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"Well, the Sun and Moon Flag has finally been raised in Japan!"

In Edo Bay, Japan, outside Yokohama Town, which is under construction, Zhu Jishi looked at the sun and moon flag that had just been raised, and said to Zhu Mo with a smile. He still didn't know that Zheng Hongzheng on Baiyun Mountain in Guangdong was hot-headed and wanted to fight with Monk Greenqin, so he was in a very good mood. During this time, his diplomatic and commercial activities in Japan were extremely smooth. At present, Japan has not yet been awakened by imperialism, and neither the visit of the black ships nor the Saxon-British War has yet to take place. Therefore, at this time, the ideas of those "people with lofty ideals" in Japan still kept imperialism out of Japan's doors, and no one dared to think of turning Japan into imperialism.

And the propositions put forward by Zhu Jishi are very much in line with the appetite of these Japanese people with lofty ideals. In their minds, the Ming Kingdom and Japan are both a line of East Asian yellow civilizations, and they are one and the same heart towards the Baiyi ghosts and animals, and now Zhu Jishi is married to the Tokugawa family, obviously to unite Japan and oppose imperialism and the West together. Therefore, the current Japanese are relatively friendly to Zhu Jishi.

The fact that Zhu Jishi owned a de facto "concession" in Yokohama did not attract attention. Because it is also customary for the Tokugawa family to accompany a piece of land when they marry their daughter, this land is not under the name of Zhu Jishi, but belongs to Tokugawa Akiko.

"Needless to say, this piece of land is still a little smaller, it is enough now, and it will be difficult to say in the future. If you go back and find some people to reclaim the sea, don't be afraid to spend money, in the future, Yokohama will be Japan's first commercial port, no less than the current Osaka and Nagasaki. Our investment will definitely pay off. ”

"My subordinates understand." Zhu Mo groaned for a moment, lowered his voice and said, "Ming Gong, do you want to build a castle wall around Yokohama Town?" ”

"Nope. No, you don't. Zhu Jishi waved his hand, "At most, build a wooden fence to prevent thieves, and you can also hire some samurai to maintain law and order in the town." He paused and said in a low voice: "This Japan is not Brunei after all, and you are not Zhao Daheng, understand?" ”

"But......" Zhu Mo frowned and said in a low voice: "Ming Gong, you accepted the princess of the Mito Domain." As far as the subordinates know, the power struggle in the shogunate is very fierce now! ”

"They fight them, let's not interfere." Zhu Jishi waved his hand. "Needless to say, you need to keep in mind that we have only one political position in Japan, and that is to support the Tokugawa shogunate. As for who was this shogun. We can all accept it. Do you understand? ”

Zhu Jishi is now a Japanese policy. It's an outsider. On the one hand, it does not interfere in the power struggle within the shogunate; On the other hand, he fully supported the regime of the Tokugawa shogunate, which Zhu Jishi had to explain clearly to Zhu Mo, who remained in Japan to be in charge of the business of the four major foreign firms.

"But...... What about weishenme? Zhu Mo shook his head and said, "Ming Gong, the Tokugawa Shogunate has a lot of restrictions on the four major lines, and obviously doesn't really trust us, maybe we can consider something else." ”

Zhu Jishi suddenly shot his gaze like electricity at Zhu Mo, "Shaoyan, is there any Shili representative who has contacted you?" ”

Zhu Mo nodded and said, "There is a person from Iwakura who found his subordinates a few days ago. He claimed to be the representative of the Minister of the Imperial Minister, Takashi Masatsu......"

"It's from the Japanese Imperial Court?" Zhu Jishi now knows a lot about the situation in Japan, and he also knows that the Tokugawa family and the Japanese court have always been in harmony. And a group of ministers and royals who were kept as pets by the Tokugawa family. He has never given up on returning to power. And the imperial court's collusion with the strong feudal clan was the thing that the Tokugawa family was most worried about.

"Iwakura Gushi said that Ming Gong is the future Ming Emperor, how valuable his identity is, in Japan, only the prince of the Heavenly Emperor is worthy of marrying Ming Gong......"

"Ignore it!" Zhu Jishi interrupted in a deep voice, "Shaoyan, do you know what the Tokugawa Shogunate is?" What did the struggle between the imperial court, the shogunate, and the powerful feudal mean for Japan? ”

"My subordinates don't know."

Zhu Jishi didn't explain to Zhu Mo, and asked again: "Shaoyan, after you came into contact with Miss Mingzi's eighty-eight courtiers, what kind of people do you think they are?" How about Confucianism in China? ”

Zhu Mo was stunned for a moment and replied: "These people are all people who can do things and serve in the army, but they can't be compared with our Confucian scholars in terms of knowledge." ”

Zhu Jishi snorted: "What knowledge?" It's just the ability to do eight-strand articles! Useless...... The samurai of Japan, on the other hand, learned by doing. No matter how bad it is, you can cut a handful of people, which is much better than the sour Confucians in China!

There are hundreds of thousands of samurai in this Japanese country, and there are many talented people in Wang Zuo. How can our sours compare? And this Tokugawa shogunate is actually a cage for these Japanese talents!

First, the shogunate was chosen by his background, and those poor samurai, no matter how outstanding they were, were difficult to be reused by the shogunate for life. Second, the shogunate coerced the emperor and controlled the feudal domains, and if he was not careful, there would be a strong feudal emperor who would fall, so the liliang of the shogunate was eight points internal, two points external, and guarding against the imperial court and the feudal domains was the top priority of the shogunate! With such a shogunate, no matter how many talents Japan has, it will not be able to show its strengths, and it will be difficult for Japan to dominate the eastern part of the sea one day. That's why we need to support the shogunate, and we can't let the shogunate die in internal and external difficulties.

Shaoyan, you must keep my words in mind, understand? ”

……

"You are the author of "The Theory of the Founding of the First Army", advocating the Ming Emperor Zhu who first strengthened the army, then settled the country, and then opened the country? In the lower Sakuma Elephant Mountain, I have long admired the emperor Daming, and I am willing to go to Hong Kong with the emperor, I don't know if it is possible? ”

Sakuma Elephant Mountain? What do you do? Zhu Jishi looked at a middle-aged Japanese man who was giving himself a big gift with some uncertainty, of course, he was also dressed as a samurai, but the knife had already been given by Jinyiwei.

This person is extremely fluent in Chinese, presumably a Japanese "Great Confucian", and seems to have made friends with Zuo Zongtang. When Zhu Jishi returned to the Mito Domain from Yokohama, he saw him and Zuo Zongtang talking warmly. The characters who can enter Zuo Zongtang's eyes are not ordinary people!

"Ming Gong, this Sakuma Xiangshan was the first celebrity to advocate 'New Zhu Learning' in Japan, and he put forward the theory of 'Harmony Soul and Foreign Talent' in accordance with your proposition of 'middle school-based and Western learning for use'. He also opened Shoyama Shoin in Edo Kanda, where he taught Western studies and Confucianism, and there are various books on Western scenery that you have written about Western scenery. By the way, Mr. Xiangshan is also the teacher of Katsu Yoshishu, and he is also very good at Western military science. ”

Zuo Zongtang stroked his beard and smiled to introduce Zhu Jishi to the situation of this Sakuma Xiangshan. If Zhu Jishi's historical skills are a little better, he probably doesn't need Zuo Zongtang to introduce him, and he can know what a famous figure this Sakuma Xiangshan is.

In history, if Wei Yuan was the first Chinese to open his eyes to see shijie, then this Sakuma Xiangshan was the first Japanese to open his eyes and look at shijie with a telescope! The reason why he saw it with a telescope was because his understanding and mastery of Shijie was far deeper than Wei Yuan. Moreover, the theory of "harmonizing with the soul and using foreign powers" and the theory of "first-class power" put forward by him are almost the guiding ideology for Japan to repair and open the country and later embark on the road of militarism! And this kind of thinking coincides with Zhu Jishi's "middle school as the foundation, Western learning as the application" and "the theory of the founding of the army first".

As a result, he has become the most famous "New Zhu Studies" in Japan, well, the authoritative expert on "Zhu Jishi's Studies". This expert in the new Zhuxue naturally wanted to visit Zhu Jishi for a long time, but because his status was not high, he was only a vassal of the Matsushiro Domain, so he was blocked by the Mito Domain, who managed the Mito Domain, until his disciple Katsu Yoshishu became a courtier of Tokugawa Akiko, and was introduced to Zuo Zongtang.

"Mr. Sakuma Zoyama, would you like to leave Japan with me?" Zhu Jishi frowned slightly, his Japanese wedding with Tokugawa Akiko will be held in a few days, and then he will leave Japan and return to Hong Kong to prepare for an attack on Guangdong! It's not a problem to bring a few "tourists". But at the moment, Japan is still closed to the country, and it is strictly forbidden for citizens to travel abroad, and Sakuma Zozan is still a Matsushiro domain.

"Have you ever gotten the shogunate's approval?" Zhu Jishi asked.

"Because Mr. Zuo was hired as a professor of Confucianism at Jeseki University, he could get the approval of the shogunate to go abroad."

"That's right." Zhu Jishi nodded, "Since that's the case, then I will welcome Mr. on behalf of Jishi University." ”

Another Japanese aspirant who wants to go out and see shijie! I don't know if his mind will become wild after getting to know Shijie? Zhu Jishi sighed in his heart. In fact, he was very reluctant to let Jishi University and Jishi Academy recruit Japanese, whether it was teachers or students.

However, now that these Japanese have opened their eyes to shijie, there is always a way to see it from another way! Instead of that, let them go to their own school and see a shijie that they want them to see! (To be continued......)