Wanli 1592

Chapter 150 Ieyasu Tokugawa's Timing

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is not clear about the battle situation on the front line, but he can understand the most basic logistical issues. Even if food and fodder can be supplied locally from North Korea, iron cannons and bullets still have to be produced and shipped in the country, and domestic resources are increasingly tight. The voices of the people are getting louder and louder, and the warnings of some daimyo are becoming more and more urgent. This is not something that Toyotomi Hideyoshi can deliberately ignore.

He is also thinking about the next move. At least fighting needs food and weapons, which is inevitable.

At this time, the letter from Ukita Hideyoshi's family arrived, which made Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was wavering repeatedly between his self-confidence and the actual situation, instantly strengthened his trust in himself, and also made him lose the last time he woke up from his dream. Opportunity.

Overjoyed, he immediately wrote letters to the daimyo to show off the Ming army's record of being defeated by him in the peace, and then wrote to Ukita Hideo's family, asking him to propose seven peace terms to the Ming army, and hand them over to President Konishi for negotiation. Anything short of one cannot be agreed.

The seven conditions are as follows: first, to welcome the princess of Emperor Ming as the empress of Japan; second, to develop exploration and cooperation trade; third, tomorrow the military officers of the two countries will forever swear an alliance; fourth, to return the capital and four provinces to North Korea, and to cede the other four provinces to North Korea. Japan; fifth, North Korea sent a prince to Japan as a hostage; sixth, returned the captured second prince of North Korea and other North Korean officials; seventh, North Korean ministers vowed never to betray Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi said confidently that the Ming army would not be allowed to surrender if they did not agree. This time, for the sake of their honesty, they will not want their territory. If they commit the crime again next time, they will be beaten until they cede the territory!

The Ukita Hide family almost cried when they received this letter. This is no longer the scope of the peace talks. This is to force the "defeated" Daming to sign the alliance under the castle, not to mention the negotiating with President Konishi who has no life or death. Want Emperor Ming's princess to be the queen of Japan... Originally, Ukita Hideyoshi's family just wanted a decent chance to withdraw their troops. Condition.

The high-ranking Japanese army officers who read this letter looked at each other dumbfounded. They had no idea that the bitter fruit they planted little by little had grown so big that they couldn't eat it at all, let alone that Governor Konishi was probably dead. So, where can I find another "President Xiaonishi" to "negotiate"?
The high-level Japanese army in Busan fell into a collective confusion.

The back and forth of this letter was enough for Jin Yiwei's spies in Japan to gather together to accept the mission, and then began to split up. Zhou Qi remembered the special request made by Xiao Ruxun, so he personally took people to Japan's Satsuma Domain to find Xu Yi, and passed The matchmaking of the local Chinese trapped in Japan finally found Xu Yihou who was honored by the Shimadzu family.

This is a later story, let's not mention it for the time being.

The daimyos of the Eastern Kingdom received a bragging letter from Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and when they opened it, they found that the frontline battle was going well, and the Ming army had already been defeated, begging for peace from me!This letter made the Dongguo daimyos who knew the inside story stunned. After a while, Tokugawa Ieyasu analyzed that this must be an excuse for the Nishikoku daimyos to withdraw their troops, and he didn't know what Toyotomi Hideyoshi wanted to do.

Sure enough, Tokugawa Ieyasu hit the mark, and soon, the news of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's "Daming-Japan Friendship Seven" spread throughout Nagoya. In this wonderful feeling, however, other sober-minded daimyos began to question Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mental state.

No matter how much you want to save face, you should realize that something is wrong, right?Is Toyotomi Hideyoshi crazy for making such a request under such circumstances?

Everyone who was aware of the seriousness of the problem stared at Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was also aware of the seriousness of the problem, narrowed his eyes, and his gloomy eyes made people shudder.

"These few days, let's find a reason to pay a visit to Taige!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu needs to use his own eyes to judge and see something clearly. If he can confirm the authenticity of this matter, then he will slap himself severely and kill Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Not sure, he will slap himself hard and continue to be Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dog.

How could a lunatic be in command of the imposing million stone name?What's more, this lunatic is joking about the life and death of the whole of Japan!If this request is really handed over to the Ming army by someone who does not know the severity, then what awaits them will be a full blow from the old empire, which is not something the fragile Japan can bear.

Tokugawa Ieyasu moved very quickly. He brought a few big names from the Eastern Kingdom and some precious gifts to meet Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi was overjoyed, and expressed his appreciation for Tokugawa Ieyasu and others' behavior of "knowing current affairs" and hosted a banquet for them.

At the banquet, Tokugawa Ieyasu cautiously asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi, saying that since the war has been won, shouldn't it be better for us to make some demands on Ming?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi laughed loudly and said, of course, I asked Emperor Ming to give his daughter to His Majesty the Emperor to be his empress, which is considered to give him face, and the two families are very close by marriage, so as to fundamentally prevent Ming from rebelling us.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was silent for a while, and then asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi, saying, how do we ask North Korea?Is it necessary for North Korea to cede land and pay compensation?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi nodded, and proudly replied Tokugawa Ieyasu, saying that he wanted North Korea to cede the four southern provinces to Japan, which would become a springboard for Japan to attack the mainland.

Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly asked why not all of them. Toyotomi Hideyoshi laughed at Tokugawa Ieyasu's short-sightedness, saying that if North Korea was completely annexed, it would greatly stimulate the Ming Dynasty. The warriors were too tired to fight and needed to rest. Sidao, after the warriors rested, wouldn't it be easy to attack the northern Sidao directly?

Tokugawa Ieyasu was silent.

Then another daimyo asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi, what if North Korea was not satisfied with the agreement, and then joined forces with the Ming Dynasty to retake the country after a false surrender, what should we do?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi taunted again, explaining that I also asked North Korea to swear never to betray Japan, this is to prevent this, if North Korea will attack the southern four provinces after swearing, it will just give us a reason to continue to attack , this condition was set up for us to have an excuse to send troops again. Without an excuse, even I can't send troops, so I have to make an excuse, you are so stupid!
Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not forget to ridicule the low IQ of these Dongguo daimyos while explaining. Although they were indeed a little annoyed, the Dongguo daimyos still felt that Tokugawa Ieyasu's worries were not unreasonable.

Then, Toyotomi Hideyoshi talked about his mainland strategy, inviting the emperor to move to Beijing, and living in Ningbo, annexing the entire Ming country, and then conquering the whole world. The Dongguo daimyo smiled and applauded, Toyotomi Hideyoshi laughed even more happily.

At the end of the banquet, the host and guests had a good time, and everyone gathered and parted.

Back at the residence, looking at a room full of Dongguo daimyos with different faces, Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a sullen face: "Now the situation is very obvious. Once the North Korean incident happens, the Taiko will definitely ask us to send troops. He will definitely I will go to North Korea in person without stopping any advice, what are you going to do then? Let me make a statement first, I will not send troops, what about you?"

"will not."

"will not."

"Absolutely not."

"Seconded……"

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After expressing his position, Tokugawa Ieyasu realized that the time he had been waiting for for a long time had arrived. This Korean War brought destruction to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and may bring new life to himself and Japan.

(End of this chapter)