New Shun 1730

Zhao Baiquan sneered, thinking that you who haven't read much of the classics dare to criticize the past and present?

However, this white horse is a horse, which makes some sense.

He knew that his level was not enough to make the three immortals. The situation of the old Confucianism in the Celestial Empire being broken and the new not being established has indeed been going on for a long time.

Although the recovery from the previous war did not affect the operation of the Celestial Empire, it was not a long-term plan after all.

Zhao Baiquan could not see the huge crisis in the Celestial Empire, but the navy had been hanging out with Liu Yu for almost ten years. Under the influence of what they saw and heard, they actually felt that there was a huge crisis facing the Celestial Empire.

It was not a crisis for China, but a crisis for the Celestial Empire.

This crisis was whether the new culture could lead the Celestial Empire to adapt to the new era.

At this moment, whether it was Japan or Korea, it could still be said that they were blind men touching an elephant. After all, the natural evolution of the Celestial Empire was unique. It had experienced everything from the feudal system to the great unification, from the clan to the imperial examination.

But now, a new era has quietly arrived. Can the culture and system of the Celestial Empire continue to lead?

Once the new era finds that the past system is no longer feasible, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam cannot learn from the thousands of years of history of the Celestial Empire, and the Celestial Empire will collapse.

The Celestial Empire is a cultural concept. When culture and system are not enough to lead, the Celestial Empire will collapse.

The officers remembered Liu Yu's words: If Catholicism attacks, it will inevitably sweep away the situation of slave families like the Kingdom of Korea. At least Catholicism still says that everyone is a brother or sister, which is too tempting for the lower classes.

The etiquette is not for the common people, and at the bottom, there is no competition.

Facing the situation of Japan and Korea, which is like a part of Chinese history, there is only one way to continue to maintain the cultural advantage of the Celestial Empire.

Inside Dashun, Confucianism is transformed and a system adapted to the new era is modified.

Outside Dashun, war, dumping and other means are used to disintegrate the old social system of Japan and Korea, so that their "foundation" can fully adapt to the new Confucian building after the magic transformation in Dashun.

This is too difficult, the cultural level of the navy is really not enough.

Liu Yu is actually not optimistic that Confucianism can be transformed into a system that adapts to the new era.

But even if he has a hundred courage, he can only rely on the ancient system to reform, but he dare not set up a new banner and restart the Hundred Schools of Thought.

With such a great difficulty, the navy only remembers one sentence: use war, dumping and other means to disintegrate their old social system and change their foundation.

To make it easier, just remember the two words "war" and "dumping".

Turning means into ends is exactly the thinking of a qualified officer of this era. The means of politics is war, and the purpose of the army is war. If the army takes politics as an end and war as a means, it will be very dangerous.

In the eyes of the navy, what they have to do is very simple, but what Confucian scholars have to do is difficult.

The real difficulty is to build a new building on this foundation that is already different from the pre-Song Dynasty.

So the officers laughed and let scholars like Zhao Baiquan "make a statement".

But Zhao Baiquan knew his level and knew it in his heart. He thought: "It is so difficult to make a statement. There is a limit to one's ability. But what the Donglaifu envoy of Korea said makes some sense."

"The emperor sent envoys to invite the princes and collect their country's "Wind". What Korea is like is probably very different from what those tribute envoys described. You can take this opportunity to take a closer look."

With the experience of Ryukyu, Zhao Baiquan also witnessed and experienced Liu Yu's purge in Ryukyu with his own eyes. Only then did he know that those Ryukyu people who wrote Chinese poems dozens of times better than Liu Yu were actually more unlike the people of the Celestial Empire than Liu Yu, who was recognized by the court as only focusing on hegemony.

I am afraid that Korea is the same. Although it talks freely, Ryukyu Japan exclaimed that "the East Country is polite". Even Arai Hakuseki sighed when facing Korea that "our country is inferior to Korea in culture, and can only win by force".

But in fact, Korea, known as Little China, is far from the inner appearance of Dashun.

After all, Dashun had no caste system, and the clans had long been destroyed.

At this time, Zhao Baiquan's evaluation of the Kingdom of Korea was "Chinese skin and barbarian bones", and his evaluation of Liu Yu and this group of navy was "Chinese bones and heretic skin".

Familiarity and distance, this is a matter of personal opinion.

After thinking of writing a book about the knowledge and system of Korea in the same way as collecting folk songs, so that the court would know the bones of Korea, he took advantage of his continued stay in Busan to get busy.

Either visiting local big families, or asking about slaves and laborers who came to work, or asking about the system, or asking about the land.

At the same time.

A fast ship carrying Zhao Baiquan's memorial, Mantou's military letter to the navy commander Li Li, and 80,000 taels of silver, quickly sailed towards Weihai.

Almost without stopping, the fast ship set sail from Weihai to Tianjin that day and entered Beijing at high speed.

Not long after, Busan received an order from the court.

First, the navy's combat was commended, and Zhao Baiquan and the navy were praised for their "general knowledge" in persuading Tsushima to surrender. The navy was also rewarded with 8,000 taels of silver, which could be directly taken from the 80,000 taels of silver.

The emperor also wrote an imperial edict to guarantee that Zong Yiru's private property could not be plundered, and asked the navy to quickly send him to the capital to meet the emperor.

The Privy Council also issued a new order to the navy.

The order from the Privy Council also first praised the navy's actions in Tsushima, believing that Tsushima was not suitable for a large camp, but only for an outpost, and it was right not to leave too many soldiers.

After the praise, there was an order.

The navy was asked to send four more warships, and the four warships formed the second squadron. The construction of Busan Port and simple artillery must be completed as soon as possible.

The first squadron continued to harass Kyushu Island, detect harassment, draw maps, and imitate the Japanese pirates in the past, strolling ashore, and taking a boat when the army came.

After the second squadron arrived in Busan, it temporarily rested. When the food storage in the Busan military camp was roughly completed, it would capture Oki Island and detect the defense situation along the northern coast of Japan, with the focus on Ohama Castle in Wakasa Province.

Soon, the four warships of the second squadron arrived in Busan under the command of Chen Qinghai. After docking for supplies, the officers above the captain level of the two squadrons stayed on the ship and held a secret meeting within the navy.

Oki Island is isolated overseas, and it is not far from Busan in the eyes of the navy. This broken island is a place of exile. The stone height after the inspection is only 5,000, not even 10,000 stones.

Without the navy, this broken place is meaningless. With the navy, this place is quite important and directly threatens the central part of Japan.

The navy is very clear about the order of the Privy Council, using Oki Island as a transit point, and the real target is Obama in Wakasa.

Once it is captured, it will be less than 200 miles away from Japan's "capital" Heian-kyo.

It is obvious that the Privy Council hopes to "threaten the enemy's must-save" and will push Japan to divide into several corps so that they can defeat them one by one.

At this point, the temple has planned to push Japan to divide its troops and defend, and the army will capture Kyushu Island. This is the safest plan.

But there have always been some bold ideas within the navy.

As the commander of the second squadron, Chen Qinghai took the initiative to bring up this bold idea within the navy.

"In the past, Deng Ai sneaked across Yinping and took Chengdu in one fell swoop, which was a great achievement that shocked the world. If Wei Yan's troops went out of Ziwu Valley, they would directly take Chang'an."

"If Xiaobin can take it down with one blow, with four or five thousand soldiers and horses, he can directly attack the capital of the Japanese kingdom."

"If it succeeds, it will be an unprecedented achievement."

"If it fails, it can also alarm Japan and force it to mobilize troops. Other places are empty. Except for Ruoxi, everywhere can be taken down with one blow. Cooperate with Du Feng in the north to completely turn Japan upside down."

"Even if the king of Japan does not surrender like the later lord, but quietly runs away, there is nothing to be afraid of. Taking down the capital of Japan is enough to shock."

"I think there is another story about this investigation."

This idea has a certain consensus within the navy.

The Battle of Tosa caused the navy's officers to be full of confidence in land warfare, believing that 4,000 people were enough to dominate.

Strategic maneuvers and the advancement of sea navigation techniques allow them to be several times faster than the Japanese; tactically, they can bring out the most elite marines and several Qingzhou army battalions of the army, with some cavalry, and they are not afraid at all.

Four thousand elites can run from Xiaobin to the Japanese royal city in just a few days.

Although this is not Edo, it is indeed a place that Japan cannot lose. If this place is lost, even if the Japanese king runs away, the contract can be signed directly.

At that time, it means that the main force of the army has been squatting in Weihai for a year and has done nothing. Three or two thousand army troops cooperate with the navy, and then the war is over.

As soon as Chen Qinghai proposed his bold idea, the officer next to him immediately understood and nodded: "There is another saying, that is, don't make a fuss, but make a feint to the east and attack in the west."

"The Privy Council ordered us to investigate Xiaobin, and there is no need to make a big fanfare. The flag must be raised, but it should be here..."

On a simple map of Japan, the location of Iwami Province was pointed out.

"It should be in Izumo and Iwami."

"First, the Choshu clan is a powerful clan, and it must protect the Shimonoseki Strait. The troops gathered there dare not move lightly. The Choshu clan dare not move its troops, and it must mobilize troops from farther away to support and gather."

"Du Feng in Ezo must be conquered, so the northeastern part of Japan must be stationed and strictly guarded. In this way, the central part of Japan, especially near the royal city, will be empty."

"Second, Iwami is directly under the jurisdiction of the shogunate, and it has always produced gold and silver, and is the pillar of the shogunate. If Iwami is occupied, although our army cannot stay there permanently, we still have the ability to destroy the mines, and he will not dare to let it go."

"Since the general plan of the Privy Council is to mobilize the troops of Japan, then we only need to Complete the mobilization. "

"Low-key investigation of Obama's situation, once a feint attack on Izumo and Iwami is made, forcing Japan to mobilize troops to guard, then we can accomplish great success."

"Take advantage of maritime transport, use Oki Island as a transit point, and attack Obama Castle directly. If we can take it down in one go, we can rush to the Japanese royal city, force the king to flee, and Japan will be shocked and have to surrender."

"From Busan to Obama, but if it is from Songjiang to Busan, there is Oki Island to rest and transit in the middle, so this is not difficult."

"Such a distance is enough to send 4,000 people at a time."

What this officer said is Chen Qinghai's idea, and it is also the idea of ​​most officers in the navy.

They are eager to prove themselves, instead of what the court said, "spending money to support them in vain, and treating them well without getting sick is considered a merit."

Even if the court believes that the navy should be built, there has always been a dispute over how much to spend on the navy.

The navy wants to prove that the money spent by the court is worth it, so it must make a great and earth-shaking achievement.

We also need to get more money for the future navy and build more ships.

Attacking Edo... Although the navy was full of confidence, they knew that they couldn't take it because of the distance and the number of troops.

Apart from Edo, this was the greatest achievement they could make.

After the officers finished speaking, they all looked at Mantou.

Mantou did not comment, but said: "Even if we want to do it, we must get the permission of the Privy Council."

"Of course. It's just like what Ying Suo Bo often said: the butt determines the head. Now that he is in the capital and is the military advisor of the Privy Council, he naturally seeks stability in everything. But when he attacked Luosha and attacked Yili, he did not seek stability."

An officer made a joke without any malice, and the others laughed. Mantou also laughed and said: "Whether this can be done depends on whether Japan cooperates. So intelligence is extremely important. Anyway, the time given by the Privy Council for us to capture Yinqi Island is when the Busan camp is basically completed and two or three thousand army troops are stationed first. If we want to succeed, we still have to make full preparations. If this matter If it can be done, I support it. "

"In addition..."

Mantou thought about Liu Yu's teachings and said solemnly: "In addition, if this can be accomplished, it will also help change the court's view of war. "

"Navy, sea power, initiative, and rapid mobility. In this battle, we must show the advantages of the navy to the adults in the court as much as possible. "

"Only in this way, if we retreat, the court will not disband the navy, and it is necessary to continue to build ships to prevent what we did in Japan from being repeated by Westerners in the Celestial Empire; if we advance, it can strengthen the court's determination to go south, and then we will know that although the thousands of miles of sea journey seem far, it is actually far less difficult than the thousands of miles of Gobi and the five hundred miles of mountains and jungles in the southwest. "

"Everyone, whether the Celestial Empire can go south to open up its territory in the future depends on this battle. "