There are not just one or two izakayas like this in the whole of Edo.
But everywhere!
Although those local daimyo seemed to have submitted to the Tokugawa shogunate, in fact most of them were unconvinced.
If it weren't for the fact that the Tokugawa shogunate now had the Ming Dynasty as its backer, those daimyo might have been unable to restrain themselves and would have drawn up their troops to fight against the Tokugawa shogunate.
Rather than just engaging in such shady little tricks!
Sato Yuuji cheered along with the crowd, but just when they were in a lively atmosphere.
There was a loud bang, and the door of the izakaya was kicked open from the outside.
Countless samurai belonging to the Tokugawa family rushed in with cheers.
"superior!"
"Catch the gangsters!"
"Don't tell people to run away!"
"..."
Amidst bursts of shouting, people in the izakaya were pushed to the ground one after another.
The middle-aged man who was standing at the front just now and giving a passionate speech suddenly changed his expression, but he was not ready to surrender.
Instead, he pulled out the samurai sword from his waist, preparing to resist arrest.
As a result, just as he drew his sword, gunfire rang out the next moment.
There was a bang, and the izakaya was filled with smoke.
A Tokugawa samurai took out his gun, aimed at the middle-aged man's sword-holding hand, and pulled the trigger.
Facts have proven that a gun is faster from seven steps away, and a gun is faster and more accurate within seven steps.
In just the blink of an eye, several fingers were blown off the middle-aged man's hand. He couldn't help but kneel on the ground and let out a scream.
"ah……"
Amid the screams, several Tokugawa warriors stepped forward and captured him.
The leader of the warriors came to the middle-aged man and spoke condescendingly.
"The rebels deserve to die!"
"Take away all the gangsters here!"
After saying this, he waved and turned to leave.
Everyone in the izakaya was forced out and headed towards the prison.
In the shops on both sides of the street, people occasionally peeked at the gangsters who were being escorted out of the izakaya.
"Hey, these gangsters really deserve to die!"
"Poor heroes, they will be persecuted by the Tokugawa family again."
"Japan has really become more and more unstable recently."
"..."
People talked a lot, but their attitudes were completely different.
There are people who side with the Tokugawa family and have no good impressions of these rogues at all.
Because their interests are deeply tied to the Tokugawa family, if the Tokugawa family's rule is overthrown, it will be absolutely unacceptable to them.
But there are also people who sympathize with those rebellious parties.
Perhaps it was because they were those with daimyo, or perhaps it was out of dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa family for rebelling against the emperor.
But some people don't care about this.
They just want a stable life, and they don't care who gives them this life.
Life is full of things, but it’s just like this!
…
Imperial Palace of Japan!
After the emperor was sent to the Ming Dynasty and the Tokugawa family was canonized by the Ming Dynasty and became the king of Japan, Tokugawa Ietsuna moved to the imperial residence and began to live the life of a king without shame.
Through delegating power and favors to local daimyo, as well as the support of Ming's father behind him, he could barely secure his position as the King of Japan.
But, it's just barely.
Needless to say, the influence of the Emperor on Japan is undeniable. After such a long time, countless people still miss the Emperor.
The rebels who gathered at the izakaya today are part of them!
Tokugawa Ietsuna looked at the report in his hand, and after pondering for a while, he finally spoke.
"Send the order and all those rebels should be put to death in public!"
"Send someone to warn some restless guys and cut off part of their trade share to give it to the law-abiding daimyo. Let them know that even if the Tokugawa family doesn't use force, there are plenty of ways to deal with them."
Today's foreign trade in Japan is probably similar to the trade method of the Thirteen Banks in the late Qing Dynasty.
The Tokugawa family controls the channels through which all daimyo conduct foreign trade. Without the permission of the Tokugawa family, the goods of those daimyo cannot be sold.
Therefore, even if the Tokugawa family does not use force, they still have ways to suppress those daimyo.
Of course, the reason why the Tokugawa family was able to accomplish this was because of the support given to the Tokugawa family by Ming Dynasty.
Endorse your little brother!
Tokugawa Ietsuna is really popular.
He has given such great power and favor to those great names. What else do those great names want?
They keep trying to restore the emperor's rule. But is restoring the emperor's rule really good for them?
What would they gain by restoring the emperor's rule?
For Japan at this time, the biggest problem was not the internal daimyo's preparations for action.
It's an external threat!
That's right, what I'm talking about here is me, Da Qing, who is still living on the Nine Kingdoms Island.
After Sony took over the power of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty first experienced a period of pain.
But during the period of pain, Sony drastically reformed the Qing Dynasty's political system.
They restored the eight-king political system they had during their time outside the Pass.
However, after the reform, among the eight kings who discussed politics, only the Manchus, Han Chinese, Mongolians, Koreans, and Japanese also participated.
Among them, the Manchus occupy three places, namely Sony, Suksaha, and Ye Bilong.
Han people occupy two quotas, namely Zu Zeqing and Hong Shiming.
Among them, Zu Zeqing was the son of Zu Dashou, and Hong Shiming was the son of Hong Chengchou.
There is one quota for the Mongolians, namely Eqil of the Horqin tribe.
The remaining Koreans are Kim Guangxian, a member of the Andong Jin clan who was one of the top leaders of North Korea's surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and was once the leader of North Korea.
The Japanese is Shimazu Mitsuyoshi, the head of the Shimadzu family.
That's right, the Satsuma clan has now reconciled with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and has become a member of the Qing Dynasty.
Even Shimazu Mitsuyoshi had infiltrated the upper echelons of the Qing Dynasty.
And Sony also finalized that from now on, there will be no king or emperor in the Qing Dynasty, and all government affairs will be discussed by the eight political kings.
Then the eight political kings will elect a ruling president to implement it!
The ruling president is not hereditary and must be re-elected every five years.
The first term in office was held by Sony!
After such a political system was established, the Manchu Qing Dynasty internally stabilized.
After Zhu Hongyu learned about Sony's actions, he was completely confused.
He really didn't expect that the first country in the world to abolish the monarchy and implement a presidential system would be the Qing Dynasty.
Then, after the Manchu and Qing Dynasties resolved their internal conflicts, they began to embark on the road of external expansion.
They first tried to attack Japan's Honshu Island here, but were blocked by the Tokugawa Shogunate and the plan failed.
Another attempt was made to attack Shikoku Island, but this time it was successful.
However, Shikoku Island backhandedly declared its independence from Japan and became its own country. It paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, surrendered its military and diplomatic sovereignty, and asked to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.
Then he asked Daming's father to make adjustments and make decisions for his vassal country.
Then, under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing had no choice but to vomit out the Shikoku Island they had eaten.
After forcing Shikoku Island to pay them a large war indemnity and cede several small islands, they withdrew their troops and returned to Kyukoku Island.
What Zhu Hongyu wants is a Japan that is broken into pieces. It is best to live in three islands, one island and one country.
He did not want to see either the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Tokugawa Shogunate become bigger!
However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was obviously unwilling to accept this. After returning to the Nine Kingdoms Island, it began to accumulate strength and prepare to attack Honshu Island.
Didn’t Ming Dynasty not allow them to attack Shikoku Island?
Then it’s okay for them to attack Honshu Island?
Therefore, one can imagine how much pressure the Tokugawa shogunate is facing now.
With internal instability and powerful enemies outside, we can only survive by selling our country...
Tokugawa Ietsuna put down the report in his hand and asked his retainer.
"Yamashita-kun, how is the training of the new army of our Japanese imperial court going?"
In order to solve the current difficulties faced by Japan, Tokugawa Ietsuna's solution was to strengthen his own military force and strive to expand the new army.
Until one day, when his force is strong enough, he can truly unify Japan.
Even if we dare not say that we will recapture Kyukoku and Shikoku, we must at least achieve the true unification of Honshu.
Instead of just being like now, there are too many separatist forces on Honshu Island that are opposing the rule of the shogunate.
Hearing this, Shanxia opened his mouth and said.
"Reporting to the king, the training of the new army is still continuing, and it is already quite effective."
"And Ming Dynasty has also relented on exporting rifled gun production lines to Japan. It's just that we need to purchase a certain number of rifled guns first before Ming Dynasty will agree to include an export production line."
Hearing this, Tokugawa Ietsuna had a smile on his face.
As long as Daming agrees to sell it, he really doesn't care about the price and conditions.
Today's Ming Dynasty is very short of labor, and the price offered to Japanese laborers is very high.
At worst, the Tokugawa Ietsuna could just sell a few more people. Anyway, Japan is a small country with a dense population, and the most important thing it lacks is people.
"Also in terms of artillery, Ming Dynasty agreed to export some large-caliber heavy artillery to Japan..."
Yamashita continued to explain to Tokugawa Ietsuna the current situation facing the Tokugawa family.
Tokugawa Ietsuna nodded with satisfaction.
And he opened his mouth to give instructions.
"The training of the new army still needs to be strengthened to be ready for war at any time..."
The reason why Tokugawa Ietsuna said this was because he received information that the Manchus on the southern Kyukoku Islands might launch troops against Honshu Island in the near future.
He must prepare in advance!
Yamashita nodded in agreement, then turned around and left.
…
Nineteenth year after the Ming Dynasty was restored, summer!
After Wu Sangui's funeral, Wu Yingqi took people back to Lahore.
The reason why he was so anxious was not because he wanted to launch troops against the Mughal Empire.
It was because after the death of Wu Sangui, the Mughal Empire wanted to seize this opportunity to regain the lost territory, so they took the initiative to attack the city of Lahore.
The war has resumed!
Outside the city of Lahore, troops from both sides squared off and faced each other.
A large, dark crowd surged, and the neat array could not be seen to the side at a glance.
Wu Yingqi rode his horse to the front of the formation, and then looked at the battlefield.
Looking at the array of Mughal Empire troops opposite, I couldn't help but frown.
Facts have proved that once there is communication, military technology progresses very quickly.
The Mughal Empire now also uses line infantry tactics.
The neat array, the black muskets, and the field artillery placed in front of the array all show that the Mughal Empire has changed its way of warfare.
On the Tianzhu side, Wu Yingqi also commanded the army to form a line formation.
The infantry arrays of both sides are almost the same!
The reason for this is entirely because with the strong rise of artillery power on the battlefield, both sides of the war no longer dare to arrange their infantry into deep and dense arrays.
In order to reduce the damage caused by shelling to the infantry array, it has become everyone's consensus to make the infantry array as thin and short as possible.
This is also the reason why in the era of queuing to shoot, the musket arrays of both sides were only two or three rows.
It's not that both sides don't want to pursue more intense and intensive firepower, but because neither side can withstand the damage caused by the shelling under the dense array...
Wu Yingqi ordered his own infantry to press forward.
The commander of the Mughal Empire also ordered his infantry to move forward.
Along with the flag, the ground trampled by the footsteps of the infantry from both sides roared.
As the infantry continued to approach the opponent, the artillery began to fire.
Boom! Boom!
The battlefield was filled with smoke, and solid artillery shells flew through the air, heading towards the opponent's array.
In the blink of an eye, artillery shells smashed holes in the infantry array.
It's a pity that since the infantry arrays on both sides are relatively thin, with only two or three people in each line, the effect of the artillery bombardment is not ideal.
One cannonball can kill at most two or three people, but it may not even hit.
When Wu Yingqi saw this scene, the expression on his face was not very good.
Although our own infantry array also suffered limited casualties under the artillery bombardment, this also made our own superior firepower ineffective.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Suddenly, a general next to Wu Yingqi spoke.
"Your Majesty, how about changing the firing angle of our artillery to an oblique angle."
This general once studied artillery in the Ming Dynasty.
Know how the Ming Dynasty's artillery caused damage to this loose array.
Upon hearing this, Wu Yingqi thought for a moment and then gave the order.
"Okay! That's it!"
"Give the order, let the artillery change the shooting angle, and then fire at full speed!"
After hearing this, the general clasped his fists and went to deliver the order.
Wu Yingqi continued to pick up the telescope and observed the battlefield.
Facts have proved that after the artillery firing angle was changed, the killing effect on the infantry array was indeed improved.
Anyone who has studied mathematical geometry knows that whether it is a cube or a cuboid, the diagonal is the longest line.
Converted to an infantry array, that is, if the artillery fires diagonally, it can cause maximum damage.
The line infantry of the Mughal Empire continued to move forward under the bombardment!
The distance between the infantry on both sides was continuously shortened, and the roar of field artillery was heard continuously.
In such a large-scale field battle, for the convenience of maneuverability, the artillery used by both sides was lightweight field artillery.
Heavy artillery is rarely used!
As the distance was reduced to an extremely close range, the musketeers on both sides began to reload their muskets.
It is worth mentioning that almost all soldiers on both sides used rifled guns!
Since the Ming Army began to install rifled guns on a large scale, countries around the world have also begun the research, development and production of rifled guns.
After such a long time, the production of rifled guns is no longer a secret to many countries.
Although quality and output are not guaranteed, having it and not having it are two completely different things.
Although the Mughal Empire was unable to produce its own food, others could spend money to buy it.
Third brother has a fine tradition in this regard!
For European countries such as the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France, producing rifled guns is actually not a difficult task.