"I remember that the Shimazu family was recruited by the shogunate and needed to send troops to suppress the Amakusa peasant uprising that took place on Kyushu Island. Their Shimazu family has been in contact with us for a long time, so it should be simple to deal with ordinary peasant troops, right?" Chu Yun said.

On Kyushu Island, the Satsuma family represented by the Shimazu family is the most powerful among Daming. With its trade with the Restoration Liao Army and the current Kyushu Army, the Satsuma family's economic capabilities are also the strongest besides the shogunate. With the power of the Shimazu family, coupled with the shogunate and other powerful vassals on Kyushu Island, there should be no reason to defeat.

"Yes, the shogun summoned the Daming of Kyushu Islands, including the Satsuma family, Higashigo family, Hinata family, and Chikamae family. A total of 30,000 coalition forces were surrounded by Amakura with the old shogun Sakai Tadashi as the chief general. During the siege, the peasant army of the lieutenant general was severely damaged, and the uprising of Amakura in the Japanese Kingdom failed." Ella said.

"This matter is similar to our previous military estimate, so we did not send anyone to intervene. This Tiancao Uprising was just a small internal friction in Japan, without harming the overall situation." Chu Yun said.

"If things come to an abrupt end here, then everything is exactly the same as we expected. However, after severely attacking the Amakura peasant army, the Satsuma clan seized the Himego clan and the Hinata clan Daimei and asked them to leave the shogunate. The shogunate old man Sakai Tadaoka escaped from Kyushu Island in a panic after the incident." Ella spoke out the amazing news collected by the intelligence department.

Chu Yun was quite surprised when he heard this: "The Satsuma clan's move is of great significance. Could it be that he wants to escape from the control of the shogunate? Detaining Daming from Kyushu Island and forcing them to break with him with the shogunate. The Satsuma clan is really bold."

"And not only the Satsuma clan on Kyushu Island, the Choshu clan on Honshu Island, and the Tosa clan on Shikoku Island, these are relatively close to the Satsuma clan and who usually trade with us, the attitude towards the shogunate is somewhat unpredictable. According to the judgment of our intelligence team stationed in Japan, these major clans should have reached any agreement, otherwise they would not support each other at the same time." Ella said.

"I roughly understand what they are thinking!" Chu Yun suddenly came to his senses.

Originally, he thought that the scale of a peasant uprising occurred on Jiuzhou Island, Japan, was not very large, or that it was a small peasant uprising. After all, his focus is on the Ming Pass, which is many times larger than that of the Japanese Pass. But now Chu Yun discovered that this incident is really related to his strategic focus in the pass!

Chu Yun led the main army from Liaodong and southern Liaoning to the pass, staying in Liaodong, and the army from Liaoning was only able to defend the local area and did not have much force to mobilize. The number of troops entering the pass was not conquered. There were also Shandong, Heluo, Jiangbei, Shaanxi, and Hanzhong. There was no reason for Chu Yun to ignore the fertile continent and shift the focus to an island country.

"Takihiro Shimazu was a veteran in the early stage of the shogunate. His patience and ambition were not comparable to ordinary people. Unexpectedly, he was fooled by him inadvertently." Chu Yun finally met a tiger on the mountain. He was digging holes for others so many times, but this time he suffered a small loss.

If Chu Yun was not busy with the trap, he would definitely interfere in the affairs of the Japanese Kingdom. Everyone knows that Chu Yun did not want a powerful Japanese Kingdom to appear. Now the Japanese Kingdom, which is dominated by the Daqin name in various places, is more in line with the needs of the Jiuzhou Army to export goods to the Japanese Kingdom than a new Japanese Kingdom led by the Satsuma Domain.

"In the past two years, the Satsuma family has made small moves in private. They dig gold mines, iron mines, set up small workshops and small factories. On the one hand, they went to Ryukyu and Liaonan to hire our craftsmen at high prices, and on the other hand, they kept sending people to study abroad, trying to spy on our technology." Ella said.

"Samo's... I have to say that the people in Japan have strong learning ability. Once they know what can make them stronger, they will try their best to learn and then surpass their learning targets." Chu Yun said.

Surviving in an island country surrounded by oceans on all sides, they lack resources and land and have a strong sense of crisis, so they have formed a special national character, which is undeniable.

"Then do we need to do something in advance? It may not be in our interest to make the Satsuma clan bigger." Ella said.

"No, our focus is on the gate. Only after the gate is pacified can we get out and intervene in the affairs of the Japanese Kingdom. The shogunate should not be defeated so easily. The Tokugawa family and its retainers are descendants of generals who have experienced the baptism of the Warring States Period. Some old men are not dead yet, so they should be able to stand it. Now it depends on who we or the Shimazu family is moving faster." Chu Yun said.

"Does our trade with the Shimazu family still go on as usual?" Ella asked.

"Of course we have to go as usual. They fight their wars and make our money. No matter what, we will not suffer any loss." Chu Yun said.

"Since that's the case, I'll go back. Tomorrow, let our spies in Japan continue to pay attention to the situation of the Shimazu family, the shogunate, and various daimyos." Ella said.

"It's already three o'clock, you'd better go back tomorrow morning." Chu Yun said.

"good……"

When Chu Yun and the others talked about the situation on Kyushu Island, Shimazu and his son from the Satsuma family of Kyushu Island were full of energy.

The four major vassals of the Satsuma clan, the Hiroshima clan, the Choshu clan and the Tosa clan were led by the more than ten vassals of the southwest. Taking advantage of the time when the Liao army was in the pass, they officially declared war on the Tokugawa shogunate! Their reason for declaring war was that the Tokugawa shogunate lost power and humiliated the country, and lost the sea control rights of Yokohama Village and a small half of the Edo Bay!

"Da Ming, we are here today to discuss how to overthrow the shogunate and jointly establish a powerful country." Shimazu Konoha presided over the secret meeting on behalf of his father Shimazu Tadahoku. The Satsuma clan became bigger and stronger in the trade with the Ming Dynasty and became the actual commander of all Da Ming present.

This time it was also a secret meeting of power change! Tadhoku Shimazu was the first lord of the Satsuma clan and presided over the affairs of the Satsuma clan. This time he wanted to hand over the power to the growing Shimazu Kokusa.

"Is the little baby in charge? I don't know that your Shimazu family's speculation is correct. Otherwise, if we reappeared the defeat of Seihara, we would not want to reduce the territory, but to commit suicide," said Mori Hideto, the lord of the Shigeshu family.
Chapter completed!