"Brother, it's up to you to decide what to do with these people. Kill them all, or demote them to slaves. I leave this decision to you!"
Zheng Fusong said to his younger brother Tagawa Nanaemon.
At this time, his priority is not to do his homework, but to help his younger brother vent his anger and make his younger brother feel satisfied, because making up for the victim is the most important.
"Brother, except for Sister Ayako, it's up to you to deal with the others. You can punish them in any way you want."
Tagawa Nanzaemon was accompanied by a maid who was fourteen or fifteen years old. Her name was Nakae Ayako. She had an ordinary appearance. She was specifically released because of her kindness. Tagawa Nanzaemon asked her to stay with him, saying that he would repay her well in the future.
So the maid is safe and may well have caught a fortune.
As for the other servants who had bullied him, Tagawa Nanzaemon had never thought of retaliating against them and killing them all. But at this moment, these people were kneeling down one by one to beg for mercy, apologize to him and admit their mistakes.
They were all bleeding, and they were as humble as a dog. This only dampened the desire for revenge, and felt that even killing them would be meaningless.
It's better to leave it to my brother to handle it.
The ball returned to Zheng Fusong's hands.
He looked at the hundreds of people kneeling on the ground.
He looked at Matsuura Nobuzada, who was kneeling at the front.
Various thoughts flashed through Zheng Fusong's mind, and he imagined more than a dozen solutions. Finally, after thinking about it, he said to Matsuura Nozada: "This Hirado Castle, as well as the Hirado Domain, belong to Xujiazhuang from now on."
The Matsuura family will be removed from the land. In order to better manage and rule this Hirado City, Matsuura Nobuzada, please give me a reason not to kill you people."
"I am willing to act as a puppet and assist Xu Jiazhuang in governing Hirado. Moreover, in addition to the main Hirado family, the Matsuura family has 48 branch families. The main family has been destroyed. In order to compete for the title of the main family, these branch families will definitely send troops together to drive out Xu Jiazhuang!"
Matsuura Nobuzada.
"Haha, is Xu Jiajun afraid of dozens of small villages joining forces?" Zheng Fusong couldn't help but sneer.
"The Xu family army is invincible in the world, and the combined strength of the Matsuura clan is no match. However, there are still 270 vassal states in Japan. They will not sit back and watch the Hirado clan be destroyed, and the Tokugawa shogunate will not ignore it.
The meeting issued an edict to mobilize the whole country and organize hundreds of thousands of troops to drive out the forces of the Xu family. Even if the Xu family army can handle it, it will still be a big trouble. On the contrary, if I, Matsuura Nobuzada, am spared my life, I will succeed the Matsuura family governor.
With this position, not only can the family divisions be suppressed, but the shogunate can also find it difficult to launch a major war, which will do more good than harm to Xujiazhuang."
"But the Matsuura family was severely damaged, and your brother also died in our hands. Will you just be a puppet and not think about revenge?"
"My brother, Tari Ling, has lost his wits and refused to listen to my advice. He is destined to cause this catastrophe today. He is bringing it upon himself. I have repeatedly tried to persuade him to no avail. How can I avenge him?"
"How can you guarantee that you will be a good puppet and be as loyal as a dog? How can people believe your words?" Zheng Fusong asked.
“I took a merchant ship and visited Jeju Island Bagang several times, and I saw with my own eyes the changes in Bagang.”
Matsuura Nobuzada said: "Joining Xujiazhuang will bring you all the benefits and no harm. You can't get it. I am willing to be a puppet and fully cooperate with Xujiazhuang. I am just trying to get rich. I don't dare to get involved in higher power. I will definitely be a loyal dog.
, if you still don’t believe it, you can kill Xinzhen.”
Hear this.
Zheng Fusong thought for a moment.
It would be nice to kill all these hundreds of people in order to vent their anger, but there would be no gain in terms of profit. They would also face challenges from the many branches of the Matsuura clan, and even face the hundreds of thousands of troops organized by the shogunate.
If you want to establish a stable rule and bring benefits as soon as possible, it may be a rather unfavorable situation.
Accepting the dog Matsuura Nobuzada would indeed bring a lot of benefits and avoid a lot of troubles, as he said.
"Matsuura Nobuzada, your life has been saved for the time being. You can select thirty people to assist you and work together for Xujiazhuang."
Zheng Fusong thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "The rest will be sent to Nanyang for colonization and used as coolies!"
He was thinking in his mind that this Matsuura Nobuzada was of high value and might become a loyal dog, but!
If this person is easy to use, he will be used for a longer period of time to play a role in stabilizing Hirado's rule.
If there is any alien intention in the future, or if there is a certain threat, either kill them or send them to Nanyang to avoid developing into a hidden danger.
Why!
Still kind-hearted and soft-hearted.
His original plan was to kill all the Matsuura family.
I wonder how many points the teacher would give him if he handled it this way? Is this considered qualified?
But no matter what, for the benefit of Xujiazhuang, he could only deal with it this way. After all, there are many problems in this world, and killing is not the best solution.
"Thank you for not killing me, sir!"
Matsuura Nobuzada kowtowed repeatedly to express his gratitude, and then selected thirty assistants.
The hundreds of people who were not selected made loud pleas and howled for mercy, but they were forced to set foot on Nanyang and could never return to Hirado.
…
Take control of the entire Hirado Castle.
The Marine Corps swept through Hirado Island and eliminated all resistance on the island.
The next period of time will be about how to establish a stable rule.
But this is difficult for Zheng Fusong.
Because he has only the puppet Matsuura Nobuzada available.
Grandfather Tagawa Yuhuang - formerly known as Weng Yuhuang, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, worked as a blacksmith. He later moved to Hirado Island, Kyushu, Japan, and lived in Kawauchiura where Han people gathered. He was still a blacksmith by trade. He once forged knives for the lord of the Hirado domain, Matsuura Takanobu, and later became a blacksmith.
Under the introduction of Matsuura Takanobu, he married the widow of his retainer Tagawa clan and adopted his wife and ex-husband's daughter Tagawa Matsu. In fact, Tagawa Matsu was just the adopted daughter of Emperor Tagawa Yu and had no blood relationship.
Even so, in Zheng Fusong's memory, this grandfather, who made a living by blacksmithing, was very, very good to his mother, Tagawa Matsu, and to himself, and he was even more doting on his younger brother, Tagawa Shichizaemon.
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But he was just a skilled blacksmith and a Han Chinese with great prestige in Kawauchiura. He did not have much ability. When his grandson was kidnapped, he could not do anything except come to the house many times to beg for mercy.
Now Xu Jiajun took action and his grandson was rescued. When he saw his grandson who had lost a lot of weight, Tagawa Yuhuang shed tears and cursed himself for being useless. Then he became disappointed and angry. He made countless knives for the Matsuura family, but the result was
He didn't want to be treated like this, and he didn't want the surname of Tagawa anymore! He didn't deserve to be a retainer of the Matsuura family. From then on, he returned to the surname of Ong and would never treat anyone else as a dog.
"Grandpa, stop blacksmithing. Since you have enough strength, why not join the army and recruit a group of trustworthy people to serve as the Sheriff of Hirado City. From now on, the security aspect will be left to you. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be arrested.
Get up." Zheng Fusong suggested.
"Okay, I'll do this Sheriff!"
Weng Yuhuang nodded. He now understood that only by becoming a sword holder could he defend his own interests and protect his family.
As for manpower, there are many Han immigrants in the Sawauchiura area, so recruiting two to three hundred people is no problem. In addition, there are many businessmen from the Ming Dynasty in Hirado Port. If funds are insufficient, they can also solve the problem.
Some people have knives and money, plus Xu Jiajun's elite Marine Corps of a thousand people, are you afraid that some people dare to disobey?
In fact, after the powerful Xu family army and the samurai of the Matsuura clan were wiped out, no one on Hirado Island dared to disobey the tens of thousands of Japanese.
Four steam warships, including the Tokufujin, have not been idle in the past few days. They have successively captured Uku, Ojiga, Nakadori, Wakamatsu, Naru, Futoko, Fukue and other islands in the south, and attacked Hirado Island.
On the opposite side, Matsuura County acquired a coastal area of about 150 square kilometers, thus including most of Hirado Bay, making it easier to build a large port in the future.
Of course, the above-mentioned islands and lands all belong to the Matsuura main family or branch families. Some were won by force, and some relied on Matsuura Nobuzada's sharp tongue to persuade some branch families to join Xujiazhuang, but they also encountered
He was almost hacked to death by some extreme gang members, but Xu Jiajun's marines rescued him.
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to July 12th.
A total of nearly 1,500 square kilometers of land was acquired.
He also has a ruling team of hundreds of people around him, who can carry out various decrees.
As the top manager, Zheng Fusong began to govern Hirado.
First, the "Tax Exemption Order" was promulgated, which exempted agricultural taxes and head taxes, and reduced the commercial tax to 5%, which won the hearts of countless people.
Subsequently, they launched a major infrastructure construction project and announced the recruitment of at least 50,000 workers to build a new Hirado Port that would be even larger in scale and with an annual cargo throughput of more than 100 million koku. The investment is expected to exceed 3 million silver dollars!
The last step is to introduce some laws, such as the "Liberty Law" to ensure everyone's freedom; the "Equality Law" to establish Hirado as a place of equality; and the "Justice Law" to defend justice and resolutely fight against it.
All illegal and criminal activities will never be tolerated, and the perpetrators will not be tolerated. A month-long "Crackdown on Crime and Evil" operation was launched. In just a few days, 68 people including ronin, samurai, and human traffickers were shot to death, which attracted countless applause.
And they vigorously promoted it in the "Oriental Times", saying that Hirado has entered a new era of 'freedom, equality, and justice' and has undergone earth-shaking changes. The reporter also interviewed some local people and received extremely high praise:
"Agricultural taxes and poll taxes have been exempted. Now we can support our three children, so we don't need to consider selling my daughter."
"Why didn't you come earlier? My wife was killed by a wandering warrior on the pretext of testing a sword. If you had come earlier, these warriors would not dare to kill people indiscriminately!"
"I am now a worker building a new port. Although I work very hard every day, I can eat the equivalent of thirty rice balls every meal and get a daily salary of 90 Wen, which is three times what I paid before.
, I can buy four or five kilograms of rice."
"Xujiazhuang is too civilized and wealthy. Only now do I realize that I have been living in darkness."
"No matter what, I don't want them to leave. They bring light and hope. Even if they are outsiders, I hope they will stay here."
"I have already asked my eldest son to start learning Minghua. I hope that my daughter will also marry Mingren in the future."
"..."
After a delay of about a week.
End of July.
The upper ruling class in Japan saw the contents of this issue of "Oriental Times".
The Tokugawa shogunate issued the "Tianxia Zongwu Order" that day!
The feudal lords from all over the country responded one after another and immediately mobilized and sent out their elite troops.
It only took five days.
A huge army of 150,000 people entered Kyushu Island and attacked Hirado in multiple directions. This mobilization efficiency and response speed were simply astonishing. This chapter has been completed!