Afterwards, in Osaka Castle, the father and son bickered for a long time before finally deciding on the distribution of gold: after dividing the gold among others, the remaining father and son would have 40% to 60%, with Yoshimochi taking 40% and Yoshimitsu taking 60%.
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After talking about the gold matter, it was already getting west, and the father and son got together to have dinner. They were both very shameless, and they had obviously just been negotiating for a long time about the gold matter without any affection between father and son, but at the banquet they became
The father is kind and the son is filial.
The two of them were drinking and chatting casually, accompanied by their trusted ministers. At first, everyone smiled and talked about the gold they had obtained, but as they talked, their topics were not limited to
It's gold.
Yoshimochi said to Yoshimitsu: "Do you really want to marry Akiko's sister to Zhu Mengjiong, the king of Yong'an County in the Ming Dynasty?"
"Mikasa Palace, haven't we already agreed with Mingguo on this matter? They started practicing the six rites last month and can no longer go back on it. Why are you asking this now?" Yoshimitsu said.
Yoshitsugu became the King of Fuso. After their family canceled their surname, according to tradition, Yoshitoshi was named Prince of Mikasa Palace and Yoshitoshi was named Emperor. Therefore, Yoshitoshi can also be called Mikasa Palace Yoshitoshi. Of course, in the documents of the Ming Dynasty
Yi Chi called himself the king of the county.
Mikasa Miyagi Mochi said: "Even if Yisi is only equivalent to the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Akiko has to marry a prince of the Ming Dynasty anyway, and she is just a county prince."
"The princes of the Ming Dynasty are all vassal princes, and the Central Plains countries have always looked down on us Fuso people. How could they marry Mingzi as the principal concubine? It is better to be a side concubine than to marry the prince of the county as the principal concubine." Yoshimitsu said.
Of course Mikasa Miyagimochi knew that what Yoshimitsu said was right, not to mention that there were other considerations in marrying Akiko out. If not, he would have firmly opposed it when they first discussed it. But he still felt depressed.
He added: "There is also the matter of leasing Yokohama. How can I, Fuso, rent a place from a foreign country?"
"It's not a lease, it's a land worth ten thousand koku as Akiko's dowry. The local people still belong to the Fuso daimyo." Yoshimitsu corrected.
"If the local daimyo relies on people from the Ming Dynasty, it will be even more difficult for us to make the local daimyo obedient." Mikasa Miyagimochi said.
"I know this, but the Ming Dynasty named Yokohama, and wouldn't it be more dangerous to let the Ming Dynasty use the port in the Seto Inland Sea? So we can only lend Yokohama to them. And I have already asked the Ming Dynasty's envoy,
Zhu Mengjiong has been appointed as the Yokohama Commander-in-Chief by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, and it seems that he will guard Yokohama for a long time. As long as Akiko can win over Zhu Mengjiong's heart, the Kanto daimyo will naturally not get the support of the Ming Kingdom."
"In order for Mingzi to win over Zhu Mengjiong, I asked the maids who specially served Ming Dynasty envoys to teach Mingzi. Zhu Mengjiong will definitely fall in love with Mingzi," Yoshimitsu said.
"Besides, our Fusang is not one of those small countries in Nanyang. Even if the Ming Dynasty interferes, as long as our family is prosperous, it will not be afraid at all. Didn't the Yuan Dynasty cross the sea twice to invade twice and fail? We Fusang warriors all have high self-esteem.
No one dares to collude with outsiders openly."
"And since the Ming Dynasty wants Yokohama, it will be of great use. It will probably serve as an important transit point for the fleet. In this way, we can make money by doing business with them."
In fact, when Yunxi sent an envoy to say that he wanted to rent Yokohama, Yoshimitsu also felt a little panic. After repeated studies, he finally set the conditions for Ming Dynasty. He also discussed with the daimyo of Kanto for a long time before they agreed to give up Yokohama.
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At this time, except for Yoshimitsu and his son, the other ministers present were already drunk and started talking nonsense. The owner of another shogunate royal merchant, Sumitomo Shinichi, said: "There are so many treasures in the desolate places in the north.
, I really can’t believe it. I heard that the Ming Dynasty discovered many places after passing Jinning? Maybe there are many more precious treasures. We Fuso will also send a fleet to explore north, and we cannot let these treasures be monopolized by the Ming Dynasty people. "
"Yes, these places are originally to the north of Fuso, closer to Fuso, and the treasures there should belong to Fuso people!" someone agreed.
Yoshimitsu and Mikasa Miyagimochi just smiled after hearing these words. Whoever finds the ownerless treasure buried underground will get it first, and Fuso can't defeat Mingguo. These words are just a joke. The person who just spoke
He is just talking nonsense when he is drunk. He would not say such things when he is sober, making people laugh.
But Mikasa Miyagi Mochi seemed to have some thoughts: "Father, the first half of Sumitomo Shinichi's sentence still makes some sense. Let's also send a fleet north to explore."
"Yoshimochi," Yoshimitsu said, calling him by his real name seriously: "How do we, Fuso, compare with the Ming Kingdom? The Ming Kingdom is so powerful that even if hundreds of ships and thousands of crew members all die in the north, it will have no impact on the country;
But if our Fusang suffers such heavy losses, the navy will be devastated!"
"This time we sent a fleet to explore north. Twenty of the one hundred ships belonged to the daimyo of the northeastern lords, and thirty of them belonged to pirates who had temporarily surrendered. We incorporated these remaining pirate ships into the navy, but we lost a lot of them.
Twenty ships, but if they don’t bring back the gold, we don’t know how long it will take to replenish these twenty ships.”
"So don't compare with the Ming Dynasty. The wealth we have is the hard work of two or three generations. There is no wasted capital. We can just pick up some leftovers secretly with the Ming Dynasty."
After all, Mikasa Miyagimochi is still young and has the passion of young people, so he is quite dissatisfied with this situation.
Yoshimitsu, because he was the general who conquered the barbarians after all, directly held some fleets in his hands, and had contacts with daimyo from various places, so he also warned: "This time, part of our fleet finally came back, but I heard that the Koreans
The entire fleet was wiped out. At this time, half of the North Korean navy was lost, and there is no gold left. Half of North Korea's coastline is now unprotected. Pirates may visit more frequently, and taxes may be reduced."
"And I also heard that they have lost a lot of children from big families in the country. Zhu Fangyuan will have a lot of troubles in the future! If our Fusang comes here like this, I'm afraid there will be a lot of troubles. Let's just say that this time, many warriors died at sea. How?
Soothe the headaches they still have.”
After hearing this, Mikasa Miyagimochi finally became honest. No matter how confident he was, he would not dare to say that there would be no casualties during the exploration. If the samurai died at sea, there would be a lot of trouble. Now he doesn't even know how to comfort the families of the samurai when he returns to Kyoto.
How much cost and time will it cost?
Seeing that he understood, Yoshimitsu said no more. He looked at Koko and saw that it was getting late, so he asked everyone to disperse.
He finally said to Yoshitoshi: "If you want to be a qualified ruler, remember one word: prudence. Taking risks is something that people with nothing and deep pockets do, not people like us."