Cutting 1719

Chapter 644
In the late October of the 13th year of innovation, Nanjing has gradually entered the late autumn. The plane trees planted on both sides of the central street are constantly falling with dead leaves, piling up a thick layer on the street. A torrential rain appeared slightly beyond recognition.

Zhu Yuyan was wearing a neat military uniform of the National Defense Forces, with the rank of lieutenant colonel on his shoulders and a beard on his lips. He looked quite handsome, but the expression on his face was a bit complicated at this time, even the military boots on his feet There was a creaking sound among the dead leaves, but he didn't even notice it.

After a while, a small newsstand appeared at the end of Central Street. Zhu Yuyan walked over quickly. He stood in front of the newsstand and inspected the newspapers on it. A relieved smile.

Pay the money, buy the newspaper.

Zhu Yuyan quickly flipped through the newspaper with one hand, searching for the information he wanted, and with the other hand, he took out a cigarette box from his bosom, poured out the cigarette with one hand, and then clamped it to his mouth.

"Pa-ta-"

Just as Zhu Yuyan held the newspaper in one hand and was about to get the matchbox with the other, a metal lighter lit a flame in front of him, and then slowly lit the cigarette on his mouth.

With a trace of green smoke rising up, Zhu Yuyan couldn't help but look up, and saw that the owner of the lighter was a well-dressed middle-aged man, with a slight smile on his face, he slowly retracted the lighter, and said softly: "Just came back from the Northwest?"

"Hello, Mr. Zhang."

Zhu Yuyan hastily and subconsciously put out the cigarette butt, and then gave a solemn military salute, because the person in front of him was Zhang Weixian, the dean of the Dachu Central Military Academy, and he could be regarded as Zhu Yuyan's personal mentor.

Zhang Weixian shook his head, and said softly: "It seems that you have suffered a lot these years, and you have become dark and thin. Don't restrain yourself in front of me from now on. Smoking is no big deal."

Zhu Yuyan shook his head embarrassingly, and said softly: "In front of Mr., students do not dare to be presumptuous anyway. It is true that students have just returned from the Northwest Army, but it is not because of private affairs, but because of business. The Privy Council seems to want to arrest me. Transfer to Japan."

Zhang Weixian grunted slightly, saw the "Qingliu Bao" in Zhu Yuyan's hand, but said with a smile: "The situation in Japan is complicated now, and the confidentiality level of effective information is very high. You can't find anything interesting on this." If it's worth it, you might as well ask me, as long as it doesn't violate the rules, I can tell you something more or less."

Zhu Yuyan sighed softly, with a bit of distress in his expression, he said in a low voice: "I heard that this exercise was not very smooth, we had a small boat that disappeared in Edo Bay and found the boat, but the seven people on it The individual disappeared without a trace and I wondered, would it."

It turned out that in mid-October, the combined fleet of the Dachu Navy and the Satsuma Navy arrived in Edo Bay, and then parked on the waters of Edo Bay overnight, preparing for a drill the next day-but on that night, a fast The sentinel ship disappeared mysteriously during a security mission. Although the ship was later found in Edo Bay, the sailors on board disappeared, and there was no trace of it.

This incident naturally aroused the great vigilance of the Dachu Navy. Qiu Ze was furious and demanded that the Japanese shogunate completely release Edo Bay and allow Dachu to send troops ashore to search for missing soldiers. On the other hand, he raised the battle flag, A fighting stance was launched in Edo Bay, demanding an explanation from the shogunate and Tokugawa Yoshimune.

Of course, the shogunate would naturally not agree to such a request, and then Qiu Ze turned to demand that the missing soldier and murderer be handed over within five days, otherwise he would never tolerate it again.Of course, the extent to which the specific situation will expand is not really explained.

That's all Zhu Yuyan knew. He grew up in Japan, and he still had quite complicated feelings about Japan itself. Therefore, after hearing about this incident, he was somewhat worried. He rushed to After Nanjing, I planned to use various methods to search for the follow-up on this matter.

Zhang Weixian naturally understood his student, but at this moment he couldn't help but sighed deeply, and said in a low voice, "Yuyan, I'm afraid you don't know that this time, the shogunate was trying to win over the British to strengthen themselves. Coupled with the fact that something like this has happened now, it has gradually become the mainstream opinion that the country will go to war against Japan.”

Zhu Yuyan said in a low voice: "When our ancestors traveled east to Japan, they just didn't want to be captured. After all, they were fortunate enough to be protected by the shogunate, so they really didn't want to see the war between China and Japan. But don't worry, sir, I am a Chinese. Man, I know what to do too."

There was a smile on Zhang Weixian's face, he nodded and said: "That's good, you came to China from Japan, and now you have the opportunity to return to Japan with another identity, the most important thing to pay attention to is probably the word "property", but don't worry , After this battle is over, Japan will take another attitude and become a part of the Great Chu, and then you won’t feel difficult to make a choice.”

"The war against Japan is not just a war on the physical level, but also a battle of the heart."

In Fengtian Hall, the monarchs and ministers gathered together, and in this court meeting, the strategy for the shogunate and Japan will also be decided, and the deep meaning behind it is even more important.

In fact, when the princes and ministers of Great Chu received Qiu Ze's memorial, they had doubts in their hearts. The main reason was that the timing of the disappearance of these sailors was too ingenious, which made people suspicious. However, in Qiu Ze's later memorial, it was It was vaguely revealed that this incident of the sailor's disappearance was probably related to the public forces hidden in the shogunate.

To put it bluntly, for the Japanese public officials at this time, they have lost any hope of making a comeback, especially the unexplained death of Emperor Nakagomon, which completely shattered their illusions—the shogunate has already done something to the public officials. Well, fully prepared, the day when the public and martial arts are successfully combined is the time when everyone in the public will die.

In desperation, they even had to turn their ideas on Da Chu, preparing to lure Chu soldiers to destroy the shogunate through the strategy of driving tigers and devouring wolves, so as to ensure that the public house can continue to exist for the time being. As for potential hidden dangers that may arise in the future, But it made them careless.

Of course, the effect of this trick is indeed very good. At least on the surface, the shogunate has fallen into a dead game, and Da Chu has begun to play his role very cooperatively.

At this time, Emperor Ning was very keenly aware of the approaching opportunity. On the one hand, he strongly supported Qiu Ze's plan, and on the other hand, he also told everyone in the court that the war against Japan was unstoppable. No matter how delusion stops, on the contrary, we need to cooperate better and fight a wonderful battle of mind.

"The Privy Council must pay attention. In the war against Japan, we must pay attention to dividing and wooing the various classes in Japan, especially the big business class in Japan. They have been oppressed by the shogunate for a long time and can be used by us. On the other hand, The samurai class in Japan, most of them are now impoverished, also because of the incompetence of the shogunate, as long as they take refuge in me, Dachu, they will be able to completely change the status quo in the future—”

Ning Yu introduced excitedly and loudly: "You guys need to understand that this time we are definitely not out for revenge, we really need to bring Japan the brilliant culture of my Great Chu, let them understand a little bit, follow the shogunate There is only one dead end, and only by taking refuge in Da Chu can we really have a way out in the future!"

That's right, with Dachu's persistent economic development plan, the current economic comparison between China and Japan is almost worlds apart. The living standard of an ordinary Han family has almost completely surpassed everything that ordinary warriors currently enjoy. The lack of supplies It also caused a lot of dissatisfaction in the hearts of the Japanese.

What Ning Yu has to do and wants to do is to find a way to draw out the anger in their hearts. Once the anger is drawn out, the next thing will naturally be simple.

Peng Qifeng, director of the Press and Publication Department, hurriedly came out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, we have arranged for the printing factory to urgently print a large number of pamphlets in Japanese, and many of them only have simple pictures, which reflect the The problem of the bad government of the shogunate, and there are many content feedbacks. Our Great Chu will bring many changes, such as allowing merchants to do business and will no longer be exploited by the shogunate, and the rights and interests of the samurai will be further consolidated. I can eat two more white flour steamed buns!"

As Peng Qifeng, who has been in charge of public opinion issues for a long time, he is naturally very familiar with this set of contents, and soon came up with a very reliable publicity plan. Coupled with Dachu's current basic printing industry, the brochure can be printed at a very low cost. Costs are printed, making the mind-boggling plan feasible.

Ning Yu was naturally quite satisfied, and said softly: "These are not enough, some theoretical things can also be added appropriately, such as the content of my Dachu's constitution, and the new tax law and civil law. We must give them some different things. same thing."

In the final analysis, in Ning Yu’s view, Dachu, which has initially stepped into the industrialization reform, has an almost overwhelming advantage over Japan in this respect. This kind of suppression from civilization can completely guarantee that Japan will obediently give up resistance. The plan will also lay a deep theoretical foundation.

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other. Some of them had already seen Emperor Ning's plan, but just because they saw it, they felt that this move was a pure conspiracy, and there was no way to resolve it. .

In fact, the reason why the American emperors of later generations were able to establish the global order was not only relying on military hegemony in their hands, but also accompanied by financial hegemony and cultural hegemony. The result that cannot be achieved in the military has become a very classic case.

The human heart will appear to be very empty in many cases. After all, it is invisible and intangible. However, at critical times, it often plays a very important or even central role, and if you want to deal with it, you must not use conspiracy and force to oppress it. It will only make the situation develop in reverse. After all, people's hearts and principles need to be refuted in the sun. The more small tricks you do, the more guilty you will appear.

This is what Ning Yu wants to do. He has already explained his philosophy to the ministers before, that is, he must never implement the traditional passive tribute system of the Celestial Dynasty, but must actively express what Da Chu is currently trying to express. Pass it to other countries and use cultural concepts to build civilization power.

Of course, the content to be expressed is still based on a set of things developed by Confucianism in the past and now. As for whether it may become another set of things in the future, this is the next question that Ning Yu needs to think about.

"Military warfare will continue until the shogunate surrenders, and the battle of the heart will continue."

At the end of October, the situation was finally moving in an irreversible direction. The shogunate was still unable to give a reasonable explanation for the disappearance of the Dachu sailors. At this time, Qiu Ze also received an order to start the war. Therefore, on the morning of October 29, he decisively An order was issued to bombard Edo Castle.

In the history books of later generations, there are many speculations about the "Black Ship Exercise". Some people even think that this is a conspiracy directed and performed by Da Chu himself. The Japanese people in the household, however, pin their hopes on the illusory kamikaze.

"Kanda Myojin, please descend upon your divine power!"

"Give me the kamikaze that will destroy the world, and send these devils to the underworld!"

"Your billions of people are looking forward to this day!"

In Kanda Shrine in Edo City, a barefoot woman twisted her body in front of the Kanda Myojin Pillar in solemn sacrificial clothes. These people are Omiyaji and Shaogongji of Kanda Shrine, and they are reciting silently in a low voice with solemn expressions.

Kanda Shrine is not the most mysterious and oldest shrine in Japan, but it was the shrine most valued by Tokugawa Ieyasu back then. Now it is naturally also valued by Tokugawa Yoshimune. He hopes to use the blessings of his ancestors and Kanda Myojin, to defend against threats from the sea.

At this time in Edo Bay, the black hull of the 'Nanjing' was hung with towering sails, and the red Tuanlong logo of the Great Chu Navy was also depicted on it, and the gun doors on both sides of the ship were all opened, and The rockets in front of the bow are also ready for launch, and many Dachu sailors are earnestly completing the final adjustments.

A total of twelve sailing warships are like small hills moving on the sea. The unrivaled power of the carriers cut through the waves and slowly sailed into Edo Bay. As for the other small ships, they followed closely. Of course, these ships also Basically, they are much larger than the Ataka boats of the Satsuma clan in Japan, and they look unrivaled.

"Boom boom boom——"

Dozens of big drums were placed on the Nanjing at this time, and dozens of shirtless men were holding mallets in both hands, hitting the drums with an exciting sound, but when the sound reached the shore, it turned into a It was a signal to declare war, which made countless Japanese turn pale and their hands and feet go limp.

"Chu Kou. Chu Kou is attacking!"

At some point, a hoarse shout sounded from the shore, filled with endless fear and panic, but it seemed as if a bomb had been dropped in the crowd, blowing up all the Japanese onlookers and fleeing in all directions .

(End of this chapter)