Tokugawa Taiyasu was very forward-looking and knew that a single spark could start a prairie fire.
Now, it was no longer even a spark, but a mountain fire on Bowangpo, which made him unbearably hot.
This means that the fifteen countries in the South China Sea will no longer recognize the Tokugawa Shogunate, but will deal directly with Yoshitomo Takeda.
Although Tokugawa Taiyasu hated the Fifteen Kingdoms of the South China Sea for referring to deer as horses, he had no way to change the status quo.
Unless he has the absolute strength to challenge the fifteen countries of the South China Sea, beat them to the ground and recognize the authority of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
With Yan Qi supporting the fifteen countries in the South China Sea, there is really nothing they can do.
Public opinion makes gold, but accumulation destroys bones!
Tokugawa Taiyasu first felt the feeling of being swept into the dustbin of history.
He knew that the official channels between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the fifteen countries in the South China Sea had been blocked.
However, business must continue normally.
Without commerce, where would there be money?
Without money, how to develop armaments and fight against Yan Qi?
Tokugawa Taiyasu immediately found Maekawa Katsuo, who had been the best envoy to foreign countries, and asked him to mobilize private trade associations through private channels and achieve commercial business through popular routes.
Maekawa Katsuo did not dare to delay and went to take care of the matter immediately.
Tokugawa Taiyasu still felt that it was not appropriate enough.
The ominous premonition is getting stronger and stronger.
"It seems that even if we ignore the complaints, we must hurry up and prepare the army."
Originally, Tokugawa Taiyasu did not want to capture the young man by force.
This will arouse public outrage and make everyone despise the Tokugawa shogunate.
But, it's different now.
Yan Qi's oppression is getting heavier and heavier.
How can we recruit soldiers without catching strong men?
Everything has to be prepared, and there is no way to control the complaints of the people.
At the same time, he sent a secret message to Tokugawa Ishiaki overnight, asking him to keep a close eye on Jiuzhou Island and never let Yan Qi cause any trouble again.
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Three days passed.
Bad news came again.
Maekawa Katsuo ran to see Tokugawa Seihiko in despair: "Sir, it's not good, the countries in the South China Sea have united and released the news."
"What's the news?" Tokugawa Taiyasu asked in a hurry.
Maekawa Katsuo said: "The settlement center for the trade between Japan and the countries in the South China Sea is located on Kyushu Island."
"In other words, whether it is private trade or official trade, the trade procedures and customs inspections between Japan and the South China Sea countries must be completed on Jiuzhou Island."
"That doesn't make sense."
Tokugawa Taiyasu was furious: "I don't agree, I absolutely agree."
Maekawa Katsuo looked confused.
I thought: Don’t you agree that there is a bird for it?
The fifteen countries in the South China Sea unanimously approved it, do you still have any choice?
If you don't agree, the business will be over.
However, as long as you do business with the countries in the South China Sea, settlement must be done on Jiuzhou Island.
Tokugawa Taiyasu yelled like crazy for a long time.
Confused.
He understands that Yan Qi's move can be said to be an extension of the trade war after rectifying the diplomatic war.
Yanqi used diplomatic warfare to weaken the official image of the Tokugawa shogunate and prevent everyone from official communication with the Tokugawa shogunate.
At the same time, a trade war started again, which not only cut off the tax revenue of the Tokugawa shogunate, but also made the Japanese business bosses understand that the Takeda shogunate was about to rise.
If you want to do business with the countries in the South China Sea, you must unite with Yoshitomo Takeda and go to Kyushu Island for trade settlement.
All taxes must go through Yoshitomo Takeda.
Tokugawa Taiyasu was going crazy.
Yan Qi moved his wrist slightly, and the Tokugawa shogunate's diplomacy completely came to a halt, and trade came to a complete standstill.
Of course, the wallet is also empty.
Tokugawa Taiyasu originally had a good idea.
stay patient
Heart, stretch the line, and confront Yoshitomo Takeda.
Even if he fights for ten years, he can still hold on.
However, due to Yan Qi's actions, diplomacy collapsed, business stopped, and the money bag was empty.
How does this hold up for ten years?
The confidence he maintained for ten years came from his control of the Japanese country's grand strategy.
But now, he has completely lost his direction.
The point is that there is no money.
Let alone ten years, according to this situation, it will not last for three months.
Tokugawa Taiyasu grinned and immediately sent a secret message to Tokugawa Ishiaki: "Strict investigation, strict investigation. If any caravan dares to go to Kyushu Island, it will be disguised as pirates and sunk."
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Tokugawa Ishiaki received the letter and felt even more headache.
Because, Tokugawa Taiyasu's letter was too late.
Cargo ships from various countries in the South China Sea, as well as cargo ships from Japan, rushed to Jiuzhou Island in groups.
Tokugawa Ishiaki wanted to dress up as a pirate and sink ships.
But, he couldn't do it.
Because, Xu Tianhu watched with eagerness and used eagle eyes to monitor everything.
Xu Tianhu's combined fleet of 300,000 people was divided into countless tofu blocks and patrolled the sea, providing the greatest security support to the business team.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a real pirate or a fake pirate in disguise, there is no return.
A shot of gun output.
Their bodies sinking into the sea is their final destination.
Tokugawa Ishiaki was quite anxious.
Unless he tears off his disguise and hunts down the trading ship with a large force, he can sink it.
However, this exposed his identity.
The South China Sea Combined Fleet will inevitably intervene.
In the end, it will still lead to the tragic situation of the fifteen countries in the South China Sea jointly besieging the Tokugawa shogunate.
It's scary to think about how things have developed to this point.
…
Yan Qi and Takeda Yoshitomo appeared at the dock.
These Japanese private business groups are inextricably linked to the Thirty-six Zaibatsu.
They were all middlemen controlled by the Thirty-six Zaibatsu.
Now, they are out of the control of the Thirty-Six Chaebols and have become real bosses themselves.
Yanqi and Yoshitomo Takeda came forward to support their business activities and praised them strongly in front of the Thirty-six Zaibatsu.
Thirty-six chaebols dare to be angry but dare not speak out.
Because today's business relations have completely changed.
Under Yan Qi's initiative, Yoshitomo Takeda cut the business into tofu cubes, and there would never be another behemoth like the Zaibatsu.
No one among them can control the other.
The only one who can control them is the Takeda Shogunate.
The thirty-six chaebols were devastated.
Although Takeda Yoshitomo still gave them glory and wealth and allowed them to serve as officials in the shogunate, how could they be as wealthy as before?
Dajiangdong will never look back.
The Thirty-Six Zaibatsu had no choice but to accept their fate.
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The current situation was created by Yan Qi.
Yanqi controlled the commerce and diplomacy of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the Tokugawa shogunate would become a penniless poor man.
Next, all that is left for Tokugawa Taiyasu is resistance to being oppressed to the extreme.
What Yan Qi was waiting for was Tokugawa Taiyasu's resistance.
And, it won’t be long.
As little as one month, as many as three months.
…
Tokugawa Ishiaki sent word back to the capital that commerce was out of control.
Tokugawa Taiyasu received the letter, and his heart was full of gloom.
Anger has left him speechless.
Things have developed to this point and are no longer something that wisdom can solve.
Only war can destroy everything.
Tokugawa Taiyasu was so angry that he went to see Tokugawa Chenghiko and said word for word: "Master Ying, I want to recruit one million soldiers to conquer Jiuzhou Island and fight Yan Qi to the death."
