Chapter 388 Thirty warships?

Ling Longyu has been in Edo for more than half a month. For more than half a month, he has been living in the residence of Edvo Carter, the president of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, in Edo. However, in the past half a month, he also learned a lot about Japan from Edvo Carter's mouth.

Although Tokugawa Ieqi, the eleventh-generation general, has not met, he also knows the surname of this character. In a word, he is perverted, greedy, lustful and powerful.

The theory of perversion has a long history. The general's favorite game since he was a child is to let crabs and chickens trample on each other, let the two beat each other to death, and get strange happiness from it. According to the current words, it is a sadist, at least this tendency.

Because the direct son of ten generations of generals died violently at the age of 19, Tokugawa Jiaqi, one of the two lords of the Ichihashi family, one of the three ministers, took office smoothly at the age of 15. The degree of lust of this general is really surprising.

He has a total of more than 40 side rooms in the harem. Now he is only 23 years old, and has 18 children under his knees. It is said that there are still three side rooms waiting for delivery.

Moreover, in addition to female sex, there are also many male sexes. At least every year, several small surnames with good color and shape are recruited.

If Master Liang is here, he will be stunned. Isn't this girl sowing cannons by himself?

In order to ensure that his chickens have sufficient ammunition, the general likes food related to strong essence very much. At that time, Fangzhou (Chiba Prefecture) Linggang Ranch was a special ranch for the shogunate. The curious eight generations of generals imported three white cows from India and raised them in Linggang Ranch. By the generation of Jiaqi, it has proliferated to more than 70 heads. Jiaqi heard that white cow cheese can strengthen the essence and strengthen the kidney, so he raised a few white cows in Edo City and ordered someone to make white cow cheese. On the other hand, Jiaqi loves ginger very much, and there must be ginger on almost every table.

As for greed and good power, the two complement each other. At the beginning of Songping Dingxin's tenure as the middle and elderly, he implemented a leniency reform and rectified the finance. The "Proemption Order" was issued in 1788, requiring farmers to strictly abide by the hierarchical status system and prohibiting luxury enjoyment. Cut one-half of the shogunate's funds, one-third of the general's family's internal use, and 70% of the funds cut from Edo Castle, as a cost of relief for the poor and low-loan funds, which is called the Seven-point Gold Accumulation Law.

At the beginning, Jia Qi had just become a general. Naturally, he did not dare to hang out with the strong reformed Songping Dingxin. However, after several confrontations, after the failure of Songping Dingxin, the general finally broke out.

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Or it should be said that there are too many wives to marry and give birth to too many children. In addition, it is also expensive to raise a small surname. Therefore, after the new middle-aged and old Songping Nobuaki was helped by his family, he was so poor that he could not afford to give birth to a child and raise a small surname began to arbitrarily place his cronies in the middle-aged and old ministers and reintroduce the politics of cronies. .

Soon, the so-called "Seven-point Gold Accumulation Law" became a piece of waste paper, and Jiaqi used his cronies to achieve the purpose of controlling the regime. Zhong Laos have gradually become a decoration. The reason why Jiaqi did this is naturally power. Only with power can we master more wealth. Continue to marry a wife, continue to raise a small surname, and open an unobstructed meeting in his Edo city.

And now, Ling Longyu has appeared. What will he bring to himself? This also makes Tokugawa Jiaqi think with his brain full of sperm worms. However, the answer was soon revealed in Tokugawa Jiaqi's residence, that is, Honmaru in Edo Castle.

A trade treaty was placed in front of Tokugawa Jiaqi, requiring Japan to open Nagasaki, Kobe, Osaka and other ports to China in the summer.

Second, it is required to allow and recognize the rights of the Chinese people to live, communicate, and operate industry and commerce in these port cities.

Third, these ports will set up consulates, which will have a small number of troops to protect the safety of the consuls and the Chinese people.

Fourth, admit that the Chinese summer dynasty is the suzerain of the Japanese dynasty. In the Japanese name, if there is anyone who disrespects the Chinese summer dynasty, the Chinese summer dynasty has the right to directly requisition the big name until the big name pleads guilty and repents and makes corresponding compensation. The shogunate shall not interfere.

Fifth, rent Yokosuka, a small fishing village, as a temporary dock for the cruiser of the heavenly fleet, and has the jurisdiction, residence and ruling rights of the hundred miles of land around Yokosuka.

Sixth, all coastal harbors and islands shall not be leased or ceded to other countries.

Seventh, if Japan is invaded by other countries, the heavenly dynasty, as the suzerain country, will help Japan, but military expenses and logistics must be borne by Japan.

Eighth, if the Tokugawa shogunate agrees to the above conditions, then the Chinese summer dynasty will hand over the cloth, grain, salt, silk, tea and other materials needed by the Tokugawa shogunate to the merchants designated by the Tokugawa shogunate for sale. In addition to the taxable profits, the Tokugawa shogunate will get at least 20% from it.

Ninth, in the name of the Japanese book, if there is disrespectful to the Chinese summer dynasty, the Chinese summer dynasty has the right to directly solicit the name.

Tenth, Xu Huaxia's industrial and commercial people will hire Japanese ronin or the poor. Of course, they will be paid as they deserve...

Twenty-one articles of 18 pages were placed in front of General Tokugawa. General Tokugawa's face was as ugly as if he was just about to play with Xiaoxing. As a result, the other party suddenly became enthusiastic. Well, in short, it was extremely disgusting.

Yes, this Edo Article 21 was formulated by Liang Pengfei according to the Article 21 of later generations. For this treaty, Liang Pengfei can be said to have racked his brains to recall. Unfortunately, this guy only looked at it briefly in the previous patriotic education. Therefore, this new Article 21 is He went in and out, but there were countless sinister intentions of Master Liang.

"Fack!" The Tokugawa family stood up from his throne with an angry face. The Qing Dynasty really bullies people too much. Is it true that there is no one in the country?!"

"Please calm down." Nobuaki Matsudaira, Tadayoshi Makino and others and those side servants and small surnames quickly lay down, for fear that they would bear the anger of General Tokugawa Ieqi if they lay down later.

Tokugawa Jiaqi stood there and gasped. In fact, several of the 21 items in Edo were still very good. For example, the cloth, grain, salt, silk, tea and other materials needed for Japan were sold by the merchants designated by the Tokugawa shogunate, and the profits were made in addition to taxable. The Tokugawa shogunate will get at least 20% from it.

There is also the one who hires Japanese ronin or the poor in the summer. Of course, he will be paid the due reward.

These two articles made Tokugawa Jiaqi very happy to accept. After all, Japan has just experienced the quite famous famine "Tianming Famine". Because of the heavy annual tribute and commercial usury exploitation, the farmers abandoned their land and fled, the land was desolate, and the lord's economy went bankrupt. The lower-level warriors are said to be poor, while the higher-level warriors live a corrupt life and are heavily in debt. The collusion between officials and businessmen, the curtain government [***], bribery of the public, coupled with low temperature, rain and other disaster weather and the eruption of the Asama Mountain volcano, which finally led to morning famine. In the short five years from 178 to 1787, more than 1.1 million people died of starvation. At the same time, civil riots and peasant uprisings broke out across the country, including Edo and Osaka.

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If food can be purchased from abroad, then such a famine should not happen again, and silk and tea are the good of famous people and scholars. As for the salt, it is also what Japan lacks. Although Japan is bordered by the sea on all sides, due to the climate, Japan's salt is very tense...

In a word, these things are now sold to the Japanese, which can not only improve the living standards of the Japanese people, but also raise the prestige of the Tokugawa family. Another important point is that 20% of the profits will be directly handed over to his general.

Think about how much silk and tea a country needs, and how much food and salt it needs. As soon as Tokugawa closed his eyes, he seemed to hear the pleasant sound of the coins when they collided.

As for the fact that the people of the Tian Dynasty hired those ronin and the poor, this made the Tokugawa family agree with it, because now, the samurai class has formed a polarization, and a large number of roners and poor people who have lost their land or let usury have to go into exile are the most unstable factor in Japan, and These guys gather in big cities all year round, and they often riot once or twice, which gives people an extreme headache.

Of course, there are clauses that make Tokugawa Jiaqi happy, but there are also many clauses that make him quite uncomfortable and even humiliating him. So much so that he was so angry that he forgot to explore the contract handed over by the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, why he did not sign the Qing Empire but the Chinese Xia Dynasty.

If he hadn't kept his demeanor as a general, he would probably be like a shrew in Benmaru, that is, his general's residence.

"For hundreds of years, I have not paid tribute to which country and let him leave Edo. The terms above... are impossible to accept." After looking at several of them with great enthusiasm, Tokugawa Jiaqi could only bear the pain and throw the contract on the floor.

"General, I'm going to tell the envoy of the Qing Dynasty, but..." Songping Nobuaki raised his head with some worry and looked at the general, who had always had a bad temper.

"What is it just?" Tokugawa Jiaqi was a little impatient.

"The envoy said that if the general does not agree to sign this treaty, then I will be responsible for all the consequences." Nobuaki Matsudaira quickly explained, "The envoy of the Qing Dynasty once said that the Qing Dynasty had sent a fleet of 30 warships to our country."

"Nani?" The Tokugawa family almost grinned and burst into laughter: "Middle and old, what do the thirty warships want to do? Do they think that 30 warships can make me give in? What an idiot, so stupid!"

(to be continued)