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Chapter 1076 The British Empire is Dying; Seizing the Legacy is Key
If we replace the Governor-General's Office of Mexico with the Governor-General's Office of Luzon, these requests become much simpler to understand: Governor Peto is requesting the Ming Dynasty to establish an official factory in Mexico.

In other words, Governor Peto sold the silver mines he controlled, and the silver mines he might control in the future, to the Ming Dynasty at an extremely low price.

Governor Peto controlled half of the silver mine complex, but due to a lack of technology in prospecting, mining, refining, and transportation, and a lack of personnel to handle these tasks, profits were extremely low. While the amalgam process for refining silver was simple, the rate of labor loss was far too high.

The natives captured at great expense of manpower, resources, and money rarely survived more than three years, at most five, before succumbing to the amalgam method. Compared to the typical lifespan of over ten years in Ming Dynasty plantations, the cost was far too high.

Moreover, he also had to face the high interest rates on war loans from the Ming Dynasty and threats from Spain itself.

The Pan-Pacific Trade Alliance was a commercial alliance. The three viceroyalties of Mexico, Peru, and Chile still belonged to Spain, not the Ming Dynasty. However, the flow of silver to the Ming Dynasty was considered a betrayal.

Governor Peto was well aware that this was inviting trouble, but his thinking was actually quite simple: the artisans, master craftsmen, experts in natural sciences, and accountants sent by the Ming Dynasty to establish an official factory in Mexico belonged to his Mexican governor's office, not to the Ming Dynasty.

Because it is separated by the vast Pacific Ocean.

"What is the Ministry of Rites' opinion?" Zhu Yijun asked Gao Qiyu, inquiring about the Ministry of Rites' view on Governor Peto's request.

"The official factory should be established in the Kingdom of Gold Mountain, and the finished products should only be exported to Mexico." Gao Qiyu gave the Ministry of Rites his suggestion. Since Wan Shihe, the Ministry of Rites has become extremely conservative, which can be seen from the recent memorial to tighten the management of the Ming Yi people.

Gao Qiyu explained in detail to His Majesty the Ministry of Rites' proposed plan: the core industry would be located in the Kingdom of Gold and the finished products would be sent to Mexico.

There is a crucial factor here. The Ministry of Rites was quite certain that even if the Ming Dynasty had given many of its technologies to Mexico, Mexico would not have been able to utilize them effectively. Implementing these technologies would have been extremely difficult, even for the Ming Dynasty itself.

It would require eighteen universities to provide talent, tens of thousands of miles of roads and canals to ensure the transport of raw materials and goods, the cabinet and the Ministry of Works to make overall plans for the official factories, and dozens of official factories to coordinate production, etc. In short, it would require a great Ming Dynasty to achieve this.

What merit does the Mexican Viceroyalty possess to accomplish these things?

Gao Qiyu never considered seeking profits in overseas expansion to be a shameful thing. People cannot live by etiquette alone; people need to eat to survive. The Ming Dynasty never concealed its covetousness of the three silver mines of the Mexican Governor's Office.

As Your Majesty said, the rich silver mountains of Mexico and Peru are truly grateful for the Pacific Ocean separating them; otherwise, they would have long been infested with Ming troops.

Extreme conservatives distrusted and even naturally opposed barbarians. In the eyes of the Ministry of Rites officials, setting up the official factory in Mexico was extremely dangerous, while setting it up in the Kingdom of Jinshan, which was guarded by the Prince of Lu, became very reliable.

Even if, over time, the Ming Dynasty and the Jinshan Kingdom separate, they will still be natural allies and naturally close.

Especially when faced with the competition between the West and the Ming Dynasty at sea, this external force led to a division of the family, but the Ming Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jinshan shared the same position and interests.

This is not hard to understand. During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the feudal system was established. The feudal lords who were enfeoffed naturally stood with the emperor, rather than with the barbarians.

"The Ministry of Rites' suggestion is excellent." Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment. The three silver mines of the Mexican Governor's Palace are a piece of meat that the Ming Dynasty must eat, but it should eat with chopsticks, not with its hands, which is neither elegant nor easy to burn its hands.

"Is the Ministry of Rites somewhat dissatisfied with Yongle's opening of the sea and the establishment of official factories overseas?" Zhu Yijun keenly sensed the implication in Gao Qiyu's words through the audience.

Gao Qiyu looked at His Majesty without flinching and said, “Your Majesty, after Yongle, why was the Ming Dynasty so resistant to opening up the seas? In fact, there is another reason. Yongle opened up the seas and established many official factories overseas. However, although the Ming Dynasty provided manpower, resources and money for these factories, the final output was given to these foreign barbarians.”

"In any case, the establishment of these overseas official factories was a drain on the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, but did not bring enough benefits to the Ming Dynasty."

"Because of the obstruction of the sea, these official factories no longer belonged to the Ming Dynasty after their establishment. Emperor Chengzu Wen quickly realized this problem. After the conquest of Annam, Emperor Wen did not pay much attention to the management of Jiaozhi."

Managing Jiaozhi and moving the capital to the northern capital were conflicting national policies. Just like the Ming Dynasty's opening of the seas, Zhu Yijun had to travel like a migratory bird. Wherever the emperor was, that was the center of power.

Initially, Zhu Di was ambitious and wanted to rule overseas, to create enough civil and military achievements to prove that he had justified his usurpation of the throne. However, he soon discovered that setting up official factories overseas was a completely unprofitable business. Soon, the voyages to the Western Ocean changed from the widespread establishment of official factories to trade.

The goal of "civilization" was downplayed, while trade became the core objective.

Zhu Yijun calculated that in the twenty-second year of the Wanli Emperor's reign, the Ming Dynasty had never acquired or established any industry outside of its actual control. Most industries, plantations, mines, and so on were built around Han towns.

“Very good.” Zhu Yijun agreed with Gao Qiyu’s statement. After Zhang Juzheng retired, Zhu Yijun became the head of the biggest conservative faction in the Ming Dynasty. He had only one attitude towards the barbarians: the barbarians who were planted in the soil were the best barbarians.

The Ming Dynasty wanted the silver mines in Mexico, but it wouldn't give them the technology, especially the core technology.

Zhu Yijun and Gao Qiyu talked for a long time. Gao Qiyu stayed in the capital to oversee things, while the emperor received envoys from various countries in Songjiang Prefecture. Zhu Yijun needed to communicate some details with the Junior Minister of the Imperial Clan.

Grand Minister Shen Li was an upright and outspoken official. Sometimes, there were things the emperor found inconvenient to say to Shen Li.

Shen Li was a very upright person, a true gentleman. Even when facing imperial power, he remained neither humble nor arrogant. However, the true nature of diplomacy is extremely dirty, and the methods are despicable, because between countries, there is only self-interest.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun did need to communicate with Gao Qiyu about some dirty work. Neither the emperor nor his minister could be considered absolutely upright figures.

"Felipe is like a complaining woman. What's the use of the Spanish envoy saying all that? Does he have time to deal with the alienation of the new world? His letter is full of incompetent rage." Gao Qiyu finished reading Felipe's letter to His Majesty and expressed his opinion very bluntly.

Regarding the claim that the Ming Dynasty used the Pan-Pacific Trade Alliance to economically seize Spanish colonies, even using the term "trade alliance" cannot change the fundamental fact that the Ming Dynasty was taking Felipe's territory.

The Ming Dynasty never concealed this purpose; in its own words, it was to strengthen economic control.

In his letter, Felipe acted like a complaining woman, blaming the Ming emperor for being untrustworthy, taking advantage of others' misfortune, and disregarding the friendship between the two countries. He also threatened the Ming Dynasty to block the Strait of Magellan, preventing the Ming fleet from circumnavigating the globe, and threatened to use his influence in the West to block the flow of Ming goods to the West.

The guards at the Strait of Magellan were like a prostitute's belt; anyone with money could pass through. The guards told Felipe that the Ming fleet had risked passing through the storms of the Drake Passage—storms strong enough to tear everything apart—yet the Ming merchant ships could pass through smoothly. Afterward, the guards kept the bribed silver for themselves.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's fleet could not pass through the Drake Passage; human power was still somewhat insignificant in the face of the terrifying power of nature.

Similarly, he could not stop the flow of goods from the Ming Dynasty. Apart from increasing the cost for Westerners to buy Ming goods, any of his actions would make people feel that Felipe's senility was getting worse.

There was nothing he could do but watch helplessly as the Ming Dynasty took away the benefits of the three governor-general's offices.

“Felipe doesn’t understand and will never admit one thing: Spain’s maritime hegemony is gradually coming to an end. Even without the Ming Dynasty opening its seas, he still cannot stop it from happening,” Gao Qiyu stated his understanding.

Although England was shameless, its letters of marque directly turned the economic lifeline of Spain, Atlantic trade, into a cesspool, to the point that all the other Spanish countries had the opportunity to expand at sea. Portugal, the Netherlands, England, Sweden, and others all wanted a share of the pie.

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

"The Spanish flag is falling, and its maritime hegemony is coming to an end. At this time of decline, the most important thing is to seize the inheritance. England, Portugal, and the Netherlands are all well aware of this fact and want to grab as much of the inheritance as Spain falls." Gao Qiyu solemnly stated his views to His Majesty.

The important thing is to seize the opportunity to claim the inheritance.

Even the Governor General's Palace of Brazil is seeking to join the Pacific Rim Business Alliance, despite being a governor general's palace on the Atlantic coast.

There were some disagreements within the Ministry of Rites regarding whether or not to claim the inheritance.

The upright people, led by Shen Li, felt that such behavior was despicable and a manifestation of the decline of morality under the alienation of interests, which is a concrete example of "accumulating wealth and pursuing profit while losing morality".

If something happens to your neighbor, it's one thing to just watch the show, but to collude with others to seize their property and land, and even plan to exploit them, is an immoral act, no matter what excuse you use to cover it up.

Shen Li's main concern was that this low morality would spread to the heartland of the Ming Dynasty, causing harm to the people of the Ming.

However, the group of evil figures led by Gao Qiyu felt that such behavior was not wrong. In this era of great competition, the strong are strong and the weak perish. Everyone else is grabbing, but you are a gentleman. If you don't grab, you will lose in the competition.

People like Gao Qiyu believe that the thoughts of upright people are a concrete manifestation of moral inferiority in the process of pioneering.

Shen Li was right, and Gao Qiyu was right. Neither of them could convince the other. It was a case of each side having their own reasons, and both sides were doing it for the good of the Ming Dynasty. Why should I listen to you?

In the end, Shen Li and Gao Qiyu reached a tacit understanding: the two factions would do their utmost to uphold the high moral standards of the Ming heartland, while regarding overseas expansion, Shen Li, being a gentleman, would turn a blind eye to some immoral behaviors, refrain from moral scrutiny, and pretend not to know.

You, Gao Qiyu, can do whatever you want. Shen Li doesn't participate, but not participating doesn't mean she doesn't take responsibility. The Pan-Pacific Business Alliance was established under the leadership of the Ministry of Rites. Shen Li's lack of intervention is also a form of tacit approval.

"Then let's keep fighting. I'm going to agree to let the Governor-General of Brazil join the Pacific Rim Trade Alliance." Zhu Yijun brought up a matter. There were two Governor-Generals of Brazil, Spanish Brazil and Portuguese Brazil. Both governor-generals wanted to join the Pacific Rim Trade Alliance and they wanted to handle the issue of navigation through the Strait of Magellan themselves.

"Your subject obeys the decree." Gao Qiyu bowed his head and accepted the order, pushing the two to join the Pan-Pacific Business Alliance.

"Your Majesty!" A young eunuch rushed into the imperial study, presented a report to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is dead."

Zhu Yijun frowned. Compared to Oda Nobunaga, the great demon king, he didn't like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the monkey. Toyotomi Hideyoshi had almost no political integrity or faith.

At least Oda Nobunaga wanted to end the chaos in Wa (Japan) and establish a stable Wa through military conquest.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was all about fame and fortune, so everyone called him the Monkey.

According to the original timeline, Toyotomi Hideyoshi should have died in the 26th year of the Wanli Emperor's reign, before his lifespan was over.

Zhu Yijun opened the memorial from the Nagasaki Governor's Office and read it for a long time before he understood how Toyotomi Hideyoshi had died—at the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Tokugawa Ieyasu had a subordinate named Hikoemon Torii Mototada, who was extremely loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Amidst the complex and escalating conflicts, he struck first and killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the street.

The great war in Japan has begun again. The origin of the escalating conflict is the Momoyama Shogunate. It failed to capture Odawara Castle, failed to enter the Kanto Plain, and failed to realize its ambition of unifying Japan. As a result, it did not have enough benefits to distribute and appease the discontented daimyo.

The conflict took place at Fushimi Castle.

After the Great Fire of Kyoto, Toyotomi Hideyoshi undertook a large-scale reconstruction of Fushimi Castle, and many daimyo's official residences were moved from Kyoto to Fushimi Castle.

"Why is Japan in such a mess?" Zhu Yijun handed the report to Gao Qiyu. His feeling about Japan could be summed up in one word: chaos.

When Oda Nobunaga was alive, he was assassinated every day. Now that Toyotomi Hideyoshi had also died in the street, Torii Mototada actually stabbed Toyotomi Hideyoshi right there in the street.

“Your Majesty, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu are all the same kind of people; they are usurpers.” Gao Qiyu finished reading the report. The longer His Majesty, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, reigns, the more difficult it becomes for him to understand everything that is happening in Japan.

Tyranny is a highly unstable political system and is inherently unjust.

The highest ruler of Japan was nominally the Japanese Emperor residing in the Ming Dynasty, but in reality, he was the Shogun, a tyrant. The biggest problem with tyrannical politics was the widespread phenomenon of subordinates overthrowing their superiors.

The blame would be borne by the Emperor, who held the highest nominal position, so that the Shogunate could carry out various cruel and unjust policies without any burden.

The widespread subjugation of superiors has created instability. Those who do not bear the guilt are considered inherently unjust. This instability and inherent unjustness have created the chaotic situation Your Majesty sees.

The Ming Dynasty had just experienced a month of anxiety, with almost everyone praying that His Majesty would recover from his serious illness instead of taking the opportunity to cause trouble. Even evil spirits like the Soul Caller and the Blissful Abode went into hiding, fearing that they would bring trouble upon themselves. Even so, they were still captured by Hu Junde, and a storm of cracking down on evil spirits swept through Jiangnan.

But tyranny would never be like that.

The rampant spread of the Gokuraku sect in Japan was due to the fact that many daimyo were supporters of the sect, using this divisive force to counterbalance and undermine the shogunate.

Gao Qiyu disliked the fourth volume of the theory of class very much. Although His Majesty had never published it, he knew that His Majesty had finished writing it. Moreover, from the natural inferences of the first three volumes, the conclusion of the fourth volume could be drawn, which was that the imperial system was doomed to perish. Obviously, the fifth volume was about continuing the struggle.

For China, Western constitutional monarchy is fundamentally untenable, especially England, which likes to promote the Magna Carta.

Whether it's a constitutional monarchy or a shogunate, both are essentially tyrannical politics, unstable and inherently unjust. Such politics naturally tend to establish a system of scapegoating: the shogun blames the emperor, the daimyo blames the shogun, and the samurai blames the daimyo.

This blame-shifting ultimately results in a system designed to make it impossible to hold anyone accountable.

This land of China is absolutely incompatible with such a political system. The fundamental logic is that the supreme ruler must bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the nation.

The ruling class is unwilling to take responsibility for the rise and fall of the nation, only wanting to enjoy the support and patronage of the people, but refusing to fulfill its function of maintaining peace and stability. This is typical barbarian thinking.

This is why Gao Qiyu disliked Volume 4. He was right that the imperial system was doomed to perish, no matter how tortuous the path may be.

Faced with the five inferences of the class theory, Gao Qiyu, as a subject, felt somewhat powerless. If a subject cannot share the burdens and solve the problems for His Majesty, then he has failed in his duty.

Gao Qiyu had some solutions for class and distribution, but he was truly helpless when it came to the three issues of the inevitable demise of the Ming Dynasty, the inevitable demise of the imperial system, and the need to continue the struggle. This sense of powerlessness left Gao Qiyu feeling utterly powerless.

But it doesn't matter, because even his husband, the genius Zhang Juzheng, was powerless in the face of these things.

The cause of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death was somewhat complicated. He died from Torii Mototada's spear, which was also due to internal strife.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's successor was his adopted son, Toyotomi Hidetsugu, while Toyotomi Hideyoshi had his own biological son, Toyotomi Hideyori, who was still young, only two years old this year.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi designated his adopted son as Kanpaku, or successor, in order to unite the daimyo under his command. However, with the birth of Toyotomi Hideyori, everything changed. Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to leave everything to his biological son, not his adopted son.

But this adopted son, Toyotomi Hidetsugu, was no ordinary man. He was a daimyo who had conquered four provinces, was enfeoffed in Omi Province, and received a stipend of 430,000 koku.

Toyotomi Hidetsugu's father, Yasuke, was a farmer and not even a samurai. The reason why Toyotomi Hidetsugu was able to be enfeoffed in Omi and receive a stipend of 430,000 koku was because he was really good at fighting.

A staggering 430,000 koku is truly impressive. Even Uesugi Kenshin, the Dragon of Echigo, only had 400,000 koku, while Takeda Shingen, the lord of Kai Province, only had 240,000 koku.

With a staggering 430,000 koku, he was a top-tier daimyo in Japan, a powerful force with considerable influence.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to leave the position of Shogun to his two-year-old child, but Toyotomi Hidetsugu naturally refused. In addition, the shogunate's attack on Odawara Castle failed, and the Momoyama shogunate failed to enter the Kanto Plain. The daimyo did not get any meat, and they became increasingly dissatisfied with Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also very wary of his adopted son Hidetsugu's potential rebellion, as Hidetsugu had the power to do so.

Soon, friction began to occur between the two sides, which escalated into conflict. The adopted son, along with many daimyo, signed a joint pledge of loyalty. Toyotomi Hideyoshi quickly realized the adopted son's rebellious intentions and, together with the three daimyo, arrested and interrogated him.

Friction, conflict, suspicion, and rifts spiraled upwards, escalating until finally, a bloody battle erupted at Fushimi Castle.

Instead of enduring, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rebelled, leaving him no choice but to have the three commissioners suppress him.

After the fighting broke out, Torii Mototada, one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's sixteen generals, seized the opportunity of the internal strife within the Toyotomi clan and the weakened defenses around Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He led more than three hundred elite soldiers, all with their swords drawn, and charged towards Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After killing Hideyoshi, Torii Mototada shouted: "My lord shall rule the world!" and committed seppuku facing east.

Torii Mototada did not place the blame on Tokugawa Ieyasu; instead, he committed suicide, taking all the blame upon himself and allowing Tokugawa Ieyasu to ascend to power.

"The situation in Japan is becoming increasingly chaotic and turbulent. I intend to issue strict orders to Nagasaki, Tsushima, Iwami, and other places to guard against internal strife and prevent the risk from spilling over into other areas." Zhu Yijun briefly inquired about Gao Qiyu's opinion.

"It's only right." After thinking it over, Gao Qiyu swallowed his words, offered some praise, and left Tonghe Palace.

Gao Qiyu actually wanted to say that this was an opportunity, a good opportunity to destroy the Japanese pirates. However, when Gao Qiyu thought about how the Ming Dynasty was currently fighting Annam, he suppressed his thoughts. It was indeed a good opportunity, but the result of fighting on two fronts might be that they could not win on either front.

If Japan were to rise again, it would be only a matter of time before it completely collapses under the strict defenses of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, such opportunities might arise again in the future for a tyrannical regime like the Shogunate.

As for Annam, since the war has already begun, the wise choice is to finish fighting on one side first and then assess the situation on the other.

Zhu Yijun certainly considered starting the second war against the Japanese pirates immediately, but he held back. The timing was indeed perfect. Fighting on two fronts is a major taboo in military strategy. The Ming Dynasty was indeed very strong, but not strong enough to be that strong.

The situation in Kyoto, Japan, seemed very complicated, but Xu Wei, the governor of Nagasaki, provided the Ming emperor with a very detailed analysis of the situation. In fact, there were only two major groups in Kyoto: Tokugawa Ieyasu and Mori Terumoto.

The Mori clan fought against the Oda, the Toyotomi, and now the Tokugawa; they've been fighting the entire battlefield.

Although the Mori clan lost the Iwami Silver Mine to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty gave them Japanese banknotes. The Mori clan did not become so weak as to be unable to compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu because of the loss of the silver mine.

A civil war is imminent in Japan. The Ming Dynasty can wait and wait until Japan is really fighting and its troops are exhausted before taking action.

However, something unexpected happened to Zhu Yijun and the court. In early November, the Ming Dynasty received a memorial from Xiong Tingbi. Japan had undergone a major upheaval, with Tokugawa Ieyasu taking power and Mori Terumoto being dissatisfied. While both sides were preparing for conflict, they also tried to win over Xiong Tingbi.

Both sides offered very generous terms: recognition of Xiong Tingbi's rule in Edogawa, a guaranteed annual salary of 500,000 koku if victorious, formal recognition of Xiong Tingbi's power as a daimyo of Japan, and even the status of Edo Castle being equivalent to that of Kyoto, etc.

The promises made by Tokugawa Ieyasu and Mori Terumoto were roughly equivalent to being kings on equal footing.

Faced with such generous terms, Xiong Tingbi did not choose to agree. He not only sternly refused but also scolded the envoy, saying that he must be crazy to become a lackey of the Japanese! He must be afraid of having his ancestors' graves desecrated to become a lackey of the Japanese.

Xiong Tingbi not only refused, but his plan was to attack, attack, attack!
"Commander Qi, isn't Xiong Da being a bit too radical?" Zhu Yijun felt that Xiong Tingbi's plan was nothing short of insane.

Xiong Tingbi judged that whoever won would again plot to conquer the Guandong Plain.

This large granary is a real piece of meat. Toyotomi Hideyoshi needs the interests of Kanto and to appease his subordinate daimyo. Why don't he need Mori Terumoto and Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Xiong Tingbi devised a three-pronged attack plan, which could be described as insane.

"In my opinion, Xiong Tingbi's goal is not to win, but to fight." Qi Jiguang pointed to several locations on the Japanese map and shook his head, saying, "No matter who wins, Xiong Tingbi will be the weaker party, but by taking the initiative, he has won regardless of the outcome."

"Xiong Tingbi's three-pronged attack was aimed at political victory, not military victory. He wanted to let Tokugawa Ieyasu know that pursuing the Kanto Plain would require a huge price and casualties. In this way, he could preserve the peace of the Kanto Plain."

Xiong Tingbi's radical offensive plan was not intended to achieve military victory. Instead, it was a crazy gesture to let Tokugawa Ieyasu and others know that he was not a Japanese, that he would not listen to the Japanese, and that if they wanted to die, they should come and try!
"Your Majesty, Xiong Tingbi probably harbors the idea of ​​weakening the Japanese samurai. He issued the Sword Hunting Edict, which forbids samurai from leaving Edo Castle, but also forbids civilians from possessing weapons, armor, and other items. This policy of separating samurai and farmers has left these samurai living in the city with nothing to do."

"Xiong Tingbi's actions must have had this purpose as well," Qi Jiguang analyzed Xiong Tingbi's motives.

Xiong Tingbi was very talented in military affairs. How could he not know the drawbacks of attacking from multiple directions when he was already the weaker party? But he still did it. Clearly, Xiong Tingbi had reached his limit of tolerance for the samurai in Edo Castle.

Xiong Tingbi expressed his anger towards these warriors more than once in his memorials.

For example, last June, Xiong Tingbi, drawing on the experience of the Nine Battalions in Zhejiang, found some work for these warriors. He sent them out of the camp to prevent floods and dredge ditches.

Upon their return from their expedition, these samurai brought back a large number of Japanese women to Edo Castle! Some of the farmhouses and villages that had been allocated land for farming were completely looted by these samurai!
Xiong Tingbi executed more than 300 warriors, but then he didn't bother sending them out of the camp anymore.

Using war to eliminate these old warriors would be a good solution.

(End of this chapter)