New Shun 1730

After making this plan, Sou Yoshiru knew that everything was basically settled.

Yumori Yoshisu was a Confucian scholar. He had the great righteousness of loyalty to the emperor in his heart, and he also said that he wanted to follow the example of Sanlu Doctor. After he sorted out his collection of books, he would die.

The one who hid the silver was his confidant. As long as those who did the hard labor to transport it were killed, no one would know.

The people on the shogunate side knew that he hid the silver, because now this batch of silver must be transported with the permission of the shogunate.

But as long as this person was thrown back to Japan, as soon as he left, he would get rid of the confidant who knew about it. Dashun was not familiar with the situation here, and would not immediately know that he had hidden the silver.

If the shogunate asked him for silver in the future, he would be a title of Dashun, and he would ask for it if he really had the ability.

Now he has just married not long ago, and married the daughter of the Hosokawa family, the lord of the Kumamoto domain. He has just married not long ago. In addition, the Tsushima domain, like the Ezo side, only visited the emperor once every three years, and there is no legitimate son, so there is no need to go to Edo as a hostage.

When his father died, he was not yet an adult, so he recognized his uncle as his adoptive father and his uncle as the lord of the domain. Now his uncle is still alive after giving up the throne.

He has only one younger brother. Although he does not have a son yet, he is still young and does not need to regard his younger brother as his adopted son. His biological younger brother is also in Tsushima now. His name is Ujie Rumiao.

He knew that if he wanted to plan such a thing, he could not have too many people and had to deal with the close people around him first.

So in the chaos, he first called his uncle and brother to have a secret talk.

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One day later.

Amemori Yoshisu thought that Japan would suffer a great setback this time, and the theory of East and West China that he believed in was no longer possible. After sorting out his last manuscript, he wrote a 5,000-word manuscript about his concern that "Japan can only have a future if it splits the word of China and becomes a Japanese country" as his last work.

Like Qu Dafu, he drowned.

At the same time, So Yoshitsu's younger brother, Ujie Rumiao, came to the Dashun warship alone.

He didn't bring a translator, but he believed that Dashun would have one.

Even if Dashun didn't have a translator, there would be no problem communicating with Chinese characters on paper and pen.

The boat brought him close to the warship, and the people on the boat lowered a rope to pull him up.

Michael and several officers talked sincerely after knowing that he was the younger brother of the Tsushima Domain Lord So Yoshitsugu, and that So Yoshitsugu didn't have a son.

Ujie Rumiao also got straight to the point and asked directly: "I don't know what your official position is? Can you make the decision?"

A group of officers, including Mantou, thought to themselves, what are our official positions?

In fact, the navy has not yet been institutionalized, there are only military ranks, and few official positions.

The main general Mantou here is nominally just the captain of a warship, and is only temporarily in charge of the squadron.

Although these people can make decisions, since the other party asked this question, they still need to give an answer that will reassure the other party.

At this time, it is meaningless to talk about integrity allusions such as "Zhou Zheng Jiaozhi", and the other party will not believe it.

"The doctor of the Li Government of the Celestial Empire is in Korea. If the lord of Tsushima Domain really wants to pay tribute to the Celestial Empire, he can communicate with the Li Government. If the two countries go to war, if they want to surrender, they must be honest. You can rest assured. I just don't know what the lord of Tsushima Domain means?"

Jie Rumiao had dealt with Korea before and knew that the Li Cao of Korea was probably equivalent to the Li Government of the Celestial Empire. These people were in charge of rhetoric, system, and ceremony.

In any case, people in the Li Government are always more trustworthy than these soldiers.

Hearing that someone from the Li Government was in Donglai Prefecture, Korea, this matter could really be discussed.

Zong Yiru discussed with him, and the conditions were actually very simple.

Tsushima Domain could give 80,000 taels of silver to the Dashun Navy, but there must be a person of sufficient weight to guarantee it.

If the Dashun Army wanted to occupy Tsushima Domain, it could not capture the Zanhara Castle. After waiting for the emperor's edict, the Zong family could leave the Zanhara Castle.

If these conditions could not be agreed, the Zong family would not surrender.

Of course, if Dashun can agree to his conditions, Tsushima can send away some samurai on Tsushima Island to avoid harassment when Dashun is stationed and occupied.

He also hopes that Dashun can be honest and allow some merchants of Tsushima to evacuate after Tsushima pays silver.

Or, if Dashun can guarantee that no one will be harmed, then the merchants of Tsushima are willing to pay silver to redeem the "plunder disaster".

After the conditions were stated, the officers gathered together, avoiding Ujie Rumiao, and discussed in a low voice.

Mantou felt that this condition was completely acceptable.

"We will eventually be hated by the merchants of Tsushima Domain, after all, cutting off someone's source of wealth is like killing their parents. But for now, if we can really allow them to leave, we can let the news spread back to Japan, and it will be convenient for us to ask them to pay the ransom for the city in the future, and merchants from other places will think that we are trustworthy."

"As for the samurai... we can also let them go. It's no problem to even take their families with them. There are not many samurai in Tsushima Domain. If they run back to Japan, one more or one less will not make a difference."

"On the contrary, if we want to win the hearts of the people of Tsushima Domain, we must start with the lowest farmers and workers. Driving away the samurai will also make it easier for us to follow the example of Tosa in Tsushima, and "three articles of law", just like the land tax and burning of usurious loan notes in the Celestial Empire, to win the hearts of the people."

"Otherwise, even if those samurai surrender temporarily, they will rebel when they hear that we are going to divide the land among the people."

"In that case, it is better to throw them all back to Japan. It will be easier to kill them in the army in the future, so as not to stay in the local area and become local snakes. If they hide, it will be difficult to catch them."

"What do you think?"

The other officers also nodded, thinking that there was no problem.

The navy wanted to do something big this time, and it would be best if the army had no chance to contribute, and the Japanese issue was resolved.

The navy had its own ideas. Now that Liu Yu had not lost power, and the one in charge of the army was still a prince, it was the right time to do something big.

Of course, the orders of the Privy Council should be followed roughly.

But the Privy Council was far away in the capital, and the actions of the navy could in turn affect the decision of the Privy Council.

Besides, thinking that Liu Yu was now in the capital, they had known each other for many years. Liu Yu must understand the intentions of the navy, and he would go with the flow and help them achieve great things while "obeying the orders of the Privy Council".

It takes money, which is the overall interest of the navy.

Only with money can ships be built, and only with more ships can so many classmates who have been trainee captains for many years have their own warships, and only then can the navy have more strength to consolidate its position.

But if you want money, you can't kill the pond to catch fish.

This time, for the sake of money, they thought that they would offend the merchants of Tsushima Domain sooner or later, so they just looted and maybe got more than 100,000 taels.

But if that happened, the subsequent plans of siege and harassment and asking for money from the city would be difficult to carry out.

Moreover, the Celestial Empire went to war in the name of "propriety and justice". If they really killed people and robbed goods, it would probably not look good on the emperor.

At the beginning of the war, they first let a Japanese daimyo surrender, which looked good on the emperor and made him think that the navy was sensible.

A group of people discussed it briefly, and someone tentatively said: "We asked for 80,000 taels, but they gave it directly without even talking... Isn't it a bit too little?"

This number was discussed by the navy internally, and they thought it was a market price, and it was not easy to knock people to death with one stick.

But now it seems that the people who judged the asking price are really conservative.

Mantou finally made the decision: "80,000 taels is 80,000 taels. There is no point in going back and forth. Asking for an extra 30,000 or 50,000 is just the same. I think, is it settled? Send someone back to Busan to ask Lord Zhao of the government of etiquette to come forward?"

"Well, good, that's it." The others also felt that the amount was not necessary to ask for an exorbitant price for long-term planning.

This money must not be kept by oneself, otherwise there will be too many troubles in the court in the future, and someone will definitely impeach.

It can be returned to Li Yu, who will deal with it, nominally for the purpose of supporting the army.

The court will know about it, and at least reward the soldiers with a part of it. This is a rule since ancient times, and it is also the only way to prevent the army from slaughtering and looting privately at this time.

As long as the court is smart enough, it will not be ignorant of this.

After discussing it for a while and confirming that there is no problem, Mantou and Ujijiang Rumiao made a promise.

Ujijiang Rumiao can return to Tsushima now and ask the lord of Tsushima Domain to raise money now. This matter must be resolved within five days.

After five days, the navy will allow the ships on Tsushima Island to leave. Anyway, there is no need to worry about So Yoshiru running away: running away means death, and leaving the domain without permission is a serious crime.

At that time, So Yoshiru can let these samurai leave with their families in the name of "retreating for future victory".

Merchants can also leave with their property.

The navy of Dashun guarantees that there will be no shelling, and will go to Busan to ask people from the Dashun government to come and guarantee.

Once these people evacuate, So can continue to stay in Zhanyuan Castle, but if there are cannons on the city, they must be removed.

The Dashun army guarantees that they will not harass Zhanyuan Castle, at least they will not harm So.

At that time, they will send a fast ship to inform the court, and the court will surely send people to reward them soon. Once the imperial edict of the court arrives, the matter will be completely resolved.

Uji Jiang Ru Miao did not expect the negotiations to be so smooth. Both sides almost did not talk nonsense and got straight to the point.

As for whether this guarantee is credible, Uji Jiang Ru Miao feels that the talks are too smooth, and he feels a little empty.

"As the ancients said, all is fair in war. Could it be that your navy is so powerful that you deceived us and killed us halfway when we were about to board the ship and leave?"

The officers laughed and took out some spoils of war they had obtained in Kochi Castle, as well as a few mountain castle maps of Kochi Castle.

"Although we are the navy, we are actually the strongest in land warfare. Not to mention the small domain of Tsushima with 10,000 stones, even the Tosa Kochi with 200,000 stones can be defeated in a few days. However, since we are a benevolent army, we can't do anything unjust."

"You have never commanded the army, how can you know what is going on in the army? The Holy Emperor is benevolent, and we officers may be benevolent, but if we really fight, we will kill people and slaughter them afterwards. How can we control them?"

"The merchants are rich. If they don't leave, there is no guarantee that they won't There were robberies. We are here to protect the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, so why don't you believe it? "

"If you want to be benevolent and righteous and not rob merchants, the best way is not to restrain the soldiers, but to make sure there are no merchants to rob. This is the difference between treating the symptoms and the root cause."

"This is called having to be benevolent and righteous. If there is no money to rob, you can't be unbenevolent, right? Only the peasants are left, eating radishes every day, what can you rob?"

This twisted logic actually convinced Ujie Rumiao, who thought it was probably true.

Although he had never commanded an army, he also knew about military disasters. If the generals were really bloodthirsty, it would be difficult to restrain them. The Celestial Empire has always been known for its benevolence and righteousness, and ruled the country with Confucianism, so this should be credible.

In addition, the ability to capture Tosa is more than enough to capture Tsushima.

First, the stone height of Tosa is higher than that of Tsushima, and second, Tosa is much farther away than Tsushima.

The height of the stone was not enough to shock people, but the distance was enough to shock people. Tsushima Domain has been trading for many years. Although it only crossed a narrow strait, it also knew the difference between a hundred miles and ten thousand miles.

I chose to believe in my heart, so I said goodbye first, hoping that Dashun would bring the people of the government as soon as possible.

Compared with these soldiers, they still believed in the credibility of Confucian scholars more.

After all, Confucian scholars in Tsushima Domain, such as Taoshan Dunweng and Yumori Fangzhou, were all sincere gentlemen, which was enough to increase the credibility of Confucian scholars.

And the soldiers... even if they said the sky was falling, it was really unbelievable. Ujie Rumiao knew too well the appearance of the samurai who were burned and looted in battle.