The speed of the warship was fast, and it turned a corner, and returned to the port of Edo one step ahead of the two ships that sent the envoy to the Ming Kingdom.

Before they docked, the Japanese people on the boat couldn't help but shout to the officials on the shore who were waiting for the news: "The ship that sent the Ming Kingdom is back!" Ao-sama Umegawa is back! ”

When the people on the shore heard the news, they couldn't help but be overjoyed. One of the officials immediately turned on his horse and galloped towards the city.

In recent months, the pressure brought to the Tokugawa shogunate by the remnants of the Manchu Qing and those rebels has become more and more intense, and as a last resort, in order to boost morale, the Tokugawa shogunate has already released rumors that the shogun has already sent an envoy to the Ming country to ask for help. This time, I prepared a heavy gift, and I sincerely paid tribute, and I would definitely be able to exchange the Ming State for sending troops, at least I would kill the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty.

There are also those thieves, all of whom are under the grandson of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. And Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the culprit of the invasion of Korea that year, and he also fought with the Ming army. Speaking of which, it is also an enmity with the Ming State, and if it is not good, the Ming State will send troops, and it will also destroy Toyotomi Kokumatsu by the way.

It is precisely because of this background that the Edo side is eager for the good news to come back soon. It is also because of this that whether it is the Japanese on the warship or the Japanese on the shore, they are all overjoyed when they see that it is the ship that sent the Ming Kingdom back.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun, convened his retainers to discuss matters, and was having a headache for the war at the front, especially since there were many cavalry troops in the building, avoiding the main force and invading the rear, which seriously affected the stability of the rear. Even in Edo, there are many more refugees.

At this moment, I heard a report from my subordinates that Umegawa Naoyi had returned.

"Finally back?" When Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, he hurriedly ordered, "Quick, let Umegawa Naoyi hurry up to see General Ben!" ”

"Hey!" His subordinate hurriedly agreed, and ran to give the order again. This kind of thing that everyone is happy to do is full of energy.

Tokugawa Iemitsu stopped discussing the war, waited with a smile, and said to his subordinates: "General Ben knows that Umegawa Shoyi is articulate, and he is the Su Qinya of our country!" “

When his retainers heard this, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least on the surface, they all slapped him on the back with a smile.

"The general is far-sighted, and the villain is full of admiration!"

"This is also the general's good use of people, and other people never have this ability!"

"Haha, when the Ming Kingdom sends troops over, those rebels and Jianyu will probably be scared to death! This is all the work of the general! ”

“……”

Everyone carried the sedan chair, and listening to the compliments of these retainers, Tokugawa Iemitsu laughed happily. The depressed mood of these days has been swept away. So, he ordered to celebrate with wine.

However, the banquet here has been placed, and Umegawa Shangyi still hasn't come, which is a bit abnormal. Because judging from the time, it's time to arrive.

Seeing that Tokugawa Iemitsu was frowning a little, his retainers automatically made up their minds and helped explain.

"General, don't worry, it must be the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom who has rewarded a lot of things, so it's too late!"

"That's right, the emperors of the Ming Kingdom are very good-looking, and the return gift is absolutely rich!"

"General, I wonder if we have all the military funds for the coming year, so we don't need to raise anything else!"

“……”

Tokugawa Ieguang listened to their words, felt that it was very reasonable, and the worries he had just had were gone, and he smiled again, he waved his hand and said: "This time to envoy Mingguo, Meichuan Shangyijun is hard, everyone, wait a minute, this banquet will not start until he arrives!" ”

Since he said so, his retainers naturally did not object, and they all echoed it.

After a long while, I still didn't see Umegawa Shangyi appear, and Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned a little again, what the hell is going on?

"General, do you want to go down and have a look?" When someone saw this, they asked tentatively.

Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, and was about to agree, but when he saw that the men he had sent out had returned, his face was terrified, and he saw that nothing good was good.

Suddenly, there was silence in the lobby.

Then I saw the man kneeling on the ground, kowtowing and saying, "General, Master Umegawa Naoyi has committed suicide by breaking his stomach in the cabin......

"What?" When Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, he was taken aback and felt a little bad, so he shouted, "What the hell is going on? ”

When the retainers heard the news, they were equally taken aback, and their eyes widened as they stared at the man kneeling on the ground, waiting for further news.

The man didn't dare to raise his head, held things in both hands and said: "Lord Meichuan Shangyi failed to complete the mission and has no face to see the general, this is his suicide note, as well as the national letter of the Ming Kingdom!" ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu listened, a little unconvinced of his ears. You must know that his tribute this time is carefully prepared, according to past experience, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom will definitely be happy, and he should agree to send troops!

Thinking so, his brows furrowed, and he didn't want the attendant to forward it, so he walked over quickly, and copied the national letter and suicide note.

Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't care about the suicide note, and first unfolded the national letter and read it.

At this time, the upper echelons of the Wa Kingdom all knew Chinese characters, and Tokugawa Iemitsu could understand the contents of the national book without translation.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, when you look at it, you are a little dumbfounded.

It was written in the national book that based on the past evil deeds of the Wa State, and for the sake of the Ming Taizu's will, the Ming Emperor decided that the Wa State would make compensation and apologize before the Wa State was in danger of the Ming vassal state. There is no problem with apologizing, the key is compensation, his mother actually asked for more than 10 million taels, how could this be done?

If there was no chaos in the Wa Kingdom, then the more than 10 million taels might still be able to be made up. But the key question is, if there is no chaos in the Wa Kingdom, why should the Ming State be given more than 10 million taels? Now that we have been fighting for so long and spending money like water, we may still be able to make up more than 10 million taels?

When Tokugawa Iemitsu saw this, he was very angry, Ming Guo was obviously intentional, and he actually asked for more than 10 million taels in compensation! What is this Meichuan Shangyi doing, and can he agree to such conditions? Is there in your brain?

Thinking so, he went to read Umegawa Shangyi's suicide note again.

In this suicide note, Umegawa Naoyi explained what he had seen and heard after landing in Tianjin Port, explaining that the people, warriors, and civil officials of the country especially hated the Japanese state because of the events of that year, especially the Korean war, and that the emperor of the Ming State demanded compensation in order to give an explanation to his people, and the amount was half of the annual treasury income of the Ming State. But Umegawa Shangyi felt that it was only more than one million taels of silver, and if he could let the Ming Kingdom send troops, he thought it would be worth it, so he agreed. However, he never expected that the treasury income of the Ming Kingdom had reached more than 20 million taels.

There are still some words in the back, mainly how Umegawa Shangyi regrets something or something, the Tokugawa family didn't want to read it at all, and tore up Umegawa Shangyi's suicide note, and at the same time his eyes were red, and he yelled loudly: "Damn, damn, damn!" I still want to die and apologize, dreaming! Go, give him to General Ben and break his body into ten thousand pieces! ”

The reason why the Japanese people cut their stomachs was that they were afraid that their bodies would not be complete after death and that they would not be treated by Amaterasu.

When the people in the lobby heard Tokugawa Iemitsu's roar, they understood that Umegawa Naoki must have done something very stupid, otherwise the shogun wouldn't have been so angry!

But they were a little curious, what stupid thing did Umegawa Naoyi do to make the general so angry?

They didn't know at this time, but Tokugawa Iemitsu understood it very well. Because of the fool of Umegawa Shangyi, there is no room for turning around on the side of the Ming Kingdom. If the Ming State does not come to fight Jianguo and rebellion, it is already good, if it is not good to turn back and make trouble again, the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is likely to blame his side for being treacherous and playing with the Ming Kingdom, and when the time comes, it is likely that he will send troops to deal with himself.

Not only did this not ask for reinforcements, but it could even attract the revenge of the Ming Kingdom!

Umegawa Nao-ge, Hachiga, bastard......

After a period of commotion, he still had to face the chaotic war, and Tokugawa Iemitsu thought for a while, and then ordered: "Spread Miyamoto Musashi to see Shogun!" ”

Unlike Tokugawa Iemitsu's troubles, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy. No, Liu Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of Communications, just reported that the railroad track from Beijing to Tongzhou has been laid and can be opened to traffic.

This is the first train of the Ming Dynasty and the first train in human history, which is of great significance. Emperor Chongzhen immediately decreed that he would lead hundreds of civil and military officials to the scene to celebrate the opening of the train with the empress.

In addition, in recognition of the contributions made by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree to abolish the hereditary system of craftsmen.

In the past, the hereditary system of military households was changed, and then the system of public health centers was reformed, and some military households got rid of the military household system and became local government officials, but it was not complete.

And this time, Emperor Chongzhen made a clear decree that the hereditary system of craftsmen since the founding of the country should be abolished. The reason is that the contribution of craftsmen is great, and one of the representatives is this train.

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen's will immediately caused a sensation in the whole world. Whether it's a train or a change in the household registration of a craftsman, all of them have become the hottest topics.

"Have you heard? What kind of train is about to be opened, and the emperor and queen personally led the civil and military officials to see the train. It's amazing, this train must be amazing! ”

"No, this train eats iron, have you seen that so much iron is laid on the ground, it is said that it is as powerful as an ox, and it can pull a lot of things!"

"The emperor and empress have gone in person, so you must go and see the train with your own eyes!"

“……”

The people of Jingshi are all happy to join in the fun. Anyway, the major events of the Jingshi in the past few years can mobilize their enthusiasm. Now that such a big thing has happened, it would be strange not to participate.

Compared with the people of Jingshi, because there were no trains in other places, they put more of the topic on the abolition of the craftsman registration system.

"Have you heard? In the future, the craftsman will not be a craftsman, the emperor is merciful, and the craftsman can be regarded as having survived! ”

"What craftsman is not a craftsman? What do you mean? ”

"It's just that there is no craftsman certificate, and those craftsmen no longer have to be recruited by the government to work shifts!"

"No, isn't it like this since the founding of the country, why will the craftsman be abolished?"

"You are really unheard, the emperor decreed, saying that the craftsman made a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty. Well, it seems that the cause is that the train in Kyoshi is about to open. What trains? It's a fire-breathing car......"

“……”

Around this topic, the people in the Ming Dynasty began to discuss the contributions made by craftsmen, starting from the steam engine, all of them were measuring how much contribution the craftsmen had, so that the emperor made such an unprecedented will.

So, the argument came out.

Because some people believe that the steam engine was invented by the emperor and cannot be attributed to the craftsman. Including cement, hot air balloons and much more. But some people believe that this is inseparable from the efforts of craftsmen, and it is indeed meritorious.

Generally speaking, merchants generally supported this idea, and the profits brought to merchants by the changes brought about by the steam engine alone, especially when so many feudal states in the South Seas were in urgent need of products, they felt that craftsmen contributed a lot.

Other untouchables strongly supported this purpose because they saw hope. The craftsman registration has been abolished, so will they have a chance in the future?

Generally speaking, it was the scholar class who were not interested in this will, and felt that the emperor was too good to the craftsmen and violated the ancestral system. However, based on the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen, the bigwigs in the court are all the emperor's dogs, but not many people dare to oppose it openly.

If it had been before, they would have dared to oppose it with the word "ancestral system". As soon as this magic weapon is sacrificed, few emperors will do it. But now, the officials who shouted "ancestral system" to blackmail the emperor no longer know where to go.

However, there is one point, which is more strange, in folk legends, the emperor loved to do carpentry work, and the current emperor likes all kinds of craftsmen's work, and loves the house and Wuxia, and the current emperor has the heart to abolish the craftsman registration system.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the secret report of the factory guard, he couldn't help but shake his head and laughed, even such a reason could be involved, and he was convinced.

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if there is such a misunderstanding, Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, anyway, the spirit of craftsmanship will continue to be advocated and encouraged in the future. The people's belief is also conducive to improving the status of craftsmen.

Thinking so, his mind returned to the opening of the train.

On this day, it is the appointed time for the train to open, and it is time to harvest a wave of achievement points!

Emperor Chongzhen estimated that if he and the queen led the civil and military officials, the scene would definitely be very lively. But he didn't expect that the enthusiasm of the people in Beijing would surpass his phenomenon.

When this day came, along the railway line, it was densely packed with people. From Jingshi to Tongzhou, the railway line is full of people, all ready to see what the train that makes the emperor pay so much attention to it!

On August 15 of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Chongzhen led hundreds of civil and military officials to witness the opening of the first train in human history. This was originally a very happy thing, but Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect that there was still a little accident, which made him a little worried.

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