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Of course, the premise is that people like Zheng Zhilong are excluded.

The main ship of the shogunate is called "Date Maru", with a displacement of 508 tons, and it is a standard Spanish galleon (galen ship).There is also a Galen ship with a displacement of 120 tons, and most of the rest are Zhuyin ships.

Datemaru also carried the Japanese mission, first went to Mexico, then went to Europe to visit the Pope, then visited France and Spain, and finally returned to Japan via the Philippines.

At that time, Japan was still relatively open, submitting a letter of credence to the Pope, and even requesting to send more missionaries to Japan to preach.But a few years later, when the mission returned to Japan, the shogunate was already expelling the missionaries, and the pope in Rome was very happy.

"Japan also has such a large warship?" Li Dingguo raised his binoculars, his tone slightly surprised.

Hong Xu said with a smile: "The shogunate only has this big ship, which was built with the help of the Spaniards. The guys at the bottom of the box have all come here to negotiate, just because they don't want to lose their momentum."

The two sides met at the mouth of the bay, each lowered their small boats, and the envoys of the two sides took the small boats to the shore for talks.

Liu Xiangke cupped his hands arrogantly and said: "Liu Xiangke, the young minister of Honglu Temple in Datong China."

The shogunate envoy was about 30 years old, and he bowed his hands in return: "Lin Efeng, the shogunate lawsuit and the speaker of the Five Classics."

Lin Efeng was the son of Luo Shan, a great scholar in Japan. In addition to serving as a shogunate litigator and teaching the Five Classics to Tokugawa Iemitsu, he was also a diplomatic adviser to the shogunate.In addition, he also served as a Japanese historian.

This guy speaks Chinese very fluently, and after reporting their names to each other, he scolded him sharply: "Liu Shaoqing, the Shimadzu family is the lord of the Japanese vassal. Even if there is something that offends China, the emperor of your country should send a letter of credence, and the shogun will do it on his own." Punishment. Your country uses troops without authorization and fights without declaration. Is this in line with Confucian etiquette? Being rude is injustice! If your country insists on going its own way and wants to fight this unjust war, even though our country is small, we should accompany it!"

Liu Xiangke was too lazy to chat with the other party, and hit the point directly: "What is the shogunate? I have been in heaven for thousands of years,

Those who canonize are all Japanese rulers, and there is no known act of canonizing Japanese generals.Even if the letter of credence is sent, it is also sent to the Japanese ruler, and it is not the turn of any shogun!The Tokugawa clan, who took the lord of the country and ordered the Japanese princes, is truly inhumane and unrighteous.Don't send troops to attack Satsuma, even if China sends troops to attack the Tokugawa shogunate, it is a reasonable and just war! "

As soon as this remark came out, Lin Efeng was at a loss for words.

Yes, according to Confucianism, the Tokugawa shogunate belonged to stealing the country.And Japan is a vassal state of China, which is tantamount to stealing China's vassal state.

China has sufficient reasons to send troops directly to kill the Tokugawa shogunate!

Liu Xiangke disdainfully said: "If your Excellency is here to play tricks, please come back. After the defeat of the Satsuma Domain, I will lead the troops to Edo, and have a good talk with you in Edo City."

Lin Efeng forcibly explained: "The lord of Japan has entrusted the power to the shogun, and he did not order the princes by coercing the emperor."

Liu Xiangke sneered: "I sent troops here in Datong China, just to help the Japanese ruler to take charge of the government. Since it is not stealing the country, the shogun should be asked to return to the ruler, so as not to be suspected of stealing the country and arousing criticism."

Liu Xiangke firmly grasped the weakness of the shogunate's stealing the country, and Lin Efeng couldn't talk any more. If he continued to entangle, it would only be full of loopholes.

Lin Efeng coughed and changed the subject: "When the time is right, the shogunate will return the ruler. What we are talking about today is how can your country withdraw its troops?"

Liu Xiangke repeated the previous request again.

It's just that the military compensation has doubled, because after a few more battles, the ships of the Datong Navy were damaged, so a lot of ammunition and food were consumed one after another.

Lin Efeng breathed a sigh of relief. China's withdrawal conditions were within the acceptable range of the shogunate.It was nothing more than indemnity, and it was not the shogunate who paid the money anyway, so the Satsuma clan was in huge debt, which was beneficial to the shogunate's control.

As for China taking back Ryukyu, it doesn't matter.

At the beginning, the shogunate allowed the Satsuma clan to send troops to Ryukyu because of the Daming sea ban and the severance of diplomatic relations with Japan. Official trade could only use Ryukyu as a springboard.

Now that China has opened up the sea, there are a large number of Chinese goods in the outer islands of Nagasaki, and the transactions have been monopolized by the shogunate. For the shogunate, the Ryukyu territory is dispensable, and only the Satsuma domain has suffered huge losses.

Lin Efeng suddenly said, "The shogunate can cooperate with all these requests. But, please, the emperor of your country, bestow a golden seal on one of the shogunate generals."

This proposal exceeded Liu Xiangke's expectations.

The shogunate actually planned to sell the Satsuma domain in exchange for the recognition of the shogunate by the suzerain country.If this is the case, the shogun will have the actual legal authority, unlike the current diplomatic talk, which is justified.

Liu Xiangke: "This is a big matter. People in the capital have no right to agree. I need to go back to Beijing and ask His Majesty for instructions."

"This is what should be done." Lin Efeng expressed his understanding, as long as the other party did not reject it outright, his diplomatic mission would not be regarded as a failure.

Liu Xiangke added: "If the shogunate wants to win the general's golden seal, it still needs to show its sincerity. To be honest, our army will go north to defeat the Hirado clan after defeating the Satsuma clan."

Lin Efeng wondered: "How did the Songpu family offend your country?"

Liu Xiangke said: "Our country's maritime merchants who went to North Korea were often harassed and robbed by the Hirado clan. The Matsuura family must pay compensation, promise not to commit such crimes again in the future, and are not allowed to plunder the coast of North Korea again. Also, the Matsuura family must hand over the big pirates. Li Guozhu, the son of Li Dan!"

Zheng Chenggong was born in the Hirado clan, which was a pirate nest. When the Hirado pirates were at their peak, they mainly plundered North Korea and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang waters. Many of the pirates who landed on the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to make trouble came from the Hirado clan.As for the pirate Li Guozhu, he has been hiding there all these years, often going out to sea with the navy of the Hirado clan to loot Chinese and North Korean merchant ships.

Since Zhao Han chose to send troops, he not only had to take back Ryukyu, not only had to hurt the Satsuma clan, but also had to make the Hirado clan obedient.

Lin Efeng had a headache. A Satsuma clan was enough trouble, but he even brought Hirado clan along with him.Let the two great feudal lords apologize to China for reparations in a row, which will really lead to the majesty of the shogunate.

Lin Efeng said: "This matter needs to be reported to the Shogun."

Liu Xiangke said with a smile, "wait for the good news."

Tsurumaru Castle is still under siege. This ruined castle was built on a [-]-meter-high mountain. The Datong Army's army battery is not easy to erect, so it has to be pulled far away for long-distance upward shooting.Fortunately, not far from the sea, the naval artillery can also greet,

And there is no need to stand still and be bombarded by city defense artillery.

It is impossible to attack by force. Even if the city is captured, the casualties of the Datong Army are estimated to reach two to three thousand.If the battle is fought like that, Li Dingguo will be punished.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was exhausting until the Chinese army ran out of food and retreated.

Li Dingguo called Miyazaki Shiro and Guitou 48 and ordered: "Go and find five hundred of the poorest people nearby, and let these people come and wash clothes for our soldiers. Not only can they get paid, but they can also eat with their stomachs open. Remember Spread the word afterwards."

After the two left, Li Dingguo ordered his subordinates: "Move five hundred catties of rice ashore every day, set up porridge sheds, and help the local poor. Remember to spread the word."

A few days later, [-] civilian women who washed clothes for Datong soldiers were sent to the castle town for a holiday.

They eat well with everyone they meet, they can eat every meal, and sometimes they can see meat.And Datong's army keeps the word, wages are settled every day, and laundry fees are never in arrears.

And the porridge shed on the bank was full every day, and there were even cases of jumping in line and fighting.

Well, five hundred catties of rice every day is five hundred catties of rice.Not only beggars and poor people come to drink porridge, but also city vendors come to take advantage of it and wait in line with beggars to eat.

The news quickly spread to Tsurumaru Castle.

Hisashi Shimadzu said anxiously: "My lord, the Tang soldiers are not short of food at all, and even have surplus food to buy people's hearts. The reinforcements from various families in the domain have not come for a long time. We are afraid that we will be surrounded until we run out of food!"

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa was silent, he knew that this time he was going to be finished.

Shimadzu Hisao said: "How about accepting Tangren's conditions, let's pay compensation and surrender."

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer," Shimadzu Mitsuhisa still had a fluke mentality, "Perhaps in a few days, the shogunate will send troops to rescue."

Hisutsu Shimadzu knelt down and bid farewell, and ran to another mansion in the city.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, the lord of the Satsuma domain, is the second son, and the third son Tadaro Shimadzu lives in this mansion.

There were 14 brothers in total, and the oldest one died long ago.The fourth child, the sixth child, the eighth child, the tenth child, the eleventh child, the thirteenth child, and the fourteenth child were all sent out to serve as small lords in various places.The third child stayed in Kagoshima to be the head of the family. In fact, it was convenient for the feudal lord to control him, and he was afraid that he would go out and cause trouble. (Those not mentioned are dead.)

"How?" Shimazu Tadaro asked.

Hisaichi Shimadzu: "The governor of the house does not want to surrender."

Taduro Shimadzu asked, "What are your plans?"

Shimadzu Hisaichi: "The Tang soldiers have enough food and grass, even the untouchables who are begging, they can give out surplus food. If this continues, the food in Tsurumaru City will only be exhausted. By that time, the Tang soldiers will be time-consuming. The food is even worse, and there must be more money to be paid. He must have set fire to Tsurumaru Castle in a fit of anger. If the governor does not surrender, we should ask him to surrender. This is also for the sake of the Shimadzu family."

Shimadzu asked, "What if he still doesn't surrender?"

Shimadzu Hisaichi: "The family governor secretly occupied the eight islands of Ryukyu behind his back, and monopolized the brown sugar of Amami Oshima. After this incident, General Tokugawa must know, and he will definitely be accused after the war. Sooner or later, the Shimadzu family must be replaced. Governor House.

The second child was replaced, so it was natural for the third child to take over.

Shimadzu Tadaro nodded with a smile: "Your Excellency has a long-term vision. This is the blessing of the Shimadzu family."

Shimadzu Hisaichi also said, "The retainers and warriors in the castle have different thoughts now. Some clamored to fight out of the castle,

Some were panicked after being besieged, we can secretly win over some people. "

"I'm in the city, and I have a few confidants who are willing to help." Shimadzu Tadaro said.

The two smiled at each other.

Chapter 634 [Decision of the Shogunate]

Edo, the shogunate.

The six ministers under Tokugawa Iemitsu, those who are still alive, have gathered together.

After listening to Lin Efeng's diplomatic report, the shogunate general Nobuzuna Matsudaira shouted: "The Tang Dynasty is too deceitful. If only the Satsuma clan pays compensation and apologizes,

They can all be tolerated for the time being.But they punish the Hirado clan!Two powerful vassals in a row were in distress, if the shogunate did not send troops, what would be the majesty of the general?Soldiers from all over the country should be summoned to fight to the death with those Tang soldiers! "

Masamori Horita came from a relatively humble background, and he had a clearer view of the middle and lower classes in Japan. He remonstrated: "Master General, our country has suffered natural disasters for many years, and a large army is forcibly conscripted to fight. I am afraid that common people will appear in various places. At least I, the Sakura Clan, did not Enough food to fight the war."

When the common people die, it is a peasant uprising.

Years of floods, droughts and snowstorms have caused headaches not only for Zhao Han, but for the Japanese generals and feudal lords as well.

The Tokugawa shogunate reformed agricultural policies, encouraged farmers to open up wasteland, restrained land mergers, and unified the cultivation, marketing, and purchase of agricultural products, which was a response to natural disasters.

Abe Tadaaki's character was more tactful, and he did not express his attitude, but said: "You can contact the Dutch first to see if the Netherlands is willing to join forces.

Ota Zizong is a man of culture, familiar with Confucian classics. He echoed: "China is like a strong Qin Dynasty. Although Japan is also strong, it is only similar to Qi. If this is the case, it should be combined vertically and horizontally. The Netherlands There are many disputes with Chinese merchants when trading in Nagasaki, maybe the Netherlands is really willing to fight together."

Abe also said again: "If the Netherlands sends troops, its ships are strong and its guns are strong, and it will definitely defeat Tang soldiers at sea. Japan and Tang are separated by oceans. As long as they can defeat Tang's navy, no matter how powerful Tang's army is, it will have no roots in Japan." Wood."

Several important ministers, you say, I say, it seems that they all agree to form an alliance with the Netherlands.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is also tempted, but has not yet made a decision.He looked at Lin Luoshan and asked, "You hesitated to speak several times, what exactly do you want to say?"

Lin Luoshan bowed his hands to the crowd: "Your Majesty once went to Nanjing as an envoy. Today's China is different from the past. The Chinese Emperor Zhao Han was born at the end of the rivers and lakes. He was originally just a slave. He not only defeated the Ming Dynasty, rebels and barbarians, The land of the big landlords was also distributed equally to the poor and the common people.

In today's China, people have enough food and clothing, and even beggars can't be found in big cities.Even farmers in remote mountain villages are willing to die for the Chinese emperor. "

"The Chinese army that separates soldiers from peasants has hundreds of thousands of soldiers. It is said that the Chinese army that combines soldiers from peasants has millions of people. Once a war starts with China, even if its navy is wiped out, China has enough money to build warships. At that time, not 1 people will come to Japan, but 20 or [-] people!"

Ota Zizong has a very good relationship with Lin Luoshan. The two have also collaborated in compiling the genealogy of the Wu family. He said with a smile: "Your Excellency is alarmist. How can the Chinese emperor afford to support millions of troops?"

Iemitsu Tokugawa turned his head and asked the guards behind him: "You have been to the Tang Dynasty too, tell me about it."

Yagyu Jubei has succeeded his father as the head of intelligence for the Tokugawa shogunate.He replied: "China is indeed rich and powerful, and there may not be millions of soldiers, but hundreds of thousands of troops are possible."

Matsudaira Nobuzuna disdainfully said: "Even if Tang soldiers have 1000 million soldiers, as long as their navy is destroyed, they can still swim to Japan to fight?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu felt that this statement was reasonable. The Mongols were so powerful back then, wouldn't they be blown out by a gust of wind when they attacked Japan?

After thinking for a long time, Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "Test the attitude of the Dutch first."

Nagasaki, Dejima.

"What? Go to war with Tang?" Hasegawa Gonroku was inexplicably horrified.

Lin Efeng sighed: "I haven't decided whether to go to war yet, let's test the Dutch people's thinking first."

Hasegawa Gonroku said: "You don't need to try to know that the Netherlands dare not fight with Tang, but they will lie to us that they are willing to send troops."

"Why?" Lin Efeng asked.

Gonroku Hasegawa explained: "The director of the Dutch merchants came to see me again and again and urged me to cut off the trade with China. However, they only dared to rob Chinese merchant ships secretly, and did not dare to fight openly at all. They only dare not let them go if they are sure. Only under the premise of any ship, will we attack Chinese merchant ships."

The position of Hasegawa Gonroku is called "Nagasaki Magi".

This is not a local official position, but the head of foreign trade in Japan as a whole. He only obeys the orders of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and also has some diplomatic powers.

Hasegawa Gonroku has been dealing with the Dutch for more than ten years.When a Dutchman pokes his ass, he knows what shit to do.

Hasegawa Gonroku said: "In the war with Tang, I am afraid that before the shogunate sends troops, all merchants in the three capitals (Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto) will make trouble."

Lin Efeng wondered, "What's the matter with the merchants?"

Hasegawa Gonroku explained: "Many of those maritime merchants from the Tang Dynasty are agents of Sandu merchants!"

Lin Efeng suddenly realized and was dumbfounded at the same time.

The Tokugawa family closed the country and could only lock up the local feudal lords, which made it easier for the big Japanese businessmen.

China and the Netherlands shipped goods, seemingly trading with the shogunate.But the ones who actually dealt with it were the wealthy Japanese businessmen from Edo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

Only they can convert foreign goods into silver.In addition, the tax in kind collected by the shogunate and feudal lords was also converted into money through merchants.

There is also competition among wealthy businessmen, and those who are unreasonable will directly pay for the Chinese to act as agents.

A small Chinese businessman, as long as he has a way on both sides.Then he can be empty-handed, take money from wealthy Japanese merchants, rent ships from Chinese coastal shipowners, hire sailors, and then find Chinese suppliers to get the goods and ship them to Nagasaki for sale.And don't worry about sales, whichever Japanese wealthy businessman invests, this wealthy businessman will eat all of it.

Even, even the content of the traded goods is given a list in advance by the Japanese merchants, and the Chinese merchants take the list to buy the goods.

The two countries went to war, foreign trade was cut off, and Japan's Sandu Hao Chamber of Commerce was fried!

All the feudal lords in Japan, including the shogunate, are debtors of the rich merchants in Sandu.Once the capital chain of Japanese luxury businessmen is broken, they will definitely try to collect debts.They would not dare to ask for it forcibly, but it is completely possible to stop lending to the feudal lord—and the reason is very good, I have no money in my hand.

At that time, no matter how the war wins or loses, the rich and powerful in Japan will have to drink the northwest wind.

Drinking northwest wind is an adjective, and eating is definitely no problem.But there is no money to buy luxury goods, no money to build mansions, and the good old days are gone forever, which is worse than killing them.

To what extent are the Japanese elites so keen on money?

Under successive years of disasters, many Japanese people died of starvation, and they are still exporting grain to China.Last year alone, 5100 yuan of rice was exported to China

package, 3050 packages of wheat, and 2850 packages of red bean.Although the quantity is not much, adding up to more than [-] tons, Japan itself is short of food.