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The battle ended with the suicide of Tadashi Shimazu and the death of Kamejuhime. Of Shimazu Tadashi's dozen sons, more than half were killed, and the rest were all captured, only Shimazu Mitsuhisa escaped because he was a hostage in Edo, and Shimazu Tadashi's daughters were captured and sent to Yan Siqi's big tent except for those who were married.

"The three-day non-sealing of the sword will start tonight, and in addition to sending Chizuru back to the Ijiin family, the rest of the women will be rewarded to the generals of this meritorious service." Yan Siqi said coldly. The reason why Yan Siqi chose to start at night was mainly because he was still a little uncomfortable with such a thing as slaughtering the city.

War has always been cruel, and "Three Days Without Sealing the Knife" shows the cruelty of war to the fullest.

Today, Tsurumaru City ushered in the most painful and saddest night since its completion, and the entire city became the hunting ground of Yan Siqi's army, and everything here became prey. Although it was night, the use of torches did not seem to affect the performance of the army at all, if it weren't for Yan Siqi sending a military law team and ordering a ban on arson, Tsurumaru Castle would have been completely destroyed tonight.

Some things are like diseases, the speed of infection is extremely fast, and the generals under Yan Siqi are already susceptible to infection, most of them are pirates, and they don't need to teach such things. The soldiers from the Ming Dynasty were relatively restrained at first, but under the influence of others, they quickly became seriously ill, and the suppressed bestiality was very easy to explode in this situation. And the Dongying Army almost does not need to be infected, they themselves are seriously ill, and even many things are taken by them.

For three days, all that was left for the natives of Tsurumaru Castle was blood, tears, and hatred. It wasn't until the evening of the third day that Yan Siqi entered the city.

"We can't stay in Tsurumaru City for a long time, the people left in this city only have hatred for us, once someone attacks Tsurumaru City, our army is in danger." Yang Tiansheng suggested.

"It's not easy, just don't do it and kill them all." Li De said disappreciatively. As a qualified pirate, I don't know how many times I've done such a thing, but it wasn't that big before.

"If you want to kill, take advantage of the night to do it, and the women of Tsurumaru City can be sold to Daming, we only can't get in and out now, the silver will always run out, we have to find an entry, otherwise, the world has not been beaten down, but the silver is gone." Hong Sheng said.

"But I don't know if Your Majesty's side is allowed or not?" Yan Siqi said worriedly.

"I think Your Majesty will agree, I heard that after Your Majesty conquered Mu Bang, all the women of Mu Bang were taken captive to Da Ming and rationed to those widowers. What is most lacking in Daming now is women, I heard that more than half of the people in many counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cannot find wives. Hong Sheng thought for a while and said.

"Why don't we ask Your Majesty first." Yan Siqi was still not at ease, he knew that without Zhu Youxiao's support, it would be impossible for him to capture Dongying.

"Big brother, the people of Crane Pill City really can't stay, and when I finish asking Your Majesty, the daylilies are cold." Li De also said.

"Big brother, it's better to try it first, this matter is not a big crime, even if Your Majesty blames, at most, it will be verbal blame, it's a big deal that we won't do it next time." Hong Sheng continued to persuade.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, contact Xu Xinsu after you arrive in Daming, Xu Xinsu is in Daming Luziguang, and this matter will be handed over to him to be responsible." Yan Siqi said.

"Okay, I'll take care of it." Hong Sheng said happily.

"Big brother, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Shimazu clan was wiped out, the last general thought that he would quickly take down the entire Satsuma Domain, but I am afraid that it will change in a long time." Zheng Zhilong suggested.

"Yes, this matter can't be delayed, I'm afraid that Kato Tadahiro of the Kumamoto Domain will join forces with other daimyo to take the opportunity to send troops." Yan Siqi also agreed.

"At present, the defenders of the Satsuma Domain are no more than one or two thousand people, and I suggest that the troops should still be divided into two routes and take the territory of the Satsuma Domain." Wang Yingshen suggested.

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Destruction is always faster than construction, and after a day and a night, there is no aboriginal left in Tsurumaru Castle, and all the women are sent to Fangjin.

Yan Siqi's army was also divided into two routes, all the way to Izumi City and Dakou City, and all the way to Gaoshan City and Guojian City. Something like the slaughter of the city, once it happened, as long as the war does not stop, it is very easy to happen a second time, not to mention that Yan Siqi's army has no feelings for this land, as long as it encounters resistance, the final result is the slaughter of the city.

The two armies were overwhelming, and in less than two months, Yan Siqi took the entire Satsuma Domain, but there were two more cities that were slaughtered.

Yan Siqi's massacre was criticized by many, including the shogunate, especially Kumamoto Domain of Kyushu and Tadamasa Tanaka of Yanagawa. Yan Siqi had to spend money again to buy peace, and once again handed over a large amount of silver taels to the shogunate as atonement, and casually changed the name of the Satsuma Domain to the Hyuga Domain.

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At the time of Yan Siqi's war to seize the Satsuma Domain, Zhu Youxiao's "Ten Articles of the New Deal" had already been drafted. The first person to see Zhu Youxiao's "Ten New Deals" was Zhang Yan.

"Your Majesty, ...... you are" Zhang Yan was shocked and didn't know what to say.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and drove all the people in the hall out, and then he explained: "After the ten articles of my new policy are proposed, the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court will definitely oppose it, and they will definitely bargain at that time. ”

"Even if this is the case, the concubine thinks that some terms are difficult to accept no matter how they are changed to the ministers, let alone the ministers, even the concubines cannot accept it." Zhang Yan said.

"The most difficult thing to accept should be this eight-strand essay that abolished the imperial examination." Zhu Youxiao said.

"This is indeed the most unacceptable of all, and it will surely attract the opposition of the entire empire of scholars. There is also the cancellation of the kings' fortunes, demotion inheritance, etc., these will definitely attract the opposition of the kings, the emperor used to use the crime of collaborating with the enemy, so that the royal family in Shanxi was able to cut the domain, which cut the feudal domain of all the kings of the empire for no reason, and even caused a rebellion...... "Zhang Yan has been talking to Zhu Youxiao for more than half an hour, and Zhu Youxiao also listened humbly for half an hour.

"If I say that the 'Ten Articles of the New Deal' are providential, how many people do you think will support me?" Zhu Youxiao said softly.

"This ...... This concubine doesn't know, but is this really the emperor's induction? Zhang Yan asked curiously.

"I saw Emperor Taizu Gao in a dream, and he told me that the Ming Dynasty was at the end of the road, and if it did not change, it would perish, and then he taught me these ten rules, and he said that if it is not implemented, God will punish it in the area of Wang Gongchang in the next month." Zhu Youxiao said.

(End of chapter)