However, at the time of the negotiations, Hu Zongxian raised a question that was both crucial and practical: what should the imperial court do if it did not agree to trade with Japan?

Peng Yue naturally couldn't say anything at this time, Hu Zongxian had nothing to do, and he was blocking himself or something, because he was also worried about this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info thought that because of the matter of opening up trade with the Japanese, he suggested to Zhu Houyu many times, but Zhu Houyu was very reluctant, and the last time he was even furious, since then, Peng Yue never dared to mention it again, so Peng Yue is now worried about this matter.

"Actually, I'm worried about that, but... I still want to give it a try...", Peng Yue sighed and said, "Conducting trade with Japan is definitely beneficial to my Ming Dynasty. ”

Peng Yue's statement is indeed based on sufficient evidence. First, because although Japan is now poor and broken, there are more unmined gold and silver mines, and gold and silver are common currency, and they will definitely sell gold and silver at a low price now, isn't this a big lucrative deal?

The second is that Peng Yue is "planning" for the future of Japan: Japan is now at war, and the princes are fighting with each other, and Peng Yue can control the local Japanese princes through the right of trade and trade, because they all want to obtain the right of trade with the Ming Dynasty. At that time, whether Japan was at war or peace, it would be controlled by the Ming Dynasty to a large extent.

Of course, Peng Yue didn't want Japan to have a stable regime, otherwise he would bully people indiscriminately in Japan, so Peng Yue had already secretly made a plan in his heart: to use Wang Zhi as an intermediary to contact several Japanese princes, and use the right to trade and trade as a bait to lure them into constant competition with each other.

Moreover, a large number of handicrafts of the Ming Dynasty flowed into Japan, so the Japanese princes would also focus on fighting for hegemony and mining gold and silver, without considering the development of local handicrafts, agriculture, etc., and perhaps they would follow the old path of history in Spain: the local nobles exchanged gold and silver for foreign handicrafts, and although the upper class lived a wealthy life, the whole society was stagnant.

Of course, this can't blame Peng Yue's heart for being too ruthless, after all, the Japanese have done so many things in history that have lost their conscience, so they should learn a lesson! However, all this depends on whether Zhu Houxi can agree to trade with Japan.

"At present, we are not sure about the attitude of the imperial court, but now it is the right way to find a way to stabilize Wang Zhi...", Hu Zongxian pondered, "We haven't been in contact with Wang Zhi for a while, and his recent smuggling and robbery activities have begun to become frequent again, we must find a way to solve this problem." ”

"We can lure Wang Zhi ashore first and negotiate with him...", Peng Yue frowned, "It's just that the way is not easy to think of..."

"Yes, Wang Zhi is cunning and suspicious, if we don't win the right to trade with Japan, I'm afraid he won't come here." , Hu Zongxian said with a sigh.

"It's not necessary...", Peng Yue shook his head with a smile, "If we have already won the right to trade and trade, we will still negotiate with him?" What if he doesn't agree to our conditions at that time? Therefore, before he relents, we must not determine the right to trade and trade, and we can only work in secret, and I believe that Wang Zhi also understands this truth. ”

"Oh... That's true...", Hu Zongxian nodded and said, "Then let's lure him ashore first, and say... It is said that without his help, it would be difficult to win the right to trade and trade. ”

"Yes, that's right!" Peng Yuexi said, "I used this as a reason to lure him ashore, and then I was sure to persuade him to believe in us and cooperate with us." ”

"Well, good...", Hu Zongxian nodded, "Xiaguan has a plan, you can give it a try..."

It turned out that Hu Zongxian's strategy didn't seem to be very clever, it was nothing more than letting the soldiers salute first. He first sent an envoy to negotiate with Wang Zhi and asked him to come ashore to negotiate.

Sure enough, Wang Zhi was very suspicious, and he would never easily believe him because of Hu Zongxian's words, so Wang Zhi found a lot of reasons and said a lot of decent words, which together meant one thing: I can't go ashore for the time being.

So Hu Zongxian resorted to his not-so-clever plan: let Wang Zhina's own son, who was still on the shore, write a letter to Wang Zhi, urging him to hurry up and negotiate ashore, and hinted in his words that if he didn't obey, he would take his son under the knife.

However, Wang Zhi didn't take the bait, he just replied to his son, the content of the letter was very simple: Son, you are too stupid, if your father is outside, Hu Zongxian can still treat you well, but if your father goes ashore, our father's life will be all in the hands of others, but we may all have to die!

Sure enough, Wang Zhi was much more difficult to deal with than Xu Hailai, and Hu Zongxian was also in trouble for a while, and he really had no other tricks.

At this time, Peng Yue, who was smiling, came over and told Hu Zongxian that there was no need to worry, I had a good solution.

"I wonder what Master Peng thinks?" Although Hu Zongxian was anxious, he still had to be respectful and polite to Peng Yue.

"It's not a high opinion, but it just glimpses Wang Zhi's heart." , Peng Yue smiled slightly, "Although Wang Zhi refuses to go ashore now, his fleet stays not far from the land, and he neither robs nor smuggles, just stays and does not move, what does this mean?" It shows that he wants to negotiate with us, but he still doesn't believe in our sincerity, and what we have to do is to make him believe in our sincerity. ”

"Oh... Yes, the adults should have analyzed it well, but... It is indeed difficult for him to believe in our sincerity, after all, there is no basis for his words, and Wang Zhi is so suspicious. Hu Zongxian said with a sigh.

"It's okay, I have a way...", Peng Yue said with a smile, "Does Hu Shilang know the story of the Qunying Society's Jiang Ganzhong's scheme?" ”

"Oh? Oh... What does the adult mean to use the method used on Jiang Gan to Wang Zhi? It seems that Hu Zongxian has also read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

"That is, it can be said that it can be said that it is not, because what Zhou Yu asked Jiang Gan to see is fake news, but what we let Wang Zhi know is true news, just to make him believe in our sincerity...", Peng Yue sighed, "Sometimes human nature is like this, if you are too smart, you will be overconfident, and you will not trust others no matter what, but you believe in yourself the most, we are just taking advantage of his weakness." ”

"But if you want to do this, you have to go ashore." Hu Zongxian raised his new question.

"There's no need to let Wang Zhi go ashore in person... You can find someone who can not only make Wang Zhi believe in him, but also make Wang Zhi feel at ease and boldly let him go ashore..."

"Oh... I see..." )