In addition to having a large amount of gold and silver mines, Japan lacks resources and has extremely low grain output, and it cannot support its increasingly large population. Due to the half-century of seclusion, they have lost the ability to send a large number of merchant ships to the ocean. It is essential to rely on the Ming Dynasty to transport food and luxury goods to support them.

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

Zhou Mubai pondered: "Your Majesty, why don't you agree? Haidu makes so many commercial goods every day, and the grain in Nanyang is about to get moldy in the warehouse. The maritime merchants have opened up a trading port. Why don't the emperor do such a profitable transaction?"

Zhu Jun said: "The Japanese are cruel and easy to kill, and they are capricious. If I allow trade, what should I do if these Japanese people eat and drink enough in the future and go to sea to loot the Japanese pirates?"

Zhou Mubai said: "Your Majesty, when I was in Yunnan, I saw some general narratives of the Japanese countries, and I also knew a little about the Japanese pirates. The reason why Japanese pirates repeatedly invaded the southeast coast was actually because their country faced the sea and lacked enough food, which made many people live by plunder. If the emperor did not trade with the Japanese, it would encourage the arrogance of the pirates. Secondly, the Japanese lived in the southeast island for thousands of nautical miles away from the South China Sea. If the emperor wanted to take a revenge for a single arrow, he would have to postpone his time. Since this is the case, the emperor might as well trade with him and continue to let the Japanese rely on our Ming rice food, equipment, and even weapons to traffic in some past. When the emperor wanted to conquer Japan, he would cut off Japan's sea trade. The Japanese suddenly lost Lai.

With the food that is used to survive, the firearms and cannons were bought with a lot of money, and it would be difficult to get them to get up and take a long sword to fight. In this way, the lifeline of the Japanese country is in the palm of our Ming Dynasty. No matter how the emperor ravaged them in the future, the Japanese people would just be fish and meat. In addition, although Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa family, all the names held military and political power. If the emperor provoked it, Japan would be in chaos. The more wars would be. The weapons sold by the maritime merchants often increased several times. In this way, the emperor weakened the Japanese, the maritime merchants made money, and the Japanese were in civil unrest. When the emperor advanced eastward, it would be the day when the Japanese surrendered."

Zhu Jun nodded. His current main base camp is still in Southeast Asia. It is far away from the East Asia. If it is not worth the loss to fight with the Japanese now, it is better to control its economic lifeline first and weaken it. It is even more realistic to go down one after another.

"I am Ashikazu's greeting the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and I am presenting my family head to greet His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty." In the palace, several Japanese envoys came in with their heads raised their heads. The head of the commander Ashikazu's kneels three times and nine times.

"The head of the family? Which head of the family?" Zhu Jun pretended to be ignorant. At this time, the emperor was only the nominal master of Japan, and the real person in power was the Tokugawa family, the general of the Congyi.

"The envoy came to see the Ming Emperor at the order of the head of the general Tokugawa Masao, the head of the family of the envoy." Ashikagato was secretly happy. It seemed that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not know the background of Japan. Now the Edo shogunate was worried and externally, especially because of food. Even in the most developed Edo, the loss of imports, at least hundreds of people starved to death. Daming from all over the country also showed dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa family, because foreign trade imports have always been in the hands of the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa family occupied Japan.

Nearly one-quarter of the land and the only remaining grain in the warehouse were given priority to their own territory by the Tokugawa family. Daming in various places could only rely on thin fields to feed the huge group of farmers. Due to the shortage of food, some Daming territories had already rebelled in some Daming territories. Although they were suppressed, the Daming people finally assigned the responsibility to the Tokugawa family. The conflict between the general and the Daming territories began to intensify, and even in China, some Daming had voices that secretly supported the emperor's rule and eliminated Tokugawa.

Japan is an island country. Their grain production is very low, but there are many gold and silver minerals in the territory. Usually, these prodigal generals Daming kept digging gold and silver mines in exchange for food, luxury goods and even weapons from maritime merchants until their foreign trade was in the hands of the Dutch East India Company. Now the East India Company was defeated in the Southeast Asia, and the foreign trade economy of the Japanese exchanged gold and silver for daily necessities has collapsed. Contradictory Japanese dramas. Therefore, if the Tokugawa family wants to maintain their rule, the most urgent way is to find a place to replace the East India Company to continue to maintain their economy, and the Ming Dynasty became the first choice.

Ashikagato was originally afraid that the Ming people would find out the situation of Japan's islands and ask for a price. At this time, he heard that the Ming Emperor had not even understood the relationship between the general and the emperor, but he was relieved. The biggest capital of the negotiations was to know oneself and the enemy. Obviously, the Ming Emperor was only aware of oneself and not the enemy.

"What is the Great General of the Conquest of the Wild?" Zhu Jun sneered a hint of sneer on the corner of his lips, and said, "My Ming Dynasty has conferred the title of the Japanese king as the king of Japan. Is a small general's slave, dare to submit the letter of state?"

Ashikagato looked panicked and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is unknown. In our Japanese country, General Xuyi is the guardian of His Highness the Emperor. All the decrees will be presided over by General Xuyi instead of His Highness the Emperor. You also ask His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to observe clearly."

"Well, isn't that another Cao Cao? What's the reason?" Zhu Jun did not want to trade with the General of the Conquering Yi. Once he traded with the Tokugawa family, the Tokugawa family's rule in Japan would be more stable. If he wanted to mess up, he had to find a more suitable puppet.

"This..." Ashikagato was speechless by Zhu Jun's word Cao Cao. How could the Japanese scholar class not know what kind of person Cao Cao was? In short, it was not a good comment.

"You go back and tell your head that if you want to change the letter of state, you can ask the Emperor to send an envoy to negotiate with me in person. The little general of the Conquering Yi also wants to talk to me, which is simply a dream."

As soon as Zhu Jun finished speaking, Ashikagato was already sweating profusely. However, the envoys behind him were secretly happy. In addition to Ashikagato, represented by General Seiyi as the righteous envoy, some powerful vassal states, including the Emperor, also sent their own symbolic envoys. Now the conflict between the general and Emperor and Daime is getting deeper. Everyone can see that Ashikagato, who has always been arrogant, is frustrated and gloating.

"Your Majesty the Emperor." Ashikagato knew how much pressure the entire Tokugawa family would be under if the negotiation failed this time. As a member of the Tokugawa family for generations, Ashikagato had to bite the bullet and talk about some results: "The envoy of His Highness the Emperor is here, too." Ashikagato said, while turning his head and winking at the monk who was half-squinting.

"My minister Nakata Saburo bowed to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was the envoy appointed by the Emperor." The monk proclaimed the Buddha's name and said fluently in Chinese.

"Is that right? I am increasingly confused. Ashikagato became the envoy with a small general's retainer. Nakata's Aikyu was the envoy of the Japanese king, but he wanted to surrender to the last of the general's retainer. He was at the top and bottom, and he destroyed this. Alas, Tanaka's Aikyu, I know very well about the affairs of Japan. The country is short of food and supplies, and I can't bear to hide the people of the country and suffer this hardship."

Zhu Jun kept a secret here, then glanced at Ashikaga and said, "But what kind of status is this tribute trade? If I can't figure out the cause and effect, it will be impossible for me to be clear about it."

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

Zhu Jun's question stunned a group of Japanese envoys. In theory, the Emperor was the highest ruler of Japan, but in fact, the Emperor was just a decoration, and all the power was monopolized by the General Zhengyi. If the answer was that the Emperor was in charge of the rule, it would inevitably be suspected of deceiving it. Maybe the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had already known the situation in Japan, and it would be embarrassing to expose it. However, the answer was that the General was in charge of the rule. For the Ming Dynasty, which had always ruled the country with Confucianism, this was a great rebellion.

"His Majesty the Emperor, in Japan, the Emperor is the ruler of Japan, the leader of all generals and Daemini." Ashikagato made up his mind that it was inevitable to tell lies in order to communicate. Even if it was exposed, it would be better than being scolded by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty for being accused of being ruthless.

"Well." Zhu Jun nodded thoughtfully: "Since that's the case, then I will approve the trade, but it has to be done according to the procedures. It's better to do this. The Emperor pays gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty every year, and I will give back food, weapons and other goods to the Emperor in the same way as gifts. How about it?"

The Japanese envoys did not expect that the Emperor of Ming was so easy to speak, and all their faces showed joy. Unexpectedly, Zhu Jun said again: "But I have something to say first. The target I gave is the Emperor. As for the distribution of goods, the Emperor will handle it with full authority. If there is a general in that country and Daming dares to rob the Emperor, I will immediately interrupt the tribute and send troops to help the Emperor fight against the unjust ministers. Do you understand?"

Ashikaga Yuan felt a sudden slap in his heart by Zhu Jun's words. The shogun has always controlled materials to control Daming. If the Ming Emperor handed over the distributed rights to the Emperor, it would be a heavy blow to the shogunate's reputation and power in Japan. In today's Japan, whoever has sufficient materials and who has sufficient food and grass can occupy a favorable position. If the emperor becomes the distributor of materials and is not disturbed by the general, then the daimyos will immediately stand on the side of the emperor, which is very bad.
Chapter completed!