Chapter 121 Apologize to the son
Outside the Amami Bay, dozens of speedboats blocking the cluster from the outside, like stars in the night sky, fell on the blue and black sea surface.
The voyeur roster, which is like a star, looks more and more like a giant.
This main ship with a hull number 101 had to stay away from the warship because it became Mr. Zhao's ship, and could only listen to people shooting artillery outside the fjord.
There was a huge parasol on the stern tower. Zhao Hao sat on the chair, looking at the entrance of the fjord with a telescope, and said to Jin Ke who was sitting upright on the side: "Actually, this battle could have been avoided."
"Yes." Jin Ke said seriously as always: "It's a pity that they don't take our warning seriously."
"This is how the islander's thinking is." Zhao Hao put down his telescope, picked up the soda and took a sip and said, "Watch the sky in a well and keep himself in a closed mind. He forgets the great righteousness when he sees small profits, fears power but does not lose virtue, and the gambler is too serious."
"It's a bit like the Japanese." Jin Ke chuckled.
"It's the same. Living on the island is small, with oceans on all sides, limited knowledge and limited development space. If disasters are frequent, it's easy to feel suffocated. Therefore, you often don't take your own lives seriously, and of course you won't take others' lives seriously." Zhao Hao said lightly: "Also, you can easily feel a sense of superiority, and you always want to prove your strength by defeating the strong. After being taught a lesson, it can easily turn into a sense of inferiority. You can only gain a sense of security by obeying the strong."
"That's right, the Ryukyu people gained a strong sense of security by surrendering to the Ming Dynasty." Jin Ke nodded and said.
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"The words are good. But the court has been so good to them. It has been sowing rain and dew for too long. I forgot that it will be mixed with thunder." Zhao Hao said in a deep voice: "Over the years, Ryukyu has long regarded the Ming Dynasty as a Kaizi, and has wiped it out!"
"What does Kaizi mean?" Jin Ke asked in confusion.
"It's just the sucker." Zhao Hao said angrily: "Of course, we can't blame others all. Who made our Emperor Taizu so vain and set the bullshit tribute rule of "good relationships and weak relationships". People still can't get into it if they find loopholes? The court stipulated that Ryukyu once every two years, but they come to pay tribute every year, and sometimes they pay tribute twice a year. Do you really miss your father so much? You miss your father's money!"
"No wonder the imperial court issued an order many years ago to not pay too much attention to the tribute, and not to have more than a hundred members of the delegation, but they just didn't listen and were still very excited." Jin Ke showed a sudden expression.
"Of course they are excited. The tribute they brought can be exchanged for five to ten times the reward of the court. If I were to me, I could also pay tribute until the court went bankrupt." Zhao Hao sneered: "No wonder those guys Liu Daxia would regard voyage to the West as a flood. Every time they brought back those small countries that paid tribute, they could hollow out the national treasury."
"This phenomenon must be changed, so that the court will not benefit from the tribute. The court will never change its attitude towards overseas." Jin Ke nodded and said.
"This is up to the point." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "But what about this kind of thing? If the court takes the initiative to mention it, it will definitely not be able to get over the face. I plan to let the King of Ryukyu lead the way... So from various perspectives, I have to deal with them well."
As he was talking, the footsteps sounded at the stairs. Ma Yinglong came up to report that King Shangyuan surrendered and was on the way to the 103rd ship.
"Hahaha, let's say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "It seems that I have to invite this supper without any invitation. Unfortunately, there is nothing to entertain in this ocean."
This is not a polite thing. In July, the weather is full of fire, no fresh ingredients can be preserved. The fleet and the task force have been going to sea for more than ten days. In addition to the fresh fish caught in the net, the bean sprouts produced in the cabin, and the small vegetables grown in the free deck, they mainly rely on eating canned food, marinated meat, and strips of convenient seasonings, and live on various pickled pickles.
"No matter how good the food is, he can't taste it." Jin Ke comforted him with a smile.
"That's right. I hope his attention will not be focused on food." Mr. Zhao smiled and said, "Otherwise, I have to talk about a few topics so that he can't eat."
At dusk, the 103 ship arrived near the Zhenwu. Captain Rongsheng personally took a small boat to send King Shangyuan to the prince's flagship.
King Shangyuan only brought two escorts, one was the eunuch Zi Laixi, and the other was the third officer Weng Shouxiang. The other princes and princes were not allowed to follow...
When the three of them were pulled up by the police and climbed the roster of the town, which was as tall as a tower, they saw a young and overly young man in brocade robe standing on the stern stairs surrounded by a group of senior police officers, looking at them with a smile.
"You are the King of Zhongshan, right?" Zhao Hao asked loudly with his hands holding the railing.
"It's just that Xiao Wang Youming's King Shang Yuan, the king of Zhongshan, pays homage to the young master. This is a courteous person." After being taught a lesson, Shang Yuan's attitude was indeed very straightforward. At his age, he had long known when to let go and when to collect it.
"Welcome to the young master and this person is polite, there is no need to say it at the same time." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "But the king speaks very well in Chinese."
"Oh, when Xiao Wang was young, he served as a tribute envoy twice and went to the capital to worship the late emperor." Shang Yuan said proudly.
His words reminded Zhao Hao that I am very familiar with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so don’t overdo it.
"Yes, then some of us have chatted." Zhao Hao smiled and called him upstairs and said, "Come up and sit down."
Ji Laixi showed anger on his face. This guy didn't take the king seriously, right?
He was about to speak, but Shang Yuan stopped him with his eyes. The other party just wanted to create a feeling that I would not take you seriously. If he still couldn't see the situation clearly, he would only humiliate himself.
With the help of Zi Laixi, Shang Yuan slowly went up to the stern. Weng Shouxiang wanted to support him, but Shang Yuan threw it away.
Of course, this is also for Zhao Hao to show.
Zhao Hao pretended not to see it, and looked down at King Shangyuan who was coming up with a smile.
King Shangyuan slowly went up to the stern, and after a breath, he bowed to Zhao Hao and said, "Xiao Wang is here to apologize to the young master."
"Oh, where is the sin? Tell me?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile with his hands behind his back.
"Xiao Wang's crime was not aware of the fact that someone had planned to be unfavorable to the Jiangnan Group's commercial station; he neglected to prevent the situation during the incident, and gave the thieves an opportunity to take advantage of it; he did not investigate it in time afterwards, and gave the group an explanation as soon as possible." Shang Yuan said with shame: "Although the war on the island was on the string, he had to be dealt with, for fear of becoming a elbow and letting the big thing go down. But if you ignore the experience of the VIPs in the Celestial Dynasty, you deserve this punishment."
"I'll go, my attitude is so positive..." Wang Rulong said to Jin Ke next to him.
"Just afraid of death." Jin Ke smiled faintly.
"It's not just that." Zhao Hao smiled and patted King Shangyuan on the shoulder with a smile in the shocked eyes of the old eunuch and Weng Shouxiang. "You said that I respect your identity and make sufficient rules. But you are even unwilling to reply to a letter to explain. Do you think I am the kind of unreasonable person? Will I not be able to adapt to it if there is any difficulty?"
"Yes, it's Xiao Wang who was confused for a moment." Shang Yuan slapped himself gently, with a look of shame. "You shouldn't be inseparable from right and wrong, you're blinded!"
"If you were so clear, why would this young master work hard to mobilize the troops? You will also make you lose your troops and lose your generals, and be frightened."
I guess King Shang Yuan grew up so old that he hadn't been patted on his shoulder. His body suddenly stiffened, but he became weaker again.
"Xiao Wang deserves it, Xiao Wang deserves it."
Just this moment made Zhao Hao look at him with admiration. This is indeed a character...
Unfortunately, a weak country has no strong master, and in the era of great navigation, vegetables are original sins.
Zhao Hao patted his shoulder twice to get used to it. Then he pointed to the bamboo chair next to the round table and said, "Come on, sit down and say, who are you blinded?"
After King Shang Yuan thanked him, he sat down tremblingly.
Zhao Hao asked someone to pour him a cup of tea to shock him.
"It's better to have a bar." But Shang Yuan Wang whispered: "It's best to have wine..."
"Okay." Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh. The captured kings of a country were indeed wonderful people.
He resisted the urge to let King Shangyuan dance and asked someone to pour him a glass of wine.
As for the bottles of soy sauce brought by King Shangyuan, of course they were detained by the security department. How could it be that the wine of unknown origin could be brought to the young master?
After King Shang Yuan thanked him, he picked up the wine glass and sipped it, and sincerely praised the good wine. Then he said coldly to Weng Shouxiang: "Don't you kneel down and tell the good things your son has done to the young master!"
Weng Shouxiang is over 60 years old, but he is well maintained. He looks like the kind of person who is pampered and worried. When he heard the king's order, he quickly knelt down tremblingly, leaned over and kowtow to introduce himself, and then cried:
"It's all the young man who is not good at educating his children. My evil son Jisong and Zheng Zhui have always been incompatible, and they are often quarrels. The young man thought it was just a young man who was angry, but he didn't take it seriously, but the two of them became more and more trouble, and eventually caused this huge disaster!"
At this time, Paul Tang came to Zhao Hao's ear and reported in a low voice: "Zheng Hui is the leader of the Kumi clan and the son of Zheng Zhaozuo, the third officer. He used to be the Naha official in charge of Naha Port. We set up a trading station in Ryukyu to contact him, and received his strong support and cooperated happily until the previous incident happened."
"Zheng Hui." Zhao Hao is familiar with this name, because in the 37th year of Wanli, when the Satsuma family invaded Ryukyu, this person was a pro-Ming faction who insisted on resisting. After being captured, the Shimazu family refused every effort to surrender and scolded him sternly. Finally, the angry Shimazu family ordered him to be cooked to death alive.
There is no doubt that this is a tough guy, and a tough guy worth fighting for.
Zhao Hao remained silent on his face and said to Weng Shouxiang: "You continue talking."
"Yes." Weng Shouxiang said tremblingly: "I heard that Zheng Hui used his identity to make friends with the people of Jiangnan Commercial Station and asked them to act in Beijing on their behalf, preparing to let the court designate him as the general affairs officer next time when he came to Beijing as a tribute envoy, and then monopolize the matters with the Celestial Empire. The boy was worried that if he really got it done, he would be pressed down by him forever. As a result, he was confused for a while and asked outsiders to help him, wanting them to make trouble for Naba Port and destroy the relationship between Zheng Hui and Jiangnan Commercial Station. It would be even better if he could lose his official position."
"Is it Japanese?" Mr. Zhao asked coldly.
Chapter completed!