Chapter 107: Flipping the card

Ise Sadaqin didn't find out the details of this Li Shi, but it can be regarded as something gained.

Come back and report to Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa didn't care much about the so-called Li Yao.

But this one thing is not very easy to do.

After all, although Japan is small, it also has 66 countries, and it is easy to say that it is easy to find a family in such a large area, and it is not easy to say that it is not easy.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa also verbally agreed, and then asked Ise Sadashi to come and go back and forth with Li Shi and Ashikaga Yoshimasa again, and occasionally go to Hosokawa Katsumoto's house to discuss problems.

Li Shi also fell into deep thought.

As an envoy, Zhu Qizhen gave him full powers, and many things about Japan could be decided, but he never thought that it was related to this matter.

After all, in the eyes of many scholars, although sea trade is important, it is all a small road.

But here in Japan, they are willing to ask the Ming to restrict trade with Japan at the cost of being crowned king of Japan, that is, to be a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, or to restore Sino-Japanese trade to the previous state of exploration trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan.

Li Shi's heart was also embarrassed.

The opening of the sea is the first major event that His Majesty has done since he ascended the throne, and it seems that it has achieved remarkable results.

First, the imperial court's finances have been increasing from two or three million taels at the beginning to three or four million taels today.

Second, the matter of opening the sea is related to the details of shipping and has been involved.

Third, the opening of the sea also invisibly attracted a lot of pirates.

In recent years, the coastline of Daming has been very calm, and the heroes on the sea have changed to vegetarianism? No, some of the heroes washed their hands and went ashore. Although the other part of the heroes did not wash their hands in a golden basin, they would not easily commit crimes on the side of the court.

None of them.

With a case record here in the imperial court, it is not easy to enter and exit several ports.

Of course, they should have done it, but most of it was at sea. Every year, many ships in Daming go out and do not come back.

Not all of them were caught in the storm.

Of course, the government turns a blind eye to things at sea, first of all, these people are fierce people, one is not properly handled, but there is going to be a big problem, and second, there is no evidence.

So, the current situation has been formed.

On the shore, there is already a coastal zone, which is the place of the officers and soldiers, and further into the deep sea, it is the place of all kinds of pirates.

This tacit understanding is something that even the government does not want to break.

Therefore, the imperial court's control over these maritime merchants was only limited to the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and as for Japan, it was even more inadequate.

But Li Shi thought about it for a while, but he thought of a compromise solution.

He doesn't, though

I'm willing to do more entanglement here in Japan.

Tell Ise Sada-kiss straight to the point that if you want to talk next, you should find someone who can call the shots, otherwise you don't have to talk about it.

After all, Li Shi still despises Japan in his bones.

Not to mention, Isezhen personally went to ask for instructions.

After Ise told Ashikaga Yoshimasa about this, Ashikaga Yoshimasa pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, let's arrange to meet." ”

However, Ashikaga Yoshimasa still could not meet him in an official capacity, because once they met, it meant that everything was settled.

If it weren't for Ashikaga Yoshimasa, he really couldn't believe Hosokawa Katsumoto, but Hosokawa Katsumoto would be the most appropriate.

The place where Ashikaga Yoshimasa met with Li Shi was Sokokuji Temple.

This Sokokuji Temple was built by Ashikaga Yoshimasa's grandfather, Ashikaga Yoshimatsu, and the relationship between the temple and the Ashikaga family is naturally extraordinary. Ise Sada-in-person invited Lee Si to visit Sangukuji Temple.

Li Shi naturally understood that there was something strange in it.

Xiangguo Temple naturally has nothing to say, Song and Tang Dynasty buildings, although there are many fewer in the Ming Dynasty, but it is not uncommon, but Li Shi is from Sichuan, Sichuan was the most destroyed at the end of the Song Dynasty, so that Li Shi has some gains.

The bells and mountains are just embellished, and the real highlight is coming.

Under a cherry blossom tree in the backyard of Sokokuji Temple, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was already dressed in formal clothes and kneeling in front of a stone chessboard. He was in his early twenties, in the prime of a man's life.

Dressed in a white formal suit, it looks a little grand. Coupled with the cherry blossoms, it looks even more extraordinary.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa saw Li Shi and said, "Your envoy is far away, and Xiao Wang can't welcome him from afar, but it's rude." Today, the left and the left meet, are you willing to talk about a game? ”

Li Shi smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness is calling, won't the foreign minister obey his orders?" ”

Li Shi immediately knelt on the futon generously.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa said, "Guests first, please." ”

Li Shi said: "I am the son of tomorrow, and I will rule the people by the will of heaven, how to be a guest, His Royal Highness is a guest." ”

This is also Li Shi's recent understanding of the situation in Japan, and he also understands a lot about the power of the Ashikaga family, so he doesn't care about it. In his opinion, the power of the Ashikaga family is much worse than the center after the Tang Anshi Rebellion.

Although the Ashikaga family is the head of a country, its power is far inferior to that of the Joseon Lee clan, let alone compared to the Great Tomorrow.

That's why he had to suppress Ashikaga Yoshimasa before he negotiated.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was slightly displeased.

But as a samurai, he was quite pragmatic. He understands that what really determines power in Japan is knives and guns, money, and illusory righteousness, which can be used when it is useful, and when it is useless, it is hard to wipe the buttocks.

Therefore, he smiled slightly, didn't pay much attention, and picked up a word casually and hit it on the chessboard.

Li Shi immediately fell.

With the crisp sound of falling children, double

Relations between the parties seem to have eased somewhat.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa said: "It's been so many days, it's time to talk about it, and Mr. should also give Lone a letter." ”

Li Shi said: "What His Highness means, the foreign minister already knows. There are some things that are very difficult for me, but His Highness asks for too much. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimasa said, "What do you say? ”

Li Shi said: "The canonization of the lords of all parties by the Ming Dynasty has always been a gift. The lord of the country acted like this, and it was difficult for me to explain it to the imperial court. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimasa paused slightly and said, "Unless what? ”

Li Shi said: "Unless Japan cedes an island to Daming." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimasa was slightly stunned, his heart was chaotic, and he said secretly: "Is this the purpose of the Ming Dynasty sending envoys to Japan?" For a while, the chess pieces in his hand landed, but he was a few eyes away from the position he thought in his heart.

Li Shi was naturally unceremonious, and one son slaughtered Ashikaga Yoshimasa's big dragon.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa saw that it was irretrievable on the chessboard.

But at this moment, Ashikaga Yoshimasa said, "Where do you want your envoy?" ”

Li Shi said, "Sado. As long as the Japanese Yung Daming ship docks at Sado, what the lord of the country thinks, I will give the country a proper host. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimasa secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was afraid that the Daming Lion would open his mouth, but Sado Island was insignificant in Ashikaga Yoshimasa's heart.

Before the discovery of gold on Sado Island, Japan only used it as a place of exile.

But Ashikaga Yoshimasa was still a little uneasy in his heart, and said, "What does the imperial court want to do with this?" ”

Li Shi already had a rhetoric, saying: "Transit, you also know that the imperial court is fighting with the tile spur, with His Majesty's intentions, it should be based on Haixi and enter Mobei in the west, but large and small ships cannot enter the Songhua River and the Heilongjiang River through Haixi, so the Daming Sailor must pass through the Heilongjiang River and go upstream." The mouth of the Heilongjiang River is in Nuergan, just in the far north, there are few ships, so it is natural to stop along the road. ”

"Originally, it was a stop along the way in Japan, but the imperial court felt that this was too alarming to Japan, so it just asked to borrow an island."

"As long as this matter is agreed by the lord of the country, and the lord of the country wishes, I can also have a way to solve it."

This statement is not only what Li Shi thinks, but also true and false, and false and true.

Li Ying, the chief officer of the maritime transport corps, did have this task, to find the mouth of the Heilongjiang River to the sea, and to go upstream to survey the situation of the waterway.

But it is impossible to transport troops on a large scale through the water system.

After all, Nu'er is dry, and the area around Temple Street is a little too far north. It is necessary to investigate carefully before we can come to a conclusion.

But this statement is enough to deceive Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

It's not that Ashikaga Yoshimasa is not smart enough, but the problem of poor information between the two sides, Ashikaga Yoshimasa doesn't know much about the situation at sea, but he also knows that Ming ships have been haunting the Tsushima Strait, which is already a common practice.