On this day, the scene of welcoming the envoys of the Celestial Empire was extremely strong, and the scenery was infinite. So much so that many of the daimyo and their retainers present sighed and said.

"This scene will be enough for my grandchildren in the future!"

In fact, even Fang Yizhi had this idea in his heart - the scenes made by these Japanese who have never seen the world are too nondescript.

In order to show the grandeur, the bowl of rice used to entertain Fang Yizhi is made of gold - this is too earthy! In Daming, there is such a way of hospitality.

The Golden Bowl?

Even the Ming nouveau riche can't do such a cheesy thing!

Well, Tokugawa also gave some gifts, all of which were weapons, short knives, guns, etc., which were really different from the brocade and silk sent by Fang Yizhi, and a dozen horses. Anyway, these things are worth as much as giving that golden bowl to the south......

After the banquet, all the other retainers except for the old middle Hotta Masamori retired, and Tokugawa Iemitsu and Fang Yizhi drank tea alone.

Tokugawa Iemitsu asked:

"Angel is the general of Pingyu's army?"

"Exactly."

Fang Yizhi replied.

Tokugawa Iemitsu says:

"My Tang Tongshi in Nagasaki said that General Pingyu is the son of the German domain of Shangguo, and he can lead the fire to kill Hu, and he has not been defeated since he set out on the expedition? I wonder if the angel could have elaborated on it. ”

As a neighbor, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who has been collecting information on the mainland through Tang merchants for many years, naturally does not even know the identity of the prince like the Dutch.

Fang Yizhi smiled and said:

"At the age of nineteen, the general guarded Jinan with 1,000 soldiers, killed no less than 10,000 Jiannu, and killed the puppet Baylor in the army."

Tokugawa Iemitsu clapped his hands and said:

"The general is really a hero in the world!"

Fang Yizhi said again:

"The general led 500 cavalry and annihilated 3,000 Mongolian elite cavalry. Since the great general's expedition, there have been countless such achievements. ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu was dumbfounded, although he had heard Tang Shang mention that the Ming Dynasty had come out with an immortal general, but the fierce general was like this, but it still made them feel incredible.

With 500 horsemen, 3,000 Mongolian elite horsemen were annihilated!

It was a Mongolian cavalry, and perhaps the kamikaze sent Yuankou into the sea, but on the coast, those Mongolian cavalry still left a very deep impression on the Japanese.

Fang Yizhi continued:

"The general led 20,000 troops to the north by sea to invade Liaodong, reverted to Shenyang, killed tens of thousands, took the wives and concubines of Hu Lu's powerful people, Hu Jing was all a piece of red land, even the so-called queen was captured by the general, Hu Chief's prestige has plummeted since then, and now Hu Lu is in civil strife, Hu Shou occupies important places, Hu Chieftain follows North Korea in the east, and both are in panic."

Tokugawa Iemitsu and old Naka Hotta Masamori both gasped. And Fang Yizhi continued without being shocked.

"After the Northern Expedition, the general returned to the division for thousands of miles, defeated the 30,000 elites led by Hu Shou in a row, and annihilated 30,000 of his Hu captives in the Yangtze River, and he was out of the customs in his life! It can be said that "those who offend my heavenly empire will die without a place to be buried!" ””

Tokugawa Iemitsu sighed:

"Sure enough, he is worthy of being a figure in the Celestial Empire, and I can't wait to see it in person!"

The old middle Hotta Masamori was stupid, although he had heard Tang Shang mention it in the past, but at that time he only felt that Tang Shang was inevitably a little exaggerated, but now it is the messenger of the Celestial Empire who said this, and there is naturally no need to doubt what he said, and he suddenly felt that such a character must be the first hero of the Celestial Empire.

Hotta Masamori, who is familiar with the culture of the Celestial Empire, knows that there is a word in the Celestial Empire called "Meritorious Cover Lord", and of course he also knows that there is a sentence in the ancestral teachings of the Celestial Dynasty called "Qing Jun Side, Yasukuni is difficult", and Emperor Yongle became the emperor by relying on these six words. Then this great general will definitely become the emperor in the future.

In fact, compared with the emperor of the Celestial Empire, the Japanese believe in the strong more, and this general is simply an immortal strong!

And Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly admired the general Heiyu inexplicably. He succeeded to the shogun at the age of twenty-nine, but although he was so conceited that he openly challenged the feudal lords at his father's funeral to "if anyone wants to be a shogun, report his name", which silenced all the daimyos. It can be counted that soldiers were used in the pacification of the Shimabara Rebellion, but that battle was not easy. If you take it out and compare it with this master, it seems that you can't take it out at all.

But Hotta Masamori still remembered the matter and asked:

"The general wants to trade with me in Japan?"

方以智 says:

"The general has always valued trade with Japan, and now the Ming Dynasty has no less than 200 merchant ships to and from Japan every year, thanks to the care of Japan, can live in Japan safely, the general is grateful for this."

Thanks a ghost!

Before coming, the general had already told him in person, and even Fang Yizhi's sleeve had already packed an unequal treaty, and this time he took the initiative to come to himself, of course, the big knife was sharpened and sharpened, and he wanted to slaughter it fiercely.

Liberalizing trade is a natural goal – if it is not, it will be in vain.

But the prince wants more! For example, the town of Karato in Nagasaki was turned into a concession like the Bund in Shanghai, which, of course, was not under the jurisdiction of the Ming government, but was managed by the tenants' council, well, and of course, a few more ports were opened, and the ships of the Ming Dynasty could sail freely in the Seto Inland Sea......

"Oh, the general is polite, the subjects of the upper kingdom have come to my lower country, and we should naturally take care of them."

Tokugawa Iemitsu looked quite proud, as if a child had done a good deed and asked for credit in front of adults, waiting for the praise of adults with anticipation.

"The general is polite, but the more great the general, the more he feels that he should not cause trouble to the general, after all, the merchant and sailors will inevitably clash with the Japanese and even the officials, so they should be restrained."

"Trouble? No hassle, no hassle......"

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who only thought that the Ming Dynasty was going to prohibit merchants from sailing, hurriedly said.

"Although there are occasional troublemakers, they have come to Japan from thousands of miles away, and we can understand the hardships of being in a foreign land, and it is natural for us to take care of them."

Restraint?

Da Ming probably wants to ban trade!

What are you kidding, without the silk, iron, herbs and all kinds of goods of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't those daimyo make a fuss, and besides, the shogunate could not do without the silver brought by the monopoly trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Hotta Masamori also hurriedly said:

"It is really an honor for the envoy to report to the general after returning to China and take care of the merchants and sailors of the Celestial Empire, please understand the feelings of the country!"

"No way!"

Shaking his head, Fang Yizhi said.

"When the general came, he heard that there were always Ming people making trouble in Nagasaki, and they would inevitably drink and make trouble when they were prostitutes, and the reason why this was so was because the general blindly took care of it, and even treated it with frankness, so how could the Japanese officials and people not be resentful, so the general thought that this was by no means a long-term solution."

In this era, the Nagasaki government office was indeed open to the Tang merchants, and when there was a conflict with the Japanese, they all asked the Japanese for the reason first, and if the other party was a Japanese civilian, they were often directly punished, of course, this kind of treatment was not only because they were Ming people, the most fundamental reason was that Japan could not do without the goods of the Ming Dynasty, so they would treat merchants and sailors differently, and some treatment was even equivalent to that of samurai.

"So, the general thinks that this matter must be changed!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu and Hotta Masamori looked at Fang Yizhi in amazement, and their hearts were a mixture of flavors.

It's not good for you, general...... It's really too much for Japan, and it's really worthy of the royal clan of the Celestial Empire, and this state of mind can't be compared to ordinary people.

"Then, I wonder how the general is going to change?"

But you can't ban trade!

"Well, the general thinks that in order to prevent the people of the Ming Dynasty from living together with the Japanese in Japan, he should lease a piece of land near the port in the form of a perpetual lease for the Ming merchants to live in, and also to avoid mixed living and trouble."

That's it!

In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu also did this, just like letting the Dutch stay on the island, to put it bluntly, it was also to avoid intermingling, mainly to prevent the Dutch from preaching to the Japanese, but the Tang people can be scattered all over Nagasaki, after all, the Tang people are Tang people, and they can't be generalized.

The general is really thinking about Japan!

However, that doesn't seem like a good thing!

Suddenly, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face became ugly, and he seemed to understand why the general wanted to live in the Tang Shang Central.