The Prince of Ming Dynasty and the Emperor of Japan are getting married...can they get married?
Matsukura Shigetoshi and Masuda Tokisada were both stunned. After a while, they remembered that Emperor Meisho was a 21-year-old woman, single and unmarried.
Zhu Cijiong, King Ning of the Ming Dynasty, is only 14 years old and has no wife. The man is unmarried, the woman is unmarried, and they are a good match, so it seems that they can get married!
Masuda Shiro Tokisada was from a relatively low background and did not know the tradition that female emperors could not marry, so he nodded vigorously and said: "It is a good thing that the emperor of Japan and the prince of Ming Dynasty match each other, so that the two countries can become friends." Qin Jinzhi is fine."
"No way..." Matsukura Shigeri quickly shook his head and said, "The female emperor is not allowed to marry... This is the tradition of our country!"
"Can't you marry?" Zhu Cixiang frowned, "But I heard that five of the seven female emperors of Japan have married. Except for the current emperor, only Emperor Xiaoqian has never married."
"But those emperors who were married were all empresses..." Shigetoshi Matsukura said, "They ascended the throne with the honor of empresses, and they never married again after they ascended the throne."
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "The relationship between Emperor Xiaoqian and King Daojing is almost the same as marriage, right? If it weren't for the opposition of the ministers, a good thing would have happened long ago."
Emperor Takaken had a close relationship with Monk Dokyō, but he almost didn't get the certificate... Matsukura Shigeri was speechless now.
Zhu Cixiang straightened his face and said, "The third brother Ning Cijiong, the third brother of Gu, has a noble bloodline, which is comparable to that of Taoist monks. He is worthy of marrying the emperor. I think the ministers of the Japanese court will approve of this marriage."
"It's impossible to agree," Shigeri Matsukura still shook his head, "Your Highness, your great nephew, doesn't know that blood is the most important thing in the marriage of the Imperial Family..."
"What do you mean?" Zhu Cixiang's face darkened, "Are you despising me because I, Emperor Gao, came from a young age and once became a monk and begged for food?"
And this thing?
Zhu Yuanzhang still wants to have dinner? Wouldn't that be worse than His Highness Taige? How can one become an emperor with such a background?
How could the two Japanese devils know this... But how could they dare to say that they despised Emperor Hongwu of China? That is to be executed in Lingchi! And now that the Ming Dynasty is so powerful, it may invade Japan at any time!
"I have absolutely no intention of doing this..."
"Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty is a hero, he must be a god sent by God!"
After hearing what the two Japanese said, Zhu Cixiang nodded in agreement, "You are right, Emperor Taizu is indeed a god...so Gu and Gu's third brother are all descendants of gods. Your emperor She is also the granddaughter of God, the grandson of God and the granddaughter of God. They are perfectly matched! If the two countries can marry like this, they can resolve a life-and-death struggle and coexist and prosper together! Otherwise, a war will be inevitable! "
Zhu Cixiang looked at the two Japanese devils and said in a deep voice: "So I want to ask you two to go to Japan, act as Gu's secret envoys, and be a matchmaker between Prince Ning of the Ming Dynasty and the Emperor of Japan, so as to avoid war! Are you willing to go? Are you willing to take this trip? Are you willing to take on the mission of making the Ming Dynasty and Japan coexist and prosper together?"
"Yes! Of course I am willing..."
"We are willing to protect the matchmaking for His Highness Prince Ning of Ming Dynasty."
How could Matsukura Shigetoshi and Masuda Tokisada let go of this opportunity to return to Japan? Even if the matchmaking fails, you can return to your hometown.
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "Okay! I will also accept the appointment of Muneaki, the second son of the Marquis of Nan'an, as the marriage envoy. I will go to Kyoto with you to meet the Emperor of Japan, and hand over the autographed letter I wrote to the Japanese General Iemitsu and the Emperor himself."
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Zheng Zongming is Tagawa Nanzaemon. He is the second son of Zheng Zhilong. He is only 20 years old this year. He is a very handsome young man, somewhat similar to Zheng Sen.
Now he is still in Nagasaki and is Zheng Zhilong's representative in Japan. He is also responsible for the secret diplomacy between the Ming Dynasty and Japan. After writing the letter, I was stunned for a long time, my mouth was open, and I couldn't say anything.
"Second Young Master, do you think this match will work? Is the Emperor of Japan willing to marry His Highness Prince Ning?"
In the study room of the Tenya Kaikan in Nagasaki, it was Zheng Cai who asked Zheng Zongming the question. He now manages the Zheng family merchant fleet that travels between Japan and the Ming Dynasty. Matsukura Shigetoshi and Masuda Tokisada followed his merchant ship and arrived in Nagasaki together.
Because he is responsible for the Zheng family’s Sino-Japanese trade business, of course he hopes that the two countries can coexist and prosper together...
Zheng Zongming shook his head repeatedly, "Yugong (Zheng Cai's trade name), if you ask me about this, who should I ask? As usual, the female emperor of Japan will not marry, but the Great Tomorrow Soldiers have arrived at the seaside in southern Korea. ...Marriage may be the only way to avoid the invasion of heavenly soldiers."
As he spoke, he said to Matsukura Shigetoshi and Masuda Tokisada, who came with Zheng Cai: "His Royal Highness Kokata is currently in Nagoya Castle. During this time, Kitakyushu is very nervous. People often hear rumors that the Ming army will invade. News. The two of you will go to Nagoya Castle to see His Highness Kamikata and test your tone... Maybe considering the current bad situation, the marriage is really possible to succeed."
Zheng Cai added with a smile: "If the Emperor is willing to marry, it will be good for everyone, and it will be even more beneficial for the Emperor...His Royal Highness Prince Ning is the direct brother of His Highness the Great Nephew, and the Great Nephew will not treat him badly. If the emperor marries him, he will no longer have to worry about poverty."
Zheng Zongming frowned and said: "I hope it can work! If not, then we have to make preparations early..."
The "preparation" he mentioned was, of course, preparation to run away!
If this marriage fails, it will be certain that the Ming Dynasty will invade Japan. By then, Kitakyushu will be reduced to a battlefield, and it is possible that the battle will be a clean one.
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Nagoya Castle, Honmaru.
Tokugawa Iemitsu looks a bit old now, and even his hair has grown a lot of white. His health was not very good. In the past few years, he had been working hard for the war in Korea, and he was always worried that the Ming army would suddenly land on the Japanese mainland - this seemed inevitable!
I don’t know if the Tokugawa family can withstand this terrible war?
As for the way to end the war, it's not like Iemitsu hasn't thought about it... But when the war has reached this point, how can Ming be willing to give up so easily?
Just yesterday afternoon, another piece of shocking bad news came from North Korea across the Taiwan Strait - Ulsan City was really captured by the Ming army!
Currently, Japan's strongholds on the Korean Peninsula are only five cities near Busanpo.
Once these five cities are broken by the Ming army, Japan will no longer have a stronghold to rely on on the Korean Peninsula!
The Ming Dynasty can also start preparing for the invasion of Japan. Without the help of the kamikaze, the Ming army will soon invade Kitakyushu, and Nagoya Castle will bear the brunt and be attacked by the Ming army.
If Tokugawa Iemitsu doesn't leave quickly, he will probably be trapped in Nagoya Castle... If he dies in Nagoya Castle, it's hard to say whether the Tokugawa family can still exist.
But if we leave now, there is no step to go down. It would be too shameful to tell him, and it would greatly damage the general's prestige, and the morale of the army will also be greatly damaged!
Just as he was thinking about something extremely embarrassing, the sliding door of the room he was in was suddenly opened. Then I saw the old man Matsudaira Nobutsuna hurried in with a happy face. He bowed in front of him and reported loudly: "Your Highness, good news. The Ming Dynasty has sent envoys to us. They are willing to cooperate with us." We coexist and prosper together!”
