Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

It is not good to seek the skin of a tiger, it is easy to feed the tiger with your body!
Tanuma Yiji knew the danger of this matter very well.

The Ming Dynasty's accusation against Japan this time was apparently caused by the assassination of the Ming Dynasty's own vassal by the Satsuma clan.

However, no one can guarantee that the Ming Dynasty had no other intentions besides punishing the Satsuma Domain.

In case Ming Dynasty has other plans for Japan, Tokugawa Ieharu's decision today is to lure the wolf into the house.

When Tokugawa Ieharu heard this, he said another old saying.

"There is an old saying in China, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs." Tanuma-kun must have heard of this."

It has been almost two hundred years since Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate.

After such a long time, the Tokugawa shogunate was full of ills and troubled internally and externally.

As the strength of foreign daimyo such as the Satsuma Domain, Choshu Domain, and Aki Domain continues to grow, the Tokugawa Shogunate's control and dominance over the local area is becoming weaker and weaker at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although the current rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate cannot be called the decline in history after the attack of the black ships.

But it is also going downhill visibly to the naked eye.

Tokugawa Ieharu didn't want to sit still and wanted to change everything.

And this also makes him have to seek change!
As for this change, it turned out that he reused Tanuma Yiji and asked Tanuma Yiji to take charge of the development of Ezo land and the expansion of trade routes to Tsarist Russia.

In general, although it is effective, it is a drop in the bucket.

These measures of Tanuma Yiji do not involve fundamental new policies and cannot change the dilemma faced by the Tokugawa shogunate at all.

He is like a conscientious paper painter, although he tried his best to paper over the holes in the broken ship of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

But the shipwreck was inevitable.

But now, Tokugawa Ieharu saw other opportunities.

If he can use the Ming Dynasty to complete the complete unification of Japan by the Tokugawa Shogunate, then he can at least extend the life of the Tokugawa Shogunate for a hundred years.

Hearing this, Tanuma Yiji seemed to understand Tokugawa Ieharu's thoughts, feeling a little helpless.

"It seems that the general has made up his mind."

Tokugawa Ieharu nodded.

When Tanuma Yi saw this for the first time, he could only speak.

"Then I obey!"

Tanuma Yiji came from a humble background, and his current situation was all due to the favor of Tokugawa Ieharu.

This also makes him must and can only stand on the side of Tokugawa Ieharu.

No matter what decision Tokugawa Ieharu made, he could only abide by it.

Because, without the support of Tokugawa Ieji, the class monopoly in Japan is even worse than the stick next door, and Tanuma Yiji will never be able to turn around in his life.

……

It is the first day of July in the first year of Chongwen in the Ming Dynasty.

Beijing, Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Great meeting!
Zhu Jing'an was wearing a twelve-chapter pattern dress and a crown of heaven, sitting on the dragon chair.

In front of him were the ministers of the Ming Dynasty who shouted long live.

Accompanied by bursts of shouts, a number of civil servants and generals knelt down and bowed to the ground. The shouts of "Long Live My Emperor" resounded throughout the Hall of Supreme Harmony and throughout the palace.

After the ministers had finished paying their respects, Zhu Jing'an spoke.

"Everyone is safe!"

After his words fell, the servants around him immediately started to repeat.

"Your Majesty has decreed that all ministers should be safe!"

"Your Majesty has decreed that all ministers should be safe!"

"..."

When the voice fell, Manchao Wenwu got up from the ground.

Stand in two groups.

A series of gazes gathered towards Zhu Jing'an.

Zhu Jing'an felt the reverent and enthusiastic gazes around him and spoke expressionlessly.

"Li Ping, declare the decree!"

Li Ping, the ceremonial supervisor next to him, heard this and responded.

Then, he unfolded a bright yellow imperial edict in his hand and read it out.

"The Emperor, who is destined to be the emperor, issued an edict: The Shimazu clan of the Japanese Satsuma domain did not recognize the king, and was extremely rebellious. They blatantly invaded the land of Ryukyu, the Ming Dynasty. The king's army drove them away, and Ryukyu was settled. This was a righteous act that complied with the people's hearts." "But. The leader of the Shimazu clan, Shigehao Shimazu, was ungrateful and rebellious, and sent assassins to kill him. As a result, Ryukyu King Nao On was assassinated, causing violent waves to overturn the sea and make people's hearts boil. "

"..."

"My Ming Dynasty is the supreme state of heaven. Those who are wild and rebellious should be punished."

"To rectify people's hearts, stabilize the world, make clear and consistent principles, and obey the destiny of heaven."

"Appreciate this!"

After the imperial edict to conquer the sun was read out, all civil and military officials in the court bowed down and then said.

"My Holy Emperor!"

As for the fact that Japan was one of the fifteen countries that Zhu Yuanzhang personally decided not to conquer, no one would mention it at this time.

Ancestral precepts are used to restrain future generations.

For the founder, there is no difference between the so-called ancestral precepts and wipers.

Seeing this, Zhu Jing'an nodded slightly and then said.

"My lords, the King of Ryukyu has been assassinated. The King of Ryukyu, who I have just enthroned in the Ming Dynasty, has been assassinated!"

"The King of Ryukyu cannot die in vain, and the blood of the Ryukyu people cannot be shed in vain."

"Blood debts can only be repaid with blood!"

Many civil servants and generals heard the words and responded in unison.

"eye for eye!"

"eye for eye!"

"..."

Accompanied by a loud shout of "If there is something to do, we will leave the court if there is nothing to do", the court meeting came to an end.

Immediately, the imperial edict to send troops to Japan was sent to Ryukyu and Korea respectively through the telegraph network.

The Ming armies from Ryukyu and Korea began to move out!
In this conquest of Japan, because Ming Dynasty used diplomatic means to get the Tokugawa family to side with Ming Dynasty, the difficulty of the war can be said to have plummeted.

The Ming army no longer mobilized troops from the mainland to participate in the front line.

Instead, they are only preparing to mobilize the troops stationed in Ryukyu and North Korea to participate in the war.

The total number of troops stationed on both sides is about 20,000.

Among them, there are about 5,000 navy and garrison troops in Ryukyu.

There are 15,000 troops stationed in North Korea.

It doesn't sound like much, but these 20,000 people are elite troops who have fought hard in the Ming Dynasty's nearly ten years of unification war.

Rich combat experience!

Among them, there are many veterans who have participated in tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of battles.

In addition, the weapons they are equipped with are all rifled guns, rifled cannons and other the most advanced weapons and equipment of this era.

The combat effectiveness is self-evident!

In this era, such a force is a decisive force no matter where it is placed.

In addition, the Tokugawa family will provide assistance in this battle and even send troops to help.

And the Ming Dynasty could also recruit a servant army from North Korea to join the war.

An elite force of 20,000 people is definitely enough.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was fighting only the Satsuma clan in this battle, not the entire Japan.

Twenty thousand people is definitely enough!

After the imperial edict to send troops arrived, the Ming armies in Korea and Ryukyu began to organize their armies to go out.

……

At the same time, Satsuma Domain, Kagoshima.

In the Shimazu family's mansion, Shimazu Shigehao was sitting on his knees behind the desk.

In front of him, Tsukasa Nomura, the boss of the Shimazu family, was reporting something to him in a panic.

"Lord, our spies in Edo have returned news that the Tokugawa shogunate has joined forces with the Ming Dynasty."

"Not only is Tokugawa Ieharu not prepared to send troops to reinforce our Satsuma clan to fight against the Ming Dynasty, he is also prepared to use the power of the Ming Dynasty to destroy our Satsuma clan and strengthen its rule."

"We, the Satsuma Domain, are in danger!!" (End of this chapter)