Xinshun 1730

Chapter 460 Everyone's predicament is similar

Several people signed their names and stamped their seals, and immediately asked people to send them back to their respective capitals, and the heads of state of both sides signed their names.

Send it back as soon as possible, and hold a formal and grand signing and contract exchange ceremony with Xiaguan in the near future.

Of course Matsudaira Huizhen understood that the more than 3 million taels of silver in the "principal and interest combined with rolling interest" in the contract was due to whether Japan would take the initiative to profess its vassal.

As a vassal, the emperor can of course avoid the rolling interest of more than 3 million taels of silver with a swipe of the pen.

It's just that there are too many debts to worry about. When Matsudaira Huizhen saw this amount, she knew that it was nonsense.Even if Japan at this time was sold, it would not be able to make up so much silver.

This is again a win-win condition.

Emperor Yu Dashun, out of kindness, with a stroke of a pen, exempted the vassal's debt of [-] million taels of silver.

For the king of Japan, he won Lizi and went to pay tribute, so that the Japanese people do not need everyone to carry a debt of ten taels of silver, which is a great achievement.

After the treaty was signed, Liu Yu called Songping Huizhen aside privately, and told the tribute conditions that Dashun offered.

In view of North Korea's special county king-level prince ritual system, the title of king of Japan can be given a formal prince level by the Celestial Dynasty.

As for the Japanese shogun, after removing the title of General Zhengyi, the imperial court will also confer a county king and a prince, which can be regarded as the same level as North Korea.

If it is really a duke, the shogunate really cannot accept it.

The North Korean side may mutter a few words, but Dashun will not go to the North Korean country to privately admit the past of the Japanese Maharaja.

It is not impossible for the two parties to communicate in private in the future, but formal trade and communication envoys and the like must be stopped.

After determining the canonization level after the tribute, Matsudaira Huizhen made one last request, that is, he hoped that "wo" should not be used as the king's seal.

Liu Yu also fully agreed to this point. If it is really a tribute, there will be more things to deal with in Japan in the future, not this title.

Some issues that can only be dealt with after the tribute cannot be signed in the treaty before the tribute.

For example, the "Benji" issue in Japanese history books, such as self-proclaimed Hua and others as barbarians, such as not being able to trade with the Netherlands, such as arms sales transactions, etc.

Of course, there is also the interest of more than 3 million taels that is obviously exempted as long as the tribute is paid.

After the tribute was confirmed and there was still a treaty to be signed, Matsudaira Huizhen only cared about two things.

One is to hope that Liu Yu can release Zhaoren and Guan Bai. They will not go to the capital as captives, but will take the initiative to pay tribute after returning.

The second is whether those weapons can be prepared as soon as possible. Once the tribute is surrendered, they can be delivered immediately.

The first thing sounds a lot like taking off your pants and farting, but Liu Yu can also understand their difficulties.

The so-called emperor is a shrine. After putting it back, the shogunate will have a step down, and it can also show the credit of the shogunate: Since the feudal vassals strongly suggest not to establish a new king to fight to the end, then my shogunate will talk about the emperor.

"This matter is not difficult."

"The reason why the Privy Council allowed them to surprise the capital is also for the sake of General Ji Zong. Mr. Songping is an old middle school, so I will not avoid you when I have something to say, so I will say it directly."

"If your king isn't taken away, wouldn't the shogunate be passive? If the fight continues, the Privy Council will be preparing to make a list of Daimyo and pro-vassal daimyos."

"Look, how good it is now. The vassals don't want to fight anymore, and the shogunate has given the name of the vassals for harming the country. After all, General Ji Zong should thank me, right?"

Songping Huizhen only wanted to scold her, but she still managed to smile and said, "What Liu Jun said is absolutely true. The shogunate is really grateful for not oppressing too much in this battle. Then Liu Jun means that he can be released?"

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Let it go, let it go! Of course let it go."

"However, I can't hand it over to you directly. To be honest, I am not at ease with your navigation skills. If there is a storm in the middle, wouldn't it be a good thing turned into a bad thing?"

"How about this, I'll send him back to Osaka and inspect the terrain where Kobe was opened."

"Firstly, it is safe to go all the way with the escort of a warship. Second, if it is a tribute, you can also take the warship to exchange an appointment with Shimonoseki and arrive at Shimonoseki. Thirdly, Osaka is also closer to Kyoto."

Songping Huizhen praised: "Earl Daguo, you are thoughtful."

But I thought to myself, who knows what you want to do.

After the matter was agreed upon, Liu Yu waited in Busan for the emperor to stamp the seal. He reckoned that the emperor would have to send a set of honor guards over. It's a bit shabby without a set of ceremonies.

The navy stationed in Hagi City also mobilized five warships to join the Busan fleet.

The guards of honor on land are all from the same cultural circle. After all, Dashun's side is the Celestial Dynasty, and the guards of honor of the imperial envoys will definitely not be inferior to those of the shogun.

The aura at sea needs to be taken full advantage of.

I have never had the opportunity to go to the Seto Inland Sea to draw a chart, this time is just the opportunity.

Some engineers and soldiers will also go with the ship, and Liu Yu will build several lighthouses in Shimonoseki and some places in the Seto Inland Sea "for the convenience of the Japanese people to sail".

At the same time, some soldiers should be stationed in Xiaguan to "guard the lighthouse".

During the waiting period, Liu Yu served as the host again, invited the leader of the sea merchant and Zhaoren to have a meal together, and sold two large ships to Zhaoren, so that he could keep up with the fleet during the tribute.

He is generous. He sold two large merchant ships with a total price of 6 taels for 10 taels. Zhaoren and others took control of the ship when paying tribute.

Although Zhaoren has no money, but thinking about the money, the shogunate will always pay.Thinking that Liu Yu really wanted to release him and let him go there on his own initiative, it would save his face, and the 10 taels was spent very happily.

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When the drafted treaty was sent back to Nijo Castle in Kyoto, Tokugawa Yoshimune left only the confidants sent back by Matsudaira Teruzawa. After inquiring about the details, the detailed negotiation process and content recorded by Matsudaira Teruzawa began.

Including the tribute issue discussed with Liu Yu in private, as well as the warning that "China's chaos will lead to the death of Japan" that Guan Baiyijianxiang said that day.

After reading the content of the treaty, Tokugawa Yoshimune didn't feel too much trouble in his heart.

From Liu Yu's boat ride to Edo's declaration of war to the end of the war, Tokugawa Yoshimune has experienced so much that he is already a little... numb.

When Kyoto was raided and Zhaoren was taken away, he had already predicted the worst.

After rehearsing all the worst possibilities in his mind, the current contract really can't cause too many waves in his heart.

Thinking of what Liu Yu said when he went to Edo, Tokugawa Yoshimune sighed bitterly, and murmured: "I hate to press the gold thread every year and make wedding clothes for others."

Until now, he has tasted the three-point flavor of this Tang poem.

The vigorous reform of the currency system has finally stabilized prices and increased the fiscal revenue of the shogunate. The gold and silver in the treasury have been prepared for Liu Yu after a long time of trouble.

The benevolent planting of sweet potatoes all over the world, so that the people will not starve to death under the tax scale of five publics and five people, or a large-scale one in Japan.The trouble for a long time was just to maintain the stability of Japan when Liu Yu extorted money, so as not to make a big mess, so that the exploitation was not hard enough to pay for the money.

These are things that cannot be changed, Tokugawa Yoshimune has to consider for the future.

Originally, for the sake of stability, and also for the sake of the Tokugawa clan of the Kishu clan to be able to rely on the position of General Zhengyi, he would rather pass the throne to his eldest son, Tokugawa Ieshige, who was 30 years old and still peed his pants; They are all sealed off, and they want to follow the example of the original Yusan family, so that the inheritance rights are all in their own families, and don't pass them on to the outside.

His position as the General Who Conquered Barbarians was originally picked up, and he was also from the Yusan family.

Those who get into the car must want to close the door.After he climbed up from the Yusan family, he naturally thought of abolishing the inheritance rights of the Yusan family, and created a circle of his own branch to inherit.

The eldest son inherited, and the two younger sons assisted in Edo, following the model of the Yusanjia and setting up a Yuerqing.Even if the elder son's line is extinct in the future, and the two younger sons can inherit it, there is no need to go to Yusan's house to find outsiders.

I have been thinking about this before, and tried every means to get rid of the most threatening Tokugawa Zongharu of the Tokugawa Clan of Owari.

Tokugawa Yoshimune believes that financial difficulties are becoming more and more difficult, which is caused by the luxurious life of the samurai.Ordered all samurai to be thrifty.

Tokugawa Zongharu believes that the wealth of society must first pass through the hands of the samurai. If the samurai does not spend money, the wealth cannot be circulated. If the wealth cannot be circulated, the society will have no vitality. It is necessary to spend money vigorously in order to drive the circulation of social wealth through consumption.

Tokugawa Yoshimune believes that Zhu Zixue, which emphasizes loyalty to the emperor and hierarchy, should be orthodox.

Tokugawa Zongharu, who was quite influenced by Hagyu Sorai, believed that Song Confucianism simply used the language of later generations to understand the knowledge of the ancients, and interpreting it indiscriminately violated the learning of sages.Song Confucianism should be abandoned, Cheng Zhu smashed, and the righteousness of pre-Qin should be restored.

Tokugawa Yoshimune believes that the existing system can still make do, as long as it is tinkered with.

Tokugawa Zongharu believes that the existing system is over, and all the lower-level samurai should be thrown from the castle towns to the rural fiefdoms to become landlords.In the name of retro, the status of people and merchants in the castle town can be improved to solve various problems that arise now.

The dilemma Japan is facing at this time is actually similar to that of Dashun.

On the one hand, Song Confucianism can no longer guide current economic life.

On the other hand, a group of people feel that it is impossible to move forward, so they should go back.

There are also some people with ulterior motives, carrying the banner of retreating from the past, but they are making brand-new changes.

In short, no one has put forward a theoretical basis within the category of Confucianism that can go forward and work.

Now after the Dashun Conquest, the situation is completely different from before. Yoshimune Tokugawa has completely overthrown the Owari Tokugawa Clan and cut off the temporary threat of the Owari Family.

He had to think about whether his 30-year-old eldest son, who still wets the bed and can't understand a word, can take on the heavy responsibility in the future?

What is the future of Japan?
Is it to continue Zhu Zixue, engage in the frugal movement, suppress businessmen, and pay attention to the law of respect and inferiority?
Or is the system going back to the old, reforming the system based on the ancients, promoting only talents, throwing low-level samurai to the countryside, selecting talents from the castle town to govern, and allowing businessmen to form Zhuzhongjian commercial guilds?

The eldest son is definitely going to die. Does the second son Tokugawa Sotake have any ideas about the route?
Perhaps, this time to pay tribute to Dashun, the second son should be allowed to go, and take a look at Dashun's situation and learn.

(End of this chapter)