"If the tributary trade is abolished, the number of tributaries and tributes is no longer restricted, and the people are allowed to exchange freely, and the trade between our dynasty and the Celestial Empire is strengthened, frankly speaking, we are very much in agreement, but there are some things that we still have doubts."

Ouchi Yoshiyong took a sip of the cup and said, "Today, I will be open and honest with the two adults, and tell the truth." Let me give you an example, in the past, when the trade was surveyed, the Ming court was thick and thin, and the gifts given to our dynasty were indeed rich, but they were far from meeting the needs of our dynasty.

For this consideration, when I paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, the tribute envoys often carried a lot of goods, and sold them to local wealthy merchants in large ports along the way, such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Jinling, but many of the rich private merchants defaulted on their accounts for various reasons, and in order to recover the arrears, the people of our dynasty had to go back and forth by boat, and even hit the lawsuit to the yamen of the political envoy, but still could not be protected. ”

Yang Ling smiled faintly at Ouchi Yiyong: "We have already thought of this problem. As a matter of fact, once trade is free, there will certainly be no small number of merchants going to our country, so we have decided to set up a special yamen with a division and formulate special maritime laws and trade laws to protect the rights and interests of merchants on both sides.

At the same time", Wang Hua also owed: "In order to ensure that the Yamen of Yousi enforces the law impartially, your country can send permanent envoys to be stationed in our capital and the cities where the two sides have close contacts to supervise the implementation of the law. Of course, we also need to send a special envoy to your country to take care of the relevant matters, and we will have equal rights for each other. ”

After Wang Hua finished speaking, he and Yang Ling looked at each other and smiled. The economy must always have the support of politics and law, and Wang Hua's suggestion is reasonable, and Ouchi Yiyong is open-minded and can't help nodding his head again and again.

But he didn't know that the Great Ming Dynasty, which had always been above the top and did not put the small country of Fanyi in its eyes at all, actually had another purpose in making this suggestion. The Ming Dynasty was completely ignorant of the rise and fall of the Imperial Family and the Shogunate, their ability to control the whole country, and the political attitudes of several powerful feudal clans in Kyushu.

In such a situation, even the main owner cannot be found, and if you want to cooperate, especially military cooperation, it is simply a castle in the air. Yang Ling proposed to send ambassadors, with officials from the six ministries as civil officials and factory guards as military attachés, to collect information on their political, military, and economic aspects in an all-round way, so as to know and know the enemy, so as to ensure that there is a definite goal and that the relevant national policies can be truly implemented.

Hosokawa Chengming smiled and said: "Lord Wang's discussion is very good, once the two countries open up the sea and trade, merchants are like clouds, sails are like banners, it is inevitable that there will be many disputes, if there is no strong yamen to ensure fairness, it will inevitably cause many incidents among the people."

In addition, our dynasty needs a lot of Ming goods, whether raw silk, cotton cloth, mercury, magnets, medicinal materials, spices, calligraphy and paintings, Buddhist scriptures, etc., once these things are sold to our country, their interest will increase tenfold.

In addition to some screens, fans, boxes, and swords, most of the goods sold to Daming are copper, sulfur, sumac, pearls and other raw materials, and the price has increased very little, is there any injustice? ”

Yang Ling smiled and said: "These things depend on the needs of the people, not to mention that once these raw materials are shipped, I will have to re-process them in the court, and I will always leave them to make money, right?" What good advice does Hosokawa have for him? ”

Hosokawa looked happy and said: "Can the Ming Dynasty allow me to set up a store and factory in the Ming Dynasty, hire Ming craftsmen, learn the manufacturing process, and produce goods on the spot after transporting materials and then sell them?" ”

He complained again: "In addition, like pearls, spider picking women into the sea to pick spiders, extremely dangerous, but the beads are sold to the Ming Dynasty, even the profit is not rich, and the Ming jewelry merchants can double the profits by processing and then selling, I have been processed jewelry has always been resisted by the Ming jewelry merchants, can not be sold, how unfair is it?" ”

Wang Hua laughed loudly, brushed his sleeves and said: "Hosokawa Gong makes this a mistake, I want to be a Ming silk brocade, and I have to walk from planting mulberry, raising silkworms, drawing silk, and making brocade, is there less hard work?" What the Ming Dynasty sold to your country was silk, not a finished kimono. ”

Yang Ling also smiled and said: "It is said that my country wants to set up its own factory in Daming, and it is of course necessary to hire Ming craftsmen, but if we ask your country to allow me to go to you to hire craftsmen from your country to learn to refine silver technology from white lead and learn the technology of forging Japanese swords, can your country agree?" ”

Hosokawa Chengming didn't feel suffocated when he heard it, just a few housekeeping skills, if they were all learned by the Ming people, with their capital and strength, would they still have to be mixed?

Yang Ling gave him another pill of relief and said: "Of course, just opened the sea for trade, many things may not be what we want now, the establishment of the embassy yamen is also for timely communication, so that the two sides can continue to improve the law, when the conditions are ripe, I think your proposal will also be gradually liberalized, as long as it is beneficial to the people on both sides and the courts on both sides."

Wang Huaqing coughed and said: "Yes, these things cannot be done overnight, they still need to be discussed slowly, I think the first priority is how to solve the biggest obstacle to opening up sea trade: pirates!" They are wandering around on the sea, choosing people to devour, with them, lifting the ban on trade is just an empty word, the cooperation between the Ming Navy and your country's Navy to exterminate pirates is the first thing, I wonder if your envoy has a case for cooperation? ”

When Ouchi Yoshiyoshi and Hosokawa Sumiaki heard this, their expressions tightened, and they glanced at each other cautiously, and their bodies involuntarily leaned forward. They can go their own way and do not interfere with each other, but sending sailors to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to exterminate pirates involves military affairs.

In today's era of the rise of the great names, each of them dominates, a strong sailor has a great effect on their unification of the book, the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan are the two most powerful daimyo today, who can master it, in the process of exterminating the bandits of the four seas continues to grow, for the future domination of the world is the most useful, the two envoys naturally want to know the opinion of the Ming side, to seize this mission.

Yang Ling looked at the two of them in his eyes, and remembered what Cheng Qiyun said, 'If there are two buyers, we can raise the price.' There are two selling prices, we can lower the price', he couldn't help but smile, of course he would not let one of the two daimyo take advantage of the situation, anyway, Daming wants to set up four water divisions, you can suggest that the other party's groups of water divisions and Daming make peace with Daming respectively to maintain the balance of their power."

As a result, the two sides quarreled and bargained over the formation and cooperation of the sailors.

Yang Ling attaches great importance to this matter, and naturally has his internal reasons. The sea is vast, such as Korea, Ryukyu, Luzon, Penghu, Taiwan and other dotted countries, regions, and tribes facing the Ming Dynasty around the sea.

Yang Ling planned to let the Ming Dynasty open the sea ban, traffic to all countries, and further absorb the advanced technology, advanced ideas and advanced systems of various countries, and maintain the advanced status of the Ming Dynasty in the world.

What's more, there are still Fankou when the Japanese are gone. Yang Ling remembered that when he was playing the game of great navigation, he had come into contact with a little information, Portugal, Spain and other countries came to Daming from thousands of miles away, and took Penghu and Taiwan as bases to take root, and stayed for hundreds of years, relying on smuggling trade.

They took advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty forbade the sea and could not trade with other countries, and became the main smuggler in the center, so that they grew stronger and stronger, until they lured the countries far away in the west to gradually pay attention to the fertile land of the east, and their ambitions continued to expand, and the idea of plundering by force once prevailed.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has taken the initiative to open the sea ban, the foundation of Western pirates based on smuggling has disappeared. However, most of the fleets that traveled around the world in the West at the beginning had pirate surnames, and in the case of unprofitable conditions, they were bound to turn from smugglers to pirates.

If the Japanese and the Fan Kou only rely on the Ming side to exterminate, I don't know how much sacrifice they will have to pay, how much military spending they will pay, since the two sides have common interests in this process, then why not let them contribute? Only if the fans are beaten hard and scared, they will give up their bandit ambitions and do business with Daming in a proper manner, as for the country's sailors to take advantage of the situation, Yang Ling is not worried, with the current strength and heavy foundation of Daming, in the process of synchronous development, it will definitely be much faster than them.

Naturally, it was impossible to settle all matters in one fell swoop, but it was clear that both Yoshiyoshi Ouchi and Kimiaki Hosokawa were extremely sincere, and the two sides had agreed on many matters. The solution of sea trade is promoted by Yang Ling, and it is also his biggest political matter.

Now the side that opposes the ban on opening the sea is only a temporary failure, they are waiting for the leaders who have left Beijing to return to Beijing, and at the same time they are always paying attention to all the matters discussed by the two sides to open the sea, as long as there is a fork, they will hold on to the final blow, so Yang Ling naturally did not dare to be careless, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy when he saw the results.

The two sides talked from early morning to noon, and the two sides discussed and discussed that the envoys had lunch together, and Yang Ling and Wang Hua said goodbye. Wang Hua still had to take the content of today's discussion back and sort it out, and at the same time prepare for tomorrow's consultation, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Yang Ling and returned to the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Ling was also in a hurry to go back and tell Cheng Qiyun, a personal think tank, about what was being discussed today, so that he could know the next step. The spring sun is not strong, and the warm light shines in the village, and the farmers are working hard in the ridges, driving the ploughing cattle, scattering corn seeds under the guidance of the craftsmen trained in the inner factory, and planting sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops on the hillsides and ridges, all full of vitality.

Yang Ling hurried back to the courtyard, the courtyard was quiet, the breeze was gently blowing, Yun'er sat under the porch, holding the embroidery work in her hand, but she had already leaned on the pillar and fell asleep; On the gravel path, occasional birds wander lazily around.

Yang Ling didn't alarm her, and walked over lightly and turned directly to the inner study, Cheng Qiyun wore a white robe of ink flowers and plants, and her lips and teeth became more and more red, infinitely amorous. The robe was not even tied, and it looked fat and casual, but when she occasionally moved, the robe fluttered, and she could feel that she was slender and slender, and her jade body was full.

Seeing Yang Ling coming in, Cheng Qiyun got up, stepped forward with her waist swinging, and said with a smile: "My lord, how is the matter today?" ”

Yang Ling said: "I see the main issues raised by each other, both sides have no big objections, just some details, and issues involving their internal organs, I am afraid that they will have to be discussed, it is estimated that in three or two days, you can ask the emperor to summon the tribute envoy."

Cheng Qiyun was happy to move the color, and raised her eyebrows: "This is very good, I see that adults do things with constant ups and downs, almost everything has to be loomed, and if there is no blood, there is no way to distinguish between high and low, this time it is finally safe and smooth sailing."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "What is this called?" The official is like a broom star. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun'er had already hurried in, and said in a panic: "The master is really back."

Yang Ling frowned and said, "Why didn't you come in without a sound?" What's all the fuss about me going back home? ”

Yun'er stammered: "No, master, the old housekeeper asked me to invite the master to the front hall, and Lord Liu Yuliu, the squire of the military department, please see him."

"Huh?" Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun couldn't help but glance at each other, Liu Yu was originally the imperial envoy of the capital, after Liu Daxia was dismissed, Jiao Fang installed him in the military department, temporarily serving as a squire, the ultimate goal is to want him to take over Shangshu, this person is Yang Ling's family, what is the important thing for him to come in a hurry?

Yang Ling hurriedly said: "I'll take a look!" ”

Cheng Qiyun walked back to the desk, hooked a purple belt from the chair, and said while flexibly binding it around her waist: "Anyway, it's a private house to meet guests, and it's not an outsider, I'll accompany the adults."

The two of them hurriedly walked to the middle hall, only to see Liu Yu rubbing his hands from time to time, sweating profusely walking around, as soon as he saw Yang Ling come out, Fang Xi looked out and said: "My lord, something big happened, my lord sent a big guard, and I told you everything, but this group of uncles waiting for the emperor looked at those Japanese people in their eyes."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Ling was already moved: "What's wrong?" A conflict between Ouchi's guards and the people in the mission? ”

Liu Yu paused and said: "Where, the people in the Japanese delegation are wandering around the streets, those ordinary ronin, the guards don't pay attention to it, and none of them follow." This group of Japanese people, since the beginning of this dynasty came to pay tribute, there has not been a time when they have not made trouble! There was a widow named Kono Kameishiro, who went out on the street to get drunk, pretended to be crazy with alcohol, and teased the daughter of the owner of the bone shop, and as a result, he had a quarrel with the boss, and the barbarian actually pushed the old man into a big soup pot and stewed him alive! ”

Yang Ling's face changed suddenly, Cheng Qiyun's eyes moved, glanced at Yang Ling, and asked urgently, "What about the murderer?" ”

Liu Yu said: "This widow was frightened to wake up when he saw the wine, and fled back to the Siyi Pavilion to hide, because the matter involved foreign envoys, the imperial envoy who patrolled the city did not dare to make a claim, he sent troops to surround the Siyi Pavilion first, and then submitted to the Shuntian Mansion Yin, asking for the murderer to be arrested, but the Shuntian Mansion Yin Zhang Youzhang did not dare to be the master, and submitted the three law divisions.

Some of the lords of the three law divisions think that the barbarians have never practiced etiquette, and they are drunk and missed, and they come to pay tribute to my heavenly face, and if they are severely punished, they will lose the hearts of the people.

Some of them resolutely opposed it, believing that the murderers should be severely punished, and finally it went to the cabinet, and the six ministries and nine secretaries each had their own opinions, and the committee decided not to do it for a while, and the matter spread to the Hanlin Academy and the Tai Academy, and the masses were indignant, and now the matter is getting bigger."

The previous Shuntianfu Yin was Mu Bin's person, and after Liu Jin's death with a cane, he was replaced by his confidant Zhang You, and the opening of the sea to lift the ban was beneficial to the celebrant eunuch, so he naturally didn't want to block Liu Jin's money for a vain old man who set up a stall on the street.

As for the three law divisions and the six departments and Jiuqing, there are now Yang Ling's people, Liu Jin's people and the old ministers of the original Hongzhi Dynasty, in addition to those old ministers, whether it is Yang Ling's faction or Liu Jin's faction, they naturally have to try their best to protect their masters, and they don't want to grudge with the envoys because of this, ruining the cooperation plan.

"If you are drunk and have nothing to do, you can push people into a soup pot and cook them alive?" Yang Ling's face turned pale.

Liu Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Scholar Yang has come forward to suppress it, asking the Hanlin Academy and Tai Academy to stabilize temporarily, and Scholar Jiao sent me to listen to your meaning." ”

He also knew how much effort Yang Ling had put into solving the sea and commerce, since the ancient road would be a success, in order to achieve a big thing, seek long-term benefits, what is the value of sacrificing countless surnames, to be a qualified politician, you must be cold-blooded.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but remind: "My lord, in the ninth year of Hongzhi, it is said that the country has a monk Yaofu Shoubei as the main envoy, and has paid tribute to our dynasty, and on the way back, there are warriors in the mission in Jining, Shandong Province who killed people with knives, and our dynasty also issued a decree to pardon, and said that this envoy was brought back to the country to be severely punished."

When he said this, he didn't say anything, and the meaning of the words was that the emperors of successive dynasties adopted this national policy, and even if the adults let go of the famous man for the sake of big things, there was the old precedent of the first emperor in front, no matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to do anything to you."

Cheng Qiyun has suffered misfortune since she was a child, no one to help, and she has already developed a ruthless surname, if it weren't for the people she really cares about and loves, don't think she has moved her heart of pity, but she has been dating Yang Ling for a long time, she has a good understanding of Yang Ling, and naturally knows Yang Ling's surname.

She had the heart to persuade Yang Ling to endure this matter for the time being, and then decide whether to arrest the river turtle after understanding the envoy's intentions, this is the most rational way, after all, what Yang Ling is planning involves the interests of tens of millions of people. But when the words came to her lips, she just moved her lips and swallowed back.

Looking at Yang Ling's fire-breathing eyes, Cheng Qiyun was silent: "If this matter really ends because of the punishment of the Kono Turtle for killing people, I will do my best to start over again." Whatever he wants to do now, I'll do it with him, whether he's right or wrong! ”

In addition to the extreme anger of his compatriots, Yang Ling did not consider the possible impact on the tribute envoys, but although the Ming Dynasty has always been lenient for the barbarism of the envoys, although if he let go of this matter, no one in the government and the opposition can shake him, although he has gradually integrated into the world of the Ming Dynasty, but he can't think about this matter with the thinking of a Ming Dynasty politician anyway.

Yang Ling raised his head, looked directly at Liu Yu, and said word for word: "Go quickly, notify Jiao Ge Lao, and arrest the murderer immediately, and then." Transfer to the East Factory, this person must be killed! And to kill openly! Ming Zhengcanon kills! Kill for a tooth! I'll go see the emperor now. ”

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"If the tributary trade is abolished, the number of tributaries and tributes is no longer restricted, and the people are allowed to travel freely, and the trade between our dynasty and the Celestial Empire is strengthened, frankly speaking, we are very much in agreement, but there are some things that we still have doubts."

Ouchi Yoshiyong took a sip of the cup and said, "Today, I will be open and honest with the two adults, and tell the truth." Let me give you an example, in the past, when the trade was surveyed, the Ming court was thick and thin, and the gifts given to our dynasty were indeed rich, but they were far from meeting the needs of our dynasty.

For this consideration, when I paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, the tribute envoys often carried a lot of goods, and sold them to local wealthy merchants in large ports along the way, such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Jinling, but many of the rich private merchants defaulted on their accounts for various reasons, and in order to recover the arrears, the people of our dynasty had to go back and forth by boat, and even hit the lawsuit to the yamen of the political envoy, but still could not be protected. ”

Yang Ling smiled faintly at Ouchi Yiyong: "We have already thought of this problem. As a matter of fact, once trade is free, there will certainly be no small number of merchants going to our country, so we have decided to set up a special yamen with a division and formulate special maritime laws and trade laws to protect the rights and interests of merchants on both sides.

At the same time", Wang Hua also owed: "In order to ensure that the Yamen of Yousi enforces the law impartially, your country can send permanent envoys to be stationed in our capital and the cities where the two sides have close contacts to supervise the implementation of the law. Of course, we also need to send a special envoy to your country to take care of the relevant matters, and we will have equal rights for each other. ”

After Wang Hua finished speaking, he and Yang Ling looked at each other and smiled. The economy must always have the support of politics and law, and Wang Hua's suggestion is reasonable, and Ouchi Yiyong is open-minded and can't help nodding his head again and again.

But he didn't know that the Great Ming Dynasty, which had always been above the top and did not put the small country of Fanyi in its eyes at all, actually had another purpose in making this suggestion. The Ming Dynasty was completely ignorant of the rise and fall of the Imperial Family and the Shogunate, their ability to control the whole country, and the political attitudes of several powerful feudal clans in Kyushu.

In such a situation, even the main owner cannot be found, and if you want to cooperate, especially military cooperation, it is simply a castle in the air. Yang Ling proposed to send ambassadors, with officials from the six ministries as civil officials and factory guards as military attachés, to collect information on their political, military, and economic aspects in an all-round way, so as to know and know the enemy, so as to ensure that there is a definite goal and that the relevant national policies can be truly implemented.

Hosokawa Chengming smiled and said: "Lord Wang's discussion is very good, once the two countries open up the sea and trade, merchants are like clouds, sails are like banners, it is inevitable that there will be many disputes, if there is no strong yamen to ensure fairness, it will inevitably cause many incidents among the people."

In addition, our dynasty needs a lot of Ming goods, whether raw silk, cotton cloth, mercury, magnets, medicinal materials, spices, calligraphy and paintings, Buddhist scriptures, etc., once these things are sold to our country, their interest will increase tenfold.

In addition to some screens, fans, boxes, and swords, most of the goods sold to Daming are copper, sulfur, sumac, pearls and other raw materials, and the price has increased very little, is there any injustice? ”

Yang Ling smiled and said: "These things depend on the needs of the people, not to mention that once these raw materials are shipped, I will have to re-process them in the court, and I will always leave them to make money, right?" What good advice does Hosokawa have for him? ”

Hosokawa looked happy and said: "Can the Ming Dynasty allow me to set up a store and factory in the Ming Dynasty, hire Ming craftsmen, learn the manufacturing process, and produce goods on the spot after transporting materials and then sell them?" ”

He complained again: "In addition, like pearls, spider picking women into the sea to pick spiders, extremely dangerous, but the beads are sold to the Ming Dynasty, even the profit is not rich, and the Ming jewelry merchants can double the profits by processing and then selling, I have been processed jewelry has always been resisted by the Ming jewelry merchants, can not be sold, how unfair is it?" ”

Wang Hua laughed loudly, brushed his sleeves and said: "Hosokawa Gong makes this a mistake, I want to be a Ming silk brocade, and I have to walk from planting mulberry, raising silkworms, drawing silk, and making brocade, is there less hard work?" What the Ming Dynasty sold to your country was silk, not a finished kimono. ”

Yang Ling also smiled and said: "It is said that my country wants to set up its own factory in Daming, and it is of course necessary to hire Ming craftsmen, but if we ask your country to allow me to go to you to hire craftsmen from your country to learn to refine silver technology from white lead and learn the technology of forging Japanese swords, can your country agree?" ”

Hosokawa Chengming didn't feel suffocated when he heard it, just a few housekeeping skills, if they were all learned by the Ming people, with their capital and strength, would they still have to be mixed?

Yang Ling gave him another pill of relief and said: "Of course, just opened the sea for trade, many things may not be what we want now, the establishment of the embassy yamen is also for timely communication, so that the two sides can continue to improve the law, when the conditions are ripe, I think your proposal will also be gradually liberalized, as long as it is beneficial to the people on both sides and the courts on both sides."

Wang Huaqing coughed and said: "Yes, these things cannot be done overnight, they still need to be discussed slowly, I think the first priority is how to solve the biggest obstacle to opening up sea trade: pirates!" They are wandering around on the sea, choosing people to devour, with them, lifting the ban on trade is just an empty word, the cooperation between the Ming Navy and your country's Navy to exterminate pirates is the first thing, I wonder if your envoy has a case for cooperation? ”

When Ouchi Yoshiyoshi and Hosokawa Sumiaki heard this, their expressions tightened, and they glanced at each other cautiously, and their bodies involuntarily leaned forward. They can go their own way and do not interfere with each other, but sending sailors to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to exterminate pirates involves military affairs.

In today's era of the rise of the great names, each of them dominates, a strong sailor has a great effect on their unification of the book, the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan are the two most powerful daimyo today, who can master it, in the process of exterminating the bandits of the four seas continues to grow, for the future domination of the world is the most useful, the two envoys naturally want to know the opinion of the Ming side, to seize this mission.

Yang Ling looked at the two of them in his eyes, and remembered what Cheng Qiyun said, 'If there are two buyers, we can raise the price.' There are two selling prices, we can lower the price', he couldn't help but smile, of course he would not let one of the two daimyo take advantage of the situation, anyway, Daming wants to set up four water divisions, you can suggest that the other party's groups of water divisions and Daming make peace with Daming respectively to maintain the balance of their power."

As a result, the two sides quarreled and bargained over the formation and cooperation of the sailors.

Yang Ling attaches great importance to this matter, and naturally has his internal reasons. The sea is vast, such as Korea, Ryukyu, Luzon, Penghu, Taiwan and other dotted countries, regions, and tribes facing the Ming Dynasty around the sea.

Yang Ling planned to let the Ming Dynasty open the sea ban, traffic to all countries, and further absorb the advanced technology, advanced ideas and advanced systems of various countries, and maintain the advanced status of the Ming Dynasty in the world.

What's more, there are still Fankou when the Japanese are gone. Yang Ling remembered that when he was playing the game of great navigation, he had come into contact with a little information, Portugal, Spain and other countries came to Daming from thousands of miles away, and took Penghu and Taiwan as bases to take root, and stayed for hundreds of years, relying on smuggling trade.

They took advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty forbade the sea and could not trade with other countries, and became the main smuggler in the center, so that they grew stronger and stronger, until they lured the countries far away in the west to gradually pay attention to the fertile land of the east, and their ambitions continued to expand, and the idea of plundering by force once prevailed.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has taken the initiative to open the sea ban, the foundation of Western pirates based on smuggling has disappeared. However, most of the fleets that traveled around the world in the West at the beginning had pirate surnames, and in the case of unprofitable conditions, they were bound to turn from smugglers to pirates.

If the Japanese and the Fan Kou only rely on the Ming side to exterminate, I don't know how much sacrifice they will have to pay, how much military spending they will pay, since the two sides have common interests in this process, then why not let them contribute? Only if the fans are beaten hard and scared, they will give up their bandit ambitions and do business with Daming in a proper manner, as for the country's sailors to take advantage of the situation, Yang Ling is not worried, with the current strength and heavy foundation of Daming, in the process of synchronous development, it will definitely be much faster than them.

Naturally, it was impossible to settle all matters in one fell swoop, but it was clear that both Yoshiyoshi Ouchi and Kimiaki Hosokawa were extremely sincere, and the two sides had agreed on many matters. The solution of sea trade is promoted by Yang Ling, and it is also his biggest political matter.

Now the side that opposes the ban on opening the sea is only a temporary failure, they are waiting for the leaders who have left Beijing to return to Beijing, and at the same time they are always paying attention to all the matters discussed by the two sides to open the sea, as long as there is a fork, they will hold on to the final blow, so Yang Ling naturally did not dare to be careless, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy when he saw the results.

The two sides talked from early morning to noon, and the two sides discussed and discussed that the envoys had lunch together, and Yang Ling and Wang Hua said goodbye. Wang Hua still had to take the content of today's discussion back and sort it out, and at the same time prepare for tomorrow's consultation, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Yang Ling and returned to the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Ling was also in a hurry to go back and tell Cheng Qiyun, a personal think tank, about what was being discussed today, so that he could know the next step. The spring sun is not strong, and the warm light shines in the village, and the farmers are working hard in the ridges, driving the ploughing cattle, scattering corn seeds under the guidance of the craftsmen trained in the inner factory, and planting sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops on the hillsides and ridges, all full of vitality.

Yang Ling hurried back to the courtyard, the courtyard was quiet, the breeze was gently blowing, Yun'er sat under the porch, holding the embroidery work in her hand, but she had already leaned on the pillar and fell asleep; On the gravel path, occasional birds wander lazily around.

Yang Ling didn't alarm her, and walked over lightly and turned directly to the inner study, Cheng Qiyun wore a white robe of ink flowers and plants, and her lips and teeth became more and more red, infinitely amorous. The robe was not even tied, and it looked fat and casual, but when she occasionally moved, the robe fluttered, and she could feel that she was slender and slender, and her jade body was full.

Seeing Yang Ling coming in, Cheng Qiyun got up, stepped forward with her waist swinging, and said with a smile: "My lord, how is the matter today?" ”

Yang Ling said: "I see the main issues raised by each other, both sides have no big objections, just some details, and issues involving their internal organs, I am afraid that they will have to be discussed, it is estimated that in three or two days, you can ask the emperor to summon the tribute envoy."

Cheng Qiyun was happy to move the color, and raised her eyebrows: "This is very good, I see that adults do things with constant ups and downs, almost everything has to be loomed, and if there is no blood, there is no way to distinguish between high and low, this time it is finally safe and smooth sailing."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "What is this called?" The official is like a broom star. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun'er had already hurried in, and said in a panic: "The master is really back."

Yang Ling frowned and said, "Why didn't you come in without a sound?" What's all the fuss about me going back home? ”

Yun'er stammered: "No, master, the old housekeeper asked me to invite the master to the front hall, and Lord Liu Yuliu, the squire of the military department, please see him."

"Huh?" Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun couldn't help but glance at each other, Liu Yu was originally the imperial envoy of the capital, after Liu Daxia was dismissed, Jiao Fang installed him in the military department, temporarily serving as a squire, the ultimate goal is to want him to take over Shangshu, this person is Yang Ling's family, what is the important thing for him to come in a hurry?

Yang Ling hurriedly said: "I'll take a look!" ”

Cheng Qiyun walked back to the desk, hooked a purple belt from the chair, and said while flexibly binding it around her waist: "Anyway, it's a private house to meet guests, and it's not an outsider, I'll accompany the adults."

The two of them hurriedly walked to the middle hall, only to see Liu Yu rubbing his hands from time to time, sweating profusely walking around, as soon as he saw Yang Ling come out, Fang Xi looked out and said: "My lord, something big happened, my lord sent a big guard, and I told you everything, but this group of uncles waiting for the emperor looked at those Japanese people in their eyes."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Ling was already moved: "What's wrong?" A conflict between Ouchi's guards and the people in the mission? ”

Liu Yu paused and said: "Where, the people in the Japanese delegation are wandering around the streets, those ordinary ronin, the guards don't pay attention to it, and none of them follow." This group of Japanese people, since the beginning of this dynasty came to pay tribute, there has not been a time when they have not made trouble! There was a widow named Kono Kameishiro, who went out on the street to get drunk, pretended to be crazy with alcohol, and teased the daughter of the owner of the bone shop, and as a result, he had a quarrel with the boss, and the barbarian actually pushed the old man into a big soup pot and stewed him alive! ”

Yang Ling's face changed suddenly, Cheng Qiyun's eyes moved, glanced at Yang Ling, and asked urgently, "What about the murderer?" ”

Liu Yu said: "This widow was frightened to wake up when he saw the wine, and fled back to the Siyi Pavilion to hide, because the matter involved foreign envoys, the imperial envoy who patrolled the city did not dare to make a claim, he sent troops to surround the Siyi Pavilion first, and then submitted to the Shuntian Mansion Yin, asking for the murderer to be arrested, but the Shuntian Mansion Yin Zhang Youzhang did not dare to be the master, and submitted the three law divisions.

Some of the lords of the three law divisions think that the barbarians have never practiced etiquette, and they are drunk and missed, and they come to pay tribute to my heavenly face, and if they are severely punished, they will lose the hearts of the people.

Some of them resolutely opposed it, believing that the murderers should be severely punished, and finally it went to the cabinet, and the six ministries and nine secretaries each had their own opinions, and the committee decided not to do it for a while, and the matter spread to the Hanlin Academy and the Tai Academy, and the masses were indignant, and now the matter is getting bigger."

The previous Shuntianfu Yin was Mu Bin's person, and after Liu Jin's death with a cane, he was replaced by his confidant Zhang You, and the opening of the sea to lift the ban was beneficial to the celebrant eunuch, so he naturally didn't want to block Liu Jin's money for a vain old man who set up a stall on the street.

As for the three law divisions and the six departments and Jiuqing, there are now Yang Ling's people, Liu Jin's people and the old ministers of the original Hongzhi Dynasty, in addition to those old ministers, whether it is Yang Ling's faction or Liu Jin's faction, they naturally have to try their best to protect their masters, and they don't want to grudge with the envoys because of this, ruining the cooperation plan.

"If you are drunk and have nothing to do, you can push people into a soup pot and cook them alive?" Yang Ling's face turned pale.

Liu Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Scholar Yang has come forward to suppress it, asking the Hanlin Academy and Tai Academy to stabilize temporarily, and Scholar Jiao sent me to listen to your meaning." ”

He also knew how much effort Yang Ling had put into solving the sea and commerce, since the ancient road would be a success, in order to achieve a big thing, seek long-term benefits, what is the value of sacrificing countless surnames, to be a qualified politician, you must be cold-blooded.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but remind: "My lord, in the ninth year of Hongzhi, it is said that the country has a monk Yaofu Shoubei as the main envoy, and has paid tribute to our dynasty, and on the way back, there are warriors in the mission in Jining, Shandong Province who killed people with knives, and our dynasty also issued a decree to pardon, and said that this envoy was brought back to the country to be severely punished."

When he said this, he didn't say anything, and the meaning of the words was that the emperors of successive dynasties adopted this national policy, and even if the adults let go of the famous man for the sake of big things, there was the old precedent of the first emperor in front, no matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to do anything to you."

Cheng Qiyun has suffered misfortune since she was a child, no one to help, and she has already developed a ruthless surname, if it weren't for the people she really cares about and loves, don't think she has moved her heart of pity, but she has been dating Yang Ling for a long time, she has a good understanding of Yang Ling, and naturally knows Yang Ling's surname.

She had the heart to persuade Yang Ling to endure this matter for the time being, and then decide whether to arrest the river turtle after understanding the envoy's intentions, this is the most rational way, after all, what Yang Ling is planning involves the interests of tens of millions of people. But when the words came to her lips, she just moved her lips and swallowed back.

Looking at Yang Ling's fire-breathing eyes, Cheng Qiyun was silent: "If this matter really ends because of the punishment of the Kono Turtle for killing people, I will do my best to start over again." Whatever he wants to do now, I'll do it with him, whether he's right or wrong! ”

In addition to the extreme anger of his compatriots, Yang Ling did not consider the possible impact on the tribute envoys, but although the Ming Dynasty has always been lenient for the barbarism of the envoys, although if he let go of this matter, no one in the government and the opposition can shake him, although he has gradually integrated into the world of the Ming Dynasty, but he can't think about this matter with the thinking of a Ming Dynasty politician anyway.

Yang Ling raised his head, looked directly at Liu Yu, and said word for word: "Go quickly, notify Jiao Ge Lao, and arrest the murderer immediately, and then." Transfer to the East Factory, this person must be killed! And to kill openly! Ming Zhengcanon kills! Kill for a tooth! I'll go see the emperor now. ”

(To be continued)