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The first half of the reign of Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is known as the reign of Tenwa, and during this period, Tsunayoshi worked hard to prohibit the killing culture of the previous Warring States, and he advocated the Bunji Shoji zhì, which valued virtue, and personally held I Ching lectures, and social life was relatively stable.

However, Tsunayoshi and his brother, the former shogun Gang are the same extravagant by nature, and he spends money without restraint to lead the shogunate's treasury to dry up, although the shogunate later remined gold and silver, and made a large amount of ill-gotten wealth by replacing good money with bad money, how can the natural disasters follow one after another and Tsunayoshi's habit of spending money is still not changed, and finally can not be supported.

The shogunate, who had nothing to do, finally set its sights on the pockets of the feudal lords and the common people, and on October 29, the eighth year of Genroku, Tsunayoshi built 160,000 tsubos in Nakano Takuchi on the outskirts of Edo as a dog shelter, among which 290 "dog huts" were built and more than 80,000 wild dogs were raised.

The "Order of Mercy for the Living" was clearly Tsunyoshi's contribution to the gods and Buddhas for his own good fortune, but he insisted on apportion the project of about 200,000 taels of silver to the lord of the Marugame domain, Kyogotaka or the lord of the Watsuyama domain, Mori Nagari, in the name of "Mitedenpusu", and as for the annual food expenses of nearly 100,000 taels of silver for the wild dogs, the farmers of the shogunate and the people of Edo Town paid a surcharge to settle the problem.

This could not but cause dissatisfaction among the daimyo and the Japanese people, but this alone did not shake the foundation of the shogunate. What is terrible is that during this period, the social atmosphere changed dramatically, and officials at all levels of the shogunate accepted bribes under various names, and there was already a Genroku world that could not do things without money.

The shogunate was not unaware of the problem, and knew that the root cause of the problem was the outflow of gold and silver, but it was powerless to solve it. For this reason, some sober people in the shogunate turned their hateful eyes on Zheng Fan and the Huaxia Dynasty, who had made a lot of profits in trade, and in addition, the Huaxia side instigated the smuggling of Hibiscus to further increase the outflow of gold and silver from Japan, so the hardliners of the shogunate repeatedly demanded that the trade between Japan and Xia be cut off.

However, for the merchants of Sandu, who controlled the lifeblood of the Japanese economy, the complete interruption of the Rixia trade was a catastrophe for them, and they who had already lost a lot of money in the shogunate's currency recoinage, they were willing to say anything like the shogunate's decree. However, for the Sandu businessmen, it is a good thing if they can use this to pressure Huaxia to give up huge profits, so although they oppose the results, the Sandu businessmen are on the side of the hardliners in public opinion.

It is a pity that the flattery of the merchants of Sandu was thrown to the blind man, and the Huaxia Dynasty, which had already reached an agreement with the Dutch side, had no intention of giving up substantial benefits, and even the smuggling trade of Afurong could not be stopped, which naturally caused complete dissatisfaction on the Japanese side.

For this reason, on the second day of the fifth month of the 14th year of the Japanese Genroku, with the approval of Yanagisawa Yoshiho, the shogunate officially notified the Huaxia merchant house in Nagasaki and promulgated the "Genroku Rixia Trade Style", restricting the trade of Huaxia ships to Japan, and the limit amount was four articles per year, and all excessants were captured and confiscated.

In addition to restricting the size of merchant ships, the "Genroku Rixia Trade Style" also prohibited the legally traded Chinese ships from selling 42 commodities in Nagasaki, such as paper, pen and ink, books, pearls, fragrant wood, lacquerware, porcelain, mercury, sumac, and sulfur, and imposed a price limit on silk and raw silk.

On the third day of the fifth month, the shogunate ordered the prosecution of opium houses throughout Japan, and confiscated small and medium-sized trading companies and merchant alliances suspected of being involved in smuggling.

"How dare Japan, a small country, issue such a ridiculous decree." When the news from Japan returned to Wuchang, the maritime merchants in Jiangnan, eastern Zhejiang and other places had already made a commotion, and the Chinese court, which practiced mercantilism, had to pay special attention to it. "If the court doesn't react, what will the Taixi barbarians think of the court." Lin Xian, the secretary of the military department, said angrily. "That's why we have to punish them severely."

"Lord Lin, don't be impatient." Huang Liangbi, who was transferred from the governor of Ganzhou and other places to the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites and cabinet minister, was also a warrior who was accustomed to seeing mountains and seas of blood in the past, but he successively served as the central and local civil affairs, and had a new perspective on the war. "This official thinks that it is better not to fight or not to fight, not to mention that Japan is a country that was not conquered by the former Ming Dynasty, even if this dynasty uses a naval division to determine the territory, this sea route is far away, and it is not as good as the Korean side, please let the governor Yamen talk about it first, and salute first and then soldier."

The full name of the so-called Governor's Yamen is the Governor-General's Yamen of Foreign Countries and Trade Affairs, and there is a problem with trade with Japan, and he is in charge of this unit, so Huang Liangbi's words are in line with the procedure, but his kindness is not good to repay, and Ke Dingkai, the minister of the Governor's Yamen, has the same hard-line position as Lin Xian.

"Although what Huang said is conventional, I still don't know anything about the negotiations with the Tokugawa shogunate."

Ke Dingkai is Zheng Chenggong's concubine Yibin, and he can be regarded as Zheng Kezang's uncle, plus he is the nephew of Ke Ping, the former cabinet counselor and now the minister of the Bide Academy, his status should be true, but who made him compete with Huang Liangbi for the position of cabinet minister before, so even if both sides have taken a step forward, there is still some hostility between them.

"The shogunate did not put forward such harsh conditions on a whim, as early as a few years ago, it was many times of coercion against our dynasty, but it was only when our dynasty resolutely disagreed with the Japanese side's blackmail that it barely maintained trade with Japan. Ke Ding paused, and then said: "Therefore, this official agrees with Lord Lin's opinion, we must teach the Japanese side a lesson, maybe we can open the door of Japan and facilitate our business with the DPRK." ”

Zhang Riyao, Cabinet Counselor and Minister of the Salt and Iron Yamen Office, shook his head: "The dispatch of troops to Japan is huge, and the imperial court's financial resources have been tight all these years, and there is no money left to support such a large-scale operation." ”

At the beginning of the third year of Wucheng, the Huaxia Dynasty made an adjustment to the central system.

Among them, in terms of personnel, the older generation of Prime Minister Zheng Yingping and Counselor Ke Ping were transferred to the Minister of the Aid Yuan, and Lin Liangrui, the former head of the Grand Judicial Yuan, Zhang Riyao, the secretary of the Du Branch, and Lin Heng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, took over the posts of prime minister and counselor cabinet minister;

In terms of organizational structure, the original Ministry of Salt and Iron, the Degree Branch, and the Ministry of Water were reduced to the Salt and Iron Yamen, the Degree Branch Yamen, and the Water Conservancy Yamen respectively, and the three Yamen of Ma Zheng, Quanxiang, and the State Treasury were merged into the above three Yamen, thus forming a new pattern of separation of powers between the six ministries and six yamen, the Grand Trial Yuan, and the Supervision Yuan, in the Outer Dynasties -- the three dynasties of the Chinese Dynasty, the Inner and the Outer Dynasties.

In the Chinese Dynasty, the most important thing is the two houses, one of which is the Privy Council, which naturally does not need to be tired;

The other is the General Administration Yuan, the General Administration Yuan, also known as the silver platform, the transmission of internal and external documents, don't look at it as just an intermediate body, but the status is very important, although its chief official Zhengqing can not be directly promoted to the cabinet minister and the higher status of the cabinet counselor minister, the prime minister, but can participate in all cabinet meetings like the Supervisory Yuan Zhengqing, and supervise the cabinet records in the meeting, after the meeting to review the copy of the copy, and submit one of them to the internal court;

The status of the Gezhi Hospital, the Tai Hospital, and the secretary and supervisor in the same China Dynasty is relatively low, but because of Zheng Kezang's attention, the status has been improved compared with the previous dynasties, and Zheng Kezhang has the intention to upgrade the Tai Hospital to the health yamen of the foreign dynasty, but the courtiers do not understand and the financial resources of the Huaxia Dynasty are limited, so it is temporarily shelved;

As for the Inner Dynasty, it does not refer to Zheng Kezang's inner court, but to the Bide Yuan, which was the advisory body of Zheng Kezang's ministers, and the Hanlin Yuan, which served as a similar job to another secretary of time and space, in order to replace the Ming Dynasty's master of ceremonies responsible for drafting edicts and sorting out cabinet opinions.

"It's because there is no money that we have to fight." In the three-year central restructuring of Wu Cheng, a new situation also emerged, that is, under the prime minister of the cabinet, a counselor minister who did not care about the ministry was set up, and Lin Heng, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, was the first full-time counselor. "Although there was a large outflow of gold and silver from Japan, which endangered the rule of the shogunate, after all, the dead camel was bigger than the horse, and the gold and silver reserves in Japan were still extremely staggering."

Lin Heng's tone was somewhat greedy: "Therefore, whether it is to force Japan to accept the outflow of gold and silver or to obtain a high amount of compensation, it is necessary to fight a war with Japan." ”

Zheng Kezhang didn't think that fighting a war could make money before, but in recent years, the Xia army has tasted a lot of war dividends in Annam, Vietnam, and even North Korea, and counselors and ministers with military backgrounds are naturally willing to engage in bigger wars.

"In addition to money, the imperial court also has to force Japan to abandon the lockdown order, at least agree to let the Japanese who stayed overseas return to China, so that it can explain to the overseas Japanese who have supported the dynasty for many years."

The Japanese in the system of the Chinese Dynasty is indeed a problem, but how to solve it, not everyone agrees with Lin Heng's point of view, so Prime Minister Lin Liangrui coughed lightly: "Counselor Lin, let's talk about the issue of the lockdown order separately." ”

Since he did not talk about the issue of the lockdown order, Lin Heng asked for a vote, and as a result, the two counsellors and ministers each had one vote in favor of sending troops and one vote against the war, and among the other three cabinet ministers, two votes were in favor of war against Japan, so the ball was kicked at Lin Liangrui's feet.

"Lord Lin," Lin Liangrui pondered for a moment, looking at Lin Xian. "Japan is a big country, does the Privy Council have a complete plan?" Lin Xian gave a clear reply, speaking of which, the plan for the war against Japan had been drawn up several years ago. "Then report it to the Holy God and ask for a holy judgment." Lin Liangrui is a good second setter, and kicked Keju to Zheng Kezang's feet again, but this is also normal, after all, the emperor is in charge of the major conquest affairs, so he naturally does not dare to be good at it as a minister. "Please report Lord Chen immediately, and we will meet you immediately."