It was early in the summer and Yi was able to sleep late. When he woke up, it was already past seven o'clock. After washing up, he arrived at the official hall. Yan Yangtian, who had been waiting in the official hall, saw that Feng Renxuan and the others came in and quickly stood up to greet him.

After sitting down, Yi Zhizu ordered: "Go to find some merchants, including local and foreign vassals, find out about the situation of the Satsuma vassal, and ask about the situation of the Shimazu clan by the way. I will bring a few of them here and I will ask myself."

"Yes." Yan Yangtian and the others quickly said loudly, leaving the official hall, and Feng Renxuan said softly: "The military gate seems to have changed its mind."

Yan Yangtian nodded and said, "The military has its own right, so we will obey our orders."

After a detailed inquiry, it was confirmed that Shimazu Kiyoshi and what the two of Hiroki in the station said last night was true. Even the Shimazu family was a descendant of the Qin people was not a nonsense. Shimazu family did claim to be descendants of the Qin people on many occasions.

The relationship between the Satsuma clan and the shogunate was indeed not good. At the end of the Warring States Period, Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the Western Army in the Sekigahara war, and then destroyed the Tokugawa shogunate. At that time, Daimyo such as Shimazu and Maori were all supporters of the Tokugawa family. As the Western Army, they participated in the Sekigahara war. Only after the Tokugawa family was destroyed, the Tokugawa family was forced to surrender and was suppressed and exploited by the Shogunate for many years.

After noon, Yi Zhizu sent someone to take Shimazu Kiyoshi on the "Zhenjiang". He was waiting for the summoned Shimazu Kiyoshi to board the warship that was nervously amid a huge monster in his eyes. Although he was curious about this warship, he had no intention of looking at it. Now that life and death are all in one thought, he had no intention of caring about anything else.

After entering the door, he saw Yi Zhizu sitting upright behind the table. Shimazu Kiyoshi hurriedly bowed and Yi Zhizu said in a gentle tone: "The Shimazu family governor does not need to be too polite, sit."

After hearing this, Shimazu Kiyoshi's heart that had been hanging over was finally restored to his stomach. After sitting down, he quickly expressed his opinion: "Being able to join the Yuanqi is a great honor for the Shimazu clan and an honor for the Satsuma clan..."

After looking at him, Yi Zhizu said: "When Yuanqi's interests conflict with the interests of Japan, the shogunate, and the emperor, how do you choose?"

"First consider the interests of Monkey." Shimazu Kiyoshi said without hesitation.

"If you join Yuanqi and become Yuanqi, you must always put Yuanqi's interests first, local interests must obey the overall interests, and personal interests must obey the interests of the group." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "If you are right and wrong, have different words and deeds, and do things that harm Yuanqi's interests, Yuanqi will erase them mercilessly. You should consider it clearly before making a decision."

Shimazu Kiyoshi had no choice now. Joining Yuanqi was his only way to survive. He immediately said without hesitation: "The Shimazu clan is willing to join Yuanqi!"

"Maybe you are helpless now, but in the future you will understand how lucky it is for Shimazu to be able to join Yuanqi." Yi Zhizu said in a calm tone: "Go back and prepare, the fleet will set off later and go to the five northern islands of Ryukyu that you occupied. Those islands will be returned to Ryukyu, and you will accompany you to the Guangxiang of the Migration Center."

With the order issued, teams of Marines began to withdraw the warships in an orderly manner. Yan Yangtian and Feng Renxuan were ordered to arrive at the official hall of the "Zhenjiang". After the two of them greeted each other, Yi Zhizuo said straight to the point: "Originally, the plan was to destroy the Satsuma family, but now I have changed my mind. We can't come forward directly for many things, but the Satsuma family can have no scruples."

Yan Yangtian's eyes lit up and he tentatively said, "Military Gate refers to... Feiqian?"

Feng Renxuan said, "The Satsuma family is ambitious, bold and arrogant, and stays away from the mainland, so it is probably difficult to control."

"Sit down and say." Yi Zhizu reached out and gave up his seat, and then said slowly: "The only thing that can pose a huge threat to the Qing Dynasty is that Japan is eager to expedition the east, which is to turn Japan into a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty to avoid Western countries from being involved in Japan. In addition, it is also to keep Japan closed to the state for a long time..."

After hearing this, Yan Yangtian said in confusion: "Didn't the military gate order Japan to open its port?"

"Opening the port means opening up to Yuanqi." Yi Zhizu said: "The trade with Japan must be monopolized by Yuanqi. Japan is very good at and attaches great importance to intelligence collection and has a strong interest in Western learning. Lanxue - the Western scientific and cultural knowledge introduced through the Netherlands is very popular in Japan, which shows this very well. To achieve the goal of a long-term blockade of Japan, the trade with Japan must be monopolized by Yuanqi."

"Water country produces a lot of gold and silver, and has a large population..." Feng Renxuan hesitated: "If Yuan Qi had a long-term monopoly on the trade with Japan, it would probably cause dissatisfaction from the court and attacks from merchants..."

Before he finished speaking, Yan Yangtian said indifferently: "If it weren't for the Navy's expedition, Japan wouldn't have been able to establish a country. What would they have?"

"No need to worry." Yi Zhizu said: "I will write to the court Chen Ming's most powerful one. In addition, long-term monopoly will be nothing more than ten or twenty years, and the impact will not be great."

After a pause, he continued: "As for the Satsuma clan, what we need is an ambitious Satsuma clan. Only with ambitiousness can we check and balance the shogunate and control the Satsuma clan is now impoverished, with smuggling and black sugar franchise being cut off. Only by relying on cooperation with Yuanqi to conduct maritime trade can we maintain a certain fiscal revenue. It is not difficult to control the Satsuma clan.

Furthermore, the Satsuma family has smuggled heavily over the years and established a huge smuggling channel. Through the black sugar franchise, it has established a huge sales channel. This will help Yuanqi quickly gain a foothold in Japan and open up the situation. If we need a partner in Japan, the Satsuma family is undoubtedly the best choice."

After hearing these words, Feng Renxuan said convincedly: "It's still the military's thoughts."

"The four powerful vassals in the southwest of Japan, the Satsuma vassal is for me, and the rest is the three vassals." Yi Zhizu continued: "We are not good at taking action on the vassals of the Fatty Tribe. We can use the Satsuma vassals to plunder and suppress them. However, there is no hurry at the moment, we have to fight the Changzhou vassal first..."

Fighting the Changzhou vassal? Feng Renxuan was stunned and was really addicted to robbing it? The Changzhou vassal is a bit far away from Satsuma, and for what reason to fight? What will the shogunate react?

"The reason why the four southwestern vassals are strong is due to sea trade and smuggling. The Changzhou vassals and North Korea are across the sea should have a close smuggling trade with North Korea." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "In order to achieve the goal of long-term blockade of Japan, the Changzhou vassals must fight!"

After hearing this, Yan Yangtian looked excited and hurriedly said, "The so-called four strong vassals in the southwest are just like this. Please go to the conquest!"

"Why use a cattle knife to kill a chicken?" Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "I originally planned to station troops in Japan, so these tasks will be handed over to the Japanese troops stationed in Japan. Our troops will return to the army to repair and prepare to go south."

When Yan Yangtian heard that he had nothing to do, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed, but Feng Renxuan said with concern: "How many troops are planned to be stationed in Japan?"

"The garrison in the Japanese army is not only to shock the shogunate, but also to assist the shogunate in suppressing rebellion and maintaining stability in Japan when necessary. The other is to prevent Western countries from getting involved in the Japanese army." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "The troops stationed in the Japanese army should not be too small. It will be useless if there is too much. We cannot draw them out if there is too much."

After pausing, he continued: "For the Marine Corps, the First Brigade and the Second Brigade each dispatched two battalions to form a reinforcement regiment. For the Navy, ten warships were left to form a small fleet, which was led by Xiao Mingliang."

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as Yi Zhizu finished speaking, the commander Xiao Mingliang, who heard the voice of the group, said loudly outside: "Report."

Yi Zhizu took out his pocket watch and looked at it, saying, "Please urge each person to move faster and try to set sail before three o'clock."

After waiting for Yan and Feng to leave, Yi Zhizuo said to the outsider: "Come in."

Xiao Mingliang was stationed in Shanghai and stayed by Yi Zhizu for the longest time. After he came in, he saluted: "Principal, you are looking for students."

"Sit." Yi Zhizu pointed to the chair. When he sat down, he said straight to the point: "The task of stationing in Japan is very heavy and complicated. You dare to fight and rush, and you are not unstable, and you have the experience of training new recruits. Therefore, I decided to keep you stationed in Japan."

Staying in Japan? Xiao Mingliang was stunned and hurriedly said: "Principal, the students are not familiar with the situation in Japan..."

Yi Zhizu smiled, "Water has been in seclusion for two hundred years. Tell me, who is familiar with Japan?"

Xiao Mingliang quickly stood up and said, "Student obeys the order!"

"The burden of staying in Japan is not light." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "We will temporarily arrange four battalions of Marines and ten warships to send you new recruits starting this year, striving to expand into a brigade or even a division within three years, and warships will be added to twenty ships one after another."

After hearing this, Xiao Mingliang was overjoyed. This was equivalent to promoting him to brigade commander or division commander. Whether it was Yuanqi regiment or Marine Corps, there was no divisional establishment yet, and he also commanded the troops from both sea and land.

After reaching out and pressing his hand to let him sit down, Yi Zhizu continued: "Now that Yuanqi's regiment has been adapted into a military command of the court. The court has also planted a large number of royal family members, Jueluo's Eight Banners, and the intention of usurping the navy's military power is obvious. Yuanqi's family is not protected with enough strength, so he will be slaughtered.

In an effort to fight eastward, the main purpose of garrisoning in Japan is four. First, take the opportunity to expand troops in Japan. This matter must be cautious and not let the court notice it, nor can it panic the Japanese shogunate. Second, assist the shogunate and maintain the shogunate's rule in Japan. Third, prevent Western powers such as Britain, the United States, Russia and France from getting involved in Japan. Fourth, protect Yuanqi's property and staff in Japan. Yuanqi will successively open branches and business names in Japan."

After hearing these words, Xiao Mingliang felt heavy in his heart. This was a rare opportunity to stand alone, but the responsibility was not small. After pondering for a moment, he said solemnly: "Students will do their best to live up to the principal's high expectations."

Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "The biggest threat to the shogunate should be the four strongest vassals in the southwest - Satsuma, Changshu, Hiromae, Tosa, and Satsumae have been included in the command of Yuanqi. You can attack Changshu and Tosa, you can take the opportunity to attack. It is best to use Satsumae to attack. After all, Nagasaki is the port where Japan formulates foreign trade, and the navy should not come forward openly."

As he said that, he paused and said, "You are in charge of the matters of Japan. You don't need to ask for instructions at all times. Even if you let it go, even if you leak any mistakes, Yuan Qi and the Navy will take care of you."

The Nanyang Fleet came quickly and retreated without any hesitation. With the loud military roar, all the warships set sail and drove away quickly from Kagoshima Bay. Looking at the sails that were gone, the Satsuma Army who had gained freedom felt relieved. Su Zhongfu and they were afraid of being beaten this time. Now when they recalled yesterday's offensive and defensive battle, they were still scared. The gap between the two sides was too big, so big that they seriously damaged their confidence.

The merchant ship owner and the sailors who spent the night and most of the day in the Inner Bay seemed to have walked out of the gates of hell. No one expected that the Qing fleet would leave without caring about them. They all secretly thanked them. Fortunately, they were obedient last night and did not act rashly, otherwise they would have been beaten to death!

In the cabin of 'Zhenjiang', Yi Zhizu glanced at Shimazu Kiyoshi and the frown-faced station Hiroki, who were still somewhat restrained in front of him, and said in a relaxed tone: "Yuanqi Bank will open a branch in Kagoshima Port as soon as possible, and will provide you with large loans so that you will not be unable to turn over."

What's the matter? After stealing his gold, he turned around and borrowed it to them. Is there anything more ridiculous in the world than this? Shimazuki was full of complaints, but he didn't dare to show it at all. He had to smile and said, "Thank you, the shopkeeper, otherwise, we really don't know how to hold on."

The research institute Guangxiang bowed slightly and said, "Can the shopkeeper hand over the black sugar trade on the Amami Islands to the Satsuma Domain for a specialty?"

"No." Yi Zhizu said without hesitation: "Your high pressure and harshness over the years have made the Ryukyu people feel the extreme against you. They will not be willing to trade with you, and we will not force them."

After hearing this, the Gangxiang of the Institute looked a little ugly. He lost the smuggling and black sugar monopoly, and the two major sources of economic resources, the financial income of the Satsuma family will rely entirely on the sea trade with Yuanqi. Worried that the other party would see through his thoughts, he sighed and said, "The harsh policy was also out of helplessness..."

"It's necessary to change." Yi Zhizu said: "If the string is too tight and it takes too long, something will happen. You are not only harsh with Ryukyu, but also with Satsuma. You can be said to be the best plundering ability and don't even let the temple go. The public is already full of grievances below, and I don't want to watch something happen to you."

Shimazu Kiyoshi was speechless. You have been plundering all the wealth he has plundered. Now he is here to be a good person! He is angry, but he has no courage to ask for it. The other party has already made it clear that Yuanqi Branch has lent them to them, and it is obvious that he will not refund it.

"The black sugar trade on the Amami Islands will not be given to you, nor will it be given to other Japanese people." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "You should look at it now. Guangdong and Fujian are both major sugar-producing provinces. Black sugar, as much as Japan wants, Yuanqi can supply as much as it wants. Even if you want to monopolize the black sugar in Japan, it is no problem."
Chapter completed!