Great Ming Dynasty Wen Chao Gong

Chapter 134 Nurhaci’s road to hegemony

Not surprisingly, the conditions between the two parties were too different, and the peace talks ended in a haphazard way on the first day.

Regarding the conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty, Governor Konishi basically agreed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's surrender to the Ming Dynasty, to be crowned the King of Japan, to withdraw the Japanese troops from Korea, and to return the prisoners of the Korean royal family. However, he also agreed to give up the seizure and disarm. The condition of land cession and compensation was not accepted.

"Zhang Shidu, I really didn't expect that the Japanese could be so arrogant and domineering even after being defeated and asking for peace. If the Japanese were to win, it's really unimaginable what they would do." Li Rusong sighed to Zhang Xiao.

"Admiral Li, it's not hard to imagine. Just look at what happened in North Korea. The ancestral graves in ancestral temples were dug up, the treasury was looted, civil and military officials were displaced and died on the roadside, and the people were massacred wantonly." Zhang Xiao said.

"Previously, Prime Minister Liu said that Japan should pay some compensation, but now it's better. President Konishi has suffered such a huge defeat, and yet he dares to be so arrogant and domineering. He is not even willing to compensate for the loss of military expenditures of our army, let alone compensate North Korea. "

"Admiral Li, there is no need to be impatient. These people cannot decide whether Japan should cede territory and pay compensation. Since Governor Konishi is unwilling to agree to these conditions, let him go back with these conditions and let Toyotomi Hideyoshi decide, and then let Governor Konishi decide Just say a few words and just make Toyotomi Hideyoshi angry to death."

"Oh, what words did Zhang Shidu come up with that could make Toyotomi Hideyoshi angry to death?"

"The idea of ​​being angry is just a metaphor. It is to tell Toyotomi Hideyoshi that if he doesn't sign this treaty, some people will sign it. We can give this treaty to Tokugawa Ieyasu to sign and recognize Tokugawa Ieyasu as the king of Japan. Anyway, Emperor Seizu also conferred the title of King of Japan on Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Both the Tokugawa and Ashikaga families are direct descendants of the Minamoto family, so being a king of Japan is more than enough."

"Zhang Shidu, our army does not need to rush to negotiate peace at the moment. I would also like to advise Your Majesty whether we should send more troops and naval forces. Our army and the North Korean army will work together to directly counterattack and land on the Japanese mainland. Forget about the island.”

"That's not the case. The imperial court can still supply tens of thousands of military supplies. But although the army in North Korea currently seems to be tens of thousands, they are all the elites of the imperial court. At present, the nine sides are empty. If an enemy takes the opportunity to invade, , that would be big trouble.”

"The main thing is Buyan Khan, the Great Khan of Eastern Mongolia. The new successor to the throne of Buyan Khan will definitely not be as prestige as his father Tuman Khan. But it is precisely because of this that we must guard against all kinds of things done by Buyan Khan. Action. After all, Buyan Khan is still a direct bloodline of the Golden Family. If he can really persuade various tribes to follow him south to plunder, our Ming Dynasty's Great Wall defense line will be in danger. And the Jurchen tribe, when we came, the Jianzhou Tribe Already in a state of hostility with the Ye He tribe, the Ye He tribe is gathering all the ministries to prepare for war. At present, the Liao land is empty. The Mongols cannot be suppressed in the west, and the Jurchens cannot be suppressed in the east. If the Jurchen civil war determines the outcome, then The Jurchen overlord who will emerge next will not be something that I, the Ming Dynasty, can easily control.

"Oh? Is it because the imperial court is unable to supply military supplies?" Li Rusong asked quickly.

"Eastern Mongolia has always been restless, so it's not surprising that the new Great Khan is going to cause trouble. On the Jurchen side, a fight would result in both sides losing. The worst result is that the Yehe tribe will wipe out the Jianzhou tribe. , even if the Ye He tribe can destroy the Jianzhou tribe, it will still be severely damaged, and the other allied forces summoned will not succumb to the rule of the Ye He tribe for a long time."

"Actually, if we have enough troops, horses and ships, it would not be difficult to land in Japan. I'm just afraid that the court will be eager to let us take over."

"Which tribe dares to be so arrogant? When I return to the country, I, Li Rusong, must guard the local area and wipe out these grassland Rongdi."

"Admiral Li, what if the Jianzhou tribe defeated the Ye He tribe and the tribes gathered by the Ye He tribe?" Zhang Xiao asked.

"Zhang Shidu is not joking."

"Admiral Li, it's a major military matter. Why would Zhang make a joke about it?" "If the Jianzhou Department can really defeat the Ye He Department completely, then the situation in Liaodong will be difficult to predict. Is the Jianzhou Department so capable? "

"This is just Zhang's speculation. No matter what, the duel between us and the Japanese must be decided as soon as possible."

Thousands of miles away in Beijing, a courier was rushing on his way carrying an urgent message from a military aircraft.

After a while, the letter quickly reached Chen Ju's hands. When Chen Ju read the contents of the letter, he was shocked and rushed to report to the emperor.

"Chen Ju, I told you not to disturb me around noon. I want to take a nap. Why did you come to me again?" The emperor said dissatisfiedly,

"Your Majesty, something big happened in Liaodong."

"When will Liaodong Town be at peace? Let me guess first, which Mongolian tribe attacked the cities of Liaoyang and Guangning?" The emperor said while receiving the battle report.

It's just that the emperor had just read and scanned a few lines, and the look of determination he had just now disappeared.

"Chen Ju, you are right. Something big has happened in the Liaodong area. After this battle, the Jianzhou Department may really become the Jurchen overlord." The emperor read the battle report carefully and sighed. .

"Yes, Your Majesty, this time the Yehe tribe is in order to completely defeat the Jianzhou tribe and maintain the hegemony of the Yehe tribe among the Jurchen tribes. For this banquet, the Yehe tribe not only mobilized its own troops, but also summoned the Mongolian Horqin tribe and the Hercynian tribe. The other three main Jurchen tribes, Hada, Huifa, and Ula, also sent people to participate, but they all lost to Nurhaci. Bu Zhai, the chief of the Yehe tribe, died in the rebellion, and Bu Zhantai of the Hada tribe He was also captured. Now among the Jurchen tribes, no tribe can control Nurhaci anymore."

"This Nurhaci is so capable of fighting. Now it is difficult to handle. In this Jurchen civil war, does the court want to reward or punish? But the reward is wrong, and there is no place to talk about punishment. I will see later how to reward Nurhaci and his Brother Shuerhaqi. I see you still have a letter, so you have something important to report."

"Your Majesty, this is news from Eastern Mongolia. The Great Khan of Eastern Mongolia, Buyan Khan, secretly summoned various tribes and said that he accidentally discovered a gold seal from the Yuan Dynasty on the grassland, and asked all tribes in the grassland to come to his tent to check. The size and authenticity of the gold seal.”

"I'm afraid that the tribal leaders will go to all the trouble to see if the gold seal is fake. The real purpose is to take the opportunity to summon the various tribes to go south. It seems that Buyan Khan has really taken great pains."

"Your Majesty is holy."

"It seems that the Ming Dynasty can no longer waste time with the Japanese state. Chen Ju, please help draft an imperial edict. Just say that the incident happened suddenly, let Li Rusong and others preside over the peace talks with the Japanese state, and let the army withdraw as soon as possible." The emperor ordered. .

(End of this chapter)