Shiren figured it out and stopped acting. Why would he act like a shitty emperor now that he has Ming's father?
It's not true. He only has 10,000 taels of white rice a year, and he doesn't have to spend it alone. He has to raise a "theater troupe", buy props, and repair the house - the house can leak from wind and rain, and can get moldy, It stinks, but it can't collapse! That was his stage. If it collapsed, where would he perform?
Therefore, Emperor Shiren was really afraid of poverty and went crazy with poverty! Now that Ming's father is praising him as a true king with an income of several million renounces a year, why should he be considered a poor actor and play a fake emperor?
Thinking of this, Shiren suddenly stood up from the moldy and smelly tatami, strode forward, and walked up to Captain Aoi. He looked at him with stern eyes and didn't say anything like that. "He Yin", but changed to human language and said: "Mr. Aoi, I can be a king, and I can also become a minister to the Great Tomorrow... But I don't have the strength to resist the shogunate! Although Tokugawa Tsunayoshi All the bannermen have left Kyoto, but the samurai controlled by Kyoto's Shidai can still easily take over the Imperial Palace."
Anton Aoi smiled and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured. As long as you are willing to step down as the King of Japan, I and Lord Guanbai will take care of everything. The King will just sit in the palace and wait for the good news."
Is it okay to just sit in the palace?
Shiren always felt that something was wrong...hadn't he been sitting in the palace before? Why do you still sit still when you become a king?
Ichijo Dongjing hurriedly added: "Your Highness, I have already calculated that as long as you can take back the great government, your hiding place will never be less than two million stones... The two million stone hideout The income from the land can be used for palace expenses. In addition, Nijo Castle and Osaka Castle, which are now owned by the shogun, can immediately become the royal residence of the king!"
The so-called Tibetan areas are actually not territories under direct jurisdiction, but territories managed by the daimyo and feudal lords of various places. The monarch only collects money and does not directly participate in management.
The advantage of hiding it in the ground is that it saves trouble and worry. You can just lie down and collect rent. The disadvantage is that the monarch cannot directly control the land, so he cannot control the warriors and farmers who are dependent on the land by occupying the land.
Historically, the collapse of the Toyotomi regime after the Battle of Sekigahara was largely due to the fact that most of the territories handed down by Hideyoshi were hidden areas - about one million koku, while the directly-administered territories only had a mere 650,000 koku. stone. When Tokugawa Ieyasu deprived the Toyotomi family of their hiding places in the name of a reward, the Toyotomi family was unable to resist... because those hiding places were not under the actual control of the Toyotomi family at all. . Otherwise, the territory of more than two million stones can maintain at least an army of 50,000 samurai!
This is a quite large interest group. If Tokugawa Ieyasu wants to deprive them of their interests, it will inevitably arouse fierce resistance. And this 50,000 samurai army plus the power of Mori, Shimazu, Uesugi, Nagasogabu, and Ukita, the defeated generals of Sekigahara, were enough to fight Tokugawa Ieyasu again.
But how could Shiren, the actor emperor, know this? When he heard that two million stones were hidden in the ground, his eyes narrowed with laughter.
"Yao Xi, Yao Xi," the Actor Emperor nodded repeatedly, "Then I will sit in the palace and wait for your good news!"
Seeing that the Actor Emperor had already been coaxed, Ichijo Fuyune hurriedly continued what the Actor Emperor said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will arrange everything on my own...but later I will send the Kyoto Governor Toda Tadamashi." Please come into the palace and ask His Highness to come forward and persuade him to be loyal to you."
"Okay!" The Actor Emperor nodded again, "When can we invite Toda into the palace?"
Aoi said: "After the general is defeated at Hakata Bay, we can invite Toda into the palace!"
"The general will be defeated?" The Emperor of the Actor was still a little worried. "The general mobilized an army of 80,000 this time, plus the troops of the powerful vassals of the Western Kingdom, there are at least 150,000. Will he really be defeated?"
"That is inevitable!" Ichijo Fuyutsune said to the Emperor, "Because I will issue a secret edict to the southwestern vassals in your name, announcing the downfall of the Ming Dynasty with the help of the Ming army, and labeling the Tokugawa generals as enemies of the court! "
Ichijo did not completely tell the truth to the Emperor of Actors - in fact, he, Lord Guanbai, had already sent the "Edict of Overturning the Curtain" to Tsunaki Shimazu, Tsunahiro Mouri and Mitsuyuki Kuroda in the name of the Emperor of Actors!
The Emperor has already rebelled...but he doesn't know it yet!
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"Mikazuki Mountain, Yuanyuandake, and Mount Yuecheng...these three mountains are connected together to form a spread out Crane Wings Formation, and Inuming Mountain, where Mr. Kokata is located, is located at the center of this Crane Wings Formation. The rear. Now that our army's formation is complete, we can overlook the enemy camp from a high position, with no risk of failure!
In addition, large armies have also been deployed in Dazaifu, south of Fukuoka Castle, and Mount Gaozu and Hinata Pass, east of Fukuoka. "
Inugong Tokugawa Tsunayoshi has now arrived at Inuning Mountain, thirty or forty miles west of Fukuoka City - Inugong's trip to Inuning Mountain is pretty good.
Before Inugong's arrival, the allied forces of the southwestern feudal lords had already deployed large armies on Mount Mikazuki, Mt. Yuanjian, and Mount Takaki to the east of Inuming Mountain, setting up a crane-wing formation. At the same time, they had also deployed troops to the south and east of Fukuoka. Set up troops on the high ground.
In a temple that was regarded as the shogun's main formation, the shogunate boss Hota Masatoshi was briefing Inugong on the deployment of the armies.
Inu Gongfang looked at the positions of the armies marked on the map and breathed out softly: "So... the Mingkou who landed have been surrounded on three sides?"
"That's right," Hota said, "the Ming invaders were indeed surrounded on three sides... The terrain around Fukuoka Castle is flat and low-lying, and the surrounding hills are now under the control of the shogunate army and the coalition forces of the southwestern lords. . Moreover, strong fortresses have been built on Mount Mikazuki, Mt. Yuankan, Mount Gakejo, Mount Gozu, Hyuga Pass and the high ground to the north of Dazaifu, enough to trap the invading Ming invaders to death."
Well, the situation is still good!
The Ming army moved slowly after landing at Hakata Bay. They did not immediately attack the surrounding highlands. Instead, they were content to control the strongholds around Hakata Bay. So from the map, they were surrounded by Japanese pirates. Moreover, the Japanese pirates around the Fukuoka Plain also occupied high ground and could deal with the Ming army from a high position... The advantage was with the Japanese!
"Negotiations with Ming Kou..." Inu Gongfang asked in a low voice.
"My lord," Masanao Tsuchiya stepped forward and said, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has arrived at Fukuoka Castle, and he has also proposed to 'eliminate arrogance, enter Confucianism, and follow the Celestial Empire' and limit Japan's territory to Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. , Ezo and its affiliated islands and other four demands. If we can agree to it, then the Emperor of Heaven will canonize Lord Kokata as the King of Japan."
The conditions offered by Zhu Heji are not harsh... Of course, there is no decisive battle yet, and the Ming Dynasty has not achieved an overwhelming military victory, so there is no point in offering very harsh conditions.
Once Quan Gongfang's army is defeated, Zhu Heke will have to increase the price!
"The King of Japan..." Inugongfang murmured, "This is the hardest thing to accept!"
The Emperor himself could happily accept this, but he could not.
Because although the Actor Emperor is an actor, he plays the descendant of God, and he still performs a bit of "godhead". He can say that it is the will of Amaterasu to retreat and become king... and the people below cannot do it because of this The incident cut him off. Just like Emperor Showa kneeling down to lick Emperor Mugi in history, no matter how right-wing he is, he cannot bring a sword into the palace to kill the emperor!
But it’s not appropriate for a dog to do this! He thought for a while and said in an inaudible voice: "What if, I mean what if! What if Mingko landed in Osaka, and then fought all the way east to Kyoto, killing everyone in the Imperial Palace... What do you think? Is this possible?"
Hotita Masatoshi and Tsuchiya Masanao were both shocked by Inugikata's words. No one dared to make a sound... they didn't hear it! We heard nothing! If you heard about this, you might be killed and silenced!
The atmosphere in the house became weird...
Just as it was strange, Wakato Inaba Masakyu's voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Master Kakata, Master Kōkata, the Ming invaders are out of battle. The Ming invaders' army is marching out of Fukuoka Castle and coming towards us!"
