New Shun 1730

The idea of ​​using spies went around in his mind three times, but it was just three times after all.

Tangren Fengshuo could not provide too much political intelligence about Dashun. Before Liu Yu got involved, the power of merchants was not enough to contact the real core circle. Take Liu Yu's family as an example. Yiguogong did not think that the highest-level governors and prefects that merchants could contact were in the same circle as him.

After Liu Yu basically monopolized the Sino-Japanese trade in Nagasaki, Tangren Fengshuo had to be reviewed, and there were special people to write what should and should not be said.

Now Liu Yu and Shi Shiyong are floating on the sea outside Jiangtai, and Tokugawa Yoshimune also understands that the information obtained from Tangfengshuo in the past ten years is probably all false.

Moreover, even if there were so many Tangren Fengshuo before, whether it was the Fengshuo before Liu Yu or the Fengshuo that Liu Yu could publish after political review, none of them explained the most basic political structure of Dashun clearly.

Merchants who went to Nagasaki had never been exposed to the top-level architecture, so it was difficult for them to understand the political structure of Dashun. Just like the transformation from the balance between nobles and civil officials in the previous dynasty to the balance between eunuchs and civil officials after the Battle of Tumu, if businessmen could figure this out, they would have learned from the story of "The Sequel to Water Margin" and established a country overseas to be the ruler of the country.

Tokugawa Yoshimune had no idea that the Dashun relied on the imperial power to balance between nobles, good family children, and civil officials, and he had no way of figuring out what the accurate positioning of those good family children was.

The specialness of good family children also has to be thanked to the "Southern Barbarians" in Tokugawa Yoshimune's mouth. Westerners brought some Western knowledge. Emperor Taizong of Dashun, Li Guo, knew the difficulty of reform, so he made preparations early. Although he died before the great cause was accomplished, he also left behind a group of weird "marginal people".

Good family children are that group of marginal people.

That group of good family children learned the elements of geometry, the principles of measurement, "Arjebala", the Seven Military Classics, and the History Book, but they only had a superficial understanding of Confucianism.

In addition, there were deliberate fights between the Imperial College and the Wude Palace, which were only separated by a street. Good-family girls did not marry imperial examination officials. Good-family girls had their own selection system and competed for quotas in the imperial examination, which led to the fact that the good-family girls who were the emperor's core group and the imperial examination officials could not urinate in the same pot at all.

Good-family girls may know geometry and algebra in terms of knowledge, but in terms of economics, they are just a group of "warriors", "knights", "Yeniseri", "Quraish tribe", "Roman citizens" who study mathematics - the difference between them and the literati is that the literati drank the blood of the tenants on the land they annexed, while the good-family girls drank the blood sucked from the whole country by the Dashun court's finances. With only that little land and without other benefits, they could not support a full-time soldier in their family.

The economic base determines the superstructure. Even if all these good family members are proficient in Newtonian mechanics, Kepler's laws, open differentials, closed integrals, and the envelope of half a curve cluster, as long as they still follow the emperor's economic base of drinking human blood, their butts determine their heads - just like those snow mountain serf owners in history who carried LV bags, wore Rolex watches, used Montblanc gold pens, played badminton, listened to phonographs, used diesel generators, drank malted milk, and read the special theory of relativity, they are still just serf owners, no different.

As for the nobles of Dashun, because Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others died early one after another, the successor Li Laiheng was too young.

Liu Zongmin died earlier, Tian Jianxiu took the blame for the death of Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng because he didn't burn the granary in Xi'an out of kindness, Gu Kecheng died in battle, Liu Fangliang died in the battle of killing Lekedehun, Ma Shiyao failed to surrender at Tongguan and was slaughtered by Yu Duoduo, Zhang Nai gave the imperial seal to Li Guo because he felt guilty for not protecting Li Zicheng well...all kinds of things.

There is no need for the Lanyu case or the execution of Huaiyin. The magic of time has been used to kill Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others who were still alive after Lekedehun was killed in battle.

Liu Yu was a nobleman who served as a "catalyst" for Dashun, and most of the first batch of naval officers under him were good families living around the capital. The counter-espionage plan is not easy to use.

Tokugawa Yoshimune couldn't figure out these most basic details, and the idea of ​​using spies that flashed in his mind could only be thought of in a crooked way.

After expressing his idea of ​​using spies, Honmaru elder Honda Tadayoshi pondered for a moment and came up with a general idea.

"Since Liu Yu has been talking about benevolence and righteousness in Tosa, and he is quite capable, if someone spreads rumors that Liu Yu wants to occupy the Kingdom of He and establish himself, he can win people's hearts. Just say that Liu Yu is everywhere and implements benevolent policies, and the people are shouting long live him, and they want to keep him as their master with tears. This person can fight on water and on land, and he talks about benevolence and righteousness, which can keep the people safe. The Kingdom of He and the Tang Kingdom are separated by the sea. If he establishes himself as the master, how can the Tang Lord not be afraid?"

"However, using spies may be able to get rid of Liu Yu, but there may not be enough time. It can only be regarded as poisoning in advance. If it breaks out in the future, perhaps even if he can win a big victory, he will die of suspicion in the future. However, this is only a revenge strategy for nine generations, not a way to protect the country."

"Besides, Your Highness, if spies are used in the war, it is necessary to fight for a long time without a clear winner before it is possible to change the generals during the war. Judging from the Tosa incident, it is unlikely that a long war without a clear winner is possible."

In the end, whether it is using spies or using two tigers competing for food to drag the Dutch into the water, the biggest problem is time.

If the Dashun side had been well prepared and was just waiting for an excuse to attack the Ryukyu issue, then it was very likely that war would be imminent, and no matter what strategy was used, it would seem to be too late.

Tokugawa Yoshimune thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Even if it's too late, I will still use this trick. I hate Liu Yu deeply. He is as cunning as a fox, as cruel as a wolf, as poisonous as a snake, and as tall as a falcon, and even more so than before. If you don’t get rid of this person, it’s really hard to get rid of your hatred.”

"This person knows a lot about our country, and I am afraid that he must be the mastermind behind the Tang Dynasty's conquest. Even if we are defeated for a while, if we get rid of this person in the future, we may not be unable to take revenge."

"King Gou Jian of Yue also suffered the humiliation of tasting excrement. However, he suffered from gall while lying on the firewood. After twenty years, he finally avenged himself. You can remember this story."

Several important ministers could hear it, and they didn't know what else Liu Yu wrote in the letter, so that the general seemed to be completely desperate for the prospect of this battle, and now he began to think about forbearing revenge in the future.

Tadashi Ooka, who had originally brought a glimmer of hope to everyone, his eyes suddenly brightened in the silence of everyone, and he said silently: "Your Highness, since Liu Yu has made it clear with his conspiracy, it is nothing more than what he did to replicate Tosa. He may do it, Maybe he won’t do it, but because he can do it, I am very afraid and have to be led by him, even if he is just intimidating me.”

"In that case, why don't we follow suit?"

Tokugawa Yoshimune asked: "How to imitate?"

"Your Highness, if the people of Tang Dynasty have been prepared for this and are just waiting for the Ryukyu incident to provide a reason, then there must be troop mobilization and there will always be clues."

"If the Tang people were not prepared in advance, then it would be too late to invite the Dutch to compete for food."

"If the Tang people had been prepared, then it can be said that the Dutch had discovered the Tang people's mobilization in the storybook to their country - as long as the mobilization was made, it would not be seamless - it only said that the Dutch were ready to send out naval forces to assist in the battle."

"Just like Liu Yu's conspiracy, it may or may not be done, but it can be done; the same is true for us. It cannot be perfect, so our words may be true or false, but the Dutch can indeed do it. It poses a threat to the Tang navy, so he must be guarded against, just as our country must be guarded against the possibility that he may land elsewhere to cause trouble. "

Since Tadashi Ooka's plan of two tigers competing for food was the only hope at this time, he also used Liu Yuxin's conspiracy to scare Tokugawa Yoshimune as a guide, and seemed to have found the key to the problem.

Several important officials suddenly felt that it seemed feasible, but after thinking about it again, Honda Tadayoshi asked: "How can you believe that Liu Yu is as cunning as a fox? The Dutch visit the pilgrimage once a year, only in spring, and now the interpreter has returned. If the Dutch If the man is here, Liu Yu will probably believe it; but if the Dutchman is not here, it will be difficult for him to believe it."

"Edo has never allowed Southern barbarians to stay for a long time. In the past, Tang spies were allowed to stay because they were from the Tang Dynasty. All the children born to Dutch and Japanese people also rushed to the outlying islands. How could Liu Yu not know the faces of Southern barbarians? "

Tadashi Ooka had already thought of this and was full of confidence.

Since the promulgation of the Lockdown Order, the shogunate has regarded Western books as a scourge. In the seventh year of the Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, the scholar Liu Tong wrote a book called "The Scenery of the Imperial Capital". Liu Tong was not a Catholic, because there was only a small space in "The Scenery of the Imperial Capital" that described the Catholic church in the capital. The book was banned.

As for the books of Xu Guangqi and others, because of their status as Catholics, they would be burned as soon as they were found. The Nagasaki ships carried the books of Xu Guangqi and others and burned them all.

By the time of Tokugawa Yoshimune, Tokugawa Yoshimune preferred Dutch culture, so he relaxed appropriately. This looseness gave Tadayama Ooka an opportunity to operate.

"Your Highness, you said before: I heard that there is a book on orchid in the world, but I regret that I have never read it. If you can read a few words, you will have no regrets. Then some of my servants went to the Netherlands to read the book, but they could only understand the pictures, but not the words. His Highness then sent the Confucian scholar Aoki Kunyang and the attendant Yelu Yuanzhang to study Dutch."

"Why not ask Qingmu Kunyang to write a fake letter in Dutch?"

"Since Liu Yu knows many things about his country, he should know that it is impossible for the Dutch writing to spread in this country. When he sees the Dutch writing, he will definitely believe it."

"If he believes it and is ready, he will not dare to launch it rashly. He must go to the Dutch to find out first. If he misses the wind season in this way, he will have to wait until next year."

"In this case, Your Highness can take this opportunity to bribe the Dutch with a large sum of money, and then allow them to trade, and the Dutch will definitely help."

The human heart's calculations are based on planning.

The policy of seclusion turned out to be a source of disaster and blessing. On the contrary, the seclusion further strengthened the credibility of the Dutch forgery. Because Ooka Tadashi thought about it from his perspective. If he stood in Liu Yu's perspective and knew that Japan had sequestered the country, he felt It is impossible for anyone in Japan to understand Dutch, so this Dutch letter must have been written by a Dutch person.

"Excellent!"

Tokugawa Yoshimune clapped his hands and applauded, thinking that this was the case, so he quickly called for Aoki Kunyang.

He didn't know that Aoki Kunyang, who had Liu Yu robbed him of "Fanshu Kao" and regarded Liu Yu as a good person, was not qualified to participate in such a major military and political event in the inner circle.

After Qingmu Kunyang, who was worried about his king and his country, figured out this plan, he couldn't help but moan in his heart and showed bitterness on his face.

"Your Highness the General... Although I am determined to study, the Koran people attend the ceremony and only stay for a few days in the spring, once a year. I also have official duties and cannot concentrate on it, so..."

"So even though I know a few words in Dutch, I can only write 25 letters including sun, moon, dragon, bamboo, plum, sky, earth, and people. As for writing a letter in Dutch, I really can't!"