Chapter 191 Zhang Fujing has more and more tricks
"Song Suqing, do you have any evidence for saying this?"
After Ryan asked, he stared closely at Song Suqing's reaction.
Not only did this person know what happened to Fang Muxian the year before last, but now he even hinted that Fang Muxian's remaining members were with the Ouchi clan.
"The foreign envoy is just a guess. The place where the Ouchi family is entrenched is the area closest to the Ming Dynasty in Japan." Song Suqing replied calmly, "The foreign envoy is in the Kansai area of Japan near Kyoto. General Ashikaga and Dr. Ukyo Zhao, Lord Hosokawa, have already
I haven’t been able to communicate with the Ming Dynasty for ten years. Since the rebels are causing trouble in the Ming Dynasty, it is easiest to borrow the power of the Ouchi clan, and the Kyushu Island area is also a place where there are many ronin and warriors."
Xie Changjie and Ryan don't know much about Japan, and they don't care much about it.
But now, regardless of whether what Song Suqing said was true or false, they didn't dare to bet.
What if he has some evidence, but he just refuses to say it now?
For Shibosi, it doesn't matter whether Zong Sheqiandao and the others are the main party or Luangang Ruizuo. But if Zongshe Qiandao and the others are the main party, they will be sent to the capital, and Song Suqing and the others will take out the
When the evidence comes out, what is its nature?
Send the remnants of the traitors who conspired to assassinate Jia Jia at the Rijing Gate the year before last to the Fengtian Palace as state guests?
It is impossible to stab him again, but if something happens, who will bear the blame?
Ryan glanced at him with a bad tone: "You are just guessing, and you want to ask our family to secretly help you get rid of the Japanese envoy sent by Dr. Sakyo? You are fighting against each other and want to use our family to make knives.
, so brave!”
"Dr. Zuo Jingzhao, Ouchi Yixing, originally only guarded one place in the Zhou Dynasty, but now he has guarded seven places, and is very prestigious in Kyushu. All of this is inseparable from his retainer, the wise general Tao Xingfang. And Tao Xingfang has
A sworn brother, Tao Yiqing, whose original name is Xufang Muyi. Xuzhe, lineage. Fang Muxian, Xufang Muyi, Lai Gonggong, although the foreign envoy is just a guess, but he can't be called a eloquent person, right?"
Xie Changjie and Ryan could no longer take it lightly and asked quickly: "Is there really such a person?"
Song Suqing looked at Luangang Ruizuo and saw him nodding: "The Tao family is a very important retainer of the Ouchi family. The Ouchi family conquered various places, and the two brothers Tao Xingfang played an important role. They are also famous in Japan.
figure."
Although he didn't quite understand whether what Song Suqing said was true or false, Luangang Ruizuo was certainly helping him.
Ryan looked at Xie Changjie and asked again: "Xie Qiandu, what do you think we should do?"
"If this is really the case, we have to be on guard." Xie Changjie thought for a while and said, "But after all, he came here with the national certificate. Why not ask the Zong Sheqian Dao first if there is Tao Yiqing and who his original name is. If
If what he said is true, I will tell His Majesty how to deal with it."
After saying that, he looked at Song Suqing: "By pointing out this matter, are you hoping that the Ming Dynasty will raise troops against those Da Nei clan to help you get rid of them?"
"How dare foreign envoys do this? It's just that the Ouchi clan is a separatist and disobedient generation, and they also harbor the remnants of the Ming Dynasty rebels. How can these Japanese tribute envoys be appointed by them? How can they be given to them if they are worthy of the new dynasty?" Song Suqing said.
After all, it seems that it is just for this and future tributes.
"Zheng Tiju, just as Xie Qiandu said, in the name of appeasement and negotiation, go ask Tao Yiqing about it."
The banquet has been prepared, so naturally it still has to go ahead.
Zheng Shoujie went there and came back soon: "Zong Sheqiandao refused to come again, but the Tao family of the Da Nei family did have Tao Yiqing, and he was indeed the adopted son of the Tao family. But Zongsheqiandao didn't know what his original name was.
"
"Did his expression change when you asked him about it?"
"I've paid attention to it, and I'm quite surprised and alert."
Song Suqing sat in the banquet and said calmly: "Zong Sheqiandao's original surname was Xu, and he was also a descendant of the Ming Dynasty. If Ogata Muyi was also a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, the two of them served under the Ouchi clan, so they definitely did not have a close friendship. Dear superior officials,
If there is no interrogation, how can he be willing to speak frankly? The superior officials do not believe what the foreign envoys say, but now they have just blown the grass and alarmed the snake."
Hearing these words, Zheng Shoujie nodded repeatedly: "His surname is indeed Xu, and many people in Ningbo know him."
After saying that, he looked at Ryan eagerly: "Eunuch Lai, if this is true, it will be a great achievement!"
Ryan thought about Song Suqing's offer of a shipload of tribute rewards, Zongshe Qiandao's unwillingness to give in, and what Song Suqing said about Ogata Muyi.
This guy said that there was no need for the Ichibo Division to come forward, but to help them secretly, and let them kill the Ouchi clan first in the name of fighting within Japan.
If you calculate mentally but not intentionally, you should be able to make quick decisions.
Mainly weapons.
Ryan thought for a while and asked Jie Changjie for his opinion.
However, Xie Changjie thought, if the Ouchi clan was found guilty of harboring the remnants of the traitors, then the past several Japanese tributes had been completed by the Ouchi clan. How many wealthy businessmen in the southeast were involved in the Japanese tribute transactions?
There is both the temptation of this transaction and the handle of old accounts from the past!
So Xie Changjie nodded.
Zong Sheqian said that he really didn't know Tao Yiqing's original name.
But Zheng Shoujie came to inquire about this matter instead of caring about how to handle the tribute matter, which made Zong Sheqiandao quite wary.
In the guest hall, he was not ignorant. He had already stuffed money into bribes to several of the officials who were entertaining them here.
What he achieved was that he knew that the official Hong Yuanjin had taken people to Shibosi Dongku to return the weapons of the Hosokawa mission to them.
Zong Sheqiandao was shocked and angry.
"Zong Shesang, what should we do now?" The attendant who heard the news looked angry, "Mingren seems to be planning something!"
Zong Sheqiandao's face looked gloomy and uncertain.
As an envoy this time, if I can't bring back enough wealth to complete my mission, I won't be able to survive in the Ouchi clan's territory.
He said cruelly: "Call everyone to me!"
We can't sit still and wait for death! In this matter, we can only cut the knot with a quick knife. This is also the method that the ronin samurai brought here are accustomed to.
After nightfall, in the originally peaceful Shibosi Guest Hall, Suizong Sheqiandao made the thirty or so people living here go straight to the Shibosi Dongku where weapons were stored at night.
Seeing the Dongku guard officer who was scared away by the aggressive group of people, Zongshe Kendao ordered disdainfully: "Take weapons and go to Jingqing Temple. Let everyone go to Dongshou Temple first and kill the people of the Hosokawa clan!"
After Ryan was woken up, he couldn't help but asked in shock: "A fight started?"
Didn't you say it was late? Arrangements always take time.
"Yes! Everyone who lives in the guest hall rushed to Dongku!"
Ryan's color suddenly changed: Wasn't it the Hosokawa envoy who was doing this?
"Quick, hurry up and call everyone! We also need to inform the government office!"
Because of Zong Sheqiandao's brazen attack, both the Shibo Division and Ningbo were caught off guard.
There were only more than a hundred people in the Ouchi clan's mission capable of fighting. At this moment, Sosuke Kendo had arrived at Dongshou Temple, and sure enough, he saw that all the samurai in their mission had swords.
"Kill them, leaving no one alive, then go to the docks and warehouses and rob their ships and goods!"
The Ouchi clan's envoys, who were originally mostly ronin and even pirates, suddenly rushed in with greedy eyes and shouts of killing, breaking the tranquility of the night.
Song Suqing, who had just gotten out of bed, had really missed the madness of Zong Sheqiandao: This was in the Ming Dynasty, and he only had more than a hundred people, and he was planning to rob the warehouse? What happened after he robbed it?
When the fire at Dongshou Temple and the fire at the dock subsequently broke out, Ningbo was disrupted by a mere hundred people.
It is already late at night on Tuen Mun Island in Guangdong.
Here, a welcome banquet is coming to an end.
The Tuen Mun Island side has been renovated on the basis of the original Putuo Village Fort, and now it is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Although it is not extravagant, it still seems to be taken very seriously.
The most important thing is the people who come here.
The banquet that lasted for nearly two hours made Alfonso feel more respected: the father-in-law of the Emperor of the Eastern Empire, the respected Marquis, arrived at the scene, the official leader of the southern province arrived at the scene, and the chief official of the Shipping Department in charge of the transaction also arrived.
here.
"General Alfonso, the night is already deep. Have a good night's rest today, and tomorrow we will officially start negotiating how to proceed with future transactions!" Zhang Fujing said drunkenly, "This Tuen Mun Island is my Ming Dynasty land, and you want to rent it as a base.
, this should have been discussed first. If it had been you who came before, maybe there would not have been the previous misunderstanding! Now His Majesty is ready to do more business with other countries, and you came at the right time!"
Alfonso was also a little drunk by the oriental wine. After hearing what the interpreter said, he quickly replied: "Portugal only came for trade and did not want to go to war with the Eastern Empire. Our merchant ships are all over the seas of Europe and India, and trade
The scale will be huge. Dear Mr. Zhang, you should give Portugal the most preferential trade treatment!"
After listening to the translation, Zhang Fujing still nodded with a smile on his face and concentrated on listening to the sound of the drums.
When things got to this point, a lot of thought was put into it. They entertained the envoys sent by the Portuguese, expressed their friendly intentions, and sent the bold Nie Bao to the Portuguese ship first to exchange official documents and arrange the "
Trade negotiations," Alfonso believed step by step.
Now in the harbor outside Tuen Mun Island, the number of warships from both sides is equal. But in terms of combat power, the Portuguese warships are obviously stronger.
After sending such a large formation and allowing their guards to bring weapons, Alfonso was willing to bring some important non-combatants ashore to attend the welcome banquet and prepare to negotiate here in the next few days.
The fine wine, delicious food, and everyone's smiles at the entire welcome banquet made the main personnel who landed more and more confident that they could negotiate a peace and trade treaty this time.
"Please rest assured, General Alfonso. Your Ambassador Pillai is still alive and well in Beijing, including some of the Portuguese who were captured before. They did rob many merchant ships before, and General Alfonso knows that too."
Zhang Fujing continued perfunctorily, "General Alfonso also needs to give a sufficient attitude on how to tax the trade with the Ming Dynasty."
Alfonso replied: "There are always many misunderstandings in the initial contact between strange countries. The hatred of the previous fleet being wiped out is nothing. Only the benefits are enough. All the Portuguese need is trade. We are willing to abide by your country's regulations.
, to show respect, I can first return those people I captured before."
Zhang Fujing asked with a smile: "I believe they are no longer being treated as prisoners now, right?"
"Oh, of course. Didn't Mr. Nie already meet them when he came to my ship? Now, they are arranged in a comfortable cabin. As long as Pillai and the others return to Guangzhou, the exchange can be completed."
Zhang Fujing shook his head: "Since they want to trade with the Ming Dynasty, they can only follow the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty. They need to serve as envoys to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor. General Alfonso, I believe you have confirmed our friendship tonight. Let them disembark first."
Let’s go ashore and let’s get a better start for tomorrow’s negotiations.”
Alfonso hesitated.
Zhang Fujing added: "The Marquis of Jing'an is here, and I am also here. The number of warships we brought is the same as yours, but it is not as big as yours and not as fast as yours. What does General Alfonso have to worry about? We have already
With sincerity, what about you, General Alfonso? As long as the negotiations are completed here, your merchant ships can set off to the port for transactions."
After Alfonso thought for a while, he arranged for the people around him: "Go and bring them here."
A small group of prisoners had been disarmed.
Zhang Fujing toasted to him boldly again, and Alfonso appreciated his cheerfulness: "Mr. Zhang's drinking capacity is really unbelievable."
"Try the rum that General Alfonso mentioned tomorrow. In order to welcome the guests from afar, I have been drinking it reluctantly." Zhang Fujing's face turned red, "Can't General Alfonso see it? Me too.
Already drunk."
Alfonso believed this, because the old Marquis was already drunk and was being helped to rest.
The trade officials who had been on his ship were already so drunk that they walked crookedly when they stood up to pee.
This is a banquet scene with no weapons and no sense of hostility.
After Wang Yingen and others were brought over, the more drumbeats Zhang Fujing wanted to hear had not yet come.
"Mr. Zhang, thank you for the fine wine and delicious food. Shall we finish here today? There are still very important negotiations to be conducted tomorrow."
"About the negotiations that will start tomorrow, I still have something to remind General Alfonso."
Zhang Fujing continued to delay for time, with a solemn look on his face.
Alfonso could only forcefully focus his attention and let the people who didn't drink much listen.
"The Ming Dynasty's trade with foreign countries adopted the form of kanhe..." Zhang Fujing began to talk about the many systems of kanhe.
There is a lot to be said about how to get qualified, the frequency of transactions, the limited goods and the scale of rewards.
After hearing about the rewards that can be obtained by paying tribute several times in return, Alfonso and the accompanying merchants couldn't help but gleam with gold.
"...So if you want to have enough tribute, His Majesty the Emperor needs your king to submit a tribute application. General Alfonso, I wonder if your Portuguese trade in the Ming Dynasty is willing to accept submission and tribute?
"
"That's no problem at all!" Alfonso just felt that these Easterners were stupid enough to be willing to do this kind of loss-making business for the sake of superficial glory. "Then what does the quantity of these... uh... tribute goods have to do with it?"
Zhang Fujing was about to answer when he suddenly heard the sound of drums.
Alfonso had heard this voice many times tonight, and he got the explanation the first time: it was Ming's way of telling everyone the time.
Zhang Fujing also asked how everyone in Portugal knew the time. Alfonso introduced the bell tower and told Zhang Fujing that there was a small clock on his ship.
This cargo also seemed to arouse great interest among these Orientals, who inquired about the value of this cargo.
Now that I think about it, if this kind of goods were used as tribute goods, wouldn't it be possible to get oriental silks and porcelain that would be reported several times over?
Alfonso was thinking about the future when Zhang Fujing suddenly smiled at him.
"Of course it has something to do with the rarity of the goods. Nie Tiju, please bring over the list of goods that His Majesty needs to find."
Nie Bao nodded when he heard this and asked his subordinates to get a small box.
Alfonso looked at the style, which looked a bit like a painting given to him by the Eastern official at the beginning of the banquet. It was a long box.
There might also be a scroll inside?
The box was placed in front of Zhang Fujing. He slowly opened the box, then held the unsheathed knife and placed it on Alfonso's neck.
Just like that, the sound of drums outside the house suddenly became rapid, followed by the sound of gunshots outside, and the dull sound of cannons also sounded in the distance, and it soon became rapid.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean?" Alfonso suddenly lost his drunkenness and broke into cold sweats frequently.
"The goods your Majesty wants is surrender, not provocation with warships." Zhang Fujing asked the translator to relay this sentence, "Now if you don't want to die, immediately order your people to put down their weapons."
"Shameless! You are even less polite than us!"
"What kind of etiquette should I tell you barbarians?"
Sun Jiao and Ma Yong rushed to the house. They looked at Zhang Fujing with mixed emotions: This guy was so bold and shameless, forcing them to take risks and conduct a sneak attack together.