Chapter 226: The Wind of the Thunder Plan Rises in the Pacific Ocean (1)
A butterfly flapping its wings may cause a storm, and now the "butterfly" sent out by Yinzuo has flapped its wings, and the storm may be coming, and this storm is an opportunity that Yinzuo has been waiting for for a long time, an opportunity for the Chinese Navy to go to the world. If history was originally like a pool of stagnant water, since Yinzuo came to this time and space, it is like a stone thrown into the stagnant water, which will inevitably cause layers of waves, but Yinzuo's stone is inevitably too big, and the waves set off are also very magnificent, not only the Qing Dynasty, but the whole world also slowly began to change slowly with Yinzuo's footsteps.
In the 42nd year of Kangxi's reign, Japan was the Edo period, and since the 8th year of Keicho (1603), Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed as the shogun of the Shogunate in Edo (present-day Tokyo), and for more than 260 years, the Tokugawa family ruled the whole country. This period is known as the Edo period. The Tokugawa shogunate strictly controlled the emperor, the nobility, temples and shrines, and ruled the peasants who supported the shogunate system. In the 9th year of Motowa (1623), Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of the Tokugawa family, took office and ordered the country to be closed. In addition to opening Nagasaki as a port to the outside world, all foreigners are prohibited from coming to Japan, and Japanese people are also prohibited from traveling overseas. As a result of self-reluctance, the shogunate system ushered in a period of stability. However, with the large-scale economic plundering of Japan by Yinzuo, the self-sufficient management system of the peasants collapsed, and the shogunate system began to shake in the 18th century.
From the 37th year of the Kangxi reign to the 42nd year of the Kangxi reign, in this short period of five years, the Qing fleet frequently traveled back and forth between China and Japan, dumping a large number of various daily necessities, and carrying out Yinzuo's order - only sell and not buy or buy less, the Japanese economy declined sharply, the system of peasant self-sufficiency collapsed, social unrest, and mob rebellions occurred from time to time. Tokugawa Tsunashige, the fifth shogun of the Tokugawa family, died of depression, and the sixth shogun, Tokugawa Ienobu, ascended the throne as the sixth shogun at the age of forty-three, and tried to reorganize the shogunate, canceling the life mercy order and the liquor tax, which were widely criticized by the people, so he was appreciated by the common people, and the people were looking forward to the work of the family spirit. After Inobu dismissed Yanagisawa Yoshiho, a traitor during the Tsunayoshi period, he appointed Mabe Kanbo and Arai Shiraishi, and promoted the politics of bungaku, ordering Ogiwara Shigehide to try to carry out financial reforms in an attempt to save the collapsed Japanese economy, and the result of the reform was to strengthen the isolation of the country, no longer open any ports, and strictly prohibit the Qing fleet from coming to Japan again to trade. The Tokugawa shogunate's order to ban the sea and lock the country was issued quickly and firmly, but when it came time to carry it out, it caused a great chaos.
As the closest place to the mainland in Japan, Nagasaki has always been the only window for trade between Japan and China, and the large sea ships that come and go in the port of Nagasaki are basically the Qing fleet, and the major trading houses of the Qing Dynasty have offices in Nagasaki, and many Qing expatriates also live there. At the end of February of the 42nd year of Kangxi, the Tokugawa shogunate's ban on the sea and the closure of the country reached the Nagasaki Daimyo Prefecture, and the Nagasaki Daimyo Kotaro immediately began to deploy the task of driving out the Qing expatriates and expelling the Qing fleet.
The Japanese are a strange people, greedy and short-sighted, fierce and brutal, always do things without regard for the future, the shogunate's order is to drive away, and when it reaches the mouth of the Nagasaki Daimyo, it becomes extermination-not to mention the goods, gold and silver in the large number of sea ships anchored in the port, even the working capital in the offices of the major commercial houses of the Qing Dynasty is astronomical, and the wealth is moving.
At that time, the Qing Dynasty shipping was booming, and large sea ships traveled between the oceans, but all the large sea ships were produced in the Jiangnan Shipyard under Yinzuo, and the big ships that could get big ships from Yinzuo were all court dignitaries, most of whom were Manchu dignitaries, and the civilian ships were basically small and medium-sized sea ships that could not run the ocean, and most of them were engaged in small trade with Japan and Korea. The trade volume between the South Seas and the West and the Netherlands and England is large and the profits are high, and the Manchu magnates naturally do not look down on the trade with Korea and Japan, and most of the people choose to go to the South Seas or the West, and the risks are greater, but they don't need the old men to take risks on their own, so it naturally doesn't matter. Nowadays, the largest trade volume with Japan is naturally Yinzuo, followed by the third Yinzhi, although there are a lot of private ships, but the total sum is not a fraction of the two brothers, without him, the ship is too small, and the amount of cargo is very limited.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, although Kotaro is secretly deployed, but the news still leaked, which naturally has the credit of "Honghu", so the turmoil began. On the night of April 11, the 42nd year of Kangxi, Nagasaki was in chaos, and thousands of soldiers of the Nagasaki Daimyo Mansion who had already been ready took advantage of the night to pounce on the Qing fleet moored in the port and the major Qing trading houses, and a bloody storm began.
There are a lot of ships under the name of the third Yinzhi, before and after getting nearly 40 large sea ships from the hands of Yinzuo, this cargo has always been cautious, not very willing to take risks, more than half of the ships are traded between Japan and Korea, and now there are more than 10 of the 40 or 50 large sea ships docked in the port of Nagasaki are the industry of the old three, Yinzuo also has more than 20 sea ships, the remaining more than 10 are the ships of the Manchu magnates, and the remaining more than 100 small and medium-sized sea ships are owned by the people.
When the soldiers of the Nagasaki Daimyo Prefecture rushed to the port, most of the "Fukugenji" fleet, which had already learned the news, had already left the port a few days earlier, and the remaining ships were ready for battle, while the other Daqing fleets were panicked and fell into a bitter battle. After a bloody battle, most of the ships fell into the hands of the enemy, and the rest risked their lives to retreat at night, and there were not a few who were hit and sunk due to the congestion of the waterway, especially the sea ships under the old three names except for two that escaped, either sank or were captured, and the rest of the sea ships of the Manchu magnates were not much better.
In the middle of May of the 42nd year of Kangxi, the news of the Nagasaki Incident was transmitted back to China, the whole country was in an uproar, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the voice of condemnation of Dongying was loud for a while, especially those Manchu magnates who lost their blood capital because of the Nagasaki Incident jumped to their feet and scolded their mothers.
Heavy losses? Yes, yes, but if you want to achieve a lofty goal, this little loss is necessary, even if it is a prenatal pain. As early as the beginning of the 37th year of Kangxi's shipping, Yinzuo had already foreseen that there would be such a situation, a series of economic plunder, spies and other means were all aimed at triggering today's events, and the purpose of all was to allow the navy to run rampant on the sea. As early as the middle of March of the 42nd year of Kangxi, Yinzuo already knew the policy that the Japanese would take to ban the sea and lock the country, and also predicted that there might be bloodshed.
It has been nearly a year since the reorganization of the naval division, and according to Yinzuo's deployment, there are now more than 10 large warships, more than 20 medium-sized warships, and more than 20 large warships and more than 10 medium-sized warships are in the process of being prepared. All the guns on the warship are the new guns designed by Yinzuo, and the gunpowder is smokeless gunpowder, of course, the technology at this time can not achieve large-scale production of integrated shells, Yinzuo is also helpless, can only increase investment in scientific research, I hope that lathes, punches and other machine tools can come out as soon as possible.
So far, only Liu Shuangcheng's Shandong Naval Division has completed part of the redress, as for the training, it is still a matter of no spectrum, at this time the Shandong Naval Division has stood at the forefront of the world in terms of weapons and equipment, but the actual combat power is pitifully weak - although Liu Shuangcheng has worked hard to train the Shandong Naval Division under Yinzuo's strict orders, but unfortunately the time is too short, the soldiers can only barely understand the equipment, and they are still far from mastering it, but the ship can be opened, after all, Yinzuo dispatched a large number of experienced sailors to supplement the Shandong Naval Division, artillery can also be fired, but it's accurate, then it's not a score.
"The war is absolutely to be fought, and the army that does not go through actual combat will always be a child who will not grow up, although the sailor is not ready now, but this king believes that he can also knock Dongying's piece of tofu scum to a pulp with the strength of the ship, as for training, this king thinks that there is nothing wrong with training with war." Yinzuo stood in front of the desk, looked at a map of the sea in front of him, waved his hand, and said with some pride.
Wu and Lin are the main designers of the Thunder Plan, although there is some resistance to Yinzuo's "not doing business", but because of Yinzuo's insistence, they are also doing their best to help improve the plan, but for the timing of sending troops, these two wise men actually do not agree to fight an unprepared battle, Kangxi forty-one years when Yinzuo ordered the "Honghu" Japanese spies to do something, these two people were quite disapproving, at this time in the face of the pressure of sending troops, it is inevitable to think in their hearts, both of them know that the Dashimizu Division at this time is a showcaseAs soon as he tried to put forward the idea of postponing the dispatch of troops, Yinzuo immediately made a bold statement, which made the two wise men frown.
Wu Sidao frowned and said: "Since the prince insists on fighting, it is not impossible for the government and the opposition to be public opinion at this time, but there is one: who will be in charge?" ”
Eh, who's in charge? Damn, that's a bit of a problem. Yinzuo couldn't help but fall into deep thought......
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