Chapter 945: Everyone is happy
Hearing Matsuyama Ming mention international students, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo couldn't help but look at him in surprise, the two had not told Matsuyama Ming about it before, this was Matsuyama Ming's own idea, it seems that Matsuyama Ming has a lot of respect for those new disciplines of the Ming Dynasty.
"I have already received a lot of similar requests, and those overseas students want to learn new subjects, and I think this is a good thing and will make changes accordingly." Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, and nodded in agreement with Songshan Ming.
In his opinion, the cultural connection will make the Ming Dynasty even more inseparable from the Ming Dynasty, and most of the Japanese students who study in the Ming Dynasty will definitely be close to the Ming Dynasty, which is actually a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.
"Thank you, Lord Wang." Songshan Ming couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian.
"Judge Matsuyama, this king is going to set up a secretary office in Kyoto to be responsible for various affairs in Japan, are you interested in taking on the post of deputy secretary at the same time, so that it will be convenient for the secretary to operate in Kyoto." Li Yuntian smiled at Matsuyama Ming, then remembered something, smiled and sent out an invitation.
"The lower official has to go back first to ask for instructions, and give the prince a reply tomorrow." Songshan Ming was overjoyed when he heard this, but he was an official of the Imperial Court of the Japanese Kingdom and could not go to serve in the Wutang Division without authorization, so he bowed to Li Yuntian with a happy face.
"Okay, then the king will wait for your reply." Li Yuntian smiled and bowed slightly, I have to say that after Jiangwutang set up a secretary office in Kyoto, he definitely needed a local person to coordinate the relationship with the local government, and Matsuyama Ming was not only an official of the Imperial Court of the Japanese Kingdom, but also studied in the Ming Dynasty, which was the best candidate he needed.
Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw this, originally they thought that Li Yuntian would perfunctory the Japanese state in trade matters, but since Li Yuntian was willing to set up a military office in Kyoto, it showed that Li Yuntian had the intention of managing the relationship with the Japanese state for a long time, and he would definitely fulfill his promise.
Since the two sides reached an agreement and both got what they wanted, Li Yuntian talked happily with Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo in the following time.
In order to appease the main battle factions of the Wa State, at the behest of Matsuyama Ming, Li Yuntian promised to send ships to the Wa State every year to trade before the Ming Dynasty resumed the tributary trade of the Wa State.
However, there is also a premise in this matter, that is, Ashikaga Yoshihito must take practical action to eliminate the Japanese who are entrenched in the Japanese country, and make the local daimyo who harbor the Japanese give up their support for the Japanese invaders.
Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo naturally happily agreed, and anyway, the two of them did not have Japanese pirates, so they could take this opportunity to eliminate the unstable factor of Japanese pirates, and at the same time, they also dealt a blow to those local daimyos, causing them to lose an important source of funds.
For Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo, the two were naturally more concerned about their share of trade with the Ming Dynasty, which involved the vital interests of the two.
After all, last time, because of the competition for tributary trade with the Ming Dynasty, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo's subordinates fought in Ningbo City, which angered Emperor Xuande, and now that Li Yuntian is present, of course the two hope to set their respective shares, so as not to cause further incidents in the future.
Li Yuntian naturally knew the thoughts of Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo, so he divided the share of trade into three equal parts, giving them two and Ashikaga Yoshihito respectively, no matter how Ashikaga Yoshihito had the title of Emperor Ming canonization, Li Yuntian would definitely not leave him behind.
The next morning, Li Yuntian, accompanied by Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo, selected a place in Kyoto, and after buying it, he was ready to start the construction of the Kyoto office of the Shobudo.
The secretary of the Kyoto Affairs Office of Jiangwutang is a student who graduated from the second phase of Jiangwutang, and he has long been familiar with the affairs of the Wa State, is proficient in the Wa language, and is Li Yuntian's carefully selected henchman to sit in the Wa State.
In Li Yuntian's view, since the Wa State was the eastern neighbor of the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa State was very important, and he hoped to understand the situation of the Wa State through the Guò Wutang Kyoto Division, and then make countermeasures.
The news that Li Yuntian had selected land in Kyoto to set up the Daming Jingshi Lecture Martial Hall and the Kyoto Office of the Japanese State quickly spread in Kyoto City, and the Kyoto magnates who were still suspecting that Li Yuntian was restarting the tributary trade of the Japanese State was perfunctory, finally dispelled the doubts in their hearts.
Two days later, Li Yuntian, who had successfully completed his trip to Kyoto, was ready to leave for the return to Izumi-gun on the Satsuma Peninsula, after all, he was not here to visit Kyoto, so he could not stay in Kyoto for a long time.
Before leaving, Li Yuntian specially set up a banquet to invite Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo, in addition to resigning to the two, he officially introduced Yamaguchi Keiko to the two, hoping that Yamaguchi Keiko could get the care of the two in the future.
Not only that, Li Yuntian also made a small request to Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo, that is, in order to punish the Satsuma Domain, he hoped to give the Lishima County and Izumi County of the Satsuma Domain to Yamaguchi Keiko, so that Yamaguchi Keiko would have a foothold in the Wa Kingdom in the future.
After Keiko Yamaguchi came to Kyoto with Li Yuntian, she did not wear a military uniform but changed to a kimono, so Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo knew her cunzài, and knew that Keiko Yamaguchi was also a Japanese from Shikoku Island, and later went to Xiaoliuqiu Island with Yamaguchi to be a Japanese coward, and then met Li Yuntian.
Because Keiko Yamaguchi was a native of the Japanese country, Katsumoto Hosokawa and Toyo Yamana did not rule out the distribution of the Lishima and Izumi counties of the Satsuma Domain to Keiko Yamaguchi, which would also weaken the power of the rebellious Satsuma Domain.
Most importantly, Keiko Yamaguchi is a beautiful woman, and Katsumoto Hosokawa and Toyo Yamanaji see that Li Yuntian takes good care of Keiko Yamaguchi, and it is obvious that they have misunderstood the relationship between the two, so in their opinion, this is Li Yuntian's move to curry favor with Keiko Yamaguchi.
In other words, Keiko Yamaguchi has also invisibly become a hostage in the hands of Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo to balance Li Yuntian, as long as Keiko Yamaguchi is in the Wa Kingdom, then the two of them and Ashikaga Yoshihito will be much more at ease.
Therefore, Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Chitoyo happily agreed to Li Yuntian's "small request", saying that they would ask Ashikaga Yoshihito to give Yamaguchi Keiko a title.
Of course, there is a precondition for this, that is, Li Yuntian must win this war with Shimazu Naruto and force Shimazu Naruto to admit defeat, otherwise even if Ashikaga Yoshihito gives Lidao County and Demizu County to Keiko Yamaguchi, then Keiko Yamaguchi will not be able to stay there in peace.
Li Yuntian naturally knows this truth, in order to allow Yamaguchi Keiko to gain a foothold in the Japanese Kingdom, he specially brought all of Yamaguchi Keiko's subordinates on Xiaoliuqiu Island this time, the purpose of which is to make Yamaguchi Keiko defeat the Satsuma army on the battlefield, and then become famous in one fell swoop, so that Shimazu Naruto will not dare to act rashly in the future.
When Li Yuntian left Kyoto City, Ashikaga Yoshihito led the magnates of Kyoto City out of the city to see him off, and when Li Yuntian came, the relationship between the two sides was much closer, and the atmosphere was also harmonious, and Ashikaga Yoshihito and others also had a smile on their faces, although they sacrificed the interests of the Satsuma Domain, they reaped a lot of benefits from the cooperation with Li Yuntian.
It is worth mentioning that Matsuyama Ming and a retainer of the shogunate accompanied Li Yuntian to the Satsuma Domain, and Ashikaga Yoshihito wanted to give Shimazu Naruto one last chance, as long as Shimazu Naruto honestly handed over the Japanese who were protected by him, then he could pardon him for the crime of fornicating with pirates, otherwise it would be handed over to Li Yuntian.
The reason why Ashikaga Yoshihito did this, in fact, has a legal basis, since the Hongwu Emperor, the Ming Dynasty has repeatedly asked the Wa State to govern the Wako who are rampant on the sea, and the Wa State has also been attacked by those Wako so it agreed to this request of the Ming Dynasty, and has sent troops to clean up many times.
Therefore, Ashikaga Yoshihito asked Shimazu Naruto to hand over those Japanese pirates in the name of harboring and sheltering pirates, and it seemed reasonable to hand them over to Li Yuntian, who was tasked with suppressing them.
In addition, there were few daimyo who really cared about the future of the Satsuma Domain, and the Wa Kingdom was not only poor in land but also very backward in transportation, so the daimyo of the Wa Province had little friendship with the Satsuma Domain, which was located in the southernmost part of Kyushu Island.
In addition, the military strength of the Satsuma Domain is strong, and many of the daimyo of Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island have suffered losses, so whoever has enough to support the Satsuma Domain is not allowed to secretly clap hands because Keiko Yamaguchi occupies Lidao County and Izumi County, so the strength of the Satsuma Domain is undoubtedly weakened.
Just like when Li Yuntian came, he left with a long convoy full of goods, and this time Kyoto's baggage Yuntian and Kyoto's merchants engaged in the largest transaction in Kyoto's history, which made both parties profitable, which was also an important reason why he was greeted by Kyoto's high-ranking officials and dignitaries when he left.
From the point of view of those powerful people in Kyoto, Li Yuntian is simply the God of Wealth from the Ming Dynasty, and a single transaction is more than the money they make in a year, if Li Yuntian comes a few more times, they will be developed.
It was precisely because of the sweetness that those magnates in the capital supported or acquiesced to Li Yuntian's request to the Satsuma Domain, and they all looked forward to Li Yuntian's next time to send a trade fleet to trade.
For this reason, many powerful people in Kyoto have begun to secretly stock up goods, and Li Yuntian has already swept away all the goods in their hands this time, and they want to prepare those goods that Li Yuntian is interested in in advance, looking forward to making a big profit from them.
"Goodbye, Kyoto!" During the march, Li Yuntian stopped pulling the reins of the horse, turned his head to look at Kyoto City behind him, and muttered to himself, and then led the guards around him to run forward with his legs between the belly of the horse.
Li Yuntian believes that he will definitely have the opportunity to come to Kyoto again in the future, and the owner of Kyoto may be about to change at that time.