Xinshun 1730

Chapter 351 old acquaintance

Finally, Shi Shiyong's emotions were dispelled a little bit. Liu Yu thought, who can be spared in the great era?

Therefore, this horse-riding and archery spear will not be used in the future. How much of what has been learned in the imperial examination will be used in the future?This kind of exclamation only asks a few people to know their heartfelt thoughts, and to use the thoughts that were originally used in the stereotyped imperial examinations in practical studies.

Although Shi Shiyong was slightly relieved about his own affairs, he still couldn't understand why Liu Yu insisted on keeping a complete shogunate when it comes to his policy towards Japan.

As far as he knows, Liu Yu is definitely not the kind of pedantic person.He also knew that the "benevolence and righteousness" that Liu Yu promoted in Tosa had a purpose, but he felt it necessary to remind Liu Yu.

"Ying Suobo, the affairs of the Wa Kingdom are determined by important court officials like you, but when I was in Edo, I heard about such a thing."

"The Japanese have a great Confucian named Yamazaki Anzhai, and his disciples asked him: If the Tang State takes Confucius as its general and Mencius as its deputy, and leads ten thousand riders to attack our country, what should we do, as disciples of Confucius and Mencius?"

"Yamasaki Ansai replied: If this is unfortunate, our party will wear strong hands and sharpen it, and capture Confucius and Mencius in one battle to repay the country's favor."

"When our dynasty was founded, there was still a debate about whether our dynasty was a thief and whether the eastern captives were revenge for the Ming Dynasty. But the attitude of Japanese scholars is generally the same. Even if Confucius and Mencius came in person, they would have to be captured with tenacity."

"That day in Tosa, those Japanese people also said that they would rather be Bigan than Wei Ziqi. I don't know the details of the decision of your lord, but I just think I should remind you."

Liu Yu nodded, but his expression was not solemn, and he smiled: "Brother Shi is too worried. Before Saarhu, everyone was divided between Hua and barbarians. You can go to the capital and ask someone, and I am sure no one will say that barbarians can also be in the Central Plains." All the loyal ministers of the lord. After Saarhu, it is different."

"Besides, the Japanese didn't figure it out themselves. The shogunate is nothing but a Cao thief, and the Cao thief can't be eliminated. What kind of service is there to talk about? The affairs of the Japanese country will still be chaotic in the future. How can this be?"

"You don't think I'm the kind of person who wants to be educated purely by virtue, do you? Brother Shi is insulting me."

Shi Shiyong laughed loudly, thinking that even if I believe that you will rebel in the future, I don't believe that you are the kind of person who is purely politically educated by virtue.I have already said the matter, I am not as good as you in terms of knowledge, so there is no need to ask.

After that, there was nothing to say, the fleet passed the tide cape of Wakayama, followed the Kuroshio Current, passed through the north of Izu Oshima in a few days, and stopped at a river in Izu where the river entered the sea, avoiding a burst of wind and rain.

After a heavy rain, the image of the mountains could not be distinguished, and they were all dyed white. The small river in front of them became cloudy, turned yellow, and roared.

Liu Yu handed the letter he had written to the two retainers of the Tosa domain who were caught on board, and let them disembark.

"This place is not far from Edo, you two can go to Edo now. Whatever you want to say, it's up to you. It's just that this letter is for the shogun, and I have met him a few times , as long as my name is mentioned, he will know."

"My fleet will rest here for three days. If you ride a fast horse, you can reach Edo in one day. Tell General Erbang that my fleet is going to Uraga. If he intends to keep the enemy out of the coast, I will give him two days to entangle the navy and fight me in Uraga."

"If you think two days is not enough, just give him more time, I will just wait."

"If you don't have the intention of a decisive battle with the navy, you can ask someone to reply to me quickly without delay. As for the conditions, I have written them all in the letter."

After releasing the two men ashore, handing back their sabers, and watching them leave, the fleet rested for a day, and set sail for Edo Bay the next day.

He was not in a hurry to enter the bay that could reach Edo directly, but spent a day on the sea, asking people to record tide times, currents, and daily wind changes to ensure that he could get in and out.

I lingered for a while at the mouth of the bay formed by the two peninsulas of Edo Bay, watching the terrain here.

At that time, the British Miura Yasuke suggested that the British put the shop here, and the vicinity here was still the fiefdom of Miura Yasuke, but the British side did not agree.

From the perspective of later generations, the terrain here is dangerous, choking the throat of entering and leaving Edo, and later generations named it Yokosuka.

However, in the era when Miura pressed the needle, it was useless even if the store was located here. The UK had no shortage of goods to provide Japan, and was squeezed out by the Netherlands, and sooner or later it would withdraw.

After investigating it, I feel that if a piece of land can be rented here in the future for trade, maybe the shogunate may really agree.

It is better for the shogunate to directly control the trade than to be smuggled by foreign daimyos such as Kagoshima.But here is too close to Edo, it still depends on how the big brothers of the army are fighting in Kyushu Island, if they can beat the pain, there is hope.

There are not many facts that the navy can do. After Japan locked down the country, ships of more than 150 stone were banned. Calculated on the basis of [-] kilograms per stone, that is, ships of [-] to [-] tons were allowed at most.

Weihai's navy, the imaginary enemy is not even the Netherlands, but the British fleet in India in the future, so it does not hesitate to exchange technology for French battleships, but it never takes Japan seriously.

Until seeing warriors gathering on the shore, it seemed that the shogunate finally got the news.

After confirming that the officers had generally grasped the tide and current conditions in Edo Bay, Liu Yu finally gave the order to drive the fleet into Edo Bay.

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Edo Castle.

Tokugawa Yoshimune looked at Liu Yu's letter, but he didn't read it carefully, he just glanced at the beginning, then he was speechless, feeling suffocated in his chest.

The scene of the first meeting in Edo in the past is vivid in my memory. Liu Yu, as the first person from Tang Dynasty to go to Edo to "attend pilgrimage", almost influenced his various reforms. How could such a person not remember deeply?
The words of "the three caves of the cunning rabbit" are still in my ears, but now in front of this letter, everything is just a lie.

Not only Liu Yu, but also Shi Shiyong, who taught riding and archery in Edo, are all lies.

When Shi Shiyong came to Edo, Tokugawa Yoshimune did not have any doubts about Shi Shiyong.Riding and shooting are naturally useful. If Tang Ren is a spy, how could he be so stupid as to show his true skills?
It was Shi Shiyong that connected many subsequent events together.

War horses, horned bows, medicinal materials, armor, information, military books... These goods that ordinary people can't get, just like the "samurai" that Tang people can't export, were continuously sent to Nagasaki by Liu Yu and exchanged for a Another trade letter card.

And when Liu Yu came to Edo, he even used the reason that the cunning rabbit has three caves, and that as long as he has money, there are caves everywhere, which made Tokugawa Yoshimune lose the last bit of doubt.

Because Nagasaki already had trade, Liu Yu only wanted trade, even if Liu Yu was sent by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, that would be fine.

Since then, the Tang trade in Nagasaki has been completely monopolized by Liu Yu.It is difficult to know the specific situation of Dashun according to the story given by the Dutchman.

Now that something happened, it is conceivable that there is really no need to read the storybook given by Dashun Maritime Merchant, it must be all lies.

In fact, a few days before this incident, Tokugawa Yoshimune still missed Liu Yu, thinking that the Celestial Dynasty was really a big country with outstanding people, and there was such a person.

In any case, all the reforms he implemented were inextricably linked to Liu Yu. Even without this incident, he would still think of the Tang man who came to Edo from time to time.

Talented but not virtuous, this is the evaluation given by Yoshimune Tokugawa after hearing Liu Yu's statement that "there are three caves for cunning rabbits, and there are caves everywhere for money".

Talented, really talented.Immortal, really immoral.

Enjoy the 16-year catastrophe with millions of victims.It was Liu Yu who sent the technology of sweet potato planting and preparing for famine, which made Tokugawa Yoshimune's rule much more stable.

At that time, he was ready to deal with the possible crisis. These sweet potatoes finally gave the people a way to survive. Compared with eating carrots all day, it was actually an improvement in life.

Nagasaki smuggled rice, that's nothing, after all, the amount is not too much.However, Nagasaki, as a special direct jurisdiction of the shogunate, was also one of the most severe famine areas that year, and the rice smuggled to Nagasaki did guarantee the stability of Nagasaki.

The subsequent minting reform was also Liu Yu's analysis of "deflation" and the like, which made this reform very successful, not only stabilizing the market, but also raising the price of rice—under the Lumi system, low grain prices not only hurt farmers , and hurt those samurai, as the shogun, he knew very well who was the basic board to help him rule.

Not only did the price of rice increase, but also with the help of this successful recasting, the shogunate collected a large amount of seigniorage and deposited millions of gold and silver.

The financial situation that had been embarrassing has been alleviated, and at least for decades, it will not return to the point of giving up the pilgrimage and exchanging the name Gongmi.

Afterwards, the Eagle Hunting Order was restored, and the Celestial Archery used by Shishi also improved the warrior's skills, and he learned some traditional archery and some special riding techniques of the Tang Dynasty.In addition to some war horses smuggled by Liu Yu, the shogunate really had a few really good horses.

To support Zhu Zixue, Liu Yu also gave his full support, collecting a large number of books and sending them to him.

Tokugawa Yoshimune felt that his reform was so smooth, and that Tang man named Liu Yu really helped him a lot. Not only was he grateful, but he would think of it from time to time.

But all of this...is different.

Two retainers of the Yamauchi family came to Edo and told what happened to Tosa, and the entire shogunate was shocked.

They were not surprised that the people of Tang came to accuse them of the Ryukyu incident. Since they dared to do it, they had already expected that the people of Tang might interfere one day.

They knew this well, and they couldn't contain the fire in paper.It is already unexpected that Satsuma was able to deceive the great powers of the Celestial Dynasty for more than 130 years, from the Wanli Year to the Taixing Year of the New Dynasty.

In the Nagasaki trade before Liu Yu, whether it was the storytellers of the Netherlands or the storytellers of the Tang Dynasty, they all told about the situation of Dashun’s coastal defense and the situation of the warships, which seemed to be slightly stronger than that of the shogunate, but that thing.

At that time, I thought, even if they fight, is it possible that the Tang people can really fight to Ryukyu?What's more, with the Yin Jian of Meng Yuan, it is estimated that the Tang people would not dare to cross the sea to attack.

However, after the two retainers of the Yamauchi clan talked about Tosa's incident, it completely exceeded all expectations.

Righteousness?

Acting for the sky?

What is this for?
Even if the Tang people went to fight Kagoshima, it was understandable, and even if they came directly to Edo, it was also understandable.The problem is going to Tosa to engage in benevolence and righteousness, which is really hard to understand.

Picture what?
Tokugawa Yoshimune put down the letter in his hand, but did not allow others to read it, even those around him.

"How many people did Tang Ren Liu Yu bring? Although the warship is big, it cannot sail on land. You just said how many people he landed?"

"Five hundred at most."

If an important minister of the shogunate wants to speak out and reprimand, can a mere [-] people not be able to win?However, Tokugawa Yoshimune stopped the possible reprimand in advance, and gradually calmed down the irritable mood.

The retainers of the Yamauchi family told Tosa's affairs in detail.

"The big ships are all in the style of Nanman. Before the closed ships approached, all the guns were fired, and they rotted into powder. We besieged the old city of Dengpuhu in the Tang Dynasty, and we were besieged. Hundreds were killed and injured. Then we retreated to Kochi City and defended it."

"The Tang people did not commit any crimes in the autumn. They set up a list to calm the people, set up a banner of benevolence and righteousness, and bewitched the people. The people are all like thieves. Tosa."

After hearing this, Tokugawa Yoshimune sighed deeply.

500 people cross Tosa, nothing to fear.

For more than ten days, the common people were all peaceful and thieves, and Ying Liangjing cut wood into soldiers. This is really frightening.

Reminiscing that Shi Shiyong and Liu Yu are both spies, I am afraid that they have already planned to attack the Japanese. The enemy knows me but I do not know the enemy. Can't compete with it.

Failure is inevitable.

But, what kind of conditions does Tang Congress ask for?
Is Shimadzu's suicide apology?

Or... a more humiliating proton, a tribute?
As for benevolence and righteousness, Tokugawa Yoshimune was not so stupid as to think about it.That is to deceive the common people.

He thought that the humiliation was at most the step of paying tribute, so he opened Liu Yu's letter again and continued to read.

(End of this chapter)