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Knowing about the turmoil in Kyushu caused by the Shimabara Rebellion, Shouhan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back.

I didn't expect the legendary butterfly effect to come into play. Over the years, he has exchanged weapons and rice, cotton, and copper coins for various materials in Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and other places, not only in exchange for urgently needed materials, but also to find a way out for the products under his rule, and at the same time to solve the problem of the ever-expanding labor gap.

However, I did not expect that the Shimazu family in Kyushu would rapidly expand its strength after the first trade with Nanchu. It was able to feed an army of more than 10,000 people. With such strength, it's no wonder that his ambition swelled to the point of daring to win the title of Honshu, intending to change that seat in Edo Castle to another owner!

You must know that the Shimazu family later shouted the slogan "Respect the king and return the great government". The first of the powerful feudal clans in the southwestern region to begin the campaign to bring down the curtain!

In particular, I heard Matsudaira Nobutsuna say that Shimazu Mitsuhisa played the banner of the emperor's secret edict to crusade against the rebellious Tokugawa clan, and after returning the emperor to Taimasa and the emperor after the rebellion, he was even more frightened that the shouhan almost bit his tongue.

This Nima is a proper downfall movement, which broke out hundreds of years in advance!

My character isn't so bad, right?!

After complaining in his heart, Shouhan began to nervously think about how to deal with this magma-like shape that burned like a fire in the Shimabara region, in Kyushu, and even in the whole of Japan (excluding Hokkaido). Leaving a centuries-old era of peace to his descendants, he didn't deal with it well, but I was afraid that bad things would continue.

"My lord! When the foreign minister came to pay a visit to your lordship, my general, Tokugawa Iemitsu, specially ordered me to tell you that the people who caused trouble in the lower state this time were the remnants of the remnants of the former Toyotomi Hideyoshi's party. The Shimazu family, who was the leader here, was the urgent pioneer of the Battle of Renchen that year! Offended the Great Ming Army many times, it is said that the name of Ghost Stone Manzi has also reached Shengcong, just like the name of the four great Kou in the past in the ears of Emperor Daojun, our country is ......"

"Presumptuous!" Jiang Yihong, who had been listening to it for a long time, flicked the sleeves of his robe. "You and other barbarians of the island country. How dare you compare the king of the fallen country to my Emperor Ming Shenzong?! What a fight! ”

"Lord Jiang, this person is worried about the king's affairs for a while, and he has a continuous war in his country, and there are also people who can't express his words for a while. But. This Shimazu family was a fierce general under the Japanese chief Taira Hideyoshi during the Renchen Rebellion. ”

"What do you mean?"

These days are in contact with it. Jiang Yihong, who is the political envoy of Guangdong, has already revealed his intention to defect to Li Shouhan's camp. Shouhan also found that this person was quite talented, and for a while he also had the intention of recruiting.

"Matsudaira-sama, you can continue."

But Matsudaira Nobutsuna didn't know about these concubines between the two. It's just worried. In order to get in touch with the Nanchu Army and gain the support of the Celestial Empire, even if it costs a lot, as long as the Celestial Empire, especially the Nanchu Army, is willing to endorse the Tokugawa family, then those foreign daimyo who are on the sidelines should consider the benefits and disadvantages of this, which will give the Tokugawa family time to clean up the mess.

Even if the Shimazu clan occupied the entire Kyushu and consolidated the Kyushu feudal domains into one place, Kyushu had a land area of only 36,500 square kilometers in this era, with little arable land and lower yields per mu. Otherwise, it would not produce Kyushu soldiers, a cannon fodder resource known for their hardships and hard work.

Even if you add the Goto family and the sect family near the left, the stone height produced is very low.

As long as the foreign aid of the Shimazu family can be cut off and his food and weapons are cut off, even if the Tokugawa family does not rely on those foreign daimyos, only their own relatives and daimyos, genealogy daimyos, and even the 30,000 iron cavalry directly under the shogun (bluff, at most 8,000), they can extinguish the Shimazu family!

Alone, it all depends on Li Shouhan! As long as he cuts off the pipeline of blood transfusion for the Shimazu family, even if the Shimazu family can get some assistance from the Goto family and the Zong family, it will be a drop in the bucket, and it will not be enough to solve their huge consumption.

Matsudaira heard that during the invasion of the Kyushu domains, the Shimazu family adopted a rather simple, but extremely effective tactic.

The remnants of the Nabeshima family and the Karatsu family were defeated, and several board carts were set up in front of the battle, and there were wooden barrels on them. A few ashigaru heads ordered the ashigaru to carry the barrels to a position in front of the queue that could be seen by the soldiers of the Karatsu family. The cloth was lifted from the top, revealing the contents of the barrel.

Cooked rice! The white flowers are full of rice. Ashigaru and Flagoto each served a bowl and ate the fragrant salted fish stewed tofu, and then the ashigaru took turns to eat in front of the battle. After the hundreds of people in the camp had eaten, the flagmen knocked the wooden barrels loudly.

"Brothers on the other side, have you ever eaten such a hearty meal? We are here with three meals of rice a day! If you want to eat, come and eat! ”

Accompanied by the rhythm of beating the barrels, Hagimoto and Ashigaru sang waka.

In the midst of the song, the steaming rice gave off an enticing aroma and drifted down the wind to the opposite military formation. The flags are better, after all, they are the main combat force, and there are still some rice balls to satisfy their hunger every day, although they swallow saliva when they smell the aroma wafting from the opposite side, but they can still suppress their hunger.

But those who came from peasant backgrounds can't do it.

At first, it was one or two, then it was a group of three or five, followed by a dozen people, and in the end, there was a shout, and a team of thousands of people, carrying more than a hundred samurai and officers at all levels, rushed towards the rice.

Naoshige Nabeshima did not fire a single shot or arrow, but only consumed some military rations, and conquered the main castle of the Karatsu family.

After that, the team of more than 1,000 people was taken into the prisoner camp, and the Shimazu family was ready to use these strong laborers to exchange all kinds of supplies they needed with the southern Chinese army.

The Shimazu family took advantage of the material conditions in their hands to transform it into combat effectiveness, and this trick caught the Tokugawa family off guard, and the two families faced off across the strait between Kyushu and Honshu, each integrating internally and digesting the fruits of victory. Waiting for the evolution of the situation.

It was under such circumstances that Matsudaira Nobutsuna eagerly asked to see Li Shouhan, the head of the Southern Central Army. He knew that the Shimazu family would also come to ask for a meeting. Not only the Shimazu family, but even the remnants of the Western Army, the believer of the Southern Barbarian Evil God, Amakusa Shisadashiro, would send someone to this Lord Li to ask for help, and exchange all kinds of supplies from him!

And Matsudaira Nobutsuna himself is also responsible for a huge procurement task. We can't let the traitors use the materials in their hands to lure and suppress the shogunate's army! Of course, this is the minimum requirement. The first task was to get Li Shouhan to show his attitude and support the Tokugawa shogunate to quell the rebellion!

"What do you mean by Matsudaira Elder Naka-sama?"

"Xia Bang coincides with civil strife, and I implore my lords to help and wipe out the remnants of this group of scum who offended the Heavenly Empire! It can also make the sea jump beam. Take a look at what will happen if you offend the might of the Celestial Empire! As long as the adults have an attitude. The ministers of the lower state and our lord are willing to fight for the rebellion for the front of the adults! ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna deserves to be an outstanding diplomatic talent, and it is clear that he is about to be unable to withstand the offensive of the rebel army. Came for help. in his mouth. But it became a war criminal who wanted to clean up the Ming Dynasty for the imperial court. Good means! It's a good means!

"This year, Nanzhong is ripe again, and there is a lot of rice, and I am discussing it with Master Jiang. How to avoid the fact that the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, I originally planned to sell it to you everywhere in Fusang after the official family came out to buy it, and I heard you say this, but now your Fusang is already full of wars, and the war is over? ”

Shouhan didn't know how angry his words were, so angry that Matsudaira Nobutsuna rolled his eyes in his heart. "You merchants from Nanchu have traveled all over Kyushu, Honshu, and Shikoku, haunting the mansions of various daimyo clans, going back and forth between traitors, bandits, and our shogunate army, but you are pretending not to know here?! When everyone else is stupid? ”

Shouhan is still talking about himself.

"Originally, I signed a joint maritime treaty with the Dutch and the Portuguese, and I was going to consolidate the sea capacity on a large scale, import grain, rice, and cloth goods into Japan, and use Japan's surplus labor. I don't want to make such a big mess! ”

However, after being filtered by Matsudaira's clever brain, he immediately heard the meaning inside.

"My lord, if there is any surplus grain and rice, Xiaobang is willing to buy it all! For the suppression of bandits and counterinsurgency! ”

Therefore, Shouhan once again gave an explanation of the navigation regulations, and talked about the exclusivity and exclusivity of the regulations.

Hearing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's eyes lit up little by little!

The drum does not need to be beaten with a hammer, although Shouhan's words only introduce some contents of the navigation regulations, which can be regarded as a flat and straightforward narrative, and the tone is calm and slow, and even Jiang Yihong is a little drowsy, but in front of Shangguan, he can't do such a faux pas, so he has to cheer himself up, make a look of listening carefully, and listen with relish. However, in Matsudaira Nobutsuna's mind, it was different.

The most important thing about navigation regulations is exclusivity. This feature was captured by Matsudaira Nobutsuna for the first time.

If the shogunate had signed the same regulations with the Nanchu Army, the ships bound for Japan would have been able to transport only what the shogun needed. Alternatively, as a party to the treaty, the shogunate could justifiably demand that the signatories refrain from transporting supplies for traitors and bandits.

In this way, even the remnants of the Western Army, such as Mitsuhisa Shimazu and Sadashiro Amakusa, and those foreign daimyos who are still ready to move in various places, even if they spend a lot of money to buy all kinds of materials produced in Nanzhong, they will not be able to arrive in Japan, and they can only be said to be crying while looking at the vast sea.

"What do you mean by the envoy that the shogunate is also preparing to join this navigation regulation?" Shouhan glanced at Matsudaira Old Naka Shintsuna playfully, "Signing such a document, I don't know if your envoy has ever gotten permission from your Tokugawa Iemitsu?" Otherwise, if you hastily sign this treaty, I am afraid that your envoy will have to be disemboweled by His Excellency the Tenshu when he returns! ”

"Don't worry, sir! Check it out! ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's face was colored, and he ordered someone to take letters, seals, and other things, "This is a handwritten letter written by General Jiaguang of my family, which proves the identity of the envoy of the foreign minister, but there are correspondence with the army of Shangbang, signing contracts, forming alliances, etc., and the foreign ministers can call the shots!" ”

He took the authorization letter written by Tokugawa Iemitsu himself, which was clearly stamped with the seal of the Great Shogun of Seiyi, and the color of cinnabar was as red as blood.

In a hurry, he couldn't take care of the various etiquette and requirements when making a covenant, so Matsudaira Nobutsuna asked the Han people to copy the navigation regulations, and even if they could sign and draw a seal!

In fact, there is no need to copy it at all, and there is already a ready-made text in the cabinet of the official room. Keep the blank on the header and the payment area, just fill in the contracting party!

"My lord, the foreign minister signed this document, and asked the lord to supervise the sea and the small night, and earnestly implement this regulation!"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna held this navigation regulation, as if he were holding half of the Tokugawa family in his hands. As long as this regulation can be effectively enforced, then half of the purpose of this trip has been achieved! In the future, only the Tokugawa family's supplies will be able to be delivered, and as for Shimazu and Amakusa, they are all waiting to meet Amaterasu!

"This is natural. But. and the ruler shall speak in the head. The Goto family and the clan of your country have not yet signed a treaty because they trade with Korea together with the firms under their own officials! However, it doesn't hurt to be material! ”

These two daimyos. They all depend on the maritime trade for their livelihood. Although there is a bit of a nouveau riche flavor. But after all, there are few people and sparse ships, and they are not in the sight of the shogunate.

"My lord, the lower state has signed this ordinance. Can we discuss when the Celestial Empire will send troops to conquest the remnants of the Western Army? Xia Bang is also good to prepare grain and grass barracks for the army, and reward the things needed by the three armies! ”

"The Eastern Expedition to Japan, that's going to be done. Conquering traitors is the duty of our generation of Ming officials! Before that, though, there are some legal things to be done. The official should also consult with his subordinate civil and military officials. Please rest in the building for the time being, and have good news after the New Year. ”

"So, my lord, this?"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna held the newly signed navigation regulations in both hands, and looked at Mamoru with concerned and hopeful eyes, hoping to get the news he wanted from his mouth.

"From the time of signing, it has already taken effect. If you don't believe me, please go to the dock these days to see, all ships that do not have the flags of your two families, except for the Goto family and the clan family, are not allowed to go to Japan! ”

Back in the pavilion, although the attachés were all jubilant and happy. However, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was not happy.

Although it is said that the navigation regulations have been signed and the material passage to Kyushu has been eliminated, can this mere piece of paper withstand the temptation of silver and gold coins?

On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, Matsudaira Laozhong changed into a troll, wore a turban on his head, ordered people to change their clothes, and hired a carriage to come to the port.

The port has not become deserted because the Chinese New Year is coming, on the contrary, it just so happens that at the end of the year, all over the country is frantically selling goods, even the poorest people have to think of cooking a pot of rice. The demand for supplies is getting bigger and bigger, and the coolies on the docks with various accents are running back and forth, not caring about taking a breath. Just to make one more trip, take an extra bamboo stick, and there will be an extra piece of meat on the dinner table at home at night.

Among the many accents, Matsudaira Laozhong keenly heard the Kyushu accent!

On several huge "Canton" class cargo ships, several retainers of the Shimazu family were dancing and pointing to the barrels of gunpowder carried by the coolies on the ships and were very excited.

The Nanzhong merchant next to him was also making fun, "A few lords, with these gunpowders, you must be able to land on the land of Honshu, right?" ”

"That's nature! Not to mention landing in Honshu, even if you fight all the way to Edo Castle, I think this ship of gunpowder is enough! ”

"However, remember to be careful with the candle during the transportation of gunpowder, once it encounters fire, I am afraid, the consequences are unimaginable!"

"Thank you for the reminder! When we went out to sea, we cut off the fire and served cold food on board! ”

Clear words, the Goto family emblem fluttering on the top of the mast, like a sledgehammer, smashed into Matsudaira old and middle age's eyes blackened, his body staggered, and he almost fell to the ground.

"My lord! My lord! ”

"Quick! Fast! Go to the Doge's Palace! ”

What awaited Matsudaira Nobutsuna was the thunderous wrath of Shouhan.

"These bastard merchants! An agreement has been concluded, how can anyone dare to smuggle through loopholes?! Please rest assured, this official will send someone to strictly investigate, and if it is not the own ship of the Godao family and the Zong family, it is not allowed to go to Kyushu! ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna could only stop crying and wipe his tears.

"In order to quell the rebellion in Xiabang as much as possible, the foreign minister implores your lord to send troops to conquer the remnants of the Western Army! The next state is willing to pay tribute every year and come to the court every year! Even if it's a reward for ripping the ground, it's not hesitant! ”

Ha! Finally force your bottom line out!

Shouhan laughed wildly in his heart.

Yes, when Tokugawa Iemitsu authorized Matsudaira Nobutsuna, he explained that as long as the Celestial Empire could put an end to the material assistance to the two chaotic parties of Shimazu and Amakusa, it would be worth it!

As long as I can invite the Nanchu Army to come and help me conquer and suppress the rebellious party, even if I cede Kyushu to them after the matter is completed, as long as my Tokugawa family is still the general of the Honshu Shikoku!

"What do I want to do in the land of Kyushu? There are many people and little land, and there is not enough food! How much food do you have to feed them each year? ”

Faced with the map of Japan unfolded by Matsudaira Laochu, he said that as long as the rebellion was put down, the shogunate was willing to cede Kyushu, and the Han scoffed at it.

"Don't imagine my Celestial Empire so unbearable!"

"I ordered someone to prepare 200,000 stones of good japonica rice as a gift to the emperor of your country.

"In addition, this official originally planned to go to Japan to help your general, but he was entangled in official duties and was not allowed to leave without permission. Let Hua Yu, the son of this official, go on his behalf, and your envoy will see if it is feasible? ”

Asking the general to transfer the 200,000 japonica rice to the emperor is undoubtedly for the emperor to come out and refute the rumors, and there has not been a single word to the Shimazu family, so that Shimazu Mitsuhisa's so-called edict against thieves is illegal. The stupid daimyo everywhere will retreat in the face of difficulties.

And if the eldest son is allowed to go, even if he only takes a few maid guards to visit Honshu, it is enough to resist the 100,000 rebellious army!

However, Shouhan's words changed and threw out the ultimate goal.

"In order to facilitate the transfer of grain and grass materials for the army, we need several coastal islands as warehouses and docks. In addition, please make it clear to your lord that Kuyi Island is my southern and central jurisdiction, and please strictly order the military and civilians from all over the country not to go to the island to disturb you. ”

Shouhan said a word, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna nodded there, and kept ordering the attaché behind him to record the adult's jade sound.

"What else do you want? For example, money, food, rewards? ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna cautiously tested Shouhan's request.

"Joke! In the Korean War that year, my Ming soldiers threw more than 100,000 people with their blood and spent millions of taels of food and wages, but did they ever ask North Korea for a penny? A grain of rice? ”

This was said generously and heroically, which made Matsudaira Nobutsuna suddenly have a feeling of spending the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Oh, yes! In the Battle of Renchen that year, the Ming Dynasty never asked North Korea for a penny or a grain of rice.

"However, the situation in your country is somewhat different from that of North Korea. In order to prevent some people in the court from talking nonsense, I still ask your envoy to go back, explain this matter to your lord, sign this thing, and the official will immediately send troops here! ”

Li Huayu, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, stepped forward with a smile on his face to greet the old man Matsudaira, and heard that this young man was the eldest son of the general.

Hua Yu handed a few documents in his hand to Matsudaira Shingang, "The matter is very high, please take the first step and explain this matter to your lord, Hua Yu is here to prepare soldiers and horses, check the ship, and then set off!" ”

"Please rest assured, the whole country will definitely greet Lord Wakaden in front of Hakata Bay!" (To be continued......)