In the Seto Inland Sea outside the Hyogo-no-tsu port, several small boats slowly sailed towards the Hyogo-no-tsu port under the gaze of many Ming warships.
On one of the ships, Shimazu Tadamasa stood on the deck, looking at the Ming warships on the sea. Compared with the Ming warships, the ship he was on seemed very small, just like a child and an adult.
"The shogunate still gave in. I knew they would definitely choose peace talks after they were defeated in the battle of Hyogo-no-tsu. Originally, they wanted everyone to send troops to fight against the Ming army. Who would be so stupid?"
Shimazu Tadamasa looked at the port ahead. He could already see the flags of several daimyo. The daimyo on Kyushu Island, the daimyo of Shikoku, and the ships of wealthy families were moored quietly in the port.
The Emperor of Japan, the Shogun, and the British Duke of Ming Dynasty issued an order to the daimyo of the entire Japanese country, requiring all daimyo from all over the country to come in person to participate in the peace talks between Ming Dynasty and Japan. Any daimyo who did not come to participate in the peace talks would be regarded as a threat to the emperor.
Disrespect to the shogunate.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The emperor and the shogunate, who will take advantage of them now? The one who is really afraid is the Ming Dynasty, which has tens of thousands of troops stationed in various parts of the Japanese country.
Zhou Fang, Shi Jian, Yang Yun's army here, Wang Shouren's army in the Kanto area, plus Zhang Mao's army in the Kyoto area. If any big name dares to disobey orders, the army can kill them immediately.
The fate of the three wealthy families, the Otomo family, the Ouchi family, and the Uesugi family, was clearly visible to every daimyo in the entire Japanese kingdom, so everyone was very aware of it, and the governors of each wealthy family came personally.
As the ships gradually entered the port of Hyogo no Tsu, Shimazu Tadamasa saw more and more flags of the daimyo family.
The Ito family and Kikuchi family in Kyushu, the Kono family, Tosa family, Imagawa family on Shikoku Island, Nizi and Mori in China, Akamatsu and Asakura in Kyoto area, Matsudaira, Hojo, Miyoshi, Murakami in Kanto area, etc.
"It's really lively. All the famous people from the entire Japanese country are here."
"It's been a long, long time since there have been so many great names."
Shimazu Tadamasa couldn't help but sigh.
Soon, Shimazu Tadamasa got off the ship and walked to the place where the peace talks were held, led by a group of Ming army soldiers.
Because almost the entire Hyogo-no-jin was razed to the ground by artillery, and there was no decent building to be found at all, so Liu Jin simply found an open space, temporarily had someone harden it with cement, and cut out a square for peace talks.
The place is right here.
At this time, the huge square was very lively. Daimyos from all over Japan were chatting and laughing with each other. The flags of their families were planted where each daimyo was sitting.
The layout of the entire square is from north to south, with a huge open space in the north. Zhang Mao, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren who came from the Kanto region urgently, and Yang Yun who came from the China region were all present, sitting on the chairs, smiling at each other.
, chatting and laughing happily.
"Tsk, tsk, doesn't the Japanese country claim to have sixty-six countries? How come after all calculations, it's less than half?"
Zhang Mao carefully counted the flags on the south square, smiled and said to Liu Jin beside him.
"Let's just put it this way. There are many small countries that are not even as good as a county in our Ming Dynasty. They say they are countries, but in fact they are just arrogant."
Liu Jin replied with a smile.
"Yes, they are almost here. Do you think they can agree to our conditions?"
Zhang Mao nodded, then looked at the treaty drawn up by Liu Jin on the table and said.
"They will agree. If they don't agree, we will continue to fight until they agree."
Liu Jin said very confidently.
"Liu Jin, let's not talk about other treaties. This requires the Japanese country to compensate 20 million taels of silver. Isn't this too much? We may not be able to get much money from selling the Japanese country."
Wang Shouren on the side did not understand why Liu Jin insisted on the Japanese country to compensate the silver. The Ming Dynasty was the suzerain state of the Japanese country, and it was not good to use force against its own vassal state. It was too much to ask the Japanese country to compensate the silver, and the lion was big.
If you open your mouth, you will get 20 million taels of silver.
"Is it much?"
"I don't think it's much at all. How can I come back empty-handed when I finally come to Japan? I never do business at a loss. We, tens of thousands of soldiers, eat all these things in exchange for money."
"Although His Majesty has gained some money in the past two years, we ministers still have to think more about Your Majesty. Think about it. When he goes to war, he is just like doing business. We can't do business at a loss."
"If we win the battle and don't let them cede territory and pay compensation, can we call it a win?"
Liu Jin said matter-of-factly.
"Besides, if I don't kill the Japanese people severely, they won't have a long memory. I just want them to be anxious for pain all the time, so that they don't dare to mess with us in the future, and they will be very kind to us in the future.
Respectfully."
"Relying on benevolence, justice, etiquette and teachings is not enough. We can only rely on fists and hit them hard. If the beating hurts, they will naturally respect us."
After listening to Liu Jin's words, Wang Shouren still shook his head slightly. Although he felt that what Liu Jin said was not completely unreasonable, the education he received since childhood still made him feel that since Ming Dynasty went to the country, he should have the demeanor of the country.
We should still give priority to benevolence and righteousness towards our vassal states.
Even if the vassal state has something wrong and should be taught a lesson, it still shouldn't be done too much to the vassal state, just about enough.
"If they can really agree to our conditions, then this battle will be worthwhile."
Zhang Mao also disagreed with the agreement drawn up by Liu Jin, but Zhang Mao felt that if the Japanese country could agree to this condition, it would really make a lot of money.
Not only could all the money for sending troops this time be recovered, but the capital could also be recovered with interest. For the sake of the money, he also decided to let Liu Jin take the lead in this peace negotiation.
Only those who have money are the boss, and everything else is fake.
In Liu Jin's words, all benevolence, justice and morality are bullshit. There are only interests between countries, and everything else is false. The Japanese country is a vassal state, but it has not paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty for many years, and since it is a vassal state, they
You should know how to protect the interests of Ming merchants, and you should not loot or kill Ming merchants.
If you do something wrong, you must be punished. This is because the Japanese country was unkind and unjust. This is no wonder the Ming Dynasty.
To the south, the Japanese queen, Emperor Tsuchimikado, and the shogun Ashikaga Yosumi were sitting together. Both of them were puppets, and they were looking at everything in front of them with great interest.
Emperor Gotsuchimikado was in a very good mood at this time. The people of Ming Dynasty respected him very much. He was always at the front, next to the shogun and his son Emperor Gokashiwara.
Behind them are Hosokawa Masamoto, Tonse Sadatada, Hino Tomiko and other powerful officials on the shogunate side. Behind them are the daimyo from all over Japan.
This kind of position arrangement made Emperor Gotsuchimikado very satisfied. It made him feel the presence of a monarch, so although he was in poor health, his spirit was very good.
The shogun next to him, Ashikaga Yosumi, looked at a loss. He was a waste. He only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, and he had no abilities. That's why he was favored by several powerful ministers. They abolished Ashikaga Yoshitai and sent him away.
Provide support so that powerful ministers can more easily control the power of the shogunate.
"I don't know what kind of conditions Akito will put forward. He must have some plot to summon all the famous people from all over the country with such great force."
Hosokawa Masamoto and Hino Tomiko beside him, Yin Shizhong said.
His face turned ugly. Whether the Ming army could retreat this time was very important to the shogunate. Once the Ming army continued to attack Kyoto and the Muromachi area, the shogunate would be completely finished.
Once the shogunate is over, the powerful ministers like them will naturally be over. The daimyo from all over the country will not let them go. They all want to replace the shogunate, and they can't wait for the shogunate to collapse now.
"No matter what Ming people ask for, we just have to comply with them. If we ask them to buy arms and weapons afterwards, we can still control the situation."
Although Tomiko Hino was a woman, she was decisive in killing.
"Yes, no matter what the conditions are, we agree."
"I have already contacted Mr. Liu Jin Liu, and he expressed his willingness to sell arms and weapons to our shogunate, because he feels that only our shogunate is strong enough to control the entire Japanese country, and a stable Japanese country is also in the interest of their Ming people.
"
Yin Shizhong nodded and said.
In fact, because it is close to here, the Japanese king and the shogun came here a few days in advance. During this process, they also had contact with Zhang Mao and Liu Jin in advance and exchanged opinions with each other.
"real?"
When Hosokawa Masamoto heard this, he quickly asked.
"Of course it's true. The Miyun Iron Factory under Mr. Liu is the largest steel factory in the entire Ming Dynasty, and it is also the largest weapons manufacturer. It would be strange not to make money."
Yin Shizhong nodded and said that he had already found out some information from the Ming Dynasty businessmen. The young man in red robe opposite had unimaginable influence and huge wealth in the Ming Dynasty.
"They also sell that kind of artillery?"
Hosokawa Masamoto pondered for a while, then thought about it and asked.
"That kind of artillery is not good. It is the most advanced artillery of their Ming Dynasty and cannot be sold. However, he promised to sell us some obsolete artillery. In addition, there is no limit on armor weapons. You can have as many as you want."
Yin Shizhong shook his head slightly and said.
"Great~ If our shogunate wants to continue to maintain control, we can't do it without strong force. This time our vitality is severely damaged. It is estimated that many daimyo are already eyeing us."
After hearing this, Hosokawa Masamoto nodded happily.
This is okay. There is no shortage of silver in the Japanese country. Although the Japanese country is an island country, it is small and has less land, but it has the advantage of an island country, which is the production of gold and silver. The gold of the Japanese country is more than the gold of the Ming Dynasty.
The ratio of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty is almost 1:10, while in the Japanese country it is now 1:8. This is because of the large-scale trade between the two countries in the past two years, which has led to the loss of gold and silver in the Japanese country. In the past, it was
One to five.
From here we can know that the Japanese country actually produced very high gold and silver.
"You two countries, don't be too happy. Ming people can sell us weapons, and they can also sell them to daimyo from all over the world."
Hino Tomiko thought for a moment and shook his head slightly.
Anyway, they are selling weapons, and they can be sold to whoever pays them. It is the same anyway, as long as the weapons are not used against Ming Dynasty.
In fact, Liu Jin did plan this way.
Among the many daimyo at the back, Nizi and the two governors of the Maori family were also sitting together, discussing something with each other.
These two families were the first to turn to the Ming Dynasty. As soon as Yang Yun conquered Shi Jianguo, the Nizi family and the Maori family started to show their favor.
The strength of the Nizi family and the Maori family are both average. Historically, the Maori family was a very powerful family in the middle of the Warring States Period. Especially when the Maori family defeated the Ouchi family and made the Nizi family surrender, the Maori family once became the Japanese state.
The most powerful daimyo.
But the Maori family in this era was very weak, and so was the Nizi family.
Because they were weak, they would size up the situation and know how powerful the Ming Dynasty was, so as soon as the Ming army arrived, they immediately turned to the Ming Dynasty's side.
Not only did he provide information for Yang Yun, he also provided food and grass for Yang Yun, helped with logistics, etc., and performed very well.
This time when they came for peace talks, the other daimyo were all somewhat uneasy and didn't know what Akito would do to them, but the people from their two families were very happy.
Because the Ming Dynasty won, they pressed the Japanese shogunate and the daimyo from all over the country to the ground and rubbed them. With an order, the Japanese emperor, the shogunate, and the daimyo from all over the country had to come to Hyogo no Tsu to participate in the peace talks, because no one could bear the Ming Dynasty.
The anger will not come unless it comes.
They were different, because they had chosen to join the Ming Dynasty early. Both Zhang Mao and Liu Jin had privately approached the two famous names in advance and promised them many benefits.
The Ouchi family and the Otomo family were destroyed. Liu Jin interrupted and asked the Nizi family and the Maori family to take over the territory of these two families. At the same time, he also agreed to sell arms and weapons to the two families. In addition, he also agreed
In the future, I will take the two families to Golden Continent to make a fortune.
In short, Liu Jin was very generous to the obedient dog and promised many benefits, which made Nizi's family and Maoli's family extremely excited.
Choosing to join Akito was indeed the right thing to do. The two families actually didn't do much, but the harvest was absolutely full. They were full of confidence and made up their minds.
In the future, as long as they follow the people of the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely quickly become the most powerful daimyo in the Japanese country, and maybe they can spread to the world outside the Japanese country in the future.
They now know that in the Ming Dynasty, the world outside the Japanese country was very vast, including Golden Continent, Australia, Europe, Africa, etc. The whole world was very big, but the Japanese country was very small.
