The next day, Zheng Zhilong didn't get up until almost noon. Although he didn't do much yesterday, he was still too tired after all!
He was thinking about eating the tiger whip, but the guards outside came to report: "Master, there are people in yellow jackets coming to invite you to the palace!"
"No!" When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he suddenly felt cold and refused immediately.
"Yes, sir!" When the guard heard this, he responded immediately without thinking, and then prepared to leave.
However, before he left, he heard Zheng Zhilong speak again: "Wait a minute!"
After hearing this, the personal guard turned to look at him, slightly strangely waiting for his new instructions.
Zheng Zhilong remembered that Hong Chengchou said yesterday that when the Japanese envoy arrived today, he would be invited to negotiate with him. Moreover, the regent and the others were all in the palace today, so it was impossible to borrow seeds again, right?
So, he asked: "Whose request did that man come here for?"
After asking the question, Zheng Zhilong suddenly felt that the question was boring.
If it was still that woman, and she asked the yellow mantle to lie to him that it was the regent who came to invite him, then he wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
It’s true that he has made his way into the world, so how can he be afraid of that Yi woman!
With this in mind, Zheng Zhilong simply freshened up, ate a few snacks, and then followed the man in the yellow mantle to the palace.
But fortunately, this time, it was indeed the regent who invited me, and I went to the Chongzheng Hall where serious business was being discussed.
In the Chongzheng Hall, there are already many people here, a lot of Jianqi and a lot of Japanese. Just at a glance, you can clearly distinguish them from their clothes and hair buns.
Seeing him coming, Dorgon immediately stopped talking and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, please take a seat here!"
His words and demeanor were quite polite.
The same goes for Daishan. He smiled and asked, "Have you had a good rest?"
On the Japanese side, they were quite surprised to see Zheng Zhilong appear, and then they greeted him warmly.
When the two parties are negotiating, as an ally of a third party, standing on either side must carry more weight. No one would be stupid not to win over Zheng Zhilong at this time.
As for Zheng Zhilong, he has regained his calm nature and dealt with them one by one with ease.
In Chongzheng Hall, in addition to Dorgon and Daishan, Hauge and Duoduo also arrived.
At this time, Dodo saw that a man wearing Akito's clothes was so welcomed by both parties, and he was immediately unhappy.
Although he knew that this Ming Gou was in alliance with them all and could be considered to be against the Ming Dynasty court. But looking at his clothes, dangled in front of his eyes, and being attracted by a group of people, it seemed that this Ming Gou was the only one in Chongzheng Hall with this Ming Dynasty.
The most important people were all fawning over him, which made him really unhappy.
However, Duduo was not a fool. He knew the seriousness of the matter and would not be so kicked in the head that he would go to trouble Zheng Zhilong.
As for Zheng Zhilong, he didn't care about what Duduo thought at all, but was just socializing.
This time, the Japanese envoys were all well-established. Although he had never seen some of them, he had also heard of them.
"Ikkan-kun, you come to judge!" The leader of the Japanese, Yagyu Jubei, said to Zheng Zhilong, "They were the ones who came to our Japanese country at the beginning, saying that they would give up Korea to our Japanese country in exchange for our alliance with the Japanese country.
As a result, the Japanese country sent troops, but they took away all the food, supplies and population of North Korea. What kind of truth is this?"
After hearing this, Daishan argued again: "We didn't break our promise. Why don't we just give up North Korea to you?"
This point of contention was already quarreling before Zheng Zhilong came. Anyway, you say yours and I say mine. With such huge interests involved, no one gave in and no one could convince anyone!
At this time, both parties tried to get Zheng Zhilong to criticize and wanted Zheng Zhilong to side with them.
Faced with this situation, Zheng Zhilong couldn't really choose a side. He had experienced this kind of similar things a lot, so he immediately started doing Tai Chi. Anyway, he seemed to talk a lot, but in the end, he seemed to have no idea.
Didn't say.
There was no result in arguing about this kind of thing. In the end, Yagyu Jubei slammed the case and said angrily: "In that case, let's not say anything. We will directly compete with each other to determine the outcome of North Korea's supplies and population.
Which side should we belong to?"
After a pause, he added in a cold voice: "Or, don't blame me, the million-strong Japanese army, for taking action directly!"
In terms of military strength, the Japanese side must have the most troops.
However, how could Jianlu be threatened by the Japanese? Duduo and Haoge, who had a bad temper, exploded on the spot.
What about a million-strong army? The Ming Dynasty had a million-strong army, but the Qing Dynasty still beat the shit out of them. Are they still afraid of little dwarfs like you?
On the Japanese side, they couldn't help but sarcastically counterattack, saying who was beaten so badly by the Ming Dynasty that they had to go to the Japanese country for help, and they tried their best to put gold on their faces, blah blah blah!
Obviously, after the Japanese arrived in North Korea, they finally learned some things, a little bit of the truth, and also knew that the Jianlu were not as strong as they described. This is one of the reasons why the Japanese were very unwilling to have North Korea's population and materials taken away to Liaodong.
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In Chongzheng Hall, there was a huge commotion again.
In the end, it was Zheng Zhilong who intervened to calm the situation and prevent the situation from getting out of control.
Of course, in fact, both parties in the quarrel are just trying to show their strength. In fact, they have a sense of proportion and will not fall out. At least for now, they still need the other party as an ally.
Therefore, under Zheng Zhilong's manipulation, the topic of the two sides returned to the matter of martial arts competition.
But by this time, it was already time for lunch.
The discussion about the martial arts competition continued in the afternoon.
But one thing that is quite funny is that during lunch, Zheng Zhilong went to the toilet. As a result, someone from the Japanese side immediately followed him to the toilet. They looked for an opportunity to ask Zheng Zhilong about the situation of the masters on the Jianlu side.
And when Zheng Zhilong was going back to the toilet, he was stopped by Daishan, who was already waiting at the corner. He was also asking about what kind of masters were among the people who came to Japan this time.
In response to their inquiries from both sides, Zheng Zhilong replied that he didn't understand or didn't know. And the reasons were very sufficient, at least when both sides talked about it, they were reasonable.
After finally finishing their lunch, Jianlu and the Japanese reached a final agreement on the contest.
There will be three players from each side, and a best-of-three-game system will be used. Whoever is kicked off the ring or has no strength to fight again will lose; if there is any objection, Zheng Zhilong will be the final referee and also a witness of the competition.
If Jianlu loses, they must give up the population and food and supplies in Korea and belong to the Japanese country;
Similarly, if the Japanese lose, then the Jianlu will be allowed to take away the population and food and supplies in North Korea without stopping them.
Of course, these agreed-upon Korean population and grain and grass supplies refer to those places that are still under the control of Jianlu, and those that have been taken over by the Japanese are not included.
On the afternoon of that day, a temporary space was set aside in the Palace Square to be used as a competition venue.
The reason why they were so eager to compete was because Jianlu was unreasonable and secretly moved Korean people and food and supplies, and was discovered by Japanese representatives who came along the way.
In addition, the Japanese representatives here were also worried that they would not adapt to the climate in Liaodong and that there would be problems with eating and drinking in Liaodong, so they tried to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
Most people are not qualified to watch the competition in the palace, only high-ranking Jianlu officials are qualified.
The young emperor Fulin was present, and Bumbutai also wore a veil to accompany him. There were also Dorgon, Daishan, Hauge and Duduo, needless to say, Hong Chengchou was also there.
At this time, it was already the end of summer, and the weather was not bad, not too hot.
The wind here in Shenyang is not as strong as that in Japan.
The Japanese sent a man to the scene. One thing that was special was that this man used a long sword and a short sword.
Naturally, the Japanese will not introduce who this person is, what he is good at, what his reputation is, etc.;
However, Zheng Zhilong knew that judging from the characteristics of this man's sword use, he must be a second-class samurai created by Miyamoto Musashi, a very famous warrior in the Japanese country. This man was probably a disciple of Miyamoto Musashi.
At this time, Miyamoto Musashi, if the original historical development was followed, died in June of this year. However, due to the butterfly effect, the history of Japan has changed. He is not dead yet, but he is still sixty-two years old. Because of his age, he did not come to Liaodong. The person sent here was one of his most favored disciples, and he asked Ma to help him.
On the Jianlu side, they also carefully considered the candidates for the battle, and finally sent Zhangku, who was granted the title of Batulu in the third year of Chongde.
Jianlu's Batulu means warrior. There were 6 people who were given the title of Batulu during the Nurhachi period and 17 during the Huangtaiji period.
At this time, Batulu was relatively pure, a warrior who fought bravely. Later in the Manchu and Qing dynasties, they also gave this title to civilian commanders, so they no longer met the standard of Batulu being one with high military force.
Zheng Zhilong didn't know much about Jianlu, but Hong Chengchou had spent a lot of time with Jianlu, so he did.
He accompanied Zheng Zhilong and introduced him to Zheng Zhilong in a low voice.
This Zhangku invaded the pass several times, and when he attacked Nanpi City, he was the first to attack the head of Nanpi City and won the title of Batulu. He was indeed a fierce general.
However, this man's greatest ability in history was to put down Geng Jingzhong's rebellion after entering the customs. Of course, at that time, he was already old and he was serving as a commander rather than a warrior who charged into battle.
At this time, he saw Nobuyuki Terao, wearing soft armor, arrived on the field first.
Later, Zhang Ku strode into the field wearing a suit of armor with tight protection, holding a large shield in his hand and a waist knife in his other hand.
As soon as the two people got close to each other, they suddenly seemed to be very different from each other. When a big man from Liaodong faced a Japanese, it was a bit like an adult bullying a child.