Chapter 2088
Chapter 2088
Chapter 2088
A question that Shiro Amakusa hadn't figured out before was why the Eighteen Zhiyu Party took the initiative to join the Tagawa clan and brought so many valuable resources to help it develop, and the news provided by Garcia , undoubtedly gave all the questions a reasonable answer.
For various reasons, Haihan did not exterminate the family members of Zheng Zhilong and other main leaders after the elimination of Shibazhi. To prevent future troubles.This way of handling cannot simply be judged by the standard of right and wrong, but judging from the current situation, the soft-heartedness at the beginning did indeed leave some long-term hidden dangers for Hai Han.
As a leader, Zheng Zhilong's prestige within Shibazhi is undoubtedly very high. Even after many years of death, there are still many people who are willing to continue to engage in the special business of armed maritime merchants based on this signboard.And Zheng Zhilong's descendants will inherit this cause, and the Eighteen Zhiyu Party, who are unwilling to be reconciled to all kinds of people, is indeed the most appealing. No matter what purpose they gather in Japan, the authority symbolized by the status of Zheng Zhilong's children It is the spiritual totem these people need.
And considering the special environment of the Hirado Clan, of course they can't openly play the Zheng family's banner, so providing support for the Tagawa family has become a compromise method.On the surface, these people are taking orders from the Tianchuan family, but in fact they are still serving the Zheng family.This seems to be a good explanation why the strength of the Tianchuan family has expanded rapidly in recent years, and there are even faint signs of replacing the feudal lord.
Finding out about this matter is far more important than understanding Nagasaki's trade situation, so Shiro Amakusa adjusted his direction without hesitation, hoping that Garcia would provide more information about the descendants of the Tagawa family and the Zheng family.
However, Garcia's sources of information are not so reliable. He has not had much direct contact with Mr. Tagawa, so a lot of the news is actually based on hearsay, and it is difficult for him to tell the specific situation.After Garcia learned of Amakusa Shiro's identity, he didn't dare to fabricate false information to get away with it. He could only honestly tell Amakusa Shiro that he had limited information and didn't know the specific situation of Zheng's descendants.
Amakusa Shiro felt very sorry for this. If the news about Zheng's descendants can be confirmed, then the next situation will undoubtedly be much clearer, and Hai Han can also take more targeted investigation measures.But what Amakusa Shiro didn't know was that after the information he had collected in Hirado Port was sent back to Sanya, the high-level officials of Haihan had already confirmed the special identity of someone.
"According to historical records, Tagawa Qizaemon, also known as Tagawa Jirozaemon, Zheng Zhilong's second son, was born in 1626, the year before we came here, and is 12 years old now. The reason why his surname is Tagawa He didn’t follow his father’s surname because Zheng Zhilong adopted him to his wife Tagawa’s natal family. But how this Tagawa Nanazawaemon became the heir of the Tagawa clan’s patriarch, we still lack relevant information, so we can only guess that maybe It is related to the support of the Eighteen Zhiyu Party.”
After receiving the reconnaissance report from Hirado, the intelligence department has already verified some of the key information, especially the famous people like "Tagawa Qizaemon" mentioned in the report. Using the information of the large database to search, the result turned out to be that there is indeed the person, and through the information, another identity that made Haihan more interested was confirmed, and this was reported to the executive committee at the security meeting. report.
Yan Chujie said: "Since it is confirmed that this person is Zheng Zhilong's second son, it makes sense for the Eighteenth Zhiyu Party to choose the Hirado Domain as the base for the re-insurgency. They built ships and cannons locally, and secretly formed an armed fleet. I want to reproduce the glory of Shibazhi in Japan!"
"If it's only in Japan, that's fine, but their ambition probably won't limit their activities around Japan." Tao Donglai pondered: "Judging from their previous layout in the southeast of Ming Dynasty, probably Rich coastal areas are the real targets for these people."
If counting from the time of the attempted attack that occurred when the son of North Korea visited the island in October last year, in the past five months, Haihan has seized several cases directly related to this group of people in the vast area from Sanya in the south to Liaodong in the north. or indirectly related cases.At first, Haihan only treated it as arms smuggling, but as more and more clues were obtained, the intelligence agency gradually realized that the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes might not only be to obtain economic benefits by smuggling arms.
When the time is right, it's hard to say which side this group will choose to fight first, but it's obviously unlikely that they will give up the deployment that spent a lot of resources and time in the coastal area of Daming.Of course, now that Haihan has started to clean up the various institutions set up by this group along the coast of Daming, even if they don't want to give up voluntarily, it will be difficult to rebuild a similar network in a short period of time.
What the Executive Committee needs to make a judgment at the moment is whether this armed force based on the Eighteen Zhiyu Party and the Zheng family will pose a threat to Haihan in the future.If the answer is yes, then it is necessary for Haihan to arrange to send troops to eliminate this hidden danger.
"Judging from the front-line reconnaissance, this group of people has mastered the technology of casting Western-style artillery. I think this is a very dangerous signal. It is very likely that they have also mastered the technology of mass-manufacturing guns to a certain extent. Whether it is Matchlock guns or flintlock guns will bring us a lot of trouble!" Beks expressed his worries from the perspective of military technology, and his subtext was that if these people can make their own guns, then even if Haihan manages to Blocking the sea lanes leading to the Spanish colonies in the south still cannot prevent the continuation of the transnational arms smuggling trade.
"Don't forget, they still have shipbuilding capabilities." Yue Zhiyun, who attended the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Communications, added: "An armed fleet that is unknown to the world can do a lot of things with a little courage. There is reason to believe that this will pose a threat to our country's northern sea route."
Haihan actually stationed a lot of troops in the northern part of Daming, but due to the constraints of the objective environment, Haihan controls much fewer ports in the northern waters than in the south. To the north of the Yangtze River, there are only two ports, Zhifu Port in Shandong and Lvshun Port in Liaodong. It was not until the second half of last year that there was another Datong Jiangjun Port, which is not on the main trade route.Pulling this dividing line south to the north of the Fujian Strait, there is only one more Zhoushan Dinghai Port.
In this situation, most of the routes leading to the Northern Continent are actually outside the protection range of the navy. Daming has various concerns that make him not dare to attack Haihan's ships, but the Japanese side did not cooperate with them. Haihan established any official relationship, and the Hirado domain was a traditional Japanese pirate den, so they had nothing to worry about.What's more, the armed fleet that is being formed in Hirado is still dominated by Chinese-style sailing ships. It will be difficult to associate it with Japan when something happens. To the effect of misleading Haihan.
Tao Donglai said: "Then with the troops we are currently deploying in the north, can we solve this problem?"
Yan Chujie responded: "The military strength is actually more than enough. Even if the garrisons in Jinzhou in Liaodong and Dengzhou in Shandong are not used, the garrisons in Datongjiang Base in North Korea and Dinghai Port in Zhejiang are enough to complete the combat mission. Both places Each has a fully equipped fleet that can complete preparations for battle in a short period of time, and the Datong River Base also has special operations groups and marines that can take on the mission of landing operations. The force should be enough to take down the entire Hirado Island. Of course, we still need to do further verification of the other party's military strength."
Yan Chujie's tone was full of confidence. After all, almost all of the most elite combat troops of the Haihan Army are stationed in the north, and more than half a year has passed since the end of the Korean War last year. combat mission.
Yan Chujie estimated that it would be no problem for the navy and land armies to dispatch 5000 people, and such a force size should have greatly exceeded the total force of the Hirado Domain. Considering the differences in weaponry and tactics between the two sides, basically they would not give the other side What chance is left for a comeback.
Of course, as an ever-victorious army, the Haihan military needs to consider not only how to win the battle when formulating combat plans, but also how to use the highest combat efficiency, the least casualties, and the lowest military expenditure Consumption, to obtain the results required by the executive committee.It is not difficult to win a battle, but to win a battle that satisfies all parties in Haihan, it still requires the military to work hard.
Moreover, if the purpose of this kind of combat against overseas targets is only to destroy the opponent rather than expand the occupied area, then the result of launching this kind of war is very likely to win the war and lose military expenses, and this will often become part of the executive committee. Reasons against war.After all, for the business-oriented Haihan, almost everything can be quantified into economic benefits to weigh the pros and cons. If the economic loss is too large, it will be regarded as a bad deal, even if it is a war.
Sure enough, objections immediately appeared, and Schneider's lazy voice sounded in the conference room: "May I ask you, is there any real benefit to us from fighting this battle? I don't think you will agree. Are you interested in small places like Hirado Island? The Japanese do not want to expand trade cooperation with foreign countries. We have discussed the plan to open Japan’s gates by force, but it has also proved difficult to achieve at this stage, so it is just to eliminate a The local warlords are about to launch a war. Have you calculated the possible expenses we may have to incur? This is not the case when we sent troops to North Korea last year. North Koreans will bear the military expenses for us. After the war, we can even earn a fortune. Pen, hit Japan, we can only pay for it ourselves!"
Yan Chujie frowned and said: "But this is not a military operation based on economic interests, but the remnant party of Shibazhi, a hostile armed force that has already begun to cause trouble for us!"
"There is a saying in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", which is called "surrender without fighting. Why don't we try to use other methods, such as using diplomatic means to put pressure on the other party, let them realize their situation, and then take the initiative Give up some unrealistic fantasies. Those people used to be our defeated opponents. They should be very clear about the consequences of being targeted by us. If they must die, it will not be too late to use military means. .” Schneider tried to persuade others to use negotiation to solve the current problem.
And Gu Kai, the backbone of the anti-war faction in the executive committee, also expressed solidarity with Schneider without hesitation: "War is an extreme means to solve problems, and it will bring many side effects. The war we launched against Shibazhi before did not Solve the problem thoroughly. This time, if military means are used to solve the problem of the Hirado clan, I think it will still treat the symptoms but not the root cause. It will be difficult to completely resolve the grievances between our country and the Shiba Zhiyu Party. I think Schneider’s idea is right Yes, what we have to do is not to think about how to eliminate our opponents, but to let them back down and give up their position against us. If they don't accept this kind of goodwill, then we should use a big stick to beat them hard Go down."
"The way you said may cause our army to miss the best opportunity." Yan Chujie shook his head and objected: "The current situation is that the other party thinks that we are telling them that they are hiding, and they don't know that they have been exposed in our field of vision. At this time, we can catch them off guard, but if we want to use negotiation means to put pressure on them, it is actually giving them time to respond. It is true that they may voluntarily give up the confrontation as you wish, but it is also ruled out Without the possibility of taking risks, we will lose the opportunity to use military means to solve the problem at that time, and it may take longer combat time and more casualties to achieve the effect."
It has been the norm in these years for the war faction and the peace faction to hold their own opinions at this kind of meeting and refuse to give in to each other.But in fact, the basic positions of the two parties in this debate are the same, that is, the situation of the Hirado Domain must be given enough attention and corresponding measures must be taken to deal with it.Even the faction that advocates a peaceful solution to the problem does not reject the use of military means to attack the opponent after diplomatic means have failed.
But if diplomatic means can be effective, making the opponent give up confrontation intimidated by Haihan's power, then in the process, a large amount of military expenditure can indeed be saved, casualties caused by the war can be avoided, and there is even a chance to solve Haihan's relationship with Haihan once and for all. The grievances between Shibazhi.Therefore, this is still a very tempting proposal for the decision makers of the Executive Committee.
(End of this chapter)
A question that Shiro Amakusa hadn't figured out before was why the Eighteen Zhiyu Party took the initiative to join the Tagawa clan and brought so many valuable resources to help it develop, and the news provided by Garcia , undoubtedly gave all the questions a reasonable answer.
For various reasons, Haihan did not exterminate the family members of Zheng Zhilong and other main leaders after the elimination of Shibazhi. To prevent future troubles.This way of handling cannot simply be judged by the standard of right and wrong, but judging from the current situation, the soft-heartedness at the beginning did indeed leave some long-term hidden dangers for Hai Han.
As a leader, Zheng Zhilong's prestige within Shibazhi is undoubtedly very high. Even after many years of death, there are still many people who are willing to continue to engage in the special business of armed maritime merchants based on this signboard.And Zheng Zhilong's descendants will inherit this cause, and the Eighteen Zhiyu Party, who are unwilling to be reconciled to all kinds of people, is indeed the most appealing. No matter what purpose they gather in Japan, the authority symbolized by the status of Zheng Zhilong's children It is the spiritual totem these people need.
And considering the special environment of the Hirado Clan, of course they can't openly play the Zheng family's banner, so providing support for the Tagawa family has become a compromise method.On the surface, these people are taking orders from the Tianchuan family, but in fact they are still serving the Zheng family.This seems to be a good explanation why the strength of the Tianchuan family has expanded rapidly in recent years, and there are even faint signs of replacing the feudal lord.
Finding out about this matter is far more important than understanding Nagasaki's trade situation, so Shiro Amakusa adjusted his direction without hesitation, hoping that Garcia would provide more information about the descendants of the Tagawa family and the Zheng family.
However, Garcia's sources of information are not so reliable. He has not had much direct contact with Mr. Tagawa, so a lot of the news is actually based on hearsay, and it is difficult for him to tell the specific situation.After Garcia learned of Amakusa Shiro's identity, he didn't dare to fabricate false information to get away with it. He could only honestly tell Amakusa Shiro that he had limited information and didn't know the specific situation of Zheng's descendants.
Amakusa Shiro felt very sorry for this. If the news about Zheng's descendants can be confirmed, then the next situation will undoubtedly be much clearer, and Hai Han can also take more targeted investigation measures.But what Amakusa Shiro didn't know was that after the information he had collected in Hirado Port was sent back to Sanya, the high-level officials of Haihan had already confirmed the special identity of someone.
"According to historical records, Tagawa Qizaemon, also known as Tagawa Jirozaemon, Zheng Zhilong's second son, was born in 1626, the year before we came here, and is 12 years old now. The reason why his surname is Tagawa He didn’t follow his father’s surname because Zheng Zhilong adopted him to his wife Tagawa’s natal family. But how this Tagawa Nanazawaemon became the heir of the Tagawa clan’s patriarch, we still lack relevant information, so we can only guess that maybe It is related to the support of the Eighteen Zhiyu Party.”
After receiving the reconnaissance report from Hirado, the intelligence department has already verified some of the key information, especially the famous people like "Tagawa Qizaemon" mentioned in the report. Using the information of the large database to search, the result turned out to be that there is indeed the person, and through the information, another identity that made Haihan more interested was confirmed, and this was reported to the executive committee at the security meeting. report.
Yan Chujie said: "Since it is confirmed that this person is Zheng Zhilong's second son, it makes sense for the Eighteenth Zhiyu Party to choose the Hirado Domain as the base for the re-insurgency. They built ships and cannons locally, and secretly formed an armed fleet. I want to reproduce the glory of Shibazhi in Japan!"
"If it's only in Japan, that's fine, but their ambition probably won't limit their activities around Japan." Tao Donglai pondered: "Judging from their previous layout in the southeast of Ming Dynasty, probably Rich coastal areas are the real targets for these people."
If counting from the time of the attempted attack that occurred when the son of North Korea visited the island in October last year, in the past five months, Haihan has seized several cases directly related to this group of people in the vast area from Sanya in the south to Liaodong in the north. or indirectly related cases.At first, Haihan only treated it as arms smuggling, but as more and more clues were obtained, the intelligence agency gradually realized that the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes might not only be to obtain economic benefits by smuggling arms.
When the time is right, it's hard to say which side this group will choose to fight first, but it's obviously unlikely that they will give up the deployment that spent a lot of resources and time in the coastal area of Daming.Of course, now that Haihan has started to clean up the various institutions set up by this group along the coast of Daming, even if they don't want to give up voluntarily, it will be difficult to rebuild a similar network in a short period of time.
What the Executive Committee needs to make a judgment at the moment is whether this armed force based on the Eighteen Zhiyu Party and the Zheng family will pose a threat to Haihan in the future.If the answer is yes, then it is necessary for Haihan to arrange to send troops to eliminate this hidden danger.
"Judging from the front-line reconnaissance, this group of people has mastered the technology of casting Western-style artillery. I think this is a very dangerous signal. It is very likely that they have also mastered the technology of mass-manufacturing guns to a certain extent. Whether it is Matchlock guns or flintlock guns will bring us a lot of trouble!" Beks expressed his worries from the perspective of military technology, and his subtext was that if these people can make their own guns, then even if Haihan manages to Blocking the sea lanes leading to the Spanish colonies in the south still cannot prevent the continuation of the transnational arms smuggling trade.
"Don't forget, they still have shipbuilding capabilities." Yue Zhiyun, who attended the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Communications, added: "An armed fleet that is unknown to the world can do a lot of things with a little courage. There is reason to believe that this will pose a threat to our country's northern sea route."
Haihan actually stationed a lot of troops in the northern part of Daming, but due to the constraints of the objective environment, Haihan controls much fewer ports in the northern waters than in the south. To the north of the Yangtze River, there are only two ports, Zhifu Port in Shandong and Lvshun Port in Liaodong. It was not until the second half of last year that there was another Datong Jiangjun Port, which is not on the main trade route.Pulling this dividing line south to the north of the Fujian Strait, there is only one more Zhoushan Dinghai Port.
In this situation, most of the routes leading to the Northern Continent are actually outside the protection range of the navy. Daming has various concerns that make him not dare to attack Haihan's ships, but the Japanese side did not cooperate with them. Haihan established any official relationship, and the Hirado domain was a traditional Japanese pirate den, so they had nothing to worry about.What's more, the armed fleet that is being formed in Hirado is still dominated by Chinese-style sailing ships. It will be difficult to associate it with Japan when something happens. To the effect of misleading Haihan.
Tao Donglai said: "Then with the troops we are currently deploying in the north, can we solve this problem?"
Yan Chujie responded: "The military strength is actually more than enough. Even if the garrisons in Jinzhou in Liaodong and Dengzhou in Shandong are not used, the garrisons in Datongjiang Base in North Korea and Dinghai Port in Zhejiang are enough to complete the combat mission. Both places Each has a fully equipped fleet that can complete preparations for battle in a short period of time, and the Datong River Base also has special operations groups and marines that can take on the mission of landing operations. The force should be enough to take down the entire Hirado Island. Of course, we still need to do further verification of the other party's military strength."
Yan Chujie's tone was full of confidence. After all, almost all of the most elite combat troops of the Haihan Army are stationed in the north, and more than half a year has passed since the end of the Korean War last year. combat mission.
Yan Chujie estimated that it would be no problem for the navy and land armies to dispatch 5000 people, and such a force size should have greatly exceeded the total force of the Hirado Domain. Considering the differences in weaponry and tactics between the two sides, basically they would not give the other side What chance is left for a comeback.
Of course, as an ever-victorious army, the Haihan military needs to consider not only how to win the battle when formulating combat plans, but also how to use the highest combat efficiency, the least casualties, and the lowest military expenditure Consumption, to obtain the results required by the executive committee.It is not difficult to win a battle, but to win a battle that satisfies all parties in Haihan, it still requires the military to work hard.
Moreover, if the purpose of this kind of combat against overseas targets is only to destroy the opponent rather than expand the occupied area, then the result of launching this kind of war is very likely to win the war and lose military expenses, and this will often become part of the executive committee. Reasons against war.After all, for the business-oriented Haihan, almost everything can be quantified into economic benefits to weigh the pros and cons. If the economic loss is too large, it will be regarded as a bad deal, even if it is a war.
Sure enough, objections immediately appeared, and Schneider's lazy voice sounded in the conference room: "May I ask you, is there any real benefit to us from fighting this battle? I don't think you will agree. Are you interested in small places like Hirado Island? The Japanese do not want to expand trade cooperation with foreign countries. We have discussed the plan to open Japan’s gates by force, but it has also proved difficult to achieve at this stage, so it is just to eliminate a The local warlords are about to launch a war. Have you calculated the possible expenses we may have to incur? This is not the case when we sent troops to North Korea last year. North Koreans will bear the military expenses for us. After the war, we can even earn a fortune. Pen, hit Japan, we can only pay for it ourselves!"
Yan Chujie frowned and said: "But this is not a military operation based on economic interests, but the remnant party of Shibazhi, a hostile armed force that has already begun to cause trouble for us!"
"There is a saying in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", which is called "surrender without fighting. Why don't we try to use other methods, such as using diplomatic means to put pressure on the other party, let them realize their situation, and then take the initiative Give up some unrealistic fantasies. Those people used to be our defeated opponents. They should be very clear about the consequences of being targeted by us. If they must die, it will not be too late to use military means. .” Schneider tried to persuade others to use negotiation to solve the current problem.
And Gu Kai, the backbone of the anti-war faction in the executive committee, also expressed solidarity with Schneider without hesitation: "War is an extreme means to solve problems, and it will bring many side effects. The war we launched against Shibazhi before did not Solve the problem thoroughly. This time, if military means are used to solve the problem of the Hirado clan, I think it will still treat the symptoms but not the root cause. It will be difficult to completely resolve the grievances between our country and the Shiba Zhiyu Party. I think Schneider’s idea is right Yes, what we have to do is not to think about how to eliminate our opponents, but to let them back down and give up their position against us. If they don't accept this kind of goodwill, then we should use a big stick to beat them hard Go down."
"The way you said may cause our army to miss the best opportunity." Yan Chujie shook his head and objected: "The current situation is that the other party thinks that we are telling them that they are hiding, and they don't know that they have been exposed in our field of vision. At this time, we can catch them off guard, but if we want to use negotiation means to put pressure on them, it is actually giving them time to respond. It is true that they may voluntarily give up the confrontation as you wish, but it is also ruled out Without the possibility of taking risks, we will lose the opportunity to use military means to solve the problem at that time, and it may take longer combat time and more casualties to achieve the effect."
It has been the norm in these years for the war faction and the peace faction to hold their own opinions at this kind of meeting and refuse to give in to each other.But in fact, the basic positions of the two parties in this debate are the same, that is, the situation of the Hirado Domain must be given enough attention and corresponding measures must be taken to deal with it.Even the faction that advocates a peaceful solution to the problem does not reject the use of military means to attack the opponent after diplomatic means have failed.
But if diplomatic means can be effective, making the opponent give up confrontation intimidated by Haihan's power, then in the process, a large amount of military expenditure can indeed be saved, casualties caused by the war can be avoided, and there is even a chance to solve Haihan's relationship with Haihan once and for all. The grievances between Shibazhi.Therefore, this is still a very tempting proposal for the decision makers of the Executive Committee.
(End of this chapter)