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Chapter 219 Let the Japanese state compensate for military expenses

The broken limbs and arms on the beach were quickly cleaned up. The soldiers of the Jinwu Foreward pushed forward five miles and then began to camp. The soldiers of the other four garrisons advanced forward in a fan shape, intending to eliminate all the Japanese slaves within thirty miles.

Just after setting up a camp, Xu Jingchang, Xue Bin and others couldn't wait to find Zhu Zhanji and Yang Shaofeng, and directly planned to take people to explore the terrain and minerals around.

For those who came to Japan to open up wasteland, what they need to do is not just build a city.

When Yang Shaofeng went to the border city, the Ministry of Industry had already built a small city, but not to mention a small city in Japan, there was not even a blue brick and cement and other things. What kind of building a city?

Therefore, these people could only rely on the craftsmen and tools brought from the Ming Dynasty to dig soil and burn bricks step by step, quarry and cement, and also log wood to obtain materials.

In short, everything has to start from scratch.

The first step is to clear out Shimagen's port and start to repair it until it becomes a real wharf, or at least it can become a large wharf like Tianjin Port or Quanzhou Port where treasure ships can be parked.

After the wharf is built, the next step is to leave the treasure ship to supply, return to the Ming Dynasty and then transport more craftsmen and necessary materials to Japan.

After the number of craftsmen is enough, the next step is to start building a city and directly destroy the village-style "city" like Japan, and build a new city according to the scale of the border city.

Then there are the people who moved the Ming Dynasty.

The problem now is that there is no shortage of tools, and there is no shortage of certain materials needed.

The only thing missing is labor, a large number of labor.

Of course, before solving these messy problems, Yang Shaofeng has more important things to do.

After thinking for a while, Yang Shaofeng said, "Who is brave, please go to Kyoto, Japan with me?"

Xue Bin patted his chest and said, "I'll go with you."

Wu Keqin also replied: "I'm the one!"

Zhu Zhanji was stunned and asked, "What are you doing when you go to Kyoto, Japan?"

Yang Shaofeng laughed and said, "When we landed on the shore, there were more than 10,000 Japanese pirates here who wanted to stop us. Do you have to ask the king of Japan and the shogun for an explanation?

Also, in order to disperse the Japanese slaves, Eunuch Zheng fired so many shells and did not let him pay our military expenses. Could it be that the Ming treasury can still be borne by the Ming Dynasty? How can this be the reason in the world?"

Zheng He nodded and said, "This is a good idea. However, the BOE thought it would take how much silver it would take?"

Yang Shaofeng said: "Thirty million taels of silver."

Zhu Zhanji burst out laughing, coughed for a long time before pointing at Yang Shaofeng and said, "Thirty thousand taels of silver? You dare to think about it!

Not to mention how much silver can Japan collect in a year's tax, even if Shi Jianshan is still in the hands of Japan, how many years will it take for them to dig out 300,000 taels of silver?"

Yang Shaofeng said with a gloomy face: "I care about him to die! Thirty million taels of silver cannot be reduced by a penny! If you can't afford it, you can use their tariffs to guarantee it.

To prevent unpleasant events like this, our Ming Dynasty should send personnel to establish a consulate in Kyoto, Japan to supervise and guide the Japanese court. Any transfer of more than 10,000 Japanese troops must be approved by our Consul General of the Ming Dynasty;

In addition to the cedes of land in Shimae and the south, Japan must have another trade port for our Ming merchants to communicate with each other. The commercial tax rate is 30 taxes, which is not the same as that of Japanese merchants, to show the value of the people of the Celestial Empire.

In addition, if all people with our Ming household registration violate the laws of doing business in Japan or have conflicts with people in Japan, the entire country of Japan is not allowed to deal with it on their own. It must be personally slaughtered by our Ming officials, and all the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the Hongwu Great Edict shall be subject to the rules."

Zhu Zhanji blinked and looked at Yang Shaofeng for a long time, and wanted to reach out to try if Yang Shaofeng's forehead was burned out: "Are you sure you want to make these requests?

Let’s not talk about the previous cedes of Japan’s land cedes, nor do we mention the question of whether the 30 million taels of silver can be afforded. Let’s just talk about the Consul General you raised. Are you sure the Japanese can agree?

It is true that Japan is a vassal state, but how to mobilize their troops is their own business. Even if you rely on the title of the emperor to interfere, it is better than having a consul general come out to interfere with their troops, right?

Also, there is no big problem with the commercial tax rate. It is also true that the people of the Ming Dynasty are nobler than Japanese slaves, but are you sure you want to put these two things together?

There is another last one. Are you sure you are not causing disasters and trouble for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty? In other words, if the merchants of the Ming Dynasty had conflicts with the Japanese, they would go to the government honestly even though they knew that the government was not allowed to deal with it? Can't they kill people directly to silence them?"

Yang Shaofeng looked at Zhu Zhanji with a squinted eyes and said, "Do you think these conditions are too excessive? I think these conditions are very conscientious, not too much at all."

Of course, Yang Shaofeng could say that these conditions were not excessive - eleven "Peace Treaty" of Shimonoseki's Treaty, three "Additional Agreement", three "Agreement Special Articles" and two "Armative Extension Special Articles", which are even more excessive than the conditions proposed by Yang Shaofeng!

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "You might as well change it. This is too bullying. If I were the king of Japan, I would not admit any of these conditions. At worst, I would defeat you and fight with you with the strength of the whole country."

After saying that, Zhu Zhanji asked Xue Bin and others again, "What do you think?"

Xue Bin looked at Yang Shaofeng, then at Zhu Zhanji, and said carefully: "I am Yongshun Bo of the Ming Dynasty. If someone bullies the Ming Dynasty like this, I will definitely fight to the death and never compromise.

However, now are the conditions proposed by our Yang Hanlin, and these conditions are aimed at Japan. I think there should be no problem?"

Wu Ying nodded in agreement: "Yongshun Bo is right. Anyway, this is targeting Japan, so what does it have to do with us? Let's go back and order the troops and accompany Yang Hanlin to Kyoto, Japan. If they agree, it would be fine. If they dare to burst out a word, then they will destroy Japan directly!"

Xu Jingchang pointed at Wu Ying and laughed: "You really don't lose the nickname of your stubborn donkey! You don't think about it. How many soldiers and horses did we bring in total? Can we kill us?

Also, how big is Japan? What about the mountains, rivers and rivers? If I were the general led by Japan and would not fight you head-on, and would disperse the Japanese army into the mountains, rivers and forests to harass you, can you bear it?"

Wu Kezhong nodded and said, "What Duke Ding said is indeed a problem, and we have indeed fewer troops. More than 20,000 infantry and three thousand cavalrymen are really unable to completely destroy the country."

Wu Keqin shook his head and said, "No. What you said is not to destroy the country, but to kill all the Japanese slaves, or to capture them all as laborers.

In fact, more than 25,000 infantry and three thousand cavalry are enough to kill all the Japanese army. If they dare to hide in the mountains, we will set fire to the mountains. Will there be someone to take care of us?"

Seeing that these people were getting more and more outrageous, even the words of setting fire to the mountain were said, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but say with a dark face: "Set the mountain and sit in the prison. We still have to count on the wood in Japan. If you turn around and burn it all, let's go back to the Ming Dynasty to transport the wood? Isn't this a head full of money?"

Zhu Zhanji said: "Talk about serious matters. I remember you said before that Japan was divided into the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Are these people from the Northern and Southern Japanese now?

If it is a person from the Southern Japanese, then it seems a bit inappropriate for us to inexplicably place all the charges on the Northern Japanese? If these people are from the Northern Japanese, then we can't put this matter on the Southern Japanese, right?"

After Zhu Zhanji said this, Yang Shaofeng was also a little confused - the southern Japanese and northern Japanese were indeed different. He inexplicably caused this incident to the northern Japanese, and he would not recognize it.

As for the Southern Wo, it is not known where Guishan Mountain is hiding in Xichenghou, the Southern Wo. It seems that it is not easy to find this grandson to take the blame?

The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty now has no way to contact the grandson of Xicheng Houguishan of Nanwu, unless they find out the brothers Zheng Ge Cheng Erlang and Zheng Ge Cheng Wulang first, and let them find a way to contact Xicheng Houguishan.

Zheng He looked at Zhu Zhanji and whispered: "Your Highness, the king of the Japanese king is Fumimiya Hikari, and the king of the Japanese king is Genyoshi. Both of them were enfeoffed by our Ming Dynasty and were the rulers of the Japanese kingdom in terms of law. As for what happened to Kameyama after Xicheng, it was their own business of Japan.

As the saying goes, there are injustice and debt. This time, the Japanese pirates ambush our Ming army on the beach. Fumimi Miyaki Hikari and Genyoshi were always inseparable from each other."

Yang Shaofeng suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "It must be Eunuch Zheng!

Eunuch Zheng said it well. This is because the Japanese ambushed our Ming fleet. Who cares about the Japanese in the south and north? Anyway, they are all Japanese. What we are looking for is naturally the king and king of the Japanese."

After looking at Zhu Zhanji, Yang Shaofeng continued, "What did you say?"

Zhu Zhanji said: "What do I say? Since you have decided, then do it.

By the way, let’s forget about going to Kyoto, Japan. Let’s go back and let someone inform you to go to Kyoto of Japan, and let the Japanese king Fumimiya Hikari and the Japanese king Yuichi come here to pay our respects to us."

He pointed at himself, then pointed at Yang Shaofeng, and Zhu Zhanji continued, "I am the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. You are the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty. The husband of the First-Class Madam's First-Class Madam. Can we brothers take the initiative to visit them? Are they not afraid of losing their birthday?"
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