Early the next morning, Han Qi, accompanied by Fan Ning, went to Akita Castle in Dewa Country, which was the main purpose of his visit to Kunzhou.

On the way to the country of Dewa, Fan Ning officially reported to Han Qi his decision to send Yu Xiaonian to Heiankyo to negotiate with the Japanese court, Han Qi was not surprised by this matter, Fan Ning had the right to negotiate with Japan on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty, this was the power given to him by the Son of Heaven, he launched an attack on the country of Dewa, of course, this matter should be properly resolved.

After pondering for a moment, Han Qi said slowly: "The fundamental reason for you to attack Dewa Country is to avoid the collapse of the Abe family and prevent the forces of the Japanese Imperial Court from fully entering Mutsu Province, right?" ”

"This is one of the three reasons, the other two reasons, the first is to control the gold and silver of Dewa Province and Mutsu Province, and the second is to expand the depth of Kunshu's defense, of course, the Kiyohara family gave me an excuse to send troops."

"But you only reported two reasons, and you didn't mention anything about avoiding the collapse of the Abe family." Han Qi's tone became a little dissatisfied, he didn't mind saying a few good words for Fan Ning, but he couldn't tolerate Fan Ning hiding it from him.

"I recounted this in detail in my official report!"

Fan Ning took out a report, handed it to Han Qi and explained: "This is sent from Tang County this morning, I sent someone back to pick it up yesterday, from the time calculation, when the official report arrived in the capital, Han Xianggong should have been on the way to Kunzhou, as for me did not mention this matter in the briefing, firstly, because the pigeon letter was too small to write so many words, and secondly, the reason for supporting Abe's clan was also to maintain strategic depth and prevent the Japanese imperial court from expanding northward." ”

Fan Ning's explanation made Han Qi's face soothe slightly, he opened the report and read it carefully, it basically matched, but it was described in more detail, including the reasons for sending troops, motives and various results were stated in detail one by one, Han Qi knew that this official report would make the Son of Heaven feel a lot more comfortable, and every statement of Fan Ning was secretly in line with the psychology of the Son of Heaven's great achievements, which could greatly meet the psychological needs of the Son of Heaven to open up the territory.

I don't know if Fan Ning has figured out the psychology of the Son of Heaven, or if it's just a coincidence, Han Qi doesn't want to pursue this matter, he put away the report and asks, "How far is it to the Deyu Country?" ”

"I'm already in Dewa Country, but I'm still a day's journey away from Akita Castle."

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At noon the next day, the official ship arrived at Akita Port, and Fanning pointed to a city in the distance and said, "That is Akita City, and there are currently 1,000 troops stationed there." ”

Han Qi looked at it for a moment and asked, "I said before that I wanted to talk to the Abe family, did you arrange it?" ”

Fanning nodded, "The humble official has already sent someone to inform him, and Abe Lai will come to Akita to meet the prime minister!" ”

The ship slowly approached the dock, and on the dock, the commander Zhang Yi and Sima Wangqun came to welcome the arrival of the privy envoy Han Qi.

Fan Ning introduced the two to Han Qi, and everyone saluted, so they got into the carriage and drove directly to Akita Castle.......

At the head of the city, Fan Ning looked into the distance, at this time Han Qi was exercising the function of supervision, and it was inconvenient for him to participate.

At this time, the commander Zhang Yi stepped forward and said: "Han Xianggong is checking the account books of the warehouse, as if he is checking the amount of gold and silver, and his subordinates have copied all the account books. ”

Fan Ning nodded, he knew this process very well, in Tang County, Han Qi had already done it once, and copied all the gold and silver receipt records from Mutsu State, and now he is starting to check out Yu Guo, perhaps in the eyes of many people, this is a distrust of Fan Ning, but Fan Ning understands in his heart that this is Han Qi helping himself, and the more thoroughly he investigates, the smaller his future troubles.

"Don't interfere with Han Xianggong, let him check carefully, and let those who doubt me take a look, have I Fan Ning filled my pockets?"

.........

Han Qi stayed in Dewa Province for three days, not only visiting many households, but also meeting with Abe's patriarch, Abeyori, and at this time, Yu Xiaonian also returned to Tang County, bringing the news of a preliminary agreement with Japan.

There are four main points:

First, the Song army recognized the Dewa Province as the land of the Japanese State, and did not seek a military occupation of the Dewa Kingdom, and did not interfere with the establishment of a new seat of government in the southern part of the Dewa Province by the Japanese Imperial Court;

Second, the Japanese agreed that the Song army would lease Akita Castle and the plain within a radius of 200 li from Dewa Province for a period of 50 years at a price of 2,000 taels of silver per year, and that the Song army would be allowed to garrison a small number of troops to ensure the safety of the Akita trading port, and that the maximum number of Song troops should not exceed 1,000 and the number of warships should not exceed 50;

Third, the Song army exercised jurisdiction over the people living within a radius of 20 miles from Autumn City, and the people within a radius of 20 miles were under the jurisdiction of the Japanese government, and the people came and went freely and did not forcibly move;

Fourth, both sides have the right to mine Iwami Ginzan in the territory of Dewa Province without interfering with each other.

A month and a half later, Han Qi explained the four core treaties one by one to Zhao Zhen, the Son of Heaven, and the Xiangguo of the Zhizheng Hall in the Ziwei Palace.

"Your Majesty, according to Wechen's visit to Dewa Country, Wechen confirmed what Fan Zhizhou said in the report, Dewa Wen is nominally the territory of Japan, but in fact, Dewa Country is in the hands of the three wealthy clans such as the Kiyohara clan, and the rule of the Japanese government over the people is also in name only, Wechen asked fifty local people at will, and they did not admit that they were Japanese, they were Ezo people, in fact, there were no such people in the household registration of Japan."

"Han Xianggong emphasized the identity of the locals, could it be that he hoped to include them as Song people?" Wen Yanbo couldn't help but ask.

Fu Bi smiled on the side: "If you can include them as Song people, I don't think there is anything impossible!" ”

"You two, let me finish talking!"

Han Qi smiled and waved his hand, and continued: "What I mean by saying these words is that the Dewa Kingdom only nominally belongs to the Japanese State, and the Song Army's appearance in the Dewa Country does not have a big impact on Japan, and many court officials are simply concerned, and there is absolutely no excitement about the invasion of the country, so after the Song Dynasty recognized the Dewa Country as the land of Japan, the rest of the matter will be easy to talk about." ”

At this time, Vice Minister Wang Yaochen asked: "Can we understand it this way, the Japanese court actually wants this title, as for the actual control of the Dewa Kingdom by the Song army, they don't really care, because they have never actually gotten it." ”

"Wang Xianggong is right, on the one hand, the Japanese court wants to continue to have nominal sovereignty over the Dewa country, but on the other hand, they are also afraid that the Song army will take the Dewa country as the foundation and invade the hinterland of Japan on a large scale, so they want to limit the Song army's army in the Dewa country, but this restriction is actually meaningless, if the Song army really wants to invade Japan, will it be limited by this treaty?"

At this time, Zhao Zhen, the Son of Heaven, coughed lightly, the hall was quiet, Zhao Zhen looked at the clause carefully, and asked slowly: "Has Japan recognized this clause?" ”

"Your Majesty, the two sides have reached a preliminary agreement, and they have agreed to these terms."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "I am quite satisfied with this clause, the lease fee of three thousand taels of silver a year can only be a symbolic rent for five hundred thousand taels of coarse silver per year, Cao Xianggong, do you think that the country of Deyu is suitable for raising horses?" ”

"Your Majesty, there was originally a horse breeding ground in the country of Dewa, and more than 30,000 ponies were raised successively and sold to Japan, and now there are no longer dwarf horses there, but war horses, Wechen personally went to check, Wechen thinks that at least more than 20,000 war horses can be raised."

Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "After the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, many treaties were signed with the Liao State and the Western Xia, most of which made people's hearts blocked, but the few treaties signed with the Japanese State were all great benefits for my Song Dynasty, so that I had the face to meet the ancestors and ancestors.

It is even more rare that Fan Ning is honest and honest, handling millions of taels of gold, tens of millions of taels of silver, and actually did not embezzle a tael, dozens of pearls, not taking one, loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty can be learned, such a capable and honest minister is the pillar of my Great Song Dynasty, and should be greatly rewarded and commended.

Some people say that he is too young, not qualified enough, and promoted too quickly, but I don't think so, if the rewards and punishments are unclear and the rewards and punishments are unfair, then I am an unqualified monarch! ”

After a pause, Zhao Zhen said loudly: "Spread my will, Kunzhou Zhizhou Fanning has made great contributions to Sheji, promoted to the fourth rank of Taizhong doctor, added the Longtu Pavilion service system, rewarded 10,000 taels of gold, 5,000 horses of silk, and gave the title of Taikang Marquis." ”

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