Dashun Yongchang

Jin Zidian and Zhao Guiren's brother Zhao Renbi not only opposed these negotiation conditions, but also raised doubts about the son's intentions.Although Li Shibai, Hong Ruifeng, Li Jingyu, Shen Yue and other officials explained to the prince, they also believed that these negotiation conditions were too high.In fact, the Western Party in the entire imperial court was not satisfied with this negotiation document, thinking that it was simply a declaration of war by the southerners to challenge them, the northerners.

However, the generals headed by Ju Renhou did not say a word. When questioned by the King of Joseon, Gu Renhou said frankly that his subordinates lacked training and weapons and equipment, and the coalition forces not only had cannons, but also carried the sun and moon flags However, none of their subordinates are willing to fight against the Heavenly Soldiers of the Upper Kingdom. If the fighting continues and the soldiers and civilians below continue to waver, then the south of the Han River will probably be lost.

Jin Zidian and Zhao Renbi accused Ju Renhou of being afraid of war, but Gu Renhou asked unceremoniously: "Since Shangguo can float to Pusanpo, wouldn't they go to the mouth of the Han River by boat? If they were in the Han River Jiangkou landed and disturbed the ancestral temple, who will bear the responsibility?"

Gu Renhou was indeed a crow's mouth. Not a day after he said this, news came from Nanyang County that Lin Qingye had landed in Incheon with an army, and the Incheon Governor's Mansion had surrendered.At this moment, the court, which was still fighting around the prince, suddenly turned off, and Ganghwa Island was above Incheon, and Ganghwa Island was facing the mouth of the Han River, which meant that the coalition forces had already threatened the safety of the capital.

The reason why everyone was able to comment on the negotiating documents signed by the prince was too weak before, it was because the Chungcheong Road under the capital blocked the attack of the coalition forces, so the capital was still safe.But when they realized that the capital might not be safe, the two squads in the capital began to send the family back to their hometown, for fear of being blocked by the coalition forces in the city.Everyone can criticize the army generals for fear of war in the court, but they don't expect the army to protect the safety of the capital.

At this time, the officials in the court suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a king on their heads, so they all asked the king for a holy sentence.In fact, the King of Joseon was invited to take the blame. When the Manchus attacked the capital last time, it was the King of Joseon who kowtowed to the Manchus to beg for mercy. The two classes were loyal and unyielding heroes, but the king refused to resist.

Li Jing knew that none of the second class who was kneeling on him was a good thing, of course he would not take advantage of him, and now he is still the King of Joseon. , and the group of two shifts below are just changing owners, so nothing will happen at all.

So he decided to accept the negotiation documents in full, and asked Li Shibai to hurry up and send the documents he signed and stamped to the crown prince to end the war.In order to prepare for the indemnity to the coalition forces, Li Jing decided to withhold half of the [-] shi of grain that he had promised to the Manchus, and then sell a batch of official positions. This decision of North Korea was quickly sent back to the country by the envoys of the Manchus. .

While waiting for the reply from the King of Joseon, Zhu Shuaicui mainly did two things. One was to form the Three Ways Council and select Confucian scholars who were close to the Shang Kingdom to enter the Council.Although there are many Confucian scholars in North Korea who miss the Ming Dynasty, some of these Confucian scholars also find it difficult to accept the fact that Dashun replaced the Ming Dynasty, thinking that this is an act of rebellion against the superior.

As the clan of the Ming Dynasty, relying on his own status, Zhu Shuaicui completely suppressed these Korean Confucian scholars, but at the same time it also brought him a rather headache problem, that is, many Korean Confucian scholars who supported Ming Dynasty always persuaded him to bring Bing Da returned to China to rebuild the Ming Dynasty, thinking that this is what a Ming clan should do.

It’s just that Zhu Shuaicui is not stupid. He had already worked hard to restore Daming once when he was in Dezhou, but those scholar-bureaucrats just wanted to defend their family business under his banner, and they didn’t really want to defend Daming.That is to say, Emperor Yongchang was broad-minded. He not only pardoned his sins, but also let him take on overseas responsibilities. Another emperor would have chopped off his head long ago.

After this incident, Zhu Shuaicui had no hope for the restoration of Daming, because those literati and bureaucrats who were deeply favored by the Ming Dynasty were so selfish, how could they expect the peasants who could not survive being squeezed by Daming to do so? Do you miss Daming?Rather than being a puppet in the hands of those scholar-bureaucrats, it is better to work for Emperor Yongchang, at least Emperor Yongchang did not treat himself badly.

Because he has no hope for the restoration of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Shuaicui doesn't want to find a group of people with lofty ideals in North Korea to restore Ming Dynasty. These people can't even protect their own country, so why talk about restoring China?Undoubtedly push him to die.Therefore, Zhu Shuaicui excluded this kind of Confucian scholars with different ambitions from the Three Ways Council. What he needed were those who only wanted to preserve their own family property. What a mess.

Another thing is to prepare for the establishment of Lingnan University and to find the first president of Lingnan University.In the eyes of North Koreans, there is no difference between university and Guozijian, but Zhu Shuaicui is very clear that university and Guozijian are different, because Guozijian is to train officials, while universities are to expand Shangguo’s influence on North Korea In other words, it is to let them look at their own country with the thinking of Shangguo, and then transform their country, and finally conform to the direction of Shangguo. This is Li Zicheng's explanation to him.

In order to accomplish these two tasks, Zhu Shuaicui is quite busy, because he needs to check the past experience of the three famous Confucian scholars and their relatives and teachers, and then find a suitable person to talk to.Of course, the ones he could choose were those Confucian scholars who came to Daqiu immediately. As for the Confucian scholars who were hiding in the mountains waiting for him to visit, he had no time to take care of them.

The eldest son Li Lu observed Zhu Shuaicui's actions, and found it very interesting, because it was the first time he had seen the selection of councilors like this.Although this is a brand new thing, he thinks there should be no difference between congressmen and officials, they both represent the government.It's just that Zhu Shuaicui gave up the exam and decided the appointment of these councilors through interviews, which seems a bit unfair.

Zhu Shuaicui didn't care about the views of the prince and other Confucian scholars, he just implemented his own ideas step by step, so before the negotiating documents signed and sealed by the King of Joseon were sent back, he had already initially established Lin Qingye , Shen Qiyuan family, Xu Mu, Yin Shandao, Yin Kai headed by the Confucian group as the basis of the three-way council.The first president of Lingnan University gave Shen Shuoqing, the eldest son of Shen Qiyuan, after repeated consideration.

In this way, Marshal Dou's Mansion has staunch supporters like Lin Qingye and Shen Qiyuan's family in North Korea. Without the protection of Marshal Dou's Mansion, they are rebels in the eyes of the Joseon King.There are also collaborators of the Confucian group headed by Xu Mu, Yin Shandao, and Yin Kai. The Marshal's Mansion needs these Confucian scholars to support its North Korea policy, and these Confucian scholars also need the support of the Marshal's Mansion to fight against the power holders in the capital.

After receiving the negotiating document signed and stamped by the king of Joseon from the son, Zhu Shuaicui immediately said to the son: "Peace in Korea has finally come, so I will have an explanation to your majesty after I go back. You go back to the capital to prepare In a moment, we have to go to take over Jeju Island, and then go to pick up the prince and go to Yangzhou."

Li Luo thought for a while and replied: "I don't have anything to prepare when I go back to the capital. It's better to follow the angel directly. If Jeju has any questions, I can also explain it for the envoy, so as to avoid any further twists and turns. Come."

Zhu Shuai looked at the son for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.He knew that there was a struggle within North Korea over the position of the crown prince, but it was a bit surprising that the struggle was so intense that the crown prince didn't even want to return to the capital.But since the prince cooperated so much in the negotiation, he felt that it was necessary to protect the safety of the prince, otherwise who would implement the agreement in the future?

On May [-]th, Zhu Shuaicui handed over the Daqiu prison camp to the three councils led by Xu Mu. The mission of the coalition forces ended here, and then he returned to Busan Town with his son.On May [-], Zheng Cai took his son and some ships to Jeju Island to receive him. On the same day, Zhu Shuaicui took a boat to Jinshi City of the Tsushima Domain to meet with Zong Yicheng, the lord of the Tsushima Domain.

The Tsushima domain claims to be one hundred thousand stones, but the actual stone height is only 2, and the other [-] came from trade income.Therefore, the Tsushima Fan attaches great importance to the trade between Japan and North Korea, and regards it as a major event for the survival of the Fan.In order to restore the trade relationship between Japan and North Korea, Tsushima Fan did not hesitate to contact North Korea in private, and forged North Korea's credentials.

Therefore, when the Tang Ship Fleet arrived at Tsushima Fan and asked for the opening of Tsuema Fan to themselves, they refused at first, because they thought it was impossible for the Tang Ship to stay here for a long time.But after the Tang ship blocked the Korean Strait for two months, his attitude towards Ma Fan finally softened, and he expressed his willingness to talk to the Tang people.

Chapter 532 General Iemitsu

After the news of the Chinese fleet’s bombardment of Nagasaki reached Edo, Matsudaira Izu and Shouxin Tsuna immediately met with the general Tokugawa Iemitsu. Iemitsu, who was in his early 40s, was obese and had erratic eyes. He was completely different from the shrewd and capable young man.

Nobuzuna actually knows that Iemitsu's body was actually dragged down by the Shimabara Rebellion. Before the Shimabara Rebellion, Iemitsu still paid great attention to maintaining his body, and often practiced kendo, but after the Shimabara Rebellion, Jia Guang began to dislike seeing people. Except for himself and the neighbors, even the old middleman had a hard time seeing the general.

Although the Shimabara Rebellion finally subsided, it caused a great blow to the reputation of the shogunate. At the same time, Iemitsu also noticed that although all countries respected the shogunate on the surface, they were secretly holding back the shogunate. Why did the shogunate need to mobilize 30 people to quell the riots launched by a few peasants in Kyushu, and even Nobutsuna needed to hold the battle in person.

After realizing that there were only a few loyal ministers in the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu began to be suspicious, and felt that his subordinates were almost untrustworthy.The daily government affairs of the shogunate were supported by Matsudaira Nobuzuna and Ii Naotaka, while Iemitsu lived a near-reclusive life in Nishimaru.

If it weren't for the news that the Chinese fleet had bombarded Nagasaki, Nobuzuna Matsudaira would have dared not come to Nishimaru to alarm the general.After listening to Izu Mamoru's report, Tokugawa Iemitsu sighed and asked, "Does Sobu know about this?"

Nobuzuna Matsudaira hurriedly said: "I came to see the general immediately after receiving the news, and I haven't notified Jing Yisao yet."

Jia Guang then ordered: "Send someone to notify Motou, and then ask him to come over to discuss this matter."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately handed over the documents in his hand to the side near Iemitsu, and then someone quickly walked out of the room with the documents.Iemitsu continued to ask: "Izumori thinks, what does the Tang people mean? Do they really want to intercede for those Chinese Qiezhidan? Or do they want to take the opportunity to attack our country?"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna thought for a while and replied: "The Tang people have sent people to Nagasaki since the end of last year, and they have been demanding to sign a trade agreement with the shogunate. If the Tang people really want to attack our country, then they will not want to sign anything with our country. trade deal.

Moreover, the people of the Tang Dynasty claimed to be sent by the Marshal's Mansion. Although they obeyed Li Chuang, they had the approval of the Prince of Ming Dynasty. Although I don't know how Li Chuang got along with the Prince of Ming Dynasty peacefully, southern China is now subordinate to the Marshal's Mansion. The order is generally good.

However, according to the Tang people and the Dutch who came to trade, the war in northern China seems to have not subsided, which means that Li Chuang did not really rule the world.From this point of view, it is quite unwise for Li Chuang to send troops to attack our country at this time, because he will also use his strength to resist the Hu people in the north.

Therefore, I believe that the Tang people should not have the intention of attacking our country, and they really want to protect their country's Chezhidan.But the appearance of a fleet like the Tang people around Japan is certainly not aimless.Its target is either our country or North Korea. If Tang people can provoke such a large-scale floating expedition, then North Korea must have colluded with the Hu people. "

Jiaguang finally felt relieved, nodded his head and said: "It seems that the people of Tang originally wanted to make friends with our country, but they encountered the case of Qiezhidan in China, which angered the people of Tang to bombard Nagasaki. How did things work? How could such a big mess happen?"

Hearing Iemitsu's words became severe, Nobuzuna Matsudaira hurriedly explained to the two Nagasaki magistrates: "The two magistrates also followed the instructions of the shogunate, and did not expect the Tang people to be so arrogant and unreasonable. If they are dealt with because of this , who will dare to seriously carry out the orders of the shogunate in the future?"

Iemitsu finally raised his brows a little, then shook his head and said, "Even if we execute the orders of the shogunate, we can't execute them so rigidly that the people of Tang and the shogunate go to war. What should we do?"

Matsudaira Nobuzuna quickly said: "It's better to wait for the Nagasaki incident to subside, then replace Nagasaki's execution, and then send him to a remote country. In this way, everyone will not think that they were punished for carrying out the order of the shogunate .”

Jiaguang nodded impatiently and said, "Next, you should discuss with Sao Butou how to deal with it. Don't lose the face of the shogunate, and don't have a war."

Seeing Iemitsu get up and leave, Nobuzuna Matsudaira can only prostrate himself on the ground to send Iemitsu respectfully.When Matsudaira Nobuzuna returned to the room where the old man was on duty, the room was brightly lit, and Ii Naotaka was already waiting inside.As soon as he saw him, Zhixiao asked him: "What's your opinion, General?"

Nobutsuna Matsudaira sat opposite him and said: "The general does not want to conflict with the Tang people. However, the Shimadzu family has sent a letter expressing their willingness to send troops to help the shogunate expel the Tang people."

Jingyi Naotaka shook his head and said: "Is the Shimadzu family a cat crying for a mouse? They don't want to help the shogunate, they just want to control Kyushu under the banner of expelling the Tang people. If they really agree to the request of the Shimadzu family, I'm afraid Kyushu is about to belong to the Shimadzu family, isn’t this worse than letting the Tang people occupy Nagasaki? At least the Tang people will not stay in Nagasaki for a long time.”

Matsudaira Nobuzuna also sighed and said: "Since the Shimabara Rebellion, the prestige of the shogunate has also been greatly damaged. It's just that after decades of weakening by foreign vassals, the relaxation of military equipment is far greater than that of the shogunate. So they dare not have But this time the Tang people sent troops to Nagasaki, if the shogunate did not handle it properly, it would be difficult for the shogunate to suppress those foreign vassals."

Ii Naotaka also nodded and said: "After listening to the proclamation written by Baba Saburo Zaemon, this Tang man's big tube is so sharp, I'm afraid it won't work to confront him head-on..."

Both of them were thinking in their hearts that Omura and Hirado on the edge of Nagasaki were small feudal clans with little power. Although the Saga clan had more than [-] shi, the internal situation was too complicated, and the feudal lord himself had less than [-] shi. half.

The Chikuzen clan had just had a riot. As for the other clans in Kyushu, they are either too weak or unreliable foreign clans. Among them, the Shimadzu family is even more rebellious in the eyes of the shogunate, but the cost of killing the Shimadzu family is too high, so the shogunate tolerated it down.

After deliberating for a long time, both of them thought that relying on the power of Kyushu alone might not be able to deal with the military invasion of the Tang people, unless someone could integrate the power of Kyushu's various vassals, but this was something the shogunate tried its best to avoid.

In the end, Naotaka nodded heavily and said to Nobuzuna: "Let's talk about peace. This battle is not worth fighting, and it shouldn't be fought. The deficit of the Shimabara Rebellion has not been filled up to now, and it is still relying on the general's private treasury. It subsidizes the expenses of the shogunate. If there is a war with the Tang people, even if they win, they can leave by boat, so what should they do next time when they come over? If they run to Edo, the trouble will be even greater. As long as they move towards When Edo fires a cannon, the princes of the world will be shocked."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna also nodded in agreement: "Then let Baba Saburo Zaemon and Yamazaki Gonhachiro talk to the Tang people. If the result of the talk is not good, just let them apologize, so don't drag others down."

Naotaka Ii nodded in agreement, but he quickly said: "The Tang people's big tubes are so powerful, shouldn't we go to the Dutch to buy another batch of big tubes? Now Edo's defense seems to be weak."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said in agreement: "That's the case, then I will contact the Dutch. It is always a good thing to be able to buy some large cylinders to strengthen the defense of Edo."

The Dutch who stayed in Edo fully agreed, but they still had to contact Batavia before making a final decision, but now the Dutch ship was sunk by the Tang. Via's connection was cut off, so they agreed to the shogunate's arms business, which could not quench their thirst at all.

On the Nagasaki side, before the shogunate's order was delivered, the two ministers had released the detained Chinese Catholics, and canceled the "step painting" ceremony for the Chinese to arrive in Nagasaki.Although the Tang fleet did not land in Nagasaki, the destroyed Dejima was cleared out and became the fleet's camp and negotiation site on land.

Baba Saburo Zaemon and Yamazaki Gonhachiro also know that although the Tang people did not send troops to Nagasaki, Nagasaki has now fallen under the actual control of the Tang people, because the soldiers of the two vassals in Omura and Hirado ran away. The soldiers of the Saga Domain insisted on defending in the open, but in fact they hid behind Nagasaki Castle. If the Tang people entered the city, they would flee.

With only a little force left to maintain law and order in the city, the two executives were naturally satisfied with everything the Tang people asked for.However, since the rioters and ruffians caused robbery and arson in the city, the Tang people in the city established militias under the organization of the three major temples to maintain social order.The strength of the Tang people's regiment alone exceeds the strength of the two of them. How can this battle be fought?

The destruction of Dejima shocked Omura and Hirado the most, because the residences of these two feudal clans were by the sea.Therefore, the Omura Domain and the Hedo Domain quickly sent people to the Tang people to send a wish to maintain peace. Of course, Xi Benyi would not object to such a request.After all, he really doesn't want to expand the war, he just wants to sign a trade agreement with Japan.

But soon he felt uneasy, because as the incident of the shelling of Dejima spread, all kinds of people came to the door, some asked Chinese businessmen in the city to come forward, and some directly rowed a boat as a hawker to approach the boat Teams have different requirements.Some expressed their desire to buy large tubes, some hoped to reach a non-aggression agreement with the Tang people, and some were Catholics seeking protection from the Tang people.

What's even more bizarre is that some people asked the Tang Dynasty fleet to fire a few shots on the coast of their territory.The purpose is to use this to avoid conscription by the shogunate. After all, his territory was attacked by the Tang fleet, so naturally he didn't have to come to Nagasaki to die.

Chapter 533 Nagasaki Negotiation I

After Zhu Shuaicui arrived in Nagasaki, Xi Benyi quickly handed over the power in his hands to the other party, and said to him: "These Japanese are similar to our country's military leaders. They keep saying that they respect the shogunate, but they are not willing to contribute. .In my opinion, they just want to see the shogunate's jokes, and then separate one side to wait and see the wind."

Zhu Shuaicui replied unsurprisingly: "The Japanese vassal state is an independent small country with its own army, court and people. If they are expected to work for the shogunate, what benefits will they get? Ever since the Tokugawa shogunate overthrew Feng After the shogunate, they have been weakening the power of non-direct line daimyos, either reducing their fiefdoms or changing them, if they still work for the shogunate, wouldn't they be really fools?"

Xi Benyi had been in Japan for several months, so he was naturally not ignorant of the inside story of Japan, so he could only nod in agreement, but he quickly asked Zhu Shuaicui: "Other things are easy to handle. That is, those Japanese Catholics asked us for protection. How should we respond? Kyushu Island is the place where Japanese Catholicism spread, and even daimyos were Catholics in the past.

Even after the strict prohibition by the Toyotomi and Tokugawa shogunates, Catholics in Kyushu still existed. The Shimabara Rebellion was the biggest resistance organized by Catholics.If we protect these Catholics, then it is tantamount to being hostile to the feudal clans of Kyushu. "

Zhu Shuaicui didn't really like Catholicism either. After all, he read the books of sages, so he naturally disliked religion's meddling in politics.The biggest problem with Catholicism is not its teachings, but Catholicism's willingness to interfere in the affairs of believers and the government, which makes Confucian scholars feel that this foreign religion has crossed the dividing line between secularism and gods.

Perhaps in other parts of the world, religion and politics are always mixed together, but the Chinese civilized circle cut off the connection between heaven and earth as early as three generations ago, prohibiting gods from interfering in human affairs, and even offering sacrifices to heaven has nothing to do with the Son of Heaven.Chinese native Taoism and foreign Buddhism both wanted to interfere in politics at the beginning, but they were all crushed by secular forces. Therefore, Chinese native Taoism and Buddhism have become useless, except to manage the world after death. Do not express any opinion on the world.

Japanese Shintoism and Buddhism have also been educated by samurai. Genpei Hezhan and Oda Demon King all have the figure of samurai destroying gods.However, Catholicism, as a powerful political force that dominates European countries, is still receiving its first education in Europe. It is a war with the Protestantism supported by European countries. Habits were naturally targeted by the Eastern Kingdom.

However, for the Marshal's Mansion, which is preparing to reshape the world, any power that may become a support for the Marshal's Mansion can be used. Therefore, Zhu Shuaicui showed a tolerant attitude towards the Catholicism in Japan.

After thinking for a while, he said to Xi Benyi: "It is impossible for us to protect all Catholics, because as you said, this may offend all the feudal lords in Kyushu. But it is also impossible for us not to protect Catholics, then we In Japan, we cannot find a force that is actively approaching us. Therefore, we should propose to the shogunate to set up a town under our direct management in Nagasaki, and Catholics will not be persecuted in this town.”

Xi Benyi agreed with Zhu Shuaicui's proposition, and he also said: "In the past, Chinese businessmen could live together with Japanese people in Japan, but for the overseas trade dominated by the Marshal's Mansion, this kind of mixed living is not so important. It is not conducive to our management, and there may be situations where merchants betray the Marshal's Mansion.

During our negotiations with Nagasaki this time, the Chinese businessmen living in Nagasaki did not completely stand on our side. Instead, they felt that we had damaged the relationship with the shogunate for the sake of a few crew members, which would cause their interests to be lost.These people have been doing business in Nagasaki for a long time, bought land and built mansions here, married Japanese wives, and even changed their names. It is hard to say that they are still Chinese.

Therefore, we must put an end to the assimilation of Chinese businessmen overseas. First of all, we must reduce their excessive contact with the locals. Even in a Japanese city like Nagasaki, we must establish a Chinese residential area so that They continue to maintain the cultural customs of their country so that they can always remember who they are. "

Zhu Shuaicui accepted Xi Benyi's suggestion, because it was also Li Zicheng's view.It is a parallel policy to strengthen the management of merchants while expanding foreign trade.Because the purpose of the Marshal's Mansion to develop foreign trade is to strengthen the country, not to cultivate a group of compradors who work for foreigners.

After some conversation, the two summoned the worshipers of the three major temples in Nagasaki to hold a meeting. The Chinese merchants in Nagasaki built a temple according to the region, as an institution for mutual assistance. After all, the Japanese believe in Buddhism but are They are very vigilant about the reunion of foreigners, so it is less likely to arouse the resentment of the Japanese for the contact and mutual assistance led by the temple.

The three major temples refer to Xingfu Temple, Fuji Temple, and Chongfu Temple. Xingfu Temple was the first to be built, and it was a temple supported by all the Chinese who came to Nagasaki at that time.But soon the Fujian merchants were not satisfied with this overly tolerant group, so they established the Fuji Temple, which belonged to the Fujian merchants to communicate with, and then the Fuzhou merchants split from the Fujian merchants and built the Chongfu Temple.

Faced with the invitation jointly issued by Zhu Shuaicui and Xi Benyi, the three major temples naturally did not dare to neglect, and all sent key members to the island to attend the meeting.At the meeting, Zhu Shuaicui announced several policies to these business representatives,.

First of all, Nagasaki will establish the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. In the future, the affairs of the Nagasaki Chinese Entrepreneurs will be managed by the Chamber of Commerce.

Secondly, the Marshal's Office will negotiate with the shogunate to purchase a piece of land in Nagasaki to establish a separate residential town for Chinese merchants. Any Chinese merchants who are unwilling to move into this town will not be allowed to be candidates for the election of the head of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Finally, all Chinese businessmen in front of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, all Chinese can register with the Chamber of Commerce and get help from the Chamber of Commerce, except for Chinese merchants who have been naturalized in Japan, they will not be protected by the Chamber of Commerce.Anyone who joins the chamber of commerce must abide by the rules set by the chamber of commerce.

This meeting was a big shock to the Chinese businessmen in Nagasaki. Before, they complained that the Marshal’s Office was trying to get ahead of those Catholics on the Macau ship, which would damage the relationship between China and Japan. Chinese businessmen were retaliated by the Japanese.Afterwards, the fleet of the Marshal's Mansion showed strength, forcing Nagasaki to bow his head, and these Chinese businessmen began to be proud of being Chinese again.

However, whether they opposed Marshal's Mansion before or chose to support Marshal's Mansion now, the Chinese businessmen in Nagasaki only have one thing in mind, which is not to interfere with my life.However, it is clear that the development of the matter is not based on the will of the businessman.The several policies Zhu Shuaicui announced to the Chinese merchants broke the internal rules of the Chinese merchants in Nagasaki, and also completely divided the Chinese merchant group that was originally vacillating between the Marshal's Mansion and the Shogunate.

The port of Nagasaki was opened in 1571. Some Chinese merchants have lived here for decades, and even their grandchildren were born in Japan. Their living habits are already very close to those of the Japanese.Even some second-generation Chinese businessmen have taken the initiative to change their Japanese names, and then accepted the appointment of the Japanese Tang Tongshi to manage Chinese businessmen for the Japanese.

Although these Chinese businessmen will take care of the new Chinese in Nagasaki, their main purpose is to integrate the newcomers into the social order of the Chinese in Nagasaki, and this social order is based on obedience to the shogunate.The shogunate's attitude towards Chinese businessmen has also changed from the welcome at the opening of the port to the current strict management, showing the intention to turn Chinese businessmen into businessmen serving the shogunate.

From the silk-cut talisman system to the fixed issuance of ship licenses and restrictions on transaction quotas, the shogunate is forcing Chinese businessmen who come to Japan for trade to become merchants controlled by the shogunate.Under such a management policy, the earlier the Chinese businessmen who come to Japan, the higher their status, the more they can talk to the shogunate, and the more they can occupy the team trade with the shogunate, and those Chinese businessmen who are new to Japan are not so lucky. , They have no time to endure the exorbitant taxes of the shogunate, and they have to be exploited by these old seniors.

Therefore, once these new policies were announced, the new Chinese businessmen immediately expressed their support, and those Chinese businessmen who had stayed in Japan for a long time expressed their opposition, but their opposition had little effect, because the shogunate had lost the ability to interfere with Zhu Shuai. The ability to act in Nagasaki.In fact, Baba Sanlang Zaemon and Yamazaki Gonhachiro, two Nagasaki advocates, can only maintain peace in Nagasaki, because no one in the surrounding vassal states is willing to come to rescue Nagasaki.

Regarding the Tang people's pressure on Nagasaki, asking the shogunate to revise its trade policy towards China, and ceding a piece of land for the construction of a Chinese business house, the two Nagasaki executives are already in a state of desperation and can only continue to prevaricate and procrastinate. To manage the internal problems of Chinese businessmen.

And the shogunate order from Edo at the end of May made the two Nagasaki magistrates even more desperate. The shogunate made them responsible for peace negotiations with the Tang people, and they were not allowed to lose the face of the shogunate. In other words, it was not The shogunate wanted peace, but did they want to take the blame?

After receiving the order from the shogunate, Saburo Zaemon Baba once felt that life was hopeless and decided to commit suicide to save his family. However, Gonhachiro Yamazaki was still unwilling to die like this. Suicide can save the family. But to die after receiving the order of the shogunate will only make the general transfer his anger to our family."

Baba Saburo Zaemon left his ribs behind and cried loudly: "But the Tang people have such high demands. If we agree to such conditions, the general will also ask us to commit suicide. Then the family members will be reduced to the streets?"

After being silent for a long time, Yamazaki Gonhachiro drove the others out of the room, and then said to the horse farm: "Anyway, we are all dead, so why not just be honest with the Tang people, if they can't let us survive, we will be counted among them You won’t sign even if you do seppuku in front of you. If the Tang people have a way, then we’ll sign it.”

Chapter 534 Chengdu One

"It's really nerve-wracking." Seeing the two Japanese warriors in mourning clothes kneeling on the straw mat, Zhu Shuaicui couldn't help but muttered to Xi Benyi who was sitting beside him.

Xi Benyi glanced at the cloudless blue sky, and whispered to Zhu Shuaicui: "The weather is so good today that there should be no bloodshed. I think we can make a little concession. Originally, His Majesty meant to maintain trade relations with Japan." Well, as for the other additional conditions, they are just icing on the cake, and may not all be agreed by the shogunate."

Zhu Shuaicui thought about it for a while. He has already completed most of the tasks assigned by Li Zicheng when he came out this time. The most important thing now is to bring the son of Joseon back.

So he opened his mouth and said to Baba Saburo Zaemon and Yamazaki Gonhachiro who were kneeling in the courtyard: "Negotiations, we have to talk first. In terms of the close friendship between China and Japan, the Marshal's House is not I hope that the two countries will meet each other. However, the negotiations must always show the appearance of negotiations. If you use seppuku to scare people, at worst, we will go to Edo to talk directly with the shogunate."

Saburo Zaemon Baba and Gonhachiro Yamazaki didn't want to die at first, they just wanted to survive in a desperate situation. After hearing that Tang Ren's representatives were willing to make certain concessions, they didn't dare to let Tang Ren really go to Edo. One party, so the two exchanged glances, then got up and sat opposite Tang Ren, and formally negotiated.

This negotiation mainly revolves around several key issues. The first is whether the Silk Cut Talisman system will be abolished; the second is whether the "maritime ban" will be implemented on Chinese ships, and the issue of abolishing ship licenses and fixed trade quotas; the third is The Marshal's Office requested permanent envoys in Nagasaki and Edo to communicate with the two countries and coordinate some disputes encountered by Chinese ships and businessmen in Japan.

Baba Saburo Zaemon and Yamazaki Gonhachiro resolutely refused to make concessions on the silk cutting talisman system. They also bluntly told each other that the white silk trade has great interests for the shogunate, and they cannot make any compromise on this matter.

As for the "maritime ban" order, the two advocated that merchant ships can only trade in Nagasaki, but when Chinese ships pass through Japan, they can obtain supplies such as dry wood, drinking water, and food, and ship licenses can be increased and issued by the Marshal's Office. But the amount of silver that Japan trades abroad every year will not increase.

Regarding the third article, the two expressed their willingness to accept the long-term stationing in Nagasaki and Edo, and also admitted that the Marshal's Office could buy land in Nagasaki to build a commercial area and manage Chinese merchants by themselves.

The two sides negotiated for five full days. Under Xi Benyi's suggestion, Zhu Shuaicui made concessions on the silk-cut talisman system in exchange for Japan's concessions on the amount of foreign trade.Xi Benyi advocated that Chinese merchants could export no more than 1 guanmu of silver from Japan each year, but trade between Japan and China settled in other ways should not be restricted.Moreover, in the future, Japan can only trade with ships with ship licenses issued by the Marshal's Mansion, regardless of the ownership of the ships, only recognize the ship licenses and pay a fixed ship tax.

After weighing the pros and cons for a day, Saburo Zaemon Baba and Gonhachiro Yamazaki finally signed the negotiation document and sent it to Edo.So far, the negotiations in Japan have come to an end. Zhu Shuaicui began to think about the current domestic situation, and he couldn't wait to return home.

At the same time, Li Laiheng in Chengdu, like Zhu Shuaicui, had the idea of ​​returning to His Majesty's side.Under the recommendation of Luo Daien, Luo Dai, whom Zhang Xianzhong had met, was selected as the envoy to Chengdu. Li Laiheng then entered the mission as Luo Dai's personal soldier. After 20 days of travel, he finally passed through the The Qinling Mountains reached the Chengdu Plain.

It should be said that Li Laiheng and his party came at the right time. The failure of the Daxi Army to attack Hanzhong made Zhang Xianzhong lose confidence in occupying the Sichuan separatist regime. The Ming army and the Sichuan gentry, who had been dispersed by the Great Western Army, saw hope again. They once again painted out the Dashun year name written on the wall and changed it to the Hongguang year name.Baoning Li Chongyan and Shunqing Yin Chengzuo all felt that the hearts of the Ming Dynasty were still there, so they raised troops against the Daxi regime.

The gentry in northern Sichuan rebelled. In the southern Sichuan area, except for the former governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Fan Yiheng, who was still insisting on fighting against the Western Army, Nanjing also appointed Wang Yingxiong, a former university scholar, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, the governor of Chuanhu, Yungui, and military affairs. fight.As a result, the government troops in Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, which were originally scattered, were once again integrated under one core, which posed a threat to the rule of the Daxi regime in Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong realized that he could not block the Dashun army's passage into Sichuan, and the Daxi officials scattered in various parts of Sichuan were repeatedly assassinated by the local gentry, so he was planning to gather the Daxi army and the people from all over the place around Chengdu to strengthen the anti-corruption strategy. The control of the people in Sichuan can also strengthen the defense of Chengdu.

Li Zicheng sent Luo Dai to Chengdu to negotiate, which was also a relief for the Western Army, which meant that they did not have to fight on both sides.Zhang Xianzhong ordered Zhang Nengqi to send Luo Dai and his party to Chengdu as soon as possible, and temporarily stopped the relocation of the people in Baoning and Shunqing.

All the way from Hanzhong to Chengdu, what he saw and heard made Li Laiheng shake his head at Zhang Xianzhong's ability to govern the country.If Zhang Xianzhong could still be regarded as the leader of the rebel army under Li Zicheng when he was confronting the imperial court in the past, then the abilities shown by the two sides after their respective founding of the country are very different.

Not to mention Li Zicheng after he went south from Beijing, even Li Zicheng who was in Xi’an during the period of founding the country was able to get the support of a group of scholars such as Niu Jinxing, instead of almost no scholars like Zhang Xianzhong.Although Wang Zhaoling is a scholar and Zhang Xianzhong's son-in-law, but this man has a vicious heart and cannot be compared with Niu Jinxing at all.

As for Li Zicheng after Beijing went south, it is even more incomparable.Li Laiheng heard his adoptive father Li Guo comment, "If King Chuang had such insight in the past, then we might have gone to Beijing long ago. We wouldn't fight Cao Cao and the others."

After arriving in Chengdu, Li Laiheng was even more disappointed when he saw that Zhang Xianzhong's implementation of the law of continuous sitting in Chengdu and the militarized management of the city made a city lifeless and lifeless.After staying by Li Zicheng's side for a long time, he also began to think that if a city has no production and trade activities, then the city is tantamount to a dead city.

Li Zicheng did everything possible to restore people's livelihood in Yangzhou, and allowed the people of Yangzhou to resume production and trade. Yangzhou soon became the most important trade and production base of Dashun, and provided necessary materials for the Shun army to fight in the north.This makes Li Laiheng have a great impression of the city, and no longer thinks that the city is a place of enjoyment, which is also a place of production and exchange.