said that if you don't get drunk, you won't return, but in fact, it's true, those little devils who are used to drinking sake are almost in their original form without drinking a few glasses when they face Chinese liquor, Jiang Tian saw that he quickly asked the two envoys to take away so as not to lose his dignity, and he still knelt on the mat and poured himself a drink.

"Sir, they're all gone!" Seeing that Jiang Tian didn't mean to get up, the pervert leaned over and whispered, "Is there a good plan for the enemy?" ”

Jiang Tian shook his head: "It's not allowed to give enough benefits, it's difficult to let the shogunate open this opening, they are afraid that other daimyo will pose a threat to themselves after they get foreign aid, so I've been thinking, what can they be impressed?" ”

"Weapons!" The pervert seems to be confident about this: "Since there are so many opponents, do you think they can buy more swords, guns, swords, halberds or something?" ”

Jiang Tian still shook his head: "At this time, there is no major battle within the Wa Kingdom, and the need for weapons is not urgent. ”

"That'...... What about silk and satin? ”

"Only the aristocracy can afford it, and the sales volume will not be too large. In fact, what they lack most is land, but there is basically no place for them to expand in the surrounding area, and even if they want to, I will not mention this, and besides, they still occupy the Ryukyu Kingdom. ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, no wonder that guy named Baoke Zhengli can calm down."

"It seems that we still have to find ......a breakthrough from within them," Jiang Tian said, looking up at Liu Baokai.

"What's wrong?" The pervert is a little confused and doesn't know what to look at.

"Pull me, my leg is numb!"

Early the next morning, Jiang Tian entered the Ouchi with the palace waist card, under normal circumstances, even if your brand is hard enough, it is not something you can see if you want to see the emperor, but Jiang Tian not only didn't wait long, but he entered the imperial study in front of other officials waiting to be seen. The scholars in the cabinet looked at each other, although they didn't have anything important, but how could this Lord Jiang's face be bigger than the entire cabinet? Then it was another whole morning, and no one knew what the emperor said to Jiang Tian and what Jiang Tian reported. I only heard that it seems to be about this negotiation with the Japanese country.

For Jiang Tian, last night's show-style banquet can only be regarded as an appetizer before the big meal, and the next step is the highlight of the substantive negotiations. But the two Japanese couldn't figure out what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. Through the conversation, they can be sure that Jiang Tian is an official who is familiar with Japan in the whole of China, not only knows the current political situation, but even has some living habits. The emperor thought that if he lowered his posture and touted the Celestial Empire, he might be able to win the voucher for trade. The shogunate also thought that a few words of confrontation would make them angry and would inevitably refuse to trade with the emperor. But after a night of talking nonsense, they realized that the man in front of them was not the kind of traditional Chinese official who cared about false names, and he must have other demands or terms lurking behind him. Whatever his request is, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as previously thought.

These people guessed and didn't know how Jiang Tian would play his cards, so they had to wait patiently for the first time, and wait until the formal talks began before seeing each other. But waiting and waiting, Jiang Tian didn't move here, and there was no definite news for more than ten days. Could it be that the negotiations are going to be postponed indefinitely? In the past two days, Jiang Tian has been handing over the teaching aids brought by Song Yi, and he has to arrange the division and redecoration of the classroom, so he naturally has no time to pay attention to the Japanese. But this is not to say that he is derelict in his duties, on the contrary, in the past few days, he has been entrusting Liu Baokai to keep an eye on this group of little devils, what they do every day, what they eat, what they buy, and what they play, all of which must be recorded in detail.

"How is Fujiwara-sama doing?" As soon as he entered the door, Jiang Tian went straight to the emperor's representative, and happened to see the other party drinking tea: "Oh, it turns out that you are so elegant, it just so happens that I have two taels of tea rewarded by the palace here, and you and I will taste it together." ”

The one named Fujiwara hurriedly echoed: "I didn't expect that Your Excellency is also a good tea person, but I am disrespectful here." ”

After the two sides sat down, because there were no conditions, it was impossible to replicate the verbose process of the Japanese tea ceremony, and the two people just sat down and drank tea with a bowl.

"Hmm...... What a good tea! Fujiwara sincerely admired: "It is worthy of being a royal thing in the palace, and the tea I bought is far from it." ”

Jiang Tianxin said, Have you ever seen good tea? I said that you believe it in the palace! This is actually taken from Boss Zhao, of course, it is also the choice of the high-quality tea. According to the information sent back by the pervert, this guy named Fujiwara Kaminaka is extremely good tea, and he often asks his entourage to go out to buy it, but he is reluctant to buy high-end goods, so Jiang Tian started with him, and he started from a hobby.

"To be honest, there is an unwritten rule in the Central Plains that what is paid tribute to the emperor cannot be the best, so this tea is not rare."

"Oh! And this kind of rule? ”

As soon as they chatted, the two sides gradually let go, especially some of the experiences in the Central Plains and the allusions in the tea ceremony, which can be regarded as favorites. This is not over, and gradually talk about some allusions to the Central Plains, especially how the civil officials suppressed the warriors under the virtual emperor system of the former Ming Dynasty, and finally the current emperor had to rebel in order to keep the fruits of victory.

After this big set, I don't know how many cups of tea have been changed, but it can be seen that the little man on the other side listened very seriously, although the status of the emperor in Japan is transcendent, but there is no difference between the shogun and the rebellion, the emperor not only can't control the government, but even his own private money is held in his hands, and the money every year is not as much as some slightly bigger daimyos.

Jiang Tian then changed his words: "It is because the Son of Heaven of my dynasty has seen these lessons in history that he wants to find another way to create a path that is different from that of his predecessors. It just so happened that the Emperor of your country had sent your Excellency here, and His Majesty had agreed to trade in consideration of the fact that the two countries had not been able to communicate with each other for a long time, which was really contrary to the harmonious relations between neighbors. For our country, it really doesn't matter whether we trade from other countries, if it can promote exchanges between the two countries and enhance the friendship between the two countries, it is really higher than the annual transaction of several million taels. ”

Fujiwara hurriedly agreed, and slogans such as the friendship between the two sides lasted forever were not less. He is not a fool, from the other party's words, it is obvious to get some information, that is, the other party keeps saying that this is only for good-neighborliness, in fact, the most important thing is the number of several million taels of silver, which can cause a shock in any country, so he is also a little skeptical that there can be such a large transaction volume.

Of course, Jiang Tian is talking nonsense, it is almost the same as Japan can have a few hundred thousand taels a year, but as a future person, he knows very well that the value of foreign trade is not the same as the figure that stimulates domestic demand, and the surplus value generated by the creation of jobs cannot be measured by these hundreds of thousands, so it is not wrong to say that it is several million.

"I just didn't expect it......" Jiang Tian paused deliberately: "The general of your country would actually use such a method, and would rather not make money himself than let the emperor make money!" ”

Fujiwara's eyes sharpened, he didn't know that the other party deliberately said this, how could a person who is familiar with Japan's national conditions be so emotional. The point is what does he want? He never believes in any kind nonsense, let alone pie in the sky, as long as the other party's price is right, some things are not impossible to discuss.

Jiang Tian looked at his reaction and said: "To be honest, the production of your country is not barren, but His Majesty the Emperor is not as good as an old man in the Tokugawa family, why is this?" It's not because of the consequences of leaving the Central Plains for too long and not reading the books of the sages that those martial artists hold the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, it just so happens that some Confucian scholars in our country now have a lot of Confucianism, and they can't always figure out the holy will to make Your Majesty look upset, so it is better to send them to your country to spread the rituals, so that the people's hearts can be turned to the king! ”

Fujiwara laughed and laughed very happily, not because he welcomed these Confucian scholars, but because he thought he had mastered the hole cards of the Central Plains Imperial Court. Since he landed, he sent people to inquire about all aspects of the current Chinese dynasty, and also knew that many loyal ministers of the former Ming Dynasty were unwilling to recognize this emperor, and those who should be killed were also exiled, but they had not suppressed the opposition of the people, so they wanted to throw these people to Japan, anyway, even if they made a fuss across the sea, it was impossible to threaten the Central Plains. It is no wonder that the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be removed and replaced by the emperor's junior brother, and if someone else says that the news will be leaked first.

After laughing, Fujiwara put on a heartache expression: "Lord Jiang is worthy of being a model of the scholars of the Central Plains, and he has never forgotten to spread the doctrine of the saints, my generation is really ashamed, and His Majesty the Emperor will definitely welcome the famous people of the Central Plains to give lectures, but I am not afraid that Your Excellency will laugh, our country is barren and poor, and ordinary officials do not have many collections of books, how can they be enlightened?" ”

"It's easy to do!" Jiang Tianxin said that you finally took the bait: "I was sent by His Majesty today to study the method of rapid printing, and fortunately I have achieved a small success, so in the future, this book in the Central Plains may be cheaper than this tea." ”

Fujiwara hurriedly hit the snake with the stick: "I didn't know that Your Excellency still has such talent, so I don't know if I can give some to my country, that is, can the method of printing be taught to my country in the same way?" ”

Jiang Tian happily agreed: "No problem, originally His Majesty had this plan, and the lead movable type can also be given to His Majesty the Emperor, and whatever books you want to print in the future, you can print them yourself." It's just that I don't know if Brother Fujiwara has a countermeasure on the shogunate's side? ”

"This ......" After talking about the actual problem, the little devil who was still elated just now wilted: "It's not a secret, now Emperor Hou Mizuo still has a bad relationship with the shogunate, and as for how to move them, the lower officials can't do anything." ”

"Huh! This is not true, although they disregard the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers, but the emperor is still the emperor after all, and they still have to give at least some face, but the annual share may have to be conceded to some of it! ”

Fujiwara thought to himself that if he could establish a stable trade to make money for the palace family, it would already be a great achievement, and besides, they also promised to give away a set of the latest lead type, if in the future, Japanese books can be printed as well as the Central Plains, and the emperor can make a lot of money just by selling books, as for whether the Tokugawa family will share the bulk of the trade, it is not up to his side to have the final say, anyway, it is not that he can't earn a penny before.

"In this way, I also understand Lord Jiang's painstaking efforts, and then Master Lao is in charge."

Jiang Tian wanted this sentence, and for a while, the guests and hosts talked happily. If it were to be placed in later generations, then this sentence should be written: On a certain day, the crown prince and special envoy for foreign affairs, Jiang Tian, the crown prince and special envoy for foreign affairs, cordially met with Fujiwara Kaminaka, the special envoy of the Japanese emperor, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse......

It's easy to get it here, because the emperor is like making money, and it's not so easy on the Tokugawa side, so the next day Jiang Tian found Hoshina Masashi again, but he saw that the other party was packing his luggage.

"What is the reason for this?" Jiang Tian pretended to be surprised and asked, "But this post house is not well entertained?" ”

The other party also knew how to be polite, and hurriedly and sincerely denied it: "It's not that your country is not well entertained, but that the contemptible duty has ended, and he will return to the country in the near future." ”

Of course, Jiang Tian knew that the other party was retreating, and if he planned to leave, he would have left early, and he would not wait until I came to the door today before you packed your luggage: "In this case, the official is negligent, I don't know when you will leave, I can also prepare some small gifts to give away!" ”

Seeing that the other party had no intention of keeping at all, Bao Ke Zhengli was a little confused, according to his investigation, Zhonghua should be happy to switch on and off trade, why doesn't this surnamed Jiang care about his return to China?

Jiang Tian didn't let him hesitate for too long, and immediately said: "Yesterday I also promised Lord Fujiwara to give your Emperor Xià some books and the latest lead printing, and then I heard that Lord Hoshina is also a fan of books, I wanted you to appreciate it at that time, since you want to leave, I'm afraid you won't have this opportunity." ”

"Lead type! But Mr. Jiang, the lead type you invented a few days ago? As soon as he heard his hobby, Bao Ke Zhengli couldn't care about being reserved and hurriedly asked: "I don't know how many sets of lead characters your country wants to give?" ”

Jiang Tian stretched out a finger: "One set!" China has just invented this thing, and the output is extremely limited, so I don't want to send more. ”

Baoke Zhengli knew that he was a little out of shape, but he was anxious. This man is different from Fujiwara Uechu, he likes to collect all kinds of books in China, whether it is the Four Books and the Five Classics or vernacular novels, and even some miscellaneous memorables, and even good at collecting information from books, otherwise Tokugawa would not have sent this person to Middle-earth with confidence, and his other mission is also to collect all kinds of books for the nobles in Japan, especially those who are close to the Tokugawa family. So after entering the capital, he soaked in the shops of major booksellers almost every day, and over time he heard a lot of rumors about Jiang Tian, especially the lead movable type was used to print new enlightenment books, he was fortunate to get a copy, looking at the clear and sophisticated printing, he knew that the Central Plains once again surpassed Japan in the printing industry, if the book can be printed in large quantities and cheaply, and the quality can be guaranteed, what kind of impact will it have on society. If the emperor got this printing technique......

"Lord Jiang, if it's convenient, I also want to buy a set of your country's lead characters, I don't know what the price is?"

"This ......" Jiang Tian looked embarrassed: "It's not a secret, this lead type itself is not valuable, but it is not easy to prepare, and there are only two sets in the palace, and now one set has been sent out, and the remaining set cannot be shot again no matter what." ”

Baoke Zhengli seemed a little disappointed, for a bookworm, the most intolerable thing is to see a book and not get it, at this time he didn't care about etiquette and continued to ask: "Then if there is a chance in the future, can you sell it?" ”

Jiang Tian thought about it very seriously: "Originally, the lead movable type was to be sold to the book clubs in the world, so that they could obtain a means that could be printed in large quantities. Naturally, there is no problem in selling you a set, but you are already going back to China, can you wait until that day? ”

This is a very realistic question, you are about to leave, and if there is no agreement, Japan will still be closed to the rest of the country, and even if there are better goods in the Central Plains, there will be no way to sell them to you.

Just when Baoke was stunned, Jiang Tian said to himself: "In fact, the so-called closure of the country has not been implemented in the Central Plains, but it has never been completely successful. ”

The other party didn't speak, but listened carefully: "I'm afraid that I'm just going to close myself off, but others are secretly trading on the beach, and when the time comes, those coastal daimyo will grow stronger and stronger, but the Tokugawa family will gradually decline......"

Before Jiang Tian finished speaking, Baoke had already heard it clearly, after all, his own family knew his own affairs better, and the Shimazu family, the overlord of Kyushu, had enough conditions to disobey the yang and the yin, if they were allowed to contact those smugglers in private, it was indeed only the shogunate who suffered. What's more, the emperor obviously wants to hug the thighs of the Central Plains, and no matter how strong he is on his side, the most he will do is to change the emperor, but now that there are two emperors, do you want to add another one?

Jiang Tian can see that the other party is shaking, and sometimes the tactics that he likes do not necessarily have to come up with practical things, and the effect that the other party wants but can't get is more direct: "Actually, trade does not necessarily shake the position of the Tokugawa family, our country is in ruins, and many places need to be defended by an army, if your country has a surplus of samurai to come to China on errands, on the one hand, it can reduce the unstable elements within the other country, and on the other hand, it can gradually weaken the basis used by those careerists to resist the rule, If the tyrannical daimyo didn't have enough samurai under them, who would be able to rebel? ”

Baoke, who had already been fooled, naturally asked: "Can Master Jiang explain ...... in detail?"

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