Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

epydz (the third year of Huaxia Wucheng i Ben Genroku's 14th July 22nd, the Tokugawa Shogunate's fine guard post in Edo Bay was suddenly surprised to find that the Huaxia Navy, which had been swaggering in Edo Bay for eleven days, suddenly disappeared

The news quickly spread to Edo, and the members of the shogunate couldn't believe it. They had to know that the other party had proposed new and harsher peace terms three days ago, so how could they hastily withdraw their troops before getting a satisfactory answer?

But the facts are there, the Huaxia navy is indeed gone." "Because of Huaxia's tricks, the shogunate who dare not neglect immediately sent some brave rogues to search Edo Bay on several small boats that were finally preserved, and at the same time sent People searched for Xia Jun off the Boso Peninsula and Uraga Peninsula, but found nothing

So the scope of search was further expanded to Xiangni and Ludaotan, but the final result was still the same

Xia Jun really retreated?The shogunate did not dare to rush to draw conclusions because they kept receiving reports of attacks from Mutsu and Sanyo. However, the people in Edo Castle did not know these secrets. They were delighted to learn that the enemy had retreated without a fight. Ruokang, the whole Edo-cho is as lively as the New Year’s Eve

In this atmosphere where the wine is not intoxicating and everyone is intoxicated, everyone has different opinions on why the Huaxia Army retreated on its own initiative

Some people say that the Huaxia navy had to retreat because they ran out of food and water; The war broke out, and the navy needs to go back to rescue; there are also some outrageous people who believe that the Huaxia Navy was completely swallowed by the hatred in the sea, and some people even said that this hatred is the incarnation of the god of protection of Japan, Yamata no Orochi, and should Establish a shrine to worship

Different from the people's crazy mood, on the one hand, the shogunate continued to train more than 26 rogues in preparation for the Huaxia Army's comeback, and on the other hand, it continued to send messengers to various places to understand the situation. Since then, there have been no more reports of attacks, and there has been no news from Ouyu after July 28, and some coastal vassals have reported that the Huaxia Navy has left the waters of Japan.

Jun Xia really retreated＼I don’t know the exact reason, but the shogunate can finally breathe a sigh of relief

However, the veterans at the center of the shogunate had just had a good night's sleep when they discovered that new troubles were already on the table

The feudal clans along the coast that suffered heavy losses during the Huaxia plunder cried out and asked the shogunate for financial assistance, among which the voices of the pro-fans such as Mito were the strongest; Kou has retired and asked the shogunate to exempt the military service payment; as for the Sandu merchants who were extorted by the Huaxia side for a huge amount of redemption fees, although they did not have the power to directly ask the shogunate for anything, they did have extensive contacts, so it was also possible for the shogunate to exempt or Reduced share of tribute

The shogunate suppressed the backlash from the vassals and wealthy merchants. On the third day of August of that year, the shogunate issued the "Imperial Bandit Law" in an extremely strict tone, stating that although the Xia army retreated, it may not be impossible to attack again. Therefore, in order to ensure "Shenzhou" is in danger. Not only can the shogunate not reduce the military service fee and tribute fee originally collected, but also increase the cost of coastal defense.

As soon as "Royal Bandits" came out, the whole of Japan was in turmoil, and the daimyos who stayed in Edo began to secretly connect with each other, trying to join forces to oppose the decision of the shogunate, and wealthy businessmen in the three capitals also jumped up and down, trying to make the shogunate extrajudicial.

Just when there was a lot of noise about the tax increase, a rumor suddenly appeared in Edo-cho, saying that the shogunate had decided to disband the Langshi team in order to solve the financial crisis. Going back on their promises and getting fat, and the disbanded Langshi can only get the usual compensation per person

To be honest, due to the comeback of the Xia army of the shogunate, there is no intention of disbanding the ronin in a short time, but due to the serious financial problems of the shogunate, it is impossible to promote more than ten thousand people to serve as servants, so they suffer from wandering It is impossible for the rogues to get the exact promise from the shogunate. Since they saw that the shogun might fail, the skeptical rogues quit. Tens of thousands of rogues petitioned the shogunate, and there was almost a big mess

Realizing that it was a double-edged sword in their hands, the shogunate began to have doubts about the existence of the rogues, but Xia Jun couldn't attack the rogues quickly, so the shogunate could divide the ronin team, and very few of them I was lucky enough to be granted the qualification of a servant to be promoted to a member of the ruling class. Of course, most of these lucky people spent money on management or had some connections in the shogunate. As for those who have neither money nor connections, Nature is not included in the list of promotion

Although they were not included in the list of promotions, but when they saw that someone around them was awarded the official status of warrior, most of the rogues finally felt at ease when they saw someone around them being granted official samurai status, and waited patiently for the status change that would never come

Naturally, the turmoil in Japan could not affect the Eastern Navy. On July 27th, the Hanbai Squadron and Gong Tiansuo's lord's team first met at a place five miles southwest of Oki Island off the coast of Shikoku Sumao Bay.

"Brother Baojie, my fight here is going smoothly, why did I suddenly give the order to retreat?" Tan Ancong yelled at Tao Chengyu as soon as he returned to the flagship, "Did something happen in the country?"

"There is nothing wrong with the country"