Whether this fire can burn the Tokugawa Shogunate or not, Zhu Youzhen doesn't care, but he calculates very clearly, even if the Tokugawa Shogunate is not burned to death, it is inevitable to cut a few pieces of meat.

Zheng Cai, Zhao Chenfang, and Ye Yuxuan had already talked to the emperor separately before, so today's meeting was just a re-deepening and connecting of the previous conversations, and the three of them quickly understood their place in this plan.

Only Wang Fengyuan, the governor of the central bank, who had heard of this inside information for the first time, was surprised by the scale of the plan, but he had not yet figured out what he should do.

Just when he was still at a loss, Zhu Youzhen turned to him and said: "Of course, the most important thing in this plan is Governor Wang of our central bank, whether it is to manipulate the price of rice in the Osaka rice market, to win over the funds needed by the southwestern feudal lords and Tokugawa Tadanaga, or to support the expenses required for the navy to go on an expedition, all this requires the support of the central bank. ”

Wang Fengyuan finally reacted, and he hurriedly said to the emperor: "The bank is naturally very willing to carry out His Majesty's orders, but the minister also explained to His Majesty last time, and before the Chinese New Year this year, I am afraid it will be difficult to return so many funds." If Your Majesty can postpone this plan a little, after the New Year, the minister will definitely raise all the necessary funds for His Majesty. ”

Zhu Youzhen frowned and said: "If a three-year bond is issued with an annual interest rate of 25%, can you raise a special fund of 5 million yuan from the channel of the central bank?" ”

With such a high interest, Wang Fengyuan's heart was suddenly moved, and when he was about to speak, Ye Yuxuan suddenly rushed ahead of him and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the issue of funds, the minister has an immature idea, I don't know if I can report it to Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised, but still said: "Let's hear it." ”

Ye Yuxuan then said: "After the shogunate issued a trade ban, merchants engaged in foreign trade in Nagasaki and other places in Japan fell into a dilemma. In particular, some Japanese businessmen who specialize in lending money to overseas traders are basically out of business.

However, according to the regulations of the Tokugawa shogunate, merchants paid a fixed amount of taxes, and even if they lost money this year, the tax was not deductible. And if you want to give up your status as a businessman, you also need the consent of the shogunate officials.

As a result, many Japanese merchants had to pay high taxes to the shogunate even next year and the year after when they were unable to obtain income.

He thought, since these Japanese businessmen have nowhere to put their money, and we lack funds, why don't we sell these bonds to these Japanese businessmen? With an interest rate of 25%, he believes that it will attract many Japanese businessmen to buy it. ”

Wang Fengyuan stared at Ye Yuxuan viciously several times, his refusal of the emperor's request was indeed insufficient funds in the bank, but it did not mean that he could not turn over from private merchants, and the 25% interest was enough for the bank to eat a large amount of interest. This is simply a business grab, Wang Fengyuan thought dissatisfiedly.

Ye Yuxuan really didn't have this idea, he was just thinking about solving the financial problem of the plan, so as to fill in the last flaw in Chongzhen's plan.

However, Zhu Youzhen admired Ye Yuxuan's proposal very much, and said with a smile: "Good idea, it is really a good idea to use Japanese money, Japanese resources, and Japanese manpower to fight a war to conquer Japan."

Okay, just try it according to your ideas, President Wang, you will assist Officer Ye to deal with bond affairs. In addition, in order to coordinate the efforts of all parties and to complete the plan for Japan, we have decided to establish a special department for Japanese affairs.

I am the supreme head of this department, and the three of you plus Xu Xinsu are my deputy, and the Naval Staff Headquarters, the East China Sea Patrol Office, and the Prime Minister's Yamen will all cooperate with this plan. In addition, Ye Yuxuan, as my first deputy, was responsible for the implementation of the entire plan during my absence..."

In September, the suburbs of Shenyang are in the most comfortable season of the year, the harvest in the fields has been stored, and the animals in the mountains and forests and fields are the fattest season, and the weather is so high and cool for travel.

At this time in previous years, as long as they did not send troops to fight, the nobles in the city would take their families out of the city to hunt and recreation. This kind of behavior has always been advocated by the Houjin magnates as a good habit of maintaining the armed forces of their own people.

Therefore, when Shenyang, the capital of Jinding, the Ming army did not dare to go north, every autumn, you can see cowhide tents everywhere on the fields outside Shenyang. And the young men and women of the Jianzhou Jurchen age will also get acquainted in this kind of safari-style activity, if they look at each other correctly, it is the beginning of a marriage.

However, this autumn, although the scenery outside Shenyang is still beautiful, the fields dotted with various wildflowers are missing the tents and young men and women who should have appeared in previous years.

Whether it is in Shenyang City or in the Zhuangzi outside Shenyang City, those Jurchen men who used to be at the top of their homes have lost their due smiles during the harvest season, and they just silently oil and maintain their treasured armor weapons every day, as if they are preparing to fight a great war.

It is no wonder that the Jurchens inside and outside Shenyang City are in such a posture as if they are facing a great enemy, with the fall of Erbeile Amin in the summer, a political storm has been set off in Shenyang City, and the Eight Banners have not been involved.

Although the Great Khan Huang Taiji arranged carefully, eradicated the rebel party who was close to Amin in one fell swoop, and quickly controlled the blue flag in Amin's hand, and did not fight in Shenyang City, it seems that the matter was resolved very smoothly.

But this is only the opinion of the upper class of the Later Jin, for the middle and lower classes of the Later Jin, especially the middle and lower classes of the Eight Banners, Huang Taiji's way of overthrowing Amin is really too Han and does not conform to the tradition of the Jurchens at all.

Yes, from the time the Jianzhou Jurchens were founded, the upper echelons were full of bloody political struggles, the Mandate of Heaven Khan and his brothers, the Mandate of Heaven Khan and his eldest son Guangluo Belle, the Mandate of Heaven Khan and the five founding ministers, and so on.

But these political struggles are more akin to choosing the stronger head wolf from a pack of wolves to lead the pack, and the winner must have the most power.

And this time the struggle between the Great Khan Huang Taiji and Erbeile Amin, although it ended in Amin's complete defeat, did not convince everyone. In the eyes of most Jurchens, this political struggle is more like a power struggle between the Jurchens who framed Erbel Amin with a plot of Han officials.

The defeat of the Battle of Ningjin and the Battle of Jizhou, although the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty realized that the Ming army was not without an army that dared to fight, but they still looked down on the Han army of the Han people who surrendered to the Later Jin, and did not think that these surrendered Han people could be on an equal footing with the Jurchens and the Mongol tribes in the imperial court.

Under the policy of de-sinicization in the later period of Nurhachi, the Jurchens were the first to get close to the ethnic minorities in the northeast, believing that they were savage Jurchens. This was followed by the Mongol tribes, who considered them their own in-laws. But for those Han Chinese, they have always been treated as foreigners or their own slaves.

After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, although he began to correct this policy of discriminating against the Han Chinese, he could not quickly eliminate the influence of the Heavenly Mandate Khan, because his merits were not enough to overwhelm the fame of the dead Heavenly Mandate Khan.

However, after Jin was upgraded from a tribal confederation to a state, no matter how Nurhachi rejected Han culture, he had to build his own state after the model of the Han people. Although the rules and regulations of the various Han people have changed to a Jurchen-style name, they can still see where they come from.

When Huang Taiji ascended the throne, in order to further strengthen his power position and bring the Houjin to a normalized country, the sinicization of the Houjin was fast. On the other hand, the maturity of the Eight Banners military system and the politics of the Later Jin Dynasty also meant that more scholars were needed to deal with the affairs of the Later Jin Dynasty, which also made the Han groups that were originally suppressed in the Later Jin Dynasty begin to rise.

Whether the lower and middle Jurchen classes wanted to or not, those scholars who they had originally regarded as waste had begun to control the internal affairs of the Later Jin State and exert influence on their Great Khan.

Although these Han scholars occupied positions that the Jurchens were not qualified for, for the small number of Jurchens who could not stand out on the battlefield, these Han people still blocked their way forward, so the hostile attitude towards the Han people was still relatively common among the Jurchens.

Now a group of Han scholars actually pulled Amin Belle off the horse, which undoubtedly made some Jurchens feel humiliated.

Of course, these are just appearances, and the most fundamental reason is that the Great Khan Huang Taiji has not established enough merits to convince everyone, and Erbel Amin has not declined to the point of being looked down upon by everyone. Therefore, the plan to solve Amin, although it seems perfect, is not fully convincing.

As a result, Sanbel Mang Gurtai, who was running errands outside, did not agree with the disposition of Amin, refused Huang Taiji's order to return to Shenyang City, and detained the envoys sent by Shenyang.

Although Mang Gurtai did not officially raise troops to rebel, his attitude of not moving made the Jurchens inside and outside Shenyang panic, fearing that a war between the Eight Banners would ensue next.

Although Mang Gurtai's reaction made Huang Taiji very dissatisfied, he also knew that this was not the time to deal with Mang Gurtai. If Mang Gurtai really raises the banner of rebellion, then Houjin will really be torn apart.

Huang Taiji summoned Beledeg, visited Mang Guzigege, and wrote a letter to persuade Mang Gurtai, in which he told about the compulsion to deal with Amin, and asked Mang Gurtai to take care of the overall situation and maintain the integrity of the Houjin State established by the Mandate of Heaven Khan.

Subsequently, he sent Derge and Manggu Zigege's husband Zonomu to persuade Mang Gurtai to return to Shenyang, and he would personally go out of the city to meet him, so as to dispel Mang Gurtai's hidden worries.

Just when Huang Taiji was waiting for Mang Gurtai's response in Shenyang City, he received information from the capital of the Ming Kingdom. The shadow he sent before brought him back to the Ming Kingdom, which was preparing to organize a military exercise from Jizhou to Guanwai.