Handing the bow and arrows to the guards, Zhu Ming took off his helmet and looked down at the people in front of him: "Can you represent the king with full powers?" ”

As the nominal envoy, the monk Yuanxin replied: "We have been appointed by the emperor to come to the Ming Dynasty to discuss the affairs of Iwami Kingdom. ”

Zhu Ming asked: "Who is the most effective to speak, you can stand up directly, I am too lazy to talk nonsense with you." ”

After more than ten seconds of silence, someone finally stepped forward.

Neither the main envoy Yuanxin monk, nor the deputy envoy Oe Weishun, but a young man in his early twenties.

Zhu Ming sat down with a golden knife, moved out of the bench and gave him a seat, and said, "And report to your home." ”

This young man really reported his family, and did not say his official position: "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming, the contemptible person is Fujiwara Iesei, the famous fish of the Fujiwara North Family." ”

The Fujiwara clan is not monolithic, and is divided into the North family, the South family, the Shiki family, and the Kyoke family.

At present, the Fujiwara Kita family is in charge of the government, and its influence continued until the Meiji Restoration.

During the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government had 137 dojo families, 93 of which were from the Fujiwara Kita family.

The Fujiwara North family continued to diverge, like the famous Murasaki Shikibu, which came from the Fujiwara North Family Branch.

Fish celebrities belong to a different lineage.

The fish and celebrities also continued to branch, one for the public family and the other for the samurai.

The Fujiwara family in front of him is from the Fujiwara North Family Fish Celebrity Public Branch.

His great-grandmother, who was the wet nurse of Emperor Shirakawa, rose rapidly with the help of Shirakawa's court.

Emperor Toba is now starting a new business, and Fujiwara Ienari represents the Fujiwara North family fish celebrities, and pulls a group of Shirakawain political officials Ma Yu to take refuge in him.

This person is the absolute confidant of Emperor Toba, and later even became the first favorite minister.

His daughter, who later married the eldest son of Kiyomori Taira.

Zhu Ming naturally didn't understand a lot, he just needed to know that the person in front of him was effective.

So, the main envoy and the deputy envoy all stepped aside, and Fujiwara Ienari was called to the front.

"Do you still want to fight?" Zhu Ming asked directly.

Fujiwara Ienari did not answer directly, but protested: "May I ask His Royal Highness the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, Iwami Province and Tsushima Island, both of which are my Japanese territory, why did the Ming Kingdom send troops to occupy it without authorization?" ”

Zhu Ming asked rhetorically: "A few years ago, Xue Daoguang led a fleet to sea, why was he attacked by the Japanese army?" ”

Fujiwara explained: "It was a misunderstanding, and our emperor was against it at the time. Although our soldiers raided the Tang army, those Tang troops also plundered along the coast of our country, and in detail, our country's losses were even greater. Moreover, the Tang army at that time was sent by the Song State, not the current Ming State. There is no conflict between Japan and the Ming Kingdom. ”

Zhu Ming said: "No matter Song Ming, they are all Chinese people!" ”

Fujiwara Ienari said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said this, which is too strong. ”

"What about strong words?" Zhu Ming said: "The name of the country of the Japanese country was given by Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. The name of Japan was given by Empress Wu Zhou. Both Japan and Japan are subject countries of China. Now that Japan has not come to the DPRK for a long time, the Ming Dynasty has sent troops to punish one or two, do you need any other reason? ”

Dad beats his son, do you need a reason?

For a while, Fujiwara Ienari had nothing to say.

The name of the Wa Kingdom was indeed given by Emperor Guangwu, and the "Yamato" nation was also born here.

Although the name of Japan was changed by the Japanese themselves, they always hoped to be recognized by the Tang Dynasty. It was from the time of Tang Gaozong that he begged hard to Wu Zetian to usurp the country, and finally obtained the official permission of the Tang Dynasty.

The names of the country and the clan were given by the Emperor of China, and instead of paying tribute, the Emperor of Japan attacked the Chinese fleet without authorization. This is a great rebellion!

Deputy Envoy Oe Weishun finally spoke: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, our emperor has only started the administration of the court this year, and he is correcting his past mistakes. The purpose of this envoy coming to China is to ask the Ming Emperor to canonize and resolve the previous contradictions caused by misunderstandings. ”

Fujiwara Ienari hurriedly said: "That's right! ”

Zhu Ming asked, "How does the king want to solve it?" ”

Oe Weishun said: "Japan is willing to bow down to the Ming Dynasty and ask the Ming Dynasty to canonize the king of Japan." From now on, the Ming Dynasty will be the suzerain, and Japan will be a vassal. ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "If the merchants of the suzerain's country go to the vassal state to trade, can the vassal state stop it?" ”

Oe said, "Ming merchants can trade in Nambakyo (Osaka). ”

At this time, Osaka was controlled by a large group of monks, and it was also mixed with the power of the Onmyoji, and the merchants were all under refuge in religious groups.

But for decades, Emperor Shirakawa had been suppressing monks, and Taira Tadamori had repeatedly punished the monks of Mt. Hiei. At the port in Osaka, the imperial family has been able to stretch out its hand, and it is barely possible to build an exclusive port for Sino-Japanese trade.

Zhu Ming can see that the monk Yuanxin, who is the envoy of Japan, is purely a mascot. Emperor Toba's confidant Fujiwara Iesei is too young to really negotiate.

The core figure of the envoy group has to be this Dajiang Weishun.

Zhu Ming asked, "The merchants of the suzerain's country, when they arrive at the vassal country, can only trade here. Is there such a truth in the world? Now that the Ming Dynasty has opened the seas, the Japanese fleet can trade in any port. Similarly, the Ming merchant ships should be able to trade in any port in Japan. ”

Fujiwara Ienari looked at a samurai, it was Taira Tadasa, the younger brother of Taira Tadamori, who was the captain of the guard of the envoys.

Hei Zhongzheng nodded quietly, and Fujiwara Ienari also smiled.

Immediately, Fujiwara Ienari said, "Japan is willing to renovate the port of Owatamari (Kobe Port) and open an additional port for trade between the two countries." ”

On the Kobe side, the Heike family was extremely powerful.

In addition, it was one of the five major ports in Japan during the Heian period, but it was gradually abandoned due to the isolation of Emperor Shirakawa.

Historically, Ping Qingsheng made this place a Sino-Japanese trade center, and did business with the Southern Song Dynasty. Even, the Japanese capital was moved here, but the resistance was too great and soon made a mess.

Fujiwara Iesei can represent his family and partner with the Taira clan to engage in Sino-Japanese trade.

And the money earned by the sea trade can also be shared by the Fujiwara fish celebrity, the Taira clan and the Toba Emperor.

Oe Weishun said again: "If two ports are not enough, Jiangdu (Tokyo, Japan) can also open a port." ”

Jiangdu is the core territory of the Oe clan, and Oe Kuangfang has been operating there for decades.

In fact, these Japanese envoys were willing to open the sea.

It's just that the port must be determined to open the sea, and the port must be on their territory.

Zhu Ming carefully observed the expressions of these people, and could basically guess what the situation was, he said: "Three places are not enough, we must open five ports to trade." ”

The five ports are enough for the Japanese royal family and nobles to compete for, and one or two forces must not be allowed to monopolize trade.

Dajiang Weishun said: "There are too many five ports, and this matter needs to be returned to China to ask the emperor." ”

"Yes." Zhu Ming smiled.

Fujiwara Ienari asked: "May I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, after the two countries opened the sea for trade and the Ming Dynasty canonized the king of Japan, after these two things were reached, could the Ming withdraw troops from Iwami and Tsushima Island?" ”

"No," Zhu Ming refused, "Abidyu Motomori of Tsushima Island does not recognize that it is Japanese territory. ”

Oe Weishun immediately retorted: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Tsushima is one of the countries of the Japanese Order. The Abidyu clan has always been the official of Tsushima Province appointed by Dazaifu, and Heiankyo even has a nobleman who leads Tsushima Country Division. On the contrary, the post of the horse keeper was pretended by the Abidius clan, and our country did not appoint any nobles to be the horse guard! ”

Oe Weishun is telling the truth, but it is Abidliu Motomori who is talking nonsense.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was already known as "Tsushima Country", which was one of the many ancient countries in Japan.

Zhu Ming didn't care about this, and said extremely domineeringly: "The Abidliu clan has ruled Tsushima Island for generations, and now they have dedicated their land to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Dajiang Weishun said angrily: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Ming Dynasty is already rich all over the world, do you want to occupy the poor land of Tsushima?" The suzerain's annexation of the territory of the vassal is unrighteous and incivil! ”

Zhu Ming said: "The Ming Dynasty has not canonized the king of Japan, and even the Song Dynasty before it has not canonized the king of Japan. How can it be said that it is the relationship between the suzerainty and the vassals? The Abylius dedicated Tsushima Island to the Ming Dynasty, what does this have to do with Japan? ”

Dajiang Weishun asked, "How can Da Ming return these two countries?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "Tsushima Island, I am going to decide. If the Wa King no longer haunts this place, then Iwami Kuni can consider returning it. The so-called restitution means changing from occupation to lend-lease. ”

"Lending?" Oe Weishun didn't understand.

Zhu Ming explained: "That is, Iwami is still the territory of Japan, but it must be leased to the Ming Dynasty for 300 years. Don't want too many places, just rent the area between Iwami National Castle and Mt. Omori, and rent 1,000 taels of silver per year. ”

A thousand taels of silver?

If you only lease Kunijo and Mt. Omori, it doesn't seem to be a loss-making deal.

It was already poor, full of mountainous areas, and there were no special products. The annual tribute around the national capital and the Omori Mountain area is actually less than 1,000 taels of silver.

Since Da Ming likes it, then rent it out.

Anyway, other areas of Iwami Country can be taken back without blood, which is already the most advantageous solution at present.

Back at the Sikakan, the Japanese envoys began to discuss.

Fujiwara Ienari said: "As long as the Ming Kingdom is Iwami Kunijo and Mt. Omori, give them there." And it's just a lease, it's still Japanese territory, and it's not a shame for the country. If you lease Iwami Castle, you can also build a castle elsewhere. ”

Oe Weishun doubted: "What is Ming Guo for?" They crossed the sea to raise troops, but only leased two pieces of land, which was completely a loss-making transaction. ”

Ping Zhongzheng said: "My brother once personally went to Iwami Country City to investigate, and I heard that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom sent the Onmyoji to Mt. Omori to seek immortals in order to seek immortality. Perhaps, the Ming Kingdom also had to lease Daqingshan at a loss, just to obtain the elixir of immortality. ”

"I think so, I heard that they also killed the monks of Mt. Omori." Monk Yuanxin was quite frightened by this.

In the absence of information, these emissaries discussed it repeatedly, and they all agreed that the matter of lend-lease could be discussed and that it was the best way to solve the problem.

On the Japanese court's side, the two pieces of land were leased out, and they were even more profitable than the previous annual tribute.

(End of chapter)