Wanli 1592

Chapter 199 The agreement between the two

Yuan Huang is a qualified praise painting, this point, Xiao Ruxun is convinced.

"The Japanese pirates' city is strong and easy to defend. Attacking is the bottom line, attacking the heart is the top priority. Ji Xin, don't be impatient. The overall situation is like this. Our army has cut off the supply line of the Japanese pirates. From now on, the storm will be turned into a feint attack. He will not last a month if he is besieged. I don't care about the moment, so don't be restless, you are the commander in chief, if you get restless, the whole army will be restless!"

What Yuan Huang said made Xiao Ruxun calm down a little bit, and he ordered the whole army to turn a strong attack into a feint attack, inducing the Japanese pirates to use iron cannons and other weapons to consume their supplies. helpless.

Since the beginning of the war, the Ming army has been invincible and invincible, with a proud military spirit, but there is nothing they can do to smash their halberds and sink into the sand under the Japanese city. From Xiao Ruxun to ordinary soldiers, they are all very upset, feel ashamed, and hold their breath in their hearts. Just waiting for the day when the city is broken, to have a hearty kill.

At this stall, the envoy sent by Chen Lin arrived at Daegu Daying and handed the letter to Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun read the letter and then showed it to Yuan Huang. Yuan Huang frowned after reading it and said: "Although the Japanese pirates are innocent, their words are not unreasonable. The Japanese country has not been completely defeated by me. It must be easier to ask for some money, but if they want to go to the emperor's title and surrender their country status, they must be on the verge of subjugation."

"Of course I know, that's why I insisted on this one and refused to let go. It is to divert the attention of the Japanese pirates from the Iwami Ginzan a little bit. It is not easy to win [-]% of the share. For this reason, we may have to fight with this Tokugawa Ieyasu started a war, and going to the emperor's title is just an additional clause, and it is not necessary for me."

"Then the cession of the land is not necessary?"

"Part of it is that Hizen and Iwami are just pretense, while Tsushima, Sado, and Oki three islands are indispensable. These three islands are connected in a line, so that our Great Ming Navy can place a blockade in front of the Japanese mainland. Isolating it from North Korea not only facilitates us to go to Japan for business at any time, but also gives us the convenience to attack Japan to plunder money anytime and anywhere, so we must obtain these three outlying islands.”

Xiao Ruxun categorically wrote a reply letter, clarifying the necessity of obtaining these three islands.

"What we can see, the talented people in Japan can also see. How can you be sure that they will agree?"

"Because Tokugawa Ieyasu is eager to establish an alliance with us, so that he can concentrate on dealing with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's remnants. He is absolutely unwilling to fulfill Toyotomi Hideyoshi, or to be the most unlucky one by both sides. He must They will try their best to form an alliance with us, and even use our power to destroy Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

Yuan Huang pursed his lips and said, "Then, what you really want shouldn't be all the things mentioned in this letter?"

"That's natural. We didn't really defeat Japan. What I did was just to frighten Japan with the aftermath of a great victory, so that they couldn't react for a while. What Ming really desperately wants right now is Tsushima Mishima." , 300 million taels of silver, and [-]% of Iwami Ginzan’s shares, and the rest are just pretense, but since the Japanese have agreed to the Three Treaties of Trade, why not do it?”

Yuan Huang squinted at Xiao Ruxun's three trade deals, and asked very puzzled; "Even this old man thinks these three are insignificant, just like the Mongols asked Daming to open border exchanges in the past, and they have no deterrent effect. , It’s nothing more than a matter of statehood and majesty, compared to real money, what’s the benefit to me, Da Ming?”

Xiao Ruxun smiled, and said, "Mr. Yuan, maybe you can't see it now, and you will think that Jinshan Yinshan and real gold and silver are better than opening the port market, but it won't take long, just a few years, the Japanese say Maybe they will fight us again for these three treaties."

"Restart the war? For mutual trade? Ji Xin, it's not the old man who said you, even if you opened up the road to trade with Japan, you won't pay Japanese customs duties, but how can you be sure that those big merchants are willing to do business in Japan? "

Yuan Huang was a little unbelievable: "I really don't believe it. Merchants don't have any profit. The road to Japan is far away, and it may not be safe. Just paying less customs duties will make those businessmen flock to it?"

"How about we make a bet? If Japan seeks to go to war for this, Yuan Gong must agree to my request. If not, in turn, I will agree to Yuan Gong's request. Of course, this request is not against the righteousness."

Yuan Huang stroked the beard on his chin and thought for a while, looked at Xiao Ruxun for a while, looked at the terms on it for a while, and then laughed.

"Even if you're a clever kid who's rare to meet in ten years, I won't believe your wickedness! All right! One word is a deal! A gentleman says one word!"

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang clapped their hands three times to make an oath.

After that, Xiao Ruxun had a new idea.

"Yuan Gong, I plan to go to Japan to meet with Tokugawa Ieyasu in person, to finalize this matter in person, and leave it to Chen Lin and the others to discuss it. I don't know when it will be discussed."

"You go by yourself?"

Yuan Huang was stunned for a moment: "You are the chief general. Only you can restrain these arrogant soldiers. If you are gone, who do you expect to restrain them? Who will temporarily take over the position of chief general? Li Rusong and other arrogant Will people obey orders honestly? The Jurchen soldiers under him have lost the most, and they have been clamoring to massacre the city these days."

"Slaughtering the city is the slaughtering of the city. When the time comes, a Japanese city can be handed over to him to slaughter the city. I have no objection. Anyway, his men are all Jurchen soldiers. Even if the court wants to pursue it, they can't. The Han soldiers under my jurisdiction have never slaughtered the city. Yes, that's fine, as for the position of chief general, Yuan Gong, only you can temporarily take this position for me, after all, you have senior qualifications and age, even Li Rusong dare not ignore you."

Xiao Ruxun took up a pen and wrote down the military orders, ready to go to Japan to negotiate in person.

"If you must go, the old man is not easy to stop, but how long do you plan to go? If something unexpected happens here, the old man does not have your prestige to deter the army."

Yuan Huang knew that he had always existed in the army as a painting admirer. Although everyone knew each other well, they all looked at Xiao Ruxun's face and were in awe of Xiao Ruxun's prestige, not him, Yuan Huang. Besides his qualifications, Yuan Huang was always a civil servant. In addition, there is no other capital that can deter the generals, let alone lead the army in person.

This made Yuan Huang hesitate.

PS: There will be another chapter to add later

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