"But Governor, Seed Island is too close to Japan. Will our rash occupation of Seed Island arouse the vigilance of both sides of Japan and make them temporarily stop the civil war?"

Tang Hongsheng thought about Japan's map in his mind and found that Seed Island was only a hundred miles away from Japan's mainland. He couldn't help but worry that with Taiwan, the foreign enemy, the two sides that Japan was fighting would be united in the foreign countries.

"So I said to try to control these two islands and first look at the reaction in Japan. If the two sides really have the same situation as you said to be consistent with the outside world, then we will withdraw from there. However, we must not relax the restraint of the Satsuma family."

The implication is that Xiao Minggan means that if the two sides still fight each other, Xiao Minggan will swallow the two islands without hesitation.

"I understand. Then will we increase our support to the Tokugawa Shogunate?"

Tang Hongsheng understood what Xiao Minggan meant. To put it bluntly, it was a kind of adventure temptation.

"Don't worry, wait and see. After all, before this, the Tokugawa shogunate had always been at the upper hand. If we rashly increase support to the Tokugawa shogunate, it may greatly increase its strength in a short period of time, which is not what we are willing to see. Moreover, we have just controlled the support to the Tokugawa family and strengthened the support to the Tokugawa family. Even fools can see our intentions, which will intensify the Japanese's hostility towards us." Xiao Minggan thought for a while and said.

Although Xiao Minggan did not mind the hostility of the Japanese, in order for Taiwan to firmly control Japan, Xiao Minggan could not help but completely ignore the reactions of the Japanese people.

"Also, you just said that the Nagashu family's attitude towards the Tokugawa shogunate began to become tougher. Didn't the Tokugawa shogunate lose the Nagasaki window?"

"That's right, but Tokugawa Ieyasu seemed to have expected this situation before his death. So three months ago, he announced the opening of Yokohama as Japan's third foreign port, and early on letting merchants under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate conduct foreign trade in Yokohama."

"What an old fox! But it seems a bit late."

There were only two foreign windows in Japan, but now it seems that both of them are unreliable, especially Nagasaki, which has been separated from the control of the Tokugawa Shogunate in a practical sense.

Originally, if Taiwan had not appeared, it would have been unrelated to whether the Tokugawa Shogunate would open a port for foreign trade under such circumstances. But now it is different. Without Taiwan's advanced artillery and a large amount of grain imports, the Tokugawa Shogunate would have been at a disadvantage in a very short period of time.

"It shouldn't be too late. Although the Nagashu family controlled Nagasaki, Nagasaki was actually seriously damaged by the Tokugawa shogunate. In addition, we are the largest trade object in Japan, and there is no difference for us where we enter Japan, so we don't care whether it is Nagasaki or Yokohama."

"Well! You are right. It seems that as long as we operate well, we can divide Japan into two parts, north and south, so that they can continue to fight like this." When I thought that Japan would split, Xiao Minggan felt as good as eating ice cream in the summer.

Some people may say that Xiao Minggan is shamelessly interfering in other people's internal affairs and becoming the mastermind behind the domestic turmoil in Japan? Please, for the benefit of his own country and nation, how could he care about so many. Once the Nanyang Transit Plan was successful, the indigenous people in the South China Sea would die. If you can't bear it, then wait to be enslaved by other countries.

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On the seventh day of September 1618, Shang Ning, the seventh king of Ryukyu, sat dejectedly on his throne, with deep reluctance and sadness in his eyes.

As a king, Shang Ning felt that he was the most miserable. Nine years ago, the Japanese Satsuma family occupied the entire Ryukyu with more than 3,000 people, and he was captured to Kagoshima. In the end, he was released by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

As the king of a small country, Shang Ning had to surrender to Japan at the same time when he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not eat people and did not vomit bones like Japan. Instead, it would be a great benefit to pay tribute.

But what I didn't expect was that a Taiwan appeared five years ago. Fortunately, at the beginning, Taiwan was basically peaceful, but four shopping malls were established in Ryukyu for merchant ship supplies. Because there were benefits, Shang Ning certainly would not have any opinions.

However, Shang Ning gradually felt something was wrong. Because there are a large number of Chinese families in China, and these families occupy the power of Ryukyu, they are very close to Taiwan, which is also Chinese. In all aspects, they tend to be Taiwan.

If this is the case, Shang Ning doesn't think there is anything wrong. However, after having been in contact with Taiwan for a long time, these Chinese families have actually begun to purchase property in Taiwan, and they are very likely to regard themselves as part of Taiwan.

This is amazing. How could a king endure such obvious behavior of stinging inside and outside? So in anger, Shang Ning exempted all the Chinese officials and found a reason to throw several of them into prison.

Who knew that he suddenly stabbed the hornet's nest. On the third day of his operation, a Taiwan fleet of twenty warships drove to Ryukyu. Hundreds of black muzzles pointed at their palace and said they wanted to protect the Chinese expatriates.

It’s a joke that replacing the officials of Ryukyu is the power of his own Ryukyu king. Moreover, these so-called overseas Chinese are all from the Ryukyu Kingdom. When will it be Taiwan’s turn to intervene?

However, the situation was pressing, and Shang Ning could only surrender to Taiwan's strong ships and cannons. He thought to ask the Ming Dynasty to sue the case and let the Ming Dynasty deal with this arrogant Taiwan.

Obviously, Taiwan also thought of what Shang Ning thought of. Since that incident, Taiwan has completely controlled Ryukyu's foreign exchanges. Moreover, because of his previous act of removing all Chinese officials, the Chinese who later regained power no longer took their king seriously.

The king of himself has become a puppet. What’s even more annoying is that Taiwan shamelessly emerged from Ryukyu to the Ming Dynasty for tribute, which made the Ming Dynasty ignorant of what Taiwan did.

Originally, Shang Ning had a little luck mentality, hoping that the Satsuma vassal of Japan would find that Ryukyu had been controlled by Taiwan. Because Taiwan had never paid tribute to Japan. However, unexpectedly, due to the domestic situation in Japan, the Satsuma vassal of the country had no energy to take care of Ryukyu again. Although it had been urged several times, it was finally left unresolved.
Chapter completed!