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Nakamura Shiro showed hesitation on his face. After a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to participate! The county governor encouraged us to reclaim barren mountains and promised to only receive a small amount of annual tribute. How can we get it? Even if it doesn’t matter, I’m afraid I won’t live until next year!”

The Japanese village officials in the Edo period were similar to Satosawa and Liangchang in the Ming Dynasty.

The land in the village is owned by the lord, and the peasants are contracted in groups of five.It is said that there are five households, and sometimes more than ten households form a group to jointly bear the annual tribute and labor.If a family fails to pay taxes, the farmers in the same group have to make up, otherwise they will be held accountable.

The village official is the leader of the land contracting team. His team members couldn't pay the taxes, and he was the first to be questioned.

Kuroda Taro, who contacted the uprising, belonged to the country.

Villagers are often richer, or their ancestors were rich, because their samurai titles were bought.

Where there are countrymen, there are city scholars.

Samurai in the city can wear clogs, but samurai in the countryside are not allowed to wear clogs.

When the two met, the city scholar was not used to seeing the countryman, so he slapped him across the face.If the rural scholar dared to resist, the urban scholar could draw his sword and kill him directly, and he would not bear the responsibility afterwards.

Kuroda Taro's grandfather is relatively rich, so he did everything possible to buy a title of country scholar.In his generation, his family has long been in decline, and he is full of resentment towards the lord and the county representative, because his family was impoverished by the government.

Nakamura Shiro said: "Please tell me more about "Da Tong Ji" and the Tang Dynasty. I like your Excellency to talk about these things the most."

Taro Kuroda has said it countless times, and he just opened his mouth: "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty said that everyone is born equal. In Japan, the four peoples of the royal family, the Chinese, the gentry, and the common people are equal. I am a villager, a gentry , you are a commoner, but we are also equal."

"Is it really equal?" Shiro Nakamura asked.

Kuroda Taro said: "In the Tang Kingdom, we are already equal. The Emperor of the Tang Kingdom is also called the Emperor Minshi. That is to say, from him onwards, the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom is the emperor of the common people."

Nakamura Shiro has heard this saying for a long time, and has asked countless times, and at this moment he still looks yearning: "Tang country is so good, why were we not born in Tang country? I heard people say that the Tang people's army used to attack cranes. Maru Castle never robs civilians, and buys anything they need from civilians with money. The people near Crane Maru Castle miss the soldiers of the Tang State very much, and look forward to the Tang army coming to fight again."

Kuroda Taro continued: "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was also a commoner before. He killed the daimyo and the county generation and distributed all the land to the farmers. The farmers in the Tang country no longer farmed for the daimyo, but for themselves. Every year The annual tribute is also very small. The merchants from the Tang Kingdom in Kagoshima Port told me that even the farmers in the mountains on their side have enough food. When there is a famine, the emperor will ask officials to provide relief.”

"Own land? It's unimaginable that the peasants of the Tang Kingdom can own their own land," Nakamura Shiro asked, "So we can have our own land when we rebel?"

Kuroda Taro said: "The peasants of Tang country can do it, so can we."

Due to the influence of "Datong Ji", the nature of the Japanese peasant uprising has changed.Their appeal is no longer for the lord to implement good governance, but to seize the land from the lord!

Chapter 1032 [Japan Lockdown]

Coercion, also see coercion.

Those Japanese farmers who were able to survive a little bit were actually reluctant to follow the rebellion.But they had no choice. Their houses were burned down by the rebels, and their food was taken away by the rebels. They had to rebel together to survive.

More than 24 farmers from 1 villages participated and swept towards Tsurumaru City.

They did not learn from "Datong Ji" to divide the land, but declared that farmers owned the land.Whoever owns the permanent land belongs to whoever owns it, and those lands are no longer owned by the lords, but belong to the peasants themselves.

The uprising was not only massive, but also extremely fast. Before Shimadzu Yizheng gathered his troops, the peasant army had already approached the city.

Hundreds of countrymen and ronin with weapons are the absolute main force of the peasant army.The rest of the peasants all carried bamboo spears and wooden sticks, and some simply went to the battlefield with hoes.

This kind of mob could have been easily resolved by the Shimadzu family 50 years ago.

But now the whole of Japan is almost the same, the horses are released in Nanshan, and the knives and guns are stored in the warehouse.The lords and nobles only knew how to enjoy themselves, and a large number of samurai became unemployed and turned into ronin, so they were not able to suppress the uprising at all.What's more, since being beaten up by the Datong Army, the Shimadzu family has completely lay flat.

How did the more than 200 peasant uprisings in the Edo period last for more than 1000 years be settled?

It's very simple, if you agree to the demands of the peasants, the peasant army will disperse by itself.After the news has passed, the leader at that time was killed, and the tax was increased again.

This time it is different. Guided by "Datong Collection", farmers need to obtain land!

Shimadzu Yoshimasa urgently recruited castle ronin for defense, and promised to continue to employ them after the war.

But the rogues have already suffered a loss once. Those who helped fight the Datong army back then were still ronin after the war.And those who helped the Datong Army fight, some were hired as warriors after the war.

It is clear at a glance who to help.

Moreover, those ronin in the castle town have long been in contact with the peasant army, and they themselves have the will to rebel.

Not long after the siege battle started, the defenders of the city fought back, and the peasant army took the opportunity to enter the city.Among the nobles of the Shimadzu family, only a few escaped, and the rest were all killed.

Immediately, the peasant army began to attack the entire Kagoshima.

The momentum is going well, but there are also great hidden worries, and it has split into three forces.

The first force wants to learn from "Da Tong Ji" to obtain land property and force the shogunate to reform the land policy. This is also the core force of the peasant uprising army.

The second force, most of them came here under coercion, they didn't want to kill the lord, they just hoped that the lord would implement good governance and just lower the annual tribute.Although the lord Shimadzu Yoshimasa was killed, two of his sons ran away, and the one who escaped could be welcomed back as the new lord.

The third force is the ronin of the castle town.They belonged to the class of urban scholars, and naturally looked down on rural scholars.But this uprising was led by the peasants.Moreover, ronin do not need land, they just want to find a stable job.

As the peasant army swept across half of Kagoshima, internal divisions became more and more serious.

The shogunate convened the national army to suppress it, and managed to collect 15.But more than half of them were still on the march, and the troops of the daimyo who were close to each other were already fighting against the peasant army in the water.

The Peasant Army had [-] troops, but the Shogunate Army had only [-]. They fought against each other for half a month and fought regardless of the outcome.

Suddenly, the shogunate sent officials over to announce the reduction of the annual tribute of farmers in Kagoshima.

When the news came out, at least [-]% of the peasant army was unwilling to fight again.Even those peasants who want to obtain land property feel that as long as the annual tribute can be reduced, there is no need to fight desperately with the court.

A month later, another [-] shogunate troops arrived on the battlefield.

Seeing that there are more and more officers and soldiers in the imperial court, more and more farmers hope to accept them as soon as they are good.On the contrary, the ronin have become more "firm", they are eager to win the battle, let the shogunate know their value, and can only find a job after the battle is over.

Rural officials and city officials unite, but village officials and farmers have no fighting spirit.

At the time of the decisive battle, the samurai team composed of rural and city warriors rushed forward bravely as if they were dead, and defeated the shogunate army in a small area.But looking at the entire battlefield, most peasant armies were being defeated, defeated by the shogunate army without warning.

The rural and urban scholars had no choice but to flee, taking more than 1000 revolutionary peasants into the mountains to escape the shogunate army's search.And transformed into bandits and bandits on the spot, going out of the mountains to loot from time to time, specializing in robbing wealthy households in the countryside and shops in the castle towns.

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Edo, the shogunate.

The shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna fell ill again, coughing continuously while sitting on it, not paying attention to what the elders were saying.

Ten years ago, the shogunate had a relatively rich family.

But a fire burned down Edo Castle, and the reconstruction of the city exhausted the shogunate's finances.Especially during the rebuilding process, the elders took the opportunity to embezzle and make the Japanese government even more corrupt.

This time to wipe out the peasant army, the shogunate also had no money, and let the lords find their own way.

Foreign lords wanted to get military expenses, so they could only rob them themselves, and several major cities in the Satsuma domain were looted.

"The farmers' unrest this time is different from the past," said Tadaki Sakai.

The past two years have been the era when Tadaki Sakai took full power.

This power minister, unwilling to be just an old middle school, turned himself into a big old man, that is, the leader of the old middle school.It's like before there was only a group of cabinet ministers, and everyone was on the same level, but Sakai Zhongqing made himself the chief assistant.

The shogun Tokugawa Iezuna has nothing to do about it, he has long been a display.

Kuze Hiroyuki is Sakai Tadakiyo's confidant, and immediately followed suit: "What do you mean, sir?"

Sakai Zhongqing said: "The royal family, the Chinese family, the noble family, and the common people, the four peoples have distinct classes. How can the four peoples be equal? ​​The royal family and the daimyo own land, which is also granted by heaven. How can it be distributed to farmers? "Da Tong Ji" will shake The foundation of the shogunate is the enemy of all daimyo, and it must be banned!"

"Your Majesty is very right." The elders nodded one after another.

This peasant uprising was too scary. In the past, at most, the county officials were killed, but now they even killed the lords.It also said that the four peoples are equal, and farmers are clamoring to own land.

Sakai Zhongqing also said: "Nowadays, smuggling is serious everywhere, and the country must be closed to prevent the influx of "Da Tong Ji". It is still the same as before, only trading in Nagasaki, and foreigners are not allowed to go ashore. Merchants from China can only live in outlying islands and are not allowed to go ashore. Set foot on Japanese land."

The old middle schooler from the coastal area was very upset, but he didn't dare to explode on the spot.

In the past, Sakai Tadakiyo condoned smuggling because he had not fully taken power.Now not only is the power in the hands of the government, but there is also an extremely legitimate reason to lock the country, which is enough to unite all the daimyos.

Whoever dares to oppose the lock-up is a national thief!

At that time, the coastal daimyos may wait and see, while the inland daimyos will definitely be willing to crusade against non-subjects.

As for Tadaki Sakai himself, wouldn't he want to smuggle profits?

Hehe, you can make money without smuggling, who the hell is doing smuggling?After closing the country, it can only trade in Nagasaki, which is equivalent to the monopoly of sea trade by the shogunate.Sakai Chukiyoshi, who holds the power of the shogunate, will earn more money than before!

And among the elders here, even if some are from the coast, they can still get some from the monopoly trade.

Those who really have enough motivation to oppose the lock-down are not here at all.

The shogun's uncle Hoshina Masayuki, as the most staunch supporter of smuggling, has already lost in the political struggle.He handed over all the power in his hands, did not have any position in the shogunate, and did not need to live in Edo, so he could return to the fief to enjoy his old age.

Hoshina Masayuki didn't even care about common affairs, even his own smuggling, and sat in the study all day reading and writing, and personally wrote the "Fifteen Articles of Aizu Family Instructions".

When people are old, they just want to organize their families and educate their children and grandchildren well.

Sakai Takayoshi, who was kneeling before, knelt straight and said: "Please, General, reiterate the lock-up order, expel all foreigners, and severely crack down on smuggling by all families."

Tokugawa Iezuna wanted to speak, but coughed suddenly, and said weakly: "You have the full power to handle this matter."

Ever since, under the command of Tadaki Sakai, a daimyo from the inland area was assigned to fight smuggling.They took a small group of elites and went to the ports of the coastal daimyo. When they saw people wearing Hanfu, they expelled them, and the shops built by the Han people were also confiscated.

From now on, smuggling will not be allowed, only trade in Nagasaki.

In order to avoid offending China, the Japanese shogunate expelled all the Dutch from the outlying islands.The houses and shops of the Dutch were confiscated and sold to the Han at a low price. Anyway, the Dutch trade is already dispensable.

At the same time, increasing the trade quota between China and Japan can not only appease China, but also allow the old Chinese to make more money.

This time the country was closed to the outside world, and the power of Japanese businessmen participated.

The rich merchants in Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo almost monopolized Nagasaki's trade because of their cooperation with the shogunate.Smuggling broke this monopoly, and the three major merchant groups lobbied secretly, spending a lot of money to bribe the old middleman, and Sakai Tadakiyo got the most money.

Except for the Chinese businessmen who traded in Nagasaki, all the rest were expelled.

One merchant ship after another, carrying Chinese merchants and fellows, returned to the coastal areas of China.People including the Sihai Trading Company were also forcibly expelled, but for Emperor Zhao's sake, the Nagasaki trade volume of three ships per year was exclusively given to the Sihai Trading Company.

Sakai Tadaki felt that he had given enough face, and the Chinese emperor would not be angry because of this.

Li Quan was about to go south to explore the ocean, and the trade winds had already arrived, but he saw that his own ship had returned from Japan, and the Japanese springboard he was sailing to America was locked.

Japan is a big market that can eat too many goods from China.

This time the country is locked down, not only maritime merchants are affected, but also land merchants, factory owners, workshop owners and related practitioners.

And without saying hello in advance, everything happened too suddenly, and many goods destined for Japan were blocked in Chinese ports and could not be sent out.

The envoys of the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong went to the court one after another, asking the emperor to send someone to question the Japanese shogunate.

These chief envoys never thought of going to war with Japan.For the sake of people's livelihood and the dignity of the Celestial Dynasty, it is enough to ask questions, and by the way, force Japan to increase the trade quota, and it is best to open another port.

After reading the report, Zhao Han said: "The garrisons in Shenyang and Nanjing have not fought for a long time, and each will transfer a division to prepare for war. After the spring of next year, the Shenyang army will start from Lushun, and the Nanjing army will start from Shanghai. They will go directly to Attack Edo!"

Chapter 1033 [Changzhou Fan and Sumitomo's House]

In the 25th year of the Republic of China, there were two battles to be fought.

One is to send troops to recover the Western Regions, and the other is to force Japan to found a country.

More than [-] years after the founding of the country, Datong China has sufficient money and food, and has been able to fight two major wars at the same time, and it has almost no impact on the economy and people's livelihood.

The eastern plains of Taiwan, the coastal areas of Luzon, and the coastal plains of Java Island are highly developed.Coupled with the rice in Guangnan Province, it can continuously provide food for China.

In the winter of that year, envoys from the Celestial Dynasty went to Edo and ordered the shogunate to establish the country immediately and return the confiscated property of Chinese merchants.

"China will not go to war for businessmen."

This is the consensus of the ruling and opposition parties in Japan. They think they know China very well, and all the daimyo have learned Confucian culture.

The spring breeze blows and the ice and snow melt.

A division stationed in Shenyang came to the beach along the Hun River in advance, and then took a sea boat to station in Lushun Port.In the middle of March in the lunar calendar, six warships, [-] troop carriers, and more than [-] grain carriers rushed towards Osaka.

A division stationed in Nanjing came to Shanghai along the Yangtze River ahead of schedule.Also in the middle of March in the lunar calendar, eight warships, [-] troop carriers, and more than [-] grain carriers rushed towards Edo in a mighty manner.

These two divisions have not fought for ten years.

Especially the Nanjing army, which has not seen blood for almost 20 years, just took advantage of the opportunity to fight Japan to train troops.

Those grain ships are all private merchant ships.

When the imperial court collected grain ships, the Chinese maritime merchants expelled by Japan enthusiastically signed up to donate their own ships.They even suggested that they could not take the shipping fee, but that Japan must be hurt so that they could re-trade and get back their business name in Japan.

The Shenyang troops set off from Lushun and did not go directly to Daban, but stopped halfway to bombard Xiaguan.

Shimonoseki, Japan is the only way to enter the Seto Inland Sea from the northwest.The fort here has long been in disrepair, and there are only dozens of soldiers stationed there, and it was successfully captured in less than 10 minutes.

Two battleships and ten grain ships were left behind, and Xiaguan was used as a transit base for the North Route Army, and 1000 Datong troops were stationed here.

Mori Tsunahiro, the feudal lord of the Choshu Domain, was living in Edo at this time.His son Mao Liji was in the domain, and when he learned that his port was occupied, Mao Liji yelled furiously: "Conscript all the troops, we must take Xiaguan back! Also, send someone to Edo to inform father and the shogunate!"

Get back a fart, the Changzhou Fan at this time is not the vanguard of respecting the king at the end of the Shogunate.

Mori Terumoto was the general of the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara. After the defeat, he was reduced by the Tokugawa clan.Due to the reduction of fiefdoms, Changzhou Fan could only re-measure the land, and also counted miscellaneous taxes, mulberry trees, and salt fields into the village height, so as to increase its own stone height.It also monopolizes the commodities in the fief to supplement the financial shortage.

According to the original history, in more than ten years, the Maori family will issue the "Frugality Order" to reduce the salaries of retainers and warriors, and finally they are so poor that they can only be forced to carry out reforms.