The news about the Japanese delegation also reached Shen Hai's ears.
Most people in the Great Zhou hated and feared the Japanese. They hated their brutality and cruelty, but also feared their cruel methods. So when they met the Japanese, the people in the Great Zhou would avoid them as much as possible. They were very afraid of dealing with the Japanese.
But some people in the Great Zhou are different.
Chen Hai is one of these different people.
Chen Hai looked down upon these Japanese people, for no other reason than that the Japanese people were indeed capricious, manic and cunning, but in Chen Hai's eyes, they were the weak ones.
Chen Hai has his own maritime guard team and he controls the Japanese docks. To him, the Japanese are nothing more than slaves that can be driven around.
Now the daimyos in Japan are fighting each other, and the vassal states are in chaos, but all the daimyos, without exception, want to win over Chen Hai and continue to obtain weapons from him. This is Chen Hai's confidence.
This time, the Japanese delegation was actually sent by the shogunate, and the shogunate was also controlled by the sinking sea.
Chen Hai gave them this idea, asking them to go to Da Zhou as an envoy, ask for more benefits and negotiate conditions from Da Zhou. The daimyo of the shogunate agreed and sent an envoy.
Chen Hai not only knows the Japanese very well, he actually knows the court of the Great Zhou even better.
The Great Zhou Dynasty always claimed to follow the Zhou rites, and they attached great importance to etiquette. One of the rules was that when two armies were fighting, envoys should not be killed. He let the Japanese delegation go to the capital just to let them ask for the princess of the Great Zhou to marry.
Of course, for Chen Hai, this was not really for the sake of the Japanese.
Instead, Chen Hai needed these Japanese envoys to first submit to the Great Zhou court so that the Great Zhou court could continue to be paralyzed.
It would not be good for them to anger the court of Great Zhou too much. Shen Hai was very wary of the current crown prince of Great Zhou, the Crown Prince Xiao Heng.
The reason is simple: he failed many times at the hands of Xiao Heng and his wife.
Now that Xiao Heng and Su Yao have officially become husband and wife, the power they can mobilize has become even greater, and their tactics are extremely strong.
In Yunnan, they killed and ruthlessly. They recruited those chieftains who were obedient, and killed all the disobedient ones without any hesitation.
Chen Hai is now afraid that if he pushes them too far, he will go all out to facilitate the Great Zhou court's suppression of bandits, which will only bring disaster upon himself.
But he did not expect that the Japanese delegation would cause so much trouble in the capital.
Each and every one of them is a fatal sin.
He knew in his heart that the civil servants of the Great Zhou were actually very afraid of war. They were afraid of spending money and wasting money and manpower. In short, they really didn't like war.
So in fact, their bottom line is very high. If the Japanese delegation goes to ask for the princess in marriage, it is very likely to succeed. For the calculating civil officials, a princess can be exchanged for peace for more than ten years or even dozens of years. It is a very cost-effective deal.
However, this time the Japanese delegation crossed their bottom line.
These idiots!
Shen Hai cursed a few times in anger, and was so angry that his chest hurt. If these bastards stood in front of him now, he would definitely kill them all.
The people below advised him to calm down, whispering: "It's just that this time, not only did they fail to calm the Great Zhou court, but they added fuel to the fire. Things are indeed a bit complicated."
They destroyed Shen Hai's plan. Although Shen Hai was a pirate, he was also a very intelligent pirate. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to establish an overseas dynasty by himself.
After his relatives who stayed in Zhoushan got into trouble, he was indeed overwhelmed by anger at first, and he wanted to rebel directly and fight against the court.
But he soon calmed down and realized that angering the court would do him no good.
He chose to continue cooperating with Xiao Yuan and consolidate his relationship with the nine major families, so that the nine major families would help him get revenge when the time comes.
The Japanese delegation's visit to the capital was also part of their plan.
But now, the plan has failed.
Not only that, the imperial court also took this opportunity to publicize the horror of the Japanese pirates. Those Japanese ronin also used bloody facts to tell the civil servants in the Great Zhou who were afraid of war that you can't avoid war just because you want to, and the Japanese are fickle.
It's so stupid!
Even though Shen Hai was a scheming man, he couldn't help but be speechless by these people.
Fortunately, he calmed down quickly and sent someone to send a message to Xiao Yuan: "Ask him what his plans are now."
The two sides must now be united as one, and he didn't believe that Xiao Yuan would not understand this.
If the imperial court were to deal with Shen Hai, the nine great families would surely suffer a devastating disaster.
In this case, we can only work together.
At this time, Xiao Yuan had already received the news.
Hearing that the Japanese delegation had caused such a big incident in Beijing, Master Wei San was a rather unrefined person. He cursed them directly: "The Japanese pirates are so short-sighted! Letting them do something like this can cause such a big joke and disaster. What's the point of keeping them around!?"
But there's no point in scolding now.
Those who remained in the capital had all been killed.
Xiao Yuan didn't say anything.
Uncle Qiu's face was not looking good either. He felt that the imperial court was also making a big move. He said coldly, "Now that the imperial court has agreed to build a navy in Zhejiang, I'm afraid the next step will be us! Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong, and it's coming towards us!"
He saw through the essence of the matter.
Therefore, he knew that the matter was serious.
We must respond. Otherwise, once the imperial court builds up its navy, the nine great families will be doomed.
He went to see Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan was still playing with the sculpture on the table, as if he didn't hear their impatience.
Master Wei couldn't help himself: "Your Highness, please say something. If you hadn't angered the Crown Prince at the beginning, I'm afraid he wouldn't have made up his mind to deal with the pirates so quickly..."
It was all Xiao Yuan's fault. Chen Hai led the Japanese pirates to turn the coastal areas upside down. The imperial court suffered a great loss, which is why the situation became so serious.
As soon as he said this, he realized he had said the wrong thing and felt a little embarrassed.
Uncle Qiu also took a deep breath and glared at him, thinking that he was really asking for his own death.
Xiao Yuan immediately turned around and looked at Master Wei San with a half-smile: "You are saying that I was the one who did the bad things and provoked Shen Hai to cause trouble for the court, and now the court is taking revenge on me, right?"
Master Wei felt his scalp tingle when he was looked at by him. No matter how slow he was, he knew that he couldn't admit it at this time, so he hurriedly covered up: "It's all my fault. Your Highness, don't bother with a rough guy like me. I... I said the wrong thing. Your Highness is wise, I can't catch up with him."