In a huge venue, everyone had different thoughts.

"Gong Zhang, the time is almost up, and all the daimyo here in the Wa Kingdom have arrived, so you can start."

Liu Jin looked at the sun in the sky, it was already May of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, and it was the turn of spring and summer, and the weather began to get hot.

Liu Jin doesn't like to bask in the sun, so he still got things done early, and there has been a letter from Daming, Liu Jin's son was born, and he also wants to be able to go back to Daming as soon as possible to see his son.

"Hmm~"

Zhang Mao nodded, and then coughed lightly, and someone next to him immediately took out a holy decree that had been prepared as early as the capital of the Ming Dynasty and walked to the side of the Wa King, the shogun, and the daimyo.

"The holy decree has arrived, please ask the Wa King and the shogun to receive the decree~"

The person who bears the decree has a very loud voice, stands straight, holds the decree in his right hand, and holds his head high.

When he appeared, the audience immediately fell silent, everyone looked at him, looked at the holy decree in his hand, and then heard his words, and immediately fell silent.

There are still many people who know the Great Ming dialect, and many of these daimyo and nobles in the upper class of the Wa Kingdom are proficient in Chinese, not only can they write beautiful calligraphy, but some can even write poems and words, and Chinese characters are the official script of the Wa State in this era.

"Xiao Wang takes the order~"

When Emperor Goto Mimon heard this, he also quickly stood up, respectfully came to the person who announced the decree, bent down slightly, bowed his head, and he had already learned this kind of etiquette.

The Wa Kingdom is a vassal country, and the Ming Dynasty is the suzerainty state, even if the Wa King sees the Great Tomorrow, he does not need to kneel, and seeing the Holy Decree is like seeing the Great Tomorrow, so he only needs to bend down slightly and bow his head to show respect for the Great Tomorrow.

"The subordinate receives the order~"

As for the shogun's shogun, he had to kneel, because nominally he was a courtier of the Wa king, and naturally he was also a courtier of the great emperor, and it was natural for the courtiers to kneel to the monarch.

Although Ashikaga Yoshisumi was a little reluctant, he had no choice at this time, and knelt down very respectfully.

As the Wa King bent down and bowed his head, the shogun knelt down, and the shogunate ministers and daimyo behind him all bowed down.

Many daimyo showed reluctance, but when they saw that most of the people were kneeling down, and then looking at the Ming army around them, they immediately bowed down with interest.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says that the Ming Dynasty and the Wa State are a strip of water, a friendly state for generations, and the Ming Dynasty is the suzerainty of the Wa State...... Today, the Wa State privately levied heavy taxes on Ming merchants, looted Ming merchant ships, killed Ming merchants, and even connived at the Japanese invaders to harass the southeast of the Ming Dynasty......

The voice of the person who recites the decree is very loud, and every time he recites a sentence, someone next to him who is proficient in the Japanese language immediately translates it, so he reads it very slowly.

But with the reading of the holy decree, the Wa kings, shoguns, and many daimyo finally understood why the Ming Dynasty wanted to mobilize the people to attack the Wa Kingdom this time.

Some of them already knew about it, but there were still some daimyo who didn't understand why the Ming Dynasty came to attack the Wa Kingdom, and now they immediately understood.

At the same time, everyone also knows the meaning of this holy decree, the Ming Emperor is in the Shen Wei Kingdom, the meaning is also very simple, the Ming Dynasty and the Wei Kingdom have been friendly for generations, and the relationship has always been very good, because of the relationship between the suzerainty and the vassal state.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty has never said to the Wa State, every time the Wa State comes to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, the Ming Dynasty will return to it several times, and it can be said that it is benevolent and righteous to the Wa State.

But now the Wa Kingdom has not yet collected heavy taxes from Ming merchants without the consent of the Ming Dynasty, and has also looted Ming merchant ships and killed Ming merchants.

This is the following offense, great rebellion, and no king and no father.

Liu Jin listened carefully, with a smile on his face, but his heart was full of joy.

That is, it can be like this now, the Ming Dynasty in this era is such a bull, and the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, North Korea, and Annam is the same.

That is, the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain, these countries are all vassal states, according to this relationship, the Ming Dynasty is the king, they are the ministers, the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and the relationship between father and son.

Therefore, even if it is written in the holy decree and scolded fiercely, these Japanese people do not have the slightest intention of objecting, because the Ming Dynasty is indeed the suzerainty of the Japanese country in name and the father of the vassal state.

Now you, the son of the Wa Kingdom, dare to tax the Ming father of the suzerain, and kill the businessman of the Ming father, it is simply a big rebellion, disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence and injustice, no father and son, no prince and minister.

The core meaning of Emperor Hongji's holy decree is this, to ruthlessly pry these Japanese people, and to apply for the Japanese kings, shoguns, daimyos, and so on.

Hearing the contents of the holy decree, the king sweated on his forehead, although this had little to do with him, after all, he was a mascot and did not have any power and influence.

But nominally, he is the monarch of the Wa Kingdom, so he needs to bear the most pressure.

As for the shogunate's shogun, Ashikaga Yoshisumi, he is still at a loss, as a puppet and a waste, of course, he doesn't understand this, whether it's taxes on the shogunate's side, or anything else, it seems that he can't be the master.

However, Hosokawa Masamoto, Hino Tomiko, and Yin Shizhong below frowned, they were ambitious and controlled the power of the shogunate, and they also lacked reverence for the Ming Dynasty.

What suzerain, vassal state is nonsense, the reason why I paid tribute to the Ming side in the past is not because the return gift of the Ming side is particularly rich, and every time I pay tribute, I can send a sum.

So for the sake of money, it seems that it is a very cost-effective thing to call Daming's father.

It's just that who can know that one day the army of the Ming Dynasty will come to the Wa Kingdom, and the Wa Shogunate and the daimyo around the country do not have any temper, and now they are not only beating you, but also justifiably, the father beats the son to teach you the same lesson, the key is to tell you after the fight, I am a father beating his son, a lesson to the disobedient son.

This makes people feel very angry and helpless at the same time.

There is no way, who let the previous fight to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, this day is a vassal country, and it will be a vassal state for life, shouting a father, and they will be sons in the future.

Behind them, many daimyo had different expressions, and some took it for granted that the Wa Kingdom, as a vassal state, should indeed not harm the interests of the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty.

Now that he has been declared by the Ming Emperor, it is also a matter of course, which just proves the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and also proves that their vision of the Japanese country is very good.

For these Japanese people, the Ming Dynasty is powerful, and they are even happier to press them to the ground and rub them, because this proves that their choice is right, and it also proves that they are right to learn from the Ming Dynasty.

Some daimyo feel that it is a bit excessive, although this Ming is the suzerain, but after all, the Wa State is also a country, so it hurts the face of the Wa State too much.

But think about it, if it weren't for the relationship between the suzerainty and the vassal state, then now the Ming army would be wantonly sweeping across the land of the Wa State, maybe it would officially invade the Wa State, and from then on it would not leave the Wa State.

But because the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain, this son of the Japanese kingdom is disobedient, just come over and beat him up and teach him a lesson, it is impossible to say that he really invaded the Japanese country.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt that this Daming father did not recognize it in vain.

"Take the order, Wa King~"

Soon, the decree was finished.

"Xiao Wang takes the order~"

Emperor Houtu Yumen took the holy decree tremblingly, and his heart was not a taste, after all, he was the nominal monarch of the Wa Kingdom, which was severely reprimanded by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he felt that his face was red.

"Can the Wa Kingdom be convicted?"

Emperor Goto Gomon took the decree, and the person in charge of announcing it asked loudly.

"Guilty of sin~"

Emperor Goto Gomon hurriedly bent down and bowed his head.

"It's good to know the guilt~" v5

The other party nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Since you are guilty, let's start peace talks." ”

"Yes~"

Emperor Goto nodded respectfully.

Zhang Mao and Liu Jin also came over at this time, and at the same time, the venue began to be decorated here, with a long table moved out, covered with a red cloth, and chairs placed next to it.

On the Ming side, Zhang Mao, Yang Yun, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, plus the garrison eunuchs sent by Emperor Hongzhi and the eunuchs who had just read the holy decree.

On the Wa Kuni side, there were Wa kings, shoguns, shoguns Hosokawa Masamoto, Hino Tomiko, and Yoon Se Tadada, and many daimyo sat in the back, only listening, without any right to express their opinions.

"I won't waste time, this time the incident is completely because your Wa Kingdom is disrespectful to our Ming Dynasty, levied heavy taxes on our Ming merchants, attacked our Ming merchant ships, and killed our Ming merchants, so all the consequences and responsibilities are borne by your Wa Kingdom."

Zhang Mao looked at the Wa Kingdom, the shogun and others, and said slowly.

"My lord, this is just the private behavior of some of our Japanese daimyos, and it does not represent our entire Japanese country."

Hosokawa Masamoto spoke, and he quibbled.

"Really?"

"It seems that your shogunate also levied heavy taxes on our Ming merchant ships, and there have always been Japanese pirates attacking and harassing the southeast coast of my Ming Dynasty, why didn't your Japanese shogunate restrain and crack down?"

"In addition, the Otomo clan ransacked my Daming merchant ship Kunlun Mountain, and killed all the crew members on board, don't say you don't know about this matter, why don't you punish the Otomo clan?"

Liu Jin looked at the other party and said coldly, wanting to shirk responsibility and dream.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Hosokawa Masamoto had nothing to say, this responsibility could not be shirked, especially since the shogunate also imposed heavy taxes on the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, which was very important.

If it was just the local daimyo who levied taxes, the shogunate could have shirked it, but the shogunate also imposed heavy taxes, which is beyond the question.

"This is our condition, if you want us to withdraw from the army, you must agree to the above conditions."

Liu Jin pushed over a prepared agreement, and they didn't have much to say, whether it was the shogunate or the Wa king, they didn't have much influence on the Wa State now, and their control was weak, so what was there to talk about with them.

The Wawang took it and began to look carefully, as the Wawang, although he couldn't speak Da Ming, he knew the Chinese characters.

The content of the agreement was written by Liu Jin in accordance with the habits of later generations, very concise and straightforward, and did not use classical Chinese to write, so it was also understandable at a glance.

Article 1 reaffirms and affirms once again that the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa State is the relationship between the suzerainty and the vassal state, and the Ming Dynasty is the suzerainty of the Wa State, and the Wa State is the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Based on this relationship, so from the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, the successive Wa kings of the Wa Kingdom must be officially canonized by the Ming Emperor to have legitimacy, and the Wa kings who have not been canonized by the Ming Emperor cannot represent the Wa State and have no legitimacy.

Seeing this, Emperor Houtu Yumen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was slightly happy, the current Wawang did not have any power and influence.

If every change of the king of the Ming Dynasty has to go through the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, this can strengthen the influence of the King of the Japanese in the Kingdom of the Emperor, at least on the side of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty only recognizes them as the monarch of the Kingdom of the Emperor, which can also greatly strengthen the influence and sense of existence of the King of the Emperor in the Kingdom of the Emperor.

As for other things, he didn't think about it so much for a while, anyway, it was also a vassal state, so he was canonized, that is, it was almost the same as the king of Joseon, and the kings of Joseon in previous dynasties were canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and it didn't matter.

In the past, it was inconvenient to travel to and from the Ming Dynasty, but now it is different, almost every day ships go back and forth between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, and perhaps there will be opportunities to visit and study the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Article 2, in order to enhance the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa State, the Ming Dynasty and the Wa State should be open to each other, and the Ming merchants can freely go to the Wa State to do business, and the same Wa merchants can also go to the Ming Dynasty to do business freely, and neither side shall restrict the free movement of the other party's merchants, and shall not levy any additional commercial taxes.

This article seems to be very good, very reciprocal, because the two sides seem to be very reciprocal, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty can come to the Ming Kingdom to do business, and you can also go to the Ming Dynasty to do business, both sides have to restrict, and no additional commercial taxes are allowed.

But this is the foreshadowing laid by Liu Jin, the germ of capitalism on the side of the Ming Dynasty has been developing rapidly, and the Ming Dynasty not only needs the gold and silver of the Japanese country, but also needs the market of the Japanese country.

This clause can greatly facilitate the Ming merchants to enter the Ming market, the two sides are nominally open to each other, but in the end the cheaper is the Ming Dynasty that has been the germination of capitalism, after all, in all aspects of this era, the Ming Dynasty is no way to compare with the Ming Dynasty.

It's a very simple thing, now the merchants of the Ming Dynasty can travel back and forth between the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty every day, but can the merchants of the Wa Kingdom come and go every day?

No, because they don't even have ships to go back and forth, and if they want to go to Daming to do business, they don't have ships, how can they go?

What's more, the land of the Ming Dynasty is vast, and all kinds of products are very rich, how can the Wa Kingdom compete with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty?

For this article, the Emperor of Houtu Yumen couldn't help but nod his head, Daming is still more fair in doing things, the two sides are equal and open to each other, fair, there is nothing to say.

Article 3: In order to facilitate exchanges between the two countries and promote trade between the two countries, the Ming First Bank must be allowed to circulate the silver dollars and silver bills issued by the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty in the Republic of China, and the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty must be allowed to open branches in the country.

This one is very domineering, and it is a typical monetary control.

Maybe I can't see anything now, the silver dollars and silver bills found by the first bank of the Ming Dynasty are also very popular in the Japanese country, especially the silver dollar, which is in good condition, has sufficient quantity, and is beautifully manufactured, it is very convenient to trade, and it is deeply liked by the Japanese country.

As for the silver ticket, the Wa country is also very fond of it, because it is easy to carry, the transaction is convenient, and the first bank of Daming has a good reputation, and Daming merchants like to use silver tickets to settle.

Along with the trade between the two sides, silver stamps and silver dollars were also popular in the Wa Kingdom.

Now it is determined in the form of a treaty, and if it is slowly used to it in the future, the currency issuance power of this country will be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty and the hands of the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, if nothing else, just printing some silver bills can plunder a huge amount of wealth from the side of the Japanese state, and the bald eagles of later generations rely on green banknotes every year to do not know what huge wealth to plunder from countries around the world.

Therefore, Liu Jin has also been silently promoting silver tickets and silver dollars.

There is nothing in the silver dollar, it is real money and silver, it can't be fake, but this silver ticket has a lot of water, and after everyone gets used to it, it will slowly become a currency.

Liu Jin not only intends to implement it on the side of the Wa State, but also in North Korea, in Annam, anyway, in the places where the Ming forces touch in the future, Liu Jin will implement the silver dollars and silver bills of the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty, so that the silver bills and silver dollars of the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty will become the world currency, once this is mastered, there will be endless money to spend in the future.

"This is not too much~"

Emperor Houtu Yumen didn't see anything wrong with this, he heard about the silver dollar and silver ticket, the silver dollar issued by the first bank of the Ming Dynasty was very good, and the silver ticket was also, which could indeed greatly facilitate trade.

If the First Bank of Daming opened a branch on the side of the Ming Dynasty, it would indeed facilitate the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

On the one hand, Emperor Goto Gomon was carefully reading the treaty, and on the other hand, someone was also beginning to send the copied treaty to the shogun, the shogunate minister, and many daimyos.

Everyone also began to look at it carefully, and studied it carefully.

"The first three treaties are not excessive, whether it is the canonization of the Japanese kings, or the reciprocal exchange with each other, or the use of silver dollars and silver tickets, these are all acceptable."

Just looking at the first three treaties, whether it is the shogun, the ministers of the shogunate, and many daimyo also feel that this condition is not too much, not too much at all, and the Ming Dynasty is still very benevolent and righteous to the Japanese country.

The Wawang has no influence, and there is nothing to canonize or not, anyway, in history, the Wawang was also canonized by the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty, and now it is just restored.

Reciprocal exchanges, very good, many Japanese daimyo and businessmen also want to go to the Ming side to do business, the Ming is very big, and very rich, just get something to sell, you can also make a lot of money.

As for the use of silver dollars and silver tickets, this is no problem, many daimyo have silver dollars and silver bills in their hands, the silver dollars and silver bills issued by the first bank of the Ming Dynasty are really good, everyone likes them, and it is also very convenient for trade.

In the past, silver was of different fineness and weight, and it was very troublesome to trade, but now there are silver dollars and silver tickets, which is very convenient.

Everyone nodded, and then looked at the treaty below, and suddenly their faces were ugly.