Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 692 Operation

Perhaps this imperial order gave the Emperor Houyangcheng a chance to buffer, so that he finally mustered up the courage to look at Xiu's family and ask, "What is the general going to Luo this time? But you want to be promoted?"

This is actually the main reason why every daimyo leads troops to Luo, to provide legitimacy for himself to rule the world.

But when it came to Xiu's mouth, it was not like this, he responded to the emperor: "No, I really came here for the stability of the world.

His Royal Highness Guan Bai and His Royal Highness Xiuzhao died suddenly, and their deaths were indeed strange, and the two did not leave any words before they died, so there was suspense about the positions of Guan Bai and Toyotomi's family governor.

Now that Gifu Daiinagon and Ishida Osamu are fighting in Harima, how is it like a hundred years ago that Oninzhiran Yamana and Hosokawa fought over the succession of General Ashikaga?
Now that the world has just been unified, is it because His Royal Highness Guan Bai died suddenly and then returned to Yingren's chaos?
The minister is stupid, thinking that the matter here must be instigated by disorderly ministers and thieves, so he led troops into Luo and begged His Majesty to issue an order to ask the two parties to negotiate peace to clear up the misunderstanding and restore peace to the world. "

"The Rebellion of Eonin?" Emperor Houyangcheng exclaimed.But after thinking about it, the current situation seems to be exactly the same as the situation recorded in history a hundred years ago.

When he was a child, Oda Nobunaga had risen, and the only war he experienced was the change of Honnoji Temple, because he didn't understand the dilemma of the emperor and ministers in the middle and early Warring States period.

But I also heard a few words from my grandfather and other elders of Gongqing, knowing that the life of Gongqing's family was so difficult that the emperor himself couldn't afford it, and the court ladies had to sell themselves as civilians in exchange for a full meal in order to survive.

There was no money for great-grandfather's funeral and grandfather's succession ceremony. Great-grandfather's body was so smelly that no one cared about it. In the end, it was Uesugi Kenshin who paid for the burial of Emperor Nara.

He didn't hope that he would follow in their footsteps, let alone that now that the Xiu family's knives were all on his neck, there was no reason for him to refuse. "Okay, okay, this matter is all up to Aiqing."

But Xiujia immediately corrected him and said: "Your Majesty is different, this is a plan for the peace of the world, not for my own selfish desires.

I would also like to ask Your Highness to add another warrant to all the famous names in the world, asking them to accept North Korea's assignment to help deal with the riots between the two parties.When the decree is issued, if there is any resistance to lawlessness, they will be punished as treacherous and evil. "

"According to, and also according to you." Emperor Houyangcheng stopped talking as soon as he opened his mouth and said, "As requested by all people in the world."

Then he opened his mouth and said: "Ai Qing has anything else to invite, let's say it together."

Now that your emperor is so rude, the Xiu family is not polite to you anymore, and began to express their demands one by one: "The names and soldiers who participated in this incident have made great achievements. Please issue an edict to rectify their names."

It is easy to understand this point. Although the Xiu family said that they sent troops to Luoyang in order to prevent the Yingren Rebellion from happening again, in fact, everyone knew that the Xiu family had no legal reason to lead troops at all. It is not as good as Toyotomi Hideji who governs Shangluo, the daimyo of the Western Kingdom!

So the Xiu family's first request to the emperor was to justify their name.They even had to make up another edict sent to Tango to prove that the Hide family had accepted the invitation of the Emperor before leading troops to Luo.

"allow"

"The Korean War has been protracted for a long time, and the daimyo and the people are already exhausted. Your majesty issued an order to ask the ministers to preside over the peace talks."

This one is also easy to understand, and it is completely the requirement of the general trend.Historically, it was handed over to President Xiaonishi after discussion by the five big bosses. In essence, it was an order issued by the five big bosses who acted on behalf of the Taige affairs in the name of the Taiko.

But now the Xiu family directly stripped this right and honor from the Toyotomi family and gave it to themselves in the name of the emperor.Then, after tomorrow's peace, the Xiu family will be the greatest contributor, and all the big names and common people in the world will owe a favor to the Xiu family.

Such an important political bargaining chip, the Xiu family will never share it with other people as it did in history, let alone allow the Toyotomi family to restore certain authority in turn.

"allow"

"Although the Korean War could not be won, the daimyo and the soldiers contributed a lot. I would like to ask the emperor to issue an order, and Guan Bai will preside over the promotion and reward."

This is actually easy to understand. It is to use the name of the emperor to reward the daimyo who participated in the court war. This is Guan Bai's work.

It's just that in history and in the past, it was decided by Hideyoshi with one word (deliberation and decision by the five big brothers), and now the Hideo family still has to withdraw this right from the Toyotomi family, or from the hands of the five big brothers and Chacha.

The future awards should come from the emperor's decree, and will be decided by the next important daimyos such as Guanbai, Xiujia, Xiuji, etc., and the purpose is still to share the authority of Junshiwan and Chacha.

"allow"

"Before I came, I heard that the five heirs of the Guanshe family were dying, and I heard that His Highness and Jinwei Longshandian are relatives. I implore His Highness to issue an order to allow His Royal Highness Xinfu, the son of His Royal Highness Longshan, to restore his original surname and inherit the name of the Jinwei family, so as to revive Guan. The power of photography."

"allow"

The wife of the Emperor Goyojo is Maeko Konoe, and Maekyu Konoe can be said to be the father-in-law of the Emperor Goyojo. Otherwise, there would be no allusion in history that the prince's subject status was downgraded and adopted by Nobuo Konoe.

Emperor Houyangcheng said the word "Zhun" quickly and directly, but then he thought that the operation of Shinsuke's exile and removal of his surname seemed to be done by himself. Now that he was allowed to restore his original surname, wouldn't this prove that he was wrong?
The emperor cannot be wrong, and those who are wrong must be the courtiers below. The emperor's fault must be deceived by the courtiers below.

So after the Emperor Houyangcheng said the word [Zhun], he flinched and took a breath, and asked Hideka, "Is it true that Konoe Shinsuke made a mistake in his judgment back then?"

Xiujia was keenly aware of the change in the emperor's attitude, so he was naturally willing to give the emperor a step down. He only heard him say to the emperor, "Your Majesty misjudged that there were traitors in the court. Isn't it the best evidence that the soldiers of the Habayashi family are trapped in the imperial residence?" ?"

"What Aiqing said is true, so what does Aiqing think should be done?"

"The courtiers have heard that [If the right is wrong and the wrong is done, the people will obey; if the wrong and wrong is done, the people will not accept it.], and they have also heard that [the key to governing the world lies in eradicating adultery; the key to eradicating evil lies in governing officials. 】

Your Majesty has lived in the palace for a long time, and what he saw and heard was played by the public minister, and the public minister will no longer be responsible for deceiving the saint.However, now that the fog is cleared, the blue sky should be seen, and His Majesty should set things right. 】

Just as the courtiers of Fengchen need to eliminate traitors and sycophants internally to maintain peace, His Majesty will rectify the ministers as needed to eliminate traitors and sycophants. "

Emperor Houyangcheng heard that Daoxiu's family pointed the finger at Gongqing, and asked with some fear: "Traitor? Who is Aiqing referring to?"

"I have heard that the names of the five masters inside and outside of Kyoto are still in name only because of Haruyo Erjo back then. Among the five masters, Jiujo, Nijo, and Takashi are his sons, and the five masters control the third. Sima Zhao's heart is clearly revealed. also."

"The minister believes that the Nijo, Jiujo, and Eagle Division should be punished to rectify the authority of the Emperor."

Punish the cameraman!This is something that the emperors of the Heian period felt but did not dare to do. Later, with the rise of the samurai family, the emperor and the Gongqing family were in the same spirit, so naturally they would not do anything to their partners. Now the Xiu family opens and closes their mouths and says To punish Guan Shejia really surprised Emperor Houyangcheng.

"How to punish?"

"The Takashi family is a concubine of the Konoe family, even if they want to inherit, they should choose the sons from the Konoe family to inherit, instead of Nijo Haruyo's decision at the beginning, directly adopting his son, which shows his domineering attitude.

I ask Your Majesty to allow the abolition of this adoption, and order the Erjo letter house to return to the Nijo family, and then select an heir from the Konoe family to inherit the extinct Yingsi gate. "

Back then, Emperor Houyangcheng was not very clear about the operation of Erjo Xinfang's adoptive Takashi family.But from what Hideka said, Haruyo Nijo was indeed a bit too much back then.

As the emperor, he actually didn't want to see the operation of three of the five Guanshe families from the same sect, so he approved the operation of the Xiu family after a little consideration, but he also asked the Xiu family, "You also said that Konoe The descendants of the family are withered, where does the adoptive descendant come from?"

"Your Majesty is at the peak of spring and autumn, so don't be in a hurry. In the future, you can find an heir to join the Yingsi family, and it will be the end of the reputation of being a successor to a minister."

The Xiu family's answer was beyond the expectations of the Emperor Houyangcheng. He thought that the Xiu family had already prepared a candidate for the Yingsi family, but who knew that the Xiu family directly gave up the good position to the emperor's son.

The current emperor has only one son and one daughter, and that son is the historical Emperor Gomizuo.

But the historical Emperor Goyangjo may have given birth to 10 sons and 3 daughters in a row, and most of them have grown up intact.

Regardless of whether the current Emperor Houyangcheng needs to get this Yingji's family, anyway, they like the attitude of Xiujia to him very much. This peer called Xiujia is really thinking about others with a public heart.

"It's up to you over there."

Emperor Goyojo agreed to the Hideka's request, but the Hideka did not accept it and continued to say, "The minister thinks that it should be the Nijo family's responsibility to restore the Nijo Shinbo's original surname, and it does not play a role in disciplinary action.

The ministers believed that to deter Xiaoxiao, Ertiao's surname should be punished, and Ertiao's surname should be ordered to descend to the Tsinghua family as a punishment. "

If it is considered a routine operation to deprive Yingsi Xinfang of the right to inherit the Yingsi family just now, it really shocked everyone present, including the retainers brought by the Xiu family, to directly lower the family status of the Erjo family.

Shutting down the Five Schools and the Seven Schools of Tsinghua University has been a rule for thousands of years. How can it be changed as Xiujia said?
However, the Xiu family calmly told the emperor a story about the story of Tang Taizong Li Shimin ordering Gao Shilian and Wei Ting to rebuild the "Clan History".

He also used Taizong's past events to show the emperor that the status of the public minister is not static. If the Emperor Houyangcheng learns the story of Taizong, the reform of the government begins with the reform of the public official's family.

Xiujia drew a big cake for the emperor, a big cake that the emperor might regain control of power after the combination of public and military forces, and Xiujia is the loyal minister who helped the emperor regain control of the government!
In fact, the Xiu family had another purpose in doing this, which was to drive apart the ministerial class who had been dependent on the emperor for hundreds of years. This alliance had to be broken by the emperor himself.

Just imagine if the emperor even dared to act on such an important family as the Erjo family, what would the other family members think of the emperor?

After hearing the cakes painted by Xiu's family, Emperor Houyangcheng also moved his mind, but he could also see the pros and cons of it.

So he asked the Xiu family, "After the Ertiao family descended to the Tsinghua family, who will fill the position of Guanshe Wujia? What the general is looking forward to is whether to formally promote Feng Chen's courtiers to Guanshe after the decline of Erjo's retainers Jiage?"

"No, the courtiers of Fengchen were appointed by your majesty as Guanbai, and it is not the basis for him to become a Guanshejia. From the perspective of success, he should choose a good Guanshejia from the Tsinghua family to replace the Ertiao family. The location is good."

"Which Tsinghua family to choose?"

"This matter should be discussed by His Majesty, Guan She, and the Tsinghua family. It is beyond the discretion of the minister."

This answer was beyond the Emperor's expectation, just like Hideka Hideki just let the Hideka family heir, what is the purpose of making the Emperor really think that Hideka's doing this is not good for him?
In fact, the Xiu family didn't want Toyotomi's courtiers to be officially listed as one of the five Guanshe families at all, which would be tantamount to giving Shiwan Yuanfu the legitimacy to succeed Guan Bai.

But if you want to say that the Xiu family has no new Guanshe family candidates in their minds, it would be too high of the Xiu family's "heart of righteousness" to transfer such an important family name position.

In fact, the selection of the Xiu family has already been decided, just like the original decision to let Zhaojumaru find a way to succeed the Ichi family, and let Matsuchiyo Wangmaru inherit the Ashikaga family. location to go.

The ancestor of the Sanjo family was Fujiwara Gongji, who was also a minister of the Taizheng, and he was regarded as a relative with the Kujo and Nijo families. Having him in the top position can greatly reduce the resistance between the Nijo and the Kujo family.

However, the most important reason for Xiujia to choose the Sanjo family is that the family crest of the Sanjo family is Piangu Tanghua, while the family crest of Yuxi family is Jian Piangu. The two have similarities in shape.

In the past, Ukita had always claimed to be the descendant of Uta Genji, and that was the ancestor he had found for himself under the background of the samurai family gaining power for hundreds of years.

But Uta Genji is far behind Tokugawa and Ashikaga, and he doesn't even have any blood relationship with Hanoi Genji.

It can be said that Uta Genji is completely Genji's leftovers. Although he has the name of Genji, he has no legal reason for the succession of the Genji shogunate and the elders of Genji.

Of course, everyone has exaggerated and said that in Japan’s legal principles, it is Genji, and forced inheritance is also possible, but in the final analysis, Genji is still inferior to others.

It is still detrimental to the legal rationality of the Xiu family's rule in the future.

So the Xiu family decided to abandon the relatives they had misidentified in the past, and let the Ukita family or the Ukita family re-recognize the identity of the descendants of the Fujiwara Kita Kanin family. .

When the Sanjo family became the Guanshe family from the Tsinghua family, his descendant Ukita (Ukita family) also had the family status of the Guanshe family, and his family status would not be weaker than that of the Hanoi Genji.

Whether it is for the Hide family to use the Ukita Miao character to create the Fujiwara shogunate in the future, or to let an heir succeed the Ukita family as the Guanshe samurai family, they have laid the foundation.

Of course, Emperor Yangcheng didn't know about all this, including the subsequent operation of the Sanjo family's superior position, which was also carried out secretly by the Xiu family.

And the reason why the Xiu family did this was to prepare for the real fusion of public and martial arts.

The current Emperor Houyangcheng can't see the meaning of what the Xiu family has done. He just thinks that all the requests made by this courtier up to now are for others. The dissatisfaction subsided a little.

In the same way, he also asked Xiu's family, "Is it true that Ai Qing didn't invite some for me?"

The Xiu family replied indifferently, "There will be turmoil in the world, and I really have no face to ask for rewards. It's better to wait for the ministers to appease the Eastern and Western families, and to negotiate peace with Ming and North Korea before rewarding. But before that, I still hope You must be able to cooperate with your subordinates a lot."

Emperor Houyangcheng sighed when he heard Xiu's reply: "Aiqing is a role model for the world! I have to love you, and the world has a good minister~!"

(End of this chapter)