The Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan, occupies a small area, with a width of more than 400 steps from east to west and a length of 800 to 900 steps from north to south. It occupies only about one-tenth of the Forbidden City in Nanjing. The buildings in the imperial palace are full of rich Tang style, but they are not as luxurious as the prosperous Tang Dynasty, at least not as good as the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty. The top of the sky is like a palace. In Japan, the Imperial Palace is not considered luxurious and luxurious. It is incomparable to Edo Castle. It is so different! Even the residences of many powerful feudal lords were more beautiful than the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.
Moreover, the materials used to build the houses in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto are very poor. At best, it sounds like frugality, but at worst, it sounds like cutting corners. There is an air of poverty everywhere. There are still many places that are damaged, and there is no money to repair them. Let's just put it to use as it is... When it really collapses, the shogunate will still give you a small amount of money to rebuild it.
However, no matter how much the Kyoto Imperial Palace is destroyed, the people who live there will still be the nominal masters of Japan...the descendants of the God Stick.
Therefore, Feng Gongfang and Tokugawa Mitsukuni from Shangluo still have to go to court.
The place where the emperor met with Tokugawa Ietsuna and Tokugawa Mitsukuni was Shichenden, which is also the main hall of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. It was raining outside when Gongfang and Da Lao arrived, so the inside of Zichen Hall was also dripping with water. There were several wooden basins on the floor, and rainwater leaked from the roof.
However, the place where Ietsuna and Mitsukuni were kneeling was still dry, and there were seven or eight ministers sitting with them on both sides. They all chose a place where there was no dripping water. However, Guan Shiro Nijo Mitsuhei was a bit unlucky, so he sat on a wooden basin that caught the water. On the edge... sighing there!
It's not because the Zichen Palace is leaking. Who doesn't sigh? These ministers in Kyoto have long been accustomed to the life of having leaky houses and having to find a dilapidated temple to hide for a few days after being forced into debt by loan shark businessmen - ministers, isn't this how life is lived? Pay off the debts when rice is distributed, continue to borrow debts after repaying debts, sing harmony songs and write Chinese poems after borrowing debts, pretending to be a literary young man, a literary middle-aged man, a literary old man... just pretend for a lifetime.
Prosperity and wealth, etc., are all stories in "The Tale of Genji", they can't be true...
But Nijo Mitsuhei, who had a family fortune of more than 1,000 koku but was saddled with more than 5,000 koku in loan sharking (not owed by his generation), could not have imagined that the life of a minister like his, who could barely make enough food but could never repay the loan sharks, would come to an end!
It's coming to an end now... The Imperial Family is gone, can the Gongqing family still exist? In the future, if you lose your family income of more than 1,000 shi and your loan shark, how will you live your life? Will he starve to death? Will he be hacked to death by a samurai who wants to pay?
Thinking of this, Nijo Kohei almost started crying!
Just when he was about to cry, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps on the wooden floor of the corridor outside Zichen Palace, and then he saw two attendants opening the curtain, and then the Minister of Internal Affairs, Yitong Jing, appeared in front of everyone, saying loudly : "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, the Emperor of Mingzhengyuan has arrived, and all the officials are respectfully welcoming him!"
What? Why is the Emperor of Mingzhengyuan here? Isn't she just mad at the treacherous ministers and traitors? Don't do this... Nijo Hikaru said honestly: I still want to starve to death in peace, but don't make the general angry and cause me to be hacked to death with random swords!
Master Guan Bai even forgot to cry, and quickly gave a look to the left minister opposite, Takashi Fangfu.
Minister Zuo was also confused. Mingzhengyuan has been retired for more than ten years and has always been peaceful. What happened today? What do you want to do?
The curtain was lowered again, which meant that the Emperor and the Emperor were coming out—the descendants of God were not allowed to be seen casually, so they had to be covered with curtains.
The ministers all bowed and greeted him respectfully, saying: "Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"
The emperor behind the curtain said in a melodious tone: "Your Majesty, please be at peace."
Everyone straightened up and looked at the gauze curtain. Two people could vaguely be seen sitting side by side behind the curtain.
At this time, the emperor spoke again: "I suddenly contracted a serious illness a few days ago. I am bedridden and unable to govern. After discussing with Emperor Gomizuoin, I decided to retire and give way to Emperor Meisheng. From today on, Emperor Meisheng will be emperor again!"
What? The emperor will be replaced now!
Everyone was stunned, but suddenly heard Tokugawa Mitsukuni shouting: "Original Mitsukuni congratulates Emperor Meishoin on his restoration as emperor!"
This is the final word!
The foolish old man does not hold great power. Now Japan is governed by two shogunate elders jointly! The elder Hoshina Masayuki was supervising the army at the front, so it was Tokugawa Mitsukuni who was actually in charge of the shogunate.
Guangguo expressed his position, and then there were sounds of congratulations.
Emperor Gonishi, who had abdicated, sighed, stood up and left. Behind the gauze curtain, only Emperor Meisho remained.
"Roll up the gauze curtain!" Empress Mingzheng behind the gauze curtain gave an order that surprised most people.
Nijo Mitsuhei was about to speak to stop him, but suddenly found Tokugawa Mitsukuni looking at him fiercely, and quickly fell silent.
When the gauze curtain was rolled up, all the ministers lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the emperor. Empress Mingzheng said again: "Everyone raised their heads and looked at me."
Except for Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Tokugawa Ietsuna, no one else dared to raise their head.
Guangguo looked at his cousin, a 36-year-old woman, but she was well-maintained, with a rosy complexion, delicate skin, and a bulging chest... Her facial features were also pretty, although she was not a first-rate beauty. , but she is also a quite charming woman.
"Mito Danagon," the female emperor asked, "why did you and the general come to Kyoto?"
"Your Majesty," Tokugawa Mitsukuni said, "last year when the Ming Dynasty general Wu Sangui dug up the tomb of the First Emperor while building the city, he also obtained a batch of bamboo slips, which recorded the Qin Dynasty alchemist Xu Fu's eastward journey and his request to be granted the title of Shenwu Japanese King. ....The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has sent an envoy to Japan to find out the authenticity of this matter.
Your Majesty, is the late Emperor Shenwu really Xu Fu, the alchemist of Qin? "
Everyone's heart was in their throats.
"The late Emperor Jinmu is Xu Fu!" the female emperor replied, "Our Yamato dynasty is the foundation created by Xu Fu's eastward journey... The imperial palace has always kept the imperial edict of the First Emperor to confer the title of King Jinmu on our ancestor!"
Admit it?
Ruined......
The ministers all seemed to be discouraged, and they all fell to the ground limply.
The emperor is not a god, what should they do?
"So...is there an elixir of immortality stored in the palace?" Tokugawa Mitsukuni said seriously, "If there is an elixir of immortality, the Celestial Empire will definitely not blame it."
"Without this kind of elixir... how could there be such a thing?" the Empress said, "So I have decided to abolish the emperor's arrogant title. From now on, the king of Japan will be called the King or Queen of Japan. From now on. From today on, I am Queen Mingzheng!"
That's all?
The ministers simply couldn’t believe their ears!
When the matter has reached this point, can it really be solved so easily? If the queen is replaced by a queen, will the Ming Dynasty be able to give up? Can the Tokugawa family let the court go?
Will the Tokugawa family's 100,000-strong Shangluo army retreat obediently?
Tokugawa Mitsukuni said loudly: "Your Highness the Queen, the Celestial Empire has not only sent envoys, but also land and water armies. If there is no elixir of immortality, it may not be so easy to end the matter of arrogating the emperor!"
Queen Mingzheng smiled and said: "As long as the court and the shogunate can unite, there will be no difficulties that cannot be dealt with. Mito Danagon, what do you think?"
"Her Royal Highness the Queen's words make sense," Guangguo said with a smile, "I just don't know how the imperial court and the shogunate should unite?"
The queen said: "I am a widowed queen and I have no husband. If I can choose a man with outstanding intelligence from the Tokugawa family as my husband, then won't the imperial court and the shogunate become one? After the imperial court and the shogunate merge into one, they can then go to the Celestial Empire." Is there any chance that the negotiation will not be successful?"
"This..." Tokugawa Mitsukuni seemed to be deep in thought. After a while, he just murmured, "I wonder who is the smartest in the Tokugawa family?"
The Queen smiled and looked at the silly Tokugawa Ietsuna, "My lord, tell me? Who is the smartest in the Tokugawa family? Who is the most suitable to be the prince's husband?"
Tokugawa Ietsuna smiled stupidly: "The smartest person in the Tokugawa family is of course Mito Dainagon. He should be the most suitable to be the prince's husband, right?"
The ministers were stunned by what happened in front of them!
Have you two cousins (Queen Meishō is Tokugawa Mitsukuni's cousin) colluded long ago to plot to usurp the throne? The father-in-law is also stupid, how could he let this adulterous couple succeed?
