Date Masamune lowered his head and said nothing.
He also did not expect that his iron artillery team would be defeated so quickly in front of the Ming army.
You must know that his iron artillery team is already the strongest thermal weapons army among the daimyo under Tokugawa. They are equipped with large Western guns and have strong combat effectiveness. They are used as special forces.
As a result, in front of the Ming army's self-produced firearms team, his iron artillery team was completely unbeatable, just like paper.
"Forget it by caesarean section."
"Go and apologize to the Ming army yourself."
"This is what we agreed. If your iron artillery team can behead successfully, we will make you a vassal of five hundred thousand dan. But if you can't do it, you will personally apologize to the Ming army and say that this is just you." The idea has nothing to do with anything else.”
Tokugawa spoke at this time.
"Hi!"
Date Masamune agreed with a sullen face.
Masuda Nagamori continued to have a sullen face at this time and said to Tokugawa Ieyasu: "Now, we will undoubtedly be in a more disadvantaged position during negotiations."
"I know!"
Tokugawa Ieyasu suddenly yelled at Masuda Nagasaki.
Masuda Nagamori couldn't help but lower his head.
Tokugawa Ieyasu himself was actually very depressed.
He had some hope that he could rely on Date Masamune's iron artillery team to kill Magui, making the Ming Dynasty fearful of his own strength, and then be willing to let himself retain part of his territory and army.
But the result was so unsatisfactory.
Tokugawa Ieyasu suddenly became very irritable.
In any case, because of this situation, Date Masamune had to take the initiative to tie his hands, came to Kamakura Castle, and surrendered to the Ming army.
"Cut it down!"
After Magui met Date Masamune, he directly issued such an order.
"yes!"
As a result, Date Masamune was beheaded.
When Tokugawa Ieyasu learned about this, he looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes.
Although he knew that this would be the result, he still felt very uncomfortable when he thought that he had nothing to do against the Ming army.
Here, after Magui killed Date Masamune, he received the order from Zhu Yijun.
"Your Majesty means that if you want to obtain your own territory and a private army of sufficient size, you need to make your own contributions to the great cause of the unification of Chinese civilization."
"But now, let alone dedicating everything to the great cause of civilized unification, you have not even accomplished the task of correcting customs and removing Yiwen. So, do you think you are qualified to claim territory now?"
"Moreover, this is undoubtedly telling me clearly that you are not willing to work hard for my great cause of unifying Chinese civilization!"
After Magui met Masuda Nagamori, the representative sent by Tokugawa Ieyasu, he also conveyed Zhu Yijun's intention, and said that he could only accept the Tokugawa clan to obtain territory and private soldiers for meritorious service in the future.
Snapped!
After speaking, Ma Gui even patted the table, looking very serious, staring at Masuda Nagamori.
Masuda Nagamori, on the other hand, was stared at by Ma Gui until his bones and muscles went numb, and he could only claim to be happy.
Magui then directly threatened: "I will only give you five days. If after five days, you have not changed into orthodox clothes and removed the Yi Wen Yi style, then I will have no choice but to kill without mercy and attack Edo immediately. And slaughter all the Edo barbarians."
"I just have to do it."
After Tokugawa Ieyasu learned about this from Masuda Nagamori, he sighed like this.
Then, Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "Change your clothes first, then change your headdress, and then learn to speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin."
"Why are you looking at me?"
"Change!"
Tokugawa Ieyasu shouted directly after saying this.
then.
Throughout the Tokugawa shogunate, people of all sizes began to wear Hanfu, and began to burn many books containing Japanese texts.
Moreover, it didn't take long for Tokugawa Ieyasu himself to change into Han clothes and comb his hair into a Han style. He also led a group of retainers who also changed into Han clothes and hair accessories and knelt in front of Magui.
Magui looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Japanese nobles kneeling in front of him, and only smiled faintly, then asked Tokugawa Ieyasu and others to stand up, and said:
"You should feel honored for your decision today, because by doing this, you are not only moving toward civilization, but also saving many of your Japanese people, giving them a chance to live and receive the king's transformation, instead of turning into spring mud and nourishing this land. A land about to receive kingship.”
"Therefore, Your Majesty has decreed that in recognition of your contribution to Tokugawa Ieyasu's surrender, you will bestow the Han name on Gui Youde and grant you the title of Xuan Comfort Envoy to Japan."
After Magui said that, Tokugawa Ieyasu knelt down again and kowtowed: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Then, Tokugawa Ieyasu stood up again, and said to Ma Gui with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty is so generous, and I am eager to repay you. I don't know when I can send you to the Mughals to contribute to the great cause of the civilized unification of our country. And repay the emperor's favor?"
"Not urgent!"
"The imperial court will give you orders. During this period, you will first assist me in clearing out the bandits in this state, so that the transformation of this state into a king will be smoother."
Ma Gui said at this time.
After hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu said yes.
So far.
The power of the Tokugawa clan surrendered without a fight.
The entire Honshu has completely become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Edo has also been peacefully captured by the Ming Dynasty.
This way.
The entire Japan was completely annexed by the Ming Dynasty.
However, although Tokugawa Ieyasu and many of his daimyo chose to surrender, there were still many Japanese nobles and samurai who were unwilling to surrender. Instead, they chose to continue to resist and insisted on fighting guerrillas with the Ming army in some mountainous areas.
After all, the Japanese have been an independent cultural group for thousands of years.
Therefore, some Japanese nobles and samurai chose to continue to resist.
It was also because of this that Magui asked Tokugawa Ieyasu and others to help him suppress the bandits.
Although there will be Japanese nobles and samurai who are unwilling to surrender and will resist, it is not a problem for the Ming Dynasty.
First of all, Japan as a whole is so big and does not have much strategic depth.
Secondly, there are only so many Japanese.
Furthermore, the Ming Dynasty itself had a large number of unemployed people entering the army due to the steam industrial revolution, so the most important thing the Ming Dynasty now lacks is soldiers.
Therefore, these Japanese nobles and warriors who wanted to continue to persevere could not make any waves.
"This sea should no longer be called the Sea of Japan."
After Zhu Yijun learned about Tokugawa Ieyasu's return, he took a look at the map and looked at the sea area between Sakhalin Island and the Korean Peninsula, and thought to himself.
Zhu Yijun was very happy about this.
After all, this means that the Ming Dynasty was the first dynasty in Chinese history to destroy Japan.
"Your Majesty, the destruction of Japan now is only a military and political destruction."
"The whole of Japan, especially Honshu, which has just been converted to Han soil, still has a lot to do if it wants to completely become Han soil."
"The first thing is to immigrate and cultivate more nobles of our own clan there. In this way, even if there will be separation for a period of time in the future, there will be a possibility of being unified again after a few years."
Qi Jiguang also reported to Zhu Yijun at this time about further consolidating the destruction of Japan.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Immigrating and cultivating more Han nobles there are the next things that need to be done quickly. Specifically, it is to move more Han people there and enfeoff more vassal kings."
"In terms of immigration, the biggest problem now is that a large number of new people have been concealed and have not registered. This has led to the court trying to organize a large number of people to immigrate. As a result, many ordinary people want to immigrate, but because they are not on the yellow list, the court has no way of knowing. If there is such a person, we cannot move him to the correctional area.”
At this time, Wang Xijue spoke.
Zhu Yijun said: "The prince must also know about this issue now, and let's talk about the vassal king's aspect."
"yes!"
Li Chengliang said at this time: "As for the vassal king's overseas vassalship, the biggest problem at present is that the vassal kings are unwilling to go overseas and would rather stay in Nanjing. At present, we can only look at the situation of King Wei and the vassal state. If King Wei's The feedback on the situation of the domain is good, and I think more domain kings will be willing to go overseas."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun ordered: "Give Ma Gui and Xing Jie an order to ensure that after King Wei becomes the vassal of Changlu, the domestic vassal kings can see how worthwhile it is to vassal overseas."
Qi Jiguang and others said yes.
In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, winter.
Accompanied by Ma Gui, Xing Jie and others, King Wei officially arrived at Hitachi and entered Ibaraki.
Because Japan is an area where agricultural civilization developed relatively early, and Hitachi Kingdom belongs to the Kanzhong region where Japan's agricultural civilization is developed. Therefore, after King Wei came to Hitachi Kingdom, he found that it was not so deserted, especially Ibaraki. The feudal castle of the Yuki clan, the daimyo of the Kawa family, was developed very early and has many pavilions.
After King Wei arrived here, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But now what is before King Wei, Ma Gui, and Xing Jie is how to make Ibaraki more prosperous and generate more wealth.
For this reason, Governor Xing Jie directly sent troops to drive many Japanese in Hitachi Kingdom to Ibaraki. At the same time, low tax rates were implemented in Ibaraki, forcing many Han Chinese in Honshu to migrate here.
When there are more people, business will naturally occur, thereby increasing business income, and they can also organize to mine and increase mineral production.
But in order for Ibaraki to completely catch up with the country, it still needs a larger population.
Therefore, when Xing Jie did this, he still had to appeal to the court and ask the court to move more people.
"How to move more people."
"Let's discuss this."
After receiving Xing Jie's memorial, Zhu Yijun also sent Qi Jiguang and other ruling ministers to the Qinzheng Hall for discussion.
Qi Jiguang was quite prepared and said: "At present, it seems that the only way to govern the country with strict laws is to turn more Han people into criminals, and then forcibly move these Han people over in the same way as criminals."
"What kind of strict law?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
At this time, Wang Xijue said: "Your Majesty, I think you can use the name of banning mines to crack down on people who mine privately!"
"In today's world, many gentry and powerful rightists are still mining privately in the pass, and the court keeps banning them. It is better to take this opportunity to move them out. The stated purpose is to crack down on private mining, but the real purpose is to let them out!" (End of this chapter) )
