In the Hyogo no Tsu port area, outside the Ming garrison area, Hosokawa Masamoto waited quietly with a huge team, and behind him there were a hundred carriages, filled with gold, silver, jewelry, and rare treasures.

Among them, it was used to pay tribute to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and it was also used to bribe the generals of the Ming army, and it was also used to express the apology and apology of the Wa State.

There is no way, I have to come over to sue for peace, and if I continue to fight, the shogunate will really be finished.

Many wealthy clans in the Kanto region were swept away by the army led by Wang Shouren, and they could not protect themselves, and there was no way to send troops to help the shogunate.

Here in the China region, according to the news received by the shogunate, just today, the ancestral land of the Ouchi family, Zhou Fangguo, was broken by the Ming army, Ouchi Yoshiko was killed in battle, and the Ouchi family was basically finished.

The Nizi family and the Maori family had already hooked up with the Ming army for a long time, and now they are eating pot pulp, using wine, food, and beauties to treat the suzerain's heavenly army from afar.

The daimyo of Kyushu and Shikoku were frightened, and the Seto Inland Sea was blocked, so even if they had the heart, they could only rely on the daimyo in the area around the Kyoto area to organize a little strength.

But the shogunate didn't dare to fight anymore at all, and the 5,000 heavy soldiers of Hyogo Nozu were gone in just one day, and if they fought again, tens of thousands of troops would only be killed by the Ming army, so it was better to surrender to the Ming side decisively, preserving the power of their shogunate, and being able to deter the daimyo from all over the country.

Once Kyoto and Muromachi were broken by the Ming army, the last strength of the shogunate was gone, and the Muromachi shogunate era was really over.

"These must have been built of cement, and this cement is really amazing, and it is incredible that such a tall wall has been built in just a few days."

Hosokawa Masamoto looked at the exterior walls outside the Ming army camp, which had been built in the last few days, and with cement and building materials from the ruins of the Hyogo no Tsu port, tens of thousands of troops could easily build a five-meter-high wall.

Naturally, the defensive power cannot be compared with the tall and thick city walls, but with a wall in front of it, coupled with a well-arranged artillery battery, it can still easily defend against the attack of the enemy's army.

"The equipment of the Ming army is so sophisticated, all of them are wearing armor, and the steel spent to build these armors alone is probably not enough for our entire Wa country."

Then Hosokawa Masamoto looked at the neatly arranged Ming army wearing armor, and couldn't help but sigh.

The production of steel in this era was very low, and this was the case with the Ming Dynasty, the same was true of the Wa Kingdom, and even the whole world, and those who could afford to wear armor on the Wa Kingdom were people with status and status, such as daimyos, generals, nobles, etc., and ordinary samurai, ashigaru and the like were not qualified to wear armor at all.

On the one hand, it is because of privilege, but more importantly, because armor is expensive and steel production is scarce, the price of steel is extremely expensive, and it is good for ordinary people to be able to get a katana.

So when he saw that all the Ming soldiers were wearing armor made of steel, he couldn't help but sigh like this.

"Those are artillery~"

Soon, his attention shifted to the cannon face on the surface of the fort, the muzzle of which was covered with cloth, and there were a large number of Ming guards next to it.

In the first battle of Hyogo, he received a detailed report, the Ming army did not have too much contact with you at all, and the artillery on the surface of hundreds of battleships opened fire together, and directly ploughed the entire Hyogo Nozu into the ground.

So for such artillery, Hosokawa Masamoto couldn't help but blush, if he had hundreds of such artillery pieces in his hands, it would not be a matter of catching the Ming Dynasty in various places.

Maybe when the time comes, you can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and finally learn from Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms, and it is not impossible to change the dynasty.

His thoughts drifted a little far, and he thought a little too much.

However, he didn't wait too long, the heavy wooden door was slowly opened in the barracks where the Ming army was stationed, and a group of Ming troops walked with neat steps.

"Envoy of Xuanwei Kingdom~"

Then a eunuch who accompanied the army walked out unhurriedly, looked at Hosokawa Masamoto and the others, tore his throat, and shouted in a sharp voice.

The military system was reformed, and the civilian officials no longer commanded the army, but the eunuchs with the army did not change, and the eunuchs with the army represented the emperor, and their status was still very high, and they had the right to supervise in the barracks.

Hearing this voice, Hosokawa Masato had someone proficient in Chinese around him hurriedly translated, and Hosokawa Masamoto's thoughts were also pulled back to reality, he hurriedly tidied up his clothes slightly, lowered his attitude, and followed in.

In the huge military tent, the British Duke Zhang Mao sat on the main plane with a big grin, and Liu Jin stood on the left.

Soon, Hosokawa Masamoto came here with a few people, and when he saw the British Duke Zhang Mao sitting on the main plane, he hurriedly saluted respectfully and said: "Hosokawa Masamoto, the minister of the Japanese Kingdom, pays a visit to the angel of the country~"

Hosokawa Masamoto led the people bowed deeply to Zhang Mao, his head was very low, and his waist was almost straight.

"No courtesy~ sit down."

Zhang Mao nodded slightly.

(It should be noted here that in the Ming Dynasty, the ritual of kneeling was not popular, except for particularly grand and important events, the general minister did not need to bow to the emperor, ministers, etc., and the most serious thing to bow down was the mite Qing of later generations, no matter what the occasion was, kneel first, so don't complain about why you don't bow down here.) ）

Hearing Zhang Mao's words, Hosokawa Masamoto breathed a sigh of relief slightly, it seems that this British prince seems to be very good at talking, and he has already inquired about Zhang Mao's situation before coming.

After Liu Jin heard Hosokawa Masamoto's words, he also looked at it slightly carefully, this Hosokawa Masagen was a powerful minister, and together with several ministers, he controlled the power of the shogunate and set aside the shogunate's general.

He is one of the real rulers of the shogunate now, but I didn't expect him to come in person.

"Is there something you're doing here?"

Zhang Mao also looked at Hosokawa Masamoto carefully, and then asked lightly.

"The subordinate is here to ask for sin~"

Hosokawa Masamoto replied.

"Please?"

"What are you guilty of?"

Zhang Mao immediately smiled, knowing that he had come to ask for guilt at this time.

"The subordinate is to ask the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Wa State, our shogunate did not restrain the daimyo from all over the country, and offended the national prestige, so that His Majesty the Ming Emperor Long Yan was furious and sent down the heavenly punishment, which is really deserved."

Hosokawa Masamoto said very sincerely, in fact, in the final analysis, this matter was the shogunate on the side of the Wa Kingdom and the wealth of the Ming merchants, levied heavy taxes, ransacked merchant ships, and killed the Ming merchants, so it attracted the thunderous wrath of the Ming Dynasty.

This is not only Hosokawa Masamoto's opinion, but also the entire Wa Kunita at this time.

The Ming Dynasty has always been the suzerainty of the Wa State, the two countries have been friendly for generations, the Ming Dynasty has always been very good to the Wa State, if it is a trivial matter, the Ming Dynasty will not use force against the Wa State.

Now it was the Wa Kingdom itself that first offended the Tianwei of the Ming Dynasty, so it angered the Ming Dynasty.

When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and he had to sigh in his heart, Daming, a good old man, had a very good image in the past.

Of course, there are reasons for this, but the real reason is that these people in the Wa Kingdom have touched the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and the geographical location of the Wa Kingdom is important, and it is a necessary place to go to the Golden Continent.

Coupled with the market and huge gold and silver reserves of the Wa Kingdom, even if there are no such things, sooner or later the Ming side will find an excuse to clean up the Wa Kingdom.

"On behalf of the Wa Kingdom?"

Liu Jin on the side smiled and asked, "Can you represent the Wa Kingdom?" ”

Hosokawa Masato was slightly stunned when he heard Liu Jin's words, and then looked at Liu Jin carefully, Liu Jin was very young and was also wearing a red official uniform.

For Da Ming, he still knows a little bit, and he can still know a thing or two about these officials at different levels wearing different clothes.

The young man in front of him was already a member of the fourth grade when he was young, and he had a bright future, and there were few in the entire Ming Dynasty, and then looked at Zhang Mao next to him, and he didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with what Liu Jin said, and he immediately guessed Liu Jin's identity.

Last year, the champion of the twelfth year of Hongzhi, the celebrity next to the son of today, Liu Jin, the son of a master.

"If you go back to Lord Liu, I should be able to represent the Wa Kingdom."

Hosokawa Masamoto thought about it and said seriously.

"No, you can't represent the Wa Kingdom."

Liu Jin shook his head and said: "As far as I know, there is only one person who can represent your Wa Kingdom from ancient times to the present, and that is your emperor. ”

"Only the Wa King can represent your Wa Kingdom, and as for you, at most, you can only represent your Muromachi Shogunate."

"Judging from the current situation of your Muromachi shogunate, the area controlled by your Muromachi shogunate is only the area around this Kyoto area, and you have no control and influence over the rest of the country."

"In addition, as far as I know, your shogunate's shogun seems to be a puppet, maybe you can't even represent your shogunate, what are you talking about representing the Japanese country?"

What Liu Jin said is reasonable and well-founded, and he bluntly said that you Hosokawa Masato is a powerful minister, and the meaning in his words is also very clear, that is, you are not qualified to represent the Wa Kingdom, but you are qualified to negotiate with our Ming side.

When Zhang Mao on the side heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up slightly, and then he smiled, it would be easy to have Liu Jin here, and he simply gave this Hosokawa Masato a dismissal.

If you want to negotiate peace, you can find someone who can really represent your country, you are not qualified to be a powerful minister at all, and you are not even qualified to negotiate.

"This..."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Hosokawa Masa's face couldn't help but turn red, Liu Jin's words were too direct, directly poking at the current pain points of the shogunate, and also poking at the key point of his Hosokawa Masamoto.

He is indeed a powerful minister, and he is indeed a shogun, and the shogunate is also declining, and he does not have much influence and control over the Japanese state at all.

Naturally, he could not represent the shogunate, and the shogunate could not represent the Japanese state.

"Lord Liu, our shogunate has always been the real ruler of the Wa Kingdom, and although His Majesty the Emperor is the monarch of our Wa Kingdom, he has always not participated in the government affairs, and all affairs are handled by our shogunate."

"As for Lord Liu saying that our shogun is a puppet, this is even more nonsense, our shogun has always been the most supreme and wielding great power, and this time I was also ordered by the general to come over to ask Daming for guilt on behalf of the shogunate."

Hosokawa Masamoto's mind thought quickly.

This powerful minister could not be recognized in any case, no matter what, this shogun is still the supreme leader of the shogunate, and there are still many daimyo in various places who are loyal to the shogun.

He also needs to continue to pretend to be a loyal minister of the shogunate to control the power, and he must not betray the notoriety of the minister, otherwise it will be difficult to clear it in the future.

"I don't care about this, and I'm not interested in paying attention to such trivial matters in your country."

Liu Jin smiled, he didn't care who had the final say in your country.

"If you want to negotiate peace with our Daming, you can~"

"After all, our Ming Dynasty is the suzerainty of your Ming Kingdom, and our Ming Dynasty and the Ming Kingdom have always been friendly for generations, and this time it is also because your Ming Kingdom has offended our Ming Dynasty's Tianwei, so we will come over."

"Our original intention is not to treat your Japanese kingdom well, nor is it to interfere in the internal affairs of your Japanese kingdom, we just want to tell you that those who offend my strong man will be punished even if they are far away!"

Then Liu Jin thought about it and said slowly.

Well, the attitude should still be clear, the status of the suzerainty must still be clear, and the people of the Japanese country must be let know their status, the suzerainty is the suzerain, the vassal state is the vassal state, and the respect and humility must be orderly.

"Then I don't know how adults are willing to negotiate peace?"

Hosokawa Masato heard the meaning of Liu Jin's words, and hurriedly asked.

"If you want peace talks, you must have someone with the same status to come out, let me make a few points."

"First, the king of your Wa Kingdom must personally come to us to ask for guilt and negotiate, and your Wa King must participate, only the negotiation in which he participates, we will recognize it, after all, your Wa King is the Wa King who has been canonized by us, and he is also the monarch of your Wa Kingdom."

"Second, your shogunate must also come over in person to plead guilty and participate in the negotiations, since your shogunate is now the de facto ruler of the Wa Kingdom, then your shogun must come."

"Third, considering that your shogunate's control over the entire Wa Kingdom is very weak now, the agreement signed between your shogunate and our Ming Dynasty may not be recognized by the daimyo in various places, so you Wa King and the shogunate must gather the daimyo from all over the country to come over and participate in the peace talks."

"Only when the kings of your Wa Kingdom, the shogunate generals, and all the daimyo of your Wa Kingdom come over, then this peace negotiation is truly equivalent, so that it can represent the peace talks that your Wa Kingdom and our Ming Dynasty have only seen."

"Otherwise, we will not have any form of peace talks with you, our Ming Dynasty is the suzerainty of your Japanese state, and your Japanese country is our vassal state, I hope you will correct your status and attitude as a Japanese state."

Liu Jin thought about it carefully and also put forward four prerequisites.

If you want to talk, you must let the people who can really speak and represent your Japanese country must come over.

The Wawang was the monarch in the name of the Wa Kingdom, and he accepted the canonization of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty in the Han Dynasty, and also accepted the canonization of the Sui and Tang Emperors in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

For a long time, when the Wa Kingdom got along with the Ming Dynasty, it was also in the name of the Wa King, who was recognized by the Ming Dynasty and the only monarch of the Wa State recognized by the Wa Kingdom.

Negotiations are naturally impossible without the Wa King.

As for the shogun, although the current shogunate shogun Ashikaga Yoshisumi is a puppet, the shogunate is now the nominal de facto ruler after all, and this shogun will not do anything if he does not come.

In order to prevent these Japanese people from not recognizing the agreement signed by the peace talks in the future, Liu Jin also demanded that the daimyo from all over the country must also come to participate in the peace talks, so that they could truly represent the Japanese state whether it was nominal or practical.

At that time, the agreement signed by the two parties can be truly effective.

"Yes, that's how it should be~"

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately nodded solemnly and said.

It is really right to take Liu Jin with him, if Zhang Mao came by himself, it is estimated that if he did not take this layer into account, he would have made peace with Hosokawa Masato in front of him at that time, which is not only to lose his identity, but also to let Da Ming lose his identity.

What he represents now is the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and if he wants to talk to himself, there must be an equivalent person on the side of the Wa Kingdom.

This Hosokawa Masamoto is just a powerful minister, what qualifications does he have to represent the Wa Kingdom, and what qualifications does he have to negotiate peace with him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mao couldn't help but give Liu Jin a thumbs up in his heart.

Liu Jin felt the change in Zhang Mao, and also smiled slightly.

This kind of thing is basically inertia in later generations, and the exchanges between countries pay attention to reciprocity, and there are many things that need to be paid attention to in diplomacy, and this kind of operation can only be regarded as a basic operation.

Of course, Liu Jin's request was a bit embarrassing for the shogunate, because the shogunate itself had weak control over the Japanese state, and the shogunate's orders were ignored by the daimyo everywhere, and it was not easy to want the daimyo from all over the country to come over to negotiate.

But this is the rule, the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain, and the Wa State is a vassal state, which is considered the relationship between the monarch and the minister, so this shelf must be put up, and if there is no person with the same status to come, it will definitely not talk about anything with them.

If you want to ask for guilt, you can, let your Wa King and the shogun come over together, they don't come, it's all nonsense, what qualifications do you have as a powerful minister to ask for guilt, what qualifications do you have to represent the Wa Kingdom, and what qualifications do you have to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Wa Kingdom.

We don't even recognize you.

"This..."

After listening to this, Hosokawa Masato suddenly sweated on his forehead, this Liu Jin in front of him was really too difficult, it was just a negotiation, and he pulled out a lot of things.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that what Liu Jin said is not wrong, the identities of Zhang Mao and Liu Jin are here, they can represent the Ming Dynasty, and he Hosokawa Masato can represent the Wa Kingdom?

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