Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 643
Toyotomi Hideji was a little surprised to see Hanabou Masayuki coming in person, but he was very excited when he heard that he held the key props for peace with the Ming Dynasty in his hand.

Although Masayuki Hanaba gave him all the evidence and explained the political significance of it to him, Toyotomi Hideji still didn't seem to understand the meaning of the evidence.

Toyotomi Hidekatsu, who was beside him, said with a smile, "If only these documents can make the Ming country retreat and admit defeat, there is no need for us warriors to fight desperately."

Hanafang Masayuki explained, "Of course these documents cannot make the Ming Dynasty retreat, but they can soften their attitude towards us a lot. We only need to make a small concession, and we will be able to promote the success of the peace talks."

"Concession? How can it be so easy to let go of the conditions set by His Highness Guan Bai?" Toyotomi Hidekatsu replied with disdain.

Unlike Toyotomi Hidekatsu, Toyotomi Hideji is eager to end the Korean War as soon as possible, so if a peace agreement can be reached, he is willing to try any method.

So he will let Huafang Zhengxing participate in the peace talks between Taoist and Ming envoys.

As the issue of negotiation had been pending for a long time, now the time has come to February 1594. Xu Yiguan, as the deputy envoy of peace negotiation, saw the letter from Nurhaci to contact Mongolia one by one, and he dared not be careless, so he submitted it to Song Yingchang.

After Song Yingchang saw these contents, he didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that it was evidence forged by Japan, and it was to drive a wedge between the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty.

But his actions like this were quickly reported to the Beijing Spokesman by the people below.

On April 4, the Ming army stationed in various places in North Korea, except for Pyongyang and Kaesong, which still had 15 people stationed, more than 5000 people began to withdraw their troops to Liaodong in an orderly manner.

Now that the Eight Kingdoms of Korea are exhausted, and the Korean soldiers are too weak to use, the Japanese soldiers have proved that they are indeed capable of fighting in previous battles.

Similarly, Hideka is also very clear that Japan's complete withdrawal from North Korea must be the condition of Daming on the opposite side, and this is the bottom line that absolutely does not allow retreat.

Toyotomi Hideji, Kato Kiyomasa, Nabeshima Naomo Toyotomi Hidetada and others who agreed to co-sign the terms of the peace talks, including Hideka, hoped that the war of aggression against Korea would end, so it would be okay to make some concessions.

The most unbearable thing for Wanli is that he actually went directly as the lord of the country to communicate with the Chahar Mongolian tribes that have a bad relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Do you, Tong Jia Nurhachi, still see me as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?
Not to mention that Emperor Wanli was furious, the officials and ministers below couldn't bear such humiliation, and they had been writing letters for several days.

From Wanli's point of view, the seventh condition is that Hideyoshi wants to replace the emperor, and surrender himself to the title of emperor. Combined with the previous conditions of requesting a joint trade, it seems to be an expression of surrender to Daming.

You must know that at this moment North Korea has gathered the most elite 4 troops of Ming Dynasty, and there are still 2 troops on standby in Jiliao.

The reason why he didn't explicitly say something about surrendering to Daming, or expressing a country of brothers, is that Hideyoshi didn't write it out of face.

In the end, you, Nurhachi, are even more rebellious than Yang Yinglong, you have not only encroached on the land of the surrounding tribes, and you have not yet conferred a private puppet state, this simply does not take Daming seriously!

A censor directly wrote a letter saying that the reason why Nurhachi grew stronger was because the Li family in Liaodong raised bandits, and asked Emperor Wanli to deal with Li Chengliang, Li Rusong and others.

At the same time, the peace talks with Japan led by Xu Yiguan officially entered the climax of negotiations.

No matter how rebellious Bozhou chieftain Yang Yinglong was, he beat the surrounding chieftains back and forth, at most he looted, and then he said it was just a private conflict, but he didn't dare to take an inch of land.

Prior to this, Liu Ting had personally handed over senior generals, including Li Rubai and Zu Chengxun, to Sun Kuang, the governor of Shandong who came by boat, and escorted them to Beijing.

Neither Xie Yongzi nor Xu Yiguan had thought about this issue before. In their subconscious minds, this was originally a condition proposed by the Japanese side, which must have been approved by Hideyoshi, and they actually admitted this fact directly.

Regarding the peace talks with Japan on Korea, Emperor Wanli urgently summoned Song Yingchang to the court to defend himself, and appointed Xu Yiguan as the minister of the Ministry of Rites to handle the peace talks with Japan.

You must know that Daming is the "kingdom of heaven", and in Daming's eyes, Nurhachi is a chieftain who surrendered to him, or a door-to-door son-in-law.

Song Yingchang and others were in Kaesong at the moment, and Liu Tingren escorted the officials who passed the decree to Kaesong to read out the imperial decree for his resignation and the appointment of Xu Yiguan to be fully responsible for the peace talks with Japan.

This condition was not actually approved by Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi's core condition has not changed, but after a year of negotiations, the initial condition of peace between Ming and Japan has been abandoned by Hideyoshi.

Since neither side is willing to take a step back, then find a reason to delay the matter. Participating in the encirclement and suppression of Nurhachi needs to be bordered by Jianzhou Jurchen, so it is a good excuse for Japan to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Da Ming agreed with Japan to participate in the battle against Nurhachi. During this period, Da Ming could guarantee Japan’s right to transit through Gyeongsang-do, Gangwon-do, and Hamgyong-do during the war against Nurhachi. The number of Japanese soldiers should not exceed 2.

As a result, within 3 months of being entrusted, they were dug out. As early as 5 years ago, they had already ruled the Jianzhou Sanwei 5 tribes in the name of "Nvzhiguo Baylor".

The content inside is roughly as follows:
1. Japan, Ming Dynasty, and North Korea have been repaired again.

The condition for this peace agreement is that the Hide family writes and forwards it to Masayuki Hanabou, who then forwards it to Hideji Toyotomi, Kiyomasa Kato, and Naomi Nabeshima, and ask them to submit Hideji Toyotomi's proposal in the name of the Hamgyong Do Corps.

Hearing this answer, Emperor Wanli said, "I never thought that Toyotomi Hideji would have such wisdom, but I just don't know if this condition has been approved by the opposite Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"

During Japan's conquest of Nurhachi for the Ming Dynasty, Japan could provide its own rations and armaments, and as a condition, Ming Dynasty should pay 5 taels of silver per year.

At the same time, Emperor Wanli once again ordered Shandong, Nanzhili, and Zhejiang and Fujian to deploy 2 Japanese soldiers to Beijing, Huguang, and Huguang, and dispatched 1.5 guards and chieftains to go north to Baoding. Shaanxi, Gansu, and Shaanxi dispatched 1.5 elite frontier troops. Stationed in Jizhou, 2 chieftain soldiers from Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces who were originally on standby in Kyoto, together with 1 elite battalions of Shenji, stationed in Liaodong.

Needless to say who this person is, in the past 10 years only Li Chengliang in Liaodong had such ability.

Shi Xing said that there are now 10 elite soldiers on standby in Jiliao. It is heard that Nurhachi has only 3 soldiers, and the Great Ming soldiers can wipe out Jianzhou without anyone's help.

As for the suggestion of whether Japanese soldiers are needed to help attack Nurhachi, Wanli specifically asked Shi Xing for his opinion.

After all, they could go directly to the city of Nurhachi, and after obtaining these evidences, they were able to retreat unscathed, which is enough to show that they are not weaker than the Jurchen soldiers.

But now that Li Chengliang and Li Rusong are under house arrest in the capital by Ming Sheng, and Song Yingchang, who was sent by the imperial court to oversee the Liaodong army, can still suppress the unfavorable report to Nurhachi with Li Rubai and others, the meaning of this matter has changed.

There are various indications that Emperor Wanli has become suspicious of the 4 Ming army in the next dynasty. After all, many of the generals here are from Ji Liao. Military background.

Xie Yongzi replied, "It was the condition drawn up by Toyotomi Hideji, the chief general of the Japanese conquest."

As a result, the relationship between Li Rubai and Nurhachi came from North Korea, and Song Yingchang's reaction to this matter, all of which made Beijing officials resentful.

You must know that this evidence is not only presented to Song Yingchang at this moment, but also has a copy of the Kedao Speaker and the Metropolitan Court in Beijing. Now Nurhachi is attacking his colleagues privately, establishing a puppet state, and secretly forming a foreign country. The hall is so noisy that it cannot be spent.

You must know that in October last year, when Nurhachi had just repelled the attack of the Haixi Jurchen tribe, he once reported that the Ming emperor had resisted the invasion of foreign tribes, so he was appointed the feudal governor of the state.

Emperor Wanli specifically stated that Liu Ting was required to control Li's children and his family members such as Zha Dashou, Zu Chengxun, Li Ning and others.

President Konishi and Lingsan Xuanpu are no longer in charge of the peace talks this time. Hideji Toyotomi left the meeting in person and went to the Bijou Pavilion to communicate with Xu Yiguan. It can be said that he has shown a lot of sincerity.

But where is Jianzhou?

He was surprised and asked Xie Yongzi who came to report, "Is this the condition of the Japanese monarch Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"

Emperor Wanli sent someone to privately send a letter to Shen Yiguan, talking about the conditions for negotiating peace with Japan. In short, apart from the two bottom lines of marriage and ceding North Korea, other things can be discussed.

Not only paid silver and gold to make up for the crime, but also sent 4000 Banzhou soldiers and Wei Daming to fight North Korea. (although not yet in court)

At that time, Liangdo was nominally the sovereign territory of North Korea, but the actual governance concept was incompatible with North Korea, and it was still controlled by Japan.

It stands to reason that you, Nurhachi, have not received the will of Ming Dynasty, so you cannot casually send troops to the surrounding tribes, let alone annex others directly.

That is a subordinate of the Liaodong Capital of the Ming Dynasty, just on the edge of Beizhili!
You, Nurhachi, annexed other tribes that belonged to Ming Dynasty, established a puppet state, and also contacted the Mongolian tribes that often fought with Ming Dynasty. What do you mean?Do you want to unite with Mongolia to rebel!

Of course, Hideyoshi is also trying to make up for Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi is definitely not willing to withdraw all his troops to Japan. Even if the Japanese army has basically run out of food, it depends on the food supply from Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province to Gyeonggi Province and Chungcheong Province. of the Japanese army.

5. The people of Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province have suffered from the King of Joseon for a long time. It is the voluntary intention of the people of the two provinces to resist the North Korean army.

Originally, the Korean War involved too much energy of Emperor Wanli. He didn't want the matter to be too fermented. Therefore, at the beginning, he kept the memorials for the impeachment of Nurhachi, and implied that the cabinet hinted at the censors. Don't make a fuss about it.

7. Please ask Daming to confer Hideyoshi as the king of Japan, his wife Beizhengsuo as the princess of Japan, and his eldest son Tsurumatsu as the child prodigy;
Canonize Toyotomi Hideji, Toyotomi Hidecho, and Toyotomi Hideka as governors, and 8 people including Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Gamo Shigo, Mori Terumoto, Kobayakawa Takakage, Uesugi Kekatsu, and Toyotomi Hidetada as governors things;

After thinking for a while, Hideyoshi revised the conditions. First, he deleted Article 7. He said that he did not need the canonization of the Ming Emperor. He was Japan's Guanbai, the actual ruler of Japan, and his rights came from heaven!
Then he said that Articles [-] and [-] should also be amended. Hamgyong and Gangwon Provinces can be ruled by the two kings, but the officials below must be Japanese, and Gyeongsang Province must be ceded to Japan. .

Hideyoshi didn't understand what it meant at first, but Maeno Changyasu explained it on his behalf.

In his memorial for the cabinet to reply to Xu Yiguan, he stated that Daming could accept the two princes to establish a country and two kingdoms, but Gyeongsangdo must return to North Korea after negotiating peace.

Please entrust Lord Shunhe as Lord Xianjing and Lord Linhai as Lord Gangwon to control the two realms.In order to protect the integrity of the Korean state, he is willing to include it under the rule of the Korean state.

Shi Xing said that the Japanese soldiers can be sent to build the state, but the scale must be controlled, and he said that the silver paid to the Japanese pirates should not exceed 2 taels.

As a result, soon after, Song Yingchang, who was in the North Korean military governor, suppressed the same criminal evidence privately, and the fact that Li Rubai's wife was the daughter of Shu Erhaqi was exposed, which made Wanli unable to sit still.

But now, with so many incidents erupting together, it is inevitable that people will continue to speculate about whether the Li family in Liaodong intends to support themselves.

On the Beijing side, Emperor Wanli raised his eyebrows in surprise after seeing the conditions. He could see the political wisdom behind the conditions.

Regarding Shi Xing's suggestion, Emperor Wanli made a slight modification after careful consideration.

4. The disintegration of the Joseon Kingdom is due to the bad governance of the king Li Yan, and he should issue an imperial edict to inform the world.

In fact, Daming didn’t care whether Hamgyong and Gangwon wanted the King of Korea to entrust their two sons with hereditary successors, as long as North Korea kept its territory intact in name so that the Celestial Dynasty could have face.

After hearing the conditions from Japan, Xu Yiguan did not dare to be self-reliant, saying that he needed to report to Emperor Wanli for a decision.As for the North Korean side, you don't need to ask to know that it will definitely not agree to one of them.

In fact, Emperor Wanli had already received Shi Xing and asked him to discuss with the Ministry of War a plan to attack Jurchen.

But he also said that if there is a unit that can surprise Jianzhou from the south of the Yalu River, it may have a miraculous effect.

On April 4, Liu Ting summoned the generals of the Ming army stationed in North Korea to Pyongyang on the pretext of obtaining the secret decree of Emperor Wanli to convene the generals of North Korea, and then put them all under house arrest.

Even if the Ming army in North Korea withdraws, it should not support North Korea again in a short time. For Emperor Wanli, it is needless to say who is the greater threat, Japan or Nurhachi.

He knew very well that it was impossible for Nurhachi to hide from the Ming Dynasty for 10 years to attack and encroach on the surrounding tribes. The reason why the Ming court did not know must be that someone in Liaodong helped him suppress it.

After the Japanese army showed weakness before, Shi Xing suggested that the Ming army should be withdrawn to the territory for repairs, but Song Yingchang's opinion that the North Korean Ming army could not be withdrawn was revealed again.

The reason why Emperor Wanli was able to temporarily appease Yang Yinglong was that although he had been slapping the Ming Dynasty in the face, he never stood up when it was time to coax him.

3. From the date of signing the contract, Japan is willing to gradually withdraw its troops from North Korea.

Just like Xu Yiguan wanted to go back and ask Wanli, Japan also needed to discuss with Hideyoshi.

Moreover, after these two years of management, the Xiu family has already supported a new set of ruling team in Liangdao, including promoted Korean commoners, obedient old Korean nobles, and Japanese samurai who changed their surnames. When you have reached the two roads, you only need to hang down and rule.

8. Japan is willing to take the initiative to send troops to help the daimyo to encircle and suppress the rebellious minister Nurhaci. If daimyo agrees, please allow the Japanese side to temporarily station in Gyeongsang-do until the day when the bandits are suppressed. During this period, please allow Japanese soldiers and rations to pass through Hamgyong-do and Gangwon-do calmly.

In particular, the seventh article, asking Hideyoshi to be the king of Japan, made him very satisfied. You must know that Wanli in this life knew that there was a nominal emperor above Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Japan.

6. In order to ensure the good relationship between the two countries, the king of Joseon was invited to marry the head of the Toyotomi family, Toyotomi Hideji.

Prior to this, firstly, Japan did not surrender, secondly, the Korean monarchs insisted that the Ming army could not withdraw, and thirdly, Emperor Wanli wanted to send Japan into the sea after repairing, so he did not withdraw the army.

The most critical point is: Bozhou is located in the south of Sichuan and the northwest of Guizhou, far away from Emperor Tiangao in Beijing, and the center of Ming Dynasty's rule cannot be threatened even in chaos.

16 people including Governor Konishi, Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Shimadzu Yoshihiro, and Toyotomi Hidekatsu were conferred as commanders of the capital; 45 people including Ishida Mitsunari, Otani Yoshitsugu, Hashiba Hidetoshi, and Kimura Shigetsu were conferred as commanders. There are 225 people in thousands of households.

With Hideyoshi's brain, he quickly figured out that this must not be a negotiation condition that Hideji could think of. Hideji gave the credit to Kato Kiyomasa, Nabeshima Naomo, and Toyotomi Hidetada.

Wanli immediately wrote a letter asking Jin Yiwei to send it to Liu Ting in Pyongyang, asking him to take over the North Korean armies and bring them back to Liaodong in an orderly manner.

2. Ming should guarantee the cooperation trade between Japan and Ming.

As for making Shunhe-jun and Linhai-jun the semi-independent monarchs of Gangwon-do and Hamgyong-do, it was completely the idea of ​​the Xiu family. After all, they accepted their wives anyway, and turned their father-in-law in the other way, and they had to take care of them. Son-in-law.

Emperor Wanli said that he would give the Japanese side 2 taels of Kou silver at most (not divided into years), but he could allow the Japanese side to bring back the spoils obtained by Jianzhou and so on.

As for the matter of whether the king of Korea is willing to marry the county magistrate, Daming can only mediate, and Daming cannot make the decision.As for other conditions, Daming can accept them all.

Undoubtedly, no matter in comparison with history or this life, the peace agreement proposed by the Hideo family to Toyotomi Hideji is the closest one between the two sides tomorrow.

It's just a pity that there is still a distance from Wanli and Hideyoshi's bottom line, and it depends on who is willing to make concessions at this time.

(End of this chapter)