They said that the relationship between the Japanese shogunate and the Dutch state in Western Europe was extraordinary, and the Netherlands had recently become increasingly fierce in the war with Spain for the southern territory, so the demand for copper ore was increasing, and they decided to purchase a large amount of copper ore after consultation with the Japanese shogunate, and the output of the Japanese shogunate could not meet the needs of our dynasty and the Netherlands at the same time. But...... The Japanese side does not seem to want to offend Japan, but the shogunate means that this is only a temporary measure to support the Netherlands, and it will return to the original state and fill the gap in Japan in about a year. In addition, we have accumulated a large amount of copper ore reserves through imports and trade, and if we consume according to the current demand, it will not be too much of a problem to support it for one to two years......"

After hearing that the shogunate's decision to restrict the export of copper to China was not due to the fact that they had already sensed that the Han was planning to invade Japan, so they took countermeasures, and the ministers present were obviously relieved.

"Isn't it because we found out we're going to hit him? That's good......" The prime minister also nodded, relieved, "That can just be a reason for us to beat them!" Our DPRK needs copper, and they dare to suspend the export of copper without explaining to our DPRK in advance, this is contempt for our DPRK, this is a hostile act! We must teach the shogunate a lesson, so that they will never dare to do anything detrimental to the interests of our dynasty again! ”

"The Prime Minister is right, Japan is a vassal state of our dynasty, and its ruling shogunate dares to do such things without the consent of the imperial court, which is a great disrespect to our dynasty, and we must teach it a lesson!" Marshal Shi Manqiang also echoed loudly.

Seeing that the bigwigs of both the military and political sides had spoken, the ministers also echoed it, clamoring for severe punishment of Japan, so that they would no longer dare to unilaterally do anything detrimental to the interests of the Han Dynasty. Although Japan is not a vassal state of the Han Dynasty at present, none of the ministers paid attention to such details.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has repeatedly waged wars against foreign countries, and the four enemy countries have been unable to parry, and the victories have been won one after another, under the stimulation of so many victories, a kind of "my Han must let the four sides of the foreign Yi all obey, and they will never be allowed to have any disrespect" The domineering idea has slowly bred in the court, and spread to the folk readers.

Therefore, the ministers felt that Japan's unilateral termination of copper ore exports to the Han Dynasty, even if it was only temporary, was disrespectful to the Han and needed to be punished.

"Heh, this shogunate is also fun, we are worried that there is no excuse to beat them, but they have sent the mouth over!" The emperor couldn't help laughing, "Okay, ask for kindness, we will use this truth to teach them a lesson!" ”

"That'...... Do you want to negotiate with the shogunate first? The official of the Ministry of Commerce asked hesitantly, "We are trying to send someone to negotiate with the shogunate and ask them to export as much copper ore as possible to us ......."

"Let's talk, why don't you talk about it? Keep talking. The emperor expressed his opinion, "If we ignore such a big matter at all, wouldn't it make the Japanese wonderful?" We want to talk, but our tone should not be too tough, just talk about this matter, drag the problem first, wait until the last moment, and then terminate the negotiations, and directly raise troops in Kyushu, let them know that **** is powerful! ”

It seems that the emperor's intention was to maintain the negotiations first but not to let the shogunate feel the pressure, lest they really lift the export ban and waste this pretext in vain, and the negotiations can also paralyze the shogunate and make them not see that China is about to raise troops.

"I understand." The official of the Ministry of Commerce immediately bowed and saluted, "When the minister returns, he will send someone to talk to the shogunate's charge d'affaires in Tianjin." ”

During the Ming Dynasty, China and Japan had very close diplomatic and trade exchanges, which were carried out in the name of tribute.

However, later the Ashikaga Shogun, who ruled Japan, had a civil strife, and the Hosokawa family and the Ouchi family, two shogunate ministers, overthrew the shogun, and then fought with each other, which was known as the "Onin Rebellion" in history, and since then, Japan has entered the "Warring States Period".

In the Onin War, the Ouchi clan rose rapidly and began to compete for trade with China, which was previously controlled by the Hosokawa clan, and sent a separate mission to China to pay tribute, in order to monopolize Japan's trade with China, collect money from it, and consolidate its power and military power.

In the struggle between the two factions for trade with China, it is very important to compete for the "exploration" of China's recognized tribute qualifications. In the second year of Jiajing, in this year, both factions in Japan sent missions to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. An envoy sent by the Ouchi clan is named Kenmichi Sosui. The envoy sent by the Hosokawa clan was named Luangang Duanzuo, and at the same time, there was also a Ningbo native Song Suqing (Zhu Jin) as a deputy envoy.

The two fleets arrived in Ningbo one after another, with the Ouchi fleet with a valid "survey bond" arriving first, and the Hosokawa fleet with an expired "survey bond" arriving last. For some reason, the Zhejiang City Ship Division did not check the "survey character" of the Ouchi clan fleet that arrived first in time, but waited for the Hosokawa fleet to arrive and inspect it together. What is puzzling is that the Hosokawa fleet, which arrived later, was allowed to enter the port first for inspection, taking the lead, so that the effective "survey bond" of the Ouchi fleet was invalid. What made the Ouchi clan's envoy Muneshi Kendo even more angry was that at the welcome banquet held by the Municipal Ship Division in the "guest hall", the Hosokawa clan's chief and deputy envoys, Luaoka Duasa and Song Suqing, were arranged to be the first to be Muneshi's Kendo. A heated quarrel broke out at the banquet, while Ming officials continued to favor the Hosokawa clan's trade envoys.

After receiving such a cold reception, Soshiki Kendo's anger finally got out of control, and he ordered his men to pick up weapons and attack the Hosokawa clan in court. During the battle, the Hosokawa envoys escaped from the banquet, and Munesaki Kendo immediately set fire to the guest hall, and then rushed back to the port and burned Hosokawa's fleet.

Hosokawa's chief and deputy envoys Luangang Duanzuo, Song Suqing, etc. escaped from Ningbo, and Zong Shiqiandao chased all the way to Shaoxing, and then killed back to Ningbo, and many of the Ming troops and innocent people who pursued along the way were killed, and many generals of the Ming army were also killed at the same time. In the end, Zong Shiqian Dao seized the ship in Ningbo and went to sea, and also kidnapped Yuan Jin, the commander of the Ming army that he had captured.

Under the anger of the Ming court, the Ming court ordered the lock to take the main and deputy envoys of the Hosokawa clan, Luaoka Duanzuo and Song Suqing, and among the Ouchi clan's envoys who fled, one of the ships was blown to the coast of North Korea, and the North Korea sent dozens of people on board to the Ming Kingdom. After several confrontations, it was discovered that the source of the disaster was that Song Suqing, the deputy envoy of the Hosokawa Clan's mission, bribed Ryan Ryan, the eunuch in charge of the Zhejiang City Shipping Division, and Ryan bent the law to favor the Hosokawa clan, which led to this big turmoil. As a result of the verdict, Song Suqing was sentenced to death.

Although the turmoil caused a large number of casualties, the Ming Dynasty did not immediately cancel Japan's tribute. A few years later, in the fourth year of Jiajing, the Jiajing Emperor finally ordered the Ryukyu tribute envoy to hand over a letter to the Japanese king, asking for the arrest of Zong Shi Qiandao, otherwise the tribute would be cut off, but there was no news, and the Japanese side never agreed to the request of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming court was finally angry, and in the sixth year of Jiajing, the governor Yang Yi asked for four restrictions on Japanese tribute, namely one tribute for ten years, one hundred people, three ships, and a ban on bringing weapons, all of which were invoked as before.

The imperial court immediately approved it, and clearly stated that Japan's tribute "all tributes are not due, and if there are more than 100 people, more than three ships, and many weapons, they will be blocked" as a rule. Later, Xia Yan of the first and auxiliary ministers of the official residence simply suggested that the city port department be abolished, which was accepted by the imperial court and the Ningbo city port division was closed. The abolition of the Municipal Shipping Division actually completely cut off the legal trade between China and Japan, so that Sino-Japanese trade was gradually forced into an underground state, and smuggling was very rampant.

After the establishment of the new dynasty, because the new dynasty was very mercantile before the new dynasty, and the Yunshan line had been transferred to the hands of the Ministry of Commerce, the trade with Japan was again transferred to the legal track, and the government was specially managed.

Because at this time, Japan was no longer a tributary state of the Han Dynasty, so this kind of trade became an ordinary state-to-state trade. In order to facilitate transactions and exchanges between the two parties, and at the same time reduce trade disputes caused by poor communication in trade, the Ministry of Commerce of Dahan set up an agency in the port of Nagasaki, and the Japanese shogunate set up an agency in Tianjin, each responsible for the trade affairs of their own countries.

Since the emperor said that the negotiations would continue, he planned to go to Tianjin in person tomorrow to negotiate with the shogunate's chargé d'affaires.

As time passed, the ministers present today had already discussed the basic strategy of the war against Japan and the pretext for starting a war, and came to a conclusion, and before they knew it, they had been discussing it for a long time, and everyone felt a little parched, and the tea in the teacups was almost drunk.

"Let's take a rest, drink tea, and refresh yourself." Seeing that the ministers were a little lacking in energy, the emperor simply ordered the meeting to be stopped, "Okay, let's adjourn the meeting for the time being!" ”

After finishing speaking, the emperor directly took the prince and left the meeting hall. The rest of the ministers also breathed a sigh of relief, stood up individually, and walked to the pantry.

However, unexpectedly, except for those ministers who were called over just to listen, the important ministers who had been given a chance to rest did not show much relief in their expressions, but each of them had solemn faces, as if they all had their own concerns.

As soon as the prime minister walked out of the hall, he called the minister of finance and Kong Zhang and Zhou Pu to a tea compartment, and after the attendant brought the tea, he first took a sip of tea calmly, and then looked approvingly at Zhou Pu who was talking in the hall just now, "Zhihe, you are really young and promising, the performance just now really makes me very pleased, if the people under me have your courage and brain, it will be good......"

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