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The Wa State must be annexed, but not in the form of vassals, but directly become the provincial capital of the Ming Dynasty, but in this case, the country must be thoroughly cleaned up, simply put, let their population drop significantly. At this time, the population of the Wa Kingdom would not exceed 25 million, and it was only 30 million at the end of the Edo period, and there were still 150 years to the end of the Edo period, and the population of the Wa Kingdom should be about 15 million at most during the Wanli period, so 25 million is a very reasonable number, after all, the population growth rate was not high at this time.

But if you want to rule the country effectively, you must not let their population exceed 10 million.

That means he'll have to kill another fifteen million.

Men, in particular, must have as little as possible, and are not afraid to clean them all up.

This work cannot be done by themselves, only to provoke a civil war between their princes, let them do it themselves, war death, artificial famine, slave plunder, and even spread a little plague if necessary, these are all alternative means, and the most important of these is the civil war of the Japanese kingdom. The destruction of agriculture by war can lead to mass famine, the slave trade will be used as an important means by the princes who are in dire need of weapons in the war, and the plague will inevitably have more deaths, in short, war is the premise of everything.

As for the outcome of the war, it does not matter.

The Tokugawa Tsunayoshi switched off the financial routes of the southwestern domains, but it was difficult for the southwestern feudal domains to unite and fight, because they were already at odds with each other, and the other feudal domains did not necessarily have to fight except for Shimazu Tsunaki. Shimazu Tsunaki himself is definitely not good, if he wants to unite with other feudal domains, he must have a slogan that can be used, or he must occupy the commanding heights of public opinion, and Yang Feng is now giving him this slogan. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi forced an emperor to death in order to betray the interests of the Japanese state, and if he continued to persecute a four-year-old emperor, then Shimazu Tsunaki could have played the banner of respecting the king, and the princes would also respond to him.

And Tokugawa Tsunayoshi had no other choice.

If he doesn't continue to persecute the emperor to meet Emperor Yang's demands, then the Ming army will destroy his city, destroy Edo, destroy Osaka, destroy Nagoya, he is indeed a shogun, but the shogun is captured by force, once his major cities are bombarded by the Ming army, and even landed and attacked by the Ming army, then the other feudal clans will not come to save him and continue to let him be the boss, people will watch him be beaten half to death by the Ming army, and then happily make up for him and replace him.

So even if Tokugawa Tsunayoshi understood that this was a pit, he had to jump into it, and he still had a chance if he jumped in, and if he didn't jump, he wouldn't have any chance.

As for the country and the nation or something, it's a complete joke!

After the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Yang, just as Fang Heng threatened at the beginning, immediately after the Nanyang Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet formed a combined fleet and sailed out of Changguo, two battleships that should actually be counted as second-class battleships plus four third-class battleships, and another twenty cruisers, and the huge fleet sailed into Edo Bay again. When the giant battleship with three layers of gun doors and towering mountains appeared in his field of vision, Shimazu Tsunayoshi did not hesitate at all, and sent people to Kyoto again to force the four-year-old emperor, who had just ascended the throne, to go to the Ming Dynasty to apologize to Yang Feng.

This immediately ignited the anger of the feudal lords, and then Shimazu Tsunaki, the lord of the Satsuma domain, resolutely raised the banner of the reverence for the fall of the king in Kagoshima, and expanded his army to 10,000 people as quickly as possible, all armed with new firearms, and then marched towards the Kanmon Strait. Along the way, the Kumamoto Domain, the Saga Domain, the Fukuoka Domain, and even the smaller feudal clans such as Omura joined one after another, and quickly seized Nagasaki, which was controlled by the shogunate, and Nagasaki Castle committed suicide. Before Tokugawa Tsunayoshi could react, the Mori clan of the Choshu Domain also raised the banner of rebellion, and soon 25,000 allied troops from the various domains of Kyushu Island crossed the Kanmon Strait and formed a 30,000-strong coalition army with the Choshu Domain to attack the Hiroshima Domain.

At this time, the shogunate army also arrived in Hiroshima, and then the two sides started the first major battle in Hiroshima, in front of the coalition forces with all flintlock muskets and a large number of field guns, those heroic shogunate samurai were bleeding, and the coalition army almost wiped out nearly 20,000 shogunate troops with a loss of a few hundred people, and the Asano family, who originally fought side by side with the shogunate army, and the Tosa clan, which was reinforced from Shikoku Island, also did not hesitate to defect, and the coalition forces along the Sanyo Road were like broken bamboos to Kyoto.

"Lord Envoy, you must save us!"

Yoshiho Yanagisawa lay at Fang Heng's feet and cried.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is really scared now, he is even silently thanking Yang Feng, he didn't expect that the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides is so big, the shogunate army of 20,000 people in the first battle of Hiroshima was wiped out, and the total number of opponents killed and wounded was less than 700, the reason for this is mainly because the shogunate used the cavalry that was extremely precious in the Japanese country, and it was a cavalry team of nearly 500 people who broke through the coalition line to cause this result, but the cavalry team was stabbed to death with bayonets immediately afterward.

And the confrontation between the infantry was simply desperate, and the brave samurai were completely shot like dogs by the soldiers of the fallen shogunate.

Fortunately, this was an early fight, and if the southwestern feudal domains continue to develop like this, even if they can't do this, they can still raise troops, but he has no hope of continuing to fight like this now.

"Yanagisawa-kun, don't do this! We are friends, of course we will not help you, I will introduce you to a friend, and he will take care of the rest. ”

Fang Heng, who had been appointed as the prime minister in the country, said with a smile, and then pointed behind him.

Behind him, a middle-aged man stepped forward, bowed to Yanagisawa Yoshihoichi in a very Japanese style, and at the same time presented a business card and said: "Contemptible Zheng Cheng, manager of the Edo branch of the Jufu No. ”

"What kind of business is Your Excellency doing?"

Yoshiho Yanagisawa asked, bowing, taking the card.

"Whatever adults want to buy, we will operate."

Zheng Cheng said with a smile.

"What if we want to buy a hundred thousand flintlock pistols and a hundred cannons?"

Yoshiho Yanagisawa said.

"If you pay now, then in half an hour you will get 10,000 flintlock pistols and 20 cannons, and of course the matching ammunition, our cargo ship is in Edo Port, if you are still willing to ask for it, then in the next month, I can send you another 100,000 flintlock pistols and 200 cannons, if you are willing to pay a little more, we can even provide you with special technical guidance to help you use these weapons, in short, as long as you are willing to pay, there is nothing we cannot provide, even if you want to buy a battleship, As long as you give me enough money, I can get it for you, too! ”

Zheng Cheng said.

"Well, how much does it cost ten thousand flintlock pistols and twenty cannons?"

Yoshiho Yanagisawa asked immediately.

"A small fine of 200,000 with 100,000 rounds of ammunition and 500 shells."

Zheng Cheng said.

"Well, please come with me to get the gold, and within a month, give us another hundred thousand flintlock pistols and a hundred cannons at the same price, plus the matching ammunition."

Yoshiho Yanagisawa said.

This price is not low, the small judgment is one or two gold, of course, their two are only more than sixteen grams, and the purity of the Yuan Lu judgment recast by General Dog is less than fifty percent, but even this 200,000 pieces are equivalent to nearly 700,000 dragon yuan, but now they have no other choice.

"We're here to help."

Zheng Cheng said with a smile.

And at the same moment, inside Kagoshima Castle.

"Li Jun, we need more weapons and ammunition, especially ammunition, at least another 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 5,000 shells."

Shimazu Kuki said as he bowed to a Ming merchant in front of him.

"Yes, as long as you pay for it!"

The latter said.

"Uh, Li Jun, can you give us a batch of credit for the time being, and when we take Osaka, we will pay it with interest."

Shimazu Hisaki said embarrassedly.

This is not a war in the era of cold weapons, although flintlock pistols and cannons are good, but they must be supported by money, and the Satsuma Domain has now gained some gains from Nagasaki, but most of the other places are defective, and there is no real gain from these places. But the soldiers' salaries, eating and drinking have to cost money, of course, the Satsuma Domain had saved a lot of money before, but as soon as the war started, the money was like flowing water, and Hiroshima knocked out more than half of their ammunition reserves in the first battle, and the rest was definitely not enough to fight in Osaka, so the only way was to continue to buy from the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is that if they can't reach Osaka, it will be difficult for them to have money to buy ammunition.

From Hiroshima to Himeji, the road was full of poor and remote land, and no matter how much they scavenged, they couldn't find oil and water, not to mention that in order to maintain unity, they couldn't rob the Asano family's things, so they had to take credit.

"On credit? For the first time, I heard that there was still a credit for the purchase of arms. ”

Li Jun said in an exaggerated tone.

"Uh, that, we're really short on money, Li Jun, for the sake of our friendship, please!"

Shimazu Kuki said embarrassedly as he hunched over.

"No, credit is absolutely not a no! Although we are friends, this is not my own business, even if I am willing to help you, it is useless if my boss does not agree, in short, credit is absolutely not okay, if you want to buy ammunition, you have to pay for this point is not negotiable. ”

Li Jun said without hesitation.

"Li Jun, please, we are willing to pay an extra 20% of the payment at that time."

Shimazu Hisaki continued to bow and plead.

"No, but I do have a proposal, to be honest, even if you buy another 500,000 rounds of ammunition, it's useless, a war of this magnitude, how can you shoot millions of bullets, you just want to take Osaka, but what if you can't fight it in a short time? What if the shogunate transferred the wealth there? You can't keep on credit, can you? Now you can't make money by smuggling, so you have to think of a new way to make a fortune.

I have a good way to solve your problems once and for all, would you like to hear it? ”

Li Jun said. (To be continued.) )