Updated: 202-0-26

The boat was gliding quickly on the sea, and the Prince was in front of him, and Hiromichi Ito in the boat couldn't help but wipe his sweat from his sleeves. On this nasty summer day, the whistling sea breeze couldn't blow away the heat and dryness of his whole body. Although he was a little timid, as the deputy commissioner of Uraga, Hiromichi Ido had to follow the orders of Masahiro Abe and come to negotiate.

The thirteenth shogun, Tokugawa Ieding, was frail and sickly, suffering from ADHD nervos, unable to manage government affairs, and all the affairs of the shogunate were managed by shogunate officials. "Lao Chu" is equivalent to the position of the Prime Minister of the Shogunate, and Masahiro Abe is the chief Lao Zhong of the Shogunate.

As soon as the Prince appeared on the surface of the Shinagawa Sea in the afternoon, someone on the shore brought the news to Edo Castle.

"This ship is so fast!" Masahiro Abe sat crookedly on the tatami mat and hit his head hard with his fists.

The news sent by the Uraga Commission in the morning was only sent to Edo Castle by a fast horse in the afternoon. As soon as Hiromichi Ido, the deputy commissioner of Uraga, received the report, he hastened to report it to the shogunate. In the past two years, the "black ship sailing" again and again has tormented Masahiro Abe to the point of exhaustion and overwhelmed to deal with it. In June, the black ship of the American Perry had just left Japan, and Masahiro Abe just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly, there was another big ship in Edo Bay with the red flag of the sun and the moon.

"The sun and the moon red flag, where does this come from? It shouldn't be the Taiping Army of the Qing Dynasty, maybe what kind of gang organization is anti-Qing and Mingming? The more Masahiro Abe thought about it, the more he felt a headache. The sound of cannon fire off the coast of Shinagawa soon reached the city, and Masahiro Abe was full of hope that Egawa Hidetomo would sink the uninvited ship.

Soon the sky south of Edo Castle turned red, and someone came to report that the skyrocketing torches of the Shinagawa Fort had been dyed red for half the day. "Eight Ga Ya Road!" Masahiro Abe wielded his katana and smashed all the furnishings in the room. The ship was so fierce that he didn't know how to deal with it.

"Report~" There was another report from the samurai outside.

A large ship with the red flag of the sun and moon appeared on the surface of Shinagawa, and the news immediately reached the fishermen. This caused a panic in Edo Castle, and rumors spread that more than a dozen large ships and thousands of people were coming. When the Prince burned down the Shinagawa Fort, the sky south of Edo Castle turned red. The Japanese in Edo Castle were even more panicked, and everyone hurried out of the city to take refuge, men, women, and children fled with baskets and baskets, and the streets and alleys were crowded with people. The noise spread all the way to the shogun's residence "Honmaru", and the officials who were discussing the proceedings were also frightened, and they hurriedly reported it to Masahiro Abe.

"Nani?" Masahiro Abe immediately sat down on the tatami mat. He let out a roar, "Quick, send someone to negotiate and let Ido Hiromichi go." ”

Hiromichi Ido took a Dutch interpreter and a Chinese translator and sailed straight to the Prince in the twilight. Fearing that the Prince would use force against them, he had two interpreters stand at the bow of the ship and alternately shout in two languages to express his willingness to negotiate.

Wang Tiezhu pricked up his ears and listened, called Ye Feiyang, explained to him, and asked Ye Feiyang and Shao Bei to deal with the devil.

Ye Feiyang is a bachelor of law, 29 years old, from Shandong. He is 75 tall, weighs 70 kilograms, wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and looks Sven. Ye Feiyang is a member of the CP Party, has a certain study of the history of the CP Party, and he has also worked in the company's administrative management and human resources director. Although Ye Feiyang only came to sign up at the end of June, according to his level and quality, Wang Tiehammer arranged him to manage logistics on the Prince, and prepared to let him participate in the formation of the political commissar system.

"Bang bang~" Ban Xue led a brother from the class with an M6A4 rifle and two shots at the sea, stopping all the other ships that came to negotiate 200 meters away, and only allowed the boat that Hiromichi Ito was riding to come over.

"Where are you from, where are you going, and what are you doing in Japan? I am the vice-governor of Uraga and have come to negotiate at the behest of the shogunate. Hiromichi Ido came in a small boat to the side of the Prince, and he looked up at the soldiers in marine camouflage and loaded guns on the side of the ship, and the interpreter shouted his words loudly in Chinese and Latin.

"Vice-Governor Uraga?" Ye Feiyang is 1.75 meters tall, he looks very tall in the eyes of the Japanese, he is carrying an embroidered spring knife on his waist, wearing a flying fish suit, standing majestically on the side of the gunwale, with a gloomy face, and waved his hand, "Go back, your level is too low, you can't call the shots." Tomorrow, a high-ranking official will come over, such as your old middle Abe Masahiro, who will speak more effectively. ”

Shao Bei was a translator on the side, and he was also wearing an embroidered spring knife on his waist and a flying fish suit.

Since the middle of June, the decision has been made to cross the regiment through the end of the Qing Dynasty, play the sun and moon red flags, and use the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Mu Luoyi, who was in charge of logistics, specially customized four sets of flying fish suits for use when communicating with the outside world.

"What? Let me go back! Ido Hiromichi shook his head repeatedly, "I came to negotiate on the orders of the shogunate, and if I go back without talking about anything, I will only commit suicide by disembowelment." ”

Ban Xue and the others used guns to scare them, but Ido Hiromichi just didn't leave, "You have to at least tell me, where are you from?" Why? I also hope that you will not continue to shell the innocent people in our country, and we are willing to create peace between you and us with the greatest sincerity! ”

Ye Feiyang originally wanted to tease this devil again, but his stomach began to bark. Everyone was tired for a long time and hadn't eaten dinner, so he hurriedly sent Hiromichi Ido away with words.

Hiromichi Ido returned to Edo and immediately rushed to the inner city to report the situation to Masahiro Abe.

"The ship claims to be the warship Prince of the Ming Imperial Navy of China, and they have promised not to shell Edo Castle today, but tomorrow we must send them 500,000 taels of gold." Hiromichi Ido bowed his head with a tremolo.

"500,000 taels of gold?" Masahiro Abe suddenly burst into a rage, "Yaga, this is simply blackmail!" Da Ming? Now there's Da Ming! ”

"I told them that 500,000 taels of gold was too much, and they couldn't be the master themselves, so they asked them to send officials who could make the decision tomorrow." Ido Hiromichi knelt on the tatami mat and leaned down to report, "The guy I talked to claimed to be Hongroji Masao, he disdained me to negotiate, and repeatedly said that my rank was too low, and he claimed that the commander of the "Prince" led the team was the title of secretary of the military department. And he and the interpreter next to him were wearing flying fish suits that seemed to be from the Ming Dynasty, and a knife collapsed on their waists. The other soldiers wore all white flowers, which were piled with blue, white, gray, and brown, which was not the clothing of the Qing Dynasty, nor the clothing of the Ming Dynasty, and I had never seen such a dress in any country, which was more suspicious. ”

"A group of leather monkeys that came out of nowhere, that is, relying on the strength of the ship and the gun, ran to our Japan and claimed to be the king." Masahiro Abe laughed angrily.

"Yes, their ships are very powerful." Hiromichi Ido immediately recalled a detail, "Although they didn't allow me to get on the ship, I touched the plank, and it was made of iron, absolutely yes, it was made of steel. ”

"Nani?" Masahiro Abe was shocked, "A ship made of steel? ”

"That's right, we tapped it a little, and it's an echo of steel?" Hiromichi Ido said with great certainty.

Masahiro Abe hurriedly asked, "They are also a ship, although it is made of steel, it should be able to burn, right?" The 0 ships of the Aizu and Shinobi clans were ready to be burned to death in the second half of the night. ”

"No, it's not going to work." Hiromichi Ido shook his head repeatedly, "The steel ship doesn't burn easily, and there are two lights on the left and right of this ship that are as bright as the sun. The two lampposts rowed across the sea, and the range within two miles was so clear that it was difficult for the fireships to get close to them. Besides, they are steel ships, and they are not afraid of fire. ”

Masahiro Abe's eyes widened, "There are lights like this?" ”

"Yes, those two headlights are like the two eyes of the legendary dragon king, especially bright."

Masahiro Abe was very depressed, "The plan to attack the fire can only be canceled." ”

"Your Excellency!" Ido Hiromichi fell to the ground violently, "Please don't annoy them, or Edo Castle will be in great trouble!" This one ship is very powerful, and they must have other ships. ”

On the morning of July 4, 2695, Masahiro Abe appointed Masamu Naka as the chief representative, and led the head of Hayashi University and Hiromichi Ido to negotiate with the Prince. On land, several thousand soldiers from the Hikone and Kawagoe domains gathered on the shore, and hundreds of small boats from the Aizu and Shinobi domains formed a warning formation and spread out on the sea around the Prince.

The Prince has Wang Tiehammer as the chief representative, and Ye Feiyang and Shao Bei as the deputy representatives. Shao Bei acted as Ye Feiyang's deputy this time, Shaoqing of Daming Honglu Temple.

Ye Feiyang had already asked people to press a table on the back deck, and put a few chairs on both sides to use as a table for negotiations. Dozens of sturdy marines, all armed with guns and knives, lined up on the side of the ship, under the leadership of Ban Xue. Tan Ke and You Nanzhe also each commanded the artillery crew to shake the M cannon high.

Wang Tiezhu, Ye Feiyang, and Shao Bei were all wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives on their waists. After exchanging salutes with the Japanese envoys, Wang Tiezhu first asked Shao Bei beside him to check the documents and check the identities of several people who were digging Tian Zhengmu. At the same time, he asked Ye Feiyang to show the edict document stamped with the treasure of the edict, "We are the military department of the Chinese Ming Empire, the Honglu Temple Zhengqing, and the Honglu Temple Shaoqing, these are the edicts." "This edict is based on a replica of a historical object, and the seal on it is also a modern imitation.

Digada Masamu took the paperwork, hastily handed it to the head of Lin University beside him. The head of Hayashi University is the head of the shogunate university, which is equivalent to the sake of the kokuko priest in China, and it can be regarded as a scholar in Japan.

Lin University searched for a long time and found that the format of the edict and the seal on the document were no different from the edicts and seals of the previous Ming Dynasty officials preserved in the shogunate archives. He nodded slightly, and returned the paperwork to Ye Feiyang, "Are you really from the army of the Ming Dynasty?" Where is your court now? ”

"Does this Ming army still need to be pretended? We are all loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and our court is still there, but we have retreated to a land in the ocean. It was Shao Bei who answered this.

"On a land in the middle of the ocean?" Lin University smiled.

Shao Bei sneered: "There are many lands and islands in the ocean. Does Fellow Lin have any doubts about this? ”

"Don't dare!"

"Alright, alright!" Wang Tiehammer interrupted the conversation between Lin Datou and Shao Bei, "Lord Ditian, the identities of both of us are fine, when will you be able to pay your 500,000 taels of gold?" ”

Jitian Zhengmu was very polite, "Lord Shangshu, I heard that the former Ming Dynasty has always been a great power of the Celestial Empire and a country of etiquette, and it has always been to convince people with reason and morality. If you haven't dealt with each other for two hundred years, you seem to have become Western barbarians, full of copper stench. ”

This is a fallacy. Zi said, to repay grievances directly, not to repay grievances with virtue. Ye Feiyang shook his head, "We are well anchored in a small bay in Puga, and we are innocently attacked by your soldiers; We sailed normally on the sea, and we were innocently attacked by your batteries, is it all in vain? ”

"But as a result, you are not injured, and we are suffering heavy casualties." Hiromichi Ido said.

Shao Bei sneered, "You guys did it first, right?" ”

Hiroshi Ido, "It's a drop, but ~~"

"It is rude to act first, we are the righteous party, we are the righteous party." Shao Bei immediately interrupted Ido Hongdao's words, "The saint has clouds, if people don't offend me, I won't offend people, if people offend me, I will offend people." Our Ming army is a division of benevolence, might, and justice, and will never fire the first shot. ”

"The robbers must be severely punished and justice must be served. You shoot first, and you are the unjust. It is reasonable and in line with the way of the saints to make you compensate. "But in order to express the generosity and benevolence of the Ming Empire of China, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations, we will return to you fifteen captured soldiers and five wounded." You can bring them back with you before you go. ”

When it came to the negotiation table, his side was a little weak, and the head of Lin University hurriedly said, "We are very grateful to you for your friendly measures. But in any case, you want 500,000 taels of gold, which is too much, and it is simply a lion's mouth. ”

"Is it much? Not much at all. Shao Bei stomped on the deck with his foot, "No, this ship is made of steel and costs 200,000 taels of gold." 500,000 taels is the price of two and a half ships, which is not much at all. ”

"This ship is made of all steel?" Masaki asked in surprise.

"Yes, although it costs two hundred thousand taels of gold, it is fast and the cannon is fierce. Why don't we drive the boat and let you feel what it's like to ride the wind? Wang Tie hammered the digging field, and his expression was very sincere.

Digging Tian Zhengmu pondered, is this to drive the ship away, let us become kidnapped, no, we can't take risks. Thinking of this, he shook his head again and again, "Your ship is indeed good, it can be worth 200,000 taels of gold. But we still have to negotiate. The shogunate waited for our reply. ”

Lin University said: "We hit your ship by mistake, and the price of one ship is at most." You want two and a half ships, isn't that too much? Since you claim to be the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, you should not make such a mistake! ”

Wang Tiezhu said with a smile, "There is an old Chinese saying, one is that stealing chickens does not make rice, and the other is that there can be no kindness of women. ”

"What do you mean?" Digging Tian Zhengmu saw Wang Tiehammer's smiling face, and his stomach was full of discomfort.

"What do you mean! That is, if you do something wrong, you must be severely punished. Shao Bei said, "I am one of the three major expeditions of the Ming Dynasty and Wanli to resist the Japanese and aid Korea, you still remember." Korea called it the Imjin Patriotic War and the Dingyou Rebellion; You call it the Korean Expedition. For seven years, the Ming Dynasty spent more than 7 million dollars. The Tokugawa family, as the vested interests of this war, shouldn't you shogunate give an explanation to the Ming Dynasty! ”

Ye Feiyang continued: "Japan has a king, but the shogun is under the throne and dominates the government for two hundred years. Now that the shogunate's military power has declined, it has opened its doors to Europe and the United States. The feudal clans have lost the restraint of military power, and they are all brewing to respect the king, so doesn't the shogunate have a sense of crisis? ”

"Yesterday's shelling of Shinagawa Odaiba, the power of our warships should be felt throughout Japan." Shao Bei tapped the table lightly with his hand, "I think that if Kyoto comes to the door, they will definitely be willing to give this 500,000." ”

The three Japanese representatives exchanged words and did not speak.

Ye Feiyang said: "With your 500,000 taels of gold, we will take care of the troubles." Our Prince is fast, firepower, and has a long range, and it is no problem to destroy a couple of American ships. There must be a dozen such ships, whether they are American ships or British ships, and there is no problem in destroying them. But the king's affairs can only be handled by you. Maybe you'll need our help in the future. ”

Masaki Higata said with some difficulty: "Thank you for your kindness to the shogunate, but these 500,000 taels of gold are too much, can you subtract it a little more." ”

"The shogunate has no money? How is this possible! Wang Tiehammer pointed with his hand, "Deputy Ido Hiromichi, your Uraga office seems to have spent a lot of money to build a sailboat, and it has just been launched." I heard that there are 10,000 taels of gold in the offices of the two towns in the north and south of Edo, so it's true! It is believed that there is more gold in the shogunate's warehouse. ”

"500,000 taels of gold is too much, I hope I can subtract some." The three Japanese delegates stood up together and bowed deeply, "Please!" ”

"Okay, we still have to talk about benevolence and righteousness, and I'll subtract 100,000 taels." Wang Tiehammer said: "These 400,000 taels of gold, as long as your shogunate pays 00,000 taels." The other hundred thousand taels of gold belonged to Samosa. Since the 37th year of Wanli, the Satsuma clan has been invading the Ryukyu, a vassal of the Celestial Empire. Satsuma is a rich man, so go out for them first, and then ask them for it later. ”

"~~~~ Okay, I promise! However, I have to report to the chief elder Nakabe Masahiro, and it will take some time to raise the gold! Masaki said through gritted teeth.

"That's no problem, when will you deliver, when will we leave." Wang Tiehammer was very refreshing, "Come, let's sign an agreement first." To be clear, this is just a friendly testimony between the two of us, a private agreement, and we will count if we sign it. I believe you don't want to make this secret covenant public. As he spoke, Shao Bei took out a piece of paperwork.

In the end, the two sides bargained and finally reached an agreement:

The Ming Empire of China and Japan concluded the articles to be observed thereafter with the aim of honest and unswerving friendship and exchanges between the peoples of the two countries. Wang Tiezhu, Ye Feiyang, and Shao Bei, the plenipotentiaries of the Chinese Ming Empire, went to Japan, and the Japanese state sent plenipotentiaries to Daida Masamu, Lin Datou, and Ido Hiromichi, and the two sides signed a left treaty with the edict as a letter:

Article 1: The people of the Ming Empire of China and Japan are immortal and immortal, and there is no difference in geography and character.

Article 2: Wanli resisted the Japanese and aided the dynasty, seven years of conquest, and the Ming Dynasty spent more than 7 million yuan. Satsuma invaded the Ryukyu, a vassal of the Celestial Empire, and the shogunate ignored it. This year, the Ming warships were shelled. General Ijin expressed deep regret over this and assured that such incidents would not happen again.

Article 3: The Chinese Ming Empire expressed its deep gratitude to the Chinese Ming Empire for its willingness to use 400,000 taels of gold to drive out the Tatars and restore China, and promised to continue to support the leadership of the Zhengyi Empire in Japan.

Article 4: From now on, the Grand Shogun of Seiki shall allow the Chinese to bring their families and relatives to live in five ports along the coast of Japan, including Yokohama, Edo Tsukiji, Osaka Kawaguchi, Kobe, and Hakodate, without hindrance to trade and commerce; In addition, the Ming court sent consuls, stewards and other officials to live in the five places and the six cities in Nagasaki to specialize in business affairs and exchange official documents with the local officials; Order the Chinese to clearly pay the goods tax, money and other fees according to the list described in the next article. The Chinese Ming Empire would also grant the Japanese the right to enjoy the corresponding rights and interests in China.

Article 5: The Ryukyus, the Chinese vassals, and the Japanese national film are not allowed to enter.