A famous philosopher in Europe once said: Whether to give up reputation to get Iwami Silver Mine, or to give up Iwami Silver Mine for reputation, that is a question.

Just then, Chen Yan remembered something once said by Mr. Lu Shuren, a degenerate scholar in Zhongyuan Hall.

Only children can answer multiple-choice questions. Of course, a mature ambassador will choose them all!

After thinking about it secretly, Chen Yan simply smiled and said to Tokugawa Ieki: "General Tokugawa, regarding the development of the Iwami Silver Mine, I think the Ministry of Industry and the Shaofu are definitely willing to provide help to Japan. As for whether Japan should

I think the problem of the eternal lineage should be solved by the Japanese country itself."

Tokugawa Jiaqi was immediately furious and wanted to cut Chen Yan into pieces in order to relieve his hatred. From what Chen Yan said, he planned to get the silver mine but did not want to get involved in the Japanese affairs. This was completely typical.

It’s so shameless to ask for it again and again!

However, Tokugawa Jiaqi did not have the courage to directly fall out with Chen Yan, so in the end he had no choice but to endure the bad breath.

After thinking about it, Tokugawa Jiaqi still forced a smile and tried to test: "What the Ambassador said is that Jiaqi can agree to the Ambassador's proposal, but Guangge Tianhuang may not agree, right?"

Chen Yan shook his head with a smile, and the expression on his face became unpredictable: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was busy with everything, so it was inevitable that he would not notice some things, but from my personal point of view, Chen wanted the Tokugawa family to be harmonious.

Someone who can lead the Japanese country to strive for progress."

When Chen Yan's words fell, Tokugawa Jiaqi was overjoyed - although Chen Yan kept talking from a personal point of view, Chen Yan's identity was there, and so was his influence on the entire Japanese court.

What is a personal perspective?

The current situation is obvious. It is completely impossible to get the support of the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty the Ming Emperor should not care about the change of dynasties in a mere Japanese country. Being able to get the approval of Chen Yan, the Ming Dynasty ambassador to the Japanese country, for Tokugawa

For the Ming envoys of the Jiaqi and Tingmu factions, they can be regarded as having the same effect as the Dinghai magic needle - it should be noted that Chen Yan is the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty to the Japanese country. In addition to the Kyushu Island Governor's Palace, Chen Yan is equivalent to the Japanese emperor!

Now that the emperor has said that he recognizes the Tokugawa family, then this matter is basically the same!

Overjoyed, Tokugawa Jiaqi simply came to Chen Yan's side, took the initiative to fill up the wine bottle for Chen Yan, and said with a flattering smile: "Jia Qi can be recognized by Mr. Ambassador, he will have no regrets in his life!"

It's just that Chen Yan didn't take Tokugawa Ieki's nonsense to heart.

Chen Yan knew very well in his heart that even though short boys like Tokugawa Jiaqi and Guang Ge Jianren were very honest now and treated Daming even better than their own father, this did not mean that these short boys were really willing to give up.

The Ming Dynasty made hawks and dogs.

The most fundamental reason why these dwarfs are now more well-behaved than domestic dogs is that they cannot defeat the Ming Dynasty. If you are soft-hearted towards the Japanese country, you are letting the Japanese country grow, which is equivalent to laying the foundation for the future of the Ming Dynasty.

Hidden danger.

Whether it was the Battle of Baijiangkou or the Three Great Conquests of Wanli later, both of them showed that the short-sighted people of the Japanese country saw small gains and forgot the great righteousness, and had a human face and an animal heart.

After smiling slightly, Chen Yan made it clear: "General Tokugawa, you have to work hard. His Majesty the Emperor will not value an Adou who cannot help him. If you want to be valued by His Majesty the Emperor, you must show your potential.

That’s all.”

After the Tokugawa family nodded in agreement, Chen Yan added with a smile: "In other words, I should call Tokugawa General Tokugawa Tianhuang soon?"

The Tokugawa family was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said: "Hai! Tokugawa is willing to die for His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

…

As soon as he returned to the carriage, Chen Yan whispered to Qianchuan, a member of the Imperial Guards who had been waiting for a long time: "Send intelligence back to the Ming Dynasty quickly. The Tokugawa family does have the intention to usurp the throne, and has promised the Ming Dynasty to explore and mine Ishimi with them.

Regarding the silver mine, please Your Majesty and all the ministers make a decision as soon as possible!"

Qian Chuan was immediately startled and asked: "Are you sure it's the Iwami Silver Mine? This is no joke!"

Chen Yan shook his head slightly and said: "How dare I make fun of you with this kind of thing? Unless Tokugawa Ieki makes fun of me first! However, I feel Tokugawa Ieki doesn't have the guts."

Having said this, Chen Yan curled his lips with disdain and said mockingly: "The reason why Tokugawa Jiaqi agreed to sell the interests of the Iwami Silver Mine is probably because the Qing Dynasty abandoned Yaksa, Nerchinsk, and Ai

It’s the same as Hun, Sakhalin and other places, they are just selling their land and don’t feel bad.”

Qian Chuan found it hard to believe what Chen Yan said.

When the Qing Dynasty abandoned Yaksa, Nerchinsk, Sakhalin and other places, it was indeed regarded as a waste of land. I didn’t feel bad about it, because the establishment of Yi itself was equivalent to the Ming Dynasty that was picked up for free.

More importantly, the Qing Dynasty itself also knew how many bad things it had done and how many crimes it had committed. It also knew that the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains had never really been loyal to the Qing Dynasty, as evidenced by the rebellions that broke out from time to time.

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In this case, throwing away some remote areas would allow the Qing Dynasty to focus more on suppressing the eighteen Han provinces. The Qing Dynasty would naturally be happy to throw away those "wild frontiers".

However, the situation of Tokugawa Ieki is completely different from that of the Qing Dynasty, because Tokugawa Ieki is already the shogun, and the Edo shogunate actually controls the entire Japanese country. Iwami Ginzan can basically be regarded as a shogun.

It is the property of the Edo shogunate. Selling the interests of Iwami Ginzan is equivalent to selling the interests of the Edo shogunate.

Don't you feel bad if you are selling your farmland to a cub? This is simply selling off all the farmland owned by the Tokugawa family from the ancestors to the family, and the price is not high.

Seeing the disbelief on Qian Chuan's face, Chen Yan couldn't help but whisper: "You can't believe it, can you? I can't believe it even if I'm riding a horse! At first, I thought that Tokugawa Jiaqi was holding back

What’s so bad, I found out later that this bitch Tokugawa Jiaqi really doesn’t care about the life and death of Japan!”

Qian Chuan was even more confused.

After Haosheng thought about it, Qianchuan organized his words: "The reason why Tokugawa Ieki has his current status is entirely because of the Edo shogunate. If he loses his status as the Edo shogunate, I'm afraid he won't even be qualified to be a dog in the Ming Dynasty."

Alright?"

Chen Yan shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "What if he becomes the Japanese Tim Huang? Don't think that the Japanese Tim Huang has no real power, but the one who has no real power is the Tian Huang of the Guangge Jianren line. If the Tokugawa family comes together

If he can succeed in usurping the throne, then he will be in trouble. If the shogunate catches him, the benefits he can get will be far greater than what he is now."

"Even if we take a step back, the benefits he has gained are not more than what he has now, and Shi Jian Yinshan is far less important than the position of Tianhuang in Japan - although Tianhuang in Japan is nothing in our Ming Dynasty, it is still a position after all.

As long as your majesty does not plan to completely destroy the Japanese country, the Tokugawa family will be able to suck the blood of the Japanese country for a day."

"The Tianhuang from the Eternal Series is much more fragrant than the Shogun which is prone to problems after being passed down for several generations!"

Qian Chuan couldn't help but look back at the shogunate, and sighed: "If the Tokugawa family is so short-sighted, then the Japanese will deserve it."

After Qian Chuan finished speaking, Chen Yan also fell into silence for a moment.

The Tokugawa family's status in the world of the Japanese country is not low. To say that it can stabilize the Japanese country's Tian Huang is a bit nonsense, but to say that it is on an equal footing with Tian Huang is a bit insulting to the Tokugawa family.

The benefits that the Tokugawa family can reap are also many. Whether it is the ronin warriors who serve as supervisors in the Ming Dynasty, or the servant armies in Tianzhu, Sri Lanka, or even the Ottomans who fight for the Ming Dynasty, their wages have always been paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs and Jiang Jiang.

The Edo shogunate settled the accounts, and then the Edo shogunate distributed them to the families of those short-sighted people. Although Ming Dynasty euphemistically said it was to help those short-sighted people save money, but to say that the Edo shogunate did not make a fortune from it, I am afraid that even a fool would not

Will believe.

Not to mention that the Tokugawa family took seventeen wives and concubines and gave birth to a lot of sons and daughters. Whether the Tokugawa family took wives and concubines, gave birth to children, or arranged marriages for their sons and daughters, the Japanese people

All the daimyo were given gifts. Even Tokugawa Ieki's son and daughter would compare which daimyo gave more and which daimyo gave less. This made all the daimyo miserable.

Then there is a shogun who wants status, money and money, and can even make money in various ways. He actually came up with the idea of ​​​​conspiracy to usurp the throne just because of a few innocent envoys?

After being silent for a long time, Chen Yan shook his head slightly and sighed: "The Japanese country is like this now, and if it is tortured by the Tokugawa family again, I'm afraid it won't be able to recover in ten or eight years. Maybe it won't be able to recover."

It is not known that it will fall into complete chaos as a result.”

Qian Chuan's heart tightened and he asked: "If the Japanese country breaks into chaos, will it have any impact on the people of Ming Dynasty? Do we need to inform the military government to make preparations to evacuate the people of Ming Dynasty?"

Chen Yan suddenly laughed and said sarcastically: "Don't worry, even if the Japanese country gets into chaos, even if they beat all the people's brains into dog brains, they will never affect the people of our Ming Dynasty, unless the Tokugawa family thinks about it."

If you get too addicted, you'll die."

Qianchuan was right when he thought about it. The Tokugawa family who controlled the actual military power of the dwarfs also wanted to use Chen Yan's power to seek the throne. It was impossible for him to provoke the people of the Ming Dynasty at this juncture, and the dwarfs of the Japanese country were relatively

For the common people of the Ming Dynasty, they were short and thin. A strong Ming common man could fight at least two or three, not to mention how many of them he could fight at the same time.

In addition, most people in the Ming Dynasty have muskets in their hands - the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited people from holding muskets and artillery in the mainland, but it did not prohibit the people of the Ming Dynasty from holding muskets and artillery in places outside the Ming Dynasty. If necessary, some Ming Dynasty people were prohibited from holding muskets and artillery.

Merchants can even buy grenades through French merchants.

In other words, it is extremely rare for the people of the Ming Dynasty not to take the initiative to cause trouble in the Japanese country. If a guy like Tokugawa Jiaqi goes crazy and goes to find trouble for the people of the Ming Dynasty, it is really hard to say what the outcome will be.

Even if we take a step back, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty in the Japanese country have changed from normal and become extremely honest. They neither hide guns or cannons nor swords, guns, swords and halberds. The Ming garrison stationed in the Japanese country is enough to suppress them.

The entire Japanese country.

Chen Yan smiled again, shook his head, and said, "By the way, remember to find a way to reveal what happened to me in the shogunate just now to Guangge Jianren."

Qian Chuan was stunned and asked: "If Guangge Jianren is told, wouldn't it mean that Guangge Jianren is also prepared?"

Chen Yan hummed and said, "That's right, we just need to prepare ourselves. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too easy for the Tokugawa family to usurp the throne?"

…

However, compared with Chen Yan and Qian Chuan's disdain for Tokugawa Ieqi, those who supported the Ming Dynasty thought that Tokugawa Ieqi was worthy of being a shogun, and could actually persuade the Ming Dynasty with just a few words.

Ambassador to Japan.

Watanabe Emon, who was the leader of the Ming envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty, was even more excited and burst into tears: "It really has to be a general. If the general had not successfully persuaded the Ming Dynasty ambassador to Japan, I am afraid this matter would have been dragged on for a long time."

Matsushita also hurriedly echoed that night: "If it weren't for the general, I'm afraid that the people of Japan would still be in dire straits. As the saying goes, 'if heaven does not give birth to a general, the Japanese country will be like a long night forever.' The general took the throne not for himself, but for himself."

It is the right time for us, the people of the Japanese country, to obey the will of heaven and obey the will of the people!"

This is the end of the story - even though Tokugawa Ieki is a shogun of the Edo shogunate, he can be considered to have read, but Tokugawa Ieki's so-called reading is actually just that, let him speak fluently

There's not much problem with the Ming Dynasty's Mandarin, but it's a bit of a bully to ask this guy to understand classical Chinese.

Therefore, Tokugawa Iesai understood Watanabeemon's flattery, but he had only a partial understanding of Panasonic's flattery.

Tokugawa Iesai nodded slightly and expressed his praise for Matsushita in line with the principle that whoever has more words will be justified.

The problem is that Tokugawa Ieki couldn't quite understand what Matsushita was talking about, but the envoys surrounding Watanabeemon and Matsushita heard it clearly - that's right!

General Tokugawa couldn't bear it any longer and was about to get ready to kill the good-for-nothing Guangge Jianren who only knew how to huddle in the palace!

The excited Watanabeemon immediately raised his right arm and led a group of envoys to shout: "His Majesty Tokugawa is a thousand years old!"

Matsushita even bowed down and bowed to him one night after the calls for messengers stopped: "May I ask, Your Highness, when will we invite the Guangge traitor out of the palace?"

The Tokugawa family was slightly startled, and their consciousness, which had just been fascinated by His Highness Chitose's calls, was somewhat restored.

As a short boy who has read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and is a die-hard fan of Zhuge Liang, Tokugawa Ieki remembers Prime Minister Zhuge's famous saying.

"Just be cautious in life."

Although Chen Chuan had already expressed his support for Tokugawa Jiaqi, after thinking about it carefully, Tokugawa Jiaqi found that the nonsense Chen Yan said was obviously more suggestive and did not give any substantive commitment at all.

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Chapter completed!