New Shun 1730

This letter is not a letter, and the notice is not a notice. It is exactly what Liu Yu wants.

He probably knew half of the allusions in it, including Han Gao Mingzu, Liu Yu and Zhu Wen, of course he knew this. Akechi Mitsuhide had heard that the enemy was at Honnoji Temple, which was quite famous.

However, he didn't know what Ping Jiangmen did, but since he was on the same level as Liu Yu and Zhu Wen, they were probably in the same camp.

After asking again, I learned that Tosho Kami-kun, who said that "compassion for the widowed and lonely is the foundation of benevolent government," was Tokugawa Ieyasu's posthumous title. I thought it was okay, as it had local characteristics.

The whole article seems to be at the level of a rural scholar. There are warnings about righteousness and superstition and natural disasters, and then there are things like burning account books, burning usury IOUs, redistributing fields, abolishing privileged merchants, and other things that are enough to attract the people at the bottom.

Maybe there is rhyme in it, but Liu Yu's Two Swordsman Japanese still subconsciously translated the article into Chinese in his mind before understanding it, and he couldn't see any rhyme.

The last part about imitating the land of true benevolence and righteousness built by the Utopia is slightly elevated, which means it has a goal and can also attract some middle-level or down-and-out warriors.

Considering that the interests of those who study and practice martial arts will be harmed, and that the dumping of cheap goods from Dashun has not yet caused everyone below the middle level to go bankrupt and despair, it is estimated that it will not be able to ignite a huge flame in a short time, and it will inevitably fail.

But this was enough to scare the shogunate.

In fact, it is of no use, but it is necessary to pretend that it is useful and make the shogunate think it is dangerous.

He took this letter, which was not a memorandum, and a notice, which was not a notice, and left first. When he returned to the camp, he distributed these things to the interpreters and asked them to copy them overnight.

The pillar industry of Tosa Domain's industry and commerce is the paper industry. Tosa Paper is very famous. There is no shortage of paper here and the price is low. The source of paper for copying these things is very stable.

Shi Shiyong and some staff members read this article together and wondered: "Sir, is this thing useful? It can be said that cutting trees into soldiers and rising up, but the Japanese country is very different. Farmers and soldiers are separated, and farmers are forbidden to use weapons. No matter what I say, merchants can carry cannons when going to sea. Japanese farmers are forbidden to use weapons, and samurai training is difficult. "

Liu Yu looked surprised and asked: "What do you want? I'm not crazy. How could I think that with just these few words, the Japanese people can win the food, scenery, and services to welcome the king's master?"

Although Shi Shiyong had been a spy in Japan for a long time, he only came into contact with the samurai class, and basically he had to be a samurai with at least 150 koku.

He didn't know much about the life of the people of Japan. Edo was similar to Bianjing in the Song Dynasty. It was a city that relied on blood sucking from all over the country to survive. Life in Edo was different from that in the countryside.

But he still knew that some things were not that simple, so he felt that it would be impossible for Liu Yu to achieve great things by relying on this article.

Even... small things are enough.

"Sir, I don't think you want the Japanese people to win the food and the scenery. But... the Japanese don't have that many poor scholars. The only people who can understand this appeal are the 'bad guys' on it, so I don't think it's of any use."

He told the truth. Before Tokugawa Yoshimune's reform, the number of Terakoya was really small, and most of the literate people were from the samurai class.

Liu Yu smiled and said: "That's why I wrote such an article about things that are neither parallel nor parallel, workmanlike, vulgar and elegant. How can a rebellion succeed without 'scholars'? Even if the number one scholar in high school wins the exam, Scholars, who is rebelling? Not elegant enough, so scholars who are not very educated can understand. This is called speaking to the audience. When the Seventh Prince rewards those craftsmen, can't he only speak in classical Chinese? Isn’t it the same as playing the piano to a cow?”

"In the eyes of the shogunate and the daimyo, the common people are like sesame seeds. The more they are squeezed, the more oil they produce. You can squeeze them as you like. But the shogunate is afraid of Catholicism, because Catholicism can make these sesame seeds stick together. In the same way, the shogunate is afraid of 'ambitious Confucian scholars' and the common people. Let’s work together and not worry about farmers causing trouble themselves.”

"Of course, the Japanese don't have imperial examinations, so the so-called scholars are other people. Do you think it's impossible to get things done just by relying on the local people?"

These people all shook their heads, thinking how could it be possible?

As for the situation in Kochi Castle, they have seen it clearly. It is initially estimated that there are more than a thousand people guarding it, and the terrain is difficult.

If the Navy and Marines want to capture it, they can, but it will take too much time and the casualties will not be too small.

The farmers here had never held a weapon before, and they all thought that even if Liu Yu had the ability to train troops, it would take at least a year and a half to train a group of ragtag troops into an army that could capture Kochi City.

Liu Yu smiled and asked someone to bring the defense map of Kochi City drawn by hot air balloon observation.

If we take Kochi Castle on the hill as the center of the circle, the east and south sides are occupied by residential areas of the castle town.

There is a natural river fork in the northwest, which is just stagnant water and serves as a natural moat. After crossing the fork of the river, you will find the main city of Kochi Castle.

The only disgusting part is that in addition to a river fork there, there is a swamp about fifteen feet or forty meters between the river fork and Kochi Castle.

He pointed his finger to the northwest and said: "I don't need Japanese peasants to be soldiers, nor do I need them to chop wood into soldiers. I only need to spend money, and they dare to take money. Relying on firewood and earth bags, and using artillery Under cover, fill in this section of trench and swamp.”

"Staff officers, do you think if this can be done, it will still be difficult to attack Kochi Castle?"

One sentence awakened these staff officers. In purely tactical terms, their vision was very vicious. But they never considered this tactic because they believed that this tactic of filling in trenches and swamps from the sides could not be done because there were not enough people.

Now Liu Yu pointed out the problem directly. He did not need Japanese farmers to charge with him to seize mountain cities and grab food. He only needed farmers to dare to accept the money from their hands and dare to deliver soil bags.

Under the cover of artillery, there is almost no danger, but if we only rely on the Marines, there will definitely not be enough people.

Several staff officers just glanced at it and immediately said: "It is extremely feasible. As long as the ditch and swamp are filled in, Kochi Castle can be captured with bamboo poles. There is almost no slope protection against shelling in the northwest, and the Japanese will not think that we will come from here. Attack over there, after all, we don’t have many people.”

"But, how sure are you that your Majesty will allow Japanese farmers to take your money?"

Liu Yu stretched out his hands and made a sign of cross with his two index fingers.

"Ten percent."

"Everyone, think about it, if you were the shogunate and daimyo, what would you think if you saw five or six hundred people landing in one place, entangling the people, inciting public opinion, gathering thousands of people, and even capturing the castle? ?”

"Do they still dare to mobilize all the warriors to fight? There must be more warriors left to guard the place. With the separation of farmers and soldiers, there are only three to four hundred thousand warriors in total."

"Three-quarters will be left behind, and a quarter will be conscripted into the shogunate army, but only one hundred thousand."

"First of all, if I prove that I can land on Kyushu Island, Shikoku Island and even Edo, then they must gather their forces and divide them into at least five mobile corps for separate defenses. If they cannot form a group, the army will not need to send too many troops. , this battle will be profitable."

"The second reason why I incited the local people to rebel was to destroy the shogunate and the daimyo rule. Have you forgotten what happened in the past when I united with the pirates to defeat the bandits? The bandits can still be united, but the bandits will be destroyed. I have been told In this case, the Japanese must reserve more warriors to guard the city, fearing that the people will cause trouble. So how many troops can his mobile corps gather? Will they choose to negotiate with us, or continue to fight with all their strength, and fight all along our coast? Spread such words?”

"Three things will be negotiated in the future. Our court will insist on promoting benevolence and righteousness as a condition, and the shogunate will not dare to accept it. For this reason, we will ask for an extra three to five million taels in exchange for us not to send more leaflets, books, and prohibitions to the Japanese country. Wouldn't it be nice to take in the Japanese students who went to study in China privately? If we put the extra three to five million taels into the navy, we can build ten ships even with three to four hundred thousand taels."

"Since I'm in charge of the navy, won't it fall on me to ask for money in the future? You have to extract more money to get more. Naturally, to extract money, you have to hit it where it hurts. With this move of mine, It is directly poisoning the shogunate’s heart. If you don’t give money, you will increase the amount of poison.”

These consultants only considered tactical considerations and did not think about asking for money in the future.

As for Liu Yu, all his goals revolve around one thing, money.

Only by getting more money can the emperor and the court be convinced that war is actually fucking profitable.

The household government wants money, either for disaster relief, for relief, or for benevolence and righteousness, but it cannot do without money.

The emperor wanted money, either to replenish the rotten flesh of the Jianghuai River, to cultivate direct forces, or to reward the soldiers to win the morale of the army.

Liu Yu wanted money, either for navy construction, or for inflation, which made silver storage an unwise choice, in order to leverage more currency into social circulation.

Everything is about money. As for the disintegration of Japan, Liu Yu has no interest.

Once Dashun takes this step first, Japan will completely lose the opportunity. This does not need to be exhausted and completely destroyed: a lion cannot treat a sheep as a tiger just because it was gored by a sheep when it was sick, and waste more time. energy.

He explained his true thoughts a little, and everyone thought about it for a while, wondering in their hearts, secretly thinking that this was a really poisonous plan.

However, there were a few people who could not bear it and still had conscience, so they asked, "Sir, we are here to kill them but not to bury them. After they are instigated, they will die as soon as we leave."

Liu Yu laughed and said: "Since religion is banned in this dynasty, it can be said that there has never been any savior. They can just walk their own way. Let me tell you this, as far as Confucianism is concerned, if we come here once, the shogunate A law will be issued to stipulate that non-Zhu Xi's teachings cannot be spread, and ban Mencius, Yangming, and Confucianism. Of course, good things like Zhu Xi's studies must be shared with others to educate others. If they are educated enough, the people will no longer think about it. Isn’t there no resentment? Only when there is thought and hope can there be resentment.”

None of them was from the imperial examination, and none of them had seriously studied Zhu Xi's teachings. They had contempt for this school of thought in their hearts.

This has nothing to do with Liu Yu, but is caused by the overall environment of Dashun.

The excitement of almost destroying the world in the late Ming Dynasty caused the great Confucians to complain. They kept saying that they would defeat Cheng Zhu and Confucius and Mencius. The big blame was put on the head of Zhu Xi's school, and Wang Yangming followed him and took the blame.

Everyone laughed when they heard Liu Yu's analysis that the Japanese country would definitely ban all kinds of doctrines in the future, and might even delete Mencius and only follow Zhu Xi's studies.

"My lord, this is a desperate plan."

Someone finally tasted the taste and thought that this move was really vicious. Drinking poison to quench thirst. The ultimate goal of doing this is to turn the whole country into a large rural area that cannot move.

Nowadays, the world outside is changing day by day, so we must be weak.

And all this was not forced, but as Liu Yu analyzed, the shogunate would take the initiative to do it. If everything goes well, then maybe they can really ask for more compensation.

Every penny more, the navy can get more, and the future of these senior officers in the navy will be brighter.

After thinking this through for a while, this seemingly meaningless thing became meaningful in the eyes of the officers.

In fact, they don’t care about the lives of the Japanese people, and as for benevolence and righteousness, they don’t care too much. They follow Liu Yu all day long, and Liu Yu doesn’t talk about that kind of empty benevolence and righteousness at all.

Originally, they didn’t care, so they didn’t want to pay attention. Now that they know that this matter is of great significance, especially related to the future military expenditure of the navy, they are all excited.

"So, sir, do you mean to post these notices everywhere tomorrow?"

"We have to post them, but it won't be very useful if we just post them. Farmers can't read. We can just spread them out and preach everywhere. We have to do something to let the farmers see that we really want to practice 'benevolent governance'."

After calculating the time, Liu Yu stretched out two fingers and said, "Twenty days, we have at most twenty days. We must accomplish this major event worth at least ten first-class battleships within these twenty days. This is not a trivial matter, nor is it a matter of benevolence. You must do it well. A lot of trainee captains in Weihai are waiting to be fed."

"This matter is boring, and it requires a large number of officers to preside over it, so we can't slack off."