Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 512, two different voices
Hyogo Tsu, here in the negotiation square, after a whole morning of negotiations, the two sides reached a settlement in a friendly and harmonious environment, and the Japanese side agreed to Daming's five conditions.

Of course, as a contract between the two countries, the content is very large, and the relevant supplementary conditions are sufficient to write a book. These five are the main conditions.

Of course, the relevant supplementary conditions can be supplemented and negotiated slowly later.

For example, the lease of Hyogo Tsu, the duration of the lease, the size of the leased area, and the cost of the lease, etc., all of which require subsequent detailed negotiations between the two parties.

Once the important treaties were agreed upon, the rest was much simpler.

Soon, pens, inks, papers and inkstones were placed on the long table. Wang Shouren, a great man, personally wrote the Gengshen Treaty between Ming and Wa in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi with a splash of ink.

In triplicate, one copy will be kept here at Daming, one copy will be kept at the Wa King's side, and one copy will be kept at the Wa country's shogunate.

There is no way, there are too many daimyos in the Wa country, so-called sixty-six countries, this country has one daimyo, dozens of daimyos, it is impossible to write dozens of copies.

The paper on which the treaty is written is rectangular. From right to left, it is several meters long. The content of the treaty only occupies a very small part. Most of the places are prepared by Liu Jin to give these Japanese names Signed, stamped, and fingerprinted.

How could there be such a large number of daimyos in this country? Liu Jin had to sign and stamp all the daimyos on it, plus the signatures and stamps of the king of Japan and the shogun, so that he could represent the whole country of Wa .

When signing, three long tables were set out, and the first to sign were of course the British Duke Zhang Mao representing the Ming Dynasty, Polu Hou Yang Yun, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren.

"Tsk tsk, brother Wang, your word will be valuable in the future~"

When it was Liu Jin's turn to sign, seal, and mark, Liu Jin carefully looked at Wang Shouren's handwriting on it. He saw that the words were just like his own, vigorous and powerful, and pierced through the back of the paper. There was a hint of sharpness in the handwriting. Wang Shouren's handwriting was already in the style of everyone. .

Of course, Wang Shouren's words are good, but what is really valuable is because this treaty is a witness of the relationship between Ming and Japan, a witness of history.

After everyone has signed, sealed, and painted, this is a very historic and commemorative item. Liu Jin believes that after hundreds of years, these three agreements will be absolutely worthless if they are auctioned.

"Brother Liu, I'm just joking, my handwriting is still very poor."

Wang Shouren said very modestly.

"Haha, Brother Wang, be humble, be humble, and give me some ink treasures later, I plan to keep them as family heirlooms."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said, just because you are the last big man in Huaxia, this calligraphy is also invaluable.

"If Brother Liu likes it, then I will write a few pictures later~"

Wang Shouren saw that Liu Jin really liked his handwriting, so he happily agreed.

"It's a good deal."

Liu Jin nodded with a smile.

Zhang Mao, Yang Yun, Liu Jin, and Wang Shouren quickly finished signing, and then it was the turn of the representatives of the Japanese side to sign, seal, and draw a deposit.

The first one to come up was Emperor Tsuchimikado, the Japanese queen. Although he was not in good health, he seemed to have been given the chance to show his face and give him a sense of presence.

Needless to say, his Chinese characters are quite good, and he obviously put a lot of thought into it. After signing, he stamped the Japanese king's seal, and then pressed his handprint.

After the Japanese king signed, it was the turn of Ashikaga Yoshisumi, the general of the shogunate who conquered barbarians. Although he was a puppet, he belonged to the Ashikaga family of the shogunate.

After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, there are daimyos. These daimyos are all nobles of the Japanese kingdom. They are all deeply influenced by Chinese civilization. They all write Chinese characters very well. Can write, and the brush is very good.

If you just read the characters, you won't think they are Japanese.

This made Liu Jin also couldn't help sighing, the influence of Ming Dynasty in this era is really nothing to say.

To be precise, it should be that the influence of the ancestors is really awesome. Not only this Japanese country, but North Korea also uses Chinese characters, and the upper-class nobles and the like can write Chinese characters very well.

But in later generations, North Korea abolished Chinese characters, and the Japanese side also came up with their own characters, all of them disliked Chinese characters, and the dignified Chinese civilization was completely underestimated.

Even I doubted for a while whether to abolish Chinese characters, thinking that the decline of China was due to Chinese characters, which shows that the self-confidence of this nation is completely lost.

"Fortunately, traveling to such an era, I can witness the great moment of Chinese civilization!"

Liu Jin couldn't help straightening his chest, raised his head slightly, and now he finally understood why everyone in Daming was so bullish.

This strong national self-confidence is really beyond the comprehension and experience of future generations.

"Liu Jin, when will these dozens of big names sign in?"

"In my opinion, it's enough for the Japanese king and the shogun, plus some major daimyos to sign. There's no need to sign all of them, right?"

Zhang Mao looked at the radiant and enthusiastic sun above his head, adjusted his clothes slightly, the weather had already started to heat up, and then looked at the Japanese daimyo who were waiting in line to sign, he said to Liu Jin.

"It is necessary. The Japanese king and the shogunate have no control and influence over the Japanese country. Let these big names sign and pledge, and they will not be able to admit it in the future."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly and said.

"If they really refuse to admit it, then our Ming Dynasty may be weakened, otherwise, as long as our Daming is strong, forgive them for not daring to deny it."

Zhang Mao thought for a while and said confidently.

"Mr. Zhang understands deeply~"

Liu Jin gave Zhang Mao a thumbs up. Zhang Mao was still very clear-headed. He knew that there were no eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests. It was Daming's strength that supported all of this.

.......
The news of the victory of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to the Wa Kingdom was quickly transmitted to the Beijing-Tianjin area of ​​the Ming Dynasty with the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, and the content related to the Hongzhi Gengshen Treaty was also published in the Ming Dynasty Morning Post.

Above a tea house in the capital.

"Okay, okay~"

When someone saw the content published in the newspaper, they couldn't help but be overwhelmed.

"It should be so ruthless to repair their Japanese country. Chuoer, a small country, dares to commit the above crimes. It has no king and father. It imposes heavy taxes on my Ming merchants and kills my Ming people. Even though the Japanese pirates have been rampant in my Ming Dynasty. southeast."

"This time, the army came under the pressure, and the most vicious ones, Otomo, Ouchi, and Uesugi, were immediately eliminated. Let them know how powerful our Da Ming is, and see if they dare to disrespect our Da Ming in the future?"

"Yeah, very happy~"

"The Wa country is a lowly bone. If you don't give them a hard lesson, they will think how powerful they are. Now they know how powerful they are, and they know how to be afraid."

"It will be much better to go to Japan to do business in the future. You don't have to pay taxes, and you don't have to worry about the people of Japan bullying us. We have Daming backing us, and we can earn more money from now on."

"Da Ming will win~"

"Da Ming will win~"

I don't know who yelled such a sentence, and soon the whole teahouse yelled, everyone was very excited.

Last year, they defeated the grassland people, and this year they practiced fiercely against the Wa people, and everyone became more confident.

"Everyone hasten to prepare and prepare. The Shi Jian Kingdom of the Wa Kingdom has been ceded to Daming. The geographical location of this Shi Jian Kingdom is very important. It is the only place to go to the Golden Continent. It is also the place to go to Yuxi."

"Go to Shi Jian now, there must be a lot of business opportunities."

"Yes, yes, go to Shi Jian quickly. I heard that Shi Jian is planning to build a port and a city here, and it is backed by the Japanese kingdom. It must have a bright future."

"Mr. Liu is still the best, I know that as long as Mr. Liu goes, there will be no problem, as expected."

"You can see that this was an easy victory, and it taught the Wa Kingdom a lesson. From now on, they will be honest with us, Ming Dynasty, and they also won Ishimi, rented Hyogo Tsu, and let the Wa Kingdom The compensation here is [-] million taels of silver."

"Of course, Mr. Liu is the God of Wealth. Mr. Liu will not lose money in his business."

"Calculating the time, many fleets are almost ready now, and they are all preparing to go to Yuxi and Golden Island."

"It's almost time to leave. You don't know. There are hundreds of large ships moored in the port of Tianjin, all of which are heading to the Golden Island."

"..."

The people of Ming Dynasty were very happy about this big victory. Some businessmen in Tianjin and Beijing even took out firecrackers and fireworks to celebrate this victory.

For the first time, Daming sent troops for these businessmen, stood up for these businessmen, taught the Wa country severely, and let them understand that there is a powerful Daming behind them.

Of course, what really made everyone rejoice was that after defeating the Wa country this time, whether it was going to do business in the Wa country or go to the Golden Continent to make a fortune, there was a guarantee of safety.

In the past, I had to worry about whether the Japanese side would rob everyone’s merchant ships or impose heavy taxes on everyone. Now there is no need to worry about it at all. gold.

With this treaty, the market of Wa Kingdom will be completely opened to Daming in the future. People who invest in commercial firms, people who own sea ships, emerging capitalists, merchants of Ming Dynasty, etc., can benefit from it.

Naturally, here in the Beijing-Tianjin area, there is naturally a lot of applause.

……

In a separate courtyard in the capital, several censors and Hanlin gathered together, looking at the Ming Morning Post in their hands one by one, looking at the content on it.

"It's unreasonable, it's so gentle, such a treaty, how is my Ming Dynasty different from a beast?"

"What's the difference between my Ming Dynasty and those barbarians?"

"It is indeed wrong for the Japanese country to kill my Ming businessman, but this is because the Japanese country does not know how to educate and understand benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. What we should do is to teach them the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the way of benevolence and righteousness, instead of asking them for crimes like this."

"Under the pressure of this large army, Japan was forced to sign the alliance under the city. Such a treaty is simply shameful, and it has completely lost the dignity of my great Ming Dynasty."

A censor was very angry and said very angry.

"Yeah, Wa Kingdom is our vassal state of Ming Dynasty, and we are the suzerain state of Daming. This suzerain state should look like a suzerain state. If the vassal state makes a small mistake, the prime minister should be able to hold a boat in his belly and be magnanimous."

"What's the point of imposing heavy taxes? It's just a few merchants who die. Merchants, farmers, businessmen, merchants are at the bottom. Merchants don't do production, buy low and sell high, speculate. Death is not a pity."

"For such a trivial matter, it is really embarrassing to mobilize troops to crusade against our vassal state, and it will completely embarrass our Daming."

"When I go back at night, I will write the reference book. I must study carefully the Duke of Great Britain, Yang Yun, Marquis of Polu, and this Liu Jin and Wang Shouren. They have damaged my dignity and embarrassment to the Ming Dynasty, and made me Daming has lost its integrity in front of the vassal states, so they should be allowed to go home and retire."

"Count me in, I will write a reference book when I go back at night. They actually have the face to publish such a treaty in the Ming Morning Post. This will make other vassal states, such as North Korea, Annan, and Siam, see them again. how to think?"

"In the future, who else will sincerely submit to our Daming, and who will respect me as the suzerain?"

"It's useless to write it, and His Majesty will definitely be unhappy."

"Now the military power is in the hands of those noble generals, how do they know the way of Confucius and Mencius, and how do they know the way of benevolence and righteousness?"

"Ah~"

"Your Majesty is being bullied by the villain now, and the villain is far away from the virtuous ministers. If things go on like this, the country will not be a country."

"Today, I will question my vassal state Xingshi and force the vassal state to sign an alliance under the city. I am afraid that the country of Ming Dynasty will be in turmoil~"

"That's right. Since ancient times, the rebellious officials and thieves have been generals Xungui. This military general Xungui controls the military power and is the biggest threat to the imperial power. The country of the Ming Dynasty is afraid. If things go on like this, I am afraid that it will be turbulent."

"So at this time, it is precisely you and me who are generous and just people who need to stand up and explain the key points to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can correct it in time, and help the Daming Dynasty to be in peril. It is not in vain to come to this world .”

"It's well said, eat the king's salary and share the king's worries. At this time, it is the time for you and me to worry too much."

"If Daming continues like this, I am afraid that in the future, everyone will value profit and despise righteousness, and forget my Confucian benevolence and righteousness, and the way of a gentleman. This Daming will really be in danger."

"Yes, yes, let's write a letter together to His Majesty, and explain the key points to His Majesty, so that I, Daming, must not be sunk."

The more they talked, the more excited they became, and they were all worried, as if Daming would perish immediately if he left them.

(End of this chapter)