Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1049 Minza Treaty
When Xu Junsheng came to Hushouwan, which had been bombarded by artillery from the Ming army, he was immediately ushered into the palace in Honmaru Castle by the Shimazu family's samurai.

Walking to the door, taking off his shoes and entering the hall, Xu Junsheng glanced around and found that Qian Bingdeng was also there.

The Shimadzu family originally supported the Western Army. After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Shimadzu family worked hard to keep the domain and formed a superficial peace with the Tokugawa shogunate.Although the Tokugawa shogunate did not destroy the Shimadzu family, it has been squeezing the Shimadzu family. Japan wants to build bridges, temples, and tidy up rivers. The Tokugawa family will not forget the Shimadzu family. They want to empty the Shimadzu family. To prevent the Shimadzu family from growing bigger.

The huge artillery ship of the Ming Dynasty, with sharp artillery, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa has been completely convinced. If the fight continues, the Shimadzu family will suffer even greater losses, and there is no chance of winning. Shimadzu Mitsuhisa must consider the Tokugawa Shogunate. Now he can only bear the burden of humiliation and negotiate with the Ming Dynasty .

According to the original plan, the Shimadzu family planned to kill Qian Bingdiao and blame the Tokugawa shogunate, but because Qian Bingdiao had already seen through the identity of the Shimadzu family and knew that Xu Junsheng, who was pretending to be the shogunate of the Shimadzu family, had fled back, so So Qian Bingdeng was put under house arrest first.

After seeing the artillery of the Ming army, the Shimadzu family had no means of countermeasures. Mitsuhisa waited for the artillery fire of the Ming army to stop, and invited Qian Bingdiao out.

When Xu Junsheng walked in, Qian Bingdeng also saw him, and immediately motioned for Xu Junsheng to sit beside him.

As soon as he sat down, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa led several Shimadzu warriors, and bowed his head heavily to the two, "My lord, Matsudaira Satsuma Mori Mitsuhisa from Japan, for what happened before, I would like to express my deep apologies to the Ming Dynasty!"

Japan worshiped the strong, the battle of Baijiangkou, the Tang Dynasty changed for a thousand years, and after the war of conquest of Korea, it was honest for 300 years.Whoever they are strong will obey. The 150 warships of Satsuma were completely destroyed by the Ming army. In addition, the Ming army bombarded Hushou Wan, which made Mitsuhisa Shimadzu completely convinced.

Xu Junsheng originally thought that when he arrived at Hushouwan, he still needed to negotiate with the Shimadzu family, but he didn't want to. As soon as he came in, the Shimadzu family had already released Qian Bingdiao. I was going to reprimand Shimadzu, but now I can't vent it.

The other party has already admitted his mistake, and no matter how unreasonable he is, he will appear a little domineering and lose the demeanor of a big country.

Qian Bingdiao is the main envoy. Since he has been released, he must decide this matter. Xu Junsheng looked at Shimadzu Mitsuhisa and others who bowed their heads in apology, with slight surprise in their eyes, and exchanged a glance with Qian Bingdiao. The latter nodded, and then said sullenly: "Sa Moshou! This matter has developed to the present, and it cannot be resolved by apologizing, do you know?"

After robbing the Ming army's envoy ship, killing nearly two hundred Ming troops, detaining the envoy, and the Ryukyu issue, the Shimadzu family wanted to admit their mistake, so they asked Daming to let him go, which is obviously impossible.

Hearing Qian Bingdeng's words, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa pressed his hands on his knees and bowed his head heavily again. He obviously knew this in his heart, and he was already mentally prepared to accept punishment, "Your Excellency, Ambassador, Satsuma is willing to accept the punishment of Daming Kingdom." Sanctions, compensation for Daming's losses!"

Qian Bingdeng was a little surprised by the change in Satsuma Fan's attitude. The speed was a bit fast. Before, they denied attacking the mission, but now the Ming Dynasty didn't even mention the conditions, and they accepted it.

The change in attitude of the Shimadzu family was naturally due to the fact that the Ming army destroyed the Satsuma navy and bombarded Torashou Maru.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was so straightforward, but Qian Bingdeng still couldn't come up with conditions for a while. He was under house arrest for several months, and he didn't know any changes in the court's request. He needed to talk to Xu Junsheng.

"Sa Moshou, please prepare a quiet room for us, we need to talk first!" Qian Bingdeng stood up and said.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu did not refuse, "I will arrange it now, and I will wait here again. I hope that your Excellency, the envoy, can propose conditions as soon as possible. Satsuma will do his best to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible."

As he said that, a retainer immediately got up and took Qian Bingdeng and Xu Junsheng away from the palace. As soon as they left, a samurai who was lying behind Shimadzu Mitsuhisa raised his head and looked at Shimadzu Mitsuhisa with an expression on his face. He asked angrily, "Lord, is the Shimadzu family really going to surrender to the Ming Kingdom and agree to all the conditions of the Ming Kingdom?"

It was Hisao Shimadzu who was speaking, the nine sons of the Satsuma clan, and another younger brother of Mitsuhisa Shimadzu.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu still maintained the posture of kneeling forward. He heard the voice, turned his head to look at Hisao Shimadzu, and said in a deep voice. "You have seen the strength of the Ming Kingdom. It is not a shameful thing to admit defeat to an opponent stronger than yourself. If you know that you can't win, you have to die. It is the spirit of Japan to bow your head, learn from him, and surpass him! The loss of the Shimadzu family to the powerful Ming country is not shameful, on the contrary, it is actually an opportunity for the Shimadzu family."

Hisao Shimadzu is more than 20 years younger than Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, and he is young and energetic, so he can't understand Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's words.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu didn't mean to explain in detail, but continued to say without a doubt: "The shogunate locked the country, and the Ming Dynasty has left us far behind. After this incident, you go to Daming with Jiuzhi to see the powerful Tang soil, and then bring the Ming system, culture, and technology back to Satsuma.”

In doing so, he seems to have a taste of being sent to the Tang Dynasty. Although Hisao Shimadzu is young, the sent to the Tang Dynasty still knows that it is precisely because of the sent to the Tang Dynasty and the reform of Dahua that Japan is where it is today.

As Shimadzu Mitsuhisa was speaking, Qian Bingdeng and Xu Junsheng had already returned to the residence hall, and he quickly and solemnly bowed his head in salute.

Qian Bingdeng was attacked and placed under house arrest for several months. He originally hated Shimadzu very much, but Shimadzu Mitsujiu was like this, and he was not easy to get angry.

After sitting down again, Qian Bingdeng said immediately: "Sa Moshou, after deliberation, I have proposed five resolutions regarding this incident."

"Your Excellency, please speak!"

Qian Bingdeng nodded, "First, Shimadzu will send people to our court to apologize, and the two sides will maintain peace! Second, Ryukyu is a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, Shimadzu will not interfere in Ryukyu affairs again in the future, and return Ryukyu Tribute. Article 100: Open trade, allow businessmen of Ming Dynasty to enter Satsuma domain to do business freely, the tariffs imposed by Satsuma need to be negotiated with Daming. Article 5, if merchants of Ming Dynasty break the law in Satsuma, Satsuma domain needs to negotiate with Daming, by The Ming side will conduct the trial. Article [-]: The Shimadzu family will compensate Daming with [-] million taels of silver, and pay another [-] taels to redeem [-] captives and the corpse of Shimadzu Tadaro."

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu listened carefully, the defeat of the Satsuma domain, the first and second points naturally have nothing to say, the third and fourth points are more problematic, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu felt very wrong, but he couldn't say why, just Knowing that once he agrees, Satsuma’s tariffs will lose its autonomy, and the laws will be interfered with, but these are the price of defeat, and the issue of trade opening is with the shogunate. He agreed, but the shogunate did not agree. carry.

For the Shimadzu family, the key is Article 100, the compensation of 5 million taels, and the redemption fee of [-] taels, the Satsuma clan can't afford it.

"Your Excellency, Satsuma can agree to the first four items, but the Shimadzu family really can't afford so much money for the last one." After hearing this, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu pondered for a long time, then suddenly bowed his head and said.

The loss of the mission of the Ming Dynasty, the compensation of the personnel, and the cost of this dispatch of troops will not exceed 40 in total, but it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to reimburse the Shimadzu. How much money can several county universities have, Qian Bingdeng weighed it down, and finally decided to ask for 200 million.

"One million, not less than one tael of silver!" Before Qian Bingdeng opened his mouth, Xu Junsheng said immediately.

The Ming army couldn't make a trip to save capital. He was not a literati, so he didn't have so much morality to talk about.

Seeing this, Qian Bingdeng could only agree: "Sa Moshou, 100 million is the best condition I can fight for you. If the Shimadzu family can't get it out at once, they can pay it back according to the year. Gold and silver are not enough. Goods can be used to pay off debts."

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was silent for a while. The reason why the Satsuma clan was keen on smuggling trade was, to some extent, forced by the shogunate. After the defeat of the Western Army, the Tokugawa shogunate was in the Edo area, and there were six or seven people directly under the shogunate. In addition, there are more than [-] relatives in the surrounding area, which makes the Shimadzu family such a foreign daimyo out of breath.

If the shogunate asked him to build roads, they would pay for roads, and if they asked them to build temples, they would pay for temples. The Shimadzu family did not engage in smuggling, and the treasury had already been wiped out by the shogunate.

Seeing that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty did not let go, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's face was silent for a while. In the future, he would not be able to do smuggling trade, and he would not be able to benefit from Ryukyu. Japan is poor, and the Shimadzu family still has to deal with the oppression of the shogunate. How could it be so possible? Much money.

Qian Bingdeng waited for a long time before Shimadzu Mitsuhisa suddenly said: "Your Excellency, the Satsuma clan really can't afford that much money, but Satsuma has a gold mountain in Nagano, but the shogunate does not allow it to be mined. If your Excellency can persuade The shogunate, Satsuma is willing to jointly mine with Daming as compensation."

"Gold Mountain?"

Xu Junsheng exclaimed, but Qian Bingdeng next to him was calmer. The Ming Dynasty is so far away from Japan, it may not be easy to mine, and since the shogunate stopped it, it must be agreed by the shogunate. Mitsuhisa Shimadzu proposed this condition Perhaps it was also using the Ming Dynasty to force the shogunate to agree to the Shimadzu family's re-mining, but if the Shimadzu family really has no money, this gold mine can indeed be used to pay off debts.

Qian Bingdeng pondered for a while, and then said: "Okay, the shogunate will let the emissary talk about it, but after the emissary makes sense, the mining of this gold mine needs to be discussed again, and Satsumashou may have an opinion!"

"I have no opinion!"

Nagano's gold mine, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu, ordered his old Shimadzu to preside over the mining since 1640, but stopped in 1643 under the interference of the shogunate. It has been more than eight years since Shimadzu suffered a huge loss this time. Shimadzu Mitsuhisa really wanted to use the strength of the Ming Dynasty to resume mining.

Qian Bingdeng heard the words, and then nodded slightly, "Okay, take a pen and paper, let's sign the contract!"

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