The negotiations between the Ming Dynasty and the Tokugawa Shogunate, as a regime that ruled over a population of nearly 20 million, were not as powerful as the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Dynasty, but they were arguably stronger than the Jin State.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate was frightened by the naval strength of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army could not go ashore, and the Tokugawa shogunate only had 60,000 or 70,000 flag samurai in the Edo area, plus the soldiers and horses of the pro-domain, the pedigree daimyo and the foreign daimyo, Japan could mobilize at least more than 400,000 troops, so it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to start a war with the Tokugawa shogunate.

However, although the Tokugawa shogunate was invincible on the island, it had no way to take the Ming army at sea, the Ming army could bombard Edo at sea, but the Tokugawa shogunate could not attack the Ming army, and the Ming army could use Edo Castle and the Japanese coast as a threat, and the Tokugawa shogunate could only negotiate softly.

The two sides began to negotiate, the Ming Dynasty first asked the Tokugawa Shogunate to recognize the "Mingsa Treaty" between the Ming Dynasty and the Satsuma Domain, and then asked the Tokugawa Shogunate to add Kagoshima, Nagato, Tosa, and Owari as treaty ports, plus the original Nagasaki exactly five ports of trade, and then also asked for permission for Ming Dynasty merchants to enter Japan trade, allow Ming Dynasty merchants to open mines in Japan, and asked for negotiations on tariff issues, and also proposed that Ming Dynasty merchants break the law, and the shogunate needs to be handed over to the Ming Dynasty to deal with.

The Satsuma Shogunate was defeated before signing the "Minsa Treaty", and lost the autonomy of tax rates and justice, and the Tokugawa shogunate, as a sovereign and complete government, was unwilling to recognize the "Minsa Treaty", so naturally it would not accept the conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

Qian Bingjian and Wu Shizhao mentioned this, but they were actually bluffing, first raising the price, and then making concessions, in exchange for the Tokugawa shogunate first recognizing the legitimacy of the "Mingsa Treaty" and then negotiating trade with the Tokugawa shogunate.

Satsuma had already signed the "Minsa Treaty", and although the shogunate was extremely dissatisfied, it could only recognize it, but although the legality of the "Minza Treaty" was confirmed, the trade negotiations with the shogunate reached an impasse.

More than ten days passed in a flash, and the Ming fleet was exhausted, and Man Dazhuang could only leave Qian Bingjian and Wu Shizhao in Edo to continue negotiations, while he led the fleet to return to the Ming Dynasty first.

Although the Ming fleet was gone, the Tokugawa shogunate was not relieved by this, but was very nervous, because when he left, he told Qian Bingjian and the shogunate officials that he would lead a larger fleet to Edo next year to receive the mission back to China.

When the Ming Dynasty was planning to open up the market and enrich the treasury, as the opponents of the Ming Dynasty, the Jin State and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not rest, but made their own changes and preparations.

On the Manchu side, Dolgon was busy copying the Ming army's self-made guns and casting artillery, but the effect was not ideal, although the Ministry of Industry produced samples, but could not be manufactured on a large scale, and the Manchus lacked enough craftsmen.

He received information from the sticky pole and knew that the Ming Dynasty Ministry of Industry had a large number of Xiyi to work for it, so he recruited the Jesuit missionary John Tang who was stranded in Beijing, and entrusted him to help the Qing Dynasty recruit Xiyi craftsmen who could cast cannons and make guns.

After the Jin State lost Sichuan, Haoge finally understood his own catties, understood that he could not fight Dorgon, nor could he defeat the Ming Dynasty, and the national policy of the entire Jin State was once again turned to westward expansion.

Fortunately, Sichuan has been continuously transfused to Guanzhong in the past few years, so that the originally dilapidated Guanzhong can barely be self-sufficient and gradually recover its vitality, otherwise there will inevitably be a food shortage in Jinguo.

After Haoge returned to Xi'an, the national policy of the Jin State was once again changed to the management of the Western Regions, but the Jin State was not ready to attack the Yarkand Han State, and the Moxi Mongols began to move.

The Jin State had previously destroyed the Oirat Mongols entrenched in Qinghai, and had already formed a great enmity with the Moxi Mongol tribes, and the Junggar Mongols had long wanted to find trouble with the Jin State, but later the Manchu Qing Dynasty attacked the Moxi Mongols and attracted the attention of the Jungars, so the two sides did not fight.

After the Manchus confronted the Ming Dynasty across the Huai River in the south, Dolgon shifted his attention to the northwest, preparing to take control of Mobei Mongolia and destroy Moxi Mongolia.

Last year, the Jungger Department entered the Kou Manchu Qing Dynasty, but did not get a bargain, but suffered a lot of losses.

This year, the Jungar Detective heard the news of the defeat of the Jin State in Sichuan, and felt that it was possible, so it was very likely to change the direction of the invasion.

After the defeat in Sichuan, Haoge returned to Xi'an, and the political situation of the Jin State underwent a violent turmoil, and the Han officials led by Han Chaoxuan, Kong Wenfu, and Meng Qiaofang took advantage of the situation to cause chaos, forcing Haoge to remove the power of Jierharang and others, and the Han officials gradually mastered the Jin court.

The original Manchu-Han balance of the Jin State was broken, and Hauge had to adopt the strategy of using the Han to divide the Han ministers, causing them to fight each other to ensure the stability of his own throne.

Wu Sangui became a force that Haoge relied on, and in addition to Wu Sangui, Sun Kewang, who surrendered to the Jin State, was also reused by Haoge.

Haoge didn't know that Sun Kewang was an ambitious person, and it was best to kill this kind of person directly to prevent future troubles, but now Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan and others in the DPRK are dominant, and most of the people have been squeezed out of the court, so Haoge has to leave Sun Kewang.

Sun Kewang is a foreign surrendering force, coupled with his background, he will definitely not be able to play with Han Chaoxuan and other Han gentry, and will inevitably be excluded by Han Chaoxuan and others, if he wants to gain a foothold in the Jin country, he can only rely on Haoge, and Haoge also needs him to contain Han Chaoxuan's faction, so it has become inevitable to reuse Sun Kewang.

When Sun Kewang surrendered to the Jin State, only more than 1,000 people remained, and Hauge did not disperse his men and horses, but handed over 10,000 horses belonging to the Han gentry to him.

This is to strengthen Sun Kewang's strength and weaken the strength of Meng Qiaofang, the king of Yongping, and the second is to let him fight with Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan and others to achieve the goal of dividing Hanchen.

Haoge's move really caused Meng Qiaofang and Han Chaoxuan to counterattack, Sun Kewang couldn't stay in Xi'an, Haoge could only make him the king of Guiyi, and supervise the military and political affairs west of Jiayuguan, guarding Dunhuang, Guazhou, Hamiwei, Anxi, Yumen and other places.

These places are basically the newly acquired land of the Jin State, which was originally controlled by Turpan and the Mongols, and the power is intertwined, and the beliefs are complex, some believe in the Green Religion, some believe in the Yellow Religion, and the Han people in Huhua, which are difficult to control.

After Sun Kewang arrived in Guanxi, he placed the place of the festival in Guazhou, and began to govern this land of hundreds of miles in Guanxi.

After he arrived in Guazhou, he first drove several Rinpoche of the Yellow Sect back to Tibet, and then suppressed the Green Sect, stipulating that the Han, Mongolian, Hui, and Tibetan people in the Hexi Corridor must abide by the laws of the Jin State, and all sects are not allowed to collect taxes and require believers to donate, and all residents of the Hexi Corridor must pay taxes to the Jin State.

He did this, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of religion and some large tribes, but what Sun Kewang was best at was eating big households and fighting local tyrants.

Sun Kewang is not afraid that they will make trouble, he is afraid that they will not make a sound, once they make trouble, he will have an excuse to use force, and once he uses force, then he will ask for money and money, grain and grain, and be able to open up the situation in the Hexi Corridor.

If he used this trick in Guanzhong, he would definitely be sprayed to death by Han Chaoxuan and other Han ministers, and he wanted to kill him quickly, but he did it in the Hexi Corridor, but it did not affect the interests of the Han gentry, so there were not many people who objected.

Sun Kewang exterminated the two disobedient tribes with thunderous means, and then killed several religious leaders, changed the original Hauge's loose religious policy, and shocked the Hexi tribes with ruthless means, and slowly integrated the originally loose Hexi land.

After the initial integration, Sun Kewang began to resume animal husbandry, distributing the assets of some uncivilized tribal leaders and religious leaders, mainly cattle, sheep and horses, to the herdsmen for grazing, and then sharing the harvest equally with the herdsmen, which greatly increased the enthusiasm of the herdsmen.

In addition, he also opened border markets, traded with the Mongols, Tibet, and even Yarkand, and accumulated wealth, which significantly strengthened the control of the Jin State over Hexi, and even Han Chaoxuan, Kong Wenfu and others changed their opinion of him.

Guazhou is now an important material distribution place in the entire Hexi Corridor, Sun Kewang opened a market here, and the herdsmen and merchants around came to visit, making Guazhou several times more prosperous than before.

Sun Kewang attached great importance to the bazaar, and goods such as tea, cloth, and porcelain from Guanzhong were transported here in exchange for cow skins and even horses, and then transported back to Guanzhong.

This time you can earn several times more money back and forth, and the huge benefits have prompted more merchants in Guanzhong to come over, which not only brings taxes to Sun Kewang, but also changes the image of the gentry in Guanzhong towards him, and thinks that this murderous demon king born with mud legs may still be of some use.

The originally loose land west of the river, under his management, seems to have a bit of the flavor of the Silk Road.

(End of chapter)