The Japanese army's delusion of being ceded everything south of Hanseong was out of the question. Even merely occupying Busan was impossible.
What a joke. They had been defeated, yet they still expected the victorious nation to pay reparations and cede land?
Not to mention Korea would never agree—even Li Song and Pan Yu would be too ashamed to agree.
Japan had attacked Korea without cause. The Ming Dynasty decided to punish Japan severely, to make an example of them for others.
All Japanese soldiers had to withdraw from Korea and were forbidden from invading Korea again. At the same time, to compensate the Korean people, Japan had to pay reparations...
After adding up all the miscellaneous items, Japan owed Korea quite a great deal.
Once the peace treaty was formally signed, Hosokawa Mochiyuki crowded aboard a warship with the great army and departed.
He stood at the stern, watching the coastline recede farther and farther away, his eyes filled with gloom.
Yet the envoy the shogunate had sent was quite pleased. "We can finally return home."
The two happily discussed it. "The Ming Dynasty actually only made us compensate Korea, not them? When they brought up reparations, I thought the Ming Dynasty would also demand compensation for their soldiers' pensions and military losses..."
"The Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state, so naturally it is magnanimous. This time, it was upholding justice for Korea, so of course it would not make us pay money."
"Then if we attacked the Ming Dynasty and lost..."
"They probably would not demand compensation either, right? But they would most likely cross the sea and occupy our islands. Even if they did not seize land, they would raise the amount of tribute we had to offer. Stop thinking about such things. Offending the suzerain state