When Hirohito saw that most of his ministers had arrived, he said, "My dear ministers, although you are all experts in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, the fact that you can sneak into the Amaterasu Palace is enough to prove that you are all people with some brains."
"The head thrown onto the city wall by the Ming army general early this morning was Tokugawa Hideyoshi's."
No one spoke among the hundreds of people in the Amaterasu Hall, because they all knew that the head belonged to Tokugawa Hideyoshi. In the morning, Abe Saburo and his brother Hirohito Hiroichi were just trying to stabilize the morale of the army. It was okay to deceive those brainless soldiers, but if they wanted to make them believe that Tokugawa Hideyoshi was not dead, they would have to let Tokugawa lead the troops back in person.
When Hirohito saw that the ministers present were silent, he said, "My dear ministers, I don't need to say much about the current situation."
"If the Ming army continues to surround Tokyo City like this, you can definitely imagine what the final outcome will be."
"Nowadays, we have no possibility of foreign aid."
"Even if there is a hero who raises an army to support the king, it will probably take two to three years from gathering troops to cooperating with us. I am sure you are aware of what Japan has become after we plundered it. It is not easy to raise an army to support the king."
"Even if someone comes to support the king one day, our food supply will not last that long."
"So, if we don't want to see a cannibalistic situation, we have to find a way to make Zhang Wuji withdraw his troops. In short, as long as that guy is willing to withdraw his troops, we can meet all his conditions."
"The basis of the conditions is not how much we can give, but how much Zhang Wuji wants."
"The interests of too many people are involved in this."
"Take gold, silver and women for example. If Zhang Wuji wants these things, then we all have to pay for them together."
It was not until Hirohito said this that the people present realized that Hirohito wanted to use everyone's interests to negotiate with Zhang Wuji.
The masters in Tokyo would not care if hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians died, but if someone wanted to touch their own women and their gold and silver, that would be something they could not tolerate.
"Your Majesty, we don't need to negotiate. Our soldiers are ready to die and can definitely repel the Ming army."
Everyone present had already started chattering.
Some people even shouted loudly: "May the military fortune last forever, His Majesty the Emperor... Long live..."
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When Hirohito saw this scene, he felt both amused and speechless.
"My dear ministers, as long as Zhang Wuji can withdraw his troops, Japan will still be ours. Even if we give away some money and women, you can always plunder them back in the future. But if you lose your life, then it will really be nothing."
After hearing this, the nobles and ministers present at the scene managed to calm down, because they knew that what Hirohito Hiroichi said was actually very reasonable. If he had lost his life, what was the use of those gold, silver and women? However, most of the people in this hall valued money as their life. It was really difficult for them to give away their wealth and women, so that Zhang Wuji would retreat.
A moment later, a noble lord with a wretched appearance said to Hirohito: "Your Majesty, what conditions are needed to make Zhang Wuji withdraw his troops? This needs to be negotiated. As long as the cost can be lowered as much as possible, it is not impossible to negotiate. We can spend some money to send him away, and then we can live our own lives."
"This negotiation delegation must demonstrate the national power of our great Japan. At the negotiation table, we must surpass all others and strive for more benefits for our great Japan."
When Hirohito heard this, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, "The situation is already like this, and there are still people who can say such things. How can such a Japan be undefeated?"
Hirohito Hiroichi looked at the nobleman and said, "What you said makes sense. You will be one of the envoys in the negotiation."
By the way, the man who wanted to show off the power of the Great East Japan was named Koinutarou. He relied on his aristocratic status to indulge in drinking, whoring and gambling all his life. Now that he was asked to be an envoy and face the invincible Ming army directly, he was almost scared to faint on the spot.
After finally coming to his senses, he knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have an eighty-year-old mother at home and hungry children. I..."
Hirohito waved his hand quickly and said, "Take this guy away and keep him under guard. After I have discussed the specific matters with other ministers, be sure to count this guy as a member of the diplomatic delegation."
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The next day, in the evening, just when Zhang Wuji was about to rape Zhou Zhiruo and Zhao Linger, Zhao Min suddenly broke into his tent.
"You bastard, just be patient and stop playing around."
"Just now, more than a dozen baskets were lowered from the top of the Tokyo city wall. It is said that the baskets contain ministers from the Tokyo city who are here for negotiations."
After hearing this, Zhang Wuji first glanced at Zhou Zhiruo, who was already in dishevel, and then suppressed the impulse in his heart: "I understand. Min'er, take them to the mass graves we dug for a stroll, and then bring them to see me."
Zhao Min smiled and said, "It's a show of force, well, that's exactly what we should do."
After Zhao Min left, Zhang Wuji smiled and said to Zhou Zhiruo, "Zhiruo, I'm sorry, I have some important things to do today. Please be patient for a while, tidy up your clothes first, and then come with me to see what's going on."
Zhou Zhiruo let out a long sigh of relief: "What do you mean by I should be patient? I wonder who can't be patient."
Zhao Linger, who was standing by, threw the rope in her hand onto the bed and said, "Young Master, let me help you change your clothes."
Zhou Zhiruo was speechless. In the end, there was no one to help her tidy up her clothes.
Looking at the Japanese delegation, the reason they chose to go out of the city for negotiations at night was also to stabilize the morale of the troops. For such matters, it is better to let as few people know as possible before a final decision is made.
There were fifteen people in the delegation, and the leader was the little Zhuge Abe Saburo.
Led by Yin Yewang, they came to the edge of a deep pit not far from the Ming army camp. Because it was night, Yin Yewang was afraid that they could not see clearly, so he rewarded each of them with a torch. Then, he pushed them into the deep pit without hesitation.
King Yin Ye laughed and said, "Take a good look. This is all the sins you committed before. There are at least 20,000 people buried in this pit. They are all Japanese civilians who died under your own arrows."
"Ha ha ha ha……".
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