Become the richest man in the world from answering questions

Chapter 148
"What's the situation? Originally, the two sides wanted to reach a peace agreement, but Shen Weijing and President Xiaoxi had their own ulterior motives and deceived their superiors."

"The Ming Dynasty and the Japanese army were just negotiating peace, not Toyotomi Hideyoshi's claim to the Ming Dynasty, but what did Shen Weijing and Xu Yiguan and others say? Said that RB asked for tribute!"

"A tribute means conferring a vassal, and then RB can confess to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, this is just Shen Weijing's wishful thinking, not Toyotomi Hideyoshi's intention."

"On the side of President Xiaonishi, the seven suggestions put forward were intended to prevent the Ming Dynasty from negotiating a peace, but Shen Weijing agreed to them all. There was no other way, so we had to report the truth to Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

"Then what's the matter with him cheating? It turns out that the chief envoy sent by the Japanese army is a man named Ru'an Xiaoxi, who is related to President Xiaoxi."

"So President Xiaoxi said to Xiaoxi Ru'an that we must maintain the same rhythm of advance and retreat. You must find a way to prevent the peace negotiation with the Ming Dynasty."

"Hey, that's the situation. Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants to negotiate a peace with the Ming Dynasty, but Konishi Governor doesn't want to. He is trying to sabotage the peace."

"In this way, in October 1594, the RB mission headed by Xiaoxi Ru'an soon followed Shen Weijing's mission to BJ City."

"Xiaoxi Ru'an first held a meeting with Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. According to the request of President Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi Ru'an raised three cold questions on the spot."

"First, the Japanese army quickly withdrew from the Korean peninsula after being entrusted. Second, it could only be enshrined but not tribute. Third, the relationship with North Korea should not be violated."

"When a discerning person sees it, he must think that RB is making progress. The key is the second rule. Only canonization but not tribute is equivalent to giving you a title, but we still have nothing to do with each other."

"If this is the case, wouldn't it be a breach of this agreement if you invade North Korea again in the future, and wouldn't today's talks be meaningless?"

"However! Unexpectedly, this Shi Xing, hey, immediately agreed to the conditions proposed by Xiaoxi Ru'an!"

"He and Shen Weijing are almost on the same channel. They just want to end this war quickly, without considering other consequences in the long run."

"Of course, in addition to the above three conditions put forward by the Japanese army, the Ming Dynasty naturally also put forward corresponding requirements for the Japanese army."

"But Xiao Xiru'an bullied the people in the military department who couldn't understand Japanese, so he agreed indiscriminately."

"At the same time, Shen Weijing also submitted his forged Japanese surrender form. Not only Zhu Yijun was very satisfied and happy, but the ministers were also very happy."

"Soon, Zhu Yijun canonized Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the RB king, and then canonized the names of the RB ministers provided by Xiaoxi Ru'an in turn."

"In January 1595, the talks and canonization were over, and the imperial court asked Shen Weijing to return to RB with the RB mission, and read Zhu Yijun's edict face to face."

"As for the content of the edict, let's not talk about it. There are too many, so I won't talk about it. If you are interested, you can look it up online when you have time."

"Or when I have a chance in the future, I will go to RB in person. This imperial edict canonized by Zhu Yijun is now in the Osaka Museum. There are real objects."

"However, don't forget that the RB mission is going to BJ to negotiate a peace, not to request the canonization of the Ming Dynasty. The conditions proposed by Ruan Xiaoxi are not Toyotomi Hideyoshi's intention."

"After Shen Weijing arrived at RB, he read Zhu Yijun's canonization edict face to face, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi was furious, saying that I control RB, and if you want to be king, you will be king, so why should you be sealed by a beard!"

"That is to say, I, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, is in control of RB. If I want to be the king, I can be the king. Why do I need the Ming emperor to confer the title?"

"Although angry, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's purpose is very clear, that is to temporarily break away from contact with the Ming army, to recover his vitality first, and then make a solution."

"No way, Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a banquet in Osaka to entertain Shen Weijing and other Ming Dynasty missions."

"In fact, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has long been secretly accumulating strength, and is preparing to launch the second Korean campaign again."

"And Shen Weijing, Shi Xing and others, who only wanted to end the dispute, covered up Toyotomi Hideyoshi's true intentions and tried to get away with it, which eventually led to this situation."

"As for the Japanese army, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also relentless. He said that less than a month later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi punished Governor Konishi, and then expelled the Ming Dynasty mission from Osaka. It took two years. The peace talks have failed."

"It is said that on the way back to the country, Shen Weijing was afraid that the court would find out that the peace agreement had broken down, so he stayed in North Korea and wrote a memorial to Feng Fengchen Hideyoshi to thank the court for the gift, and asked other envoys to perform it on his behalf."

"However, after this memorial was in Zhu Yijun's hands, Zhu Yijun saw through it immediately, because the North Korean side has already sent information that RB is preparing for war again."

"Zhu Yijun was furious at that time. Knowing that Shen Weijing and Shi Xing did not report the true situation to the court, he immediately issued an order to remove Shi Xing from his position."

"Shi Xing's career was revoked, and the position of Minister of the Ministry of War cannot be so vacant, so Zhu Yijun asked Xing Jie to be the Minister of the Ministry of War and the governor, and Yang Gao, the imperial censor, managed North Korea's military affairs and sent troops to North Korea again."

"Afterwards, Zhu Yijun acted like a Japanese slave, plundered the country, and spied on the mainland. It was Shi Xing, the former minister of the Ministry of War, who flattered the thieves and caused trouble. He deceived the king and misled the country. Jin Yiwei took him to the judicial department, so that Jin Yiwei could try him."

"At the same time, Zhu Yijun ordered the arrest of Shen Weijing, but Shen Weijing was not in China at the time, but in North Korea, so the Ming army arrested his family."

"When Shen Weijing heard the news, he was very angry. In order to retaliate against the Ming Dynasty, he informed the Japanese army of the deployment of the Ming army's troops and went as a traitor."

"For more than a year since then, both sides have stepped up time to prepare for the war. It is said that in April 1596, an official from North Korea was expelled by the Japanese army for corruption."

"This North Korean official finally came to Seoul, but he didn't want to be arrested and imprisoned directly, but because of this incident, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was extremely dissatisfied."

"In May, in order to ease the situation in North Korea, the Ming Dynasty proposed to enshrine Toyotomi Hideyoshi again, so they sent another envoy to RB."

"However, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rejected the Ming Dynasty envoy's canonization request on the grounds that the Korean prince would not come, and made up his mind to launch the second Korean War."

"In January 1597, the Japanese army refused to withdraw from Busan City, and their intentions were very obvious."

"The North Korean side quickly informed the Ming army of this news and asked the Ming army to send troops."

"The Japanese army invaded North Korea again. Before here, Yi Sun-sin was imprisoned by countermeasures, and then he was demoted to a soldier. In the end, he had to serve in the army in white."

(End of this chapter)