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Chapter 219 The short history of ocean navigation of Japan

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    In any case, Burigude listened to the old lama's words. He took the old lama's autographed letter, a hundred people's guards, five hundred horses, and the grain and grass bought at a high price from Li Rubai and set out on the road!

    Burigude wanted to rush back to Chahanhot in the shortest possible time and persuade Lin Danhan to send the things Zhu Youxiao wanted to Beijing before the year, although Burigude felt that this was a completely impossible task.  , but for the future of grassland and Lin Danhan, he had to work hard to make this happen!

    And this negotiation also taught the officials of the Ministry of Rites the most vivid lesson. All of them, including Gong Nai, began to reflect on this negotiation method and its effects!

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    In the planning, winning thousands of miles away!

    These words that literati were accustomed to flaunting their martial arts repeatedly appeared in their minds. Finally, the officials of the Ministry of Rites came to the conclusion that literati could expand territories without relying on swords and guns!

    Of course, Zhu Youxiao dispelled this extremely arrogant idea three times, five by two, and finally made these civil servants obediently become handymen in the military aircraft department. They had to learn how to do things while familiarizing themselves with the government affairs of the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty.  Use words and words to fight for the interests of Ming Dynasty!

    It was during this kind of hard work and study that these officials of the Ministry of Rites understood a very important truth. When negotiating with other countries, all the information they had was obtained through countless Jinyiwei spies.  After a lot of hard work, even at the cost of his life!

    And the reason why they dare to sternly rebuke each other in front of foreigners and ridicule each other without scruples is because Ming Dynasty has powerful military power, which is enough to ensure that no foreigners dare to disrespect Ming Dynasty!

    Just when Burigude left the capital and rushed to Chahanhot, ten Japanese customs ships docked at Shanghai Port, where construction was under way!

    The so-called Kansun is the basic model of the Japanese sea-going ship. This kind of ship is a sea-going ship with paddles and sails. The ship is pointed at the front and flat at the back. The bow is equipped with a long metal ram, and the hull is surrounded by shields, like a closed ship.  The box and the sail are installed on the top of the ship, and there are oars ranging from 60 to 80 on both sides!

    When the ship is sailing, the sails are used. When fighting, the sails are furled and the mast is lowered, and the oars are used to slide. There are about a hundred archers or musketeers in the ship. The combat capability is pretty good, but it lacks the means of long-range attacks!

    In addition, there are two development models of Kanbune. The large offshore warship is called Anzhabune, and the small fast warship is called Kohayabune. These three warships are basically the main warships of the Japanese Warring States Period!

    However, there was a leap-forward development in the long maritime history of Japan. In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli (1609), a Spanish galleon sank in a storm off the coast of Japan.

    Fortunately, more than 300 survivors on the ship were rescued. These people also had to stay in Japan because of the destruction of the ship. And among these people happened to be Rodrigo, the then Spanish Governor in the Philippines.

    The governor-general was living in Japan, so he naturally wanted to go to America as soon as possible. In order to get the support of the Japanese shogunate, he had to go to Edo to meet with the second-generation shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada.

    During his meeting with Tokugawa Hidetada, Governor Degri assured the shogun that Spanish America could bring trade on a scale that far exceeded that of the Dutch. This won Tokugawa Hidetada's favor and helped him gain traction with the outside world.  Contacted.

    Later, in order to occupy the Japanese market, Governor Degli even suggested dispatching fifty mining experts from Mexico to Japan to assist in the domestic silver mining work in exchange for the Tokugawa Shogunate agreeing to protect the Japanese territory.  Clergy of God!

    In the thirty-eighth year of Wanli (1610), Tokugawa Hidetada ordered the San Buenaventra to escort Governor Degri and others back to America. At the same time, Tokugawa Hidetada also lent Governor Degri four thousand gold coins as travel expenses.

    During this voyage, the Japanese nation sent the first mission to the Americas in history, and the Viceroyalty of Mexico also sent Sebastian Vizcano as ambassador to Japan in the 41st year of Wanli (1613).

    Carrying the four thousand gold coins returned to the shogun, the ambassador returned to Asia on the San Buenaventra, which had stayed in the Americas for a long time, starting a short history of exchanges between Japan and the Americas!

    However, Governor Degri's suggestion to support the Japanese country was not implemented. All colonial forces, including Mexico, had reservations about supporting the Japanese country.

    Because they are very afraid of Japan as an island country. If they develop mature voyage capabilities with the help of the West, they will break the West¡¯s power in the Pacific region.monopoly position.

    The Tokugawa shogunate was very interested in the trans-Pacific trade at that time. Not only did it take the initiative to send envoys to visit the Americas, it also began to organize manpower to build a Western-style sailing ship that could meet this task!

    ??Also in the 41st year of Wanli (1613), construction of a Date Maru, a complete imitation of the Spanish galleon, began in the northeastern part of Honshu, where the navigation industry was originally underdeveloped.

    It is recorded that the Date Maru had a displacement of up to 500 tons and was equipped with 16 special cannons. In order to build this large ship, the shogunate paid heavily for the help of Spanish and Portuguese engineers along the coast. At the same time, it used 800 shipbuilders and 700 shipbuilders.  A blacksmith and nearly 3,000 carpenters participated in its construction.

    In the end, it took forty-five days to complete the Date Maru, Japan¡¯s largest voyage sailing ship, which is called the San Juan Baptiste by Westerners!

    After the construction of the Date Maru was completed, on October 28, the 41st year of Wanli (1613), the Date Maru set out from the country of Japan and began its first trans-Pacific voyage.

    On this voyage, Date Maruage was assisted by more than forty Iberian sailors, twenty-two samurai, and more than three hundred businessmen from all over Japan.

    Of course, the most important passengers on this ship are the Japan-Kokuten-Jiao envoys led by Tsunech¨­ Hashikura, a Catholic Christian. The purpose of their voyage is not only to reach America, but also to  Continue sailing east to Europe to try to establish contact with the Holy See.

    Datemaru arrived at the Mexican port of Acapulco in January of the forty-third year of Wanli (1615). Hasekura Tsunenaga's envoy continued eastward, while the rest stayed in America for trade. At the same time, they were busy  Recruiting mining experts!

    In April of the following year, Date Maru, who had completed the trans-Pacific voyage, set sail back to Japan, and spent four months crossing the vast Pacific and returning to Japan.

    However, after returning to Japan, the crew members discovered that the policy direction of the shogunate authorities had changed dramatically, because under the persuasion of Miura Anzhen and Dutch businessmen, the shogunate began to embrace Spain, which belonged to the Catholic world.  There is great hostility.

    Coupled with the increasingly fierce conflict between the local parishes of Japan and the traditional feudal territories, Tokugawa Hidetada had to begin to implement the Catholic ban in order to maintain the shogunate's feudal rule over Japan!

    However, although the relationship between the Tokugawa shogunate and Spain broke down, in the forty-fourth year of Wanli (1616), Datemaru was sent to sail to Mexico again. The main purpose of this voyage was to bring Hasekura Tsune who had gone to Rome.  Chang and others took him back to Japan.

    However, changes in Japanese internal policies made the Spaniards particularly interested in the Japanese sailing ship Date Maru, so much so that reports of Date Maru's whereabouts were sent back from every place where it could be observed.

    During the continuous surveillance, the Spaniards discovered that the Date Maru was hit by a severe storm midway through the journey. Not only did a large number of crew members die, but the hull was also damaged until May of the forty-fifth year of Wanli (1617).  Just barely arrived in Acapulco.

    In the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618), Date Maru was repaired and arrived in the Philippines in the western Pacific carrying a large amount of American goods and Hasekura Tsunenaga's diplomatic mission.

    This time the Spanish decided not to let this Western-style sailing ship return to Japan. They forcibly bought the Date Maru on the grounds of resisting the attack of the Dutch East India Company, and Hasikura Tsunenaga and others were forced to stay in Manila.  In the forty-eighth year of Wanli (1620), he returned to the Japanese country with difficulty.

    However, with the increasingly serious anti-Catholic sentiment in Japan, Hasekura Tsunech¨­ went through all kinds of hardships on his trip to Europe, and all the diplomatic results he obtained were in vain, and Japan lost its  First opportunity to communicate with the West!

    According to the original historical trend, Japan fell into a period of isolation for more than 200 years. It was not until the Black Ship Incident occurred more than 200 years later that the shogunate resumed building a Western-style fleet.

    It¡¯s just that now that Zhu Youxiao, a feudal warmonger, has appeared, it is probably impossible for the Japanese country to live quietly behind closed doors!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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