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Text 950 [Tsushima Island]

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    What the hell is Tsushima Island looking like now?

    During the Wanli period, Japan invaded Korea, and the Zong family of Tsushima Island was ordered to join the war.  All males on the island, from the age of 16 to 53, were all mobilized, barely recruiting an advance team of 5,000 people.

    The 5,000 Tsushima soldiers were almost wiped out, and there were no adult men on the island.

    After several years of hard work, finally a group of adults became adults.  Japan once again asked the Zong family to recruit soldiers, and tried their best to recruit only a thousand soldiers, some of whom were even under the age of 16.

    Fortunately, this time they did not really participate in the war, and all the thousand males survived. In the following decades, Tsushima relied on these thousand males to reproduce.

    Immediately afterwards, Zong was in charge of diplomacy with North Korea and successfully restored diplomatic relations between North Korea and Japan.  Tokugawa Ieyasu rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, and granted Duomafan a name of 100,000 shi, but his territory produced a maximum of 10,000 shi.

    The most important thing is the lack of people!

    Now it has been restored for decades, counting the old and weak, women and children, there are probably more than 10,000 people on the island.

    Historically, the Zong family ruled Tsushima Island for hundreds of years, and it was in the hands of Zong Yizhen that it reached its golden age.  But at this moment, Zong Yizhen has just succeeded to the throne for two or three years, the population is scarce, the fields are barren, and the debts are high. How can it look like a golden age?

    The house leak happened to rain all night. Last year, there was a fire, and the castle town was burned to ruins.

    The vassal Oura Mitsutomo said: "The top priority is to rebuild the castle town. At the same time, sort out the debts and use Japanese and Chinese merchants to rebuild the castle town. Sell the land to the merchants to pay off the debts. The built shops are also theirs. We will be responsible for collecting taxes in the future.  "

    This is being forced to do nothing, and can only rely on real estate to make money.

    Zong Yizhen just turned 21 years old, nodded and said: "That's fine, anyway, we don't have any money, so let merchants pay for rebuilding the castle town."

    Oura Mitsutomo also said: "After rebuilding the castle town, it is necessary to reform the land inspection and change the local knowledge and action system to the pre-Tibetan knowledge and action system. Implement the equalization system, develop new fields, absorb Japanese ronin, and strengthen the development of silver mines. With this  At the same time, it is necessary to establish a feudal school and train samurai who are loyal to the daimyo."

    "Such a reform, I'm afraid it will be difficult?" Zong Yizhen doubted.

    Centralization reform is of course very difficult. In another time and space, after the reform was completed, Mitsuyou Oura was executed, purely to vent the anger of other retainers.  But also because of this reform, Ma Fan quickly became stronger, and agriculture and commerce developed rapidly.

    Dapu Guangyou said: "No matter how difficult it is, we must reform, otherwise we will never have a bright future against Ma Fan."

    "My lord, an envoy from China has arrived!"

    Zong Yizhen stood up abruptly, took Oura Mitsuyou out, and other retainers also went to the port one after another.

    It was Dang Chongjun who came here. The North Korean monarchs and ministers were tossing around in the winter, and he was not idle in Hanyang.  During this period, he submitted his plan to Nanjing, and Zhao Han quickly approved and reissued the imperial decree and copper seal to him.

    "Minister of the lower kingdom, meet the angel!"

    Although Zong Yizhen has an official position in North Korea, he thinks he is Japanese in his bones.  At this time, self-declaration of identity was ambiguous, and it was not clear which country he was a minister of.

    Dang Chongjun was very young and was sent as an envoy because he was proficient in Japanese and Korean.

    At this moment, Dang Chongjun deliberately used Korean words: "Your Excellency, please, the lord of North Korea has dedicated Tsushima Island to the Celestial Dynasty. From now on, Your Excellency is an official of the Celestial Dynasty, and you don't need to call yourself a small minister."

    "ah?"

    Zong Yizhen subconsciously looked at Oura Guangyou, who also looked bewildered.

    Dang Chongjun said again: "Everyone, take a bath and change your clothes. After fasting for three days, set up the incense table to welcome the imperial edict."

    Oura Guangyou was the first to come back to his senses, bent down and said, "Angel, please enter the city and rest."

    The main city of Mafan is called Yanyuan City. Although it is small and dilapidated, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.  As for the outside of the city, the commercial and living areas were all burned up, and it is currently in ruins. Merchants and people can only build temporary huts to live.

    Dang Chongjun passed by the castle town, and couldn't help asking: "Is everything outside the city burned?"

    Zong Yizhen had a bitter face: "It was burned last year, and I have been short of money to rebuild it, which made Master Angel laugh."

    "This is easy," Dang Chongjun said with a smile. "When I go back, I invite some merchants from Jiangsu to come over. They will definitely be willing to pay for the repair of shops. Moreover, Tsushima Island will soon be changed to Tsushima County, and the imperial court can also allocate a sum of money."  Money and food."

    Zong Yizhen and his retainers did not dare to object when they heard this. It is easier to ask God than to send God away.

    After setting up the Chinese envoys, Zong Yizhen held a meeting with his retainers.

    Due to the sharp drop in population caused by the war, the strength of the retainers on Tsushima Island was greatly damaged.  Then the "Liuchuan Incident" incident happened again, and the Zong family made the retainers submissivebsp; Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

    Dang Chongjun continued: "The entire island should be investigated, and taxes should be paid according to the number of acres. If anyone conceals the acres, the whole family will be exiled to Heilongjiang!"

    Dang Chongjun led a thousand Datong troops and demanded that Zong Yizhen hand over the city defense.

    Zong Yizhen discussed with his vassals for three full days, but finally he still didn't dare to resist, and obediently handed over the power of city defense.  Then, the domestic samurai were reorganized into policemen and inspectors, and all redundant samurai were dismissed and turned into ronin.

    Dang Chongjun was afraid that these ronin would cause trouble, so he even took away the ronin at the port. More than 400 ronin were scattered and thrown to Heilongjiang.

    Dang Chongjun led his troops away immediately, as if everything had changed, and yet nothing had changed.

    In the future, it will be a blunt knife to cut the flesh, and it will be Sinicized bit by bit.  Now the Han people only serve as the county magistrate and control the school. In the future, senior officials will be gradually sent to take charge of various departments of the Tsushima county government.  The military salaries of those inspectors are paid by the imperial court, and will gradually be managed by Han people.

    If there is any change, the Datong army will come and kill these Japanese lords completely.

    Even Zong Yizhen, the county magistrate, will be transferred to other provinces when the time is right, and will be managed by a Han official.

    When the time is right, it will be the real inventory of the fields.

    These guys must have concealed the land and did not report it. When they were caught, they ransacked their homes and exiled them. The court had an excuse to divide the land on a large scale.

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