Wanli 1592

Chapter 193 The Beginning of the Peace Negotiation
In Xiao Ruxun's mind, as long as these are obtained, the rest of the ceded land is not very important to be honest. If the Japanese insist on killing them, we can give up. Of course, if we can get one or two counties, that's fine too. Anyway, there are not too many coolies, and Japan's tens of millions of people are the wealth of Ming Dynasty.

If Japan refuses to agree, then Xiao Ruxun will go on an expedition with 10 troops across the sea, kill tens of [-] people, seize dozens of pieces of land from him, and increase the weight of the request. I am not afraid that he will not agree!We are a victorious country, so we must be tough and firm in our demands. If you Chen Lin can't keep those bottom lines, don't come back to see me!

Of course, we can also show Xuansu our request and see his reaction. Of course, we can't let him know our bottom line.

After reading the letter, Chen Lin digested it for a while before digesting the news into his head.

Throughout the ages, for 5000 years, the Central Plains dynasty has fought against foreign countries, did they make these demands again?Can you still ask for compensation for silver and gold mines? 300 million, that is the total tax revenue of the Ming government for a year, and what is this so-called treaty port?Isn't commerce what those barbarians hoped for most?Why did the Ming Dynasty demand that the Japanese open commercial ports instead, and that taxes cannot be collected?What's the point?
Chen Lin thought about it for a while, and besides the shocking gold and silver, there were still some things that he couldn't figure out. Chen Lin was very surprised when he came into contact with this kind of thing for the first time.

After thinking about it again and again, Chen Lin recruited Deng Zilong to share the secret letter with his old buddy.

"Compensation silver? Reparations for land cession? Treaty port? This..." Deng Zilong tilted his head, with a look of astonishment and confusion: "What the hell is the admiral thinking? As long as you get silver and gold? What do you want? The Japanese pirates will be robbed if they are not given to us. You can see how Luo Shangzhi’s men beat the Japanese pirates during the day. The Japanese pirates are not our opponents at all.”

Chen Lin said: "The admiral's meaning is very clear. The Japanese pirates are not our opponents in field battles, but the Japanese city is very difficult. We currently have no way to deal with the Japanese city unless we are heavily besieged. It is also very difficult, long-term siege is unrealistic, this is our weakness, it is unwise to attack the enemy's strengths with our own weaknesses, what can be obtained at the negotiating table, don't shed blood."

"That's what it means, but we can't get what we deserve, and there are a lot of things we don't want, right? This treaty port is exempt from customs duties... this... this... what is this all about? ? Real gold and silver are not much better than these things? Let me tell you, we don’t want anything but this mountain of gold and silver!”

Deng Zilong was too straightforward, Chen Lin shook his head and smiled and said, "I thought about it, and I think this is the admiral's brilliance. We mix what we want with what we don't want. The lion opened his mouth and told the Japanese in one breath, If you ask them if they will give it, they will definitely not give it, because they are not on the verge of subjugation, but if they really want to beat us, they will not be able to beat us, so what should we do?
talk!Just like those businessmen do business, bargaining, we bite to death what we want and don’t let go, what we don’t need is just a cover, used as a cover, the Japanese ask for something back, thinking that they have taken advantage of it , the rest of what we really want will be available, maybe, we can get some extra additions. "

When Chen Lin said this, Deng Zilong thought about it, hey, that's really the case!
"But speaking of it this way, the Japanese will really take the initiative to come to negotiate with us? I saw a lot of cannons protruding from the top of that city, and it seemed that they were going to fight us for real. Help someone, can you take the initiative to negotiate with us?"

Chen Lin shrugged and said: "I don't know what the situation is. The admiral sent this letter, saying that someone will definitely come to negotiate with us, and we don't want us to find it ourselves. Do you think this matter is true or false?" of?"

"I don't know, but the admiral really hasn't said that he missed anything. You want to say... hmm?"

Both Chen Lin and Deng Zilong frowned when they heard some noises on the outer deck, and just as they were about to go out to have a look, there was a knock on the hatch.

"Chief soldier! We caught two Japanese spies!"

Chen Lin and Deng Zilong looked at each other, wondering. When they opened the door, they saw a group of soldiers escorting a Japanese pirate in Japanese clothes and a bald monk. As soon as the bald monk saw Chen Lin and Deng Zilong, he immediately shouted: "General Daming!" , We, we are not Japanese pirates! We are here to negotiate! We are here to make peace!"

Chen Lin was taken aback for a moment, looking at the bald monk and the Japanese pirate with the unlucky face, and then at Deng Zilong, he really didn't say a word for a while.

After a while, I heard the monk explain the matter clearly.

He is indeed not a spy, but a negotiating envoy from Japan, but it seems that he is not here on behalf of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but on behalf of a guy named Ieyasu Tokugawa, that Japanese can't speak Chinese, The monk would say, so I brought it here as an interpreter. It is not the first time that Chen Lin and Deng Zilong have heard the name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They both know that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is a powerful official in Japan. Who is Chuan Jiayasu, they really don't know.

"This seems to be a real request for peace, but I think there are some tricks here, and the admiral didn't seem to mention it, but the admiral mentioned that if I don't understand something, I should ask that monk Xuansu, otherwise, Let's ask that Xuansu?"

Chen Lin asked Deng Zilong, of course Deng Zilong had no idea, so he nodded in agreement.

After a while, Xuansu was brought here. When he saw the two unlucky guys, he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Chen Zongbing, Deng Deputy Zongbing, what's going on? These two people?"

"I came to you because of these two people. They said they were not sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but that Chuan Yasushi...you, tell him! He is Japanese."

Chen Lin couldn't remember the four-character name, and felt convoluted, so he asked the monk to talk to Xuan Su, and the monk spoke Japanese to Xuan Su, Xuan Su's face immediately changed, and then he said to Chen Lin cautiously : "Chen Zongbing, they are indeed not sent by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but by Tokugawa Ieyasu."

"Tokugawa Ieyasu? Who?"

Chen Lin asked.

"Besides Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they are the most powerful princes in Japan, and they are the leaders of the eastern princes. They have the strength to replace Toyotomi Hideyoshi. They were sent by Tokugawa Ieyasu, saying that Tokugawa Ieyasu has the idea of ​​​​replacing Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's will to go to war with China, they are unwilling to follow Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so they plan to solve Toyotomi Hideyoshi themselves, and then surrender to China."

Chen Lin was stunned again, and exchanged a glance with Deng Zilong, who was also surprised when he saw Deng Zilong, and then both of them showed a surprised look, which made Xuansu a little confused.

(End of this chapter)