Youye spoke to Gao first, and those officials who were still a little embarrassed could finally lose their shyness.
They all said in unison: "Your Majesty, please punish the Japanese severely and protect the peace of our vassal."
If everyone agrees, then the second problem will be solved satisfactorily.
Zhu Youxiao asked Fang Congzhe to write a letter to Ma Shiying in his own name, telling him what to pay attention to when negotiating with the Japanese.
Since Ma Shiying's title of imperial envoy was still there, he was asked to argue with the Japanese.
After receiving the letter, Ma Shiying felt confident, so he went to Hirado and met Yang Guangkui who was already waiting here.
After discussing with him in detail, he summoned the Japanese envoy.
Yan Siqi informed the envoy that the Ming Dynasty sent an imperial envoy to deal with Japan's peace request.
The envoy protested: "We are not asking for peace, we are negotiating for an armistice."
Yan Siqi smiled and said, "I don't know whether it's a peace treaty or not.
That's what the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty said.
Now the imperial envoy wants to see you.
Do you want to see him or not?"
The envoy has been waiting for almost a month and of course he wants to see him.
So Yan Siqi took him to see Ma Shiying.
After the envoy entered Ma Shiying's residence, he made a big salute.
Ma Shiying smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this.
Please get up."
After thanking the envoy, he stood up and said: "My General Zhengyi ordered me to negotiate an armistice with your country and ask your army to withdraw from our land in Japan.
The General will receive certain compensation."
Ma Shiying said with a smile: "This imperial envoy knows, but your envoy is here with full authority to represent the general.
Can he decide on all matters?"
The messenger lowered his head and said, "Small things are easy to talk about, but big things have to be reported to the general."
Ma Shiying laughed and said: "In that case, I don't need you to pass on the message.
I will go directly to Edo to talk to your general."
The envoy got what he asked for, so he naturally had no objection, so Ma Shiying set out with the envoy the next day, and arrived at Edo Castle three days later.
Edo became Tokyo in later generations and is now the residence of the Tokugawa shogunate.
When Ma Shiying saw the low houses, the disheveled residents, and the strong smell of fish, he couldn't help but show disdain.
Needless to say, compared with the capital, Edo was far inferior to the slightly developed government of the Ming Dynasty.
General Tokugawa Iemitsu met with Ma Shiying.
After seeing Tokugawa Iemitsu, Ma Shiying made a hasty bow and said, "The imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty has met the general."
The warrior next to him looked unhappy, but he couldn't stand up and speak.
Because the Imperial Envoy of the Ming Dynasty represents the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Envoy cannot be allowed to kneel down and worship the general.
Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't take it seriously.
In fact, he had some favorable impressions of the actions of the Ming Dynasty army, because his brother Tokugawa Tadanagi, who he had never dealt with, was beaten to a terrible state by the Ming army, which really made him happy. sky.
He smiled and said: "His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is okay.
I heard that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty has a new prince.
I am really happy and congratulatory."
Ma Shiying gave him a serious salute and said, "The foreign minister has thanked the general for his concern for our prince."
Tokugawa Iemitsu chatted with him for a few more words, and then said sternly: "Our country's Satsuma clan is ignorant of the matter, and actually had a conflict with your vassal Ryukyu.
I have severely reprimanded the Shimazu family, and your country has also given They have taught you enough lessons, so can your country withdraw its troops now?"
Ma Shiying looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu very impolitely and said: "When there was a conflict, the general's words were really elegant.
In the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, the Satsuma domain had already occupied Ryukyu, and then pretended to be Ryukyu and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in order to win the Ming Dynasty.
A reward, this cannot be summed up in two words: conflict.”
Tokugawa Iemitsu was silent for a while, and then said: "The purpose of the Satsuma clan is only to trade with the Ming Dynasty, so they will occupy Ryukyu and pay tribute.
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I hope your envoy can understand their painstaking efforts."
Ma Shiying said with a smile: "What a painstaking effort, I'm afraid it's a lot of painstaking efforts.
General, we don't need to say these words anymore.
I will inform the general of the court's intention first."
Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded.
Ma Shiying said: "First, the Japanese troops in the entire Ryukyu territory will be withdrawn and the Ryukyu Kingdom will govern itself."
Tokugawa Iemitsu said repeatedly: "Of course, of course."
Ma Shiying continued: "Second, all the property that the Satsuma Domain robbed of the Ryukyu Kingdom must be returned, as well as the tribute income obtained from the Ryukyu Kingdom over the past fourteen years, and the special products that the Satsuma Domain has collected from Ryukyu in the past fourteen years must also be returned."
This time Tokugawa Iemitsu no longer nodded, but remained silent.
Just kidding, it would only take a hundred years of annual income for the Satsuma clan to repay the fourteen years of tribute and income tax collected, as well as the materials looted that year.
"Third, in order to ensure the security of the Ryukyu Kingdom and prevent such vicious accidents from happening again, the Ming Dynasty will occupy all the territory of the Satsuma Domain from Akune to the south and Kagoshima Bay for a period of fifty years.
And prohibit the Satsuma Domain from doing so for five years.
Have an army within ten years.”
Now Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't sit still anymore.
He stood up and said: "How is this possible?
How can Ming bully small countries like us?
This will bring shame to Ming."
Ma Shiying sneered: "I wonder if the General felt humiliated when the Satsuma Domain occupied Ryukyu?
How can we ensure that the Satsuma Domain will not occupy Ryukyu again?
Does the General want to endorse the Satsuma Domain?"
Tokugawa Iemitsu blushed and said, "This great general can guarantee that nothing unpleasant will happen again."
Ma Shiying said with a smile: "I don't know where the general was in the thirty-third year of Wanli.
Please forgive me for being rude.
My father-in-law was in power at that time, but my father-in-law did not stop the actions of the Satsuma clan.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty no longer believed in the Ming Dynasty.
The general’s guarantee.”
Tokugawa Iemitsu said with a cold face: "Is Ming determined to fight a war with Japan on Japanese soil?
Are you ready to accept defeat?"
Ma Shiying also said with a cold face: "General, are you ready to accept defeat?
We only want part of the land of Satsuma Domain now.
We do not want all of Japan.
General, please think again."
These words made Tokugawa Iemitsu furious.
This is simply a threat from Hongguoguo.
He actually wants to occupy the entire territory of Japan.
Do you still think Japan is North Korea?
Do you think you are fighting in North Korea?
Ming Dynasty is too arrogant.
I must let you understand.
The Japanese are not easy to mess with.
He said: "Come here, send the envoy back to his residence.
The general will write a letter to negotiate with your emperor."
After Ma Shiying was taken away, Tokugawa Iemitsu returned to the back and reported the meeting with the envoy to his father Tokugawa Hidetada in detail.
Tokugawa Hidetada pondered for a while and said: "There is no other way now.
We can only fight first and then talk.
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If we really lose, it will not be too late to agree to their conditions
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