Date Masamune felt quite embarrassed for a while, so he had to reply: "But the Ming Kingdom is too powerful, their warships and cannons are completely beyond our imagination, it is difficult for us to refuse all their demands, it can be said that it is easy for them to destroy us, but now fortunately they don't have this meaning, and what they want more is to trade with us, so as to continue to make money in our Japanese country, which is actually good for us, which means that he doesn't want the Japanese country to be chaotic, as long as we obey their requirements, They may also take the initiative to protect our shogunate. ”Tokugawa Hidetada fell silent.But after a while, Tokugawa Hidetada still said with some reluctance: "You go ahead and talk to them!"
The indemnity cannot exceed one million, trade can only be limited to Hirado, I can dismiss Naito Kiyoji and them, and hand over Chen Shicheng and Wang Fen to them, but they can't hand over Naito Kiyoji, I am also a dignified general of Zhengyi, and he Mingguo can't bully this general to this point!
It's a big deal, it's 200,000 shogunate troops to be shattered together!
”"Then ask the general to choose another virtuous person, this, I really can't do it."
Date Masamune was reluctant to be this microphone because he was afraid that after informing the Ming officials of Tokugawa Hidetada's intentions, the Ming officials would kill him if they disagreed, just like Sakai Tadakatsu had killed."
You!"
Tokugawa Hidetada was quite annoyed.But Date Masamune is a very powerful daimyo, his seniority is very old, and he worked in the Tokugawa shogunate during the Tokugawa Ieyasu era, so Tokugawa Hidetada did not kill him for this, but only removed him from his post and sent his eldest son Tokugawa Nobunaga to negotiate with the Ming officials.And when Tokugawa Nobunaga met Wei Guangwei and Shen Yourong and others, and conveyed Tokugawa Hidetada's opinion, Wei Guangwei and Shen Yourong did not kill Tokugawa Nobunaga.And Wei Guangwei said directly: "We will not make the slightest concession, you have no right to refuse this negotiation, only the obligation to sign and execute it, in addition, I will give you a day, if you do not reply within a day, then you will suffer huge losses!"
”Tokugawa Nobunaga had to take Wei Guangwei's words back.At the same time, Wei Guangwei went to meet Date Masamune and spent the night in Date Masamune's mansion.Shen Yourong, on his side, ordered all the Ming warships to face Edo Castle to test their guns."
Can't give in?
Damn it!
It's arrogant!
”Tokugawa Hidetada was extremely angry when he heard this, but at this time, his second son, Tokugawa Iemitsu, walked in: "Father, our people have come to report that the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Kingdom went to Date Masamune's mansion and has not returned yet. ”"What?!"
Tokugawa Hidetada was shocked when he heard this.At this time, there was a sudden sound of cannons on the river, and the sound of cannons was so loud that the glass of Tokugawa Hidetada's residence was constantly ringing."
It's the Ming army firing cannons!"
Tokugawa Nobunaga said busily.Tokugawa Hidetada made up his mind because of this, and hurriedly instructed Tokugawa Nobunaga: "You immediately go to Date Masamune and tell the people of Ming Kingdom that we will agree to all requests!"
All promised, quick!
”Tokugawa Hidetada couldn't do that much now, and he was really worried that the Ming Dynasty would support other daimyo to become the new shoguns in the Wa Kingdom.When Wei Guangwei learned that the Tokugawa Shogunate had sent someone to see him at Date Masamune's mansion, he also guessed the intention of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and couldn't help but say to Date Masamune: "It seems that the negotiation has finally come to an end, and this official can give an account to His Majesty, but, Date Masamune, don't stay in Edo Castle, otherwise, there will be danger." ”Date Masamune still didn't quite understand what Wei Guangwei said.And at this time, as soon as Tokugawa Nobunaga came to Date Masamune, he took out an edict and said to Date Masamune: "The general asks you to immediately agree to all the requests of the Ming Kingdom!"
”Date Masamune was quite surprised, and when he thought of Wei Guangwei's words just now, after thinking about it again, he also understood, and he felt uneasy in his heart for a while, but he still replied: "Yes!"
”Therefore, next, the Ming Dynasty and the Wa State officially signed all the terms of the negotiation in Edo City, and the specific content of the Edo Treaty was: 1 The Wa State submitted a letter of apology to the Ming Dynasty, compensated the Ming Dynasty with 30 million yuan of silver coins, and compensated Korea with 5 million yuan of silver; 2.
The Wa Kingdom ceded the Nagasaki Domain to the Ming Dynasty; 3Wakoku opened Hirado, Osaka, Yokohama, Edo, and Saga as treaty ports; 4.
The Wa State has no right to dispose of the officials and people living in the Ming Dynasty; 5.
The Wa Kingdom granted the Ming Dynasty the permission to station officials in Edo; 6.
The Ming Dynasty gave the most favored nation treatment to the Ming Dynasty, and the tariff formulation needed to be negotiated with the Ming Dynasty.The one who signed on behalf of Daming was Wei Guangwei.And the signatory of the Wa Kingdom was naturally Date Masamune.In addition, Li Gui also countersigned.At this point, the Ming Dynasty made a windfall, plus an overseas colony, and at the same time obtained a larger commodity market.The Tokugawa shogunate had to empty its treasury to pay this huge indemnity, and most of the wealth looted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Korea now went to the Ming treasury.Li Gui, a North Korean official, did not expect that he would also receive an indemnity of 5 million yuan in silver coins when he went on the expedition with the Ming Dynasty.Therefore, Li Gui and other North Korean officials were very happy because of this, and began to think that it was good to be the younger brother of Daming.When the king of Joseon, Li Liang, learned that Li Gui had returned home with an indemnity of five million silver coins, he was also overjoyed."
It's really an honor to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty!"
Li Qi said with emotion.Although North Korea borrowed three million stone grain from Daming before, but now North Korea has brought back five million yuan of silver coins by sending troops with Daming, even if he deducts what he lent to Daming before, he can still make a lot of money, so the current North Korea naturally thinks that it is good to follow Daming, and even wants to have another opportunity to send troops with Daming to make money."
Did the Wa Kingdom really agree to all the terms?"
And when Wei Guangwei returned to China and told Fang Congzhe and other ministers that the treaty had been signed, Fang Congzhe and other ministers were quite surprised.Because they had to admit that the negotiation conditions set by the emperor were actually very harsh, except that they did not let them perish, they only let the other side breathe.Therefore, they felt that it would be difficult for the Wa State to agree, but they did not expect that the Wa State would really agree to the emperor's harsh request.Wei Guang replied with a smile: "How dare Wei deceive the imperial court!"
It is indeed fortunate that he did not make any regressions. ”"Let's go!
Ask to see Your Majesty now!
”Fang Congzhe therefore secretly thought that His Majesty had really used Wei Guangwei correctly, and walked out of the cabinet one step ahead of him in high spirits, and other important ministers also followed.Bi Ziyan had already begun to say with emotion: "The compensation of 30 million yuan of silver coins is already worth the current one-year grain income of my Ming treasury!"
How can you spend so much money?
Sad!
”"You Bi Gong is the most relaxed one of my Ming Dynasty previous Dasi Nong, never worried about not having enough money, only worried that the money will not be spent!"
Wang Yingjiao followed and said, and couldn't help but think of the hard days when he was the head of the household department, and couldn't help but say for a while: "I think that back then, when the old man was the chief farmer, he couldn't even take out hundreds of thousands of disaster relief silver, and he had to ask His Majesty for internal money!"
”Bi Ziyan just smiled, and then asked Xiong Tingbi and Wang Yingjiao and other important ministers: "Seriously, the ministers of the princes are not enough to make silver envoys, if it is not enough, when this indemnity arrives, Bi Mou will ask for the transfer of five million to you first?"
”Fang Congzhe just smiled when he heard it, and said in his heart: "It's really a different year, during the Wanli Dynasty, the household department was most afraid that other ministries would come to ask for silver, and now the household department is rushing to send silver!"
This is a really good way to claim money from foreign countries, but I hope that the imperial court will not become more and more accustomed to relying on this way of extortion to enrich the treasury in the future. ”