A military strategist who was famous in Edo and had thousands of students. The feudal lord was willing to offer 5,000 koku as a salary, but Yuhi Masauki took the lead to defect to Zhu Cijiong... No, he defected to Emperor Kouko!
Now all the rogues on the Tsuruga Port pier were shocked!
It is impossible for Yuhi Masauki to seek refuge with Emperor Koiko for a mere salary of 1,000 taels of silver... He had previously issued a call to the rondos in Edo to prevent the Emperor from marrying Prince Daming!
Why are you taking the lead now? What on earth does he want to do? No, how much money did he receive from Zhu Cijiong?
Zhu Cijiong had already taken a few steps forward, stretched out his hand to help Yubi, and Yubi stood up straight, then raised his neck and looked at Zhu Cijiong - he was indeed a handsome young man, and he was so tall!
"Mr. Yubi," Zhu Cijiong spoke again at this time, "I have heard of Mr. Yubi's name for a long time when I was alone in China, and today I finally met him. I have no regrets about this trip. I should recommend Mr. Yubi to the Emperor as the North Face Writer, and ask the Emperor to issue an order. Mr. Kusunoki returns his surname, and from now on Mr. Kusunoki Masaki will be Mr. Kusunoki!"
Ah, the surname Nanmu is added to the script in the north... This offer is indeed enough, higher than the 5,000 stone salary!
The rondos present suddenly realized that this Yuhi Masayuki had already surrendered to the emperor a long time ago. It was so... so what? It seems right to seek refuge with the Emperor!
Moreover, the emperor did not want to launch a war to overthrow the emperor, he just wanted to go abroad to marry, and he also abdicated to marry, and the shogunate also approved of it. And if the abdicated emperor marries a prince from a neighboring country, shouldn't he be protected by samurai? What should I do if I am bullied by the prince of Ming Dynasty without a bodyguard? What should I do if I get beaten? What should you do if you encounter a robber and kidnap you when you go out?
It seems that the reasons why everyone opposes this matter are not sufficient! All women in Japan can marry, but only the emperor cannot marry. Why? Xingzi is the emperor, not a nun... and there are many nuns getting married in Japan!
Nuns can get married, but the emperor cannot get married. This is completely unreasonable!
At this time, Zhu Cijiong spoke again: "If you are willing to become a warrior in the north, you can register with Mr. Yubi. Mr. Yubi and Gu will then examine your martial arts and knowledge. Those who pass will be considered a warrior in the north and will receive an annual salary of 1,000 taels. Those who fail will receive an annual salary of 1,000 taels. , and also rewarded me with 10 taels of silver as a token of encouragement!"
Even if you fail, you still have 10 taels of silver!
Now all the vagabonds were tempted. After all, most of the vagabonds were very poor... This group of people were called vagabonds at best, or vagrants at worst! There are very few ronin like Yuhi Masayuki who are famous and have a military academy where they can make money.
Most of the ronin are too busy to eat. If they have 10 taels of silver, they can hang around for a long time... If they get admitted to the Northern Samurai, they will get 1,000 taels a year!
This is tantamount to reaching the sky in one step!
"Tadaya Shimomarubashi, I am willing to become a samurai from the north and serve His Majesty the Emperor!"
Someone has already come forward to sign up. This person's name is Maruhashi Tadaya, a student of Zhang Kongtang, and Yuhi Zhengxue's favorite disciple.
As soon as he took the lead, more rogues immediately came forward to sign up. Just a moment ago, they were waving their swords as if they were going to kill Zhu Cijiong's samurai. In the blink of an eye, they were rushing to join him.
This time, Sakai Tadakatsu and Sakai Tadashi, who were standing on the platform of Kanazaki Castle waiting to watch the excitement, were stunned... They were originally waiting for the conflict between the ronin and Zhu Cijiong before going there. To smooth things over, I didn't expect these ronin to be so worthless, and they were bribed by a mere 1,000 taels of annual salary and some northern samurai! Do these rogues still have any sense of shame?
"Baga!" Sakai Tadashi was already angry, "These ronin are so outrageous... Father, please allow me to lead the Banshi to suppress them!"
"Suppression?" Sakai Tadakatsu became increasingly dissatisfied with this stupid son, "What's the reason?"
"They...they betrayed the shogunate!"
Sakai Tadakatsu glared at his son, "Nonsense, they are ronin, not His Highness's retainers, how can they betray them?"
Tadashi Sakai thought it right and said: "Then they betrayed Japan!"
"Nonsense, how can taking refuge in the emperor be a betrayal of Japan?"
"But the emperor married the prince of Ming Dynasty..."
Sakai Tadakatsu had nothing to say to his son, so he shook his head and said, "Let's go... let's go meet His Highness Prince Daming!"
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"Your Highness, your recruitment of northern samurai at Tsuruga Port is really the request of His Majesty the Emperor?"
In the Obama Domain battle house in Tsuruga Port Town, Sakai Tadakatsu, who was hosting a banquet for Zhu Jijiong, suddenly asked about recruiting northern samurai... If this was requested by the emperor, it would be against the rules. "Forbidden and Public Laws"!
Although the Tokugawa shogunate could not punish Emperor Xingzi for this, it could force Zhu Cijiong to stop recruiting.
If Zhu Cijiong acted without authorization, there would be even more reason to suspend recruitment.
"This matter was indeed proposed by His Majesty the Emperor in his letter," Zhu Cijiong said, "and it was also approved by His Majesty the Emperor!"
"What?" Sakai Tadakatsu was stunned, "His Royal Highness agreed? When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"
Zhu Cijiong had already taken out an envelope, "This is a handwritten letter written by His Highness Gongfang to His Highness Da Ming Kunimoto. The letter agrees that His Majesty the Emperor can recruit 1,000 followers in Japan to protect her in Korea and during her marriage and visit. safety."
Sakai Tadakatsu quickly asked his nickname to take the letter, and then opened it and read it. It was indeed Iemitsu's handwriting, but the main content of the letter was to discuss Miss Tsukihime's status and treatment after entering Zhu Cihong's East Palace. Only at the end did she mention Emperor Kouko's recruitment of followers. Iemitsu agreed to the number of 1,000, and also agreed that Koko and Zhu Cijiong would recruit them on their own, but did not agree that they would be responsible for guarding Emperor Koko's "provincial residence" in Japan. These entourages could only follow Emperor Kouko, and if Koiko did not return to Japan, they were not allowed to return without permission.
Sakai Tadakatsu said calmly: "But His Highness Kōkō didn't say that we can recruit northern samurai!"
Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "If you don't recruit warriors, how can you recruit ministers? Mr. Sakai, don't worry, I will never covet the throne of the emperor. The emperor who earns ten thousand dan a year... The reason why I married your majesty , just because Gu’s father wanted to go east to fight for the New World and needed Japan’s support. How could Japan, a small country, compare with the New World? If it hadn’t been stuck between the Ming Dynasty and the New World, Gu wouldn’t have traveled so far I have come to Japan to become acquainted with His Majesty!"
He looked at Sakai Tadakatsu and asked with a smile: "Have you never thought about leading Japan to conquer the New World?"
Of course I thought about it!
But I don’t dare...and I’m really not sure that I can succeed.
Because the New World is too far away and is prohibited by the Spanish Empire, once Japan tries to get involved, the relationship between Japan and Spain will break down again. Without the support of Spain, Japan would lose its backing to resist the Ming Dynasty.
If Japan is unable to resist the Ming Dynasty, then Japan will become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. This is absolutely unacceptable and will also plunge the Tokugawa Shogunate into a crisis of destruction.
"The shogunate has no interest in conquering the New World!" Sakai Tadakatsu looked at Zhu Cijiong and said, "but the shogunate has enough power to defend Japan from conquest by foreign enemies!"
