Kira Ueno Yoshio's official position is the Shogunate Gaojia, according to the habits of the Chinese, this position can be converted into "the Ministry of Ceremonies 'Waiter' Lang", is a high-ranking official of Tokugawa Edo Masa, is one of the figures belonging to the core leadership circle of Japan at this stage, according to Lin Feng's understanding, it is probably equivalent to an alternate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee, in fact, in terms of his original position, his status may not be as high as Xu Zhi, before the establishment of 'diplomatic relations' with the Han Empire, most shogunate leaders just regarded this guy as a ' The vase, all his function is to decorate the "door" when dealing with the public, so as not to make those emperors and courtiers who are above the top despise the country samurai and are uneducated.

It is fair to say that this approach is not inappropriate, because the Tokugawa shogunate is almost really an authentic military regime, and it is difficult for literati to 'mix' in an atmosphere of supremacy of force, but the only thing to be thankful for is that most of the Japanese samurai in today's era pay attention to personal cultural cultivation in addition to the war, especially pay special attention to Buddhism, Confucianism, ancient Chinese literature and other disciplines, which can be seen from the modern history of Japan, most of the "famous generals of the Warring States" are not simple martial arts, such as Takeda, Uesugi and Imagawa families don't talk about it, even Oda, who is the worst in Fengping, can actually write poems, and even dance while writing poems, and a large number of officers represented by them are the worst can at least 'chanting' and singing two Han poems, to be honest, in terms of personal cultural quality and comprehensive quality, it is difficult for officers of both the Ming Empire and the Han Empire to compare.

So in this case, Kira Yoshio's popularity has always been good, and many high-ranking officials and even Tokugawa Shogun like to 'mess around' with him when he is fine, to show that he is actually a man with a lot of connotation.

However, with the great changes in the international situation, Kira Yoshio's position in the shogunate gradually began to change from the status of the 'flower' vase as a foil, and after the establishment of 'diplomatic relations' between Han and Japan, the Edo shogunate gained huge benefits in a series of international cooperation, and the goodwill released by the Han Empire to the Japanese people was very rare in the usual international 'exchanges', rare to a surprising extent, in fact, in today's Japanese politics, many people have a feeling of "food that comes to eat", thinks that such a gratuitous unilateral payment of the Han Empire simply has a certain meaning of 'yin' conspiracy, but after thinking about it, I can't guess where this 'yin' conspiracy is.

Of course, excluding these few discordant people, most of them are not so sensitive, you must know that with the current strength of the Han Empire, it is very easy to be unfavorable to Japan, for example, the simplest 'yin' scheme, they just need to put aside the Tokugawa government, just find a powerful daimyo to support it, it doesn't need too much strength, as long as a certain amount of funds are given and thousands of troops are enough to make the Japanese archipelago return to the Warring States Period, but as far as the current situation is concerned, the Han Empire has always been based on " In the past few years of cooperation, the Lin Han Empire spared no effort to help the shogunate eliminate overseas traitors, continuously imported all kinds of muskets and cannons, and helped the Edo shogunate to train the army, so that the political situation in Japan became more and more stable.

It is conceivable that in this case, Edo Masa's feelings for the Han Empire were actually very early on, and the current Tokugawa Shogun officially accepted the canonization of the Emperor of the Lin Han Empire, and now the official title of the shogun is not only the "Shogun of Seiyi", but also the title of "Protector Duke" of the Han Empire personally issued by Lin Feng, and the political relationship between the two countries has been officially determined as a vassal, and now the official public opinion in Japan is: In fact, the Emperor of the Han Empire, like His Majesty the Emperor, is also a descendant of the Sun God, but there are big and small, Among them, the emperor of the Han Empire is the elder brother, His Majesty the Emperor is the younger brother, one guards the Tang soil, and the other protects Yamato, under this tone, many bizarre remarks came into being, including Xu Fu, Momojiro and other ancient well-known figures The bloodlines have been carefully studied, and the results are ultimately pointed to Chinese mainland, so under such a main theme, the call for Japan to "leave the sea and enter the Tang" is increasing, whether it is the public or the samurai, everyone turns over the history books, and feels that isolationism is really unacceptable, and the Yamato nation wants to survive. If you want to develop, you must keep up with the 'tide' and keep pace with the times, otherwise you will definitely fall into the cycle of the Daimyo's civil war, and only by following such a boss can you get out of this hellish cycle of history.

Yoshio Kira was accompanied by the Japanese ambassador to Han and several Japanese imperial officials - another very interesting thing, since the official contact between China and Japan, out of a desire for the outside world, the 'elite' British class in Japan set off a wave of westward crossing. tide' flow, a large number of monks and aristocratic intellectuals took the merchant ship to China to explore the journey, a large number of them participated in the imperial examination of the empire, and with their excellent sinology skills successfully shortlisted, the imperial officials have always been very open in this regard, in line with the concept of "selecting the world's talents", many Japanese students successfully passed the alternate selection, officially held official positions, and now the two fastest promoted have actually achieved the five high-ranking officials, one of them served as a student official in the Ministry of Rites, in charge of Shaanxi Province, government examinations in Shanxi Province and two provinces; the other served as the deputy envoy of Dengzhou City, which is roughly equivalent to the deputy director of Shandong Customs; Although it is not a high authority, it is also valued and reused.

On a formal occasion, Lin Feng and Kira Yoshio had little room to speak, because the etiquette of the reception had been stipulated a long time ago, and after hurriedly walking through the court hall, Lin Feng met the Japanese friend alone in the imperial study.

is very different from those Japanese samurai with strange hairstyles, Yoshio Kira is almost more Han than the Han people, his hair is in a regular bun, his hat is neat, and his kimono looks no different from the official uniform of the Han Empire.

The Japanese are usually impeccable in terms of etiquette, Kira Yoshio sat down respectfully and bowed deeply to Lin Feng, "Your Majesty, the small country has always admired the majesty of the Celestial Empire, so it sent its students to the sea, and asked Your Majesty to allow them to enroll in school to study the customs of the Celestial Empire." ”

"I understand what Qing means!" Lin Feng has always been not very enthusiastic about the matter of sending Tang envoys, and it is not that he is really afraid that these guys will be able to learn anything, in fact, as far as he knows, according to the current political environment under the rule of the shogunate, it is not a big problem for the Yamato nation to build a few government-run workshops, but it is a fool's dream to achieve economic take-off.

"What the hell are you going to learn over there?!" Lin Feng glanced at Yoshio Kira, and in a trance, this person looked not much different from the group of civil officials under him.

"The meaning of our country is that I want to learn the machine making methods of the Celestial Empire, especially the casting of iron cannons and large cylinders, and I also want to learn the ship-making and steel-making techniques of your country......" He secretly raised his head, glanced at Lin Feng, and found that the other party was looking at him, the two made eye contact, he hurriedly lowered his head and whispered, "... This book is reprinted from ㄧбk Literature Network αр.(1)(6)κ.сΝ... In addition, General Tokugawa of the country would like to ask His Majesty for permission to let some samurai learn the art of sergeant training! ”

"Oh, no problem, Tokugawa Qing has a good idea," Lin Feng nodded and praised, "I appreciate the self-reliant and self-reliant 'spirit' of the Yamato nation, you must know that buying from Dahan every year is actually better than making it yourself, saving you from shipping it around, right?!" ”

Yoshio Kira was a little surprised, but he suddenly felt a little 'hairy' in his heart. In fact, before the envoys, the shogunate was generally pessimistic about this foreign "diplomacy" mission, and most people's guess was that most of the Han people would let these Han envoys go to the Guozijian and the Law and Arithmetic School to learn what scriptures and arithmetic, and refused to let them learn military organization and practical techniques, but they did not expect that as soon as they proposed it, the Han emperor actually agreed without thinking about it.

"Thank you for your Majesty's generosity, the demeanor of the Celestial Empire, and the monarchs and ministers of the small country are really 'excited' and crying......"

"Stop, stop!" Lin Feng waved his hand and said lazily, "What does Tokugawa Qing want to learn these things for?!" ”

"This ......," sweated on Yoshio Kira's forehead, "...... I can't hide it from Your Majesty, the political situation of our country is really quite complicated, and at the moment my shogunate dominates the world, but there are many people in various places who are not convinced, and for the sake of domestic peace, it is really necessary to train the army, so that the world can deploy military ......"

"The world is full of martial arts?!" Lin Feng couldn't help but snort, "I said Ji Liangqing, I have always admired your country very much, but ...... But to be honest, your country is just those islands, and when it comes to 'the world' or something, it's too ...... That's it?! He glanced at Yoshio Kira with a smile, and snorted in his nose: "-Hmm?!! ”

Yoshio Kira's face turned purple and he sneered, "...... The minister is arrogant...... Your Majesty forgives your sins! ”

"Okay, let's not go far!" Lin Feng waved his hand, "Actually, this sentence can explain your problem very well, I said Ji Liangqing, do you know what the problem of your Japanese country is now?!" ”

"Oh?!" Yoshio Kira was stunned for a moment, and asked respectfully, "Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear!" ”

"It's just that the vision is too narrow, but the tone is big!" Lin Feng smiled and said, "Think about it, my Han Empire has thousands of miles of land and boundless territory, but it has never dared to say anything about the world and the like, you must know that this world is very big, in addition to Japan, Han, and Korea, there are many big countries in the north and west, this world is really big, but you Japan has only a few small islands, but you claim to be the heaven all day long, do you think this is ridiculous?!" ”

Kira Yoshio lowered his head, ashamed and angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to put it on his face at all.

"When I say that, do you feel very angry, and think that I am insulting you Japanese ?!!?"

"Don't dare, don't dare ......"

"Hey, if you really think so, then it's really incorrigible!!" Lin Feng looked at the Japanese ambassador with pity and shook his head, "I actually want to tell you a truth!" ”

"Oh?!" Kira Yoshio raised his head and said in surprise, "Please also ask Your Majesty to give you some guidance on the 'maze'!" ”

"Well, you just said you wanted to learn steelmaking, shipbuilding, gun and cannon casting here from me, right?!"

"Yes, so please ...... Your Majesty"

Lin Feng waved his hand and cut off his words, "It's not that I won't let you learn it—but you didn't find a problem, almost all of these 'door' techniques have a characteristic!"

Yoshio Kira was stunned and said, "Features?!" ”

"Yes," Lin Feng nodded, "Haven't you noticed that these 'door' technologies require a lot of steel, and as far as I know, the territory of Japan is not large—do you have so many iron ores in your country?!" ”

Kira Yoshio opened his mouth wide, and then it suddenly dawned on him, to be honest, Japan's domestic resources are poor, and there is indeed not much iron ore available for mining, and the shogunate was envious of the artillery fleet of the Han Empire Navy, but it didn't think of it for a while.

But this kind of thing is honestly not a very strange thing, you must know that this time the decision to send Han envoys, that is, the old man of the shogunate who was born as a few army generals patted his head, and did not ask who is the same and different, in fact, Japan's civil war has been fought for hundreds of years, but there has never been a lack of swords, guns and weapons, everyone's mind is: It's a big deal to melt the sword and make guns, anyway, isn't it all steel?!

Lin Feng smiled and said, "That's why I said that you are narrow-minded, I said Ji Liangqing, it's not the first time you've come here, haven't you noticed that even in our Han Empire, those steel factories and ordnance factories are all opened next to coal mines or iron mines, without these minerals, how can you make steel and cast cannons?!" ”

Yoshio Kira's face was very ugly, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "...... A small country and a widow, a mouse is blind, when Your Majesty smiles! ……”

"There's nothing funny about laughing, everyone wants the country to be rich and strong, it's just a lack of experience, there is a deviation in understanding, and you will be familiar with it after a few more times, what's so funny about it?!!" Lin Feng waved his hand and said politely, "Therefore, Japan's problems should be realistic, adapt measures to local conditions, emancipate the mind, and take the road of becoming a strong country with Japan's characteristics!" ”

I have heard for a long time that His Majesty is eloquent, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name, and Yoshio Kira's originally depressed mood suddenly 'stirred', and he said expectantly, "Please Your Majesty for guidance!" ”

"What are Japan's specialties?!"

"This ......" In this era, foreign "diplomat" officials usually do not know much about economics, and he tried to recall the import and export trade between Han and Japan in the past few years, and reluctantly replied, "Paper, rice, lacquer, silver, bronze...... Something like that?! "He wasn't very impressed.

"Then do you think you Japan have any advantages in this regard?!"

Yoshio Kira thought for a while, "Although our country is small and the people are poor, fortunately, there are still many skilled craftsmen, and the items made are many 'fine' and delicate!" ”

"Yes, your craftsmen are different from the craftsmen on our side, most of the craftsmen on our side can make things that are very rough in writing, and they can probably be used, but you Japanese craftsmen are willing to work hard in this regard, for example: a teapot, you can make 'ninety-nine eggplants', a machete, what kind of knives, ribs, or what, very 'exquisite' ingenious things, in fact, these things are very fond of our Han people, you can vigorously develop in this regard!"

Yoshio Kira frowned, "But...... Your Majesty, but this kind of thing has nothing to do with militaristic affairs, no matter how 'refined' the items are, can the country be rich and the people strong?! ”

"See? You're narrow-minded again, aren't you?! Lin Feng sighed with hatred that iron could not be made of steel, "Do you know what is the highest level of national prosperity?!" ”

"Uh...... Your Majesty, please! ……”

"Isn't that what the sage said: Hide the wealth from the people!!" Lin Feng shook his head and said, "You've been in Beijing for a few days, haven't you heard of what our Han Empire values most?" - But we don't pay attention to those steel mills, gun factories and the like, we pay the most attention to those embroidery workshops, porcelain kilns and the like, you are now out of the palace and turn left five hundred zhang, look up, there is a Liu Ji Baiyangdian reed workshop, what kind of mats, bamboo baskets and the like, our Han Empire focuses on taking care of it every year, reducing taxes and taxes, and it is convenient to take freight all the way - don't you know this?! ”

Yoshio Kira seemed to understand whether he understood or not, "I've heard of this......"

"Then do you know why our Imperial Court attaches so much importance to a mere reed factory?!"

“……”

"This is hiding wealth from the people!!" Lin Feng said bitterly, "Look at you, just thinking about 'getting' guns and 'getting guns', you don't have any consciousness at all, think about it, your Japan is now peaceful, we have us to help you train the army, deter the foreign daimyo, and the Imperial Navy is cruising overseas to protect the Japanese sea frontier, what is your current task?" - It is to help the common people find a way, in addition to farming, can do something else, everyone can have enough to eat, you say that if the Japanese people can have enough to eat, then isn't it the world is clothed and the country is rich and strong?! ”

He pointed to Kira Yoshio's nose and sighed, "It's a shame that you are still from Confucianism, and you don't even understand such a simple truth, it's really academic impurity!" ”

"Minister...... Teachable! Kira Yoshio hurriedly knelt on the ground, his face full of shame, and bowed his head and said, "According to Your Majesty's opinion, we in Japan should start with people's livelihood and the like?!" ”

Lin Feng slapped his big 'thigh', "Isn't it, your wood processing is very advantageous, the paper industry is very developed, and the lacquer process is also very mature; In addition, your precious metal reserves are abundant, and you can properly develop the precious metal processing industry, which is not an advantage, so of course we must vigorously develop and expand the scale, so that there must be many people who have benefited, but it is not better than playing with a hot head for no reason? ! ”

Kira Yoshio was convinced, "The minister understands! ”

"Hehe, that's what I said," Lin Feng said compassionately, "Actually, our two countries are separated by a strip of water, speaking of which, hundreds of years ago, we were all still relatives, and it is really unbearable to see you engaging in crooked 'door' evil ways, so I just pointed and pointed, as for whether you can listen to it or not, it is up to you!" ”

Yoshio Kira said solemnly, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty's golden 'jade' good words, the minister will definitely turn back to the general of our country, this time our Han envoy will go to learn papermaking, woodware, porcelain, lacquerware, etc......."

"Don't, don't!" Lin Feng waved his hand and said with a smile, "What do you want to learn, I don't interfere, I think so, if you want to learn to make guns, you can learn, if you want to go to a military school, you can go to a military school, there is no harm in learning these things, but this priority is here, then you must figure it out!" ”