Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 323 The True Face of Beihai Town

After Chen Qingsong received Zhao Xin's telegram, he was sleepless all night. He seldom smoked and smoked a full two packs of cigarettes.And Qing He, who was already living with him, also didn't sleep well all night seeing Fatty Chen's preoccupied appearance.

In fact, Chen Qingsong was not uncomfortable, but excited.The 25 words sent by Zhao Xin made him think too much. He already understood the key to how to solve the problem of landlords and squires, and also thoroughly understood the core of how Beihai Town broke the bad habits of the feudal era. He even thought of more.
By the way, why is Zhao Xin so relieved to hand over civil affairs to Chen Qingsong?Without him, the two have similar perspectives on issues, and they have a lot of similarities in the development of Beihai Town, which makes Zhao Xin feel like-minded and cooperate with each other tacitly.

Why does Beihai Town engage in public ownership of land?At first, Zhao Xin wanted to control the refugees under him, but after a few years, the economic benefits gradually appeared, and that was a response from everyone.

From an economic point of view, Beihai Town is a political entity with complete economic sovereignty, and it is based on the economic foundation dominated by the unique capital represented by Zhao Xin.Because of the existence of this freak Zhao Xin, the forests, factories, ports, and all means of production in Beihai Town are all publicly owned, and it can also be said that they belong to Zhao Xin; other traversers are just working for this "freak" , or working for Beihai Town, there is no reason at all.

Whether it is the modern time-traveling people, or the poor peasants, rich peasants, and self-cultivating peasants from the island country or the Qing Dynasty, they can only depend on Zhao Xin, or it can be said that they depend on this public ownership to exist.Because the local residents came from refugees, they had almost no assets when they came; and even if someone brought money, they couldn't spend it in Beihai Town.

The initial food, clothes, houses, and even the means of production are all distributed to you by this regime, and silver and copper coins are not used here!And no one would think of using the money they brought to settle the bill with Beihai Town. Why don't you buy it for nothing instead?

Even if Beihai Town moved westward and conquered Ninggu Tower, Hunchun, and even the entire Jilin General's Mansion, Zhao Xin built an industrial system relying on the income from several gold mines, and there was no need to negotiate with the gentry class to take over the land and means of production. There is no need for the economic benefits brought about by the feudal system at all.The existence of the Beihai Navy is proof that this is Zhao Xin's "violent iron fist" to obtain the fundamental asset of land.

In fact, it is still the problem of cheese. If you want to touch the cheese on the plate of imperial power, only through violence can you completely get the economic foundation of the Manchu Qing regime; this is why Sun Dapao unswervingly launched an uprising in another time and space.Only in this way can the new regime lead the industrialization process of the entire China.

It is precisely because the economy is dominated by political entities that it is difficult to go bankrupt.In this time and space, the Qing Dynasty has already become the largest economic entity in the world by virtue of the output of the land (silk, tea, porcelain), what if industrialization is added?

If we don't completely seize the economic base of feudal society, we can only rely on the scholar-bureaucrats to govern the country.As the class of scholar-bureaucrats who master the means of production, their favorite thing to do is "to the emperor, Yao and Shun"; the emperor is best to be a puppet, and let us manage the country.

"Is there any king in the world?" It was just to set off the greatness and integrity of the ancient central dynasty. The emperor had to wrestle with the scholar-bureaucrats if he wanted to do anything. The most obvious example is the collection of business taxes.

Even if one day you want to restrict the scholar-bureaucrat class, because the most important capital, land, is not in your hands, you will end up with nothing, or you will die.There are countless such people in the history of Chinese feudal society, such as Chao Cuo, Wang Anshi, Zhang Juzheng, and Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty.

Yes, everything is based on economic issues. The economic base determines the superstructure, the political structure, the judicial system, and whose interests the political power represents.

Industrialized countries don't talk about economic foundations, what kind of joke are you talking about? Which regime in China and abroad dare to say this?

If Zhao Xin wants to abolish slavery, eliminate discrimination against women, and feed farmers well, but he can't even control the country's most important capital, let the land be privatized, and wait for the big and small feudal landlords to wrestle with him, wouldn't he be in a cocoon?

Don't talk about "the wind can enter, the rain can enter, and the king cannot enter", that is the basis of the classical capitalist contract system.But once this person stood on the opposite side of capital, he would become a sheep cannibal of the enclosure movement.

Without this, let alone expelling the Tartars, the Republic of China era in another time and space is the best proof.When an emperor stepped down, countless "emperors" changed their positions.

If someone wants to privatize capital under Zhao Xin, well, the only way is to kill Zhao Xin.Because there is no such freak as Zhao Xin, there would be no capital accumulation of the Beihai Town regime, and all the capital belongs to Zhao Xin in a sense; ?

Regardless of whether it is easy to kill Zhao Xin, the reason why Zhao Xin developed so many "gold medal agents" is also to prevent some people from doing so one day.

The reason why Yu Deli resigned from the school to follow Zhao Xinqian was that he saw the key point very early on.To him, it doesn't matter whether Zhao Xin becomes emperor or not.Even if there is no emperor in the future, Zhao Xin will still be an emperor without a crown.All he was worried about was that Zhao Xin wouldn't be so hot-headed one day, and make a fuss about enfeoffment.

But this is only limited to Zhao Xin alive, after him, no one can do it.So once Zhao Xin is gone, Beihai Town will inevitably evolve into a regime dominated by public ownership; this is not a question of who wants to be emperor, but the political legacy left by Zhao Xin and those who fought for it.

Chen Qingsong finally figured out this matter after a night of hard thinking and meditation until today.

In a word, Zhao Xin is Beihai Town!

Back to the matter of squires and clans, Chen Qingsong has already seen clearly that not only is there no need for squires in Beihai Town, but also with the Northern Navy going south to attack the Qing Dynasty, the class of squires will inevitably disappear.The patriarchal society will definitely be replaced by national laws and regulations with the process of industrialization. This is an economic law, not a question of whether you like the patriarchal society or not.

An industrialized regime is bound to liberate the productive forces in the countryside, and the regime will first touch the countryside, and the power to interpret laws and even culture will fall into the hands of the regime, while the power of interpretation of the judiciary and even culture by the gentry and clan in feudal society will naturally be industrialized taken away by the regime.

If those gentry and scholars in the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not see this truth clearly, they could only be swept into the dustbin of history.No one can escape, including Shen Jingdan.

Therefore, what Beihai Town has to do now is to let the industrialized regime truly implement in every residential community, from administration to justice, from culture and education to medical care, instead of just setting up a high-ranking central hospital and Beihai Town Primary School.

Wanting to understand all this, Chen Qingsong immediately began to work at his desk, and he was going to work out a draft reform plan for the civil affairs system.

Qing He leaned on the chair, looking at the man in his 40s with some distress, for fear that he would be exhausted.As the night passed, Chen Qingsong seemed to be a different person; and nothing seemed to change, it was still the fat man who made her heart flutter.

On the other hand, after the Northern Navy and the Sendai Army completed their offensive against Osumi, Date Village often only left 500 people stationed in Ogenzhan, while those women and children who followed the troops were left in Ogenzhan.

Zhao Xin ordered the Sendai Fan army and Beihai Navy to help the local people in Dagenzhan repair their houses, clean up the ruins, and leave a batch of food behind. Then he ordered the troops to board the ship and head towards Yisu County across the strait.

Looking at the big boat that was gradually going away, the women on the beach and the released Xiangyong were expressionless, but their hearts were complicated and unspeakable.Compared with the viciousness of the officials and subordinates in the feudal hall when they collected the annual tribute, regardless of the life and death of the villagers, this army that sent people to treat the villagers, help repair the houses, and even distributed food showed them a trace of evil. A different hope.

Just when the North Navy was preparing to launch the second stage of the offensive across the sea, the Shimadzu family in Kagoshima City had already learned that the Osumi Kingdom had been captured, and there was an uproar.They didn't expect that the Beihai and Sendai Army's offensives could be so fierce, and they had already taken down four cities in less than a month.In view of this, Shigego Shimadzu, who deliberately landed from Hyuga Country and hurried back to Kagoshima Castle, immediately sent people to ask for help from the Kumamoto Domain of Higo, the Fukuoka Domain of Chikuzen, and the Saga Domain of Hizen.

It's too late to ask Edo for help now, and don't talk about the shogunate's face anymore. If the Sendai Fan dares to do this, it is already a flagrant rebellion.

At the same time, the current patriarch, Shimadzu Qixuan, once again issued orders to the various outer mountain counties, requiring those small outer mountain counties to retreat to large strongholds as soon as possible if they find that the enemy is approaching, so as to gather more troops and form a group with the Sendai rebels fight to the death.

However, the speed of action of the Beihai Navy completely exceeded the imagination of the Shimadzu family. Ten days later, the three cities of Yisu County fell one after another.Thunder God and Beihai No. 5000 and No. [-] also arrived with the first batch of [-] reinforcements from the Sendai Domain.

Date Village was often overjoyed, and immediately left 300 people in each of the three places of Shanchuan, Yingwa and Ibusuki in Isuku County to guard. Immediately afterwards, the troops of the Northern Navy rushed to Sakurajima.

The volcano on Sakurajima is an active volcano. Nine years ago, Ernst and Young erupted in eight years. It was known as the "Ernst and Young Eruption" in history.The area of ​​magma ejected by the series of volcanic eruptions at that time was 1.7 cubic kilometers, and the flying rocks ejected were about 0.4 cubic kilometers (153 million cubic meters).According to the report of the Satsuma domain, 2 people died, and the total agricultural loss was more than 3 shi.

Regardless of how harsh the environment is, there are twenty villages dotted across the entire Sakura Island, and the villages stationed here are in Hengshan, the westernmost side near the sea.

(By the way, Sakurajima's specialties are satsuma oranges and daikon radishes. The radishes are really big, each tens of kilograms.)
When the weather is fine, Yokoyama Town can be seen very clearly from the Tsurumaru Castle of the Shimadzu family. The distance between the two places is less than five kilometers; and the narrowest part of the sea between Sakurajima and Kagoshima Town is only 2 kilometers away. more.So when the four large ships of the Northern Navy appeared in the sight of the defenders of the Sakurajima Observatory, Shigeho and his son Shimazu, who were in Tsurumomaru Castle, quickly received the news.

Tsurunomaru is a Hera castle, and the Shimadzu family did not dare to build a castle because they were concerned about the Tokugawa family.In fact, the same is true for the Sendai Domain. There is only one tall and wide hall in Aoba City, and there is no castle guard.

(How dare a foreign daimyo build a castle tower? That’s killing himself! Those authors who always say that there is a castle tower in Kagoshima Castle can sleep well.)
Standing on a nearby hill, Shigego Shimadzu saw the four large ships moored on the sea through the Dutchman's monocular, and his eyeballs almost fell to the ground.

What the hell is it that the Sendai rebels are here? It's simply the arrival of evil spirits!
The more Shigezu Shigeo thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and he couldn't help yelling at Beihai Zhen and Zhao Xinlai.When you co-authored the fight against Sendai and Edo, you used one boat, but you sent four of them to fight against my Shimadzu family. This is too respectful of the Shimadzu family.

Thinking that his family's fate was at stake, the 42-year-old Shigego Shimadzu suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest. He held his heart and staggered a few steps. A mouthful of blood spewed out with a "wow", and the retainers around him suddenly panicked.

"The chief guard!"

"Hurry up and help the chief guard go back!"

"Quick~~ Hurry up and send someone to ask Tang Yi for peace," Shigeho Shimadzu gritted his teeth and immediately passed out.

Two hours later, the Satsuma navy still bit the bullet and dispatched.The Shimadzu family took out all their wealth, and even recruited large and small cargo ships and fishing boats in the port.

Although he knew that it would be difficult to beat the big ships in Beihai Town, but he was bullied and came to his door. It would be a shame to hide in the port and dare not come out.Anyway, the Satsuma family is also a famous name of 77 shi, and they have a face!
Four big boats against the hundreds of Biancai, Anzhai, and Xiaohaafune of the Satsuma Navy, if you can't beat you, you have to show up and scare you to death. If you lose, you won't lose, right? !

Well, it is true to send people over to negotiate first, the chief guard has already spoken, and it is not the style of this year's Satsuma navy to fight and kill.

The Shimadzu family sent the sixth member of the Kajiki Shimadzu family, Shimadzu Hisao, who is also the second seat of the Goichimon, this attitude is not insincere.And when he saw Zhao Xin, he knelt down on the ground and gave a three-kneeling and nine-kowtow ceremony, which nearly dropped the jaws of everyone present.

"It seems that the Shimadzu family is really scared. They just want to get through this test, and they have no scruples." Everyone present thought so.

"Sir, Shimadzu Jiuzheng, pay homage to Zhao Wangdian!" After the salute, Shimadzu Jiuzheng got up and dusted his clothes, and ignored Yi Dacun Chang and another Tamura village boss.

That Mr. Tamura came with reinforcements from the Sendai Domain. He was the fifth member of the Sendai Domain and was the lord of the Ichiguan Domain.Seeing the appearance of Shimadzu Jiuzheng, he immediately shouted: "The Shimadzu family is very rude, why don't you salute us?!"

"I worship Zhao Wangdian because I am the descendant of the son of the Ming Dynasty, who occupies the land of the North Sea, and takes the Central Plains. My country is based on Wu Taibo as the ancestor. Why not be called a minister? You are just a minister of the government. , you and I are equal, why come to see me?"

Zhao Xin was almost overjoyed when he heard that, there is someone in the Shimadzu family who understands!Knowing who can offend and who can't, it's better to beg the master than the dog.And in order to promote Zhao Xin, he actually moved out "Taibo Wu".

Date Cunchang and Tian Cunzi just sneered.Surrender negotiations?stop talking!What the Sendai Clan wants is territory, which is the Ryukyu trade that the Shimadzu family regards as their lifeblood. Let me let you go today, and tomorrow your Satsuma army will go to Aoba Castle with the Tokugawa family.Don't talk about kneeling at that time, even if you are a dog, you will not spare us!

I just heard Zhao Xin ask Shimadzu Hisao: "What do you want to talk about on behalf of the Shimadzu family?"

Hisaku Shimadzu bowed and said, "Proclaim yourself a minister and stop the army."

Zhao Xin smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "You don't need to be a minister. The Shimadzu family has no affiliation with Beihai Town. If the troops are suspended, what are the conditions of the Shimadzu family?"

"I would like to use the 36 islands of Ryukyu to implore Zhao Wangdian to retreat."

"Oh?" Zhao Xin squinted his eyes, thinking that the Satsuma clan still regarded Ryukyu as their own dish.He looked at Hisashi Shimadzu and said, "Is there any more?"

"The Shimadzu family is willing to use a daughter to tie the Qin and Jin Dynasties with Zhao Wangdian, so that Kagoshima City can do business with Beihai Town."

On the side, Tian Cunzi suddenly sneered and said, "What a joke! Does Shang Zongshou still have a daughter?"

Date Village often also chimed in: "What does the Satsuma domain have? Lacquerware? Hahaha." But just after saying this, he suddenly came to his senses, what does the Sendai domain have?abalone?Forget it, it's so embarrassing
There are indeed many children of Shigego Shimadzu, but the eldest daughter and the fourth, fifth and sixth daughters all died young, and the second and third daughters have already married, especially the third daughter Mohime is the main wife of the seal family; The two girls are still having tendons in their calves in the concubine.

I only heard Shimadzu Hisao say, "It's the little girl Yahime."

Zhao Xin asked curiously: "May I ask how old is Ling Ai?"

"Twelve years old. It's a great age."

(Historically, this Yahime really became the adopted daughter of Shigego Shimadzu, and later married Tadamochi Shimadzu, the lord of the Sadohara domain, and lived until the age of 37. Big sister is big sister.)
Seeing Zhao Xin's sudden silence, Date Village Chang and Tian Cun Cunzi thought that Zhao Xin was tempted, and thought that he was going to be bad, so they hurried over and whispered: "Your Highness, there are some very talented women in this domain. Which Highness would you like to say!"

Zhao Xin nodded with a smile, thinking that he was going to go far away!I want Jinshan.

　In the "Tongjian of the Dynasty" compiled by Lin Luoshan, the head of the shogunate, there is "the theory of the ancestor of Wu Taibo", which believes that Wu Taibo, the first monarch of Wu State, is the ancestor of the Japanese royal family.The Lin family is a family of Confucianism, and they regard Chinese Confucianism as a treasure, and all actions are based on Confucian classics. In addition, Japan has honored Huawei for thousands of years, and it is a common practice to decorate itself with Chinese celebrities, so it came to the conclusion of "Wu Taibo's ancestor theory" .However, when Tokugawa Mitsukaki, the second generation of the Mito clan, compiled the "History of Japan", he denied Lin's theory based on the eight generations of Que Shi, and vigorously promoted the theory that the ten thousand generations were one line and the imperial kingdom was made by gods.This also provides theoretical support for the "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians" at the end of the Tokugawa period, which can be described as digging one's own grave.

　　
　
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