"Lord Wang, as long as the trade between the two countries is opened, then those main war factions will definitely not support the Satsuma Domain from their own interests."

Seeing Li Yuntian's stunned face, Yamana Zhifeng thought that Li Yuntian was surprised by this request, so he explained, "In this way, both sides can take what they need, if the lower officials are not mistaken, Daming needs silver, and my country's silver reserves are expensive, so we can supply Daming." ”

"This matter is too heavy for this king to decide." Li Yuntian shook his head at the mountain name Zhifeng when he heard this, and said solemnly, "The two adults know that there was a rebellion for tribute in Ningbo City that year, which made the first emperor very angry, and personally issued an edict to terminate your country's tributary trade, which is the edict of the Son of Heaven, and this king has the heart but is powerless. ”

Hearing Li Yuntian mention the rebellion of Ningbo City, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo were a little embarrassed, the protagonists of the tribute competition were the two of them sent to the Ming tributary team, one used the new method of the Ming Dynasty's tributary survey, and the other used the old Ming Dynasty's tributary survey, both wanted to make profits from the transaction with the Ming, but they didn't want to cause a big disaster, so that Emperor Xuande was angry and terminated the tributary trade of the Wa Kingdom.

"The prince is a celebrity in front of His Majesty the Emperor and has won the trust of the Empress Dowager, so I believe that the prince will be able to facilitate this." Afterwards, Hosokawa Katsumoto said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

According to information provided by Matsuyama, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana knew that the orthodox emperor was now young, and the power of the imperial court actually fell into the hands of the empress dowager in the harem, who was in charge of the jade seal of the Ming Empire, and that any important decisions made by the auxiliary ministers had to be stamped with the jade seal.

And the Empress Dowager has a lot of trust in Li Yuntian, so as long as Li Yuntian finds a way, then in the eyes of the two of them, it will definitely be able to promote the restoration of the interrupted tributary trade of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Li Yuntian brought a lot of goods to trade with the merchants in Kyoto this time, and it was obvious that he did not take Emperor Xuande's edict to heart.

In fact, if you look into it carefully, Li Yuntian did not violate Emperor Xuande's holy decree to suspend the tributary trade of the Wa State, because this is the goods he brought from the Ming Dynasty to the Wa State, and the tributary trade is that the Wa State wants to bring goods to the Ming Dynasty, so the two are essentially different.

"This king can try this matter, and if he can succeed, he won't dare to pack a ticket." Seeing that Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo had already explored the situation in the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian did not shirk and bowed his head slightly after groaning, and agreed to this matter.

As Yamana said, the Wa Kingdom had good silver reserves, and due to the restrictions on tributary trade, it could not be exported to the Ming Dynasty in large quantities, and more things were resold to the Ming Dynasty through the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Korean State, which virtually increased the cost of silver, and the Ming Dynasty was quite uneconomical after buying it.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty's move was to restrain the development of the Wa Kingdom by restricting the trading of silver to obtain the resources it needed.

However, in Li Yuntian's view, instead of isolating the Japanese state, it is better to make the Japanese state dependent on the Ming Dynasty, so that it can be better controlled.

Therefore, Li Yuntian actually supported the resumption of trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, and the deeper the dependence of the Wa State on the Ming Dynasty, the greater the influence of the Ming Dynasty.

"But this king also has one condition!" Of course, Li Yuntian couldn't ask the imperial court to resume the tributary trade of the Wa Kingdom for no reason, and without waiting for Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mototaka to be happy, he changed his tone and said, "This king needs an opportunity to speak, this holy decree to stop your tribute was issued by the first emperor, and the most important thing for the first emperor during his lifetime was to attack the pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, if His Majesty the king can clean up the pirates rampant on the sea with this king, then this king will have the confidence to mention this matter." ”

"This is natural, I will return to the General, who also hates those pirates who do evil." Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Motoyo glanced at each other, and then agreed with a smile, the decision to eliminate the Japanese was already in the discussion this morning, and it was said that those Japanese were also an extremely unstable factor in the Japanese country, and they also disrupted the daily order of the Japanese country.

"The resumption of trade cannot be rushed, and since this king has promised you, he will definitely do it." Li Yuntian seemed to be very satisfied with Hosokawa Katsumoto's answer, nodded and asked in a deep voice, "But now that my Daming Water Division is facing off against the army of the Satsuma Domain in Izumi County, this matter is imminent, how do you plan to deal with it?" ”

"The general first gave Shimazu Naruto a letter and ordered him to hand over those pirates, if Shimazu Naruto does not obey, the prince can compete with him in the Satsuma realm." Hosokawa Katsumoto had already prepared, and told Li Yuntian in an orderly manner, "Don't worry, except for the people of the Satsuma Domain, other daimyo will definitely not participate in the war. ”

"That's great!" Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, it was obvious that the shogunate had decided to let the Satsuma Domain face the Ming army sailors alone, so that Li Yuntian would have no worries and could let go of his hands and feet to fight with the army of the Satsuma Domain.

"Lord Wang, there is an old man who wants to see you, I don't know if it is convenient for the prince." Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo couldn't help but glance at each other when they saw this, and the two of them finally let go of their hanging hearts, which meant that Li Yuntian had accepted their conditions, and then Yamana Chitoyo said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

"The deceased?" A look of surprise appeared in Li Yuntian's eyes, where did he come from in Kyoto?

"Come in!" Yamana Chitoyo knew that Li Yuntian couldn't guess who the person he wanted to see was, so he clapped his palms outside the door and shouted loudly.

The door creaked open, and a young official strode in, it was Matsuyama Ming.

"Matsuyama Ming, the provincial judge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, has seen the prince." After coming to Li Yuntian, Matsuyama Ming bowed respectfully to him, his waist bent very low, almost level with the ground.

"No courtesy." Li Yuntian stretched out his hand to signal Songshan Ming to get up, looked at him for a while, and then asked tentatively, "Have we seen each other in the Jingshi Guozi Prison before?" ”

"The prince has a good memory, and the lower officials were once sent to Daming to study, and they stayed in both Nanyong and Beiyong in Daming." Songshan Ming never expected that Li Yuntian would still remember him, so he bowed slightly and pointed out his identity.

"To tell the truth, it's not that this king has a good memory, but this king deduces, this king has only met your Japanese students in Daming Jingshi Guozijian before, so since he is the old man of this king, then nine times out of ten he has seen it in Jingshi Guozijian." Li Yuntian smiled and waved his hand, and explained to Songshan Ming, how could he remember Songshan Ming every day?

"When Xia Guan was in the Ming Dynasty, I heard that the prince was thinking well, and now it seems that this is really the case." Song Shan Ming suddenly realized this, and hurriedly opened his mouth to compliment Li Yuntian.

"Judge Matsuyama, have you ever listened to this king's lecture in the Jingshi Guozijian before?" A smile appeared on Li Yuntian's face, and then he stared at Song Shan Ming for a while, and then asked again.

"The prince remembers correctly, the lower officials were not qualified to audit the prince's class back then, and it was the lower officials who stopped the prince on the road, and the prince opened the net to the lower officials to have the honor to go to the class." Songshan Ming suddenly looked happy when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Li Yuntian.

"It turned out to be you, why does this king feel a little familiar." Li Yuntian suddenly realized, nodded his head, and said to Songshan Ming with a smile, "You are still the first overseas student to stop this king, if this king is not mistaken, you also asked this king some things about Xiyi country at that time, and wanted to go to Xiyi to see." ”

Xiyi refers to Europe, which is the general term of the Ming Dynasty for European countries, and does not necessarily contain derogatory colors.

"At that time, Xia Guan thought that he would be taught a lesson by the prince's guards, but Lord Wang asked a large number of guards to let go of the lower officials who rushed against the prince, and also let the lower officials listen to the class, and the lower officials are really grateful." Matsuyama Ming also laughed and bowed respectfully to Li Yuntian.

"Two adults, Judge Matsuyama is a rare talent, not only does he have the courage to stop this king, but this king now vaguely remembers that he asked this king at that time was very unique and has profound knowledge." Li Yuntian stretched out his hand to Matsuyama Ming Void, and then said with a smile to Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo.

Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo didn't expect Li Yuntian to remember Matsuyama Ming, and they couldn't help but think a little more highly of Matsuyama Ming, after all, the person who can get Li Yuntian's praise from the Daming Loyal and Martial King is definitely not an idle person, so they all have a must for Matsuyama Ming.

"Lord Wang, the general hopes that the Ming Dynasty can open trade with our country like the Tang and Song dynasties and complement the resources of the two countries." Songshan Ming came to see Li Yuntian, of course, for negotiations, and in the face of Li Yuntian's praise, he first smiled, and then solemnly bowed to Li Yuntian and said, "In this way, the people of our country will know the strength of the Ming Dynasty and admire the power of the Ming Dynasty even more." ”

"The matter of tribute was decided by Emperor Taizu, which had a far-reaching impact on the Ming Dynasty, and it was difficult for this king to change it for a while, otherwise it would definitely attract criticism." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment when he heard this, looked at Song Shan Ming and said, "However, this king can appropriately increase the amount of your tributary goods, and as for the tributary matter, it can only be discussed in the long run." ”

Matsuyama Ming knew that the matter of tributary trade was not in a hurry, after all, this was the rule set by Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, and the object was the Wa State that the Ming Dynasty was wary of, so it was not a small difficulty.

Even the overseas trade of Nanyang led by Li Yuntian was under the banner of building Jiaozhi, and if the Nanyang countries wanted to do business with the Ming Dynasty, they had to pay tribute, which meant that the Ming Dynasty firmly grasped the dominance of trade.

"Lord Wang, the lower official has a reluctant request, this is also what the general meant, can you increase the number and number of students from my country who go to Daming."

Subsequently, Songshan Mingyufeng turned around and said something else, and looked at Li Yuntian with a concerned face, "If possible, I hope that they can learn those new disciplines in the Jingshi Guozijian like the prisoners of the Ming Dynasty, so that the people of our country will respect the Ming Dynasty even more!" ”