Chapter 2786
Chapter 2786
Chapter 2786
Given Shimadzu's diplomatic experience, it is naturally difficult to imagine Haihan's long-term strategy for Japan.Use non-military means to continuously infiltrate the Kyushu region, and gradually increase Haihan's influence in the local area. After a period of time, this region will naturally attach itself to Haihan in terms of economy, culture, politics, etc., and the implementation effect will even be greater. It is better than taking military measures to force occupation.
And after the Satsuma clan was supported by Haihan, they would have more confidence to fight against the shogunate.This approach has fully proved its feasibility as early as when Haihan supported Xu Xinsu, and it is not impossible to apply it to Japan.
As long as the Japanese archipelago can return to the Warring States Period, Haihan will definitely not hesitate to invest more resources to provide "aid" to local forces.It will be a good thing for Haihan and East Asia as a whole to keep this region in a long-term state where multiple small countries stand side by side.
Bai Kesi's statement is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Shimadzu Hisaichi.The Satsuma clan has always been reluctant to obey the shogunate, but due to limited strength, they dare not take too drastic resistance measures. This time, buying arms from Haihan to strengthen combat readiness and discuss trade cooperation is already considered a big move.
But if Haihan is willing to provide more support to the Satsuma clan, especially military asylum, it means that the Satsuma clan can have more room to operate and use Haihan to fight against the suppression of the shogunate.
"Master Bai, can I understand what you said just now, as long as I, the Satsuma clan, agree to your conditions, Haihan will provide us with military support in the future, even if we are against the shogunate?"
Shimadzu Jiutong was afraid that he might have misunderstood it, so he made a special effort to confirm it again.
Beks nodded and said: "That's right. Based on our cooperation, our country will provide the Satsuma clan with all kinds of support it needs, and protect the Satsuma clan from military attacks from the shogunate. These contents will be entered into us in written form." In the agreement to be signed."
The big stone in Shimadzu's heart finally fell to the ground, but he still asked curiously: "Then your country is not worried at all that this will cause dissatisfaction with the shogunate?"
Bai Kesi said: "The shogunate may be dissatisfied, but so what? Our country's foreign policy is formulated according to our country's interests and needs, and will not be shaken by the shogunate's attitude. If the shogunate wants to challenge our country's authority, then they will corresponding results will be obtained.”
After Beks made a tough promise, Shimadzu's attitude also changed, adding an additional military purchase project on the spot.
At the end of the meeting, the people from Satsuma clan were sent away. Bai Kesi did not leave the meeting room immediately, but retreated from his subordinates first, and then asked Bai Letong: "What do you think about the meeting just now?"
Bai Letong said: "Judging from the scale of Satsuma's military purchases, their economic situation is not as good as we expected, and there is still a big gap with the shogunate. This may affect their future military strength."
Bai Kesi said: "Our purpose is not to let the military power of the Satsuma clan overwhelm the shogunate, but to let the Satsuma clan have the courage to fight against the shogunate and actually break away from the rule of the shogunate."
Bai Letong asked: "But if the shogunate is dissatisfied with Satsuma's actions and resorts to military means to suppress them, should we really send troops to help Satsuma?"
Bai Kesi said: "It is very unlikely that the matter will go to that point, at least it will not deteriorate to that extent in the past two years, do you know why?"
Bai Letong thought for a while and replied: "Because the shogunate has no soldiers to fight, even if they have an idea, they have to wait for the warships bought from our country to be in place and form a combat-capable fleet before they can launch an attack on the Satsuma clan. expedition."
Bai Kesi nodded and said: "That's right. Japan has been enforcing the national lock-up order for more than 20 years, and the navy has been sparsely engaged in battle for a long time. Let alone combat, in terms of the ability to send troops by sea, the shogunate may not be as good as having several merchant ships. The Satsuma clan of the fleet. Without the certainty of victory, how could the shogunate dare to easily organize troops to travel thousands of miles across the sea to expedition to Kyushu? This is the biggest confidence of the Satsuma clan now."
Bai Letong suddenly said: "After a few years, when all the warships of the shogunate are in place, the armed fleet of the Satsuma domain should take shape, and a new strategic balance will be formed at that time, and the shogunate will still not be sure of victory."
Beks said slowly: "At that time, the Shogunate may not be the only target that the shogunate should be afraid of."
The Satsuma domain is not the only support object. During the last visit of the mission to Japan, it also came into contact with the royalist forces in the Tsushima domain and the Kyoto area. These are also local forces that are willing to break away from the rule of the shogunate.
Although the territory of the Tsushima domain is not as large as that of the Satsuma domain, its economic strength is stronger than that of the Satsuma domain because of its unique trading status, and the lord Zong Yizhen also has a great interest in the cooperation model proposed by Haihan, and sooner or later he will ask Haihan for help. Buy arms.
As for the royalist forces in the Kyoto area, the resistance to the Tokugawa shogunate is even stronger. Once there is a suitable opportunity, the royalist forces will definitely stand on the front line against the shogunate.
It is not too difficult for Haihan to provide some support measures to these local forces in the next few years.At that time, there will be more and more local forces capable of breaking away from the rule of the shogunate, and it will be difficult for the shogunate to focus on Satsuma.
Ten days after the shogunate mission left Hangzhou, the Satsuma mission also ended its visit.Although the amount of armament purchased from Haihan was far less than that of the shogunate, the actual harvest of the Satsuma domain was higher than that of the shogunate. The value of the military protection promised by Haihan alone was already difficult to measure with specific monetary amounts.
Shimadzu Jiutong was obviously quite satisfied with the negotiation results. After leaving Hangzhou, he made a special trip to Ningbo Prefecture and bought dozens of acres of land by the Yongjiang River, intending to use it for the construction of the Satsuma clan's business hall.
After presiding over the two arms sales negotiations, Beks spent another half a month in Hangzhou inspecting the progress of the projects related to the capital relocation plan.
Entering March, Bai Letong held a banquet at the resident, and invited the group of close friends to a party. By the way, he announced that he would leave Hangzhou and go northward with his father Bai Kesi for inspection. It is expected that he will not return to Hangzhou in the short term.
It was not surprising for everyone to hear the news. Bai Letong had already revealed this arrangement to them, and they all knew that it would be a matter of time before they bid farewell.At this time, Tao Hongfang, Ha Jianyi, Zhu Zi'an and others have all started working in Hangzhou, and it is inconvenient to move around. Only Ning Zijing has plenty of time and no specific errands, so he can go north with Bai Letong.
(End of this chapter)
Given Shimadzu's diplomatic experience, it is naturally difficult to imagine Haihan's long-term strategy for Japan.Use non-military means to continuously infiltrate the Kyushu region, and gradually increase Haihan's influence in the local area. After a period of time, this region will naturally attach itself to Haihan in terms of economy, culture, politics, etc., and the implementation effect will even be greater. It is better than taking military measures to force occupation.
And after the Satsuma clan was supported by Haihan, they would have more confidence to fight against the shogunate.This approach has fully proved its feasibility as early as when Haihan supported Xu Xinsu, and it is not impossible to apply it to Japan.
As long as the Japanese archipelago can return to the Warring States Period, Haihan will definitely not hesitate to invest more resources to provide "aid" to local forces.It will be a good thing for Haihan and East Asia as a whole to keep this region in a long-term state where multiple small countries stand side by side.
Bai Kesi's statement is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Shimadzu Hisaichi.The Satsuma clan has always been reluctant to obey the shogunate, but due to limited strength, they dare not take too drastic resistance measures. This time, buying arms from Haihan to strengthen combat readiness and discuss trade cooperation is already considered a big move.
But if Haihan is willing to provide more support to the Satsuma clan, especially military asylum, it means that the Satsuma clan can have more room to operate and use Haihan to fight against the suppression of the shogunate.
"Master Bai, can I understand what you said just now, as long as I, the Satsuma clan, agree to your conditions, Haihan will provide us with military support in the future, even if we are against the shogunate?"
Shimadzu Jiutong was afraid that he might have misunderstood it, so he made a special effort to confirm it again.
Beks nodded and said: "That's right. Based on our cooperation, our country will provide the Satsuma clan with all kinds of support it needs, and protect the Satsuma clan from military attacks from the shogunate. These contents will be entered into us in written form." In the agreement to be signed."
The big stone in Shimadzu's heart finally fell to the ground, but he still asked curiously: "Then your country is not worried at all that this will cause dissatisfaction with the shogunate?"
Bai Kesi said: "The shogunate may be dissatisfied, but so what? Our country's foreign policy is formulated according to our country's interests and needs, and will not be shaken by the shogunate's attitude. If the shogunate wants to challenge our country's authority, then they will corresponding results will be obtained.”
After Beks made a tough promise, Shimadzu's attitude also changed, adding an additional military purchase project on the spot.
At the end of the meeting, the people from Satsuma clan were sent away. Bai Kesi did not leave the meeting room immediately, but retreated from his subordinates first, and then asked Bai Letong: "What do you think about the meeting just now?"
Bai Letong said: "Judging from the scale of Satsuma's military purchases, their economic situation is not as good as we expected, and there is still a big gap with the shogunate. This may affect their future military strength."
Bai Kesi said: "Our purpose is not to let the military power of the Satsuma clan overwhelm the shogunate, but to let the Satsuma clan have the courage to fight against the shogunate and actually break away from the rule of the shogunate."
Bai Letong asked: "But if the shogunate is dissatisfied with Satsuma's actions and resorts to military means to suppress them, should we really send troops to help Satsuma?"
Bai Kesi said: "It is very unlikely that the matter will go to that point, at least it will not deteriorate to that extent in the past two years, do you know why?"
Bai Letong thought for a while and replied: "Because the shogunate has no soldiers to fight, even if they have an idea, they have to wait for the warships bought from our country to be in place and form a combat-capable fleet before they can launch an attack on the Satsuma clan. expedition."
Bai Kesi nodded and said: "That's right. Japan has been enforcing the national lock-up order for more than 20 years, and the navy has been sparsely engaged in battle for a long time. Let alone combat, in terms of the ability to send troops by sea, the shogunate may not be as good as having several merchant ships. The Satsuma clan of the fleet. Without the certainty of victory, how could the shogunate dare to easily organize troops to travel thousands of miles across the sea to expedition to Kyushu? This is the biggest confidence of the Satsuma clan now."
Bai Letong suddenly said: "After a few years, when all the warships of the shogunate are in place, the armed fleet of the Satsuma domain should take shape, and a new strategic balance will be formed at that time, and the shogunate will still not be sure of victory."
Beks said slowly: "At that time, the Shogunate may not be the only target that the shogunate should be afraid of."
The Satsuma domain is not the only support object. During the last visit of the mission to Japan, it also came into contact with the royalist forces in the Tsushima domain and the Kyoto area. These are also local forces that are willing to break away from the rule of the shogunate.
Although the territory of the Tsushima domain is not as large as that of the Satsuma domain, its economic strength is stronger than that of the Satsuma domain because of its unique trading status, and the lord Zong Yizhen also has a great interest in the cooperation model proposed by Haihan, and sooner or later he will ask Haihan for help. Buy arms.
As for the royalist forces in the Kyoto area, the resistance to the Tokugawa shogunate is even stronger. Once there is a suitable opportunity, the royalist forces will definitely stand on the front line against the shogunate.
It is not too difficult for Haihan to provide some support measures to these local forces in the next few years.At that time, there will be more and more local forces capable of breaking away from the rule of the shogunate, and it will be difficult for the shogunate to focus on Satsuma.
Ten days after the shogunate mission left Hangzhou, the Satsuma mission also ended its visit.Although the amount of armament purchased from Haihan was far less than that of the shogunate, the actual harvest of the Satsuma domain was higher than that of the shogunate. The value of the military protection promised by Haihan alone was already difficult to measure with specific monetary amounts.
Shimadzu Jiutong was obviously quite satisfied with the negotiation results. After leaving Hangzhou, he made a special trip to Ningbo Prefecture and bought dozens of acres of land by the Yongjiang River, intending to use it for the construction of the Satsuma clan's business hall.
After presiding over the two arms sales negotiations, Beks spent another half a month in Hangzhou inspecting the progress of the projects related to the capital relocation plan.
Entering March, Bai Letong held a banquet at the resident, and invited the group of close friends to a party. By the way, he announced that he would leave Hangzhou and go northward with his father Bai Kesi for inspection. It is expected that he will not return to Hangzhou in the short term.
It was not surprising for everyone to hear the news. Bai Letong had already revealed this arrangement to them, and they all knew that it would be a matter of time before they bid farewell.At this time, Tao Hongfang, Ha Jianyi, Zhu Zi'an and others have all started working in Hangzhou, and it is inconvenient to move around. Only Ning Zijing has plenty of time and no specific errands, so he can go north with Bai Letong.
(End of this chapter)