"Since we want compensation, let's settle an account first."
"In the eighteenth year of Zhizheng (1358), Japanese pirates have been invading our coast of China for several decades."
"I, the Ming Dynasty, will inherit the great power, so I will naturally remember every account."
"Decades of intrusion and plunder have caused huge losses to China."
"You should compensate for these losses."
In this way, Yang Xuan, in front of the Japanese Emperor, counted one by one the crimes committed by Japanese pirates over the past decades when they landed.
"But, those were matters of the previous dynasty, and we did not instigate them." The Emperor of Japan couldn't help but say.
If the other party were to continue calculating like this, the compensation would probably be astronomical!
"Why, aren't they from your Japanese country?"
Yang Xuan asked back.
The Emperor of Japan paused for a moment. At that time, Japan was in the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Wars between major names and lords often occur.
Some defeated daimyo, lords, and nobles had no choice but to go to sea to find a way to survive.
They cooperated with pirates, or with Fang Guozhen, Zhang Shicheng and other remnants, to invade and plunder the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty.
Among these Japanese pirates, there are indeed many Japanese, which the Japanese emperor cannot deny.
Of course, at this moment, he really didn't dare to deny it.
"There are indeed some Japanese people among them."
He said this to reduce the Japanese country's responsibility and make the compensation smaller.
Yang Xuan glanced at the other party thoughtfully and thought to himself: What are you thinking about?
"That's good now that you admit it."
"Then let's talk now about how much compensation you should compensate us."
Hearing this, the Japanese Emperor began to say in his heart, 'Ask for less, ask for less'.
"Since you are so sensible, we don't want more." Yang Xuan pondered for a moment and said.
The Japanese emperor felt relieved when he heard this.
"I think you can just compensate me with twenty million taels of silver and let this matter be over."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor of Japan was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses.
He immediately stood up and slammed the table angrily.
"Impossible, you are robbing!"
"The combined wealth of the entire Japanese country is far less than half."
Otherwise, what do you think I'm doing here? If I hadn't considered that you really couldn't afford that much money, I would have planned to ask for 40 million and 50 million taels... Yang Xuan muttered in his heart.
"Hey, don't get excited!" Yang Xuan raised his hand and pressed it down.
The Japanese emperor could only sit down and endure his anger.
"General Ming Dynasty, we really can't afford that much money." The Emperor of Japan said, hoping that Yang Xuan would relent.
But how could Yang Xuan let go.
"it's out of the question."
"Twenty million taels of silver, not a penny less." Yang Xuan shook his head and said.
"General Ming Dynasty, don't you think this is too much?" the Emperor of Japan said while holding back his anger.
"Is it too much? I don't think so."
"Everything is just your own fault."
"Now, you are just paying the price for the wrong things you did before."
Yang Xuan said slowly, not in a hurry.
"But we really can't afford so much money!"
"It's none of my business."
Yang Xuan spoke casually, picked up the tea and took a sip.
Seeing Yang Xuan being so insulted, the Japanese Emperor stood up and said angrily: "You are so persecuting, aren't you afraid that we will fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty?"
"Ah!"
"Until death?"
"Are you worthy?"
Yang Xuan placed the teacup in his hand heavily on the table and looked at the Japanese Emperor coldly.
"My Ming Dynasty has millions of soldiers ready to go to war at any time."
"But how many soldiers does your Japanese country have left to fight?"
"In the eighth year of Yongle, I, the Ming Emperor, sent 500,000 troops for a northern expedition."
"Think about it carefully. Do you have the strength to fight Daming?"
"Are you really not afraid of the country's subjugation...genocide?"
After hearing this, the Japanese Emperor also calmed down.
He subconsciously wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.
Thinking about what I just said, I was really too impulsive.
The Ming Dynasty had a vast land and rich resources, with a population of tens of millions and millions of soldiers. However, their Japanese country had poor resources and a population of only a few million.
The food produced cannot support many soldiers.
What are you going to fight with Daming?
"In a word, twenty million taels of silver, not a penny less."
After saying these words, Yang Xuan left without looking back.
He has given enough patience.
If you still don't understand, try again.
The Emperor of Japan stayed alone in the empty hall, looking at the familiar scenes around him, feeling endless humiliation and unwillingness in his heart.
This is his palace!
…
After leaving Kyoto, the Japanese Emperor returned to the place where he settled.
The ministers were summoned to discuss compensation.
Looking at the excited ministers, he could only comfort them.
He knew that the current Japanese country was far from a match for the Ming Dynasty.
If the fight continues, their line of emperors will be completely cut off.
Looking back on Yang Xuan's murderous intent, he still couldn't help but shudder.
He promised his ministers that they would take revenge in the future and asked them not to forget today's humiliation.
Immediately afterwards, they discussed compensation.
"You all tell me how we should compensate."
Twenty million taels of silver is definitely an astronomical figure. Even if the entire Japanese country's silver reserves are emptied, it cannot be obtained.
Because more of them are still buried underground!
"Your Majesty, we can cede part of the land and compensate the Ming Dynasty."
Someone suggested.
But there are also objections.
"Your Majesty, we only have so much land. If it is ceded to Ming Dynasty, our land will be even less."
"Besides, Ming Dynasty does not lack our land."
"They want silver."
The Emperor of Japan just watched them arguing and was not in a hurry to express his opinion.
He was reluctant to cede the land.
The land of their Japanese country is small. If they are ceded, how can they feed a larger population?
Without a population, how can we take revenge?
After arguing for a long time, there was no result.
At this time someone suggested it again.
"Your Majesty, doesn't Ming Dynasty want silver?"
"We could use silver or other minerals as collateral."
"And there's not much food that can be grown around these mines, so it's okay to mortgage it to the Ming Dynasty."
In future generations, food can be grown in abandoned mines, but not in this era.
Don't have that technology.
Hearing this, the Japanese Emperor thought for a while and nodded.
"well!"
"That's a good idea."
"We mortgage the mine to them, and it has nothing to do with us how much silver can be mined."
"Anyway, we have paid enough compensation."
Immediately afterwards, they had a heated debate over which mines to use as collateral.
In short, the land that can grow food must not be ceded, but the mines that cannot grow food can be compensated to the Ming Dynasty.
If Yang Xuan knew the content of their argument, he would probably laugh out loud.
Because the mines in Japan were his target!
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