New Shun 1730

Matsudaira Terumasa was still considering the traps in the more than 30 conditions, which was the wrong direction.

The real trap was hidden in the benefits, but he looked for it in the conditions that were forced to be reached. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was going in the opposite direction.

So he thought for a long time, and apart from the obvious bad things such as the outflow of gold and silver, he could not think of anything else.

The defeat was a foregone conclusion, and the treaty must be signed. Liu Yu talked for a long time, and Matsudaira Terumasa also heard words like "there are many people in the court who are eager for military exploits", and he also knew that this war loss ratio would make Dashun more enthusiastic about war.

Thinking about the many conditions, the only one that can be thought of to drag Dashun into an unfavorable situation seems to be the prohibition of trade with countries other than Dashun.

In addition to a few countries such as Korea and Annan, there is only one left, the Netherlands.

Thinking of several instructions from Tokugawa Yoshimune before he arrived, he asked, "Since Mr. Liu said that the southern barbarians are ambitious, what do you think of Japan's isolation?"

"I support the isolation. Not only that, but if it is a vassal, I can guarantee that if there is another Portuguese attack on Hirado, the Celestial Empire will not ignore it." Hearing the word "isolation", Liu Yu immediately became excited.

This is like the British "Navigation Act", which does not allow foreign ships to go to their colonies for trade. Japan is not a colony of Dashun at this time, and it has a large population and ports everywhere. It is not as easy to manage as the North American colonies.

This is the same as a trading company that must cooperate with Japan to have a monopoly.

Without Japan's cooperation, Dashun's long coastline and smuggling routes cannot have a monopoly trading company or a "colony" to support the "Navigation Act".

That is why Liu Yu absolutely supports the shogunate and supports the shogunate's control over Japan, and the shogunate will inevitably continue to isolate itself for its own rule.

"As far as I know, the British trading house closed soon after Miura Anzhen died. What was left was only the Dutch trade in Nagasaki. I also know about the Dutch trade goods. The bulk is still raw silk, and the remaining spices, sugar and other things can be replaced by the Celestial Empire."

"If Western countries approach trade, the Celestial Empire will be fair. Japan has its own system here, and I also know it."

"What the Celestial Empire wants is nothing more than to prevent Japan from going astray, even forgetting its ancestors, or letting the Christian religion run rampant; or colluding with Western countries."

"You can think about it, the war has been so fierce, aren't the conditions of the Celestial Empire good enough? Is it still Isn't it enough to show the benevolence and righteousness of the Celestial Empire? "

"Ezo is uninhabited, and the Rakshasa Kingdom is approaching in the north. How can Japan defend it alone? "

"As for Tsushima and Oki, they are both small islands. Oki is 5,000 shi, and Tsushima is only 15,000 shi if trade is not counted."

"I have already discounted it in the compensation. Otherwise, if the emperor gets angry and really wants to occupy Kyushu Island and Choshu Domain, would it be difficult?"

"To be honest, don't I know that Sado has a gold mountain? It is isolated overseas, on an island, but I don't take it. Isn't this sincerity?"

After threatening again, Matsudaira Terusada was silent.

The gold mountain of Sado now produces several hundred kilograms a year, and it is indeed on the island. Japan has no navy and can't defend it at all. Liu Yu knew it, but he didn't give it up. He was really sincere.

Then he asked, "What about opening a port?"

"It can be similar to the Chinatown in Nagasaki. It is just rented, calculated by the acreage and height of the land, and the rent fee paid to the shogunate every year. Merchants from the Celestial Empire can build warehouses, houses, etc. in various Chinatowns. Trade can also be carried out outside Chinatown. Merchants from the Celestial Empire will also abide by Japanese laws and will not move around at will. As for those who believe in Kirishitan, this religion is also banned in this dynasty and Japan, and can be dealt with together. All kinds of goods can be classified as prohibited items, and they are not allowed to land."

The Dashun Dynasty had no need to preach, or it could be said that the "religion" that could be preached had already begun in the Tang Dynasty, and it has basically been preached now.

The requirements proposed by Liu Yu were relatively low. Anyway, the coastline maps of several sensitive areas have been drawn almost, and in the future, we can find an opportunity to "help" Japan draw a map with longitude and latitude for the whole of Japan.

The trading port is similar to the Chinatown in Nagasaki, but it is different. In Chinatown, they were under strict surveillance; but now, in Chinatown, Chinese merchants can build warehouses and houses, come and go at will, and sell goods outside.

Since Matsudaira Terusada is the representative of the shogunate, Liu Yu simply made his words clearer.

"The shogunate can take over the several ports I selected for direct jurisdiction, and the occupied land can be transferred to other places. The Saikai Road can be in Nagasaki; the Nankai Road can be in Tosa; the Sanin Road can be in Yonago or Matsue Castle; the Sanyo Road can take Kobe west of Osaka. If it is not appropriate, Wakayama can also be taken. These are the four places."

"The shogunate can set up customs and collect customs duties according to the agreed tariffs for the shogunate's finances."

"First, the Celestial Empire hopes that Japan will be stable and does not want to fall apart because of this, Wars were frequent. Therefore, the shogunate directly governed the country, and it could also control the sale of goods to prevent the feudal domains from buying guns and cannons privately. "

"Secondly, you can't govern a country without money. All these tariffs belong to the shogunate, and they can also promote the words of the saints and spread the way of benevolence and righteousness. Some people say: The way to establish a country is to value etiquette and righteousness rather than power and conspiracy; the fundamental plan lies in the heart of the people rather than skills. Why do we value etiquette and righteousness? Then build a temple and learn Confucianism. "

"As for the last place, it is in Sendai. Why choose this place is also for the sake of Japan. "

"Japan has suffered from many disasters. If there is another year of disaster, the grain from the sea of ​​whales can also be imported into Sendai. There is a saying that 'half of the rice in Edo comes from Sendai'. Sendai is far away from the south of the Yangtze River in this dynasty, and there is not much to sell. It's just food. If the rice in Japan is cheap, it will not be profitable to sell it. In addition to the tariff, there is no need to worry about the opening of this port, which will cause the rice to be cheap and hurt the interests of the samurai; if the rice in Japan is very expensive, it will be profitable, and importing rice and wheat can also alleviate the famine in Japan. The shogunate does not need to directly govern this place, otherwise where will the Sendai domain be transferred to?"

Although I always feel that Liu Yu's conditions are full of evil intentions. But after listening to these conditions, Matsudaira Terumasa felt that what Liu Yu said seemed to be true, as if Dashun was really just out of benevolence and righteousness, and also supported the stability of the shogunate.

For a moment, Matsudaira Terumasa even doubted whether Liu Yu's attack on Japan was ordered by the emperor; and during the negotiation, there was still a trace of friendship with the general?

In the eyes of Matsudaira Terusada, the conditions for opening the port were excellent.

Nagasaki was originally an external port, directly under the jurisdiction of the shogunate; Tosa was completely in chaos, and the shogunate's power could penetrate deeply; Wakayama or Kobe, which was only close to Osaka, but not close to Edo. Kobe was directly under the jurisdiction of the shogunate, and Wakayama was the birthplace of Tokugawa Yoshimune. Yonago was not big, and it was just a small place now, so there was no problem with the transfer.

Anyway, it was bound to be opened as a port, and gold and silver were bound to flow out. Dashun was able to choose these places, which could be said to be quite considerate of the shogunate's feelings.

As for Sendai, normal merchants would not seek far away. It seemed that it was really as Liu Yu said, that what could be sold was the Ezo's taro and the grain of the whale sea, which was also acceptable.

However, he did not know Dashun's plan.

The first four places were just to facilitate the shipment of trading companies and squeeze the last bit of gold and silver in Japan. But opening Sendai was actually a preparation to collude with the Sendai domain and really prepare to sell grain.

Liu Yu considered the various situations around Dashun. Immigration in Southeast Asia can only "force the people to go to sea to make a living." With Dashun's organizational ability, official immigration, corruption and forced immigration must cause coastal shocks and uprisings.

And immigration around Jinghai can only be a semi-official and semi-private model, using the power of private capital as much as possible.

There is Korea in this broken place around Jinghai, which is inconvenient for sea transportation and the crops cannot be sold.

It's just like the grain price in the Western Regions is the lowest in the country after the immigration from the Western Regions gradually succeeded. Jinghai is more remote than the Western Regions. It is no problem to create a lot of self-sufficient and wealthy self-cultivating farmers, but if you want to adopt the model of "big households invest and poor households work hard" and use private money to carry out immigration and reclamation as much as possible, you have to think about the commercialization of grain in Jinghai.

This is not Liaodong, but Jinghai, which is blocked by the Korean Peninsula from convenient sea transportation. The direction of the commercial market can only focus on North Korea and Japan.

Only when food is profitable and not just kept at home to feed pigs and make wine can the first batch of agricultural capitalists emerge, rather than landlords who sit and collect rent and divide the land into small plots for rent.

Because of the passage of the Tsushima warm current, the climate conditions in Hokkaido are much better than those in Vladivostok and Lake Khanka at the same latitude.

The Koreans who have been fleeing northward can already grow cold-resistant rice, and Hokkaido can also grow wheat. Moreover, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the climate is suitable.

Unlike the current Heilongjiang coast, where grass roots are more than one meter deep and swamps are everywhere, it is the most suitable place to develop large-scale agriculture and breeding around the Whale Sea.

The population of Japan will continue to grow due to the introduction of sweet potatoes. With the gradual disintegration of the feudal economy caused by the opening of the port, the price of grain will become higher and higher.

Sendai has its own copper mines and can also mint coins. In addition, there are a large number of merchants operating the grain industry. Half of the rice eaten by non-samurai people in Edo every year comes from Sendai.

Only when profits can gold and silver be invested in Hokkaido, and then civil organizations can recruit population for reclamation and immigration.

This is also a long-term plan. There will be a population of hundreds of thousands around the Whale Sea, just like a rope to enclose the outside, so that no one can take away the Northeast in the future.

Matching this is that North Korea opens the land route from Pyongyang to Wonsan, so as to ensure that a large number of people in the Huanghuai area can go north to make a living by sea transportation.

Taking the Huaihe River as the line, the excess population north of the Huaihe River will go to the Western Regions, or to Mongolia, or to the Whale Sea.

A large number of people south of the Yangtze River will be forced to go bankrupt to Southeast Asia, to Taiwan, or to work, weave, and transport in the city.

Japan is not America, there is no spare land for immigration, farms, and plantations; Japan is not India, the climate is not suitable for growing cotton, jute, indigo, and raw materials; Japan is not the Western Regions, there is no mature feudal social organization, but there are samurai and fiefdoms. If you really want to occupy it, it is equivalent to fighting to the death with hundreds of thousands of samurai.

The so-called who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. At this time, the people of Japan are not those people who eat carrots all day long, but hundreds of thousands of samurai of the ruling class.

They are both the chains that cannot be untied on Japan and the lovely consumers to whom Dashun merchants can sell goods.

Considering the class with consumption power in Japan, Liu Yu did not squeeze Japan too hard on the issue of compensation.

The existing colonial system of Westerners is not applicable to Japan. Japan is so poor that even if it squeezes people into oil, it cannot produce hundreds of millions of taels of silver accumulated through hundreds of years of silk and tea trade. Dashun does not have the ability to help Japan complete land reform, eliminate the samurai class, increase the purchasing power of Japanese people, and create a big market. It can't even figure out its own affairs.

Steady flow.

Whether it is a mountain of gold or a mountain of silver, it will be spent sooner or later. If the Dashun court takes too much, the merchants will earn less in the future. Leave some gold and silver for the shogunate, and return it to the samurai. In the end, it is the industry and commerce on the Dashun side that will grow stronger.