It is already the first day of July in the first year of Japan's Shoho.
The title of "Mahoho" belongs to Emperor Shohito, the younger brother of Emperor Komu Emperor Koiko, who is also Prince Sogomiya. Shaoren, who was only 13 years old, accepted his sister's abdication and ascended to the throne of emperor the day after the wedding between Emperor Xingmu and Prince Zhu Cijiong of Daming Ning.
After ascending the throne, Emperor Shohito immediately changed his name to Masahori, thus ending the Kanei era title that had been used by Gomizuoin and Kobuin for 23 years. Because the change of the Japanese emperor's name took effect immediately and did not have to wait until the next year to change it, the 23rd year of Kan'ei became the first year of Shoho.
At this moment, outside the Suzaku Gate in Kyoto, Japan, there are crowds of people jostling each other. During this period, because of the abdication of Emperor Koiko to marry Prince Dai Ming, the Tokugawa shoguns, the elders, laozhongs, and Wakatoshi of the shogunate, as well as the lords or successors of the three hundred lords of Japan, all gathered in Kyoto. For a time, Japan's political center moved from Edo to Kyoto, which had been neglected for a long time.
The wedding of Emperor Komuin and Prince Daimei Ning was completed in May. After getting married late and abdicating the throne, Emperor Komuin and Prince Daimei Ning lived in Katsurasan Manor on the outskirts of Kyoto for more than a month, and now they have finally arrived. It's time to leave Japan.
From top to bottom in Kyoto, everyone was disturbed by this major event that had never happened since the founding of the Yamato Dynasty - the emperor was getting married! It all sounds new. Not to mention it’s the first time in Japan, even in the Chinese empire next door, this kind of thing probably hasn’t happened before, right? Over there, the emperor always marries the queen in his wedding ceremony, and no one marries out himself...
And she has to marry far away, thousands of miles away to North Korea and China!
What's even more exaggerated is that Emperor Kouko seemed to have become the pillar of the samurai family after getting married. Not only did he take the nickname "武", but he also planned to take the northern samurai and his husband, King Ning Ning of the North, to deploy military force in Korea.
As soon as the news came out, everyone from the high-ranking samurai who gathered in Kyoto to the business people in Kyoto and Osaka, as long as they could find some free time, gathered on both sides of Suzaku Street early in the morning on the first day of July. Those who had some status or wealth gathered friends and servants to occupy the high places on both sides of the straight road from Suzaku Gate to Rashomon Gate, or in restaurants or pavilions. Some people even put out small drinks. Snacks.
The civilians of Kyoto who had little money, the lower-level samurai from Kyoto who had followed the lords of the feudal lords, and the rogues who had missed the "job fair" at Tsuruga Port stood on both sides of the street, stretching their necks. Looking north. Some of them, who looked like they were in poverty, even showed anxious expressions - why didn't the emperor's northern warriors expand their recruitment?
How can a mere 1,000 people be enough?
There are still many people talking about the stories of the previous emperors who led troops on expeditions. The last orthodox emperor who led troops on expeditions was the particularly troublesome Emperor Go-Daigo!
It was a fascinating era!
Unexpectedly, after hundreds of years, there would be such a brave emperor among the Northern Dynasty emperors who were hostile to Emperor Go-Daigo. It's a pity that she is a female prostitute, and she has already married the prince of neighboring Daming Dynasty, and will go to live in her husband's feudal territory in Korea...
While feeling a little pity, many people also secretly breathed a sigh of relief... Fortunately, Emperor Komu was a female, and he wanted to marry a foreign country. Otherwise, who knows how much trouble it would have caused!
This emperor also has the blood of the god Lord Ieyasu flowing in his body!
"Your Majesty...Onboard! Onboard!"
The sound of the mountain shouting "Long Live the Mountain" suddenly came from the Zhuque Gate. When the people waiting on both sides of the Zhuque Gate heard this sound, they all stretched their necks and looked north.
Those who had found seats near the Zhuque Gate had already seen a huge sixteen-petal chrysanthemum flag being held high by a tall man wearing Nanman uniforms and walking out of the Zhuque Gate. Behind him, there were thousands of warriors marching on foot following the orders. Everyone was wearing shiny Nanman uniforms, carrying spears or iron cannons on their shoulders, and the formation was quite neat.
Following these warriors on foot came out a group of cavalry dressed in silver southern barbarian uniforms, arranged in four neat columns, led by two cavalrymen riding side by side, both of which were particularly tall Persian horses. The two people on the horse, one tall and one short, were both wearing hoods and feathers embroidered with family crests. Among them, the family pattern on the armor is a dragon pattern, and the person wearing it is Zhu Cijiong, King Ning of the Ming Dynasty. The family crest on the jinhaori is a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum pattern, and the one wearing it is of course the Emperor Xingzi of Xingwuin!
Emperor Kobuin really rode out in armor... Although there was a walking northern samurai holding the reins for her, this bravery still surpassed all the emperors after Emperor Go-Daigo.
Could it be that the Imperial Family, which has been in decline for hundreds of years, will start to revive with the Emperor Kobuin?
She is an emperor who can wear armor and go into battle and has 1,000 northern warriors!
"The Emperor of Xingwuyuan...onboard!"
The cheers rang out from outside the Suzaku Gate and reached Rashomon in the blink of an eye. The common people and rascals who heard it along the street all cheered, especially the rascals who all shouted at the top of their lungs, and the sound suddenly became louder and louder. The Tokugawa shogunate's soldiers who were maintaining order on both sides of the street were all nervous, and they all held their weapons tightly, fearing that something might happen.
Tokugawa Iemitsu himself also heard the cheers coming from Suzaku Street. At this time, he was riding a horse behind the team of 500 armored knights brought by Zhu Cijiong. When he heard the cheers in front, his face was certainly ugly.
Why does a female emperor who is about to leave Japan get so many cheers? It was originally a shameful thing for the emperor to marry someone else. When the news first came out, there was a lot of yelling. How could it turn into cheers now?
It wasn't because people were confused... The Korean War was "drawn", so the channels for rogues to obtain career opportunities through joining the army were closed again.
The Emperor of Xingwuyuan, who showed a little bit of bravery and ambition, gave these people a hint of the possibility of troubled times, so they became excited.
These people are just afraid that the world will not be in chaos. It’s so abominable!
...
"My son, I respectfully send you your holy greetings."
"I bow in peace, keep my body flat, and offer you a seat."
"Thank you, Father."
At the same time, the harmonious scene of a loving father and a filial son once again appeared in the Wansheng Palace in Beijing.
Zhu Cixiang, the most filial son of the Ming Dynasty, was called to Beijing by his father, Emperor Chongzhen. Zhu Youjian asked his son to come to Beijing this time not to ask for money, but to let his son supervise the country, because Zhu Youjian was going to send troops to fight again!
"Brother Chun," Zhu Youjian looked at his son and said with a smile, "I am going to fight again, and I will leave the affairs of the junior high school to you... By the way, you want to supervise the country in Beijing. Or do you want to supervise the country in Nanjing? Now Nanjing is your home base!"
To be honest, hearing this always makes people feel horrified!
Zhu Cixiang glanced at his loving father and asked with a smile: "Father, who are you going to hit this time?"
"The remnants of the slave thieves!" Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "The third child should leave Kyoto, Japan with Xingwuyuan today. I estimate that he will arrive at the Royal City of Busan before the end of the month... just in time for the autumn harvest. send troops.
In addition, the second child and the eldest concubine will also send troops to the west in August and September...this time they are sending troops on two fronts. Your country is not easy to monitor. "
"Father," Zhu Cixiang frowned slightly, "Is it too much of a movement to send troops on two fronts? How about we come one by one?"
"It's not possible to come one by one!" Zhu Youjian glanced at his son and said leisurely: "4,000 noble families, 3 million military households...Brother Chun, we can't let them idle, let them idle If left unchecked, they will perish, and resentment and unjust thoughts will arise. We must allow them to have battles to fight and achievements to make. Do you understand?"
"I understand." Zhu Cixiang nodded, but sighed softly in his heart. 4,000 noble families and 3 million military households are too big a plate. If not handled properly, the Ming Dynasty will be turned upside down! "
