Mansion, on the other hand, they also hurriedly notified the left and right neighbors of the Zheng Mansion, asking them to wish themselves well, quickly get a fire escape, and at the same time prepare a large amount of water to put out the fire.
Before this started, Tokugawa Iemitsu was already roaring and giving an order: "Immediately, go and arrest all those people who are friendly with the Zheng family to my general. Go quickly!"
At this time, the samurai who followed orders was dumbfounded.
This Zheng family is a businessman who pays attention to harmony and wealth, and is good at dancing. Therefore, he has good friends with many officials in Edo. It can even be said that I am actually on good terms with the General. How to catch it with just such an order?
Therefore, the leading warrior had to boldly ask for instructions: "General, there are many friends with the Zheng family. Who should be arrested?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Tokugawa Iemitsu's roar: "Didn't you hear the general's order? Arrest them all, arrest them all!"
"Hi!" The warrior leader didn't dare to ask anymore. If he asked again, he might be in trouble.
So, he responded, turned immediately, called his men, and left to carry out this very difficult order. At the same time, he was very curious, what exactly was written in the letter? To make the general so angry?
But now the letter has been torn up by the General and blown away by the wind. It is estimated that apart from the person who wrote the letter, only the General knows the contents of the letter. This is really a pity. Will I be able to sleep in the future? Already?
And Tokugawa Iemitsu stared at the horizontal plaque on the door and felt that the two words "Zheng Mansion" were really dazzling. Suddenly, he was like a wounded beast, exuding the ferocity of cannibalism.
The emperor's anger is of no use; but the shogun's anger is not to mention bloodshed for thousands of miles, but there are definitely many people who will suffer. As a result, many people in Edo Castle were in danger for a while, feeling that trouble was coming from the sky just because people were sitting in their houses.
However, a few days later, there was a commotion in Edo, and with the persuasion of Tokugawa Iemitsu's confidants, his anger was not as great as it was at the time. He calmed down and thought about it, and finally issued an order to remove most of the people involved. Everyone was released, but those who were closest to the Zheng family were still in prison.
Different from Tokugawa Iemitsu's extremely depressed mood, far away in the southwest of Ming Dynasty, all the chieftains were very happy.
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