Xinshun 1730

Chapter 362
At present, foreign enemies first consider internal fighting, consider weakening subordinates before starting a war, and consider how to prevent subordinates from becoming bigger before negotiating, and then win foreign wars, which requires high skills.

Tokugawa Yoshimune is also a conservative master, and he does not have such superb skills.At this moment, all he could think about was Liu Yu's advice: the enemy is in the Benneng Temple, not in the Tianzi Division.

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"Honnoji Temple? What's going on with this Honnoji Temple?"

In the capital of Dashun, the emperor looked at Liu Yu's memorial and asked the ministers who knew about the Wa country.

There are some people from the core of Dashun beside him, everyone from Tianyou Hall and the Privy Council were there, and they were still discussing the Ryukyu matter just now.When Liu Yu's memorial was delivered, the emperor unfolded it directly in front of all his officials.

Since the end of the new year, there have been signs of war against Japan. Anyone with a discerning eye can see the Ryukyu incident. The emperor is looking for a reason to prepare for a war.

The ministers who are qualified to participate naturally have to make up some information about the Japanese country, so that the emperor can ask questions and answer them.

A minister thought for a while and replied: "...It is probably similar to before Sima Zhao killed the king, Jia Chong suddenly became a loyal minister of the Great Wei, helping the emperor Cao Mao to punish Sima Zhao?"

"Or... the first emperor will rule the world, but was assassinated by Wang Jian?"

These two similarities don't seem to be quite correct, but after much deliberation, I really can't find a better analogy. The key is that I really can't figure out what it is, so I explained it roughly.

Emperor Li Gan shook Liu Yu's memorial, and said with a smile, "That's just not reading, and using allusions is not very appropriate. What Tokugawa Yoshimune worries about is the feudal town, not the important ministers of the shogunate who worry about him."

Naturally, Liu Yu's letter to Tokugawa Yoshimune must be attached to the memorial, and he did not avoid the emperor's eyes and ears when writing the letter to prove his innocence.

The next Jiang Chen was in charge of the military strategy of the Privy Council. After listening to the meaning of Liu Yu's memorial, he was convinced and praised: "Your Majesty, I think it's not that Ying Suo Bo doesn't read books, so he reads the Art of War very well and has a deep taste in it." .Sun Tzu said: The victory of a good fighter has no name for wisdom and no merit for bravery, so his victory is not good."

"With only 500 people and one letter, he prevented the Japanese army from gathering and had to be divided into several teams, which is better than an army of [-]."

For this evaluation, the rest of the ministers present, no matter whether they were close to Liu Yu or against Liu Yu, had to admit that it was true.

Maybe they don't know much about tactics, but they have read military books on strategy, and they still have the ability to talk about war on paper, and talking about war on paper may not necessarily be derogatory.

Li Gan also agreed with Jiang Chen's statement in his heart, but he said: "You think he only has five hundred soldiers? But you forgot the warships in Weihai that cost millions of state money. If there is no fleet, what worries do the Japanese have?"

When he supported shipbuilding back then, Li Gan was able to defy all opinions.Now that I have said it, I am waiting for the words of the ministers.

Sure enough, the wait came.

"Your Majesty has a far-sighted vision, a holy foresight, beyond the reach of ministers and others. As Your Majesty said, if His Majesty hadn't supported the Xinghai Navy at the beginning, Ying Suobo would be soldiers with multiple times, how could the Japanese Tosa Castle be turned into Like this? Why would the Japanese be so worried?"

Li Gan hummed, left Liu Yu's memorial behind, and habitually took Liu Yu's thoughts onto himself as he did in the bitterly cold Northeast that day.

"Qing and others are all important ministers of the country. I have something to say today. The reason why I tried my best to build a navy back then was because I was afraid that foreign enemies would do what Ying Suobo did to Tosa."

"The navy is not strong, but the enemy has large ships, so they can land anywhere from Guangdong to Tianjin. Even if the army is good at fighting, it can deploy defenses everywhere, just like the Japanese state at that time. The army is insufficient, and it is easy to be defeated one by one."

"If we don't set up defenses everywhere, assemble a large army, gather food and supplies, and gather troops, how can warships run as fast? Today we will reach Guangdong, tomorrow the enemy will arrive at Songjiang, and the next day will arrive at Shandong. How can we defend like this?"

This is almost a replica of what Liu Yu said to scare Li Gan back then. Anyway, Li Gan knew that the few servants who knew about this incident had "accidentally died", and it was absolutely impossible for Liu Yu to publicize this incident to the outside world.

Saying this, it seems that I am far-sighted, Son of Heaven.

He is not just for this prestige, but today the navy has achieved a small success, Liu Yu also guaranteed that Weihai's navy has become a system, enough to protect itself, and the envoy from France arrived, sent Liu Yu always wanted Wanted shipbuilders.

It costs money to build a ship, and the money for building a ship is not enough for the emperor's internal funds. At that time, it cost 40 to [-] pounds, which is equivalent to [-] to [-] taels of silver. In addition to the training of officers and sailors, the little money in the emperor's treasury is just to fill the teeth.

Considering that Italy is still in Nanyang, Nanyang is the border of Li Gan's inner celestial dynasty, and in the future he will have to spend money on building ships and support from ministers, so it is better to remind him now.

"Du Mu mourned for Qin: if each of the six countries loves their people, it is enough to reject Qin; if Qin loves the people of the six countries again, he can be the king for three generations and be the king for ten thousand generations; whoever wins will destroy the family? Qin people have no time to mourn themselves, Then future generations mourn it, and future generations mourn it without learning from it, which also makes future generations mourn future generations again!"

"You should learn from Tosa's affairs. If there is no benevolent government, the world will be uneasy. Once there is an external force, there will be great chaos. Benevolent government, benevolent government, there is benevolent government of scholars and bureaucrats, and benevolent government of common people."

"Isn't the government of the Japanese people benevolent to warriors? Isn't the government of the previous dynasty benevolent to vassal kings and gentry? But to the common people... If they were benevolent to the common people, why did Emperor Taizu rise up and sweep the world?"

"In the case of the missionary case in Fujian in the past, the Catholics were certainly punishable, but they had no clothes in autumn and winter, and no food in the famine, so many people believed in religion. If you want to ban religion, you should also take it as a lesson."

"If there is no navy, if Westerners lead thousands of people to Fujian and other places where there are few people and poor people, and pretend to promote benevolence and fair business, wouldn't the people follow them?"

"Now I only watch the jokes of the Japanese country, and I really feel sad for the death of the rabbit and the fox."

"Whether it is to treat the symptoms or to treat the root cause, all the gentlemen should carefully observe."

The ministers were all shocked, and thought to themselves, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you doing this again?When we were doing diplomacy with the Raksha Kingdom, we did this. First we talked about something that would scare people to death, and then we talked about something that everyone could accept. We had to accept the one that didn’t look very scary. conditions of.

Isn't it the same today?
If you want to build a ship, you just say yes, but what do you mean by treating the symptoms or the root cause?
Cure the root cause, how to cure the root cause?

Is it true that, as Yan Xizhai and Li Gang, the great Confucianists of the Northern School, said, we want to equalize and limit the land?For a period of 30 years, the land will be rented permanently for five or five years, and the land will be returned to the tenants after 30 years?
Whether it is Yan Xizhai or Li Gangzhu, there is a heart of benevolence and righteousness, and we should do it too, but won't this cause chaos in the world?

Who has the ability to preside over such a big change?There are more than [-] provinces in the world, with a population of more than [-] million, relying on this bureaucracy?What's more, the imperial power does not come down to the county, and the villages are all managed by the gentry. Let the gentry take charge of this matter to cut the gentry's flesh?
An important minister who can enter the Tianyou Palace to speak out may not necessarily have the talent of Wang Zuozhi, but he is not a bookworm either.

Even if you don't consider your own interests, but only consider the feasibility, you know that the land rent redemption policy of Yan Xizhai, Li Gangzhu and others can only be fantasy.

What happened in Tosa happened in Japan, but in some places in Dashun, slogans can also be used.It is nothing more than that one is the shogunate daimyo, five officials and five people, and Dashun is the tenant gentry who divides the account for four or six.

The emperor is not stupid, since it is impossible to cure the root cause, it means to treat the symptoms.

How to treat symptoms?
Naturally, shipbuilding, shipbuilding, shipbuilding!

If the peasants rebel, kill them.I am afraid that some external force will come and join forces with the farmers to make troubles. As for how to do it, Liu Yu has already set an example in Tosa.

It was too difficult for Dashun to found a country, and it was compromised in the south. If Jingxiang still used the banner of equalizing the land and exempting grain, I am afraid that now Dashun can only find it in the history books of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, there are factors of religious conflict in the Fujian religious case. Among them, the clans have extinct households, the extinct households use religion as an organization to resist, the rich oppressed too much, and the people have nothing to rely on, etc. must also be considered.

The foxes sitting here are all millennia old, one counts as the other, and they all know that Dashun is sick and congenitally deficient, but no one can cure him.

The emperor's implication was directly blurred on everyone's face: Either you cure the disease in Dashun's womb, or spend money to build ships so that external forces and internal worries do not merge.

It is not unique to Dashun to cure diseases in the womb. It can be said that it has both Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.No one can cure it.

Li Gan looked at the important minister, and he could only speak as soon as he could, and it would be best to wait until someone else took the initiative to say what he wanted to do.

In the silence, Li Gan simply spoke up.

"My lords, if this country is like a human being, there will be diseases both inside and outside."

"Since the Qin Dynasty conquered the Huns, the serious diseases of the society were all in the north. Fortunately, Emperor Taizong had a long-term vision and taught Liao affairs; and the soldiers used their lives to make peace with Luocha in the north. carry on."

"However, although the old disease was cured, a new disease reappeared. Xu Guangqi said in the previous dynasty that the Eastern Captive was only suffering from scabies, and the real disaster lay in the southeast sea. I thought it was just alarmist talk, but now it seems that it may be a foresight."

"Northern disease goes away, south disease arises. For those who are sick in the north, the medicine stone is used as a war horse and firearms; for those who are sick in the south, what should the medicine stone be?"

All the ministers said one after another: "As Your Majesty said, for those who are sick in the north, the medicine stones are used as firearms; for those who are sick in the south, the medicine stones are used as battleships and navy."

Li Gan laughed and said, "Yes! In the past, Bian Que and Cai Huan had an affair, and they said: You have a disease in your skin, and if you don't cure it, you will be afraid. Huan Hou said: "I have no disease. When Bian Que came out, Huan Hou said: "Heal it." It is good to cure the disease."

"You should think carefully about this sentence [the medicine is good at curing the disease and it is credit]. In the past about the matter of Ying Sua Boli and Chen Haijun, do you also think that Ying Sua Bo "is good at curing the disease and taking credit for it"?"

"Think carefully, if the Wa Kingdom has ten warships today, Ying Sabo will be as bold as a fight. Would he dare to go to the Wa Kingdom? Then if the Japanese had a vision and built a navy back then, would Ying Sabo not go? Do you think that building a navy means 'making meritorious service if you don't cure a disease'?"

"If the navy of today's dynasty is just established, and there is no disaster in the southeast, after a hundred years, I fear that some people will think that I am just 'responsible for not curing diseases'. I don't think it will take a hundred years. Even in the current court, some people can't help but think so Bar?"

(End of this chapter)