"You mean to let the third child go through Iwami, Nagato, and Shufang, and then enter the Seto Inland Sea through the Kanmon Strait, then seize Shikoku, and finally land in the Kinai area of Japan?"
A map of Japan has been spread out in front of Zhu Youjian and Zhu Cixiang. The map also drew the marching route prescribed by Zhu Cihong for the third prince Zhu - to be honest, this route didn't even look right!
According to the route map drawn by Zhu Cixiang, Prince Zhu had to send troops from Nanao Castle on the Noto Peninsula (there is a very good natural bay under Nanao Castle), and then all the way west along the coastline of the northern Honshu Island of Japan, at Hamada Castle in Iwami Country Login.
After capturing Hamada Castle and Tsuwano Castle and uniting with Choshu Mori, they continued westward to the Kanmon Strait, then entered the Seto Inland Sea through the Kanmon Strait and then turned back east, conquering cities and occupying islands along the way, and finally advanced to Osaka Bay to land. ....This journey requires at least 2,700 miles of sea travel. Not to mention the long distance, but we also have to attack the city and occupy the island along the way!
Because the Seto Inland Sea is very narrow and has many straits and islands, when the Korean War was going on, the Tokugawa Shogunate deployed defenses in the Seto Inland Sea. A large number of coastal defense forts were built in the Kanmon Strait, Awaji Island, and Tatei Island (between Awaji Island and Iki Country). Without capturing those forts, Zhu San's fleet would not be able to enter Osaka Bay at all, so this journey would not be completed within a few years!
If we take the route from Kaga and Echizen to Kitaomi, it will only be 300 miles from Toyama Castle to Nagahama Castle. Moreover, Kaga and Echizen are the two countries that Shuzo and Emperor Komu must take. These two countries, plus the Noto country that is still under the control of the Maeda family, have a total territory of more than 1.2 million koku. If Emperor Zhu Cijiong and Emperor Komu want to place the direct northern samurai, they must take over enough land, so the three countries of Kaga, Noto, and Echizen must be taken!
Moreover, these three kingdoms are not difficult to defeat now, because the four feudal lords that occupy these three kingdoms, including Kanazawa Domain, Fukui Domain, Daishoji Domain, and Obama Domain, are also restricted by the heavy snow in the Northern Kingdom and cannot start building cities at all. Therefore, these three kingdoms still only have Kanazawa and Kanazawa. There are four fortified castles including Fukui, Daishoji, and Obama.
In addition, due to the fact that the pilgrimage meeting has just been cancelled, the samurai of the four domains living in Edo have no time to return to their homeland. Therefore, the current defense capabilities of these four domains are very weak and can easily be occupied by the armies of Emperor Shuzo and Emperor Komu.
After easily controlling the four feudal clans, the armies of Emperor Shuzo and Emperor Komu will probably be able to invade Kitaomi before late autumn tomorrow. And before the heavy snow closed the mountains, several castles were built on the shores of Lake Biwa as the starting point for the next attack on Kyoto.
If you are lucky, the armies of Zhu San and Emperor Komu will be able to invade Kyoto after the spring of the next year.
But Zhu Cixiang had other plans... In his opinion, the most valuable territory of Japan in the 17th century was not the Kinai Five Kingdoms. But the three kingdoms of Sado, Iwami, and Iyo. Because Sado Country owns the largest silver and gold mines in Japan, Iwami's Omori Ginzan is the second largest silver mine in Asia and also produces chalcopyrite, and Iyo Country on Shikoku Island has Besshi Copper Mountain, which is located very far away. For a long time, it was Asia's largest copper mine.
Gold, silver, and brass are all important raw materials for casting currency!
Zhu Cixiang already has a bank to mint coins. If he controls the raw materials for minting coins, will the right to mint coins in East Asia still be lost?
The right to mint money can in turn strengthen the credit of the Salt Bank, which is conducive to the Salt Bank using banknotes and multiplier effects to amplify the limited metal currency, thereby providing large and cheap funds for the capitalist construction of the Ming Dynasty.
And if Zhu Cihong wants to control the mines of Sado, Iwami and Iyo, he cannot let Zhu San and Emperor Komu control Kyoto and Osaka prematurely.
Because the industry and commerce in Kyoto and Osaka were also very developed, there were also two merchants specializing in the financial industry, and early banknotes (bills) silver and gold.
Moreover, Osaka merchants had been in the business of lending money to lords long before the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate. During the Tokugawa Shogunate era, there was even a saying that "when an Osaka merchant is angry, all the princes in the world will be shocked"!
From this perspective, Japan's financial industry at that time was even more developed than China's financial industry before Zhu Cihong founded the Salt Bank!
Therefore, once Zhu Cijiong and Kobuin control the five Kinai countries, they will definitely be able to rely on Osaka businessmen who are familiar with the financial industry and imitate the Salt Bank to establish their own "Bank of Japan." This is not conducive to the realization of "East Asia monetary integration"...
"Father, the third son will definitely support the march route proposed by my son..." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen did not believe his words, Zhu Cixiang smiled and said to his father Chongzhen, "Because the Tokugawa shogunate abolished the After the Kunichi Castle Order and the method of participating in the pilgrimage are explained, the following vassals can become independent. If Lao San has enough money, he can bribe these vassal lords who are greedy for money and want to march into the Kinai Five Kingdoms and Kanpachi. The state won’t have much difficulty.”
"Boss," Zhu Youjian shook his head, "Don't always think about spending money to buy it...because the territory bought with money is definitely not as reliable as the territory conquered with swords!"
"My father is wise," Zhu Cixiang quickly flattered him, "but in Japan, the one who conquers the world is the third child after all. Whether he fights or buys, you still have to listen to him... Why don't you send someone to take care of your ministers?" I suggest you tell the third child and let him make the choice."
"That's okay." Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "I will be outside, and I will not accept your life. Besides, the third child wants to be the emperor!"
"Father is wise!"
Zhu Cixiang said that his father was wise, but he knew it very well in his heart. Zhu Cijiong had no choice...because he had to listen to the Salt Bank!
Zhu Cijiong can not listen to Zhu Youjian, his biological father, but he has to listen to Zhu Cihong, his bank father!
Prince Zhu San is a filial son!
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"What? Going in such a big circle? Is this really what my brother means?"
In the spring of the 29th year of Kan'ei (Emperor Komu abolished the Keian era name after his restoration, and took out the Kan'ei era name that the Japanese people loved most), he was waiting for the Korean Navy at Uojin Port (it did not belong to the Kingdom of Korea, but It was an armed merchant ship from the Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands hired by Ning Wang Zhu Cijiong, and it was marked as North Korea). When Zhu Cijiong arrived, he met Huang Jiang, the owner of Gaoliwu who came from Shanghai, and learned from him about Zhu Cixiang's plans for Xing Dynasty. Emperor Wu's "suggestions" on the route to Luo.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is the suggestion of His Highness the Great Nephew." Huang Jiang handed Zhu Cijiong a thick stack of battle plans jointly drawn up by Zhu Cihong, Zheng Sen, Zheng Zongming and others with both hands.
"Oh, King Gu will take a look first..."
Zhu Cijiong is a very rigorous soldier. He will not make an evaluation before reading the combat plan. But this time he only looked at it halfway before he already frowned and spoke.
"This is a battle strategy? Why does it look like a business strategy to me? How much silver and brass does Iwami have, how much copper does Iyo Kingdom have, how many one-tael silver coins and Kanei Tongbao can be minted in a year, and how much profit can be made, How many silver coins can be found, can... Oh, where is this war? This is obviously business!"
"Your Majesty," Huang Jiang said helplessly, "don't we owe my great nephew a large amount of money? If the battle continues this year, we have to continue to borrow... At least a few more money will have to be borrowed this year. One million is enough!”
"But with such a long detour, wouldn't the military expenditure gap be even bigger? Besides, apart from Omori Ginzan's 500,000 tael share, Ishigami has nothing good. Shigao is only 110,000 yuan, and half of the share is given to Maori... ....”
"Iyo State has more than 400,000 stones!" Huang Jiang said with a smile, "After the development of Biezi Tongshan, we can generate a large amount of income, so we won't lose money."
"Where is it so easy to fight?" Zhu Cijiong shook his head repeatedly, "We have to break through the Kanmon Strait first. The Tokugawa family built many castles and forts on the Kyushu side of the Kanmon Strait, and they also had the Shogunate Navy huddled in the Seto Inland Sea to assist... .... It will be good to be able to break through the Kanmon Strait next year. By then, the Iyohachi Domain will be able to build at least 20 cities!"
"Then, how do you reply to Your Highness the Great Nephew?" Huang Jiang looked at Zhu Cijiong nervously.
"Fight!" Zhu Cijiong gritted his teeth, "Fight... As long as he is willing to pay me, I will hit wherever he says!"
