Cutting 1719

Chapter 635

Han Ming's straightforward conversation was naturally presented to Tokugawa Yoshimune as quickly as possible. After reading the record of the conversation between the two, he kept frowning and remained silent for a long time.

The elders on the side also frowned tightly, but they didn't dare to speak first. They knew that when Tokugawa Yoshimune fell into this state of contemplation, he was the most refrained from being disturbed by others, especially because he was still a very smart General, he can think of what everyone can think of.

After a long time, Tokugawa Yoshimune sighed softly, with a little firmness in his eyes, as if he had made a real determination,
"After all, we have made it easy for the big Chu. They are absolutely unwilling to see the realization of the combination of public and military forces, and they will never tolerate the rise of Japan in the East in the future—perhaps here, only a real big country can be tolerated, and Japan wants to To become such a big country, you can only follow the path of Lord Hideyoshi back then, and only by defeating Huaxia can Japan completely get rid of the cage."

Tadano Mizuno was very surprised. He hurriedly said in a low voice: "General, today's Great Chu is definitely beyond the reach of the shogunate. Their strength is too strong. But the current shogunate cannot even truly unify Japan."

The government and the local powerful vassals have always been pressing on the shogunate like two big rocks. Although Tokugawa Yoshimune is already a rare Ming emperor in the shogunate, he can't get rid of it completely. Today, he has finally become the weakness of the shogunate .

A look of pain flashed across Tokugawa Yoshimune's face, he stood up suddenly, and said sharply: "But the shogunate will have to face it after all, you go and see the Shimadzu family right now, look at the current Satsuma clan, it has been completely reduced For the puppets of Dachu, they have plundered too much wealth from Japan through Satsuma, if we continue to endure, we will only be sucked blood in the future—”

The elders looked at each other, and also saw the helplessness on each other's faces, because what Tokugawa Yoshimune said was not even enough to describe this matter one ten thousandth, and a shocking fact was about to happen at this time Japan, that is, under the full-scale invasion of Dachu Capital, Japan gradually sold itself out.

The reason why the problem has deteriorated rapidly in just a few years is purely because the Japanese currency restructuring problem left a legacy today. Coupled with the long-term trade deficit, Japan's gold and silver are rapidly losing to Chu, and many Japanese businessmen even take their wealth to Shanghai and Nanjing, further increasing the loss of gold and silver in Japan.

In today’s eighteenth century, the paper currency economy has not yet arrived, and the monetary policies of various countries often need to be linked to gold and silver. Therefore, the amount of gold and silver reserves also determines the circulation of the country’s currency. The problem is that Japan’s domestic gold and silver are not enough, making There was a big problem with the casting of gold and silver coins of the shogunate. As a result, gold and silver coins from Dachu occupied the Japanese market almost all year round.

It is equivalent to saying that not only did the shogunate not get its own seigniorage, but it also had to pay a sum of seigniorage to Da Chu in reverse.

Tadano Mizuno sighed deeply, and said in a low voice: "General, right now we still have to be patient. If the integration of public and military forces cannot be successfully achieved, the shogunate will not be able to face the situation at hand. Not only is there a foreign aggression from the Great Chu, we also need to be vigilant Public ah!"

"public."

There was a hint of contempt in Tokugawa Yoshimune's eyes. He didn't care about the so-called emperor at all. If it weren't for the check and balance of the local powerful vassals, what if he killed the emperor?Those public ministers could only kneel in front of him, praying for a new emperor to be erected.

Thinking of this, Tokugawa Yoshimune already had an idea in his heart. He looked at the old middlemen and said in a low voice: "The shogunate's policy of realizing the integration of public and military forces must not be shaken, otherwise the shogunate will never have the opportunity to carry out a second attempt." As far as Da Chu is concerned, we still need to take a moderate stance and not alert them."

Tadano Mizuno nodded immediately, and said in a low voice: "I will go and explain to Han Ming in person, and maybe I can relax a bit at that time. It's just that those southwestern powerful vassals may not let this opportunity go. That Master Han Minghan is All the way from the Satsuma clan, the powerful clans such as Choshu, Hizen, and Tosa are probably also stepping up contact."

Tokugawa Yoshimune murmured to himself: "At the beginning, Da Chu shouldn't have extended his hand to the Satsuma domain. It's a small loss."

Indeed, although the four powerhouses in the Southwest have always been the shogunate's deadly enemies, and the Satsuma clan is even more the deadly rival among the deadly rivals, but the shogunate sold the Satsuma clan to Dachu, which was still criticized by many people. In everyone's opinion, this was purely a betrayal Japan's interests-to this day, Tokugawa Yoshimune has indeed regretted it.

The old Zhong An Teng believer who insisted on using the Great Chu to attack the Satsuma Fan was a little panicked. He quickly fell on the ground and said in a low voice: "General, it is really a moment and a moment. At that time, the Great Chu was introduced to attack the Satsuma Fan. It is for the sake of consolidating the position of our shogunate, and it is really a long-term strategy."

Tokugawa Yoshimune stretched out his hand to stop Anten believers from continuing to say: "It is useless to say these now, and we must not let the Satsuma clan take advantage of the opportunity to make troubles, and we must not let Dachu find a reason to continue to meddle—we We must continue to follow the previously formulated plan to realize the grand plan of combining public and armed forces, as for the current difficulties, I will leave it to you all."

"Hi, my lord general."

All the elders quickly bowed their heads to express their opinions, but at the same time a thunder flashed across the sky, which made everyone feel a little heavy in their hearts.

Tokugawa Yoshimune walked to the window, looking at the torrential rain outside, he couldn't help sighing, "It's really troublesome."

Kagoshima.

It has been a full ten years since the Satsuma clan fought against the Great Chu that year. However, after the smell of gunpowder has completely dissipated, the Satsuma clan at this time has become different, and the pattern is very different.

When the Satsuma Domain was defeated, not only did Ryukyu be lost, but the head of the Shimadzu family, Shimadzu Munenobu, was also taken to Nanjing. For the next ten years, Shimadzu Munenobu never returned to Kagoshima to become the Domain. All the power of the Satsuma vassal family also fell into the hands of Xueqing Cangjiu.

In the past ten years, Xueqing Cangjiu wantonly promoted his cronies, attacked and excluded the close branches of the Shimadzu family, and continued to hold high the banner of anti-curtain outside, united with the strong southwestern vassal for self-defense, and even embraced the big Chu's thigh allowed Da Chu's businessmen to enter and exit Satsuma to do business, and even allowed the Great Chu army to garrison in Satsumo.

Therefore, today's Satsuma Fan has no longer the demeanor of the strongest fan in the Southwest, and has really become a dog of Da Chu.

"The combination of public and martial arts is good! Of course, we in Japan must realize the combination of public and military!"

Xue Qingcangjiu had a smile on his face, he was older than ten years ago, the white hair on his head was much thinner, and the age spots on his face were even more ferocious, of course everyone knew that, The old man of the Satsuma domain is a real good man!

Otherwise, when the Shimadzu family lacked ruling figures, who was taking in those unemployed samurai?Who is feeding those ronin who only have a knife and a life?
Han Ming sat beside Xueqing Cangjiu, but turned his head and smiled softly at another major general officer wearing the uniform of the Fuhan Army: "Brother Xu, I really didn't expect that when I came to Japan this time, I saw Everyone in the family needs to combine martial arts, you have stayed in Japan for a long time, can you explain to me, what is martial arts integration?"

The major general officer was Xu Youjie, the chief of staff of the Sixth Division who participated in the battle against the Satsuma domain. As a typical academic officer, he was naturally promoted to a general officer in the past ten years, and then he was sent to Japan to serve as a garrison officer. The governor of Sati is fully responsible for all military training and command work of the Satsuma domain.

Hearing what Han Ming meant, Xu Youjie stroked his beard and smiled, and said in a low voice: "I do know that this so-called combination of public and martial arts means that either the public will swallow the shogunate, or the shogunate will swallow the public. I don't understand why Cang Jiu presides over the Fusion of Gongwu, does it mean that he still wants to be swallowed by the shogunate?"

Xueqing Cangjiu laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "That is just the delusion of Tokugawa Yoshimune, but it is not the case for Dachu. If Dachu can dominate and turn Japan into a vassal state, it will be fine. According to one's own ideas, to combine the public and the military? When the time comes, where will the public come from, and where will the shogunate come from?"

Han Ming stared at Xue Qingcang for a long time and said solemnly: "The old man is not drunk, why is he talking nonsense at this time?"

Xue Qingcang shook his head for a long time with a wry smile, and said softly: "Master Han, I am not talking nonsense, I understand His Majesty's thoughts - if Japan really wants to combine public and military forces, then it can only be done under His Majesty's order." Complete the reform next time, otherwise the army will arrive in Kagoshima in no time, how will Japan stop it?"

Han Ming said softly: "That's right, Great Chu will never sit back and watch Japan realize reforms. Not only His Majesty, but even the Privy Council will not underestimate Japan's potential."

That's right, although in China at this time, not many people think highly of Japan hanging alone in the east, and many people have even never heard of this country-but in the Privy Council, they have prepared a full-scale plan to fight against Japan all year round. The plan, it is said that this was a direct order from His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty even said a word at that time.

"One day, let our flag fly over Mount Fuji!"

In this era, no one knows how rich emotions are contained in this sentence, but everyone in the General Staff of the Privy Council feels strange. Although this place is known as the highest peak in Japan, it is only a matter of time if you really want to take it down. Just a few days of work!

However, the Privy Council was somewhat surprised by the relevant education received by the Japanese samurai group when conducting relevant intelligence espionage and preparations for the Japan plan, because it can be seen from the report that they have a certain potential to take off—— Of course, the premise is that Huaxia is completely reduced, otherwise they still have no chance of rising.

It's just this trace of potential that constitutes the current focus of Dachu's strategy against Japan. Only by completely defeating it and conquering the country from the spirit to the body can this trace of potential be completely eliminated, so that they will never be in any danger again.

Of course, Xueqing Cangjiu didn't know the cause and effect of this, but it didn't prevent him from expressing his thoughts. The old man in his 70s knelt on the ground and said humbly to the young man who was nearly 40 years younger than him.

"I, Yukiharu Kurahisa, have deeply realized how small Japan is compared to the Celestial Dynasty. It is so small that all the people can only linger on. If you want to truly realize Japan's take-off, you must not use plans like the shogunate. Self-improvement, but should follow the big ship of Da Chu to conquer the new world in the future!"

Finally, Xue Qingcang saw it for a long time, and his plan is very simple to say, that is, relying on the rise of China, he can continue to expand to the east and west in the future, and the colonial interests he occupies will also be shared with them. A piece of the pie, when the time comes, they will be happy to go to the colony to dominate the colony as a dog's leg!

Han Ming squinted his eyes. He was a little surprised to find a pragmatic Japanese, not arrogant like those in Edo. That general even wanted to challenge Da Chu's authority in East Asia?This is really a big joke!

"Xueqing Cangjiu, I agree with what you said, but I just want to ask, what about your own interests? And the interests of Satsuma?"

Xue Qingcang whispered for a long time: "If that day comes, Japan will be united under the command of the entire Great Chu, and naturally there will be no Satsuma clan, and I will still be His Majesty's subject. All gifts are all my interests."

Seeing that Xueqing Cangjiu was determined to rape that day, Han Ming naturally didn't say much, he just raised his glass and smiled: "What Cangjiu-kun said is reasonable, if that day comes, I must want Cangjiu-kun too." Take care of it."

Xue Qingcang showed a smile on his face for a long time, he picked up the wine glass and drank it down, the whole person seemed to be much younger, but he did not look old like before.

A few days later, when all the affairs in Japan had been taken care of, Han Ming rushed to the port of Kagoshima, ready to take a boat back to Nanjing to report the situation in Japan to Emperor Ning, but when Han Ming just arrived at the port, he saw Several large ships were docked at the port, and many Japanese were lifting large black wooden boxes from the ships, surrounded by many Satsuma soldiers guarding them.

Han Ming suddenly felt strange, and asked Xu Youjie who was seeing him off, "What is this for? Why is it so mysterious?"

Xu Youjie chuckled, but beckoned, and saw a few soldiers trotting over quickly, standing in front of the two of them respectfully.

"Bring the box over here, open it and have a look!"

"Hi!"

Soon, two Japanese moved a black wooden box, and opened it directly, only to find that there were several old-fashioned Hanyang guns in the box, which still smelled of grease, and it was obvious that they had just been transported from the warehouse. The good products that come out are not as good as the latest rifles of the National Defense Forces, but they are far better than the iron guns used by the Japanese today.

Han Ming's expression showed a little complicated taste. He waved his hand and signaled for the Japanese to move the wooden box away, and then sighed softly: "I'm afraid this battle will be fought sooner or later. It may not be a good thing to fight sooner." .”

(End of this chapter)