"Without a million stones, he is not a real emperor... Baga, what Kobuin said makes sense!"
On September 16, the fourth year of Qing'an, in Nijo Castle, Kyoto. Having just received the news of the restoration of Emperor Komu, and having heard the slogan "Not a true emperor without a million koku" from the Northern Dynasties, the deputy general Tokugawa Yorifusa, who was in Kyoto on behalf of the Tokugawa shogunate, had to admit that , Xingwuyuan’s words still make sense.
The "Ten Thousand Stone Emperor" currently in the Kyoto Imperial Palace is not a real emperor at all... he is just a high-level actor hired by the Tokugawa Shogunate to play the role of the Emperor with a salary of 10,000 Stone.
"Jiichiro, what are you talking about?" Tokugawa Yorinobu was also in Nijo Castle in Kyoto at this time. Hearing his brother's words, he frowned and said, "Do you think we are all traitors and traitors?"
"Of course not," Tokugawa Yorifou said with a bitter smile: "We have never been ministers of the Imperial Family, so how can we say that we are traitors and traitors?"
"You, why do you talk like that?" Tokugawa Yorinobu looked at his younger brother, "Why don't we talk about the ministers of the Imperial Family? Our Tokugawa family has been the emperor's ministers for generations..."
"No, the Tokugawa family has never been the emperor's ministers!" Tokugawa Yorifusa said, "Not since the time when the god still called Matsudaira the name for Miao!
Imagawa Yoshimoto, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Kami-kun are the kings, kings and ministers... The Emperor has never been Kami-lord's emperor at all. Kami-kun has never been loyal to the Emperor, nor has he listened to the Emperor's orders. He did not receive orders from the emperor, nor did he receive a penny of salary from the emperor, nor was the power of the divine king granted by the emperor.
On the contrary, the emperor must faithfully obey the orders of the god. The emperor receives a salary of 10,000 shi from the god every year, and the emperor's inheritance and advancement are also decided by the god. Therefore, the Divine Lord is not the Emperor’s minister, but the Divine Lord is the Emperor’s superior! "
Tokugawa Yorinobu shook his head vigorously, "You, your words are a bit rebellious!"
Tokugawa Yoribo said: "What a treachery, what I told is just the truth!"
"According to what you say," Tokugawa Yorinobu frowned, "Aren't our Tokugawas the royal family of Japan?"
Tokugawa Yorifusa nodded and said: "Actually, since the opening of Kamakura, the emperor is no longer real...The emperors since Kamakura, except for the Pelican Emperor, are nothing more than Just pretending to be the emperor!"
Well, the Emperor has become an artist... Tokugawa Yorinobu wanted to refute, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that this was also the case.
Yorifusa continued: "Since the reign of Kamin-kun, the real kings of Japan have been Kamin-kun, Lord Hidetada, and Lord Iemitsu!
Kobuin only played the role of the emperor. He was just a disciple of the Tokugawa family with an annual salary of 10,000 koku. He was never the king we waited for, so it is Kobuin who is rebelling now! "
Xingzi also became an artist!
"Then who is the current king of Japan?" Tokugawa Yorinobu heard that something was wrong and asked with a frown, "Iemitsu is no longer here, and His Highness Ietsuna..."
Tokugawa Yorifusa sighed and said: "His Royal Highness Ietsuna is not the lord we are waiting for, because he cannot bear the responsibilities of the lord at all. In fact, he is the biggest crisis for our Tokugawa family!"
He looked remorseful, "If I had known His Highness Ietsuna was so stupid, I should have allowed Lord Iemitsu to continue to indulge in beautiful boys!"
you do not say! Tokugawa Yorinobu also felt the same way. If Iemitsu didn't have a son, he would be the general conquering the barbarians now!
If Yori Xuan is the general, that woman from Xingwuyuan has no chance!
But now Ietsuna is already the general, the elder of the Genji family, and the governor of the Tokugawa family. His status has been determined and cannot be changed.
And this "King of Japan" is actually unable to govern because he is young and stupid. You can wait for him to grow up when he is young, but you cannot wait for him to become smart because of his lack of intelligence.
Tokugawa Yorinobu thought about it and said: "Perhaps the elders and middle-aged people can jointly assist the government in governing."
"If the world is peaceful, of course it can be assisted by the elders and elders," Tokugawa Yorifusa said, "but today's world is the return of the warring states' troubled times! Since ancient times, those who can end the troubled times and unify the world are wise kings and heroes. , How can someone with inferior intelligence be able to accomplish such a great thing?"
"The Warring States Period is coming again?" Tokugawa Yorinobu paused, "Is it really that serious?"
"Of course!" Yoribo said, "Juro, I have to stay in Kyoto. I cannot rush back to Edo to attend Ietsuna's enthronement ceremony, nor can I interview the elders, middlemen, and powerful feudal lords. , so I can only ask you, Juro.
No matter what, we must make everyone realize that the world is no longer a peaceful world, and the chaos of the Warring States Period has arrived... If the Tokugawa family and the Samu clan want to survive, they must work hard and unite!
We must also change our strategy and cancel the law of participation in the pilgrimage and the one-country-one-city order! "
"Canceling the instructions for attending the pilgrimage and the one-country-one-city order?"
"Yes!" Tokugawa Yorifusa said, "Declaration of participation will loosen the vassal's control over the territory, and it will also consume the vassal's financial resources and make it unable to rectify its armaments.
The one-country-one-city order allows the defense of the vassals to be tied to one city, and the city can break the vassal's trap. This time Kobuin was able to pacify the three kingdoms of Echigo, Etchu, and Sado in such a short period of time because there were not many castles in these three kingdoms. "
The "castles" in ancient Japan did not protect civilians. They were just fortresses where samurai lived. However, they were highly symbolic - only by occupying the "city" could the attacking party be recognized by the surrounding civilians and become the local lord. During the Warring States Period, there were many castles all over Japan, which was very conducive to separatism and not conducive to unification. At that time, to conquer a kingdom, one had to control all the cities in the kingdom or obtain the allegiance of the city lords. There are often dozens of castles in a kingdom, and it is extremely difficult to control them all.
If this were the Warring States Period, no matter how powerful the Xingwuyuan military force was, it would be impossible to conquer three countries in a short period of time.
However, this is not the Warring States period, but the Edo period when the law of handover and participation in pilgrimage and the one-country-one-city order were implemented.
Of course, the so-called one country, one city is actually one vassal and one city - not all vassals can have cities, only vassals with relatively high stone heights can have cities.
In Echigo, only four feudal lords, Takata, Nagaoka, Murakami, and Shinbada, had castles to defend. There is only one unbuilt Toyama Castle in Etchu, and there is not even a castle on Sado Island.
Therefore, the Xingwuyuan side controlled five cities and captured three countries. During the Warring States Period, there were more than fifty cities in the three countries. It will take at least several years of fighting for Xingwuyuan's troops to eradicate them one by one!
"But there is no one-country-one-city order and no way to explain how to attend the pilgrimage," Tokugawa Yorinobu felt unsafe, "Will the people below have second thoughts?"
"Yes!" Tokugawa Norifu nodded, "The emperor is fake, the general is fake, and Kobuin seems to be very capable of fighting. It's normal for the people below to have second thoughts.
But one thing is true, which will make most of the feudal lords still side with the Tokugawa family! "
"what is that?"
"It's the land, it's the leader... This is the truth!" Tokugawa Yoribo said, "The fighting is just for the land and salary? There are so many feudal lords who got land from the Tokugawa family, Now is the time to repay the Tokugawa family's great kindness! Moreover, there are so many ruthless rogues under Kobuin who all dream of becoming the masters of a country and a city... Kobuin must satisfy their interests, so it is impossible Ensure that the land of so many people on the Tokugawa side is not occupied.
So we still have a chance! "
