Chapter 139: Treaty of Friendship and Trade
The two talked very happily that day!
Yan Changwu also reminded Tokugawa Hidetada "kindly": "Some big names in the west, such as the Satsuma clan, are still doing business with the red hairs in private, in order to expand their economic strength and obtain advanced weapons. The shogunate must control it!"
Evidence?
unambiguous evidence!
The large-caliber shore defense gun that our Southeast prefecture snatched from the Satsuma clan! You can send someone to visit it. If you want to condemn the Satsuma clan, I will give it to you (it doesn't matter if you bring the Sanmen as evidence!
"They bought cannons, what else would they buy? For example, buy flintlocks, matchlocks, infantry cannons! Well, someone on your side wants to buy deerskins from our Southeast Mansion!"
Deerskin, used to make armor!
"Huh!" Tokugawa Hidetada was very annoyed when he heard it, and his eyes were fierce: "These western barbarians!"
During the Edo period of Japan, the daimyo clan that was close to the shogunate was near Tokyo in Edo, and the more distant the relationship, the farther away from Edo. The vassals such as Satsuma, Choshu, Hizen, and Tosa in the west have always been rebellious. , They also occupy the geographical advantage of contact with foreign forces, if they continue to develop their strength, it will be quite detrimental to the rule of the shogunate.
How can they make them foolish!
Without Yan Changwu's reminder, Hidetada Tokugawa is very clear about the domestic situation.
Yan Changwu madly puts gold on Tokugawa Hidetada's cheeks and slurping soup. How can such old treacherous tortoises like Tokugawa Hidetada not know that "what the enemy opposes is what we want, and what the enemy agrees with must be against us."
Obviously, Yan Changwu's good agreement with the lock country order is definitely beneficial to the Southeastern Government.
But his willingness to cooperate with the shogunate's measures really scratched Tokugawa's itching.
"Our Southeast Government respects the great government that your country pursues. The Southeast Government is willing to only trade with Edo, no longer with other daimyos, let alone sell any weapons to other daimyos, and promise not to do anything harmful to your country’s interests. Your country’s merchant ships comply with your country’s laws and regulations and trade fairly. At the same time, we do not support Hong Maofan doing things that are harmful to your country’s interests. For example, we will not support them to preach in your country.” Yan Changwu released a lot of benefits!
is summed up as the friendly exchanges between the southeast prefecture and the shogunate, focusing on trade, and not doing anything harmful to the shogunate. In other words, the southeast prefecture firmly supports the shogunate’s "restriction order"!
Since Yan Changwu knows how to do it, how can Hidetada Tokugawa not return to his favor!
He also promised that the shogunate would have friendly exchanges with the Southeastern Prefecture, focus on trade, and refrain from doing anything harmful to the Southeastern Prefecture.
Welcome the Southeastern Prefecture to trade in Japan. Both parties will buy and sell fairly and give the Southeastern Prefecture the exclusive right to trade!
The two sides plan to sign a ten-year friendly agreement called the "Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the Southeast Prefecture and the Edo Shogunate". The general content is that the two sides should maintain friendship and maintain friendship for a long time; the two sides must not target each other and do things that are harmful to each other's interests; To develop trade, each other recognizes each other as the main body of trade, does not conduct transactions with a third party (Mingren), and dispatches trade representatives to each other; the Shogunate and the Southeast government agree on taxation and preferential treatment for each other; provide each other with various conveniences and so on.
As for the Ryukyu matter, the Edo Shogunate recognized the Ryukyu Kingdom as a vassal of the Ming Dynasty and respected the territorial integrity of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The original "Twenty Five Articles" was invalidated!
Satsuma clan retired from Ryukyu, and the five Amami islands (i.e. Kikai Island, Tokunoshima, Amami Oshima, Okinagabu Island, and Yoron Island) all returned to Ryukyu!
The Ryukyu matter ends here, and the two sides are not entangled.
As for the Satsuma clan sending a person to assassinate Yan Changwu, the Edo shogunate ordered Satsuma clan to give the Southeast prefecture an explanation, demanding that Satsuma clan pay one hundred thousand taels of silver to the southeast prefecture, and at the same time sent the murderer’s envoy to cut his belly!
So far, both parties are very satisfied and believe that each other has achieved their goals.
The atmosphere was harmonious, and the two exchanged gifts: the southeast prefecture had milk candy, rum, deerskin utensils, and flintlocks, while the shogunate had good tea, sake, silver tea sets, and samurai swords. The gifts of both parties were equal.
Yan Changwu returned to the cruise ship and waved goodbye to Tokugawa Hidetada politely!
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"Are you looking for a skin with a tiger?" Chen Zhongji asked unceremoniously.
"If they develop a splint like ours, then we must prepare for war, otherwise, don't worry too much!" Yan Changwu came to Ge You comfortably in the meeting room on the Southeast Fu ship.
Chen Zhongji nodded.
"At best, we can only cause trouble for them, but it is impossible to swallow them. There are gold, silver and copper mines in the Japanese country, but the resources are too few. Apart from people, the four things that really work are food, iron, wood, and horses. Strategic materials, they don't have it!"
"The key is that they have more people and less land, and are vulnerable to typhoons, and their cultural system is not weak!" Chen Zhongji added.
"That's right, I think they know this too. The monkey (Hideyoshi Toyotomi) has fully taught them the power of the Eastern power. Since they have no intention of invading the west, we don't want to go east. As for harassing them, there is What's the point? It's better for everyone to do trade. We get the gold, silver and bronze from them, and everyone spends the money." Yan Changwu spread his hands together.
"I am going to take people ashore and discuss with them the details of the "Southeast Prefecture and Edo Shogunate Friendship and Trade Treaty"!" Chen Zhongji said.
"great!"
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Different from Yan Changwu’s eloquence in Southeast Prefecture, the "Edo Shogunate and Southeast Prefecture Friendship and Trade Treaty" brought back by Tokugawa Hidetaka caused strong dissatisfaction with General Tokugawa Iemitsu!
However, he did not confront him face to face. Instead, the confidant minister, Takahashi Sadaryo, stood up and opposed it.
He bowed to each of the two supreme princes, and then said: "His Royal Highness, the land we got (Amami Goto) is not easy, how can we give it lightly! The Satsuma clan is no longer our vassal, if we deal with them, It will arouse dissatisfaction among the vassals, please check it carefully!"
While Tokugawa Hidetada’s confidant, another veteran, Araki Yoshizou, went out and retorted, "Do you have eyes?"
"Have you seen the fleet of Southeast Prefectural Government parked in Edo Bay? What is your chance of winning a war against them!"
"We can't catch up with them, and we can't beat them. They don't fight decisively with our main force. Only harassment will not only be the dissatisfaction of the vassals, but the people will also be uneasy!"
"If they support the western domination~www.wuxiaspot.com~ we will have even more trouble!"
"Compared with shame, I am even more afraid of lifelessness. I have always been troublesome enough. If the religion of Westerners allows them to develop, the trouble will be greater than that of all the time! If they make a fuss, they will kill us! "
(Yixiang Yiji is the general term for Yijii initiated by believers of the Pure Land Shinshu (Yixiangzong) Honganji School in the Warring States Period in Japan. Yiji means various uprisings and riots in Japanese. It is a characteristic of the country of Japan.
The disciples of Yixiangzong have always been known for their strong religious centripetal force and the mode of jihad that sacrificed their lives to kill the enemy (just don’t be afraid of death, think about those people/bombs, even the big blue star bully who fights whoever fights can only learn from the East Kingdom. Come to strongly condemn and then condemn), once formed an autonomous organization, and became a country of its own (for example, in 1488, the daimyo of Kaga country was killed with one stroke). By the end of the Warring States period, the always-spoken leader power could even rival the daimyos everywhere, and even defeated the sixth day demon king Oda Nobunaga.
While Spain and Portugal in the West are Catholic countries. They trade here and export religion there. The Catholic doctrine stipulates that believers must obey the pope of the West. This is an unbearable challenge to secular regimes.)
The three series of words of Yoshihiro Araki were overwhelmed by Takahashi Sadareyo, and other ministers said yes, praising His Royal Highness Shengmei at the Imperial Palace!
Seeing that Tokugawa Iemitsu was still unconvinced, Tokugawa Hidetada sighed and preached to him: "His Royal Highness Yan Changwu of the Southeast Prefecture has come here with great sincerity. They want our gold and silver!"
"But, there is going to be a war, he said, first I set fire to Edo Castle!" Hidetada Tokugawa smiled wryly: "Others can't do it, I really doubt he can do it!"
Hearing what he said, Iemitsu Tokugawa and the other ministers gasped!
