New Shun 1730

The main family of the Tokugawa clan had become extinct in the generation before Tokugawa Yoshimune. Tokugawa Yoshimune came to Edo from a side feudal lord. On the one hand, Tokugawa Yoshimune relied on luck, and on the other hand, he also had certain political talents.

At this moment, he had keenly seized this opportunity and believed that it was an opportunity to properly end the Sino-Japanese War.

Just after the news of the capture of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto came and on the day Ii Naosada entered Kyoto, Tokugawa Yoshimune found the famous Confucian scholar Ogio Hokui who had revised and verified the "Seven Classics of Mencius" and "Tanglu Shuyi" , wrote two letters in Chinese.

Ogiyo Beixi was not very familiar with Dashun, but he was familiar with the Ming Dynasty. He participated in the translation of "Da Ming Huidian" and "Da Ming Code", and his wording was exquisite, which was completely consistent with the exchange with Dashun.

One letter was written to Emperor Dashun, and it was full of nonsense. The writing is good, it quotes from classics, and it can be said that it is neither humble nor arrogant.

The other letter was written to Liu Yu.

The letter first praised Liu Yu's achievements in bringing sweet potatoes to Japan and alleviating the great shortage of food in Japan, and made Liu Yu feel disgusted.

"If there is no Shou Changjun, the disaster in Japan will not be as bad as the end of the Ming Dynasty. War smoke will spread everywhere, and Japan will inevitably be in chaos. Fortunately, Sweet Potato saved the famine, and there are countless people alive. We should set up a shrine for the king and worship him every year."

"The farewell to Edo will last for many years. The old words of 'three cunning rabbits' burrows' are still in my ears. The king's ability is to practice the skills of East and West. If he goes to the West, he can also be reused. It is a pity that the country is an ancestral system, and the king's knowledge cannot be used. Because of this defeat, I deeply hate it.”

"In the First Battle of Tosa, the land was equalized and grains were freed. It is truly worthy of being a minister of Dashun, and it has the legacy of the Emperor Shunzu."

"On board a ship, he can ride thousands of miles, when he dismounts, he can attack a city on foot, when he breaks a city, he can go out and bring peace to the people, and when the people are in chaos, he can return to his heart every month and day. He is a capable minister who can truly govern the world, and he is a hero in troubled times."

"This battle is all due to your strategizing, and you will definitely be made a marquis."

"In the past, the theory of three caves was as follows: the cunning rabbit dies and the lackeys cook it; the tall bird is gone and the good bow is hidden. Now you have destroyed a cave and sacrificed your retreat to serve the country. This shows that the king and his ministers are single-minded."

"Of course, I heard that Emperor Dashun knew the destiny of heaven in his recent years. The ancients said that it was rare in the past seventy years. Birth, old age, illness and death are really beyond human power."

"Even if the emperor and his ministers do not doubt it now, a hundred years from now the emperor will take over the throne and a new emperor will take over. How will you behave yourself?"

"Are the princes of Shunzhi like Prince Yiwen? If not, you should carefully read the biography of the Duke of Ming and Liang."

"You are a loyal minister, so you may not read the biography of Duke Liang. But I wonder if Prince Shun has read "Jianghou Zhoubo Family"?"

"Therefore, if you are granted the title of Marquis, you should pray for the title of a food town for thousands of households in Japan."

"If the new king can assist him, then he will assist him; if he cannot assist him, then with his talents, Hideyoshi is not weak, and even in a city of hundreds of miles, he can compete with heroes and go to Luo."

"A good person is just a bitch who weaves mats and sells shoes. Since he can achieve great things, and you are a noble person for the country, why can't he do it?"

"If you feel that Japan is small, you can follow the example of General Longhu who defended the state in the Ming Dynasty. With you training troops, commanding troops, governing the people, and recruiting talented people, when the Central Plains changes, why worry about failing to accomplish great things?"

"But if the emperor doesn't really seal the throne to Xihai Road, and empties the title to the capital... If he has talents in Huaiyin, the more the better, but if he is trapped in the bell chamber of Changle, he can be killed with only one or two swords and axes."

"You should think carefully about it."

If there are dates but there are no dates, hit a pole.

First, I'm disgusted with Liu Yu, and try to instigate the relationship between the king and his ministers.

Even if it is useless now, if you bury a thorn quietly, one day in the future, the thorn will hurt.

The disgusting thing about this letter is that it was written by an outsider.

It is impossible for anyone within Dashun to whisper these things to Liu Yu in front of others. Don't say these, just these three words "the cunning rabbit is dead" are enough to instigate the serious crime of the emperor and his ministers.

This letter was said to be written to Liu Yu, but in fact it was an open letter, and the emperor could definitely see it.

Liu Yu secretly watched, and it would be even worse if he found out.

If you didn't peek, who would know that even if the emperor laughed at it, he wouldn't be muttering in his heart? What he muttered was that even if Liu Yu was loyal before, who knows if he would be worried after reading this letter?

Even if this thorn doesn't work in the future, it can stop Dashun from thinking about ceding territory to Japan - after the territory is ceded, even if it is not actually sealed, troops will still have to be stationed, and the military and political affairs will have to grasp it and give it the seal of the general.

The commander-in-chief of the garrison may not be Liu Yu, but they are separated by the sea. Who knows whether the tail will be too big to lose in the future?

When the time comes, it may not be impossible to separate one side and accomplish Zhao Tuo's task. If there are changes in the Central Plains in the future, if there are changes in the Central Plains in the future, maybe we can use the Ming Dynasty Jianzhou Guard General Longhu to fight a Saarhu...

When Ogiyo Beixi was writing, he could not help but remember his meeting with Liu Yu in Edo, and the scene when he presented him with the newly designated "Seven Classics of Mencius".

At that time, he regarded Liu Yu as a "villain" who was bent on profit, but actually sent sweet potatoes to Japan to alleviate the famine.

There was a trace of disdain in my heart.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, this disdain would turn into self-deprecation, saying that he and the general were the stupid ones.

Goodbye has become hatred, disdain has turned into awe.

When writing this letter, he was so knowledgeable that he actually put himself into the role of Kuai Tong, and there was so much sadness in his heart.

Pausing to write, Ogibu Beixi asked: "The general must get rid of this person to relieve the hatred in his heart?"

Tokugawa Yoshimune asked: "Don't you want to get rid of it?"

"He abandoned his three caves, but the general was able to keep them for him. Although this man does not understand the holy words, he has practical talents, which we Confucian scholars cannot match."

Tokugawa Yoshimune shook his head and said: "He is very talented, but he cannot solve Japan's predicament. Because his solution will inevitably lead to bloodshed. With Tang Guo watching from the side, his road will not work."

Ogibu Beixi didn't understand what Tokugawa Yoshimune meant for a while, and Tokugawa Yoshimune didn't explain and shook his head in silence.

But I thought in my heart that Liu Yu could solve the Japanese problem and it would be very simple.

Just like Tosa, in terms of military training, if the warriors of each domain are regular soldiers, the ones he trains can be mainly farmers, workers, and merchants, which can be called extraordinary soldiers.

Use surprise troops instead of regular troops to consolidate the vassal government, and no one around will be able to defeat it.

Equalizing land and reducing taxes, abolishing feudal vassals and establishing prefectures and counties in the style of the First Emperor, conducting imperial examinations, and educating schools in the Three Dynasties, selecting and appointing talented people, and abolishing the salary of warriors will surely succeed.

Can the shogun take the lead in rebelling against the samurai system?

Don't think about this problem for now, even if you do this, there will be a river of blood.

And Dashun was right next to him, how could he let Japan do it? How could we not take advantage of the river of blood to send troops to fight again? When the time comes, all the powerful vassals must regard Dashun as the official leader and ask Dashun to send troops. How could Dashun give up this opportunity?

The most radical method, at this point, is no longer useful with Dashun watching.

We can only continue the old system, tinker with it, maintain stability, and see if we can find a way to avoid bloodshed.

And Tokugawa Yoshimune guessed Liu Yu's method based on Liu Yu's style of doing things in Tosa.

What the shogunate needs now is a tinker, not a shipbuilder who smashes old ships and builds new ones.

Because when the boat was smashed, Dashun who was next to him would take the opportunity to burn all the smashed wood.

Even if he has the ability, can he really resist the interference of Dashun and the coalition forces of the southwestern vassals? Obviously impossible.

Tokugawa Yoshimune thought this in his heart, and kept warning himself that he must not be too radical and could only do it step by step, otherwise it would be over.

After putting away his thoughts about the future, Tokugawa Yoshimune asked Ogito Kitai to continue completing the last part of the letter.

After instigating the relationship between Liu Yu and the emperor, at the end of the letter, he said that the shogunate would follow the story of Tumubao.

He will establish a new king and fight to the end so that Edo will not be destroyed and he will not admit defeat.

It's better to be broken jade than to be intact.

When Ogibu Beixi wrote those disgusting words about Liu Yu, he felt a little depressed.

When I wrote this part, my mood was agitated. I talked about the past and the present. I turned all the pent-up anger and desire to serve the country into words like swords. They were so passionate that I vented all my emotions of fighting to the death.

However, he did not know that the reason why Tokugawa Yoshimune wrote such a declaration of resistance to the end at the end of the letter was not to scare Dashun, but the southwestern vassals and the Date clan.

The more passionate the words are, he is actually telling Liu Yu: I give up, let’s talk peace.

He knew that Liu Yu had been collecting intelligence about Japan and was very familiar with it. With all his previous actions, I believe Liu Yu will definitely choose the conditions that are most beneficial to Dashun.

He half-believed Liu Yu's letter to him, and did not think that the conditions in the letter were all. But he had already figured out Dashun's requirements from Dashun's direct operations in Kyoto: Dashun did not want to occupy land, occupy Japan, or rule.

In this case, it would be meaningless for Dashun to continue fighting, and it would be a pure waste of money.

The last paragraph of the letter actually proposed an implicit peace negotiation condition to Liu Yu: preserve the shogunate system, otherwise he would fight to the end.

Ogibu Beixi clicked on the last word with heavy ink.

After sealing the two letters, they must immediately send them to Kyoto and hand them over to the Dashun Army, who will then deliver them to the Dashun court.

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While he was writing these two letters in the city, Ii Naosada, who came to Edo from Obama, decided to commit seppuku at the foot of Edo Castle.

Ii Naosada did not meet Tokugawa Yoshimune in person, but committed seppuku on the road to Edo main city in front of the people of Edo and many samurai.

He did not choose the "fan cut" that was popular at the time, and cut off the head with a gesture with a fan.

In fact, he didn't choose any wrong person.

Instead, he warned his retainers that no matter how much pain he was in, he was not allowed to chop off his head.

Any attempt to help him end his pain was not allowed, including the general's orders.

Then, he put the last letter beside him and lifted up his shirt under the gaze of the panicked Edo people.

He took out his knife and made a slash from left to right. Under the severe pain, his wrist suddenly exerted force, causing the knife to rotate in the abdominal cavity and move upward.

He pulled out the knife and pressed the knife to commit seppuku, which exhausted his last bit of endurance.

The subcutaneous tissue is rich in nerves. If you just cut the skin and meat, it won't necessarily hurt.

The open abdominal cavity and the internal organs began to feel a hundred times more painful than skin incision.

In the cut small intestine, the intestinal chyme fluid that has not been completely digested flows into the abdominal cavity; the protease in the liquid flowing out of the small intestine corrodes its own protein tissue; the acid that cuts upward and punctures the gastric juice drips and drips. Washing the omentum.

The entire abdomen felt like nails had been pulled out and scratched with an iron brush soaked in hydrochloric acid.

The nerve tissue that evolved to protect itself and let itself know that there is disease in the abdomen accurately transmits signals.

It combines the tenderness and rebound pain before appendicitis; experiences the burning pain of acid corrosion caused by gastric perforation; and feels the severe pain of intestinal perforation throughout the abdomen everywhere.

Ii Naosada stretched out his hand, like a newborn baby's grasping reflex, and grasped the ground tightly. His fleshy fingers inserted into the hard soil and clenched into a ball.

Sweat beads as big as beans covered his body, his teeth were already broken, and blood oozed out of his mouth from his cheeks.

"Bite your tongue and commit suicide!"

"Tear out your intestines!"

Such thoughts kept flashing in his mind. Every time he suppressed them, they would appear again, and the frequency of appearances became faster and faster.

Many of the people and warriors watching around were so scared that they dared not watch any more. Some ran to tell Tokugawa Yoshimune what happened outside.

After rolling on the ground for a few times, Ii Naosada shouted out a sentence with his last strength.

"The Tang Dynasty is invincible. If the war lasts for a long time, it will perish. The country will be destroyed and the race will be exterminated. Those who talk about fighting to the death are all traitors! Those who advocate war are traitors!"