1825 My New Daming

Chapter 167 As long as you, Tokugawa, work hard, you still have a chance to become a lackey of Ming Dynasty
Odawara Castle, Honmaru.

Zhuge Weidao waved his feather fan, together with Zheng Guoxian, followed Tokugawa Qi Zhao and Okubo Tadama, and walked up the stairs swaggeringly.

Zhuge Weidao was quite curious about this famous city, but when he actually entered the castle of Odawara Castle, he was very disappointed—it was a half-ruined and dilapidated building that had long lost its former glory up castle.Of course, considering that the Odawara clan is just a small clan with a territory of only more than 8 shi, it is not surprising that it cannot maintain the big city of Odawara Castle.

However, when the sliding door of the Honmaru Palace was pulled open, Zhuge Weidao still felt a bit of grandeur—it was quite large, and there must have been many retainers gathered here to discuss with the unlucky Hojo Shizhi how to deal with Feng Omi Hideyoshi's army of more than 20, right?It seems that those Hojo vassals Kazushi faced the overwhelming enemy directly, and they couldn't discuss a solution at all. They just held endless meetings, so that "Odawara's assessment" became a meme later. I hope this time, the Tokugawa family Qi can quickly make the right choice!

If he also came to a "Odawara assessment", it would still be a bit troublesome.

Zhuge Weidao, who walked into the palace with this thought in mind, suddenly saw a familiar face smiling at him. This isn't Dahei Kong, oh, it's Tokugawa Kong now!She is also here, it seems that Tokugawa Iezai is ready to compromise.

Zhuge Wei thought to himself: "Tokugawa Jiaqi should already know that Ming and Great Britain have reached a compromise on the Japanese issue, and the British Empire will no longer aid Japan. They have already paid their losses and left Japan as a potential ally! Lost With the support of Britain, the Tokugawa shogunate cannot survive the war with Ming Dynasty. Even if Japan can rely on long guerrilla warfare to drive away the Ming army, the decayed Tokugawa shogunate cannot afford to lead Japan to fight against the Ming Dynasty Responsibility, so compromise is actually the most beneficial to the Tokugawa shogunate. And the strategy that Daming is adopting now also allows Tokugawa Jiaqi to easily choose to compromise."

At this time, Zhuge Weidao had followed Tokugawa Qi Zhao and Okubo Tadama to a place not too far away from Tokugawa Jiaqi who was kneeling.Zhuge Weidao looked at Tokugawa Jiaqi under the dim light, and found that he was an elderly man with a pale complexion, a little fat figure, and looked very tired and worried.

No need for an introduction, Zhuge Weidao also knew that the seat in front of him must be Tokugawa Jiaqi, so he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, the foreign minister, Zhuge Weidao, is very polite!"

Zheng Guoxian who was beside him gave a military salute because he was wearing the military uniform of the Ming Army, and then stood upright in front of General Tokugawa.

"Sit, sit," Tokugawa Jiaqi said in stiff Chinese, "Quickly, get stools for Military Master Zhuge and Lieutenant Colonel Zheng."

Xiao Xing, who was standing by, quickly brought two foldable stools, and asked Zhuge Weidao and Zheng Guoxian to sit down—these two stools should have been used by Japanese generals when they went to the battlefield, and they were not comfortable to sit on. .

"Your Excellency, General," Zhuge Weidao waved his fan, looking confident, "Our 22 soldiers from the Ming Navy and Army came to Edo Bay just for your words!"

"22" is the total force of Toyotomi Hideyoshi when he fought in the Odawara battle. Zhuge Weidao now falsely claims that the Daming Navy and Army have also come to 22. Of course, it is to give Tokugawa a little psychological hint-his current situation Just like the Hojo family back then, they couldn't stand against the general trend of the world. If they stubbornly resisted, the result would only be perish!
"Your, do you want me to surrender?" Tokugawa Jiaqi seemed to have misunderstood Zhuge Weidao's meaning, immediately sank his face, and continued to speak his Japanese Chinese, "My, the Japanese shogun, Ning Do not surrender!"

After hearing what the Japanese general said, Zhuge Weidao couldn't help laughing, "Your Excellency, you don't know about the policy of good-neighborliness and friendship that our Ming pursues, do you? Where is the general surrendering?"

Zheng Guoxian could speak a few words of Japanese, and he said with a smile: "Yaoxi, Yaoxi, our Ming Dynasty is here to help Japan, and there is no need for the General to surrender."

Tokugawa Jiaqi breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you Daming, do you want my Japan to be a vassal?"

Pride?Zhuge said to Daoxin: "You are so beautiful. Daming's dog, no, is a vassal. How can you be a Japanese country?"

"Your Excellency, General," Zheng Guoxian explained in unfamiliar Japanese at this time, "Your country, Japan, does not meet the requirements of our Ming Empire to accept the vassal state, so you cannot be a minister of the Ming Dynasty."

The Tokugawa family were taken aback, and said to themselves: "I am a dignified Japanese, why don't I even have the qualifications to be a dog for Daming?"

Tokugawa Qizhao on the side quickly explained: "Master Gongfang, the several vassal states of Ming Dynasty are quite rich, and their per capita income is about half to two-thirds of that of Ming Dynasty, which is close to that of Britain and France. But our country is relatively poor. The per capita income is less than one tenth of that of Ming Dynasty, and the gap between the rich and the poor in the country is too large. The rich can rival the country, while the poor sell their sons and daughters. Therefore, Japan will not be accepted as a vassal state by Ming Dynasty. You can rest assured."

Is this good news?

Tokugawa Ieqi is also speechless, co-author Japan is now poor, so it can't be Daming's dog!
Qi Zhao's words were roughly translated by Zheng Guoxian. Zhuge Weidao looked at Tokugawa Jiaqi as if he was a little disappointed, so he quickly comforted him and said: "Your Excellency, in fact, many of my vassal states in Ming Dynasty, such as North Korea, Annan, Chenla, and South Zhang, Burma, etc., were also very poor when they became the kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty, even poorer than Japan, but with the support of the Ming Dynasty, they have now become a paradise for the prosperity of the country and the prosperity of the people. Therefore, as long as Japan works hard enough In the future, there is a good chance of becoming a vassal of the Ming Dynasty!"

The Tokugawa family is almost speechless!
I have to work hard to be a dog for Daming?
Zheng Guoxian said: "Gongfang, becoming a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, there are many benefits! First of all, your country of Japan can join the big market of the Celestial Dynasty dominated by Ming Dynasty, and your goods, personnel, funds, and technology can be distributed among Daming and all vassal states of Ming Dynasty. Free circulation without any restrictions!

Secondly, Japan, as a poor vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, can get the support of Ming Dynasty for poverty alleviation. The Ming Dynasty will provide interest-free or low-interest loans to Japan, which are specially used to build railways, roads, ports, schools and other facilities to help Japan develop.

Third, if Japan encounters natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and droughts, Daming and other wealthy vassal states will provide assistance to Japan together to prevent Japan from falling into famine.

Fourth, Ming and all its vassal states realized mutual protection of national defense and advanced and retreated together.So Japan's national security will be very guaranteed!If Japan is willing to take on additional military responsibilities, Ming and other vassal states will also give Japan financial subsidies. "

I have to say, being a dog for the current Daming is really very happy!Those vassal states that professed their vassal status to Ming have indeed developed their economies under the support of Ming, turning from a poor country into a rich country—now Southeast Asia under the leadership of Ming is almost as rich as Western Europe, maybe even a little richer.

But Daming is not a living Bodhisattva, otherwise Daming would come to "help" Japan!

Those Southeast Asian countries that became rich with the help of Ming Dynasty did not have a large population, and they were rich in resources and had a large territory.After receiving investment from Ming Dynasty, absorbing immigrants from Ming Dynasty, and establishing an education system and bureaucratic system under the guidance of Ming Dynasty,

In fact, those Southeast Asian countries were also very "rich" when they were colonized by Europeans in history, exporting a large amount of spices, sugar, non-ferrous metals, petroleum, rubber, palm oil, timber, and grain to Europe every year.But it was never rich, the reason is self-evident and the food of Ming Dynasty is much better than those of European colonists.

But the situation in Japan is different, because there are many people and few resources, it is very difficult to get rich. Once you join the big family of the Celestial Dynasty, Ming Dynasty will not be able to increase Japan's per capita income in a short period of time, so there will be a large number of Japanese Moving to the Ming mainland and other vassal states will bring about a problem of resource and land redistribution.Because once they become a citizen of Daming or the Daming Kingdom, they are eligible to participate in the land equalization.

Moreover, the population of Japan in the early years was 40% of that of Ming Dynasty. Once it joined the system of Ming Dynasty, the per capita increase and the population growth rate would be the same as that of Ming Dynasty. This would allow the Japanese to occupy more resources and land in the system of Ming Dynasty
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