Xinshun 1730

Chapter 462 Comprador is the road of no return
It is shameful to be a comprador.

But in Japan, where there are many vassals and unified forms, it is purely a situation of "comradors who want to be compradors but can't".

In order to protect the shogunate, Dashun directly handed over the customs tax to the shogunate, and did not choose various domains as agents.

And if the treaty of Dashun chooses the opening of ports in Changzhou, Kumamoto, or even Kagoshima and other feudal clans, then these feudal clans will be crazy.

In a few years, there may be financial resources to challenge the shogunate.

Tokugawa Zongwu believes that this matter can be regarded as a good thing. As long as it is used well, it can completely achieve the result of "weakening the feudal clans and increasing financial resources".

It's not that the shogunate doesn't trust the vassals, but the performance of the southwestern vassals in this war is really suspicious.Although it didn't say that they really fell for Dashun, it was because Dashun didn't want them, not that they didn't want to.

Moreover, the performance of the vassal soldiers of each vassal in this war also made Tokugawa Zongwu realize that the vassal soldier system cannot fight wars at all.

It's okay to suppress Yikui in the country, but to suppress Yikui all day long, the field combat ability has been completely lost.

When Dashun was founded, a group of northwest frontier troops often played low-intensity wars with the Mongols. They played against Hou Jin, who had extremely strong heavy infantry and artillery, and was confused for a while.

After the founding of Dashun, the Southwest was reformed and returned to the local people. The experience gained from doing so was: the firepower of the arquebus was insufficient, so it was supplemented by a large number of light and small cannons, and the chieftain was crushed to death by the small cannons.As a result, the field tactics almost went in the wrong direction. In the end, if it weren’t for Liu Yu, it would definitely go to the direction of matchlock guns plus a large number of tiger cannons, and a large number of similar leather cannons to fill the lack of firepower, not the direction of field cannons plus flintlock bayonets. .

The same is true here in Japan. They have never fought a high-intensity war, or they rushed into the people of Yikui to open Wushuang; or they clinging to the experience of the Warring States Period.

A person's correct thinking must come from practice.Now that he has practiced it once, even if Tokugawa Munetake didn't want to understand the difference in organizational methods, he knew that he couldn't win with martial arts swords.

Since the vassal soldiers can't fight, the shogunate needs to reorganize the banner, at least with a new type of firearms troop.

It takes money.

The shogunate wants to pay compensation again, and the people have been squeezed too hard, and there is no money.

If you have no money, you have to find a way to get money from the various feudal clans.

Zhu Fan would definitely not be happy to ask them to give money directly.

But what if you change the method, sell goods to various vassals, and rely on goods to suck blood?Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could engage in salt and iron franchises, and the shogunate could engage in comprador franchises. Is it feasible?

If you have money, you may not be able to get things done.

Without money, it must be impossible to do anything.

On this point, Tokugawa Munetake is quite pragmatic.

If Japan achieves true unification, Tokugawa Munetake may consider the overall outflow of gold and silver from the perspective of Arai Shiraishi.

But now from the perspective of the shogunate, this is another way of saying it.

After this battle, although Tokugawa Yoshimune regained control of the initiative of public opinion by relying on tactics, the crisis of the shogunate has already been planted.

It was just temporarily under the banner of the war of resistance to the end, forcing the feudal lords to bear the big pot, and temporarily suppressing it.

The shogunate, which seemed to be extremely powerful, turned out to be vulnerable, which would definitely make the feudal lords ready to move.

Most people would think, isn’t it just a firearm?As long as I form a firearms unit myself, he Tokugawa can be the shogun, why can't I do it?
Before defending against foreign enemies, the feudal vassals must first guard against their "own people", and the shogunate is the same.

Tribute Dashun, as long as he is obedient, the position of shogun can last for a long time.As long as it is not like what Jianxiang said, the Central Plains is in chaos, and the navy is alone to become the king. It seems that Dashun has no interest in completely conquering Japan at present.

If there were any thrift order, ban on Tang goods, etc., Dashun would look at it and fight a battle and open a commercial port, but it didn't work. Maybe it will be fought again, and the fight will continue. Until completely served.

Instead of doing this, it is better to measure the gold and silver in Japan and make a wish of Dashun.

Of course, this cannot be said in front of outsiders, but there are no outsiders in Ertiao City.

Tokugawa Zongwu was like a mirror in his heart. At this time, his father's choice of heir had been shaken, and all he had to do was to take a gamble.

The words are amazing, and they find another way.

Otherwise, if it's just Xiao Gui Cao Sui, well-behaved, then for the sake of stability, why didn't the father continue to let the eldest brother be the heir, and himself and his younger brother to be the "Second Royal Ministers" guards?
The enjoyment of insurance reform has been changed for so long, and it has already achieved some results.If there is no accident of war between China and Japan, there is no need for a too smart heir.

Sure enough, Tokugawa Sotake's thoughts made Tokugawa Yoshimune take a deep breath, pondered for a while, and remained silent.

Tokugawa Munetake only felt that he had cast the dice, but he was waiting for the dice cup to open.

After waiting for a long time, Tokugawa Yoshimune neither said good nor bad, but asked another question as if he had forgotten this question.

"Liu Yu privately said that as long as the tribute is paid, some warship firearms can be sold."

"Some people say: build a navy, emulate Dashun, keep the enemy out of the country, and fight against the blue waves in the future."

"The director of the Dutch National Chamber of Commerce also privately said that if the country builds ships, the Netherlands can help hire shipbuilders. Back then, Date Masamune could build Western ships, so could I."

"What does my son think?"

The previous answer did not get a clear answer of approval or disapproval, but Tokugawa Munetake was ecstatic.If you don't object, that's tacit approval. After all, it's hard for a shogun to speak out directly about the policy of exhausting the vassals and strengthening the shogunate.

Hearing about the navy at this time, Tokugawa Munetake said loudly: "Absolutely not! This is the plan of the Dutch to fight between snipe and clam."

"A battleship, Liu Yu quoted 70 taels. Matsudaira Huizhen is also an old man, so it must be different from what he saw in Edo in the past. Even if it is not worth 70 taels, it is still around 60 to [-]."

"The people of Tang Dynasty have a lot of money. If you compete in building ships, how can you compare?"

"The decisive battle at sea is not what it used to be. You can't carry warriors on board to fight hand-to-hand. What you have to compete is the size of the ship and the number of guns. The country builds one, and the Tang Dynasty builds ten. Instead of pinning your hopes on the blue wave decisive battle, it is better to pin your hope on the kamikaze." Come again."

"Spend millions of gold, and all will be wiped out in one battle. Besides, Liu Yu is cunning, how can he let his country build ships and ignore them? The Dutch just hope that their country will build ships with a lot of fanfare, so that they can attract the attention of the Tang people, and they will avoid their crisis."

"According to the Dutch storytelling, there are many Tang people in Southeast Asia, and I am afraid that the Dutch intend to use their own country as a weapon to slow down the Tang people's southward invasion."

"Liu Yu is thirsty for money, and the Dutch are rich, so wouldn't he not be tempted? That's why the snipe and the clam are fighting each other."

"When paying tribute, you should tell the truth, or add fuel and vinegar, and only say that the Dutch instigated their own country to build ships to resist Tianwei. On the contrary, it caused a rift between the Tang people and the Netherlands. It should be feasible."

Tokugawa Yoshimune asked: "In this way, what will happen if the Netherlands turns against each other?"

"Father, if the Dutch turn against each other, so what? If they come to attack, wouldn't it be just for the Chinese to send troops and make the snipe and clam fight each other, so that the Tang people can no longer covet Japan? If they don't attack, the Tang people will want their country to stop trade with them anyway. What's the difference?"

Tokugawa Yoshimune said with a wry smile: "So, I have to be a loyal minister of China? Liu Yu is extremely cunning. The books imported from Nagasaki in the past ten years, except for the sweet potato famine and the evil deeds of Western countries, there is no half a book of strange skills. The book. Firearms and the like, if he sells them today, he may not sell them tomorrow.”

"Father, in the past when the southern barbarians sank their ships, this country first got firearms. There are also skilled craftsmen in this country, so why can't they imitate the iron cannon? As for the Dutch country... Father thinks, if the Dutch country really has the power to fight against Dashun alone, why not send troops? ? If he sends troops, the trade will expand tenfold in the future, will my father not allow it? The Dutch place so much emphasis on profit, and they don’t send troops, which shows that there is no chance of winning. This is one of them.”

"Secondly, since the Dutch have the intention of fighting between snipe and clam, how can they give up because of a few words of their own country? Even if they provoke the conflict between the Tang people and the Netherlands, the Dutch don't care for themselves? Besides, as long as they give money, why not Got the book you asked for?"

"Thirdly, in the past, the Anglo-Guilian people asked for trade again, but their own country refused on the grounds that the King of Anglo-Guili married the princess of the Portuguese Chechitan religion. The Netherlands is the only country in the southern barbarians? , and never preached, and there is a story about Miura pressing needles."

"Father needs to know that it is the Dutch who are begging their own country to contain the Tang people. It is not their own country begging the Netherlands to contain the Tang people."

"Since the Dutch are asking for their own country, the more their country provokes the conflict between the Tang people and the Netherlands, the more the Dutch should support their country."

"The harder you instigate, the more the Dutch will support. Instead of making good friends with the Dutch, the Dutch will support you."

"Not only should we inform the people of Tang about the Dutch proposal to build a ship, but we should also find out all the disrespect, hatred, and dissatisfaction with the Tang country in the Dutch storytelling books over the years, and present them together. superior."

Tokugawa Yoshimune frowned, and then relaxed.

In just a split second, his mind of abolishing the eldest son and establishing the second son was already settled.

I can take advantage of the end of the Sino-Japanese War to resign from the post of General Who Conquers the Barbarians, and follow Dongzhao Shenjun to abdicate and live in seclusion, and take control of the Imperial Palace.

One can avoid some gossip, but no matter what, the war is defeated, the emperor has been arrested, and the capital has been breached.

Secondly, you can also control the assistant behind the scenes, so that the second son can sit firmly.Although many important ministers actually supported Tokugawa Sotake, Tokugawa Ieshige was the eldest son after all.If he really passes on the position before his death, there may be some twists and turns.

Regardless of whether the method Tokugawa Munetake said is useful, or whether the Dutch really have such thoughts, or whether the Dutch are just relying more on Dashun for trade...

But Tokugawa Munetake's ideas and ideas are at least somewhat brainy, and his ideas are still active. He can jump out of the traditional relationship between the feudal clans and the shogunate to look at issues between countries.

The battle between Wu and Shu in the battle of Yiling made a mess, Zhuge Wuhou didn't send people to fix it soon?

Maybe this kind of instigation is useless, at least the thinking is not so rigid.

No one has ever seen the current situation and the future. A person who sticks to the rules cannot afford the future of the shogunate.

Perhaps it is an inappropriate metaphor to use the relationship of future generations. Dashun is like a goddess. If you have to kneel down to lick, lick to the extreme, maybe you can really get some benefits from licking.

The Netherlands can be compared to a boss in a labor shortage. When there is a shortage of tool workers, knowing that the tool workers are whispering bad things behind their backs, or even putting on face, they have to greet them with a smile and just ask for work.No matter how much the tool man licks, he won't get a penny more.

Japan is very suitable as a tool to contain Dashun, there is no more suitable one, anyway, we cannot go to North Korea.

So even if they cheated Holland again, Holland would help Japan in order to resist Shun; on the other hand, Dashun was so close, if it didn't lick well, it might be beaten again.

Go to lick Holland, lick for a long time, Holland will not send troops to fight Dashun, lick for nothing.After all, if you want to fight, the Netherlands should have sent warships as early as when Dashun sent troops to Busan; licking the Netherlands will also cause Dashun to be extremely dissatisfied. downfall.

The key to this is what Sotake Tokugawa said: The Dutch support Japan's shipbuilding in private, not because they love Japan, but because they want to use Japan.Since it is used, it is in the interests of the Netherlands itself, and has nothing to do with how Japan treats the Netherlands.

The reason why the Dutch didn't send troops was also because of their own interests, not because Japan didn't lick it properly.

During the Shimabara Rebellion, there was no licking at all, and the Dutch hurriedly sent warships to help in the battle.

When the religion was banned, they didn't lick the Dutch, but gave the Dutch a face.The Dutch took the initiative to send warships to sail on the route from Luzon to Nagasaki, arresting Catholic missionaries who secretly went to Japan, and they were more active than Omotsuko, who supervised the Kiritan religion.

(End of this chapter)