Chapter 595 is barely acceptable

The nominal master of Japan is the so-called emperor of the eternal lineage. Of course, this is the title they gave themselves, and the generals will not take it seriously. The reality is that the emperor is a puppet, but he controls the "great righteousness". The emperor is the right, and the generals are just ministers. Under such circumstances, Tokugawa Iemitsu certainly did not have the idea of dying for Japan. For him, the first thing is to ensure his dominance, without this, everything else is.

Tokugawa Iemitsu can also choose to run, escape from Edo, and escape from his old nest. But this run meant that he would lose a qiē in his hand. The other feudal clans in Japan will not miss this opportunity, and everyone wants to go to Luo. Everyone wanted to sit in the position of this great general, and after weighing it all night last night, he made the decision to surrender immediately once he was defeated. That's why he reacted so quickly, and chose to surrender without hesitation, leaving those samurai and men who insisted on resisting to the end to die. He is worthy of being a great general, he is really bold and knows what is the most beneficial outcome.

All the shogunate soldiers, even if they were reluctant, chose to obey, lined up to drop their weapons at the gate of the camp, and then stood quietly aside, showing great obedience. Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't take off his sword, and with five important subordinates around him, he stepped on the blood stains on the battlefield and came to the front of the two armies.

"Tokugawa Iemitsu, the minister of the foreign domain, please surrender to the Cabinet Department of the Ming Dynasty!" Standing in front of the platoon of guns, he seemed unexpectedly calm.

Su Haochen stepped forward and said, "Please wait, I need to report to the top." After saying that, he turned around and left, and Tokugawa Iemitsu stood there silently, not even looking at the samurai who died on the way to the charge, just bowing his head and waiting. There was an eerie atmosphere at the scene, and on one side were neatly lined up soldiers, and their guns had been lowered. On one side is the opponent who stands in a pool of blood and bows his head.

didn't wait too long, Tokugawa Iemitsu heard Su Haochen's approaching footsteps: "Come with me." ”

On the temporary wharf on the shore, Chen Xie sat under the sun umbrella very pretendedly, with a coffee table next to him, on which fresh juice, tea and other drinks were placed, and behind him were several women waiting. Such a guy who came out to fight. I really should be pulled out and beaten to make people happy. But Chen Xie did this, but the whole Dengzhou battalion felt that it was a lot of course, and their mood was affected, and they all responded to the battle easily. Adults are so relaxed, is there any accident in this battle?

Seeing Tokugawa Iemitsu coming, Chen Xie didn't stand up, just sat there and didn't understand, waiting for him to come forward and bow. He put the knife in both hands and said in his mouth: "Tokugawa Iemitsu, the minister of the foreign domain, surrenders to the Lord of the Imperial Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chen Xie stood up at this time, stretched out his hand to grab the battle knife, and handed it to Li Yingji behind him, and said condescendingly in a charity tone: "The surrender ceremony will be exempted, and you will continue to be this general." Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was overjoyed, and he bowed more deeply and said, "Lord Kamikoku's magnanimity. The subordinates were grateful. "To be so groveling to the invaders, they actually dealt with it calmly.

"Able to bend and stretch. It's called a big husband. This cabinet is crusading, and the fault is not yours. However, the majesty of the Ming Dynasty is inviolable, whether it is the invasion of the coast by the Japanese invaders in those years, or the invasion of Korea by Kinoshita Toyoshiro's monkeys, and the recent incident of Japanese businessmen breaking contracts and hurting people. They are all strict provocations against the majesty of the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, the Cabinet Department specially raised troops, the purpose of which is to make the whole of Japan aware of the consequences of provoking the Ming Dynasty? How to deal with the aftermath of the next thing, you go and talk to my subordinates and the North Korean side. The Cabinet Department doesn't have much time to waste here. After saying that, Chen Xie sat back, and he didn't mean to take other people in his eyes at all, let alone say that he was a defeated general.

Of course, the coalition forces of the Ming Dynasty could not come for nothing, this is the consensus of both sides. It was actually a surrender, and there was no way to bargain, but Tokugawa Ieyasu was already prepared, and after sitting opposite each other, he said: "General Su, since you want to continue to sit in the position of a great general, you will naturally work hard to improve the relationship between the two countries." It's just that although this Japanese country is small, there are many vassals in various places, and if the contract is too strict, I am afraid that the general under him will step down. ”

Su Haochen's face was as cold as cold, and he said in a low tone: "This is your business, if you are worried about the position of the general, you can ask Da Ming for help, and you can also purchase some arms to arm your army." You can rest assured that Cabinet-sama will not watch the landscape of Japan change. Japan will be placed under the protection of the Ming Dynasty, and it can only accept the protection of the Ming Dynasty. ”

This sounds really fucked up, people are doing well, you call the door to protect people. What is the rationale for this? But this era is not the era of reasoning, the victor is loud, and what he says is the truth.

"Your Excellency, that doesn't seem reasonable, does it? Although the general has surrendered, it does not mean that Japan needs the protection of the Ming Dynasty. Sakai Tadashi interjected on the side, and Su Haochen replied lightly: "Reason? Hehe, the cabinet lord said that the axiom is only within the range of the cannon. Why don't you go and talk to him about the truth? ”

Sakai Tadakatsu immediately shut up, knowing that he couldn't talk about it. In the past, it was said that the Ming Dynasty was a country of etiquette, and Japan was a country of non-conquest, and the legends were all lies. In the face of the cruel reality, bow your head obediently. Lord Daimeikabu, who can burn down the Edo Wharf residential area, will definitely not mind burning the whole of Edo, and I shudder when I think about those rockets.

Su Haochen threw the prepared contract on the table, and said lightly: "Take a look, sign it if you have no opinion." ”

The subtext is, whether you have an opinion or not, hurry up and sign it, everyone is busy. is also looking at the contract, Li Liang, the king of North Korea, is smiling like a bodhisattva, not to mention how beautiful it is in his heart. In order to curry favor with Chen Gebu over the years, he has worked hard. It was an appetizer for sending my daughter, and a large number of firewood, gold, silver, copper and other minerals every year were really transported away by boat. Otherwise, Chen Xie's shipyard would have come up with so much wood. North Korea is open to the Ming Dynasty, and Shandong businessmen have opened a lot of mines in North Korea, of course, don't think about gold, silver and copper mines, coal mines can be opened casually.

These products brought to the DPRK were Daming cotton cloth, silk, salt, ironware, and munitions, all of which were the products of industrialization, and the cost should not be too low. There are even more unscrupulous businessmen who specialize in human trafficking. For the sake of his own rule, Li Chao was really willing to be a cow and a horse for the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, after Li Chaotong's trade with the Ming Dynasty sold a large number of raw materials, the overall standard of living improved. Even if the Ming Dynasty eats meat and Li Chao drinks soup, the people can at least eat it. Unlike before, there is no place to find a place to work, but now as long as you have the strength, there are many people who go to Daming to make a living. Especially in Liaodong, some private farms, which are getting bigger and bigger, lack labor to cultivate. In the textile factories of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, more than eighty percent of the female workers came from North Korea.

The terms of the contract looked very good, Japan was defeated, recognized Tsushima as belonging to Korea, and no longer entangled in territorial issues; Japan compensated the Ming Dynasty with 500,000 taels of silver; Lease Sasebo for 99 years, contract expires, automatic renewal for 99 years, and so on; The Japanese government needs to severely punish the murderers who hurt the Ming merchants and compensate for the losses, and severely punish the defaulting merchants and compensate for the losses; Japan and the Ming Dynasty have the most favored nation status for each other's trade, and Japan's Edo and the Ming Dynasty's Huatei each have diplomatic offices.

As for this contract, even Tokugawa Iemitsu can barely accept it. The matter of Tsushima Island has always been disputed, and both sides fought a battle, and in the end there was no result. The Ming Dynasty came out for North Korea, and it was actually occupied, and it was a dream to take it back. Admit it, admit it, it's a poor place. The only thing that is difficult to accept is the issue of leasing Sasebo, this territory is in Tokyo Bay, what do you think is the matter of Daming's fleet staying here all day? What will the Japanese people think? Everything else, it's all easy.

Bang, just when Tokugawa Iemitsu hesitated, Su Haochen threw over a brush, and the contract was in triplicate, and all three had to sign it. Li Liang and Su Haochen have each signed two contracts, and only one Tokugawa Iemitsu is left. Look at the faces of these two, how big a mouth is, it can't close its legs at all, uh, can't close its mouth. A cold one, it seems that he is just waiting for him to refuse, so that he can continue to fight, and it is better to rush into Edo to grab a meal, right?

The others behind him finished reading the contract and slowly turned back, and the two elderly subordinates were already kneeling and crying bitterly. Tokugawa Iemitsu knew very well in his heart, what did this mean for Japan? But he had no choice but to read the contract again, and finally trembling with his hands and stamping.

This contract, historically known as the "Three Kingdoms Edo Peace Treaty", is the statement of Korean historians, but it is not exaggerated. Chinese historians, directly called the "Tomorrow Edo Peace Treaty", who is Korea? Do you know? Japanese historians call it the "Edo Peace Treaty", and highly praised Tokugawa Iemitsu's wit in dealing with this issue. Not to mention, since the birth of this contract, the economic and trade exchanges between Daming and Japan have accelerated, which has directly triggered a change in Japan's economic model.

Regarding this war, the short and heinous war, the Japanese side did not have too many records, but focused on recording the causes of this war, they started from some ronins in the Jiajing period, colluded with the Ming pirates, went to the Ming Dynasty to rob, and then said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched a war against Korea, and finally lightly clicked, the act of an unscrupulous businessman.

After the signing of the peace treaty, Tokugawa Iemitsu was finally able to sit in front of Chen Xie more formally, and to his surprise, Chen Xie actually had a faint smile, and he did not mean to be embarrassed at all, but pointed out some of Japan's current problems very objectively. Especially about the question of the position of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun of the shogunate. (To be continued......)