"The most important thing now is to resume trade, because the sales of our government-run cotton cloth must continue unabated, so that the people in the country who rely on the textile industry to survive and make profits can continue to increase their income, and not because a large number of unsalable cotton cloth leads to the bankruptcy of workers, so the first thing to do now is to continue free trade in the Wakoku, and the Tokugawa shogunate has the obligation to maintain the order of trade and not let the local daimyo of the Wakuni destroy the order of free trade."
At the court meeting, Zhu Youxiao first said to his ministers.Fang Congzhe therefore followed and said, "Your Majesty Shengming!
However, as His Majesty has just said, in order to increase the amount of cotton cloth sold by the government, it will not be possible to trade only in Nagasaki in the future, but as far as the ministers know, the current Wa Kingdom only allows foreign merchants to do business in Nagasaki, and Nagasaki is a place under the direct control of the shogunate, and the most trusted daimyo is sent to his domain, so in the opinion of the minister, the shogunate should be asked to open more towns as business places. ”"Then let the Tokugawa shogunate open a few more ports, and allow my Ming merchants to conduct free trade in the places where the ports are opened, and strive to completely let the entire Oriental use my Ming official cotton cloth in the future!"
Zhu Youxiao took a sip of tea and said.And because Zhu Youxiao said this, the corners of the ministers' mouths rose slightly.But then, Bi Ziyan couldn't help but say: "However, Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, if this continues, there will be turmoil in the country of the Japanese state, because many of the daimyo of the Japanese kingdom will not let the profits of cotton cloth be monopolized by our Ming dynasty, and will only become ordinary landlords who grow grain and cotton, so they will be dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty, and even more strongly hope that the Tokugawa shogunate will treat my Ming Dynasty strongly, and we must make the Japanese daimyo give up this idea." ”Zhu Youxiao nodded after listening to Bi Ziyan's words: "That's right, our real challenge in the Wa Kingdom is these daimyos, not the Shogunate, even the emperor is more threatening than the Shogunate, Tokugawa Hidetada is a smart man, he chose to take the initiative to compromise with my Ming Dynasty is right, and the imperial court will have to ensure his dominance in the Wa State in the future, so my Ming must have a permanent army and even a resident official in the Wa State, in order to respond to the changes in the current situation in the Wa State at any time, if necessary, the permanent army can support the Japanese forces close to my Ming Dynasty in time, Since Nagasaki has now been occupied by our Ming Dynasty, let the Wa Kingdom cede Nagasaki and Goto as my Ming territory, so that our Ming garrison in this area, so that there is a base camp belonging to our Ming forces in the Wa Dynasty, and in addition, we must ask the shogunate to allow us to have envoys and officials in Edo, so that we can have our Ming resident officials in the shogunate. ”"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Fang Congzhe and other civil officials were all shrewd people, so they naturally knew that the emperor was indeed a clever strategy to do so."
However, Your Majesty, the garrison in Nagasaki has to spend a lot of money and grain, especially in the early stage, now Nagasaki has just experienced two major events, all industries have been seriously damaged, and the taxes will definitely be insufficient.Xiong Tingbi, the secretary of the military department, said."
I also thought of this, the garrison in the early stage had to spend a lot of money, but this money naturally does not need to be paid by us, because it is not my Ming court that will be protected at that time, but his Tokugawa shogunate or a certain daimyo who is close to my Ming dynasty, so this money is naturally from his Japanese country, but he has to find a reason to be rejected, and this reason is to ask for compensation!"
Zhu Youxiao said and said: "The rebellion of the Shimiao Dynasty and the rebellion of the Temple Dynasty, my Ming Dynasty has paid a heavy price for this, many soldiers and people have been killed, and a lot of national wealth and people have been consumed, as well as the slaughter of overseas Chinese merchants in Nagasaki, these accounts have to be calculated, and the Tokugawa Shogunate, who inherited the mantle of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, must compensate me for the losses of the Ming Dynasty and its vassal states!"
”The ministers' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they all had to admit that the reasons given by their Majesty were very good.After all, the Japanese people did leave a lot of pain to all the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and if they asked for compensation from the Japanese state, they would naturally be able to get the approval of all the people in the country.Naturally, there is no pressure from public opinion.Even Liu Zongzhou did not object at this time, and said: "If you can really make the Wa State pay compensation, then all the people of my Ming Dynasty because of their suffering will not suffer in vain!"
”"It's not a matter of whether you can do it, it's something that the country must do!"
Zhu Youzhen said.And at this time, Wei Guangwei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, really want to trade with the Wa Kingdom, cut the land, and pay compensation, as Your Majesty said, the challenge is not the shogunate, but the daimyo of the Wa Kingdom, if the shogunate agrees, some of the daimyo who were taken by my Ming Dynasty because of their business profits will inevitably resist, and the reason for their rebellion must be to ask for the return of power to the emperor, so as to achieve the purpose of overthrowing the shogunate and replacing the shogunate, and this requires us to take precautions in advance, and the key is not to let the Wa state have an emperor, so to speak, there is an emperor in the Wa Kingdom, which will become an obstacle for my Ming Dynasty to run industries in the Wa Kingdom in the future!
Therefore, the minister suggested that this negotiation should also have some requirements for the emperor of the Japanese country!
”"What Aiqing said is reasonable!
There should be no more emperors in the world, and there can only be one emperor in the world, and that is me!
The country of Wa is just a projectile land, and it is embarrassing to set up an emperor for a day?
It can be seen from this that Shen Qingjia is right, this Japanese country is different from North Korea, and has never had the heart to surrender to my Ming Dynasty, but only to annex my Ming Dynasty!
”Zhu Youxiao said again: "However, it has been a long time since the emperor of the Japanese kingdom appeared, and the Japanese people have been convinced of it, and rashly dealing with its emperor will cause the Japanese to reject my Ming Dynasty even more, and it is not my purpose to let the Japanese country exclude my Ming Dynasty, and it is my purpose to let everyone in the Japanese Kingdom only use my Ming goods, so take your time first, if the Tokugawa shogunate is enough to cooperate in the future, naturally we will not need to come forward to clean up the emperor." ”"Yes!"
Wei Guangwei replied.And Zhu Youxiao therefore found out that Wei Guangwei was a powerful person who was good at making suggestions and assisting Wei Zhongxian in history, to be precise, he assisted the Emperor of the Apocalypse and suppressed the Donglin Party very ruthlessly, and his vision was really unique, and he was the first to put forward the proposal that the imperial court should also have requirements for the emperor of the Japanese state, so he ordered Wei Guangwei to serve as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, receive the title of Yipin Young Fu, and go to the Japanese State to negotiate as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and serve as the chief envoy of the negotiations.Shen Yourong was appointed by Zhu Youxiao as the chief military officer of the reserve and served as the deputy envoy for negotiations.......
"Negotiations?
Why did the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom suddenly have to negotiate again!
What the hell is he trying to do?
”Tokugawa Hidetada was very puzzled when he learned that Zhu Yuxiao had sent an envoy to Edo.Because in his cognition, if he was the Ming Emperor, he would either still destroy his Wa Kingdom desperately, or he had to give up the idea of conquering his Wa Kingdom because of his forbearance enough.Therefore, Tokugawa Hidetada, whose cognition is still stuck in the era of annexation and conquest, does not know that the Ming Dynasty has now used a new way to deal with affairs between countries.However, Tokugawa Hidetada didn't understand, and he didn't dare not agree, so he agreed.......
"Our demands on your country can be summarized mainly as apologies, land cession, reparations, trade, and the management of the diaspora. ”Wei Guangwei, on the other hand, took the initiative to negotiate with Shen Yourong after arriving in Edo, intending to touch Tokugawa Hidetada's attitude.