This shogunate meeting was attended not only by the old man and the senators, but also by the daimyo of the major feudal states.

Sakai Tadashi expressed his opinions one by one: "First, the military expenses of the Tang soldiers can be compensated, but they cannot be given too much, and they must not exceed 600,000 guan (150,000 taels of silver). ”

"600,000 is too much." Tokugawa Ietsuna didn't want to shell out money.

The financial revenue of the shogunate came from all the direct domains, and it could be divided into annual tribute, koumi, three battles, and small pujin. The annual income is fluctuating, about 50-800,000 stone rice, 30-600,000 taels of gold, and 20,000 guan (5,000 taels) of silver.

It seems that there are a lot of them, and Judah has the most gold, but it takes money to support the retainers and samurai!

The money saved by previous generations of shoguns was long since the Edo Fire was rebuilt. In another time and space, twenty or thirty years later, the shogunate had difficulty in giving money to its retainers and samurai, so they had to make money by minting inferior gold, silver, and copper coins.

Sakai Tadakiyo said, "Then let's 500,000 kan." ”

Tokugawa Ietsuna was rarely tough, and said: "At most, 400,000 kan will be paid, and if the Tang envoy does not agree, then defend Edo to the end!" ”

Sakai Tadashi said: "Article 2, return the confiscated Tang people's goods, this can be agreed. Third, Japan must open its country, and this is absolutely impossible. The price of cotton cloth and iron pot of the Tang people is much cheaper than ours. Shipwat after ship, many weavers and pot blacksmiths lost their jobs. In the castle towns of Edo, the common people bought Karabu and Karabu. If this continues for another five years, there will be no more weavers in Japan, and there will be no more craftsmen in Japan who can forge pots. And those craftsmen who have lost their jobs will conspire with the ronin***. ”

Abe Tadaaki finally couldn't help but speak: "Why are Tang Bu and Tang Pot so much cheaper than Japanese goods?" I asked the Tang merchants, and they used steam engines to weave cloth and smelt iron. I think that no matter what the Tang Emperor wants, he can agree to it for the time being. Then more envoys were sent to the Tang Dynasty to learn steam engine technology, so that Japanese craftsmen could also use steam engines for production. ”

"Ridiculous!"

Sakai Tadakiyo said angrily: "In the past twenty years, the shogunate has sent many envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and what have they learned?" I learned the "Datong Collection" of disloyalty and injustice, and learned the pseudo-science of Nanban (Netherlands). I have the eldest son of a retainer who was sent to study in Nanjing, and when he returned to China after six years, he said all day that the earth was round......"

"The earth is indeed round," interrupted Abe Tadaaki, "Your Excellency has forgotten that the shogunate also built the Nanban (Galen ship) and sailed to the Americas and Europe, sailed westward, and finally returned. Doesn't that prove that the earth is round? ”

Sakai Tadashi was even more angry: "That bastard, not only is the earth round, but also dares to observe the heavens privately. He also said that the earth is a planet, and like Venus, it revolves around the sun! ”

Xiong Zefan Mountain spread Yangming Xinxue, and he would be wanted by the shogunate, which shows how serious the Japanese ideological imprisonment was at this time.

In order to prevent the Japanese from admiring China, even the "West Lake Chronicles" was listed as ***.

What is "West Lake Chronicles"?

A book about the culture and attractions of Hangzhou!

Also banned is "The Scenery of Imperial Beijing," a book about Beijing's culture and attractions. In recent years, "Jinling Scenery" has been listed as ***, afraid that Japanese readers will know the prosperity of Nanjing. ….

The Chinese translation of Aristotle's cosmology, Huanyouquan, was also banned by the shogunate last year, preventing Japanese readers from studying astronomy.

Abe Tadaaki asked, "With so many books, can you really ban them?" It is better to send Tang envoys to learn and make Japan stronger. During the Tang Dynasty in China, a large number of envoys were sent back to bring back knowledge, which led to the glory of Japan today. The Datong Dynasty is as powerful as the Tang Dynasty, and it's time for us to learn it all now! ”

Sakai Tadashi didn't bother to argue anymore, and scolded angrily: "You are no longer an old man, you are not even a senator now, there is no place for you to speak here!" ”

Abe Tadaaki saluted the shogun, then raised his sleeves and walked towards the outside of the palace, saying as he went, "Since I don't have the right to speak, then there is no need for me to stay here!" ”

The meeting continued, and then Lin Efeng was sent out of the city to negotiate.

Lin Efeng said to the hoopoe: "First, Japan can compensate 600,000 yuan for military expenses. ”

Hoopoe asked knowingly: "How much silver is 600,000 guan?" ”

Lin Efeng explained: "1 tael is equal to 4 points, equal to 16 Zhu, and equal to 4,000 Wen. 1000 Wen is 1 run, and 4 Guan is 1 tael. 600,000 guan, or 150,000 taels of silver. ”

The hoopoe sneered, and the lion opened his mouth: "Is the shogunate sending beggars?" 6 million, has always been no less, continue to say the second article. ”

Lin Efeng said: "Second, my country is willing to return the goods of the Tang merchants and give some compensation. Third, Japan could not open the country, but it could add two treaty ports. ”

"Just two more ports?" Hopoe shook his head, "Japan must have at least ten ports open to the sea!" ”

Lin Efeng continued: "Fourth, the gold, silver and copper coins of the Tang Kingdom can be used in Japan, but Japanese merchants can refuse to accept them. The specific transaction is entirely up to the discretion of both parties. Fifth, China recognizes Ezo Island as the territory of the Tang State. ”

The last two were a big surprise for the hoopoe.

He actually allowed the merchants to use Chinese currency, and actually agreed to cede Ezo Island. Hopoe thought that these contents were the most difficult to negotiate, but he didn't expect them to become the easiest.

Lin Efeng could only run back to the city to report.

"What? Want to pay 6 million? ”

The shogun, who was sick and weak, suddenly became iron-blooded and strong, and he drew his sword and shouted: "Defend Edo, defend Edo to death, this shogun swears to live and die with Edo!" ”

There's no need to talk about it, and we have to fight again.

As the siege lasted for more than ten days, more and more Japanese people were unable to buy food due to the cessation of commercial activities in the castle town.

They covered their faces with sackcloth, accepted the employment of the Datong army, and carried shells to fill the moat, just to earn daily rations for their families. The Datong Army has always been undeceiving, and as long as they work hard, they will definitely pay their wages on time. Even if they are killed by shells, the families of those Japanese people can receive a small bag of rice as a pension.

Thanks to the hard work of the Japanese people, the moat in Edo was filled in little by little.

Sakai Tadashi personally went to the city, looked out with a clairvoyant mirror, and suddenly his lungs exploded. Judging by his dress, all the people who filled the moat were Japanese, and they even covered their faces with sackcloth for fear of being recognized by acquaintances. He roared angrily: "After the war, we will strictly investigate those who collaborate with the enemy, and no one will be spared!" ”

After filling in the moat, the Japanese people were not unemployed and were sent to dig siege tunnels. ….

Digging from the castle town to the outside of the castle walls, there are Z-shaped tunnels everywhere you look. At each corner of the tunnel, fortifications were built with mounds of earth, and Datong soldiers hid behind the fortifications to prevent the enemy in the city from coming out to destroy the tunnel.

"You can't sit still, you have to kill it!" Sakai Tadashi said.

Inaba Masanori, who served as the commander-in-chief, could only obey the order and let the muskets and artillery in the city fire in unison, covering the 2,000 soldiers rushing out of the city gate. The targets of their attacks were the Japanese people who were digging pits.

When the Japanese people heard the shouts of killing, they were so frightened that they immediately fled and fled along the tunnel to the castle town.

Seeing this, the morale of the 2,000 shogunate troops was high, some were pursuing in the tunnels, and some were running on the ground.

"Bang bang bang!"

A series of gunshots rang out, the shogunate army continued to fall, and the Datong army, which was hiding behind the tunnel fortifications, returned fire.

The shogunate army was originally fighting a defensive battle, but at this time it turned into a tough battle.

After some fighting, the shogunate army left behind hundreds of corpses and fled back to the city gates. The Datong army did not chase after it, because even if it broke through the city gate, it would become a target after entering, and the enemy's castle had four walls.

The Japanese people were called back and continued to work in the tunnels.

Datong military camp.

"News from friendly forces that Shimonoseki and Osaka have been taken, do you want to come here to help, or are you going to attack Kyoto?"

"It's not to help, just control Osaka, if he is too idle to do, he can go and capture Kyoto if he wants to."

Huang Fei was still a little worried about the lack of soldiers, but judging from the previous battles, the Japanese soldiers had long been unusable, and they were all useless people who had not been battled.

Edo is the political center, Kyoto is the cultural center, and Osaka is the commercial center, and these three cities are home to one-tenth of Japan's population.

Osaka, where a thousand shogunate troops were stationed, was easily taken by Han Shouxin.

This guy is very meritorious and has nothing to do left and right, and Kyoto is very close anyway, so he led the army to kill Kyoto.

The defenders there were weaker, with a cannon blast and a hot air balloon explosion

, the defenders fled faster than rabbits.

Han Shouxin led his troops into the city, came to the Japanese Imperial Palace, and asked a palace person: "Where is the Japanese king?" ”

The translator automatically translates the king into the emperor.

The man replied, "The Emperor is inside, please wait a moment, and I will go in and report it." ”

Not long after, a short, middle-aged woman came out surrounded by palace people and samurai.

Han Shouxin was surprised: "The king of Japan is a woman? ”

At this time, Emperor Meisho was the granddaughter of the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada. Under the political game, the previous emperor suddenly abdicated, and the five-year-old female emperor Mingzheng ascended the throne, which happened in the second year of Chongzhen's succession.

A Japanese ronin who defected to the Datong Army said: "Your Excellency, the Emperor Taishang is not dead, and he holds the authority of Kyoto. ”

"Get the King of Japan!" Han Shouxin immediately ordered.

Not long after, the soldiers brought a monk, who was Emperor Gomizuo of Japan.

The emperor was not a puppet to be manipulated, and he was forced to marry the daughter of the shogun. Although he also has a son, he was born to a female official in the palace, and he has no right of inheritance in law.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun at the time, coveted the position of emperor. It was definitely not to be the emperor himself, but to let the Tokugawa family and the emperor's descendants inherit the throne on the grounds that the emperor had no children, and then suppressed Emperor Gomizuo through the Purple Clothes Incident.

Emperor Gomizuo took the initiative to abdicate and give up the throne to his wife (Tokugawa Iemitsu's sister). This hand can be described as extremely clever, and Tokugawa Iemitsu himself did not dare to agree, so he passed the throne to the emperor's five-year-old daughter. But after the succession, Emperor Gomizuo was ostensibly a monk, but he still held the power of the palace.

"Zhengren meets the general of the Celestial Empire!" Emperor Gomizuo actually spoke Chinese.

Han Shouxin said happily: "Japan is really weird, the king is a woman, and the king is a monk. I think you're quite pitiful, and you were forced out of your house by the shogunate. Why don't you do this, how about the Datong Army help you get rid of the Tokugawa clan and return the power of Japan to you? ”

Emperor Gomizuo had joy in his eyes, but he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Don't dare, I've already abdicated." ”

Han Shouxin said with a smile: "This Japanese country, the monarch is not the king, the minister is not the minister, it is too unusual." In my opinion, you are the best to be the king, and I will immediately send someone to send a message to Edo!" ”

Han Shouxin can become a division commander, and his brain is definitely not stupid.

He said these words purely to put pressure on the Tokugawa shogunate and to make the defenders of Edo Castle panic.

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