Date Masamune felt quite embarrassed for a moment and had to reply: "But the Ming Dynasty is really too powerful. Their warships and cannons are completely beyond our imagination. It is difficult for us to refuse all their requests. It can be said that they want to It is easy to destroy us. Fortunately, they have no such intention now, and what they want more is to do business with us so that they can continue to make money in our Japanese country. This is actually good for us, which means that they do not want the Japanese country to be in turmoil. As long as we comply with their demands, they may even take the initiative to protect our shogunate.”
Tokugawa Hidetada fell silent.
But after a while, Tokugawa Hidetada was still a little reluctant and said: "You continue to talk to them! The compensation cannot exceed one million, and trade can only be limited to Hirado. I can dismiss Naito Kiyoshi and others, and Chen Shicheng and Wang Fen They handed it over to them, but it was absolutely impossible for them to hand over Naito Seiji. After all, I am also a dignified general who conquered the barbarians, and the Ming Dynasty cannot bully this general to this extent! The worst is that the two hundred thousand shogunate troops will be crushed together! "
"Then please ask the general to choose someone else. This is really difficult for me to do."
Date Masamune was unwilling to be the microphone because he was worried that after informing Ming officials of Tokugawa Hidetada's intentions, Ming officials would kill him if they disagreed, just like they killed Sakai Tadakatsu.
"you!"
Tokugawa Hidetada was quite angry.
However, Date Masamune was a very powerful daimyo with very senior qualifications. He had been working in the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Tokugawa Ieyasu era. Therefore, Tokugawa Hidetada did not kill him because of this. He only dismissed him from his post and sent his own The eldest son Tokugawa Nobunaga negotiated with Ming officials.
When Tokugawa Nobunaga met Wei Guangwei, Shen Yourong and others and conveyed Tokugawa Hidetada's opinions, Wei Guangwei and Shen Yourong did not kill Tokugawa Nobunaga.
Wei Guangwei said directly: "We will not make the slightest concession. You have no right to refuse this negotiation, only the obligation to sign and implement it. In addition, I will give you one day. If you do not reply within one day, then you Huge losses will be suffered!”
Tokugawa Nobunaga had no choice but to take Wei Guangwei's words back.
At the same time, Wei Guangwei went to see Date Masamune and stayed overnight in Date Masamune's mansion.
Shen Yourong ordered all Ming warships to face Edo City to test the cannon.
"Can't give in? Damn it! You are so arrogant!"
Tokugawa Hidetada was extremely angry after hearing this, but at this time, his second son Tokugawa Iemitsu came in: "Father, our people came to report that the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty went to Date Masamune's mansion and has not come back yet. .”
"What?!"
Tokugawa Hidetada was shocked when he heard this.
At this time, the sound of cannons suddenly came from the river. The sound of cannons was so loud that it shook the glass of Tokugawa Hidetada's residence.
"It's the Ming army firing artillery!"
Tokugawa Nobunaga said hurriedly.
Tokugawa Hidetada therefore made up his mind and hurriedly ordered Tokugawa Nobunaga: "Go to Date Masamune immediately and tell the people of the Ming Dynasty that we agree to all requests! Agree to them all, quickly!"
Tokugawa Hidetada can no longer control so much. He is really worried that the Ming Dynasty will support other daimyo in Japan to become the new shogun.
When Wei Guangwei learned at Date Masamune's residence that the Tokugawa shogunate had sent people to see him, he guessed the purpose of the Tokugawa shogunate's visit and couldn't help but said to Date Masamune: "It seems that the negotiation has finally come to an end. I You can report to His Majesty, but Date Masamune, please don’t stay in Edo Castle, otherwise, you will be in danger.”
Date Masamune didn't quite understand what Wei Guangwei said.
At this time, as soon as Tokugawa Nobunaga came to Date Masamune, he took out an edict and said to Date Masamune: "The general requires you to immediately agree to all the requests of the Ming Dynasty!"
Date Masamune was quite surprised, but when he thought about what Wei Guangwei had just said, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood. He felt uneasy for a moment, but he still handed over his hand and replied: "Yes!"
So, next, Ming Dynasty and Japan officially signed all the terms after the negotiation in Edo Castle, and named this "Edo Treaty"
The specific content is:
1. The Japanese state submitted a letter of apology to the Ming Dynasty and compensated the Ming Dynasty with 30 million silver coins and compensated North Korea with 5 million silver coins;
2. The Japanese state ceded the Nagasaki domain to the Ming Dynasty;
3. Japan opened Hirado, Osaka, Yokohama, Edo, and Saga as treaty ports;
4. The Japanese state had no right to deal with officials and civilians living overseas in the Ming Dynasty;
5. The Japanese state allowed the Ming Dynasty to station officials in Edo;
6. Japan granted the Ming Dynasty most-favored-nation status, and the tariff formulation needed to be negotiated with the Ming Dynasty.
The person who signed on behalf of Ming Dynasty was Wei Guangwei.
The signer of Japan was naturally Date Masamune.
In addition, Li Gui also countersigned.
At this point, Ming Dynasty has made a huge fortune, plus an overseas colony, and also gained a larger commodity market.
Naturally, the Japanese country itself suffered heavy losses, and the Tokugawa shogunate had to empty its own treasury to pay this huge compensation. Most of the wealth that Toyotomi Hideyoshi plundered in Korea has now entered the Ming Dynasty's treasury.
North Korean official Li Gui did not expect that he would also receive a compensation of five million yuan in silver coins this time when he went on an expedition with the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Li Gui and other North Korean officials were very happy because of this, and began to feel that it was good to be Ming's younger brother.
When King Li Zhu of North Korea learned that Li Gui returned to China with compensation of five million yuan in silver coins, he was also very happy.
"What an honor it is to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty!"
Li Jie said with emotion.
Although North Korea had previously lent three million yuan of grain to Ming Dynasty, now North Korea has sent troops with Ming Dynasty and brought back five million yuan of silver coins. Even after deducting what it lent to Ming Dynasty before, North Korea can still make a lot of money. Therefore, Today's North Korea naturally feels that it is good to follow the Ming Dynasty, and even looks forward to another opportunity to send troops to make money with the Ming Dynasty.
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"Was Japan really agreed to all the terms?"
When Wei Guangwei returned home and told Fang Congzhe and other ministers that the treaty had been signed, Fang Congzhe and other ministers were quite surprised.
Because they had to admit that the negotiation conditions set by the emperor were actually very harsh. In addition to not allowing them to perish, they just allowed the other party to breathe.
Therefore, they thought it would be difficult for the Japanese country to agree, but they did not expect that the Japanese country actually agreed to the emperor's harsh request.
Wei Guang smiled and replied: "How dare Wei deceive the court! It is indeed a good thing that he lived up to his orders and did not make any retreat."
"Let's go! Ask to see His Majesty immediately!"
Fang Congzhe therefore secretly thought that His Majesty had really made the right use of Wei Guangwei, and walked out of the cabinet in high spirits, followed by other important ministers.
Bi Ziyan had already begun to say with emotion: "The compensation of 30 million yuan in silver coins is already equivalent to the annual grain tax income of the Ming Dynasty treasury! How can we spend so much money? How sad!"
"You, Mr. Bi, are the most relaxed among all the chief ministers of the Ming Dynasty. You never worry about not having enough money, you only worry about not being able to spend all the money!"
Wang Yingjiao followed up and couldn't help but think of the hard days when he was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He couldn't help but said: "I think back then, when I was the Secretary of Agriculture, I couldn't even come up with hundreds of thousands of disaster relief money, and I had to Ask your Majesty for internal funds!"
Bi Ziyan just smiled, and then asked Xiong Tingbi, Wang Yingjiao and other important ministers: "To be honest, the princes' ministries still have enough silver envoys. If not, when the compensation arrives, Bi will ask for an order to transfer five people first." One million for you?"
Fang Congzhe just smiled when he heard that, and thought to himself: "The times are really different. During the Wanli Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue was most afraid of other ministries coming to ask for money. Now the Ministry of Revenue rushes to send money! The way for these foreign officials to claim money is That’s great, but I hope the imperial court will not become more and more accustomed to relying on this method of external extortion to replenish the national treasury.”
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