Matsumae Nohiro just succeeded to the throne last year, but this year something like this happened, and his own territory became Chinese territory inexplicably.
He was confused about this.
The retainers of Matsumae Domain felt...very happy!
Hokkaido, a place where no one can shit, has always been a place of exile for Japan. For example, Hanazhanin Tadachō, who was exiled due to the Inobuma incident, was taken in by the Matsumae clan and is still a retainer of the Matsumae clan today.
To put it bluntly, Hokkaido is a "den of rebels"!
The Matsumae Domain has no choice. Hokkaido is too poor and remote. If they don't take in those political prisoners, they won't even be able to recruit a few educated samurai. There is no problem of overpopulation of ronin here, because it is too poor to even have ronin.
Willing to come.
There will naturally be a corresponding price to pay for recruiting political prisoners in batches.
The Matsumae Clan has never been accepted by the orthodox daimyo and relied on bribery to obtain the treatment of the flag. Although they have built a castle, the flag is not qualified to build a castle. It is still called "Matsuzenkan" to the outside world and dare not say that there is a "Fukuyama Castle" here.
The daimyo's family should have lived in Edo, but the daimyo of the Matsumae clan was not even qualified to move to Edo.
"Sir, you are proficient in Sinology. Please change my name to a Chinese name for me." Matsumae Nokihiro went to Hanazhanin Tadashi.
Huashanyuan Tadashi thought carefully, picked up his pen and started writing: "The pronunciation of Song in the Tang Dynasty is Song, so the family governor's surname will be Song from now on. According to the pronunciation of the Tang Dynasty, Juguang can be changed to Juguang."
"Song Juguang, what a good name." Matsumae Norihiro was very satisfied.
To him, it doesn't matter if he changes his name or surname.
Decades ago, his family's surname was still "Oyozaki". After being recognized by Tokugawa Ieyasu, in order to show that he was awesome, he changed his surname to "Matsumae", taking one character from the Matsudaira clan and the Maeda clan.
Next, we all called him Song Juguang. Song Juguang asked curiously: "What Chinese name did you change for yourself?"
Huashanyuan Zhongchang smiled and said: "Huashan Zhongchang."
"What a good name." Matsumae Norihiro praised immediately.
Tadachaka Hanashanyin is over seventy years old this year. Despite his kind-hearted appearance, he had a lot of fun when he was young.
At that time, there was an aristocratic child in Kyoto named Inokuma Kyori. He was proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he also had a killer hairdo. He became the dream lover of all women. Girls from wealthy families in Kyoto were slept with by Inokuma Kyori.
This is nothing, Inokuma taught the wealthy children of Kyoto to play multi-player games together. He even slept with the emperor's first love concubine. After the emperor found out, he didn't dare to have an immediate attack.
As for Hanazhanin Tadachana, not only did he hang out with Inokuma Cuili, he also slept with the emperor's female officer and took the female officer with him to have group parties.
In the end, the commotion was too great, involving too many daimyo and wealthy businesswomen. Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered a nationwide arrest, and Inokuma Kyori was eventually captured and beheaded. Hanayamain Tadanagi's father had energy, so he was not sentenced to death, but was exiled to Hokkaido.
, and suddenly became a retainer of Matsumae Domain.
This kind of promiscuous young man was regarded as a cultural person by the Matsumae clan, which shows how backward culture and education in Hokkaido is.
Song Juguang convened a meeting with his retainers, and the first thing he did was to ask everyone for their new names.
A middle-aged retainer came forward: "Master, my new name is Chang Yizhen."
"My new name is Jing Zhongzheng."
"My new name is..."
After listening to his self-introduction, Song Juguang nodded and said with a smile: "From now on, don't call me the owner of the museum or the governor of the family. I am the magistrate of Ezo County in Datong, China. You should call me Magistrate Song."
The reason why these guys are happy is that except for their names and clothes, everything on the island remains the same, and the Nanjing court did not deprive them of their rights.
Ezo Island is different from Tsushima Island. Although Tsushima Island has barren land, it is at least not that cold and not so far from mainland China. Therefore, Tsushima Island can engage in rapid immigration and deprive the island of daimyo and retainers of their power.
More urgent.
What about Ezo Island?
Even Japanese prodigals are unwilling to come. If China wants to develop the islands, it will probably take tens to hundreds of years.
Then temporarily restrain the rule of the government, and first send officials who are willing to go to sea to establish courts and schools on Ezo Island. Judiciary must be in the hands of the court, and culture and education must not be left behind. Gradually teach the Japanese and indigenous people to speak Chinese.
A Chinese warship was still anchored in the port, and Kong Chengliang, Hoopoe's deputy, was thrown in to handle Ezo affairs.
After Song Juguang communicated with his retainers, he began to entertain Kong Chengliang with a grand banquet.
The fragrant white rice is a special occasion. There is no rice produced on the island at this time, and it is all shipped by sea, so the white rice is particularly precious.
The dishes are all kinds of seafood, which may be strange to people in the mainland, but people on the island have long since eaten them.
Although Hua Zhongchang was "proficient" in Sinology, he could not speak Chinese at all. Fortunately, Kong Chengliang could speak Japanese. So at the banquet, a group of "Chinese" officials could only communicate in Japanese.
Song Juguang said: "Angel Rong Bing, this island is in dire need of goods. Now that it is the territory of the Celestial Empire, can we allow merchants to bring cotton cloth, rice, and salt?"
Kong Chengliang said: "The imperial court has never done much merchant trade. Ezo Island must have enough goods to attract those merchants. Doesn't the fleet of the Sihai Trading Company have to pass through Ezo Island when going to America?"
Song Juguang immediately complained: "The trading place of Shikai Trading Company is the box house set up by the Anton family (Akita family). Most of the goods are transported to the Dewa area, and only a very small amount of goods can stay on Ezo Island."
"Is there any other famous person setting up a box house on the island?" Kong Chengliang asked in surprise.
Song Juguang explained: "My family was originally a samurai of the Andō clan. Although we obtained the status of island owner from the shogunate, we have always been held hostage by the Andō clan. The specialties of Ezo Island can only be traded in the Andō clan's Hakodate.
Sell furs and fish to Anton at low prices, and then buy rice, cotton cloth and salt from Anton at high prices.”
Kong Chengliang said: "The Anton family's box house must be returned to the imperial court. From now on, you can trade directly with merchants."
"That's great!" Song Juguang and his retainers were overjoyed.
Kong Chengliang asked: "What are the specialties on the island?"
Song Juguang replied: "Fur, wood and fish."
"What kind of fur?" Kong Chengliang asked.
Song Juguang said: "It's mainly deer and foxes. There are pink foxes here, and fox skins sell well."
Kong Chengliang smiled and said: "That's enough. Deer skin and fox skin are both popular in China."
There is one more thing Song Juguang did not mention. There are gold mines in Hokkaido. In the early days of Matsumae Domain's development, it relied on alluvial gold to solve its financial problems. It also used alluvial gold to bribe Sakai Tadakichi to obtain banner treatment. However, alluvial gold has become less and less, and mining gold mines has become more difficult.
The technology is not enough, and the real mines are there yet to be developed.
In addition, Hokkaido has the third largest gold mine in Japan, which is located in the territory of the Ainu people. It is estimated that it will take a hundred years to be discovered.
The Ainu people are very powerful. Decades ago, the Japanese built twelve box shops on the island. After trading a knife, the Japanese shopkeeper stabbed the Ainu who bought the knife to death because they could not agree on the price.
people.
This aroused the anger of the Ainu people, and ten of the twelve Japanese hakodome buildings were quickly captured.
The Matsumae clan rose to prominence during that war. They held their ground to repel the enemy's attack, gathered their strength to counterattack, and shot the Ainu leader dead. With the prestige brought by the war, the Matsumae clan conquered the island's wealthy families (colonial leaders),
Then he ruled the southern part of Ezo Island.
Today, the Japanese and Ainu people on the island are doing business and fighting at the same time. They fight when they have to, and continue trading after the war.
After appeasing the guys in front of him, Kong Chengliang found someone who could speak the dialect and led a group of soldiers to the Ainu territory.
Ainu means Ezo. The translation is different. In the Ming Dynasty, it was also called Kuyi and Kuye.
So, what are the historical celebrities of the Ezo tribe?
Of course it’s the cute and powerful Nakolulu, and her eagle Mamahaha!
No more nonsense.
The leader of Ezo at this time was named Shamu Sheyun. Historically, he would lead the Ezo people to revolt in three years, but he was trapped and killed by the Matsumae clan and his head was cut off.
After Kong Chengliang led dozens of Datong troops into the territory of the Ezo tribe, he quickly attracted the attention of the indigenous people. What's more, their guide was still wearing a Japanese samurai uniform, and the local chief immediately surrounded him with the young men of the tribe.
The Datong army raised their muskets, and the Ezo people also raised their bows and arrows.
The guide stepped forward and explained: "This is the envoy sent by the Emperor of China. This land will be ruled by the Emperor of China from now on, including my master, the Master of Matsumae. We want to meet the leader of Ezo!"
There are twelve large tribes in the Yiyi people, similar to the tribal alliance system, and Shamousheyun was elected as the leader of the alliance.
Three days later, Shamousheyun came with his warriors.
He had never heard of China at all. In his opinion, the Matsumae clan was a very powerful enemy, and the Matsumae clan's backer, the Anton clan, must be number one in the world.
Where did China come from?
Therefore, Shamousheyun asked when they met: "Has China defeated the Matsumae clan?"
Kong Chengliang shook his head: "No."
Shamousheyun asked again: "Did China defeat the Anton clan?"
Kong Chengliang said: "We defeated the masters of the Matsumae clan and the Andong clan!"
Sha Mousheyun was stunned. The powerful Matsumae clan and the Andong clan actually had other masters. And this big tribe called China actually defeated the masters of the Matsumae clan and the Andong clan!
Kong Chengliang simply took out the world map he carried with him, pointed at the map and said: "This is Ezo Island, this is Japan, and this is China. Of course, Ezo Island will also belong to China in the future."
Shamousheyun looked at Ezo Island, which was the size of a fingernail, and then looked at China, which was bigger than a palm. For a moment, he felt a sign of a collapse of his worldview.
After swallowing, Sha Mousheyun asked: "Will China seize our land?"
Kong Chengliang said: "The entire Ezo Island is Chinese territory. And the Ezo people are also Chinese people, and there is no need to rob your land."
"I'm asking, will you drive the Yeyi people away from the tribal territory?" Shamousheyun asked.
"No." Kong Chengliang shook his head.
Shamoucheyun asked again: "When trading goods, will you deceive us?"
Kong Chengliang said: "The emperor will send officials to establish courts. If the Matsumae family or Chinese merchants behave oppressively when dealing with you, you can go to the court to file a complaint. The Chinese chief judge will uphold justice for you. Remember, if you are oppressed, you must
Go to court to file a complaint, and you cannot raise troops to fight without permission."
Shamousheyun asked: "What if the chief judge favors the Matsumae family?"
"Then let's fight. If things get big, His Majesty the Emperor will send someone to deal with it," Kong Chengliang said.
Sha Mosheyun nodded: "Then we have made an agreement. If we are bullied, we will go to the justice to argue. If the justice is unfair, we will lead the warriors to speak with bows and arrows!"
Kong Chengliang took out the canonization edict that he had prepared last year and said: "His Majesty, the Emperor of China, will confer upon you the title of General Ezo to rule all Ezo tribes. You can change your name to Chinese and I will fill in your name."
"I don't know how, please help me change it." Sha Mousheyun said.
Kong Chengliang didn't bother to think about it, so he named him "Shasheyun" based on his Ezo name.