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Chapter 390: Ready for the Unequal Treaty

The scene of welcoming the envoys of the Celestial Dynasty on that day was extremely powerful and the scenery was infinite. Many Daming and their retainers said in admiration.

"This scene can tell my grandchildren in the future!"

In fact, even Fang Yizhi had this idea in his mind. These scenes created by Japanese who had never seen the world were really too inappropriate.

In order to show his grandeur, the bowls of rice that the hospitality party Yizhishi eats are made of gold, which is too rustic! There is no such rustic way to treat guests in the Ming Dynasty.

Golden Bowl?

Even the nouveau riche in the Ming Dynasty can't do such a tacky thing!

Well, Tokugawa also gave some gifts, including martial arts, short swords, guns, etc., which is a world of difference compared to the brocade and silk and satin sent by Fang Yizhi, and more than a dozen horses. By the way, these things are not as valuable as sending the golden bowl...

After the banquet, all the remaining retainers except Lao Nakamashiro Horita Masamoto retired, Tokugawa Iemitsu and Fang Yichi drank tea alone.

Tokugawa Ieki asked:

"The Angel is the general of Pinglu?"

“That’s right.”

Fang Yizhi answered.

Tokugawa Iemitsu said:

"I, in Nagasaki, Tang Tongshi, said that the General Pinglu was the prince of the Tokuma clan of the Shangguo Kingdom. He could lead the fire to kill Hu. He has never been defeated since his expedition. I wonder if the angel can explain it in detail."

As a neighbor, Tokugawa Iehiro, who has been collecting mainland intelligence through Tang Shang for many years, naturally would not even be able to figure out the identity of the prince like the Dutch.

Fang Yizhi smiled and said:

"At the age of nineteen, the general guarded Jinan with a thousand palace soldiers, killed no less than ten thousand Jiannu and killed the pseudo-Beile in the army."

Tokugawa Iemitsu clapped his hands:

"The general is such a hero in the world!"

Fang Yizhi said again:

"The general led 500 cavalry and wiped out 3,000 Mongolian elite cavalry in Jiannu. Since the general went to war, there have been countless such achievements."

Tokugawa Iemitsu was stunned. Although he had heard Tang Shang mention an incredible general from the Ming Dynasty before, the fierce general still made them feel incredible.

He wiped out three thousand Mongolian elite cavalry with five hundred cavalry!

That was the Mongolian elite cavalry. Maybe the kamikaze sent the Yuan gang to the sea back then, but on the coast, the Mongolian cavalry still left a very deep impression on the Japanese.

Fang Yizhi continued:

"The general led 20,000 troops to attack Liaodong by sea, restored Shenyang, killed tens of thousands of prisoners, and took the powerful and noble wives, concubines and daughters of the Hu Jin. Hu Jing was all naked, and even the so-called queen was captured by the general. The reputation of Hu Chief has plummeted since then. Now the Hu Jin has stormed in civil strife, and Hu Chief has occupied important land, and Hu Chief has gone east to North Korea, both of them are in panic all day long."

Tokugawa Iemitsu and Lao Nakada Masamoto both sucked in a cold air. Fang Yizhi continued to speak without interruption.

"After the Northern Expedition, the general returned thousands of miles and defeated the 30,000 elite troops led by the Hu leader, and wiped out 30,000 of his captives on the Yangtze River. None of them came out of the pass forever! It can be said that "those who offend our Heavenly Kingdom will die and have no place to bury!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu sighed:

"It's true that he is a figure in the Celestial Empire, and I wish I could meet him in person!"

The old man Horita Masamoto was stunned when he heard it. Although he had heard Tang Shang mention it in the past, he felt that Tang Shang was inevitably a little exaggerated at that time. But now the envoy of the Celestial Empire is the envoy of the Celestial Empire, so there is no need to doubt what he said. He suddenly felt that such a person must be the well-deserved hero of the Celestial Empire.

Masamoto Horita, who is familiar with the culture of the Celestial Empire, knew that there was a word called "highly merits and great masters", and of course, he also knew that there was another saying in the ancestral teachings of the Celestial Empire, "clear the king's side and sank the national crisis". Emperor Yongle became the emperor with these six words. Then this general will definitely become the emperor in the future.

In fact, compared to the emperors of the Celestial Empire, the Japanese believed in the strong, and this general was simply a powerful person!

Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly admired the General of the Pegasus inexplicable way. He succeeded to the throne at the age of 29. Although he was so proud that he publicly provoked the lords at his father's funeral that he said, "If anyone wants to be a general, sign up," which made all Daming silent. But in fact, he used troops to quell the Shimahara Rebellion, but that battle was not easy. If he took it out and compared it with this master, he seemed to be unable to make any move.

But Masamoto Horita still remembers the serious matter and asked:

"The General wants to trade with me in Japan?"

Fang Yizhi said:

"The general always attaches great importance to trade with Japan. Now there are no less than 200 merchant ships traveling to and from Japan every year in the Ming Dynasty. Thanks to the care of Japan, they can live in Japan safely. The general expressed his gratitude for this."

Thank you, a ghost!

Before coming, the general had already given him a face-to-face reminder, and even a treaty of unequalities was installed in Fang Yizhi's sleeve. This time he took the initiative to come to him, of course, he sharpened his sword and then sharpened it, and he had to slaughter it hard.

Opening trade is naturally the case that this trip is not open, wouldn’t it be in vain?

But the prince wants more! For example, turning the Tangren Town in Nagasaki into a concession land like the Bund in Shanghai. Of course, it was not under the jurisdiction of the Ming government, but managed by the land lease meeting. Well, of course, there are also opening a few more ports, and the Ming ships sailed freely in the Seto Inland Sea.

"Oh, General, you are polite. The subjects from the country come to me and go to the country. Of course, we should take care of them."

Tokugawa Iemitsu was quite proud, as if a child had done a good deed and was seeking credit in front of adults, waiting for the adults' praise with anticipation.

"General, you are kind, but the more you are, the more you feel, you should not cause trouble for the general. After all, the merchants and sailors will inevitably have conflicts with Japanese and even officials, so they should be restrained."

"Make trouble? No trouble, no trouble..."

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who only thought the Ming Dynasty wanted to prohibit merchants from coming to the air, said hurriedly.

"Although someone makes trouble occasionally, they travel thousands of miles to Japan. We can understand their hard work in a foreign land, and it is natural to take care of them."

constraint?

Daming must have wanted to ban trade!

What a joke? Without the silk, iron, herbs and various commodities of the Ming Dynasty, wouldn’t those daimyos make a fuss? Besides, the shogunate could not have the money brought by monopolizing the trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Horita Masamoto hurriedly said:

"After returning to China, please report to the general and take care of the merchants and sailors of the Celestial Dynasty. It is a great honor to go to the country. Please understand the feelings of go to the country!"

"no!"

Shaking his head, Fang Yizhi said.

"When we came, the general had heard that there were always people in Nagasaki who were causing trouble. They were inevitably drinking and causing trouble when they were prostitutes. The reason for this was that the general was blindly taking care of him and even being too calm. How could Japanese officials and people not be resentful? So the general thought that this was definitely not a long-term solution."

In this era, Nagasaki Prayer did openly to the Tang merchants. When conflicts with the Japanese, they would offend the Japanese without asking the reason. If the other party was a Japanese civilian, they would often be punished directly. Of course, this kind of treatment was not just because they were Ming people. The most fundamental reason was that Japan could not live without Ming goods, so it treated merchants and sailors differently, and some treatments were even equivalent to samurai.

"So, the general thought that this matter must be changed!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu and Horita Masato looked at Fang Yizhi, who was righteous and stern in surprise, and their hearts were filled with a five-flavor miscellaneous array.

It’s not okay to be nice to you. This general... is really too considerate for Japan. He is really worthy of being a royal family in the Celestial Empire. His state of mind is beyond comparison to ordinary people.

"Then, I wonder how the General is going to change?"

But you must not ban trade!

"Well, the general thought that in order to avoid the troubles of the Ming people living in Japan and the Japanese, they should rent a piece of land near the port through permanent rent, and use it to live in Ming merchants and people, and avoid troubles of the troubles of the mixed living."

So that's it!

In fact, Tokugawa Iemitsu also did this, just like letting the Dutch stay on the island. To put it bluntly, it is also to avoid intercourse, mainly to avoid the Dutch preaching to the Japanese. However, the Tang people could scatter in various parts of Nagasaki. After all, the Tang people were Tang people, so they could not be generalized. Now the general is considering Japan so he actively demanded to avoid intercourse.

The general is really considering Japan!

However, this doesn't seem to be good!

Suddenly, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face became ugly. He seemed to understand why the general wanted to let Tang Shang live in a concentrated manner.
Chapter completed!
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