May of the eighth year of Chenghua, Kyoto City, Japan.

Zhang Xiaojun, Feng Xiang, Yan Hu, and Sun Xu gathered excitedly in the castle tower, and in front of the four of them was a map of Japan.

At this time, the matter that the four of them were discussing was related to the fate of the whole of Japan.

After several months of fierce fighting, the trapped army, the tiger army, the Eagle Yang army, together with the 50,000 new army of the Ming Dynasty, broke the 150,000 Japanese army again in the Guanzhong Plain of Japan, and then attacked the city from the south to the north, as if entering a no-man's land.

Japan's territory is small, in fact, from the moment when more than 100,000 soldiers and horses landed in the Ming Dynasty, the war has ended, and the subsequent several encounters are just the dying struggles of the Japanese.

In the battle of Guanzhong, the Ming army beheaded more than 80,000 people, and its own losses were less than 3,000, and then it quickly captured more than a dozen surrounding cities. Such a powerful combat power suddenly made the whole of Japan frightened.

The Japanese are like this, they are extremely vicious in the face of the weak, and they will grovel in the face of the strong!

When Zhang Xiaojun led the soldiers of the Ming army to sweep the whole of Japan in one go, the Japanese emperor led all the surrenders, and respectfully invited Zhang Xiaojun into the city of Kyoto, and Japan surrendered!

After that, Zhang Xiaojun and others gathered in the castle tower in Kyoto City and began to plan for the aftermath of the full occupation of Japan.

First of all, Zhang Xiaojun, Feng Xiang, Yan Hu, and Sun Xu discussed together, and divided more than 100,000 Ming troops to guard the key passes everywhere, and fully controlled the entire Japan.

After that, the people began to discuss the revision of the treaty with Japan.

"If the Japanese want to cede Kagoshima, Kagoshima will be the place where the Korean Dynasty will garrison and transit overseas in the future!"

Feng Xiang said loudly, his face glowing with excitement.

Yan Hu was not to be outdone, and said loudly: "Let the Japanese fully open up, allow the merchants and capital of the dynasty to enter, and let Japan become a place of catharsis and profit for China!" ”

Sun Xu paid attention to military affairs and said: "The Japanese must have the obligation to follow the Ming Dynasty on the expedition, and let the Japanese become the pawns of the dynasty in overseas wars!" ”

The military clerk on the side was writing hard, sweating profusely, but he was excited in his heart, he had caught up with this historic moment!

Japan is also a big country, but it is such a big country, under the strong attack of more than 100,000 Ming troops, it actually died in March, and the fate of a country is only decided by a few people in the house, what a pleasure!

When everyone's opinions were almost gathered, Zhang Xiaojun took the draft and read it.

"Japan compensated the Ming Dynasty with 4 million taels of military expenses......"

"Japan ceded Kagoshima and was occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and no Japanese ships were allowed to appear in the waters around Kagoshima, otherwise it would be regarded as an invasion ......"

"Japan opens its market, Ming merchants can freely go to trade, and Japan has the obligation to provide convenience and protection, and must not interfere or threaten, otherwise it will be regarded as a declaration ......of war against the Ming Dynasty."

"Japan shall not arbitrarily raise the price of grain, minerals and other materials exported to the Ming Dynasty, and Japan shall not impose tariffs on all goods exported by the Ming Dynasty to Japan, and the amount levied shall be reported to the Ming Dynasty......"

"Since then, Japan has been a subject state of the Ming Dynasty and has the obligations of the subject state, including but not limited to the following: obeying the Ming Dynasty's military conquest, paying a national tax to the Ming Dynasty every year, and the Japanese emperor going to Beijing every five years to meet ......"

After reading this treaty, even Zhang Xiaojun couldn't help frowning and said, "Will the Japanese agree to such a treaty?" ”

Feng Xiang, Yan Hu, and Sun Xu are not very sure, after all, this treaty is very harsh even in the eyes of everyone.

Moreover, at this time, several people also received the battle situation on the Western Front from the imperial court, as well as some domestic conditions, although the news was a little lagging behind, but they were also able to keep abreast of some domestic and Western Front situations.

At this time, the 200,000 Ming troops mobilized by Liu Juntao to the Western Front had arrived, and they fought three battles and won three victories in the area of the Green Ridge, beheading more than 70,000 people, and inflicting heavy losses on the Central Asian Muslim coalition forces that came to attack.

Then, the 200,000 Ming army soldiers drove straight in, and the soldiers had already crossed the green ridge, pointing at Hengros!

The successive victories on the Western Front made Zhang Xiaojun and others happy, but the situation in China immediately made everyone worried.

Due to the long battle lines of the eastern and western fronts at this time, the military production and the transportation and production undertaken by the trading companies in the Ming Dynasty have been somewhat unable to keep up, after all, the eastern and western fronts span more than tens of thousands of miles, and the troops used are hundreds of thousands, even if there are private trading companies to undertake a large part of the logistics supply and transfer, the imperial court still levies 300,000 people, such a huge consumption, all parties in the Ming Dynasty have begun to struggle.

This is not counting the money, food, and manpower that the Ming Dynasty has begun to export to North Korea, Vietnam, and Burma.

At this time, it is no longer a question of how much silver is available in Daming and how much manpower can be adjusted, but at this time, Daming's productivity has reached its limit.

Liu Juntao's first comprehensive mobilization of the state apparatus after the Ming Dynasty reform of the law, although it achieved the expected results, it still failed to escape the confines of the current era.

Zhang Xiaojun and others also knew these news, although they did not know as deeply as Liu Juntao, but everyone also understood that if domestic production and wealth could not grow explosively in a short period of time, the two major wars on the eastern and western fronts must end as soon as possible, otherwise it would drag down the dynasty and shake the country's foundation.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaojun and others began to hesitate, worried that the treaty that everyone had negotiated would make the Japanese completely jump, and even the situation that had just been settled would be reversed.

At this moment, outsiders and several people looked at it, and it turned out to be Liu Zi'an!

"Liu Shangshu? What are you doing here? ”

Zhang Xiaojun and the others are very strange, now that the situation in Japan has basically calmed down, Liu Zi'an came across the ocean at this time, what happened?

Liu Zi'an looked at everyone's surprised looks, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm just going to go to North Korea, now that the domestic steam engine has been successfully developed, the elder has ordered it to be fully promoted in China, and some experimental steam engines will be transported to the mines opened by the Chinese people in North Korea, and I will take people with me to prevent the leakage of steam engine technology." I heard that Japan has been completely pacified, so I came to take a look. ”

"Steam engine?"

Zhang Xiaojun and the others suddenly had their eyes lit up, this is a sharp weapon that Ge Lao has invested heavily in research and development many years ago, and Ge Lao even called it an artifact, after so many years, it was finally successfully developed!

Zhang Xiaojun immediately asked: "How is the promotion in China now?" ”

Liu Zi'an said with a smile: "A few years ago, Ge Lao laid out eighteen workshops in advance, all over the country, and now these eighteen workshops are working day and night to produce steam engines. Now after the promotion and promotion of the imperial court, the benefits of the steam engine are already well known, and it is said that the order for the steam engine has been scheduled for ten years! ”

When Zhang Xiaojun and the others heard this, they suddenly seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and Zhang Xiaojun said with a smile: "That's good!" Then there is no need to revise this treaty, let the Japanese sign it, and if they don't sign it, they will continue to fight! Now that domestic production has the blessing of the steam engine, our logistics supply will be more guaranteed, and the imperial court will be relieved, so there is no need to worry about the Japanese turning their faces! ”

Yan Hu, Sun Xu, and Feng Xiang were also excited, and Liu Zi'an also joined in the discussion on how to negotiate with the Japanese.

Five days later, in the castle tower of Kyoto City, the Satsuma Domain, the plenipotentiary representative of the Japanese emperor, signed the treaty and recognized the treaty drawn up by Zhang Xiaojun and others, known as the "Tokyo Treaty"!

Almost at the same time, 200,000 Ming New Army, under the leadership of the Zhichong Army and the Yue Cavalry Army, invited more than 300,000 Central Asian Muslim coalition troops to fight in Hengros, and broke it!

Then, the Ming army rushed to build the town of Zhenlu in Hengros, and with the town of Zhen as the center, began to divide the troops to attack the surrounding Hu tribes, and for a time the military power was greatly boosted, and the Central Asian Muslim coalition army could not resist, and suddenly collapsed.

Liu Juntao was very excited after receiving the good news, and immediately congratulated Emperor Chenghua on the Han army's capture of Hengros again, which is the eternal hatred of the Tang Dynasty to defeat Hengross!

Emperor Chenghua was also very happy after receiving the congratulatory watch, after Liu Juntao's change, the Ming Dynasty was full of vitality, and the national strength expanded rapidly in a short period of time, even if it was a war on the east and west, it was able to deal with it calmly, and even with Emperor Chenghua's resistance to the constitutional monarchy, it was reduced a lot.

On this day, Emperor Chenghua left Liu Juntao to eat in the palace, and the two have not been so harmonious for a long time.

Then, Liu Juntao took the opportunity to explain the promotion of the steam engine to Emperor Chenghua, although Emperor Chenghua also felt very novel about this kind of machine, but he was still a little disapproving.

"One machine can make a drastic change in Daming?"

Facing Emperor Chenghua's question, Liu Juntao said very confidently: "Your Majesty, this steam engine is like the second vein of the dynasty, as long as the steam engine is used in the production of the government and the people, it will not take a few years, the Ming Dynasty will undergo great changes, and it will make the land of China unprecedentedly prosperous and prosperous!" ”

What is a steam engine?

The steam engine was the key to the Industrial Revolution, the watershed that divided the agricultural empire from the industrial empire!

In the late Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has begun to have the germ of capitalism, as long as time, coupled with some necessary technical systems, the land of China can develop the industrial revolution on its own!

And now, with the arrival of Liu Juntao, the Ming Dynasty has burst out of the budding capitalism in advance, and now the steam engine, a big killer, has been successfully developed, and the industrial revolution in the land of China is already ready, and what is missing is only time!

Emperor Chenghua looked at Liu Juntao, who was excited, and didn't know why, he was very down-to-earth in his heart, and he didn't doubt what Liu Juntao said.

"In this way, it is my luck in China!"