Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 486
"50 taels of silver? They just fought a battle, and they want us to pay 50 taels of silver for military expenses? If military expenses were so easy to raise, we could get tens of millions of taels of silver for every battle we fought during the Warring States Period!" De Chuan Jiaguang slammed the table violently, making everyone jump.

"At that time, the matter was urgent, and the vassals heard that Edo Castle was in danger. Let alone 50 taels of silver, even 100 million taels of silver, they had to agree." Tadaaki Abe knelt in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and on both sides were The most loyal retainer of the Tokugawa family.

"Hmph, you underestimate us too! Edo Castle is as solid as gold, how could it fall so easily!" Edo Castle Chief General Matsudaira Nobuzuna said dissatisfied.

"At this time, it is not a question of whether Edo Castle can be defended, but how to deal with the Kyushu Army. Please God is easy to send God, and the Kyushu Army is here. According to my understanding of them, the Kyushu Army will not return empty-handed." Sakai Tadakatsu said.

"Don't give them 50 taels of silver! We still need a lot of military resources to counter the rebellion. If we give them 50 taels of silver at this critical moment, it will be too tight for our finances. And once this case starts, our shogunate will have to bear the burden of the world I am afraid that the rebels will become more and more infamous, and it will be difficult to eradicate them!" A retainer objected.

"The Kyushu Army are greedy wolves. Even 500 million taels of silver can't satisfy their greedy appetite. Now that they are given 50 taels of silver, they will ask us for 500 million taels of silver or 5000 million taels of silver tomorrow!" Another retainer objected.

Seeing a group of people objecting, the Tokugawa family felt irritated: "Shut up! Listen to what Tadaki Abe has to say!"

As soon as Tokugawa Iemitsu's words came out, it was awe-inspiring, and the retainers who opposed it became quiet.

"Your Majesty, I have personally seen the Kyushu army attacking the rebels. Their cannons can reach the distance from eight towns to ten towns. With the roar of the cannons, the landslides and the ground cracked, and the rebels were wiped out in an instant. Their cavalry was several hundred The descendants of the Yuan bandits who invaded us years ago, they lined up in a dense charging camp, wielding a saber that can break metal and stone, beheaded the rebel warriors like cutting tofu, and smashed the rebel soldiers with only three hundred rides. , I am afraid that even the Takeda cavalry in the Warring States period was nothing more than this." Tadaaki Abe unknowingly expanded the strength of the Kyushu Army several times.

"The Kyushu Army is so terrifying..." Tokugawa Iemitsu had to make a new judgment on the strength of the Kyushu Army in his heart.

If this is the case, then the shogunate really can't afford to offend the behemoth of the Kyushu Army.If 4000 cavalry can defeat the rebel army of 10 people, the [-] Kyushu Army can conquer an army of [-] people!
Hearing Abe Tadaaki's words, the opposition who originally opposed handing over 50 taels of silver to the Kyushu Army as military expenses fell silent.Although Tadaaki Abe is a rookie among the retainers of the shogunate, everyone still trusts his words as he gradually emerges.Even if Tadaaki Abe exaggerated, the fact that the Kyushu Army really used 4000 people to defeat the [-] rebels, and the loss was not large at all, is enough to be daunting.

"50 taels is 50 taels. It is worthwhile to exchange 50 taels for the opportunity to counterattack." Tokugawa Iemitsu said indifferently, "Everyone, please contribute a little bit. After the rebels are suppressed, we will confiscate more Land tax, just make up for it.”

"Since the Patriarch has made a decision, we will abide by it." Sakai Tadakatsu, Matsudaira Nobutsuna and other retainers nodded.

50 taels is very distressing, but their Tokugawa shogunate has been sitting on the world for 30 to 50 years, and there is no problem in taking out [-] taels at a time!

"Patriarch, I think that although we have to give 50 taels of military expenses to the Kyushu Army, we should not give it to them immediately, but should hand it over to them at the last deadline." Abe Tadaaki said.

"Why?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked puzzled, "Doesn't this make it appear that our shogunate cannot afford 50 taels of silver?"

"The Kyushu Army gave us half a month's deadline. If we don't give them a deadline, we won't return to Yokohama. Holding them here for half a month is actually buying half a month for the arrival of our reinforcements from all over the country. If you give the Kyushu Army 50 taels of silver now, once they withdraw and the rebels come back, wouldn’t that be a waste of 50 taels of silver?" Abe Tadaaki explained.

"Wonderful, using the Kyushu army as our shield to frighten the rebels, isn't this what the Han people call 'the fox pretends to be the tiger'?" said a retainer who claimed to understand Chinese culture.

Some of the retainers who had misunderstood the pretense of the fox and the tiger still nodded in agreement.

"Fox fake tiger prestige!" Sakai Tadakatsu couldn't help cursing, "Fox fake tiger prestige is a derogatory term, how can I describe myself as a fox?"

"The Kyushu Army also made a suggestion." Abe Tadaaki said, "They can sell us [-] muskets, [-] artillery pieces, and provide officers to train the new army for us."

"What?!" Tokugawa Iemitsu stood up in surprise.

"Ten thousand muskets? Thirty cannons?" The rest of the retainers also stood up.

You must know that the shogunate army was beaten so badly by the allied forces of the fall of the curtain. A big reason is that the Satsuma, Changzhou, and Tosa domains trained the new army in private, and then equipped them with firearms and counterfeit firearms resold by the Satsuma domain.The power of these firearms is very powerful, at least much better than that of the shogunate army that is still using matchlock guns, and the soldiers are more disciplined than the shogunate army.

If new muskets and artillery could be purchased, the shogunate army would not necessarily be beaten so badly by the fallen shogunate coalition forces.Because even without the firearms of the Fallen Allied Forces, the powerful Shogunate Army fought the Fallen Allied Forces [-]-[-] this year. That is to say, in the second half of the year, as more and more people supported the Fallen Allied Forces, the balance of the war gradually became unbalanced.

"The price must be expensive, right?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked.He could even hear himself swallowing.

"Originally the Kyushu Army wanted to send 500 troops to completely put down the rebellion for us, but they made a very excessive request, and they needed [-] million taels of silver for military expenses every three months." Abe Tadaaki said.

"500 million taels of silver?!" Tokugawa Iemitsu and others have lost their concept of this number.The key is to pay 500 million taels of silver every three months!

"However, they offered a compromise plan, which is to resell firearms and send officers to train our new army. Ten thousand muskets and thirty cannons only cost 50 taels of silver..." Abe Tadaki said .

"50 taels of silver?!" Tokugawa Iemitsu and others were shocked again. 50 taels of silver to buy [-] new muskets and [-] cannons is simply the price of cabbage!

"...and some additional conditions." Tadaaki Abe finished with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)