As soon as Umegawa Shangyi's words fell, the civil and military officials in the hall couldn't help but be stunned. They didn't expect that this envoy from the Japanese Kingdom would agree so simply!

As an envoy of a country, he can represent his country when he speaks and acts. Now that he made a public promise at a formal court meeting, this is not something that can be reversed!

For a long time, I heard that the Japanese country has silver, but I didn't expect it to be true, and some officials thought so.

But some officials thought about it more deeply, and faintly felt that the news of the envoy of the Japanese State was blocked, or they thought that the Ming Dynasty was the previous Ming Dynasty.

It is also said that in the past, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty's treasury was more than two million, and the highest was about three million taels, so that the imperial court was so poor that it could not even pay the salaries of the border army.

Although the imperial court has always wanted to innovate and increase its financial income, several generations of emperors have not been able to change this situation well, even the Wanli Emperor and the Tianqi Emperor are no exceptions. After all, it is so difficult to raise the revenue of the treasury by a large margin!

Who would have thought that since the current Holy Lord's accession to the throne, the Ming Dynasty would have undergone such earth-shaking changes, who would have thought that? No one would have thought of it!

Thinking so, they couldn't help but look at the head of the household. Bi Shangshu did not directly say how much silver was compensated, but said that half of the current treasury income? This is digging a pit for the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom!

Thinking of these people, they looked at this envoy of the Japanese kingdom again, and saw that he was still relieved, and seemed to be a little complacent, and they couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in their hearts. It's a little hard for them to imagine that this envoy of the Japanese Kingdom knows what half of the income of the Ming Treasury is now, and they don't know what kind of mood he will have?

Hehe, I guess I want to die! But even if you die, it's useless, this is equivalent to an agreement between the two countries, can you regret it if you die?

Pit, really pit! I don't know if the Wa Kingdom can climb up if it falls into this pit?

Thinking of this, these officials wondered again, such a tricky thing seems to be a bit different from Bi Shangshu's personality!

They guessed correctly, this was actually instructed by Emperor Chongzhen.

The Tokugawa shogunate has been closing the country, and because of the previous relationship, it will not take the initiative to come to understand the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the impression of Daming is estimated to stay at least more than ten years ago.

Originally, the envoys of the Japanese Kingdom came to Daming, and when they saw the changes in Daming on the way, they should be able to be a little more vigilant. After all, there are traces of economic development.

However, Emperor Chongzhen asked the factory guards to secretly guide the people of the Ming Dynasty to vent their dissatisfaction with the Wa Kingdom. Therefore, the envoys of the Japanese State came all the way, because of the siege of the Ming people, they have been hiding in the car and dare not come out. not only conveyed to him about the hatred of the Ming Dynasty for the Japanese State, but also made him closed off the news, and basically he was still at the point of ignorance of the new changes in the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely this kind of foreshadowing, when there is a request for the Ming Dynasty, that he is bent on solving the historical grievances between the Wa State and the Ming Dynasty, so that the envoy of the Wa State can jump into the pit of Bi Ziyan so easily, but he is still complacent.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the relieved Meichuan Shangyi on the throne, and said coldly: "Although Taizu once said, the country of Wa is a country that is not to be conquered. However, I thought that if Taizu knew that the Wa Kingdom dared to covet the Ming Dynasty and become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, I believe that this country that was not conquered would also be changed to a country of conquest. I am magnanimous and have given you a chance to repent and rehabilitate, and within a year, I will fulfill my promise and have the sincerity to make amends, and I hope you can cherish it. If you still do your own thing, have no faith and no righteousness, ignore my Ming Dynasty, and when I am a Ming Dynasty, I don't mind personally conquering and leveling the Japanese country. Got it? ”

Hearing this, those civil officials and military generals who thought more suddenly realized, they heard that the reason why Bi Shangshu dug so much must have something to do with the emperor!

Thinking so, they looked at the envoy of the Japanese kingdom and then at the emperor, and they couldn't help but secretly rejoice in their hearts, fortunately they were the emperor's courtiers, otherwise they would be like this envoy of the Japanese kingdom, and they were still helping to count the money after being trapped!

Sure enough, as soon as Meichuan Shangyi heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, he immediately seized the opportunity to express his position: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, within a year, my king will definitely come to the Heavenly Empire to meet and make amends, and he will definitely come with enough sincerity, and he will never break his promise." “

Emperor Chongzhen listened, nodded and said, "The opportunity is given to you, so let's do it yourself!" ”

With that, he stood up, turned and left. As soon as the eunuch on duty saw it, he shouted sharply: "Your Majesty returns to the palace and retreats from the court!" ”

The rest of the matter, naturally, the emperor doesn't have to ask, otherwise, what are the courtiers doing!

After the civil and military officials sent Emperor Chongzhen away, they all turned to look at the envoys of the Japanese State.

Meichuan Shangyi was still complacent at first, these officials of the Ming Dynasty were so hateful, and as a result, he forced the Ming Emperor with his words, and finally settled on a solution to the matter. With the emperor's words, these officials, as well as the people outside, even if they are hostile, how can they dare to disobey the holy decree?

But slowly, he felt that something was wrong. Because he found that the eyes of these officials looked at him a little strange!

For a moment, he couldn't figure it out, what was wrong? The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has already made a decision, and it is a certainty!

Umegawa Shangyi followed behind the officials of Honglu Temple and walked out, pondering carefully, should they think that the emperor would not come to Daming? Now that the domestic situation is already very tense, for the sake of the future of the Japanese country, the Tokugawa shogun will definitely say that the emperor will come to Daming to make amends. So what is the reason for these Ming officials to see themselves like this?

I wondered all the way, and when he walked outside the Forbidden City and was about to get on the sedan chair, he finally came back to his senses, could it be that there was a problem with the amount of compensation? But even if there is a difference of hundreds of thousands of taels between the top and bottom, in the current situation, I believe that the shogun can also take it out!

A little puzzled, he opened his mouth and asked the Honglu Temple official: "This Shangguan, may I ask, I don't know how much the treasury income of the Heavenly Empire is ten thousand taels of silver in a year?" ”

"How many taels are you?" When the Honglu Temple official heard this, he was a little surprised at first, and then suddenly realized, watching Meichuan Shangyi's face become extraordinarily exciting, turned around, faced Meichuan Shangyi, and said loudly word by word, "My Ming Dynasty's treasury income last year was more than 21 million taels, and this year, depending on the situation, it should be more, at least 20% more......

Before he finished speaking, Mei Chuan Shangyi's face changed, and he didn't care about being polite or impolite, so he quickly interrupted and asked, "How much?" Did I hear it wrong, twenty-one million taels? ”

"Huh!" The official of Honglu Temple smiled happily, for fear that Meichuan Shangyi would not understand, and said word by word again: "More than 21 million taels, you heard it right!" ”

After he said this, Umegawa Shangyi was stunned. He finally knew why those officials looked at him with such eyes, more than 21 million taels, even if it was half, it was more than 10 million taels, and he agreed to it in one bite, saying that it was no problem. This...... This......

You must know that the annual output of silver in Iwami Silver Mountain is about 860,000 taels at the highest. Although the Tokugawa shogunate had been in control of the Wa Kingdom for some years, not all of Iwami's output was saved, and it had to be spent every year. More than 10 million taels of silver, now that the country is still wartime, it is even more important to use money, how can this money be obtained? Even if you use something else to convert the silver, then I'm afraid it will have to be scraped dry and clean. Will Tokugawa Shogun agree?

Remembering that he was in front of the Ming Emperor, he promised to say that there was no problem, and Meichuan Shangyi felt that the sky was dark, his legs were weak, his eyes were dark, and he fainted.

When the officials of the Honglu Temple saw it, they sneered and said in a low voice: "I dare to look at me with old eyes, I deserve it!" ”

Not to mention what happened to Meichuan Shangyi after he woke up, let's just say that Emperor Chongzhen returned to the harem at this time, and he was in a very good mood.

At the Korean meeting, a solution was agreed upon by the two countries. In this way, as long as the Wa State can't come up with so much silver, it is the problem of the Wa State, and what the Ming Dynasty wants to do, no matter the government and the opposition, can not say anything!

In this way, the Ming Dynasty will be famous, and the country must be destroyed!

However, there are some things that you should urge.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen entered the chat group and first issued an order to Li Zhiqi, the commander of the Liao Xianshui Division, to increase the pressure on Kyushu Jianyu.

Dolgon has been more sluggish, this has dragged on until the end of May, and it will be the beginning of June, and the result is that the cross-sea campaign has not yet been launched, which is not good!

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen just thought that if he forced the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rob Ishimi Yinshan, the Tokugawa shogunate would definitely not agree, and the two sides would fight. However, when the envoy of the Wa Kingdom came, he changed his mind and decided to help the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty defeat the Tokugawa shogunate.

Of course, this help is definitely not to send troops, but to use the information heard by the Jinyi Wei secret agents on the Edo side to reveal it to Haoge through Qian Fugui, which will increase the chances of victory for the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to some extent. In doing so, there are several benefits.

First, Hauge must be able to continue to win, so as to increase his prestige among the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty, strengthen his right to speak, and give him more capital to disobey Dolgon and be able to fight against the court, so as to achieve the goal of weakening the strength of the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty. Qian Fugui was among them, and he played the role that Fan Wencheng gave to Huang Taiji in the past. However, Qian Fugui did not come up with an idea to deal with the Ming Dynasty, but to deal with the Wa State, which is of a completely different nature.

Second, if the Wa State was defeated by the Manchu remnants, then the Ming Dynasty sent troops to defeat the Wa State from the Manchu remnants, which would naturally be the Ming Dynasty. In addition, if the Japanese state has suffered defeats, it is impossible to come up with more than 10 million atonement silver, and this two-pronged approach, even if the old stubborn has nothing to say.

Third, the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were outsiders to the Wa State, and it was impossible for them to occupy the Wa State and digest it in a short period of time. In this way, when the Ming army attacked the Wa Kingdom, in fact, the opponent chose the remnants of the Manchu Dynasty, which would be a little better than the Tokugawa shogunate. Through Qian Fugui and Wu Daji, they can maximize the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to do bad things and carry the black pot.

Fourth, through Wu Daji, I know that the contradictions between the Manchu remnants and the Catholic army are actually intensifying day by day. However, Dorgon was still thinking that he could hook up with the Spaniards in Luzon through the Catholic army, so as to achieve the purpose of buying cannons and ships. Once this hope is dashed, it is believed that the two forces are likely to turn against each other.

From all of the above, it can be seen that controlling the situation of the Wa State and letting the remnants of the Manchu Qing prevail is the most beneficial interest of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking so, Emperor Chongzhen began to adjust his strategy and redeploy according to this idea.

In the chat group, he directly chatted privately with Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and said: "This time, the envoy of the Japanese State suddenly appeared in Tianjin Port, but the secret agent of the Jinyi Guard in Edo knew nothing. Although it is possible that the Tokugawa shogunate kept it a secret in order to hide it from the spies of the Manchu remnants, I was not satisfied with it anyway. ”

"The last general is guilty, please punish Your Majesty!" When Liu Xingzuo saw it, he hurriedly asked for sin. He actually already knew about this matter, and the emperor mentioned it at this time, which was not surprising to him.

Emperor Chongzhen saw the reply and did not blame. This kind of thing, you don't need to shout and kill on the surface, as long as you click on it, I believe Liu Xingzuo should be able to wake up.

Thinking so, he explained: "No matter what means I use, I must grasp the movements of the Tokugawa shogunate to the greatest extent, understand? “

On the side of the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because of the existence of rich and wealthy and Wu Daji, there are people in their center, and it is impossible to hide the basic news from the Ming Dynasty; Only the Tokugawa shogunate was still too weak, and Emperor Chongzhen was not satisfied with this.

Liu Xingzuo already had a case, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, give the last general a month, and you will get something!" ”

He decided that he would take advantage of Zheng Zhilong's relationship in the Japanese Kingdom, whether it was coercion or inducement, and he must take down the people in the Tokugawa shogunate. He has experience in this area.

For the details, Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay much attention to it anymore, so he didn't pay much attention to it. After explaining the matter, he went to the imperial study to continue to improve his manuscript.

This manuscript is not from the afterlife. After the initial basics, the routine was taught to the people below, and he didn't have to worry about it anymore. His manuscript is scientific, and if it is published, there will be no such thing as Volt and Faraday in the future. Of course, the corresponding units will also change. This, it gave Emperor Chongzhen a headache, and it was easy to write, just how many volts or something, but he couldn't still write volts in this book, otherwise, others would ask, what does this volt mean?

At present, there has been a relatively big breakthrough in the steam engine, especially after the Ming Dynasty occupied Nanyang, it is impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to forget the rubber, but it can't be used simply, it still needs to be dealt with. At present, in this regard, Emperor Chongzhen also let a group of craftsmen do it.

The steam age, and the electric age, are not particularly related to each other. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen began to write electrical knowledge before the steam engine was developed to the extreme.