Chapter 2591

Although more and more businessmen and students from North Korea and Japan have appeared on Hainan Island in recent years, for a few young people who do not serve in the military, their understanding of North Korea and Japan mainly comes from written materials.

, the information they had was far inferior to that of the military. Among these people, the one who knew the most about the situation in North Korea and Japan was naturally none other than Shi Chengwu. He immediately gave a brief explanation of the situation to everyone.

There is actually no direct conflict between Japan's Tokugawa shogunate and Kaihan. However, in the early years, the Hirado clan colluded with the remnants of Shiba Shiba to oppose Kaihan, which led to Kaihan sending troops to expeditions to Hirado and other places several times. As a result, Kaihan will be the ruler.

The Tokugawa shogunate was also dragged into the water. Later, Kaihan organized a large-scale fleet to show force in Edo Bay, forcing the Tokugawa shogunate and Kaihan to sign the "Maritime-Japan Friendship Treaty", allowing Japan to open designated trade to Kaihan

ports, and give Haihan preferential tariffs.

Japan's forced opening of ports not only brought huge business opportunities to Haihan, but also had a great impact on its domestic environment. In order to reduce the opposition of various domestic vassals to the conditions, the Tokugawa shogunate

The emperor was used as a shield again, but this gave the domestic opposition an opportunity to come forward. They took the opportunity to enter the political stage in the name of saving the country and supporting the emperor.

As of now, the domestic political situation in Japan is still in chaos. Due to the signing of the treaty, the prestige of the Tokugawa shogunate in the country has been greatly reduced, and the domain where the trading port designated by Kaihan has actually gained

The benefits brought by cross-border trade have led to rapid growth in economic strength.

Haihan Capital found every opportunity to secretly support a group of people in these vassals, and used various means to recommend them to power, and then obtained more preferential business conditions through these people. And after receiving the secret support of Haihan, these vassals naturally also

They no longer obey the orders of the shogunate in Edo City so obediently, and many places are beginning to make moves, as if to establish their own businesses.

As a result, the power gap between the various vassals has become more and more obvious. Those places that have not benefited directly from cross-border trade have become more and more resentful towards the shogunate. Many places have simply raised their flags to oppose the Tokugawa shogunate.

Continue to rule Japan.

There are also some forces who want to take advantage of the troubled waters, and some who overestimate their capabilities even organize Japanese pirate armed forces to try to rob Haihan's merchant ships at sea.

Different opinions in various places naturally lead to constant friction, and armed conflicts between various vassals occur frequently. However, due to their strength, the scale of most conflicts is not too large, and it will not affect Haihan's local influence for the time being.

interests.

"For our country, the civil strife in Japan has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it can provide convenient conditions for us to support local forces, but on the other hand, it will also make some areas more resolutely stand against us. In general,

We currently do not want a large-scale war in Japan, at least not to affect our country's normal local trade. The main task of the Sasebo base is to maintain our country's military superiority in the Japanese archipelago and protect our interests. In non-war conditions

, the East China Sea Fleet’s irregular visits to major coastal ports have become an effective means of deterrence.”

In a simple and easy-to-understand way, Shi Chengwu introduced the current situation in Japan and the significance of the East China Sea Fleet's patrol of the Japanese archipelago.

Tao Hongfang asked: "If that's the case, why doesn't our country follow the example in North Korea and directly support a new ruler, whether it's the so-called emperor or the shogun? As long as he obeys our orders, won't many things be okay?

Is it much easier?"

Shi Chengwu shook his head and replied: "The situation in Japan is much more complicated than that in Korea. The emperor has long been ousted by the shogunate, and the shogun can only directly control a quarter of the country. The rest of the area is controlled by various vassals.

Separate rule. According to the division method of Japan's five territories and seven provinces, there are a total of sixty-six countries, and many places only obey the shogunate in name. If we want to support a puppet to come to power to replace the current Tokugawa shogunate, we must invest a lot of resources, maybe

We also have to send troops to Japan to clear the way for the puppets to rule, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and may result in a loss of business in the end."

Tao Hongfang suddenly said: "In this case, it is really better to invest limited resources in the country."

In the eyes of young people like Haihan, the Japanese archipelago is just an overseas island country with a shortage of materials. If there was not a certain local consumer market, Haihan would not have to spend more energy dealing with it. If a large amount of resources needed to be invested, even the implementation of a

It would take a large-scale war to achieve indirect rule over the local area, and the cost for Haihan was really not worth it. If these resources are invested in the areas formerly ruled by the Ming Dynasty, the return they can get will definitely be much higher than that of the island country.

Next, Shi Chengwu introduced the situation in North Korea. North Korea has always been a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty in history. However, due to the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Liaodong, North Korea finally abandoned the Ming Dynasty in order to protect itself.

The sovereign state of Ni Bodhisattva took refuge in Haihan, who was more powerful in military force.

Facts have proved that this choice of team was quite smart. Just more than ten years after the two countries established diplomatic relations, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty surrendered to Haihan one after another. Haihan became the most powerful country in East Asia. As a result, North Korea, which had a big thigh, rose to heaven.

, for a time its international status even surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, the situation in North Korea was not as calm as it seemed on the surface. In the early years, Haihan believed that King Li Zhen's position was wavering, so he invited the then crown prince Li Zhen to study in Sanya, and then supported him to succeed to the throne. While Li Zhen was studying abroad, North Korea

The traditional palace coup broke out again in the country. Haihan sent Li Xie back to the country and spent a lot of effort to send him to the throne.

After this incident, Haihan's senior officials also realized that the situation in North Korea was not peaceful, and the tradition of palace coups would not die out. So in addition to stationing troops, Haihan took new measures to move Li Zhi

His brother Li Hao was sent to Pyongyang in the north, and he was asked to manage the northern part of North Korea in the name of "guarding the border on behalf of the king." If there is another palace coup in Seoul and something unexpected happens to Li Hao, then Haihan will let Li Hao in the north.

Those who inherit the throne and initiate a coup will gain nothing.

But in this way, North Korea actually formed a situation of dividing the north and the south. Although Li Zhi was very dissatisfied with this arrangement and raised objections to Haihan many times, he ultimately failed to make Haihan change his mind. Moreover, Pyongyang City

It is not far from Haihan's Datongjiang base. If he tries to solve the problem through force, Haihan's army will inevitably intervene quickly as soon as possible.
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