The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 483 The Cheers of the Japanese Envoys

As Yuan Yuxin guessed, in the next four negotiations, there were more than 120 Japanese envoys, all of whom were killed with sticks outside Fengtian Hall.

This also led to the intensification of Zhan Hui's reputation as a cruel official.

The other ministers all avoided it, but Zhan Hui never tired of it.

"Master, isn't this a bit too much? I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of such a bloodthirsty reputation."

"His Royal Highness is like this, I think the master should be more careful."

"Don't be that scapegoat."

At night, Zhan Hui's wife persuaded him.

Zhan Hui snorted coldly: "You woman, you know what an imperial court is."

"Now my Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom are at war. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are losing their lives on the battlefield every day. These more than 100 people are nothing."

"Furthermore, this is a breath of anger for His Majesty. His Majesty may be so happy now."

"Besides, this is what His Highness Taisun meant. For the Wa Kingdom, His Highness Taisun should have hatred in his heart. You don't know that although His Majesty once wanted to conquer the Wa Kingdom, he gave up under Liu Ji's persuasion."

"Later, I felt that it was too dangerous to conquer the Japanese kingdom, and I might repeat the same mistakes as the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty. The sea ban was launched only to prevent the Japanese pirates from invading the border."

"So the conquest of the Wa Kingdom was facilitated by His Royal Highness Taisun. Now that the Wa Kingdom is under the pressure of subjugation and wants to cease the war, His Highness Taisun will naturally not let this opportunity pass."

"Now His Royal Highness is becoming more and more powerful, not only in the court, but also officials, common people, and warriors all over the world are worshiped as gods."

"The recent improvement of the salary system can be said to have truly benefited the officials. Only by closely following His Royal Highness can the official career be guaranteed in the future."

"Don't think too much about anything else. You know, His Royal Highness is only 19 years old. The future of Ming Dynasty depends entirely on His Royal Highness."

"I heard from the court that His Royal Highness Taisun is physically strong and powerful, and this great tomorrow will be under His Royal Highness Taisun's rule for decades to come."

"Such a king, even if he bears a little infamy, what impact does it have?"

Zhan Hui sighed while talking.

His Royal Highness is really too young, too young.

At such a young age, he has firmly controlled the power of Daming, and now His Royal Highness has supporters from all walks of life, including scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen.

Anyone can see that the future of the Ming Dynasty, under the rule of His Highness the Grandson, must be flourishing and prosperous.

In the Fengtian Temple, there is the compilation of the Jingshi Mansion Newspaper.

After all, the Jingshi Mansion Newspaper has now been divided into official positions. Although the grade is in the ranks of the eighth and ninth ranks, the power it controls cannot be underestimated.

With Zhu Ying's approval, Zhan Hui's deeds were naturally published in the latest residence newspaper of the capital.

In this regard, the people's side is better than their own.

Some people said that Zhan Hui was too vicious, and he was not worthy of the position of minister for such a massacre, which would insult the image of the heavenly kingdom.

In the great Ming Dynasty, one should treat others with generosity and not haggle over every detail, so as to reflect the demeanor of a great country.

This kind of ethos was the first to prevail in the capital at the beginning, and it was also the consistent style of Confucianism.

However, when the Jingshi Mansion newspaper published an article "Repaying grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue?" 'After the article, all public opinion suddenly reversed.

What this article is about is the measures taken by successive dynasties to neighboring countries, especially some tribes on the grassland.

Including all kinds of favors, appeasement, and even marriage and compensation.

When the Central Plains Dynasty was weak, the originally peaceful small countries around them suddenly showed a ferocious face, and everyone wanted to take a bite.

But when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, they would put away their sharp claws and be as docile as a sheep, just to get enough benefits.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom has been assisted by the Central Plains Dynasty.

And Ming Dynasty was also the dynasty of the Central Plains, but the Wa Kingdom was not involved in the war because it lived in a corner, and because of the failure of the Mongolian Yuan to defeat the Wa, it became arrogant.

When the envoys of the Ming Dynasty went to the Wa Kingdom and let the Wa Kingdom return to the embrace of the Central Plains Dynasty, they not only flatly refused, but also beheaded the Ming Dynasty envoys, openly clamoring for Ming Dynasty.

Such a move, how can we repay grievances with virtue?
When this article became popular, coupled with some foreshadowings that the Japanese country had continuously planted in the previous war, it finally ignited the anger of the people.

Zhan Hui, who was originally cast aside, seemed to have become the hero of the entire Ming Dynasty overnight.

"The power of public opinion is so terrifying!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help sighing deeply when he heard Jin Yiwei's report.

What is the fear of people's words, this is the fear of people's words.

When everyone thinks this matter is right, even if he is wrong, it is also right.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang has a clearer understanding of the Dibao. Zhu Ying's operation made Zhu Yuanzhang deeply realize that people's hearts can be manipulated in this way.

During the seventh Ming-Japanese negotiation, Zhu Ying finally appeared in Fengtian Hall.

At this time, there were more than 20 Japanese envoys left.

At the first moment when he saw His Royal Highness Daming Grandson, Yuan Youxin offered all the beauties and treasures without hesitation.

Naturally, Zhu Ying had no reason to refuse, and accepted everything.

Aside from talking about treasures here, the envoys of the Japanese kingdom called a picture to see him at this time.

Among the many beauties of the Japanese country, there is one who is the daughter of the current emperor of the Japanese country.

Even most of the Japanese envoys did not know about this matter, only a few people including Yuan Youxin understood the inside story.

The Emperor of Japan obviously had the purpose of marrying relatives.

"His Highness Taisun ordered that the princess of the Japanese country enter Fengtian Hall."

Under Zhu Ying's signal, Liu He stepped forward and gave instructions loudly.

Yuan Youxin was overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly asked someone to bring the princess of the Wa Kingdom here.

Of course, Zhu Ying didn't have any special feelings for the princess of the Japanese country, but wanted to see how the princess of the Japanese country looked like.

It can be seen that after this battle against the Japanese, coupled with the development of Shanghai trade, the exchanges between the Ming and Japanese will continue to deepen.

On the political level, besides war, of course there are other means.

For example, with the blood of the Emperor of Japan, Zhu Ying's son.

The Wa country was influenced by the Tang Dynasty, and regarding the bloodline, whether it is the emperor, the guardian daimyos of all parties, or the nobles of all ministries, they are all very persistent.

This kind of persistence is stronger than that of the Central Plains dynasty.

On Daming's side, according to moral principles, only cousins ​​are allowed to get married.

But in the country of Wa, even cousins ​​can marry. In order to maintain the so-called purity of blood, marriage of close relatives is a very common phenomenon in the country of Wa.

If you can't completely change the customs of your culture, then look for the loopholes in your culture to attack.

The quickest way to obtain the nominal power of the Japanese country lies in the blood.

A child who has the blood of the Emperor of Japan and the blood of the Ming Dynasty will be the most honorable person for the Kingdom of Japan, which values ​​the nobility of blood.

But there is still a premise here.

Zhu Ying didn't want to wrong herself because of this plan.

It is said that the princesses of the Wa Kingdom are generally ugly, so you have to look at the people first, otherwise you would rather waste money and forcibly capture the Wa Kingdom than accept it as a concubine.

This is his bottom line.

Not long after, the princess of the Wa Kingdom came to Fengtian Hall accompanied by her maidservant.

Fortunately, Zhu Ying's eyesight is good, even standing on the Golden Luan Hall, she can see clearly.

Overall, it's pretty good.

In terms of appearance and figure, it can be regarded as meeting the standards of Zhu Ying's vision.

Seeing His Royal Highness Daming Taisun nodding slightly, Yuan Youxin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally passed the test.

You must know that Yuan Youxin took great pains to present the princess this time.

When choosing a princess before coming here, Yuan Youxin insisted that it must be a princess who conforms to Daming's aesthetics, because this marriage will be the emperor's grandson of Daming.

The emperor's grandson is only less than twenty years old, so he will definitely attach great importance to beauty.

Among the many princesses, choose repeatedly.

Body and appearance are all strictly checked, and only then can there be a specific candidate.

When I came, according to the customs of the Japanese country, it was originally the dress of a woman in the Tang Dynasty.

After arriving in Daming, she immediately changed into the most popular women's outfit in Daming today, but the details are full of articles.

This is how His Royal Highness Taisun nodded today.

Xiangzi quietly raised her head and looked at her future husband, her face suddenly flushed.

The princesses of the Japanese kingdom are supposed to be used for marriage. This is a tradition that has existed since ancient times.

The title of princess will be revoked for the married princess, which is also influenced by the customs of the Central Plains Dynasty when marrying a chicken and following the chicken, and marrying a dog and following the dog.

Not only the princess of the country of Wa, but also the royal family of the country of Wa has no surname, perhaps because of the relationship of the eternal line.

The royal family of the Japanese king adopted the method of palace title or honorific title plus first name.

The title of an unmarried princess is Inner Prince.

Xiangzi's current title should be Prince Jinggong Xiangzi.

Jinggong is the name of the Japanese palace, Xiangzi is her name, and Prince Nei is her title.

After marriage, it is changed to the form of husband's family.

When Zhu Ying accepted her as a concubine, she should be called Zhu Xiangzi.

After hearing Yuan Youxin envoy's prostration and gratitude to His Highness Taisun, Xiangzi hurriedly saluted along with him.

She was delighted to understand that His Royal Highness had taken a fancy to her, and she would be selected to become His Royal Highness's concubine in the future.

This is extremely lucky for her.

According to the current situation of the Wa Kingdom, she will not be revoked the title of princess of the Wa Kingdom, and will always be retained.

The key point is that she is now going to marry the future Emperor of Ming who is the richest and most powerful in the world, has the strongest soldiers under his command, and has the most extensive territory.

In today's world, no one can resist the prosperity of the capital.

During the time when she was waiting at the Tianjie Temple in the capital, she had been to the capital once, even if it was only a short half-day, she had already fallen in love with it deeply.

Compared with the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the capital of the Wa country is completely a rural place.

There are endless delicacies here, all kinds of clothing from far away oceans, and rare treasures from all countries in the world.

Exquisite and luxurious buildings, clean and tidy streets, that is, every citizen here is full of energy and vitality.

She really likes it here.

Especially, she was going to marry the King of the Palace, the man who made her completely intoxicated just by looking at him.

At the same time, she felt a little worried.

Because she is already 16 years old, at this age, she is already considered relatively old in Wa country.

Originally, she should not have been selected, but among all the beauty pageants, she was the only one who fit Daming's aesthetics the most, and was strongly recommended by Yuan Youxin next to her, so she came here.

Looking up, Xiangzi couldn't help showing gratitude to Yuan Youxin.

Yuan Youxin knew Daming's taboo, so naturally he didn't dare to take another look at it at this moment.

Xiangzi was taken down.

Because there is still a more cumbersome process for verifying the body.

For example, to determine that the current Xiangzi must be a virgin, and the health of the body must be strictly guaranteed, and there must be no infectious diseases or the like.

These palaces have their own imperial physicians and nuns who are in charge.

Afterwards, Xiangzi will not follow to Tianjie Temple anymore, and will live directly in the apse of Kunning Palace.

According to the current rules of the Ming court, Xiangzi can choose a Japanese maid as a maid to dress beside her.

Of course, even a maid must also be a virgin.

This is not aimed at anyone, but all the women in the court must be like this.

The matter was also as Yuan Youxin guessed, when Princess Xiangzi was selected by His Royal Highness Daming Taisun, the subsequent negotiations went relatively smoothly.

At least the envoys of the Japanese kingdom were not directly beaten to death again. The officials of Daming, from being aggressive before, have started to talk seriously.

It was finally time to return to normal negotiations.

It seems that because the Princess of the Kingdom of Wa has become the concubine of His Royal Highness the Grandson of the Ming Dynasty, the envoy of the Kingdom of Wa has more or less confidence in speaking here.

On Daming's side, Zhan Hui also began to let go of his mouth a little.

For example, the war compensation of 9000 million silver has been talked about [-] million taels, and instead of the previous one-time payment, it can be paid in batches over many years according to the situation of the Japanese royal family.

The five countries that were originally to be ceded are now also talking about the situation of the four countries, and this includes one country on the Koryo side.

After all, Gao Li has also contributed. As the leading brother, Da Ming can't patronize himself to eat meat and not give the younger brother soup.

Yuan Youxin can only express his understanding of this.

Then there is the burden of the military expenses of the Ming Dynasty's garrison. Originally, the Ming Dynasty proposed that the food and salaries of the troops stationed by the Ming Dynasty should be borne by the Wa Kingdom, but now it has become [-]%.

Then there is the right of way.

The original requirement was that all Ming merchants could travel to any place in the Wa country at will.

Now it has also been changed to remove the Japanese palace, the private residence of the extremely nobles, and so on.

And the opening of houses for business throughout the country of Wa is a gift to the country of Wa, not a punishment.

The Japanese are eager for the rich Ming Dynasty to ship more goods to the Japanese country for dumping. The tea, silk, porcelain and so on in the Central Plains are the best-selling things all over the world.

As for the crimes committed by the Ming people in the Wa country, it is natural that Daming will punish them. No government in the Wa country has the right to dispose of them.

On this point, there is nothing to talk about, and it is also a bottom line of this negotiation.

Being able to talk about this, Yuan Youxin is already very satisfied.

On the side of the Japanese envoys in Tianjie Temple, there was even loud cheers.

The next step is to send the content to His Majesty the Emperor as quickly as possible, and then immediately issue a letter of surrender, recognize Ming as the suzerain country, and end the war in Japan.

(End of this chapter)