Xinshun 1730

Chapter 487

Of course, Liu Yu didn't know that the Confucian scholars of the Japanese ancient school were going to make big news, but he also guessed that after this war, the Confucian scholars would inevitably open their eyes to see the world first.

This is almost an immediate reaction after being beaten.There are so many Confucian scholars, there will always be a few who react first.

Just like the well-known anti-Water Margin "Dang Kou Zhi", the previous chapters are still the traditional "official" and "thief" disputes, which are vulgar and vulgar.But at the end of the writing, the author went to Guangdong, and the style immediately became "black powder magic punk".

Liangshan Shuibo Flang machine artillery team and the imperial court bombarded each other, and each row of cannons and Liangshan minions fired at each other in line.

Zhang Qing, who is good at making stones and has unparalleled archery skills, was shot to death with a flintlock by an enemy who was not good at archery. Times have changed, and stones are indeed not as fast as bullets.

Liangshan's newly promoted military commander, Bai Varhan, is a missionary. He presented a rear-drive all-terrain thunderbolt chariot, an automatic loading machine for gravity potential energy, forty rounds of continuous fire, and two large kettles as water-cooled radiators.

Liu Huiniang, a military adviser of the imperial court, said with a smile that if she wanted to break the chariot, she only needed simple geometry.Using Pythagorean arithmetic and a large-scale quadrant as a tool to calculate the parabolic trajectory, the anti-tank thunder fell from the sky, and the Liangshan armored assault group was completely wiped out.

Then, using the art of latitude and longitude and the method of astronomy, the "Archimedes (Archimedes) divine fire and thunder punishment technique" was used, and the Liangshan gunpowder depot was exploded with a concave mirror divine fire.

Hong Tianlei Lingzhen used the engineering blasting method to dig tunnels, brought some explosives with him, and blasted the city wall of Yuncheng with his own life, opening up the attack channel for the follow-up troops.

Eight hundred miles away, Liangshan's surface ships are strong, and Baivarhan, who jumped back, planned to build a "sunken boat" submarine detachment to attack Liangshanshui army base...

Liangshan's defeat was not destiny, it was actually defeated by the Western forces' counterattack.

It is estimated that the author did not expect that many, many years later, the war between the heavenly brothers and the heavenly fathers and the Yan Luo demon of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Changzhou conquest, and the falling curtain movement would really be performed according to this script, and whoever sided with the foreigners would win.

The foreigners here are just a symbol of science and technology, and not only technology but also science. Liu Huiniang is not only good at technology, but knows Pythagorean calculation, latitude and longitude, parabolic calculation and so on.

Since it is only an abstract symbol of science and technology, this abstract symbol, in Japan at this time, can be taken over by Dashun logically and become this abstract symbol.

After all, in "Dang Kou Zhi", the author also arranges a miraculous naturalized Celestial person for Bai Varhan, "I am a Macao native of the Song Dynasty".

But in Japan at this time, even this character design is omitted.

The awakening of Japanese Confucian scholars was completely predictable.

The ancients had problems with their methodology and way of thinking. They couldn’t figure out the correct reason, and they lacked the strict prohibition of logical thinking. But that doesn’t mean they were stupid. They just didn’t receive similar methodology and logical thinking training in compulsory education.

This mentality is just an opportunity and entry point to deepen control over Japan.

And the object of this opportunity and entry point is the Confucian scholars in Japan.

When talking about Confucianism at the dinner before, Liu Yu felt like an outsider. On the contrary, the officials from Dashun who were born in the imperial examination were in the same circle as the Confucian scholars opposite.

Historically, Dazai Chuntai’s fabrication of “false books” has not only forged the ancient pre-Qin book “Chan Yu”, but also compiled the fake book “Book of Filial Piety”, one of the Thirteen Classics, into the “Siku Quanshu” of the Qing Dynasty. In this way, the discussion and textual research on the authenticity of the "Book of Filial Piety" was triggered.At this level, Liu Yu really couldn't catch up even if he flattered him. He was indeed at the top three in the imperial examination.

If Dashun had not interfered and changed the course of history, Confucian scholars in Japan could be said to be an unstable factor in Japan and the key to the success of Japan's reform.

Because Confucianism, which is suitable for maintaining stability in the Central Plains, is the most suitable doctrine for raising flags and rebelling in Japan.Without him, the name of the shogunate is not right.

Without Dashun's intervention, the Confucian rebellion would probably use the power of the vassals to destroy the big with the small, clear the old ruling class, and the reform would be successful.

But now, Liu Yu is trying his best to lead the initiative of "reform" to the shogunate, because he knows very well that if the old ruling class is not eliminated, the reform will not be successful, and it will be useless for the shogunate to move around.And the shogunate will not kill itself.

Therefore, the Confucian scholars who might have been the key to Japan's reform and the Meiji Restoration became a perfect use of Confucian scholars at this time to deepen control over Japan.

It is still the same person, but the external environment has changed, and two completely different identities immediately appeared.

It can be foreseen that the influence of Confucian scholars of these ancient schools will become greater and greater.

Because Dazai Harutai's theory of "rice is expensive and goods are cheap" is indeed of the same origin as Masaoku Abe's "population reduction" theory.The reality is that within a few years, the living standards of Japanese samurai and farmers can be significantly improved, and the effect of raising rice prices and lowering commodity prices can be achieved.After all, it takes a buffer period for the effects of the comprador poison to take effect.

So the remaining question is how to make Japanese Confucian scholars admire China and cultivate more leading parties?Big deal?
The theory of respecting Zhou and rejecting barbarians is just a metaphysical thing, without a foundation it is unstable.

The impact of this war against Japan on Japanese Confucian scholars is no less than what the author of "Dang Kou Zhi" went to Guangdong to see and hear. The desire of Japanese Confucian scholars of the practical school for practical learning is an excellent entry points, but where to cut?

Liu Yu knew in his heart that Dashun's current situation where the old learning had been broken and the new learning had not been established, in terms of Confucian classics and famous teaching, it really didn't have much appeal to Confucian students in Japan.

Famous teachers can't cut in, so they can only start with technology.

It's just that it's worth studying how to distinguish the technologies that allow learning, the technologies that encourage learning, the technologies that avoid learning, and the technologies that prohibit learning.

Some things can be learned, some things are encouraged to learn, and some things cannot be learned or taught.

Before going to bed, fearing that there will be too many things in the future, I will forget about it, so I picked up a pen and wrote in a small book, "Although I have economic insights, I am still trapped in the times. I still focus on agriculture, and many policies It is just to solve the shogunate's finances as the starting point and stabilize the chaos that has been happening one after another. Therefore, we can teach the study of farming and water control, and attract their hearts and cultivate their admiration."

Thinking that I have to get up early tomorrow, I fell asleep after writing this paragraph.

The contract renewal ceremony on the second day, although it was just a process.

The things that should be discussed will not be discussed on the surface; the conditions to be met will not be discussed until the contract is renewed.

But it is precisely because of the process that it is even more difficult.The only thing is that there are no cameras in this era, which saves the pain of waiting for half an hour to be exposed by the early cameras when sitting in the Jieyin Temple to change appointments...

After tossing until the evening, the process is considered to be completed.

After changing the contract, Liu Yu will have to wait in Xiaguan for a while.

Nominally, they are paying for Japan to build several lighthouses in the Shimonoseki Strait and the Seto Inland Sea, but they are actually waiting for a tribute mission from Japan.

On the public side are Zhaoren and Guanbai, on the Wu family's side are Tokugawa Yoshimune's second son, Matsudaira Teruzhen, and the head of Seido University Shinchō Hayashi.

Including the messy entourage, there are more than 600 people.The two ships sold to Japan certainly cannot accommodate so many, but Japan can't afford more merchant ships, and Liu Yu has to come forward to coordinate with the people of the trading company to lease the ships to Japan for use.

For the time being, everyone has not arrived yet, and it may take until mid-May to set sail.

On the one hand, the shogunate is worried about the people in the government, and must send many people to watch over it, so as not to reach any separate agreement with Dashun; The money for warships and muskets must be collected as soon as possible.

This tossing will waste a lot of time.

During the waiting period, the imperial edict from the imperial court also arrived, telling Liu Yu that if Japan really pays tribute, let the tribute fleet go to Songjiang instead of going directly to Tianjin.

First, Tianjin is the throat of Gyeonggi.

Secondly, there are a bunch of embassies outside the Chinese Empire in Tianjin. I am afraid that the Japanese will be "surprised" after seeing it, which is really not good.

Shouting the principle of respecting Zhou and rejecting barbarians, his heart is full of export trade business. The emperor of "Zhou" made a big deal with barbarians and di, and while banning religion, he formed an alliance with the eldest daughter of the Catholic Church.

The third is to let Japan know that the Celestial Dynasty is rich, and the tribute fleet will go north along the canal economic belt after landing in Songjiang.It is also convenient for the people of the world to know about the Japanese tribute, and it will help to show the face of the court, otherwise this battle will not be fought in vain?
Moreover, after Liu Yu said that the East China Sea was in trouble, a lot of forts and forts were built near Songjiang, which can be regarded as a show of force.

Since it was tribute rather than diplomacy, the imperial court paid a sum of money for the accommodation expenses of the Japanese tribute missions.Before North Korea’s communication envoys went to Japan, Japan would spend nearly 100 million taels at a time. Although the imperial court didn’t need to pay so much, it still took out a sum of money and ordered officials along the way to restrain officials and not engage in forced labor. , even if it is acting, you have to act well in the drama of officials loving the people and paying enough money for conscripting labor.

But Liu Yu didn't have to accompany them to Songjiang. The imperial decree said that after arriving in Busan, it would be fine to send the fleet to "supervise" and escort the Japanese tributary mission to Songjiang.

But Liu Yu didn’t want to go directly to Tianjin, but went back to Weihai with the fleet, and helped Li Yan sort out the navy’s family property in Weihai. After returning to Beijing, he completed the formal handover and the division of official and private properties.

It seems that the imperial court was really shocked by this battle. They don't want the navy, which looked inconspicuous before but now has become a strategic force, to be in the hands of one person.

Separation of powers is inevitable.

The Ministry of the Navy will separate administrative and financial powers; the Privy Council will separate strategic command and troop deployment; the Navy will only be left with the power and responsibility to conduct training and drills in accordance with the Privy Council's training program.

After arriving in Busan, Liu Yu confirmed the court's thoughts.Inside the Port of Busan, the sails of the ships were like clouds and the stars were twinkling, all of them greeted Liu Yu at the port.This time, except for Li Yan, who made great contributions this time, all of them are closely related to Liu Yu, and most of them are teachers and students.

Before landing, Liu Yu thought that Zhenyi must have the foresight, otherwise it would be really troublesome afterwards.

Li Yan personally led people to meet Liu Yu at the port, and said from a long distance: "A thousand years of usurping, one day becoming a minister. This merit must be achieved by Ying Suobo at the top!"

(End of this chapter)