In fact, Kashiwagi Yiji thinks too much about his own king - for a family that has been working for several lifetimes, there is an opportunity to exchange false fame for benefits. This temptation is absolutely irresistible.
This is especially true for Masachika Town. This man was the legitimate son of Emperor Go-Nara. For three years after the death of Emperor Go-Nara, the imperial family did not even have the money to hold a succession ceremony in Shouchimachi. Later, Motomoto and other daimyo could not bear to look at it. It took a fundraiser to end the absurd reality that Japan had been without an official emperor for three years.
Masachimachi has not succeeded to the throne for three years. He himself doesn't care too much. Anyway, he is hungry and working as a puppet in the leaky, wet and cold palace. It really doesn't matter whether the enthronement ceremony is held or not. His father, Emperor Nara, succeeds to the throne. It took several years to get enough money together, not to mention the eldest brother, the second brother.
Another thing that left a huge psychological shadow on Masachikachi was: when his father, Emperor Go-Nara, died, he didn’t even have funeral money. It wasn’t until Miyoshi Nagakei came to Luka that he collected 600 kando (property property). Tax) as funeral expenses, the emperor was buried.
Gonara's body remained in the Kuroto Imperial Palace for two and a half months. Even though there was lime in the coffin, it still smelled bad when it was buried in Fukakusa Hokurumo, the Imperial Family Cemetery. Masachika completely collapsed at the funeral and has been unable to eat meat ever since. Of course, although Masachika himself is a vegetarian , but he did not suggest that the Japanese follow him in not eating. It is not that the Japanese people dislike him. [Note 1]
It should be said that the shoguns and daimyo during Japan's Warring States period seriously underestimated the emperor's influence among the people. After nearly a thousand years of propaganda about the emperor being half-god and half-human, Japan’s ignorant people actually respect the emperor very much. The first person to realize that the emperor had a rare place to live was Oda Nobunaga. After he started his career, Katsuko, the real strong master of the town, at least was not hungry anymore.
After the Incident at Honnōji Temple in this time and space, the major forces that split the Oda family inherited Oda Nobunaga's political policy of "holding the emperor to order the princes" and took good care of the royal family's life supply. Masachika Machimitsu thought that he could at least be able to do this in his life. Be a damn ghost.
Unexpectedly, there was a thunderbolt, and the Ming Dynasty sent General Ling Yunyi to bring order to the country! Look at how well the imperial envoy Jun Ling said: "If you don't support the emperor, who will be virtuous; if you don't punish those who have no emperor and father, who will be afraid of power?" - This is His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty supporting me!
After seeing Ling Yunyi's message, Masachikachi felt particularly pleased that he had sent out the "King Lord's Worship" - four hundred years have passed since Genji established the Kamakura Shogunate! The nominal master of Japan can finally control half of his own destiny, instead of becoming a puppet used by the samurai family to decorate their appearance!
Therefore, let alone Daming asking Masakami to make up a surname for himself, even if Ling Yunyi or Li Chengliang asked him to call him dad, he would not hesitate at all. Moreover, Masachika Town did not value the emperor's reputation and face at all. When his father, the Nara Emperor, was alive, he made a living by selling calligraphy. The streets of Kyoto were full of plaques with the emperor's inscriptions. After his death, his body even stunk and was not buried. ——Is the emperor’s reputation and reputation worth six hundred guan?
The general sent by the Ming Dynasty to suppress the country has enough force to suppress the world. What's even better is that he has no interest in ruling Japan. He is just lustful and loves money. He is simply the best "Wang Xiejun". Besides, there is no need to worry about money or beauties.
After the "return of the great power", under the coercion of Ling Yunyi, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Shibata Katsuie and Tokugawa Ieyasu and other Oda's old subordinates were forced to bleed a lot of money to subsidize the emperor, so that the land that Masachika-machi controlled suddenly increased from three thousand koku. Increased to 300,000 dan, the wealth directly increased a hundred times. Although it is not as good as the top daimyo, there is finally no need to give the princes and princesses citizenship and let them fend for themselves!
Yes, the Japanese Emperor's territorial income was only three thousand koku during the Azuchi Momoyama era. This amount of income made it difficult for all members of the royal family to wear clothes and eat. In desperation, in addition to retaining seeds, successive emperors gave other sons and daughters surnames so that commoners could adopt or marry commoners. Otherwise, these emperors' ethnic groups would not be able to bear the separation of families and the demand for dowries - this is also another It was a form of selling children. Later, until the 21st century, the Japanese royal family still stipulated that princesses must leave the imperial family when they get married, and they cannot bring dowry. This is a "fine tradition" left over from the Azuchi era.
In addition to the increase in territory, Ling Yunyi also stipulated that when implementing the policy, daimyo from various places must obtain the endorsement of the King of Japan if they want to "perpetuate their family names." That is to say, when the title is inherited, Masachika Town will issue a "commission". This commission will charge a cost of production according to the size of the daimyo's territory. The average price can reach about one hundred taels of gold per piece, which is considered an inheritance tax.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty's imperial army was stationed in Japan, and the war on the archipelago was stopped, so the daimyo no longer had to spend money to raise an army. Therefore, they need to pay a "military interest tax" according to the size of their territory as compensation for the Ming Dynasty bringing peace to Japan and reducing military expenditures and casualties. This fee can collect approximately 2.2 million taels in the thirteenth year of Wanli. , a proportion of which will be used as a subsidy for the office expenses of the Japanese court - using this hand, Ming Dynasty controlled Japan's destiny both militarily and financially.
There are good things happening here in Masachika Town. After Lingyun Yi ascends to Luo, Kyoto will regain its image as a royal capital and will surely become a place of commercial convergence. Is there any business tax in Kyoto? The Japanese royal family can also join forces with the Ming army.
Adding up these miscellaneous expenses, Zhengqin Town can be said to be a poor boy suddenly rich. "The serf turned over and sang", grinning silly every day, which really made Zhu Yijun and Ling Yunyi grateful to the bones.
Therefore, Bai Mu Yi Pheasant simply took carrots and did not worry about it. He worked hard for the surname of the king in the Ming Dynasty. Little did he know that Zhengqin Machi had already made up his mind to hold on to Zhu Yijun's thigh. I would do whatever the Ming Dynasty father asked me to do. Well, I will enshrine the Tiancongyun Sword and Qiongmagatama to the emperor later, and keep the eight-foot mirror to look at them often to remind myself not to be blind, otherwise I will have to be blinded once the Ming Dynasty withdraws its troops.
The so-called Tian Cong Yun Sword, Qiong Magatama and Bachi Mirror are the iron swords, jade hooks and mirrors obtained by the emperor's line from China during the Han Dynasty when Japanese tribes were fighting. Because the manufacturing technology was far beyond the level of Japan's primitive tribes at that time, Although they are said to be "artifacts", they are actually considered trashy items in the Han Dynasty - the Japanese still believe that these items were brought from the sky by great gods. [Note 2]
Of course, if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not dislike the ugly appearance of his princess, it was also part of Masachika Town's plan to send two warm quilts to the emperor. However, Masachika Town was embarrassed to mention this, because the mainstream of the Imperial family in this era was internal intermarriage. The appearance of this princess is a bit eye-catching.
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The leader of the country is embarrassed to mention this, but the famous names from all over the country don't care about it. The news that the red-haired girl from the Western Region won the title of king has long been spread to Japan. After Lingyun Yi came to Luo, the leader of the Satsuma Kingdom, Shimazu Yoshihisa, immediately held a beauty pageant in his territory and sent six little girls to the palace to serve the emperor. The palace maids work as handymen and don't need any status - if his own girl hadn't been too ugly, Shimazu Yoshihisa would have shown no mercy.
After Shimadzu took the lead, Japanese beauty pageants are now in full swing. Marshal Ning Yuanhou had only been to Japan for a few days, and there were many people begging him to do this. Li Chengliang was so disturbed that he made a secret report specifically for this matter.
For this reason, Zhu Yijun had to issue a decree, ordering Li Chengliang to stop Japanese beauty pageants - because the emperor was young and powerful, Korea, Japan, and the southwestern vassals simply regarded him as a lustful ghost, and they all wanted to ask their wives for sacrifice. The woman's attitude was too much for the emperor.
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After some fiddling, Zhu Yijun restored a new balance among the major forces in Japan. The Ming garrison was on one side, the Japanese lord was on the other side, and the feudal lords were on the other side. These three parties held military force, name and reality respectively. After the Ming garrison and the country were tied together, they formed a balance of power with the feudal lords, and the "First Battle" with three casualties determined the overall situation of Japan for a century.
After Ling Yunyi returned to China, he often reviewed the entire Japanese strategy and expressed his admiration for Zhu Yijun. The whole plan was neat and tidy, and came to fruition in a matter of seconds. The essence was that the emperor had an extremely good grasp of the entire situation in Japan, and obtained the maximum benefits at the minimum cost.
Among them, the understanding of the title of the leader of Japan, the power and personal character of the famous names in Satsuma, Hashiba and other places are all meticulous. Ling Yunyi's doing more or less in Japan will not lead to better results.
If the temple adopts the strategy of attacking Kyoto first, the relationship with the Japanese ruler will definitely be difficult to turn around, and the subsequent reactions of Yu Shiba and the daimyo are completely uncontrollable; if the Mori family, a lord who has always faced Yu Shiba's threat, is not chosen as the breakthrough point in Shangluo, Ling Yunyi still has to spend a lot of effort; the policy of uniting a large number of people and attacking Oda's old department has grasped the mentality of daimyo all over Japan - don't even think about what I can't get, everyone can just break up in two.
The proposal of the three chapters of the covenant of "returning the great government," "terminating the war," and "perpetuating the family name" respectively took into account the fundamental interests of the king, the people, and the daimyo. Once it was proposed, the whole of Japan was delighted.
As for Oda's old subordinates, Hashiba Hideyoshi and others lost the opportunity to control the world in Shangluo, but their basic base was not lost, so they would not make any desperate moves. It is in the interests of the Ming Dynasty that the daimyo from various places divide Japan and keep the archipelago in a semi-divided state forever - the so-called black hat is cocked at both ends. It is so satisfying to eat the plaintiff and eat the defendant. Ling Yunyi has the most say.
As for whether Japan will have another hero like Oda in the future, Ling Yunyi has no worries about it. Looking at the countries of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period in Japan, it is impossible to go from enfeoffment to unification without a bloody battle. But does Japan, which has its own stupidity, still need to worry?
As for the descendants of Japanese rulers becoming British rulers, Ling Yunyi even sneered. The so-called "return of great political power" is actually "return of money" to allow the Japanese rulers to live a decent life. The bottom line that daimyo everywhere can tolerate is that the emperor's edict does not leave Kyoto - and no matter how wise the emperor is if he cannot raise troops, how can he have any room to display it? What's more, Ming Dynasty is stripping away the "sacredness" from the Japanese leader, and letting him take a surname is the first step.
The major events in Japan were settled. Ling Yunyi, who watched the cypress duck go out with his head lowered, sighed secretly in his heart, shook his head, and expressed his envy that Li Chengliang was about to live a life of immortality. At the same time, Ling Yunyi also knew very well in his heart that it was the right decision for him to insist on returning to China when he made the "three-part agreement" in Japan.
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