Following Xiao Ruxun's angry shout, the surrounding Ming Army once again raised their guns and swords. They stared at Maeda Toshiie aggressively. From the camp behind Xiao Ruxun, the rumbling of war drums and the soldiers' roars suddenly sounded. The generals of the Ming Army stared at Maeda Toshiie fiercely. Their murderous aura soared to the sky. Their momentum was shocking and they were full of vigor. Even though Tokugawa Ieyasu had been pretending to be a tortoise, he could not accept all of this calmly.
This was the Ming Army that defeated and destroyed his hopes of dominating the world. How could he not hate? How could he not hate?
He was more afraid. The loss of thirty thousand people had already destroyed his courage to go against the Ming Army. At least for now, at least for the next few years, he did not have the courage to start a war with the Ming Army again.
To put it bluntly, the moment the war drums sounded, Maeda Toshiie softened. There were only tens of thousands of elites in his family. According to the level of elites in the Ming Army, if they really fought, he had no chance of winning. After all, the example of Tokugawa Ieyasu was right in front of him. In other words, it was not good to let Tokugawa Ieyasu have a chance to rest. However, didn't he need time to rest? Didn't the remaining power of the Toyotomi clan need some time to reorganize internally?
Thinking of the current messy internal situation in Fengchen, Maeda Toshiie really did not have the confidence to say that he could easily clean up the internal forces and external enemies. The internal power in Fengchen had not been reshuffled after a great destruction. Now, it was forcefully suppressed. However, the conflicts had not been resolved. There were a lot of things that needed to be dealt with. It could not be resolved in a short time. If he continued to fight with Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was afraid that there would be a fatal accident.
Maeda Toshiie was silent. He did not continue to oppose. However, he did not look like he accepted it either.
Xiao Ruxun decided to play the good cop for a while.
"I understand your concerns. However, in the current situation, which of you can continue to fight? Nearly two hundred thousand young men were destroyed in Korea. How many things do you have to deal with? How much effort do you have to deal with the food shortage and financial shortage after the war? Although I am strong, what I want is what Daming deserves. Daming has no interest in Japan. After the war, after we kill the culprit, as long as you compensate, Daming will not pursue the matter. The key is whether you can show the proper attitude! "
Seeing that Tokugawa Ieyasu and Maeda Toshika were looking at her, Xiao Ruxun continued, "This supervisor knows that the grudges between you two are deep and hard to resolve. That's why I've separated you two. The Tokugawa clan will set up their fief in the westernmost part, while the Toyotomi clan will set up their easternmost part. In the middle, I'll set up some daimyo that both sides can accept as a buffer. In this way, you don't need to come into direct contact with each other, and there won't be any friction. Tang Tian, I said, I said. I hate fighting the most. "
It was about time.
"Since we have said this much, let's not continue to see each other as an eyesore. Fighting, fighting, fighting, fighting, fighting, the people will suffer. You need the people to cultivate the land and pay taxes. If all the people die because of your war, who will cultivate the land? Who will do business and pay taxes? Isn't it good to develop peacefully? Daming will also take a step back. This Ishijikoku will still belong to you. However, it will be rented to Daming for fifty years. During this period, Daming will handle everything. After fifty years, Ishijikoku will be returned to you! "
Saying this, Xiao Ruxun handed the pen to Maeda Toshiie and Tokugawa Ieyasu. "Sign it.
"Let's sign it. As long as we sign it, this war that shouldn't have happened should end. As for the Toyotomi Family, report to your Emperor and ask him to bestow a high official and a fief to the Tokugawa Clan. It's not a fief smaller than his. As for the rest of the people, it's best to bestow them as well to appease them. As for the Toyotomi Family, take over the old fief of the Tokugawa Clan. It's just like exchanging fiefs. Everyone will take what they need and enjoy peace. From now on, we will stop fighting and no longer fight.
Isn't it great? "Tokugawa Ieyasu had already been tempted, but he had other thoughts in his mind. Looking at the four million taels of silver and the so-called" lease "of Ishijikoku for fifty years, he made up his mind and signed his name. He also signed the names of the daimyo of Tokugawa Country in his alliance and stamped it.
When Maeda Toshiie saw that Tokugawa Ieyasu signed it so happily, he panicked. He thought that if the Tokugawa Clan signed it but he didn't, what if Xiao Ruxun was unhappy and formed an alliance with the Tokugawa Clan directly?
But the four million taels of silver and the "lease" of Ishijikoku, this … this was really hard to accept. But on second thought, Tokugawa Ieyasu also bore the same responsibility and had to pay the four million taels of silver and the lease of Ishijikoku. This kind of thing was not borne by him alone. Even if he was cursed, there were two people sharing the burden. There was also Toyotomi Hidetsugu above him. Thinking of this, Maeda Toshiie also felt a little relieved.
He had no choice but to sign it now. Tokugawa Ieyasu had already signed it. If he didn't sign it, he would become the target of public criticism. As the saying went, where there's life, there's hope. He would wait for a few years until his wings were strong enough.
Thinking of this, Maeda Toshiie hesitated for a long time. In the end, he signed his name and Toyotomi Hidetsugu's name and stamped it. At this point, the Treaty of Mutual Assistance and Friendship between Daming and Japan was officially in effect and had legal effects. If Japan violated the terms of the treaty, the Ming Army would have a reason to start a war directly.
Ishijikoku was "leased" to Daming by the highest leadership of Japan in the form of a law, which was equivalent to tacitly agreeing to Daming's silver mining rights in Japan for fifty years. In addition to the three islands, the Ming Army was enough to build a line of defense at sea, so that Japan could never continue to set its sights on Korea.
After the treaty was signed, under the arrangement of Xiao Ruxun, the land actually occupied by Tokugawa Toyotomi and Tokugawa Toyotomi was divided into two. The areas belonging to the Tokugawa forces included the entire Kyushu, Nagato State, Zhou Fangguo, and the Shikoku region's Iyu State. The remaining areas belonged to the Toyotomi clan. Xiao Ruxun did not interfere with the self-enfeoffment of the Toyotomi clan. In the self-enfeoffment of the Tokugawa clan, according to the earnest request of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Xiao Ruxun personally divided it.
Tokugawa Ieyasu obtained the territories of the Front, Back, Back, Front, Back, and Back. He was still a Daimyo with one million stones. The remaining twenty or so Daimyo were evenly distributed in other areas. Everyone's level was about 100,000 stones, which guaranteed Tokugawa Ieyasu's position as the leader of the alliance.
Tokugawa Ieyasu expressed satisfaction and said that he would obey Xiao Ruxun's arrangement in the future. He would sort out his internal affairs as soon as possible and pay 800,000 taels of silver compensation to the Daming imperial court within the year. He would strive to pay off the debt within five years. At the same time, he requested Xiao Ruxun to start a formal trade with Daming. He could legally go to Fujian, Zhejiang and other places to do business with Daming. Of course, he would also open his own ports to do business with Daming merchants. Moreover, Daming merchants would not have to pay tariffs and would be protected by the Tokugawa clan.
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