When the two of them returned to the shore in a sorry state, it was already four in the morning. Kuroda Rushui was still awake. When he heard that the two of them had returned, he immediately received them. In the end, he saw the two of them crying and kneeling down to beg for forgiveness. Kuroda Rushui's cheeks twitched. He realized that things were not simple.
"The Commander in Chief of the Ming Army said that not a single word of the seven terms can be refuted. Otherwise, he will write to the Imperial Cabinet and tell them everything that happened today!"
Kuroda Rushui finally understood what it meant when a scholar meets a soldier and cannot be reasoned with!
His original intention was very clear. You can ask for an exorbitant price, then I can also ask for an exorbitant price. You ask, I return. This is the basic law of bargaining. If you want to ask for an exorbitant price according to the basic law, then I can also bargain according to the basic law! If everyone follows the basic law, then there are rules in this world. Otherwise, if there are no rules in the world, what is the point of playing?
But Kuroda Rushui did not think about who was negotiating with him face-to-face. It was Chen Lin, an uncouth man who had fought in wars all his life. He was used to speaking with a sword instead of a tongue.
The matter in front of him was something that Xiao Ruxun had asked him to do. Otherwise, according to his idea, the army would cross the sea and go on an all-out expedition. No matter what, they could bite off a piece of his land. If they occupied it, it would be theirs. There was no need to communicate with him!
After thinking about it, Kuroda Rushui realized the arrogance of the Ming Army. They had easily cleaned up hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops on the peninsula, so at this moment, they were extremely contemptuous of the Japanese. Under the consistent thinking of the Celestial Empire, any country was a small barbarian country. Obviously, Japan was also in the range of a small barbarian country. Moreover, it was a small barbarian country that did not know when to advance or retreat.
How could they take this seriously? It must be that the other party should accept whatever he proposed. If they did not accept it, then it was a challenge to the dignity of the Daming Empire.
After understanding this part, Kuroda Rushui realized what kind of mistake he had made. This mistake would cause him to pay a higher price to win back the other party's negotiation. After smiling bitterly for a while, Kuroda Rushui picked up his pen and wrote a new acceptance clause.
He accepted the cession of the three islands of Tsushima, Sado, and Yinqi Islands, accepted the establishment of a concession and a consulate in the Daming Island, and accepted the compensation of silver. However, he could only accept a limit of one million taels of silver as compensation for the Daming Island.
Kuroda Rusui put down his pen and looked at the two of them. The two of them looked at each other, and a bitter feeling filled their stomachs.
Then let's go. What else can we do?
The outcome of this trip was not much better than the previous one. Chen Zhao had just slept for a while and was feeling comfortable when he was woken up again. This time, he was furious. The old man pulled out his sword and was about to kill someone, but he was stopped by the guards. It took him a long time to regain his senses. When he saw the conditions that the Japanese had accepted, he was furious.
"This general said it! Not a single one of the seven conditions could be omitted! If there was one less, it would appear again! I will chop off your heads! Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! "
The three consecutive "get lost" scared the two envoys out of their wits. They hurriedly rolled and crawled back, trying their best to steer the boat away from the Ming Army's ships, afraid that they would be ambushed.
When they rushed back to Kuroda Rusui's place, Kuroda Rusui was still awake. It looked like he had no intention of sleeping at all. The two of them once knelt down and cried, refusing to go back no matter what, saying that the commander was going to draw his sword and kill them.
Kuroda Rushui frowned. He felt that the situation was not good. Why was the general of the Ming Army so angry? These conditions were close to Kuroda Rushui's bottom line. Why didn't he agree? What did he want?
Did he really have to accept all seven of these impossible conditions? How was that possible? It was impossible to remove the title of emperor from the first condition. He had been the emperor for two thousand years. How could he just give it up like that?
Therefore, Kuroda Rushui made up his mind and added another condition. The compensation was two million taels of silver. He allowed the Daming Army to be stationed in the concession and allowed the Daming Consulate to be set up in Kyoto. When the Daming came, the people would be under the jurisdiction of the Daming. Even if they broke the law, they would be dealt with by the Daming. Japan would not interfere. Kuroda Rushui was not interested in this. It was just a little judicial power.
As for the customs duty, it did not matter if it was waived or agreed. Not many people would come anyway, and the customs duty would not be much. He knew how much of the annual revenue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's government came from commercial taxes, agricultural taxes, and the development of gold and silver mines. The proportion of commercial taxes was too small. He did not care at all.
The two envoys were scared out of their wits by the steel sword. They were not willing to go again no matter what. Kuroda Rushui was anxious. It was almost dawn. If they could not come to an agreement, they would have to wait another day. Who knew how many variables would arise. If the two bastards did not go, he would kill them now!
There was a wolf in front and a tiger behind. The two unlucky envoys could only hug each other and cry. With tears streaming down their cheeks, they embarked on the journey of death.
But this time, they had miscalculated. They went to find Chen Lin with the thought of being killed. However, Chen Lin was surprisingly calm. She did not make a fuss and did not want to kill them.
Of course, it was not that Chen Lin's temperament had changed. It was because Chen Lin realized that these guys would continue to come and harass her. So, she decided not to sleep. She put on her clothes and leaned on the seat to take a nap. When the people came, she could wake up and did not have to get up from the bed to be angry.
This time, Kuroda Rushui gave a lot more conditions. He accepted the cession of the three islands of Tsushima, Sado, and Inqi Island. He accepted the establishment of a concession and a consulate in the Daming Island. He allowed the stationing of troops in the concession. He paid compensation of two million taels of silver. He allowed the establishment of a consulate in the Daming Island in Kyoto. The people of the Daming Island would be under the jurisdiction of the Daming Island. Japan would not interfere.
Out of the seven conditions, Japan had completely accepted the third, fourth, and fifth conditions. However, the first, second, sixth, and seventh conditions were still not accepted.
Xiao Ruxun's bottom line was also very clear. The things that the Daming Island wanted were 50% of the output of Tsushima Island, Sado Island, and Ishikami Ginseng, a trade port and concession, tariffs, garrisoning of troops, consular adjudication, war compensation of three million taels of silver, and Japan going to the Emperor. Now, they had indeed won over Tsushima Island, trade port, and consular adjudication. However, there was still no news about Ishikami Ginseng, war compensation, and Japan going to the Emperor.
Chen Lin pondered for a moment. She felt that if she did not put it forward in detail, the Japanese would still pretend to be crazy. It was better to make it clear. So, Chen Lin made it clear to the two unlucky guys.
"What you have now doesn't count. I have to tell you clearly that the compensation is five million taels of silver, not one tael less. Go to the Emperor, no matter what. The Ishikami Kingdom, no matter what, must be ceded for Ishikami Ginseng. As for the Feichen Domain, we can take a step back. You don't have to cede all of it, but you have to cede at least one-third of Linhai to North Korea.
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