100 million taels of gold! Arai Junmi almost didn't catch it in one breath, since the previous shogun Ienobu was alive, the shogunate had a serious financial crisis, and had to survive the crisis through gold and silver recasting, and compensate 100 million taels of gold, and the new Mazuki coalition government would soon be overthrown by the disgruntled old middle and the royal family of the spectrum, and the Mabe Kanbo would never agree, even if he agreed, there was not so much gold to compensate.

Seeing that Arai Junmi was a little out of shape, Long Keduo couldn't help but muttered to himself, did the Fourteenth Master overestimate Japan's gold and silver production? How big is this to come up with so much gold and silver?

Arai Junmi quickly regained her composure, and said in a deep voice: "Japan is barren and poor, how can it pay 100 million taels of gold, since your country can sit down for peace talks, I hope to show some sincerity." ”

Seeing that he didn't brush his sleeves away, Long Keduo couldn't help but feel very relaxed, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, and hurriedly explained: "I think you heard it wrong, I mean 100 million taels of silver." You Japan is known as Treasure Island, and you can't get a few million taels of gold? I think it's your lack of sincerity. ”

As soon as he heard that it was a few million taels of gold, Arai Kimimi couldn't help but secretly wonder, it seems that the Qing people are not without the sincerity of negotiation, but they are just asking for a price, but considering the time problem, he does not want to talk about this issue in detail, bargaining is a matter of the future, first find out the big framework, and prevent the Qing people from attacking Edo is the right reason.

Thinking of this, he said calmly: "Limited to only one hour, this detail will not be discussed for the time being, can Lord Long list all your conditions?" ”

Long Keduo was silent, and then said: "We don't have many conditions, in general, there are just a few:

First, call the minister Nagong, and change the emperor to the king of the Japanese. The succession of each Wa King and Shogun was canonized by the Qing Emperor.

Second, the war reparations were 100 million taels of silver. Pay in gold.

Three. The opening of the three treaty ports of Osaka, Nagoya, and Edo shall not restrict trade between the two countries.

Fourth, ban Shintoism.

Fifth, it was forbidden to trade with any country other than the Qing Dynasty. It is forbidden to build ships with more than 400 materials.

Sixth, the Japanese blacksmith's technique in forging Japanese swords is good. Recruit 1,000 blacksmiths who can skillfully craft Japanese knives, along with their families.

Seventh, the harem of the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty was empty. Twenty young and beautiful girls were recruited from the royal family, the general's palace, and the feudal lords to marry.

Eight. Collect 10,000 horses.

9. Order the Satsuma clan to compensate for the losses of the Ryukyus.

After listening to Arai Kimimi, she quietly meditated, Buddhism is prevalent in Japan, and Shinto is only in a dependent position, after it is banned. The impact is not great, I don't know why Qing Guo proposed this article?

Marriage to the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty does not seem to be a bad thing. The requisition of a thousand skilled blacksmiths and war horses is a bit much, is it to curb the Japanese forging industry and cavalry? The exact amount should be negotiable.

It could only trade with the Qing Dynasty, which was the Qing Dynasty's desire to monopolize trade with Japan, which did not have much conflict with their policy of closing the country to the outside world, and the most difficult thing was to open three more treaty ports and not restrict trade.

After pondering for a long time, Arai Jun Micai said: "Your country's coming to trade in the state will lead to the loss of a large amount of gold and silver, which is not conducive to the shogunate's war compensation for your country. ”

The terms of these negotiations were all made by Yinzhen, before leaving Beijing, Yinzhen also specially told him that the most important thing was the amount of war reparations and the opening of the treaty port, listening to Arai Junmei really hesitated on the treaty port, Long Keduo couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "It is impossible to cancel, but it can be discussed, but Edo must be let go." ”

It seems that the Qing Kingdom wants to strengthen the understanding of Japan in this way and strengthen the control of the General's Palace, Arai Junmei Mo thought for a moment before saying: "These conditions, we can generally accept, but the specific number of things still need to be carefully discussed, this herb, I must go back to Edo to discuss with the Mabe Kanbo-sama, before noon, give a positive answer, and then talk about the details, can it be done?" ”…,

Long Keduo said with a smile: "Then bother to bring a sentence to the room, this time, we are just exploring the way, and next time we come, there will be more than that, and the conditions are naturally very different." ”

*

Looking at the treaty herb sent by Arai Junmei, Mabe Kanbo pursed his lips tightly for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "100 million taels of silver, they deceive people too much!" ”

"It's just their sky-high asking price, we can pay it back on the ground." Arai Junmi said slowly.

The room said dissatisfiedly: "So what? "Accept this treaty, and those old and middle schools, the royal family of the spectrum will not take the opportunity to wantonly attack us?"

"If Edo is shelled or burned, they won't take the opportunity to attack?" Arai Kimimi said in a deep voice: "Even if the Qing Navy does nothing and retreats, the tens of thousands of corpses in Edo Port are placed there, and they won't attack?" ”

Jiu Shizhong also said in a deep voice: "In extraordinary times, you can only come step by step, first send the Qing State Sailor away, and then use the iron bowl to deal with those royal family members, the treaty can be signed first, raise gold and silver to send them away first, and other things, stabilize the political situation and then slowly announce it." ”

Hearing this, Mabe Tanfang couldn't help but bow his head slightly, he was actually just venting, he actually knew very well in his heart, agreed to the conditions of the Qing country, they still have a chance to join the new Mazuki coalition regime, and the Tokugawa shogunate still has a chance to continue, if it sends troops to resist and the casualties are too heavy, there is no chance, if it does not resist, let the Qing naval division shell Edo and burn Edo, it is also a loss of popular support, the Tokugawa shogunate may still have a chance to continue, but the new Mazuki coalition government is about to be replaced.

After pondering for a long time, the room sighed and said, "I'll go to Daao to ask for the opinion of the Moonlight Academy." ”

After getting up and bowing to the room to leave, Jiu Shizhong said, "How much silver does Bai Shijun expect to need to send the Qing Naval Master away?" ”

Arai Junmei groaned: "Our situation is too passive, Qingguo is not a few small money can be sent away, I estimate that I can't talk about much, 50 million am afraid that it will be compensated, and the first installment will be at least 20 million taels to send them away." ”

Twenty million taels! Jiu Shizhong was speechless for a while, where to raise this money?

Arai Junmei sighed lightly and said: "Qing Guo's silver is cheap and expensive, the gold-silver ratio is at least one to ten, and the highest is even one to twenty, one or two million gold is not a small amount, try your best to raise it, it's a little easier than 20 million silver." ”

Jiushishi's heart is secretly sighing, the Tokugawa shogunate is not as good as the generation, when Iemitsu died, the shogunate treasury still left six million taels of gold, but now the gold in the vault is not even one million taels, two million taels, easy to say, where to raise? It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight.