"What a Mito Mitsukuni, he turned into a royal husband. I'm afraid he will become the king of Japan in a while, right? What he did is not only a rebellious traitor in Japan, but also a traitor to the Tokugawa shogunate!"
The speaker was Masayuki Hoshina, the elder of the shogunate!
He has now led his army across the Kanmon Strait and entered Kokura Castle, the main city of the Bunzen Kokura clan, which was once captured by the Shimazu army.
After the Tokugawa family used the "college entrance examination" trump card, the fallen Toyotomi army seemed to have been hit seven inches, and suddenly lost its strength. From the original triumphant song, it turned into a collapse. On the Kyushu side, they lost the Battle of Nisaka Castle and the Battle of Fuuchi Castle. On the Honshu side, they were first defeated in the Battle of Katsuyama, and later they were defeated again at Ogijo Castle, the home of the Mori family. The Mori-Asano coalition forces had no choice but to retreat to Ogi City and defend it.
After leaving part of his army to surround Ogi City, Hoshina Masayuki crossed the sea and entered the northern part of Kyushu Island, where he joined forces with his two brothers, Hoshina Masamune and Tokugawa Takashi, in Kokura.
At this point in the battle, everyone knows that the Toyotomi army has attacked again, and it is only a matter of time before the entire army is annihilated!
And it will be difficult to get up again in the future...because the surplus samurai in Japan now have a way out. They can take exams and become officials, or they can go abroad to become mercenaries in the Ming Dynasty, and they also have the opportunity to get a piece of land in Nanyang and become a lord. .
Therefore, the samurai's interest in overturning the curtain has been greatly reduced, otherwise the Toyotomi Army would not be defeated - if there are hundreds of thousands of rogues ready to join the army at any time, the Toyotomi Army can definitely withstand several disastrous defeats.
But now it’s no longer possible. No one is willing to follow the Toyotomi family to collapse. The rogues who originally joined the Toyotomi regime such as Shimadzu, Mori, Asano and other elder families are also running away one after another - the rogues also have to choose their master. Official! There is no future for these unlucky Toyotomi elders, and they can't get much military pay. If there is no other way out, they will just try their best, but the Tokugawa family has opened the college entrance examination...
But just when the Tokugawa shogunate was about to win the final victory, a series of unexpected news came from Kyoto that Masayuki Hoshina did not expect.
Tokugawa Mitsukuni, who followed the Tokugawa clan, unexpectedly colluded with Meishoin, who had abdicated and lived in seclusion for many years, and directed a good show of bed politics.
Not only did he force Emperor Gosai to retreat and restore Meishōin to the throne, but he also abolished the divine status of the Emperor through Meishōin and recognized the ancestor of Xu Fu. Later, there was a marriage between a queen and a minister, which allowed Tokugawa Mitsuru. The country became a royal husband!
This thing was done well...and so beautiful!
In this way, the Tokugawa family usurped the throne openly, and as the head of the Mito family who did not have the right to inherit the Shogun, Tokugawa Mitsukuni also bypassed the righteousness of the Shogun family by marrying the queen and usurped the power of the Tokugawa family.
Although Tokugawa Ietsuna is still a general, Tokugawa Mitsukuni will soon become the king of Japan...The king is greater than the general!
Who will take stupid Gong Fang seriously in the future? Isn't his general just a useless person?
How could Masayuki Hoshina not be furious when he heard the news?
Who is fighting the Toyotomi family on the front line? Aren’t they Masayuki Hoshina, Masaki Hoshina and Taka Tokugawa?
Why did Tokugawa Mitsukuni take what was already available and swallow up the imperial court and the shogunate together?
After everyone is a divine king, no one has the right to inherit as a general... Why should he be the king and Masayuki Hoshina can only be a minister?
Among the Honmaru of Kokura Castle, the only ones who listen to him now are Masako Hoshina and Taka Tokugawa. The brother and sister sat on their knees in the middle of the Japanese room, holding their knees and listening quietly.
"Mito Mitsukuni is simply a thief who stole the country. We cannot let him off lightly! Once the two rebels Shimazu and Mori are suppressed, we will send troops to Luo to compete with the thief of the country!"
Hoshina nodded solemnly and stiffly: "Father, although Mito Dainagon's eating appearance is a bit ugly, it is acceptable to all parties..."
"Is this acceptable?" Masayuki Hoshina's eyelids twitched, "Where is His Highness Gongfang?"
"Isn't the father-in-law stupid..."
A ruler can be cruel, greedy, and lustful, but he cannot be stupid!
Any talk of ruling from the top is just a lie to the ignorant people - a ruler who is too stupid to exercise power is not ruling from the top at all, but someone else is ruling. The stupid ruler himself has become a puppet.
This situation often means great risks... If the ministers in power have any intention of usurping the country and seeking government, wouldn't the world be in chaos?
Therefore, replacing the stupidest Tokugawa family Tsuna with the smartest Mitsukuni will be a good thing for the shogunate, the kingdom of Japan, and the Japanese samurai.
"But Mitsukuni Mito is not a descendant of Taidein-sama!" Masayuki Hoshina shook his head repeatedly.
Lord Taitokuin is Tokugawa Hidetada, the biological father of Masayuki Hoshina!
Mito Mitsukuni is Tokugawa Yorifusa's son, not Tokugawa Iemitsu's son - if he were, he would have been a shogun long ago!
Of course, if Masayuki Hoshina is Hidetada's legitimate son, he must also be a general!
"Father!" Tokugawa Gao, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up, "Mito Mitsukuni's marriage to the queen is a done deal... Not only will both the public and the military be satisfied, but the Heavenly Kingdom will also accept this result. .Who are we to object?”
His daughter's words immediately calmed down Masayuki Hoshina.
Without the support of Zheng Jiangong and Zheng Hongkui, how could Mito Mitsukuni dare to do this?
"Are we going to just watch Mito Mitsukuni take advantage of it?" Masaichi Hoshina was worried and told the truth...
"How is it possible?" Tokugawa Gao said, "My daughter is the emperor's chosen servant... How could the emperor treat his father badly?"
"What the emperor means..." Masayuki Hoshina asked in a low voice.
"Kyushu needs a loyal person to sit in charge!" Tokugawa Gao said, "Father, who do you think is the most loyal in Japan now?"
Hoshino Masamichi: "Let me think about it...it seems like it's me!"
"Yes, it's my father!" Hoshina said solemnly, "My father is the most loyal person in Japan...so the person who guards Kyushu can only be my father!"
"I wonder what name I can use to guard Kyushu?" Hoshina Masayuki asked.
The two siblings, Hoshina Seimasa and Tokugawa Takao, looked at each other. Hoshina Seimai had already taken out a copy of the Imperial Edict of the Ming Dynasty and handed it to his father with both hands.
"Father, this is what Zheng Jiangong gave to his son when he passed by Nagasaki..." Baoshi said solemnly, "He asked the child to make a final decision in Kyoto before giving this imperial edict to you."
"Really?" Masayuki Hoshina took a breath, looked at his children, and whispered, "It turns out that Mito Daigan is not the only smart person!"
Of course... If there was no behind-the-scenes deal, how dare Tokugawa Mitsukuni do that?
Baoshi Masayuki took the imperial edict, opened it and read it carefully word by word. After reading it, he was silent for a while, and then said: "The emperor gave me the surname Xu, the title of Duke of Japan, and the leadership of Kyushu."
Of course Emperor Zhu would not allow Japan to truly unify... Japan is too big, has a large population, has a particularly large number of samurai, and hangs on the sea. If they are really unified, there will be trouble sooner or later.
Therefore, while Zhu Cihong supported Tokugawa Mitsukuni in usurping the country, he also supported the father and son who were close to him, making them the kings of Kyushu.
Kyushu is not a big land, but it is not too small for Japan. Guangguo cannot give up, and there is no way to conquer it - Daming is standing behind Kyushu, and he, a smart man, knows what to do!
"Father, the Xu family is the surname of Japan, and it is also the surname of my ancestors!" Baoshi said seriously, "And half of Kyushu is already in our hands. If we have the title given by the Emperor of Heaven, my family can become The real king of Kyushu!"
"But the imperial court...what about the imperial court of Japan?" Masayuki Hoshina shook his head, "Kyushu is the land of Japan after all!"
"Of course the court will agree!" Tokugawa said with a smile, "Mito Danagon does not want to be an enemy of his father, and he also needs loyal people to guard Kyushu!"
Hoshina Masayuki breathed out: "It's still cheaper than Mito Danagon... This guy is not only smart, but also lucky!"
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