Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Wei Xiaobao, who was standing by, immediately thought that this year was 1675, which was exactly the year when King Sukjong of Goryeo, Yi Sun, ascended the throne.

This Li Sun reigned for 50 years. He changed the attitude of his father, King Hyeonjong Li Jin, who was a vassal of the Qing court. He always regarded the Manchus as barbarians and believed that their occupation of the Central Plains Han Dynasty would not last long.

Therefore, he has long been under the banner of anti-Qing and restoration of Ming Dynasty, and has close relations with the Deng family and Ming Dynasty survivors in Taiwan.

"Then why would you help the Tokugawa family?" Wei Xiaobao interjected.

"I was a guest at Tokugawa Koshin's house and heard that there were Chinese people from the Qing Dynasty causing trouble in Edo Castle, so I accompanied Tokugawa Koshin here," said Park Ji-hwan.

"Since you are fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, I will not bother with you about what happened today." Wei Xiaobao said to Shuang'er, "Shuang'er, unblock his acupuncture points and let him go."

"Yes, husband." Shuang'er replied.

After unblocking the acupuncture points, Park Zhihuan asked, "Excuse me, sir, what is your surname? Are you from the Deng family in Taiwan, or from which prefecture in the Ming Dynasty?"

"I am a member of the Tiandihui. My surname is Wei and my name is Xiaobao." Wei Xiaobao replied.

"Are you Wei Xiangzhu who killed Oboi?" Park Ji-hwan asked in surprise.

"You actually know me?" Wei Xiaobao asked back in confusion.

"Master Wei Xiang is a great benefactor of my Park family. Please accept Park Zhihuan's greetings." After saying this, Park Zhihuan knelt on his knees and bowed respectfully.

Park Zhihuan looked up at Wei Xiaobao and saw that Wei Engong was puzzled. He paused and said slowly: "This matter dates back to forty years ago, in the ninth year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty (1636 AD). The Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji, was arrogant and called himself the emperor, and the country was named Qing."

"He invited my Goryeo King Injo Yi Jong to congratulate him on his coronation ceremony. However, Injo flatly refused to recognize the status of the Qing Dynasty on the grounds that Goryeo was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty."

"Huang Taiji was furious and immediately sent troops to attack Goryeo. This war took place in the year Bingzi, so it was called the Bingzi Campaign."

Park Ji-hwan's thoughts seemed to have drifted back to 16 years ago. He pondered for a moment and then said, "I was only years old at that time and had just joined the army. My father and grandfather were both generals of the Goryeo Kingdom. My father led the army to garrison at the Yalu River."

"One hundred thousand Qing army cavalrymen crossed the river like a surging tide, and the enemy's vanguard was none other than Aobai, who was known as the Qing army's most powerful general. My father was not strong enough and died tragically under Aobai's sword."

"Then, the Qing army took advantage of the field battle, avoided attacking the city, and marched straight into the Goryeo capital, Seoul."

"My grandfather was the garrison commander of Seoul. He led the garrison troops in a fierce battle with the Qing army for more than 40 days. He never retreated and killed countless enemy soldiers."

"However, King Injo was influenced by the capitulation faction in the court and finally decided to surrender. At Samjeondu on the south bank of the Han River, he knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Hong Taiji, making Qing the suzerain of Goryeo."

"On that day, in order to vent his personal anger, the hateful Oboi brutally killed my grandfather in front of our civil and military ministers." At this point, Park Ji-hwan was already in tears.

"Two years ago, I was shocked to hear that the Tiandihui leader Wei Xiang had killed the notorious Aobai. My Pu family was filled with gratitude and burned incense to worship our ancestors to comfort the spirits of our grandfather and father in heaven. We will remember the great kindness of Lord Wei En for generations to come."

After saying this, Park Ji-hwan knelt down and kowtowed again.

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself that Oboi was indeed a heinous criminal. He had reaped so many benefits by killing him in his previous life. First, the Zhuang family sent Shuang'er to him as a token of gratitude, then the Tiandihui supported him as the incense master, and now he met the descendants of the Pu family who were seeking revenge for the murder of their relatives.

"Please get up quickly!"

Wei Xiaobao looked at Park Zhihuan who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You are a Korean, why are you wearing the clothes of a Japanese warrior?"

"My benefactor, now my Goryeo King Hyeonjong Yi Jin has passed away, and King Sukjong Yi Sun has ascended the throne. When Hyeonjong was in power, he succumbed to the tyranny of the Qing Dynasty. Now, I, Sukjong, am in Cao Ying but my heart is with Han. I have secretly contacted righteous men from all sides and raised the banner of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I was sent to Japan to contact righteous men from all sides to resist the Qing Dynasty. For the convenience of doing things, I speak Japanese and wear Japanese clothes."

"You killed Tokugawa Koshin's son. Tokugawa Koshin is the brother of the Tokugawa Shogun. He is the senior councilor of the Shogunate and is in charge of the administration of Japan. He holds a high position and has great power. I hope you can make plans early."

The administrative positions of the Tokugawa shogunate were divided into Dairo (Secretary of State), Rochu (Vice Secretary of State), Keyounin (Minister), Zouzehban (Governor), Takaie (Mayor), Oometsuke (County Governor), Machi Bugyo (Town Mayor), and Kanjo Bugyo (Village Chief).

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself that Edo Castle was the headquarters of the Tokugawa shogunate. Now that he had killed people from the Tokugawa family, he obviously could not stay here any longer.

"Okay, let's leave Edo Castle as soon as possible." Wei Xiaobao said decisively.

"Thank you for your support. I have been traveling to Japan frequently in recent years and know a little about the country. If you don't mind, I would like to lead the way for you." Park Ji-hwan volunteered.

After hearing this, Wei Xiaobao thought that it would be a good thing to have someone who was familiar with the environment to lead the way.

"We are going to Kyoto to take care of some business. Would you like to come with us?"

"Yes, I am. It is my honor to be able to serve you, my benefactor." Park Ji-hwan replied excitedly.

Afterwards, Shuang'er supported Su Quan, and the group of people left Edo Castle in a mighty manner.

After leaving the city, Park Ji-hwan went to a manor and bought a carriage and two fast horses.

Su Quan, Ling Zhao and He Tibao were sitting in the carriage, while Park Zhihuan was driving the carriage. Shuang'er and Wei Xiaobao were each riding a fast horse, guarding the two sides of the carriage like guardians.

As soon as Wei Xiaobao and his group left Edo Castle, the city was immediately placed under martial law. The streets and alleys were crowded with soldiers, who conducted a thorough search of every household.

In the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Koshin, who was enduring the pain of losing his son and a broken arm, was reporting today's events to the general Tokugawa Koyasu.

"How did these damn Chinese people come to Japan? Which caravan brought them? Investigate, we must investigate thoroughly. We must ban them from coming to Japan for life, revoke their signing orders, and demand an explanation from them." Tokugawa Koyasu roared.

The Signing of the Japanese Order was a new thing that Tokugawa Koyasu came up with in order to limit international trade to imports but not exports.

Since Japan is still in the Little Ice Age, food, cloth and other daily necessities are in short supply and need to be imported from abroad. Therefore, Japan, like the Qing Dynasty, has also implemented a policy of closing its seas and isolating itself from the outside world.

Unlike the Qing Dynasty's comprehensive maritime ban, Japan only did not allow its own materials to be exported, but allowed foreign merchant caravans holding Japanese orders to transport materials to Japan. However, they could only trade in gold, silver and copper, which were abundant in Japan, and could not exchange for other materials.

After a while, news came from the Edo Wharf that this group of Chinese people came on a large treasure ship carrying grain.

This time Tokugawa Koyasu is in a bit of a tricky situation. If he does as he was told just now, there are still 3800 million kilograms of grain that have not been recovered. Wouldn't that mean he will lose everything?

But if he doesn't avenge his own brother's family, he will not be able to explain himself to the family.

"Is that great treasure ship still in Edo Castle?" asked Tokugawa Koyasu.

"I loaded the copper ingots and left Edo Lane yesterday."

"So this gang of bad guys didn't leave by ship and are still stranded in Japan."

"Yes"

"Pass the order down, let those samurai who escaped back describe the situation, and let the best painter of the shogunate draw their portraits. This group of Chinese criminals is wanted nationwide!" said Tokugawa Koyasu.