499. Deng Mingdao

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Although he was only wearing a bleak green robe, Deng Mingdao still put on a posture of an envoy to the kingdom, and ordered at the only subordinate at present: "Cao Tongshi, you and tell the Japanese Tang Boat over there that the 300 acres of commercial land are too narrow, let him set aside at least 3,000 acres for backup??????"

Deng Mingdao, male, from Dengjia Village, Yihuangzuo Township, Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, 17 years of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, no, no, it should be born in the 14th year of Yongli in the former Ming Dynasty, 43 years old this year. Although the first half of Deng Mingdao's life was not miserable, he was always just a child who wanted to climb the dragon gate. According to inertia, if nothing else, he would reluctantly go to school after exhausting his family wealth, and end up in his hometown as a talent in the Qing Dynasty, but the great counterattack of Zheng Jun from the sea changed his fate.

Because he did not go to school, Deng Mingdao was lucky to escape the trial of the so-called traitor lackey, but because he was disdainful of the identity of the county officials, he did not "follow the dragon" for the first time. However, he later realized that the road he was looking forward to for the imperial examination did not exist in the Ming Dynasty, and only the school system similar to the "Three Rounding Method" of the Northern Song Dynasty was the only way for scholars to enter the world.

After thinking about it, Deng Mingdao, who never understood that he was actually not the material for studying, finally puffed up again and hoped to take the entrance exam for the county school. Although the results were not good, but fortunately, at this time, Zheng Fan was in short supply of officials at all levels due to many reasons such as the expansion of the government and the trial implementation of the government's policy of going to the countryside.

The county school is entered, but Deng Mingdao's learning situation is still unsatisfactory - although the county school under Zheng Fan's rule initially only required a rough gentleman and six arts, but he was not diligent and did not know how to be vassal, except for the grades of books and etiquette, the remaining four subjects can be described as miserable.

Or because there was no one in the entrainment of Ming Zheng, Deng Mingdao still dropped out of school with the incredible results of the later county students in Yihuang County, and became a scribe in the fourth class - Deng Mingdao finally started his life under the Ming Zheng regime with Li Yuanshengfan, whom he couldn't see.

After two years as a scribe, Deng Mingdao had just been promoted to the third-class secretary of Liuwai, but he encountered the death of the Son of Heaven of Wuding, and the Son of Baokang succeeded to the throne.

Then Deng Mingdao stayed up in the position of the canon for more than a year, and when the Son of Baokang died, the Son of Taishun succeeded to the throne, at this time Deng Mingdao was already the first-class master of the stream, and he was only one step away from obtaining the real official product.

In March of the second year of Ming Taishun, Zheng Kezang replaced Ming, and Deng Mingdao finally became a product official by riding the east wind. But before he could finish his happiness, the adjustment of the Zheng Xia government that began with the former Ming Wuding Dynasty affected him. I don't know if it was luck, or if the county government had made a move, so Deng Mingdao became a Congjiupin Beijing official who belonged to the Governor Fanyang's Yamen.

The Jingguan from Jiupin is definitely an inconspicuous one in the administrative Wuchang City, but Deng Mingdao doesn't have to worry about which dignitary or which yamen he will accidentally bump into. The reason is very simple, the Governor Yamen knew the old background of this group of new officials, so as soon as Deng Mingdao entered the capital, he was locked up in the school run by the Governor Yamen for further study.

Perhaps knowing that this further study is related to his future, Deng Mingdao worked very hard in his one-and-a-half-year study career, and did learn a little something, and more importantly, he knew how to be an envoy on behalf of Huaxia, and even learned hundreds of common words of the Wa State and the Korean State, so he was able to succeed in his career.

After leaving school, Deng Mingdao was assigned to Ningbo, and interned under the accompaniment of the North Korean Pavilion. Before taking office, the summer war broke out, Deng Mingdao desperately threw himself on the book, asked to serve in front of the army, although it was approved for disaster, but he was registered in the department, and waited until the summer peace conference, after Japan opened 14 treaty ports, he was officially transferred to Akita, Japan, and at the same time promoted to the first class, and was promoted to the deputy envoy of Honglu from the eighth grade.

Because everyone knew the interests of trade with Japan, the various factions within the Governor's Yamen for the affairs of the countries were fighting for the envoy stationed in Honglu of Zhengqipin, but no one paid attention to the deputy envoy with a slightly lower status. Therefore, Deng Mingdao was immediately sent to Japan to preside over the division of commercial land in the Akita area and the construction of the embassy in Honglu. And Deng Mingdao, who is full of ambition, also hopes to show his ability on the Japanese stage so that he can climb up again, so he is also more active. As soon as the order for the dispatch of the governor Yamen arrived, he immediately boarded a military ship bound for Japan, and after several rounds, he first went to Edo, then to Ezo, and finally to Akita Port by a ship from the Kaito Prefecture to Jexian.

When he came to Akita Port, Deng Mingdao realized that his luck was against the sky - the owner of Akita Port, the lord of the Kubota (Akita) Domain, Satake Yoshishi, is now lingering on the sickbed, and there is a great possibility of personnel in the near future, in this case, the only thing that the Kubota Domain can do is to calm down and not let the shogunate have the opportunity to reduce the seal and change it, which also gives Deng Mingdao the possibility of blackmail.

"What? One hundred and eighty towns (note: 1 town is equal to about 1.1 hectares), this commercial land is too big. "Sure enough, the Tang Boat of the Satake family didn't dare to stand up to Deng Mingdao's requirements at all, but insisted on the details." No, no, the envoy's request is too much, and the family can only give eighty towns at most. ”

"What can Eighty Town do, one embassy stationed in Honglu, one stack, and one street will be filled." Deng Mingdao could actually understand some Japanese, but he deliberately waited for the interpreter to reply before he spoke. "Sue sΓΉ that Japanese savage, trade has already been opened here, and there will be a lot of merchant ships from our dynasty in the future, and people will have near-term worries if they have no long-term concerns."

Savage, indeed, don't look at Deng Mingdao only has eight products, it seems that it is inferior to the Japanese name of this Shou, that auxiliary, this Zuo, and that captain, but the Japanese are just the high hats they wear on themselves, in fact, as far as the entire Kubota Domain is concerned, that is, the feudal doctrine has official positions and official positions that are really recognized by the Japanese court and the Edo shogunate, so compared with Deng Mingdao, isn't the Tang Boat Governor in front of him a rural slangman?

To be able to become a Tang ship, the Japanese in front of Deng Mingdao had some knowledge of Sinology, so as soon as he heard Deng Mingdao's contemptuous words, his face immediately changed. Speaking of which, the Japanese nation is still very strange, because the Xia army defeated the supreme ruler of Japan, so the entire Japanese nation thinks that Huaxia is the heavenly dynasty that has truly inherited the Chinese civilization, so after being despised, Tang Chuan's first feeling is not anger, but self-preparedness, and he feels that his identity is not as good as Deng Mingdao.

That's right, after the signing of the Summer Treaty, the number of merchant ships sailing from China to Japan will definitely skyrocket, but this also depends on the place. Kaxia merchant ships such as Matsue, Tsurumai, Wajima, Niigata, Sakata, and Akita were almost certainly not as good as those destined for nearby ports such as Hirado, Nagasaki, Shimonoseki, Kobe, Imabari, Nagoya, Yokohama, and Ishinomaki.

"Well, how about a hundred towns." The Kubota Domain's Karafune pursued a second thought, and humbly gave a new number. "It really can't be more, there is no flat land near the port, and even these have to level a few small slopes."

"One hundred and twenty-five towns, nothing less." Deng Mingdao stroked with his hand. "Otherwise, it will be troublesome later, as for the land leveling? Not yet. "Due to Deng Mingdao's toughness, the all-responsible Tang Chuanzhi finally nodded." The size of the commercial land has been solved for the time being, but what about the Japanese commercial houses and whale houses that are now zoned in the commercial land? Shoveled? "These were the financial resources of the Kubota Domain, and Tang Chuanzhi naturally couldn't agree to let Deng Mingdao shovel it, so Deng Mingdao took the opportunity to ask." Since it is in the commercial land, according to the peace treaty between the two countries, it is necessary to follow the laws and regulations of our dynasty, and this tax must also be paid to the commercial land inspection department. "The Japanese are definitely unacceptable, so Deng Mingdao deliberately took a step back." At least half of the family should be used, otherwise it is better to drive out and vacate the place for my courtiers to use." ”

At present, the best plots of Akita Port have been rowed away by Deng Mingdao, and Tang Chuanxing does not dare to guarantee that several commercial houses, whale houses, and dormitory houses will have the same good business after moving, so after thinking about it for a while, Tang Chuanxing can only accept Deng Mingdao's opinion aggrievedly: "Then don't pay half of the family." ”

Deng Mingdao smiled with satisfaction and continued to ask: "There is also a port, the port is too small now, it must be expanded, what is the name of the related buildings?" General? Please also need your feudal clan to arrange. ”

"Money, the port general invitation is asking for money," Tang Chuanxian said. "My family is short of money now, and I really can't come up with money."

"Akita wine, Akita lacquerware, and Akita beauties are famous in Japan, so you don't have any money?" Before coming, Deng Mingdao had done something to understand, so he unceremoniously exposed the other party's lies. "No money? Isn't there several royal merchants in your domain, so you can borrow from them if you really don't have any money, I believe that your domain has this credit. ”

Tang Chuanxing was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword, but considering the shogunate's reaction, he had to endure it: "The matter of expanding the dock will be considered by the family, please rest assured." ”

Now that the Japanese have relented, Deng Mingdao is no longer pressing step by step, so he raised a new topic: "Also, according to the peace treaty between the two countries, our dynasty can set up an inspection department in commercial areas, of course, it is impossible for our dynasty to transfer a large number of people from the country, if it is really transferred, your clan and the shogunate are also worried." Therefore, the envoy will recruit people to maintain order in Sakata later??????"

This was stipulated in the peace treaty between the two countries, and the Kubota clan could not refuse, but before the Tang Bune Governor could speak, a warrior from the Sakata Domain hurriedly ran to report: "My lord, my lord, ship, ship, a Tang ship has entered the port." ”

"What?" Deng Mingdao's face changed greatly, how could it be, it was not the sea trade season now, how could someone be so eager to come to Japan to trade, and he came to such a remote place as Jiutian, so he immediately asked. "Cao Tongshi, what is this Japanese talking about?" Cao Tongshi repeated the warrior's report in official language, and Deng Mingdao thought about it and proposed a possibility. "Could it be that the Lord has arrived?"

Cao Tongshi pinched his fingers and calculated: "No, count the days, it shouldn't be so fast." ”

Regardless of whether Shangguan arrived or not, Deng Mingdao had to go over and take a look: "It's also a blind guess here, let's go, let the Japanese take us to the dock??????"