In the next few days, Fang Yuan did not rush to summon the envoys of Japan, because this was the emperor who was not in a hurry with the eunuchs. The Shimazu family was beaten into birds, and it was obvious that Fang Yuan was more anxious to carry out this plan to send troops to rescue.

Two days later, the envoys of the Shimazu family who remained in Beijing learned that Fang Yuan had returned to China, and immediately came to the regent's palace to ask for Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan followed the method discussed with Jing Jie before, and Jing Jie met the envoy of the Shimazu family in the palace, the old Shimazu Jiutong.

Fang Yuan just hid behind the scenes, observing the results of the negotiations. Negotiation is about bargaining interests. He is the regent of the Ming Dynasty, and he respects his identity, how can he bargain with a messenger of Fanbang? It's just a big laugh off the big teeth!

In order to gain the upper hand in the negotiations, Jing Jie unhurriedly asked Shimazu Jiutong to show tea, and only asked about the transaction between Shimazu and Daming this year, but kept silent about the tense war situation in Japan.

Shimazu Hisatsu accompanied him perfunctorily for most of the day, and finally couldn't help but speak, "Generalissimo, I came this time to ask the regent for help, dare to ask when the regent will come forward?" ”

Jing Jie smiled and said, "The regent is entangled in military affairs, and he has a new noble son, I am afraid that he will not be able to meet the envoy, and the envoy and I will talk the same." ”

Shimazu Jiutong saw that Fang Yuan was deliberately missing, and secretly became angry, but he was here to ask for help, not to make trouble, so he could only hold back his anger and say, "Can the generalissimo call the shots for the regent?!" ”

Jing Jie said solemnly, "I am a country of etiquette, if I can't be the master, what time will I waste with your envoy?" If you want to talk, you will talk, and if you don't want to talk, you will continue to wait for the regent to be free. ”

The war in Japan is tight, and Shimazu Hisatsu really can't wait, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, good, since the generalissimo and the regent are like brothers, it is the same to talk with the generalissimo." The Shimazu family wanted to ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help attack Zheng Sen's sailors. ”

Jing Jie groaned, "Zheng Sen's defeated general went to Japan to make waves, and the regent has long wanted to arrest this person and return to Daming for trial!" ”

What he said was to imply that Zheng Sen was just a defeated general of the Ming Dynasty, and as long as he sent troops, the sailors who exterminated Zheng Sen would be captured. However, as for the conditions for sending troops, Shimazu Kudo must mention.

Shimazu Jiutong hurriedly said, "Yes, I have heard for a long time that the Daming Sailor is invincible, as long as the Daming Sailor comes out, Zheng Sen will die!" ”

Jing Jie said in a difficult way, "It's just that the Daming Naval Division is now fighting on all fronts in Nanyang and the Franco, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to support the lord of the Shimazu domain." ”

Shimazu Jiutong is also an important minister of the Shimazu family, and he knows that Ming and Daming are just allies, how can they invite rescuers in empty words? Busy said, "The generalissimo has priorities, or the war in Japan is more important, if the Shimazu family perishes, the sea disaster that harassed the Ming Sea Frontier for a hundred years may reappear!" If the Great Ming is willing to send troops, the Shimazu family is willing to return the Ryukyu Islands. ”

The condition of returning the Ryukyu Islands had already been vetoed by Fang Yuan, and Jing Jie could only follow Fang Yuan's orders, "Far from enough, the Ryukyu Islands are originally my Ming vassals, how can I use the Ming vassals to exchange reinforcements?!" ”

Shimazu Hisatsu saw that he had an ambiguous attitude before, but now he refused, obviously getting instructions from the regent Fang Yuan behind his back. Fang Yuan's idea was the attitude of the Ming Dynasty, and Shimazu knew that Fang Yuan didn't look down on the condition that the Shimazu family handed over the Ryukyu Islands, but wanted the lion to open his mouth.

Shimazu Hisatsu was also angry, but the Japanese habitual forbearance made him forcibly suppress his anger again, and asked straight to the point, "Generalissimo, what are the conditions of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Jing Jie said slowly, "Daming wants to see the mining rights of Yinshan for ten years!" ”

Shimazu Hisatsu was shocked when he heard it, Iwami Silver Mountain is the largest silver mine in Japan, if he handed over the mining rights for ten years, then he would still have it? Daming is really a lion opening his mouth this time!

Where did Shimazu Jiutong dare to agree to such conditions, he shook his head again and again and said, "Generalissimo, you don't know the situation in Japan, Iwami Ginzan, which does not belong to the Shimazu family, is now in the territory of the Maori family. The Shimazu family can't be the master! ”

Jing Jie was slightly stunned, he didn't know anything about the big names in Japan, what the Shimazu family, the Kuroda family, and the Maori family did, and he didn't need to know about the various forces on this small island.

Fang Yuan, who was listening behind the scenes, knew it well, although the Maori family lost the Battle of Sekigahara and was deprived of a lot of territory, it was also the largest powerful domain in Kansai. In the future of Japan's downfall movement, the Maori family will also be the main force.

This time the Shimazu family rebelled, in fact, the Mori and Shimazu families were the main forces of the rebellion, and even the Mori family contributed more than the Shimazu family on the battlefield. It's just that the relationship between the Shimazu family and Daming and Fang Yuan is more familiar, so all diplomatic activities with Daming and Fang Yuan are all negotiated by the Shimazu family.

In Fang Yuan's opinion, Shimazu Hisatsu did not lie, Iwami Silver Mountain was indeed controlled by the Maori family during the Warring States period of Japan. However, after the Great War of Sekigahara, it was forcibly taken back by the Tokugawa shogunate. This time, the Mori and Shimazu families rebelled and swept through Kansai and Kyoto, and the Mori family took the opportunity to regain control of Iwami Ginzan from the Tokugawa shogunate.

The transactions with Daming over the years have all been mined Iwami Silver Mountain's silver.

Fang Yuan summoned Ma Yishan and whispered in his ear for a while. Ma Yishan remembered it, and when he arrived at the main hall, he passed the message to Jing Jie as it was.

Jing Jie already knew it after getting Fang Yuan's guidance, and said with a smile, "Your honor, if Ishimi Yinshan is indeed under the name of the Maori family, and the Shimazu family can't be the head of the Maori family, then ask the Maori family to send someone to talk about it!" ”

Shimazu Jiutong's face changed greatly when he heard this, and Fang Yuan hit the seven inches of Shimazu's house with a simple reminder.

The reason why the Shimazu family was able to achieve an equal status with the Maori family and become the two leaders of the rebellion was nothing more than that the Shimazu family acted as an intermediary between the Ming dynasty and the Ming dynasty.

For the Ming Dynasty, the Shimazu family was the spokesperson of the Japanese Kansai Coalition Army; For the Japanese Kwanti Coalition Army, the Shimazu family became the spokesperson of the Ming Dynasty again. From this, he can use the relatively close relationship with Da Ming and Fang Yuan to win political interests in the rebel coalition.

If the Maori family can get in touch with Fang Yuan, what else is there to do with the Shimazu family?! The only advantage of the Shimazu family is the strength of the sailor. But because of Zheng Sen's sudden intervention, the Shimazu family's sailors were defeated, and this advantage was gone.

If the big tiger of the Ming Dynasty is lost as a backer, even if he can defeat the Tokugawa shogunate in the end, with the little power of the Shimazu family, how much post-war benefits can be shared? It's nothing more than making a wedding dress for the Maori family!

Therefore, Shimazu Kudo must not allow Daming to contact the Maori family.

Fang Yuan's confession is to warn Shimazu Jiutong that if you want to talk, you should talk about it, and don't talk about it. The Shimazu family still wants to be this middleman and plunder political interests, and the only way out is to persuade the Maori family to hand over the mining rights of Iwami Silver Mountain for Daming.

Otherwise, Daming would talk about something with the Shimazu family, and go directly to talk to the Maori family.

Shimazu Hisatsu no longer has the capital to quibble and confront, and he said, "This, this, Generalissimo, if you really want the mining rights of Iwami Ginzan, we can go back and persuade the Maori family, it's just ......"

Jing Jie said impatiently, "Your Honor, we have an old friendship with the Shimazu family, and the regent also misses the old relationship, as long as the Shimazu family is willing to consider the interests of the regent, we are still willing to continue to deal with the Shimazu family, right?" ”

Shimazu Hisatsu wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued, "Okay, okay, it's just that ten years of mining rights is too long, can it be changed to five years?!" ”

Fang Yuan's purpose of going to Japan to mine silver is not only for silver, but also to create a base for invading Japan in the future, five years will be five years!

He ordered Ma Yishan to go to Jing Jie again to send a message, and agreed to the conditions of the five-year mining right mortgage of Iwami Silver Mountain.

Jing Jie nodded in agreement, and Shimazu Jiutong finally breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked him again and again.