Toyotomi Hideyoshi is not clear about the situation on the front line, but at least he can understand the logistics problem, even if grain and fodder can be supplied from North Korea on the spot, but iron cannons and bullets still have to be produced and transported in the country, domestic resources are becoming increasingly tight, the people's voices are getting louder and louder, and the warnings of some daimyo are becoming more and more urgent, which is not something that Toyotomi Hideyoshi can deliberately ignore. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He was also thinking about the next step, at least fighting a war requires food and weapons, which is inevitable.

At this time, Ukita Hideya's letter arrived, which made Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had repeatedly wavered between his self-confidence and actual situation, instantly strengthen his trust in himself, and also deprived him of the last chance to wake up from his dream.

Overjoyed, he immediately wrote letters to the daimyo to show off the Ming army's record of suing for peace by himself, and then wrote to Ukita Hideya, asking him to put forward seven peace conditions for the Ming army, and hand them over to Konishi Yukito to negotiate, and he could not agree to any of them.

These seven conditions are: first, Princess Yingming is the empress of Japan; second, the development of exploration trade; Third, tomorrow, the military attaches of the two countries will always swear to be friendly; Fourth, the capital and the four provinces were returned to Korea, and the other four provinces were ceded to Japan; Fifth, North Korea sent a prince to the solstice as a hostage; Sixth, the return of the captured second prince of Joseon and other Korean officials; Seventh, the Korean minister never swore to betray Japan.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi said with great confidence and certainty that if he didn't agree, he couldn't allow the Ming army to surrender, and this time for their honest sake, they didn't want their territory, and if they did it again next time, they would fight until they cut the land!

Ukita Hideya almost cried when he received this letter, this is no longer the scope of peace talks, this is to force the "defeated" Ming to sign the alliance under the city, not to mention that he has to negotiate with Konishi Yukicho, who already knows life and death, and wants the princess of Emperor Ming to be the queen of Japan...... Originally, the Ukita Hideya just wanted a decent opportunity to withdraw the troops, but after the army returned to Japan, it was established that Toyotomi Hideyoshi could only swallow this bitter fruit, not the current situation.

The high-ranking Japanese military officials who saw this letter looked at each other dumbfounded, they couldn't imagine that the bitter fruit they planted little by little had grown so big, so big that they couldn't eat it at all, not to mention that Governor Konishi was estimated to be dead, where to find another "Governor Konishi" to "negotiate"?

The top brass of the Japanese army in Busan fell into a collective state of confusion.

The back and forth of this letter was enough for Jinyiwei's spies in Japan to gather to accept the task, and then began to act separately, Zhou Qiji hung up on the special request made by Xiao Ruxun, so he personally led people to the Satsuma Domain in Japan to find Xu Yi, and through the matchmaking of the local Chinese trapped in Japan, he really found Xu Yi, who was treated as a guest by the Shimazu family.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

The daimyo of the Eastern Kingdom received a letter of showing off from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and when they opened it, they saw that the battle situation on the front line was very good, and the Ming army had been defeated, begging for peace with me! This letter looked at the daimyo of the eastern country who knew the inside story as a dumb dog, and it took a while for Tokugawa Ieyasu to analyze that this must be an excuse made by the daimyo of the western country to withdraw their troops, and I don't know what Toyotomi Hideyoshi else wants to do.

Sure enough, Tokugawa Ieyasu was right, and soon, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's proposal of "Ming Japan Friendship Seven Articles" spread all over Nagoya, which greatly appeased the people of Nagoya and made Toyotomi Hideyoshi further immersed in this wonderful feeling, but it made other sober-minded daimyo begin to question Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mental condition.

No matter how much you want to save face, you should notice that something is wrong, right? In this case, is Toyotomi Hideyoshi crazy to make such a request?

Everyone who was aware of the seriousness of the problem stared at Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was also aware of the seriousness of the problem, narrowed his eyes, and his gloomy eyes made people shudder.

"These days, let's find a reason to visit Taige!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu needs to judge with his own eyes and see a thing clearly, if he can be sure of the truth of this matter, then he will slap himself hard and then kill Toyotomi Hideyoshi, if he can't be sure, he will also slap himself hard and continue to be Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dog.

How can a dignified million-stone daimyo be led by a madman? What's more, this madman is joking with the survival of the whole of Japan! If this request is really handed over to the Ming army by someone who does not know the gravity, then what awaits them will be the full force of the old empire, which is not something that the fragile Japan can afford now.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's action was very fast, he took a few eastern daimyos, with some precious gifts to visit Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the banner was to congratulate Toyotomi Hideyoshi for defeating the Ming Kingdom and winning the war, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was overjoyed, and expressed his appreciation for Tokugawa Ieyasu and others' behavior of "knowing the times", and set up a banquet to entertain them.

At the banquet, Tokugawa Ieyasu cautiously asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi, saying that since the war was won, should we make some requests to Ming Guo?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi laughed and said, Of course, I asked Emperor Ming to give his daughter to His Majesty the Emperor as the empress, which can be regarded as giving him face, and the two families are good in marriage, so as to fundamentally stop the Ming Kingdom from rebelling against us.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was silent for a moment, and then asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi again, then how can we ask North Korea? Do you want North Korea to cede land and pay compensation or something?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi nodded, and proudly replied to Tokugawa Ieyasu that he wanted Korea to cede the four southern provinces to Japan and become a springboard for Japan to attack the mainland.

Tokugawa Ieyasu hurriedly asked why not all, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ridiculed Tokugawa Ieyasu's short-sightedness, saying that if Korea is completely annexed, it will greatly stimulate the Ming Kingdom, the warriors are too tired to fight, and they need to rest, first take the southern four provinces, and when the warriors are rested, isn't it easy to attack the northern four provinces directly?

Tokugawa Ieyasu was silent.

Then another daimyo asked Toyotomi Hideyoshi, saying what should be done if Joseon was not satisfied with this agreement and would join forces with the Ming Kingdom to recapture the land after pretending to surrender?

Toyotomi Hideyoshi sneered again, explaining, I also asked North Korea to swear never to betray Japan, this is to prevent this, if North Korea swears to raise troops to attack the southern four provinces, then it just gives us a reason to continue the attack, this condition is set up for us to have an excuse to send troops again, even I can't send troops without an excuse, so I have to set up an excuse, you are so stupid!

Toyotomi Hideyoshi explained and did not forget to mock the low IQ of these Dongguo daimyos, although they were indeed a little annoyed, but the Dongguo daimyo still felt that Tokugawa Ieyasu's worries were not unreasonable.

Then, Toyotomi Hideyoshi talked endlessly about his mainland strategy, inviting the emperor to move to Beijing, and he lived in Ningbo, annexing the entire Ming Kingdom, and then conquering the whole world's strategy.

At the end of the banquet, the guests and hosts were happy, and everyone gathered and dispersed.

Returning to his residence and looking at a room of Dongguo daimyo with different faces, Tokugawa Ieyasu said with a gloomy face: "Now the situation is obvious, once the matter of North Korea happens, Taiko will definitely ask us to send troops, and he will definitely go to North Korea in person without any advice, when the time comes, what are you going to do?" Let me make a statement first, I will not send troops, what about you? ”

"No, it won't."

"No, it won't."

"Absolutely not."

"Seconded ......"

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After making a statement, Tokugawa Ieyasu realized that the time he had been waiting for for a long time had come, and that this Korean battle would bring destruction to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and might bring a new life to himself and Japan.