Zhongzuo Suo, the later Xiamen, was moved to the Yongning Guard here in the 27th year of Hongwu. After that, the Zhongzuo Suo Suo was used for 263 years until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

On the 13th, Eunuch Wei led the joint fleet, a unit of the Imperial Army, a unit of Zhejiang soldiers, and more than 11,400 people from the sea and land officers and soldiers arrived at Zhongzuo Station. In addition, the officers and soldiers of the First Brigade who were ordered to be dispatched to Fujian to prepare for the pre-war preparations, the total strength of the Special Zone and Zhejiang alone reached more than 20,000. If we include the more than 10,000 troops falsely reported by Fujian, the Taiwan battle mobilized more than 30,000 officers and soldiers, which could be regarded as a "major battle".

Zhongzuo has a special terrain and is connected to the mainland across the sea, so material transportation can only be transported by ship. When Eunuch Wei arrived, he saw ships everywhere on the sea, and flags were waving on the land. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, together with the civil servants and soldiers who were recruited by Fujian, turned into a large military camp.

"Please look at the island is Kinmen, and there is a famous port, Luowan, which has always been the important place for the Zhongzuo army." Chen Yourong, as the chief of staff of the Joint Fleet, wanted to explain to the sea-blind Eunuch Wei along the way.

"Kinmen, the name is as real."

Eunuch Wei took a thousand-mile mirror and looked out at Kinmen. This island hangs alone outside the east sea of ​​the middle left, shaking the throat of Xiamen Port, and is a barrier to southern Fujian. It looks to Taiwan in the east and Xiamen in the west. It is a place that must be fought for by military strategists.

Thinking of the later generations, my father-in-law became very interested, so he said to Chen Yourong: "When I got ashore, General Lao and Fujian said, and put up some big placards on Kinmen Island, which said it was Long Live the Ming Dynasty, Long Live the Emperor, and it was more eye-catching, so he said it was our family's meaning."

Chen Yourong smiled and thought to himself that this little brother-in-law Wei never forgets to flatter the emperor. Little did he know that this was the capital of the little brother-in-law Wei's struggle.

My father-in-law did not ask about Luowan in detail. He knew that there was a sea battle in this place, which was also the last sea battle against the Westerners in the Ming Dynasty.

Fujian Navy Admiral Hou Anzhi welcomed the "friendly army" who came from afar on behalf of Fujian. That night, the Fujian Governor Huang Chengxuan, who was in charge of Zhongzuo, held a banquet to entertain Eunuch Wei and his party.

This was the first time that Eunuch Wei had dealt with a local governor, so he was quite restrained. He changed his previous bold style and was very low-key. His occasional words were all in agreement with Huang Chengxuan, which made Huang Chengxuan, who was worried about Eunuch Wei's difficulty in dealing with him in advance, and felt relieved and had a good impression of Eunuch Wei.

During the meal, Fujian mentioned something, but half a month ago, the Penghu Inspection Department received a letter from the Japanese shogunate general Tokugawa from Ryukyu, which required the Ming Dynasty to resume trade with Japan, otherwise Japan would invade again.

"If the nine countries in Nikkei do Japan's Sikkaido attacked the Ming Dynasty, and dozens of states in the Ming Dynasty were adjacent to Japan, they would have to worry about it. Are they all the intentions of General Dashu?"

Eunuch Wei carefully read Tokugawa's letter of decree. The letter was written in Chinese characters, but it was not stamped, so it was difficult to determine whether it was true or not.

"If Japan seeks a market, it should send an envoy to our Ming Dynasty according to the system. There is no reason to transfer Ryukyu, and it will never be passed on to our country with such rude words. Therefore, according to my official's opinion, this letter of edict is mostly fake."

Huang Chengxuan had discussed the matter with his aides in advance and unanimously determined that the letter was false. Because the contents of the letter were too rude and too hasty, they ignored it.

Eunuch Wei was curious and asked, "Who is the person who sent the letter?"

Huang Chengxuan said: "He is a Japanese man named Kurayama Qiu'an."

"Akian of the village mountain?"

After hearing this name, Chen Yourong and Shi Dezheng whispered a few words, and then asked Eunuch Wei and Huang Zhongcheng to ask for a few marquis.

Soon, the person who came was brought to a maritime merchant named Ge Shilin. He was said to be a maritime merchant, but most of them were also a pirate. However, because he had been on the Japanese route all year round and was well aware of the Japanese insider, he was very good at Shen Yourong. Ge Shilin was responsible for the goods smuggled into Ryukyu. In later generations, Ge Shilin was considered a "informer" of Chen Yourong, and both sides used each other. Chen Yourong went south to take Ge Shilin to this matter. After all, he was a Zhejiang general and had many things to do.

"I'll tell you all, Akian Murayama is the son of Akian Murayama." Ge Shilin was indeed a Japanese expert, and he told the origin of Akian Murayama without thinking.

Eunuch Wei put down his chopsticks and asked, "Who is Kurayama Shuan'an?"

Although Ge Shilin did not know Eunuch Wei, he knew that the coalition of the three provinces was initiated by eunuchs from Beijing. He also saw that the civil and military officials on the table were very respectful to the beardless young man, so he guessed the identity of Eunuch Wei.

"When I was told by my father-in-law, Murayama is a wealthy businessman who made his fortune by navigating trade in Japan. He is currently a representative official of Nagasaki in Japan. He has great influence and has close contacts with Li Dan of Heido. His trade targets are mostly Western merchants from England, the Netherlands and other countries."

No one in the audience is known to Li Dan's daimyo, who is no less than Wang Zhi. It is said that the current shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu of Japan was the one who won the world with money. Murayama and An had close contact with Li Dan. In other words, Murayama and An were probably Li Dan's agents in Japan.

"Since Murayama and An are maritime merchants, why did he send his son Qiu'an to write to our court with such a rude letter?" Yao Zongwen, who was ordered by his master to be responsible for the coordination of liaison affairs of the three parties, said with some confusion. He did not understand the matter at sea.

Fujian Governor Huang Chengxuan also had this question, and Chen Yourong asked Ge Shilin if he knew the inside story.

Ge Shilin shook his head. He has been in Zhejiang for the past two months, and it is really unclear about the story of Murayama's clerk. However, there is one thing he thinks he must report to you.

According to Ke Shilin, Murama Hiroshi was a Catholic, but the shogunate in Japan is now vigorously suppressing the Catholic movement, and many maritime merchants who have affair with Catholicism have been suppressed by the shogunate. For example, the first lord of the Shimahara clan who had led a ship to invade Taiwan, Arima Hsunobu was sentenced to death by Tokugawa Ieyasu. This Arima Hsunobu is a famous wealthy merchant Daming and Christ Daming, and his power is several times stronger than that of Murama Hiroshi.

"Is there any possibility that Murayama is afraid of being executed by Tokugawa Ieyasu, so he asked his son Qiuan to hold this fake letter of national anger to anger the Ming Dynasty so that I can send troops to attack the shogunate. In this way, will Murayama be fine?" Yao Zongwen guessed.

"Borrowing a knife to kill people? If this is true, the Japanese would be cunning." Hou Anzhi smiled disdainfully, "No matter how cunning he is, the national book is too different. How could I, the Ming Dynasty, go to expedition to a country for a fake national book?"

"The internal struggle of the Japanese is really beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. We can sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight and unite the interests of the government." Fujian Governor Huang Chengxuan had long believed that the letter of state was fake and would not be fooled by using a knife to kill people.
Chapter completed!