In June of the ninth year of the Holy Dao, Chen Xinghua's delegation returned to Tanegashima with satisfaction, and Bai Yanding also began to prepare for war with satisfaction.

Edo Castle, Tokugawa Yoshimune was frightened by Chen Xinghua's cruel words, China occupied the Ryukyus, and the fleet was even stationed at Tanegashima, he knew the news, and this cruel words were by no means a lie. While scolding these Chinese for having no ancestral etiquette, he couldn't stop sweating, he really wanted to fight......

If Chen Xinghua said not two months but two years, Tokugawa Yoshimune would really send a clipper to catch up with Chen Xinghua and lower his posture to talk again. Because it meant that Britain had to raise a large army to defeat the Spaniards and occupy Luzon, Japan had no hope. But it's only two months...... This meant that Japan was not yet a key target for Great Britain and would only attack with the existing naval and army forces in the Ryukyus. Fighting against a giant finger, the outlook is not absolutely dark.

In the final analysis, how powerful Great Britain is, it is all rumors, and there is no personal experience, from Tokugawa Yoshimune to the shogunate ministers, who do not think that Japan has no power to resist. It was not yet the whole country coming, and the fighting spirit gradually surged from the chest, dispelling the fear and filling the whole body and mind.

Fight a tie, or even a small victory, and then bow your head, so that you can cut off China's ambitions and read through China's history books, such routines abound.

When the idea was determined, the shogunate began to operate urgently. Edo Bay had the narrowest strait near Uraga (east of Yokosuka), where the shogunate had forts. It was estimated that the shogunate urgently transported eight pieces of kokuban from other places and placed them on the Uraga Fort, which was a lot more stable.

The shogunate gathered all the warships that could collect and catch up with Edo Bay, and even took out the shogunate's Ataka ship, which was the shogunate's seat ship, and installed a large barrel and placed an iron artillery team as the main force of the fleet. I heard that the Great Britain collapsed very sharply, and urgently added ironclad to reproduce the ironclad ship of the Warring States period.

In order to prepare for a land attack, the shogunate also assembled tens of thousands of ashigaru troops stationed on the Miura, Yokosuka, Kanaga, and Edo lines, including 3,000 iron artillery troops, which were enough to resist even if there were more than 10,000 enemy troops coming to attack.

From Edo Castle to Edo Bay, the shogunate, feudal domains, and townspeople worked together to prepare for war, and the history of the whole of Japan working together to resist the Mongol invasion seems to be repeating itself. The shogunate also issued a notice to the feudal clans that two months was too tight to gather the armies of the feudal domains, so there was no need to send out troops, but gold and silver were needed.

The shogunate's shogun's edicts spread throughout Japan, but the documents that reached the Satsuma clan were severe reprimands and accountability. The British envoys were brought to Edo by the Satsuma Domain, and at first they were only talking about Ryukyu suzerainty, so why did it develop to this point? Has the Satsuma clan colluded with Great Britain to plot the whole world? This matter could not be explained by Shimazu Moritsune's head alone, and Tamarira also gave his head to the British envoy for the samurai of the Satsuma Domain, which made the shogunate even more suspicious of the position of the Satsuma Domain.

Kagoshima Castle, Shimazu Jitoyo put down the shogunate's inquiry documents, and picked up the inquiry documents sent by Yinghua, he even had the intention of passing on the position of the head of the family to his son Shimazu Muneshin, this feeling of not being human inside and out, it was really torturous.

He asked his confidant Takahashi Yoshiren again, and Takahashi Yoshiren said helplessly: "Even if the palace abdicates, or even self-determination, it is not enough to win the trust of the shogunate, unless the feudal domain is reduced again." But if the shogunate is defeated and bows to China, our Satsuma clan will be sacrificed by the shogunate to please China......"

If it weren't for the fact that the whole Satsuma clan adhered to "righteousness" and was unwilling and did not dare to turn their backs on Japan, Shimazu Jifeng would have asked Chen Xinghua to surrender. Beat? The Satsuma clan had fought with Great Britain for a long time, and the elite of the Satsuma clan was crushed to death on the Amami Islands like ants with their little fingers. The Satsuma clan was not at all optimistic about the prospect of the shogunate facing the British, and the shogunate was a dead end. …,

Takahashi Yoshirutoyo's words put an end to Shimazu Jitoyo's thoughts of falling to the shogunate, and he already knew that the Satsuma clan had fallen into a large pit dug for them by the Great British, and this pit was too deep for the feudal clan to climb out of it......

"The Satsuma Domain is already in a Jedi, but isn't the same situation for the shogunate? Palace, once the shogunate is defeated, the situation of the world will change greatly! In order not to let the world fall apart, and for the sake of the future of our Satsuma Domain, we can only rise to the challenge and use this disaster as an opportunity to revitalize our domain! ”

Then Takahashi Yoshiren said with red eyes, he had been holding back these words for a long time.

"The only one who can save Japan is our Satsuma Domain!"

This sentence completely touched Shimazu Yotsutoyo, and he finally made a decision...... Continue to ride the wall.

At the same time, Shimazu Yoshitoyo appointed Takahashi Yoshiryo as the elder of the general, and came to the Hokuyo Fleet in the name of offering pledges, hoping to wait and see the war, so that he could decide the policy of the Satsuma domain as soon as the war ended.

"Unlike the Manchus, they learned very quickly, and the defenders of the Satsuma Domain were already replacing flintlock pistols and studying small cannons. We hurt them this time, and we want to force them to trade, so we are not afraid that they will follow the same example and seek revenge on us in the future? ”

Bai Yanding had some concerns, obviously he didn't take this battle seriously, according to the judgment of the Naval Intelligence Department, as well as the mission's observation in Edo Castle, if he only defeated the shogunate on the battlefield, did not penetrate deep into Japanese territory, and did not occupy Edo Castle, there would be no suspense in this battle, unless all the officers and men of the Beiyang Fleet ate puffer fish to death.

"Of course, the roots of Japan and the Manchu Qing are different, but there are some similarities, such as the shogunate and the emperor's righteousness are not together...... As for seeking revenge on us, it depends on how the Japanese recognize this defeat. In the past, my Datang fought in all directions, and there were many people of different races, and they were all proud to be Datang people. Today, when we are rising in Britain and China, we want to share things with the European powers, don't we even have the heart to reproduce the style of the Tang Dynasty, do we have to be afraid of such a small country? ”

Feng Jingyao replied with a kind of enlightened indifference, but Chen Xinghua, Luo Wugui and Fan Sihai had seen the temperament of the Japanese in Edo, and they secretly shook their heads at these words.

Just when China and Japan were gearing up for a war, Jiangnan was also in flames, with black smoke.

This is not a real war, but another heart-wrenching war.

Li Fu, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, finally couldn't help it, Yinghua's cultural attack from Longmen made it difficult for him to sleep, and the circulation of goods was only to gather profits to Yinghua, and the imperial court and he could even share the profits by setting up a gold bureau. But at present, such a literary attack has gathered the hearts of the people and the hearts of the scholars to Yinghua, which is the foundation of the imperial court and the basis for him to still gain a foothold in Jiangnan.

The action of curbing the cultural offensive through covert forces such as the Taiyi Society not only had little effect, but also brought the Taiyi Society and other organizations to the surface, and their strength was greatly damaged. Moreover, the Dayi Society, which is dominated by scholars, has also been eroded by the English and Chinese attacks, and those scholars of the Dayi Society have taken the books home and hid them, so they handed over some painless pamphlets......

Li Fu did not hesitate to take the huge risk of provoking the camp south of the Longmen River, and with the power of the government, he launched the "Qingfeng Zhenghua" movement to confiscate the "**". Of course, he didn't dare to target Yinghua explicitly, but declared that the folk obscenity was prevalent, and it would not work if he didn't rectify it! For the sake of the morality of the people, in order to correct the social weathering, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have made a comprehensive inventory of "**".

The "manuscripts" that were already prevalent among the people were suddenly suffering, and although the books imported from the south were not on the list of the open faces, the prefecture and county governments were ordered by Li Fu to check them one by one. In particular, those books that talk about the way of heaven, such as "The Three Treatises on Heaven and Man" written by the Emperor Shengdao, "The Science of Truth" written by Duan Guoshi, and "The Interpretation of the Emperor's Constitution" that explains the principles of the British and Chinese countries, should not be missed! And those "learning of the way" that integrates the hundred schools of thought in ancient pre-Qin are also the key objects of investigation. As for the books that tell about Western knowledge, I didn't pay much attention to them, after all, there are too few people who can understand them, and they are not widely circulated. …,

Songjiang, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Jiangning, and even Hangzhou, which is controlled by Nian Qianyao, have been in black smoke for days, and tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of books have been reduced to ashes. The scholars and people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang watched coldly on the side, and even the people who hated Yinghua the most on weekdays also had a lot of complaints, feeling that such a method was inferior and scattered people's hearts.

Before Li Wei burned books and killed people in Jiangnan, that was to punish the thieves and dispel the antipathy. But nowadays, although these books are taboo in language, they are all talking about heaven and learning. Is it a fallacy and heresy, there must be a debate to refute it, so as to reassure people's hearts, otherwise why would Yongzheng want to spread the "Mystery of Great Righteousness" to the world? This is reasoning and establishing people's hearts. Now that you Li Fu is making an excuse indiscriminately, sneaky, and saying that it will be burned, how can the people be convinced?

In the face of the questions of officials from various places and Shilin's rebuke, Li Fu was silent. Rebuttal? The more the truth is debated, the more mixed it becomes, but it confuses people's hearts, and the writings that are pouring in from the south are not a theory, but countless families, two fists are invincible to four hands, and the righteousness of the monarch and the minister is not allowed to be argued with, and he is not allowed to talk about it!

Li Fu soon discovered that he ignored a human heart, which is human nature. The more you forbid you, the more curious the people become. People who didn't care much about the theory of the south also looked around to see what was so wonderful about these studies that could make the court and the government so jealous.

He also found that he ignored the strength of the Nanban literary attack, and tens of thousands of books were burned, which was nothing, but the printing workshops of Yinghua and China instead shouted that the market was thriving, and many printing workshops directly moved to Longmen, using lead movable type technology, rotary printing machines, and cheap paper, to print books frantically. What is a hundred thousand? Now a single printing machine can print hundreds of books a day, and the bottleneck of book production is stuck in the binding.

In late June, cheaper and more abundant books soon appeared all over the south of the Yangtze River, in response to the saying that "wildfires are inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows more vigorously". Li Fu has one head and two big, so he can only continue to press the state and county to continue to clean up, and not let these books appear on the official face.

But Li Fu didn't know that Liu Xingchun finally digested the work of the Jiangnan camp, and began to devote his energy to his "regular business", relying on several prefectures and counties in Longmen, and the grassroots officials Ding Cha, he had begun to serve the new proprietor......

At the same time as Li Fu's head was big, the Huangpu Political Affairs Hall, the second first assistant Tang You, once felt that his head had been cracked into pieces.

"Official, Japan wants to fight, Jiangnan wants to fight, Huguang and Jiangxi want to fight, Sichuan and Tibet want to fight, and Burma, Malacca and Java, this ...... This is madness! ”

Frightened by the war report sent by the Privy Council, Tang Youzeng's brain was numb, and he couldn't think about the words used to ask Li Xian who came to ask about politics.

Li Xian smiled slightly: "I have endured it for four years, and now I can't help it anymore, the power of a country is pouring out, naturally this is the scene." Don't be afraid, it was really crazy to do this four years ago, but now ...... We can afford to fight! ”

Then he sighed: "I don't want to be so scattered and attack from all sides, but in this current situation, I can't do it without fighting." ”

patted Tang Youzeng's shoulder again: "Tang Xiang, Li Xiang's unfinished business depends on you to support it." ”

Tang You once fell into dementia, what did Li Zhushou do? The one who carries the black pot, now that this country is fighting on eight sides, what did he want to do? Naturally, you have to carry a larger and heavier black cauldron......

A heart was sinking, and suddenly thought of the outgoing Li Zhushou transferred to the dean of Baicheng College, and the general person of Duan Guoshi Chen Yuanlong was free all day long, and his heart suddenly rose, okay, after reciting this black pot, he would be as free as Li Zhushou.

After settling down, Tang You began to review the war report of the Privy Council, although the government affairs hall did not care about military affairs, but under its jurisdiction the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry, all of them had to cooperate with the military in terms of personnel, finance, and other aspects, and there was too much work to do. ..., Jiangxi Huguang Military Station, Sichuan Horse Affairs, Nanyang Requisition and Dispatch of Civilian Ships, and the full launch of the "Military Preparedness Law", one document after another, and then looking at the Japanese affairs in the circular, Tang Youzeng's mind slipped past a thought, Japan...... What's there to fight? It is estimated that it is also a lesson, the political hall can't manage the general office, so you don't have to worry about this matter at all.

On the 8th day of August in the 9th year of the Holy Way, it was a good day, and it was on this day that the "Demon Dragon Invasion" as called "Demon Dragon Invasion" was called in Japanese history books.

The black and red hull of the ship is painted with the huge sails of the twin dragons, and the four huge warships are like magic dragons rushing out of the cracks in the region, slashing into the calm Edo Bay, followed by the four giant ships, and fifteen small warships, but each of them is larger than the ironclad Yataku ships on the shogunate's side.

Hundreds of ships, carrying nearly 10,000 oarsmen and soldiers, watched this fleet come through the waves. The heroic and unyielding cannon sound sounded in the direction of Uraga Chong, and the power of the collapse of the country was immediately revealed, and the huge sound seemed to tear the sky, and more than a dozen water columns rose on the surface of the sea, lifting everyone's falling hearts.

Knock knock knock...... Knock knock knock......

But then, a dense column of smoke erupted from the black and red battleship, shattering their high-spirited hearts.

Forty 30-pound guns, 24 20-pound guns, and 60 12-pound guns, this is only the number of guns on the side of the hull of the fleet, not counting the two-inch and three-inch guns for special purposes. Japan alone has never heard such a dense sound of artillery, let alone the low roar of heavy artillery such as 20 or even 30 catties of guns, and the Uraga Fort is wrapped in a huge column of smoke, and the scene is enough to show the power of these "national collapses".

"The sky is tilting...... The sky is falling! ”

"Sea Rift...... The sea is cracked! ”

"The army of the demon king must be the army of the demon king!"

"That's the Dragon! The Satsuma people are right, the magic dragon is coming! ”

The samurai and soldiers of the shogunate cried out in despair, and when the second round of shelling covered Uraga-oki, not a single one of the shogunate fleets gathered in the sea a dozen miles away was left.