Chapter 2725

Zhu Zian's life has been a bit sad in recent days. When the mission departed from Nagasaki Port, he was fine, but he suddenly felt unwell that night. At first, he thought it was the wind and waves that caused him seasickness, but he soon developed serious symptoms.

He was suffering from cold, fever, and sore limbs, and he could not stand upright. The people in the cabin with him saw that the situation was not good and had to report it quickly.

After Shi Chengwu learned about it, he arranged for the accompanying doctor to diagnose and treat him. After looking around, the doctor believed that Zhu Zian's condition was "severe aversion to cold and mild fever, combined with body pain, no sweating and shortness of breath, and a floating and tight pulse."

, it should be a symptom of wind and cold affecting the skin, and it is also a relatively common disease after winter.

At worst, it was a cold, but at worst, it could be typhoid fever. The doctor did not dare to be careless and immediately prescribed medicine. He asked Zhu Zian not to leave the cabin for the time being until he recovered. He also required daily food, water, and medicine.

, are all under the care of dedicated personnel. This is actually because they are worried that Zhu Zian's condition will be contagious, so he is temporarily isolated for treatment.

Zhu Zian originally lived in a four-person cabin, but now it has become a single cabin. Every morning and every night, someone will come to the cabin to feed him, give him medicine, and clean up the garbage.

The doctor's diagnosis was not a big problem, but the types of medicinal materials carried on the ship were limited. Two herbs were not available, so they had to use other medicinal materials instead, so the effect was a little worse. Zhu Zian took the medicine for two days, and his condition was not obvious.

He got better, but because the fever persisted for a long time, he became even weaker.

During this period, the fleet had been marching to Osaka. The journey was bumpy and windy, and the ship was really not a conducive place to recuperate. After Zhu Zian took two large bowls of potion every morning and evening, he couldn't eat at all, and he couldn't even find the strength to get out of bed and walk around.

No. But of course the fleet couldn't send a special ship to take Zhu Zian back to Nagasaki or Sasebo on the way. He had to rely on his own life and death.

Although Zhu Zian was seriously ill, he did not complain. After all, he was responsible for this overseas mission. Now the Haihan Mission has not left him alone. If he showed weakness, it would make people laugh.

.So even though it was very uncomfortable, he still managed to hold on.

Fortunately, Zhu Zian's health was not bad. When the fleet arrived in Osaka a few days later, he had recovered a little and could slowly start to get out of bed. However, if he wanted to go out to perform official duties with the mission, his physical condition was obviously not good enough.

If you reach the standard, you can only continue to rest.

In order to help Zhu Zian recover as soon as possible, the mission specially asked a local Haihan businessman to rent a temporary residence near the dock where the fleet was anchored and arranged for him to live in it so that he could at least sleep more peacefully.

Regarding the situation of Osaka, the new destination, Zhu Zian was unable to attend several preparation meetings on the way due to illness, so he knew very little. But he could roughly predict that the Haihan delegation would not stay here too long, because

This is not a trading port in the traditional sense, and the scale of business Haihan operates here is also very limited.

The reason for visiting here is probably because of the development prospects of this place. After all, Kyoto, the traditional political center of Japan, is nearby, and the population of this area is very large, making it a sales market with great potential. But the mission just met

The Nagasaki authorities signed a cooperation intention, which also contained some exclusive clauses, so they will definitely not seek cooperation in the same way in Osaka at the moment.

Sure enough, the situation was as he expected. The mission only stayed in Osaka for three days before setting off again. At this time, after a short rest, Zhu Zian's physical condition had improved significantly. He was finally released from isolation and could return to the team to continue.

Worked.

At this time, Zhu Zian learned that the mission originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to visit Osaka to secretly arrange for him to go to Kyoto to visit the Japanese royal family in a private name. Unexpectedly, Zhu Zian suddenly fell ill on the way, and the previously arranged meeting channel also appeared.

There was a problem, and it would take several days to go back and forth from Osaka to Kyoto, so the mission canceled the original plan after weighing the pros and cons.

Zhu Zian was shocked and couldn't help but exclaimed in his heart that it was a pity. The mission planned to let him complete the matter in a private name, obviously relying on his identity as a descendant of the Ming Dynasty royal family. If he could use this identity to meet with the leader of another country

, even if the other party is just a member of the royal family who is said to have been ignored by powerful ministers, it can be regarded as a worthwhile trip.

As for why the mission had such a plan, Zhu Zian was not surprised. He knew that the main reason why he was recruited was that Haihan wanted to make full use of his special status to exert influence on other countries. Although

After going to a foreign country, this identity may not be easy to use, but a tool man must have the consciousness of a tool man. If he does not have a certain degree of effectiveness, he may not even get a job as a missionary.

However, there was still one thing that made Zhu Zian a little curious. How did the mission establish a relationship with the Japanese royal family and persuade them to meet with him.

"It's very simple. Some of the Haihan merchants who came to Osaka to do business came with a mission." Shi Chengwu revealed the secret to him calmly: "First get some good things to pay tribute to the royal family, and then establish an

After the relationship is established, the rest is simple. Although the royal family has been sidelined for a long time, if there is an opportunity to turn around with the help of external forces, they will definitely want to try it, at least discuss the conditions and confirm the feasibility.

"

The Japanese royal family being sidelined by the shogun is not a recent occurrence. In fact, it has happened as early as the end of the twelfth century. Before the Tokugawa family currently in power came to power, Japan had already experienced two periods, the Kamakura shogunate and the Muromachi shogunate, a total of four periods.

More than a hundred years. During this period, although the royal family had a brief period of improvement, it was ultimately unable to defeat the warlords who held military power.

By the time Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Edo shogunate more than fifty years ago, this special power system was already very complete. The royal family had neither military power nor financial power, so it was unable to fight against the shogunate and could only become the shogunate to rule the country.

The puppet tool.

Regardless of whether the imperial family is willing to be sidelined in this way, Haihan will try to contact it to see if it can provoke it to oppose the shogunate. As for the purpose, it is naturally to use the appeal of the imperial family to support pro-Haihan forces in Japan. In this way, in the future

When in contact with the shogunate, Haihan will also have one more card in his hand that he can play.

In order to enhance the persuasiveness, Zhu Zian is obviously a very good candidate. He is a descendant of the Ming Dynasty royal family and is now cooperating with Haihan. This is enough to prove to the Japanese royal family that Haihan has the strength to support them. Although this plan ultimately failed due to

Therefore, it was stranded, but Zhu Zian still had to admire the planning ability of these people. If this happened, I am afraid that Japan will fall into a state of divided power like North Korea in the next few years.
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