Ashin completed the mission brilliantly, and this visit seemed to unite all parties and share mutual interests, but in fact it was a conspiracy to carve up Kyushu under the leadership of Eastern Qin.

Eastern Qin already had enough prestige to cut the cake of Kyushu, and the four forces also recognized this status quo for their own interests.

For the Ouchi clan and the Shimazu clan, the small abacus they hold is to expand their power and then seek a higher voice in Kyushu.

Every comprador will hold such a fluke, Chang Kaishen before the civil war, almost sold the country, because he believed that as long as he won, he could ask for a sky-high price.

As for the Matsuura clan and the Otomo clan, these two clans were completely passively involved, and they faced the expansion pressure of the Ouchi clan and the Shimadzu clan, and they had to follow the plan of the Eastern Qin Dynasty to annex enough buffer zone.

Maybe they don't want to, but they don't have a choice. If they want to survive in the cracks, they must move towards union. It is also necessary to bring in foreign forces to compensate for the lack of security.

This set seems simple, but in fact, it is a conspiracy, selfishness and suspicion, which will make the Quartet of Kyushu never go to the point of uniting against Eastern Qin.

Not to mention the whole of East Asia, there is only one family that can play like this, and Kyushu wants to recognize one more father to offset the pressure of Eastern Qin, but there is no way.

And this time, Dongqin relied on leading this carving-up feast, obtained Osumi two islands, ruthlessly cleared a wave of inventory of eliminated munitions, and penetrated its influence deeper into Kyushu.

On November 12, the fifth year of Huaxia, after concluding his visit to the Nizi clan, Ashin set off for China.

The Eastern Qin Dynasty agreed to build a trading post at the port of Longpu in Nizishi, and guaranteed that ships on the northern route would stop at the port of Longpu.

Niko Haruhisa promised that he would not interfere or block the Ouchi clan's attack on the Mori clan.

This move also meant that the influence of Eastern Qin began to expand beyond Kyushu.

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On the second day of Ashin's departure, Shimazu Tadamasa led his army to attack Kuma County, and publicized the news that Shimazu Kaori had given birth to a son on the Eastern Qin Dynasty, and directly stated that the four major forces in Kyushu had united, and with the permission of Eastern Qin, they would conquer the remaining disobedient forces.

Although this move made the Shimazu clan bite off most of the territory of Kuma County in a surprise attack, it made the Matsuura clan and the Otomo clan, who were hesitating and secretly plotting, instantly fall into passivity.

Having lost their first-mover advantage, they had no choice but to start the war in advance.

The Ouchi clan was also caught off guard, and after seeing the messenger of the Shimazu clan, Ouchi Yoshiko couldn't bear it, and hurriedly recruited people and horses to prepare to swallow Yamaka-gun.

The rest of the forces in Kyushu were also in a state of extreme panic, they didn't want to resist immediately, but sent envoys to Ryukyu one after another, wanting to report the matter to the Eastern Qin, who had always been friendly and fair, they did not believe that the honest and friendly Eastern Qin would allow these major forces to provoke a war, and they believed that the Eastern Qin would be able to stop the war.

The result was disappointing to them, and the Shimazu clan suddenly and quickly moved, and the Eastern Qin could only follow up and announce the severance of the saltpeter and arms trade of other forces.

Dong Qin, who was originally harmless to humans and animals, turned his face faster than anything else, and said righteously: The Kyushu dispute is Japan's internal affair, and our side is good-neighborly and friendly, and will never interfere in the internal affairs of other countries!

Hope is shattered, and the rest of the forces in Kyushu have just woken up from their luck, and they have no second way to go at the moment, so they can only resist!

The first to rise up, the Liver Fu clan, who felt the cold of their lips and teeth, announced that they would send troops to help the Liver Fu clan a month after the Sagara clan was attacked.

But the small forces can defend the city, but the field battle is not good, they are loud, but they only sent a few hundred people to the armed outing, and after finding that the Shimazu clan was well guarded, they silently retreated, preparing to defend the city.

Kyushu, which had been quiet for less than two or three years, was once again in flames of war, and a large number of peasants were conscripted into the army.

The accumulated wealth was also spent, just in exchange for guns.

And on Tanegashima Island in the south of Kyushu, it was peaceful at this time.

The garrison had been reduced to three battalions, and quite a few laborers were laying the foundations for the fort.

The civilians who had dispelled their fears came to work for the garrison one after another, just for a dozen cents a day and a meal to manage.

In the main hall of the port, Qiu Huaqing, who originally worked at the First Stock Exchange, was taking eight employees and arranging tasks.

According to Yan Zheng's intentions, they wanted to set up an "East Japan Company", and they did not give them funds, but only gave them the right to open a port on Tanegashima.

Fortunately, the businessmen and magnates in the rest of the forces in Kyushu are now like frightened birds, and they are afraid that their property will be plundered, so they are looking for a way.

After Dong Qin knew the predicament of these partners, he was quite humane, not only communicating with the Quartet, but also sending ships to take these merchants to Tanegashima.

Without a large amount of money from merchants, the small forces are almost a dead end.

Tanegashima had an abundant inflow of capital, and the East Japan Company was able to open in a short period of time.

The parties in Kyushu did not yet understand the concept of capital flight, but the wealth accumulated in many years flowed into Eastern Qin because of a war.

So that's it! Compradors are worse than imperialism, they are willing to be the lackeys of imperialism, frantically oppressing and exploiting their own civilians, just to curry favor with their masters, when the wind is not right, they can still take the money they have accumulated and escape, then invest one or two in the masters, and immediately be able to ensure fine clothes and food!

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In the red room, Yan Zheng looked at the news from Kyushu and was very satisfied with the reactions of all parties.

It's like playing chess, and he feels good that he can master the pieces.

With one thought and one order, he can make a war rag in a place and make a living life miserable.

This feeling of being in control is fascinating, and it's no wonder that so many people wanted to be monarchs in ancient times.

The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that the Shimazu clan relied on the layered marriage relationship and thought a little more carefully.

Although it did not affect the overall situation, it also made Yan Zheng a little uncomfortable, and he simply chose to refuse the Ouchi clan's marriage request.

He is not a casual womanizer, how can he not refuse to come?

Yumo was on the side to help sort out the paperwork, and according to Yan Zheng's intentions, she wore a skirt that exposed her ankles today.

At the end of last month, the Huaxia Repertory Theatre rehearsed a new play "Thunderstorm", and in the process of watching, because the actress wore a knee-length short skirt, it aroused heated discussions among the masses.

Most of the students supported it, but many people still felt that it was immoral and unsightly, and under the interweaving of these two statements, the repertory troupe wrote to ask if they wanted to change their costumes.

Yan Zheng listened, waved his hand and said: "The rise of China, it seems that we still have to start with emancipating the mind, a woman's skirt is a little shorter, is it immoral?" Behold! It's the thoughts of some people, and there are still feudal dross hidden! A shorter skirt is the freedom of lesbians! You can say badly, you can also say good, this is also your freedom, in this case, you are not allowed to insult and abuse, you should tolerate this difference! ”

Not only that, Yan Zheng also asked three life secretaries, one of whom wore a skirt that exposed his ankles to the street, and set an example in public.

This move made female classmates and female workers feel very excited, and for a while, competing to wear ankle-baring short skirts has become a fashion for women in Eastern Qin.

It can only be said that the development of productive forces and the economy has finally had an impact on the original inherent idea of male superiority and inferiority of women.

While Yan Zheng was reviewing the documents, his eyes unconsciously aimed at Yumo's little feet.

He also discovered by accident that Yumo's little feet were slender and exquisite, and after asking, he realized that she had wrapped her feet.

This made him startled, and he felt that he had actually missed such a big thing!

Since it is to be anti-feudal, how can you let it go freely?

As a result, as soon as he investigated, he found that there was no need to reverse at all!

In the Eastern Qin Dynasty, and even in the Ming Dynasty at this time, there were no "three-inch golden lotus" small feet in later generations.

Yumo hit a small foot binding, but it only played a role in shaping, the four toes and the soles of the feet were completely normal, but they appeared slightly smaller, showing a smooth trimmed inner buckle shape, pinching in the hand has a concave and convex feeling.

How to say it! At this time, Daming's foot binding is still normal, and it will not make the foot disabled. It is even more impossible for the daughters of ordinary farmers in the south to bind their feet, because they all have to work in the paddy fields, and they are all Tianzu.

Although Yan Zheng didn't know what happened to the foot-binding trend in later generations, he still mentioned that it was forbidden to artificially shape the aesthetics of deformity, and this normal foot-binding was also prohibited.

In fact, many people in later generations criticized foot binding, saying that it was a bad habit of the "Emperor Han", and the Manchus and Mongolians did not have it, and also said that the practice of foot binding originated from the Han and Tang dynasties.

This is complete nonsense, and it was not until the Song and Song dynasties that there was no record of foot binding.

Missionaries in the late Ming Dynasty, such as Matteo Ricci, also recorded foot binding, and it is not surprising that they read between the lines. This shows that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was no such foot-binding method as the "three-inch golden lotus".

During the Qianlong period, when Magalni visited the Qing Dynasty, he was shocked, sympathetic and puzzled. He also deliberately investigated and found that in the Qianlong period, foot binding was a fashion for upper-class women, and it had become a behavior of pursuing identity.

It can be seen that during the Kangxi period, the Manchu Qing Dynasty issued many orders to prohibit foot binding, but it did not have any effect, and even made foot binding more and more intense.

Some people in later generations believed that this was an expression of dissatisfaction with the rule of the Manchus, feeling that men could not keep their hair, but women must keep their small feet.

Of course, this is enough nonsense, and the doctor I brought with me can even keep the money rat tail, how can I not tolerate a pair of heavenly feet?

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"Your Majesty, Qiu Huaqing wrote that the exchange that has been set up in Tanegashima is in charge of the East Japan Company, and many businessmen are already interested in it.

Yumo flipped to the important document and immediately handed it over to Yan Zheng.

Yan Zheng retracted his gaze, took the urgent document and glanced at it, and replied: "Ming businessmen are rich and rich, give them 20% of the quota, Japanese businessmen are mostly Kyushu capital who fled, give them 20%, leave 10% to attract other businessmen, and 50% of them are invested in the name of Yan Ruqing."

"Also, the General Administration of Customs sent a letter asking if this year's tax silver would be immediately escorted to Mingguo?" Yumo handed over another one.

Yan Zheng took it and glanced at it, good guy, this year's tariff silver has broken two million taels!

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