"The shogunate will not give up, remember!"

Watching the Japanese in a kimono turn away, Li Shengan did not have the slightest mood swing, and he didn't even have the desire to say a word. www.biquge.info The name of this fierce guy in front of him is named Matsudaira Yasufuku, and his identity is Nishimaru Laochu of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the position of the old man is an important official position in the Tokugawa Shogunate, assisting the shogun in handling national political affairs, usually four to five, which is equivalent to a cabinet member.

The old man is generally a daimyo with a stone height of more than 25,000 stones, and the surname Matsudaira is the old surname of the Tokugawa family, and although Matsudaira Yasufuku is not as popular as the most favored Tanuma Yoshiji in the shogunate, he also has a certain amount of real power.

The Tang Dynasty established its power in the Ishikari Plain, and later wiped out the Matsumae Domain in Hakodate, and the governor of the Matsumae family went to Edo to cry to the shogun Tokugawa Ieji, although the Matsumae Domain was a small external domain with little strength, and the shogun didn't care much, but the external invaders occupied the land of Japan, and he had to care.

Because Tanuma Yiji, as an old man, attaches great importance to commercial development, and Tanuma Yiji learned that the Tang Dynasty is a country established by the Han people overseas, a commercial state, and extremely wealthy, and the scale of doing business with the Qing State was tens of millions of taels of silver, so Tanuma Yiji actually suggested that the Matsumae Domain be transferred to other places, so as to give up the Ezo land, make friends with the Tang State, and seek to do business with the Tang State, so as to improve the poor finances of the shogunate.

Such an unseemly policy, even if Tanuma Yoshiji was a favorite of the shogun, was greatly criticized in the shogunate. The anti-Tanuma faction in the shogunate used this as an excuse to attack Tanuma Yiji, and there were even shogunate samurai who disemboweled their stomachs out of resentment, in short, it was a lot of uproar. Ultimately. Shogun Tokugawa Isaharu decided. Sent the important minister Matsudaira Yasufuku as an emissary. He traveled to Sapporo and negotiated with the Tang Kingdom in the hope of recovering the Hakodate domain of the Matsumae Domain. In exchange, the shogunate was able to recognize the Tang rule in the Ishikari Plain and open up trade with the Tang state, making the Tang the fourth official trading state of Japan after the Qing state, Korea, and the Netherlands.

It's just that before Matsudaira Yasufuku set off, news came from Kyushu. The Tang army sent troops to the Qing State, defeated the Qing army, attacked the Qing Jingshi, and even captured the emperor of the Qing State. Soon there was news that the Qing had chosen to submit to the Tang state, and a new emperor who had been supported by the Tang people formed a new imperial court.

This forced the shogunate to re-examine the strength of the Tang Kingdom, the Shogunate knew almost nothing about the Tang Kingdom, and there were various rumors about the Tang Dynasty, and none of them knew which ones were true and which were false. The shogunate did not know where the Tang state was located, nor did it know its history. Tokugawa Ieharu even inquired about Dutch merchants who came to Japan. The Dutch said that Datang is also a very mysterious country for European countries. Established in the remote continent of America, with no enemies around, and militarily strong, it once defeated the British.

Of course, Tokugawa Isaharu guessed that the Tang people were strong, otherwise they would not have been able to defeat the Qing State, which Japan had always looked up to. The great cause that Lord Guan Bai failed to achieve in his life was realized by the Tang people. Although, strictly speaking, the Tang themselves are Chinese. As a result, Tokugawa Ieji gave Matsudaira Yasufuku more room for negotiation, and if the Tang people were more relaxed, then they would return to the land of the Matsumae domain as much as possible. If the Tang people are resolute, then the shogunate values peace, and tries not to clash with the Tang people as much as possible, and the two sides sign a peace treaty or something, even if the Matsuzen domain does not come back.

It's just that the general thinks very well, but he doesn't know that the Tang people don't take him seriously at all, and Japan is already a piece of marinated meat, ready to be grilled in the oven. On the other hand, Matsudaira Yasufuku was a staunch anti-Tanuma faction, and Tanuma Yoshiji supported friendship with Tang and trade between the two sides. Matsudaira Yasufuku was resolutely opposed to this, supporting the importance of agriculture and the suppression of business, while at the same time being tough on the outside world and adhering to the traditions of the samurai. Therefore, after Matsudaira Yasufuku came to Sapporo, he was not suppressed by the modern scene of Sapporo, but was still proud.

When received by Governor Lee Katsu-an, Matsudaira refused to even hand over the samurai sword, shouting the slogan that the saber would not be discussed. In the end, Li Shengan made a concession and allowed Matsudaira Yasufuku Sabre to enter the meeting, of course, Li Shengan also doubled the security guard, and kept a distance from Matsudaira Yasufuku, no matter how fast the knife was, it could not be faster than the bullet of the submachine gun.

However, Matsudaira Yasufuku recklessly came up to accuse the Tang people of "aggression", and then arrogantly demanded that the Tang people withdraw from the entire Ezo Land (Hokkaido) and compensate the shogunate for its losses, otherwise the shogunate would fight each other. After Li Sheng'an knew that he couldn't understand this brain-dead logic, he directly said no to him, and there was the scene where Matsudaira Yasufuku threatened Li Sheng'an, turned around and left.

The shogunate samurai who followed Matsudaira Yasufuku were simply stunned, and among them, Tanuma Yoshiji, they didn't expect Matsudaira Yasufuku to make the relationship with the Tang people so cold so directly, and he also threatened with force. Everyone knows that the Tang army is extremely powerful, not only to the extent that it has defeated the small feudal Songqian domain, but they have also successfully defeated the Qing state.

Although the shogunate has been peaceful for a long time, there are many internal contradictions, first of all, under the Japanese feudal system, the daimyo have retained a lot of power. Taking history as a mirror, although the Kamakura shogunate was lucky enough to have a kamikaze to block the Mongols, it also planned the existing domestic contradictions because of the external invasion, which eventually led to the destruction of the Kamakura shogunate and Japan entered the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The Tang army didn't even have to win at all, as long as it weakened the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate clan and the Gosan, and gave other daimyo an opportunity to take advantage of, then the return of Japan's troubled times was almost a certainty. These Japanese samurai were not political idiots, and they were shocked by the death of Matsudaira Yasufuku, but Matsudaira, as the mastermind, no one could trespass and reach any agreement with the Tang State on behalf of the shogunate.

Matsudaira Yasufuku naturally knew the risks of what he was doing, but he could only take a risk. If they made peace with the Tang people, it would obviously be in line with Tanuma Yiji's position, and then their anti-Tanuma faction would be even more difficult to move in the shogunate. And if they provoke a war against the Tang State, as long as they achieve a certain victory, they of the main battle faction will gain great political fruits, thus hitting Tanuma Yiji. It's a big gamble.

And the Japanese, who seem to have narrow instruments and poor vision, are full of gambling temperament in their national character. However, at this time, Matsudaira Yasufuku had already begun to plan for the war against Tang. The Shogunate did not have this strength in cross-sea warfare, so it was best for him to provoke the Tang people and let them cross the sea to attack Japan. He felt that the Sendai and Akita domains in the northeastern region were the closest to Ezo and should be the first place for the Tang people to strike. In this way, the shogunate was able to weaken the two powerful feudal domains, and fighting in Japan itself, the shogunate army was able to win at the right time, in the right place, and in the right place.

At least that's what he thinks. (To be continued.) )