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Chapter 329 Midway in Negotiation (3000+)

The leader of the Japanese country is the first person in power, named Ashikaga Shogun. Although he has not ascended the throne, he is the real center of power. He is quite similar to Princess Baian who has also not ascended the throne.

The hidden secrets mentioned by the two men were by no means random talk. Every word and every sentence was carefully thought out and had meaning.

The words of Princess Bai'an already indicated the ultimate goal of this trip - to make He Guo a vassal state of Wei.

General Ashikaga didn't feel ashamed at all. This was not a new thing under the sun. Those who had separated and reunited before had also been reunited several times. In the past ten years or so, the Wei Dynasty suffered from turbulence. Emperor Xun abdicated and Zhaode Diwan came to the throne. He had no time to take care of the subordinate countries. Not only them, but also the neighboring country Goguryeo also looked arrogant as if there were no tigers in the mountains and monkeys were the king. Look The thief is upset.

It's one thing not to be embarrassed, but it's another thing to be respectful.

General Ashikaga rolled his eyes, raised his eight-character mustache, and began to say nonsense in blunt Mandarin, "Mandarin is not good. I can't understand what the eldest princess is saying!"

Give you two buttocks and you will understand!
Xian Jin was sitting at the bottom. The distance between the two sides was too far. She could only hear roughly what the superior said, but it didn't stop her from scolding the Japanese in her heart.

Princess Baian didn't seem to hear General Ashikaga's words, and she didn't need the interpreter dressed as a guard to explain. She picked up the tea cup with one hand, took a sip, raised her eyebrows slightly, and explained to Superintendent Jiang next to her casually, "In these days of peace talks, I won't be serving Wuyi Dahongpao. This tea is expensive, so I'll be serving ordinary tea - the Japanese can't tell the difference."

Ashikaga General blushed immediately, but he didn't dare to fart: He just made a persona who couldn't understand the official language!
The eldest princess of Bai'an blew the tea and did not give the Japanese time to react. She raised her eyes to reveal her exquisite and elegant eyebrows - they were obviously carefully decorated today. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, slender and curved, her eye sockets were deep, and her almond-shaped eyes were long and large. It matched perfectly with a set of red gold and sapphire-embedded hair and face. Her hair was pulled into a high fairy bun, with a huge east pearl falling in the middle.

In a crowd full of men, Princess Baian did not shy away from the delicate and beautiful qualities of women.

Xian Jin looked away, his eyes burning.

"The matter in the East China Sea has been dragging on for almost four or five years." Princess Bai'an put down the teacup and went straight to the point, "Beat and kill. If the people want to live, the sea must be peaceful - you Fortunately, the Japanese invaders from the sea have repeatedly invaded. Not to mention Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Fuzhou, Songjiang and Suzhou are also troubled by them. They are engaged in smuggling and selling business. It is really annoying this time. The imperial court of the Wei Dynasty ordered officials to kidnap them, and they did all the bad things of the imperial court in the name of Japanese pirates. "

The eldest princess Bai'an snorted coldly and had a very tough attitude, "During the reign of Emperor Wen, I saw that you were friends with Goguryeo, Champa, and Siam. You still have ten years, but you haven't regained it in ten years. My son actually wants to crawl away." It’s on the father’s side.”

"If you want to fight again this time, then I will fight." Princess Bai'an sneered, "I know what your calculations are - it's just that you are thinking about the southern Japanese and northern captives, thinking that the Wei Dynasty will take care of the Taozi Teng. Take action to deal with you? Think about it, what does it mean for me to appear here instead of guarding Yumen Pass? "

The eldest princess Baian spoke with great energy. Her words were cadenced, and her tone was sometimes lowered and sometimes raised. Even with her eyes closed, she could feel the pressure of the superior.

When the translator was about to speak, Princess Bai'an raised her hand to stop and raised her eyelids slightly, "General Ashikaga, do you understand?"

General Ashikaga's face remained unchanged and he nodded repeatedly, "You understand these, you understand!"

Princess Baian nodded with satisfaction, "As long as you understand." She casually put her hand on the side table. Different from her delicate and majestic face, Princess Baian's right hand was rough and broad, "As long as you understand, continue talking." , I am tired, you can chat slowly, if the chat is good, then go to Wuyi Dahongpao, if the chat is not good."

Princess Baian raised her deep crimson lips and said, "Don't talk about you Ashikaga General, it is the royal family behind you and the people under your feet. Don't drink tea for the rest of your life."

After Princess Baian appeared for a moment, she turned around and left.

The remaining positions were handed over to Luo Wenhong, the young minister of Honglu Temple, Gao Shiqi, the assistant minister of the cabinet, and Hu Bingzhi, the minister of household affairs.

There were a lot of details in the negotiations. It was a tradition for the Japanese country to bow their sleeves and profess their vassalship. There was no need to break through a high psychological barrier. After a few words, the attitude softened. They mainly focused on paying tribute and salary, sea trade, and host country relations. The discussion on the degree of control of the vassal states was basically based on the conditions when Emperor Xun abdicated ten years ago. The Japanese always assessed the situation and faced the main theme of "fighting if they can't reach an agreement". Basically, they didn't dare to do the same thing again. twice.

The main rhythm is that Wei Dynasty made a request, "The tribute must be paid once every five years, and an amount of one in a hundred from the national treasury must be paid."

The Japanese nation cried and declined: "Isn't it good? We are a small place to begin with, but we are given so many things? Wow, oh, oh, we are going to die of poverty!"

Da Wei glanced at him.

Japanese country: "Simi Marseille, Dad-chan. I will definitely present our most beautiful cherry blossoms."

Then talk about it again, Da Wei: "Sea trade is open year-round downstream, but only open for three months against the current. If it's OK, just nod and connect."

Downstream refers to the journey from the Wei Dynasty to Japan, and countercurrent refers to the journey from Japan to the Kingdom of Wei.

The Japanese nation cried as usual: "Although we don't want to treat everyone equally, at least it's half and half, right?"

Da Wei curled his lips.

Japanese: "Okay then. But the weight of the cargo ship must also be the same!"

The Japanese state was mentally prepared, and the Wei Dynasty did not seem to be too much at the moment, so the peace talks progressed very quickly. By the morning of the third day, the father-recognition contract called the "Kanhe Trade Agreement" was almost finalized.

Xianjin was surprised: Although she had never experienced such high-level cooperation on state affairs, it was completed in less than three days. Wasn't it too short?

The promised ten-day business trip to Fujian was completed so early?
Could it be that the imperial officials were also rushing to eat Fuding Pork Sliced ​​earlier?

Cabinet Assistant Minister Gao Shiqi rolled up the paperwork and glanced to the right inadvertently.

Sitting on the right is Qiao Hui.

Qiao Hui said, "One more thing, the Japanese pirates who cause trouble at sea must be wiped out." The Japanese country has always separated the Japanese country and the Japanese pirates, claiming that the pirates who burned, killed and looted at sea were actually Japanese pirates, and there were not only poor warriors among the Japanese. Or they killed red-eyed fishermen, but more often they were Persians, Javanese people, Ryukyu people, and even the desperate Wei people.

In fact, most of the Japanese pirates at sea were paid Japanese officials.

The person Qiao Hui killed this time was the number two figure in the Japanese navy.

Qiao Hui's voice was low and hoarse, and when he opened his mouth, General Ashikaga, who was always smiling, was stunned.

"Who is this?"

Cabinet Assistant Minister Gao Shiqi introduced: "This is Marquis Zhongwu who killed Tokuichiro Mita on the Jian'an Sea Road."

Shogun Ashikaga nodded and smiled, "Mita defected and fled to the sea. Fortunately, there are young talents like you who helped to prevent a disaster!"

Said the second most powerful man in the naval force to have defected.

Woer, I really belong to you.

Qiao Hui's attitude was cold and stern, he raised his chin slightly and looked arrogantly, "Will you suppress the Japanese pirates at sea?"

He looks like "If you don't suppress me, your father will suppress me myself."

General Ashikaga was slightly troubled and said, "We have to suppress the pirates, but the sea is vast and pirates hide here and there. We can only do our best to suppress the pirates on our own and follow the laws of our country."

General Ashikaga seemed to be afraid that Qiao Hui would be dissatisfied, so he added, "According to the laws of our country, he should be punished by being steamed."

Steaming to death means placing the prisoner on a large steamer, lighting firewood underneath, and steaming him to death alive.

Qiao Hui nodded slightly, "Really?"

He gently raised his right arm and pointed at the young Japanese man buried in the right rear of the Ashikaga General, "I have seen this man before. Mita Tokuichiro's deputy did not do any good things at sea, so he steamed him first." Bar."

Xian Jin looked in the direction of Qiao Hui's finger.

That Japanese was really very Baga, with a short face, wide eyes and narrow eyes, high cheekbones and no hair. He had taken advantage of Baga's inferior genes.

General Ashikaga knew who Qiao Hui was talking about even without looking back. His expression calmed down and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I'm afraid the young Marquis has made a mistake. The person you are pointing at is the middle-ranking official in our court." Nayan, he is not a pirate - he is in a similar situation to you. This Lord of the Yellow Gate is Junjiro Tatai, the son of Taizheng Hideori, our minister of government."

The Grand Minister is equivalent to the Chief Minister of the Wei Dynasty.

The famous Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Japanese history both held this position.

He was equivalent to one of the most powerful figures in the Japanese dynasty.

The Ashikaga General also said that he was "in a similar situation to you". It seemed that he had inquired about Qiao Hui in advance, but just now he pretended not to know him.
Xian Jin watched intently.

Seeing Qiao Hui lowering his head, he played with the lid of the tea cup with one hand. He turned the lid up and turned it clockwise before he had time to look up and asked, "Did I admit my mistake?"

Qiao Hui smiled, patted his official uniform, strode out, walked to the door and opened it wide. He half-turned his face and said in a hoarse voice, "That night, thirty brothers on my ship were killed. I swore that I would kill them all."

"Tokuichiro Mita is dead, and I hung his stupid head on a high mast until the seagulls stopped eating him."

"Do you think I will let the mate on that ship go?"

Qiao Hui walked out.

After he finished all his words, Gao Shiqi, the assistant minister of the cabinet, smiled and smoothed things over, "Marquis Zhongwu is young and energetic, and he is also young and promising. It is the time when the wolf lives in Xu and the spring breeze is proud! Please be polite, you have to understand Do you understand the frivolity of young people? "

He turned around and said to the person next to him, "Master Ningyuan is getting older, and the eldest princess is gradually returning her focus to the court. There are only a handful of young people in the Wei Dynasty who can lead troops to fight!"

General Ashikaga glanced at Qiao Hui's long-disappeared back, turned his head and cast a glance behind him.

He watched with golden eyes and ears, pursed his lips and remained silent.

until night.

A sharp bronze dagger was pierced with a red flag that was dyed red either by blood or red dye. It broke through the wind and struck the wooden door of the platform wing with precision with a "dong" sound.

The Iron Rule of Pirates: A red flag on the door is an invitation to a duel that cannot be refused.