Xiaguan, or Maguan, is a term that makes every Chinese have mixed feelings.

It guards the western outlet of the Seto Inland Sea and has important economic and strategic value.

The place is nice.

But it belongs to Da Ming now!

"Ministers Maoli respect, for Daming, for my emperor, long live my emperor, long live my emperor!"

On the pier, Mori respectfully saluted the landed Emperor in the posture of sitting under the earth.

At this moment, he was also full of emotion in his heart.

If it is said that when Mori Jingqin, who had recovered from tuberculosis more than four months ago, erected the banner of respecting the Ming and rebelling against rebellion in Shimonoseki, he had saved in his heart a little bit of the ambition of sealing the river and splitting the soil and becoming a Japanese king, such unrealistic illusions have long been extinguished in the hearts of today's Maori Jingqin.

In the face of the direct intervention of the foreign powers and the regular troops of the French, Maori Tatsumi realized that the so-called Shimonoseki War before was actually that the Westerners did not take themselves seriously at all, and they did not use any force at all, and they fell.

He worked hard to sell a little Napoleonic cannon that he had made up with his daughter, and he once killed the shogunate coalition army to lose their armor and erode thousands of miles.

After the shrunk of Shimonoseki, these cannons were used to replace the old guns on the turrets.

Although he sank two armed merchant ships of the Westerners and achieved the highest victory of the Japanese against the Westerners, everything became a floating cloud under the heavy artillery of the French fleet.

An invincible armasta led by 36 heavy artillery ships!

In the face of such a dimensionality reduction attack, I am afraid that all the ships in Japan together will be vulnerable!

But who would have thought that such an invincible fleet would be defeated by the Daming Naval Division in just three hours, and would never dare to show up again?

Even the most optimistic people in Changzhou probably don't dare to think about such a thing.

There is only one exception.

That's the old Maori Uemon Gate.

He once traveled across the ocean with Maolilan to Fengdu to congratulate the great emperor.

During this time, he was invited to visit part of the dockyards of the Royal Second Shipyard.

There, Uemon saw one giant ship after another being built with its keels laid.

He even saw the Infinite Loyalty, which was being built!

There is a saying in strategic circles that the so-called secrecy is always the secret of keeping backwardness.

Truly advanced, cross-epochal weapons and equipment, as a rule, are not kept secret, but actively demonstrated as a deterrent by force.

Zhu Fugui felt that this sentence was a bit too arbitrary, after all, the story of Ribbon Ji was vivid.

Of course, compared to Midi, Ribbon Ji is indeed not cross-era.

However, ironclad ships are definitely epoch-making for Japan, and there is no possibility of imitation.

So Zhu Fugui showed it to the right emon along with the car.

Therefore, Uemon has been deeply aware of the horror of Daming since a long time.

On the contrary, because Kitagawa Keiko's information has been cut off for a long time, the other people in the domain still have a perception of the Daming Naval Master at the level of the Core Values class transport ship.

Although these ships also have a tonnage of more than 2,000 tons, they are only transport ships after all, and they are basically made of wood, or a mixture of wood and iron.

In the eyes of the vassals, although the Ming Dynasty had many ships, it was certainly not the opponent of the 6,000-ton giant ship of France.

Only Uemon was the only one who defied public opinion and resolutely advocated continuing the war against France and waiting for the rescue of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty.

"Domain lord, all princes can descend the law, but the monarch cannot descend the law!"

He shouted at the meeting to discuss the strategy.

Several vassals retorted.

Takasugi Shinsaku, who had been silent, suddenly burst out and hacked to death three vassal ministers who advocated peace and reparations with a sword.

"Your Excellency, Jin Zuo is disloyal, you should cut your stomach to know your mind, but respecting Ming is the only way out of Changzhou, don't forget your own ......"

As he spoke, he swung his knife and tried to cut his belly.

Bang Dang!

Mori stood up speechless, smashing a porcelain cup to the ground.

Immediately afterward, a team of brocade guards dressed in red and black flying fish suits jumped in from all over the doors and windows.

Uemon saluted to Nishiki Guard Senhu Wu Yanzu, and then hurriedly explained to Takasugi Shin.

Today's meeting is a Hongmen banquet, which is set up to purge the disloyal and unfaithful people in the domain.

As long as the Maori adults smash the cup, their own soldiers will come out and arrest those traitors.

I didn't expect to be destroyed by Takasugi Shinsaku, a reckless man.

That's right, a few days ago, Uemon got a letter of appointment from Nishikie.

If Taro Mishima were here, he would be very familiar with this letter of appointment.

He is hereby appointed as the Chairman of the Regional Anti-Rebellion Committee of the Ming Empire.

After filling out the letter of appointment, Uemon has become the chairman of the Ming Empire's Wajima Prefecture Shimonoseki District Suppression Committee.

The reason why Uemon was appointed as the chairman of this Cheka was mainly because the Choshu Domain was the first dog to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, and the treatment was naturally different.

With him as the chairman of the Cheka, most of the scholars in Changzhou can naturally be preserved.

This is also the kindness released by Zhu Fugui, referred to as throwing bones.

However, if you don't kill people, can you still be the chairman of the Cheka?

Therefore, the KPI of Uemon still has to be completed.

He finally came up with a plan for a Hongmen banquet, and was disturbed by Takasugi Jinsaku.

was frightened by him holding a knife, where would a potential traitor dare to show his head?

After only killing three traitors, how could Daming's father be satisfied?

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Throwing out the comical face of Uemon in his mind, Mori prostrate respectfully on the ground.

He could barely see the young man's boots.

Just when he was thinking about whether to step forward and kiss the boots of the Son of Heaven, if he did this, he would not be killed by the imperial guards on the spot, Zhu Fugui's jade voice sounded: "Mao Shaobao, flatten!" ”

"Less insurance?"

Maori Jingqin was slightly stunned, and did not react for a while.

Zhu Fugui smiled and said: "Yes, I follow the law, Maori Aiqing is rooted in Wadao, a pioneer for the king, and he has worked hard and made great achievements, so he should be respected!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Maori hurriedly kowtowed.

Standing behind Zhu Fugui was like a yellow door, and Ito Hirofumi was already very skilled.

He quickly took out a copy of the pre-made decrees and letters of appointment, filled in the names of Maori's relatives with two brushstrokes, and handed it to him, "Mao Shaobao should be diligent in the future and not slack off!" ”

Looking at the young man in front of him who he valued very much that day and was ready to be sent to the United Kingdom for further study, Maori Jingqin also had to sigh that the world is impermanent.

Another international student, Inoue Shin, is still in London washing dishes and being bullied by foreign students, but Ito Hirobumi has become a close minister next to the great tomorrow.

Today, unlike in the past, Maori quickly thanked Ito Huang Gate and received the holy decree.

In fact, many people thought that Long Live Lord would buy bones with his daughter and canonize Maori as the protector of the Japanese island.

However, Zhu Fugui did not plan to do this.

Because the Imperial Protectorate of Wadao is compiled with reference to the Imperial Protectorate of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty, the Metropolitan Protector is a high-ranking official from the second grade, second only to the Third Duke, and the same column as Shangshu, ranking higher than Jiuqing.

Whether the status is high or not is secondary, the key is that the capital protector is the chief official of the metropolitan protection mansion.

Even if the imperial court sends someone to empty him, it will be a hidden danger in legal theory.

Zhu Fugui did not plan to take the road of ruling the Japanese people, and felt that the future was not bright.

Backbone snakes close to the Ming Dynasty, such as Takasugi Shinsaku and Uemon, can be reused, but the supreme power of the Wajima Metropolitan Protectorate must be controlled by a group of Chinese.

Zheng Baoguo, the governor of Japan, Wu Yanzu, the Jinyi guard, and the local civil officials who had been trained in the Xinming Dynasty were all suitable to participate in the work of governing Japan.

Of course, it is also important to buy bones with money.

As the head of Wajima, Daming naturally can't slack off Maori's respect for relatives.

After research, and referring to the traditional entertainment of a rabbit in later generations, Zhu Fugui decided to give him the title of Shaobao, and then sent him to Fengdu to exert his residual heat.

Shao Bao, the young master, and the young master are collectively known as the three orphans, and they are high-ranking officials from the first grade, equivalent to a youth version of the three dukes, similar to the vice chairman of ZX in later generations.

Status is naturally revered.

But the real power......

cough cough cough, make suggestions for the Ming Emperor's government, that's quite an important drop!