Chapter 2177 The Flower War (85)

There was such content in the records of Louis Froy that Toyotomi Hideyoshi planned to move the capital in 1583, the eleventh year of Tensho, and move the emperor's palace from Kyoto to the north of Osaka Castle, to a place surrounded by rivers.

Surrounding the Nakajima area, there is a temple town on the north side of this area, but this plan was not completed. Two years later, Honganji Temple obtained part of the land and moved here, so Kawanakajima became temple land and town people's land.

Machi people are a Japanese term for urban residents. "machi" refers to streets and communities. During the Muromachi shogunate period, the machi people mainly referred to the craftsmen in Kyoto, and later also included the merchant class, that is, all people living in the "castle town"

people.

Rich families and samurai lived in the castle, and the townspeople had to provide services to them. Under the regime of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the daimyo also imitated Osaka Castle in building or renovating castles and castle towns in their respective territories, and all of them had the urban policy of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

characteristics, and in this way realized the rule of the territory and strengthened the power of the daimyo.

Among the Toyotomi Hideyoshi regime, probably only 30% of them could be said to have excellent governance over neighboring countries. His territory included Nagahama. Nagahama Castle was the residence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in his early years. Although after the Sekigahara War, it was

Thirty percent of the loser's records related to him were destroyed, but the decrees he promulgated have been carefully preserved by the townspeople, some of which were about building the city.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi became Taikaku, he granted Nagahama the title of "Eternal tribute exemption". When the Saga Mountain Castle was built, Nagahama was also asked to send out strong workers. The citizens of Nagahama immediately took out Toyotomi

Hideyoshi's mofu resolutely resisted the corvee. They even elected representatives to go to Fushimi Castle to lodge a direct complaint with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Fushimi Castle acknowledged the mofu and asked Sanzheng to exempt Nagahama from serving in accordance with the mofu's meaning.

The servitude of the people.

But Sancheng refused: "Yongdai's annual tribute is exempted" is correct, but "annual tribute" is different from building a city and inviting Servants.

Mitsunari was dissatisfied with the residents' representatives' appeal to Fushimi, so he decided not to exempt them from servitude. Therefore, Mitsunari's leader, Sudo Gonemon Toshimitsu, could only persuade the residents' representatives while mobilizing the townspeople.

I apologize to the representatives of the residents for 30% of the time.

In the early Qing Dynasty, land tax and servitude were levied separately, and the number of ding increased accordingly. There were citizens, villagers, guests, tenants, soldiers, tunding, craftsmen, kitchen dins, etc., which were diverse and varied in style.

, increasing the difficulty of collection. The "One Whip Law" levied the levy within the territory. During Kangxi and Yongzheng's reign, the levy was divided into acres, and the levy was also levied into the land. In theory, there should be no more levy.

Service personnel are available all the time. They are called employment, but in reality it is difficult to reimburse them. They are all sent out for free. They are called to offer sacrifices to the East and West Tombs, to go hunting at Mulan Paddock in July, to the Ancestral Tombs in Liaoning, to Mount Tai in Shandong to offer sacrifices to heaven, and to Mount Wutai in Shanxi.

They offered incense, visited the south of the Yangtze River, etc., built bridges, paved roads, set up palaces, provided all food and drinks, and other things, all without using servants.

Water transportation was particularly arduous. Once water transportation stopped, the food needed by the capital and the northern military and civilians would pose a threat. Due to repeated breaches of the Yellow River and water conservancy and other reasons, Emperor Jiaqing planned to change water transportation to sea transportation.

With the increase in land reclamation, water conservancy for irrigation has also become an object of competition. There have been armed fights between wealthy families in Fujian over water conservancy and irrigation.

However, the construction of water conservancy projects also requires corvee work. The admiral who is about to take over as the governor of Nanhe is worried about this problem. Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River six times, which not only cost a lot of money from the treasury, but also wasted people and money. The "sequelae" is now beginning to appear. Self-examination

After the Heshen family property, Emperor Jiaqing practiced frugality and no longer allowed his officials to pay tribute. However, Fuzhou General Qinglin still presented treasures to Jiaqing on August 15th as usual. Not only was he reprimanded, he was even dismissed.

The admiral wanted to find someone to "share his worries" with him, but he had no son. Looking at the sighing old man, Nick felt that he was feeling sad about Wan Ning's departure. His prospective son-in-law, Cao Xi, was still on the ship.

In the evening, they arrived at Zhenhai County. It was not a particularly outstanding place, but there was a building called an "earth building", which was a kind of rammed-earth dwelling that combined the functions of a castle and a residence.

The people inside are ordinary people, not city lords.

The "earth building" is round, based on the concept of "a round sky and a square place". It was built in the middle of the Ming Dynasty to resist the invasion of pirates. There is also a smaller earth building on the nearby mountain, which functions like a watchtower.

, if any abnormality is found, the people at the bottom of the mountain will be alerted.

The "earth building" has a well, a granary, and is fireproof and earthquake-resistant. The "earth building" that Nick entered has a total of four floors. The two bottom floors have no windows. The lighting is on the side close to the yard. Each room is not big, which is different from the town.

People's residences are very similar, but every household has a kitchen with a smoke window. The castle of the Warring States Daimyo also served as a living room and a symbol of the power of the city lord. Toyotomi Hideyoshi not only built a teahouse with gold,

Tang Dynasty murals were also used extensively, and every paper door that can be opened is on it. The same is true for other daimyo. The Nijo Castle established by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Kyoto retains the splendor of the Momoyama period. People dug a moat and installed it on the roof.

A decorative object called a golden owl. According to legend, this animal can summon water and is therefore used as a fire protection charm.

Nick prefers the atmosphere of life in the "Tulou", but the residents here have never seen foreigners. They were surprised to see Nick's blond hair and blue eyes. The naughty children even looked at his hair, as if they wanted to confirm whether he was also golden.

He collected a lot of materials in the earth building and returned to Shuiyi after it was completely dark. Cao Xi found an old man and asked him to tell Nick about the torture he suffered when he was kidnapped by pirates.

The old man talked about a lot of pirate atrocities, and there was a sense of fear in his words. Nick doubted whether what he said was true.

At night, when the tide was high, someone recited the poem "The bright moon on the sea rises with the tide." Nick used the moonlight to vaguely see the black shadow on the sea in the distance, but it disappeared when he tried to distinguish it carefully.

He slept very restlessly that night and kept tossing and turning in bed, which made him look less energetic when he woke up the next morning. Cao Xi looked at him and smiled, as if he thought Nick was frightened by the old man's story last night.

The fleet was still moving forward, and it was obvious that the crew was not as nervous as before. Even Nick felt that he had just had a strange dream.

He was just about to go back to the cabin to sleep for a while when he suddenly heard the sound of a gong. Before his mind could react, the crowd was already making noises. He wanted to hear clearly what they were saying. A sailor pointed in one direction and dozens of people were talking.

A sailboat was approaching them.

At this time, they had arrived at a steep coast covered with reefs. The civilian boats stopped one after another, and then the scene that happened in the dream reappeared. The difference was that in addition to the sound of metal collisions, there were also the sounds of gongs and drums, which sounded very much like during an opera.

A "musical" sound used for accompaniment.

There is an idiom called "One drum to make a move", which means that soldiers attack after hearing the sound of drums, and there is another idiom called "Mingjin retreats", which means to retreat after hearing the sound.

Pirates attacked civilian ships mainly for goods and wealth, while attacking official ships was purely for bloody battles. Fortunately, there was a fort on the mountain, and the pirates withdrew after firing two cannons.

They came and left just as quickly. If it weren't for so many wounded and dead soldiers, Nick would almost have thought he was still dreaming.

"Go and bandage them." Cao Xi said, maybe he thought Nick was a doctor.

They arrived in Jinghai County in the afternoon. There was a military camp nearby. After Cao Xi communicated with them, some of the wounded soldiers were arranged to go to their barracks, while others followed him to the sea again.

Later, Nick learned that this sea area is not full of reefs, but a landform caused by sea erosion. There is a place called Bird's Tail near the military camp. From the mountain, you can overlook the magnificent sea, and at the bottom of the mountain are a wide range of sea erosion bamboo shoots.

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"It's so arrogant, it's so arrogant!"

Captain Yao cursed, and Nick thought he was strange. Isn't this the purpose of the navy?

In 1786, before the United States established a navy, John Adams, the minister to France, was ordered to negotiate with the pirate "government" in Tripoli. Four months later, he negotiated with the pirates in Morocco and signed an agreement to ensure the safety of North American merchant ships through an "exchange of gifts."

Treaty, after the United States has a navy, the first thing it will do is go to Morocco to fight against pirates.

After Jefferson came to power, he reduced the size of the army and laid off many officers. It seems that the president felt that the expensive expenses of raising the navy were not as cost-effective as "exchanging gifts".

Bonaparte suddenly laughed.

He looked at Georgiana and said, "Guess what the purpose of Mr. Murray's trip is?"

"Who is Murray?" Georgiana asked.

"Adams' Messenger."

Only then did Georgiana remember that Mr. William Murray was sent after John Adams lost the election in 1800. Adams was a war party. "There is no war that can unite people more."

On the contrary, Jefferson was originally pro-French.

"I wonder why that place is called Bird Tail," Georgiana said, and turned to the next page.
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