The information from Japan was passed to the capital.

Zhu Yuanzhang called Da Sun to negotiate with him.

"Nowadays, it is more difficult to pacify the Japanese country in one go. The morale of the soldiers is already declining. If this continues for a long time, it will easily change."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked his eldest son to speak after reading the battle report.

Now, although the Ming Dynasty has the advantage of firearms in fighting against Japan, Japan is a country with many islands.

These islands are extremely easy to hide people, and their elimination is a very troublesome task.

Coupled with the previous rainy season, it will also have a great impact on the Ming army's firearms.

Nowadays, it is always delayed. If the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops are defeated, it will be difficult to deal with it.

Zhu Ying thought for a while and then said: "The situation of Japan is actually much more difficult than ours. In terms of the Kyushu Island area that our army currently controls, it occupies a large grain-producing area."

"The current consumption of an army of 500,000 is a heavy burden that the Japanese country cannot bear. In just over a month, it will be the season to harvest rice."

"We have more than 300,000 auxiliary soldiers, plus the Japanese people who are now under our control, there is no problem in harvesting rice."

"It's just that morale is really difficult to last. Sun'er thinks we can let the envoys of the Japanese country come and talk about how to compensate."

The area of ​​the Japanese Kingdom was still very large, and its overall area was almost the same as that of Yunnan Province today.

It's just that the environment of the Japanese country made it difficult for most Ming army soldiers to adapt.

Japan itself is a country prone to many disasters, such as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, and droughts.

There are also landslides, mudslides, etc. in the back zone.

This made the Ming army living in the Japanese country complain endlessly.

Although under the guidance of the imperial court, Feng Sheng, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Shu and others gave many implementation policies to the soldiers, such as the distribution of Japanese women, land and a series of measures.

But the vast majority of soldiers still want to return to their hometown.

Moreover, if all the forces of the Sixty-six Japanese Kingdoms were gathered together, even if the Ming Army and the Goryeo Army united, it would be an extremely difficult process to win the battle in one fell swoop.

"How does Dasun think they should be compensated?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded when he heard about the compensation.

War is a continuation of politics. A war without any benefit is a waste for Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in this country where the emperor himself dominates, sometimes huge wars will be launched even for the sake of face.

To put it simply, if you don't fight over your reputation, if anyone makes the emperor lose face, then he will have to pay for it with his life.

Zhu Ying naturally had a rough plan for the Japanese side.

"Sun'er feels that first of all, the Japanese country must set aside a piece of land, at least cede it to the three countries, to provide for our Ming Dynasty, for commercial purposes and for the livelihood of the Japanese soldiers left behind."

"There must be full compensation for the pensions of our soldiers who lost their lives in the war."

Zhu Ying understands this very well.

He has been thinking about this since the beginning of the war against Japan.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, this time the conversation with the Japanese envoy will be fully handled by Sun Lai."

.....

Capital, Tianjie Temple.

If we say that the most foreign envoys have stayed in the hotel recently, they are the Japanese envoys.

Not to mention anything else, the number of envoys alone has reached 200, plus the Japanese beauties, various warriors, and servants they brought with them, there are more than 500 people.

In the area within Tianjie Temple where the Japanese live, there is a lot of quarrels every day, and they have been warned many times by the monks of Tianjie Temple.

Minamoto Yushin, as a member of the most famous samurai family in Japan and the Genji clan in Kawachi, he is the person with the highest status among the envoys of Japan this time.

The Hanoi Genji family is the oldest branch of the ancient royal family of Japan.

The Genji family has been a samurai family since ancient times. The family has produced many samurai and generals. The most famous samurai in Japan, Taro Hachiman, is a descendant of the Genji family.

Three hundred years ago, he was praised by Emperor Shirakawa as "the most brave man in the world".

Not only the Minamoto family, but also the other three most famous families in Japan, the Taira, Fujiwara, and Tachibana families also had their clansmen act as envoys.

Like others, such as the Hyuga clan, the Toyotomi clan, the Tokugawa clan, the Matsudaira clan, the Takahashi clan, etc.

Those who are qualified to represent the Japanese country are naturally the largest families in the Japanese country.

However, every Japanese envoy who came here has never seen a representative of the imperial court. The letters of credence they carried had no repercussions after they were handed in.

As time went by, these envoys would blame each other. Most families originally had conflicts, but now that they live together today, there will naturally be more problems.

It was on this day that a eunuch came in with several eunuchs.

All the Japanese envoys immediately became quiet after seeing it.

Li Zhongming, the eunuch who served as the Superintendent of Ceremonies, looked at the Japanese envoys filling the courtyard and burst out laughing.

In his opinion, these Japanese envoys were barbarians.

"Do you have anyone who can make the decision?" Li Zhongming asked loudly.

After many of the Japanese envoys looked at each other, Minamoto Yushin naturally stood up and bowed quickly: "The Japanese envoy Minamoto Yushin wishes to pay homage to the father-in-law."

Li Zhongming nodded, this attitude is not bad.

"His Majesty ordered the Japanese envoys to come to Fengtian Hall to pay homage."

Yuan Youxin hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Minister Yuan Yuxin, my humble minister, obeys the decree of His Majesty the Emperor above."

When Li Zhongming saw this, he said: "You can go with the three of you, and you can make a decision quickly. If you keep His Highness the Grand Sun waiting for a long time, and you will be punished when the time comes, we will not be the ones to blame."

After hearing this, many Japanese envoys immediately started arguing, but in the end the key point still lay in the four major Japanese families.

If three of the four major families go, it is obvious that one family cannot go.

But the current situation obviously did not give the Japanese envoys much time. After a dispute, two more people came forward.

Li Zhongming nodded and didn't bother to ask any more questions, so he took it and left.

.....

Zhu Yuanzhang would not directly participate in the negotiations with the Japanese envoys.

All matters can be left to the grandson to decide.

Originally, it was Dasun's intention to conquer Japan this time, but it seems to be going relatively smoothly so far.

Zhu Ying was naturally accompanied by dozens of officials such as ministers, ministers, and Hanlin scholars.

In the Huagai Hall, many officials, under the auspices of Zhu Ying, began to discuss the compensation demands that would be made against the Japanese state.

In fact, according to the so-called big country style before, the small country usually admits its mistake, compensates with some gifts and the like, and then bows down and surrenders. Basically, that's it.

This is also related to the most common face of the Celestial Kingdom.

But this time, Zhu Ying won't care so much.

The direction is already clear before the discussion.

The first is monetary pension compensation.

The compensation is naturally silver.

"Although Japan is a small country, there are silver mountains there. Let me tell you a few of them first."

Zhu Ying raised a finger and said.

Some of the officials below couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, are these ten million silver a bit short?"

Since ancient times, we have always insisted on asking for a high price and paying back the money on the spot.

In the eyes of many officials, a small place like Japan was very poor. The Ming Dynasty's annual income in the previous year was only tens of millions of silver. It was amazing that a small land like Japan could produce millions of silver.

But when it comes to things like negotiation, naturally you can't just say how much you say. You have to be a little higher so that you can talk more.

Zhu Ying shook his head and said, "Where there is a mountain of silver, if you talk about ten million, it will naturally be ten million taels of silver."

"My Ming Dynasty has an army of 500,000 people. In addition to the current pension, the expenses of the fleet, including all living expenses, 10 million taels of silver are necessary. There is no room for it."

Meng Zhengsheng, the Minister of Justice, couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, can a small country like this produce so much silver at once?"

Zhu Ying looked at him with disdain and said: "If you can't get it out at once, then you can pay it back in multiple installments. If it doesn't work for one year, it will be three years. If it doesn't work for three years, it will be ten years. Let's discuss the specific details."

Hearing this, Meng Zhengsheng, the Minister of Punishment, could not help but lower his head in shame.

For most of the literati officials in the court at present, they have learned Confucianism, which means that they will not care about such things as negotiations, and feel that it is unseemly and like a villain.

Most officials have the mentality that we are a big country with rich products, but small countries like us have nothing worth taking.

This kind of thinking is wrong, so Zhu Ying needs to change it.

"Don't underestimate the financial resources of Japan. They are rich in silver, so silver is definitely indispensable."

"The Japanese country is located on an island. Nowadays, sea trade is prevalent. On top of sea trade, we must seek enough benefits for our Ming maritime merchants."

"Nowadays, most of the soldiers of our Ming army in Japan's Kyushu Island have married wives and had children in Japan and acquired land. Most of them will definitely stay in Japan and serve as our Ming garrison."
To be continued...