Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Li Xiangen landed from the pier and led ten marines to the shogunate officials, including Sakai Tadakatsu and Matsudaira Nobuzuna, turning a blind eye to the thousands of shogunate troops who lined up behind them.

Speaking of which, the equipment of the current shogunate army is not bad.

As early as in the Korean War in the Wanli period, the Japanese army had more than [-]% of its arquebus equipment, and its armor was quite sophisticated and complete.

In addition, there is also an individual artillery named "Datong", which is similar to the Ming army's tiger squatting artillery, but the caliber is smaller and lighter, and it can be said to be a large gun.

The second is the handheld archery gun, which is similar to a bazooka, except that it fires rockets (literally), and is generally used in naval battles, and its power is very average.

As for cannons, the Francophones are the main ones.

There are also Hongyi cannons, but the caliber is not large and the number is small. Almost all of them are equipped on the three important cities of Edo, Kyoto, and Nagasaki.

Because whether it was the former Toyotomi Hideyoshi regime or the Tokugawa shogunate, the main defenses were other foreign names, not enemies outside the island.

After the Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan, it took over the Sado Island Gold Mine and the Iwami Silver Mine, listed them as its directly subordinate territories, and increased the mining of the two mines.

In the early years, it was able to earn more than one million taels a year. Even if mining becomes more difficult decades later, it can still earn several 10 taels a year, so the Tokugawa shogunate is still quite rich.

This letter of credence mainly expounds the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Japan.

Such as Tadakatsu Sakai and Nobuzuna Matsudaira, who have family heritage, can mostly read Hanzi books, understand and speak Chinese.

Therefore, he wanted to take a strategy of delaying the army, delaying it for a month or two, or even two or three months, so that they had time to gather various troops, transfer Edo nobles, people and wealth, and make more preparations for war.

At this time, Sakai Tadakatsu finally spoke.

The muscles on Matsudaira Nobuzuna's face trembled, as if he was extremely angry, but his eyes were fixed on the ten flintlock guns of the Marine Corps, and he was calculating whether he could escape this round of gunfire.

Japanese Chinese culture was very popular at this time, and the characters were all copied from Chinese characters in the Tang Dynasty.

Japanese aristocrats speak Chinese more like the ancients than Daming, and the pronunciation is a bit strange.

After speaking, Li Xiangen walked away with ten marines.

Later, although Japan was defeated and withdrew its troops from North Korea, the diplomatic affairs were put on hold without any result.

Soon, the Japanese samurai lined up behind drew their swords one after another, and a large group of iron artillery came out and pointed their matchlock guns here.

Seeing this, the ten marines immediately raised their flintlock guns and pointed at Tadakatsu Sakai, Nobutsuna Matsudaira and other shogunate officials.

Tadakatsu Sakai saw some "requirements" in this document, and his blood pressure also soared.But I know that I can't use force now-not to mention that he and Matsudaira Nobutsuna may die on the spot, I am afraid that even Edo may not be able to defend.

When the two of them opened the document with Daming's request and looked at it for a while, their expressions changed.

Don't think about procrastinating - if you can't give an answer tomorrow at this time, don't blame me, Daming, for not being polite. "

Frightened by the Ming naval guns before, these troops were almost disintegrated, but now they are barely standing upright, which is incomparable to the new Ming army that Li Xiangen has seen in recent years.

On this side, Nobutsuna Matsudaira was outraged, and cut off a wooden pile by the pier with a samurai sword, cursing "Baga".

But during the Wanli period, it was wrong for Japan to invade Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it was an offense to the upper country.

He first took out an imperial edict given to Japan by the imperial court, or the letter of credence, and read it aloud in public regardless of whether the shogunate officials in front of him could understand it or not.

Nobuzuna Matsudaira was even angrier when he heard it, and couldn't help but argue: "Leaving aside anything else, how did this land of Ezo (Hokkaido) become the territory of Ming Dynasty?"

There are several major issues mentioned above, none of which they can agree to.

Li Xiangen smiled without saying a word.

The two discovered that the Ming Dynasty's letter of credence sounded grand and kind at first glance, with the demeanor of a great country, but in fact it was a hidden plot, implying the intention to pursue Japan's invasion of North Korea.

In addition, Li Xian felt that he was an angel of the upper kingdom, and he had a natural psychological advantage when facing an island country like Japan. When he came in front of a group of shogunate officials, his momentum was particularly high.

When the Ainu tribe was strong, there was also a large territory in the northern part of Honshu, not to mention Ezo Island.You Japan first drove it out of Honshu, and then invaded Ezo Island more than 100 years ago, and established what Matsumae Fan.

Li Xiangen said lightly: "If you want to use force, just try it and see who dies first."

"Your envoy is so rude, isn't he afraid of throwing his life here?!" Matsudaira Nobuzuna shouted, and at the same time gestured to the military officer behind him.

He said: "The few things my Daming mentioned are either reasonable requests or for the sake of friendship between the two countries. How can they become bullies?"

Therefore, in addition to the high rate of firearms and armor, the army directly under the shogunate also has a high rate of armor, and the cold weapons are even more sophisticated.

Then he took out another document and asked someone to hand it over again, still speaking in Chinese: "This is a few requests from my Ming Dynasty to your country. For the sake of peace and friendship between the two countries, I hope your country can agree. "

During the Sui Dynasty 1000 years ago, as the Japanese officials sent "Sui Sui envoys" to China, the two countries began official exchanges.

Li Xiangen smiled, and was very happy to add historical knowledge to the shogunate official in front of him.

On the other side, Sakai Tadakatsu and Matsudaira Nobuzuna were preparing to study carefully with their credentials, but they didn't expect to hear such a sentence.

During the Yongle period of my Ming Dynasty, this department was subordinated to my Ming Dynasty and was under the jurisdiction of the Nuer Gandu Division.

Matsudaira Nobuzuna was taken aback by the words at first, and then said coldly: "Are you threatening us?"

The Japanese aristocrats monopolize the inheritance of knowledge, but they are also heavily influenced by Han culture.

However, even the best equipment needs people to use it.

He sneered, and said, "To the capital? Do you think I, Daming, don't know that Japan is now ruled by General Tokugawa?

This trip to Japan, Li Xiangen did not know how much preparation he had made, so how could he be fooled by such a clumsy excuse?

But it didn't affect Li Xiangen's understanding.

At the end of the first Ming-North Korea war with Japan, the Japanese envoys who went to Beijing to negotiate even told a big lie, causing the Ming Dynasty to mistakenly designate Guanbai Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the king of Japan.

"The matter your country mentioned is too important. I can't make a decision for a while. I need to send someone to Kyoto to report to the emperor. Please give me some time."

Until they returned to the Songjiang ship in a speedboat, none of the Japanese forts along the way or the Japanese warships on the pier dared to intercept them.

"The Ainu tribe living on Kuwu Island and Ezo Island had been subject to successive Chinese dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, either as vassals or directly subordinates.

It roughly means that as early as the Han Dynasty, Japan and China had civil exchanges.

Why, your country doesn't think that Ezo Island will be yours if you send troops to occupy the place?If so, wouldn't my Ming Dynasty be able to justifiably send a large army to capture Edo and Kyoto? "

After Li Xiangen finished reading, he handed over the letter of credence to a Marine Corps soldier, who handed it to the other side.

Therefore, the purpose of Ming Dynasty's dispatch to Japan this time is to restore the official exchanges between the two countries, and to end the war that year, so that the two countries can truly turn their hostility into friendship.

Afterwards, Japan sent envoys from time to time to pay tribute to the Chinese dynasty to learn culture and technology. Under this background, the relationship between the two countries was still good until the early and middle period of Ming Dynasty.

This is very different from the euphemistic and reserved style of the Ming envoys in their impression, but it is somewhat similar to Westerners.

After watching it, Matsudaira Nobuzuna even drew his sword angrily, pointed at Li Xiangen and asked in Chinese: "Daming deceived me, Japan, and dare not fight?"

Sakai Tadakatsu frowned and said: "Your anger here will only make people laugh at you, go back, this matter must be known to the general."

"General? It's not certain whether the general will wake up tonight!"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said so, but turned around and returned to the city.

Sakai Tadakatsu sighed solemnly, and turned back to Edo Castle.

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