Wang Jingcheng. Sungkyunkwan, inside the main hall of the Temple of Literature.

The peace negotiations between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom officially kicked off.

On either side of a rectangular wooden table sat representatives from both sides involved in the conference and negotiation.

The personnel of the Ming Dynasty were: Shen Weijing (Parliament and Envoy), General Xie Yongzi (Deputy Envoy) of the Ming Army in Korea, Xu Yiyi (Deputy Envoy of Parliament) and Deputy Envoy of the Ming Army in Korea, Xie Yuan (Translator), and Shi Lang (Representative of Jinyiwei).

The personnel of the Japanese state were: Ishida Mitsunari (chief military commissioner, negotiation envoy), Masuda Nagamori (military commissioner, deputy negotiation envoy), Yoshitaka Otani (military commissioner, deputy negotiation envoy), Konishi Yukinaga (commander-in-chief of the first army of the Japanese invasion of Korea), Keizu Gensu (translator), and Mieko Kato (ninja representative).

All three military commissioners were Toyotomi Hideyoshi's confidants, and they were the three powerful figures sent to Korea by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to effectively supervise the various units of the Japanese army stationed in Korea. All the generals of the Japanese army, including Ukita Hideya, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army that invaded Korea, were subject to the supervision of the three military commissioners.

Shi Lang sat in the outermost position on Shen Weijing's right, and across from him happened to be sitting Mieko Kato. On such a solemn occasion, because of the special identity and status of the two, it is inconvenient to greet and reminisce. The two men just nodded to each other before getting ready to take their seats.

Shen Weijing had just sat down in the middle of the side where the Ming side was located, and immediately found Mieko Kato, who was sitting opposite Shi Lang. He didn't know that the Kato sisters were twins, and thought that it was Michiko Kato sitting opposite.

Shen Weijing quickly threw a wink at Mieko Kato. Mieko Kato was very disgusted by this unusual move made by the Ming negotiation envoy to her, and she glared at Shen Weijing fiercely.

"This woman, why do you turn her face and don't recognize people?" Seeing Mieko Kato's cold gaze, a trace of unhappiness flashed through Shen Weijing's heart.

"First of all, on behalf of all our personnel attending the meeting, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the envoys of the Ming Kingdom who have traveled thousands of miles to Wang Jing!" After receiving the nod and encouragement of Ishida Mitsunari, the envoy of the negotiations, President Konishi was the first to welcome the envoy.

Several Japanese representatives applauded symbolically.

"Thank you! On behalf of all the envoys, I would like to thank the Japanese side for their hospitality. I sincerely hope that our negotiations will have a good outcome. Let me now introduce the people involved in this peace negotiation. After Shen Weijing gave a speech of thanks, he introduced the Ming personnel on the scene to the other party one by one.

On the Japanese side, Governor Konishi briefed the representatives involved in the negotiations to the envoys one by one.

After President Konishi's introduction, the negotiations on the Japanese side made Ishida Mitsunari begin to speak: "Wouldn't it be nice to have friends from afar? In order to welcome the like-minded friends from afar, we are extremely happy to choose this temple as the venue for our two meetings and negotiations.

"I hope that both of us can treat each other with 'courtesy' in the heart of 'benevolence' and 'righteousness', give full play to our wisdom and wisdom, and carry out the negotiations with an attitude of sincerity, 'trust' and non-deception.

"All of them are brothers. Daming and our Wa Kingdom can completely turn hostility into jade silk and become good brothers and friends. Hehe. ”

Known for his loyalty, benevolence, and resourcefulness, Ishida Mitsunari put Confucius's "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith" on the table as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, the reason why Ishida Mitsunari brought out the theory of Confucius as his opening remarks was completely in response to the situation. The main point of his passage is actually in the last two sentences. Look at the last two sentences

It seems to be polite and plain, but it is clearly to raise the status of the Wa State to the height of "brothers" and "friends" on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty.

Regarding Ishida Mitsunari's soft and rigid remarks, Shen Weijing, who had no ink on his chest, naturally couldn't hear the mystery in it. He thought that the other party's words were nothing more than some clichéd kind words. As a tribute, Shen Weijing was ready to open his mouth to be polite.

Xie Yuan, who was sitting on Shen Weijing's left, immediately heard the mystery in Ishida Sancheng's words, he glanced at Shen Weijing's stupid and smiling reaction, and knew that Shen Weijing, who was a person in the market, did not hear the meaning of the other party's words at all.

So, Xie Yuan spoke before Shen Weijing opened his mouth and said: "The old gentleman's theory of 'benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith' has refreshed my ears. It seems that you still have some understanding of Confucius's Confucianism.

"It's just that our Confucian theory also advocates the 'distinction between China and Yi'." The distinction between Hua and Yi, also known as the distinction between Yi and Xia, is used to distinguish between China and barbarians.

"We Chinese people live in the Central Plains and are the center of civilization. Therefore, the concept of ethnic discrimination based on Chinese etiquette and righteousness gradually emerged. Distinguish groups of people by etiquette, not by race. Those who are in line with Chinese etiquette and are intimate with Zhuxia are Huaxia, and those who do not conform are barbarians and foreigners.

"Your Japanese state raised troops to invade our Ming vassal Korea, this kind of behavior can hardly be said to be in line with the etiquette of our Chinese good-neighborliness and friendship, and the Ming Dynasty has never had any contact with your Japanese state. Therefore, compared to the Ming Dynasty, your Wa Kingdom can only be regarded as a barbarian and a foreigner at best. And you dare to call me a brother and a brother, and call yourself a friend, this is really beyond your strength. ”

Xie Yuan's words suddenly made the atmosphere of the scene tense. The first to stand up and attack the Ming envoy was Mieko Kato. I saw her stand up "ho", pointed at Xie Yuan, and shouted: "Bold and enlightened, dare to despise us, call us barbarians, and turn outsiders." Believe it or not, I'm going to kill you right now. ”

Seeing that Mieko Kato challenged Xie Yuan, Shi Lang slapped the table with a "snap", stood up, and shouted at Mieko Kato: "How can my Ming envoy allow you to be humiliated at will!" ”

"Don't get excited, everyone. We are here today to negotiate peace, not to fight. Alright, alright, sit down and deflat. Seeing the tension between the two sides, Konishi quickly opened his mouth to play a round.

Mieko Kato and Shi Lang had to sit back in their places.

"This little brother seems to be very knowledgeable. When I have the chance, I will definitely ask you for advice. However, our theme today is peace talks, so I think we should hurry up and get straight to the point. As soon as Ishida Mitsunari opened his mouth, he lost at the hands of a yellow-haired boy, although he was a little unwilling in his heart, but wisely, he quickly adjusted his mentality and led the issue to negotiate peace.

Although Shen Weijing did not fully understand what Xie Yuan said, he obviously felt that Xie Yuan had the upper hand in the verbal swords with the Japanese people. Shen Weijing felt a little embarrassed.

In order to reverse the embarrassing situation, after listening to Ishida Sansei's speech, Shen Weijing immediately said: "Originally, my Ming Dynasty had already deployed millions of troops on the border of Liaodong, preparing to increase troops in North Korea, quickly resolve the Korean war, and sweep you out of the entire territory of Korea.

"But at this moment, I received your beggars and letters. I care about all living beings in the world, so I didn't give the order to send troops.

"In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty, North Korea and your Japanese kingdom from suffering from war again, the Holy Lord specially ordered me to negotiate peace with you for the sake of peace talks. As long as you are unconditional

Withdraw from the entire territory of North Korea and return the two captured Korean princes, I can completely ignore the past and let you live. Otherwise, you do so at your own risk. ”

"Hahaha! Envoy, you underestimate us too much. I think that hundreds of thousands of my soldiers swept through almost the entire territory of Korea in just a few months. Our Taige Lord is even more far-sighted, far-sighted, and strategic. You don't want to think about it, how can we be bluffed by you with a few big words. Ishida Mitsunari laughed a few times and said.

"Your so-called hundreds of thousands of male soldiers can also bully and bully the weak little North Korea, but once you meet our Daming Xiongshi, you will only suffer defeat. Take the Battle of Pyongyang as an example, if it weren't for my Daming Net, I'm afraid that more than 10,000 people of your First Army would have been wiped out. Isn't it? Konishi Yukinaga-kun. Although Shen Weijing didn't have any ink on his chest, his kung fu in fighting with words was still good, and his words made President Konishi, who was sitting at the scene, blush.

"Envoys, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers. Although Konishi Jun was defeated by Pyongyang, there were still more than 100,000 Japanese warriors in Wangjing. In the Korean provinces south of Wangjing, there are hundreds of thousands of our troops occupying important places. Da Ming really wants to fight to the death with us, I see who the deer will die, it's really hard to say. Ishida Mitsunari said.

"Not to mention other local powers, yes, there are indeed more than 100,000 of your troops in Wangjing City, but these hundreds of thousands of mouths are for food. The granary of Longshan was burned, I really don't know how many days you can last. Shen Weijing did not give up, and continued to expose the other party's shortcomings.

"Envoy, let me remind you that we are here to negotiate peace today, not to quarrel." Shen Weijing's words made Yoshitaka Ohtani, who was sitting on the right side of Ishida Sansei, unable to sit still, he stood up abruptly and said to Shen Weijing angrily.

"Otani-kun, don't get excited. Sit down. Ishida Mitsunari raised his hand and patted Yoshitaka Ohtani on the shoulder, then turned to Shen Weijing and said, "Since you put forward your peace conditions, then we will also state our conditions." Quite simply, we have four conditions:

"One, the Ming Dynasty must marry a princess to the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom as a concubine; Second, the Ming State opened the market to trade with the Japanese State; Third, Korea ceded the four southern provinces to the Japanese state; Fourth, Korea sent a prince and a minister to the Wa Kingdom as hostages. ”

In fact, Shen Weijing knew about the negotiation conditions on the side of the Japanese state through Michiko Kato the day before the negotiation. At that time, as soon as he heard these four conditions, Shen Weijing was immediately stunned. His first reaction at that time was: he was dead.

It is impossible for Shen Weijing to meet these four conditions, he does not have this right. But then Michiko Kato's words reminded him. yes, I can't do it myself, that's for sure. But that's okay. Isn't there a huge backer behind him?

After thinking about it all night last night, Shen Weijing finally figured out that in fact, the Japanese people controlled themselves by drugging, and they didn't fancy their so-called title of peace envoy at all. What they value is the special relationship between themselves and the huge backer behind them. They wanted to control themselves to blackmail themselves into using that backer to meet their harsh conditions.

Since this is the case, there is no need for me to make a clear statement on the terms of the peace proposed by the Japanese side at tomorrow's peace meeting.

Shen Weijing, who had figured it out, suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and he also thought of a way to deal with it, that is, to delay as much time as possible in the negotiation.

Shen Weijing believes that dragging is undoubtedly the best response he can come up with at present.