Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 354 Why is Dongying so stretched?

The Ming Dynasty had already won the land of the Three Kingdoms of Satsuma, and Taichang still wanted to fool the Tokugawa shogunate once more and fight for another forty days.

is it possible?
Under normal circumstances, it is naturally impossible!

This normal situation means that the strength comparison between the two sides is within the normal range, just like during the Wanli Dynasty, everyone was dominated by cold weapons, supplemented by earthen guns and earthen cannons, and there was not much difference.

Daming seemed to have bought some Franc machine guns at that time, which might have some advantages, but the advantages were not very great.

In this case, the two sides still have to fight.

In this case, no matter how crazy Dongpu is, there is nothing he can do about Daming.

Similarly, no matter how powerful Da Ming was, he would not gain much from coming to Dongpu.

The problem is that this is not a normal situation anymore, because at this time, Daming's weapons and equipment are much more advanced than those of Japan, and Japan has no chance to fight at all.

This situation is like the Qing court more than two hundred years later.

Why was the Qing court bullied by the great powers, and why did they sign humiliating treaties again and again?
Don't they have an army?

Are they weaker than the current Japan?

of course not!

At that time, in terms of the number of troops, the Qing court was definitely the largest in the world.

Moreover, the army of the Qing court at that time was not weaker than the army of Dongying at this moment.

However, the gap between the weapons and equipment of the Qing court and the great powers is too great, there is no need to fight at all!

To put it bluntly, just one sentence, if you fall behind, you will be beaten.

If you don't want to be beaten, you have to keep improving yourself and try your best not to fall behind others.

Of course, if you make yourself more advanced than others through hard work, then you can beat others.

The Qing court didn't want to understand this truth, so they were beaten unnecessarily.

The same is true for Japan at the moment. The Tokugawa shogunate does not want to make progress. The gap between weapons and equipment and Ming Dynasty is too big, so there is no need to fight at all!
Historically, Japan has also been bullied by foreign powers.

Moreover, it was the Tokugawa shogunate who were bullied.

And the first one to bully the Tokugawa shogunate in history was the emerging country.

At that time, Meiguo knocked on the door of Japan with only seven ironclad battleships, which forced the Tokugawa shogunate to succumb and signed the so-called "Japan-US Treaty of Goodwill".

This is the famous black ship incident in the history of Japan.

The Aegis ship is also an ironclad battleship, also known as the black ship.

It's just that this black ship came more than two hundred years earlier.

At this moment, Dongying is no longer an ironclad battleship, even the building boats and gunboats can't handle it!

Therefore, the Tokugawa shogunate behaved in such a way that they never dared to turn against Daming.

And the envoy of the Tokugawa shogunate, the most capable and talented person in the Tokugawa Gosan family, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, known as the famous minister of Edo, also had nothing to do with Daming.

In fact, on the way here, Tokugawa Yoshinobu had already heard that Daming had captured the Three Kingdoms of Satsuma.

The question is, what can he do?

In other words, what can the Tokugawa shogunate do?

Do you just turn your back and do it?
You have to have the ability to turn your face and move your hands.

Daming is not so strong at the moment, especially the Daming navy, there are dozens of buildings, ships and gunboats.

And at this moment, Dongying doesn't even have a single building, gunboat, how to fight?
Tokugawa Laixuan can tell at a glance that the Daming Navy's tower-like towers and gunboats are simply not what their navy can match.

If you rashly go to war with others, you don't know how much you will suffer.

Therefore, he could only beg for mercy, hoping that the Emperor Daming would be able to retreat after he had reaped enough benefits.

As for what to start a war, as long as they don't go too far and force them to desperately, it's better not to start a war.

This time Taichang did not stand condescendingly on the tower to talk to others, he directly set the meeting place on the flagship of the Loudong Yang Navy.

He made it clear that it was a threat of force.

He just wanted to let the envoys of the Tokugawa shogunate understand how strong the Daming navy is.

If Mao rashly started a full-scale war with Daming, or desperately, how serious the consequences would be!
Tokugawa Yoshinobu was indeed frightened by the great strength of the Daming Navy.

This is the first time he has boarded a tower boat and a gunboat for a close look.

A large ship gunboat is more than 100 terrifying cannons, and [-] gunboats like castle towers, if they go to Edo, the consequences will be so serious, I can't even imagine it!

Therefore, even if he knew that Daming had won the Three Kingdoms of Satsuma, he would not dare to do anything to them.

He still bowed respectfully, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, our general is very sincere in reconciliation, why did you raise troops again to take down the entire Satsuma domain?"

What happened to taking the entire Satsuma domain?
I want to take down the entire Japan!

Of course, Taichang would not say so.

His purpose is not to make people vigilant and desperate.

His purpose is to fool people and make them paralyzed for another forty days.

So, he pretended to be impatient and said: "I've been waiting for so many days, and I still haven't seen a tael of silver. Do you think it doesn't cost money for me to send my master to cross the sea? I have already said it last time, let you Ceded the Satsuma Domain to Ryukyu as a punishment, since you don’t pay, then pay the Satsuma Domain!”

Don't do this!
We don't lose money!

Didn't you say that everything is negotiable, let me go back and ask the general for instructions?

Tsurumaru Castle is too far away from Edo Castle, it takes a lot of time to go back and forth!

Tokugawa Laixuan quickly explained: "Your Majesty, our general didn't say that he would not lose money! It's just that the 2000 million taels of silver is a bit too much. Our general wants to discuss with you to see if it can be less. "

More than 2000 million taels?

You robbers, do you know how much the Qing court established by Jiannu has lost in history?

Hundreds of millions of taels!
Hmph, if it's really for money, I'll ask you to pay [-] million directly, do you believe it or not?

Of course, he didn't really want to make people lose money, he just wanted to fool them.

Taichang pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "2000 million taels is more? Do you know how much it will cost me to send my division across the sea? Tell you, if you delay it by one month, it will add 500 million taels. Now, you have delayed it for more than a month, so, You have to compensate us 3000 million taels, if you don't pay, don't blame me for being rude!"

Ah!
Is it better not to steal money like you?
500 million taels a month, do you have 500 million taels a year in taxes?

Alas, there is no way, the strength is not as good as others.

If it's just losing money, that's fine.

As long as Daming can retreat.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu sighed secretly in his heart, and then said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's not that we don't give it, it's just that Tsurumaru Castle is too far away from Edo, and it takes time for us to go back and forth! Don't be angry, next time!" Is it okay for the official to persuade the general to pay when he returns?"

Taichang pretended to hesitate and said, "Are you really willing to lose money?"

Tokugawa Lai Xuan nodded again and again: "Really, really, our general has agreed to compensate Daming and Ryukyu for their losses."

Taichang asked again: "3000 million taels, when will you send it over?"

puff!
Tokugawa Yoshinobu almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

Their general only wanted to pay 1000 million taels, but now you have turned into 3000 million taels!
He pondered anxiously for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the original agreement was 2000 million taels! Our general didn't say no, it's just that the official needs to go back and forth between Tsurumaru Castle and Edo." Time, we still stick to the original proposal, how about 2000 million taels, and the next official will persuade our general to send it to you as soon as possible, what do you think?"

Taichang pretended to hesitate again: "Really?"

Tokugawa Yoshinobu nodded again and again, "It's true, it's true, it's absolutely true."

Taichang asked again: "2000 million taels, when will you send it over?"

Tokugawa Laixuan secretly estimated, then stretched out his five fingers of his right hand, and said carefully: "Fifty days, what do you think? Your Majesty, this is already the fastest, because it takes about 20 days for the lower officials to go back. Moreover, it will take time to prepare the silver, and it will take about 20 days for us to send the silver over. Therefore, fifty days cannot be faster."

Taichang pretended to hesitate for a while, then slowly nodded and said: "Okay, I will wait for you for another fifty days, if you dare to delay, it will not be 2000 million taels next time."

It's okay, it's okay, the Ming emperor just wants money.

Tokugawa Lai Xuan nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, His Majesty the Emperor, in fifty days, we will definitely send the silver over."

After speaking, they bowed and said goodbye, and hurried away.

He was in a hurry to persuade the current general, that is, his eldest nephew, to quickly pool up 2000 million taels of silver and send him away, otherwise, he didn't know what he would do when he became angry from embarrassment.

Taichang looked at his back but couldn't help laughing complacently in his heart.

Hehe, originally you only wanted to delay for forty days, but you gave it ten days more.

Very good, in fifty days, you may not have to send the money over, it's the same if I go directly to Edo to get it!

(End of this chapter)