The information about Japan was passed to the capital.
Zhu Yuanzhang called Da Sun to negotiate with him.
"Today, it is more difficult to pacify the Japanese country in one go. The morale of the soldiers is already declining. If this continues for a long time, it will easily change."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked his eldest son to speak after reading the battle report.
Although Ming Dynasty has the advantage of firearms in fighting Japan, Japan is a country with many islands.
These islands are extremely easy to hide people, and their elimination is a very troublesome task.
Coupled with the previous rainy season, it will also have a great impact on the Ming army's firearms.
Nowadays, it is always delayed. If the Ming army of hundreds of thousands is defeated, it will be difficult to deal with it.
Zhu Ying thought for a while and then said: "The situation of Japan is actually much more difficult than ours. In terms of the Kyushu Island area that our army currently controls, it occupies a large grain-producing area."
"The current consumption of half a million troops is a heavy burden that the Japanese country cannot bear. In just over a month, it will be the rice harvest season."
"We have more than 300,000 auxiliary soldiers, plus the Japanese people who are now under our control. There is no problem in harvesting rice."
"It's just that morale is really difficult to last. Sun'er thinks we can let the Japanese envoys come and talk about how to compensate."
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Minamoto Yushin, as a member of the most famous samurai family in Japan and the Genji clan in Kawachi, he is the person with the highest status among the envoys of Japan this time.
The Hanoi Genji family is the oldest branch of the ancient royal family of Japan.
The Genji family has been a samurai family since ancient times. There have been many samurai and generals in the family. The most famous samurai in Japan, Taro Hachiman, is a descendant of the Genji family.
Three hundred years ago, he was praised by Emperor Shirakawa as "the most brave man in the world."
Not only the Genji family, but also the other three most famous families in Japan, the Taira, Fujiwara, and Tachibana families also had their clan members act as envoys.
Like others, such as the Hyuga clan, the Toyotomi clan, the Tokugawa clan, the Matsudaira clan, the Takahashi clan, etc.
Those who are qualified to represent the Japanese country are naturally the largest families in the Japanese country.
However, every Japanese envoy who came here has never seen a representative of the imperial court. The letters of credence they carried had no repercussions after they were handed in.
As time went by, these envoys pushed each other back and forth. Originally, most families had conflicts. Now that they live together today, there are naturally more problems.
On this day, a eunuch came in with several eunuchs.
All the Japanese envoys immediately became quiet after seeing it.
Li Zhongming, the eunuch who served as the Superintendent of Ceremonies, looked at the Japanese envoys filling the courtyard and burst into laughter.
In his opinion, these Japanese envoys were barbarians.
"Do you have anyone who can make the decision?" Li Zhongming asked loudly.
After many Japanese envoys looked at each other, Minamoto Yunobu naturally stood up and bowed quickly: "Japanese envoy Minamoto Yunobu, pays homage to the father-in-law of the above country."
Li Zhongming nodded, this attitude is not bad.
"His Majesty ordered the Japanese envoys to come to Fengtian Hall to pay homage."
Minamoto Yunobu quickly kowtowed and said, "My humble minister, Minamoto Yunobu, obeys the decree of His Majesty the Emperor above."
When Li Zhongming saw this, he said: "You can go with three of us, and you can make a decision quickly. If His Highness the Grand Sun is kept waiting for a long time, and he will be punished when the time comes, we will not be blamed."
After hearing this, many Japanese envoys immediately started arguing, but in the end the key point still lay with the four major Japanese families.
If three of the four major families go, it is obvious that one family cannot go.
But the current situation obviously did not give the Japanese envoys much time. After a dispute, two more people came forward.
Li Zhongming nodded and didn't bother to ask any more questions, so he took it and left.
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Zhu Yuanzhang would not directly participate in the negotiations with the Japanese envoys.
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All matters can be decided by Da Sun.
Originally, it was Dasun's intention to conquer Japan this time, but it seems to be going relatively smoothly so far.
Zhu Ying was naturally accompanied by dozens of officials such as ministers, ministers, and Hanlin scholars.
In the Huagai Hall, many officials, under the auspices of Zhu Ying, began to discuss the compensation demands that would be made to the Japanese country.
In fact, according to the so-called big country style before, the small country usually admits its mistake, compensates with some gifts and the like, and then bows down and surrenders. That's basically it.
This is also related to the most common face of the Celestial Kingdom.
But this time, Zhu Ying won't care so much.
The direction is clear before deliberations.
The first is monetary pension compensation.
The compensation is naturally silver.
"Although Japan is a small country, there are silver mountains there. Let me tell you a few of them first."
Zhuying said, raising a finger.
Some of the officials below couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, are these ten million silver a bit short?"
Since ancient times, we have always insisted on asking for a high price and paying back the money on the spot.
In the eyes of many officials, small places like Japan were very barren. The Ming Dynasty's annual income in the previous year was only tens of millions of silver.
Millions of silver is a big deal.
It's just that when it comes to things like negotiation, naturally you can't just say how much you say. You have to be a little higher so that you can talk more.
Zhu Ying shook his head and said, "Where there is a mountain of silver, if you talk about ten million, it will naturally be ten million taels of silver."
"My Ming Dynasty has an army of 500,000 people. With the current pension, the expenses of the fleet, including all living expenses, 10 million taels of silver are necessary. There is no room for it."
Meng Zhengsheng, the Minister of Justice, couldn't help but asked: "Your Highness, can such a small country produce so much silver at once?"
Zhu Ying looked at him with disdain and said: "If you can't get it out once, then you can pay it back in multiple installments. If it doesn't work for one year, it will be three years. If it doesn't work for three years, it will be ten years. Let's discuss the specific details."
Hearing this, Meng Zhengsheng, the Minister of Punishment, could not help but lower his head in shame.
For most of the literati officials in the court at present, they all learned Confucianism, which means that they will not care about negotiations, and feel that it is unseemly and like a villain.
Most officials have a mentality that we are a big country with rich products, but small countries like us have nothing worth taking.
This kind of thinking is wrong, so Zhu Ying needs to change this thinking.
"Don't underestimate the financial resources of Japan. They are rich in silver, so silver is definitely indispensable."
"The Japanese country is located on an island, and sea trade is now prevalent. On top of sea trade, we must seek enough benefits for our Ming maritime merchants."
"Nowadays, many soldiers of our Ming army in Japan's Kyushu Island have married wives, had children, and obtained land in Japan. Most of them will definitely stay in Japan and serve as our Ming garrison."
"Therefore, there must be an enclave of our Ming Dynasty on the territory of Japan's Kyushu Island. Japan should set aside enough land for our people and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."
"The second thing is about the trade and commerce in various parts of the Japanese country. After we, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, go to the Japanese country, they should have the right to travel freely to the Japanese country and buy and sell. The Japanese royal family and government must not interfere in any way."
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"Japan is a subordinate country, and in matters of law, if our people of the Ming Dynasty do something that triggers the law in Japan, they must be sent back to the country for trial. Japan has no right to punish them."
Listening to His Royal Highness Taisun's continuous narration, the ministers below looked at each other in confusion.
They have never had such an idea. From another perspective, this is already an extreme squeeze on the Japanese country.
Will the Japanese envoys agree to these regulations?
Seeing the officials' expressions, Zhu Ying knew that they had no idea at all in this area.
Not to mention this kind of treaty, there were many more unequal treaties in later generations.
But now that His Highness Taisun has set the direction, the ministers immediately understand how to deal with the Japanese envoys and negotiate an armistice agreement.
When Yuan Yuxin arrived outside Fengtian Hall, he was not summoned into the hall immediately, but waited outside the main hall.
At this time, many ministers were still discussing some specific matters regarding the treaty in the Huagai Hall.
During this period, a eunuch came to report that the Japanese envoy had arrived, but Zhu Ying ignored it as if he had never heard of it.
The eunuch is naturally a human being, and of course he understands what Zhu Ying means.
So let’s hang out the Japanese envoys first.
After waiting for almost an hour, some rough plans were finalized, and Zhu Ying finally said: "I am a little tired today, so I went back to the palace to catch up on my nap. The first conversation between the Japanese envoys was that you all Go ahead."
After saying that, Zhu Ying got up and went back to Kunning Palace.
The ministers naturally knew that they wanted to give the Japanese envoys a warning first.
Anyway, now Japan is far more anxious than Ming Dynasty.
These Japanese envoys are probably not qualified to directly decide on the content of such negotiations, and they will definitely have to report it back home.
Even if we take the Yangtze River from Nanjing to the sea, and then go out to sea to Japan, it is relatively fast, but a round trip will take more than a month at least.
Just consume it slowly first.
In the Fengtian Hall, when the door opened and Yuan Youxin entered with great expectations, he saw that there was no one on the dragon chair.
He thought he would have to wait for a while, but he didn't expect that Zhan Hui, the minister of official affairs, came over and said, "You are the envoy of the Japanese state. Tell me what you want this time."
The tone was a bit cold and direct, even a bit indifferent, which made Yuan Youxin a little embarrassed.
Then he bowed and asked, "I wonder when His Majesty the Emperor will come."
As soon as these words came out, the whole crowd burst into laughter.
Zhan Hui even said, "Your Majesty has so many things to do all day long. He has no time to argue with envoys from a small country like you. Now, regarding what you are asking for, His Majesty's oral instructions are solely responsible for His Majesty the Grand Sun."
Although Yuan You was a little embarrassed in his confidence, he still had a humble smile on his face: "I wonder when His Highness the Grand Sun will come over."
Zhan Hui smiled and said: "His Royal Highness Taisun has to deal with a lot of things today and is a little tired. He has gone back to the palace to rest."
"If you have anything to do today, I can just talk to you in detail later."
When Minamoto Yushin and the other three heard this, they immediately felt humiliated. One of them, Fujiwara Kazuo, even said angrily: "I have been waiting at Tenjie Temple for more than a month. Now that I have come to Fengtian Temple, do I still have to wait? Well, how long do you want us to wait?"
"How can we be so frivolous when it comes to a major matter of peace between the two countries? It is really unbecoming of a great country."
After Fujiwara Kazuo finished speaking, the expressions of the officials from the Ming Dynasty suddenly changed. Zhan Hui even scolded: "How presumptuous! What status do you have? You are just a minister of a small country. What qualifications do you have to talk to His Majesty the Ming Dynasty and His Highness the Grand Sun?" .”
"If it were your emperor who came here, it would be the same. How dare you slander our Ming Dynasty royal family. Come here, drag these three people down and beat the *** again before talking about anything else."
Hearing this, Fujiwara Kazuo shouted: "How can the Ming Dynasty treat us like this when the two countries are at war without killing the envoys."
Zhan Hui sneered: "It's so shameless. This is not a precedent set by my Ming Dynasty."
The eldest grandson of the Ming Emperor! .
Writing and Seeing the Spring and Autumn Period
