The two had a great conversation that day!

Yan Changwu also "kindly" reminded Tokugawa Hidetada: "Some daimyo in the west, such as the Satsuma Domain, are still doing business with Hongmao in private, in order to strengthen their economic strength and obtain advanced weapons, and the shogunate must take care of it!" ”

Evidence?

Conclusive!

The large-caliber shore defense artillery that our southeastern province grabbed from the Satsuma Domain! You can send someone to visit it, and if you want to condemn the Satsuma Domain, I'll give it to you (it's okay to bring the three doors as evidence!)

"They bought cannons, what else will they buy? Let's say buy flintlock pistols, arquebuses, infantry guns! Uh-huh, you guys over there want to buy our deerskin from the Southeast Province! ”

Deerskin, used for armor!

"Humph!" Hearing this, Tokugawa Hidetada was very annoyed, and his eyes showed a fierce light: "These western barbarians! ”

During the Edo period in Japan, the daimyo domains close to the shogunate were near Tokyo, and the more distant the relationship, the farther away their territories were from Edo.

How can you let them come nonsense!

There is no need for Yan Changwu's reminder, Tokugawa Hidetada is still very aware of the domestic situation.

Yan Changwu frantically pasted gold and poured soup on Tokugawa Hidetada's face, how could an old traitor like Tokugawa Hidetada not know that "what the enemy opposes is what we want, and what the enemy approves must be unfavorable to us." ”

Obviously, Yan Changwu said that the lockdown order was good, which was definitely beneficial to the southeast mansion.

But his willingness to cooperate with the shogunate's measures really tickled Tokugawa Hidetada's itch.

"We, the Southeast Prefecture, respect the great policies pursued by your country, and the Southeast Prefecture is willing to only trade with Edo, no longer trade with other daimyos, let alone sell any weapons to other daimyos, and promise not to do anything harmful to the interests of your country, and that the merchant ships that arrive in your country will abide by the laws and regulations of your country and trade fairly, and at the same time, we will not support the Hongmaofan to do things that are detrimental to the interests of your country, for example, we will not support them to preach in your country." Yan Changwu released a lot of good!

It can be summed up as friendly exchanges between the Southeast Province and the Shogunate, focusing on trade, and not doing anything that harms the Shogunate, in other words, the Southeast Province resolutely supports the Shogunate's "Lockdown Order"!

Since Yan Changwu knows what to do, how can Tokugawa Hidetada not return the favor!

He also promised that the shogunate would have friendly relations with the southeastern provinces, focus on trade, and not do anything harmful to the southeastern provinces.

Welcome the Southeast Province to trade with Japan, the two sides will buy and sell fairly, and give the Southeast Province exclusive trade rights!

The two sides planned to sign a ten-year friendship agreement called the "Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the Southeast Prefecture and the Edo Shogunate", the general content of which was that the two sides should maintain friendship and friendship for a long time; The two parties shall not target each other or do anything detrimental to the interests of the other party; Actively develop trade, recognize each other as the main body of trade, do not trade with third parties (Ming people), and send trade representatives to each other; The shogunate and the southeastern province agreed on taxes and gave each other preferential treatments; Provide various conveniences for the other party, etc.

As for the Ryukyu matter, the Edo shogunate recognized the Ryukyu Kingdom as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, respected the territorial integrity of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the original "Fifteen Articles" were nullified!

The Satsuma clan withdrew from the Ryukyus, and all the five islands of Amami (namely Kikaijima, Tokunoshima, Amami Oshima, Okieerabu Island, and Yoron Island) were returned to the Ryukyus!

This is the end of the Ryukyu matter, and the two sides will not be entangled.

As for the assassination of Yan Changwu by the Satsuma Domain, because the matter involved the dignity of the nobles, the Edo Shogunate ordered the Satsuma Domain to give an explanation to the Southeast Prefecture, demanding that the Satsuma Domain compensate the Southeast Prefecture with 100,000 taels of silver, and at the same time send the murderer's main messenger Seppuku!

At this point, both parties are very satisfied and believe that each other has achieved their goal.

The atmosphere was harmonious, and the two exchanged gifts: the Tombu Prefecture had milk candy, rum, deerskin utensils, and flintlock pistols, while the Shogunate had fine tea, sake, silver tea sets, and katanas, and the gifts were equal.

Yan Changwu returned to the cruiser and waved goodbye to Tokugawa Hidetada politely!

……

"Are you looking to be a tiger for skin?" Chen Xinji asked unceremoniously.

"If they develop plywood ships like ours, then we have to prepare for war, otherwise, don't worry too much!" Yan Changwu was comfortably lying down in the conference room on the big ship of the Southeast Mansion.

Chen Xinji nodded.

"At most, we can only make trouble for them, but it is impossible to swallow them, the Japanese state has gold, silver and copper mines, but the resources are too few, except for people, what really works is the four strategic materials of food, iron, wood and horses, they don't have it!"

"The key is that they have more people and less land, and they are vulnerable to typhoons, and their cultural system is not weak!" Chen Xinji added.

"That's right, I think they also know this, from that monkey (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) has given them a full understanding of the power of the great powers of the East, since they have no intention of invading the west, we don't want to go east, as for harassing them, what's the point? It's better for everyone to do trade, we get the gold, silver and copper they have, and everyone spends a difference! Yan Changwu spread his hands and said.

"I'm going to take people ashore and negotiate with them the details of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the Southeast Prefecture and the Edo Shogunate!" Chen Xinji said.

"Yay!"

……

Different from Yan Changwu's words in the southeast province, the "Edo Shogunate and Southeast Province Friendship and Trade Treaty" brought back by Tokugawa Hidetada caused strong dissatisfaction with the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu!

However, he did not confront him face to face, but was opposed by his trusted minister, Lao Naka Takahashi Sadaliang.

He bowed to each of the two supreme beings, and then began to speak: "Your Royal Highness, the land we have obtained (Amami Goshima) is not easy to come from, how can we give it up lightly! The Satsuma Domain is no longer a vassal, but it is also our vassal, and if we deal with them, it will cause dissatisfaction among the vassals, so please consider it carefully! ”

And Tokugawa Hidetada's cronies, another old man, Araki Jizo, came out of the class to refute: "Do you have long eyes? ”

"Have you seen the fleet of the Southeast Province parked in Edo Bay? What are the chances of you winning a war against them! ”

"We can't catch up with them, we can't beat them, they don't fight with our main force, just harassment, it is not only the dissatisfaction of the vassals, but also the people will be uneasy!"

"If they support the Western Domain, we'll be in even bigger trouble!"

"Compared with losing face, I am more afraid of life, it is enough trouble to be in one way, and if the religion engaged in by Westerners is allowed to develop, the trouble is even greater than that of one in the past! If they make a fuss, they will kill us! ”

(Ichijo is a general term for Ichijo initiated by the followers of the Honganji sect of the Pure Land Shinshu (Ichijo sect) during the Warring States period of Japan, and Ichijo refers to various uprisings and riots in Japanese, which is a characteristic of the Wa Kingdom.)

The disciples of the sect have always been known for their strong religious centripetal force and the holy war mode of sacrificing their lives to kill the enemy (that is, they are not afraid of death, think of those people/meat bombs, and even the big bullies of the Blue Star who say that they will fight whoever they want can only learn from the great powers of the East to strongly condemn and condemn again), and have formed autonomous organizations and become their own country (for example, in 1488, the daimyo of Kaga Province was killed by the first one). By the end of the Warring States period, the power of the leader, who had always been one-size-fits-all, could even rival the daimyo in various places, and even defeated the sixth heavenly demon king Oda Nobunaga.

Spain and Portugal in the West are Catholic countries, trading here and exporting religion there, and their Catholic doctrine stipulates that believers must obey the pope in the West, which is an unbearable challenge to the secular regime)

Araki Yoshizo's series of words were thrown over, so that Takahashi Sadaliang was overwhelmed, and the other ministers said yes one after another, praising His Royal Highness Shengming!

Seeing that Tokugawa Iemitsu was still unconvinced, Tokugawa Hidetada sighed and said to him: "His Royal Highness Yan Changwu of the Southeast Prefecture came with great sincerity, and they want our gold and silver!" ”

"However, if there is really going to be a war, he said, first set fire to Edo Castle!" Tokugawa Hidetada smiled slightly bitterly: "Others can't do it, I really doubt he can do it!" ”

Hearing his words, Tokugawa Iemitsu and the other ministers gasped!