New Shun 1730

This sentence completely shattered Tokugawa Yoshimune's last hope. When the words came into his ears, his blood surged and his eyes became a little dark.

After a long time, the darkness in front of his eyes dissipated, and his mind was in a trance.

He calmed down and didn't want Liu Yu to see it, so he had to write: "I thought Liu Jun wanted to help the bandits to respect themselves."

Liu Yu patted his forehead and shook his head with a smile.

"Respect yourself when raising bandits, because bandits are a threat. General, General, I'll give you thirty years, can you come up with a fleet that threatens Weihai? Thirty years from now, I may be buried in my grave. If you raise bandits like this, ”

"Instead of raising the self-respect of the bandits, it is better to say that the Guangyuan clan raises Ruozi. I want a qualified shogun. As for who becomes the shogun, that is not important."

"General, think carefully about what I said. If you have figured it out, let's talk about how Dashun can protect the stability of the shogunate after paying tribute."

He finally used a Japanese allusion, and I don’t know if Tokugawa Yoshimune has read this novel. In this era, women were almost like objects, with their husbands as the main link, which is also in line with the analogy of paying tribute.

Tokugawa Yoshimune was a little unhappy and felt a little humiliated by this metaphor, but Liu Yu's previous words had already plunged him into despair.

A few months ago, as the shogun, he was still shouting slogans: Even if he establishes a new king, destroys all the shogunate flags, collapses the shogunate, and dies in battle, there will be no peace talks!

But now, facing Liu Yu's humiliating metaphor, his heart has begun to waver.

During the long struggle, considering the impossibility of the Japanese revenge plan proposed by Liu Yu, even if he was reluctant, he had to admit that Liu Yu was right.

Japan seems to really have no chance.

After testing for a long time, I still couldn't find out Dashun's future strategy or whether it still had the ambition to continue to develop.

On the contrary, I feel that according to what Liu Yu said, Dashun also needs to have a purpose in starting the war.

It seems that apart from being the emperor of the world and the king's land in the world, it seems that according to Liu Yu's statement, there seems to be no need to go to war against the Southern Barbarians.

Even Japan could make a show of asking the Dutch to go to Edo to pay tribute. If the Celestial Empire only wanted to pay tribute, it only needed the Ministry of Rites and officials to tamper with the credentials, and it would be a tribute.

Could it be that this is the end?

After a long silence, Tokugawa Yoshimune finally let go of the last bit of his dignity. Face is something that only has value if a third party is present. Now there are only two people here, and the person delivering the documents is illiterate, so there is no dignity to consider.

"What kind of shogunate does China want?"

Just like what Liu Yu said about Guang Yuanshi's plan, he put down his face and asked Dashun about his purpose.

Maybe listen.

Maybe do it.

Perhaps we can understand some truth from these requirements, or guess the purpose of Dashun.

Liu Yu saw that Tokugawa Yoshimune finally bowed his head on the surface, and he did not provoke Tokugawa Yoshimune any more. Originally, what he wanted to say was, "A shogunate like the Shogun is exactly what the Celestial Empire wants. As long as the Shogun abolishes the frugal order and is not allowed to interfere, You can buy or sell in whatever currency you want."

But to say this is a bit too humiliating, just like saying that Tokugawa Yoshimune was no threat in Dashun's eyes.

To be honest, Liu Yu really didn't have many requirements for the shogunate. Even if the policy is too difficult, the shogunate will never be able to implement it.

Anyway, the current situation in Japan is quite suitable for trade. Japan does not have the problem of land reform. Japan has one person, one person, prohibition of buying and selling, and crackdown on tenancy as soon as it takes off. But Japan's samurai class sucked so much blood that the people had no spending power at all.

It just so happens that the industrial revolution in Dashun has not yet begun, and the main thing is to sell luxury goods... such as glass, which is not a daily necessity at this time, but a luxury product.

Japan is too close and too poor to be a suitable market after the Industrial Revolution, but it is a perfect market in the pre-Industrial Revolution era where the main consumer force is perfectly in line with the export advantages of Dashun's handicraft industry.

Samurai sucking blood is actually a good thing for Dashun. There is only so much ration of blood, and if it is divided evenly, the luxury goods market will shrink.

"General, there is no need to rush to ask what kind of shogunate China wants. You should first listen to the conditions given by China."

"If the shogunate can comply with this, the Celestial Empire will guarantee that it will not sell weapons to the vassals, nor will it directly trade with the vassals."

"The Celestial Empire will not interfere with the canonization of the shogun. It would be best if the eldest son succession system can be implemented. If not, the Celestial Government will also use the reason that 'the shogunate is not the king, and it chooses talents but not elders', which will not be like Korea. They pay close attention to patriarchal rituals."

"If someone falls, China will send troops to support it. The scale must be higher than the Dutch support during the Shimabara Rebellion. They can even send troops to suppress it."

"The Celestial Empire ensures the hereditary succession of the shogun and bestows the title of county prince."

"If Japan is invaded by the Southern Barbarians, China will definitely send troops."

"The Celestial Empire will not accept any Japanese who goes to the Celestial Empire privately. Once discovered, they will be captured immediately and sent to the shogunate for disposal."

"A batch of firearms from the shogunate can be properly sold."

"When the shogunate is in financial difficulty, the Chinese maritime merchants can borrow money from the shogunate with an annual interest rate of only 15% and use customs duties as collateral."

"If a tragedy like the Xiangbao famine occurs again, the Celestial Empire can mobilize a batch of food for rescue and help the shogunate stabilize the situation..."

Some conditions that could not be clearly written in the treaty were stated by Liu Yu one by one.

The signing of a treaty is a matter between two countries, with sovereignty as the signatory. These conditions were private conditions with the Tokugawa clan, not the official department of the shogunate at all.

After reading it, Tokugawa Yoshimune directly asked a very important question.

"What if one day public opinion boils and calls for the reduction of vassals, the return of political power, and the integration of public and military affairs?"

Liu Yu thought to himself that you can cooperate however you want. What I care about is your economic system, not whether it is unified in name.

As long as there is still separation between peasants and soldiers, and as long as land feudalism remains, we can do whatever we want.

The shogunate cannot achieve anything without the initiative to reform itself to death.

"How is the general going to cut down the vassal? What will happen to the samurai of each vassal? The general should know about the situation in Tosa, right? The Yamauchi clan has occupied the magpie's nest, and the old tribe of the Nagasoga clan has been dissatisfied. Create a bunch of genealogical daimyo and pro-vassal daimyo to replace them. ?”

"Are we going to follow the example of Shang Yang, abolishing mine fields, abolishing warriors, abolishing vassals and setting up counties? If this is the case, then there is another explanation."

"If the general is impatient, I think the Li government would just wait to read the "Explanation of Posthumous Laws"."

"But if you don't get impatient, it's not impossible."

This answer was really beyond Tokugawa Yoshimune's expectation. He just wanted to test it out, but seeing what Liu Yu meant, not only did he not object, but he seemed to support it.

This made Tokugawa Yoshimune suddenly alert, as long as Liu Yu supported it, there was probably something hidden behind it.

And the damning thing is that the things Liu Yu supports can often come up with feasible solutions.

Although alert, Tokugawa Yoshimune still asked, if he really wanted to follow Shang Yang's example, what should he do to abolish the well fields, abolish the samurai, abolish the feudal lords and establish counties.

"The art of power and strategizing is nothing but balance. Just as Confucianism is respected in the Celestial Dynasty, the court cannot have only one family, so it supports good family members and uses non-Confucian learning to maintain balance. But the Celestial Dynasty has already abolished feudalism, and only needs the art of balance. "

"The shogunate is different. It took a thousand years for the Celestial Dynasty to abolish feudalism, from Shang Yang's reform, to the order of favor, to the ninth grade Zhongzheng, to the imperial examination."

"If the shogunate wants to complete this thousand-year road in a short time, it needs soldiers in its hands, and these soldiers cannot be samurai."

"To be able to conquer the world, you must be able to rule the world. Now the only people who can rule the world are Confucian scholars."

"Therefore, the Celestial Empire was afraid that the Confucian scholars' family would dominate the court, so it wanted a balance; the shogunate wanted to abolish vassals and establish counties in the future, so it was necessary to support Confucian scholars."

"Literacy relies on Confucianism, and martial arts relies on warriors and extraordinary soldiers."

“It was impossible to do it originally, but now there is a chance.”

"We must first be a good comprador, abolish frugal orders, and use trade goods to weaken the financial resources of each vassal, so that the shogunate can have more wealth to support the army."

"Open schools, teach Confucianism, teach the principles of Confucianism, and train a group of people other than warriors who can read. And in order to prevent samurai from collaborating with samurai, they must learn something different from samurai. Confucian classics are most suitable, especially Zhu Xi. And it must be widely Learn Chinese in order to interpret the classics so that they are different from the warriors. Each has its own hatred and it is difficult to agree."

"This requires money, and the general can just use the money from being a comprador to open a school."

"Outside of the school, young Confucian scholars were sent to the Celestial Empire to learn the art of war and use the money from being compradors to organize surprise troops."

"The Qi soldiers are mainly civilians, not warriors. They specialize in firearms and use Confucian scholars as officers."

"In this way, thirty years later, there will be hundreds of thousands of Confucian scholars who are proficient in Sinology, and tens of thousands of soldiers with sharp weapons. They can both conquer the world and rule the world."

"This matter cannot be rushed. It will take several generations of hard work. Then the feudal system will be abolished and counties will be established. Officials will be selected through the imperial examination. The hereditary inheritance of warriors will be abolished. Finally, the salary of this life will be paid. In the future, everything will be the same as the common people. This is called once and for all. "

"First increase revenue, then reduce expenditure. Never reduce expenditure first, and then increase expenditure. Otherwise, before the well is dug, the warriors will rebel and knock it down, burying you in it."

"How to open up the capital? Of course you have to be a comprador. If you are not a comprador, you can't open up the capital. I have been to Tosa, and the people have been squeezed out of the money, so if you want to squeeze the people out, you can't squeeze them out."

"I thought of the general's help in building my maritime transport, so I sent the general the port opening and customs duties. Unfortunately, the general not only did not appreciate it, but resented me, which made me feel very unhappy."

"Besides, there is another advantage to being a comprador. Japan is not a celestial dynasty and is not unified. The people will only resent their lords and imagine that the general is a great master."

"If we try our best to sell Dashun's goods to the vassals, the vassals will be in financial difficulty and they will squeeze the people even harder. When the time comes, the general will abolish the vassals and establish counties, won't the people win the food and scenery?"

"If you can be a comprador with peace of mind, why don't you make several million taels a year? As long as you have money, you can set up a school to study Confucianism, and you can train strange soldiers to replace the regular soldiers. Wait until the strange soldiers are strong enough to defeat the regular soldiers, and wait until Japan accumulates There are tens of thousands of Confucian scholars, so why worry about failing to achieve great things?”

"What is gold and silver? If the general abolishes vassals and establishes counties, broadcasts the teachings of Zhu Xi, integrates the public and military forces, and implements the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Permanent Rules, he will not want gold and silver in the future. If gold and silver are abolished, wouldn't it be the same as the Ming Dynasty issued banknotes? When it is abolished, wouldn't it be the same? After the vassal prefectures were established and Japan was stabilized, the shogunate issued banknotes and forced the people to hand over gold and silver in exchange for banknotes, and use gold and silver to trade the goods of the Celestial Empire. Wouldn't it be nice to use the goods of the Celestial Empire as the basis to anchor the value of the banknotes? "