"Regent of Ming Dynasty?"

The third general of the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu, was completely confused. You should know that Lee Shin was the regent. In his understanding, his status was equal to that of him, the general of the siege, and he mastered the important weapon of the country. How could he run away easily?

But what worries him even more was who Li Xin was?

Although Tokugawa Iemitsu was in seclusion, it did not mean that he did not care about his huge neighbors. Li Xinping destroyed domestic turmoil, imprisoned Chongzhen, defeated the Spanish and Portuguese, exploited North Korea in every possible way, and dragged Manchuria into a civil war. Such people must have come to the door for free trade.

Since Japan sent envoys to Tang, it has been free trade with the Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty. Even in the Ming Dynasty, Japan wanted free trade. The Ming Dynasty imposed many restrictions on trade due to the sea ban. As a result, it is now reversed. The Ming Dynasty demands free trade, but Japan is closed to the country.

After all, the shogunate is not the emperor, and it is an usurpation in its reputation. Therefore, since the Kamakura Shogunate and to the Tokugawa Shogunate, the status of the shogunate is actually worse than that of the other generation. The Tokugawa Shogunate had to close the country and strengthen its rule by closure.

However, the shogunate has selfish intentions and has left a port in Nagasaki, which is in charge of foreign trade and makes a lot of profits. Now that Li Xin wants him to open up to the outside world, isn’t this the life of the shogunate?

The Daming below has made huge profits and can recruit soldiers and horses. How can the shogunate rule?

His confidant Tadatsuto Aoyama said worriedly: "Li Xin must have bad intentions when he comes here. Master, is it possible for him to turn him out?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu waved his hand and said, "If I refuse him, he can go to Kyoto. If the person from Kyoto receives the help of the Ming Dynasty, what would you say? And we suppressed Daming, Daming in various places was already dissatisfied and was just powerless to resist. Once the Ming Dynasty and Kyoto sign a covenant, let me tell you, how many Daming will be cast in Kyoto? What's going on with my Edo at that time?"

Tadatsutsu Aoyama couldn't help but curse: "This person surnamed Li is making trouble everywhere. What does Japan have to do with him? Why didn't God Amaterasu come with a whirlwind to destroy his fleet on the sea?"

“Oh ~~”

Tokugawa Iemitsu sighed and hoped that if Amaterasu had a spirit, why wouldn't he chop those eerie first?

When Li Xin came to Japan, he did ask him a problem. Ignore it, because there is still an emperor in Kyoto and he is in charge of great power. Over the past few hundred years, the shogunate has changed one after another, but the emperor has never changed it forever.

Moreover, Tokugawa Iemitsu can confirm that if Li Xin finds Emperor Gomizuo Taishang, the old guy will be very happy to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty. The emperor has a reputation and is very righteous. The opening of trade will not harm the emperor. He can even increase income through taxes. With financial power and reputation, he can gradually exclude the shogunate and hold the regime in his hands. This is a very dangerous change for the shogunate.

However, it is not feasible to destroy the Ming army and kill Li Xin.

Today's Japan is not Japan in the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi conquered North Korea, he unified Japan in the army for a lifetime. He had no special status in his personal prestige, so he summoned daimyos from all over the country and concentrated his strength.

The Tokugawa Shogunate was innate and was also known as the three heroes of the Warring States Period. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was talented and Takeda Shingen was unparalleled. Why was Tokugawa Ieyasu able to establish the shogunate?

Because he lived long enough and endurable enough.

He was once an enemy with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but was not an opponent, and was recruited by him. Toyotomi Hideyoshi failed to attack North Korea and ended in disappointment, but he was in disgrace. However, he was not weak in strength. Later, he survived Takeda Shingen to death. If he had to use it as a comparison, Tokugawa Ieyasu could probably be regarded as Sima Yi in Chinese history. The regime established was full of exchanges of interests and compromises. The authority of the central government was inherently deficient. If he dared to use troops to the Ming army, the Daming below would immediately rebel and seize power!

This is what he really cares about.

"Forget it, forgot, the person who came was for a guest. I asked Li Xin to enter the city. I am afraid that he would lead his troops. I am afraid that he would not dare to enter. Where is the face of my great Japanese with the army? Let's arrange it and I will go to see the Regent of the Ming Dynasty!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu said helplessly.

"yes!"

Tadsuke Aoyama left. As Tokugawa Iemitsu's closeness, his ability to do business was good. Soon he organized a huge welcome team, headed by Tokugawa Iemitsu, and went to the beach to welcome Li Xin.

"I thought the Japanese shogunate would fight you."

Liu Rushi looked at the huge welcome team and breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Xin smiled slightly: "Tokugawa Iegu is a wise man, and it can even be said that he is a wise ruler, well versed in the ways of power and scheming, suppressing others and gathering power. Unfortunately, he used the wrong method. Today's world is no longer the world that was hundreds of years ago. In the tide of the times, no one can survive alone. Your every move is closely related to the surrounding environment.

On the surface, Japan's closing the country is his own family matter, but it has affected me. If our Ming Dynasty products cannot be sold to Japan, then I will kick open his country, not to destroy other countries, but just to set up a stall at his home. Therefore, our thinking and behavior must also change. If Tokugawa's Idiot is stubborn, I will not mind visiting Kyoto again."

"It's really overbearing!"

Liu Rushi spat lightly.

The ship was sailing forward, and the Marine Corps first came to clear the site. Li Xin had no intention of entering Edo, so he built a pergola on the shore and held talks with Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Tokugawa Iemitsu no longer mentioned closing the country. Perhaps he knew that because of Lee Shin-seen's relatives, the situation had developed in an unpredictable direction. He then closed the country and forced himself into a dead end. What he began to consider was how the shogunate survived the general trend of full opening up.

Li Xin introduced his experience to him, that is, state-owned enterprises. Instead of staying in the country, it is better to hold a group of large enterprises in his own hands and spend money on his own. As long as the shogunate's financial resources are stronger than that of Daming, he can always be over Daming.

In modern times, this is called value output.

In fact, this set is not in line with Japan's national conditions. After all, Japan's territory is small and its market is limited. It also faces strong competition from the Ming Dynasty, which is mostly the result of losses and bankruptcy. However, Tokugawa Iemitsu does not understand the inside story, and Li Xin promises to invest in Edo and provide technical assistance in the chemical printing and dyeing industry.

Since there is no plan to plunder Japan by force, it is necessary to give some sweetness to open the market. From the very beginning, Li Xin had the idea of ​​investing in the chemical industry in North Korea and Japan. Pollution control in modern chemical industry is still a difficult problem. Moreover, it is even more said that everything is formed from scratch, and pollution is simply unpreventable. Therefore, putting the heavy pollution industry in other countries is a feasible solution.

It just so happened that Edo was located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, and all sewage was discharged into the Pacific Ocean, which did not pollute the coast of Ming Dynasty.

Of course, Li Xin and Tokugawa Ieguang only signed an intentional agreement, and the specific terms still need to be concluded by subordinates of both parties one by one. For this reason, Li Xin took away dozens of delegations sent by Tokugawa Ieguang before leaving.

It is both for negotiation and learning, just like the ancient Tang envoys.

Li Xin will not leave the core technology to the Japanese. What he can learn is just the system and the operating standards of state-owned enterprises.

Back to Beijing, it was already late in the summer. Li Xin asked the South China Sea Fleet to move the second batch of Dashun to Malacca. He sent Li Zicheng away this year and it was time to send Chongzhen next year.

By the end of the year, the Dutch finally came. The disastrous defeat in Malacca made them realize that if they did not get along well with the rejuvenated Ming Dynasty, they would probably lose their base in Batavia, so they agreed to withdraw from Taiwan. At the same time, they set a piece of land about one square kilometer near the sea on Qingpu County, Songjiang Prefecture, and rented it to the Dutch for picking up goods for a period of 20 years. There is no objection between the two parties to the expiration and can be automatically renewed. The Songjiang police are responsible for the public security, but it does not involve the Dutch cargo yard.

To show sincerity, the first issue only symbolically collected one silver dollar.

This is completely different from the concessions of the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty had the power to enforce the law.

During this period, Wu Sangui fought with Kong Youde, and Kong Youde was defeated and died. Wu Sangui praised Li Xin and asked to go overseas to tell the truth. The cost of sending people overseas was very high. Just like Zheng He spent seven voyages to the West, how much money did he spend and how much income? This is probably a bottomless black hole. Not long after Yongle died, he banned the sea and even burned the information of the treasure ship. It may not have nothing to do with the excessive expenses. Li Xin also gritted his teeth and held on.

Li Zicheng was fine, at least he captured Malacca and saved some of the losses, but giving Chongzhen next year would be a complete refusal. In the future, he would send Li Dingguo to another sky-high sales.

Moreover, in that era, the mortality rate of going to sea was very high. In order to ensure that there were no casualties, more ships had to be requisitioned to reduce the unit density of livestock in the population, which further increased the cost.

However, this does not exist for Wu Sangui, because ginseng and minks are produced in Liaodong. At the current delivery speed, it will take at least five years to send Wu Sangui away. During these five years, Wu Sangui used ginseng minks to earn travel expenses for himself. Therefore, Li Xin promised him that his place of residence would be opposite the Strait of Malacca, Sumatra, across the sea from Li Zicheng.

This is also a way of restraining Li Xin, and these two people will never be able to unite.

Sending Wu Sangui to Sumatra will be beneficial to sending naval forces to Singapore in the future, because the triangular forces are the most stable structure.

The following spring, the sea ice was removed, and Chongzhen should leave. There were about 50,000 people who followed Chongzhen to North America, including 20,000 young men and soldiers. As long as the rest were able to work, they had been trained, casting, refining, exploration, engineering, shipbuilding, agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry, and were full of talents in all aspects. Li Xin was very concerned about Chongzhen.

In addition to the fifty queen ships left for him, hundreds of imitation queen ships, and a large number of guns and ammunition, even the Minnie gun was handed over to Chongzhen. In the future, criminals will be continuously exiled to North America. Based on the current crime rate of the Ming Dynasty, all major crimes that are less than the death penalty will be imposed. There are about a thousand people every year, and this number is already a large number to enhance Chongzhen's strength.

Li Xin sincerely hopes that Chongzhen can gain a foothold in North America and stop the expansion of the Anglo-Saxon nation around the world.

"Take care of yourself!"

Li Xin bowed his hand solemnly.

Chongzhen looked at Li Xin in a complicated mood, then looked at Empress Zhang and Changping behind Li Xin, and bowed: "I hope you can manage China well. If you can't bear it, I and my descendants will come back one day and say goodbye!"

After saying that, Da Shu shook his sleeves and turned around and left.

"Father!"

Changping couldn't help crying.

Chongzhen paused slightly and accelerated his pace without looking back!

In a moment, the huge fleet set sail from Tianjin and slowly disappeared at the end of the horizon.

"Woooooooooooooo~~"

Changping threw himself into Queen Zhang's arms and started crying.
Chapter completed!