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Volume 1: Angelica meets naturalization Chapter 298: Treaty of Xia Yi

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    Jiang Bohu, Long Jiu and his entourage were invited to consult by Emperor Shirakawa, the Supreme Empress. In front of Emperor Gotoba and a Japanese minister, Jiang Bohu was serious and solemn. Su Shidan was doing soy sauce on the side. The Song Dynasty was basically packed by Long Jiu.  Singing, Long Jiu took on the posture of a later-generation diplomatic spokesperson and spoke with perfect accuracy.

    Indeed, Long Jiu, who was very experienced in later generations, was quite good at being careless. According to Long Jiu, the warships of the Song Dynasty came to the armed parade once, which was a great honor and held high the great banner of benevolence and righteousness.  , It is to carry forward the spirit of internationalism that they travel thousands of miles to help the Japanese.  But who are pirates? They are guerrilla elites, supreme masters of hide-and-seek, and rogue bandits. They avoid fighting when they see a strong enemy. They won't confront you anyway. If you advance, they will retreat. If you retreat, they will retreat.  He went in. Although the warships of the Song Dynasty were powerful, they were not as many as the pirate ships. The Japanese side only had a pitiful ship cooperation, which was too weak. With this alone, it was impossible to catch the pirates.  The warships of the Song Dynasty could not stay in Japan indefinitely and hide and seek with pirates. The Song Dynasty could not afford it.  Now the Song Dynasty may have a fire in its backyard and withdraw its warships. This is beyond reproach.

    Long Jiu¡¯s words are of course diplomatic rhetoric, but after the Japanese monarchs and ministers heard this, no one could find fault, they could only stare. They are obliged to help you, but you can still accuse them of not doing enough to suppress bandits in the Song Dynasty!  So someone else proposed on the spot that they wanted to buy warships and arms from the Song Dynasty, which meant that if they bought the ships and powerful arms, they would be able to destroy the pirates. Naturally, Long Jiu followed the established purchase restriction strategy and said on the spot that, in addition to  Apart from liberalizing sales to Japan in a limited way, if you want to buy weapons of mass destruction, there is no way!

    Want to buy a lightning speed boat?  sorry!  This is not for sale, the iron warship is not for sale, and so is the shotgun!  Large caliber meteor bomb?  This is also not for sale.  Flying torpedo?  Of course it is not for sale.  Steam sail-powered ships can be sold, but they must be booked. It will take more than half a year to "deliver" the ship. Small-caliber meteor bombs and small mines can be exported, but sorry, they are not in stock. Meteor bombs are now a hot commodity internationally. Orders  It is full, and the order has been placed for three months. As for the small pole mine, the production capacity is limited. It must first meet the needs of the Song Dynasty Navy before it can be exported. If you want to buy it, book it as soon as possible. If you book it, these two weapons are expected to be available in about four months.  'delivery.

    At this time, the Japanese monarchs and ministers were dumbfounded. Even if they got the prop mines and meteor bombs four months later, they would still be unable to do anything to the pirates of the Yelu family.  Seeing the Japanese monarchs and ministers looking at each other in disbelief, Long Jiu and the others felt very happy, but they could only pretend to be regretful and leave in the face of disappointed eyes.

    In the afternoon of the same day, Kujo Kanemi, who was the Council Minister, came to visit. Long Jiu had already figured out the background of Kujo Kanemi.  Kanou's writing, that is, the leader, he is also the father-in-law of Emperor Go-Toba, and Minamoto Yoritomo came to visit. It was in line with Minamoto Yoritomo's intention, and he wanted to find a solution through 'private' contact.

    After testing for a long time, Long Jiu understood that the Japanese were really anxious. After doing Tai Chi for a while, he said the words he had prepared long ago:

    "Your Excellency Kujo Kanemi, this is actually a bit difficult! However, since you are so sincere, I will make an immature suggestion. Whether it will succeed or not depends first on whether the Japanese authorities take it seriously, and secondly on  Are the conditions right?¡±

    "Oh, Master Long must have a good idea. Please give me your advice." Kujo Kaneshido said that this trip should not be in vain. Da Song Dynasty finally made some conditions.

    "Your Excellency, the warships sent by the Song Dynasty last time are not weak, but there are too few warships to encircle and suppress the pirates. For the current plan, we can only adopt the strategy of large-scale fleets to cooperate with the warships to encircle and suppress the pirates.  , considering that there are not many ships left in Japan, we have to borrow ships. In the world, only the ships of Taisong Sea Trade Company of Song Dynasty are the strongest and most numerous. If Taisong Sea Trade Company is willing to borrow ships,  Things will be easier to handle." Long Jiu glanced at Kujo Kanemi, who was waiting for the next step. Long Jiu changed the subject and continued: "However, the Taisong Sea Trade Company is a joint venture between the government and the private sector.  Merchants will definitely not lend a boat if they don¡¯t pay, and I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, cannot force joint-stock cooperative merchants to lose money to help you Japan. I think you should fully understand this, right!"

    "Well, the method Long Jiu said is reliable. Taisong Sea Trade has a fleet of steamships. They are very powerful and awesome, and everyone on earth knows it."  Well, don't worry about where that pirate from Yelu came from, and don't worry about whether there is something fishy in it. At this point, we can only wait for the Song people to make an offer.

    The next offer made Kujo Kanemi a little stunned, thinking that this offer was too ambitious.  After Kujo Kanami listened to Long Jiu's quotation, he didn't notice Jiang Bohu's unbearable look, nor did he notice Su Shidan's gloating eyes, and then left dejectedly.

    &nbspIn the evening, Tu Yumen Tongqin came to the door. When he saw Yuan Tongqin coming, Long Jiuxin said, there is a door.  This Gentongqin was a confidant of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. It seemed that the Emperor came here to test him.

    Towards this Gentoshi, Ryujiu began to show goodwill. After repeating what he said to Kujo Kanemi, he began to show his kindness:

    "Your Excellency, the twenty million taels of silver that I told Mr. Kujo Kanemi is actually not high. However, since you are very sincere, and since I, the Song Dynasty, have always attached great importance to the Emperor, I, the Song Dynasty, naturally have to have it.  Take care of." Next, Long Jiu and Yuantong Qing settled the account: "Considering that Japan cannot afford so much money at the moment, it can be paid in installments, and it can be paid over ten years. In addition, in order to strengthen Japan's defense power  , the Song Dynasty can train a group of navy and army for Japan, and with the training of these teams in the Song Dynasty, there will no longer be any danger of pirate attacks in the future."

    I don't know if the annual tax of the Japanese in this era is two million taels. I'm afraid it's quite laborious to pay in installments, but it's better than a one-time payment. Therefore, Gentongchen doesn't feel as much as Kujo Kanemi.  In despair, Long Jiu offered to train the troops on his behalf, allowing Yuantong to see the possibility of competing against Yoritomo, so he had high expectations.

    However, this price is too high. Yuantong said that Japan simply does not have the financial resources to pay.

    "Well, just for the sake of you and the emperor, we can accept the export of labor services to offset part of the payment. Oh, the export of labor services means that Japan provides young people to the Song Dynasty, and a young man works in the Song Dynasty for two days.  Year, you can offset 10 taels of silver, work for four years and offset 20 taels, 300,000 young people, work for the Song Dynasty for four years, it is 6 million taels, and 300,000 taels are not sent at once, but can be sent out in six years.  Sixty thousand young men and women a year is not much! In this case, only 14 million real gold and silver are needed, which is 1.4 million taels per year, which is really not much." Long Jiuti exported labor services to offset the money.  Of course it was discussed in advance. Nowadays, the Song Dynasty is encircling land everywhere, and the minimum wage level of the people in the Song Dynasty has been rising. The merchants of the Song Dynasty are happy to import some cheap labor here in Japan, and the same is true for Sakhalin Island.  A place where a lot of labor is consumed.

    Yuan Tongqing still shook his head, there was still too much real money, and Japan didn¡¯t have that much money.

    "Isn't Japan producing copper? Copper can also be used as money. If that doesn't work, the Song Dynasty can accept the export of 400,000 Japanese labor services." Long Jiu took another step back.

    Yuan Tongqin worked hard and continued to bargain.

    This time, even Su Shidan felt that there was a "door", so he actively cooperated.

    After further bargaining, Long Jiu stopped expressing his position. Jiang Bohu made some concessions at the right time, and then refused to give in.

    After Gentoshi's return, the Japanese government and opposition parties argued for three consecutive days, and then Kujo Kanemi and Gentoshi joined forces to bargain with the Song Dynasty delegation again.

    The delegation could not withstand the Japanese¡¯s insistence and had no choice but to make concessions.  Subsequently, after consulting Xin Qiji and Taiwan-Song Sea Trade Han Yuzhou for instructions, a framework treaty was finally initially reached.

    On the twelfth day of March, the Japanese delegation headed by Minamoto Yoritomo arrived at Xiayi Island and signed the famous "Xiayi Treaty" with Xin Qiji.

    The main contents of the treaty are as follows:

    The Song Dynasty was responsible for helping Japan to eradicate pirates, which must be eradicated, and to help Japan recover a series of islands occupied by pirates, including the Izu Islands, Tanegashima, Oki Islands, and Goto Islands, and to recover Japanese ships hijacked by pirates (no less than  100 ships).

    Japan paid 7.5 million taels of silver to the Song Dynasty, to be paid in fifteen years.

    Japan provided labor exports of 400,000 people to the Song Dynasty, 50,000 per year, arranged in eight years.

    Japan ceded Tsushima Island and Iqi Island to the Song Dynasty.  (Iki Island is not far from Tsushima Island, so of course we have to ¡®get¡¯ it together.)

    Sado Island was co-managed by the Song Dynasty and Japan. Both parties established a special zone on Sado Island. In the first 100 years, the Song Dynasty sent a chief executive to be responsible for the actual management of Sado Island. The Song Dynasty paid one thousand taels of silver to Japan every year.

    The Song Dynasty trained 15,000 army troops and 3,000 naval troops for Japan on Sado Island.

    In addition to signing the "Xiayi Treaty", the two sides also signed a package of arms purchase agreements, including steam sail hybrid ships, meteor bombs, small mines, etc.  ¡ª¡ª32133+ds+24779188¡ª¡ª>
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