For the nephew of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Southeast King of the Ming Dynasty, the good creditor of the Ming Dynasty, and the richest man in the Ming Dynasty Zhu Cixiang, the most precious thing is not wealth and power, but time!
Time is always not enough, and it passes very quickly. Year after year disappears in the blink of an eye. What happened in the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth years of Chongzhen seems to be right in front of you, but the Chongzhen calendar has already turned to the thirty-eighth year of Chongzhen. Year.
Zhu Cixiang was already thirty-seven years old this year, and his father, Emperor Chongzhen, was already fifty-five years old. What pleased Zhu Cixiang, the most filial son of the Ming Dynasty, was that although Emperor Chongzhen was already fifty-five years old, which was considered a long life in the Ming Dynasty that was rich in child emperors, his health was still as good as ever. No, It should be strong!
According to Zhu Cixiang's report, Zhu Youjian had no record of illness during the entire thirty-seventh year of Chongzhen's reign - this is a matter of course, as the case files about Emperor Chongzhen in Taiyuan Hospital do not exist at all! Because this guy is not sick at all.
It doesn’t matter if he is not sick, and Emperor Chongzhen’s figure is so enviable. He is over fifty years old, but he is not fat at all. When his clothes are taken off, they are full of tendons. The only thing that can make Zhu Daxiao feel a little worried. Emperor Chongzhen's hair and beard are all white - but don't worry too much, because Chongzhen may have a lot of gray hair when he is in his thirties.
Another thing that worried Zhu Cixiang was that Emperor Chongzhen was too lustful and did not pay attention to moderation. There were so many lusty women in the harem that Zhu Cixiang would be given birth to many younger siblings every year. If this continued, it would be harmful to his body and his lifespan!
And Zhu Cixuan, who had been writing letters saying that he was in poor health and that he might not die soon (this had been said since the 28th year of Chongzhen), had not yet finished paying tribute to the beautiful Hu Ji to Chongzhen. There are not only mixed-race Orchids, but also many blond and blue-eyed Kiev Rus Orchids, all of whom are the good friends of Zhu Cixuan, the Superintendent of the Great Mongolia, the godson of Emperor Chongzhen, the godbrother of Zhu Cixuan, and the Khan of the Crimea. .The tribute of Muhammad Glay IV...
Zhu Cixuan felt a little sad when he thought that his good brother Zhu Cixuan would probably die before he was selected as the Great Khan. He went into battle at the age of two, fought here and there, worked hard for half his life, and finally died without becoming a sweat. It was really not worth it!
In comparison, the third child is more lucky. He will soon be the emperor! Half a year ago, Edo was finally forced to "open the city without blood", which brought a not-so-satisfactory end to the "Little Warring States Period" that lasted for more than ten years.
The reason why it is not very satisfactory is because the Tokugawa family was not completely destroyed like the former Hojo, the ruling family of the Kamakura shogunate. Instead, through the mediation of the compassionate Zhu Cixiang, they were forgiven on the condition of resigning and accepting the position. , after handing over all the territories located in the Kinai Five Kingdoms, Tokai Five Kingdoms, Koshishin Two States, and Kanba Province, he then received the great title of 1.6 million koku from Mutsu Province and 230,000 koku from Dewa Province, and obtained the hereditary Ou Guan Tuan. The privileges of the position.
Although the 1.83 million stone territory is much lower than the previous 6.8 million stone territory - this is not a matter of 6.8 million stone minus 1.83 million stone, because the 6.8 million stone territory belongs to the Tokugawa Shogun family.
The current 1.83 million koku includes the territories of the Shin-do clan and the Gushidai domain that are still loyal to the Tokugawa family. The total is 1.83 million koku for the whole country of Oshu and half of the country of Yushu. The non-Tokugawa feudal lords who were originally located on this 1.83 million stone territory all moved to other parts of Japan and re-obtained the corresponding fiefdoms.
After some twists and turns, the newly emerged Emperor Wu regime still had a heavenly territory of 4.6 million koku, although it was less than the 6.8 million koku of the Tokugawa family. However, the standard of tribute rice set by Emperor Koko for the Tenlords was 0.5 koku per tatu, which was much higher than the Tokugawa family's 0.35 koku per tatsu, so the actual tribute rice income was only reduced by about 80,000 koku.
In Japan, "war" refers to the rice bag used to collect rent. Usually, land with a registered output of one stone of rice is handed over one stone of rice every year. However, these figures may be large or small. In some places, one figure is 0.5 or even 0.6 stones, such as those of the extremely vicious poor feudal lords.
In the Tenryo of the Tokugawa family, one tsuta cost 0.35 koku. In the Edo period, this burden was the lightest in Japan. Moreover, the shogunate will provide some relief and exempt some tributes when encountering natural disasters, and will not inspect the land for nothing, so the living standard of Japanese farmers under the shogunate must be the highest... In comparison , there were so many warriors, so much land, and so many "actual stone heights" were found in the land inspection, and the pockets for rent collection were still so big, God knows how many farmers would starve to death!
Now Emperor Koiko has also issued a decree to carry out a comprehensive inspection of land in Tenryo. In this Japanese land, there will be more land after inspection...
When he thought that the farmers under Tianling would soon welcome a rent increase, Zhu Cixiang, who was riding a 1,500-ton sailing ship on the Seto Inland Sea in Japan, felt much relieved.
That's right, Zhu Cixiang is now on his way to Kyoto, Japan. He was invited to attend the coronation ceremony of his brother Zhu Cijiong!
After the bloodless opening of the city of Edo, Japan was unified under the banner of Emperor Koiko. However, Gomizuoin and his sons in Edo saw through the world of mortals and insisted on becoming monks. Moreover, he is a real monk and cannot hold hands with a nun.
Therefore, the bloodline of the Imperial Family must be inherited by Emperor Xingzi and Zhu Cijiong!
Emperor Koiko announced after the opening of the city of Edo without blood that he would abdicate again on the sixth day of June this year and abdicate the throne of emperor to his husband Zhu Jijiong.
This kind of thing was impossible before the emergence of the samurai court, because at that time the emperor was in "heaven", but now the emperor is in "earth". 4.6 million stone ten collars, the four major commercial cities of Osaka, Edo, Kyoto, and Nagasaki, plus gold and silver from Iwami, Sado, and Koshu, as well as two to three hundred thousand samurai loyal to the imperial family, are the samurai court Foundation.
And all of this is shared by Xingzi and Zhu Cijiong, so Xingzi gives up and lets Zhu Cijiong live a few years of emperor addiction, and the people below will not have any objections...
Just when Zhu Cihong admired Emperor Xingzi's act of surrender, the door of the cabin had been pushed open, and a young steward with blond hair, blue eyes and a graceful figure appeared in front of Zhu Cihong.
"Master Chitose, Osaka Bay has arrived." The foreign selection waiter said with a smile and spoke fluent Chinese.
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Off Osaka Bay, Japan.
This commercial capital of Japan had already begun to enjoy the prosperity of the era of Emperor Wu eight years ago - that year Tokugawa Yoribo died of illness in Osaka Castle, and the leaderless Tokugawa retainers were about to run out of food. I chose to go out of the city for a decisive battle. On the open battlefield south of Osaka City, they poured out their blood and loyalty, and finally the entire army was annihilated!
The fall of Osaka also kicked off the general collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate's Kinai battlefield. In just one year, Wakayama Castle, Kameyama Castle, Fushimi Castle, Takato Castle, Nagahama Castle, and Hikone Castle were all rebuilt. The Emperor's troops captured it.
At this point, the five Kinai Kingdoms are all under the firm control of Emperor Xingzi and Zhu Cijiong! After possessing the Kinai territory, Koiko and Zhu Cijiong took full control of the war, but the Tokugawa shogunate persisted for several years. It was not until Tokugawa Ietsuna died of illness and the emperor's army came to Edo that they finally surrendered. .....
