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In a rage, Sakai Tadakatsu burned down Abe Chuqiu's mansion and killed all the members of the Abe family. Even Abe Chuqiu's cousin Abe Shigetsugu was not spared.
If you count carefully, it took only one stick of incense from the time Sakai Tadakatsu wiped out the entire Abe family. Everything happened so fast that Hoshina Masayuki and others were still busy putting out the fire on Kaede Street when they turned around and heard that Sakai Tadakatsu had wiped out the Abe family.
The Shogun Tokugawa Ietsugu was only ten years old and couldn't tell the direction of the wind when he peed. Hoshina Masayuki was usually obsessed with Confucianism and Japanese Shintoism and didn't care about worldly affairs. When he encountered such a big change, he was dumbfounded and didn't have any opinions.
As for Sakai Tadakatsu's killing of the entire Abe family, the other two elders, Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Matsudaira Nobihisa, did not participate in it, but they were happy to see it happen.
The matter was already settled. Under such circumstances, other officials of the shogunate could only believe that it was Abe Tadayuki who sent people to assassinate Sakai Tadakatsu first. Who would dare to talk nonsense
But the story does not end with the murder of the Abe brothers. Abe Tadaki was the lord of Mibu Domain in Shimotsuke Province and the lord of Oshi Domain in Musashi Province, while Abe Shigetsugu was the second-generation lord of Iwatsuki Domain in Musashi Province. The two brothers controlled three domains in total.
Because Edo Castle was controlled by the Shogun himself, although the Abe family did not have much power in Edo Castle, if you open the map, you will find that the so-called Musashi Province was located in the area around Edo Castle, including the later Tokyo Metropolis, the entire Saitama Prefecture, Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the entire Kawasaki City.
Shimotsuke Province is located to the north of Musashi Province, and is adjacent to Musashi Province.
Not surprisingly, as soon as the news of the murder of the Abe brothers Tadayuki reached the three feudal domains controlled by the Abe family, the three feudal domains immediately rose up in rebellion.
Although the Abe Chuanqiu brothers only controlled the Shinobi Domain and the Iwatsuki Domain in Musashi Province, and not the entire Musashi Province belonged to the Abe family, but because it was close to the heartland of Edo, if the three feudal lords were not subdued in time, it would become a serious threat.
In the shogunate's council hall, Hoshina Masayuki was like an ant on a hot pot, anxiously pacing around: "What should I do? What should I do?"
The brat Tokugawa Ietsugu, who was sitting at the top, was almost scared to tears by his uncle's wrinkled features. The poor child, who had just lost his father, was at a loss and helpless, and now had to face a dangerous situation with fire everywhere. At this time, he could only watch his uncle turning around.
Matsudaira Nobunaga looked at Sakai Tadakatsu, who had a bandage on his head, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Another senior councilor, Matsudaira Norihisa, coughed twice and said, "Elder, since Qin wants us to lease an area of 60 li around Yokosuka before agreeing to send troops to help our shogunate, I think we still need your advice on this matter."
Sakai Tadakatsu said: "This matter is of great importance, and the final decision will have to be made by the guardian."
Hoshina Masayuki was not only the person chosen by Tokugawa Iemitsu to take care of his son, but also the uncle of the new shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuga. Being called "guardian" clearly meant that his duty was to protect the Tokugawa shogunate until Ietsuga Ietsuga grew up.
Several people in the Council of State pushed back and forth, and no one was willing to take the political risk of leasing Yokosuka. The situation was critical now, and no one would say anything about leasing the Yokosuka area, but once the situation stabilized in the future, it was inevitable that someone would bring up this old account.
But this Yasushige Masayuki is a man without any ideas. It's not that he is afraid of taking any political risks, but he really has no opinion of his own.
"My Lord, the situation is urgent now. You are in charge of government affairs, so you know more about the situation than I do. You know whether Yokosuka can be leased or whether it will be controlled by Qin in the future. You know better than me. Please tell us.
Although Abe Tadaki sent people to assassinate the elder, he deserved to be put to death, but the elder was too reckless this time. He should have questioned Abe Tadaki and Abe Shigetsugu first, and at the same time controlled the Musashi, Iwatsuki, and Mibui domains in Shimotsuke Province.
The elder was furious and killed Abe Tadaki, who was Abe Shigetsugu. The situation was becoming more and more critical as the Three Feudatories rebelled. At this time, the elder was still making excuses. What was his reason? "
Hoshina Masayuki's words were full of resentment towards Sakai Tadakatsu, and it could even be said that he had reached the limit of being angry but not daring to speak out. But to be honest, after seeing Sakai Tadakatsu's angry execution of the Abe family, he was really a little afraid of Sakai Tadakatsu.
At this time, Sakai Tadakatsu was in a dilemma and had to bite the bullet and said, "Shougo, we are losing ground in Sekigahara, Abe Tadaki is colluding with ronin to assassinate me, and the lords of various regions have different intentions, some pretending to obey but secretly disobeying, or refusing to listen to orders. In the current situation, we have no choice. If we don't rely on the strength of Qin, I'm afraid the Shogun's Mansion will not be able to be saved."
Matsudaira Nobunaga immediately responded, "So, you have decided to agree to Qin's conditions?"
Sakai Tadakatsu secretly hated it, but at this point, he could only answer: "Does the old minister have any other good plan?"
Hoshina Masayuki sighed and said, "Since the elder said so, then it is decided."
Seeing Sakai Tadakatsu, who was wrapped like a pig's head, again, Huang Zhiqiu smiled. Perhaps in the near future, he would also be able to receive a medal awarded by the Emperor of Qin himself.
The Tokugawa shogunate soon signed an agreement with Daqin. In addition to opening four additional trading ports, it also formally leased 60 miles around Yokosuka for Daqin to build a port and station troops. As for the lease period, there was no specified period.
On the day after the agreement was signed, 500 marines of the North Sea Fleet, led by Commander Yun Hua, landed with rocket launchers and Type 69 flintlock rifles, and officially began the game of beating the Japanese.
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Daqin, Nanjing Internal Supervision Research and Development Department.
Huang Sheng knew that the emperor was in urgent need of a long-distance and fast communication method. In this regard, the emperor gave him a lot of suggestions, but everyone in the R&D department had just come into contact with electromagnetic knowledge and their knowledge was limited.
A few days ago, the Internal Supervision Research and Development Department just made a battery using zinc sheets and sulfuric acid water. It was developed so quickly thanks to the advice provided by the emperor.
The original light bulbs powered directly by the generator had unstable brightness, flickering as the generator turned. With the battery, this problem was finally solved, and the brightness of the light bulbs became very stable.
Now Huang Sheng gathered all his capable people and invested them in electromagnetic research. He worked day and night and forgot to eat and sleep, just wanting to develop the telegraph that the emperor wanted as soon as possible.
Huang Sheng hadn't been home for half a month. He smelled bad, his clothes were tattered, his face was covered with stubble, and he looked very haggard. But electromagnetic waves are invisible and intangible. If the emperor hadn't firmly believed in their existence, Huang Sheng would have doubted it. This is nonsense.
That day he was sitting at the table thinking hard. He happened to look up and saw Li Yi playing with his electromagnet again. When the power was turned on, the iron rod, which was originally non-magnetic, would attract the small iron nails nearby. When the power was turned off, the small iron nails would fall off again.
Seeing this scene, Huang Sheng suddenly got an idea and a bold idea popped up in his mind.
"Quick, Li Yi, call everyone over."
"Sir Huang, have you thought of a solution?" Li Yi jumped up and asked after hearing Huang Sheng's anxious and excited voice.
"Yes, I have a new idea."
"Great, I'll go call everyone." Fourteen-year-old Li Yi was able to become Huang Sheng's assistant because he was very talented in this area.
Soon, more than ten people who participated in the electromagnetic wave research gathered together, and Huang Sheng said to them: "You have all seen the electromagnet made by Li Yi. When the power is turned on, it sucks up the iron nail, and when the power is turned off, the iron nail falls down. I have an idea. Can we make the iron nail into a small iron sheet, and then fix the middle of the small iron sheet on the wooden board in front of the electromagnet? When the power is turned on, the electromagnet sucks up the front end of the iron sheet, and the end will be pressed down. When the power is turned off, the front end of the iron sheet falls off and the end rises;
This means that we can control whether the end of the iron sheet is pressed down or raised by supplying or cutting off the power. In this way, we can observe the length of time the iron sheet is pressed down by the naked eye to form a code. For example, one long and four shorts represent the word "加", and two long and three shorts represent the word "急". Then we can control the power supply here to make the small iron sheet over there send out the signal of the two words "加急".
Huang Sheng said this, and everyone was silent for a while, and then suddenly cheered. To test his idea, all he needed was a small piece of iron and a piece of wood. Li Yi had already made an electromagnet, so without Huang Sheng's instructions, everyone had already taken action... ... ... .
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