Chapter 2779
Chapter 2779
Chapter 2779
While this group of rich and powerful children were talking about foreign arms sales strategies, in another manor outside Hangzhou, Masuyama Masatoshi, the envoy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate, was not so free and easy. He was having a headache for the new news he received today—it is said that The thorn-headed Satsuma clan also intends to purchase arms from Haihan, and the envoys have already arrived in Hangzhou.
If this news is true, it will undoubtedly add many uncontrollable variables to the mission of Masuyama Masatoshi's trip, which in turn will affect his personal career.
As the uncle of the current shogunate Tokugawa Iezuna, Masuyama Masatoshi has never held a position of real power in the shogunate in order to avoid the suspicion of "foreign relatives interfering in politics".But Tokugawa Ietsuna succeeded to the throne at a young age, and the situation of the shogunate's weak and strong ministers became more and more obvious. If it was not curbed, then sooner or later the process of the emperor's family being ostracized by the shogunate would repeat itself.
Now, there are probably only a few people who are related to him like Masuyama Masatoshi who can support the scene for Tokugawa Iezuna.So after a lot of games, Masuyama Masatoshi won this opportunity to visit Haihan. If he can complete this mission well, then he will have sufficient reasons to participate in the subsequent formation of the new army, and the general will be able to Let him control the new armed forces that the shogunate spent a lot of money to build.
When setting off from Edo, Masuyama Masatoshi thought that the mission of this visit and inspection would be easy and enjoyable.After all, the general intention of this arms transaction had already been discussed during the Haihan delegation's visit to Edo. His main task was to confirm the delivery date and verify whether the weapons and equipment that Haihan would sell to the shogunate were available. The combat performance claimed by the mission.
Of course, if Masuyama Masatoshi can further reduce the price during the visit, or shorten the delivery period of combat ships, or even buy some advanced equipment that was not on the sale list, it will be an extra credit.
In Masuyama Masatoshi's view, dealing with Haihan people is not difficult.The main officials of the Haihan Mission are all young people. It is said that all of them are descendants of prominent nobles. One young man is even a descendant of the royal family of Ming Dynasty. , Masuyama Masatoshi is very happy to complete the follow-up negotiations with them.
After arriving in Zhoushan, Zengshan Zhengli, accompanied by Ha Jianyi and others, first inspected the base and some ships of the East China Sea Fleet, and went out to sea to observe the navy's live-fire drills, and then went to Ningbo Mansion by the way After inspecting the local conditions and customs for a few days, he had a great time, and everything went smoothly as he expected.
But after arriving in Hangzhou, things seem to be changing little by little.First of all, the object of the negotiation was no longer the group of enthusiastic young officials, but a senior official who was said to be in charge of the production of all weapons and equipment in Haihan.
As soon as he made contact with him, Zengshan Zhengli knew that Beks was a difficult person to deal with.Bai Kesi not only has the majesty and decisiveness of a superior, but also has the cunning and slickness of an old man in the officialdom. At the same time, he is also well versed in military technology and the arms sales system. For Masuyama Masatoshi, he is an invulnerable existence.
Zengshan's plan to purchase the Majestic-class warship that Zengshan conceived during his trip to Hangzhou was mercilessly rejected by Beks at first.He tried to shift his target again, and inquired about the active equipment of the Haihan Army, but he was also frustrated.
Beks insisted that he could only negotiate details on the originally negotiated arms trade framework, and refused to join the new project proposed by Masatoshi Masuyama.Details such as equipment price, quantity, settlement method, and delivery date can be negotiated, but if you want to buy high-end equipment that is not on the sale list, it is pure wishful thinking.
Zengshan is really envious of the advanced equipment of the Haihan Army, but he is determined not to sell it, so he can only dispel this unrealistic idea and focus on the details of the original disputes. .
For example, the shogunate hopes that the batch of exploration-class warships purchased can be delivered in the shortest possible time, and if it is a new ship that is currently built, Haihan insists that it is difficult to meet these two conditions at the same time, and it will take a long time to wait for a new ship If you want to deliver fast, you can only buy second-hand goods, and it is not even easy to increase the price.
The appearance of the North Korean armed fleet in Edo Bay caused a great shock to the shogunate. They realized that their maritime combat capabilities had fallen far behind their old opponents.It has become an urgent and necessary measure to replace the old-style Ataka ship with a new-style warship with stronger combat performance.The shogunate was eager to pay the money and deliver the goods immediately, so they were not willing to accept the long delivery period.
As for the guns purchased by the shogunate, Haihan will also impose strict restrictions on the supply of ammunition and spare parts. This is obviously to control the ability of the shogunate to launch foreign wars after installing these weapons, and the heart of defense against the shogunate is revealed exhaustive.
These restrictive measures made Masuyama Masatoshi very dissatisfied. In his opinion, the shogunate is willing to spend real money to buy arms from Haihan. This has shown enough sincerity and should not be subject to so many difficulties and restrictions. .
If the force level of the shogunate cannot be improved because the weapons and equipment cannot be put in place in time, who will be the biggest beneficiary?Masuyama Masatoshi has reason to suspect that these methods Haihan adopted are actually helping North Korea to suppress Japan.
After all, there is an alliance between Haihan and North Korea, and it seems a reasonable choice to favor North Korea in the competition between North Korea and Japan.
But before Masuyama Masatoshi could come up with a countermeasure, he received news about the envoy of Satsuma Domain today.In his view, this may be the real trouble that the shogunate urgently needs to solve.
The Satsuma domain is located at the southwestern tip of the Japanese archipelago, far away from the Edo area where the shogunate is located, so the relationship with the shogunate is also the most alienated.Although he surrendered to the shogunate in name, he actually listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and separated one side in Kyushu Island.
Moreover, Satsuma's obedience to the orders issued by the shogunate has reached a stage where the shogunate is almost unbearable.In particular, the Satsuma Clan violated the national lock-up order for a long time and carried out smuggling trade activities with Daming and Haihan through Ryukyu. This took away a lot of trade shares that should have been completed in Nagasaki Port, and indirectly caused the shogunate to lose a lot of income.
If the Satsuma clan can raise funds to buy arms from Haihan, it is not difficult for Masuyama Masatoshi to imagine that a considerable part of this must belong to the wealth that should belong to the shogunate.
With the funds obtained from digging the walls of the shogunate, he purchased weapons and equipment from Haihan to increase his force, and then increased his efforts to continue digging the walls of the shogunate.Such an approach is of course an unacceptable vicious circle for the shogunate, and Masuyama Masatoshi, who represents the interests of the shogunate, cannot sit idly by. He has to figure out a feasible plan to prevent Satsuma from obtaining arms from Haihan.
At least, the Satsuma clan must not be allowed to increase its force faster than the shogunate.
(End of this chapter)
While this group of rich and powerful children were talking about foreign arms sales strategies, in another manor outside Hangzhou, Masuyama Masatoshi, the envoy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate, was not so free and easy. He was having a headache for the new news he received today—it is said that The thorn-headed Satsuma clan also intends to purchase arms from Haihan, and the envoys have already arrived in Hangzhou.
If this news is true, it will undoubtedly add many uncontrollable variables to the mission of Masuyama Masatoshi's trip, which in turn will affect his personal career.
As the uncle of the current shogunate Tokugawa Iezuna, Masuyama Masatoshi has never held a position of real power in the shogunate in order to avoid the suspicion of "foreign relatives interfering in politics".But Tokugawa Ietsuna succeeded to the throne at a young age, and the situation of the shogunate's weak and strong ministers became more and more obvious. If it was not curbed, then sooner or later the process of the emperor's family being ostracized by the shogunate would repeat itself.
Now, there are probably only a few people who are related to him like Masuyama Masatoshi who can support the scene for Tokugawa Iezuna.So after a lot of games, Masuyama Masatoshi won this opportunity to visit Haihan. If he can complete this mission well, then he will have sufficient reasons to participate in the subsequent formation of the new army, and the general will be able to Let him control the new armed forces that the shogunate spent a lot of money to build.
When setting off from Edo, Masuyama Masatoshi thought that the mission of this visit and inspection would be easy and enjoyable.After all, the general intention of this arms transaction had already been discussed during the Haihan delegation's visit to Edo. His main task was to confirm the delivery date and verify whether the weapons and equipment that Haihan would sell to the shogunate were available. The combat performance claimed by the mission.
Of course, if Masuyama Masatoshi can further reduce the price during the visit, or shorten the delivery period of combat ships, or even buy some advanced equipment that was not on the sale list, it will be an extra credit.
In Masuyama Masatoshi's view, dealing with Haihan people is not difficult.The main officials of the Haihan Mission are all young people. It is said that all of them are descendants of prominent nobles. One young man is even a descendant of the royal family of Ming Dynasty. , Masuyama Masatoshi is very happy to complete the follow-up negotiations with them.
After arriving in Zhoushan, Zengshan Zhengli, accompanied by Ha Jianyi and others, first inspected the base and some ships of the East China Sea Fleet, and went out to sea to observe the navy's live-fire drills, and then went to Ningbo Mansion by the way After inspecting the local conditions and customs for a few days, he had a great time, and everything went smoothly as he expected.
But after arriving in Hangzhou, things seem to be changing little by little.First of all, the object of the negotiation was no longer the group of enthusiastic young officials, but a senior official who was said to be in charge of the production of all weapons and equipment in Haihan.
As soon as he made contact with him, Zengshan Zhengli knew that Beks was a difficult person to deal with.Bai Kesi not only has the majesty and decisiveness of a superior, but also has the cunning and slickness of an old man in the officialdom. At the same time, he is also well versed in military technology and the arms sales system. For Masuyama Masatoshi, he is an invulnerable existence.
Zengshan's plan to purchase the Majestic-class warship that Zengshan conceived during his trip to Hangzhou was mercilessly rejected by Beks at first.He tried to shift his target again, and inquired about the active equipment of the Haihan Army, but he was also frustrated.
Beks insisted that he could only negotiate details on the originally negotiated arms trade framework, and refused to join the new project proposed by Masatoshi Masuyama.Details such as equipment price, quantity, settlement method, and delivery date can be negotiated, but if you want to buy high-end equipment that is not on the sale list, it is pure wishful thinking.
Zengshan is really envious of the advanced equipment of the Haihan Army, but he is determined not to sell it, so he can only dispel this unrealistic idea and focus on the details of the original disputes. .
For example, the shogunate hopes that the batch of exploration-class warships purchased can be delivered in the shortest possible time, and if it is a new ship that is currently built, Haihan insists that it is difficult to meet these two conditions at the same time, and it will take a long time to wait for a new ship If you want to deliver fast, you can only buy second-hand goods, and it is not even easy to increase the price.
The appearance of the North Korean armed fleet in Edo Bay caused a great shock to the shogunate. They realized that their maritime combat capabilities had fallen far behind their old opponents.It has become an urgent and necessary measure to replace the old-style Ataka ship with a new-style warship with stronger combat performance.The shogunate was eager to pay the money and deliver the goods immediately, so they were not willing to accept the long delivery period.
As for the guns purchased by the shogunate, Haihan will also impose strict restrictions on the supply of ammunition and spare parts. This is obviously to control the ability of the shogunate to launch foreign wars after installing these weapons, and the heart of defense against the shogunate is revealed exhaustive.
These restrictive measures made Masuyama Masatoshi very dissatisfied. In his opinion, the shogunate is willing to spend real money to buy arms from Haihan. This has shown enough sincerity and should not be subject to so many difficulties and restrictions. .
If the force level of the shogunate cannot be improved because the weapons and equipment cannot be put in place in time, who will be the biggest beneficiary?Masuyama Masatoshi has reason to suspect that these methods Haihan adopted are actually helping North Korea to suppress Japan.
After all, there is an alliance between Haihan and North Korea, and it seems a reasonable choice to favor North Korea in the competition between North Korea and Japan.
But before Masuyama Masatoshi could come up with a countermeasure, he received news about the envoy of Satsuma Domain today.In his view, this may be the real trouble that the shogunate urgently needs to solve.
The Satsuma domain is located at the southwestern tip of the Japanese archipelago, far away from the Edo area where the shogunate is located, so the relationship with the shogunate is also the most alienated.Although he surrendered to the shogunate in name, he actually listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and separated one side in Kyushu Island.
Moreover, Satsuma's obedience to the orders issued by the shogunate has reached a stage where the shogunate is almost unbearable.In particular, the Satsuma Clan violated the national lock-up order for a long time and carried out smuggling trade activities with Daming and Haihan through Ryukyu. This took away a lot of trade shares that should have been completed in Nagasaki Port, and indirectly caused the shogunate to lose a lot of income.
If the Satsuma clan can raise funds to buy arms from Haihan, it is not difficult for Masuyama Masatoshi to imagine that a considerable part of this must belong to the wealth that should belong to the shogunate.
With the funds obtained from digging the walls of the shogunate, he purchased weapons and equipment from Haihan to increase his force, and then increased his efforts to continue digging the walls of the shogunate.Such an approach is of course an unacceptable vicious circle for the shogunate, and Masuyama Masatoshi, who represents the interests of the shogunate, cannot sit idly by. He has to figure out a feasible plan to prevent Satsuma from obtaining arms from Haihan.
At least, the Satsuma clan must not be allowed to increase its force faster than the shogunate.
(End of this chapter)