Chapter 763: The Japanese Kingdom (6) The Japanese Kingdom is Destroyed
While the Ming army and the shogunate army were fighting outside Osaka City, another political storm was brewing in Kyoto.
To put it bluntly, the Emperor of Japan is about to rebel. This kind of emperor's rebellion can only happen in a deformed country like Japan. Moreover, this is not the first rebellion.
During the Kamakura shogunate period, there was a rebellion by the Japanese royal family.
However, after the continuous weakening of the Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo shogunates, not only did the Japanese royal family's political influence become minimal, but it was also economically too poor to open the door.
Otherwise, there would not have been the so-called purple incident.
Therefore, even if you want to rebel, you have to use other forces.
The contemporary emperor of the Japanese royal family is named Sōhito. He has no surname. He is only twenty years old this year and is at his most energetic age. Therefore, he is unwilling to be just a political mascot for the Tokugawa shogunate.
The rebel helper Shao Ren found was Shounaga Shogo, a great scholar of Neo-Confucianism.
Matsunaga Shakugo studied Neo-Confucianism, and founded the Shakugo Hall in Kyoto, claiming to have 5,000 disciples, including Emperor Shohito.
But what does the old saying say?
Scholars rebelled, but failed to do so in three years. Shao Ren asked Matsunaga Shogo to help him rebel, but he made a mistake.
According to Shao Ren's original intention, the rebellion would of course involve an armed riot, directly mobilizing the samurai, scholars and civilians in Kyoto City to take control of Kyoto City while the shogunate army was away.
However, this proposal was fiercely opposed by Matsunaga Shakoh and his students.
A scholar named Kinoshita Shun'an even quoted Sun Tzu's famous saying on the Art of War: "Soldiers are a major event for the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. We must observe them. Once the war begins, life will inevitably be ruined."
Shaoren asked him what to do again. Kinoshita Shun'an said that the power of the imperial court could be restored with the help of the Ming army's force.
Well, to put it bluntly, we just have to wait and see. When the Ming army and the shogunate army decide the winner in Osaka, what will the court decide? If the shogunate army wins, then it will be treated as if nothing happened.
In the end, the Ming army won, so it would be good to learn from Korea and seek protection and canonization from the Ming court. It would also be good to become a vassal state.
Although Shaoren was unwilling to do so, he had no one and no money, so he had no choice but to do as he was told.
So Matsunaga Shakugo sent several students to contact the Ming army and inquire about the news.
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One of the students, Miyuan Yixuan, was quickly brought to Chongzhen.
By this time, the Summer Battle of Osaka had ended, the 600,000-strong army of the shogunate had collapsed, and the generals, including the coach Sakai Tadakatsu, were either killed or captured alive.
Of the 600,000 shogunate troops, 20,000 were killed and more than 200,000 were captured alive.
The remaining more than 400,000 defeated troops were fleeing across the mountains and plains towards Kyoto and Edo. The 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Ming Army were pursuing them one after another, preparing to pursue them all the way to Edo.
At this time, Jian Yuan Yixuan was brought to Chongzhen.
"You said you studied Zhuzi's Confucianism." Chongzhen looked at Jian Yuan Yixuan with a smile.
"Hai, my student studied under Shounaga Shakugo, and what he studied is Zhuzi's Confucianism." Mihara Yixuan said in very stiff Ming Dynasty Mandarin, "Under the decree of Emperor Shohito of Japan, I came to see His Majesty the Ming Emperor."
"Tell me." Chongzhen said suddenly, "What is Shao Ren's intention in asking you to come to see me?"
"Borrowing troops," Jian Yuan Yixuan said, "borrowing troops to quell the rebellion, put down the rebellion of the Tokugawa shogunate, and restore the king's rule."
"Borrowing troops to quell the rebellion?" Chongzhen couldn't help laughing. If this were two years ago, Chongzhen might have considered supporting Shao Ren to act as a puppet for a few years. As for now, there is no need for this at all.
The country of Japan is about to disappear, so why is there still an emperor, Shao Ren?
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In mid-June of the 25th year of Chongzhen, the 6th Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Ming Dynasty Army captured Kyoto.
Including Emperor Shohito, hundreds of thousands of Japanese nobles and civilians in Kyoto were all taken captive.
At the end of June of the 25th year of Chongzhen, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Forward Brigade of the 1st Division of the Ming Dynasty advanced to the outside of Edo City and blasted open the gates of Edo City the next morning, causing Edo to fall.
At only ten years old, Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, also became a prisoner.
The fall of Edo and the capture of Tokugawa Ietsuna marked the official annihilation of Japan.
However, the more than 200 daimyo affiliated with the Tokugawa shogunate did not immediately disappear with the Tokugawa shogunate, but still maintained the rule of the vassal state. Chongzhen did not rush to send troops, but temporarily granted them canonization.
These more than 200 famous names suddenly transformed into viscounts of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, this is just a temporary measure, just to stabilize these big names.
Because the entire Japanese country has a population of more than 10 million, it is impossible to digest such a huge population in a short time, so a buffer of time is needed. Chongzhen planned to spend five years to digest this population of more than 10 million.
In the next five years, the Osaka company will sell two million people to the mainland every year.
The first batch of 500,000 people are basically strong men and will follow Chongzhen back to Nanjing.
Half of these 500,000 men will be sent to Huguang to mine iron ore, and the other half will be sent to Beizhi to build the Beijing-Shenyang Railway, that is, the railway from Beijing to Shenyang.
Two years ago, the production capacity of Hanyang Iron Smelting Workshop was greatly improved.
Furthermore, iron smelting workshops in Beizhi and Liaodong have also been built.
Today, the annual steel production capacity of Daming has reached a full 900,000 tons.
While ensuring the needs of shipyards, arsenals, etc., it can also ensure the construction of two railways at the same time. Daming's railway construction has entered the fast lane.
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Before leaving, Chongzhen specially summoned Yan Yingyuan.
The Japanese country has been destroyed, and the Tokugawa shogunate has also been destroyed, but the more than 200 daimyo under the Tokugawa shogunate are basically still there, and the combined army of these daimyo still has more than one million people.
Of course, the Ming army was capable of pushing through one vassal state after another.
However, this is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and will also cause a waste of resources.
Moreover, once the situation becomes too urgent and more than 200 Japanese daimyo are forced to unite, it will be very troublesome. At that time, I am afraid that the main force will have to be used to suppress it again.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So before Chongzhen left, he gave Yan Yingyuan face-to-face instructions.
"Kanheng, I am very confident about your military capabilities. With you here, the situation in Japan will never get out of control."
"However, I still want to give you a few extra words. Just one of these famous names from Japan is not enough to pose a threat to your 2nd Division."
"But if more than 200 daimyo unite, it will be very troublesome."
"So, you must make good use of the conflicts between these big names and provoke vendettas among them, so that you can maintain a transcendent status in the name of mediating."
"And every year we can use the excuse of not obeying the overall situation to kill dozens of famous people."
Chongzhen's trick is actually not new. Under the premise that it is difficult to swallow it in one bite, it is the best choice to break it up and then eat it up one by one, otherwise it will be easy to hold on.
Yan Yingyuan stood at attention and saluted: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know what to do."
"Okay, I will hand over the Japanese land to you, Jianheng." Chongzhen nodded happily and said, "Including you, the soldiers of the 2nd Division are allowed to take concubines while they are stationed in the Japanese land, and they can have more than one concubine. Once a Japanese girl marries
If you give me the Ming Dynasty officers and men, they will all be regarded as citizens of the Ming Dynasty. If you give birth to a child, you will also be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. When there are more children in the future and they grow up, I will ask the South Prison and the North Prison to send students to build schools, so that these children can receive regular education from an early age.
The Ming Dynasty’s New Learning Education.”
"Ah?" Yan Yingyuan really didn't expect this.
Of course it’s okay to let the soldiers take more concubines. As a man, who doesn’t want to take more concubines?
The problem is, one more concubine means one more mouth to eat, and one more cub means two more mouths. The soldiers of the 2nd Division are all soldiers from Nanzhi Zhentai. They have no military pay, only a small amount of allowances and some benefits after winning the battle.
Bonus, it is no problem to support a concubine with the subsidy and bonus, and the next two cubs can also be afforded.
But if you raise two concubines and give birth to two more cubs, you will be stretched thin.
You can't sell the harvest from Xuzhou Enshang Field and use it to spend money on Japanese land.
At that moment, Yan Yingyuan whispered: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not a good time to open this hole because it won't end well."
"Jianheng, are you worried that the soldiers can't afford it?" Chongzhen said with a smile, "Then you are worrying too much. I have already considered it for you. During the period when the soldiers of the 2nd Division are stationed in Japan, each soldier can be divided into five points.
One hundred acres of vocational land. In addition to paying a tax of 10 cents per acre, all the output of these vocational fields is privately owned."
There is not a lot of cultivated land in Japan, covering two million hectares, or 30 million acres.
At present, the Ming army has complete control over the Guandong and Guanxi plains, which covers tens of millions of acres. These fertile fields are also left uncultivated. Why not allocate them to the soldiers of the 2nd Division for farming? It is considered as a welfare payment.
In the future, Chongzhen even planned to have these 20,000 soldiers stationed in Japan for a long time.
As long as there is sufficient food, after three generations, 20,000 soldiers can reproduce to 2 million people. After four generations, the entire Japanese people will become Han people.
"Ah? Five hundred acres of farmland?" Yan Yingyuan was shocked.
Good guy, in this case, didn’t the soldiers of the 2nd Division instantly become landlords?
"That's right, this is the reward I gave them." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Apart from these 500 acres of farmland, other rewards are gone, including the dividends from selling slave labor."
According to regulations, after winning a battle, 30% of the profit must be used to distribute dividends to the soldiers.
This is also the reason why the soldiers in each town will participate in the war so enthusiastically, because winning the battle will make them rich, and getting rich overnight is not a dream.
"That's enough, 500 acres of vocational land is enough." Yan Yingyuan said, "If it is based on the market price in Jiangnan, 500 acres of vocational land, even the poorest mountainous land, is worth at least 5,000 yuan."
"That's not how the account is calculated. The cultivated land in Wadi is not worth the price." Chongzhen smiled and said, "However, the soldiers of the 2nd Division are not at a loss. After all, with 500 acres of farmland, each person can
I want to marry ten or eight concubines, haha."
After a pause, Chongzhen continued: "As for farming, Nanyang companies will soon sell slave labor from Nanyang."
The long-term workers who farmed the land for the Ming army soldiers could only be slave laborers from Nanyang, and slave laborers from Nanyang had to be physically castrated before coming to Japan.
