Above the court, when Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he suddenly ushered in a chorus. Speaking of which, I have to say that Zhang Juzheng's luck is very good. After the death of the first emperor, although three auxiliary ministers were left, Gao Gong was taken down because of the disaster, and Gao Yi died of illness because of Gao Gong's ending.

This made Zhang Juzheng become a lone prime minister shortly after Wanli ascended the throne. Coupled with the implementation of the examination law, although when Zhang Ju was implementing the examination law, it was more to reduce the behavior of officials who were corrupt and bribery, and fighting for power, but after the implementation, his power as the first assistant of the cabinet was unprecedentedly high.

And because the Wanli Emperor was still young, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, the eunuchs of Bingbi and the eunuchs of the palm seal and the governor of Dongchang, cooperated closely. All this has made Zhang Juzheng an existence above 10,000 people under one person.

Perhaps, when Emperor Wanli grows up in the future, he will be dissatisfied with Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng, who are in charge of internal and external power, but now, Emperor Wanli still likes these two courtiers who can help him solve most of the troublesome things.

"Lord Zhang, although this can avoid the suffering of war, and at the same time, as long as the actions of the Korean state are announced to the world, no neighboring countries will question the dynasty. But if Japan is allowed to occupy Korea, once it unites with the northern barbarian tribes......" In a chorus, a minister stood up and said in a deep voice.

His views also attracted a lot of echoes, some of whom were dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng's excessive power, but some were very simple neutrals. Although the number of people is not as large as the ministers who support Zhang Juzheng, they are also quite large. These neutral ministers do not participate in power struggles, and are always on the basis of facts.

And this argument in their mouths is the reason why Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng are biased towards Oda Yoshinobu, but the Ming court has been slow to draw conclusions. Because no matter how you look at it, compared with Japan, which has just ended the troubled times and is at the height of its military might, the weak and incompetent Korean country is undoubtedly a better neighbor.

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng shook his head, looked at everyone and said again, "What Lord Li said is indeed worth worrying about, but Japan is an island country, even if there is no North Korea, if it unites with the Northern Barbarians, it can directly attack any seaside city in its country from the sea, which will be even more difficult to resist." ”

"But if it takes root on the peninsula, then any decision made by Japan in the future will have to consider its territory on the peninsula. After all, unlike those northern barbarians. Japan has always been deeply influenced by Chinese culture, unlike those nomads who can't defeat and retreat directly to the depths of the grassland. Zhang Juzheng said in a deep voice.

Hearing Zhang Juzheng's words, the ministers who opposed it agreed with Zhang Juzheng's statement after pondering for a while. Because as he said, the reason why the northern barbarians are difficult is not because they are really strong, but because they can run away if they can't beat them. After running to the depths of the grassland, the Central Plains civilization had no way to deal with them at all. You must know that not any dynasty has the courage of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

This is not the case in Japan, where the biggest problem with agrarian civilization is that it is difficult to relocate. Therefore, wars between agricultural civilizations have always had to be considered in many ways before they really go to war.

After some discussion, the Ming court finally had a unified idea of the situation on the peninsula, but even so, it did not mean that Japan could easily occupy Korea. You must know that no matter what, Korea is a vassal state of the Ming State, so how can it be allowed to be occupied by Japan in vain?

In late October, Ming envoys arrived at Uiju Castle to discuss the peninsula with Oda Yoshinobu. And in this regard, Oda Yoshinobu will naturally not be surprised, he will not be naïve enough to think that the Ming Congress will let himself occupy the Korean state without doing anything. In fact, Oda Yoshinobu has long been ready for bloodletting, and as long as it does not exceed this bottom line, Oda Yoshinobu will agree to Mingguo's conditions.

When the two sides met for the first time, although they didn't know the conditions of Mingguo, they had never known the identity of the person, and Oda Yoshinobu could guess how much attention Mingguo attached to this matter. Although the Ministry of Rites is indeed responsible for foreign affairs activities, under normal circumstances, is it possible to send the Ministry of Rites as an envoy?

"That's right......" Oda Yoshinobu muttered after listening to the conditions of the Ming Kingdom.

"That's it, if you agree, then this dynasty will recognize your rule in Korea." Lu Tiaoyang said in a deep voice, while looking at Oda Yoshinobu.

When he visited Qi Jiguang in Jimen, he got a lot of information about Oda Yoshinobu from his mouth, but when he saw the real person, he couldn't help but marvel. Without him, Oda Yoshinobu is too young. At the age of 35, he is already above 10,000 people under one person in Japan, and he has established outstanding military exploits on the road to unifying the world. Such characters, in any era, are the pride of the sky.

Oda Yoshinobu thought about it for a long time, in fact, the conditions proposed by Lu Tiaoyang would not be too harsh, after all, Japan was also a subject state of Korea, and Ming would naturally not treat it as an enemy. However, even if the conditions are not harsh, Oda Yoshinobu will not be stupid and directly agree.

After all, what Lu Tiaoyang said at the beginning was a negotiation, and since it was a negotiation, then these conditions could naturally be discussed. After a long groan, Oda Yoshinobu put forward his own ideas, and the two continued to negotiate on the issue of Korea, although the bottom line of Ming is indeed very low, but it is impossible to let Japan lower the price casually.

Eventually, Oda Yoshinobu and Lü Choyang reached an agreement on the Korean issue, and after reporting to the Ming court, the agreement was formally signed.

In the agreement, in addition to recognizing Japan's rule over Korea, a new trade agreement was made, and tomorrow the two countries will establish a new large-scale trading base centered on Uiju. At the same time, Japan will work with Ming to deal with the barbarian tribes in the north and provide Ming with 2 of the latest artillery. In addition, Japan promised to take the initiative to help the Ming attack those northern tribes who had not surrendered or were hostile to the Ming.

Qi Jiguang proposed to ask for artillery, because when he swept away the Japanese invaders before, Qi Jiguang had already discovered that the Japanese artillery was much better than the Ming artillery, but there had been no chance before.

And to deal with the northern barbarian tribes, it was Oda Yoshinobu who proposed it. Although he has little interest in the northern grasslands, he is still more than happy to increase the population.

Of course, Japan also needs to provide all kinds of evidence to the Ming State to prove that the Korean State is indeed ready to unite with the northern barbarians to betray the Ming State and so on. Although the Ming Kingdom itself has mastered some, if Japan can provide more, how can the Ming Kingdom not be happy?