Dominate the Country

The 10th year of Chengtian was a fruitful year for China. The end of the war was always so happy. North America, Burma, Southeast Asia, Nanmingzhou..., and the acquisition of large tracts of land also made the entire empire become huge and eye-catching.

In October, a new batch of world maps came out with the new Jinshi.

In October, millions of such maps were sold in China.

In addition to government agencies, schools, enterprises, etc., more than 800,000 copies were purchased by ordinary people. The court could really feel the surge of enthusiasm among the people.

And Chen Ming could understand why this enthusiasm suddenly arose among the people.

It was really that this latest version of the world map could poke the Chinese people's G-spot.

In this world map centered on the Pacific Ocean, the entire North Pacific Ocean has become the inner lake of Red China, extending from Lake Baikal [North Sea] to the south, all the way to Nanmingzhou, almost running through the north and south of the earth.

According to Chen Ming's resolution, China and the British will share Canada equally. With such a large piece of land in hand, no matter whether it is frozen wilderness or not, just looking at the area, it feels that it is not smaller than the Han area. And there is a Xiangzhou drooping next to it - Alaska.

As for the large piece of land south of Canada, it is also enviable.

As soon as such a map that "symbolizes" power was released, the Chinese people started a wave of public opinion to annex the Indochina Peninsula and Japan.

Many people are very dissatisfied with the different color blocks of Annan, Phnom Penh, Siam and other countries mixed in the red of China.

And Japan's tiny Toyo Islands, compared with China's huge mainland, are like a small insect on the mouth, giving people the illusion that they can be swallowed.

Speaking of which, the West and the East are really a little similar. There is a tenacious island country next to the mainland. However, unlike the divided European continent that made the British restless, Japan, which is only slightly larger than Britain in overall area, has no chance to struggle under the unified Chinese regime. They can only be tamed!

Chen Ming certainly would not change his mind because of this, but with the end of the second cabinet's term of office and the arrival of the New Year, the third cabinet is ready to go, and the military parade ceremony is also in intense rehearsal.

The monarchs or important members of the royal family of various vassal states came to China one after another, one is to celebrate the New Year, and the other is to watch the military parade. For many vassal states, it is also necessary to take this opportunity to curry favor with Chen Han's new cabinet minister.

Outside Nanjing, on the bank of the Yangtze River, flags were flying at the Xiaguan Wharf, and civil and military officials, soldiers and merchants gathered together.

The red flag symbolizing Chen Han was fluttering in the wind.

The fifteen-year-old King of Ju, Chen Cong, sat on the dock, looking straight ahead at the Japanese envoy ship gradually approaching the shore, and his face changed from being neither happy nor sad to showing a smile.

"The general Tokugawa Ieharu respectfully wishes His Majesty well..." Tokugawa Ieharu, surrounded by members of the Japanese delegation, walked to Chen Cong, then kowtowed three times and bowed nine times in accordance with the etiquette of a minister, and bowed his head to greet him.

Chen Cong represented the Chen Han royal family at the moment. Although Tokugawa Ieharu was Chen Cong's great master in terms of seniority, this was useless in state affairs.

Chen Cong showed a peaceful smile on his face. When Tokugawa Ieharu finished his ceremony, he moved to Tokugawa Ieharu, bent down, and pulled up the Taishan Lord in a friendly manner, saying intimately: "Taishan Lord, you have worked hard all the way. The ceremony is over, and get up quickly. We are all family. The emperor often teaches me that we should distinguish between public and private affairs, and we should not sacrifice public affairs for private affairs, but we should not let public affairs hurt family affection, otherwise we will hurt our feelings and regret it for the rest of our lives."

Five years ago, Tokugawa Ieharu's son Tokugawa Ieji, the current general of the Tokugawa shogunate, died suddenly during a hunting trip. He was 18 years old and had no offspring. Tokugawa Ieharu's other illegitimate son, Sadajiro, died young, so Ieji had no male heir.

Some people said that Tokugawa Ieji's death was due to poisoning. Tokugawa Ieji searched like crazy for a while but found nothing. But no matter what, Tokugawa Ieji had no descendants. Although Tokugawa Ieharu was only in his early 40s at the time, it was inevitable that he would die out, considering that he had only given birth to two sons after half his life of hard work.

But this was not a big deal, as Japanese noble families often died out. Tokugawa Ieharu had no sons, but his cousins ​​had many sons, so he could just adopt one. The elder Tanuma Okitsugu suggested that Tokugawa Ojisuke's eight-year-old son Tokugawa Ojisuke be adopted as Ieharu's son. It is hard to say whether this suggestion had anything to do with Tokugawa Ojisuke's work under Tanuma Okitsugu at the time.

Anyway, Tokugawa Ieharu suffered a heavy blow.

It was a pity that he had been working to abolish the emperor for the previous ten years, constantly discrediting the emperor and shaking the emperor's foundation among the people. Who would have thought that he would die out in the blink of an eye? For a while, Ieharu thought that he had done something wrong and was punished by Amaterasu.

——Without descendants, what would happen even if he got rid of the emperor?

However, there is always a way out. When Jiazhi was recovering from his illness, Nanjing sent a pair of famous doctors from the Imperial Hospital to visit him. This was Chen Han's consolation to Japan.

Unexpectedly, the arrival of these two doctors brought a turn for the tragic fate of Jiazhi. The next year, three women in his backyard became pregnant.

After 99 bows, the eight-year-old Tokugawa Osamu could officially become the adopted son of Tokugawa Jiazhi, but everything came to an abrupt end at this time.

Three women in the back house are pregnant. Who dares to say that there won't be one of them with a boy?

With a successor, Tokugawa Ieharu naturally doesn't want to adopt a son to inherit his throne. If a son is really born, there will be chaos in the shogunate in the future.

And Tokugawa Ieharu is only in his forties now, and he can hold on for another twenty years until his son grows up.

At this time, the history of Japan quietly turned a big corner. Tokugawa Ieharu, the eleventh shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate in the original time and space, was a butterfly.

After ten months of pregnancy, the three women gave birth to two boys and one girl for Tokugawa Ieharu. Tokugawa Ieharu not only has the hope of heirs, but also has more choices.

The Shogun's Mansion in Edo ushered in a new spring. Tokugawa Ieharu's health has not only improved, but his attitude towards Chen Han has also become more respectful and grateful.

While Chen Ming was surprised by this matter, he also struck while the iron was hot and added another layer of insurance for Tokugawa Ieharu, whose legitimate daughter was taken as the principal wife of King Ju.

Therefore, Tokugawa Ieharu was Chen Cong's legitimate father. This time, Tokugawa Ieharu came to Nanjing in person, but Chen Ming did not come to greet him, which was unreasonable. But Chen Zhe showed up.

Among Chen Ming's six brothers, the sixth Chen Zhe and the seventh Chen Zhe were the youngest, one was fifteen years old, and the other was thirteen years old after the Chinese New Year. They are still studying in Chengjun Public School, instead of being like the brothers who were seventeen or eighteen years old, who had already asked for orders from the emperor.

Chen Ming himself set the rules that the position of the queen would not be added with foreign blood, and the person who sat on the position of the queen must be a pure Han Chinese, and the person who sat on the position of the emperor must also be a pure Han Chinese. But his younger brothers don't need to worry about this.

In addition to the fact that the wife of the sixth prince, Chen Cong, was a Japanese, the wife of the seventh prince, Chen Zhe, was a Siamese, the sister of the current Siamese king, Zheng Zhao. This could not be considered a marriage of peace, but it could also be considered a marriage of peace.

Although Chen Cong and Chen Zhe could not be considered the current princes, they were definitely members of the Chen Han royal family and the flesh and blood brothers of the current emperor.

After these two things were finalized, the discussions under Tokugawa Ieharu, which had been a little turbulent, instantly subsided. No one said that the general's youngest son was too young and might not be competent when he took over the throne in the future.

Because from now on, Tokugawa Ieharu's two babies who were still in their infancy were not only the legitimate heirs of the Tokugawa shogunate, but also the brother-in-law of the Chen Han Yizi Wang.

The same was true for Zheng Zhao. When his sister, who had saved her life by hiding in the temple, was married to Chen Zhe, Zheng Zhao's throne of Siam was immediately stabilized by three points.

Chen Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with marrying a shogun's daughter. For him, this was also a strong support, right?

Japan is the second most populous country in the East, and more than 20 million Japanese are a huge fortune.

So although the father-in-law and son-in-law met for the first time, Chen Yan held Tokugawa Ieharu's hand and spoke very affectionately. "Lord Taishan, when you come to Nanjing this time, stay for a few more days, take a look, and enjoy the Chinese scenery. Although this winter is not as good as other seasons, it also has a different style. I asked my brother for permission, and I also specially invited several medical masters from the Imperial Hospital to take good care of your body..."

Of course, Chen Yan also prepared some "external things" for Tokugawa Ieharu. For example, he had asked Chen Ming for a few more places for studying in Japan, and some of his followers would also return to Japan with Tokugawa Ieharu next year, which was what Tokugawa Ieharu wanted but couldn't get.

In recent years, China has repeatedly fought foreign wars and expanded its territory. The newly released world map is not only a hot seller in China, but also spread to Japan. Tokugawa Ieharu looked at the small Japanese islands on the map, and then looked at the land area of ​​China, which has doubled several times. His eyes were red like a rabbit, and he was jealous.

China's successive victories in foreign wars mean that China is strong and powerful. More and more voices in Japan are clamoring to "learn from China", not only from the military, but also from politics, economy and other aspects. They had already knelt once during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. Now the gap in strength between China and Japan is even greater than that of the past. What's wrong with kneeling again with conviction?

Tokugawa Ieharu also wanted to follow China's ass and wave flags and shout, and get a share of the pie.

The Chinese are now billionaires, and Japan is a poor man with nothing. If the Chinese father shows a little bit of his fingers, the whole of Japan can eat a lot.

You know, now there are more than 50,000 Japanese samurai serving in China. This number is more than the new-style army directly under the shogunate, which only has 30,000 people. The name of the volunteer team is well-known even in Japan.

Although many members of the volunteer team have taken their relatives from their hometowns out of Japan or to the eastern coastal cities of China, such as Japan, Fuzhou, Yantai, Qingdao, etc., after they have established their foothold, there are still many people whose families still stay in Japan.

These people often send money and things back to Japan, and their families' "rich" life in Japan makes many poor lower-class samurai who only have a sword and a life to envy.

Before Tokugawa Ieharu set off for Nanjing, he received a letter from his son-in-law Chen Yan, in which Chen Yan gave Tokugawa Ieharu a good idea - to organize a labor export company.

That is, Tokugawa Ieharu recruited people in Japan, and then sent representatives to China to sign labor contracts with major labor companies, and then sent his Japanese laborers to complete the contracts. There are three ways to make profits. One is to take a commission from the labor wages, which cannot be too much, 10%, or even 5%; the second is to earn commissions, just export labor, and inspect and supervise the working environment of Japanese laborers on time, in accordance with the relevant laws of Chen Han, and the rules and regulations formulated when signing the labor contract, to protect the interests of Japanese workers;

This method may not make as much profit as the first one, but it saves time and effort;

The last one is the most troublesome, that is, Tokugawa Ieharu himself first acquires a company with construction qualifications in Shanghai or Guangzhou, obviously using the shell to start a new life, and doing the work himself.

This last one has the greatest benefits, but also the most troubles. The clauses involve all aspects.

Tokugawa Ieharu couldn't stop laughing, and he almost couldn't believe his good luck in his heart, and was even more proud of his son-in-law's help.

What is the situation in Japan now?

The society was in trouble and the people were poor.

The emerging large-scale textile industry completely changed the existing textile model, and except for Mitsubishi, which offered good salaries and conditions, other textile factories were more and more oppressive.

Due to the Chinese immigration and the development of India, Southeast Asia, America and the Arabian World, the price of cloth in China has increased to a certain extent compared with the original. Some Chinese cloth merchants even came to Japan to harvest. A group of Japanese textile companies led by Mitsubishi finally had a chance to breathe and became more prosperous.

Because China's inland areas have begun to grow higher-quality long-staple cotton on a large scale, the price of Indian cotton has been falling, which has given Japanese textile companies room to survive. At least, they can support themselves more comfortably with Japan's cheap labor.

However, the problem of Japan's precious metal outflow cannot be solved at all.

Unless Japan closes its doors to the outside world again, their domestic silver and gold will continue to flow to China.

Tokugawa Ieharu now dreams of the "good" days twenty years ago. How comfortable Japan was at that time. If Japan dares to close its doors to the outside world again, the Chinese Southeast Navy will dare to burn Edo.

All Japan can do now is to export manpower. The security team and the volunteer team have swallowed up a large number of lower-class samurai in Japan, allowing bankrupt samurai families to continue. Even if these people's loyalty has become China, many people have left Japan, and Tokugawa Ieharu doesn't care at all.

Japan will never lack lower-class samurai who are so poor that they only have a life and a sword.

What Tokugawa Ieharu regrets is the gold and silver earned by these people.

Huayuan can be exchanged for gold.

If these people transfer the Huayuan they earn every year to the country, Japan's Huayuan reserves will usher in a big expansion. The Japanese government has enough Huayuan in its hands, so when they trade with Chinese businessmen and the Chinese government, they don't have to use gold to offset it.

Now Chen Yu has come up with a good idea for Tokugawa Ieharu. A large number of Japanese workers are exported abroad, and these people earn Huayuan. However, the people were controlled by the shogunate. They had to send the Huayuan they earned back to their home country for their families to spend. Then, through the hands of the bank, these Huayuan could be converted into Japanese yen of equal value printed by the Japanese shogunate itself...

Although it is reasonable to say that these Japanese yen can also be exchanged for gold, as long as these people have expenses, gold is not as convenient as Japanese yen. Most people will spend the money they get, at least most of it, instead of saving it all.

This is a very good and wonderful method, which can make up for the financial hole of the shogunate to a certain extent. Tokugawa Ieharu was overjoyed when he received this letter. According to this method, he can play a "reform".

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"Your Majesty, Tokugawa Ieharu's ship has arrived at the Xiaguan Wharf, and His Royal Highness Prince Ju has a good conversation with him..."