New Shun 1730

"Oh?"

Tokugawa Yoshimune still didn't think clearly about the key point. He thought that if a tiger ate a wolf, both would be injured, but...

"In the past, Xun Wenruo used the strategy of two tigers competing for food, and the food was already there. However, unless he is also a fierce tiger, if he is a small rabbit, even if the two tigers are injured, how can he defeat them? Cao Cao has millions of mercenaries, so he can drive the tiger to swallow the wolf and watch it fail, which is nothing more than weakening it."

"But the Tang people and the Dutch navy are so strong that even if they are injured, we can hardly resist them. If you want to drive the tiger, you must first have the tiger's claws and teeth. If the Netherlands can defeat the Tang, how can it be called a rabbit?"

Ooka Tadaki shook his head and did not agree with Tokugawa Yoshimune's idea.

"Your Highness, what the Dutch want is trade. But if it's just Dutch goods, what should our country worry about?"

"Wool is far inferior to silk and is difficult to sell. Even if we sell it openly, how much can we sell for?"

"We are afraid of the Tang people's silk, porcelain, paper, tables and chairs, etc., not the Dutch wool, iron rods, lead and spices."

"If the Dutch and the Tang people fight, will the Tang people still trade with the Dutch? The Tang people cut off the Dutch trade, and the Dutch only rely on spices and iron rods. How much gold and silver can we lose?"

"Besides, the Tang Liu Yu monopolized the Nagasaki trade and took away millions of gold, silver and copper every year. These millions were going to flow out. Even if the Dutch could take all of this gold and silver away, what is there to worry about?"

"This is one of them!"

It really woke up the dreamer with a word. Tokugawa Yoshimune only considered that the policy of closing the country should not be opened lightly, and did not consider the difference between the opening and closing of the country to the Netherlands or Dashun.

In his opinion, Ooka Tadamiya's strategy hit the key point.

Indeed, if the Dutch went to war with Dashun, the Dutch would not be able to get goods from Dashun.

If they could not get goods from Dashun, even if the Dutch opened up trade, it would be hard to say whether they could earn the gold and silver that should have been taken away by Liu Yu by relying on their own trade goods.

Therefore, Japan could give the Netherlands an excellent condition: Japan cut off trade with the Tang people and gave all the Tang people's trade letters to the Dutch, so that the number of Dutch merchant ships that could come to Japan each year would increase several times.

People from the Dutch trading house would propose the idea of ​​expanding trade almost every year when they visited Edo.

Crops are not harvested but planted every year, and the same is true for the Dutch. The shogunate does not allow them to raise the issue every year, but they have been persistent and unremitting for more than a hundred years.

This is what the Dutch have been thinking about day and night, and it does not cause any substantial damage to Japan. It is indeed a strategy of two tigers competing for food.

Tokugawa Yoshimune was the shogun, so he might not be very clear about economic issues, but he was proficient in conspiracy.

He had thought that when he summoned the director of the Dutch trading house, he would only say that Dashun demanded a monopoly on trade, asked Japan to expel the Dutch, and only allowed Dashun to trade.

Even if the Dutch asked Dashun about this matter, even if Dashun said it was not the case, the Dutch would not believe it, thinking it was a fraud, and would turn against him once it was done.

Every year, the Dutch could take away a lot of gold and silver from Japan. Such a great temptation, coupled with the tireless request for Japan to expand trade for more than a hundred years, was indeed feasible.

Tokugawa Yoshimune breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was Liu Yu's navy, because Liu Yu could choose to land anywhere in Japan.

And the incident in Tosa proved that Liu Yu had all kinds of postures to make farmers and merchants do treason, which were endless and extremely persuasive.

What was hateful was that the shogunate did not have a navy that could compete with it, so it could only watch Liu Yu running around.

This led to the entire shogunate's defense strategy against the possible invasion of Dashun, which had to be led by Liu Yu.

Because... in the letter, Liu Yu "kindly" told Tokugawa Yoshimune that it would be best to divide the samurai into several mobile corps and divide them to guard various places, otherwise he would land everywhere by warship, from Nagasaki to Tosa, from Wakayama to Sendai, as long as he wanted to go, he could plant the banner of "benevolence" and "doing justice for the heaven" everywhere.

This is not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy. Just like that, he dared not not believe it. He could only be led by Liu Yu in front of him like a cow plowing the field. What else could he fight?

This is exactly where Tokugawa Yoshimune was annoyed by Liu Yu. It was just like a joke. Not only did he want to beat him, but he also kindly taught him how to defend.

Being so arrogant, it shows how confident he was.

Five hundred people could make Tosa a mess, so what if there were two thousand people?

Two thousand people must have at least six or seven thousand to dare to fight in the field. Six or seven thousand people must have at least 400,000 koku of land. How many daimyo in each domain have more than 400,000 koku of land?

If the ship has favorable wind, it can travel a hundred miles in a day and night, and the soldiers are not in trouble.

According to the situation in Tosa, it can capture a city in ten days, and it can also make all the people traitors... So they can only follow Liu Yu's "idea" to gather the samurai and divide them into six or seven field battle groups, all of which have the ability to fight against the two thousand Dashun troops in the field, and disperse them to offset the mobility of Dashun's ships to transport troops.

Liu Yu has ships and sea control, and these two thousand people can be used as 50,000 people. Go to where you are weak, anyway, you can't catch him, and he has proved in Tosa that he can really attack the city.

In Tokugawa Yoshimune's view, Ooka Tadashi's plan of two tigers competing for food hit Liu Yu's weakness.

As long as the Dutch fleet shows up, Liu Yu will never dare to run around with the army transport ship, so he can concentrate his forces and focus on defending Kyushu Island.

Whether it is through Ryukyu or Korea, Dashun will definitely land on Kyushu Island, which is not a consideration.

An army of thousands of people may be able to run around by boat, but tens of thousands of troops can only take the old route to Tsushima, and there seems to be no other way.

Moreover, as long as the Dutch send troops, Dashun will not dare to risk crossing the sea, so as not to be cut off by the Dutch and become a turtle in a jar.

The more I think about it, the more feasible it seems. Just as I was about to praise Ooka Tadashi, an idea suddenly popped up, just like the northwest wind flag foot before the fire attack on Chibi, which made Tokugawa Yoshimune's heart suddenly ache.

"The Tang people are well prepared. Liu Yu and Shi Shiyong ambushed here ten years ago. Besides, with Liu Yu's ability, how could he not know about the Ryukyu affairs? Did he really know about it today?"

"It's not that he only knew about it today, but he was prepared today. Since he came, he must have come prepared. If the Tang people don't cross the sea soon, how can the Dutch arrive in time even if they want to?"

"You are also aware of the Tosa affairs. Liu Yu has only 500 soldiers, and Tosa cannot resist. If the Tang people have 10,000 people and land before winter, how can the Dutch arrive before winter?"

"Although this plan is wonderful, I'm afraid it's too late."

Ooka Tadashi just said one of the points, and was about to tell all the two, three, four, five, and six about the two tigers competing for the benefits, when he heard Tokugawa Yoshimune say this, his heart sank.

Tokugawa Yoshimune took out Liu Yu's letter again, read Liu Yu's "open plot" and the words that taught him how to defend, and said: "He is so arrogant, but this man is talented but not the kind of person who talks big. He makes plans before making decisions. If he is like a poisonous snake, he has been eyeing me for several years. He has been patient for several years, just waiting for this moment to show his fangs. I am afraid... I am afraid that he even recast the gold and silver in the past for the compensation for today's battle."

"He went to Ryukyu not because he just knew about it, I am afraid he knew it a long time ago, but he just had a pretext. The poisonous fangs have been stretched out and the evil news has been spit out. Even if there are snake catchers, it is too late."

Ooka Tadashi was silent for a moment, knowing that the only turning point in this matter lies in the Dutch. Since Liu Yu dared to write this in the letter and did a great thing in Tosa, it proved that he could really do this.

Losing one or two cities is not a big problem. Lose it today and take it back tomorrow.

But what happened to Liu Yu in Tosa was different in that once the city was lost, it could not be taken back.

Because what was taken back was no longer the original city, but a city filled with tens of thousands of "troublemakers" and "traitors".

The Shimabara Rebellion required more than 100,000 samurai to suppress it, and people had to be replaced, leaving no one alive. What if there were dozens of Shimabara Rebellions?

Liu Yu was not a Christian, but he had something more terrifying than Christians - benevolence and righteousness.

If Christians wanted to do something, they had to spend time preaching. Even if they had a strong ability to spread, it would take more than ten years to cause the Shimabara Rebellion.

Liu Yu used benevolence and righteousness to do things, and he didn't even need to preach.

Because he had been preaching for a thousand years since the Tang Dynasty!

When Yamazaki Ansai said about "capturing Confucius and Mencius alive", it shouldn't sound like he felt joy, but rather a sense of crisis.

Because... the fact that his disciple could ask this question itself proved that his thoughts were confused.

If the mind is not confused and there is no doubt, how can one ask this question?

A teacher is to teach, impart knowledge, and resolve doubts.

Only when there is doubt can one ask questions.

If this is a question that does not require thinking, why would the disciple ask whether shit or rice is more delicious?

Yamazaki Ansai only answered the doubts of his disciples, which proves that many people are still confused: If Confucius is the main general and Mencius is the deputy general, is it surrender? Is it fighting?

In other words, is benevolence and righteousness higher than sovereignty? Or is sovereignty higher than benevolence and righteousness? It is precisely because they cannot figure it out that they ask questions, and this is the most terrifying part.

To put it another way, when King Wu of Zhou attacked King Zhou, did he follow King Zhou? Or did he surrender to King Wu? This question is unsolvable. For the peasants, Tokugawa Yoshimune still knows in his heart that he is King Zhou.

If the one who wants to do this now is the southern barbarian country of Kirishitan or the Dutch country, Tokugawa Yoshimune is not nervous, just fight, and if they refuse to surrender, what can they do to me?

No matter what, the people would still be afraid of the red-haired and blue-eyed southern barbarians. Moreover, after years of isolation, most Catholics had died. No matter what, they would not become the "law enforcement" model of Tosa.

But Confucian benevolence and righteousness are completely different.

Some well-known Confucian scholars, such as Dazai Shundai, even believed that Shintoism came from the Tang Dynasty and was not originally Japanese.

Since Shintoism also came from the Tang Dynasty, and Confucianism also came from the Tang Dynasty, what are you still entangled about? Abandon Shintoism, depose Shintoism and respect Confucianism alone. Dazai Shundai's idea was not a whim of one person, but had a very strong foundation. Many Confucian scholars agreed with it.

With the spread of the mission to this extent, coupled with the reform of the five officials and five people, Tokugawa Yoshimune knew very well that the whole of Japan was already a big pile of firewood.

Even though he knew that Dashun's taxes were just so-so and that Dashun's benevolent policies were not necessarily much better than his, he could not resist Liu Yu's willingness to kill and not bury. Tokugawa Yoshimune felt that if they really occupied Japan, Liu Yu would be even more ruthless than the five officials and five commoners. But before occupying Japan, wouldn't it be easy for him to shout the slogan of a tax reduction of one in thirty?

Thinking about the events at the end of the Ming Dynasty, I wondered if your Li Zicheng had also called for equal distribution of land and exemption of grain. But Dashun is exempting grain now! But when he called for it, the people followed him and had food and drink. Who knows what happened next?

Liu Yu could really call for this slogan, which is the most difficult part. Anyway, if Liu Yu had no intention of invading, let alone the thirty-one tax, I am afraid he would dare to call for equal distribution of land and exemption of grain.

Will the Dutch have time? As long as they don't have time, Liu Yu can make dozens of cities in chaos. Tokugawa Yoshimune thought about the Dutch, and then thought about Liu Yu, and couldn't help but think of the story the Dutch had told, the ancient famous general of the southern barbarians, Hannibal conquered Rome... Or, in between?