"What? Are you going to abolish the one-country-one-city order and the law of handing over pilgrimage? Then won't the Tokugawa world fall apart?"
"That's right! If others don't tell you, Mori and Shimazu will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble!"
"Prime Minister Kishu, what you and Mito Danagon do will probably bring back the Warring States Period!"
"Yes, the world will definitely be in chaos..."
Edo Castle, within the Shippo Palace. Laozhong and Wakatoshi said to each other, but it seemed that they did not agree with the suggestions put forward by Tokugawa Yorinobu, the lord of Kishu domain.
After all, the world of the Tokugawa family is maintained by the two laws of one country, one city and the obligation to pay homage. If there is no one country, one city order, then the 300 feudal lords below will have to try their best to build cities and establish separate regimes? What would happen if there were no more instructions to attend the pilgrimage and the foreign feudal lords would go back to their respective homes and never come to Edo again? If they stay at home every day, not only will their control over their leadership be greatly enhanced, but they will also have a lot of funds left over for military expansion and war preparations!
Tokugawa Yorinobu, the lord of the Kishu domain, had been looking at the listless young general when everyone raised objections - if he could replace Ietsuna in the general's position, the Tokugawa family would not have to prepare for the worst.
But now we have no choice but to accept the reality of the reappearance of the Warring States Period!
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Yorinobu coughed and said in a majestic tone: "Mito Dainagon and I believe that the Warring States Period has reappeared! And...compared to the struggle between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Warring States Period The world is more favorable to the Tokugawa family.
Because we simply cannot build a Southern Dynasty that can compete with Xingwuyuan! If there is a dispute between the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the world, it will be difficult for us to win! "
Now Lao Zhong and Ruonian Ji were speechless.
Because they knew very well that Emperor Komu was right!
The only way to solve the problem of one country, two governments and the conflict between the public and military forces in Japan is to establish a samurai court, not to have the shogun, who is openly and unjustly speaking, seize power as regent, nor to create a combination of public and military affairs - the so-called family of public ministers. However, He is a diner maintained by the shogunate. What qualifications do he have to merge with the shogunate?
It would be most appropriate for Emperor Komu to kick out these diners, directly establish the samurai court, and copy the shogunate's methods of governing the world... But the problem is that while Emperor Komu kicked out the diners, The shogunate was also kicked away.
She, the emperor, wants to directly manage the samurai, and does not need ministers or a shogunate... So what about the middleman, the shogunate?
Therefore, it is impossible for the Tokugawa shogunate to follow Emperor Komu's lead in conducting the Northern and Southern Dynasties!
Tokugawa Yorinobu explained: "If we want to build the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Mori from Choshu, Shimazu from Satsuma, Nabeshima from Hizen, Date from Sendai...why don't they learn from Uesugi of Yonezawa? They Why do you want to join the Southern Dynasty? Just rely on the one-country-one-city order and the instructions to attend the ceremony? Do you think that by weakening the vassals in this way, you can prevent the vassals from leaning on Xingwuyuan?
Do you really think that Xingwuyuan is relying on the lord who supports her to be our enemy? In the process of Kobuin seizing the land of the Three Kingdoms and Two Counties, only one Uesugi Tsunakatsu chose to join him, and Kobuin even paid the territory of Echigo for this! How many Echigo kingdoms does Kobuin have that can be used to win over the feudal lords in the world?
In fact, those who really support Xingwuyuan are the rogues who are afraid of the world being in chaos, and some poor warriors who are uneasy about their duties! And those who were weakened by the One Country One City Order and the instructions to attend the pilgrimage were all the feudal lords and the famous warriors of each feudal clan!
The weaker the feudal lord and famous warriors are, the easier it is for the feudal government to be controlled by poor warriors... It is easier for Kobuin to win over them than to win over the master of a feudal clan! "
The cost of winning over the feudal lord is high! Japan only has such a small amount of territory, how many feudal lords can it divide between them?
And it's much cheaper to win over poor samurai and rogues!
In addition, the samurai court created by Kobuin was more centralized than the shogunate politics of the Tokugawa shogunate!
Therefore, the feudal lords who have got rid of the one-country-one-city order and the obligation to attend the pilgrimage will not like the samurai court of Kobuin... Among them, the Tokugawa relatives and reliable genealogy will join the Tokugawa shogunate fighting. The foreign daimyo will do everything possible to strengthen their control over the vassal, maintain an independent situation, and even annex each other to become bigger step by step.
And these feudal lords who want to be independent or want to become bigger are undoubtedly the opponents of the Kobuin court!
"Prime Minister Kishu," Tadakatsu Sakai, the elder of the shogunate, heard Tokugawa Yorinobu's explanation and knew that this was also what Tokugawa Yorinobu meant, so he changed his opposition, "since you and Mito Dainagon both That’s what I mean, then I also support the abolition of the One Country, One City Order and the law of handing over pilgrimage.”
Tokugawa Yorinobu and Tokugawa Yorifusa are not only among the three royal families, but they are also the only two living sons of the god-lord Ieyasu!
At this time when the shogunate's rule is in turmoil, Tokugawa Yorinobu and Tokugawa Yorifusa certainly have a great say within the shogunate!
Seeing that Mr. Sakai was siding with Tokugawa Yorinobu and Tokugawa Yorifou, the other elders, including Wakatoshi and Wakato, couldn't object and all chose to support it - this matter didn't do them any harm, because they were also controlled. In one country and one city, he was ordered to attend the ceremony.
For example, Sakai Dairo's Kohama Domain was located in Echizen and was about to be attacked by Kobuin. It would be difficult to defend the Kohama Domain by maintaining the one-country-one-city order.
Tokugawa Yorinobu was satisfied now, nodded and asked again: "Now that the weather has turned colder, Kobuin will probably not send troops...but there will definitely be another war in April next year. How do you plan to deal with it? "
"We plan to be on the defensive first," Matsudaira Nobutsuna replied, "we will first defend Ueno, Shinano, and Kaga... Ueno Army, Shinano Army, and Kaga Army will be formed. Among them, Ueno Army will be held by the following The Shinano Corps will be commanded by Aizu Dainagon, and the Kaga Corps will be commanded by Kaga Huangmon (Maeda Toshimune). The defense will be adopted in three directions, and checkpoint bastions will be built in key places. , strive to trap Xingwuyuan to death."
It is impossible to trap Xingwuyuan to death...but such a deployment can delay Xingwuyuan's attack.
"Okay!" Tokugawa Yorinobu nodded, "We must delay it as much as possible... But I'm afraid the Kaga Yellow Gate can't stop the Kobuin! The family fortune of 1.2 million koku will be cheaper than the Kobuin. !
Let's deploy a second line of defense in the Fukui, Kanazaki, and Tsuruga areas... We must prevent the Kobuin army from invading Kinei and threatening Kyoto! No matter how well she develops in Hokuriku, it is useless. Japan's gains and losses have always been in the five Kinai countries and the eight Kanto states. As long as she can't get involved in the five Kinai countries and the eight Kanto states, the world will still belong to our Tokugawa family!
In addition, we must prepare for the worst, build bastions in Nagahama and Takashima, and block the passages on both sides of Lake Biwa to ensure the safety of Kyoto! "
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"Nani? Abolition of the One Country, One City Order and the law of handing over pilgrimage? Is this true?"
In Echichu, Toyama Imperial Palace, Emperor Komu received a report from his left minister, Takeda Shinji, and was very surprised.
"What?" Zhu Cijiong didn't seem to notice anything was wrong, "Isn't this a good thing? Without the One Country, One City Order and accountability, the Tokugawa family's control over the vassals will be weaker."
"But the power of the feudal lords will increase..." Xingwuyuan frowned, "It seems we have to act as soon as possible!"
"As soon as possible?" Zhu Cijiong asked, "No matter how fast it is, we still have to wait for spring, right?"
"We can only wait..." Xingwuyuan asked, "Where will we attack after the beginning of spring?"
Zhu Cijiong said: "How about attacking Kaga, Noto, Shinano, and Ueno at the same time?"
