In addition to having a large number of gold and silver mines, Japan has a lack of resources, and the grain production is extremely low, so it is simply unable to feed the growing population, due to half a century of isolation, they have lost the ability to send a large number of merchant ships to the sea, so it is essential to rely on the Ming Dynasty to transport food and luxury goods for them.

Zhu Jun held his chin, glanced at Zhou Mubai, and said, "Zhou Aiqing, if it is according to your opinion, will this letter of state be agreed or not?" ”

Zhou Mubai groaned: "Your Majesty, why don't you agree?" Haidu produces so many commercial goods every day, the grain of Nanyang is piled up in the warehouse and is about to die, and the maritime merchants have opened up a treaty port, so why not do such a profitable business? ”

Zhu Jun said: "The Japanese are cruel and capricious, if I allow trade, what if these Japanese people are full of food and drink in the future, and then go to the sea to loot for the Japanese pirates?" ”

Zhou Mubai said: "Your Majesty, when the minister was in Yunnan, he saw some of the general records of the Japanese state, and he also knew a little about the Japanese invaders, and the reason why the Japanese invaded the southeast coast repeatedly was precisely because their country was facing the sea and there was a shortage of food, so that many people made a living by plundering. If the emperor did not trade with the Japanese people, it would encourage the arrogance of the pirates. Second, the Japanese people live on the southeast island, separated from the South China Sea by thousands of nautical miles, if the emperor wants to hold an arrow of hatred, he also needs to hold off for some time, in this case, the emperor might as well trade with him, continue to let the Japanese people rely on my Ming rice, food, utensils, and even weapons can be trafficked in the past, and when the emperor wants to conquer Japan, and then cut off Japan's maritime trade, the Japanese people suddenly lose the food they rely on for survival, and even the muskets and artillery purchased with a lot of money have lost gunpowder, and then let them raise their stomachs and pick up long knives to fight, so it will be difficult. \\\\\\\\\\ the lifeblood of the Wa Kingdom is in the palm of my Ming hand, no matter how the emperor ravages in the future, the Wa people are just a knife to the ground fish and meat, in addition, although Japan is ruled by the Tokugawa family, but the major names have the power of military and political power, if the emperor provokes it, Japan will be chaotic, the more war. The price of weapons and grain sold by the maritime merchants could often increase several times, so that the emperor weakened the Japanese people, the maritime merchants made money, and the Japanese people fell into civil strife. ”

Zhu Jun nodded, his current main base camp was still in Nanyang. Far away from the East, if the war with the Japanese now is really worth the loss, it is better to control its economic lifeline first, and Xu Tu weakens. It's even more real to go down again.

"The minister Ashikaga Yuan knocked on His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the head of the family greeted His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. \\///\\\\ "On the Luan Palace, several Japanese envoys entered. For the sake of making Ashikaga Gen humble three kneels and nine knocks.

"Head of the house? Which head of the house? Zhu Jun pretended to be ignorant, at this time in Japan, the emperor was only the nominal master, and the real power was the Tokugawa family, the general of the expedition.

"The envoy came to meet the Ming Emperor on the order of the head of the Tokugawa Masao family, the general of the Seiyi Dynasty, and General Tokugawa Masao was the head of the land of the envoy." Ashikaga Gen secretly rejoiced, it seems that the Ming Emperor did not know the details of Japan, and now the Edo shogunate is worried about internal and external difficulties, especially food, and even in the most reached Edo, due to the loss of imports. At least hundreds of people starved to death. The daimyo in various regions also showed dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa family, because foreign trade imports had always been in the hands of the Tokugawa family, the shogun of the Seiyi. The Tokugawa family occupied nearly a quarter of Japan's land, and the only grain left in the warehouse was given priority to the Tokugawa family to supply their own territory. Due to the lack of food, there were already peasant rebellions in some of the daimyo territories, and although they were suppressed, the daimyo eventually assigned the responsibility to the Tokugawa family, and the conflict between the daimyo and the daimyo began to intensify, and even in the country, some daimyo secretly supported the emperor's rule and eliminated the Tokugawa voice. \\\\\\

Japan is an island country, their grain production is very low, but the gold and silver minerals in the territory are scary, usually these loser generals and daimyo continue to dig gold mines, silver mines, in exchange for maritime merchants' food, luxury goods and even weapons, until their foreign trade is all in the hands of the Dutch East India Company, now the East India Company in the South Seas rout, the Japanese people with gold and silver in exchange for daily necessities of foreign trade economy will also collapse, contradictions, therefore, the Tokugawa family wants to maintain the rule, The most urgent way was to find an alternative to the East India Company to continue to maintain the country's economy, and the Ming Dynasty was the choice.

Ashikaga Gen was originally afraid that the Ming people would learn about the situation of the Japanese islands, and at this time he heard that the Ming Emperor did not even understand the relationship between the general and the emperor but put his mind at ease, and the biggest capital of the two sides in the negotiation place is to know themselves and the other, and it is obvious that the Ming Emperor is at most just a confidant who does not know the other.

"What is the Great General of Zhengyi?" The corners of Zhu Jun's lips outlined a sneer, and said: "I canonized the lord of Japan as the king of Japan in the Ming Dynasty, and a small general's slave dares to come and submit his credentials?" ”

Ashikaga Gen made a look of panic and said: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not know, in my country, the Great General of the Emperor is the guardian of His Royal Highness the Emperor, and all the decrees are presided over by the General of the Great Emperor in place of His Royal Highness the Emperor, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is also requested to be aware of it." \\\\\\”

"Well, isn't that another Cao Cao? What is the rationale for this? "Zhu Jun did not want to trade with the shogun Zhengyi, once he traded with the Tokugawa family, then the Tokugawa family's rule in Japan would be more stable, and if he wanted to muddy the waters, he had to find a more suitable puppet.

"This ......" Ashikaga Gen was speechless by Zhu Jun's Cao Cao, where would the Japanese scholar class not know what kind of character Cao Cao was, in short, it was not a good word.

"You go back and tell your head that if you want to exchange your credentials, you can ask the emperor to personally send an envoy to negotiate, and the little general Zhengyi also wants to talk to me, it's a fool's dream."

As soon as Zhu Jun's words fell, Ashikaga Gen was already sweating profusely, but several envoys behind him secretly rejoiced, in the Japanese mission, in addition to Ashikaga Gen, represented by the general of Seiyi, as the chief envoy, including the emperor, some powerful feudal town daimyo also sent their own symbolic envoys, and now the contradiction between the general and the emperor and the daimyo is deepening day by day, and everyone sees that Ashikaga Gen, who has always been invincible, is deflated, and gloating is inevitable. \\\\/\\

"Your Majesty the Emperor." Ashikaga Gen knew how much pressure the entire Tokugawa family would be under if the negotiation failed this time, and as a retainer of the Tokugawa family for generations, Ashikaga Gen had no choice but to bite the bullet and come up with some results: "His Royal Highness the Emperor's envoy is also here." Ashikaga Gen said as he glanced sideways at a half-squinted monk.

"The subordinate Nakata Saburo knocked on His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and the subordinate is an envoy appointed by the emperor." The monk pronounced a Buddha horn and said in fluent Chinese.

"Really? I don't understand more and more, Ashikaga Gen became a chief envoy with a small general's retainer, and Nakata Aiqing was the envoy of the Japanese king, but he had to condescend to the last seat of the general's retainers, and he was so devastated that he was so ruined. ”

Zhu Jun sold a pass here, and then glanced at Ashikaga Gen and said: "It's just that what kind of status this tributary trade is, if I can't figure out the cause and effect, it is impossible to approve it." ”

"I ask you, who is the king and who is the supreme ruler in this country of Japan?"

Zhu Jun's question made a Japanese envoy stunned, theoretically, the emperor is the supreme ruler of Japan, but in fact, the emperor is simply an ornament, all the power is held by the general Zhengyi, if the answer is that the emperor is in charge, then it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of deception, maybe the Ming Emperor has already known the situation in Japan, and it is embarrassing to debunk. But the answer was that the general was in charge, and for the Ming Dynasty, who had always ruled the country with Confucianism, this was a great rebellion.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, in Japan, the Emperor is the ruler of the Japanese state, the leader of all the generals and daimyos." Ashikaga Gen is ruthless, for the sake of trade, it is inevitable to tell some lies, even if it is exposed, it is better than being reprimanded by the Ming Emperor for the general's rebellion.

"Hmm." Zhu Jun nodded thoughtfully: "If this is the case, then I will approve the trade, but it must be done according to the procedure, otherwise, the emperor will pay gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty every year, and I will give back food, weapons and other goods to the emperor in the form of gifts, how about it?" ”

The Japanese envoys didn't expect the Ming Emperor to speak so well, and their faces showed joy, but Zhu Jun said again: "But I have said first, the object of my gift is the emperor, and the distribution of goods is also handled by the emperor with full authority. ”

Ashikaga Gen was Zhu Jun's words in the heart of a sigh, has always been the shogun to control the material to control the daimyo, if the Ming Emperor handed over the distribution of the right to the emperor, then for the shogunate's prestige and power in Japan will be a heavy blow, today's Japan, who has abundant materials, who has enough food and grass, can occupy a favorable position, if the emperor becomes the distribution of materials, and is not interfered with by the general, then the daimyo will immediately stand on the side of the emperor, which is very bad.

But the envoys of the other heads of the family showed excitement on their faces, all along, the general's distribution policy is to put himself first, first satisfy his own territory, and then distribute some to the local daimyo, in this way, the daimyo in order to get more supplies, they have to look at the general's face to act, even if you disobey the general and want to overthrow him, you don't have enough food, grass and weapons to fight a war, if the distribution power falls into the hands of the emperor, it will be different, at least the daimyo can get more grain, grass and ordnance, At this point alone, the shogun was defeated. Dizzy! Enjoy the subscription.