Mao Lixiu bowed to Lou Ming and said, "I am willing to serve Daming as the suzerain, and the Shimazu family can also lease Nagasaki to Daming." It's just that the second item that Lord Lou said, our western army is in a difficult time, and I am afraid that it will not be able to come up with more than 600,000 yuan to pay tribute......"

Lou Ming pretended to be displeased and said, "Since this is the case, then you should wait for the news that the imperial court has changed the title of the Tokugawa clan." ”

Mao Lixiu hurriedly bent down and took a few steps forward, hugged his ankles, and almost burst into tears, "Lord Lou, it was Lord Dai who instigated us to start a war against Tokugawa, and you, as his successor, can't you ignore us!" ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa also knelt aside, "I also ask Lord Lou to help the Western Army, we will never forget your kindness!" ”

Lou Ming struggled again, changed his helpless expression and said: "Forget it, I see that you are also pitiful, I will show you a clear way." ”

"Please teach me more!"

"Since you don't have any money, if you want to overpower the Tokugawa clan on the side of the imperial court, you only have one way left."

"Military exploits?" The two widows looked at each other.

"Yes. The Holy Lord will soon use troops against Liaodong, if you send some men and horses to attack the captives together, as long as you are brave in battle, you can take down the heads of some captives, it will be a military merit!

"Now my Ming Dynasty's military status is extremely high, and those with high military merits don't need to salute when they see a senior soldier. Think about it, which one does the imperial court value more, the Tokugawa family's little stinky money or your real military exploits? ”

The two Japanese people looked at each other again, and wondered: "My lord, the Western Army is already in a bad situation, where can we draw out our troops?" ”

Lou Ming smiled slightly, "This is easy to do." The Shimazu family still had 3,500 soldiers and horses near the original castle in Minamijimahara, which could be sent to Liaodong to participate in the war. Ah, you don't have to worry about troop carriers, I can say hello to the North Korean sailors. ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa was shocked, "This—This can't work!" Although Amakusa has been making trouble in the area of Shangzong for the past six months, there are still five or six thousand Catholics in Hara City and other places. Without my 3,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it won't be long before the entire island of Kyushu will be occupied by the rebels......"

Lou Mingna said: "Don't worry, during the period when you sent troops to Liaodong, the Catholic congregation was very quiet. ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa sneered: "Don't joke, my lord, those Catholics are extremely vicious, how can they be so obedient?" ”

Lou Ming glanced at him meaningfully, and said unhurriedly: "What if I tell you that I am the godfather of Amakusa Shiro?" ”

"What?!" Shimazu and Maori were shocked and took a few steps back, this great envoy was still the head of the Catholic rebellion?! It's incredible!

They immediately thought that if tens of thousands of Catholic rebels attacked Musashi, Kai and other places from the east at this time, with the support of the Daming Naval Division, the Tokugawa army would inevitably be unable to take care of the end and prepare for a crisis to be resolved.

No, maybe we can take the opportunity to counterattack and reverse the decline!

"Good! Everything is according to what Lord Lou said! ”

A few days later, the Japanese island of Shikoku.

Awa Province, Tokushima Castle.

Lou Ming was sitting at the top, Toyotomi Nagayoshi was on the side, and behind him were Wakisaka Yasumoto, Wasuka Tadahide and others.

"There is no problem with respecting the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, and worshipping the great god Amaterasu as the true god." Wakisaka Yasumoto was embarrassed, "But this is ...... about sending troops."

Fukushima Masatoshi hurriedly continued: "We are preparing to attack Matsuyama Castle Kato Akinari, and we can't draw extra troops at all. ”

These talents are the core of the Toyotomi clan, but Toyotomi Nagayoshi has never spoken out on the side.

Lou Ming glanced at him, "What does Lord Taige think?" Ah, by the way, I wonder if you found your fan? ”

Yongji trembled when he heard this, how could he not know that he was an impostor, after being accused of Toyotomi at the beginning, in order to covet glory and wealth, he pushed the boat down the river to make this Taige. However, the real Toyotomi Tsuchimaru had a fan left by Toyotomi Hideji as a token, and he had to lie that it fell on Harima.

Lou Ming is reminding him not to forget his identity.

Toyotomi Yongyoshi suddenly said in a loud voice: "I am willing to send two thousand soldiers to Liaodong!" ”

Wakisaka, Fukushima and others were stunned, how could this "lord" who never had an idea be abnormal today?

They were about to speak out against it, when they heard Lou Ming say, "Okay, then it's decided." When I go back, I will ask the North Korean sailors to send a boat to pick up the people. ”

After saying that, he walked away, leaving no chance for the Taige forces to regret it.

At the same time, Lou Ming's deputy was holding his handwritten letter and was discussing with Tsunakatsu Uesugi. The latter quickly agreed to respect the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, take Buddhism as the orthodoxy, and send 2,000 troops to Liaodong to participate in the war.

He had the thinnest foundation in the Uesugi family before, and he suddenly had to seal the white, which attracted the eyes of the people around, and he also needed the support of Da Ming the most, so he immediately accepted Lou Ming's conditions in full.

So far, Zhu Linmi's Japanese strategy has basically been implemented.

With the exception of the Tokugawa shogunate, several other major forces had already enshrined the Ming as their suzerain. At the same time, Maori, Shimazu, Toyotomi, Uesugi, plus the Catholic rebels, under the traction of Lou Ming, agreed to form a flank attack on the Tokugawa army.

The various arquebuses, armor, bows and arrows, and even swords and spears that the Ming Dynasty had previously seized were sold to Japan at a steady stream of high prices for a lot of silver.

Although these arms are not looked down upon by the Ming Dynasty, they are still considered high-class goods in Japan, and if they are not bought, they will be bought by their opponents.

As a result, all the forces in Japan were generous, desperately trying to eat as much as possible, and those who had no money could only mortgage land or taxes.

In addition, Zhu Linmiao also specially "arranged" for them to follow different religions - Maori, the "atheism" of the Shimazu family, the Shinto religion of the Toyotomi family, the Buddhism of the Uesugi family, and the Catholic rebellion.

Until one day the Japanese state is exhausted, the Ming Dynasty can grandly station some troops on its leased land. There is no suspense about the rest of the matter, the United States in later generations has demonstrated to Zhu Linwei for decades, just copy it.

……

The eighth day of the first month of the first year of Hanxing.

Dozens of warships docked at Laizhou Port in Shandong, looking at the flags on board, it was the North Korean sailors.

A group of North Korean sailors laid out the gangplank, stood at the pier, and shouted in Japanese, "Get off the boat." ”

Birshan, Kumori, came out of the cabin with a dark face, and glanced viciously at Zheng Wancheng, who was standing on the dock.

That guy ignored his identity as the commander of the Shimazu Army, and arranged him in a damp and cold bilge, and he was still crammed into a room with three other people! In the end, he took out twenty bribes to get a separate cabin.

Later, he learned that this North Korean actually let the soldiers of the Shimazu family shake it!

Huashan Jiushou got off the boat, and when he saw the Ming officer who came to pick them up from afar, he hurriedly stepped forward, ready to sue Zheng Wancheng for his black state.

Unexpectedly, the North Korean naval army was one step faster than him, rushed over with a smile on his face, stood up and saluted a standard Ming army military salute, and said loudly: "I've seen Li Lianzong!" "I seem to know it very well.

(End of chapter)