At the same time, Zhang Youyu sent someone to bring a letter to Shang and Zhou Zuo, and the content of the letter was that the Ming navy was attacked by Japanese people.

Shang Zhouzuo, who was stationed in Edo, understood Zhang Youyu's intentions and immediately came to the shogunate to ask to meet Tokugawa Iehiro.

Tokugawa Iemitsu now had a headache as soon as he knew that Shang and Zhou Zuo were about to see him.

Because although he was the dignified general of the Japanese army, he could only nod and bow like a dog in front of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, not dared to offend him at all, and even dared not neglect him.

There is no way. The Ming Dynasty's current strength is too strong. More than a dozen battleships in Nagasaki can drive to Edo at any time and destroy his shogunate.

Therefore, Tokugawa Iemitsu was no longer willing to see Shang and Zhou Zuo, so he had to squeeze out his smile and meet Shang and Zhou Zuo.

"If you don't know what you can do if you see the angels come to visit?"

Tokugawa Ie-kun asked, and smiled humbly, and looked at Shang and Zhou Zuo's face carefully.

Shang and Zhou Zuo's face was not good, with his hands behind him, looking like he was not allowed to enter a stranger.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was quite uneasy and said to himself: "Don't be the ignorant young samurai below who demonstrated under the banner of expelling Ming people. These samurai are too ignorant. They like to demand expel the barbarians if they have nothing to do. The key is to fight. If they can be driven away, my shogunate still needs you to demonstrate?"

Shang and Zhou Zuo still bowed and said, "Since ancient times, the two countries fought, they all should be polite and then soldiers. Why didn't the general even understand this rule? He even attacked our navy and killed several people in the navy?"

"What happened like this? This, this, how dare I do this shogunate!"

Tokugawa Ie-Kao was in tears, thinking that even if he had to use his ten courage, he would not dare to offend the Ming Dynasty at this time.

Shang and Zhou Zuo directly handed the document sent by Zhang Youyu to Tokugawa Iegura: "This is a letter from my Governor Zhang Dutang of the Ming Dynasty. You can see it yourself. Shang is naturally willing to believe that the general is a smart person and will not do such stupid things, but it is not guaranteed that the people under you did such stupid things. But no matter what, please give us an explanation. In this way, we can also give the court and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Shang and Zhou Zuo said that, then picked up the tea and started drinking it.

Tokugawa Iemitsu hurriedly opened the letter handed to him by Shang and Zhou Zuo. After reading the content, he looked at Shang and Zhou Zuo again, and endless anger flashed in his eyes.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is not a fool. How could he not guess what was mentioned here? It was probably a show made by Ming people themselves.

But can he expose it?

He can't expose it.

Tokugawa Iemitsu had to pretend to be shocked: "It's really, this is really an excessive. In my opinion, this is probably the work of the anti-shog army, and deliberately framed the shogunate!"

"As for whether it is true, please ask the general to investigate, and our people will also investigate carefully."

Shang and Zhou Zuo said.

"this!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu was actually not sure if it was caused by some of the samurai who hated Ming people by his subordinates, so he had to say again: "Please ask the angel to know, how dare my shogunate do such a thing? My shogunate will only denounce such things! As for the investigation, otherwise it would be fine to avoid the trouble. After all, if unexpected results really occur, it would not be conducive to the relationship between the two countries, right?"

As he said that, Tokugawa Iemitsu smiled flatteringly.

Shang and Zhou Zuo nodded and said, "How can I not investigate? I must find out the truth. In addition, if your shogunate really wants to clear your innocence, you can first ask your emperor to issue a notice to denounce this behavior of not treating friendly countries and offending the Celestial Empire, and apologize to the Ming Navy for this matter, make corresponding compensation, and show your attitude first. In this way, even if the people under the shogunate say, I, Your Majesty, will not make things difficult for you."

"you!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu yelled on the spot, and his breathing became so angry that he became short of breath.

He had to admit that the Ming people were really bullying.

The thief did not say that he would catch the thief, but he deliberately framed his shogunate, and even forced his shogunate to express his opinion on the matter to the whole country.

In this case, his reputation as the shogunate became even worse in Japan, and his shogunate became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty and betrayed the entire Japan.

"Um?"

Shang and Zhou Zuo asked indifferently.

After drinking, Tokugawa Iemitsu regained his rationality. He couldn't help but bow and apologize: "Sorry! Just now, I have lost my composure just now. Please calm down the anger! Our shogunate is willing to obey all the shogunate of the angels, and thank the angels for their care for our shogunate and showed great restraint. He did not blame the shogunate directly for this."

Tokugawa Iemitsu said again: "The shogunate apologizes for offering fifty taels of gold."

"You are polite, General! I will say goodbye."

Shang and Zhou Zuo left here as he said.

As soon as Shang and Zhou Zuo left, Tokugawa Ie-kwang threw a Chinese porcelain to the ground and scolded, "It's too much!"

Immediately afterwards, Tokugawa Iemitsu still felt relieved, so he directly raised a glass jewelry made in China and fell to the ground again.

But Tokugawa Iemitsu still didn't feel relieved, so he picked up a Chinese-made clock and was about to throw it away, but at this time he suddenly realized that almost all the items in his luxuriously decorated study were made of Chinese goods.

Tokugawa Iemitsu felt even more depressed about this.

He had to admit that if he wanted to live a comfortable life, he could only accept the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Next, the shogunate still asked the Emperor Mingzheng, who was controlled by them, to issue a notice condemn the offensive of the Shogun League to the Celestial Empire and to express his apology to the Ming Dynasty for this matter.

But Emperor Akimasa's father, Gomizuo Taishao, thought it was a very humiliating matter after learning about this. He couldn't help but say: "A great shame! It's a great shame! Not only was his shogunate controlled by Mingyi, but my emperor was also controlled by Mingyi. Yamato completely became a slave to Mingyi because of his Tokugawa Shogunate's weakness!"

Like Emperor Gomizuo Taishang, after Emperor Mingmao issued this notice across the entire country of Japan at the instruction of the shogunate, the Japanese daimyo was shocked.

The Shogun Alliance was naturally even more angry at the Tokugawa Shogunate's weak behavior. In addition, they were also very angry at the Tokugawa Shogunate's slander because they had no choice to offend the Ming Empire from beginning to end.

"Excessive! His shogunate relies on the current emperor as his niece of Tokugawa Iehime, and he was so humble to the Ming people and poured dirty water on us. This is obviously to collude with the Ming people to deal with our Shogun Alliance. I suggest that we need to launch a more fierce offensive against the shogunate forces in order to overthrow the shogunate faster and revive our Yamato's grandeur!"

Shimazu Kokusa said indignantly after hearing this notice.

Other daimyos in the Anti-Shield Alliance also agreed.

So, next, the anti-shog army took a greater offensive against the shogunate army, and the shogunate army was defeated again and lost several cities in a row.

However, at this time, the decree of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Nagasaki, and he said that he could not ignore the offense of the Japanese Union against the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu also found Shang and Zhou Zuo and asked the Ming Dynasty to send troops.

Because he knew that the Ming Dynasty could not ignore his shogunate.
Chapter completed!