The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 481 This Is Not a Precedent Set by Daming

The information of the Wa country was passed to the capital.

Zhu Yuanzhang then called his eldest grandson to negotiate with him.

"Nowadays, it is more difficult to put down the Wa country in one go. The morale of the soldiers is already declining. If it goes on for a long time, it is easy to change."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked his grandson to speak after reading the battle report.

Now Da Ming has the advantage of firearms in the battle with the Wa Kingdom, but the Wa Kingdom is a country with many islands.

These islands are extremely easy to hide people, and it is very troublesome to clear them up.

Coupled with the previous rainy season, it will also have a great impact on the firearms of the Ming army.

Now it is always so procrastinating, if the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops are defeated, it will be difficult to deal with.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Ying said: "The situation of the Wa Kingdom is actually much more difficult than ours. In terms of the Kyushu Island area controlled by our army, it occupies a large grain-producing area."

"The current consumption of 50 troops is a burden that the Wa Kingdom cannot bear. In more than a month, it will be the season for harvesting rice."

"We have more than 30 auxiliary soldiers, plus the Japanese people who have been ruled now, there is no problem with rice harvesting."

"It's just about morale. It's really hard to last. Suner thinks that the envoys of the Wa country can talk about how to compensate."

The area of ​​Wa Kingdom is still very large, and the overall area is almost the same as the current Yunnan Province.

It's just that the environment of the Wa Kingdom made it difficult for most Ming soldiers to adapt.

Japan itself is a country full of disasters, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, and droughts.

There are also landslides, mudslides and so on.

This made the Ming army living in the Wa Kingdom complain endlessly.

Although under the guidance of the imperial court, Feng Sheng, Zhu Di, Zhu Yan, Zhu Yu and others gave the soldiers a lot of policies to implement, such as the distribution of Japanese women, land property and a series of measures.

But the vast majority of soldiers still want to return to their hometown.

Moreover, if all the troops of the 66 countries of the Wa Kingdom are assembled, even if it is a combination of the Ming army and the Koryo army, it will be an extremely difficult process to win the battle in one fell swoop.

"Dasun thinks how to make them compensate."

Hearing about the compensation, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

War is a continuation of politics, and a war without benefits is a waste of nothing for Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in this country dominated by the emperor himself, sometimes huge wars will be launched even for the sake of face.

To put it simply, don't fight, don't fight for breath, if anyone makes the emperor lose face, then let his life pay for it.

Zhu Ying naturally had a rough plan for the Japanese side.

"Sun'er feels that first of all, the Wa Kingdom must set aside a piece of land, at least ceded to the Three Kingdoms, and use it to provide our Daming for business and the lives of the soldiers left behind by the Wa Kingdom."

"For the pensions of our soldiers lost in the war, there must be full compensation."

Zhu Ying understands this all too well.

He has been thinking about this since the beginning of the crusade against the Wa Kingdom.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, this conversation with the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom will be entirely in charge of the eldest grandson."


The capital, Tianjie Temple.

Recently, if it is said that the most foreign envoys have stayed here, it is the envoys of the Wa Kingdom.

Among other things, the number of envoys alone has reached 500, plus the Japanese beauties, various warriors, and servants, there are more than [-] people.

In the area of ​​Tianjie Temple where the Japanese lived, there was a lot of noise every day, and the monks of Tianjie Temple had warned them many times.

Minamoto Yushin, as the most famous samurai family in the Wa Kingdom, a member of the Kawachi Minamoto clan, he is the most noble person among the Wa Kingdom envoys this time.

The Genji family in Hanoi is the oldest branch of the ancient Japanese royal family.

The Genji family has been a samurai family since ancient times, and there are many samurai and generals in the family. The most famous samurai in Japan, Hachiman Taro, is a descendant of the Genji family.

300 years ago, he was hailed as "the most brave man in the world" by Emperor Baihe.

Not only the Minamoto family, but the other three most famous families in Japan, the Ping family, the Fujiwara family, and the Tachibana family also had their envoys come over.

Like others, such as Hinata, Toyotomi, Tokugawa, Matsudaira, Takahashi and so on.

Those who are qualified to represent the Wa country are naturally one of the best big families in the country.

However, every Japanese envoy who came over has not seen the representatives of the imperial court so far, and the letters of credence they carried had no response after handing them in.

Over time, these envoys would push each other. Most families had conflicts, but now they live together every day, so naturally there are more problems.

That day, a eunuch came in with several eunuchs.

All the Japanese envoys immediately became quiet after seeing it.

Li Zhongming, the eunuch accompanying the supervisor of ceremonies, looked at the Japanese envoys that filled the courtyard, and immediately burst out laughing.

In his opinion, these Japanese envoys are barbarians.

"You guys may be able to make the decision." Li Zhongming asked loudly.

After many Japanese envoys looked at each other, Yuan Youxin naturally stood up and hurriedly bowed and said, "Yuan Youxin, the Japanese envoy, pays homage to Shangguo Gonggong."

Li Zhongming nodded, this attitude is not bad.

"Your Majesty ordered the Japanese envoys to come to Fengtian Palace to have an audience."

Yuan Youxin hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Young Minister Yuan Youxin, follow the edict of His Majesty the Emperor."

Seeing this, Li Zhongming said: "You can go to the three of you, and you can make a decision quickly. If His Royal Highness Taisun waits for a long time, and you will be punished at that time, you can't blame our family."

Hearing this, many Japanese envoys immediately started to argue, but the final key point was still the four major families of the Japanese country.

Three of the four major families will go, and obviously one family will not be able to go.

But under the current situation, it is obvious that the Japanese envoys will not be given too much time. After only a dispute, two other people stood up.

Li Zhongming nodded, and didn't bother to ask any more questions, so he took it and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang will not directly participate in the negotiations with the Japanese envoys.

Everything can be decided by the grandson.

Originally, it was Dasun's intention to conquer the Wa country this time, but it seems to be relatively smooth so far.

On Zhu Ying's side, there were naturally dozens of officials from various ministries, ministers, and Hanlin scholars.

In the Huagai Palace, under the auspices of Zhu Ying, many officials began to discuss the compensation claims against the Wa Kingdom.

In fact, according to the so-called style of a big country before, it is usually a small country that admits its mistakes, compensates some gifts and the like, and then bows its head and surrenders, which is basically the same.

This is also related to the most common face of the Heavenly Dynasty.

But this time, Zhu Ying didn't care so much.

The direction has been determined before the negotiation.

The first is the compensation of monetary pensions.

The compensation is naturally silver.

"Even though the country of Wa is small, there are mountains of silver over there. Let me tell you the number first."

Zhu Ying raised a finger and said.

Some of the officials below couldn't help saying: "Your Highness, is the 1000 million silver a bit short?"

Since ancient times, it has been paying attention to asking a price and paying back the money on the spot.

In the eyes of many officials, small places such as the Wa Kingdom are very barren, and the annual income of the Ming Dynasty in the previous year was only tens of millions of silver.

It's just that when it comes to negotiating things, naturally you can't just say as much as you want, and you have to be a little higher, so that you can talk more.

Zhu Ying shook her head and said, "Where there are mountains of silver, if you talk about 1000 million, it is naturally [-] million taels of silver."

"My Ming Dynasty had 50 troops in the past, plus the current pensions, fleet expenses, including various living expenses, ten million taels of silver is necessary, and there is no room for it."

Meng Zhengsheng, the servant of the Ministry of Punishments, couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, can such a small country come up with so much silver at once?"

Zhu Ying looked at him contemptuously and said: "If you can't pay it at one time, then you can pay it in multiple installments. If you can't pay it in one year, you can pay it in three years. If you can't pay it in three years, you can pay it in ten years. Let's talk about the details."

Hearing this, Meng Zhengsheng, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, could not help but bow his head in shame.

For most of the literati officials in the court at present, they all learn the way of Confucianism, which makes them not care about things like negotiations, and feel that it is disrespectful, like a villain in the market.

Most officials have a kind of mentality, I am a big country with rich products, and there is nothing worth getting from such a small country.

This kind of thinking is wrong, so Zhu Ying wants to change this thinking.

"Don't underestimate the financial resources of Japan, they are rich in silver, and silver is definitely indispensable."

"The country of Wa is located on an island, and now sea trade is prevalent. Above sea trade, we must seek enough benefits for my Ming sea merchants."

"Nowadays in the Kyushu Island of the Wa Kingdom, most of our soldiers in the Ming Army marry wives and have children in the Wa Kingdom, and obtain land property. Most of them will definitely stay in the Wa Kingdom and serve as our Ming garrison."

"Therefore, in the border of Kyushu Island of the Wa Kingdom, there must be an enclave of our Great Ming, and the Kingdom of Wa should set aside enough land for the people and soldiers of our Great Ming to belong to."

"Secondly, it is about the trade and commerce in various parts of the Wa Kingdom. After my Ming merchants go to the Wa Kingdom, they should have the right to travel freely in the Wa Kingdom, and the right to buy and sell. The Wa royal family and the government must not interfere in any way."

"Wo is a subordinate country. In matters of law, if any of our Ming people violates the law in Wa, they should be sent back to the country before they can be interrogated. Wa has no right to punish."

Listening to His Highness Taisun's continuous narration, the ministers below looked at each other in blank dismay.

They have never had such an idea. From another perspective, this is already an extreme squeeze on the Wa country.

Will the Japanese envoys agree to these regulations?

Seeing the expressions of the officials, Zhu Ying knew that they were here and had no idea at all.

Not to mention such a treaty, there are many more unequal treaties in later generations.

But now His Royal Highness Taisun has set the direction, and the ministers immediately understood how to treat the Japanese envoys and negotiate an armistice agreement.

When Yuan Youxin came outside Fengtian Hall, he was not called into the hall immediately, but waited outside the hall.

At this time, many officials were still discussing some specific matters about the treaty in the Huagai Hall.

During this period, an eunuch came to report that the Japanese envoy had arrived, but Zhu Ying ignored it as if he had never heard of it.

The eunuch is naturally a fine man, so of course he understands Zhu Ying's meaning.

So let's let the Japanese envoys hang out first.

After waiting for about an hour, some general plans were finalized, and Zhu Ying said: "I am a little tired today, so I will go back to the palace to take a nap first. go."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Ying got up and went back to Kunning Palace.

The courtiers naturally knew that this was to give the envoys of the Japanese kingdom a blow.

Anyway, Wa Kingdom is far more anxious than Daming now.

These Japanese envoys are probably not qualified to directly decide on the content of such negotiations, and they must report back to the country.

Even taking the Yangtze River into the sea from Nanjing, and then going out to the Japanese country, is relatively fast, but it takes more than a month to go back and forth, at least.

Let's just consume it slowly.

In Fengtian Hall, when the door opened, Yuan Youxin entered with full expectation, but saw that there was no one on the dragon chair above.

He thought he would have to wait for a while, but he didn't expect Zhan Hui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to come over and say, "You are the envoy of the Wa Kingdom, so tell me, what do you want this time."

The tone was a little cold and direct, even a little indifferent, which made Yuan Youxin a little ashamed.

Then he bowed and asked, "I don't know when His Majesty the Emperor of Shang Kingdom will come."

As soon as he said this, he burst into laughter.

Zhan Hui even said, "Your Majesty has so many opportunities to deal with every day, so there is no time to argue with envoys from small countries like you. Now, His Majesty has ordered you to take full responsibility for what you are asking for."

Although Yuanyou was a little embarrassed in his confidence, he still had a humble smile on his face: "I don't know when His Highness Taisun will come."

Zhan Hui said with a smile: "His Royal Highness has a lot of business to deal with today, and he is a little tired. He has gone back to the palace to rest."

"What's the matter today, I just need to talk to you in detail."

Yuan Youxin and the three felt humiliated immediately when they heard this, among them, Kazuo Fujiwara said with anger: "I have been waiting in Tianjie Temple for more than a month, and now I come to Fengtian Temple, do I have to wait?" How long do you want us to wait?"

"It's a matter of peace between the two countries, how can it be so frivolous, it really loses the demeanor of a big country."

After Fujiwara Kazuo finished speaking, the expressions of the officials on Daming's side changed drastically, and Zhan Hui even scolded: "Presumptuous, what is your identity, you are just a minister of a small country, what right do you have to talk to my Majesty, His Majesty, His Highness Taisun at will?" .”

"It would be the same if the emperor came here instead. How dare you slander our Daming royal family. Come here, drag these three people down, and beat the [-]th board again before talking about other things."

Hearing this, Kazuo Fujiwara yelled, "How could Ming treat us like this if the two countries do not kill each other when they are at war."

Zhan Hui sneered and said, "It's really shameless. This is not a precedent set by me."

(End of this chapter)