"Yes, I understand very well that it is very difficult for Dashun to admit that he cannot protect the Ryukyu Kingdom. So why not let the Ryukyu Kingdom have two protectors?" Kanetaro replied with a smile: "In this way, Dashun's face can be preserved and the confrontation can end. Both Dashun and Japan do not need to be involved in a meaningless war for this small country, and to waste tens of thousands of lives and money."

"Two protectors?" Zao Guoquan snorted coldly: "Where is the royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom?"

"If an agreement can be reached, the Japanese side will immediately release all members of the royal family." Kanetaro replied firmly: "Please rest assured of this, and your country's envoy in the Ryukyu Kingdom will also restore its original state."

"So how many garrisons will Japan send?"

"According to the principle of reciprocity, it will be exactly the same as your country. If either party wants to increase its garrison in the next time, it must be notified in advance and obtained the other party's consent!"

After hearing Katsutaro's suggestion, Hayato's face gradually improved. After all, the actual control of the Ryukyu Kingdom is in the hands of the Japanese side, and his own naval army has just been defeated and cannot attack Ryukyu for a long time. In such a situation, it is a bit beyond his expectations that the other side can make such a big concession.

What a shrewd character, Kanetaro knew that his purpose had been achieved, and he smiled and said, "Your Excellency, we have started the talks for a long time, and everyone is also a little tired. Why don't we pause for a while? "

"Okay, then take a break of 30 minutes!" Zao Guoquan nodded. He also needed time to talk to his subordinates for a while, brainstorm and see if there are any traps behind the Japanese concessions.

Kanetaro stood up, bowed slightly to Hakoko Kwon, and walked out to the outside. Hitoshi Kuroshima hurriedly followed and waited until both of them walked up the corridor. Hitoshima looked at the closest of the two and was about ten meters away, and hurried forward and asked, "Your Excellency, why did you make such a big concession? Isn't it just that the Chinese people have the name of a sect leader? If they can also have as many troops as the Great Japanese Empire, then will our hard work be in vain?"

"Kuroshima-kun!" Kanetaro smiled: "Although both sides can garrison troops, the actual effect is very different!"

"It's a big difference?" Kuroshima Hito was stunned when he heard this. He asked in a low voice: "Will the empire send the most elite soldiers? But the Chinese can also send the elite soldiers!"

"Kuroshima, you still don't understand diplomacy!" Kanetaro smiled: "In diplomacy, having strength is one thing, but daring to use his own strength is another. Do you think that even if the Chinese have troops, will they hijack the Ryukyu royal family back to their country?"

"It shouldn't be!" Kuroshima Hitomi replied after thinking for a moment: "If the Chinese wanted to do this, they would have done this long ago. They were satisfied with having the reputation of a sect leader!"

"Yes, Kuroshima Jun. This is the case with the Chinese. It is precisely because of this that over the past few hundred years, whether it was the Ming Dynasty or Dashun, the Ryukyu Kingdom would be honestly a foreign vassal. It is easy to understand from the standpoint of the Ryukyu King. The Chinese people have nothing to do with him. He only needs to send a team of envoys to the mainland to express his loyalty to the emperor, so that he can get security and protection. Anyone who dares to attack him also violated the prestige of the Chinese emperor. He even received symbolic tributes worth several times their value, and even saved money for raising soldiers. Is there a more cost-effective deal in the world? In comparison, the lives of our ancestors who lived in the Warring States Period were much more miserable." Speaking of this, Kane Taro's face showed a bitter smile.

"Yes, they are really a group of lucky guys!" Kuroshima Hitoshi nodded. He was well-educated and naturally knew that in the Warring States period, whether it was samurai, nobles, peasants and even emperors, they lived a miserable life today but not tomorrow. The difference is that some people died from samurai swords, while others died from hunger, poison or disease.

"These Ryukyu people have been here for hundreds of years. If the British had not arrived, they could have lived happily like this!" Speaking of this, Katsura Katsura's face, which looked quite honest, showed a sarcastic smile: "If there were no British people, as long as Dashun's army arrived, we would have to withdraw the army back to Japan as before, hand over the Ryukyu royal family, and even a few unlucky guys to apologize. But now it is different. As long as the two sides reach a peace agreement, even if Dashun can send a few soldiers there, the Ryukyu people know that the Chinese emperor can no longer protect them. As long as this layer of window paper is pierced, what's the difference between having soldiers or not? Originally, it was not those soldiers and envoys who protected Ryukyu for hundreds of years!"

After hearing this, Kuroshima Hito finally woke up from a dream and was really impressed by Katsura's wisdom. As Katsura said, as long as Dashun acknowledged the fait accompli of Japan's occupation of Ryukyu in the agreement, it would invisibly break the protection of Ryukyu. No matter what was written in the agreement, the Ryukyu royal family would understand that the situation had changed. The giant who had been protecting itself for hundreds of years had fallen. If they wanted to survive in this cruel world, the only way out was to find a new protector. Who else was besides the Great Japanese Empire?

"The time is almost over, let's go back!" Speaking of this, Kanetaro looked at his pocket watch and walked towards the venue of the meeting.

Three days later, the preliminary agreement between China and Japan on the Ryukyu Kingdom, that is, what later generations call the "Yuyuan Agreement" in history, reached a consensus on the following issues:

1. Both China and Japan recognize each other as the protector of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

2. Within fifteen days after the agreement is reached, all members of the Ryukyu royal family seized by the Japanese side must be safely released. Within one month after the agreement is reached, all Japanese troops must withdraw from Kyushu except for a small number of garrisons within the scope permitted by the agreement.

3. Both China and Japan have the right to dispatch officials in Naha, the capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and maintain a guard with a number of no more than 200 people. Any party attempting to increase its troops must notify the other party in advance and obtain the other party's consent before it can increase its troops. At the same time, the other party also has the right to increase its corresponding troops.

After adding some details to this preliminary agreement, the official text was signed in the Ningbi Pavilion twenty days later. Historians from later generations of China and Japan had various views on the "Yuyuan Agreement". The books on this agreement were enough to fill the Ningcui Pavilion, which was the venue for talks, but on one issue, almost all historians had the same views: this was not a peace agreement at all, but a hissing gunpowder pack.

Hanjing, the Palace of Yangxin. It is located in the inner court. Since the emperor has not ascended the throne at a young age, it is the empress dowager who ruled the country from behind the curtain. Since this place is not far from the empress dowager's bedroom, unless it is a major dynasty meeting on several important days, ordinary small dynasty meetings are held here.

It was the evening of midsummer, and the scorching sun had not completely faded. Thick dark clouds floated from the sky, but there was no drop of rain. The air was filled with a scent of earthy smell, and a muffled thunder came from a distance, and the sounds seemed to hit the chest, making people feel upset and depressed.

The ministers of the court meeting stood neatly beside the tall wooden pillars in the Yangxin Hall. These elites of the Dashun Empire were all covered with black sand, and sweat was flowing down each of their beards and cheeks. Many of them had crimson and purple official robes soaked in sweat, showing black marks, but none of them dared to move, and even had no action to wipe the sweat from their faces.

A censor wearing a egret with a tonic zi is standing at the bottom, reading his memorial loudly: "After the heavy entrusted by the late emperor, he was given the position of Aheng. He must be disrespectful and his responsibilities must be dedicated. However, the Japanese invaded the vassal states and made no plans, and the soldiers did not continue their food and ammunition, and the vassal states were in trouble..."

The clear voice of the censor echoed in the Hall of Yangxin, but Wang Qinian seemed to have not heard it at all. He just stood there without saying a word. Unlike everyone, his face was clean, without even a bead of sweat. The light on the wall shone under his high cheekbones, reflecting a blue-white light.

A few minutes later, the censor's participation was finished, and a gentle voice from behind the pearl curtain came from Empress Dowager Deng: "Is there anything else that you want to report to?"

The hall was silent, and everyone was silent. After a moment, Queen Mother Deng's voice came from behind the pearl curtain: "Since that's the case, then let's get here today!"

"Greatly send the Queen Mother to the Queen Mother!" The clear voice of the female official echoed inside the Yangxin Hall. This specially designed building produced a good mixing effect. The ministers bowed to the throne behind the pearl curtain. When the Queen Mother and the young emperor had left, everyone left the hall in an orderly manner according to the height of the official position. Wang Qinian was the first to walk out of the side door of the Yangxin Hall, with his face as expressionless as usual.

"Mr. Liu, what kind of play is this? The crow from the Censorate actually participated in the Prime Minister's Cabinet! It is said that the Censor's people are all Prime Minister's Cabinet! This is a bit unauthentic!" A civil servant in his fifties asked his colleagues in a low voice.

"Well, it's okay to be the chief minister, but the empress dowager didn't agree. She neither agreed nor rejected it. This is extraordinary, extraordinary! Could it be that this position is to be moved!" The minister with a horse face and a beard under his chin shook his head and sighed while shaking his head and sighing.

"No, I see that the situation in the court today is the same as this weather. The cat's claws are so squeaking and it's so boring!"

"Yes, this is a storm that is coming and the wind is filling the building! Lord Xu, why don't you go to my house and change your clothes later? Do I have the best Lanling wine at home?"

"Then the relationship is good. We haven't had a few days of having two drinks together!"

Thank you for the reward from the book friend Agou’s family! The growth rate of collections has slowed down in the past few days. It seems that there are probably so many readers in this book site. This is the sorrow of the niche writers!
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