New Shun 1730

Liu Yu certainly didn't know that the Confucian scholars of the Japanese ancient school were going to make big news, but he also guessed that after this battle, the Confucian scholars would definitely open their eyes to the world first.

This is almost the immediate reaction after being beaten. There are so many Confucian scholars that there will always be a few who react first.

Just like the famous anti-Water Margin "The Outlaws of the Marsh", the first chapters are still the traditional "officials" and "thieves" disputes, which are very vulgar. But later, the author went to Guangdong, and the style immediately changed to "black powder magic punk".

The Liangshan Water Margin Portuguese artillery team and the court bombarded each other, with cannons and Liangshan minions in line arrays.

Zhang Qing, who was good at using stones and had unparalleled archery skills, was killed by an enemy who had no archery skills with a flintlock rifle. Times have changed, and stones are indeed not as fast as bullets.

Liangshan's new military advisor Bai Wahan is a missionary who offers a rear-wheel drive all-terrain Thunder Chariot, an automatic gravitational potential energy loader, 40 rounds of continuous fire, and two large kettles as water-cooled radiators.

Liu Huiniang, the court military advisor, laughed and said that to destroy the chariot, only simple geometry is needed. Using Pythagorean arithmetic and a large quadrant as tools, the parabolic trajectory was calculated, and the anti-chariot divine thunder fell from the sky, completely destroying the Liangshan armored assault cluster.

Then, using the art of longitude and latitude and the method of astronomy, he used the "Archimedes Divine Fire Thunder Punishment Technique" to use the concave mirror divine fire to cause the Liangshan gunpowder depot to explode.

Hong Tianlei Ling Zhen, using the engineer blasting method to dig a tunnel, carrying some explosives himself, sacrificed himself to blow up the wall of Yuncheng, and opened an attack channel for the follow-up troops.

The surface ships of Liangshan Marsh were strong, and the rebellious Bai Wahan planned to build a "sinking snail boat" submarine detachment to attack the Liangshan naval base...

The defeat of Liangshan was not destiny, but was actually defeated by the rebellion of Western forces.

It is estimated that the author did not expect that many years later, the war between the brothers and fathers of heaven and the demons of the Qing Dynasty, the conquest of Changzhou, and the anti-shogunate movement were really performed according to this script. Whoever the foreigners stood on the side of would win.

The foreigners here are just a symbol of science and technology, and not only technology but also science. Liu Huiniang is not only good at technology, but also at Pythagorean theorem, longitude and latitude, parabola calculation, etc.

Since it is just an abstract symbol of science and technology, this abstract symbol can be taken over by Dashun in Japan at this time and become this abstract symbol.

After all, in "The Outlaws of the Marsh", the author also arranged a magical naturalized Celestial Empire persona for Bai Wahan, "I am a Macau person from the Song Dynasty".

In Japan at this time, even this persona was saved.

The awakening of Japanese Confucian scholars is completely predictable.

The ancients had problems with their methodology and way of thinking. They could never deduce the correct reasons and lacked strict discipline of logical thinking. However, this does not mean that they are stupid. They just did not receive similar methodology and logical thinking training in compulsory education.

This mentality is an opportunity and entry point to deepen the control over Japan.

And the object of this opportunity and entry point is the Japanese Confucian scholars.

When talking about Confucianism at the dinner party before, Liu Yu felt like an outsider. On the contrary, the officials of Dashun who came from the imperial examination were in the same circle as the Confucian scholars on the opposite side.

Historically, the level of Dazai Shuntai's fabrication of "pseudo-books" was not only the forgery of the ancient book "Chanyu" of the pre-Qin Dynasty, but also the inclusion of the pseudo-book "Xiaojing", one of the thirteen classics, into the "Sikuquanshu" of the Qing Dynasty, which triggered discussions and verifications on the authenticity of "Xiaojing". This level is really beyond Liu Yu's reach. It is indeed at the level of the top three in the imperial examination.

If there had been no intervention from Dashun, which changed the course of history, the Confucian scholars in Japan could be regarded as a destabilizing factor in Japan and the key to the success of Japan's reform.

Because Confucianism, which is suitable for maintaining stability in the Central Plains, is the most suitable doctrine for raising the flag of rebellion in Japan. There is no other reason, the shogunate is not justified.

If there had been no intervention from Dashun, the Confucian rebellion would have likely relied on the power of the various feudal lords to eliminate the old ruling class with the small, and the reform would have been successful.

But now, Liu Yu is trying his best to lead the initiative of "reform" to the shogunate, because he knows very well that if the old ruling class is not eliminated, the reform will not succeed, and no matter how the shogunate maneuvers, it will be useless. And the shogunate will not revolutionize itself.

Therefore, the Confucian scholars who might have been the key to Japan's reform into an incomplete revolution, the Meiji Restoration, became a Confucian scholar who could be perfectly used to deepen the control over Japan at this time.

It is still the same person, but the external environment has changed, and two completely different identities have immediately appeared.

It can be predicted that the influence of these Confucian scholars of the ancient school will become greater and greater.

Because Dazai Shundai's theory of "high rice and low goods" is indeed the same as Abe Masafuku's theory of "population reduction". The reality is that within a few years, the living standards of Japanese samurai and farmers can be significantly improved, and the effect of raising rice prices and lowering prices can be achieved. After all, the effect of the comprador poison needs a buffer period.

So the remaining question is how to make Japanese Confucian scholars admire China and cultivate more guides? Serve the big faction?

The theory of respecting Zhou and expelling barbarians is nothing but metaphysical things. It is unstable without a foundation.

The impact of this war against Japan on Japanese Confucian scholars must be no less than what the author of "The Outlaws of the Bandits" saw and heard in Guangdong. The desire of Japanese practical school Confucian scholars for practical learning is an excellent entry point, but where to start?

Liu Yu himself knew that the situation of Dashun's current old learning has been broken and the new learning has not been established, and in terms of classics and teachings, it is really not very attractive to Japanese Confucian scholars.

If the orthodox teachings cannot be used, then we can only start with technology.

However, how to distinguish between technologies that are allowed to be learned, technologies that are encouraged to be learned, technologies that are avoided to be learned, and technologies that are prohibited to be learned is worth studying in detail.

Some things can be learned, some things are encouraged to be learned, and some things cannot be learned or taught.

Before going to bed, I was afraid that I would forget about this matter in the next few days, so I picked up a pen and wrote in a small notebook, "Although I have economic insights, I am ultimately trapped in the times. Agriculture is still the basis. Many policies are just to solve the financial problems of the shogunate and stabilize the rebellions that have arisen one after another. Therefore, I can teach the knowledge of farming and water control to win their hearts and cultivate their admiration."

Thinking that I have to get up early tomorrow, I went to bed after writing this paragraph.

The contract exchange ceremony on the second day was just a formality.

Things that should be discussed will not be discussed openly; the conditions to be achieved will not be discussed until the contract is exchanged.

But it is precisely because of the process that it is more exhausting. The only thing is that there were no cameras in this era, so when we sat in the Jieyin Temple to exchange the contract, we all froze our expressions and waited for the early camera to expose for half an hour...

It was not until the evening that the process was completed.

After exchanging the contract, Liu Yu had to wait for a while in Shimonoseki.

In name, he was giving money to Japan to build several lighthouses in the Shimonoseki Strait and the Seto Inland Sea, but in fact, he was waiting for the tribute mission from Japan.

On the side of the court, there were Akihito and the Kanpaku, and on the side of the samurai, there were Tokugawa Yoshimune's second son, Matsudaira Terusada, and the head of the Seido University, Hayashi Nobumitsu.

Including the messy entourage, there were more than 600 people. The two ships sold to Japan certainly couldn't accommodate so many people, but Japan couldn't afford to buy more merchant ships, so Liu Yu had to coordinate with the people of the trade company to rent the ship to Japan.

For the time being, the people have not arrived yet, and it may take until mid-May to set sail.

On the one hand, the shogunate was not confident in the public officials, so they would definitely send many people to watch them, so as to avoid reaching any separate agreement with Dashun. On the other hand, although it would be fine to pay tribute with some specialty sulfur paper, the money for buying warships and muskets had to be raised as soon as possible.

This tossing would waste a lot of time.

During the waiting period, the imperial edict from the court also arrived, telling Liu Yu that if Japan really paid tribute, the tribute fleet should go to Songjiang instead of Tianjin directly.

First, Tianjin is the throat of the capital.

Second, there are a lot of embassies outside the Celestial Empire in Tianjin, and it is not good to be afraid that Japan will be "surprised" after seeing them.

Shouting the doctrine of respecting Zhou and expelling barbarians, the heart is full of export trade business. The "Zhou" emperor traded with barbarians, banned religion while forming an alliance with the eldest daughter of Catholicism, and the emperor was embarrassed, which was really ridiculed by the vassal.

Third, Japan should know that the Celestial Empire is rich. After the tribute fleet landed in Songjiang, it went north along the canal economic belt. It is also convenient for the people of the world to know about Japan's tribute, which helps to show the face of the court. Otherwise, wouldn't the war be fought in vain?

Moreover, after Liu Yu said that the trouble started in the East China Sea, many forts and artillery platforms were built near Songjiang, which can be regarded as a display of military power.

Since it was a tribute rather than a diplomacy, the court paid a sum of money as the accommodation expenses for the Japanese tribute mission. Before, when the Korean communication envoy went to Japan, Japan also had to spend nearly one million taels each time. Although the court did not have to pay so much, it still paid a sum of money and issued an order along the way to restrain officials and not to force labor. Even if it was a play, the drama of officials loving the people and conscripting labor and paying enough money had to be played well.

However, Liu Yu did not have to accompany them to Songjiang. The imperial edict said that after arriving in Busan, a fleet would be sent to "supervise" and escort the Japanese tribute mission to Songjiang.

But Liu Yu should not go directly to Tianjin, but go back to Weihai with the fleet, help Li Xi sort out the navy's assets in Weihai, and complete the formal handover and the division of official and private property after returning to Beijing.

It seems that the court was really shocked by this battle, and did not want the navy, which seemed insignificant before but has now become a strategic force, to be controlled by one person.

Decentralization is inevitable.

The Navy Department will divide the administrative and financial power; the Privy Council will divide the strategic command power and the power to mobilize troops; the navy will only have the power and responsibility to train and exercise according to the training outline of the Privy Council.

After arriving in Busan, Liu Yu was even more certain of the court's idea. In Busan Port, the sails were like clouds and the stars of the generals were shining, all welcoming Liu Yu at the port. Except for Li Xi, the rest of those who made great contributions this time were all closely related to Liu Yu, and most of them were teacher-student relationships. If they were not divided, it would be strange.

Before landing, Liu Yu thought to himself that it was thanks to Zhenyi's foresight, otherwise it would be really troublesome later.

Li Xi personally led people to greet Liu Yu at the port, and said from a distance: "Thousands of years of usurpation, one day to become a vassal. This achievement must be won by Ying Suobo!"