I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 685: Emperor Zhongyumen

In less than a day, the dove's nest left and returned.

Xue Bin was too lazy to talk any more: "No need to be polite, let's get straight to the point!"

Shijiu Chao put down his thoughts and said: "The first point is that the shogunate is willing to compensate the Celestial Army for the military expenses of 20 dan."

Xue Bin raised his eyebrows: "20 shi? 20 shi of military rations, only 20 taels of silver. Are you just sending it away to beg for food?"

Shijiu Chaomaya leaned over and said, "The angel should calm down. This is what the shogunate meant."

Xue Bin shook his head: "Go back and tell your general, 200 million taels...that's 200 million shi, not a single shi less. What about the rest?"

Murojiu's nest trembled, and he continued: "Second, the shogunate cannot agree to the founding of the country, but it can use its discretion... to open three new ports as appropriate, but Osaka and Shimonoseki are not among them."

"Only 3 ports, too few, cannot be less than 20 ports." Xue Bin continued.

Shijiu Chao didn't refute. Let the general and all the superiors and middlemen have trouble with these nonsense!
"Article 3: China's gold and silver can be circulated and traded in Japan, but the details are all decided by the merchants of the two countries, and the shogunate will not interfere. Article 4: Since Ezo Island is the territory of China, it should be returned to China, but Iyo, Kyushu cannot be ceded.”

The last two items surprised Xue Bin.

The Japanese shogunate actually agreed to the circulation of Chinese currency in Japan, and ceded the entire Ezo Island without hesitation.

Xue Bin had seen the map and knew how big Ezo Island was. Moreover, it was said that Ezo was a subordinate slave of Ganduji, but in fact it was just an excuse made by Emperor Zhu, but the Japanese shogunate agreed so easily.

This was far beyond Xue Bin's expectation. Iyo and Kyushu could not be ceded. This was a matter of course. Iyo was his own addition, and Kyushu was also deliberately created by him.

We are negotiating, how can we not raise the price?
Murohatochao returned to Edo main city again to report.

"Two million stones? The general of the Celestial Dynasty must have lost his mind and gone crazy!"

Even Tokugawa Yoshimune, who was ready to give in, was also furious at this moment: "No need to talk about it, I want to defend Edo. There are not many Chinese troops coming, and the troops of each clan should be on the way. Hold on." The Chinese will definitely retreat if they go down."

The asking price was too high and the shogunate couldn't bear it, so another fight was necessary.

The Ming army's siege has not been tightened, more and more forts have been erected, and one-third of the moat has been filled. Because they are all civilians recruited locally, the manpower is relatively slow.

As for the Ming army's position, the demolition battalion was calculating whether they could find a direction to dig in and blow up the city wall of Edo.

Even hot air balloons would fly over Edo Castle every now and then to bring them some "justice from heaven".

All the Hatamoto warriors on all the city walls have disappeared, and only some are left nesting in the city tower. If there are more, there will be no room for people.

Tadashi Ooka has been watching the battle outside in the castle tower these days. He has a telescope given by the general, so he can also see that the people filling in the moat are all civilians and ronin in the business district of Edo City.

Even though most of them had their faces covered, with their ragged appearance and a knife on their waist, the Ming army would not wear them like this.

"They are all traitors who collaborate with the enemy and treason. After this battle, we should kill a lot of them to deter these idle and rebellious ronin." Ooka Tadashi said angrily.

Angry as hell, sitting here and watching the Ming army fill in the moat and bombard it with artillery and heated balloons from time to time. Edo Castle was not conquered first, and morale and people's morale had to be dissipated first.

After consulting Tokugawa Yoshimune, Tadashi Ooka ordered the shogunate's samurai to take the initiative, not seeking a head-on battle with the Ming army, but only seeking to kill all the Japanese civilians who were filling in the moat.

In broad daylight, civilians composed of ronin and civilians were still working hard to fill in the moat.

The gates of Edo City suddenly opened wide, and out came the Hatamoto samurai wearing "sexy bitches (armor)" and all of them wearing tengu masks, which immediately frightened the Edo civilian husbands who were born as civilians. Scattered in all directions.

"Ronin General" Yuta Yamamoto was also startled, but he quickly cheered up, drew his sword and roared: "General Wang of the Celestial Empire gave us food and jobs. We should fight to the death for General Wang."

After saying that, he rushed forward immediately, and the hundreds of wanderers behind him were inspired by it and rushed forward.

Obviously the number was ten times different, and the equipment gap was also huge, but the fight was still going on.

These samurai warriors of the shogunate were pampered and vegetarian every day, so their foundations had long been ruined.

Moreover, their armors are all of no use. They look mighty and domineering, but in reality they are all rubbish. They have not even learned how to use Chinese chain armor. "Bang bang bang bang!"

But it was the Ming Army's artillery battalion that finally took action, firing a volley directly at the charging shogunate samurai.

At such a close range, the fragile armor of these so-called shogunate samurai could not stop flintlock bullets at all.

A large piece of the shogunate's Hatamoto samurai fell on the spot.

Seeing the master of the Ming army come out to support them, these rogues immediately took advantage of their strength and rushed forward to fight in a swarm.

The shogunate samurai were horrified and could only retreat hastily.

Yamamoto Yuta personally led a group of ronin in pursuit, not only to show his loyalty, but also to take advantage of the opportunity to perform meritorious service. He did not want to be hired by the general of the Celestial Dynasty as a retainer warrior, but he could be given a few more sets of noble armor, which could also be used to prosper the family in the future.

Another proactive attack by the shogunate was defeated, leaving at least a thousand corpses and hundreds of prisoners.

The peasants were called back and continued to fill the moat.

Osaka Castle on the other side.

This was the granary of Edo, so a full 1,500 Ming troops were stationed here.

The garrison general here was called Zhou Yong. This guy was so idle that he led his troops to capture the nearby Kyoto.

"Are you the King of Japan?" Zhou Yong looked at the little baby in front of him who was led out by the palace attendants.

Japanese people are inherently short, and the person in front of Zhou Yong is the current emperor Sakuramachi. He just succeeded to the throne at the end of last year, two years earlier than history, and he looks younger.

Moreover, due to the early intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the shogunate's finances were eroding too quickly, and Tokugawa Yoshimune did not restore the Daishou Festival (enthronement ceremony, once in a lifetime) for Emperor Sakuramachi in order to gain the emperor's political support.

The local guide sent by the Sumitomo family quickly said: "This is Emperor Sakuramachi who ascended the throne last year. The one who truly holds the real power in Kyoto is Emperor Nakamikado."

Zhou Yong was a little confused: "Go find their Supreme King immediately."

Not long after, the soldiers brought a short middle-aged man, who was Emperor Nakamikado who had just abdicated last year.

In fact, the relationship between Emperor Nakamikado and the Edo shogunate was quite harmonious. When this guy ascended the throne, Tokugawa Yoshimune even bought a Vietnamese elephant as a gift to the emperor.

By the way, in order for that elephant to pay homage to the emperor, the title "Four White Elephants from Guangnan" was specially given.

"Qingren pays homage to the general of the Celestial Dynasty!" Emperor Nakamikado bowed and saluted.

Zhou Yong touched his chin and said: "You guys, in Japan, the king abdicated before he died, letting a little kid become the king, and the power was taken over by such a useless shogunate. Isn't this the coercion of the emperor as mentioned in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" To order the princes? In my opinion, the shogunate is really treasonous. He actually held the king hostage and made a fool of himself to take charge of the country. Look, I, the Ming Dynasty, will help you get the throne back from the shogunate. How about it?"

Emperor Nakamikado looked terrified, but in his heart he was ecstatic: "I don't dare, I have abdicated the throne now."

Zhou Yong is not a real idiot. Otherwise, why would Wang Zongtan let him stationed in Osaka? It is the king, and the shogunate is the minister after all. I will send a message to Edo and ask General Wang to bring justice to you, which can be regarded as bringing order to the chaos. "

Why bring order to chaos? The Ming army's small strength is not enough.

But it is still possible to put pressure on Edo and make them panic and confused.

The news about Wang Zongtan's siege in Edo was known to Osaka. Not only did they know about it, but they also wanted to send food and grass to the army in Edo.

Now Japan's emperor, emperor, prince and other family members are all taken advantage of by the Ming army.

This is if the emperor is really restored with the support of the Ming army.

　Starting from Emperor Nakamikado's father, Emperor Higashiyama, he abdicated and stopped becoming a monk, so there was no longer a Holiness.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)