The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 728 Declaring War on Japan
Mao Lixiuyuan frowned and said: "Your Excellency is wishful thinking. In the current situation, why did the Mao Li family take the lead in raising troops?"

Dai Xiuyuan smiled like a spring breeze, "Because if the Mori family doesn't rebel, the Tokugawa shogunate will soon hear the words 'is the time now'?"

He saw the murderous look of the Japanese in front of him, and said again: "Ah, by the way, if I don't leave your residence today, someone will go to Edo to inform you immediately."

"You, what are you trying to do?!"

"It's very simple, if you support Mori Shu, you will overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate."

Xiuyuan's eyes were full of fear, did this Ming Dynasty man really want to encourage him to rebel? !
However, with the current strength of the Maori family, they must die.But if they don't, the people of the Ming Dynasty will expose the collapse of the Maori family's secret meeting every year, and the Maori family will still die.

There was fine cold sweat on his head, and after a long while, he said with difficulty: "Impossible, the Maori family only has a territory of more than 30 shi, while Tokugawa's direct leader has 700 million shi, and his descendants have a total of 600 million shi. You No matter how hard we force it, we will never be able to raise our troops. Because, we are simply hitting a stone with an egg..."

Dai Xiuyuan took a sip of the cold tea, and said unhurriedly: "If there is chaos in Edo now, plus the strength of the Shimadzu family and the Uesugi family with a total of 100 million shi, there are also Maeda, Ukita, Nagamune, and Masuda , Jing Yi and other losers who had great enemies with the shogunate rebelled together. What do you think will happen?"

Mao Lixiuyuan forced himself to calm down, thinking: "Unless Edo is so chaotic that the prestige of the shogunate is greatly reduced, there may be a little hope."

"If I give you another five thousand iron cannons, five thousand sets of cotton armor, and thirty large cylinders. Ah, it's not the kind you usually use, it's a huge two-thousand-jin heavy cylinder." Dai Xiuyuan looked directly into the other party's eyes, "Now, you What do you think?"

"A big tube of two thousand catties?!"

Maori Xiuyuan stood up abruptly. He once participated in the war of aggression against Korea, and he will never forget the cannons of the Ming army.

In Japan in the [-]th century, the level of casting guns was extremely poor, and there was a lack of iron ore, so their big barrels—that is, artillery—were no larger than four pounds, and the barrels were so short that their power was unbelievable.

On the other hand, the Hongyi cannons of the Ming army, learned from the top casting technology in Europe, have a range and power several times higher than the Japanese cannons, which was one of the important factors for the Ming army to repel the Japanese in North Korea.The terrifying power of breaking mountains and cracking rocks will definitely make all Japanese soldiers go crazy!
Mao Lixiuyuan suddenly realized, pointed at Dai Xiuyuan and said, "You, are you an official of the Ming Dynasty?"

No matter how well-connected an ordinary businessman is, it is absolutely impossible to get two thousand catties of cannons, and return as many as [-] cannons at a time!

Dai Xiuyuan cupped his hands in accordance with the "script" and said, "That's right, the next official is a general of the Ming Dynasty, and he came here under the order of Admiral Zhu of the navy."

Mao Lixiuyuan's eyes showed a fierce look, "Could it be that the Ming Dynasty wants to get involved in Japan?"

"No," Dai Xiuyuan said, "I'm in a fierce battle with the Tartars, how can I want to move Japan? Ah, even if I want to move, I have no power."

Japan has a large population, and if it is really desperate, the whole country can mobilize millions of troops.In terms of the sea-crossing combat capabilities of the seventeenth century, no one has the possibility of conquering Japan in one bite.Of course, this is under the premise of Japan's national unity and all-out external efforts.

Maori Xiuyuan wondered: "Then why did you vote us so many weapons? Don't say that you want to avenge the Maori family."

"Of course not." Dai Xiuyuan had already memorized the excuse by heart, "Yu Zi, when the admiral wanted to welcome his biological mother back to Ming Dynasty, the Tokugawa family obstructed it in every possible way, which made the admiral extremely annoyed. Even the younger brother of the admiral is still detained in prison. Japan is not allowed to leave.

"Yu Gong, the Tokugawa shogunate colluded with the Dutch, suppressed our court's maritime trade, and wantonly lowered the price of goods, which often caused our court to suffer. The previous important ministers of our court were attacked by the Japanese in Ryukyu. Many of their men were killed and injured, and the ships were also destroyed. Da Mingzi decreed that Tokugawa Iemitsu should pay 30 taels.

"The admiral was ordered to handle these two matters. Unexpectedly, Tokugawa Iemitsu was extremely rude, not only refused to pay the money, but also threatened to kill the envoy sent by the admiral.

"The admiral was so humiliated by Tokugawa and couldn't fulfill the emperor's order, so he decided to teach the Tokugawa shogunate a lesson."

He pushed everything on Zheng Chenggong's head, just to try to distance himself from the Ming court and reduce the vigilance of the Japanese.

Mao Lixiuyuan nodded secretly, it turned out that it was the admiral of the Daming Navy who wanted to avenge his personal revenge.However, for the sake of maritime trade and the 30 taels of silver, the Ming Dynasty supported itself with some weapons and armor, but it was also a business that was sure to make money.

He couldn't help lowering his head and pondering, now the territories occupied by Sakazaki, Fukushima, Horio, Mori and others to the east of him belonged to the original Mori family, and Mori still had great influence on these places.As long as Maori sends troops, there will definitely be many people who will cooperate from inside and outside, and they will quickly turn into their own strength after they are defeated.

That is to say, under the reinforcement of a large number of iron cannons and large cylinders, it is very likely that the Maori family took back their original 120 million stone territory before the shogunate reacted.Combined with Shimadzu, Uesugi and other forces, it is not impossible to wrestle with the shogunate.

And the premise of all this is that the shogunate will be in great chaos as Dai Xiuyuan said.

He said in a deep voice, "Mr. Dai is sure that something big will happen in Edo?"

Dai Xiuyuan resolutely said: "If it's half a month fast, if it's slow it's a month, Edo will be in chaos."

Mao Lixiuyuan finally let out a long breath, and nodded vigorously, "Okay, I will take Dai Jun to see the Lord Supervisor!"

Now even though Mao Lixiu is the governor of the Maoli family, Xiuyuan has been in power for a long time. As long as he thinks it is feasible, Xiu will basically not object.

Dai Xiuyuan smiled and stood up, "Okay, as long as Nagato-sama nods, the cannons and other weapons I promised will arrive immediately."

……

Half a month later.

Edo.

The Tokugawa family threw the Chinese book to the side of Monk Guanghai with a sullen face, pointed at the envoy of Ming Dynasty standing in the hall, and said coldly to the interpreter: "Let this bearded man go!"

The interpreter was too frightened to say anything, Guanghai hurriedly said to the Ming envoy: "Ah, my lord, please go back to the library to rest first, this matter needs to be discussed carefully."

The envoy arched his hands, shook his sleeves and left.

Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately yelled, "The bearded man is really presumptuous! Rude! Stop locking the country, open all ports to trade with them, and that 30 taels! It's extremely arrogant!"

Monk Guanghai glanced at the letter of credence, and couldn't help but twitch his eyelids. He saw that in addition to what the lord said, there was also written at the end "If you don't follow, you will be knocked at the gate, and it will be too late to regret."What kind of credential is this? It's a declaration of war!
He calmed down and persuaded cautiously: "My lord, the Ming Dynasty has driven the Houjin back to the north of the Yellow River. Not long ago, their fleet defeated the Helan people at sea, and their momentum is in full swing. China is indeed a big country. If It is not necessary, but it is not appropriate to tear faces with them..."

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