Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 191 Let Jianren take the blame
After the two exchanged hypocritical politeness, Tokugawa Ieqi tentatively asked again: "Did the emperor of the Ming Kingdom say that if the Wa Kingdom refused to sign the "Seven Friendship Points for Tomorrow", what would happen?" s consequence?"

Zheng Jiangfu shook his head and said: "The emperor of Ming Dynasty just asked the chief minister of Ming Dynasty to take out this treaty, but he didn't say the consequences of not signing this treaty. treaty."

Speaking of this, Zheng Jiangfu shook out another imperial decree from his arms, and said to Tokugawa Jiaqi: "However, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty canonized me as Daming Changyibo because of the Ming Yanping County King, this is the canonized imperial edict. "

Seeing that Tokugawa Jiaqi did not accept the imperial edict, Zheng Jiangfu went on to say: "Also, the Chief Minister of the Ming Kingdom promised that if the general is willing to sign this treaty on behalf of the Wa Kingdom, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will confer the title of the general as the King of Shunyi County. "

Hearing this, Tokugawa Jiaqi couldn't help but feel a little moved.

No matter how the Wa Kingdom shuts its doors to make fun of it, and regardless of whether the Wa Kingdom is willing to admit it, the Wa Kingdom was a foreign feudal vassal conferred by the Ming Dynasty before, this is a fact that will never change.

That is to say, if the Wa Kingdom signed this treaty and continued to recognize the Wa Kingdom as a foreign vassal state of the Ming Kingdom, and the emperor of the Ming Kingdom really issued an edict to canonize himself as the King of Shunyi County, then he would be the King of Shunyi County of the Ming Dynasty. The status will not be lower than that of the emperor.

More importantly, in the third year of Tianming (1783), the two volcanoes of Mount Iwaki and Mount Asama erupted, causing the "Tianming Famine" that lasted for five years in Japan, and the rule of the shogunate showed signs of instability.

in case……

After Zheng Jiangfu left the shogunate, Tokugawa Iezari couldn't wait to call together a group of shogunate leaders to discuss countermeasures.

Tokugawa Jiaqi first briefly recounted the news that Zheng Jiangfu brought back, and then said straight to the point: "The "Seven Articles of Friendship for Tomorrow" proposed by the Emperor Ming, sign? Or not?"

Matsudaira Takanobu said with a gloomy face: "If you sign it, the Japanese will slowly be sucked dry by the Ming country. If you don't sign it, the Japanese country can still hang out like this for a few years, and then there will be no Wa country anymore, unless the shogunate can In a few years or even only two or three years, it will catch up with the Ming Dynasty in all aspects."

After Matsudaira Sadanobu's voice fell, the faces of the other four senior officials of the Tokugawa shogunate, such as the four senior middlemen, Jisha Fengxing, Wakonianyo, Ometsu, Choming, Kanding Fengxing, and Daibantou, changed their expressions.

Then there was silence.

What can I say at this time?

Telling the consequences of signing or not signing is the only opportunity not to express an opinion. Now that Matsudaira has said it, people like myself can only choose to agree or oppose.

The problem is that whether you choose to be in favor or against, both decisions are disturbing enough.

If you choose to agree, you will become a sinner of the Japanese country, because this so-called "Seven Points of Friendship for Tomorrow" basically treats the Japanese country as a fish on the chopping board, and whoever agrees will bear the blame.

If you choose to oppose it, you will also become a sinner of the Wa country, because if you don't sign the "Seven Friendships for Tomorrow" that humiliates the country, the Ming country will definitely find a reason to destroy the Wa country.

Perhaps it would be a good excuse for the whales of the Ming Dynasty to swim to the Wa Kingdom, or it would be a good excuse for the Ming Dynasty to hang the people and punish the crimes that the Wa Kingdom once invaded Korea.

After being silent for a long time, the current head of the Tokugawa shogunate (temporary highest position in the shogunate) Tadakatsu Sakai finally made up his mind. After a long sigh of relief, he said, "I think this treaty should be signed."

"With the signing of this treaty, the Wa country may not have a chance to stand up. If you don't sign it, you really have no chance."

"We can't bet all our hopes on whether the Ming emperor will attack Wa, because we simply can't afford to bet."

"Unless we want to go the old way of Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

The so-called Toyotomi Hideyoshi's old way is naturally to take the initiative to attack, first attack the stick, then use the stick as a springboard, and then attack the Central Plains.

It's a pity that Toyotomi Hideyoshi has already used the end of Toyotomi's regime to prove the consequences of actively attacking the Central Plains - Daming, which was already on the decline at that time, could kill Toyotomi Hideyoshi. , Isn't that a rat licking a cat, looking for excitement if you have nothing to do!
And as Sakai Tadakatsu's words fell, all the shogunate bigwigs present also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is true that this treaty should be signed, because this treaty is not without any benefits for the shogunate."

"Yes, after signing this treaty, our country of Wa will have a father, and we will be able to do business with Da Ming's father in the future, and we will no longer have to rely on those western barbarians."

"The money earned by the common people is settled with the shogunate, and the benefits are huge!"

"Da Ming's father treated the Wa Kingdom very well. If this treaty is not signed, wouldn't the Wa Kingdom become an unfilial son?"

"Da Ming's father still has a lot of face. He will never wantonly bully our Wa country. On the contrary, Dad is going to lead our Wa country to prosper and progress together!"

However, as a group of bigwigs expressed their approval, Shigego Shimadzu, the current lord of the Satsuma domain, cursed with a dark face: "Baga! You guys, your conscience is greatly broken!"

"It took several generations for the Satsuma clan to finally turn Ryukyu into a vassal state of the Satsuma clan and expand the territory of the Dawa Kingdom to the south. However, you are just a few words that are light and you are going to hand over the Ryukyu Kingdom. Go out, and even cede Kyushu Island to the Ming Kingdom!"

"Let me ask you, if Kyushu Island is ceded to the Ming Dynasty, where will you let the Shimazu family live? Will you live in your Sakai family? Or your Hotta family? Or, your Doi family? Jingi family? "

After being scolded and asked by Shigeho Shimadzu, the faces of other bigwigs also darkened.

Yes, Shigeo Shimadzu is awesome, you are the father-in-law of the shogun, you have a detached position, and your Shimadzu governed the Satsuma clan very well, and your strength is also quite strong.

but!

You Satsuma clan are so awesome, why don't you just raise your troops to attack Daming!If you can defeat Daming, you can definitely sign another "Thirty Articles" with Daming, which is twice as many as the "Fifteen Articles" signed between your Satsuma clan and the Ryukyu Shang family. How awesome is that?
I'm afraid you Satsuma clan can't beat Daming, but you may be beaten into Akita by Daming!
After a long silence, Tokugawa Ieqi coughed and said, "The shogunate is actually not qualified to sign this treaty."

After being said by Tokugawa Ieqi, the eyes of all the bigwigs present suddenly brightened.

That's right, although the shogunate is the actual controller of the Wa Kingdom, the nominal ruler of the Wa Kingdom is the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom who is shrunk in the palace.

To sign, or not to sign, it is up to the shogunate to decide, but the one who finally signed this treaty...

The emperor is the god of Gao Tianyuan, the line of life, this kind of pot, the back of the move.

More importantly, the current Emperor Guangge always thinks about the law and disgusts the shogunate, and now it is the turn of the shogunate to disgust the Emperor Guangge.

Seeing that all the bigwigs understood what he meant, Tokugawa Iezai coughed again and said, "I will go into the palace and discuss this matter with His Majesty the Emperor."

……

Emperor Kokaku is the great-grandson of Emperor Higashiyama Asahito, and the sixth son of Prince Kanin Miya Norihito. His name was Shiren at first, but later changed to Kanenin.

If nothing unexpected happens, Kanenin actually has no chance to become the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom. The ultimate way out should be to become a monk in a monastery, because since his grandfather's generation, the Hanin Palace has been separated from the Wa Kingdom royal family.

The problem is that something went wrong.

In 1779, that is, the 44th year of Qian Deaf, the 118th emperor of Japan, the Taoyuan Emperor, died suddenly, and the Taoyuan Emperor had only one daughter and no son. Choose an heir to the throne from the grand prince's family.

Since Xianyuan Palace is closer to the royal bloodline, the courtiers of the Wa Kingdom also hoped that the only daughter of Emperor Taoyuan would become a queen. After a strict selection, it was found that only unmarried Kanehito was the most suitable.

As a result, Kanehito became the 119th emperor of the Wa Kingdom. After his death, he was given the posthumous title of "Guangge", which restored the Han style posthumous title that had not been used for nearly a thousand years since Emperor Guangxiao, and was buried in Houyuelun Mausoleum.

Is it very similar to Jiajing's process of becoming emperor?

What's more similar is that Jianren also came up with a Japanese version of Daliyi, but Jianren didn't have Jiajing's ability, and the Waguo version of Daliyi ended up with a chicken feather in the end——

After Kanehito came to power, his biological father, Prince Xianyuan Gong Norinhito, was still alive. Under such circumstances, the son's status appeared to be higher than his father's.

In addition, according to the "Forbidden China and the Public Laws", there is a rule that "the prince under the three princes", that is to say, there are three ministers in the court, who have a higher status than the prince.

Jiajing wanted to give his parents the honorary title, and Kanehito also wanted to give his father the title of "Supreme Emperor".

In 1788, Kanehito applied directly to the shogunate, requesting that his biological father be given the honorary title of "Emperor Taishang".

The ruler of the shogunate at this time happened to be the combination of Tokugawa Iezari and Matsudaira Sadanobu who had just ascended to power.

Regarding Kanehito's application, Tokugawa Iezai and Matsudaira Sadanobu's attitude was very firm, and they resolutely rejected the request.

However, Kanen is not a vegetarian. Seeing that he could not discuss with the shogunate, he simply moved out of the official ideology of the shogunate - Zhu Zixue, and held a meeting. The result was that 40 of the 35 ministers of the Japanese kingdom agreed to be sealed Xianyuan Palace Norinhito is the "Emperor Supreme".

After getting the news, Kanehito's uncle Ying Si Fuping was a little panicked, because once the honorary title was determined, it would definitely cause conflicts between the Japanese court and the shogunate.

On the one hand, Yingji Fuhei appeased Kanehito not to act rashly, on the other hand, he contacted the shogunate, expressing his willingness to give up the honorary title, and hoped that the shogunate could properly improve the treatment of the prince.

After Tokugawa Jiaqi and Matsudaira Jonobu received the letter, they knew that the ministers in the imperial court were not united as one, so they began to carry out a large-scale purge.

First of all, according to the "Great Political Appointment Theory", the ministers who were uniformly awarded the title of "Emperor Supreme" will be punished, and Guangge's biological father will be appeased and some salary will be increased.

He wanted to fight for his father's title, but ended up with a little more salary, and the relationship between Kanehito and the shogunate was considered settled.

From time to time, Kanren would make some noises to disgust the shogunate, and the shogunate would also add trouble to Kanren from time to time.

Of course, to say that Kaneto wanted to give his own father the title of Emperor Taishang out of benevolence and filial piety is completely nonsense.

To put it bluntly, Kanehito is imitating the routine played by Jiajing, and wants to control the court of the Japanese kingdom by giving his father a title, and take back the power that should have belonged to the emperor.

These powers happened to be brought back to the shogunate by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first generation leader of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Now, Tokugawa Jiaqi is ready to return power to Kaneto.

As soon as he saw Kanehito, Tokugawa Ieki saluted Kanehito according to the etiquette of meeting the emperor, and then bowed his head and said: "This matter is of great importance, I dare not preside over it, please His Majesty the Emperor!"

Jian Ren's face couldn't help but twitch.

Being able to learn from Jiajing and engage in great ritual discussions is enough to show that Jianren is not a political rookie who knows nothing.

Is Tokugawa Iezari returning power to the Emperor?
No, this bastard is letting me take the blame for him!
(End of this chapter)