Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2526 Hashiguchi House

"Mr. Han, long time no see." On September 1704, 9, in the secret room in the backyard of the Ishinomaki Kobashiguchi House of the Sendai Domain, Han Fuchun, the general manager of the East Coast Japan Company, was apparently the leader of the ronin, but in fact he was the Matsumae Domain Those who do things need help and secret talks.

Yijian Yaozhisuke came here in secret today, and he didn't bring any of his subordinates with him, which shows his caution.And as a spy developed by the East Coast National Intelligence Agency, he did have many shady things.At least, Matsumae, the main family, should always avoid it, right?Although the Matsumae family has a close relationship with the East Bank, as if wearing a pair of trousers, the current manager, Matsumae Hehiro (Matsumae Masahiro's eldest son), may not be willing to see his subordinates get entangled with other forces, although Yat To him, Yonosuke was like a chamber pot.

"Yijian-jun, you have made a lot of contributions in the past few years, and your superiors have seen it. Don't worry, the organization will not treat any meritorious officials badly. Your family lives very well in Dabo, with no worries about food and clothing, and freedom. Comfortable, living a good life, and receiving the best education." Han Fuchun poured a glass of sake for Yoshinosuke, and said with a smile.

Itami Yonosuke has a lot of influence in the ronin group gathered in Osaka.In the past few years, he has ostensibly helped the Matsumae family to recruit ronin, and privately helped the people from the east bank to fool many bankrupt warriors to go to Nanyang and India, and made great contributions.Of course, as a reward for him, the amount of deposits in Yoshinosuke's secret bank account has also hit new highs, currently reaching several thousand yen.

In fact, according to Yoshinosuke's own thinking, he no longer wants to do this kind of thing.The most ideal is to go to Heishui, Manmeng and other places, like the Nozawa, Banze, Komatsu and others he knows, to get a half-time official, either civil or military, even if it is a sesame seed official, it is better than Still staying here in Japan as a human trafficker.

Han Feichun had promised him once before, but he changed his mind later and asked him to continue for three years.Now three years have passed, and it seems that I will do it for another three years.Three years and three years, how many three years are left!Yi Jian Yonosuke always felt upset every time he thought of this matter, and after raising his head and draining the sake in the porcelain cup in one gulp, he calmed down a little.

Now that the shogunate is making drastic reforms, the traditional economy of Japan is gradually disintegrating. The ordinary farmers and low-level samurai are miserable, and so are their families.The sisters of the navy soldiers who were confronting North Korea near the island of Tsushima had to sell their bodies in exchange for food.The rice grown by farmers cannot be eaten by themselves.The shogunate continued to "reform" and "decrease the seal", accumulating more than 160 million shi over the years, and the number of unregistered samurai increased day by day. They couldn't find anything to do, so they could only suffer from hunger and exhaustion.The only ones who benefited were the privileged factions such as Konoike, Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Yodoya. They spent their money and spent money, and concealed the true national conditions from the generals and the emperor. It was unreasonable!

However, under such a general situation, what can he do when he sees such a small person as Yoshinosuke?Nothing can be done.Only by helping the people on the east bank to do things and recruiting lost warriors can they maintain their life.He can only rely on his own conscience and try his best to help those poor people, so that they have a place to go and something to do, so that they won't starve to death on the street.

I'm really having a hard time!

"Mr. Han, you have to recruit a large number of people recently, but what's going on in the south?" After drinking, Kakinosuke, who had a light drinker, blushed immediately, and even raised his voice when asking questions.

"Yi Jianjun, don't inquire about what you shouldn't inquire about. It's not good for you." Han Feichun said with a straight face.

"I made a slip of the tongue." Yoshinosuke lowered his head and said.

"However, Mr. Yijian is also our cadre, and you are also qualified to know some things." At this time, Han Feichun smiled again and said, "Yes, you guessed right, something happened in the south. Actually it's not a big deal , there is a shortage of people everywhere, the shortage is very serious, so I have to come here to find a way. In this way, I will give you [-] yuan in a while as the funds for your activities. Save some money, I will give you legal currency. You can find a way to exchange it for the new currency of the government, and it will last longer."

Yijian Yaozhisuke nodded upon hearing the words, and said nothing more.He understood what Han Feichun meant. The [-] gold coupons were a great fortune. The value of the currency was strong, and it was hard currency among hard currencies. Even chaebols like Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Konoike liked to reserve some, which showed its value.It is a waste to use gold coupons to recruit ronin, it is better to exchange them for new coins minted by the shogunate, [-] gold coupons are enough to recruit thousands of people.

And when it comes to the new coins minted by the shogunate, it is simply a scam.Insufficient in color and shoddy, it is completely the product of collusion between inside and outside to exploit the common people.The cause of the incident was the shogunate’s financial difficulties and a huge deficit, so he listened to the advice of the privileged businessman, recasting new coins and lowering the fineness, which made the shogunate profit millions of taels of silver in a few years, and the minters (gold seat, silver seat) followed suit Make a fortune.But as soon as this inferior currency came out, the value of the currency plummeted due to its lack of fineness, which led to an increase in prices. Side hustle for a living.If you can't find a side job, then nothing to say, the whole family can only suffer from hunger together.

Yatami Yoshinosuke hated those blood-sucking Ginza bosses to the bone, and he couldn't wait to eat the flesh of the shogunate who accepted the bribes of the Ginza businessmen who followed Ogiwara Shigehide—the samurai who wanted to kill Ogiwara Shigehide could almost row from Edo. When I arrived in Osaka, but this person has never died - at this time, I have to hold my nose and use the bad money they made to recruit people. Thinking about it, I feel very uncomfortable.However, he is a smart man, and the rough life in his youth has taught him how to control his emotions, how to do things well and get the appreciation of his superiors, so he only nodded his head heavily, and said "Hai", and there is no more Two words.

"I will find a way to get through the joints of the shogunate. Hehe, General Tsunayoshi put forward the slogan of 'increasing production and prospering industry'. The whole country is wantonly reclaiming new fields and setting up new industries. There are many things we ask of us. Forgive this 'Quongfang' dare not give us face." Han Feichun's words were a little arrogant, and he didn't pay attention to the shogunate at all, but Yijian Yaozhisuke didn't say anything after listening, just pressed his head even more low.

People from the east bank are strong, and the products sold by Hashiguchiya are in great demand, regardless of the local daimyo or the shogunate.In the current situation, no one dared to disrespect Han Feichun, let alone embarrass him.And when it comes to this "dog party", there is actually an interesting anecdote.Tokugawa Tsunayoshi believes in Buddhism and believes that his lack of children is the retribution of killing many people in his previous life.Therefore, he specially promulgated the "Order to Protect Lives", strictly prohibiting killing.Many people were executed or exiled for killing and injuring dogs, and in the end, everyone dared not keep dogs.Tokugawa Tsunayoshi saw that this was not the solution, so he levied taxes on the people and built a large number of kennels to house dogs. "Dog Gongfang" was a joke for a while.

It can also be seen from here, to what extent the conflict between the shogunate and the people has intensified.For the Tokugawa shogunate, the more reforms, the poorer the people, the richer the chaebols, and the more bankrupt samurai.In fact, people on the east coast are happy to see this situation. After all, they can sell more equipment and goods, and they can also take advantage of the chaotic financial and economic situation to fish in troubled waters and make a fortune.And the large number of dispossessed and down-and-out warriors caused by economic difficulties can be recruited and let them go overseas to fight for the people of the East Coast and seek benefits.

Han Feichun has worked in Japan for half his life, so he knows this country very well.He has reached a tacit agreement with the shogunate in private. When recruiting ronin, the shogunate never sets up hard obstacles-some official legal obstacles can be resolved by relationships and bribes-because every time he recruits someone, he helps the shogunate Take a bomb.Otherwise, do you want the assassination incident of Yu Bizhengxue to repeat itself?The shogunate didn't want it, so they cooperated very well.

Of course, the shogunate has another way to go, which is to refuse the request of the people on the east coast to recruit ronin, and then they have to export wars to ease internal conflicts.And the target of the war, what I didn't say, is the Koreans!Anyway, everyone will have a lot of quarrels over the issue of Tsushima Island. There have been many battles, big and small. Although the shogunate has made a mess, it has never admitted defeat and has been trying to make a comeback.With the war, wouldn't the unemployed warriors have a place to use?That way the shogunate will be safe, the unemployed samurai will be happy, and the chaebols will be free from worries. The only people who are unhappy are the Koreans, but so what?

It's a pity that Tsunayoshi Tokugawa didn't dare to take this step after all, because he knew very well that Japan was not ready yet.The Korean Kingdom was civilized decades earlier, and now agriculture, commerce, and industry are developing smoothly, and the economy is deeply integrated into the economic circle established on the east coast. The government's fiscal revenue even exceeds that of Japan, which has a population of more than 2000 million.Facing such a country, Japan does not have enough confidence. The action of increasing production and promoting business has only been implemented for a few years, and the results have not been shown. The country is still very weak. At this time, it must not use weapons.Then, in order to prevent the country from exploding itself at the moment of social transformation, we can only rely on the people on the east coast to meet their requirements, and both sides take what they need.

And once the future is ready, I am afraid that the Tokugawa shogunate will change course and attack North Korea immediately, and no one can mediate!Han Feichun has long understood the truth of this, so he is very measured in doing things, stepping on the bottom line of the shogunate, but not crossing it at all. This must be a veteran who has been immersed in Japanese society for many years.

"I don't bother to care about those bad things in Japan and North Korea. As long as you can get enough ronin to go to the king's forerunner, even if you have a dog's brain, please feel free. India, Rabaul, New China, so many gaps Waiting for someone to fill it up, who has time to deal with your crap!" Han Feichun picked up the wine glass, and the Shenhe Rushen Daiginjo from Hongchi's family is really delicious, so let's do business early after drinking, and I have to go to Yi for a while Dajia, the name of this restless place!

(End of this chapter)