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Chapter 467
With the end of the first five-year recovery period after the war.The Northeast issue has basically been stabilized, and food and oil are abundant everywhere.There are also sufficient balances in the imperial army grain depots and Changping warehouses in various places, even if there is another war, it will be no problem.

Historically, this period roughly corresponds to the last years of Shunzhi. The weather and natural environment were already in the process of improving, and the intensity of the Little Ice Age was gradually weakening. Now it is finally time for Daming to reap the benefits of this wave of weather.

In addition, when it comes to Shunzhi, I have to make a digression. Fulin died at the age of 21 in the fifth year after surrendering to Ming Dynasty, five years longer than his elder brother Hauge.

No one doubted whether Fulin was murdered, and they all thought that he died of natural causes—and there was a precedent for such a thing. When Zhao Kuangyin wore a yellow robe, he seemed to treat Emperor Gong of Zhou Chai Zongxun so politely. Emperor Gong of Zhou was an eight-year-old child. No, he lived another 13 years and "died naturally due to illness" at the age of 21.

No one in the world doubted the death of Emperor Zhou Gong.That being the case, Fulin died of old age due to illness at the age of 21, and it was all right. There were no thorns in the process.

The budding ones that were ready to move were all killed by Daming Thunder. Anyway, the size of the Han people in Northeast China is five times that of Manmeng.Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong were not vegetarians in building military settlements in the border areas, and they just reaped another crop of unstable people.

After the situation was completely stabilized, at a year-end meeting at the end of 15 in Longwu, Zhu Shuren finally planned to deploy some new actions.

It is enough to rest and rest, and occasionally it is time to maintain the intensity of movement on a small scale and move your muscles and bones.

He will not mess around in large-scale wars, but as a follow-up extension of the war of conquest of Manchuria and Mongolia, it is still possible to investigate the responsibilities of some nepotism forces that were previously involved in the puppet and unclear, and not to expand the problem. did it.

And Zhu Shuren's first target to be punished was some small forces in the Fusang area who were said to have violated the ban of the Ming Dynasty and the ban of the Fusang shogunate ten years ago, traded with the puppet Qing without authorization, and provided strategic support for the puppet Qing.

One thing must be clarified here-it is not because Zhu Shuren, as a time traveler, has any special hatred and discrimination against Fusang people, so he went to find trouble for nothing.But at the juncture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Fusang people of this era really did have problems, because of various butterfly effects, they were caught by Daming.

For this reason, Zhu Shuren recruited Zheng Chenggong, a younger brother who had been operating in the Liaodong Peninsula and Dayuan Island for five to ten years, during the process of reporting to the local governor at the end of this year, and told Zheng Chenggong his appeal.

I want to take advantage of Zheng Chenggong's familiar relationship with the Fusang people, and send a message to the other party, so that the other party will seriously deal with those traitors who "broke the Ming trade embargo against the puppet Qing a few years ago, and provided the puppet Qing with strategic materials to deal with Ming".

When Zheng Chenggong first heard this request, he was still very confused: "When did the Fusang people support the puppet Qing Dynasty? They are not close to each other. The trade along the coast of Daming is controlled by you and our two families. The Fusang people are surrounded by people. Sea, it is impossible to trade with the puppet Qing by land, right?"

However, Zhu Shuren has already obtained the evidence: "Why didn't you support it? The reason why the puppet Emperor Dihaoge in the late Qing Dynasty was able to return to the Jilin General's jurisdiction after the fall of Liaodong was delayed. One of the important reasons for cleaning it up is that the Ezo barbarians of Fusang provided Puppet Qing with the seeds of Ezo rice!

In addition, I heard that the Ezo people not only live on Ezo Island, but also the southern part of Kuye Island in the north of Ezo Island!The source of the rye seeds obtained by Hauge back then, according to my investigation, seems to be related to the Ainu people!

Don't look at the fact that these barbarians didn't provide much food at the beginning, but the value of the seeds of the new species is huge!These things will multiply geometrically, and will eventually have a major impact on the fate of the country and the pattern of the world!
If it hadn’t been for the fact that the barbarians violated Ming’s trade embargo on neighboring countries, causing the puppet Qing to re-establish settlements on land that could not grow food on a large scale, Daming would have paid so much to win it. The last remnant of the Pseudo-Qing Dynasty?

Therefore, this account must be settled, at least the Ainu people must pay a price equivalent to my loss in the final battle between Daming and Hauge!They need to pay for the casualties in the last battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty!Otherwise, Hauge would have died in Shenyang and had nowhere to run! "

This statement may seem preposterous, but logically it really makes sense.

It took Zheng Chenggong a long time to understand what his elder brother said. At first, he subconsciously wanted to defend himself: the Aizai people had no contact with Daming at all, and there was no agreement. How could they break the contract?
But he quickly thought: the Ainu people did not make an agreement with Daming, but the Fusang shogunate did. Although it was not a strict paper treaty, it was at least a gentleman's agreement.

Fusang has been closed to the outside world. Over the past few decades, there have been many restrictions on foreign trade. Only the Ming Dynasty, some North Korea, and the Dutch have been granted trade inspection and cooperation. Trade that is not included in the inspection and cooperation is illegal.

And since Daming had reached a tacit agreement with the Fusang shogunate, it was based on the fact that "the Fusang shogunate must be able to fulfill its internal management commitments to the outside world, and keep its subordinates from messing around, and they can't make money from mercenaries."That's why Daming didn't need to explain everything in detail!This is why Daming didn't say much based on trust!

Now, since the Fuso shogunate can't control the Ainu people, Daming will come to help manage them!

What's more, the official name of the shogun in Fusang has always been "General Zhengyi", which means Yezo.It shows that even the emperor of Fusang knew from ancient times that the area they ruled was the local "civilized area" and did not include those "barbarians". That's why the shogunate was going to "conquer the barbarians", and this "barbarians" were never completely conquered , so not a subject of Emperor Fuso.

Therefore, Hokkaido in the 17th century can indeed be said to be two countries in law with Fuso!Similar to the relationship between Ming and Qing!One is relatively civilized and the other is relatively barbaric.

Since Fusang is not good at controlling the barbarians in the northern part of its own archipelago, causing that barbarian to collude with the barbarians in Northeast China, and endangering the progress of Daming's pacification of thieves, then Daming will help the Fusang people manage and wipe out the Yezou!

What's more, in terms of ethnic composition, the Ainu people at that time were closer to the aborigines of Kuye Island further north, but farther from the main ethnic group of Fusang Island.

Zheng Chenggong felt that the prince's request was well-founded, and he was not blindly militarizing.He accepted the task humbly, but asked another question out of caution:
"Then if Fuso's shogunate doesn't accept this warning, and still wants to solve the problem that the Ainu people can't control?"

Zhu Shuren: "Then there's nothing to say, our Daming has no choice but to convince people with reason—and this king will let the Fusang shogunate know that the more it refuses to accept our Daming's courteous invitation, there will be more blame to settle!

As far as I know, the Satsuma clan of the Fusang people persecuted Ryukyu, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, as early as 30 years ago, so let's pay tribute to it instead!Over the past three to 40 years, I heard that Ryukyu has been gradually eaten away by the Satsuma domain. In fact, it has gradually become like a subjugated country!
If the Fuso shogunate doesn't allow me to deal with the rebel forces in Eizo on my own, then we will even settle the issue of the Ryukyu and Satsuma domains together!If you still resist, then find another excuse!I believe the Tokugawa family will know the current affairs!The more you resist them, the more charges you will get!The more benefits you will lose in the end!Only by admitting your mistakes obediently can you stop losses in time! "

Zhu Shuren also knew that as the time came to the second half of the 17th century, the troubled times of Fusang Kingdom had come to an end.

However, the population expansion in Fusang and the overcrowding of samurai have not yet appeared. It is estimated that it will take at least another hundred years before the samurai will become dissatisfied with the Edo shogunate because of their multiplication.Now the national identity among the Fusang people is relatively strong.

Therefore, if it was the early Ming Dynasty, or the 19th century in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the chances of winning Fusang would be better.Only now in the [-]th century, doing something against Fusang is very likely to drag Daming into the quagmire.

It has only been five years since Ming Dynasty completely peacefully built, so it shouldn't be rashly involved in such a big quagmire.

For the time being, it is the least costly and the most profitable way to cut a little bit of interest only in the aspect that Daming is absolutely reasonable.In this way, although it is impossible to attack Honshu Island, it cannot get the strategic resources of the main body of Fusang (in fact, Fusang has no strategic resources, it is nothing more than the gold, silver and copper mineral resources that all volcanic islands have, and nothing else)

Moreover, Sado Gold Mountain and Iwami Silver Mountain have both been discovered and mined. The peak production of these two places was around the beginning of the 17th century, that is, when the Edo shogunate just unified Fuso three to forty years ago. It started to go downhill.

This kind of cash cow Fusang people will definitely go all out to protect it, and it will be too expensive to win.But the income is far less than that of picking up the leaks when these mines have just been discovered and their potential has not been fully exposed.

But even if the main island of Fusang is not taken, if you can take Ezo, take back Ryukyu, or even take Kyushu as a punishment, it will be very beneficial to the future strategic situation of Ming Dynasty.

Since Zhu Shuren has developed the Northeast and managed it well, he must make good use of the Northeast's sea outlet in the future.The respective estuaries of the Tumen River and the Songhua River must be utilized, and Vladivostok near the mouth of the Tumen River must also be developed.

This caused Ming to need the northeast port not to be blocked by the first island chain when breaking through the Sea of ​​Japan.Take Kuye Island and then Ezo, then the waterway between Ezo, Kuye Island, and Chiba Islands will completely become the inland sea of ​​Ming Dynasty.

In the future, when it develops into the era of modern civilization, Ming can also break through the first island chain in the direction of the Sea of ​​Japan from its own absolute territorial waters.

At the same time, if Da Ming only holds one Dayuan Island according to the original development inertia, it is not safe enough to completely and absolutely break through the first island chain in the direction of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, because on the waters on both sides of Dayuan Island, Da Ming presence is not strong enough.

But if you take back Ryukyu, which was just wiped out by Fusang decades ago, and if you take Kyushu as a punishment, the situation will be completely different.At that time, the waters between Dayuan Island and Kyushu will be the backyard of the Ming Fleet's free access to the first island chain.

In contrast, ships from other countries will not be able to enter the East China Sea or the Yellow Sea from places like the Miyako Strait after entering the civilized age. The entire East China Sea will be wrapped up and become the absolute inland sea of ​​Ming Dynasty.

The three places that Zhu Shuren was interested in were not of great value in the era of land power, but with the logic of world development, entering the era of sea power, the importance of these strategic security points will become more and more prominent.

Just before the Fusang people on the opposite side were awakened and the pain was not too severe after being cut, the excision operation was done, and it will be a matter of "since ancient times" in the future.

As for how to deal with Fusang in the future, it can be left to future generations and trust the wisdom of future generations.If the Fusang people continue to collude with other forces to fight against Daming, then of course they will be punished further.

But there is no reason now, Da Ming can uphold the principle of "I will not commit crimes if people don't commit crimes" so far, which is also to prevent Da Ming from becoming a downer and enjoying the sweetness, and can't step on the brakes if he over-expands.

With the dead leaves of Ryukyu Ezo in Kyushu in his hands, even if Da Ming had to deal with Fusang again, he would not have to cross thousands of miles of sea to go on an expedition, and the logistical difficulty would be reduced countless times.

Between Ezo and the main island, and between Kyushu and the main island, there is only a strait that is only a dozen to tens of miles apart.If he really wanted to make a move, Da Ming could have stockpiled enough troops, food and grass in Kyushu and Ezo in advance, and then made a move, without having to cross the sea again during the war.

If they can't win this way, then Zhu Shuren can only wonder whether the IQ and execution ability of the descendants are too bad. The ancestors have drawn such a good card for them, so it shouldn't be so.

……

After Zhu Shuren gave his orders, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Mingzhen would of course hand over the specific execution.

These two people are basically at the top of the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, and Zheng Chenggong is only in his thirties, Zhang Mingzhen is only in his forties and fifty, and they are all Zhu Shuren's early confidantes, so no one wants to give it a try. Try to become the Duke of the state in your lifetime.

Who told Zhu Shuren to start in the south, so there were more admirals in the early days, and these two people are representatives of the navy. For the future development of Ming Dynasty's sea power, and to encourage future aspiring young people of Ming Dynasty to march to the sea, get some admirals Feng Guogong can also have the effect of motivating future generations.

In Zhu Shuren's mind, apart from these two people, there is only one Li Dingguo left who has the hope of continuing to make contributions to the Duke after the reunification of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Chenggong planned the rhythm of the action, and after making preparations for a solution by force, he then dispatched his younger brother, Tagawa Qizaemon, who stayed in Fusang, according to Zhu Shuren's request.
As the intermediary between Daming and Fuso for the first time, he gave a message to Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Edo Shogunate.

Although Tagawa Shichizaemon's surname is the surname of his mother's Tagawa family, he still regards himself as a Han Chinese after all, and he is even more proud of his paternal lineage of Zheng Zhilong.Therefore, when making conditions for the Tokugawa family, I didn't feel that there was any betrayal of the country.

The original relationship between the Zheng family and the Edo shogunate was not too bad. After all, it had monopolized Fuso's trade with China for many years, and the negotiation proposed this time could be regarded as having a reason.

After Tokugawa Ietsuna heard the news, he was really shocked, but he didn't dare to embarrass Tagawa Nanachiemon.

"What? Daming actually accused the barbarians of Einzou of violating Daming's embargo by maintaining a deal with the puppet Qing for many years?"

"What kind of strategic material is Ezo rice! It's just a variety of rice that can be grown in cold regions. How can the spread of species be blamed on the local rulers!
Besides, isn't the puppet Qing now completely destroyed by Daming?Why go back to this old account!Although Ezo rice was originally planted by Hauge’s puppet Qing, it is now cheaper than your Daming. Didn’t Da Ming also plant a large amount of Ezo rice outside the Northeast Pass?In this way, my Ainu people in Fusang still have kindness to Daming! "

Of course, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty could not accept this statement from the Fusang people.

The Ming side immediately stated that even according to the principle of reciprocity, the Satsuma clan in Fusang dared to seize the Ming vassal state Ryukyu 30 years ago, forced Ryukyu to pay tribute to Satsuma, and even gradually annexed Ryukyu.

And the current state of Ezo cannot be regarded as the actual control of the Fuso shogunate, at most it is a vassal who surrendered in name!And since the shogunate cannot control this vassal, causing it to collude with Daming's enemies, then Daming must take care of it!Totally reasonable and legal!

After saying these words, Zhang Mingzhen led Daming's Northern Fleet and was ready to attack Ezo by himself.

The Ming Southern Fleet, led by Zheng Chenggong, is preparing for battle on Dayuan Island, keeping an eye on Ryukyu and Satsuma at all times.
Once the Edo shogunate dared to support and counterattack the north, Zheng Chenggong would retaliate in the south!
(End of this chapter)