Chapter 239: Sacrifice to General Yang again

"If the tribute trade is abolished, the number of tribute envoys and tributes will no longer be restricted, and the civil exchanges will be replaced by free exchanges to strengthen the transaction between our dynasty and the Celestial Empire. Frankly speaking, we agree very much, but we still have some doubts about some things."

Yoshiyoshi Ouchi picked up the cup and drank it, saying, "Today I will make it open and honest with the two adults, let me tell you the truth. Let me give you an example. When we were in the trade survey, the Ming Dynasty court had a strong relationship and gave us a generous gift, but it was far from meeting the needs of our dynasty.

For this reason, when I was tribute to the Ming Dynasty, the tribute envoys often carried a lot of goods and sold them to local wealthy merchants in large ports along the way, such as Suzhou, Hangzhou and Jinling. However, most of the wealthy merchants in the private sector had to pay the debts for various reasons. In order to recover the debts, the people in our dynasty had to travel on boats and even beat the lawsuit to the yamen of the governor and envoy, but they still could not be protected. I would like to ask, if the private trade freely, how could the Ming Dynasty protect the interests of the merchants in our dynasty?"

Yang Ling smiled faintly at the Yi Yong of Otaku and said, "We have already thought of this problem. In fact, once trade freely, there will definitely be a few merchants going to Japan. So we decided: First, set up a special yamen, formulate special maritime laws and trade laws to protect the rights and interests of merchants on both sides. Of course, your country also needs to set up the same department to cooperate in the formulation of relevant laws, and the formulation of relevant laws requires both parties to send people who are proficient in the law to jointly formulate them."

"At the same time," Wang Hua also bowed and said, "In order to ensure that the yamen of the Ministry of the People's Government enforce the law impartially, your country can send permanent envoys to our capital and cities with close contacts between the two sides, and supervise the yamen of the Law Enforcement. If you are unfair in your affairs, you have the right to go to the higher-level yamen of the Ministry of the People's Government or even the Three Ministry of the Government, until you file a lawsuit with your emperor. Of course, we must also send special envoys to your country to be responsible for related matters and have equal rights."

After Wang Hua finished speaking, he looked at Yang Ling and smiled. The economy must always have political and legal support. Wang Hua made this suggestion reasonable, and he was brave and generous. He couldn't help but nodded repeatedly.

However, he did not know that the Ming Dynasty, which had always been above the top and did not take the small countries seriously, had another purpose for this suggestion. The Ming Dynasty's rise and fall of the Japanese royal family and the shogunate, their ability to control the country, and the political attitude of several powerful vassals of Kyushu was simply ignorant and completely unaware of it.

Under such circumstances, even the main leader cannot be found and wants to cooperate. Especially military cooperation, it is simply a castle in the air. Yang Ling proposed to dispatch ambassadors, with officials from six ministries as civil servants, and military officers as military officers, and stationed in Japan to comprehensively collect information on their political, military, and economic aspects. Only by knowing their known and enemy can we ensure targetedness and ensure that relevant national policies can be truly implemented.

Hosokawa Azusa smiled and said, "Mr. Wang is very good at this. Once the two countries have settled the sea and traded. Merchants are like clouds and sails are like banners, many disputes will inevitably arise. If there is no strong yamen to ensure fairness, it will inevitably cause many troubles among the people.

In addition, our dynasty needed a lot of products from the Ming Dynasty, whether it was raw silk, cotton cloth, mercury, magnetic instruments, medicinal materials, seasonings, calligraphy and paintings, and Buddhist scriptures. Once these things were sold to my country, their profits would increase tenfold.

In addition to some screens, fans, boxes, swords and other raw materials, the products sold to the Ming Dynasty were mostly copper, sulfur, melon, pearls and other raw materials, so the price increased very little. Is there any unfairness?"

Yang Ling smiled and said, "These things depend on the needs of the people. Moreover, once these raw materials are shipped, we will reprocess them. We must leave a profit for them, right? What are the good suggestions for Hosokawa Kotoshi?"

Hosokawa said happily: "Can the Ming Dynasty allow me to set up shops and factories in the Ming Dynasty? Hire Ming craftsmen to learn manufacturing techniques. After transporting the materials, they produce goods on site and then sell them?"

He complained again: "In addition, like pearls, spider-picking women enter the sea to pick spiders, which is extremely dangerous. However, the profits of beads sold to the Ming Dynasty were not high. However, the Daming jewelry merchants can double their profits after processing and selling them. The jewelry that has been processed in the land has always been boycotted by the Daming jewelry merchants and cannot be sold. How unfair is it?"

Wang Hua laughed loudly and said with a look of his sleeve: "The Hosokawa tribute is a bad word. I think my Ming silk brocade should also take a step by step by step by planting mulberry, raising silkworms, drawing silk, and making brocade. Is there less hard work? The Ming Dynasty sold silk to your country, not the prepared Wufu (kimono).

Yang Ling also smiled and said, "The Kingdom of Japan wants to set up its own factory in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, it is not impossible to hire Ming craftsmen. But if we ask your country to allow me to go to your people to hire your country's craftsmen to learn how to learn silver from white lead and learn Japanese knife forging technology, can your country agree?"

After hearing this, Sumiya Hosokawa was stunned. There were only a few special skills. If all the Aoi learned by the Ming people, would they still have to survive with their capital and strength?

Yang Ling gave him another pill of peace of mind and said, "Of course, we just opened a sea trade, and many things may not be what we want now. The establishment of a garrison in the garrison is also for timely communication so that both sides can continuously improve the law. When conditions are ripe, I think your proposal will be gradually relaxed. As long as it is beneficial to the people of both sides and the courts of both sides."

Wang Hua coughed and said, "Yes, these things cannot be done overnight, and we still need to slowly discuss them. I think the first priority is how to solve the biggest obstacle to opening the sea and trading place: pirates! They wander around the sea, select people to eat them, and with them, lifting the ban on trade is just an empty talk. The Ming Navy and the Navy of Your Country cooperate to eliminate pirates is the primary thing. I wonder if the envoy has already had a case on cooperation matters?"

Yoshiyuki Ouchi, and Sumiya Hosokawa, all his expressions tightened when he heard this. They looked at each other carefully, and their bodies were involuntarily leaning forward. They could go their own way and not interfere with each other, but sent a navy to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to eliminate pirates, which involves military affairs.

In the era when daimyos are emerging and each is claiming to be the leader, a powerful navy plays a great role in unifying Japan. The Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan are the two most powerful daimyos today. Who can control it? It will continue to grow in the process of destroying pirates in the four seas and will be of the greatest use for dominating the world in the future. The two envoys naturally want to know the opinions of the Ming side and seize this mission.

Yang Ling saw the expressions of the two, remembering Cheng Qiyun said, "If there are two buyers, we can raise the price. If there are two selling prices, we can lower the price." He couldn't help but smile knowingly. Of course, he would not let one of the two great names take advantage of the situation to become bigger. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty wants to form four naval troops, so it can be recommended that each group of naval troops be with the Ming Dynasty and maintain the balance of their territory."

So the two sides started to bargain with each other on the establishment and cooperation of the navy.

Yang Ling attached great importance to this matter, so there were naturally his internal reasons. The vast sea, such as Korea, Ryukyu, Luzon, Penghu, Taiwan, etc., was scattered with the countries, regions and tribes that faced the Ming Dynasty around the sea. Even though Japan was famous and civil strife was frequent, Japan was still the most powerful.

Yang Ling planned to open the maritime ban on the Ming Dynasty. Transport all countries to further absorb the progressive technologies, advanced ideas and advanced systems of various countries, and maintain the advanced status of the Ming Dynasty in the world, a calm sea border was needed. When the navy in the emerging areas of the Ming Dynasty was still not as powerful as the distance. This matter was extremely necessary to cooperate with Japan.

What's more, there were even foreign pirates when the Japanese pirates went. Yang Ling remembered that he had come into contact with some information when playing the voyage game. Portugal, Spain and other countries rushed to the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away, taking root with Penghu and Taiwan as their bases, and staying for hundreds of years. It was smuggling and trade.

They took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's forbidden seas and traded with other countries, and became the main force of smuggling, thus growing stronger, until they attracted countries far away from the West to gradually focus on the fertile soil of the East, and their ambitions continued to expand, and the idea of ​​plundering by force once gained the upper hand.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has actively opened up the maritime ban, the fundamental reason why Western pirates have gained a foothold by smuggling has disappeared. However, most of the fleets of Western countries traveling around the world were pirates in the first place. In the absence of profitable situations, they will inevitably transform into pirates and turn from smugglers into pirates. Then, if the Japanese pirates are gone, foreign pirates will appear.

If the Japanese pirates and the foreign pirates rely solely on the Ming side to eliminate them, I don’t know how much sacrifices they will have to pay and how much military expenditure will be paid. Since China and Japan have common interests in this process, why not let them work hard? Only by fighting the foreign pirates hard and afraid of them will they give up their robber ambitions and do business with the Ming Dynasty in a regular manner.

As for the Navy of the Japanese Kingdom, Yang Ling was not worried. With the current strength and solid foundation of the Ming Dynasty, the simultaneous development process will definitely be much faster than them.

It is naturally impossible to resolve all matters in one day, but it is obvious that Yoshio Ouchi and Sumiya Hosokawa were both extremely sincere, and both sides had reached an agreement on many matters. Jiehai trade was promoted by Yang Ling and his biggest political affairs.

Now the opposition to the sea ban has only temporarily failed. While waiting for the leaders who are away from Beijing to return to Beijing, they are always paying attention to the discussions on all matters between the two sides about the opening of Haiti. As long as something goes wrong, they will hold on to it and take the last blow, so Yang Ling naturally did not dare to be careless. He couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he saw the results.

The two sides talked from early morning to noon, and the two sides had lunch together, and Yang Ling and Wang Hua said goodbye. Wang Hua had to take back the content of today's talks and sort out, and prepared tomorrow's negotiations at the same time, so they hurriedly bowed to Yang Ling and returned to the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Ling was also anxious to go back and tell Cheng Qiyun what she was discussing today so that she could understand the next step. The spring sun was not strong, and the warm land shone on the village. The farmers in the ridges were working hard, driving the oxen. Under the guidance of a craftsman trained in the inner factory, they scattered corn seeds, and planted sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops on the hillside and ridges, which were full of vitality.

Yang Ling rushed back to the yard, and the yard was quiet, and the breeze was blowing gently. Yun'er sat in the corridor, holding embroidery work in his hand, but he had already leaned against the pillar and started to fall asleep. On the path paved with gravel, a few birds occasionally walked around lazily.

Yang Ling did not alarm her, and walked over and turned directly to the inner study room. Cheng Qiyun wore a white robe with ink and water flowers and plants, and her lips became red and white, with infinite charm. The robe was not tied, and it looked both fat and casual, but occasionally moved. The robe floated, and she could feel that she held her slender waist and her jade body was full.

Seeing Yang Ling coming in, Cheng Qiyun stood up gracefully, put her waist on the ground to greet her, and said with a smile: "Sir, what are you talking about today?"

Yang Ling said: "I see that the main issues raised by each other have no big objections. There are only some details, and issues involving their internal organs, and I am afraid that there will be more discussions. It is estimated that in a few days, the emperor will be summoned to the tribute envoy."

Cheng Qiyun was happy and raised her eyebrows and said, "It's so good. I see that adults always have bumps in their work. Almost everything has to appear and see, and if the blood is gone, you can't tell the difference. This time, it's finally safe and smooth sailing."

Yang Ling laughed and said, "What's this? I'm talking about like a broomstick."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun'er hurriedly ran in and said in a panic: "The master is indeed back."

Yang Ling frowned and said, "Why did you come in without calling? What's the fuss about me when I go home?"

Yun'er stammered and said, "No. Master, the old butler asked me to invite the master to the front hall, please see you, Minister Liu Yu and Mr. Liu."

"Huh?" Yang Ling and Cheng Qiyun couldn't help but look at each other. Liu Yu was originally the envoy of the capital. After Liu Daxia was dismissed from office, Jiao Fang inserted him into the Ministry of War and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. In the end, he wanted him to take over as the Minister of Shang. This person was considered Yang Ling's group. What's the point of him coming in a hurry?

Yang Ling said anxiously: "I'll go and have a look!"

Cheng Qiyun walked back to the desk, hooked up a purple belt from the chair, and flexibly tied it around her waist. She said, "Anyway, it's a private house to meet guests, and it's not an outsider, so I'll accompany the adults."

The two hurried to the central hall, and saw Liu Yu rubbing his hands from time to time and walking around with sweat. When he saw Yang Ling coming out, Fang Xi was overjoyed and said, "Sir, something big happened. Sir. I sent a large guard and gave many instructions, but this group of uncles who served the emperor did not see the Japanese..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Ling was moved and said, "What's wrong? The big guards and the people in the mission clashed?"

Liu Yu said, "Where are the people in the Japanese missions wandering around the streets. Those ordinary roninmen and guards took seriously, and none of them followed them. This group of Japanese people have never been to make trouble since the dynasty was established to pay tribute! There is a Japanese man named Kano Kamenshiro who went out to eat drunkenly and pretended to be crazy to tease the daughter of the boss of the bone shop. As a result, he had an argument with the boss. During the fight, the barbarian actually pushed the old man into a big soup pot, and... he stewed it alive!"

Yang Ling's face changed suddenly, Cheng Qiyun's eyes moved, she glanced at Yang Ling, and asked anxiously: "Where is the murderer?"

Liu Yu said: "The Japanese were so scared when they saw the wine. They fled back to the Siyi Pavilion and hid. Because they were involved in foreign affairs, the city patrol envoy did not dare to make any decisions. He sent troops to surround the Siyi Pavilion first, and then came to the Shuntian Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture to arrest the murderer. However... Lord Zhang Youzhang, the prefecture Prefecture Prefecture Prefecture, did not dare to take action, and went to the Three Laws.

Some of the masters of the Three Laws believe that the barbarians have never practiced etiquette, and they failed to get drunk and came to pay tribute to me. If they severely punished them, they would lose their hearts. During the Chenghua period, the Japanese envoys came to the court to kill people in the street. The emperor exempted him from his crime in the name of "Far-Bian". Therefore, according to the old rules, he should be entitled to be exempted.

Some of them firmly opposed it, believing that the murderer should be severely punished. In the end, the cabinet was in trouble. The six ministries and nine ministers each had their own opinions, and the committee could not be decided for a while. The matter was spread to the Hanlin Academy and the Tai Academy. The people were angry. Now the matter... the matter is getting big."

The last Shuntian Prefecture Priest was from Mou Bin. After Liu Jin died of a pretext, he replaced his confidant Zhang You. The lifting of the ban on the sea was beneficial to the Silijian. Naturally, he was unwilling to block Liu Jin's Qian Cheng for a street-dead old man who set up a street stall.

As for the people of Yang Ling, the Three Laws and the Sixth Ministry and the Nine Ministers, Liu Jin and the old ministers of the Hongzhi Dynasty, except for those old ministers, whether it was the Yangling faction or the Liu Jin faction, they naturally had to try their best to protect their masters, and they were unwilling to make enemies with the Japanese envoys and ruin the cooperation plan.

"If you are drunk, you can push the person into the soup pot and cook it?" Yang Ling's face turned pale.

Liu Yu hesitated and said, "Sir Yang has come forward to suppress the Hanlin Academy and Tai Academy for a while. Sir Jiao sent me to listen to what you mean by your opinion."

He also knew how much hard work Yang Ling had put into Jiehai trade. Since ancient times, one general has achieved success forever. In order to achieve a big thing and seek long-term benefits, what is the sacrificing countless lives? To be a qualified politician, one must be cold-blooded.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but remind: "Sir, in the ninth year of Hongzhi, the Japanese Kingdom took the monk Yaofu Shouli as the main envoy and once paid tribute to our tribute. On his way back, a samurai in Jining, Shandong Province killed people with a knife. Our dynasty... also issued an order to pardon, and brought Japanese envoys back to their country to punish them."

He stopped talking about this, and the meaning of the words was that the emperors of each dynasty adopted this national policy. Even if the adults let go of the Japanese ronin for major events, they would not dare to do anything to you, no matter how angry the officials were, they would not dare to do anything to you."

Cheng Qiyun has suffered a lot since childhood and has no help. She has developed a cruel and ruthless personality. If it weren't for the person she really cared about, she wouldn't have thought that she had pity. However, after dating Yang Ling for a long time, she already knew Yang Ling very well, so she naturally knew Yang Ling's temperament.

She wanted to persuade Yang Ling to endure the matter for the time being. After understanding the intention of the Japanese envoy, she decided whether to arrest the Kawano Turtle. This was the most rational way. After all, Yang Ling planned to involve the interests of millions of people. But when she said that, she just moved her lips and swallowed it back.

Looking at Yang Ling's fire-breathing eyes, Cheng Qiyun was speechless: "If this matter really fails because of the murder of Kawano Turtle, I will do my best to do it again. Whatever he wants to do now, I will follow him to do it, no matter whether he is right or wrong!"

Apart from the extreme anger of his compatriots, Yang Ling did not consider the possible impact on the tribute mission at all. However, although the Ming Dynasty has always repaid the Japanese envoys with barbarity, even if he let this matter go, no one in the court or the opposition could shake him. Although he had gradually integrated into the world of the Ming Dynasty, he could not think about this matter with the thinking of a Ming politician.
Chapter completed!