Chapter 506 Good News

After being silent for a long time, Jiushi Shigeyuki didn't think of how to raise this huge amount of money, and looked up at Arai Junmei with a solemn expression, and he couldn't help but say tentatively: "Time is so urgent, how does Shiraishi-kun plan to raise these two million taels of gold?" ”

"Akimoto Qiaozhi isn't in the process of recasting gold and silver?" Arai Junmei said lightly: "First use the Keicho Xiao sentence he recovered for emergency use." ”

The principal of gold and silver recasting? Jiu Shizhongzhi's face changed, the gold and silver recasting itself is shoddy, and the removal of two million taels is not as simple as adding insult to injury, it may completely cause the collapse of the currency system, he couldn't help but lose his voice and said: "Isn't that drinking water to quench your thirst?" ”

"It's better to drink to quench your thirst than to sit still." Arai Junmi said in a deep voice: "The lesser of two evils, in extraordinary times, I can't take care of so much, the gold in the shogunate's treasury can't be touched at the moment, and there are many places to use money, if it causes the collapse of the currency system, it's a big deal to adopt the silver standard, and first get through the current difficulties." ”

As soon as the words fell, a rumbling cannon sound suddenly came from the direction of the port, and the two of Arai Kimimi and Hisashi Shigeno couldn't help but look at each other, and the Qing people began to attack Edo?

Jiu Shizhong asked in surprise: "Didn't you say that you would reply before noon?" Could it be that the Qing people have changed their hexagrams? ”

Arai Junmei quickly stabilized her mind and said calmly: "I shouldn't go back, immediately send someone to the city wall to observe and see what is going on?" ”

Soon, the news came back that Qing warships shelled two shipyards in the harbor.

Arai Junmi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the Qing Navy was demonstrating and putting pressure on them, so it was okay to save him a lot of money, with this shelling, the Moonlight Academy should not dare to make a stumbling block.

Sure enough, the room quickly turned back, and after glancing at the two of them, he said in a deep voice: "The Moonlight Academy has agreed to the terms of the peace treaty, and in view of the current complicated situation, the Qing State Sailor must be sent away as soon as possible, so as not to let someone take the opportunity to make trouble, and the negotiation matter will be entrusted to the two of you." ”

After two days of intense negotiations, the Sino-Japanese "Edo Treaty" was officially signed on May 21, 52nd year of the Kangxi reign on the flagship of the Nanyang Fleet.

The Sino-Japanese Treaty of Edo reads as follows:

1. Japan recognized the suzerainty status of the Qing Dynasty and changed the emperor to the Wa King, and each successive Wa King and Shogun had to be canonized by the Qing Emperor before he could legally succeed to the throne.

2. The war reparations were 70 million taels of silver, of which 2,200,000 taels of gold were to be paid in the first batch, and the remaining 3,600,000 taels were to be repaid in installments over six years. N.ET/ * small * say net / no pop-up ad full text TXT download

3. The opening of two treaty ports in Osaka and Edo was added, free trade between the two countries was allowed, trade between Japan and any country other than the Qing Dynasty was prohibited, the construction of ships of more than 400 materials was prohibited, and Japanese merchant ships were prohibited from going to sea for trade.

4. Ban and ban the spread of Shinto throughout Japan.

5. Select twenty princesses, princesses, and princesses from the royal family, the general's mansion, and the feudal lords.

As for the seconded swordsmith, the compensation for the war horses was not written into the treaty, but was changed to a private agreement, and the amount was also discounted by 5%, and the compensation for the Ryukyus was signed by the Satsuma clan and the Ryukyus.

On May 22, the Nanyang Fleet loaded 2.2 million taels of gold and slowly left Edo.

Looking at the huge Edo that was gradually moving away, Shi Shibiao couldn't help but smile and said: "At the beginning, the prince went bankrupt to build an ocean-going fleet and create a navy, and we didn't understand it, but now it seems that this is a profitable business, and the prince's vision is really unmatched in the world." ”

"This is just the beginning." Yinxiang also chuckled and said: "I heard the prince say that the United States is full of gold and silver, you see, the prince doesn't want silver at all now, just gold." Speaking of this, he turned to look at Long Keduo and said puzzledly: "The ratio of gold and silver is set at one to twelve, and we have a little loss." ”…,

"This is the prince's explanation, and the maximum is allowed to be set at one to twenty." Long Keduo said aggrievedly: "That Arai Junmi is also very clear about the gold-silver ratio of my Qing Dynasty, and he can't be blinded, it's not for the warships to provoke everywhere, they are not so happy." ”

Fu Han interjected: "The Manchus and the Han are still not allowed to intermarry, how can the prince ask the Japanese to send a princess and kiss?" ”

Long Keduo glanced at him, smiled slightly, and said: "The prince's actions have always been difficult to figure out, this matter is not so simple, otherwise the prince would not have deliberately asked to be written in the treaty." ”

"Have you seen any Japanese women?" Fu Anding smiled obscenely: "Japanese women are really a little different. ”

"Oh? Why don't we drive the battleship back to Edo and grab a few Japanese women for you? Yinxiang teased.

"There's a chance next time." Fu is stable and calm.

Lin Wei chuckled and said, "Look at your beauty, next time the Beiyang Fleet is here, it's nothing to do." ”

Yinxiang didn't want everyone to continue to talk about this topic, so he interjected the topic and said, "What does the prince want the Japanese knife maker to do?" ”

"At this time, I occasionally heard the dean mention it." Lin Wei smiled slightly: "The quality of the Japanese swords of the Japanese Kingdom is good, and in the future, the swords of naval officers and the short knives of soldiers may have to be made by the swordsmiths of the Japanese Kingdom." ”

Shi Shibiao nodded, the quality of the sword is indeed good, and it has been quite popular in the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't say much, he groaned, but asked: "Thirteenth master, has the carrier pigeon been released?" ”

"I released it yesterday, and I put three of them." Yinxiang smiled and said, "The prince should be able to receive it today." ”

Yuqing Palace.

Since Kangxi moved to Xiaotangshan Palace, Yinzhen changed to a five-day greeting, and the time was more relaxed, and in his spare time, he mostly went to the backyard to accompany a few Fujin, and Jianing was pregnant, which was a big deal for him, and it was also a great event for the entire Yuqing Palace.

For six years, none of the women in the Hefu were pregnant, so that there were some rumors that were not favorable to Yinzhen outside, and no one expected that it was only a month before moving into Yuqing Palace, and there was good news, which can really be described as joy, not only Yuqing Palace was happy, but even a group of civil and military officials close to Yinzhen were also very excited, which was a big luck.

Yuqing Palace's childless Shufujin Zhang Mengjiao and the autumn equinox, Xiangqiao's two-faced girl is also very happy, this year, the emphasis is on the mother's preciousness, no heirs of their own, after getting older, the situation is very miserable, Jianing is pregnant, so that they are full of hope.

On the 22nd, the imperial gate listened to the end of the government, and Yinzhen returned to Yuqing Palace on the front foot, and Yinzhen then followed.

Hearing that Yinzhen was coming, Yinzhen immediately realized that the Lifan Yuan had encountered a tricky matter, otherwise Yinzhen would not have stopped talking about it in the early dynasty, but rushed over after the dispersal of the dynasty.

Welcomed Yinxi into the room, and as soon as he sat down, Yinxi said: "Fourteenth brother, in Ordos, there has been a rare heavy snowfall for five consecutive years, the local herdsmen are hungry, and the tribal nobles have taken the opportunity to sell a large number of people to the Forty-Nine Banners of Southern Mongolia and Khalkha Mongolia, this matter has lasted for several years, you see, how to deal with it?" ”

Hearing that this was the case, Yinzhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, groaned slightly, and then said, "What do you think the starling should do?" ”

Yin Yu said cautiously: "According to the ancestral system, the Mongolian ministries are not allowed to buy and sell people and intermarriage privately, this kind of private trade in human beings seriously violates the system of the imperial court, and the leaders of the banners and alliances involved in the sale of human beings should be severely punished, and the population will be returned with 49 banners and Khalkhas." ”

Yinzhen nodded and said, "It stands to reason that this is the case, but a forty-nine banner and a Khalkha are a population bought with money, how can they be easily spit out?" Second, how will they make ends meet after the population retreats? …,

This matter involves the management of the Mongolian ministries, and the best way is for the imperial court to pay for the population to be relocated to Australia, so that it will not violate the ancestral system, nor harm the interests of the ministries, but also protect the livelihood of these herdsmen, but to prevent them from asking for a sky-high price, first force them to return the population, and then send personnel to communicate and compensate them for their losses.

The commanders of the banners of Ordos who sold people privately were fined and cut down, and the leaders of the Yikezhao League, who had the responsibility of supervision, were dismissed and impeached. ”

Yin Yu nodded and said: "It is naturally best to deal with it in this way, but when it comes to various Mongolian departments, it is best for the fourteenth brother to listen to Huang Ama's opinion, this matter is too sensitive after all." ”

"Starling is very right." Yinzhen said with a smile: "It's no trivial matter to get involved in Mongolia, let it go in advance, and in a few days, I'll ask the emperor Ama to make a decision." After finishing speaking, he caught a glimpse of Da Chun probing his brain outside, and couldn't help but smile: "What's the matter?" ”

Da Chun hurriedly bowed in, and after saluting the two, he said, "Master, the thirteenth master pigeon letter." ”

News from Japan! Yinzhen's expression was solemn, he took the wax sealed bamboo tube handed over, took out the secret letter, quickly took out the code book, and quickly deciphered it, only deciphering more than ten words, his face was already full of joy, and then he ordered: "Immediately hand it over to Fang Zanshan and let him translate it all." ”

Yin Xi was secretly surprised to see it, this pigeon letter was still written in secret, the old fourteen was really careful, seeing his face full of joy, he couldn't help but secretly guess what kind of happy event, worthy of the old fourteen so happy? He didn't know about the Eastern Expedition to Japan, for the sake of secrecy, Yinzhen didn't tell anyone, only Kangxi and the thirteenth old man knew about the Eastern Expedition to Japan, and there was a fourth.

Seeing Yinzhen staring at him with a puzzled expression, Yinzhen smiled and said: "Brother Thirteen led the Nanyang Fleet to the east to conquer Japan, and returned with a great victory, and Japan was a vassal and lost 70 million taels of silver!" ”

Victory in the Expedition! Japan is a minister and pays 70 million taels of silver! Yin Yu was stunned when he boarded, the old fourteen actually quietly went east to Japan? Japan is a minister, this is a major national matter, and there are 70 million war reparations, God, this is the sum of the two years of finance of the Qing Dynasty, after a long time, he got up and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the fourteenth brother, congratulations to the navy for building another honor!" ”

"This is not only a victory for the Navy, but also a victory for the Qing Dynasty." Yinzhen smiled slightly: "Starling contact a few brothers, tonight, I have a treat for 'Tan Bo Ju', and I want to celebrate today." said, and said: "I will go to the Xiaotangshan Palace to report to Huang Ama in a while, and there will be Brother Lao in this matter." ”