Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled coldly and said, "I led the troops there to wipe out the rest of the resistance forces, not to cross the sea to fight against the Celestial Empire. Did any of my soldiers cross the sea?"
"But you had 30,000 soldiers under you attack the Celestial Empire's army, and that's why they were completely annihilated, right?"
Maeda Toshiie regained his composure and poked at Tokugawa Ieyasu's weak spot.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's face immediately changed.
Don't expose someone's weakness, and don't hit someone's face. You are not following the rules!
Tokugawa Ieyasu was angry and started to curse. The two of them fought back and forth with their words, and no one was willing to give in to the other.
Xiao Ruxun smiled and watched the two of them fight.
Maeda Toshiie angrily cursed Tokugawa Ieyasu for betraying his savior and killing him to ascend the throne. He was guilty of the most heinous crimes and should be exterminated. Tokugawa Ieyasu angrily cursed Maeda Toshiie for helping the evildoer and provoking the Daming recklessly, which brought the disaster to Japan today. Maeda Toshiie cursed Tokugawa Ieyasu as a traitor, and Tokugawa Ieyasu cursed Maeda Toshiie as an accomplice. The two of them scolded each other happily.
When the two of them were almost done scolding each other, Xiao Ruxun took out the treaty he had drafted.
Including the treaty signed with Tokugawa Ieyasu previously, the new version of the "Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Mutual Assistance in Japan during the Great Ming Dynasty", the original terms, such as ceding three islands and opening up trade, remained unchanged, but the compensation was directly increased from four million to ten million. There was no need for any other assistance in the war, just a fixed price of ten million. Then, everything in the entire Ishimi Country, including the population, had to be compensated to Great Ming as an apology to Great Ming.
"This Governor doesn't care why you're arguing, and I don't care. You can argue however you want, and this Governor doesn't care either. However, this is the most important thing. Whoever agrees to this condition, the Great Ming will send troops to help him get rid of the other party. Take a look and choose for yourselves. I'll help whoever agrees."
Xiao Ruxun threw the two treaties to Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshiie respectively. Tokugawa Ieyasu had read the clauses before, so he was more resistant to it. Maeda Toshiie's face immediately turned green. He originally thought that no matter how outrageous Xiao Ruxun was, he would only ask for the Ishimi Country, which was already occupied. He would pinch his nose and accept it. In the end, not only did he ask for the Ishimi Country, but he also asked for 10 million taels of silver!
Where could he find 10 million taels of silver for him? Although Japan had many mountains of silver, it should not be like this, right? If he did this, all of Japan would be short of silver! If people could not survive, there was no need to talk about developing the economy and armaments to wash away the shame. Even whether the government could maintain itself was a problem. This was clearly forcing everyone to fight to the death, and then see who would be the first to perish!
"Commander Xiao, I am sincere, but why are you playing with me like this? Japan is only a small country, and its annual revenue is only one or two million taels of silver. The whole of Japan would have to work hard for ten years to gather this amount of silver for Daming. Do you think there is any difference between this and directly annexing Japan? "
Xiao Ruxun nodded. "Of course there is a difference. The difference is whether I am going to rob the silver myself, or you are going to send it to me after you have prepared it."
Maeda Toshiie was momentarily speechless and did not speak for a long time. Tokugawa Ieyasu opened his mouth and said, "Commander Xiao, in the end, why do you want to increase the previous 4 million taels of silver to 10 million taels of silver? Even if Daming sent his troops to Japan, as well as the previous misunderstandings, at most he would increase it by another 1 million taels of silver. 5 million taels of silver is already a very frightening amount, and Commander Xiao wants to double it. Isn't this forcing the whole of Japan to become your enemy?
You think that we all want to destroy the other party. That's right, we do want to, but this also depends on whether we can accept your terms. This is clearly not acceptable! Even if we destroy the other party, the whole of Japan will be on the verge of perishing because of this. Do you think this kind of transaction is worth it? Will we accept it? "
"First of all, Japan is not as poor as you say. This is something this Commander is very clear about. Otherwise, where would the cost of mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops come from? This is something that needs to be discussed. Japan is not unified. More than 10 years ago, there were endless wars. It has only been a few years since the war stopped.
When you have more silver on hand and more troops, you start to have thoughts that you shouldn't have. 150,000 soldiers, even if Daming mobilized 150,000 soldiers, he would still be severely injured and half dead. Yet, you can still easily continue fighting. This Commander is very clear about how much wealth you have.
Secondly, let's not count the losses of North Korea. The losses of 500,000 civilians and 100,000 soldiers, you can calculate the amount of silver. Daming mobilized more than 60,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 warhorses, hundreds of cannons, and tens of thousands of guns. More than 7,000 soldiers died in battle, and tens of thousands were injured. You can also calculate the amount of silver we lost. Don't cry about being poor. If you do, I can mobilize my troops to plunder and plunder all of you. Do you think I can't get any silver? "
"Commander Xiao! How can you do this?! "
Maeda Toshiie shouted angrily.
Xiao Ruxun laughed disdainfully.
"Why can't this Commander do this? Right now, our two countries are still at war, and we are still enemies. Before the treaty is signed, we are still enemies. Isn't it normal to plunder and plunder the enemy? Moreover, I only plunder, I don't kill. I only want money. I will take all the money, burn the houses, and destroy the fields. Then, I will leave the people for you. What do you think the people who have no food, no clothes, and no shelter will think? "
"…"
Maeda Toshiie and Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at each other.
These things were not binding to Daming at all. If they were robbed, then so be it. But for Japan, those were their people. If they didn't have food to eat and didn't die, they would become refugees. They would flee to other places to find food, and this would cause unrest in other places that didn't lack food. If they didn't manage it well, it would increase the number of refugees, and lead to serious problems. "I am a reasonable person.
"I'm a reasonable person, and the reason I'm sitting here right now is to reason with you. I want you to compensate the Great Ming Dynasty and North Korea for their losses, as well as what the Great Ming Dynasty should have obtained after defeating Japan. Since ancient times, the victorious countries have always been able to obtain some compensation, and this compensation isn't a big deal to the defeated countries. It's just some silver. It's like spending money to avert a disaster. Even ordinary people understand this, but why can't you explain it to me?"
Xiao Ruxun stood up and placed his sword in front of the two.
"I don't care about your quarrels. That's Japan's internal affairs. Although I hope that you will stop fighting, I also know that there can't be two suns in the sky and two masters on earth. If you insist on a winner, I can't do anything about it. But before that, I want you to return what Daming should get to Daming. Otherwise, you won't be able to fight."
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