The news of Japan's invasion of Ryukyu was finally sent to Shandong after expedited delivery by land.
"What does Zheng Zhilong do for food? As the overlord of the East China Sea, he actually watched the Chinese vassal country being invaded by barbarians. It is really an unpardonable crime."
Zuo Mengeng was furious, but the target he targeted surprised everyone.
He actually blamed Zheng for this incident.
But if you think about it carefully, Zheng is definitely not unjust.
After all, the Zheng family is the largest force on the East Sea, and has a close relationship with Japan, so it must be well aware of Japan's every move.
As a result, they knew that Japan invaded Ryukyu, but they did not take any action.
Even if you report this matter to Daming, you have fulfilled your responsibility.
However, everyone here is a political veteran, and no one is a naive child. They immediately understood the profound meaning of Zuo Menggeng.
The tension between Xia Guo and the Zheng family is already at war, and the war may go off at any time.
In this situation, Xia Guo was definitely not the one to deal with it passively.
It can be said that in order to deal with the Zheng family, the Xia Kingdom has been preparing for many years.
There was originally a lack of excuses, but now there are too many excuses.
The North Sea Fleet had already passed back the news of Hong Xu's capture, which had completely nailed Zheng's crime.
At the same time, Guan Zhao and others had another fight with Zheng in the Bashi Channel. This was the second charge.
Now Zuo Mengeng has planted a third crime against Zheng.
At this point, all the prerequisites for using force against the Zheng family have been met.
But Zuo Mengeng wanted more.
"Japan's crimes must be investigated, and they must pay a sufficient price. Send an order to Shen Tingyang to put pressure on the Satsuma Domain."
In fact, Zuo Mengeng had already known about Japan's invasion of Ryukyu.
After all, the soul he inherited had studied the history of the East Asian ocean in his previous life and was very familiar with this past event.
It's just that the conditions were not mature in the past, so even if you knew about it, you could only ignore it.
But now, he feels the time has come.
But Hou Xun didn't think so, but was very worried.
"We are about to start a war with the Zheng family. If there is another conflict with Japan, will it involve our energy?"
"Don't worry, Prime Minister Hou. The situation in Japan is now in chaos, and there is much to be done. The Zheng family is nothing but a turtle in a urn, and the outcome has long been clear."
The attitude expressed by Ryu Il-won on behalf of the military.
This is not because the military is arrogant and looks down on its enemies, but it is the reality.
Although the Zheng family is the so-called overlord of the Eastern Sea, in fact, the Zheng family's power is somewhat inflated.
Their hegemony was established mainly by occupying the Taiwan Strait and controlling the waterways in the East and Southeast Asia.
In other words, within the offshore area, Zheng can still do a lot of things.
However, with the traditional sailboats in their hands, they are completely unable to survive as long as they set foot in the deep sea.
That is to say, the Dutch mainly focused on Europe, and the East India Company had to compete with the Spanish and Portuguese for India and Southeast Asia, so it had to let the Zheng family make trouble.
Otherwise, if the Dutch East India Company really comes out in force, the Zheng family will definitely suffer a huge defeat.
The Zheng family could not even compare with the Dutch East India Company, so what could they use to fight against the Xia Kingdom?
Not to mention, this time Xia Guo and the Netherlands jointly took action.
If they lose this battle again, they soldiers can simply find a toilet and soak themselves to death.
As for the Japanese side.
Don't look back at the time when Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Ming Dynasty fought back and forth, regardless of victory or defeat.
But at that time, under the unification of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japan's power was relatively unified and its strength was indeed strong.
In addition, Daming was able to stretch his hips enough, so the fight ended in a Wolong and Fengxia situation.
But today's Japan, on the surface, looks like an iron barrel run by the Tokugawa shogunate, but in fact, the internal turmoil is more sinister.
The relationship between the western daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate has become increasingly subtle.
This is an opportunity that Xia Guo can take advantage of.
The most important thing is that the Xia Kingdom is not the Ming Dynasty.
The Xia Kingdom had enough maritime power to intervene in the Japanese mainland, which could offset the repressive power of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
As long as the Tokugawa shogunate is properly attacked, those daimyo who are already hostile to the shogunate will definitely become the shogunate's biggest trouble.
What Ryu Il-won meant was that the Ryukyu incident could be used to launch a military attack on Japan, thereby weakening the prestige of the Tokugawa shogunate.
As long as the war is controlled within a certain scale and scope, the Tokugawa shogunate cannot unite more people and exert its maximum strength.
In this way, Xia Guo was very sure of achieving the desired results.
The orders from the center were quickly transmitted to Japan.
Shen Tingyang once again made an appointment with Shimazu Hisaki.
"Your Satsuma Domain has invaded Ryukyu, and the Central Committee has been informed of this matter. His Highness Prince Natsu is very angry and has decided to severely punish him. Mr. Laonaka, do you have anything to say? Will the Satsuma Domain bear the responsibility for this matter?"
Hearing that Xia Guo had learned about the situation in Ryukyu, Shimazu Hisakei was frightened to the point of despair.
In the last naval battle of Tsushima, the strength of the Natsu Kingdom had cast an indelible shadow on the Satsuma Domain.
If the Natsu Kingdom attacks again, will the Satsuma Domain become history?
Fortunately, Shimazu Hisakei is a veteran politician and he immediately understood his subtext.
He hurriedly knelt down and began to abdicate his responsibility.
"My lord, Lord Kami, it is clear that the Satsuma Domain is a daimyo of Japan and everything they do is to carry out the orders of the shogunate."
Although it was the Satsuma Domain's army that attacked Ryukyu, the order came from the Tokugawa Shogunate.
If the Xia Kingdom wants to be held accountable, they can definitely go to the Tokugawa Shogunate. We, the Satsuma Domain, are innocent.
Shen Tingyang got the desired effect, and casually took out a document and threw it in front of Shimazu Jiakei.
"Do you, the Satsuma clan, dare to testify?"
It is necessary to obtain solid evidence to avoid a lawsuit between the Tokugawa Shogunate and Satsuma Domain in the future.
At the same time, this also means that the Satsuma Domain can submit a petition.
Life or death is all between this choice.
Shimazu Jiakei was holding the document in his hands, and it could be said that he was completely powerless.
This kind of crisis situation where people are fighting for each other and I am fighting for flesh and blood is really sad and difficult for him to solve.
"Your Majesty, the matter is too big for me to make the decision. I still need to return, please make your decision, Lord of the domain."
Shen Tingyang had expected it.
"I hope the Satsuma Domain will make a wise choice, and that the Natsu Kingdom and the Satsuma Domain can also establish a mutually open friendship."
Hit a stick and give me a sweet date.
Shen Tingyang plays extremely well.
This promise made Shimazu Jiakei's scalp tingle. As for the joy in his heart, he could not fully express it in words.
Not daring to delay, he set off overnight and ran back to Satsuma Domain.
"If we get the support of the Xia Kingdom, especially those terrible guns, our Satsuma Domain will not only be able to repeat its past glory, but we will no longer have to be coerced by the shogunate."
In front of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, Shimazu Hisake's face was filled with enthusiasm.
What he said deeply entered Shimazu Mitsuhisa's heart.