The Ming Dynasty has always boasted of being a state of etiquette and a great country, but it has never been weak, not ceding land, not paying compensation, not being a minister, not being in harmony, and not paying tribute. If the other party treats each other politely, the Ming Dynasty will respect me and I will respect people, but if the other party is arrogant and unreasonable, the Ming Dynasty will also put down the weapons in their hands.

Anmin Bank was robbed of more than 5.3 million yuan, all of which can be checked, and you only said that you robbed 300,000 yuan, that is not too much of a deception, not to mention that Yue Su did not do it, even those ministers will not agree, even if this matter is spread out, all the scholars and doctors will not agree.

Zhang Yan, after all, it is a woman's nature, she thinks that more things are better than less things, Mrs. is peaceful, it's almost enough, there is no need to completely intensify the contradictions between the two countries, after all, Japan is not a Jurchen and does not occupy my territory. However, she soon learned that the cabinet did not accept Japan's terms at all, believing that the Japanese side was deceiving people too much. So, she called Liu Mingguo, Cao Huachun, and Zhao Zhi to ask for their opinions, these three benevolent brothers knew that the current matter was not an internal affair, but an external matter, and they could not be involved indiscriminately.

Therefore, the three of them did not say good things along with the feelings, but stood in front of "justice", saying that the effect of Fanbang was too much to bully people, how could I let others bully, this condition must not be agreed. Although my Ming Dynasty is not bad for this bit of silver, but one yard to one yard, can not be confused, snatch our silver, must be returned, if they are in difficulty, need help, can be mentioned to my Ming Dynasty, but to rob, absolutely not.

Liu Mingguo also said. This kind of diplomatic matter should be handled by the Cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. In fact, the inner palace does not need to participate, I believe that Lord Yue will definitely be able to come up with the best way to solve this matter.

Zhang Yan was actually worried that Yue Su was too impulsive and too radical, don't discuss it, he really marched into Japan, and now the Jurchens haven't solved it. If you enter Japan again, where can the Ming Dynasty afford it. Have the heart to compromise and seek perfection, this matter is really not what she, the queen mother, said, diplomatic affairs, if the royal family dares to be weak, it is estimated that those scholars and doctors in Beijing will have to run to kneel outside the Forbidden City. Forget it, forget it. Let the Cabinet take care of it.

The next day. Liu Ce then negotiated with Koichi Sasaki. This Sasaki, who said it nicely on the face, is simply exaggerating that the Ming Dynasty is a heavenly pilgrimage country, saying that he is a small state, and the meaning of the words is that you can't bully the small with the big, and you should let us be a small country. Talk about it. In the final analysis, no matter what you say, you can't let a single step, there is so much silver, and you can't get a penny more.

In fact, Sasaki also relied on this negotiation, not to mention anything else, and the Jurchens fought for many years. Even this matter at the door of the house has not been resolved, how can there be spare strength to attack them again. Again. The Tokugawa shogunate is now strong and strong, and has come to negotiate with you. It's already considered to be giving you face, if you really want to fight, we may not be afraid of you, labor teachers attack far away, drift across the ocean, is your combat effectiveness good? Do you really dare to go to war?

Liu Ce saw that Sasaki could only say good things, but he didn't give in half a step, and there was no way, so after today's negotiations were over, he went back to the cabinet to see Yue Su and handed over the negotiation records to Lord Yue for a look. After Yue Su saw it, he didn't show it to the other ministers, threw it directly on the coffee table, and said: "Okay, since that Sasaki didn't have the sincerity to compensate, then there is nothing to talk about, tomorrow you go and tell him, what I mean is to compensate 10,000 taels of silver, and it won't work if there is one less, if he doesn't accept it, he will go back to me." We'll see. ”

"Your Excellency...... This...... Isn't it...... Too...... Do you want to discuss it again......" Liu Ce said cautiously.

"There's nothing more to negotiate." Yue Su stood up directly and said, "Let's disperse today, the official is a little tired, so I'll go back to the house first." ”

After speaking, Yue Su walked out of the cabinet hall directly and went home.

The ministers looked at each other, and Qi Shijiao said, "Lord Liu, what did Sasaki say today, and why is Lord Yue so angry?" ”

"Alas......" Liu Ce sighed and said: "That Sasaki, the words are good, but he doesn't give an inch, and he doesn't want to give more copper plates." ”

"If this is the case, there is really no way to talk about it, and the current conditions, if we agree, once the word spreads, we will all be drowned in spit. I see that Lord Yue seems to have other opinions, so let's do what Lord Yue says, no matter what, in external affairs, I can't take half a step back. Although Qi Shijiao was unwilling to go to war, the Japanese side would not make concessions, and it was impossible for him to take the lead in agreeing to the Japanese conditions. Under such conditions, if anyone dares to nod his head, what awaits him is the saliva of tens of millions of people. Qi Shijiao asked himself if he couldn't compare to Lord Yue in this regard, Lord Yue had been sprayed with saliva countless times, but he was still standing, and his ability to resist saliva was very strong. But is he an adult, it is estimated that after a bit of saliva, he will be able to spray himself off the stage, forget it, the sky will fall and there will be a high top, Lord Yue is the first assistant, let him make up his mind, he had better do this matter, don't talk nonsense.

The Junzuo Party has a decision from him, so naturally he will not say anything, Lu Weiqi of the Yiluo Party is even more cautious, he is the same as Qi Shijiao, it is certain that he does not want to go to war, but he cannot agree to the conditions offered by the Japanese. The matter has come to this point, and I can only listen to Yue Su.

Besides, the person in charge of the negotiation is not your own person, Liu Ce, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the Monarch Wing Party, and what happens to the negotiation is also the responsibility of your Monarch Wing Party, and it is also your own business to be scolded in the future.

Liu Ce was really embarrassed, the next negotiations could not be negotiated at all, and Sasaki did not agree to the conditions proposed by Lord Yue, and after a few days of grinding, the negotiations were about to break down.

In the past few days of negotiations, almost all the eyes of the people in the world have been focused on the city of Beijing, not to mention the children of the officials and Shilin, even the ordinary people, who are also extremely concerned, especially those who have business in Rizhao Port, as well as the families of the martyrs. Property cannot be lost in vain, and the dead must also give an explanation, and only the court can do this.

On this day, nearly 1,000 people gathered on the streets of Beijing, from Zhengyangmen to the Forbidden City. And Li Wenzhang's father and son are also among them.

So many people gathered together and walked towards the Forbidden City. It is definitely not a simple matter, but the people of Beijing City do not seem to think it is so strange when they see this scene, this is a crowd to petition, and it will be counted as a parade in later generations. The matter of petitioning happened a lot when the Ming Dynasty was founded. It's not an uncommon thing, but most of the people who petition are students. But this time, there are businessmen mixed in, which is really puzzling.

But if you think about it, it's actually easy to understand. This petition. Nine times out of ten, it was for negotiations with Japan. Merchants suffered the greatest losses, and how many merchants suffered great losses after this battle, and some even went bankrupt and lost their lives. Originally, they thought that the losses could not be recovered. Whether it was robbed by pirates, or robbed by pirates, at most, killed, what else could be done.

However, they did not expect that the imperial court would actually negotiate with Japan, study the issue of compensation, and dialogue between countries would undoubtedly escalate the contradictions. Everyone agreed. The pirates and pirates could not afford to pay for it, but Japan certainly could. There is still a chance to be compensated for everyone's losses. However. The results of the negotiations soon came out, and the Japanese side would not back down, so they would give 500,000 yuan, and there would be no more.

The businessmen got together, anyway, now that there is a chamber of commerce, the big guys studied together, prepared to unite, and gathered together to petition, asking the imperial court to put pressure on Japan and recover an explanation for the big guy, as well as the loss. The five major business councillors headed by Li Wenzhang think this method is good, and with the help of this petition, they may be able to improve the status of the chamber of commerce. However, there is one point, it can be said that it has never happened for businessmen to come forward and gather people to petition, and businessmen have the lowest status, and their petitions are easily suppressed by other parties. If you don't do it, you will be regarded as a rebellion and directly locked up.

Li Yuanchen has now arrived in Beijing, this kid has a lot of ideas, thought about it a little, and came up with a way. He believes that businessmen should not only come forward, but should think of ways to mobilize students. In the past, the people who petitioned in the Ming Dynasty were all students of Guozijian, and if they were brought in, it would not be a trouble. Students who can study in Guozijian need to study well on the one hand, and on the other hand, they need to have money in their families, so among the students of Guozijian, there are also those who do business at home, and there are also those who have businesses in Rizhao Port. As soon as Li Wenzhang sent someone to communicate with the businessman, he immediately went to find his own child and asked him to spread it in the Guozi Prison, we can't say that we just recover the loss for the businessman, or say that it is to fight for the face of the Ming Dynasty, and we can't let the small states of the Japanese State bully. Young people are all bloody, and after a little publicity, many people strongly approve of it, and immediately form a force.

With the support of Guozijian, the Chamber of Commerce came forward to negotiate again, and the two reached an agreement to go to the Forbidden City to petition together. Under the leadership of the students, they gathered at Zhengyangmen today and marched together to Tiananmen Square, where they knelt down.

In front of Tiananmen Square, there are all forbidden troops standing guard, and when I saw so many people kneeling here, I also knew that it was a petition, although such things were common in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not a trivial matter, and it was necessary to notify the emperor at the first time and receive it.

"The Empress Dowager Qiqi, many students of Guozijian and some businessmen are kneeling in front of Tiananmen Square at this moment to petition the emperor."

Liu Mingguo hurriedly came to Cining Palace and told Zhang Yan about the petition of students and businessmen.

When Zhang Yan heard this, she was stunned for a moment and said, "Businessman? Why did the businessmen come to petition too? As the queen mother, she naturally knew about the petition of the students of Guozijian, but she had never heard of businessmen involved.

"The slave and maid don't know, but I just listened to the report from Xiaohuangmen, and he said that the people who petitioned were all students of Guozijian at the beginning, and the merchants at the back were wearing them, and there were quite a few of them." Liu Mingguo bowed and said.

"What's the matter, even the businessmen came out to join in the fun?" Zhang Yan said with some displeasure.

"In the last parliament, Li Wenzhang and five other businessmen and parliamentarians set up a chamber of commerce, and the slave maid thought that these businessmen who came to petition should be businessmen from their chamber of commerce." Liu Mingguo said carefully.

"The mourning family has also heard about the establishment of the chamber of commerce, they set up a chamber of commerce and do their own business, that is, what are their wishes, do you need them to invite?" Zhang Yan said again.

"I think it's because of this negotiation, Rizhao Port suffered losses, mainly these merchants, and now the imperial court and Japan are negotiating, mainly to claim the losses of the imperial court and merchants. They are involved, and at the moment Sasaki will not give an inch. They may be worried about the compromise of the imperial court......" Liu Mingguo carefully analyzed.

"Heh......" Zhang Yan chuckled and said, "These people are really unprofitable. Well, since you're here, you can't see it, but the emperor is still young, what do you think? ”

The slave maid thought. Lord Yue is the minister of Tuogu, and the matter of negotiation is basically up to him, so it is better to let Lord Yue deal with it. Liu Mingguo said.

The mourning family also thinks so. Yue Su should be in the cabinet now, he should have heard about this at this moment. Go and preach the will of your family. Let him, on behalf of the emperor, go and meet with the students and businessmen who are petitioning, and see what they mean. After Zhang Yan finished speaking, she waved her hand.

"The slave obeys. The slave and maid will retire ......"

After Liu Mingguo received the order, he bowed down and went directly to the cabinet. Yue Su already knew about the petition of the students and businessmen. And I can think that the Queen Mother will definitely let herself meet those businessmen and students. After Liu Mingguo arrived, he passed on the will, and Yue Su immediately accepted the decree and sent people outside Tiananmen Square to invite the leading students and businessmen in.

The students and businessmen each sent a few representatives in, and naturally there were many of them, including Zhuge Xiang, a member of the Shilin Council. This Zhuge Xiang's family is not very rich, but they are talented. No one in the family is doing business in Rizhao, so to speak. The eight generations of ancestors have not produced a trader, but this kid is indeed a typical hot-blooded young man. He believes that the Japanese side is really deceiving people too much, and how can our Ming Dynasty compromise easily, and this time we must fight on the basis of reason, and we must not let the imperial court accept Japan's conditions. Others may be for these certain interests, but he is for the honor and disgrace of the country. The representatives of businessmen, of course, have fewer big businessmen and parliamentarians, and there is another Li Yuanchen.

More than a dozen people entered the cabinet hall together, Yue Su sat in the middle, and a group of cabinet ministers sat on the salary. After Zhuge Xiang, Li family's father and son and others came in, except for Li Wenzhang, the others bowed down together.

"Grass people, see your lords." "The students have met the adults." ……

"Excuse me. When it is right, you will be rewarded, and you will wait outside Tiananmen Square to see the emperor to petition, and the emperor will decree that the official will receive you on your behalf, what do you have to do, but it doesn't matter. Yue Su said with a smile.

In the current Ming Dynasty, Lord Yue has basically always spoken on behalf of the emperor, so the big guy also knows that talking to Lord Yue is equivalent to talking to the emperor.

Zhuge Xiang took a step forward, rushed to the arch, and said: "Student Zhuge Xiang, I came to petition today, not for anything else, but to hope that the imperial court will not accept the conditions of the Wa Kingdom." The Japanese attacked our Rizhao, killed our soldiers and civilians, caused rivers of blood, and burned them to the ground. The compensation they proposed was only a drop in the bucket of my losses, and they really deceived me too much. I have never compromised with the outside world, and this time it is even more so, I must let the Japanese return justice to me. ”

As he finished speaking, the other delegates chimed in. "Yes, but if you want to let the Japanese country return me justice, I will never compromise!" ……

Yue Su smiled again, glanced at the ministers in the hall, and said: "Princess, you have also heard their words, I am a hot-blooded man, and I am in a high position, so naturally I can't fall behind." Liu Ce should still be negotiating in the Ministry of Rites now, I don't think I can talk about anything today, that Sasaki really didn't take me into account. However, it's not a way to drag it out like this. Speaking of this, Yue Su put his eyes on Zhuge Xiang's body and said: "Zhuge Xiang, I don't know if you have heard of this official's proposition, if you haven't heard of it, this official might as well tell you about it here." The official's proposition is to let the Japanese state compensate me with 10,000 taels of silver as compensation for the loss of the Ming Dynasty, and will not compromise half a step. In addition to the cost of rebuilding the port of Rizhao, the silver of the compensation was also to be compensated to those merchants who suffered losses, as well as as as compensation for the martyrs. ”

"What my lord said is good, this time my Ming Daming's loss in Rizhao is not more than 10 million, and it should be compensated by the Japanese country. For the actions of adults, I greatly admire and agree with them. This time, it was Li Yuanchen who hurriedly said.

"The students also support the suggestion, but I think that 10,000 taels seems to be a little more, and some strong people are difficult, my Ming Dynasty is a big country after all, and I shouldn't be too harsh on a small state." Zhuge Xiang said so.

"Then how much do you think the Wa State should be compensated?" Yue Su asked.

"Naturally, as much as you lose, you will be compensated." Zhuge Xiang said.

"The robbery of Anmin Bank alone is 5.3 million yuan in silver, and the losses of the people are incalculable and incalculable. To say the least, it will cost about 30 million. Rebuilding sunshine is not a small number. Yue Su said.

The student thought. Fifty million taels is enough. But considering the small country of Fanbang, it is difficult to come up with this number, let them have a few points, and give them a little color. Claim 20 million taels, I don't know what adults think? Zhuge Xiang said.

Hearing this, Yue Su secretly said in his heart: "Although this Zhuge Xiang is hot-blooded. But after all, he is a scholar, and now the Japanese are only worth 500,000 yuan at most, and they will not give any more, let alone 20 million. ”

But Yue Su still nodded and said, "That's right, I should be humble to a small state as a big country." But. Zhuge Xiang. If the Japanese people are not even willing to compensate for 20 million, what do you think I should do? ”

"This ......" Yue Su's words stopped Zhuge Xiang when he arrived.

It was Li Yuanchen, who smiled and said: "The court monks, now the Japanese are bullying the door. How can my generation be bullied? Could it be that my Ming Dynasty's heroes and generals are all decorations? ”

As soon as they heard this, the faces of the ministers all changed, and they thought to themselves, you kid is really not afraid of chaos, a Jurchen is enough for Daming to drink a pot, and now you have to make a strong enemy.

"Hahahaha......" Yue Su just laughed, and said after laughing. said lightly: "As for that, if the Japanese people don't agree to my Daming's conditions. That's an afterword, how to do it. The official thought that it would be better to take it to the parliament for discussion at that time. I don't know what you think? ”

"What your lord said is extremely true, one person is short and two people are long, and it should be the most appropriate to discuss it in the parliament." Zhuge Xiang said.

"The villain also approves of the adult's words." Li Yuanchen immediately agreed.

The two of them expressed their approval, and the businessmen and student representatives who came here also said yes.

In fact, the biggest headache for the cabinet ministers is what should happen if the Japanese side still does not back down and the negotiations are broken? If it is said that the war is started and the war is lost, who will bear this responsibility.

But now, when I hear that I want to talk about it in the parliament, I can't help but be secretly happy. Because the parliament is not a cabinet, what the parliament decides is the opinion of all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty, even if it is wrong, it cannot be relied on by the cabinet. So, all the ministers also nodded.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Yue Su nodded slightly, and said: "Come on, go to the Ministry of Rites, tell Lord Liu, and say that I will propose compensation of 20 million taels of silver to the Japanese side, which is the bottom line of my Ming Dynasty, if the Japanese side agrees, you can sign, if the Japanese side still does not agree, then there is no need to talk about it, please Sasaki go back." ”

20,000 taels, of course Sasaki will not agree, Liu Ce this time, he will not show weakness, he already knows about the petition of students and businessmen, since you don't agree, then don't talk about it. Negotiations broke down, and Sasaki left Beijing and returned to Japan.

After Sasaki left, Yue Su sent a letter to the emperor and asked for a second council to discuss countermeasures.

After Zhang Yan saw the twists, she immediately found Liu Mingguo, Cao Huachun, and Zhao Zhi to ask for their opinions.

The opinions of these three are basically the same, that is, the convening of a parliament is simply imperative and must be convened. Because it is much safer to let the parliament take the idea than to let the cabinet or the emperor take the idea. After all, the parliament represents all walks of life in the world, even if it is wrong, it is nothing, but if it is up to the emperor and the cabinet to make an idea, once it is wrong, then wait for saliva.

Zhang Yan thought about it, and this is what it meant, whether it is beaten or not, if it is wrong, the saliva of those officials must not spray people to death. If the council comes up with an idea, it will be different, at least it can reduce its own responsibility, and there are more people who carry the black pot.

Although he tends not to go to war, little Japan is too faceless, which makes the royal face where to put it. But when the war started, she was also afraid of losing, and she worked hard to let the Tartars take advantage of the loopholes.

It's not appropriate to fight, it's not appropriate not to fight, just let's look at it and discuss it.

Zhang Yan immediately ordered the performance, but she asked Liu Mingguo and them to teach them a lesson, telling them that when they participated in the parliament, they must study everything for me to understand, no matter what decision is made in the end, it must be the most secure, and they can't vote blindly in a daze. Even if it is a war, I must solve all the problems such as food and salary, and I have no worries, otherwise, whoever dares to vote indiscriminately, whose hands I chop off! (To be continued......)