Chapter 273: Thunder God panics when he arrives in the shogunate
Chapter 273 The God of Thunder panics when he arrives at the shogunate
Ishikawa Murafumi was not a fool. The reason why he was addicted to wine and sex and had no intention of managing the feudal government was because no one could fix the deficit hole of millions of taels.
In order to be like Shigego Shimazu of the Shimadzu family, Date Shigemura took over the project of Kanto General Recruitment from four people, and finally spent 220,000 taels of gold.
In the Meiwa 5th year (1768), due to the serious loss of copper in the country, Edo issued an order requiring Sendai Domain to use the iron produced in the domain to cast Kanei Tongho iron coins, and gave a seven-year permission period.
Date Shigemura saw that this was not a bad idea. There was no such shop after this village, so he fought hard! As a result, a large amount of square iron coins flowed into Edo, causing the value of iron coins to fall and prices in some areas to rise sharply.
Four years later, the shogunate couldn't bear it anymore. Bad money drove out good money. Tanuma Yiji ordered the Sendai Domain to stop casting iron coins. The Sendai Domain had already reaped the benefits, so they were unwilling to give up. After continuous
After several years of pleading with the shogunate, finally on the condition that the iron money would not be leaked to other vassals, they continued to cast money in the fifth year of An'ei (1776).
But from then on, the Sendai Domain could only feed itself.
Ishikawa Murafumi and Shibata Kakuzo left with Zhao Xin's conditions. Although he was the elder of the Bi family, he couldn't make the decision on such a big matter, so he had to go back and convene a meeting with each family to discuss.
And Zhao Xin doesn't care! At the worst, he can exchange cannonballs for an obedient family head, and this business is still very cost-effective. Compared with the poor Southwestern vassals who want to be their pants, the Sendai vassal is in a pretty good economic situation and has the foundation to do something.
So you see, this is an era in which the shogunate and the great names compete with each other; there is no good, only bad and worse.
After leaving Ishinomaki Port, the Thor headed south and headed straight for Edo Bay at full speed. Heita also took a few of his men and ran all the way to Edo along the Tokaido. Three days later, a group of five people finally arrived in the early morning
It is the Nihonbashi bridge in Edo Castle; it is also the starting point of five streets in the island country.
Edo Castle was already bustling with people in the early morning, and the seafood and vegetable market under the Nihonbashi Bridge was the busiest time. Heita and others, who were running with their hearts on their backs, first found a small stall to eat.
After eating two bowls of soba noodles, they calmed down and found a hotel nearby to stay. After resting until noon, the five of them went out separately and wandered around the towns to inquire about news.
Due to the great famine in the past two years, farmers have left their homes. Some of them went to Sendai, and a large number of others came to Edo Castle. They were looking forward to finding a better life in the bustling downtown. At this time, in the Edo Castle Town
, just under the jurisdiction of the three "machi nianji" of Naraya, Taruya, and Kita Village, there are more than 200 village chiefs each managing a few to dozens of streets. The rows of long houses facing the street are full of people.
Landowners and urban civilians who came from the countryside.
Those refugees who fled to Edo with their families gathered in nearby Kanda, Kojimachi and other places. Relying on the introductions of their guarantors and people in the guild, they worked in various places in the city every day.
In the afternoon, a Beihai Town spy who was guarding outside the imperial city gate saw several fast horses leading messengers into the imperial city. Heita and others who were inquiring about shop rents near Kyobashi and Nihonbashi also began to listen.
People around me were spreading rumors that a large white foreign ship had suddenly arrived in Uraga in the morning.
The Thor was anchored in the ocean between Mitsuri Peninsula and Futtsu. Since the morning, ships of all sizes transporting supplies to Edo from all over the sea were frightened and fled after seeing the Thor. Those coming from the west
The ships all fled back to Izu, and the ships coming from the northeast all ran to the Kamiso area to take shelter; and the ships coming out of Edo Bay either turned around and fled to Yokohama, or went west to escape into Uraga Port.
The first person to sound the alarm was the guard at the "Dengmingtang" on Pinggen Mountain at the eastern end of the Sanchi Peninsula. Immediately afterwards, several Yuli stationed in Nishiurahe arrived one after another with their subordinates. At noon, the guards stationed in Uraga arrived one after another.
The Tokugawa navy in the port began to dispatch.
Before the attack of the black ships of later generations, the Uraga Office functioned as a customs office.
There are no decent defense facilities here at all. Apart from docks, shipyards, and east-west intercoms (similar to inns), there is only one execution office and one imperial office. The initial local force had ten soldiers and fifty soldiers; that is to say,
There are ten police chiefs and fifty regular police officers. The main duties of the police station are to board ships for inspection, collect taxes, and expel ships that are not allowed to enter Edo Bay.
In addition, due to the Thor invasion of Nagasaki the year before last, 50 new Ashigaru people, 11 Suizhu Doshin, and 190 sailors were added.
So at noon, dozens of black sloops formed a large circle, with the Thor in the middle.
Looking at the big white boat in front of them, several water owners were trembling with fear. They thought, how can they fight such a big guy? It would be better to stay for a day and then leave. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to go back to their respective homes and live peacefully?
Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, Yuri Tanzawa Hisaemon of the Uraga Administrative Office and a companion took a small morning boat and approached the Thor.
This was the second time that Zhao Xin met officials directly under the Tokugawa Shogunate. The last time was in Nagasaki.
Yuriki of the shogunate is a lower-level samurai, but because he deals with the common people all day long, most of them are good at communication. In terms of clothing, Yuriki wears a relatively wide single-color "shoulder jacket" and a pinstriped floral fabric underneath.
"Horse riding hakama".
"Are you from the Tang Dynasty?" Tanzawa Hisaemon asked loudly in a broken Zhapu dialect.
Jiuzang, dressed in military uniform, appeared on the side of the ship and loudly said in the island's dialect: "I can't understand a word you said."
Tanzawa Hisaemon breathed a sigh of relief. The other party could speak his own language, making communication much easier.
"Please tell me your identity!"
"I am Zhao Jiuzang. On behalf of Beihai Town and the Great Ainu Kingdom, we are here to negotiate with the shogunate."
Tanzawa Hisaemon and his companions were stunned for a moment, then thought for a while and continued: "Sir, we request to board the ship for negotiation. You have entered our country's waters without authorization. On behalf of the shogunate, I hope you can withdraw from the waters of Uraga."
"Oh, may I ask what your official position is? My Royal Highness is ordered to only talk to people of equal status."
"Your Highness?" Tanzawa Hisaemon was startled, wondering where his Highness came from. Aren't these people Tang Yi pirates?!
Due to Toda Ujimon's suicide and the disastrous defeat of the Saga Domain, Zhao Xin actually didn't know that he was already notorious among the coastal feudal clans. Tanzawa Hisaemon said to himself that Nagasaki had built a fort and you couldn't defeat it, so he ran away to Ura.
He Tossing is here!
The companions on the morning boat were so anxious that they immediately pointed at Tanzawa Hisaemon and loudly said: "This gentleman is the deputy chief of Uraga who is in charge of negotiations."
Jiuzang was stunned for a moment, thinking that the deputy chief executive was here. He was about to turn around and report to Zhao Xin when he heard Zhao Xin behind him laughing loudly and saying: "What the hell are you making such nonsense! Does Uraga have a deputy chief executive? Ask him who he is.
Not a team leader."
Only then did Jiuzang realize that the other party was trying to deceive him, and his expression suddenly changed. He was from a mountain village and had no idea about the organization of the Yuankuni Administrative Office. But Zhao Xin understood this very well. He had gone to Yokohama Zhonghua specifically before.
While traveling around the city, I happened to visit the museum in Yokosuka.
The establishment of the Uraga Office is to have two chiefs, one of whom is stationed in Edo Castle. Under the chief there are the first two members, and then there are Riki and Tongxin.
"Asshole! His Highness asked me to ask you, are you the leader?"
Tanzawa Hisaemon and his companions looked at each other and said to themselves, the lie has been exposed!
The two of them were beating drums in their hearts when they heard another voice suddenly coming from above their heads: "Your father-in-law is too young, and the old man has stepped down again. Forget it, I'll reluctantly let someone from the Yu Sanjia or Yu Sanqing
Come here and I'll talk to him."
"You are rude!" Tanzawa Hisaemon and his companions were furious. Who are the people in the Yusan family? They are all high-ranking officials from the second position; and the three imperial ministers are also "princes" from the third position. You guys
Pirates, what qualifications do you have!
Seeing that the other party was silent, Jiuzang said: "We have defeated the 10,000 troops of the Saga clan. How long do you think Uraga can hold out? Go back and recover quickly. Our highness will not beat you because we are afraid that there will be one in the end."
A large group of people committing seppuku!”
Tanzawa Hisaemon sneered: "Although our country is small, there are countless people who are willing to die! Ten thousand people are nothing, within a few days, there will be hundreds of thousands of soldiers gathered around here."
"Oh, Hatamoto has 80,000 riders, right?" Zhao Xin walked slowly to the side of the ship, looked down at the two warriors below, and sneered: "I dare you two to ask whether the swords you two used were made of bamboo pieces wrapped in tin foil? At home?
Do you still have your armor?"
Tanzawa Hisaemon is about to explode with anger. We can't continue talking about this! People have a face. Now the Tokugawa shogunate has nothing to ask for except face. They actually slap them in the face without mercy.
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"We'll be here for one day, and we won't even be able to get a single boat in or out!" Zhao Xin's expression changed, and he continued: "Tell the people in the imperial city what I said word for word. I only give you two days, otherwise I'll blow it up first.
Pingura congratulated the Imperial Guard, and then bombarded Imperial City Zhongou!"
That evening, when Zhao Xin's warning reached Central Austria in Edo Castle, Tokugawa Ieki immediately panicked. He had heard about the Thor's bombardment of Nagasaki Port, which sank a pass with one cannon.
The boat, the demon king who appeared in the mountain of corpses and sea of blood at the foot of the mountain! I really can’t afford to offend you, move now, immediately, right now!
It's impossible not to hide. Tokugawa Iesai is only 13 years old and doesn't even have a son. Besides, the Mito clan has been eyeing the position of shogun with eager eyes. Even if Ie Saitai doesn't want to leave, his biological father Tokugawa Haruji doesn't agree.
So Gong Fangqi quickly moved his biological mother, Yu Fuyinokata, and Moji, who had not yet married, to Ichitsubashidon Yashiki in the northwest of the castle. At night, Jia Qi, who was frightened and frightened, was accompanied by his mother and wet nurse.
I fell asleep, but the princes in Zhongao were still discussing countermeasures all night long.
"Marquis of Sendai, you should come forward to negotiate this matter. Do you still need me to tell you the specific reasons?" The person who spoke was Tokugawa Jiho of the Mito Tokugawa family.
"This, what does this have to do with me?! The conscience of heaven and earth, Matsushima Town and Ishinomaki Port were also attacked by Tang Yi. This domain and Tang Yi are also sworn enemies!"
"Huh huh~" Nabeshima Harumo, the chief lord of the Saga clan sitting in the back, rubbed the wound that would get sore when the weather got cold, and said to continue the performance.
Maeda Jikyu, the lord of the Kaga Domain, asked: "How is the current troop gathering situation in the city?"
Yes! Which pot is not open? Even though the troop deployment order to the various vassals has been issued, don’t you know the virtues of the current samurai? Look, the prices of all the swords, guns, armor, bows and arrows in the city will increase tomorrow.
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One of the people present said: "We have sent people to check whether the stored cannons, muskets, gunpowder and war horses are complete. Every family in the city is purchasing them overnight. However, there is a slight shortage of saltpeter."
Not only is there not enough saltpeter, but there is not enough swords, guns, and war horses. In one word, it can be summed up as - extremely corrupt!
If Tang Yi really comes in, everyone will have no choice but to move on and live in a large country villa in Nikko Toshogu in Shimono.
"That's it." Maeda Jikyu turned to look at Date Shigemura: "Sendai Marquis should make a hard trip and delay for a while to see what Tang Yi wants."
Sendai Hou Ida Shigemura is so angry! Damn it, Tang Yi didn't come earlier, he didn't come late, but he came at this time. Everyone here was scolding him with guns and sticks, and their eyes wanted to eat him alive.
Date Shigemura said to his heart why? Isn’t this domain just buying some grain from Tang Yi and selling some untouchables! If you have the ability, you can sell it! If people don’t starve to death these days, it’s a victory. I’m also helping the shogunate reduce the burden!
Besides, the Sendai clan really couldn't defeat those Tang Yi. When Date Shigemura thought of the big bomb crater he saw in Matsushima Town, he felt terrified. With just one shot, dozens of samurai were riddled with holes.
There were so many people that they couldn't even collect their bodies.
"In the past few months." Shimazu Shigehao, who had been silent at this time, spoke up. This is the lord of the Shimazu clan and the future father-in-law of Kimikata, really.
"The news came back from Korea. It is said that the leader of Tang Yi is named Zhao. However, people in Korea say that this person is actually named Zhu, and he is a descendant of the former Ming Dynasty King Zhao."
Tokugawa Jiho interjected: "So what? Even if he is a descendant of the former Ming royal family, China is now dominated by barbarians and Tartars."
Shimazu Shigehao frowned slightly and continued: "The year before last and the year before last, this man defeated tens of thousands of Qing's conquest troops outside the Qing Pass, in the northeast. It is also said that he captured the leading general, who was a relative of the Qing emperor."
As soon as these words came out, several ministers who had been shouting to fight off Tang Yi at first were stunned.
Tokugawa Chichao of the Tian Degawa family looked sideways and said: "Satsuma Lord, the enemy is facing us, what do you mean by this?"
"My intention is self-evident. It would be best if these people are not enemies."
Shimazu Shigehao thought very far, if that man named Zhao Xin conquered the Qing Dynasty and restored the Han people's power. When the time came to turn around and deal with the island country, the first one to bear the brunt would be the Satsuma Domain.
Since the 14th year of Keicho, which is the 37th year of Wanli in the former Ming Dynasty, the Satsuma Domain has been trying to annex the Ryukyu Kingdom. Although Tokugawa Hidetada, the second generation of the Tokugawa family, completely gave up the idea of Satsuma Domain annexing the Ryukyu Kingdom, in the past two hundred years, the Satsuma Domain has been trying to annex the Ryukyu Kingdom.
With the continuous encroachment of the Ryukyu Kingdom, it has completely become a vassal of the Satsuma Domain.
If this happens one day, what kind of situation will the Satsuma Domain without Ryukyu be reduced to? Shimazu Shigehao dare not think about it anymore.