A word wakes up the dreamer. Pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Xia Nan slapped his thigh, stood up, and said in annoyance: "Why didn't I think of it?" ”

Because the Qiongzhou battalion defeated and killed Zheng Zhilong at the door of their home, which deeply shocked the Fujianese, and the supervisor of the Tainan tax customs was Zheng Zhifeng, who was familiar with the Fujian area, few Fujian maritime merchants dared to evade taxes, and those who avoided paying taxes were all raw silk or tea merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Almost all of the exports of raw silk are concentrated in the Japanese market, and only Nagasaki can trade freely after Japan locks off the country, so according to Liu Quan, waiting for the rabbit in Nagasaki Port, and checking when he sees a merchant ship, none of the Jiangnan maritime merchants who evade taxes can escape. Unless they switch to the business of tea or finished silk products, they will not go to Japan, but go to the South Seas, but in this way, when they pass through the Qiongzhou Strait, they will inevitably be intercepted by the patrol fleet of Bofu Customs.

The more Nanyue thought about it in the summer, the happier he became, and waved his hand vigorously: "That's it." ”

However, the only thing he was worried about was whether Nagasaki would cooperate, and asked Liu Quan: "Let's go to the Japanese territory to check the taxes, is it a noisy situation, will the Japanese obstruct it?" ”

Liu Quan was already shrewd, and after staying in Japan for a few months, he had become a half-Japanese expert, and replied firmly: "At least the Hizen Domain will not!" We collect taxes from maritime merchants, and it has no effect on the Japanese. The most important thing is that the Japanese worship the strong, and the shogun defeated Zheng Zhilong in one fell swoop, and now it has a very high status in the hearts of the Japanese, and there are legends about the shogun everywhere in Nagasaki, and you have been deified by the locals......"

Xia Nan smiled and said, "Really? The Japanese didn't call me a monster with a height of three feet, six arms, and a mouth full of fangs, did they? ”

"That's not that exaggerated." Liu Quanzheng said, "It's just that there is one thing that the general has to guard against: the Hizen Domain does not interfere, which does not mean that the shogunate does not interfere." Although Nagasaki is in the territory of the Hizen Domain, it is nominally a direct territory of the shogunate and the only legal foreign trade port in Japan. ”

Xia Nan frowned and said, "This is also true." It is taboo to collect taxes from the home country on the territory of other countries, and to put them in any country. ”

Liu Quan whispered: "After saying the good news, there is still bad news to report to the general." When his subordinates were in Nagasaki, they inadvertently revealed after listening to the people of the Nabeshima family that Zheng Zhilong had a son who survived the battle of Nakazuosho and was rescued by a Japanese man and hid in the Hirado ......"

Xia Nan was startled, her eyes narrowed, and she asked, "What's your name?" ”

"It seems to be called Fumatsu ......"

"Fusong...... Zheng Fusong? Xia Nan tried hard to recall, it seems that before Zheng Chenggong became an adult, he had several names, before he became the national surname, he was called Zheng Sen, the word Damu, and after he was named the king of Yanping County, he was also called Zheng Yanping. However, according to the time backwards, when Zheng Chenggong attacked Taiwan, it was the eighteenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, and he was nearly forty years old at that time, so he should still be a child of about ten years old, Fusong, should be his nickname.

Xia Nan got up and paced back and forth, thinking in his heart: I'd rather kill the mistake than let it go, no matter whether this Fusong is the future Zheng Chenggong or not, since it is the only bloodline of the Zheng family, it must be eradicated. Although the climate of the Qiongzhou camp has been established, Zheng Chenggong can't make any waves even if he is an adult, let alone just a teenager, but leaving him is always a hidden danger. It is better to strangle the future King of Yanping in the cradle than to spend a lot of energy to deal with him in the future, and the Qing court cannot repeat the mistakes of the past.

On the second day, Xia Nan convened relevant personnel to discuss matters in Japan. He first reported a few things that Liu Quan said, and then asked: "It is imperative to check taxes in Nagasaki, but the reaction of the Japanese shogunate must also be considered; This little kid who ran away from the Zheng family is now hiding in Hirado, what do you say should I do? ”

Sima De stretched out his hand and made a motion to wipe his neck, and said without hesitation: "It must be eradicated!" ”

The rest of the people also said: "Cutting the grass will eradicate the roots!" Kill! ”

Huang Mengjia was eager to try: "Battalion Commander Huang cut off his Lao Tzu's head, so I went to cut off the little cub's head." Shogun, let me go to Hirado! ”

Xia Nan stretched out his hand and pressed falsely: "You take the initiative to ask for help, your spirit is commendable, I will consider it." Since everyone agrees on this matter, let's discuss the matter of tax inspection. ”

Murong Longcheng said: "With the subordinates' understanding of the shogunate, if we openly inspect taxes in Nagasaki, the shogunate will most likely think that we have broken the original order, and may prohibit us from doing so, and maybe even expel us......"

Xia Nan frowned and said: "The shogunate has always been conservative, and it is not impossible to do this with the urine nature of the Tokugawa family's desire to shrink into the turtle shell......"

Everyone wondered what they could do to ensure that they would receive taxes without offending the shogunate.

Only William exclaimed: "I have heard Van Bommel say that the Japanese ships are all dilapidated sampans, and in the event of a naval battle, they are vulnerable, and the shore defense guns on land are only at the level of the 12-pounder guns of the last century in Europe." Such a fragile coastal defense, directly is, why be afraid of them? ”

Xia Nan's heart moved, since tax inspection and currying favor with the shogunate are opposite choices, then simply play big and directly use force to make the shogunate submit. The Japanese often say that Zheng Zhilong has the strength to go to Luo, so can't the Qiongzhou battalion that defeated Zheng Zhilong go to Luo? In the 19th century, American General Perry single-handedly created the Black Ship Incident (Note 1), and in the 17th century, the Qiongzhou Battalion could do the same.

After making up his mind, he made a decision: "William is right, we can defeat Zheng Zhilong, we can make the Dutch and Spaniards submit, can't we help the Japanese?" Send a fleet and go to Edo to bring the shogunate's generals to their knees like terrorizing the governors of Manila and Batavia! ”

Sun Yuanhua was old and worried: "General, if you start a dispute between the two countries, will you be reprimanded by the imperial court?" ”

Xia Nan smiled disdainfully: "A military general with a heavy army, as long as he doesn't rebel, it's too late for the court to win him over, how can he be reprimanded?" Besides, since the Tang Dynasty, Japan has always regarded itself as a subject country, and now this little brother is disobedient, and he is just teaching a lesson, how can it be called a dispute between the two countries? ”

Thus, an armed demonstration triggered by the collection of taxes was settled. In order to ensure that the merchant taxes of the Jiangnan maritime merchants were received in full, the Qiongzhou Battalion fleet set off for Japan again after returning from the South Seas, preparing to set new rules for the Japanese by force.

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Note 1: In 1853, U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to open its doors with gunboats and signed the Japan-US Treaty of Amity, which was also the first unequal treaty signed between Japan and a Western power. Because the ironclad warship was black at the time, this incident was called the Black Ship Incident.