Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 216 Determination for peace talks

Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded and sighed: "It's a pity that the news about him came a step late, otherwise he wouldn't have ended up in this situation!"

Horita Masamori said: "General, since the matter is like this, we should think about how to resolve it. I think it is an opportunity for Zheng Yiguan to send someone to deliver a message to us. Although Zheng Yiguan is currently serving the Ming army, We can also take advantage of Zheng Yiguan's friendship with our Japanese country and let him mediate, so that our peace negotiations with the Ming Dynasty can go more smoothly."

Tokugawa Iemitsu looked up at Horita Masamori and asked: "What you said makes sense, but now the Ming Kingdom has not shown any intention to negotiate peace with our Japanese country. They didn't even say hello and just sent troops to invade." If we attack the Goto Islands, shouldn't we fight back?

Under this situation, if we still insist on negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will definitely pay less attention to our country, and the conditions for the peace talks will inevitably be more stringent! "

After hearing this, Horita Masamori understood Tokugawa Iemitsu's thoughts and worries, and said: "General, I don't think this is necessarily the case. The reason why the Ming Dynasty went to war without declaring it was precisely because they recognized the former Nagasaki During the naval battle, our army took the lead without declaring the war, so we used this as a counterattack and sent troops to attack the Goto Islands and Nagasaki.

In addition, the Battle of Wen Luqing Changhong (Imchen Japanese Rebellion) ended hastily with the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and then we defeated Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He went to apologize to the Ming Dynasty, and this matter has been pending. The war between the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty has not been resolved so far, and the Ming Dynasty has always held a grudge.

Now that a misunderstanding like the Battle of Nagasaki has occurred, it will inevitably make Mingguo a little nervous and react too fiercely. I think this is also normal. As long as both of us can resolve the misunderstanding, I believe the final result will be good. "

After listening to Horita Masamori's words, Tokugawa Iemitsu felt much relieved, "Then according to what you said, I should send someone to deliver a message to Matsudaira Nobutsuna so that he does not have to worry about the Ming army's attack on the Goto Islands and Nagasaki." If you are worried at that time, is it right to continue to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to negotiate peace with them?"

Horita Masamori nodded and said: "Exactly, and I think that with Nobutsuna's talents, we will definitely be able to achieve a good result that exceeds expectations!"

Hearing this, Tokugawa Iemitsu felt that Horita Masamori's words seemed to have a profound meaning, and couldn't help but look at him with some surprise and curiosity.

Horita Masamori hurriedly explained: "As the saying goes, 'a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. Misfortune lies on the back of blessing, and misfortune lies upon it.' In this Nagasaki naval battle, although there was such a misunderstanding between us and the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the two countries The situation has become very tense, but I think this is also an opportunity for our Japanese country.

Since the Battle of Bunrok Keichang, although the Ming Dynasty has not sent troops to have a direct military conflict with our country, the sanctions against our country have never stopped, and our country has been in trouble for a long time. Suffered a lot of losses.

The Ming Dynasty first publicly severed diplomatic relations with our country, causing neighboring countries to respond to the Ming Dynasty and cut off contact with our country, which completely isolated our country.

Then the Ming Dynasty issued an order prohibiting Ming people from going to the sea to trade and do business with our country. Therefore, the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty no longer came to our country to trade, resulting in our country having almost no foreign trade for more than ten years.

Since the first generation of generals, he has tried several times to repair relations with the Ming Dynasty in order to lift the sanctions and blockade imposed on our country by the Ming Dynasty. He once took the initiative to return the prisoners of the Ming Dynasty who were detained in the Battle of Bunroku Keichang. However, the Ming Dynasty still refused to accept our goodwill, and even did not allow our Japanese ships to enter the port, and only allowed the handover to be completed at sea.

The Ming Dynasty also did not accept the entry of envoys from our country, so our country has always been trying to find ways to deliver letters of credence and tribute gifts to the Ming Dynasty through other countries, but facts have proved that doing so is basically ineffective.

Even after our various efforts and constant pressure, North Korea signed the "Jiyou Treaty" with our country and restored relations and trade, but North Korea still refused to help us submit letters of credence and tribute gifts to the Ming Dynasty.

So now we can only turn our attention to the Ryukyu Kingdom in the south. But even if the Ryukyu Kingdom dare not refuse our request and help us forward our credentials and tribute to the Ming Kingdom, the Ming Kingdom still refuses to accept our credentials. and tribute.

Nowadays, because time has passed, the Ming Dynasty's restrictions on Ming people's trade with Japan are no longer so strict. People from Ming Dynasty come to Japan to trade more and more frequently, but the relationship between the two countries has never been normalized.

I think the reason why the relationship between the two sides has not been repaired to this day is entirely because the two sides have no opportunity for positive negotiations. This peace negotiation on the Nagasaki naval battle is a good opportunity for the two sides to have positive negotiations. Maybe we can This opportunity can also solve the problems left over from the previous battle of Wenlu and Changqing! "

After listening to Horita Masamori's words, Tokugawa Iemitsu thought about it carefully, then slowly nodded and said: "If we can really repair the relationship with the Ming Kingdom, it will indeed be a great thing for our Japanese country."

When Horita Masamori saw Tokugawa Iemitsu nodding, he struck while the iron was hot and began to "paint the pie" for Tokugawa Iemitsu, "Yes, General, if under the leadership of the general, we can repair the relationship with the Ming Kingdom and lead the Japanese country out of being surrounded by In the difficult situation of blockade by various countries, the general’s diplomatic achievements will far surpass those of the first and second generations!”

When Tokugawa Iemitsu heard this, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. As a king, who doesn't want his achievements to surpass those of his predecessors and establish unprecedented prestige in the hearts of the people?
Compared with what the ministers of the main battle faction said, bringing the Wa Kingdom to defeat the Ming Dynasty and expand the territory, Tokugawa Iemitsu believes that what Horita Masamori said is more reliable.

Even if Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't want to admit the victory over Mingguo, he knew very well that this was simply a fantasy!
Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately wrote a reply to Zheng Zhilong in person and gave it to Horita Masamori. He asked Horita Masamori to prepare gifts and asked Zheng Zhilong's envoy to bring the letter and gifts back to Zheng Zhilong.

In the letter, Tokugawa Iemitsu expressed his gratitude to Zheng Zhilong for reporting the message to Japan, and also asked Zheng Zhilong to mediate in the subsequent peace talks between Japan and Ming Dynasty.

Since Horita Masamori had convinced Tokugawa Iemitsu, he immediately took Tokugawa Iemitsu's personal letter and went to reply Zheng Zhilong's emissary.

Then, Horita Masamori happened to bump into Matsudaira Nobutsuna who was rushing back to Edo. Seeing that Horita Masamori had just come out of the general's house, Matsudaira Nobutsuna hurriedly stepped forward and asked him: "General, I heard that the Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack the Goto Islands and Nagasaki." Is there any news about Qi? What did the general say?"

Horita Masamori naturally knew why Matsudaira Nobutsuna was so anxious. He must be like himself, lest Tokugawa Iemitsu would be stimulated by the Ming army's attack on the Goto Islands and Nagasaki and change his mind about negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty.

Horita Masamori handed Tokugawa Iemitsu's personal letter to Matsudaira Nobuzuna, and comforted him: "Nobuna, you don't have to worry, I have just persuaded the general, and the general has made up his mind to negotiate peace with Ming. and try to repair relations between the two countries.

After the Ming Dynasty entered the Goto Islands and Nagasaki, Zheng Yiguan immediately sent an envoy to Edo. The envoy sent Zheng Yiguan a letter to the shogunate, and also advised the general to send an envoy to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. , and this letter in your hand is the general’s reply to Zheng Yiguan. Matsudaira Nobutsuna had also finished reading this autographed letter from Tokugawa Iemitsu. He breathed a long sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his head, and said, "Fortunately, I really want to ask you for help this time." ! "

Horita Masamori nodded and said: "What are you talking about? You and I are all for the great cause of the general. You can just go to Ming Dynasty without worry. I will be here with the general, there will be no problem!"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna returned the letter to Horita Masamori, and then left Edo again and rushed to Daming.

At the same time, the mysterious ship once again entered the inland river from Dagukou, sailed all the way into the capital, and reached the Datong River. Hundreds of Jinyi guards came to the dock to meet it, and carried hundreds of large boxes from the ship. Transported to the Forbidden City.

Zhu Tianqi took a letter and a list from Qianhu, the Jin Yiwei who came to return his life.

What was written on the list was Jin Yiwei's statistics on the property unloaded on the ship, and the letter was sent back from overseas.

Zhu Tianqi took a look at the list first, and then he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "This is really a bumper harvest. There are more than 1000 million taels. I didn't expect to be so rich in this small day!"

Zhu Tianqi then opened the envelope and took out the letter paper inside. The letter was naturally written by Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong first flattered Zhu Tianqi and praised Zhu Tianqi's ingenious calculation for being able to help him find such a good place as the Osumi Islands.

Although in terms of area, Tanegashima and Yakushima, the two largest islands in the Osumi Islands, are probably comparable to Jeju Island together, but compared to Jeju Island, Tanegashima is obviously more utilized for farming, and it has been transferred to Tanegashima Finally, the food problem can be greatly alleviated.

As for Yakushima, it was a bit worse. Yakushima was too rainy, and there were few sunny days in a year, so Mao Wenlong didn't have many people on it.

Later, Mao Wenlong said some words of gratitude to Zhu Tianqi, thanking Zhu Tianqi for sending troops to contain the Japanese country and rescue him. Although he has left Jeju Island, he has now directly occupied the territory of the Japanese country. The Japanese country is no better than North Korea, no He is so easy to deal with, and if we really send troops to fight him, it will be enough for him.

After Zhu Tianqi read Mao Wenlong's letter, he threw it directly into the incense burner and burned it. Then he took out a pen and paper and wrote a reply to him.

Zhu Tianqi originally planned to use the Japanese Satsuma clan to invade the Ryukyu Kingdom and send troops to accuse the Japanese. However, he was worried that if the Japanese gave in, he would directly withdraw his troops from the Ryukyu Kingdom and then apologize to the Ming Dynasty. In this way, he mobilized troops to dispatch the Ming Dynasty. When the navy went to the East China Sea, it was a waste of money and food, and ultimately gained nothing.

Although Zhu Tianqi only asked for "surrender" to Korea and the Mobei tribes, as long as they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Tianqi's attitude was different only for the Japanese country. He did not want the Japanese country's "surrender" Surrender", and did not want the Japanese country to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, because the Japanese country has always been capricious and cannot be trusted.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi's attitude towards the Japanese country is to conquer it absolutely, absolutely and completely!

So Zhu Tianqi thought about it and planned the drama "Nagasaki Battle"!
First, Zhu Tianqi asked Mao Wenlong to plunder Nagasaki in the Japanese country. As the largest foreign trade port city in the Japanese country, this place was very rich, and it was also the favorite of the Japanese shogunate. The robbery of Nagasaki would definitely make a huge fortune, and It can also effectively anger the Japanese shogunate and make them determined to send troops to attack Jeju Island.

Subsequently, Zhu Tianqi instructed Mao Wenlong that once he observed that Japan began to gather warships and troops in the Nagasaki area, he would lead his troops south to raid the Osumi Islands at the southern tip of Japan, seize new territory, and then quickly transfer the materials from Jeju Island there, secretly Complete transfer.

The imperial navy's crusade against him arrived soon, but there was no need to worry. Zhu Tianqi told Mao Wenlong that the imperial navy would stay in the waters around Songjiang Prefecture for a period of time, and would only launch an attack on Jeju Island if it was provoked and attacked by them. Therefore, after completing the relocation, he wanted to send a small boat to fire at the Ming army in a feint attack to attract the Ming army to attack.

Mao Wenlong naturally followed Zhu Tianqi's instructions one by one.

As for the arrangement of the Daming Navy, there is another argument.

Zhu Tianqi informed Li Banghua, the Governor of the Coastal Defense of the Ming Dynasty, that he would first lead the Ming Dynasty Navy southward and meet up with Zheng Zhilong's troops of the Fujian Coastal Defense Corps to the east of Songjiang Prefecture to wait for the fighter plane.

Nowadays, Mao Wenlong has close contacts with the Japanese country. It is very likely that the two sides have formed an alliance, so do not attack rashly. Of course, if Mao Wenlong or the Japanese country has discovered the location of the Ming Navy and dares to provoke the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to hesitate and immediately lead troops to attack Jeju Island. , to prevent Mao Wenlong and his troops from escaping.

As for the Japanese troops, once they are discovered, be more careful. Although it is not certain that there is cooperation between the Japanese and Mao Wenlong, the Japanese troops are likely to attack the Ming army, so be prepared for a counterattack.

It was precisely because of Zhu Tianqi's instructions that after Li Banghua heard the sound of cannons in the distance and confirmed that it was Mao Wenlong's men firing in this direction, he immediately followed the march plan given by the emperor to siege Jeju Island and attacked his fleet. The Ming army carried out combat deployment, and then the Ming army ran into the Japanese fleet in the waters of Nagasaki.

Originally seeing the Japanese fleet gathering in front, the Ming army had already taken precautions and was ready to respond to the Japanese fleet's attack. Unexpectedly, before the two sides got close, the Japanese fleet fired in this direction and launched an attack. , the two sides instantly fought. Li Banghua, who received the news, naturally led the main force to the Nagasaki waters and severely attacked the Japanese fleet.

In this way, the war between Japan and the Ming Dynasty has already begun, and this matter is not so easy to negotiate. Zhu Tianqi can make the matter bigger and gradually conquer Japan.

(End of this chapter)