Chapter 210: The New Owner of the Chrono Smuggling Group (1)
"Choshu Domain's policy of peace and war?" Kang Ning, the newly arrived regent of the Wa Kingdom, received the latest order from Boss Huang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but he is not prepared to think about it himself.
Mori Terumoto has not yet expressed his attitude towards the reform policy of the central court of the Japanese state. What's more, even if he objected, Corning did not have enough manpower to capture the Choshu Domain in a short period of time.
Therefore, the question of considering the peace war policy has been reduced to another problem, that is, how to envelop Maori Huiyuan in a short period of time.
Even if there is a war, they will need enough time to prepare, and the security will be good enough to absorb Ii Naomasa's army.
Although that guy expressed the intention of surrendering, there has been no substantive action so far. Omi was still in control, and Kyoto was still under his threat.
What's more, in the Yamato Province to the south, there is also an important shogunate minister named Okubo Changan. Even Naomasa Ii still expressed his intention to surrender, and Okubo Changan never revealed his intention to betray. Silently assembling an army became the only thing this man was doing.
Corning doesn't have a crush on this guy. If he hadn't prepared to smash Huanglong by surprise, he would have done it to Yamato.
There are gains and losses, and now his situation is a little passive. If it weren't for the fact that he was very confident in the equipment of his soldiers, he would definitely not be able to sleep at night.
But soon, Sakamoto Ryoma, the newly appointed prime minister of the Japanese Kingdom, gave him a pair of sleeping pills with good effects. The conditions for I's surrender have been negotiated.
Aside from some inconsequential rewards, the core of the conditions was about the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and his father, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Naomasa Ii did not ask Corning to release them. He knew that after achieving this advantage, no force would easily return them. However, in the Shimonoseki Treaty, there was a clause on the line pipe that stipulated the whereabouts of the Tokugawa family.
Ezo, later known as Hokkaido, became the place of exile for the Tokugawa family. However, Kangning still retained the title of the shogunate's general for him, but this time, it was for him to really go to "conquer".
But until the situation stabilizes, Corning is not ready to set the family free. But Naomasa Ii was eager to implement this clause.
It's not because of how loyal he is to the Tokugawa family. The real situation is just the opposite, since he wants to choose to surrender, he naturally doesn't want the old master to retain any strength.
Ezo is indeed the perfect place for Tokugawa Ieyasu. If he is allowed to remain in the court, he will definitely continue to have a force to be reckoned with in the near future. Rather than being suppressed at that time, it is better to send him to "Zhengyi" as soon as possible.
Corning's attitude towards Tokugawa Ieyasu is only one fixed opinion. That is, he can't die now, otherwise, there will be another force competing for the title of General Zhengyi. At that time, the country will be plunged into great turmoil, which is not in Kangning's interest.
Peaceful evolution in the midst of local wars is his best strategy. Large-scale turmoil will slow down his peacebuilding.
Besides, keeping Tokugawa Ieyasu's life alive is no longer a threat to himself. His army forces were ready to surrender, and even if he regained his freedom, he would have to start accumulating strength again.
Moreover, Kangning was also going to give a gift to Tokugawa Ieyasu, so he was shocked after the Hongmen banquet.
A quarter of the territory of Ezo will become his heavenly domain, and his subordinates can also get part of the fief if they are still willing to follow.
In this regard, Naomasa Ii expressed his gratitude to Dade. Okubo Chang'an, who was originally eyeing Yamato Province in the south, seems to have been distracted by something.
A few days later, the Tokugawa Ieyasu family was sent to Ezo. Ezo was also officially renamed Hokkaido. At the same time, Sakamoto Ryoma also prepared to set up a position as a Hokkai prospector and send Notomi to manage Hokkaido.
Of course, this matter was later postponed for half a year, for the simple reason that domestic reforms seriously delayed the speed of Sakamoto Ryoma's layout.
Corning was noncommittal about Ryoma Sakamoto's ambitions. The prospects for reform are also not promising. You must know that a reformer who has been unable to introduce specific reform rules for a long time, no matter what he shouts, does not have much reference value.
Let's pay attention to what he is doing, it is better to pay attention to Boss Huang's great martial arts on Kyushu Island.
Kuroda Takada's son, Kuroda Nagamasa, sat on the fiefdom of 520,000 koku in the Tsukuzen country, gathered various daimyo such as Ito Youbing and Ogasawara Nagaji, and allied more than 100,000 troops to resist the landing operation of Boss Huang.
The Goto family of the Fukue Domain also sent a naval army to try to challenge Boss Huang's supremacy at sea.
The Shimazu family had the opportunity to rebel, but they decisively gave up. And he also desperately showed his martial arts on the battlefield. Kuroda Nagamasa on the other side was very puzzled, what kind of strong strength made the Shimazu family so desperate.
At present, the two sides are facing off in the Nagasaki area. Boss Huang had a whim and claimed freedom of religious belief in his territory, which made the believers of the Kiriji Dan in the Shimabara Peninsula of Hizen Province and the Amakusa Peninsula of Higo Province unite and join Boss Huang's team.
The so-called Chechitan people refer to the Catholics in the country at that time. The Age of Discovery brought missionaries to the Wa Kingdom, which had not yet closed off the country at that time, and from then on, together with the last Ming Dynasty, began the first east-to-west learning. But the process of the Wa people was much faster than that of the Ming Dynasty, where the shield of Confucianism was strong. Some daimyo quickly converted to Catholicism and went on to preach in their own domains and try to protect their followers. Hizen and Higo provinces, because of their geographical proximity to the treaty port of Nagasaki, are particularly active in religious beliefs. The number of believers is also far greater than imagined.
So, twenty-one years later, the area was banned by the shogunate, and the Chechitan rebellion was set off. The rebel army under the command of Amakusa Shiro Tokisada was able to confront the 120,000 shogunate army.
Now Boss Huang, who has been helped by them, surpassed his opponent in terms of strength as soon as he landed. Kuroda Nagamasa's army, although it surpassed the Chechi Dan cultists in terms of equipment, was far from being comparable to Boss Huang's pro-army.
In a way, it's going to be a close match.
However, Corning was not ready to continue watching the show. If the Chezhidans win this battle, they will inevitably join the group and gain a lot of say. The mad paranoia of the Japanese people will leave their missionary activities unchecked. At that time, the Black Lotus Sect under his command will usher in the biggest opponent.
He knew that it was very difficult for the Chezhidans to eradicate the faith. In another time and space, even when the shogunate banned missionary work throughout the country, the descendants of the Cheshitan sect continued to practice Catholicism in secrecy for more than 200 years under the name of "hidden Chishitan".
The bigotry of the Japanese people made them the best targets for religious missions, and such a fine resource could not be cheapened by Catholicism.
Therefore, whether it is based on self-preservation or development, Corning will not allow the development of Chezhi Danism.
So, Boss Huang, who was preparing to launch a general attack, unexpectedly received the news that Kang Ning led the army to help.