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Chapter 1045 – 1041【Ezo Prefecture】

Chapter 1045 1041 [Ezo County]

Tomonhiro Matsumae just succeeded to the throne last year, and this year, this kind of thing happened, and his own territory became Chinese territory inexplicably.

He was dumbfounded by this.

And the retainers of the Matsumae Domain felt…very happy!

Hokkaido, a place where birds don’t shit, has always been Japan’s place of exile. For example, Huashanin Tadacho, who was exiled due to the pig bear incident, was taken in by the Matsumae clan, and he is still a retainer of the Matsumae clan.

To put it bluntly, Hokkaido is a “den of anti-thieves”!

The Matsumae clan can’t help it. Hokkaido is too poor and remote. If they don’t take in those political prisoners, they can’t even recruit a few educated samurai. There is no problem of vagrants flooding here, because it is too poor, even ronin are unwilling to come here.

Batch hiring political prisoners will naturally have to pay a corresponding price.

The Matsumae clan has never been accepted by the orthodox daimyo, and they got the banner treatment only by offering bribes. Although they have already built a city, the banner is not qualified to build a city, and it is still called “Songqianguan” to the outside world, and I dare not say that there is a “Fukuyama Castle” here.

The daimyo should live in Edo with the whole family, but the daimyo of the Matsumae domain is not even eligible to move to Edo.

“Mr. is proficient in Sinology, please change my name to a Han Chinese.” Tokihiro Matsumae approached Tadashi Kayamain.

Headmaster Huashanyuan thought carefully, picked up a pen and began to write: “Song is pronounced in Tang Dynasty as Song, and the family governor will be named Song from now on. According to the pronunciation in Tang Dynasty, Juguang can be changed to Juguang.”

“Song Juguang, good name.” Matsumae Tokihiro was very satisfied.

For him, it doesn’t matter if he changes his name or surname.

Decades ago, his family was still surnamed “Oysteraki”. After being approved by Tokugawa Ieyasu, in order to show that he is awesome, he changed his surname to “Matsumae”, taking a character from Matsudaira and Maeda.

We will call him Song Juguang from now on, Song Juguang asked curiously: “What Chinese name did you change for yourself?”

The Zhongzhang of Huashanyuan smiled and said: “Hua Zhongzhang.”

“Good name.” Matsumae Tokihiro praised immediately.

The Zhongzhang of Huashanyuan is more than seventy years old this year. Despite his kind-hearted appearance, he played very well when he was young.

At that time, there was an aristocratic son named Inokuma Kotoshi in Kyoto. He was proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he had a killer hairstyle. He became the dream lover of all women. A young girl from a wealthy family in Kyoto was slept all over by Inokuma Kyori.

It’s not a big deal, Inokuma Kotoshi is even playing multiplayer games with the wealthy children of Kyoto. He even put the emperor’s first love concubine to sleep. After the emperor knew about it, he didn’t dare to attack immediately.

And Tadacho Hanayama, not only hangs out with Inokuma Kyotoshi, but also sleeps with the emperor’s female official, and brings the female official to party together.

In the end, the commotion was too big, involving too many daimyos and wealthy businessmen’s family members. Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the arrest of the whole country, and finally Inokuma Kyotoshi was arrested and beheaded. The father of Zhongchang Huashanin has energy, so he did not die, but was exiled in Hokkaido, and suddenly became a retainer of the Matsumae domain.

This kind of **** brother is regarded as a cultural person by the Matsumae clan, which shows how backward the culture and education in Hokkaido are.

Song Juguang called a meeting of his retainers, and the first thing he did was to ask everyone for their new names.

A middle-aged retainer stepped forward: “My lord, my new name is Chang Yizhen.”

“My new name is Jing Zhongzheng.”

“My new name is…”

Song Juguang nodded and smiled after listening to his self-introduction: “From now on, don’t call me the head of the museum or the governor of the house. I am the county magistrate of Datong China. You should call me the magistrate of Song County.”

These guys are happy because everything on the island remains the same except for their names and costumes, and the Nanjing court did not deprive them of their power.

Ezo Island is different from Tsushima Island. Although Tsushima Island is barren, at least it is not that cold, and it is not that far from mainland China. Therefore, rapid immigration can be carried out on Tsushima Island, and the power deprivation of the island’s daimyo and retainers is even more urgent.

And Ezo Island?

Japanese ronin are not willing to come. If China wants to develop the island, it may take tens or hundreds of years.

Then temporarily detain the rule, and first send officials who are willing to go to sea to establish courts and schools on Ezo Island. Judiciary must be in the hands of the imperial court, and culture and education must not be left behind. Gradually teach Japanese and indigenous people to speak Chinese.

A Chinese warship was still moored in the port, and Dai Sheng’s deputy, Kong Chengliang, was thrown to deal with Ezo affairs.

After Song Juguang communicated with his retainers, he began to entertain Kong Chengliang grandly.

The fragrant white rice is considered a special grand occasion. There is no rice produced on the island at this time, and it is all shipped by sea, so white rice is very precious.

The dishes are all kinds of seafood, which may be rare for the inland people, but the people on the island have already vomited.

Although Hua Zhongchang is “proficient” in Sinology, he can’t speak Chinese at all. Fortunately, Kong Chengliang can speak Japanese. So at the banquet, a group of “Chinese” officials could only communicate in Japanese.

Song Juguang said: “Angel Rong Bing, there is a shortage of goods on this island. Now that it is the territory of the Celestial Dynasty, can merchants bring cotton cloth, rice, and salt?”

Kong Chengliang said: “The imperial court has never done any merchant trade. Ezo Island must have enough goods to attract those merchants. Isn’t the fleet of the Four Seas Trading Company going to America to pass through Ezo Island?”

Song Juguang immediately complained: “The trading place of the Four Seas Trading Company is the Hakodate established by the Andong family (Akita family). Most of the goods are transported to the Dewa area, and only a very small amount of goods can stay on Ezo Island.”

“Is there any other daimyo on the island who set up Hakodate?” Kong Chengliang asked in surprise.

Song Juguang explained: “My family was originally a samurai of the Ando clan. Although we obtained the status of the island owner from the shogunate, we have been coerced by the Ando clan. The special products of Ezo Island can only be traded in the Hakodate of the Ando clan. Fur and fish are sold to the Anton family at a low price, and rice, cotton cloth and salt are bought from the Anton family at a high price.”

Kong Chengliang said: “The Hakodate of the Anton family must be taken back to the imperial court. In the future, you can directly trade with merchants.”

“That’s great!” Song Juguang and his retainers were overjoyed.

Kong Chengliang asked: “What special products are there on the island?”

Song Juguang replied: “Fur, wood and fish.”

“What kinds of fur?” Kong Chengliang asked.

Song Juguang said: “It’s mainly deer and foxes. There are pink foxes here, and the fox fur sells well.”

Kong Chengliang said with a smile: “That’s enough, deer skin and fox skin are very popular in China.”

Song Juguang did not say one more thing, there are gold mines in Hokkaido. In the early days of Matsumae’s development, it relied on alluvial gold to solve financial problems, and also used alluvial gold to bribe Sakai Zhongqing to obtain the banner treatment. It’s just that there is less and less placer gold, and the technology for mining gold mines is not enough, and the real mines have not yet been developed.

In addition, Hokkaido has the third largest gold mine in Japan, which is located in the territory of the Ainu people at this time, and it is estimated that it will not be discovered until a hundred years later.

The Ainu people are very powerful. A few decades ago, the Japanese built twelve Hakodates on the island. Due to the exchange of a knife, the Japanese shopkeeper stabbed to death the Ainu who bought the knife because the price could not be negotiated.

This aroused the anger of the Ainu people, and ten of the twelve Japanese Hakodates were quickly captured.

The Matsumae family rose up in that war. They stood firm to repel the enemy’s attack, gathered their forces to counterattack, and shot and killed the Ainu leader. Relying on the prestige brought by the war, the Matsumae clan subdued the island’s nobles (colonial leaders) and then ruled the southern part of Ezo Island.

Today, the Japanese and Ainu people on the island are fighting wars while doing business. Fight the war when it is time to fight, and continue trading after the war.

After appeasing these guys in front of him, Kong Chengliang found someone who could speak the local language, and led a group of soldiers to the Ainu territory.

Ainu means Einu, with different translations. In the Ming Dynasty, it was also called Kuyi and Kuye.

So, who are the historical celebrities of the Einou people?

Of course the cute and powerful Nako Lulu, and her eagle Mamahaha!

Stop talking.

At this time, the leader of the Aizu was called Sha Mou Sheyun. According to history, in three years, he was about to lead the uprising of the Aizu people.

Kong Chengliang brought dozens of Datong troops into the territory of the Ainu tribe, and soon attracted the attention of the aborigines. What’s more, their guides were still wearing Japanese samurai uniforms, and the local chiefs immediately surrounded them with the young and strong of the tribe.

The Datong army raised their muskets, and the Ainu people also raised their bows and arrows.

The guide stepped forward and explained: “This is an envoy sent by the Chinese emperor. This land will be ruled by the Chinese emperor in the future, including my master Matsumae. We want to see the leader of the Ezo!”

The Ainu people have twelve large tribes, similar to the tribal alliance system, and Sha Mou Sheyun was elected as the leader of the alliance.

Three days later, Sha Mou Sheyun arrived with the warriors.

He has never heard of China at all. In his opinion, the Matsumae family is a very powerful enemy, and the Matsumae family’s backer, the Anton family, must be number one in the world.

Where did China come from?

So, Sha Mou Sheyun asked when they met: “Has China defeated the Matsumae clan?”

Kong Chengliang shook his head: “No.”

Sha Mousheyun asked again: “Did China defeat the Andong family?”

Kong Chengliang said: “We defeated the masters of Matsumae and Anton!”

Sha Mou Sheyun was dumbfounded, the powerful Matsumae and Anton clans actually had another master. And this big tribe called China actually defeated the masters of the Matsumae and Anton clans!

Kong Chengliang simply took out the world map he carried with him, pointed to the map and said, “This is Ezo Island, this is Japan, and this is China. Of course, Ezo Island will also belong to China from now on.”

Sha Mou Sheyun looked at the island of Ezo, which was the size of a fingernail, and at China, which was bigger than a palm. For a while, there was a sign of a collapse in the world view.

Swallowing his saliva, Sha Mou Sheyun asked, “Will China rob us of our land?”

Kong Chengliang said: “The entire Ezo Island is Chinese territory. And the Ezo people are also Chinese people, and there is no robbing your land.”

“I’m asking, will you drive the Ainu people away from the tribal territory?” Sha Mou Sheyun asked.

“No.” Kong Chengliang shook his head.

Sha Mousheyun asked again: “Will you deceive us when trading goods?”

Kong Chengliang said: “The emperor will send officials to establish a court. If the Matsumae family or Chinese merchants bully you when trading with you, you can go to the court to sue. The Chinese judge will uphold justice for you. Remember, if you are bullied, you must Go to the court to sue, and you can’t raise troops to fight without authorization.”

Sha Mou Sheyun asked: “What if the judge favors Matsumae?”

“Then you guys go to war. After the incident becomes serious, His Majesty the Emperor will send someone to deal with it.” Kong Chengliang said.

Sha Mousheyun nodded: “Then we have made an agreement. When we are oppressed, we will go to the judge to argue. If the judge is unfair, we will lead the warriors to speak with bows and arrows!”

Kong Chengliang took out the canonization edict prepared last year and said: “Your Majesty, the Emperor of China, canonize you as the General of Yezo, and rule over all the tribes of Yezo. Change your Chinese name, and I will fill in your name.”

“I don’t know, you can change one for me.” Sha Mou Sheyun said.

Kong Chengliang didn’t bother to think about it, so he directly named him “Sha Sheyun” according to the other party’s name.

(end of this chapter)