"See the land? Show me the same. "No, no, it's my turn...""Didn't you just watch a round?" I haven't seen it yet, so I should have seen it first..."

On the "Mingwei" bound for Tianjin, seven, eight, and nine-year-old Japanese children were arguing around three young samurai, trying to take a clairvoyant mirror from their hands to see the scenery.

After Yamamoto Youbei handed over the clairvoyant mirror in his hand to Yoshikawa Hiroka beside him, he said to a group of children: "Don't make any noise, come one by one, everyone can see it." The mainland is ahead, we have arrived in the Tang land, everyone obeys some order, don't let those Tang people see us as hillbillies..."

He Changqi, who was standing on the stern of the ship, was also relieved after seeing the lighthouse at Dagukou in the telescope. Choshu, Satsuma, and Kumamoto were still hesitant to conclude the treaty of the Shogunate Alliance, but after two months of delay, as the situation in the feudatories deteriorated, the feudatories finally began to take substantive action to bring down the veil.

In order to ensure that the Ming would not wait and see, the three feudal lords handed over a batch of protons to the East China Sea Patrol Office, nominally sending them to the Ming Kingdom to study. Xu Xinsu was naturally overjoyed, and with this batch of protons, the determination of the three feudatories to fall was obviously more credible. Because of the importance of these protons, he specially sent a sturdy and excellent warship "Mingwei" to transport them. After spending more than 20 days of travel, the "Mingwei" arrived at Dagukou smoothly in mid-August.

Just when the "Mingwei" entered the Haihe River, on the wharf of Tianjin Zizhulin, Nanjuyi, Dudu, and Kurtang were sending Dolgon away. Dolgon, who was forced to come to Beijing to negotiate a peace treaty, was also very uneasy in his heart, so after entering Beijing, except for negotiations and invitations to banquets, he studied at home behind closed doors and never went out.

Dolgon's cautiousness made Nan Juyi and other officials of the Ming State inevitably look down on this white-flaged banner lord Baylor, and they couldn't help but despise him a little when negotiating. For this uncle who is younger than himself, Du Du has no special impression. In his opinion, Dolgon is nothing more than a puppet used by Huang Taiji to control the two white flags, and as for Dolgon's title of "Morgan Dai Qing", it is more like Huang Taiji's bribery of him, rather than a manifestation of Dorgon's own ability.

There wasn't much contact between Kurtan and Dolgon, but he had a good impression of the studious bannerman, Baylor. He was also the one who came and went with Dolgon the most when he was in the capital, and he revealed a lot of information about the Ming Kingdom to Dolgon. Although he wanted to go back to Shenyang with Dorgon, the emperor refused to let him go.

During this time, Dolgon felt that Kur was a good person, but he didn't really trust him. First, Kur has too close a relationship with Liu Aita who defected, and until now he has defended Liu Aita from time to time; Second, even the eldest grandson of the Mandate of Heaven Khan like Du Du surrendered to the Ming Kingdom, and Kurtang stayed in the Ming Kingdom for so long, and was appointed to an official position by the emperor, he was really a little unsure of how much loyalty Kurtang had left to Houjin.

In the end, Dolgon felt that he was lucky to be able to return to Shenyang safely, and where would he consider whether Kurtang could return to Shenyang. In fact, Chongzhen really had the idea of leaving Dolgon behind, but with the news of the Hunan earthquake, he had to dispel this idea.

At such a time, stability in the north is the most important thing. Although Chongzhen did not intend to make peace with Hou Jin, he did not want to give Hou Jin a chance to provoke a war. After many talks between Du Du and Dolgon, one thing was finally determined, that is, after two consecutive years of unsuccessful work, Houjin Baqi's ** for attacking the Ming Dynasty had been reduced to the minimum.

As long as there is no special incident between the two sides, or Da Ming takes the initiative to attack Hou Jin, then within a year or two, Hou Jin will not have the idea of attacking Da Ming. Dolgon also deliberately hinted to Du Du that regardless of whether the peace treaty was reached or not, he would oppose the proposal to start war against the Ming Dynasty when he returned to Shenyang.

Dorgon also revealed to Du Du that the two white flags were still loyal to him and his brother Duoduo, but Duoduo was young and reckless, and if he could not return to Shenyang, he might not be able to cope with the Great Khan's erosion of the two white flags. If the two white flags are also attributed to the Great Khan, then the border of the Ming Kingdom may soon be ignited.

It was Dorgon's support for peace between the two countries that made Chongzhen finally decide to let him return to Shenyang. In the past two months, the peace talks have not reached a final peace agreement, except for some minor issues. Dolgon could not agree to send his son to Beijing as a hostage on behalf of Huang Taiji, nor could he agree to the Ming State's condition that the Great and Small Xing'an Mountains and the Liao River should be regarded as the border of the Later Jin Dynasty and that all the Han people in Liaodong would be returned to the Ming State.

However, just as Chongzhen learned through negotiations that Houjin did not attack the Ming Dynasty in the short term, Dolgon also learned that although the Ming State continuously blocked Houjin's attacks, he did not have confidence and wanted to march to Shenyang. In other words, although a peace treaty between the two countries could not be reached, the de facto peace between the two countries in the short term was already assured.

After learning this fact, Dolgon has been seeking to return to Shenyang, until the news of the earthquake in the south of the Ming Dynasty came, and Chongzhen was relieved. In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Dolgon did not even choose to return by land, but asked to return to Houjin by boat from Yingkou.

Dolgon's request was granted, and the Four Seas Trading Company sent a ship to send Dolgon and his entourage back. After the return date was determined, Dolgon, who was relieved, made a big purchase in the capital, and the goods he purchased were enough to load five carriages, including more than 100 books alone.

After getting on the boat on a rope net, Dolgon stood at the bow of the boat and waved goodbye to Nan Juyi, Du Du and others who saw them off, and then looked up and looked around, looking at the crowded houses on both sides of the river and the rows of boats docked on the dock, and couldn't help but think worriedly, is it really a good choice to keep peace with Daming and let them have time to recuperate?

Not long after Dolgon's ship left, Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Tianjin with an integrated overseas security force. This army consisted of: two battalions of 1,500 infantry; 24 artillery pieces of two battalions, horses, 150 vehicles of various types; A battalion of cavalry 250 horsemen.

Three days later, a huge fleet of 37 ships, consisting of the Ming Bohai Fleet, the British East India Company merchant ships, and the Portuguese merchant ships, will take the security force and the coastal defense force formed by 800 Japanese to Tanegashima Island. There he waited for the rendezvous with the Dutch and Spanish fleets and decided on his next move.

At this time, Japan is also in a situation where the storm is coming. Although the shogunate had mobilized troops since last year, it seemed that it wanted to blame the Choshu domain. However, after the Satsuma clan unexpectedly called for negotiations between the two sides and began to mobilize the troops within the domain, the shogunate's hard-line attitude weakened again.

As the shogunate envoys continued to travel back and forth between the two feudal domains of Choshu and Satsuma, and the shogunate did not find any evidence related to the disappearance of Tenshuni, some people within the shogunate began to advocate easing relations with the two feudal domains and not forcing the two feudal domains to a dead end.

The Choshu and Satsuma feudal domains were cut down by the shogunate after the Battle of Sekigahara, and their strength was greatly reduced. Over the next decade or so, the shogunate continued to dispatch the two feudal domains to carry out projects such as fortification and water control, resulting in financial debts for both feudal domains. Many people in the shogunate believed that the Choshu and Satsuma domains did not have the strength to fight against the shogunate at all, and they could not even pay the samurai's salaries in full.

However, the dog was in a hurry and still wanted to jump over the wall, and in such a poor situation, the shogunate would send troops to attack them, which might make the two feudal feudatories break up and let them go. The forces of the Choshu and Satsuma domains were among the best among the feudal domains of western Japan, and it would be difficult to defeat them without the direct military forces of the shogunate.

However, according to Ieyasu's teachings, the army directly under the shogunate must not be used until the last moment. Because of the 300 great names of the shogunate, less than one-third of them can really be trusted by the shogunate. The Tokugawa family was able to establish the shogunate because of the power of the 40,000 banners in Edo to suppress the dissent of the daimyo of the foreign domain.

In addition, although Tokugawa Hidetada, the Imperial Palace, despite his ill health, still firmly held the decision-making power of the shogunate, and he did not want to start a war with the Choshu and Satsuma domains at this time. It should be said that when he called on a large army to oppress the Choshu Domain, he also wanted to know whether the daimyo of the world obeyed the orders of the shogunate, and tested the attitude of the daimyo in various places more than he wanted to use force.

Although Tokugawa Iemitsu was very dissatisfied with his father's decision, he was helpless. In his opinion, the Choshu Domain's refusal to come to Edo to explain to the shogunate was a rude act. The shogunate should use force to punish the Choshu domain, so that the people of the world will be in awe of the authority of the shogunate. As for the missing Tenshuni, there is no way to make any waves in such a Japan.

However, just as Tokugawa Hidetada was dealing with the Choshu and Satsuma feudal domains with a policy of gentleness, a peasant uprising against the shogunate broke out in the area. The reason for this situation was that the food was so high that the daimyo of the generation had to scavenge from the peasants in their territory in order to maintain the military rations for the expeditionary army.

One stone of rice has broken through from 3 or 40 yuan at the beginning of the year to 50 yuan, which is almost double the price of previous years. If grain were purchased at market prices, these daimyo would have to go bankrupt.

Originally, the new wheat was listed in May and June, and the new rice was listed in July and August, which was the time when the price of rice fell at this time of the year. This year, however, Osaka's rice merchants seem to have gone crazy, and instead of buying rice at a lower price, they are buying new wheat and pre-buying rice that is not yet ripe as early as May and June.

Although the Tokugawa family destroyed Osaka Castle during the Osaka Summer War, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered a new Osaka Castle to be rebuilt after the war. In the process of rebuilding New Osaka Castle, the castle town of Osaka was rapidly restored and developed.

In addition, there are Nishijin-ori in Kyoto, Hakata silk weaving in Kyushu, cotton weaving in Osaka, paper manufacturing in Echizen and Mino, and sake brewing in Nada, Ikeda, and Itami.

By 1630, Osaka had once again become a city that had flourished through trade. Osaka is located at a key point in the transportation between East and West Japan, and goods from all over the world gather here and then disperse to other places, so it is also the best market for rice trading.

The Yodowa family, who had taken care of military rations for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, rebuilt a rice trading place in Osaka, and two years ago the Osaka rice market was booming, but it was still less than the amount traded by Edo rice merchants. After all, 40,000 flags of rice is not a small amount, and with the rations of the many people in Edo Castle who served the shogunate, daimyos, and samurai, it is not comparable to Osaka, which has just recovered.

However, since the relationship between the Yodowa family and the Ming merchants two years ago, the size of the rice market in Osaka has expanded suddenly, and the trading volume of the Yodowa family alone is more than that of other rice merchants in Osaka combined. The rice coupons sold by the Yodogo family, or the pre-sale money offered to the daimyos, have made the Yodogo family a pricer in the Osaka rice market.

Beginning in May of the 8th year of Kanei, the Yodowatsu family's frenzied purchase of rice not only led rice merchants and daimyo from various regions to hoard grain, but also directly led to a peasant uprising in the area.

The peasant uprising in the region not only distracted the shogunate, but also hardened the attitude of the Choshu and Satsuma domains. Both the Mori family and the Shimazu family took advantage of the financial constraints in the domain to withdraw the construction personnel assigned by the shogunate and refused to go to Edo again.

The actions of the Choshu and Satsuma feudal domains, as well as the peasant uprisings in the region, caused Tokugawa Hidetada to feel a crisis, and he realized that the shogunate could not continue to be weak to the two feudal domains, otherwise the daimyo would be followed by a group of foreign daimyos, and the authority of the shogunate would fall to the ground.