Daming: I help my wife be the empress

At night, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had been in a coma all day, woke up in the expectation of all the shogunate officials, and he was also considered awake.

So Sakai Tadakatsu and the others hurriedly reported to him about the arrival of the Daming Dongyang Navy, and brought a document to read to him a series of requests from Daming——

"First, Ezo was originally the territory of the Ainu tribe, and the Ainu tribe was subordinate to the Ming Nurgandu Division, so Ezo was the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Japan concealed the country, oppressed the Ainu tribe, and nibbled at Ezo. It even established the Matsumae Ban decades ago, intending to occupy the magpie's nest and occupy Ezo Island forever. Isn't this a thief?
Today, I am fighting in the Ming Dynasty, majestic all over the world, and defining the frontier.Japan stole our territory of Ming Dynasty, so it should be crusade against it.

However, His Majesty thought of the millennium-year friendship between the two countries, and could not bear the suffering of the Japanese people, so he allowed Japan to change its ways and return the land of Ezo as scheduled, without any further investigation..."

"The second article is that the Ryukyu Kingdom is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, but Japan dominates the country, bullies its people, interferes with its politics, and even forces Ryukyu to recognize Japan as its suzerain. Where is the Ming Dynasty?

Japan is limited to evacuate all citizens from Ryukyu within three months, and must not re-offend Ryukyu.If you commit a crime, it will be regarded as provoking my Ming Dynasty, and you will be punished with a large army! "

"Third, I have heard for a long time that Japan's land is limited and resources are scarce. From the princes and nobles to the common people, most of their daily necessities depend on our products from Ming Dynasty.

However, the shogunate only allowed Nagasaki to be a sea trade port, and imposed many restrictions on sea trade merchant ships. How could it meet Japan's needs?

Therefore, please add Edo, Nagoya, Daban, Shimonoseki, Toyama, Sendai, East China Sea, Kagoshima, and Shimizu nine places as treaty ports.

In addition, the restrictions on the import and export of goods between China and Japan will be relaxed, and tariffs will be reduced to promote friendly trade exchanges between the two countries. "

Sakai Tadakatsu also has a temper, and his qualifications are deeper than Matsudaira Nobuzuna, so he can no longer bear it now, frowning and shouting: "Matsudaira-kun, can you wait for the old man to finish talking?"

The second is just in case - we have seen the strength of the warships of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming army is also very strong after landing, we may not be able to avoid suing for peace in the end.

Abe Zhongqiu said: "I think what the old man said is feasible-at worst, we first pretend to agree to those demands, and then we will break the contract on the excuse that the foreign vassal daimyo did not obey the order of the shogunate."

So when Tadakatsu Sakai was talking about various difficulties in the shogunate, Li Xiangen directly interrupted him.

After he finished talking, he got up and was going to see Tokugawa Iemitsu again...
In the afternoon, Tadakatsu Sakai personally took people to the Matsue ship in a small morning boat, and then boarded the ship.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna was dissatisfied when he heard this, "After all, I still want to compromise!"

When both feet stepped on the deck, Sakai Tadakatsu couldn't help trembling slightly.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu just woke up, his face was very pale.

Hoshina Masano was originally the third son of Tokugawa Hidetada, and due to various reasons, he was adopted by Hoshina Masamune when he was a child.

In the end, the three of them all looked at Baoke Zhengzhi, obviously wanting him to make up his mind.

After finishing speaking, a mouthful of blood spewed out several feet away, the whites of his eyes rolled up, and he passed out.

Tadakatsu Sakai and the others understood what they heard, and their expressions became extremely ugly.

Seeing this, Sakai Tadakatsu and others invited several famous doctors from Edo, but they were helpless as a result.

But when he heard Daming's "request" from Abe Mid-Autumn Festival, his face became more and more red.

Unexpectedly, the doctor shook his head when he came and looked at it, and then came to the room where only the elder and two elders were, and said: "The general is already extremely weak, but this time he was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma. It's been a few days."

However, Li Xiangen frowned after communicating with Sakai Tadakatsu afterwards.

In fact, Li Xiangen's request for the agreement document to the shogunate left a lot of room for bargaining.

This one is about the same age as Abe Mid-Autumn Festival, both around 40 years old, but taller and handsomer.

Sakai Tadakatsu said: "I don't want to agree, but if the Ming army is forced to attack Edo today, what chance do we have?"

So, talk to Ming Guo first, and test their bottom line. "

Previously, Tokugawa Iemitsu was seriously ill, and he felt that he would not live long, so he called Hoshike Masaoyu to Tuogu.

If our citizens of Ming Dynasty commit crimes in Japan, it must be ruled by our Daming judge in the concession..."

"Negotiation?" Nobuzuna Matsudaira sneered, "In my opinion, if we agree to one of the demands raised by the Ming Dynasty, we will be traitors. Do you want to agree to a few more items?"

In addition, Hoshina Masaoyuki is indeed a powerful faction among the pro-vassals now. With Tokugawa Iemitsu unconscious, only if Hoshina Masaoyuki participates in the decision-making can the decisions of several people be effectively implemented.

When he heard the end of the fourth article, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't bear it anymore, he slapped the edge of the bed and shouted: "Mingguo deceived me!"

After being brought in front of Li Xiangen, Tadakatsu Sakai came back to his senses, saluted, and said in Chinese: "The elder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tadakatsu Sakai, has seen the angel of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Xiangen returned the salute and said, "I am Li Xiangen, the diplomatic counselor of Daming Honglu Temple, you can call me Counselor Li.

"A part?" Li Xiangen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Which part can you agree to?"

If the Tokugawa shogunate was really sensible and agreed to the request above the bottom line of Ming Dynasty, then Li Xiangen would naturally be willing to complete this diplomatic activity as soon as possible.

One day has passed. Since you are here, you should have considered whether to agree to sign the agreement, right? "

'Fine iron, it's really a fine iron deck! '

The four-person meeting just started, and Matsudaira Nobuzuna said, "The demands of the Ming people are too much. The general even vomited blood and passed out. .”

"It's hard." The doctor said so first, and then saw that the senior officials of the shogunate were staring at him, and quickly added: "I will try my best."

"Article [-], when we carry out ocean exploration in Ming Dynasty, we need to lease several ports in Japan as transit points.

As for the use of force, it is only an auxiliary means of diplomacy.

Immediately Tadakatsu Sakai asked, "Can you try to wake up the general again?"

"What does the boss mean?" Baoke Zhengzhi asked.

Looking at the soldiers of the Ming army standing in awe, Sakai Tadakatsu couldn't help but have a Chinese word in his mind-a fierce soldier in a hundred battles!
Seeing this, he didn't even want to start a war with the Ming army, and felt that he would lose if he started a war.

He lived in Edo, not in the feudal land, so he also heard people talking about the strength of the warships of the Ming army.

Seeing this, Tadakatsu Sakai and other shogunate officials panicked, and hurriedly called the doctor from Nagoya for treatment.

Sakai Tadakatsu said: "Counselor Li, not all feudal lords obey the orders of the shogunate, so we really can't agree to all of your country's requests, at most we can only agree to part of them."

Perhaps when we break through Edo and invite Tokugawa Iemitsu to the ship, you will know what the right choice is! "

"you say!"

Allow me, Ming Dynasty, to send officials to manage the affairs of the concession, and to station a certain number of soldiers and horses.

What in a few days?
Naturally, there are not many days to live.

He suspected that the Tokugawa shogunate was not sincere, and that Tadakatsu Sakai came to negotiate purely to delay time.

Baoke Zhengzhi sighed: "Let's talk to the Ming people first."

After Tokugawa Iemitsu succeeded to the throne, he had a lot of trust in this adopted younger brother, and successively let him worship the Gaoyuan Fan, Yamagata Fan, and Aizu Fan, with a rank of one million stones (the unit in Japan at the time).

"It seems that you have no sincerity in friendly exchanges. Or do you not think we can break through Edo?
That being the case, go back and let the shogunate prepare. We will attack Edo in half an hour.

The famous doctor in Nagoya tried it all night, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was still unconscious.

Therefore, please draw a ten-mile radius in each of Kagoshima, Shimonoseki, Shimoda, Sado Island, and Mutsu for lease, and I, Ming, will pay 1 yuan in rent every year.

Sakai Tadakatsu said: "We might as well pretend to agree to Ming's request first, and then try to negotiate with them."

"The main purpose of the negotiations is to buy time, so that we can gather enough troops and make sufficient deployments to prepare for dealing with the Ming army.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the three of them had to call Tokugawa Iemitsu's younger brother Hoshina Masaoyuki to discuss how to deal with the immediate crisis.

"puff!"

Tadakatsu Sakai was stunned when he heard that, he never expected that Li Xiangen would lose his patience.

He wanted to say something more, but Li Xiangen didn't give him a chance, and turned to go to the second deck.

Several Ming soldiers escorted him off the boat without any explanation.

Second more.

Good night~