For the Japanese nation, Xiao Letian's plan is to be humble and solid. In other words, we should try to tie Japan's economy to the Ryukyu economy, give them more contracts with low technology content, open up trade routes by sea, and dump all kinds of civilian goods without restrictions.

When Japanese businessmen have more orders, they naturally have to hire a large number of workers to spend in their own countries, which will naturally drive the Japanese economy and increase the income level of the people.

On the other hand, a small amount of livelihood products, such as grain, cotton cloth, daily necessities, etc., are dumped to increase supply as much as possible and thus lower market prices.

If the income is high and the price of basic civilian goods is still low, then the quality of life of the low-class people in Japan will be greatly improved, as long as people have enough to eat, they will not play with their lives, and the desire for aggression and expansion will be reduced.

Coupled with the restraint of civilian politics on the samurai, as well as the embargo on high-tech weapons and industry, I dare not say that Japan's military movement will be completely emasculated, at least it will not make them as arrogant as in their previous lives.

For the genocidal theory of later generations, Xiao Letian completely dismisses it, closing the enemy to a dead end, which can only be exchanged for a stronger backlash from the enemy, and the desire of human beings to pursue a better life cannot be eliminated, as long as human beings have been spinning in the spiral of envy, jealousy and hatred, it is impossible for war to be extinct.

Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Wang Huaiyuan...... At first, the core commanders were very opposed to this plan, because they did not believe that the Ryukyus had such great economic power to improve the quality of life of the entire Japanese people.

But when they heard the report made by the old shopkeeper Fan Yao, everyone shut up.

God, no one thought that Xiao Lotian would be so rich now, and the silver coins minted by the Pacific Silver Trade every year have reached 100 million, and Lotte Bank has established cooperative relations with the entire Qing Dynasty and even the big merchants in East Asia through low-interest loans.

Even some enterprises with poor capital turnover have become the invisible second boss of many industries through debt-to-equity swaps. For example, Hu Xueyan's Fukang Yinhao, now through share swapping and other methods, Xiao Lotian alone has already obtained 10% of the shares.

The silk reeling industry, silk industry, porcelain industry, and tea industry in Jiangnan ...... There are more or less shares of Lotte & Co., and no one can say how much, but just looking at the number of times Hu Xueyan is running to the Ryukyus, you can know that this proportion is definitely indispensable.

What's even more shocking is that Zuo Zongtang led the troops into Ganshanping to return to the chaos, because the imperial court could not come up with military funds, but through the matchmaking of Hu Xueyan and Zeng Dashuai, he actually borrowed 10 million dragon pattern silver coins from Lotte Foreign Bank in one go, this transaction shocked all the foreigner banks in Shanghai, Xiao Letian is not the God of Wealth in the Northern Qing Dynasty this time, this is a proper God of Wealth in East Asia.

Worried that the Qing Dynasty would not be able to repay? Impossible, isn't there a saying called gambling debts and meat repayment...... Xiao Letian can't look down on the stinky meat of those dead faces, Xiao Letian wants land, a lot of land.

Don't have the money to repay the principal? What? You can't even pay the interest, so you'll have to take the land.

Shanghai, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing...... All the way to Jiujiang, Wuhan and even Chongqing, those unclaimed lands close to waterways, those areas that can be covered by Xiao Letian's naval guns in the future, have signed contracts piece by piece.

There is no territory in the barren land and wilderness, who dares to offend Prime Minister Xiao Cheng by local officials, not to mention Xiao Letian's secret small court, which has now co-opted and corrupted many officials, and the big guys work for their masters, how can there be anything to say.

The family background is not a thing, as soon as it is counted, Xiao Hexin and others know that the name of the Prime Minister God of Wealth is worthy of the name, in fact, the floating wealth and fixed assets on the surface are nothing, and the control of many industries is a continuous source of great wealth.

Silk, tea, and porcelain, the three old high-value-added industries, needless to mention, the maritime grain trade alone has already caused the trade volume of the Grand Canal to plummet by 40 percent, and the Tanggu Four Seas Merchant has set up a large-scale grain trading enterprise to start grain trade throughout Asia through a gradually formed telegraph network.

Rice from Southeast Asia, soybeans from Northeast China, wheat and beef from North America, pork and mutton from China...... In Xiao Letian's plan, such a large grain trading company, making money or not making money is put aside, this is actually a super killer in his own hands.

Since ancient times, grain has been a big killer of Asia's political stability, and whoever can control the pricing power of grain will control the lifeblood of the whole of Asia.

Since that time to settle the account for the family, Xiao Hexin and others have no doubts about it, and they have unconditionally implemented all of Japan's grand strategies.

Putting aside Xiao Lokuten, who was contemplating on the deck, now that the castle tower of Osaka Castle has been completely messed up, the audacity of the misty imp has completely angered Xiao Lotian and messed up all the plans of the shogunate.

"Yaga! Who made that bastard act rashly? Who gave the order......" Tokugawa Yoshiki circled around the castle tower like a trapped beast, and turned his head to look out the window, Xiao Rakuten's hot air balloon flew up again, and the strange blue tanuki was smiling at him, laughing so weirdly.

All the important ministers in front of him knelt on the tatami mats, sweating in horror one by one, the anger of the shogun was already irresistible, and now it was superimposed on Xiao Letian's anger, and the shogunate really reached the most critical moment.

What is the relationship between Sakamoto Ryoma and Xiao Letian, the people present are very clear, in the eyes of the ancients, blood is thicker than water, and blood is an alliance, which is an important ritual with mythological colors, and Xiao Lotian is even more ruthless and directly took his blood to save Sakamoto Ryoma's life, which shows the close relationship between the two.

Originally, in the previous negotiations at the castle tower, the two sides had reached a preliminary intention for future cooperation, and Xiao Lotian also promised not to stay in Japan for a long time, and his army was actually here to regulate the Japanese civil war.

But let the woman of the foggy ghost do this, Xiao Letian completely overturned his promise, and the angry Cheng began to increase his troops in front of everyone.

"Xiao Rakuten's heralds are now heading straight for Kagoshima, where there is their telegraph station, and I think it won't take three days for the reinforcements from the Ryukyus to reach the Seto Inland Sea......"

"We have already learned the strong combat effectiveness of the Ryukyu army, and if they are allowed to rebuild their defense lines by relying on Osaka Castle, who will be able to drive them away at that time? Who will ......?"

Listening to the Shogun's angry roar, Matsudaira Rongbao was the first to speak, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry Shogun! It's my majesty's laxity, it's my White Tiger team who made a big mistake, please forgive ...... General."

"What's the use of me forgiving! What I'm thinking about now is appeasing Xiao Letian's anger! Can't you understand? You've disappointed me too much......

Matsudaira Rongbao slammed his head on the tatami mat, "Please calm the general's anger, I will be responsible for this matter!"

"How can you be responsible?"

Matsudaira Rongbao's eyes showed a hint of despair: "I'll personally go to capture the little ghost of the fog...... The surviving members of the White Tigers...... All apologized in front of the prime minister...... If the prime minister's anger has not subsided by then, I, Matsudaira Rongbao, will also apologize!"

The tragic words made the people present extremely sad, but they didn't expect the general to nod his head, "Well, it's best if you have such an awareness, go ahead and do it!"

A sad sadness of the death of a rabbit and a fox permeated everyone's hearts, but no one dared to say anything.

On the morning of the same day, Tokugawa Keiki issued an order to relieve the Misty Imp from commanding the Tokugawa Ninja Army, and issued a wanted warrant that as long as the whole of Japan could capture the Misty Imp alive, he would be rewarded with ten hangings, and killed the Misty Hidden Imp with a reward of eight hangings. Moreover, the identity of the captor is automatically upgraded by one level.

This made the region all sensational, everyone remembered the appearance on the sea fishing document in their hearts, and then stared at strangers with their eyes, and even a few oolong incidents of killing good people and risking their merits, of course, that is all later.

At noon that day, Xiao Lotian finally met with the commander of the Southwest Coalition Army, but not at Osaka Castle, but at the cremation ceremony of Shinsaku Takasugi in the wild.

On top of the huge pyre, young Takasugi Shinsaku lay quietly on it, the wound had been stitched up, and the brand new kimono was worn on his body, and his pale face was very calm.

A group of monks from Mt. Hiei were chanting sutras around Takasugi Shinsaku, and even the Tokugawa shogunate sent Okochi political ministers to pay their respects.

The enemy is very red when they meet, but Japanese bushido is extremely particular about etiquette, so even if there is more ruthlessness in the heart, both sides have to bow and salute, and the surface is light and light.

After a while, Xiao Lotian was surrounded by guards and walked to the fire, and even the seriously injured Sakamoto Ryoma came to see Takasugi Jinsaku on his last ride.

It's hard to find a confidant in life, Sakamoto Ryoma saw the corpse of Takasugi Shinsaku, and couldn't help but cry like rain. It's not that the relationship between the two is good, but that the two are thinking about the future of Japan in the same direction, and there is no better confidant than this.

Xiao Lotian quietly looked at Takasugi Shinsaku, an enlightened samurai who had visited Shanghai in history and witnessed the Taiping Rebellion, and had now stopped breathing.

I secretly sighed in my heart, "This is also a strange person, your strange army is the first Western-style army in Japan, although it is not mature enough, but you are the first person to eat crabs after all, and you have fully demonstrated your genius military style in previous wars......"

"It's a pity that you are not a qualified politician, you are still full of some unrealistic illusions about the situation in Japan, you think you can reform everything, but you don't expect that in the end it will take your own life......

"Forget it, you are Japanese after all, who doesn't love their own nation, keep a little hope of kindness in this archipelago full of violence, this is probably the last bit of sunshine in your heart!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Lotian nodded to those monks, "Raise the fire, send the deceased to the Western Elysium!"

The flames were raging, and a generation of famous generals in Japan's Meiji Restoration period turned into ashes.