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Volume 1 Chapter 1694 This is just the beginning (some words at the end of the chapter)

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    Will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of China visit Japan in person?  When they heard the news, Tokugawa Tadaka and Ii Naotaka were both very surprised.  But they quickly calmed down. As the crown prince of the Celestial Dynasty and the nominal commander-in-chief of this war, whether he was signing an agreement or showing off his country's military power, it was justifiable and normal for him to come.  If the Han prince comes in person, then they still have to go to Kyoto this time - although they surrendered to the Han, in the eyes of others, they are still the sinners of the Tokugawa family. If they can welcome the Han  If His Highness the Crown Prince's opportunity is approved by him, it will be a great thing for them to stabilize their position.  "In this case, I will definitely go to Kyoto to listen to His Highness's instructions!" After thinking of this, both of them immediately changed their previous hesitations and respectfully requested to go to Kyoto.  After giving them the order, Zhou Pu sent them on the way to Kyoto the next day, while he temporarily stayed in Nara City, continuing to issue messages, stabilize order in various parts of Japan, and at the same time accept the surrender of daimyo everywhere.  .  Although the scale of this war was large, the Han troops advanced very quickly, and it took only three months to decisively defeat the shogunate. At this time, although many places received notices from the shogunate requesting rescue, they were unable to rescue them at all -  - Or rather, they simply did not dare to come to the rescue, so in the end it evolved into a war process in which the Han followed Kyushu and then landed on Honshu, directly attacked Kinki and finally went straight to Kanto. Most places were not touched by the Han army at all.  In order to reduce time and casualty costs, and to create a situation of surrender before the Crown Prince came, Zhou Pu began to constantly urge the wealthy families in these places to surrender quickly, such as the Maeda family, the Uesugi family, and the Date family.  On Shikoku Island, there were two great lords who dominated the entire island - the Hachisuka family of the Tokushima Domain and the Yamauchi family of the Tosa Domain.  These two families are both big names confirmed by the shogunate and dominate almost the entire Shikoku Island. However, after the big Han came, they wisely chose to sit on the sidelines like other families, and finally saved their wealth. Zhou Pu believed that under his own pressure  Next, these two families will definitely rush to bow before His Highness the Crown Prince. ? ?p>Since the Han Dynasty landed in Kyushu, from Nagasaki Kurume, to Himeji, to Osaka and Kyoto, then to Nara, and finally to the Tama River, the Han Dynasty has won all the battles with an upright attitude.  These glorious victories not only allowed the Han Dynasty to defeat the shogunate, but also gave Zhou Pu unparalleled prestige in Japan. Zhou Pu was now so proud that he did not believe that anyone dared to disobey his orders.  With the efforts of Zhou Pu and Zhao Song, the originally chaotic order of the Japanese archipelago slowly moved towards peace. Under the pressure of the Han, forces and wealthy families in various places who had not directly fought against the Han made it clear that they  Surrender.  After quickly pacifying Japan, the time for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to visit Japan in person finally arrived.  One morning in early autumn, His Royal Highness the Prince of Han Dynasty and his accompanying officials arrived outside the Port of Busan, preparing to board a ship bound for Japan.  Because His Highness the Crown Prince has not yet arrived in person, they are now gathering together in twos and threes, chatting and waiting for His Highness.  Some of these officials were assistants who assisted His Royal Highness in the war, and some were civil affairs officials who the Han Dynasty prepared to temporarily second to handle local government affairs in response to the Japanese court's request.  The former were high-spirited because of the victory in the war, because they knew that for such meritorious service this time, they would be rewarded by the court after returning to the capital. The latter were also smug, because they knew that they could definitely do it after arriving in Japan with the help of the Han's military power.  Officials who speak their minds, some of them are even thinking about how to take the opportunity to secretly make a fortune from it.  Because of these reasons, they all feel very comfortable and high-spirited, just waiting for the ship to set sail.  At this moment, the mood of His Highness the Prince of Han, who was sitting in the carriage and preparing to go to Busan Port, was not as relaxed and happy as his officials.  This is not that he is dissatisfied with the war, nor is he dissatisfied with the achievements of his subordinates. It is just that as His Royal Highness, he knows that defeating the opponent militarily is only the beginning of all problems. There are still many problems to come.  Wait for him to deal with it and resolve it.  "So, my father is planning to forcefully implement banknotes in Japan?" His Royal Highness the Prince calmly asked a young official next to him in the speeding carriage.  "This is indeed your Majesty's intention." The young official replied respectfully, "I was sent here by the imperial court just for this matter. We must not make any mistakes." The official's name is Yu Ying.  Chao Chao is an official of the Ministry of Finance. He used to specialize in financial matters because he assisted the Minister of Finance, Ping Ping Hou Chen Hong, to establish theBecause of his meritorious service in Dahan Bank, he was highly regarded by the Prime Minister of Commerce and was regarded as one of the most promising young officials in Dahan. He is now the assistant manager of Dahan Bank.  "This matter is of great importance. Please be careful and never ignore it!" After receiving his affirmative reply, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not surprised. He solemnly told him again, "What the soldiers at the front have gained through bloody battles is  We can¡¯t squander the results easily!¡± ¡°Your Highness, please rest assured that I have been planning this matter for a long time and have made all preparations. Even the initial banknotes are ready.¡±  Yu Yingchao immediately lowered his head and replied, "As long as we can act without constraints, I am confident that we can achieve our mission and we will never dare to chill the soldiers!" "That's good." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded.  In the plan of the Han court, they will seize a large amount of precious metals such as gold and silver from Japan. Even copper, as an important strategic material, will be transported to the Han Dynasty in large quantities. However, this will bring about a problem - Japan is obviously  There will be a massive outflow of precious metals.  A large amount of precious metals are flowing out. If nothing is done, prices will skyrocket. By then, almost all officials and people in Japan will fall into extreme poverty. They may not be willing to starve to death. There will definitely be chaos everywhere, which will make the big man's  The repressive forces are exhausted.  If the big Han wants to plunder Japan at the lowest cost, he can't just kill and rob Japan like ordinary barbarians. As a country with a population of tens of millions, if they have to trap them to death, the big Han will have to spend a lot of money.  It can only be quelled by huge military expenditures, but the original intention will be completely lost.  Therefore, how to maintain the general stability of Japan while allowing the Han Dynasty to extract as much benefit as possible has become a problem before the Han Dynasty court and His Highness the Crown Prince.  In order to deal with this possible situation, after discussions between the Prime Minister and various relevant cabinet ministries, everyone decided to set up a special Han government agency in Japan after the two countries began to sign a peace treaty, the Monetary Affairs Bureau, to be responsible for the precious metals in Japan.  In the face of massive losses, banknotes were gradually used to maintain Japan's domestic currency and economy to prevent the country from total collapse.  China has a long history of using banknotes, but the previous dynasties did not have very strict financial operations. They liked to issue banknotes indiscriminately, which eventually made the credit of banknotes worthless. Of course, these lessons were learned by the Han Dynasty.  Yingchao and the others will go to Japan, and their special responsibility is to use banknotes to stabilize prices and maintain the value of banknotes.  Yu Yingchao and others planned to put out banknotes on a small scale first, backed by the credit of the Han Dynasty. Every time they took away gold and silver from Japan, they would slowly put in banknotes at a fixed ratio until Japan finally used banknotes as the main currency.  , to deal with the dilemma of loss of precious metals.  Of course, while helping Japan stabilize its economy, the Currency Bureau will also become an institution that controls Japan's economy - by then, all the power to issue banknotes will be in the hands of the Han Dynasty. How much and how to issue banknotes will be decided by the Han court. In a divided Japan,  The entire economy will become a vassal of the Han Dynasty.  At the same time, the ambition of the Han Dynasty court was not just that. They also wanted to make Japan's monetary policy an experimental institution, accumulate experience in using banknotes to maintain a country's economy, and finally gradually implement the use of banknotes in the Han Dynasty.  to supplement and replace the circulation of gold and silver currency - His Majesty, in particular, is interested in this.  Although I don¡¯t understand why my father is so interested in banknotes, since this is my father¡¯s will, of course His Royal Highness will fully cooperate. In addition, the situation in Japan really requires an institution to stabilize the large outflow of precious metals.  Therefore, he also has high hopes for this monetary situation.  Because Japan¡¯s most prosperous economy is the commercial district from Osaka to Sakai City, the Currency Bureau will be placed in Osaka in the future, controlling the circulation and issuance of banknotes at any time through the information it possesses, and remotely controlling Japan¡¯s prices and economy.  By then, the mission stationed in Kyoto, coupled with the monetary and political bureau stationed in Osaka, and the garrisons in various places, they can be said to be a three-pronged military, economic and diplomatic approach, becoming the main pillar for the Han to dominate and control Japan. Through these arrangements  , the Han Dynasty will also be able to firmly control this country in his hands, just like how he treats Goryeo now.  After discussing with Yu Yingchao and others, His Royal Highness finally arrived at the Busan port. Under the respectful eyes of the officials, he took the lead in boarding the ship.  Transported by a large number of warships, the fleet left the mainland in a mighty manner, and after a voyage of nearly two days, they arrived in Osaka.  At this time, Zhou Pu had arrived at Osaka City, waiting for the arrival of His Royal Highness.  Because of Zhou Pu¡¯s advance arrangements, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and others received a warm welcome in Osaka. Not only Zhou Pu and local officials, but also many citizens were walking around, wanting to see the Crown Prince Palace of the Celestial Dynasty.?¡¯s true appearance.  However, after his experience in Goryeo, His Royal Highness no longer paid attention to the vanity of appearing in front of others. Instead, he felt a little tired. Therefore, he did not stay in Osaka for long and soon left for Osaka.  Kyoto, Japan.  Zhou Pu also marched with His Highness the Crown Prince, and the more than a thousand officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty who marched with him all the way became the guard of honor for His Highness the Crown Prince. They all put on brand-new military uniforms, and they were all high-spirited.  It can be described as majestic.  After two more days of stop-and-go, this mighty army finally arrived in Kyoto.  Because in the previous war, the shogunate army gave up Kyoto without a fierce battle, so Kyoto has not been damaged by the war and has generally maintained its previous scenery, except that the Nijo Castle of the Tokugawa family was burned down. In Japan  After the imperial court returned to Kyoto, all order was quickly restored, and the city slowly regained its prosperity.  The Japanese court also regarded welcoming the crown prince as a top priority. It had been preparing almost since the end of the war. They did not hesitate to spend their lives to please the crown prince. Thanks to their efforts, the entire Kyoto was decorated with lanterns.  The colorful decorations, coupled with the lush season of late summer and early autumn, make it feel like you are in a garden.  Under the clear blue sky, the suburbs of Kyoto were already bustling with noise. People gathered here one after another, waiting for the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of China.  Just when the time was about to reach the scheduled moment, a thick red cloud appeared outside the horizon. This thick cloud was bright and dazzling, and ignited a flame in everyone's sight.  In order to show off their military prowess, the Han army that came with His Royal Highness today specially formed a marching formation for the review. The officers in front were all wearing brand new uniforms, riding horses, sitting upright, and wearing various dazzling ornaments on their chests.  medals, and every copper button on the uniform is dazzlingly bright.  And every soldier was full of energy, showing an energetic face, and seemed to be rejoicing for the honor of walking with His Highness the Crown Prince.  Each cavalryman had his equipment polished and his horses were carefully cared for. Their coats shone like satin.  Looking at this mighty army pressing forward, even though they knew in their hearts that these were just guards, everyone couldn't help but breathe a little faster - in the past few months, the military power of the Han Dynasty has been completely engraved on almost everyone.  In everyone's heart, these Japanese who obeyed the strong were subconsciously afraid.  As everyone watched, a carriage pulled by four pure white horses galloped along the wide road beside the woods.  The carriage was surrounded by a large group of uniformed attendants and mounted guards.  The identity of the person in the carriage was identified in an unmistakable way.  As the distance got closer and closer, the rumble of horse hooves became louder and louder, and finally it seemed to step on everyone's heart.  When everyone began to hold their breath respectfully, the carriage finally stopped.  Then, under everyone¡¯s gaze, the door of the carriage opened, a young man took the lead and stepped out of the carriage, and several people behind him also filed out.  When the young man stood on the ground, he quietly glanced at the people in front of him, his attitude was calm, but also contained inexplicable majesty. And the moment he stood still, almost everyone knelt down and  This heartfelt form of tribute paid tribute to His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of the Celestial Dynasty.  His Highness the Crown Prince was not touched by this. He just waved his hand calmly to signal everyone to excuse themselves, and then he walked forward directly.  The leader of the people who greeted him was naturally Masahito, the former emperor of Japan and the king of Japan. This middle-aged man had shaved his head before, so although he has started to grow his hair again, his hair is still only a short length.  After wearing the robe, he looks a bit nondescript no matter how he looks at it.  After seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming in front of him, Zhengren did not dare to neglect and kowtowed slightly to him again.  "Chen Zhengren, pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" "Your Majesty, please rise." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince immediately held up his hands to help him get up, and looked at him with a smile, "My Lord, now that the riots in your country have been eliminated, and the traitor has been crowned the leader, your country has been restored.  I have returned to the hands of the king, and I ask you to manage the government in a clear way and take care of the people!" "The kindness of the heaven to me will never be redeemed by my death." Zhengren kowtowed slightly again, and then stood up unsteadily.  Looking at His Highness the Crown Prince with gratitude, "I will be a vassal for the Heavenly Dynasty forever and ever!" Both of them knew that these were just words for the occasion, and Zhengren didn't like to kowtow to the big man even more, but they both said the words very well and showed enough  The harmony also immediately showed the status difference between the two countries.  Japanese people are generally short, and the prince¡¯sHe has a strong physique and has had plenty of food since he was a child. Therefore, although he is only fourteen years old, he is about the same size as Zhengren. At the same time, because of his experience in these days, he has become more heroic. When he stands with Zhengren,  , completely dwarfing Zhengren.  The prince of China and North Korea is worthy of being a dragon and a phoenix among men!  Even among Japanese ministers, many people think so.  After the initial greetings of the ceremony were completed, under the leadership of Zhengren, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and other large groups came to Kyoto.  At first, Zhengren wanted to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince live in his imperial residence. However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince no longer wanted to live in the same place as the monarch because of his previous experience in Goryeo. At his request, Zhou Pu specially gave it to him.  He found another residence - Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto.  Founded in the Kamakura period of Japan, Daitoku-ji Temple is one of the largest temples near Gyeonggi Province and the fundamental center of Zen Buddhism. It is especially famous in Japan for its tea ceremony culture.  During the wars after the Kamakura period, Daitoku-ji Temple was burned down. However, after decades of wandering and preaching, the famous Master Ikkyu became the abbot of Daitoku-ji Temple at the age of eighty and rebuilt Daitoku-ji Temple.  temple.  To this day, Daitokuji Temple still preserves the ink written by Master Ikkyu.  His Highness the Crown Prince was quite satisfied with using this Zen and Han-style temple as his place to stay.  And here, he summoned the Japanese daimyo who came to Kyoto to worship one by one, whether it was the Shimazu family, the Mori family, which had surrendered long ago, or the Uesugi family, which later joined the Maeda family, the Date family, or even the former enemies, the Tokugawa family.  Representatives of the Kawa family, Tokugawa Tadaga and Ii Naotaka, and His Highness the Crown Prince received them very gently and left a deep impression on them.  The big men are cruel and ruthless in fighting, but if you obey them, they will be so gentle and gentle. It is really unpredictable that the power of God is unpredictable.  Also inside Tokudai Temple, the peace talks between the Han Dynasty and Japan were also in full swing.  At the beginning of the negotiations, the Han Dynasty first established itself as a suzerain state and designated Japan as a vassal.  No one objects to this, because the Japanese court had already made such a plan when it borrowed troops, so now it is just a matter of fulfilling its promise, and the other daimyo are even more indifferent. In their view, as long as they can keep  It doesn't matter if there is a Han Dynasty court in your own territory.  After receiving the title of suzerainty, the Han Dynasty then made a request to cede Nagasaki City as the territory of the Han Dynasty, liberalize trade between the two countries, and use Nagasaki as a commercial port. No one objected to this.  ¡ª¡ªThe imperial court has never acquired these territories, so it doesn't care, and the other daimyo don't care either. The entire island of Kyushu is now in the hands of the Shimazu family, and they have no interest in arguing with the Han Dynasty for the sake of the Shimazu family.  The next conditions were not so smooth. After all the previous conditions were agreed, the Han Dynasty formally proposed the cost of sending troops and compensation, and demanded that the entire country of Japan compensate the Han Dynasty 30 million taels of gold and silver.  This huge amount frightened the court and the daimyo who were present. Although they had thought that the big man would definitely ask for a large sum of money, this figure still exceeded their expectations. They all said that the amount was too large and the locals could not afford it.  .  Even the Japanese court, which had previously promised to make every effort to repay the Han Dynasty, changed its tone, saying that such an amount was really unreachable, and asked the court to be lenient and reduce or reduce the amount as appropriate.  /p> The big man originally came here for these things, how can he get exemptions now?  Just when the negotiations began to reach a deadlock, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince appeared in person. His attitude had changed drastically compared to when he first arrived. He coldly rebuked the Japanese court and the daimyo for appearing to be loyal and obedient but actually being treacherous and contemptuous of the great men.  Under the personal rebuke and threats from His Highness the Crown Prince, everyone began to recall the terror of the Han army. Although some were unwilling to do so, they had to accept the conditions proposed by the Han.  But accepting this condition does not mean that they can get the money.  After years of suppression by the shogunate, the daimyo in various places and the Japanese court were very poor, and their finances were already in difficulty. How could they have so much money in their hands to compensate the Han Dynasty?  Even the shogunate itself, due to the wars in the past few months, was on the verge of financial collapse. The treasury was already basically empty, and it could no longer spend much money to compensate the big man.  However, this did not trouble the negotiators of the Han Dynasty at all. They had prepared means for this situation before. They demanded to take over all gold and silver mines in Japan before the compensation was paid off.  Travel taxes were used to accumulate compensation in these ways, with the aim of paying off the compensation within thirty years.  Although this method can be regarded as a realistic solution, it still aroused opposition from some daimyo - Japan's gold and silver mountains are unevenly distributed, and most of them are distributed in the hands of daimyo from various places, and these mines?It can be said to be the financial lifeblood of their territory, and they are unwilling to give it away easily.  But the officials of the Han Dynasty were very strong. They made it clear that the matter was non-negotiable and must be solved according to this method. They also secretly threatened that if anyone dared to resist, they would raise troops to attack these wealthy families.  At this time, because the matter had nothing to do with them, the Japanese court and other daimyo chose to avoid it, leaving these dissenting daimyo even more isolated.  After several days of persistence, and under the threat of the somewhat fed-up Han officials, "If you don't give it, our Han army will take it ourselves," these great names finally agreed to the conditions put forward by the Han, and reluctantly gave their own  The mines in the territory were managed and operated by big men.  Under the planning of the Han court, these gold and silver mines will be placed in the hands of the Osaka Monetary Government and become the assets of the Han Bank. The gold and silver precious metals they produce will also be continuously transported to the Han Dynasty as "year-old tribute."  "In the name of Dahan Bank, it was transported to Dahan Bank to support the country's continuous vigorous economic development, and also allowed those in charge of Dahan Bank to get enough benefits from the war to support their continued desire for war.  The Currency Bureau itself will also serve as an economic institution and begin to try to run an economic structure in Japan that relies on paper currency to accumulate reliable experience and problem-solving methods for Dahan's future currency reform.  When all these conditions were negotiated, all the Han's expectations for Japan before the war had been realized. Of course, this was not achieved through negotiation but through the force of the Han army and navy. With the efforts of the Han army, a  The island country, which had been isolated overseas for many years and had refused to accept the king's rule, was finally drawn into the system of the Chinese Empire and became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty.  Seeing that he has achieved such great achievements, His Highness the Crown Prince is very satisfied.  However, he also knew that conquering Japan was just the beginning. For the sake of the Zhao family and the people of China, the father and son still had a long way to go.  When leaving the capital, His Royal Highness the Prince once wrote a poem, one of which was "I will not teach the island barbarians to steal the sun, but my country will be the prestige of all nations." However, he has learned enough geography knowledge and knows that now the Han Dynasty  Although he has already dominated one side, he is still far from reaching the point of "distributing the power of the country to all nations", but he is confident and complacent. He firmly believes that as long as he follows the path of his father, the Han Dynasty will eventually be able to reach this point.  one step.  Even if his generation can't do it, his son, his grandson they can definitely do it - of course, the premise of all this is to keep this country with the most powerful force.  With the population and wealth of the Han Dynasty, he believed that as long as he took the right path, this was definitely not a delusion.  Just after the peace treaty was signed, he made a request to the Japanese court and these daimyo to hire a large number of ronin samurai and take them to sea to fight.  And this request was immediately agreed to by them who didn't know why - during the Warring States Period, the number of samurai under each feudal daimyo greatly expanded. After the country was at peace, these overpopulated samurai became a big problem because there was not enough space.  He and his salary came to accommodate them. As early as the shogunate era, the important ministers of the shogunate felt very troublesome about these ronai. Now that the big man wanted to take them away, these daimyo felt relieved.  They don¡¯t know that these ronin will become cannon fodder when the Han fights with the Spanish and other enemies in the future. Even if they know, they probably won¡¯t care.  *********** Because I am busy at work, and because I have some new ideas, after the code word update, I am not like I used to gossip a lot to communicate with everyone.  Today I have finished writing about Japan, and it is the first day after the holiday when there are not many things to do, so I want to say a few words.  I made a lot of new attempts in the Japanese chapter, not only for this book, but also for the next one. Such changes and attempts are much more tiring than writing according to my own heart, and the attempts have successes and failures.  I will keep learning from my experiences and avoid those that failed.  The attempts of this nearly year made me understand. It is not suitable for writing gorgeous slender and snowy and snowy moon. I am still suitable for accumulating iron -blooded sandwiches. Then, I will write me suitable.  The reason why I tried this is because although readers like it very much, from Evil Ming to Da Ming Takeo, they are having a hard time adapting the copyright. Lao Bai also wanted to make a TV series, movie, game or something, so he tried to change it.  I am going to write about scribes and civil servants in my next book. After struggling a lot, I now understand that this path will not work.  Regardless of copyrighted adaptations, I still write what I am good at writing. The only truth is that readers like to read it. I have always used this sentence to educate others, but I ended up being confused. I am really ashamed.  I don¡¯t want to say so muchI rely on these words to gain everyone's support. Whether you support it or not depends on how my new book is. If you like it, you will support me.  In the next few days, I will write one or more chapters intermittently, describing the style of the new dynasty in the book, soothing myself, switching back to my accustomed writing style, and then finishing the book.  If nothing else happens, the new book will be about Bian Town
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