In the room, when the scarred Ashikaga Yoshinaga saw the letter, his pupils suddenly dilated.
Even if there were scars all over his body, he couldn't take care of them at the moment and shouted angrily:
"No, even if I, Ashikaga Yoshinaga, died in the Ming Dynasty and died in your hands, I would not write this letter."
"You, the great Ming Dynasty, are the rulers of heaven and you have done such despicable things. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the people of the world?"
Ashikaga Yoshinaga's yelling attracted Li Jin from the living room.
After Li Jin heard what Ashikaga Yoshinaga said, he sneered disdainfully:
"Are despicable people like you, the Japanese people, worthy of speaking morally to others?"
"You, the Ashikaga family, are taking advantage of the situation to gain power and play with your emperor. The so-called emperor is just your plaything. You are the traitors and traitors."
"You are obviously just a powerful minister, but you actually sent someone to pretend to be an envoy from the Japanese island and come to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty in an attempt to deceive our Ming Dynasty. You are a group of dishonest and unjust people."
"The most hateful thing is that you actually dare to send your warriors to the waters of our Ming Dynasty to rob the people and merchant ships of our Ming Dynasty. This is an unforgivable crime."
"You guys who don't know what shamelessness is, what qualifications do you have to accuse our Ming Dynasty?"
Li Jin had nothing to say against Ashikaga Yoshinaga, but as a native of Japan, Ashikaga Yoshinaga naturally knew the harm of that letter.
If this message were really allowed to reach Japan, the Ashikaga family would be in danger of being destroyed in an instant.
More importantly, the Ming Dynasty actually wanted to station troops on the Japanese island. Ashikaga Yoshinaga was even less likely to agree to such an ulterior act.
He felt as if he had fallen into a huge conspiracy. The official in front of him was completely different from the officials he had seen.
His aggressive eyes made Ashikaga Yoshichun feel creepy even if he touched him even slightly.
The Ming Dynasty is definitely going to attack the Japanese island. If this memorandum is released, the Ming Dynasty will be able to reach anywhere on the Japanese island.
This is the biggest crisis threatening the survival of Japan Island.
Even if their Muromachi shogunate is destroyed, the people of Japan will still benefit in the end. But if Ming Dynasty also participates, can Japan, a chaotic Japan, still be Ming Dynasty's opponent?
Thinking of this, Ashikaga Yoshinaga couldn't help but feel his hair standing on end, and vowed not to write that letter.
Li Jin saw Ashikaga Yoshinaga shaking his head like he was shaking his head, grinned, and said with a chuckle:
"I originally thought you were a smart person, but now it seems that I think highly of you."
"Jiang Baihu, go and give this letter to Saito Tianyi, and tell him that Ming Dynasty intends to support him to become the new generation of Fuyi general."
"I believe Saito Tianchi will definitely be more cooperative than the one in front of me."
"No, you can't do that."
Ashikaga Yoshinaga jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and shouted in horror:
"Master Li, please, you can't do this."
"If we do that, many people will die on the island, many, many people."
Ashikaga Yoshinaga has been with Saito Tianchi for the longest time, so he naturally knows Saito Tianchi's character.
But it was knowing that made him even more desperate, because he knew that Saito Tianyi would never refuse Li Jin's request.
When Li Jin heard Ashikaga Yoshinaga's almost begging tone, he still kept a faint smile on his face, but his tone was as cold as falling into an ice cave:
"No matter how many people die on the Japanese island, what does it have to do with our Ming Dynasty?"
"Since you are unwilling to cooperate, I can only find other people. I believe there will definitely be more people on Japan Island who are willing to cooperate with Daming."
"We, the Ming Dynasty, are outsiders. We just hope to do business with Japan. To do business, we need a stable trading partner."
"Since we are trading partners, we will look for whoever can bring benefits to Ming Dynasty. As for the identity of that person, we Ming Dynasty don't care at all."
"What do you think? Ashikaga-kun."
Ashikaga Yoshinaga looked troubled. He knew that Ming Dynasty's purpose was definitely not that simple, but now, everyone is a swordsman, and I am a fish.
Ashikaga Yoshinaga could only keep hypnotizing himself in his mind, believing that Ming Dynasty only requested trade.
Even if he doesn't agree to him, Saito Tianyi will agree to him. At that time, with Saito Tianyi's character, Japan will only die more people.
For the sake of the survival of the people on the Japanese island, if I don’t go to hell, who will?
After struggling again and again, Ashikaga Yoshichun finally defeated his inner reason and roared in a low voice:
"I am willing to be Daming's trading partner."
"On behalf of the Ashikaga family, I agree to become Ming's trading partner."
After all, Ashikaga Yoshinaga is a member of the Ashikaga family. The family and the country are world-wide. Only when there is a family can there be a country. What's more, the people of the Ashikaga family always think that their Ashikaga family represents the entire Japanese island.
Li Jin doesn't care what Ashikaga Yoshinaga thinks, he only needs a temporary partner.
This person can be anyone on the Japanese island. As long as a small gap is opened for Daming, Li Jin can quickly expand the gap and eventually tear the Japanese island apart.
After receiving Ashikaga Yoshinaga's promise, Li Jin felt happy and laughed loudly:
"There is an old saying in China: He who knows the current affairs is a hero."
"Ashikaga-kun is the hero of Wajima."
Afterwards, Li Jin handed the memorandum in his hand to Ashikaga Yoshinaga, and then said:
"Wish us happy cooperation."
Ashikaga Yoshichun forced an ugly smile on his face and said:
“A pleasure to work with.”
Ashikaga Yoshinaga got pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to translate Li Jin's protest message in the room.
After Li Jin finished this matter, he lay on the table again, writing and drawing without knowing what he was writing.
Jiang Wei moved forward curiously, only to see four big characters written on it:
Treaty of Shimonoseki.
....
In the blink of an eye, the day passed by in a hurry.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened and he looked at the two pieces of paper in front of him, his eyes full of disbelief.
"This...this..."
"How did Li Jin do this?"
What was placed in front of Zhu Yuanzhang was the Japanese thief-defeating document created by Li Jin and Ashikaga Yoshinaga today.
The memorandum clearly stated that it was hoped that the daimyo of the Japanese island would rise up to attack it, including the Emperor Daigo of the Southern Dynasty.
Originally Li Jin was writing about the Muromachi Shogunate, but now that the Ashikaga family of the Muromachi Shogunate wants to cooperate with him, they must kill another force on the Japanese island.
The current Japanese island is divided into the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The Northern Dynasty is controlled by the Muromachi Shogunate, while the Southern Dynasty is controlled by Emperor Daigo.
Li Jin didn't care who he attacked, but the request mentioned in the appeal to the Ming Dynasty to send troops to quell the rebellion was very important.
As long as Ming Dynasty intervenes, the power of Japan Island will become a tripartite.
The Ming Dynasty could have both sides, slowly eating away the Jinshan and Silver Mines on the Japanese Island, and then supporting the war with war, and finally swallowing up the entire Japanese Island.
This plan relied on another memorial sent by Li Jin to Zhu Yuanzhang, the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Ming-Japanese Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance.
In this treaty, it was stipulated that in order to request the Ming army to send troops to quell the rebellion, the Muromachi shogunate needed to provide the Ming Dynasty with one million taels of silver every year as military expenses.
In order to reward the Ming Dynasty for its counter-insurgency war against Japan, Japan should pay 50 million taels of silver in one lump sum to compensate for the military expenses consumed in this battle.
Of course, Satsuma County and Iwami County must be leased to the Ming Dynasty for ninety-nine years as a concession so that the Ming Dynasty can garrison troops and help Japanese islands counter rebellion at any time.
At the same time, Nagato, Kyoto, Kanto and other places were opened as trading ports so that Ming Dynasty could have friendly exchanges with Wajima.
The people of the Ming Dynasty enjoyed privileges on the Japanese island. They did not need to pay taxes when doing business. They only needed to pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty.
If the law is violated, they should be extradited back to the Ming Dynasty and tried in the Ming Dynasty. Japan Island has no right to punish the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, there are also some agreements on other aspects, with a total of twenty-one in the whole text.
Although the name of the treaty is the Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance, Zhu Yuanzhang really didn't see what friendly measures this would have for Japanese islands?
Of course, at the end of the memorial, Li Jin also wrote that this treaty could only be signed after launching a war against Japan.
What I write now will become the established goals after the war.
In other words, before the war started, Li Jin was already thinking about what to do with the Japanese island after the war.
After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, thinking about the above content, he felt that Li Jin was a bit foolish.
Thinking about it from another perspective, if he was allowed to see such content, he would rather mobilize all the troops in the country to fight Li Jin to the death rather than sign such a treaty.
Not to mention losing power and humiliating the country, once such a treaty is signed, the country will be destroyed soon. In this case, it is better to give it a try. Instead of living in humiliation, it is better to die in a vigorous battle.
