I'm really not doing business

Chapter 241 Burning Nagasaki
In the fifth year of Wanli, all maritime merchants were spies, and trade across the ocean was full of various dire risks. It was this dire risk that led to the maximization of profits and became the common cognition of maritime merchants. .

Conquest and killing are the biggest theme of the current sea trade.

To conquer a certain place, it is necessary to ascertain the hydrogeography and mineral resources of the place. Otherwise, no one is willing to conquer a barren land, or a land where the investment exceeds the effort.

But to conquer a certain place, large-scale killings will inevitably occur, and then disintegrate the resistance will to resist the local people, making the local people surrender to their own will.

To conquer and kill, one must ascertain information, and ascertaining information itself is the act of espionage.

Omura Junzhong, the governor of the Omura family in the Hizen country, clearly knows that it is not as simple as doing business in Japan, but he doesn't care, because what he is facing now is that he will die if he does not seek help from outside forces. This is Omura Chunchu dedicated Nagasaki to the Holy See.

Omura Junchu did not immediately say that he would convert, but the attitude of the Holy See inspector made Omura Junzhong very distressed.

The purpose of Omura Juntada's dedication of Nagasaki and Motegi is for peace, but the inspector of the Holy See does not want to give Nagasaki's tariffs to Omura Juntada. The two sides have discussed many times, but they all broke up unhappy.

But this time, Omura Junzhong has a new choice, Daming.

Xu Wei had a pleasant chat with Omura Junzhong. Although he didn't make a clear promise, he made a full statement of his willingness to help, and Omura Junzhong left complacently.

Xu Wei looked at the back of Omura Junzhong leaving, and felt a little bit emotional. This is a good start for Daming's development in the Wa Kingdom.

"Tell Tongshi to talk to the people in the church." Xu Wei said to Sun Keyi with a smile.

"Ah?" Sun Keyi looked at Xu Wei in a daze. Xu Wei, who had a good chat with Omura Junzhong just now, immediately went to the church.

Omura Junchu even hoped that Da Ming would have a conflict with the church, so that his interests could be guaranteed to the greatest extent, and Da Ming has always been extremely domineering, and even fire and force expulsion may happen.

Omura Junzhong very much hoped to see the conflict between Daming and the church.

Sun Keyi also believes that Daming will have a conflict with the church because there is a precedent for this.

In the 16th year of Yongping, Ban Chao took a 36-member mission to Shanshan, that is, Loulan, to discuss the joint resistance against the Huns.

King Shanshan received the Han's mission very warmly, but it didn't take long for King Shanshan to become indifferent, and Ban Chao found out that the Huns' mission had also arrived.

Ban Chao knew that there would be a change in the late, so he acted first and killed the Huns' mission. King Shanshan had to take refuge in the big man.

The allusion that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can't get a tiger's cub was born from this incident.

Sun Keyi thought there would be a conflict with the church this time. After all, everyone had their eyes on Nagasaki.

"Nagasaki is indeed in the hands of Omura Juntada, but if he can't keep it, he is not the master. Regarding the distribution of benefits, we should not discuss with Omura Juntada, but communicate with the inspector of the church. Go. "Xu Wei explained his purpose of finding the church.

It has nothing to do with Junchu Omura as to who wins Nagasaki, he is the one who signed it.

The Huns are different from the current Holy See. The difference is that the Huns could go south at any time at that time, which was a serious problem for the big man, the possibility of destroying the big man, and the fundamental contradiction of survival.

However, if the Pope of Rome or the King of Spain wants to deploy more than [-] troops in the Far East, it is impossible to do anything. The conflict between Ming and Taixi mainly focuses on the conflict of interests, and has not yet intensified to the point of life and death.

It was too far away.

Everyone is here to make a fortune, and to make contributions. Since this is the case, there is no need to fight life and death.

Soon, Sun Keyi invited the Roman Inspectorate to the post to meet and talk.

"Is the purpose of your inviting me here to persuade us to leave Nagasaki? If so, we don't need to talk about it." The inspector of the church cut to the chase, with a very tough attitude.

Daming is an extremely proud country, and this kind of pride is taken for granted.

Because this country has a long history, noble culture, vast territory and rich products, the people of this country are hardworking and tough, gentle and polite, and this country has a huge army and loyal soldiers. posture, looking down on everyone.

At this time, Daming still has the qualifications to call itself the Kingdom of Heaven, and no one can rival Daming in terms of national power.

"We have a total of 59 missionaries in Nagasaki, including 28 priests, and we have more than [-] believers! If you think you can make us surrender with your brave fighters, then do it!"

"The Lord shines on us!" The inspector used a very fierce tone, as if declaring war.

The biting dog does not bark, the louder the voice, the more guilty the inspector is. The military appearance of those plate armor knights still makes the inspector ask himself: if there is a conflict, can his followers really Protect the interests of the diocese?

Xu Wei listened attentively to Tong Shi's translation, and then said with a smile: "There's no need to make such a confrontation. Are we necessarily enemies? Why can't we be friends?"

"Huh? Friends?" The inspector realized that he might have misunderstood the purpose and intention of this meeting, which caused him to growl like a clown.

When will Daming be able to discuss?
Xu Wei smiled and said, "I don't like to cooperate with Japanese people. If I have to explain it, it's like you don't cooperate with English people."

The inspector was immediately aware of the worries of the Ming scholar in front of him.

In Taixi, the English are an island country, hated by everyone on the Europa continent, because the English are fighting all over the place, such as the Netherlands, with the support of the English, which made Felipe II burnt out. And Spain, where the most concentrated handicraft workshops fell into turmoil.

Obviously, Ming Dynasty treats the Japanese in the same way that countries on the continent of Europe treat England.

The risks of working with them are simply too great.

"I'm very sorry. I didn't understand the purpose of this conversation and said some very exaggerated words." The inspector said a little apologetically.

After Xu Wei signaled the inspector to sit down, he said, "Let's talk about the issue of Nagasaki Port."

"Omura Junzhong's confidence in wanting long-term tariffs is that you don't have enough military power here and in Nagasaki to protect the wealth of your diocese, so you have to rely on your believers, and your believers are Japanese. If It will be difficult to preserve the wealth of the diocese if you don’t agree with Omura Sumada, but if you agree, the tariffs will be too expensive.”

"And we, Tianbaolong Trading Company, can provide protection."

"What's the condition? Did your firm provide protection for no reason?" the inspector asked with a frown.

"We want to set up a capital payment office, and our firm will be responsible for all defense and tax collection." Xu Wei stated his conditions.

The inspector finally shook his head when he heard such words. He shook his head and said, "It's all about tariffs. Why don't we cooperate with Omura Junzhong? Nagasaki should be Omura's territory."

Xu Wei said with a smile: "It seems that the inspectors still don't understand that the tax rate of the Ming Dynasty's capital rate is [-]% of the value, which is a split tax."

"If you talk like this, then Nagasaki is the territory of Ming Dynasty." The inspector frowned, and recalled for a moment, it seems that the taxation of the Ming Dynasty's tax office has always been like this. Daming is very stubborn, and the tax rate of this merchant seems to have never changed. Pass.

"Then continue." The smile on Xu Wei's face was very simple and serene, very much like the smiles on priests when believers confessed.

On the other hand, the priest on the other side said calmly, "It's a happy cooperation."

After the priest inspector of the Holy See left, Sun Keyi asked with a strange expression: "Sir, you and the inspector seem to have forgotten to discuss a very important issue, how to force Omura Chunzhong to donate soil, and now he is up for sale."

"We discussed it." Xu Wei said quite confidently.

"President, did you discuss it with the inspector?" Sun Keyi thought he had heard wrong, so he looked at Ma Jin and asked.

Ma Jin shook his head. Their conversation was actually very brief, and there was absolutely no discussion on how to capture Nagasaki.

"I'll just let him continue. Some dirty things are not suitable for Ming's guest soldiers to do. Otherwise, the guest soldiers will change from a well-organized Ming army that wants to save the head of Guizhou into a bandit who burns, kills, loots, and commits all kinds of crimes." It's gone." Xu Wei didn't make it too clear, but he didn't want too much dirty blood on the hands of Daming soldiers.

Qi Jiguang's program for building guest soldiers is: report to the emperor and save the head of Guizhou.

This is a very scarce program, and no matter how great the interests are, it cannot shake this program.

Letting guest soldiers do dirty things is a kind of blasphemy, and it is very dangerous. The incarnation of violence like guest soldiers cannot be transformed into immoral and unrestrained gangsters. One day, he must be the first to die Xu Wei.

This is the most important thing in the army that Qi Jiguang first mentioned when he met the saint, the degree of organization.

The degree of organization is the system and system built around a program, and the loss of the degree of organization is the greatest damage to the military discipline of the army.

The place where Xu Wei and the others set foot was a place where they were used to the upper hand, and they turned the well-trained guest soldiers into vicious ghosts who would kill without batting an eye.

If Zhu Yijun was here, he would definitely agree with Xu Wei's ideas.

Japan is a place that is very good at defeating the superior. Their basic political logic is to evade the shoguns. In the local area, the daimyos who ruled the country will be evacuated by the governors of various families.

The most typical example is Oda Nobunaga who was defeated in the battle of Honnoji Temple.

In the tenth year of Wanli, Mitsuhide Akechi, a trusted confidant of Oda Nobunaga, launched a coup in the Honnoji Temple, killing Oda Nobunaga and his eldest son, ending the Oda Nobunaga's turmoil for more than a hundred years since the Yingren Rebellion. Just like that, he was killed by his trusted retainer.

This kind of ethos of lowering the upper limit is still very obvious in later generations.

For example, there was a Japanese craftsman who rubbed a double-barreled iron cannon with his hands, and called Abe to cut it. He was alone and rode against the Japanese Taige, and killed him with one blow. Abe was directly elated.

Toruya on the mountain has proved the craftsman spirit of the Japanese country, the martial arts that the water pipes of the Japanese country can really be used as gun barrels, and the bravery of Yiqishu, and the enlistment of Xia Keshang, has proved that the blood spattered three feet when the man was angry, In the assassination of Toruya Yamagami, all these spirits were fulfilled.

Sun Keyi and Ma Jin soon understood that Xu Wei and the inspector had really talked and reached an agreement, because a fire that spread throughout Nagasaki began to spread among the mountains and forests.

The fire came suddenly and quickly, and soon swept through the entire Nagasaki. The flames licked the wooden houses of the Japanese people. Countless people jumped into the seawater to protect themselves, and there was no trace.

The fire burned all night in the seaport of Nagasaki. The mountains, wooden houses, ships, gates, trestles, etc. were all burned to nothing. Countless people were either burned to coke in the sea of ​​fire, or jumped into the water to die the sea.

Burning Nagasaki, purgatory on earth.

Who set this fire?Naturally, it was the godfather who was baptized by Omura Chunchu and the inspector of the church.

Xu Wei took Sun Keyi, Ma Jin, and dozens of Songjiang guest soldiers to the streets. The fire was over, and Nagasaki, which had been somewhat prosperous, had turned into a scene like hell on earth. Horror scenes after the fire were everywhere. There is even a disgusting aroma of barbecue.

The fire was ignited at midnight, and many people felt the heat in their sleep. When they woke up from the fire, it was too late to escape.

"God loves everyone equally?" Xu Wei stood on the street, looking at the two distinct Nagasaki, with a playful smile on his face.

On one side was the ruins that had been burned by the fire, while the other part was the parish under the control of the church, unscathed, and the guild hall where Xu Wei and others stayed was within the parish.

Tessi, worse than he'd imagined.

Xu Wei asked the inspector to continue because Xu Wei saw some weird things from the intelligence. Omura Junzhong was bullied. In fact, most of them came from the godfather who baptized him, including the assassination that almost killed Omura Junzhong. .

The godfather had obviously reached the limit of his patience. In order to force Omura Juntada to surrender completely, he directly chose to set fire to force Omura Juntada to surrender. Don't expect extravagant taxes after the soil offering.

Sun Keyi and Ma Jin, they saw that the church stood still, because the fire did not spread to the parish. On the port, the sailing ships from Taixi were intact, and even the two warships staying in the port were safe.

The water and fire are ruthless, but this is obviously arson on purpose.

"They made it so obvious that the diocese was intact, but outside the diocese, it was completely burned down. Wouldn't this... be a problem?" Sun Keyi, who had done all the bad things, couldn't help but shudder.

"This is why the Taixi people want to ask for their souls, and this is why I think His Majesty is extremely wise. Your Majesty strictly forbids the request of Nestorianism to preach in Daming. At the beginning, Legaz, Antonio and Francisco all asked to preach in Daming, but they were rejected by Daming." The emperor refused." Xu Wei thought for a while, and further explained: "In many cases, natural disasters will be interpreted by religion as a warning to heaven and man, and a warning to meat eaters."

"And religion is very good at transferring the hatred, dissatisfaction and fear of natural disasters to some meat eaters."

Xu Wei is well aware of the propagation path of the Western Church, or most religions. In the southeast where Japanese plagues were frequent in the past, such idiots emerged one after another, causing harm, and then appearing in an image of mercy to confuse people's hearts.

Xu Wei has seen it too many times.

"Isn't that the inspector? What is he doing?" Sun Keyi asked in surprise when he saw the crowd gathered in front of him.

Xu Wei said calmly: "He is saving the souls of the dead."

In front of a pair of mother and son who had been burned to death, the kindly priest recited the scriptures very devoutly, and even shed two tears. While feeling sad for such misfortune, he also expressed his compassion for the mother and son who were burnt to charcoal black. .

Apparently when the fire came, the mother hugged the child under her body in order to protect the child. The mother had been burnt beyond recognition, but the child still kept the whole body. The child did not escape the catastrophe and died in the fire.

When the fire burned until midnight yesterday, there was still no one to put out the fire. It seemed that God couldn't stand it anymore. It rained and stopped the continuous spread of the fire.

The priest was praying, and the faithful around him could not hide their grief and wept bitterly.

And a kind of dissatisfaction was brewed in the crying, which was dissatisfaction with Omura Junzhong, because Omura Junzhong could not protect Nagasaki.

Junzhong Omura must do something, either suppress or appease, and Junzhong Omura is a coward, incapable of suppressing, he can only appease, and handing over Nagasaki to a reassuring force becomes what Junzhong Omura must do The way to go, obviously, church is a good choice.

Omura Junzhong found the post at night, and under the slightly dim light, he saw the people from Daming.

"Honorable Messenger of the Heavenly Kingdom, please be merciful and save me." Omura Junchu kowtowed non-stop. He realized that the crisis was approaching, so he looked for the tyrannical soldiers from Ming Dynasty and asked for help.

"Do you know where your misfortune comes from?" Xu Wei put down the teacup methodically, looked at Omura Junzhong and asked.

"Father Alessandro Valignano, the Inspector from Tessi." Omura Junchu bowed again, gritted his molars and said, "I offer my faith and allow them to preach in my territory, I intend to completely hand over Nagasaki to the church, and I even negotiated terms with the priest, and when the priest returns to Rome, he will send envoys to Taixi to pay homage to the Holy Land."

"I am so pious, but in exchange for such humiliation."

Omura Juntada really planned to send envoys to go on a pilgrimage to Rome, and he also reached a contract with the priest to send envoys when the priest completed the task of inspecting the diocese and returned to Rome.

In the tenth year of Wanli, the Tianzheng mission to Europe was promoted by Junchu Omura, and it was also the first mission of the Wa Kingdom to visit Taixi.

Xu Wei nodded and said, "You're not stupid."

"I really want to know why you didn't kneel in front of your priest to confess your mistakes, but ran over and kowtowed to me. Why?" Xu Wei asked curiously.

Sun Keyi and Ma Jin were also so puzzled. They, Ming people, were more like despicable foreigners. As soon as they arrived in Nagasaki, they set fire to the mountains, burned down the port, and burned down the city. Pure loyalty should trust his priest more. Aren't they despicable outsiders the best sinners?
After all, this was only the second time Xu Wei saw Omura Junzhong.

"Daming is a kingdom of heaven and a state of etiquette." Omura Chunchu bowed again and said forcefully.

Omura Junzhong never doubted the people of Ming Dynasty, because the people of Ming Dynasty couldn't do such things. There is a kind of high morality in Ming Dynasty, which is a kind of disadvantage in the competition. Loyalty or doubt is the root cause of what the Ming people did.

"I hate morality very much." The corner of Xu Wei's mouth twitched. He really hated morality. The second reason he didn't like Zhang Juzheng was that Zhang Juzheng was a good man. As far as the coolies are concerned, Zhang Juzheng is a good man.

The reason why Xu Wei didn't like Zhang Juzheng was that when Xu Jie forced Hu Zongxian to die, Zhang Juzheng was still Xu Jie's accomplice and a student of Xu Jie. Zhang Juzheng didn't stop his teacher from harming officials who had made great contributions to the country, and just sat and watched Hu Zongxian die. , seek glory and gain disgrace.

Zhang Juzheng is so powerful, he saved so many people, why can't he save Hu Zongxian like Qi Jiguang?
Zhang Juzheng was like the savior of Ming Dynasty, even Xu Wei hoped that Zhang Juzheng would bring fairness and justice, but Zhang Juzheng's kindness did not reach Xu Wei, so Xu Wei felt resentful towards Zhang Juzheng.

Just like how Zhang Juzheng talked about the negative effects of the gentry on Daming for the first time in the long history, treat the common people kindly and give them fairness and justice.

Why is Zhang Juzheng so stingy and unwilling to give Hu Zongxian some fairness and justice?At that time, Hu Zongxian was deprived of his official status and fame, and he was a harmless person who died politically.

This is a typical way of thinking of Ming people, sincerely looking forward to a bright master who can turn the tide, so that the suffering life can take a breath, even if it is just a breath.

And this way of thinking can really get a response.

In Daming alone, Yu Qian saved Daming's country first, and Zhang Juzheng desperately wanted to continue Daming's life.

In the Han Dynasty, there was Zhongliang from generation to generation.

Generation after generation of loyalty and goodness is probably the greatest benefit brought about by high moral disadvantage.

Xu Wei really doesn't like morality, but what Omura Junchu said makes sense.

"Then what is the governor's plan?" Xu Wei asked with a smile.

Omura Junchu bowed again, and said loudly: "I will convert, and I will dedicate the two places of Nagasaki and Motegi to your envoy. If I can't do it, these heavenly soldiers and generals will kill me easily. There is only one humble request, kill those evil demons!"

"It's surprising that you can use idioms." Xu Wei's focus is very strange, this Omura Junzhong can actually know idioms, Xu Wei asked curiously: "You know the meaning of this idiom, do you know where it comes from?"

Omura Junzhong couldn't keep up with Xu Wei's train of thought at all. He was offering soil for Gou's safety. Why did Xu Wei stare at him knowing how to use idioms? He said dully, "I don't know."

Xu Wei explained: "From "Mencius Gongsun Choushang", it says: With the king of Qi, it is by the backhand. The same article also said: The princes of the Wuding Dynasty had the world, and it was like the palm of luck. At least in the Han Dynasty, the idiom was as easy as turning the palm of your hand. was summed up."

"Since you are so sincere, then I promise you."

"Thank you Angel!" Omura Junzhong kowtowed several times in a row. He knelt on the ground, trying to bow his head to his ear, but raised his head vigorously, and asked in a strange posture: "Angel, I have a merciless request. Can I stay at the post for a few days? I'm afraid I'll die if I go out."

"So you know that you are seeking skin from a tiger? Are you not afraid of seeking skin from a tiger if you ask me?" Xu Wei was taken aback, looking at Omura Junzhong with a playful expression and asked.

Omura Junzhong is not stupid, he is just cowardly, he is very shrewd, he knows the horror of Taixi people.

Taixi people are big tigers, wouldn't Daming not eat people?

"No matter how much Da Ming wants, he doesn't have the appetite of Taixi people." Omura Junchu really thought so.

He thought about it, Da Ming at most wanted to annex the entire Wa country and make Wa country a provincial road of Daming. Is this a bad thing for Wa country?This is a great thing for Japan!

It's an honor to be Daming's dog, and it's better than a wild dog that runs around and eats its last meal.

"Then you can stay at the post house, and the result will be in two or three days at most." Xu Wei waved his hand, making Omura Junzhong retreat.

And Sun Keyi finally understood Xu Wei's plan. The bad things were done by the Taixi people, and the reputation was won by the Ming people. .

The communication between Xu Wei and the inspector of the church was just to intensify the conflict.

"Sir, did you know from the beginning that the church was going to be set on fire?" Sun Keyi asked with some doubts.

"No, I don't know, I didn't expect them to be so bad." Xu Wei waved his hand and said, "Compared to them, I'm like a saint. good man!"

"I'm obviously here to be a villain! It's simply too hateful."

"Chi Zhong, you have to remember that any plan is decided according to the change of the situation, which depends on the situation."

Sun Keyi's word is Zhizhong, and Xu Wei called him that. It was true that he promised the priest that he could provide military protection, and it was true that he promised Omura Junzhong to avenge those who died in the Nagasaki fire.

It's just that the situation has changed, the decision has changed.

"Students understand." Sun Keyi wanted to understand the truth.

"Deputy Ma, I'll leave the rest of the matter to you. Communicate with Junchu Omura and arrest all the 59 missionaries in the church. Don't kill them, arrest them, and shake off their crimes little by little. .” Xu Wei did not intend to kill people directly, but to arrest them and reveal their crimes bit by bit.

"Yeah." Ma Jin nodded, and led a group of steel hunjia soldiers to clean up the parish.

The arrest of the missionaries was at the request of the governor of the Omura clan, Omura Junchu.

　Historically, before Omura Chunzhong donated soil for peace and sent the Tenzheng Mission to visit Europe, there was indeed a big fire. Of course, all the records in the literature are all about accidents. Whether it was an accident or not, I don’t think it was an accident. These missionaries Did the soldiers wander across the sea to Nagasaki to spread love and peace?Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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