Zhuge Weidao just said two conditions, Tokugawa Qi Zhao already felt like falling into an ice cave!
A person of his status certainly knows the importance of heavy industry and navy to Japan, otherwise Japan would not be desperate to develop heavy industry and navy.
If Japan does not have heavy industry and a navy, then Japan will always have to rely on "Japan's manpower and material resources to please Zhuge's military advisors." If you want to turn around and counterattack, don't even think about it.
Seeing that Tokugawa Qi Zhao was silent, Zhuge Weidao continued to put forward conditions - he still had conditions! The dog leashes for Japanese dogs cannot be limited to just two. It is safe to add a few more.
"Japan's financial efficiency is too low, and Ming capital and management must be introduced." Zhuge Weidao continued, "In addition, Japan's currency is too confusing and is incompatible with East and Southeast Asian countries, which is very inconvenient. If Japan really wants to If you accept the help of the Ming Dynasty and become a member of the Ming Dynasty system, you should give up your own currency and use the Ming Dynasty’s silver yuan as the only legal tender.”
Without its navy and heavy industry, Japan just lost its room for advancement and the possibility of resisting Ming... But it was still a bit difficult for Ming to completely control Japan. But once Japan completely hands over its financial sovereignty to Ming, it will be equivalent to giving everything to Ming and letting Ming take it.
Upon hearing this condition, not only Tokugawa Qi Zhao's expression changed drastically, but even Zong Yixi was shocked.
"Strategic Advisor," Zong Yixi reminded, "The Ginza of the Daikoku family is also one of Japan's minters!"
Zhuge Weidao glanced at Zong Yixi and said, "Master Zong, do you really think that as the military advisor of the Zhuge family, I need the money from the Dahei family?"
Yes, he doesn't need it!
If Zhuge Weidao is not a strategist now, of course he needs the Dahei family's money - but now, he is already one of the eighteen strategists of the Zhuge family! The Zhuge family's property is extremely large, and it is all controlled by the military division. The benefits from participating in family property management alone greatly exceed the wealth that the Dahei family can provide.
In addition, the Zhuge family can always seize the opportunity to make a fortune, and their military advisors can calculate and calculate. Therefore, money is just a number to the leaders of the Zhuge family.
Zhuge Weidao added: "Japan's agricultural product market must also be opened... Japan cannot be self-sufficient in food. The people look short and small, with yellow faces and thin muscles. They are just hungry! They don't even have to eat. Still so strong to work and fight? So Japan must import a large amount of food to feed the people first, and then consider other things."
Let Japan open its agricultural products market, of course, in order to destroy Japan's rice industry in one fell swoop!
At the same time, the purpose of feeding the Japanese people is to make Japan permanently dependent on imported food. Of course, Japan does not have enough rice to eat, but there are two ways to solve the problem. One is to import, and the other is to suffer from hunger.
Japan now only imports a small amount and mainly relies on starvation to solve the problem of food shortage.
In Japan today, if anyone can eat three meals a day, including rice, and still be full, it is definitely not an ordinary family.
This situation is quite miserable, but the Japanese have long been accustomed to being hungry... But it is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality. If we start to feed the Japanese now, then in ten or twenty years, the Japanese will forget how to starve. Then suddenly one day, if the Ming Dynasty cuts off Japan's overseas food routes, Japan will immediately fall into chaos.
If Japan loses its heavy industry and navy, relies on the Ming Dynasty for its energy supply, food supply, and its finance and currency are completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, then Japan can be said to be completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty. It is simply a fantasy to want to get rid of the Ming Dynasty's control. If any Japanese investor has such thoughts, they don't even need to send troops from the Ming Dynasty. They just need to create a financial crisis and at the same time strangle Japan's food supply, causing Japan's domestic rice prices to skyrocket. The Japanese devils who can't eat enough will have to The government was overthrown.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
"Your Excellency, Military Advisor," Tokugawa Noriaki's face was already a little gloomy, "If we agree to your request, what kind of development space will Japan get?"
"Space for development?" Zhuge Weidao smiled slightly, then glanced at Wang Wen, "Counsellor Wang, what did you say about Charlie Yilu?"
Hearing this, Tokugawa Qi Zhao's heart skipped a beat.
He and Shimazu had calculated countless times, but they never expected that the Ming Navy was so powerful, that it could severely damage the Revenge, sink the Indomitable, and capture Charlie Elliot.
And once Charlie Elliot is captured, some things cannot be hidden!
"Military advisor, that Charlie Eryu confessed that their route from Yokosuka Military Port to Osaka was completely arranged by the Japanese side, and the Japanese side also arranged two gunboats to lead the way."
Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "What a coincidence, our route to Mito via the Seto Inland Sea was also arranged by Japan, and the Japanese Shogunate Navy also arranged gunboats to lead the way!"
"And Charlie Eryu doesn't know yet that we will come from the Seto Inland Sea and enter the Kiin Waterway through the Naruto Strait."
"This shouldn't be the case!" Zhuge Weidao looked at the expressionless Tokugawa Saiaki, "At that time, the shogunate's naval staff insisted that Shimazu Sairyo should be on the Revenge, right? Did he know that the four Ming warships would be on that day? Passing through the Naruto Strait early in the morning?"
Tokugawa Qi Zhao's face was livid, "Military advisor, do you suspect that Shimazu Qi Liang colluded with the East India Company's pirate ships to attack you and the Ming Navy? Is this because of Daikoku Kong?"
"Haha," Zhuge Weidao smiled, "Commander Wang, have you found those four boats?"
"No," Wang Wen said, "There is no trace... After the airship lost track of them, there was no trace of them again! In addition, the Naval Intelligence Department, Coast Guard, Home Fleet, Nanyang Fleet, and Siam None of the navies of Luo and Annan had ever discovered them. Never! These four ships seemed to appear out of thin air."
"Appeared out of thin air and disappeared out of thin air..." Zhuge Weidao sneered, "It seems that these four disguised attack ships will never appear, right?"
Tokugawa Qiu Zhao said calmly: "Maybe we can look for it..."
"It's time to look carefully!" Zhuge Weidao said, "Mitozaemon, thank you for your hospitality... We have told you the conditions of the Ming Dynasty now. There will be a written document later. Give the document to the lord of the clan! If His Highness agrees to our conditions, then the shogunate only needs to hand over a letter of nomination..."
"A certificate of surrender?" Tokugawa Qi Zhao frowned, "What certificate of surrender? What kind of certificate of surrender does Ming want?"
"What kind of certificate of surrender?" Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "The monarch-level Revenge is undergoing repairs in Osaka Port, right? It is the best certificate of surrender!"
Tokugawa Qi Zhao was speechless when he heard Zhuge's conditions for becoming a Taoist. The Ming Dynasty was so shameless that it asked Japan to hand over the Revenge to them without going to war with the British Empire.
If Japan were to do such a thing, it would become a sworn enemy of the British Empire. From now on, it would have no choice but to follow the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly, and it would be impossible to change its family.
Zhuge Weidao said: "After handing over the certificate of surrender, the two parties can start formal negotiations, and then there will be a formal cooperation agreement and covenant... In the future, all warriors who follow the Ming Dynasty will not only be able to In addition to enjoying the same military pay as the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, you can also get corresponding land grants on the newly conquered lands of the Ming Dynasty!
In addition, the Ming Dynasty would also establish vassal states on newly conquered lands. As long as Japanese samurai made meritorious service, they could become nobles of the vassal states just like the meritorious ministers of the Ming Dynasty! From now on, he will become an official in the new country. There should be many samurai in Japan who cannot be arranged, right? There is a way out if you follow Daming! "
"What if we don't agree to Ming's conditions?" Tokugawa Qi Zhao asked coldly.
Zhuge Weidao glanced at him and said with a smile: "Then we will fight until you agree!"
