Kill people and rob the ship.

After the Japanese learned the news, they were surprised, not only did not feel that it was damaged by the national character. Instead, they felt that the treaty was signed with the right person.

The envoys of the Celestial Kingdom killed people to maintain the authority of the general! The killing is reasonable. Such people are the ones who accomplish great things.

The Japanese are most esteeming power. The stronger they are, the more they admire whoever is. This is true.

After killing people, escaping the goods, and selling them to the Japanese, and buying a large number of copper strips, Fang Yizhi then embarked on his way home.

When he came, his fleet had several more ships, which were all robbed the Zheng family.

The vast fleet left Nagasaki. About twenty days later, the fleet finally arrived at Dalian Port.

As soon as the ship entered the port, the crew members landed on the shore. Customs officers boarded the ship to count the goods and calculated the tariffs. Even if these ships were official ships, they had to be taxed. This is the rule of Dalian. Even Zhu Guoqiang was established by drawing on many of the customs rules and regulations of later customs. Of course, now, this "modernized" customs is just an attempt. After all, the Ming Dynasty will definitely support free trade in the future.

Taiping Commercial Bank, the investor of this trip, calculated the profits of this trip, and only ordinary crew members went to the city to have fun.

While reading the Edo Trade Treaty, although it felt a bit unfavorable to fail to open a port in Edo, it was not easy to sign such an "unequal treaty".

In fact, there is no difficulty. After all, people in this era have not yet had the deepest understanding of "national rights and interests" as they did in the future. Just like the Japanese, they actually took the initiative to not have tariffs, which is simply a way to die.

Looking up at Fang Yizhi, put down the treaty and asked:

"Kill the Zheng family?"

"Yes."

Fang Yizhi replied.

"Zheng Zhilong is not a person who is willing to suffer losses."

Zhu Guoqiang couldn't help but smile.

"But this is nothing, it's just a mere Zheng family. He is aware of the current affairs!"

Maybe others don’t understand Zheng Zhilong, but Zhu Guoqiang wouldn’t have no idea about this guy who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was later beheaded? He has a good son!

Zheng Chenggong, he is Qian Qianyi's student.

Shouldn’t Qian Qianyi be asked to write a letter to Zheng Chenggong and ask him to come to Liaodong to serve?

As for Zheng Chenggong, as long as he is a Chinese with a conscience, he will admire him, not only because of his recovery of Taiwan, but because of his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, I am afraid that there is more regret. If his Northern Expedition was successful, would Chinese civilization fall into the darkness of nearly three hundred years?

...

However, there are no concerns in this regard now. It only takes five years at most to completely solve the problem of Jiannu. The rest are bandits...

Bandits!

Let’s leave it to the court for the time being!

Pulling your thoughts back to reality, Zhu Guoqiang asked:

"What is the situation in Japan? Have you found out clearly?"

Fang Yizhi was not only going to Japan to negotiate. While he was negotiating, he also inquired about various situations through contact with the shogun and Daming.

When the prince asked, Fang Yizhi immediately said:

"The current situation in Japan seems to be extremely stable. After all, the Tokugawa shogunate has been in its office for 37 years. However, overall, although it seems stable, in fact, domestic daimyo seems to obey the Tokugawa shogunate, but in fact it does not exist. Especially after the consecutive issuance of the lockdown order, the shogunate used Nagasaki to pursue overseas trade and achieved huge profits in overseas trade. However, because trade is monopolized by the shogunate, the daimyo in various places has gradually declined economically. In the long run, it will definitely be unable to shake the prestige of the shogunate. In my opinion, unless there is external help, the shogunate rule will only become more stable, and Tokugawa Iemitsu has formulated various strategies to weaken the daimyo of the various vassals..."

Zhu Guoqiang had no doubts about this. Anyone who had a little understanding of the Tokugawa shogunate knew that attending the imperial examination not only limited Daming's financial resources, but also wasted Daming's time, and obtained Daming's wife as a hostage. Three-pronged approach greatly suppressed Daming's rebellion and forced Daming to be loyal to the shogunate. This is also an important reason why the Tokugawa shogunate was able to maintain a stable rule for more than 200 years.

But is such a "peaceful and stable" Japan in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty?

The answer is of course no.

It seems that we should find a way to let Japan enter the Warring States Period again. Only a Japan that was trapped in war was in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

"The prince, from the second general to the third general, Ieki, has always implemented the policy of suppressing the rights of the Daming in order to stabilize the shogunate rule. If Daming exposes a tendency to oppose the Tokugawa shogunate, or expresses dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa shogunate rule, the shogunate will punish these Daming severely without hesitation. If there is no heir, it will become the object of punishment. The method of disciplinary action is simple and rough, that is, confiscate knowledge and change territory. Especially for those who have no successors or are unstable, the shogunate will be impatient to fulfill their obligations. As far as I know, Daming is now subject to change of punishment every year, but these Daming is mostly angry but not dare to speak out. After all, the Tokugawa family has the most powerful force..."

"Just be angry!"

Zhu Guoqiang said lightly.

I am really afraid that they will not be angry. As long as they are angry, there will be room for operation.

He looked carefully at the simple map of Japan brought back by Fang Yizhi, looked at the fiefdom of the external daimyo marked on it, and smiled:

"Now that the shogunate monopolizes trade, they are unwilling to open up new trade ports. In the final analysis, it is to monopolize the profits of overseas trade. The profit of several million taels a year is enough to cultivate the Tokugawa family into the most powerful force in Japan, and the other is rising. Those foreign daimyos that are not in the face of the Tokugawa family will become weaker and weaker. We must find a way to raise these small vassals so that they dare to be angry now and fight in the future. A completely chaotic Japan is a good Japan and facilitate our long-term business."

Fang Yizhi said:

"This is probably not that easy. After all, the Tokugawa family is the largest and the Daimai who has the strongest force. So people know that if they do not obey the orders of General Tokugawa, they will be attacked by the shogunate. What's more important is that at that time, Japan had about 30 million stones of territory, and the shogunate territory plus the flag territories plus the vassal territory, a total of about 10 million stones. Even a daimai like the Maeda family had only 1 million stones of territory. Therefore, even half of the Daimai who reacted to the battle against the shogunate at the same time, the Tokugawa Shogunate was enough to deal with it easily."

“That’s it,”

Continuing to look at the map, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Since that's the case, in addition to making the foreign daimyo become stronger and rich and helping them through smuggling, can we recruit low-level samurai from Japan? Didn't the Tokugawa family change their punishments and confiscate territory in recent years? There will definitely be many lower-level samurai unemployed, and we can hire those ronin as mercenaries."

In fact, it was very common to hire Japanese mercenaries in the late Ming Dynasty. During the Battle of Sarhu, there were generals in the Ming army who were Japanese, and the more famous one was the Zheng family. Both Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong had Japanese soldiers of no less than 10,000 people.

They can use it, of course they can use it themselves. They can definitely build a foreign corps, who can fight the hardest and most tiring battles, or let them be cannon fodder. If there are cheap cannon fodder, don’t you have to be worthy of yourself?

"The prince, now is no longer the shogunate prohibiting the Japanese from going to sea than before."

Fang Yizhi said:

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult to operate."

Zhu Guoqiang smiled and said:

"It's not difficult. There are so many ronin people wandering around in the country, and they are all unemployed because of the punishment of the Tokugawa family. They must be dissatisfied with the shogunate. They have changed so many names. At least hundreds of thousands of samurai in Japan have become ronin. These ronin people are unstable factors in the shogunate. If they have the opportunity to throw these unstable factors out, Tokugawa Iemitsu will definitely not mind?"

Zhu Guoqiang didn't say it casually. He was carrying another world, a super cheater, and had a deep understanding of the situation in Japan.

There are hundreds of thousands of Japanese ronin today. As early as a few years ago, the shogunate banned ronin officials through the "Martial Laws" and then implemented the ronin registration system across the country to strengthen the management of ronin. ronin was even prohibited from boarding in temples and samurai mansions.

In this way, there will naturally be a sensation among the ronin who is in a difficult life, with high pressure from the shogunate and still hopes to revive the Wumen. Although Japan is stable now, in fact, these hundreds of thousands of ronin are the biggest stability factor in Japan. What does this mean for the shogunate because the shogunate abolishes the daimyo and loses knowledge or salary?

That guy Tokugawa Iemitsu must know better than himself, otherwise he would not have treated them with a high-pressure policy.

As long as there is a suitable opportunity, Tokugawa Iemitsu will definitely not mind letting these ronin leave Japan. If they leave Japan, at least they will not pose a threat to the shogunate's rule.

It is not important to form a legion of 100,000 ronin people, use this legion to expand the colonies in Nanyang, suppress the natives, and promote overseas expansion. How many people they can survive is not important. What is important is that when necessary, this "Japanese legion" is a new force that destroyed the shogunate.

"The prince's meaning is to negotiate with the Tokugawa family and ask for some ronin to come?"

Zhu Guoqiang smiled and said:

"We are fighting with Jiannu. Han Xin's more soldiers are better. Even if the Japanese are cheaper, what's the harm in using him?"

If Japan wants to fall back into a civil war, it is necessary to constantly create opportunities. At present, Tokugawa is willing to be the good son of the Ming Dynasty, so let him go. When the time is right, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, those foreign names will definitely rebel, and Japan will immediately fall into civil strife again.

At that time, Japan was no longer a Japanese Japanese...
Chapter completed!