The next day Shen Weijing took the order and left for Busan to meet Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Standing in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shen Weijing asked directly: "How much rations do you have left?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu asked: "As an envoy, don't you feel offended and disrespectful by asking this question?"
Shen Weijing replied: "I just want to know, Da Nayan, how much time you have to save yourself. Otherwise, when the time comes, we will both be destroyed."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said displeasedly: "If you are here to persuade us to surrender, then please come back. This is absolutely impossible."
Shen Weijing added: "Now that the victory or defeat is actually decided, fighting again will be in vain, so the way out for your entire army is definitely not to fight.
You might as well be prepared to solve the problem through negotiation, and maybe you can find a way out.
As long as you can agree to Tianshuai's conditions, then surrender is not necessarily the only way to survive."
After pondering for a long time, Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "This matter needs to be reported to the Taige and can only be negotiated with the approval of the Taige."
Shen Weijing replied: "This is what it should be. We, the Ming Dynasty Navy, can release a Japanese ship to return home."
Then Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "I don't believe the rhetoric of you messengers, so I want to meet with Lin Jinglue in person.
Get the confirmed information directly from Lin Jinglue, and then report it to Taige."
Perhaps because of the psychological shadow caused by Governor Konishi last time, Tokugawa Ieyasu now lost trust in the messengers who passed the message in the middle, and decided to get rid of the "middlemen" to make a profit on the price difference, and talk directly to Tianshuai himself.
However, Shen Weijing was quite speechless about this. It's not that Tokugawa Ieyasu was unworthy. In terms of status, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Lin Tianshuai could be considered equal.
But, Tokugawa Ieyasu, are you sure that meeting Lin Tianshuai will not have a greater psychological impact?
Why do you think that Tianshuai is more "easy to talk to" than the messenger?
Finally, Shen Weijing agreed and said, "I can convey Dayan's request to Tianshuai, and I believe Tianshuai will not refuse to meet him.
But don't have too high expectations, Danayan, maybe you will find that it is more comfortable to deal with the envoy, or you are more approachable."
Then Shen Weijing returned to the shogunate headquarters with Tokugawa Ieyasu's request.
After discussion, Lin Tianshuai and Tokugawa Ieyasu met three miles outside Jinhai City three days later.
This was Tokugawa Ieyasu's first time seeing the legendary Daimyoushuai with his own eyes. The height of his raised hand seemed not as high as the opponent's pure height. When they stood together, his whole body was shrouded in the shadow of the other person.
So Tokugawa Ieyasu completely understood why Kato Kiyomasa was beaten to death with three punches, and why Honda Tadakatsu and Ii Naomasa were captured alive after just one confrontation.
However, Tokugawa Ieyasu's mentality was very stable and he was not completely shocked. Because he had seen too many people who were stronger than him, he had long been tempered and lost his temper.
So Tokugawa Ieyasu can still speak fluently: "I heard that your Excellency wants to negotiate peace."
Lin Tianshuai immediately interrupted Tokugawa Ieyasu and said rudely: "You have to make it clear that this is definitely not a peace negotiation, and you are not qualified to negotiate a peace.
There is only one question to discuss, what conditions can you use to buy your own life back?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu did not take the word game seriously and asked pragmatically: "What conditions do you have?"
Lin Tianshuai said: "The first and most basic condition is that the Japanese country pays me three million shi of rice as compensation to the Ming Dynasty!"
Tokugawa Ieyasu was stunned. He had a premonition that Lin Tianshuai would open his mouth like a lion, but he still didn't expect it to be so big!
After Tokugawa Ieyasu came to his senses, he asked: "Is this stone your Ming Dynasty stone?"
Lin Tianshuai said matter-of-factly: "In order to facilitate your statistics, of course we use your Japanese weight and measurement! So the stones used here are your Japanese stones!"
The weight of a piece of Japanese rice may be one and a half times that of Akashi. Only fools use Akashi at this time.
Tokugawa Daigan was silenced. The nominal total wealth of the Japanese kingdom was about 18 million, and the actual amount that was concealed was more than 20 million.
Three million shi of rice was equivalent to approximately one-seventh of the annual output of the Japanese nation. How could it be possible to afford the compensation?
Tokugawa Ieyasu said helplessly: "Your Excellency is really not sincere in saying such figures."
Lin Tianshuai snorted coldly: "Do you think I am just talking nonsense? The figure of three million stone in compensation was obtained after careful calculation, and it is completely justified!
If you don’t believe me, I can reconcile the bill with you now!”
Chapter completed!