After recovering Liaodong, Yue Su sent a large army to Japan to fight, and the Tokugawa shogunate had already fought with Wu Sinan's soldiers and horses, and they were evenly matched.

Wu Sinan led the army to counterattack, and the general troops such as Wujia Province and Xing Ying competed for the first place, and the Japanese people who fought were falling into the water. Chiba was very close to Edo, and Wu Sinan drove straight into it until he reached the base of the Tokugawa shogunate. Tokugawa Ichiguang saw that the Ming army was powerful, and on the one hand, he held the city, on the other hand, he sent people to negotiate with Wu Sinan, and sent people to other places, recruited soldiers and horses, and invited other big families to help.

However, Governor Wu will never delay such a thing as beating the water dogs, and now that he thinks about the negotiations, what did you do earlier. Directly sent the envoy back and gave the order to continue the attack. Edo is also a strong city, the two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle, the Ming army artillery fire is sharp, and the firepower of the Japanese people can be counted, just like that, the whole battle lasted for nearly half a month before the Ming army captured Edo.

The army entered the city and engaged in fierce street fighting, until the war was finally over, when the Tokugawa family was wiped out. Of course, Wu Sinan's reason for killing the Tokugawa family is very open, because this is an order issued by the son of Toyotomi Fuye, when your Tokugawa family killed our Toyotomi family cleanly, leaving us alone, today we must return a tooth for a tooth, and we will not be tolerated.

In this way, the Tokugawa shogunate officially ended, and the so-called Toyotomi Hideyoshi's successor re-established the Toyotomi shogunate. The war has come to an end, and the losses of the Ming army this time are not small, and the capital and profits must be recovered. All the property of the Tokugawa shogunate was confiscated and belonged to the Ming Dynasty, in addition, Wu Sinan also signed a series of unequal treaties with Toyotomi Fuye.

The Ming Dynasty sent troops to avenge the Toyotomi family, and now it is done, and the Toyotomi family needs to pay the Ming military expenses, which is equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver. It doesn't matter if you don't have enough silver, Japan can first borrow from the banks of the Ming Dynasty, and the loan cannot be without collateral, and Kyushu and Chiba can be mortgaged to the Ming Dynasty. The annual interest can be offset by taxes. And Daming also has to have mining rights in Japan.

In order to ensure the safety of your Toyotomi family and maintain the prestige of our Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can set up garrisons in Japan, and the number of troops is arbitrary, and the military salaries of these troops need to be paid by the Toyotomi shogunate.

There were more than 20 articles in the treaty, and almost half of Japan was sold to the Ming Dynasty. But these are nothing to a ronin who has nothing in the first place, as long as he can have fine clothes and food, can sing every night, and live the life of a general, even if he sells Japan, what can he do.

Of course, Daming didn't do anything particularly bad, and for some Japanese families, he still tried his best to win over. Most of the objects of wooing are those small families who have no ambition, giving you certain rights and interests, and some big families, if they are willing to cooperate, it is the best, if they are unwilling, in the name of the Toyotomi shogunate, send troops to fight and destroy you directly.

Under the policy of successive fights and pulls, and the division is famous, Japan is basically pacified. In recognition of Wu Sinan's merits, the imperial court awarded Wu Sinan the title of Prince Taibao, and Yue Su proposed that Wu Sinan serve as the first Ming Governor in Japan.

The current Japan is completely under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, no matter what the shogun is, or the emperor who has always acted as an ornament, it doesn't matter at all, and this governor in Japan can be said to be the real king of Japan. This errand can be described as a fat runny oil.

For this position, Wu Sinan is gladly accepted, he finally did some business, but before it opened, the store was burned, and now Lord Yue finally rewarded an errand to recover the capital, how to grasp it well.

Soon after, a large number of merchants entered Japan to carry out trade with Japan, and used Japan as a commercial distribution center to operate on a large scale.

Besides, Lord Yue, since the recovery of Liaodong, the prestige has become more prosperous, and the imperial court has specially decreed that Yue Su has been crowned as the Left Pillar State, and Lord Yue has since stepped into the ranks of real nobles. In the second year, Emperor Zhu Ciyan took charge of the government and once again crowned Yue Su as the Marquis of Anguo, and he was hereditary.

After the little emperor became in power, Zhang Yan was relieved, and Zhu Ciyan, in addition to being more interested in the new gold coins with his own avatar launched by the imperial court, was really not very interested in others, and like his father, he worked as a carpenter in the Yangxin Palace all day long, and asked Lord Yue to enter the palace from time to time for guidance

Lord Yue is not as idle as the little emperor, and he has to deal with major national affairs every day, and the most important thing at the moment is to recover the land of the vassal king. The imperial court is now rich, or a lot, it can be said that it is the richest time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, according to the strategy proposed to Zhang Yan at the beginning, Lord Yue said that he wanted money to buy back the land in the hands of the vassal king. From then on, if the emperor added the title of vassal king, he would only give silver, not land.

The implementation of this decree is a test for the royal family, but as long as the emperor nods, it will definitely succeed. Yue Su did a lot of ideological work on Zhu Ciyan, and Zhu Ciyan also thought that what Yue Su said had some truth, if the land was sealed like this, and then it would catch up with the war, or in the year of natural disasters, there would be no food. Besides, the imperial court did not ask for the land of the vassal king for nothing, and also gave a lot of silver, and finally agreed.

With the support of the emperor and Yue Su's strength, the vassal king could only nod and sell the land to the imperial court one after another.

After solving this important matter, Yue Su once again proposed to convene a council to discuss the second major matter. This matter was something that no one expected, that is, to increase the commercial tax, from the original 20 taxes to 1 to 20 taxes 3.

The commercial tax was raised so much at once, and the government and the opposition were shocked, because at this time, shipping was rising, and commerce was the most developed. If your Lord Yue makes a direct decision in the cabinet, even if there will be complaints below, but out of fear of your Lord Yue, at most you dare to be angry and dare not speak, and scold in private, forget it. However, if you want to pass it in Parliament, it seems unlikely.

It was in the midst of the fact that the big guys couldn't believe it that the council was convened. As in the previous sessions, a group of councillors entered the council hall in turn, and Lord Yue was the last to enter and walked to the podium.

Yue Su glanced at the members of the council present and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, today's parliament is convened, and you have already been notified of what is being discussed. The official knows that it is really difficult for this proposal to be passed in the parliament today, because this proposal involves the interests of many people. ”

"Lord Yue, you can't say that, as long as it is reasonable and beneficial to the court and the people of Li, it will definitely be passed. However, if it is beneficial to some people and not beneficial to the vast majority, it will definitely not pass. For example, if we compete with the people for profit, it will be very difficult to pass such a proposal. ”

When Yue Su finished speaking, Jiang Yueguang was the first to stand up, as the backbone of the Donglin Party, but if Yue Su supported it, he must oppose it.

"Lord Jiang is right, if a proposal wants to be passed in the parliament, at least it can be passed by the court and the people, and it is indeed impossible to pass such a proposal as a proposal to compete with the people. However, Lord Jiang, this official suddenly wants to ask more, if this proposal is really beneficial to the court and the people, then is Lord Jiang in favor or against? Yue Su looked at Jiang Yueguang with a smile on his face.

"Needless to say, the lower officials are naturally in favor." Jiang Yueguang replied.

With Lord Jiang's words, Xia Guan was relieved. Others, are you also like Lord Jiang, as long as this proposal is beneficial to the court and the people, you will come out to support it? Yue Su glanced at everyone in the hall again.

Speaking of conscience, most of these people have the same purpose today, that is, to vote against it, no matter what you Lord Yue said, it is useless, and then you will definitely veto the vote. However, after all, this is a parliament, and it must be said that it is high-sounding on the surface, so they nodded unanimously, "Yes, as long as it is beneficial to the court and the people, we will definitely support it." ”

"Since you're all talking in general, that's fine. Now, this official would like to ask you another question, what is the purpose of the imperial court collecting taxes from the people? Yue Su said again.

"The imperial court collects taxes, which are naturally taken from the people and for the people." It was Jiang Yueguang who was the first to answer. The other councillors didn't know what Yue Su's intention was to ask this, but this answer was indeed the most high-sounding, and the big guys all nodded along with him.

Yue Su also nodded and said: "The state collects taxes in order to take them from the people and to the people, and the purpose of this official wants to increase the commercial tax is to use the extra money on the people. Truly take it from the people and give it to the people. ”

"Increasing taxes is to compete with the people for profit, but to take it from the people, how can it be regarded as using it for the people." Jiang Yueguang said again.

"The small people live a difficult life, often because there is no surplus wealth at home, when they are sick, they cannot seek medical treatment and buy medicine, so the official intends to use the extra tax to set up national medical centers in all parts of the world, free treatment for the people of the world, seek medical treatment and medicine, all free, all expenses are borne by the imperial court, and the silver of the imperial court comes from these taxes. Not only that, but the official also plans to set up free schools in all parts of the world, so that children from poor families can have the opportunity to read and write. To open a free school, it is naturally necessary to hire teachers, and there is also a certain amount of expenditure, and these silver must also come from taxes. Ladies and gentlemen, if this official wants to increase the commercial tax and use the money from the increased income to do this, can it be regarded as taking it from the people and giving it to the people? Yue Su looked at everyone and said with a calm smile.

"This ......"

As soon as Yue Su finished speaking, the big guys stopped moving, and the tax and silver that had been increased in taxes, if it was used like this, was indeed truly taken from the people and for the people, which was irrefutable. Jiang Yueguang didn't know how to answer.

For a while, in the council hall, there was silence, Yue Su smiled again, and said: "Lord Jiang, you just said that as long as it is a good proposal, you will support it if it is beneficial to the imperial court and the people." I don't know if this official's proposal can be regarded as benefiting the court and benefiting the people? ”

"This ......" Jiang Yueguang didn't expect Yue Su to be the first to ask himself, and he was hesitant, and it took him a long time to say: "This is the benefit of the court and the benefit of the people." ”

"Oh......" Yue Su nodded and smiled, and said, "Since Lord Jiang said so, it is obvious that he supports this proposal. ”

"Xiaguan...... "There is no way to support ......, who said that he had already said it before, and now he can't slap himself in the mouth, so he can only nod and admit it." But having said that, Jiang Yueguang also made up his mind, and when the next vote came, he would have to abstain from voting, and I didn't object to it.

It's a pity that this trick of his, Lord Yue has already guessed it. Yue Su smiled and said, "Okay...... Lord Jiang was the first to support, which was really a blessing for the imperial court. Mr. Jiang's words have been heard by everyone now, Mr. Jiang voted in favor, and now the first yes vote has come out. ”

"Lord Yue...... Aren't you waiting for a meeting to vote? Jiang Yueguang hurriedly said.

"Lord Jiang, haven't you already expressed your approval? How? Are you still going to regret it? I don't know who said it just now, as long as the court is in favor of the court, the proposal of the people will definitely be supported. Yue Su said with a chuckle.

"Yes is yes, so don't you have to wait a while to vote." Jiang Yueguang hurriedly explained.

"The vote is going to wait for a while, but I don't know if what Lord Jiang just said in favor is from the bottom of my heart? The parliament is to discuss national affairs, and there is no room for half a joke, and if anyone takes national affairs as a child's play, he is not qualified to be a member of the parliament. Yue Su said coldly.

"When the lower officials speak, they have always been true to their words, how can they not say it." Jiang Yue said loudly.

"Good! Master Jiang's words have been heard by everyone here. The vote is real-name anyway, if Lord Jiang does not vote in favor, the official will make jokes and tease the world when Lord Jiang is talking about national affairs, but this article can expel Lord Jiang from the parliament. Yue Su said loudly.

Jiang Yueguang suffered a dumb loss, but there was no way, the qualification of this parliamentarian was very important to him, and it was the only embodiment of the status of the Donglin Party. Helpless, Jiang Yueguang could only nod and say: "Lord Yue, rest assured, this official has always been true to his word, and he has said yes, and he will definitely vote for it when the time comes." ”

"That's good." Yue Su nodded with satisfaction, looked at the councillors again, and said, "What are your opinions on this proposal of this official?" If anyone objects to it, even if it gives the reason, the official will definitely give an explanation. ”

Lord Yue has already said the reason for increasing the commercial tax in a high-sounding manner, so how can everyone oppose it, take it from the people for the people, and do not compete with the people for profit, because the court does not want to make more money from you.

Officials and businessmen didn't know what to say, but when a peasant councilor stood up, he arched his hand and said: "Lord Yue, the name of the small people is Zhang Chongliang, and he was elected as a councilor by the neighbors in the countryside, and it is really a blessing for the people to be able to participate in this council and see Lord Yue and so many court officials." When Xiaomin participated in the parliament before, he never spoke, but relied on everyone's narrative, discerned by himself, and then voted. But this time, Xiao Min really wanted to stand up and say that Xiao Min agreed with Lord Yue's proposal. In our countryside, there were many people who had no money for medical treatment because they were sick, and finally died of illness, if the imperial court could open a free medical center, this kind of thing would not happen, at least let the big guy have a place to see a doctor and grab medicine when he was sick. They will not look down on the doctor because the family has no money, and lie at home waiting for death. Also, the matter of Yuetang, Xiaomin is also very supportive, our farmer, it is very difficult to study, sometimes, it takes half a lifetime of hard money to save enough for the child to go to private school. Most of us countrymen are not very literate, and we naturally don't know many truths, if we can read for free, not only can we know how to read and reason, but also let everyone have some other things in addition to daily farming. ”

"Yes, yes...... We all think so......"

After the peasant councillor named Zhang Chongliang finished speaking, the other peasant councillors and workers' councilors all nodded in agreement. The increase in commercial taxes had nothing to do with the merchants and the officials who bought and sold in their homes, but it had little to do with the peasants and workers. More importantly, the increased business tax is still to serve them, and to open free medical centers and free schools, which is a great thing. It can be said that Yue Su's proposal, whether it is implemented in the end or not, the matter will spread immediately. If they peasant and workers' councillors do not approve of it, they must not be scolded to death if their peers know about it.

This proposal would be supported by the peasant and workers' councillors, but in fact, Yue Su had already expected it, he bowed his head slightly at Zhang Chongliang, and then said: "The parliament, the parliament, if there is anything, everyone will discuss it, whether you agree with it or not, you have to talk about it." Who else wants to say it now. ”

The workers and peasants were willing, the merchants were not, but they had no good reason to oppose it. After all, the imperial court also collects land tax, and the field tax is much higher than the commercial tax, and now even if it is higher than the commercial tax, the proportion is about the same. And Lord Yue's slogan this time is better, not simply to increase the commercial tax, but to increase the commercial tax for the real people.

None of the merchant parliamentarians could stand up to oppose it openly, let alone those who were officials, and the eunuch parliamentarians did not dare to stand up. But these people all adhere to an attitude, now we don't say, when the vote will be held, abstain together, so that you are less than half of the vote, you can't pass, that's it.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Yue Su waited for a while and said, "Since there is no one to oppose anymore, it means that everyone is in favor." ”

"The lower officials are in favor." "The people are in favor." ……

Parliamentarians from the Monarchist Party and councillors from the Workers' and Peasants' Wing Party hurriedly spoke. Although the officials of the Monarch Wing Party also have their families doing business, and the increase in business taxes this time will also have a certain impact on them, none of them dare to sing against Lord Yue.

"Okay, it turns out that everyone is in favor of it, and there is no opposition. That's fine, it's a waste of time to wait for the vote. Well, this is the end of the parliament, and the issue of increasing commercial taxes has been unanimously passed. ”

Good guy, Yue Su simply didn't mention the matter of voting, and directly said that it was unanimously approved. Whoever tells you that no one objects, and no one objects, I will agree with them all. wW