Imjin War

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1590
>they exchanged ceremonial gifts and delivered King Seonjo's letter to Hideyoshi.
>Hideyoshi mistakenly assumed that the Koreans had come to pay a tributary homage to Japan.
>In the end, the Korean ambassadors asked for Hideyoshi to write a reply to the Korean king
>he letter, redrafted as requested by the ambassadors on the ground that it was too discourteous, invited Korea to submit to Japan and join in a war against China.
1594
>Once peace negotiations between China and Japan finally got underway, Chinese negotiators gave the Ming Emperor the mistaken impression that he was about to deal with a minor state that had been subdued by war.
>Furthermore, they conveyed the idea that the Japanese regent, Hideyoshi, was prepared to become his vassal. Under such conditions, the Chinese sought to resolve the issue in their favor by including Japan in their tributary system of foreign relations.
>In Japan, Hideyoshi's negotiators apparently led him to believe that China was suing for peace and was ready to accept him as their emperor.
>Thus, Hideyoshi issued the demands of a victor
1606
>Joseon expanded its conditions and demanded that the Shogun write a formal letter requesting peace, and to extradite the Japanese soldiers who had defiled the Joseon Royal Tombs near Hanseong
>Realizing that the Shogunate would never agree to such a request, Yoshitoshi sent a forged letter and a group of criminals instead;
>the great need to expel the Ming soldiers pushed Joseon into accepting and to send an emissary
What the fuck was wrong with these people