"In order to increase the defense of Edo Sagami Bay and prevent many small people such as the Southern Barbarian Rakshasa from coveting it, and hindering the exchanges between our country and Nanzhong and the Ming Dynasty, Liang Guogong decided to give six 32-pound cannons as a friendly gift, and helped the Tokugawa shogunate build the Shinagawa Fort to strengthen the coastal defense."

In front of the daimyo who came to greet the **** army, the Tokugawa family did not squint, and their waists were straight. After serving Xu Huanshan and Shi Lang for a while, Xu Huanshan, as a veteran minister, made a promise to the Wa State on behalf of Liang Guogong, which can be regarded as a disguised reward.

In addition to giving six 32-pound coastal defense guns, they also expressed their willingness to provide drawings for the construction of the forts, and at the same time they could sell the materials needed for the construction of the forts such as burnt ash to the Wa Kingdom at a preferential price.

In addition to these messages, which were publicly flaunted by Tokugawa Iemitsu in front of various daimyos, to show the support of the Liang Guogong Mansion and the Nanyue Army, there is also good news that Iemitsu will wake up laughing when he thinks about it, that is, the Nanyue Army will sell 3,000 iron cannons to the Tokugawa family at cost price, and send someone to help him train the iron cannon banner team directly belonging to the shogun himself.

However, even if Jiaguang-san is confused, he can't stand the fact that there are people like Matsudaira Nobutsuna who understand, and after a few masters and old foxes muttered in a corner, they immediately offered this clever plan to Kamitsu-sang.

Just like when Korea ordered Zheng Guo to enter the Qin State to help build the Zheng State Canal, he used the construction of the fort as a reason to weaken the various daimyos!

Such a big project can not only show off the support of the Liang Guogong Mansion to the Tokugawa shogunate, but also an opportunity to collect money and show the authority of the shogunate!

Since it was to ensure the safety of the trade route and not to be disturbed by the Nanban and Rakshasa people, the cost and labor of building the fort were to be completed. It's up to everyone to come up with a plan.

In the vernacular, since everyone is good for this matter, everyone has to pay for it to do it!

On the head of Iemitsu, the title of "General of Seiyi", which is second only to the emperor in Japan, was originally used to fight the Ezo people in Hokkaido, but now this title has been magnified, which can be used as an excuse to guard against Lao Maozi who is far away in the Heilongjiang River Valley.

"The Rakshasa people were originally Taixi Bianyi. Despised by the powerful countries of Taixi, in order to seek fur, gold and silver, the prisoners were sent to the east, and they were the border troubles of China. Japan is a **** child, and he should worry about his parents, so the world is feudal, and he should contribute money and efforts to remove the thieves outside the door. ”

The elder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Matsudaira Nobutsuna, began to brainwash the dozens of daimyo present!

"Old and middle-aged, do you want to reclaim the sea and build Odaiba?" There were several daimyo who were close to the million-stone level who had the audacity to ask Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

Reclamation is such a thing. This is nothing new in today's Wa Kingdom.

In the 18th year of Tensho (1590), when Tokugawa Ieyasu first entered Edo Castle, directly below the tip of the Musashino Plateau, where the castle was built, was a shallow sea called Hibiya Imi, and the waves were constantly blowing. After decades of large-scale construction, the castle was expanded within the urban plan, and the samurai land, and the townland were completed.

At this time, the Kanta-kai district in Edo was expanded on the reclaimed land, and after more than 200 years, the history of that period of the terrain was completely forgotten by the end of the Edo period. The land is equipped with shape memory. Reclamation will be reminiscent of what used to be the sea. The moat of the Inner Imperial Palace, which is still rich in water to this day, was not specially built. Rather, it is left over from the reclamation of Edo Bay.

But. The reclamation is a huge project and a lot of money!

Historically, after the events of the "coming of the black ships" in the United States. The shogunate built eleven Odaiba (sea forts) for coastal defense in the Shinagawa area southeast of Edo Castle, and the series of forts built off the coast of Shinagawa in Tokyo Bay (then known as Edo Bay) were particularly important and famous, and were called "Shinagawa Odaiba".

These Odaiba were built by the Tokugawa shogunate under the orders of various powerful and rich feudal domains. The first was built by the Kawagoe Domain, the second by the Aizu Domain, and the third by the Shinobi Domain.

At that time, the Tokugawa shogunate originally planned to establish a defensive line between Kannonzaki (located in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture) and Tomitsu (located in Tomitsu City, Chiba Prefecture), but in 1853, the commander of the U.S. Navy, Matthew? Four warships led by Matthew C. Perry easily broke through and landed in Uraga (Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture), breaking Japan's long-standing policy of seclusion. That is, the famous Black Ship Incident.

Perry, who was regarded as a spiritual symbol of the opening of the country, was surrounded by the Suskehana, Southampton, Vandalia, Vincennes, Lexington, Mississippi, Mrs. Pierce, Macedonia, and the flagship Pohatan. When sailing into Uraga to force the devils to open the country, the fleet had a total of 250 cannons and carried 1,600 soldiers!

Because of this incident, the shogunate's sense of crisis was aroused. In the same year, the construction of a fort in Tokyo Bay was commissioned by the acting officer of Hideryu Egawa (Taro Saemon, Egawa), acting officer of Nirayama-gun, Izu Kunitakata (present-day Nirayama-cho, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture).

At that time, Egawa invested about 750,000 taels of money, using stones transported from Izu and other places, and soil and sand obtained from the excavation and dismantling of Shinagawa Gotenyama, to successively complete a number of Western-style forts surrounded by square or pentagonal stone walls, called "Odaiba". Since the fourth and seventh Odaiba were not actually completed, a total of five Odaiba, including the first, second, third, fifth, and sixth Odaiba (originally planned to build 11 Odaiba), were actually built as a maritime defense for the Gyeonggi Stronghold in the Edo region.

Don't underestimate the cost of 790,000 taels, in order to defend against the invasion of Tokyo Bay by the Beiyang Navy Division and the Russian Pacific Fleet, the devils in the Meiji period also used artificial reclamation to build three sea forts (sea fortresses) at the entrance of Tokyo Bay by reclamation of land, which were used as sea fortress batteries. Located in the easternmost part is the First Sea Fort, which began construction in August 1881 and was completed in December 1890, using a total of 70,000 cubic meters of stone and 130,000 cubic meters of sand, and 320,000 laborers. The sea area is 23,000 square meters, and the construction cost is 380,000 yen (3.5 billion yen today). Located 2,577 meters west of the First Castle, the Second Castle in Tokyo Bay was built in the sea at a depth of 8 to 12 meters, using 490,000 cubic meters of stone, 300,000 cubic meters of sand, and 500,000 servants, and cost 790,000 yen (equivalent to 5 billion yen today).

Although at this time, the fort to be built by Jiaguang according to the drawings provided by the Nanyue Army was far less huge than that built by his descendants, and there would be no 270 mm or 280 mm heavy coastal defense guns. However, such a project can be used to consume the economic strength and population of each daimyo on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can reap some benefits from it, and on the other hand, it can show one's loyalty in front of the Nanyue army. Win a favor, how can you not do such a thing of killing three birds with one stone?

Matsudaira Nobutsuna glanced at the few daimyo who asked out loud with disdain, in his heart, he had already blacklisted these guys who dared to question!

Taking a roll of paper from the sleeves of his robe, Matsudaira Nobutsuna began to take the names one by one, and as his voice resounded in the empty room, the daimyo seemed to be in the cold hell instead of Edo in the early summer.

Behind the name of every daimyo. It's a long list of figures, asking them to share the cost of labor, food, and engineering, and listening to these numbers, no one's heart is not dripping blood!

Those people are just some labor, and they are all lowly farmers anyway, but why do we need to give us food, gold and silver?

Why don't you go to the mountains and dig stones to build a fort, but spend a lot of money to buy so many burnt ashes and iron bars from Liang Guogong? Is it true that our money is pushed to the shore by the waves on the sea?

Some grumpy daimyo almost blurted out. But I saw the commander of the Nanyue Army Naval Division sitting on General Jiaguang's hand, and Shi Lang, who was there with his eyes closed and recuperating. Swallowed back the words that had already reached his mouth.

Shi Lang heard it clearly, and secretly laughed wildly in his heart. This Tokugawa Iemitsu, the abacus is even more elaborate than the philistine! We clearly told him that the ashes and iron bars were sold to him at a preferential price, but this guy actually told his subordinates that the princes of various countries were purchased at the market price, and the difference between them was very big.

In line with the principle of slapping a sweet date. Tokugawa Iemitsu drew a huge dough for them after cutting off a piece of bloody fat from the daimyo in front of him with a sword.

"This official has asked the two **** officials to ask all the soldiers and civilians of our Japanese country, as long as they perform well in the construction of Odaiba affairs, they can follow the precedent and organize them as volunteers to go to the Heilongjiang place where the Sauron people are located. Fight the Rakshasas! ”

Although he knew that Tokugawa Iemitsu was a little unspeakable about this, after the daimyo heard it, it was like hanging a salted fish in front of the old cat's nose, which suddenly shocked these guys' spirits. That's right! You can cut the meat from us, and we can also use this information to harvest the wealth in the hands of those who plan to pan for gold in Nanzhong!

A few quick-witted guys have already begun to calculate what kind of price to set, and how much gold, silver dollars, and grain to charge!

But these words really scared Shi Lang, who was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed! Nima's, you mentioned to our two yesterday that we hope we can increase the number of recruits for the Ronin to serve as volunteers, and recruit more laborers in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, how can we go to fight the Rakshasas?

However, it was only a moment of lightning, Shi Lang was immediately relieved, Jiaguang was also a slippery ghost, he said it was a please, and he didn't say what the Nanyue Army had agreed to. How you interpret it is your question, and the final interpretation is still in the hands of the shogunate.

Shi Lang accompanied Tokugawa Iemitsu in Edo, in order to maintain the stability of the internal situation of the Japanese Kingdom, while dozens of daimyo were cutting flesh and sucking blood, Xu Huanshan, as an old man in the Liang State Mansion, accompanied by several important ministers, went to Kyoto to meet Emperor Koko.

Although the power and momentum of the Tokugawa family can be described as overwhelming at the moment, it is also shocking to look at the several public figures who accompanied Xu Huanshan to Kyoto.

The person who came was the eldest son of Konoe, Kujo, Ichijo, Nijo, and Takaji, who were second only to the Emperor and Tokugawa Iemitsu in power! The Seki 5 family is the five clans of the Fujiwara Kita family, roughly formed in the Kamakura period, with Konoe as the descendant of the lineage, and the ancestor of the Kujo family as the brother of Konoe, Ichijo, Nijo and Takaji are the later out, Ichijo and Nijo are the divisions of Kujo, and Takaji is the division of Konoe. These five families monopolized the highest official positions in public society: the regent and the guanbai, so they were called the "five regents" or "five regents". During the Kamakura period, the Kujo family also contributed two generations of regent shoguns. All those who served as regent Sekihaku in the five regent families were also the "elders" of the Fujiwara clan. By the Edo period, the power of the five families had further expanded, almost to the point where "one person was under ten thousand people".

The fact that Governor Xu Huanshan had come to Kyoto in such a lineup was a testament to the importance that the government attached to this ceremonial visit. There is no other reason. It's all because of Emperor Koko and her son.

Historically, this Emperor Koko abdicated at this time because her younger brother was already eleven years old, and gave the emperor's sinful errand to her younger brother. But now, even if she doesn't want to live in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto City. The government and the shogunate were also determined not to agree to her abdicating from the throne of the emperor. The reason is also because of her son.

And Xu Huanshan, as the earliest team of Li Shouhan and the old man in the mansion of Liang Guo, came to the Wa Kingdom this time to see this Xingzi Emperor, and the most important reason was also because of her son.

Under the guidance of the son of the head of the guard family, Xu Huanshan entered the palace from the Tang Gate (Jianli Gate), passed through the Pingtang Gate, and at the gate of the Ping Tang Dynasty, the head of the guard family took off the shoes on his feet, and peeked at Xu Huanshan, who did not take off the leather boots on his feet at all. The muscles on his face moved twice, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"Your Excellency, please go to the upper room of the palace (Tsuruma) to rest for a while, and the foreign minister will tell the emperor of our country, please go to the Zichen Hall to meet your lordship."

At this time, there was no Chengming Gate between the Pingtang Gate and the Zichen Hall in Kyoto, which was built by Jiaren during the Republic of China. At that time, there was a Zichen Hall in the Daming Palace, and then after sending the Tang envoy back to China, there was a copycat.

A soft sound of footsteps sounded. But it was the guards who came in from the outside.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Emperor of our country has arrived at the Purple Palace. Adults, please come and go! ”

"Lead the way!" Xu Huanshan smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't know how to face his supernumerary nephew and daughter-in-law for a while.

In the Zichen Palace, Emperor Xingzi did not sit down, and led a child to stand in the hall to greet him. The guards brought Xu Huanshan to the door of the palace, and then bowed down very knowingly and disappeared with him. They are the maids and female officials of the temple. Only Emperor Koko's mother and son, Xu Huanshan, and a new daughter who did not know Chinese and could only speak Japanese were left in the palace.

"Tiannomaru, go and give Grandpa Xu a gift."

Xingzi's voice is very crisp, but it is as powerful as a heavy cannon.

"Bitter also! This woman is so tight! If she puts up some kind of emperor's stand with us, we are naturally not afraid of her. But she is acting as a junior here, which is a little difficult! ”

Xu Huanshan had already prepared a set of rhetoric, and he had discussed the attitude with Shi Lang before he came, and after meeting Emperor Xingzi, he was ready to solemnly reiterate, "Liang Guogong absolutely supports the Tokugawa Shogunate's "Forbidden China and the Laws of the Public Family", not only in the past and now, but also in the future, and will always support it!" This time, the mother and son of Xingzi were just conveying the visit of Liang Guogong's family", which was tightly blocked in the Tongzi voice of Tiannomaru, and it was difficult to say it for a while.

However, the attitude that the Tokugawa Shogunate was recognized as the sole legitimate government of the Japanese Shogunate and that the Southern Cantonese Army would never support any Japanese government other than the Tokugawa Shogunate was the national policy of the entire Southern Cantonese Army, and in the face of national interests, family affection was insignificant. What's more, it is a relative who has no emotional accumulation.

The Prohibition of the Prohibition of the Imperial Family and the Laws of the Imperial Family clearly stipulated that the Emperor's activities were limited to the pursuit of traditional literature and the execution of ceremonies, and that the appointment of the Ministers required the consent of the Shogun, who had the right to interfere in the marriages of the Imperial Family and to compel members of the Imperial Family to become monks in the name of religion. The reason why Lee Shouhan was so hard-line and clear-cut in his support for the Tokugawa shogunate was to try his best to avoid the bullshit movement of the Shogunate, the return of Taisei and the Meiji Restoration in the land of the Wa Kingdom, so that the three islands of the East would have long provided workers and various raw materials for China, and became a market for various commodities. For many years, when it came to the Wa Kingdom, Li Shouhan had always tried to prevent the emergence of those who wanted to oppose the Tokugawa Shogunate under the banner of the Wa Dynasty. This was true for helping the Tokugawa shogunate to quell the Shimazu family's rebellion, and the same was true for helping the Tokugawa family build the Shinagawa Fort in Sagami Bay this time.

"Tennomaru's official words are good." Sitting on the cushion laid out by the lower woman, Xu Huanshan carefully looked at the child in front of him whose milk name was Tiannomaru, and between his eyebrows was Li Huayu's childhood appearance.

"The Mother Emperor said that the Chinese language is a lowly language, and only these inferior people can speak it. We are noble and noble, and the heirs of God, how can we speak such a humble language? Tennomaru's somewhat sharp voice said these words, but Xu Huanshan was quite happy.

"Since he was born, he has spoken official dialect, learned Chinese characters, and learned Tang and Song poems. It is an enlightened textbook, and it is also a primary school textbook that people brought back to Hue. ”

Emperor Xingzi saw that Tiannomaru let Xu Huanshan hold him in his arms like his own grandson, and obviously liked it very much, so he took the opportunity to show Xu Huanshan.

"Tennomaru? What does the name mean? Xu Huanshan is also an old fox, but he didn't accept it, but talked about him left and right.

"Tiannomaru, it means that he was given by God to the Wa Kingdom, and it is also the meaning of **** to the Wa Kingdom, what do you think?" Emperor Koko's eyes stared at Xu Huanshan, as if he was going to dig something out of his face. (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry, some things are delayed. Apologies to everyone. But this chapter should be relatively cool for everyone.