Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 576 The Slogan Is Loud

The mobilization of the Japanese kingdom has begun. The appeal of the shogunate in this era is still quite strong. With an order, pro-vassals, generals, and even foreign daimyos all waved their battle flags. There are still a large number of warriors receiving salaries everywhere. The light teams responded to the call one after another and gathered in Edo.

But this time the goal is not to go to North Korea through the Tsushima Strait of Hokkaido. The Ming people have already landed on the Japanese mainland. The Ming invaders who conquered Nagasaki threw off the forces of Changzhou and Satsuma, and passed Kyushu Island and Honshu Island. In the meantime, Shikoku landed on Shikoku Island from Tosa. When the shogunate recruited troops, Awaji Kingdom, which was connected to Shikoku and Honshu Island, was also taken by Ming invaders, and Shikoku Island was lost.

However, the Tokugawa shogunate was not in a panic at this time. In nearly a month, there were as many as 12 middle and high-level samurai gathered from various places, plus the lower-level samurai, ashigaru, and ronin had a total of 25 people, which almost wiped out the entire Japanese army. Half of the soldiers gathered in his own hands. When Tokugawa Ieyasu fought the Sekigahara War that determined the direction of the world, his strength was only [-] to [-]. Now the strength in Tokugawa Iemitsu's hands is directly catching up with that of Kanbai Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

In March of the 16th year of Chongzhen, surrounded by servants holding 68 family emblems behind their backs, Tokugawa Iemitsu personally led the banner of 25 people, and the most elite [-] soldiers of the Tokugawa shogunate supervised a huge army of [-]. Departing from Edo, it moved mightily towards the Seto Inland Sea.

But when Tokugawa Iemitsu was calling friends, Song Qingshu was not idle.

Although it was an invasion of Shikoku Island, in fact Song Qingshu hardly encountered decent resistance. This is also thanks to the old guy Tokugawa Ieyasu. The original lord of Shikoku Island was the powerful Nagamune family in the Sengoku daimyo. Unfortunately, There is a problem with Changzong’s team. First, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded, Shikoku Island only had Tosaichi’s territory left. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s death, he supported Ishida Mitsunari’s Western Army. After the Sekigahara War, the Western Army was defeated and led the country. Deprived by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Ieyasu's own beloved general, the Yamauchi clan of Kakegawa in the Toe country, was named Tosa daimyo.

Airborne from Toe Kakegawa to Shikoku Island, the Yamauchi clan was naturally unpopular among the locals, and most of the old ministers of the Shikoku were loyal to the Changzonggabe clan. In order to facilitate the rule, the Yamauchi clan simply promoted all the retainers of the Yamauchi clan who followed them to the rank of sergeant , and all the old ministers of the Changzongwo clan were demoted out of the city and demoted to the ranks of countrymen and corporals.

The Changzong Ibu family also has a special identity. They claim that after the fall of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty’s clan Gong Yuejun fled to Japan. , but there is also a branch named Daoshi who lives in Tosa. The Ming army fleet has just passed Shimonoseki. control, expelled the Yamauchi clan.

Regaining control of the Tosa clan has become a huge bait again, and more old ministers of the Changzong Gabu family who are dissatisfied with their own treatment have approached them one after another. On the third day after taking Kochi Castle, Song Qingshu actually had a samurai army composed of Japanese, About 1 corporals led more than [-] low-level samurai, Ashgaru, led by Shima Yosuke himself, successively took down Awayu Awaji for Song Qingshu, and the entire Shikoku Island, leaving the not-too-important Iyo Kingdom still lingering .

However, it is only a matter of time to win it.

Nowadays, with the expansion of the West India Company, the shareholders meeting of the company has also expanded from 13 directors to eighteen gentlemen. It was held in Kochi Castle, and it was at the highest level of the castle tower of the Yamauchi Clan.

At the beginning, the castle tower built by the ancestors of Changzong's family can be regarded as very Japanese. The blue sky fills the entire eye, looking north, Gao Songyuan behind Shimanto Mountain is full of ups and downs, and the wonders of mountains and seas are unique.

Yosuke Shima has restored his surname and changed back to Yosuke Nagamune, Gabu Yosuke, but this guy who is known as the daimyo of Shikoku can't even enter the gate of the Supreme Board of Directors, he can only serve these distinguished gentlemen from Ming Dynasty on the third floor with fear Prepare Tosa's unique high-level banquet kaiseki.

These famous families of them seem to be superior, but if they make a wrong move, they will really wipe out the family!Back then the prominent Kai no Torora, the Takeda family who beat Ieyasu Tokugawa pissed his pants and escaped, the prominent Hojo family in the southeast has become the Toyotomi family of the world, the Otomo family who most boldly introduced Catholicism, and even his Nagamune clan He himself is a bloody example.

If the gentlemen upstairs decided not to fight, he would have to abandon his territory and retainers immediately, and run with the bright boat, taking his wife and children with him.

Fortunately, Song Qingshu didn't want to run away when he came.

The cushions and tea seats of the original He family were thrown out and replaced with long round tables familiar to shareholders. Fourteen shareholders sat down one after another. With the rapid development of the industry, Gu Mei, who had been promoted to a major shareholder, first threw Song Qingshu away. With a wink, the rest of the shareholders such as Tunxi Song Jing, Puzhou Zhang Mingxing, Jiexiu Fan Mingjing and other shareholders focused more on the gold and silver coins in front of them.

The gold coins with the pattern of the washboard under the paws of the lucky cat of later generations are shining in everyone's hands.

"Everyone, I need your support to launch this all-out war against Japan!"

Song Qingshu didn't talk nonsense, he stood up from the position of the major shareholder, and waved his hand violently at the shareholders. The country of Wa is a big country, but he didn't just fight it alone. Constantly transporting supplies to the front line, now under Song Qingshu's decentralization, even the military expenses of the begging army, the shareholders have begun to have a great say, and everything depends on discussion.

Moreover, unlike those tycoons and powerful men in history, Song Qingshu also liked this kind of deliberation and decision, reveling in the pleasure of convincing everyone to his own path.

Unlike the imperial court, although the shareholdings vary in size, the status of the shareholders is relatively equal, and everyone is working hard for their own interests. The board of directors is also a very efficient authority.

However, what makes Song Qingshu more embarrassed is that just after he showed his charisma, the first one who jumped out was his old lover Gu Mei.

"Your Excellency, the Japanese-made gold and silver, the huge market of 500 million people is indeed a temptation, but this is a land of barbarians after all, the Ming Dynasty is the root cause, Zuo Liangyu's rebel army has already arrived at Luoshan, Macheng, behind And Li Zicheng's million troops, if they devote all their efforts to the war against Japan, and the southeast is empty, how will you ensure everyone's safety!"

"That's right, Your Excellency, Chairman! What if the leftist bandits invade Jiangnan and Huaihe Rivers after all their efforts are devoted to this war?"

Tunxi Song Jing, who was invested by Huizhou merchants, also asked eagerly. His hometown is in Huizhou, but he is not far from the battlefield. Although gold is a good thing, it must have life. People are all worried about it.

There were also several shareholders who also looked over nervously. Seeing this scene, Song Qingshu pressed his hand down somewhat helplessly.

"It's my fault, I didn't make it clear. For the Japanese battlefield, I only plan to invest ten divisions and four navy divisions. In the northwest of Dabie Mountain, Sun Sima has fifteen divisions in his hands, including the third generation division. Ace divisions like Zuo [-], [-] and [-] Division, the Qihuo Army is everyone's soldiers, and everyone should know how powerful they are. Besides, Zuo Liangyu and Li Chuang are also in the same situation. It is impossible for the two families to attack Jianghuai and Jiangnan together. Zuo Liangyu's family, it's not that Song looks down on him, we can crush him to death with one finger!"

"And everyone, we are all big businessmen. You can't put eggs in one basket. Everyone should understand the principle of avoiding risks! If the world changes in the future, this Japanese country is also where we live and work!"

The Navy has one division guarding the Yangtze River. Sun Chuanting has five divisions in Daixian, five divisions in Gezuo, five divisions in Qihuo, and fifteen divisions plus the Dabieshan militia. He could also find a piece of tofu and bump into him and commit suicide. Hearing that Song Qingshu was taking it easy, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately, Zhang Mingxing raised his hand hastily.

"Big director, after defeating the Wa country, will there be a resident director in this country?"

Zhang Mingxing is the grandson of the academician Zhang Siwei. Among the directors, his desire for power is the strongest. Recently, Qu Boju and Cao Sanxi are stationed in Southeast Asia. This question was sharp enough, not only he was jealous, but the other directors were obviously moved, and Song Qingshu had to wave his hands with a headache after reading it.

"Here I want to correct a point of view. There is no resident director. Everyone has equal rights. Anyone can go to Nanyang and exercise the same rights in Japan. If everyone has internal conflicts, we will resolve them at the board of directors. If Japan is defeated , even if all fourteen of you come here, it’s still fine!”

"Of course, domestic business cannot be left behind!"

"But the commander! The Wa Kingdom was in Liaodong back then, but it mobilized the power of the Ming Dynasty to repel it. Recently, the shogunate generals of the Wa Kingdom gathered more than 20 troops, and behind them were Satsuma and Changzhou. Ten divisions, can we beat it? Isn’t the risk too great for this business!”

It seemed that he wanted to see Song Qingshu's sour face. It was the first time he participated in the board meeting, and Gu Mei gave Song Qingshu a special problem. Fortunately, this question touched Song Qingshu's most itchy place. He was full of confidence, and he smiled and pressed his hands together. on the table.

"Everyone has seen the Japanese soldiers supported by Changzong and our department outside, so I said that we need everyone's full support. We can recruit ten, twenty, and thirty Japanese soldiers on the spot. Anyway, there are more Japanese rogues and Japanese pirates in the country. Yes, it’s worthless, plus ten divisions and 4 navy allies of the Zheng family, it’s enough to defeat the Wa Kingdom, and we only need to defeat the Wa Kingdom, not occupy it, which is very different!”

Walking around with his hands behind his back, Song Qingshu's eyes lit up again, and he nodded confidently.

"And there is also a fatal weakness of the Wa Kingdom. It is ruled by the shogun, and the nominal supreme ruler is the emperor! This gives us something to do!"

(End of this chapter)