A few days later, the situation in North Korea changed again.

Since the Battle of Ankang and Gyeongju, the Ming army and the Korean coalition attacked Xishenpu by water. The Ming army was sent by Cha Dashou, Liu Dong led his army to advance from land, and North Korea dispatched a navy. In addition, the famous Korean navy general Lee Sun-sen also raided the Japanese army's supply line from the sea.

Of course, the most important target is Nishisoura occupied by the Japanese army.

Nishisuura Wa Castle was originally one of the sixteen Japanese cities built by Kato Kiyoshi on the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi intends to occupy the four southern routes of North Korea, and Nishisuura Castle is an important support point.

At that time, Kiyoshi Kato built several city walls in Nishishuura and built two thousand Japanese troops to garrison them.

The Ming and Korean troops surrounded Xishengpu and cut off their water and land grain channels.

After hearing the news, Toyotomi Hideyoshi immediately sent Japanese troops to reinforce, but Li Rusong surrounded the points and attacked the Japanese troops several times outside Nishisu Castle.

On the 20th day of the siege, the city was full of ammunition and food, and finally two thousand Japanese troops in the city surrendered to the Ming army.

This is the heavy blow that the Japanese army suffered again after the Battle of Jinzhou.

At this point, everyone knows that the Japanese army is no longer able to continue fighting!

In Busan Ura, Toyotomi Hideyoshi looked at Haitao, and her mood was very calm.

At this moment, he was holding a tea party with the generals on the beach in Busan Pu.

As a senior Japanese samurai, you must be proficient in tea ceremony, waka, nori, etc.

In fact, this tea ceremony is so stylish. To put it bluntly, it is a first-class communication method. It is similar to mahjong and kung fu tea. The biggest effect is in social connections.

As a daimyo, holding tea parties with the samurai below is usually a first-class method to win people's hearts.

The tea party used were famous utensils collected by Toyotomi Hideyoshi for many years, including Luzon pots and the pine flower pot, one of the three famous pots.

For example, this Luzon pot was actually a Tang Dynasty item. Trade was interrupted tomorrow, so this item was purchased by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's royal merchant Nayasuke Zaemon from Luzon Island from the hands of the Farroki people and presented it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi saw it, she loved it very much. Since then, a series of Tang Dynasty teapots that flowed into Japan from Luzon Island were all called Luzon pots.

As for the pine flower pot, it is not only one of the three famous pots, but also held by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's former lord Oda Nobunaga.

All the generals surrounded Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and when they were tasting the tea ceremony, they naturally exclaimed heartfelt or insincere praise for all kinds of exquisite tea utensils.

Halfway through the conversation, Toyotomi Hideyoshi said with a smile on her face: "The national strength of the Ming Dynasty is really very strong. It seems that even if we gather the power of our 66 countries, it will be impossible to defeat. I have become aware of this until today and have implicated you all!"

President Konishi, Ukita Hideaki and other Japanese generals all bowed their heads when they heard this.

"Your Highness, this is not a crime of war! I beg you to transfer Tokugawa from the East Country again, and the two Maeda, the two high men, led their troops across the sea." Governor Konishi said.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi said: "The Shimazu family's retainer Umekiki and joined forces with Tajiri Danma, and Ishiyuki Kuno led his army of 2,000. Under the banner of attacking me, he is attacking the Yada Castle and Sashiki Castle of Hirago. This has been going on with the Ming Dynasty for too long. The people of Kyushu have been dissatisfied with me for a long time!"

"Your Highness the Grandpa..."

"That's all for today's tea party!"

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but bow their heads.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a tea party, he met someone in the newly built Tianshou Pavilion in Busan Pu.

This person is Lin Cai, the official who was imprisoned in Japan for five years.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi saw Lin Cai, she smiled and said, "Lin Jun, you and I have met again."

Someone on the side translated it into Chinese for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Lin Cai looked at Toyotomi Hideyoshi and said, "It turns out it's Taige. What does it mean to bring me from Japan to North Korea? Did you execute me in a place closer to your homeland? Thank you so much."

Toyotomi Hideyoshi laughed and said, "That's right, Lin Jun, you are the first-class person in the Ming Dynasty. I dare not let him survive such a talent."

Lin Cai said: "Monta Pavilion's words are considered to be naked."

Speaking of this, Lin Cai asked the translator: "Which direction is east?"

“Yes, this direction.”

Lin Cai soared from the ground, solemnly kowtowed to the east, and then shed tears and said, "Your Majesty, Lin Cai has said goodbye to you!"

After saying that, Lin Cai bowed three times and then stood up and said, "You can kill me."

After listening to the translator's narration, Toyotomi Hideyoshi smiled and said, "It's really worthy of being Lin Jun. I admire your integrity. Don't worry, I'm not here to kill you today, but let you go back."

Lin Cai glanced at Toyotomi Hideyoshi and asked, "Oh? What's the point? Don't Taige kill me?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi sighed: "Mr. Lin doesn't know, right. I started this war. In your eyes, I am a killer. But from the perspective of the world, which country does you think the rise of is not full of killing? What kind of country does it mean to seize the world by paying vainly benevolence and righteousness, probably only exists in your Ming Dynasty history books!"

"Of course, there will never be a conclusion on whether to argue right or wrong, but the strength between countries can be seen at a glance. Today, Hideyoshi admitted that I lost, and lost to your Ming Dynasty's best civil servants and military generals. Isn't this cruelty to me?"

Lin Cai said happily when he heard this: "Taige means, are you willing to surrender to our Ming Kingdom?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi nodded and said, "Yes, I am willing to pay tribute to you Mingguo, but as a minister, I request the Ming Dynasty to give us Japan an opportunity to reopen the Exploration and Trade. This is my only condition, and it is not an exaggeration! As for North Korea's land, I can return it all, or give up asking your country for a marriage plan."

Lin Cai heard this and said, "It is a great thing for the people of both countries to turn swords into jade and silk. As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, I am very happy to see this. I can convey your country's wish for peace to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Toyotomi Hideyoshi said, "I'll ask Lin Jun. By the way, I'll ask you about it. I heard that the Minister of the Confucianism is your fellow countryman and what kind of person he is, I want to know."

Lin Cai asked back, "What kind of person does Your Highness think he is?"

"He seems to be a very visionary person. When I had just unified the sixty-six kingdoms, he sent you and Chen Jun to visit me. But I did not understand his kindness, but chose to fight. Today, I was defeated, even if I had my arrogance, it was because of his extraordinary wisdom. I had a first-class premonition, and he seemed to know me very well, right?"

Lin Cai smiled when he heard this: "He... he should wait until Taige presents the surrender form before he gets to know about it!"

So on that day, Toyotomi Hideyoshi drafted the order to surrender Lin Cai and Shen Weijing to send him to the Ming army camp.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally admitted that he surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he expressed his gratitude to the Ryukyu and North Korea's territory and recognized the status of the two countries as vassal states with the Kingdom of Ming Dynasty. Finally, he prayed that the Ming Dynasty could open a tribute to the Ming Dynasty and allowed the Japanese to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he was willing to offer a large amount of gold and silver to the Ming emperor every year.

With the letter sent to the Ming army camp, there were five hundred large-scale judges.

This big judge was a gold coins minted by Toyoto Tokushi, the 16th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, in the 16th year of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's order to be Tokushi, Goto, Kyoto, Japan.

The gold coin is oval, with the words "Ten Tales" on the coin, and the two-character goto with the flower mosaic of Goto, and the ink-written sycamore flower and leaf-shaped heraldic emblem of the sycamore tree.

This is the famous Tianzheng Daqian gold award, and 500 gold is also 5,000 taels of gold.

Of course, these five hundred great judges were given to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and they were already a reward for the coin, which showed Toyotomi Hideyoshi's sincerity.

But it can also be seen that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has a very accurate grasp of the character of Emperor Wanli, that is, greed for money! Therefore, Toyotomi Hideyoshi also used money to pioneer the way and wanted to bribe the emperor.

Finally, Lin Cai returned to Mingguo Camp from Busan Pu.

When he learned that Lin Cai had returned from the Busan Camp, the Ming army caused a sensation, and Lin Yanchao personally greeted him outside the city of Jinzhou.

From afar, Lin Cai walked step by step with the scepter given by the emperor when he left the capital.

Lin Yanchao saw clearly that when Lin Cai left Beijing to bid farewell to him, he was a young official with great enthusiasm. Now he is not yet in his forties, but his hair is all gray, and he looks like an old man in his sixties.

Lin Yanchao greeted him and held Lin Cai's hand.

Lin Cai was crying when he saw Lin Yanchao, and the two cried for a while when they faced him silently.

"Zonghai, I almost thought I would not see you again in my life, my hometown, and the Emperor again!"

Lin Yanchao choked and said, "It's mine, it's not. Let me be in Japan and suffer such a great grievance!"

Lin Cai shook his head and said, "If that's the case, I'm worried that I can't report to you, and I'm sorry for the emperor's kindness! Now I'm finally back, I can have an explanation with you. At that time, these people... these people were all twenty-four people who followed me across the sea to Ryukyu, and then crossed the sea to Japan from Ryukyu to cross the sea to Japan."

"Nine people who came back with me now, and most of the others died in foreign lands. They were all unknown when they were alive, but they were cremated before they died, and their last wish was to allow the ashes to be buried in their homeland. Now I finally took them home!"

After Lin Cai said that, nine people behind him wiped their tears. One of them was carrying a white jar on their backs.

Lin Yanchao heard this and bowed to them: "Lin is ashamed of you, and he is speechless, but he is grateful."

These nine people looked at each other and didn't know what to say. At this time, one of them stood up and said: "Mr. Jingluo, as Fan Wenzheng said in Yueyang Tower, worry about the world's worries first, and then the world's happiness. We don't worry about the people of the world and don't work in front of the people of the world, who will come? This is just our duty! Therefore, we dare not accept the courtesy of Master Jingluo!"

These people avoided each other.

Just as he made a confession with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the imperial edict had already arrived.

This time the imperial court made a major adjustment to the personnel in the Jiliao War Zone.

Lin Yanchao and Song Yingchang were dismissed from Beijing to Xun, and Guo Zhengyu was transferred from the governor of Tianjin to the governor of Liaodong.

At the end of the 21st year of Wanli, Sun Yan and Gu Yangqian arrived in Korea one after another. When the two arrived, Lin Yanchao and Song Yingchang made a divorce.
Chapter completed!