Chapter 368: Treaty of Kyushu
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The Emperor's envoy leaves Kyoto, qВ (5), cǒm/
Before leaving, the emperor instructed him that the bottom line of the negotiations was not to enter the main island of Japan. As long as you don't enter the island, you can agree to any conditions.
"Central Plains invaders, I don't know how to satisfy their appetite?" The emperor's envoy, Koizumi Akino, muttered to himself.
"My lord, I really can't figure it out, why should I negotiate with them? As soon as they enter the island, every one of us will die with them! "Follow the angry path of the shier of Koizumi Akino.
"Shall we all perish together? It's easy to say, but can you be sure that everyone can do it? Of course the samurai could, but what about the peasants? Do you think the peasants who have been working in the fields for many years will be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor? Koizumi Akino snorted coldly.
"This ......," Shishi was speechless.
In Japan in this era, those samurai received bushido education from a young age, and there were jing gods who died with the enemy, but those low-level peasants, they were the same as the peasants of the Great Song Dynasty, and even inferior to the peasants of the Great Song Dynasty. In order to facilitate oppression, the emperor and the daimyo in various places constantly taught the peasants to "endure", and it can be said that "patience" has become the pillar of the gods of the low-level peasants in Japan, and they treat any suffering with "patience". It is obviously a bit whimsical to hope that such a group of people will die with the enemy.
This is true not only of the main island, but also of Kyushu. After Yangsan occupied Kyushu Island, there was little resistance, which was completely different from Goryeo. Goryeo, even now, under the brainwashing and education, there are still some rebels swimming around, and Yangsan has not eliminated all the rebels so far.
"Let's hope they don't open their mouths!" Koizumi Akino sighed.
A few days later, a group of 100 people rode tall horses to the Shimonoseki Strait, from where they sailed to Kyushu Island.
As soon as they set foot on Kyushu Island, before they could take a break and inquire about the situation in Liangshan, countless Liangshan troops immediately surrounded them, and countless spears pointed at them, and the bright light from the tip of the spear made their bodies tremble.
"Please don't do it, we are the envoys of His Majesty the Emperor, and we have come to ask for a meeting with the general of the Central Plains!" Koizumi Akino stood up and said hurriedly.
He spoke standard Chinese, and his words were clear, as if he had lived in the Central Plains for many years.
Japan at this time, like Goryeo, also yearns for the Central Plains culture, and there are many people in their country who study the Central Plains culture. Among the Japanese aristocracy, there are not a few who can speak Chinese, and Koizumi Akino is obviously from a former aristocratic background.
"An envoy of the Emperor?" The soldiers of the Liangshan army couldn't help but be stunned, and then a battalion commander walked out and said, "Come with us!" ”
Wu Dong, Han Shizhong, Lu Zhishen and others have all returned to the Central Plains, and now only Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, Xi Ménqing and others remain here. Hearing the arrival of the emperor's envoy, Wu Yong and the others were overjoyed, knowing that the Dongying people were going to negotiate with them.
At the Daimyo Mansion in Fukuoka Castle, Wu received the emperor's envoy with three people.
"I don't know which one is the Central Plains General?" Koizumi Akino knelt on the ground and asked respectfully.
"General? None of us are generals, but we're in charge of all things Kyushu now. Wu Yongdao.
"Since the three of them are in charge of Kyushu affairs, it would be better. His Majesty the Emperor has ordered me to come over and ask you, when will you be able to withdraw from Kyushu? Koizumi Akino Road.
"Withdrawing from Kyushu Island, I'm afraid it's impossible." Wu Yong sneered.
Why is that? You are all the army of the Central Plains, and you have been stationed here for a long time, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? As far as I know, the Central Plains is also facing the threat of the northern barbarians, how can your army be stationed here for a long time? Koizumi Akino Road.
"I'm afraid you don't know who we are! Although we are from the Central Plains, we are not subordinates of the Great Song Dynasty, we are subordinates of King Liang. Wu Yong said with a smile.
At this moment, they had already arranged for Koizumi Akino to sit down, and someone handed over the tea, using the precious Longjing before the rain in the Central Plains, and suddenly a fragrance floated in the room.
"Good tea! Only the Celestial Empire has such good tea! I don't know who King Liang is? Koizumi Akino Road.
"Who is King Liang, you don't need to know this. You just need to understand that our army will not leave Kyushu Island for the time being! Wu Yongdao.
Koizumi Ichiro frowned slightly, it seemed that the attitude of these people was very resolute, and it was impossible to get them to withdraw from Kyushu Island. Now the only way to do this is to keep them from entering the main island of Japan.
This was followed by lengthy negotiations, which took three days before a rough conclusion was reached.
First, Japan ceded Kyushu Island and nearby islands, but the Liangshan army was absolutely not allowed to enter the main Japanese island.
Second, because the daimyo of Kyushu Island had infringed on the interests of the Liangshan merchant group, the Japanese side was willing to make compensation, and the specific amount of compensation was 10 million pieces of silver.
Third, Liangshan merchants are allowed to do business freely on the main island of Japan, and Liangshan merchants enjoy criminal immunity and tax exemption on the main island of Japan.
In addition to these three items, there were many ancillary conditions, such as the punishment of the Japanese daimyo and the fact that Nishi-mén Kei himself had to be compensated, as well as the compensation of 30,000 jingzhi katanas on the Yangsan side, allowing the merchants of Yangsan to hire craftsmen from the island, and many other conditions.
Koizumi Akino looked at the Kyushu Treaty in front of him, his face was unusually ugly, but in the end he signed his name.
Three days later, Koizumi Akino left Kyushu and returned to Kyoto, where he needed to present the treaty to His Majesty the Emperor, and he needed His Majesty's seal before it could officially enter into force.
When the contents of the treaty spread to Kyoto, the nobles and samurai of Kyoto were all furious, and they knelt in front of the Imperial Palace, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor would not agree to this condition.
"Lord Konoe, are your subjects quite dissatisfied?" The emperor said with some concern.
"There's no way around it, it's better to cede Kyushu Island than to destroy the country, right? Do they have to wait until Dongying is wiped out by the Central Plains invaders before they are satisfied? Konoe Sega said coldly.
"But how do I do it to the people?" The Emperor frowned.
"Tell the people, be patient! Let all the people endure for ten years, and in ten years we will surely recover Kyushu Island! Konoe Sega Road.
"Ten years later? Is there anything Konoe-sama can do? The Emperor asked hurriedly.
"In the past ten years, we will gather a large number of samurai, form a real army, and then fight to the death against the invaders of the Central Plains." Konoe Sega Road.
"I don't know how many samurai to gather?" The Emperor asked.
"Gather 300,000 to 500,000 samurai!" Konoe Sega Road.
"What? So much? With our national strength, we can't support so many samurai, right? Besides, I'm afraid the daimyo everywhere can't agree to it, right? The emperor said incredulously.
"The Central Plains army is extremely strong, and without so many samurai, it is impossible to repel them at all! As for the national strength, it will definitely be able to support so many samurai! At most, some peasants will starve to death, but even if there are more peasants who starve to death, the samurai's rations must be guaranteed! The daimyo everywhere, if they don't agree, then destroy them! This time, in order to deal with the invaders of the Central Plains, the samurai of the daimyo in various places were basically killed in battle, and the remaining 10,000 people were under the control of His Majesty and me, and it was easy to destroy those daimyos. Konoe Sega Road.
Emperor Toba stood up and pushed Mén away, his eyes full of worry, he didn't know if what Konoe Sega said was right or wrong, and he didn't know whether he should sign the humiliating treaty of Kyushu.
"Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible!" Konoe Sega urged.
"Okay, I'll sign the Kyushu Treaty!" The Emperor gritted his teeth and said.
Soon after, the Treaty of Kyushu was signed. It was easy to cede the island of Kyushu, anyway, the island of Kyushu has now been occupied by the Yangsan army. However, the war reparations of 10 million are not a simple matter, even if there are several silver mines in Dongying, it is very difficult to collect these silver.
"Tell me, how to solve the silver matter?" Emperor Toba summoned his ministers and asked.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to donate 300 pieces of silver!" One of the ministers stood up and said.
"I'm willing to donate 100." Another minister said.
The rest of the ministers stood up one after another, and all they said were hundreds or dozens of guan, and this amount of silver simply could not reach the amount required by Liang Shan.
"Your Majesty, I thought the war tax should be collected! Every citizen is obligated to pay the jiāo war tax! If you don't have silver, make up the numbers with grain! Didn't the invaders of the Central Plains say that they could replace silver with grain. We have tens of millions of peasants, but are we not enough to make up tens of millions of silver? Konoe Sega Road.
Now that Konoe Sega had been appointed by the emperor as a "shogun" and became the first person in the court, as soon as he opened his mouth, the rest of the ministers agreed.
Everyone agreed, and Emperor Toba naturally had nothing to say, so he began to arrange for the collection of war taxes.
Because of the war tax, countless Japanese peasants poured their fortunes, but the "endurance" of the Japanese was indeed not comparable to that of the Central Plains, and none of them rebelled. If it had been left in the Central Plains, it would have been on fire everywhere long ago.
"Your Majesty, this is the information we just got about the invaders in the Central Plains! That King Liang is actually the King of Goryeo! "In August, Konoe Sega came to the Imperial Palace and gave Emperor Toba the information he had just received.
Emperor Toba looked at it at a glance, and after reading it, the worry in his heart became even more serious, and he said: "This King of Liang has just destroyed Goryeo, and now he is invading my Kyushu Island in Dongying...... I'm afraid that after his strength gets stronger and stronger, sooner or later he will occupy the entire Dongying! ”
Konoe Sega nodded and said, "So recruiting 300,000 to 500,000 samurai is a necessary thing, and in addition, I have a plan to deal with the invaders of the Central Plains." ”
Emperor Toba said, "I don't know what the plan is?" ”
A fierce light flashed in Konoe Sega's eyes, and he said: "We Dongying samurai, each of us is not afraid of death, we can select a group of powerful samurai, conduct special training, and then assassinate the king of Liangshan!" ”
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