The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 247: He who knows the current affairs is a hero
After the Mito Domain's land reform and the establishment of military garrisons were completed, the local peasant families finally had the opportunity to receive a profit that seemed to be 80% of the total output of the land.

This ratio is very high, twice as high as the share of farmers in the military farms in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the military settlements and garrisons in the northern part of the Ming dynasty were the main institutions, and they had to provide most of the daily necessities for the farmers, including housing, schools, farm tools, and seeds.

The final benefit the farmers in the garrisons received was net income.

The Japanese garrisons were the opposite. They were only responsible for collecting taxes and training militia.

Farmers have to provide their own seeds and farm tools, build their own houses, and solve all problems in their family life.

At the same time, Japan's population at this time was already too large, and had reached the carrying capacity limit of the Japanese archipelago in the agricultural era.

Japan's arable land area is only half of Shandong Province, but at that time the total population of the Japanese archipelago was basically the same as that of Shandong Province.

The food ration consumption of the lower-level samurai in Japan was exactly half of that of the soldiers in the Ming army.

So the Japanese farmers and lower-level samurai were as poor as ghosts.

If Japan's population size is not reduced and there are no major breakthroughs in agricultural technology, it will be difficult to achieve any actual surplus no matter how much thought is put into the distribution method.

The locals will still be poor as hell.

The Ming Dynasty took advantage of this Japanese civil war, which it had actively initiated, to reform Japan's social system, mainly by consuming millions of samurai or sending them to Africa after the war.

At the same time, immigration from mainland Japan continued to Africa.

This will actually alleviate Japan's population crisis and at the same time reduce the tax rate to normal levels, so that Japanese farmers can barely behave like human beings.

After Tian Yiming took control of Mito Domain, he sent people to report to Liu Biao and Shen Chu in Edo.

Ask them to arrange officers, troops, and officials to take over the Mito domain and implement and supervise subsequent specific tax reforms.

Tian Yiming led the combat troops back to Edo.

Soldiers who were seriously injured in the battle, were likely to be disabled, and were likely unable to fight were directly left in Edo to retire.

Soldiers who were slightly injured in the battle continued to march with the army after simple treatment and bandaging.

Tian Yiming brought with him the head of the Kii Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Haruhiro, and the head of the Owari Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Munemichi, and led 30,000 troops on board a ship to Ise Bay.

The target is the Nobi Plain in the Ise Bay, one of the three "great" plains in Japan.

The famous capital of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City, is located here. Nagoya was originally the name of the castle of the Owari Tokugawa family, one of the three great families.

It is very troublesome to travel to Nagoya by land from the Kanto Plain where Edo is located, but it is much easier to travel by sea.

Moreover, the arrival by sea was somewhat sudden, catching the local daimyo off guard.

Tian Yiming followed the tactics used in Mito Domain, using the Ming Dynasty's garrison in Japan to provide support and supervision, and making the Ming Dynasty's Japanese samurai division the main combat force.

Starting from the peninsulas on both sides of the entrance to Ise Bay and the small feudal domains outside Shima Province and Mikawa Province, the local samurai were conquered, reorganized, or defeated.

The Japanese samurai division participated in actual combat in Mito Domain, and the key was that they won the battle relatively easily. After a few days of rest and digestion, they were not so nervous when they went to the battlefield again.

The spiritual support provided by the Ming Dynasty’s garrison in Japan is still there, and after actually experiencing it in Mito Domain, it is more effective than the first time it was encountered.

The samurai already had battlefield experience and was mentally relaxed. Facing an enemy with no battlefield experience, he naturally fought more and more smoothly.

Tokugawa Haruhiro and Tokugawa Tadamichi, the two heads of the Tokugawa Three Families, were naturally also pulled along by Tian Yiming to observe the battlefield.

Appreciating the effect of the Japanese corps driving and supporting the samurai division in battle made the two men understand what cruelty is.

When Tian Yiming led his army to Nagoya Castle, the core of Owari Domain, the size of his samurai division had expanded to 30,000 people.

Owari Domain was one of the three great families and the core of the Nobi Plain. There were a large number of samurai under the main domain and its branch domains, and more than 10,000 of them had already gathered in Nagoya.

Outside the castle town of Nagoya, Tian Yiming called out the head of the Owari Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Tadamichi, and asked him:
"Our team has arrived in Nagoya. Is the Owari Domain willing to follow the King of Japan? Has the Domain Lord considered it now?"

Tokugawa Tadamichi of Owari is not Tokugawa Jiyasu of Mito.

Tokugawa Tadamichi was not "influenced" by the Mito School and Greater Japanese History, and his way of thinking was closer to that of traditional feudal lords.

He had witnessed with his own eyes the ferocity of the Ming Dynasty's troops and weapons stationed in Japan these days.

He also saw with his own eyes how the samurai division from Edo, which was in a state of confusion similar to that of the samurai divisions from other feudal states, quickly developed a fighting spirit and was able to fight well.

When facing those vassal states that were unwilling to accept reality, the battle process began to show a crushing effect.

The key is that their number is already three times that of ours.

Tokugawa Tadamichi was completely convinced that even if Owari fought to the death, more people would die in the end.

The most crucial issue is that he and the few remaining members of the Wu family will definitely receive the most severe punishment for their resistance.

If you surrender now, you might have a chance to retain some of your status and treatment.

So Tokugawa Tadamichi replied in despair:

"I... the Owari Tokugawa family, am willing to follow the King of Japan and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty..." Tian Yiming was also a little surprised this time:

"Why didn't the Lord of Owari learn from the Lord of Mito and be a little more resolute and heroic?"

Tokugawa Tadamichi's face flushed:
"There is an old saying in the Ming Dynasty... He who knows the current situation is a hero..."

When Tian Yiming heard that he was so sensible, he knew that they didn't have to fight against Owari, the powerful domain in the central region, but he was not very happy.

How can people die without fighting?

Tian Yiming frowned and arranged a samurai division to escort and supervise Tokugawa Tadamichi back to the city.

Let him lead the samurai of Owari Domain out of the city to surrender.

When Tokugawa Tadamichi left, Tian Yiming turned to look at Tokugawa Haruhiro of Kii next to him:
"What does the Kishu lord think?"

The Kii Tokugawa family was the head of the Three Great Houses and also the head of the feudal domains of the Edo shogunate.

He ruled over the two countries of Kishu and Ise, and under the restriction of the one country, one castle order, he was still allowed to own five castles.

It is almost the most powerful vassal state at present.

The names of Tokugawa Jibao and Mito's Tokugawa Jibao differ by only one character, but their attitudes at this time are completely opposite to Mito's Tokugawa Jibao:

"I... everyone in Kii is willing to follow the King of Japan and pledge allegiance to the Emperor of Ming..."

Tian Yiming sighed softly and ignored Tokugawa Haruhiko.

Looking up at the huge Nagoya Castle Town with its rows of buildings, I muttered to myself:
"Alas... the progress is still a little too fast. I have to ask General Liu and Academician Shen to send the wives and sons of the feudal lords who are left in Edo back home.

"Without their worries, they can rebel without any worries.

"The most we can do in this operation is to control Kyoto. We can wait for the feudal lords who oppose the king to gather together before we fight a decisive battle."

Tian Yiming deliberately spoke out loud so that Tokugawa Osamu next to him could hear it.

Tokugawa Haruhiko was extremely surprised and stunned. He couldn't understand Tian Yiming's train of thought. Why was it not good to win a war too quickly?
What good can come from fighting a war slowly?
However, Tokugawa Haruhiko could feel the deep contempt and disgust in the other party's tone.

It seems that he wishes all of these people would die.

Tokugawa Jiyasu also realized that this was very important news.

But after a little consideration, I realized that this information was useless and I couldn't pass it on at all.

There is no use in passing it on, and it may even bring disaster to yourself.

This Tanuma might have deliberately wanted him to hear it so that he could observe whether the news would be leaked. This kind of news may not be correct.

In fact, Tian Yiming's idea went one step further than Tokugawa Jibao's guess.

He deliberately wanted him to find a way to leak the news, speed up the speed at which the rebellious feudal lords of the user emperor gathered their forces, and create opportunities for them to gain a slight advantage.

Finally, the Kii Tokugawa family was eliminated openly on the grounds of leaking military secrets.

Unfortunately, Tokugawa Haruhiko did not have the courage.

When Tian Yiming looked at Tokugawa Haruhiko's expression, he knew that he probably didn't have such an idea.

This child is not even twenty years old yet...

"Twenty years old?"

When this thought came to Tian Yiming's mind, he immediately realized that there might be a chance for a turnaround, and suddenly turned to look at Tokugawa Haruhiro:
“Your father is still alive. He is only forty-four years old. Because of his bad behavior, he was ordered by General Ieharu to live in seclusion and become a monk.

"Now you are here, at this special time, when the Kii Domain is leaderless.

“Is it possible for your father to seize the opportunity and become the leader of the samurai in Kii again?
"Can he take your place and lead the warriors of the Kii clans to fight against the king?

"If he could do that, then the scale of this war would be even bigger, right?

"That way more warriors will be able to ascend to heaven and become Buddhas, right?"

Tokugawa Jibao listened to the other party's words and was at a loss for several seconds.

Then he finally vaguely realized what this guy in front of him, who was actually younger than him but extremely mature and fierce, wanted to do.

He just wants to kill as many members of the Wu family as possible!

So we want to make the forces following the king and those opposing the king as balanced as possible.

If the king had reconquered Japan too quickly, the scale and losses of the entire war would have been reduced.

That's not what he wants.

Tokugawa Haruhiko's not particularly mature mind was greatly shocked:
"You're a lunatic—"

(End of this chapter)