Lin Litong said to Takasugi Shinsaku in Japanese with a blank face: "Tokugawa Ieshige, the shogunate general of the Shogunate, sent an envoy to the shogunate, who is the son of the great old Ii Naobi, Ii Sun Jiro, begging our Chinese Empire and Kyushu Domain to send troops. On behalf of the shogunate, he set the condition that in addition to revising the contents of the "Japan-China Treaty of Friendship and Commerce," the content of "allowing the coins of the Chinese Empire to circulate freely in Japan" was changed to "Japan will cancel its original circulation of Ding Yin, Douban Silver, and other currencies, and use all the Shengyuan of the Chinese Empire as the currency in circulation," and the shogunate will not only be willing to become a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, but also willing to hand over the economic lifeline of Japan to the Empire. ”

"If a few days ago, your anti-shogunate forces offered such conditions, Lord Lin might have thought about one or two, after all, the conditions offered by the shogunate at that time were just like this, but one more than you, ceding Shikoku Island to the Chinese Empire. However, just yesterday, the shogunate's envoy Isunon Jiro sent a credential for the third time, and the latest conditions of the shogunate were: In addition to ceding all the island territories such as Kyushu, Shikoku, Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and the southern half of Kata Island (Sakhalin Island) to the Chinese Empire, Japan also took the traditional Kanto and Kansai checkpoints as the boundary, specifically the area of Lake Biwa in the Omi Domain, and demarcated the entire Honshu Island into two parts, the Kanto and Kansai regions, with the checkpoints of the three major transportation arteries of Hakone Pass, Kofo Pass, and Uibing Pass as the boundary, and the Kansai part was separated. A joint feudal kingdom was formed with the Kyushu Domain, and the lord of the Kyushu Domain became the feudal lord of the domain. The shogunate only demanded that part of the Kanto region remain independent and inherit the reunification of Japan. Lin Litong smiled, at this moment he has completely regarded himself as a subject of the Chinese Empire, originally his hometown was in the Satsuma Domain, which has long become the territory of the Kyushu Domain, and now, the Kyushu Domain, including this future united domain, is under the control of the Chinese Empire, and it is only to give the shogunate a face, in fact, it will definitely be incorporated into the Chinese Empire in a short time, even if it is not directly annexed, it is also a subject country, therefore, at this moment, he has drawn a clear line between himself and Japan on the Kanto side from the bottom of his heart.

When Takasugi Jinsaku heard Lin Litong's words, the shock in his heart was beyond measure! His face turned pale, he forgot to breathe, and he felt that his ribcage was about to burst. I originally thought that my humiliation and betrayal of the country had gone too far, but I didn't expect that the conditions of the shogunate would simply completely sell Japan, and nearly half of the territory would be ceded in this way.

Seeing Takasugi Jinsaku's reaction, Lin Hongnian was not surprised at all. To be honest, when Izuzujiro sent someone to deliver the credentials yesterday, even he had to be shocked by Ii Naobi's generosity! The entire Kansai region was ceded to the Chinese Empire, and the entire Japanese land of Honshu Island was directly halved.

But Lin Hongnian thought about it carefully, but he didn't despise Jing Yi Zhibi in the slightest or think he was stupid, but had a trace of admiration for his determination and courage to break his wrist. Think about it, the whole of Japan is in chaos, and the Chinese Empire can occupy the entire territory of Japan as long as it advances the army that has already gone out step by step, desperately killing and wounding. In this case, it is better to directly cede all the areas of the anti-shogunate forces that the shogunate did not occupy, that is, the Kansai region, to the Chinese Empire, and feed them all at once, so that the Chinese Empire will have a period of time to digest them, and the grievances and grievances will be retained to keep the rule of the shogunate and Naobi himself can continue. Anyway, in fact, he didn't care about the shogunate or his Ii Naobi, and he could only control a part of the territory of the Kanto region, so that he could not only avoid conflict with the Chinese Empire and curry favor with the Chinese Empire, but also let the Chinese Empire help him eliminate the anti-shogunate forces.

Lin Litong paused, and then continued with some pride: "In addition, the shogunate is also ready to use 8 million taels of gold as a payment for hiring the troops of the Chinese Empire, of which 3 million taels will be paid directly in gold at one time, and the remaining 5 million taels will be raised with taxes and other funds within its territory, plus a small amount of interest, 700,000 taels will be paid annually and paid off within 10 years. Moreover, these were only military expenses for sending troops, and if the imperial soldiers died in battle, they were all paid by the shogunate at a high price. As for the rest, respecting the Chinese Empire as the suzerain, not to mention the tributary and the permission to open mines, and in the event of a war with the Chinese Empire, Japan had to assume the obligations of a vassal state and send troops to help the Chinese Empire in the war. That's probably it, in fact, there are a lot of small details, too many to remember for a while. ”

By the time Lin Litong finished speaking, Takasugi Jinsaku's pale face had turned purple and gold, and he sat down on the ground and muttered, "Impossible!" That's impossible! This Tokugawa Ieshige is not yet an adult and ignorant, how can Ii Naobi be such a bastard, and he has sold the Great Japan Kingdom and the ancestors of his Ii family! After speaking, he jumped up suddenly, but his hands were tied behind his back and swayed, so he had to shout frantically: "How can this be, you must have lied to me!" How so? How could our great Japan have come to such a state? Neither my teacher nor my Takasugi Shinsaku's dreams have been realized......"

Lin Hongnian's eyes sharpened: "Presumptuous!" Er is just a rebel under the vassal state of my Chinese Empire, and he actually ran in front of Lin and roared. Come on, take this mad dog in good order, and when it's free, execute it with those rebel messengers from the previous times! After speaking, he ordered his subordinates: "Call the messenger of the shogunate named Iyisun Jiro, and say that Lin agrees to their shogunate's request and will report to His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible, so that he can wait patiently for news!" ”

Half an hour later, a big fat man with a big belly and a fat face wearing a blue feather weaving samurai suit, escorted by four samurai, came to Lin Hongnian, one of whom was still holding a six or seven-year-old boy who was crying.

Chen Qi and Lin Litong, as Lin Hongnian's staff and followers, have already seen this big fat man, it is the messenger of the shogunate named Jing Yi Sun Jiro, and his other identity is the real person in charge of the shogunate, the second son of the eldest Jing Yi Zhibi.

After Jing Yisun Erlang respectfully greeted him, Lin Hongnian asked, "Sun Erlang, who is this boy?" Why did you bring him here? ”

Lin Hongnian's heart moved, as if he had thought of something, and couldn't help asking.

"Lord Huilin, this is the crown prince of the late Emperor Akihito, His Royal Highness Prince Muhito!"

Jing Yisun Erlang's words were shocking, Rao is Lin Hongnian was already a little mentally prepared, and he was still shocked on the spot! He slapped the board he was holding on the wooden board with a snap, got up and stood up with a whoosh, walked up to the boy, turned around half a circle, and looked at it carefully.

"Is it really Akihito's son, Muhito? Is it the one who is called Emperor Meiji? Lin Hongnian was a little excited.

"Lord Lin, the lower officials will never dare to deceive you!" Isunojiro only swore to the sky and explained: "The little emperor in Kyoto today, the rebels call him Emperor Meiji. But he is a fake, a hateful rebel who is looking for someone to impersonate, trying to fool him and support him to become the emperor as a puppet to use, in a vain attempt to confront the Chinese Empire and our shogunate. In fact, the real Meiji is the one in front of you. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Lin Hongnian asked curiously.

Isunon Jiro explained in his half-baked Chinese.

It turned out that when the shogunate detectives in Osaka Castle were investigating the enemy outside Osaka Castle, they found that several low-ranking samurai of the rebel army were chasing a noble samurai and a boy, so they stepped forward to rescue the noble samurai and the boy. At that time, the noble samurai was already seriously injured, and he was worried that he would die, so he took the initiative to tell his identity as Matsudaira Jokei, the younger brother of Matsudaira Yoho, the lord of the Aizu Domain, and the lord of the Kuwana Domain. He revealed that the boy's true identity was Crown Prince Muruhito of Japan, that is, Emperor Meiji, who was supposed to succeed Emperor Akihito.

The shogunate in Osaka Castle did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported to the shogunate, and after careful consideration, the old Eii Naobi thought that it was difficult to arrange this real Meiji Emperor Muhito, for the shogunate, the emperor was just a puppet, and he couldn't take Edo, otherwise how would the shogun deal with himself? Of course, it is best to be placed in the Imperial Palace of Kyoto Castle, far away from Edo Castle, and put under house arrest in disguise. However, Kyoto is still occupied by the rebels, and even if it is not occupied by the rebels, there is no guarantee that there will be a time when someone will be tempted to demand the removal of the shogunate in the name of the king. In addition, the shogunate was already preparing to cede all the Kansai lands such as Kyoto and Osaka to the Chinese Empire, so it would definitely not be able to be settled. Therefore, the scheming Ii Naobi felt that this real little emperor was really not easy to place, and as a puppet, it was better to exist without threat.

At this time, Ii Naobi suddenly had an idea and thought of a brilliant idea, which was to hand over the little emperor to the Chinese Empire, and they would come to him under house arrest. First, it can show the sincerity of the shogunate, and the emperor of Japan has been mortgaged, and the emperor has become less sacred; Second, it also pushed out the hot potato of the little emperor, and even if the rebels under his rule wanted to use the banner of the Qing monarch or the king, there would be no excuse for the shogunate to monopolize the power of the Kanto region without the slightest threat; Third, it can completely crack down on the anti-shogun forces of the Choshu Domain, and uncover their conspiracy to kill Emperor Akihito and support the establishment of a fake crown prince to become the new emperor; Finally, he can also trick the Chinese Empire and make the Japanese people, especially the people in Kyushu and other places in Kansai, who are ready to cede to him, be dissatisfied with the Chinese Empire because of this matter.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, giving the little emperor to the Chinese Empire, maybe they will support the little emperor in the future and continue to invade the Kanto, but this is not something he has to think about at the moment, and he can't care about it so much.

Therefore, Ii Naobi had people treat Matsudaira and send someone to send Muhito to Nagasaki to his son Iizon Jiro, who was an envoy there.

....... PS: I recommend the fantasy "Hearthstone: The End of the World", which is well written.