Meeting Zhao Xin's parents was the biggest surprise for Shen Xuan.
However, when she listened to Zhao Xin's parents speaking extremely fluent Beijing Mandarin, she began to murmur again.
Are these two old people really coming back from overseas? Why do they feel like old residents who have lived in the capital for decades?
Fortunately, the ancients said that before a woman gets married, she must obey her parents' orders, and after she gets married, she must obey her husband and her parents-in-law. Therefore, even though she had doubts in her heart, Shen Xuan was still respectful and did not dare to question her at all.
The two paid homage to Zhao Xin's parents, and Zhao Xin's mother, who was so happy that she couldn't smile from ear to ear, took out two large shiny gold bracelets and put them on her daughter-in-law's wrists, which immediately made Zhao Xin dumbfounded. We don't lack anything. ah!
After that, Zhao Xin told Shen Xuan that what happened to Zhao's parents and Zhao's mother must not be told to outsiders, not even Shen Jingdan and his wife. Shen Xuan saw her husband telling her the instructions with a serious face, and then thought of the previous time. As for Fan Tong, I had no choice but to nod in agreement.
The day after the wedding, Zhao Xin, who felt refreshed, packed several big red envelopes and gave them to the old eunuchs from the Qing Palace who helped. Each of them contained a 100-yuan Beihai Town gold coin. This thing is a rare item. , since its release, few people have seen it.
The old eunuchs were very grateful, and then they climbed up the pole and knelt down together to beg Zhao Xin, saying that we wanted to enter Prince Zhao's house to serve him. Of course Zhao Xin would not agree. Even if his family needed a cook or a helper, they would never use it. Eunuch, this is a matter of principle. So the old eunuchs had no choice but to leave with red envelopes in disappointment.
Zhao Xin was very satisfied with the whole wedding. The only regret was that Wu Siyu, Liu Sheng, his wife and Fan Tong were too far away to attend. Of course, Zhao Xin could pick them up. The question was who knew that the general was gone, Yaksa and Chak Will there be trouble in Tu and other places? After Fan Tong was kidnapped, no one dared to take this risk again.
After Zhao Xin got married, in addition to Zhao Xin's parents who were staying for a short time, the residents of the house also included the Xu brothers and A Miao who moved here. The chef Hu Fugui and Hu were also hired by Zhao Xin with a high salary to be the cook. In addition, there were Four women from the island country hired help. If Wan Zao's wife hadn't been involved in civil affairs, she would have quit her position as "women's director" and come to help.
Follow the leader closely, this logic cannot be wrong no matter in time or space.
As the No. 1 in Beihai Town, it was absolutely impossible to take a wedding leave. Although Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan were obsessed with being turned upside down and the incident in Wushan, on the third day after the wedding, Zhao Xin still endured it. With the impulse of "from now on the king will not go to court early", he received the envoy of the shogunate.
"Kasama Hou, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"The Lord ordered me to come and discuss with Prince Zhao about ending the war, and ask Prince Zhao not to support the rebels of the Sendai Clan anymore. The shogunate can also agree to the conditions that the Sendai Clan can agree to, and there will be more."
The person who spoke to Zhao Xin was Makino Sadaga, the second-in-command of the shogunate who led the mission. All the vassals in the island country knew that Zhao Wangdian’s national dialect was slippery, so there was no interpreter. In addition to the two of them, Makino was also present. One of Zhenchang's personal followers, one of Zhao Xin's guards, and the Beihai Town official responsible for recording the conversation.
The reason why the shogunate sent this person was because as the lord of the Hitachi Kasama Domain, Makino Sadaga, the fifth generation member of the Makino family, had a rich resume and was much better than the young Matsudaira Sadanobu.
This man succeeded the family governor at the age of sixteen, and began to serve as the shogunate's chief minister at the age of twenty-six. He successively held official positions such as temple priest, Osaka Castle representative, and Kyoto governor. He understands economics and has a high level of governance. In addition, he is also a master of the sea dog government.
Trusted by both generations of father and son.
In addition, Makino Sadaga was the only one who had fought against the Northern Navy on the battlefield. Last year in the Battle of Manunuma, the 1,500 vanguards he sent were severely defeated by the Northern Navy and the Aoba Battalion. Almost all of them were defeated.
The army was annihilated. But even so, among the veterans of the shogunate, he was the only one who was "familiar" with the Northern Navy's tactics and weapons and equipment.
The meeting place between the two parties was still the office next to the Beihai Town Square, which surprised the shogunate. They did not expect that the official office of Zhao Wangdian, which was notorious throughout the island country, would be so simple, without any gorgeous and exquisite furnishings and appliances.
Not even the poorest daimyo in the island country.
In fact, Zhao Xin has no interest in turning his new house into a small court, with no distinction between public and private affairs. Just like Yongzheng, there is a curtain between the home in Yangxin Palace and the front hall, which is only one meter in total.
A distance of eight.
Furthermore, Beihai Town relied on strength, and Zhao Xin felt that this office was sufficient. In terms of ostentation, no one could compare with Qianlong in the south; he was the best in the world because he sacrificed the blood of all people and worshiped one person in the world.
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Makino Sadaga's posture was very low. If this office had a tatami, he would have liked to bend over and kneel down. Now he felt very uncomfortable sitting on a Chinese-style chair with backrest and armrests, so he could only bow to signal.
It wasn't just the chair that made him uncomfortable. In the past few days when the shogunate's delegation came to Beihai Town, they were stunned and dazzled by everything in front of them from the moment they got off the boat.
From the two long-famous large iron ships moored at the pier of Whale Bay, to the tall chimneys spewing white smoke day and night on the east bank of the Sira River, to the monsters with wheels that often whiz by on the road;
From the weapons on the waists of the security police to the shining "repeated iron cannon" in the hands of the North Korean Navy ceremony soldiers at Zhao Xin's wedding; not to mention the streets in Beihai Town that are brightly lit at night as if they are daytime, as well as the food and clothing of every household
rich.
Those shogunate officials who were accustomed to being worshiped by the common people in Edo were surprised to see the residents of Beihai Town refusing to worship the officials. Some local residents knew that they were refugees who migrated here from the island country just by looking at their appearance. However, the shogunate officials
They found that when these residents saw them, they almost all gave them a big eye roll; what's more, when they walked past, they actually let out a "bah" sound.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This situation almost made the shogunate lords so angry that they vomited blood. It was really outrageous. The former filthy and inhuman people actually dared to look down on the samurai! This special situation
What kind of world is this?!
Makino Sadadaga proposed to the civil affairs cadre in charge of reception that he wanted to visit the steel plant in Beihai Town, but was rejected; he wanted to visit the Beihai Navy Camp, but was rejected; he wanted to visit the large iron ship, but was rejected; even he wanted to go
It wouldn't do to visit a few families who were former island country refugees.
"Yes. The shogunate wants peace." Zhao Xin nodded, and then asked with confusion: "Then why did you kill Date Shigemura in the first place? If you had known this, why did you do it in the first place?"
Makino Sadaga said sincerely: "Uh... what Kōkata means is that after the peace treaty between the two parties is signed, the shogunate will return Shikisaburo and Mrs. Toki."
Zhao Xinxin said that you really want to let go, but I think Ishikawa Murabu may not be happy with it. It feels so good to have all the power now. I wish that the mother and son would stay in Edo forever and never come back.
It is said that Ishikawa Murafumi has been visiting everywhere in the past few days accompanied by officials from Beihai Town. The group not only visited the production line of the Type 84 revolver, but also visited the production workshop of the Type 1787 12-pound front-loading smoothbore cannon and watched the firing of the artillery.
Demonstration.
Ishikawa Murafumi was quite satisfied with the power of the Type 87 12-pounder gun, and immediately placed an order for one hundred guns, with a total price of fifty thousand taels of gold. In addition, Ishikawa Murafumi felt that the long-range power of the Type 84 revolver was insufficient, and once again proposed to purchase the North Navy
standard weapons.
Of course Zhao Liang, the head of the military-industrial complex, would not agree. The alternative he proposed was a "combat revolver" copied from another time and space. Anyway, the principle of Beihai Town is to strictly control the output of primers and strangle cooperation.
Partners - the necks of doglegs.
"Your Majesty agrees that the Satsuma Kingdom and Ohsumi Kingdom among the Three Kingdoms of Southern Kyushu will be given to the Sendai Clan, and the Hyuga Kingdom will be returned to the shogunate and become Tenlord. The three counties of Izuku, Isa, and Hisikari will be managed by Zhao Wangdian." After Makino Sadaga said this,
My heart is bleeding.
In fact, this condition was the final decision made by Matsudaira Sadanobu after repeated weighing, and was approved by Tokugawa Ieki and his biological father Tokugawa Haruji.
In the past few months, the shogunate has seen people from the Sendai clan jumping up and down in Kyoto, liaising with ministers, throwing out huge amounts of money, and buying people's hearts. Today's Tokugawa family has lost its majesty. If it continues like this, it will be useless.
After a few years, no one in the world listened to Edo.
Cruel natural disasters and the resistance of domestic samurai and intellectuals have already made Matsudaira Sadanobu's cabinet very anxious. The frequent knocks on the gates of Hokkai Town and the opposition to the Sendai Domain have made Matsudaira Sadanobu even more tormented. These days of waiting for others to decide one's own destiny
It’s really not a human experience!
Zhao Xin did not want to occupy the island country or change a general, but to take advantage of the split to fish in troubled waters. He pretended to think for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay."
Makino Sadaga was overjoyed when he heard this, and took advantage of the situation and proposed that he wanted to imitate the Sendai clan and obtained a low-interest loan from Beihai Town. In line with the principle of "if you have money, don't make a bastard", Zhao Xin immediately asked the other party for the amount. Makino Sadaga
He stretched out his hand and said hesitantly five million taels.
Zhao Xin calculated the gold in stock. The gold stockpile in Beihai Town is currently top secret. The mint is now under the direct control of Zhao Xin. Even the civil affairs department does not know the specific figures.
"First borrow a five-year term of two million taels. If you can repay it on time, you can continue to borrow money later."
When the two sides talked about this, it was basically settled. The remaining matters, such as the purchase of food and weapons, were left to be discussed in detail by the people below.
At this time, Makino Sadaga made a request to visit various places in Beihai Town, and Zhao Xin immediately agreed. However, the people in charge of reception in the civil affairs department will naturally understand this matter.
Before Makino Sadada said goodbye, Zhao Xin thought of one more thing.
"Marquis Kasama, there is something that I need to remind you of."
"Prince Zhao, please tell me."
"The English and the Dutch are at war. Do you know this?"
Makino Sadaga recalled for a while, and his subordinates came up to whisper a few words, and then said: "The Nagasaki Acting Governor mentioned this in a letter two years ago. It is precisely because of this that the Dutch ship traffic has been rare in these years.
There has been no Dutch ship arriving at the port for four years. I wonder what King Zhao Dian means by this?"
What Zhao Xin is talking about is the fourth Anglo-Dutch War in history. The Anglo-Dutch war lasted from 1780 to 1784, and finally ended with France intervening and the Netherlands admitting defeat. The cause of the war was that Britain used the Netherlands to support the American War of Independence, and then
In 1780, he unilaterally abolished various treaties of the Anglo-Dutch Alliance led by William III.
Britain made huge profits from this war. It originally borrowed huge national debt from the Dutch within a hundred years, but used the war as an excuse to waive interest payments. After the war, it purchased the national debt from Dutch businessmen at a low price. The most important thing is that Europe
The financial center moved southward, with London replacing Amsterdam, which eventually led to the bankruptcy and dissolution of the Dutch East India Company.
However, Zhao Xin's next words shocked Makino Sadaga.
"As far as I know, the British warship is coming to Nagasaki."
"Why is this so?! Does Zhao Dian have any conclusive information?" Makino Sadada stared at Zhao Xin, trying to find the answer from his expression.
Zhao Xin lied without blinking an eye. He explained: "The Dutch were defeated. I think the British will use the Dutch attack on Nagasaki as an excuse to allow the shogunate to open the port."
In fact, this is simply impossible. In another history of time and space, the British invasion of Nagasaki would have to wait until the "Napoleonic War" twenty years later. At the moment, the British are still digesting and absorbing the benefits after the end of the war. The East India Company
There is no time to take care of island countries.
Looking at the worried Makino Sadataga leaving, Zhao Xin was a little proud. His purpose was actually to ask the shogunate to use the loan to buy some Type 87 12-pound cannons to consolidate coastal defense and be prepared. Besides, these 12-pound cannons
The effective range is only 1,600 meters, and no one can defend against the North Korean Navy's artillery.
A few days later, after a lot of back and forth, Hokkai Town, the shogunate mission and the Sendai Domain finally reached a draft of the armistice contract at the negotiation table. The reason why it was a draft was because Makino Sadaga had no right to make the decision, and he still wanted to submit the draft.
It was brought back to Edo and submitted to the Lao-Chinese meeting for discussion, with the final decision made by the Sea Dog Official.
But in addition, the shogunate mission privately signed a loan agreement with Beihai Town: First, Beihai Town will lend 2 million taels of gold with a gold content of 99% to the shogunate, with a loan period of five years and an annual interest rate of 5%.
; Second, the shogunate purchased one million tons of rice from Beihai Town and delivered it within one year; third, the shogunate purchased one hundred Type 87 12-pound guns and one thousand Type 84 revolvers from Beihai Town, which were delivered in two installments.
In fact, not counting anything else, Makino Sadaga felt that he had made a huge profit just from borrowing money this time.
As mentioned before, the gold content of the Yuanwen Xiaoban gold issued in 1736 was 65%. However, starting from the third year of Tianming, due to financial difficulties, the gold content of the gold coins issued by the shogunate was getting lower and lower. Historically, it was 1819 when the Wenzheng Xiaoban gold appeared.
, the gold content is only 56%.
If all the two million taels of 99 red gold are used to make small judgments, nearly four million taels of gold coins can be issued, which will greatly alleviate the financial difficulties caused by the "Donation and Abandonment Order".
The reason why Zhao Xin did this was because Matsudaira Sadanobu, the current leader of the Lao Middle School, was a firm believer in Zhu Xixue.
This person's goal in governing was to establish a secluded and self-reliant system based on agriculture, and established a two-level examination system, Sudu Yinwei and Xuexue Yinwei.
This system related the test results of Zhu Xi's knowledge to the priority of filling vacancies and newly created positions, and even linked the test results to the ministers' inheritance rights to the family business.
In response to the ocean expansion theories of the islanders that "since they can't afford to eat, why not build cannons or buy warships", Matsudaira Sadanobu formulated and implemented the "Prohibition on Kansei and Foreign Studies", specifically targeting the promotion of naval doctrines and those outside the Zhu Xi school.
Other schools of thought.
In this case, let the island country continue to be isolated and cultivate its land well!