"Sixty years have passed, things have changed and people have changed. Besides, those people are not your subjects, but people of the Qing Dynasty. Do you still want to fight injustice on behalf of the Qing Dynasty?"

Matsudaira Sadanobu keenly grasped the loopholes in Zhao Xin's words. He did not talk about the agreement that Zhao Xin proposed, but asked aggressively: "Your Excellency, you must know that morality is the highest priority in governance, and benevolence and righteousness are the basis of conduct.

Therefore, those who hold high positions but have no virtues will be deposed; those who are rich but have no righteousness will be punished; those who are humble but love virtues will be honored; those who are poor but righteous will be honored.' As a Chinese person, how is your behavior different from that of barbarians?"

Zhao Xin didn't know that what Matsudaira Sadanobu said later came from "Xinyu" written by Lu Jia of the Han Dynasty, but he also caught the loopholes in the other party's words.

"Those who are humble and virtuous are respected, but those who are poor and righteous are honored? Haha, your words are really ridiculous! Are the untouchables in your country considered human beings? Are the poor people in your country considered human beings? If they are considered human beings, please ask me from Tianming

Who are the millions of people who have starved to death in ditches every day for three years and been eaten by wild dogs? The Ainu people live in poverty and contentment, but why do they still endure the oppression of Omi merchants and the Matsumae clan?"

Zhao Xin cleared his throat and continued: "Baihe Marquis, I heard that you have governed well and not a single person has died in your territory. I'm afraid you haven't counted the peasants who have lost their land, that is, the untouchables, have you? You said that if I conquer the lower reaches of the Yangtze River,

If a household distributes the rice in the warehouse to surrounding farmers, what will happen?"

"You!" Matsudaira Sadanobu finally couldn't hold it any longer. His lips trembled because of Zhao Xin's anger, and his face turned blue and white.

Zhao Xin laughed and kept up his efforts: "To tell you the truth, I have enough food and ammunition on board to stay in Edo for half a year. I won't take a grain of rice after conquering Edo, and I will give it all to the farmers. Do you think the people will support it?

Does the shogunate still support me? There are still 10,000 such soldiers in Beihai. As long as I am willing, they will come over in an iron ship twice the size of the Thor in three days. Marquis Baihe, this agreement, the shogunate is

You have to sign even if you don’t sign, and I’ll beat you up if you don’t sign!”

As soon as Zhao Xin said this, Matsudaira Sadanobu and dozens of warriors all changed their expressions.

With Matsudaira Sadanobu gone, he didn't dare to agree to Zhao Xin's conditions at all. Not to mention that he was not a veteran yet, as long as he dared to nod his head, tomorrow there would be people shouting to attack the national traitors, and even destroy him on behalf of the sun.

So when Zhao Xin returned to the Thor, two D30s launched a shocking bombardment on the shogunate's defense line on the top of Pingen Mountain. Pan Xiucheng then ordered two companies to attack. After one charge, the shogunate's two camps on the top of Pingen Mountain

It was lost. Not long after, as the number of casualties continued to rise, the shogunate army's main formation on the west side of Mount Hirake finally couldn't hold it anymore and began a hasty retreat.

The breakthrough of the Hiragen Mountain defense line meant that there was no longer a heavy military barrier between here and the Uraga Administrative Office. The troops of Beihai Town quickly crossed the plain area southeast of the "Imperial Palace" and launched an attack on Nishi Uraga in one go.

When Matsudaira Sadanobu heard the first cannon shot, he immediately abandoned his sedan chair, mounted a fast horse, and galloped towards Edo Castle with his men.

In the evening, Yuli and Tongxin, who were struggling to resist, took the few ashigaru and retreated to Uraga Town to resist. As the fires ignited in Tongxin Town and Yuli Town, the gunshots in Uraga Town gradually

stop.

After nightfall, the Beihai Town soldiers who searched everywhere finally found Uraga's acting official who had committed suicide by caesarean section in the imperial palace.

At dawn the next day, when several nearby villagers came to the imperial storehouse, they were surprised to find rice bags stacked outside the warehouse, and the white rice flowed to the ground along the damaged straw packages.

On a notice board as big as a door panel next to it, the large characters "Take it as you like" (take it as you please) are particularly eye-catching.

"Report it to the official." A farmer said in horror, but he kept staring at the rice bag on the ground.

"You are stupid! The acting official is dead, and the warriors have been beaten away by the colorful army. Where can I report to the official?"

No one dared to come out to inquire about the news during the war. A few farmers gathered together and muttered for a long time, and saw that no one was around. So they took off their tattered jackets and put the bag

Most of the rice in the damaged rice bag was taken away...
Chapter completed!