Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 870 The orthodox ascends to the throne and the inheritance of the Chinese race

Facts have proved that the moral integrity of ministers is like the thighs of technicians. As long as you give enough money, they will open for you.If giving money doesn't work, then use force to intimidate.

Doesn't Imadegawa Haruyuki know the consequences of creating a claim for the Hide family and making him the emperor?

The current transcendent political status of the Gongqing family comes from the fact that the Gongqing family is naturally ranked higher than the Wu family.Letting a martial artist from the Xiu family become the emperor is tantamount to giving the military family an opportunity to ride on the head of the Gongqing family.

But there is no other way. They have soldiers, knives and money in their hands. It is obvious that they want to force the public and military to merge without distinction between superior and inferior. If you don't follow their wishes at this time, the only way to end is to be eliminated by the wave.

In fact, although Emperor Goyosei and Prince Hachijomiya Tomohito died, the Northern Emperor's family did not really have no heirs.

Even if Prince Ryosukeho is unwilling to return to secular life and succeed to the throne, looking up the lineage of the Northern Dynasties, the Fushimi Miya family, which was the great uncle of Emperor Machi, has now been passed down to the ninth generation Prince Kunfang (1566-1622).

It would have been possible to insist on finding a branch from the Northern Dynasty to succeed the throne, but this would have completely offended the Hide family, and the future of the Imadegawa family was unpredictable.

In fact, Imadegawa Haruyuki has already figured it out. If Hideie really intends to take this opportunity to completely overthrow the imperial power system and start another political power, there is no need for him to come to Haruyuki to find a way to forge a claim.

Since the Xiu family came to the door on their own initiative, it meant that the Xiu family had compromised on the existing social structure.

Moreover, the Hide family not only gave money, but also promised to reshape the ranking of the nobles after the merger of the public and military. On the basis of ensuring the status of the Gongqing family, the Hide family also promised to give the Imadegawa family a good status.

With money, the goal of political speculation, and the threat of force, Imadegawa Haruki was willing to help Hideie forge claims.

To be honest, this job is really difficult to handle. As long as the Northern Dynasty still has some way to go, Imodegawa Qingji will not directly deny the Northern Dynasty lineage that has been passed down for 200 years, and wave the flag of the Hide family under the guise of "the return of the Southern Dynasty orthodoxy".

The issue of who was the orthodoxy in the Northern and Southern Dynasties was actually debated until later generations. The reason for this was that Emperor Gosaga gave the Zen throne to his son, Emperor Go-Fukakusa, but then regretted it, forced Emperor Go-Fukakusa to retreat, and established another beloved son, Kanzan. Emperor Fukakusa, but asked Emperor Kanzan to give up the throne to his nephew, Emperor Fukakusa's son Fushimi.

Since ancient times, the most taboo in the succession of the throne is that the brother will succeed the brother, and the uncle will succeed the nephew. This process may save the father from feeling guilty about his son, but it will lay the foundation for future events.It has been confirmed both at home and abroad in ancient and modern times, and even those who wear headscarves in the Middle East are not exempt from the custom.

Later, the descendants of Emperor Go Fukakusa were called the Chimeiin clan, and the descendants of Emperor Kanzan were called the Daikakuji clan, and they argued over the succession to the throne.

Finally, with the mediation of the Kamakura shogunate, the Daikaku-ji clan and the Jimei-in clan decided to take turns taking the throne through succession, that is, the two clans were established one after another.

After entering the Southern and Northern Dynasties era, Ashikaga Takauji supported Emperor Komei of the Chimei-in clan, and Emperor Go-Daigo, as the representative of the Daikaku-ji clan, fled to Yoshino (today's Nara Prefecture) in Yamato.The Chimei-in leader of the Northern Dynasty was tightly controlled by the Ashikaga clan in Kyoto, while the Daikaku-ji leader of the Southern Dynasty held the three sacred artifacts symbolizing the emperor - the Yata mirror, the eight-foot magatama and the Kusanagi sword. The two sides formed a confrontation between the north and the south.

Later, when Emperor Go-Komatsu of the Northern Dynasty came, Emperor Go-Kameyama of the Southern Dynasty abdicated and handed over the three artifacts to reunite the Northern and Southern Dynasties. According to the original principle of two unifications, the successor must be a descendant of Emperor Go-Kameyama. However, Emperor Go-Komatsu broke the contract. He established his son Shijin as Emperor Shomitsu and announced the end of the two unifications.

It can be seen from the above story that it was always the Northern Dynasty that broke the contract and caused chaos. The royal family's orthodoxy and the three magic weapons had always been in the hands of the Southern Dynasty emperor.The current Emperor of the Northern Dynasty was also a puppet set up by Ashikaga Takauji for rebellion. However, Ashikaga Takauji defeated the Southern Dynasty, and the puppet of the Northern Dynasty became the only emperor.

The final statement on who is orthodox in the Southern and Northern Dynasties was finalized by Emperor Meiji during the Meiji period. He did not deny that the Southern Dynasties were the orthodox ones, but the Northern Dynasties had been passed down for thousands of years, and it was indispensable for Japan to be as prosperous as it is today. The emperors of the Northern Dynasties worked hard to govern.

(Actually, the Meiji period was very controlling. As for the emperor before him, who worked hard to govern, he was just a Chihuahua raised by the shogunate.)
Emperor Meiji respected the ancestors of Kokura Palace and Tamagawa Palace in the past as the legitimate ruler. Anyway, the bloodline of the Southern Dynasty can no longer be found. Logically speaking, even if the Southern Dynasty is orthodox, it should be succeeded by the Northern Dynasty.

But now Imadegawa Haruyuki is shouting the slogan "Return of Southern Dynasty Orthodoxy", which is tantamount to legally denying the legal authority of the 13 emperors since Emperor Kogen, and believing that their thrones were incorrect from the source.

There is nothing that can be done about this. If we do not deny that the Northern Dynasty's throne was not right, there are now three men alive in the Fushimi Palace family alone. Regardless of the order of succession, the Fushimi Palace family should also succeed. Where can you show off? Home?
Hideie was so surprised and speechless when he heard Imadegawa Haruyuki's forged claim for himself, because Imadegawa Haruyuki had been in seclusion for several days after being ordered to look for clues. Today was a surprise attack, and he did not communicate with Hideie at all.

But not to mention, Imadegawa Haruki's idea is very creative, and at least Hideie is quite satisfied with it.

And we also found supporting evidence from the side, right?
For example, the name Ukita comes from Emperor Go-Uta, for example, the Sanjo Minoru family married their daughter to Ukita Saburo and so on.

After all, in those days, there was a huge gap between family status and family status. You have to say that Saburo Ukida was the exiled prince of Baekje. When you were exiled to Japan, you were a bastard who was not even Genpei. Why did the Gao family, a dignified Tsinghua family, marry their daughter? Give you a mud leg?

The Qinghua family's daughter-in-law, Ukita Saburo, must be a high-ranking empress. Now it is said that he is Prince Soryo, the son of Prince Go-Daigo. All this makes sense. Only the royal bloodline who is living outside will be protected by the Gongqing family. Why did you marry your noble daughter?

The reason why the Gongqing family went from being confused to convinced after Imedekawa Haruyuki proposed this legal point of view, and now they are even more surrounding the Hide family's succession, is because they also want to get involved when they see that the Hide family's ascendancy is a foregone conclusion. Gain support.

More importantly, when the Hide family and the samurai family came to power, they did not overthrow the entire system, but integrated themselves into the system. This made it possible for the Hide family (the emperor) and the ministers to join forces to suppress the samurai family. The Gong minister family may not be unable to regain power along with it.

And with Imadegawa Haruyuki taking the lead, Konoe Nobuyin even shouted the slogan "The Southern Emperor ascends the throne, and the imperial government is restored."

However, in such a fierce crowd, Xiujia showed resistance and refusal.

"I am the general who conquered the barbarians personally appointed by Your Majesty, and I am a minister. How can there be any reason for a minister to ascend the throne since ancient times?"

Seeing Hideie's refusal, Hideie's son Ichijo Iaki immediately said, "What my father said was wrong! My father was the queen of Prince Muneira, and he had orthodox legal principles. Back then, he was usurped by Ashikaga Takauji, Gokomatsu and others. . Now that I have been restored, the world will only know that I, the Empress of Daigo, lived in poverty for 200 years and finally returned to the throne. How can anyone say that labor and capital nonsense?"

However, Hideie hesitated and said: "Having said that, after all, I am a general, and Emperor Goyocheng's lineage is my relative, and he is an emperor who is recognized by everyone as possessing the Three Treasures. Now they died in an accident while I was on the throne. , and I am waiting for the emperor right away, so it is not okay to say it out loud either emotionally or rationally."

Although Hideie's words were hesitant, he naturally referred to Emperor Goyosei as his relative in his words, and he had obviously recognized his identity as an orthodox descendant of the Southern Dynasty.

There is no such thing as "three resignations and three concessions" in Japan. Just when Hideie's two refusals made the ministers a little confused, Hideie took the initiative and said, "I have seen your public spirit, especially the efforts of Imadegawa-don. The descendants of Dajue Temple will never forget it."

"But I do come from a despicable background. I didn't know until now that I am an orthodox descendant of Daikakuji. I have served as a minister of the Oda and Toyotomi clans many times. If I am afraid of tainting the purity of my ancestors for the emperor again, of course you support me like this, Daikaku." I am embarrassed to live up to the temple leader’s enthusiasm for ascending the throne.”

"Besides, I'm used to being a samurai. I'm afraid I won't be qualified to serve as a great treasure now. So, I'll continue to be my general and run the world's martial arts for His Majesty the Emperor. I have a son named Hui, whose name is Yingqi. His natural talent is so beautiful that if you don’t despise it, I will work with you to support him as the emperor and ascend the throne.”

The identity of the Hide family is indeed too embarrassing. He was born in Kibi, Ukita, and later changed his name to Toyotomi. He served as a minister of Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Toyotomi Hidetoshi. The emperor happened to die during his tenure.

It can be said that the political arch of his current body has been polluted. Even if he is elected to the position of emperor by everyone, there will be gossips in later generations that he, the emperor, was not right.

Rather than leave criticism for future generations, it would be better not to take the position yourself and to push a clean political white glove into the position.

And this is why the Xiu family has not allowed the Hui family to get involved in dirty things in politics for so many years.

Everyone doesn't care who is the Hide family or the Hui family who ascends the throne as emperor. As long as the master they coax is from this family, they all have the merit of supporting him.

After reaching an agreement with the Gongqing family, Hideie immediately called out the Toyotomi Teru family from the meeting of Toyotomi family bosses.

He was originally confused as to why Xiujia called him out at this time, but in the end, a huge amount of wealth fell on him.

Hui Jia, who had been wandering the whole game, was suddenly transformed into MVP by Huang Pao. Even his own father knelt down under him and shouted long live to him.

After Hideie's explanation, he finally realized that he had been elected as the new emperor by Hideie and Gongqing's family. He took another look at his father-in-law, Konoe Nobuyin, who was kneeling down like a child. He suddenly discovered that Hideie had been in power as early as 8 The planning for today began years ago.

Since ancient times, the emperor would inevitably marry a daughter of the Gongqing family. The reason why Hideie delayed considering his own marriage until most of his brothers were married was because he wanted to wait until Konoe Shinin's daughter turned 13!

The reason why he wanted to marry Konoe Nobuyin's daughter was to pave the way for his ascension to the throne today.

Toyotomi Teruie accepted his new identity, and he returned to the room he had just stayed with Hideie and the ministers.

Then, with everyone's surprised eyes, he walked up to the imperial steps and sat down. On the other hand, Xiujia, who had been sitting on the imperial steps to preside over affairs before, sat down at the bottom instead.

Then, with the explanations of Imadegawa Haruyuki, Konoe Nobuin and other ministers, as well as the supplements of Hideie, several important Toyotomi clan members knew about the fact that Toyotomi Teruie was about to ascend the throne.

The news was so shocking that even Hideya Nakagawa Hidemasa, an old friend of the Hide family, couldn't accept it for a while.

We good brothers agreed to do things together and have fun together, and that’s all we needed to become our de facto leaders. How come we suddenly became our dual masters of law and fact?
(Note: Previously, the shogun was the daimyo’s leader, not his master. The emperor was the daimyo’s legal master.)
But this matter has become an established fact and cannot be changed, let alone the big boss, Fengxing, and among the ten people, most of them are former ministers and sons of the Xiu family. The Xiu family has absolute control over the discourse here.Of course, the other sons of the Xiu family didn't accept it well for a while.

Because Hideie has made it clear that he will not ascend the throne as emperor, his sons may be called princes. The brothers suddenly found that the gap between themselves and their brother Hachiro was widening.

Whether they like it or not, it is a conclusion that the Daikakuji Temple where the Hide family is located will return to the imperial government. What needs to be clarified now is the relationship between the Toyotomi family and the emperor, and between the daimyo and the emperor after the Teru family became the emperor.

The way to deal with it is also very simple. Anyway, Hidetoshi committed the crime first, and there are not many people in the Toyotomi family. Even if the clan is directly exterminated, it is excusable.

However, thinking of the friendship between Hideyoshi and Hideyoshi, the Hide family decided to lower the Toyotomi family to the same status as ordinary daimyo and become ministers of the new emperor.

Finally, after two months of preparation, the Teru family ascended the throne in Kyoto and was named the Orthodox Emperor.I thought that as a descendant of the Daikakuji clan, I should be the legitimate emperor.

At the same time, the 7th year of Kangyou (1613) was changed to the first year of destiny, which means that 200 years later, Dajue Temple's orthodox succession was in compliance with destiny.

Later, the orthodox emperor announced the "Chinese Act" and agreed to define all ministers and samurai in the world as level 7 and 20.

The first level of the first level is the prince of Zhenguo, which means a prince who holds a fiefdom or a quasi-state holder of a country. He must be the son or brother of the emperor. The prince of Zhenguo is allowed to be hereditary and retire with the country.

Even if the prince committed something as serious as treason, it would only be for the prince to commit suicide and find another branch to inherit the prince's territory and national identity.

After the orthodox emperor succeeded to the throne, he only granted his two younger brothers the title of Prince Jinguo. The Nobu family was designated Prince of Korakugu, guarding the Okayama Kingdom and the Bichung Part 30. The Akira family was designated Prince Zuihogu, guarding Sendai. 32 stones from many counties.

The first and second level are the heirs and princes, and they must be the sons and brothers of the emperor. However, their fiefdoms are not fixed, and they may not even have fiefdoms but just names.

At present, there are only three people who have been granted the title here, two of them are legitimate sons, Prince Tomeigiya, who was granted the title of Kanto Edo with 3 koku, and Prince Kitamiya, who was granted the title of Wakasa-Ohama with 10 koku.

In addition, there is the remaining Prince Fushimigu in the Northern Dynasty.However, because the orthodox emperor intended to move his base south from Kyoto to Fushimi, the title of Fushimi Palace was changed to Prince Kitayama Palace.

Imperial heirs and princes cannot be hereditary. They, like the princes of the country, are important supplements in the succession of the throne. When problems arise in the succession of the emperor's family, priority will be given to selecting people from the families of the princes and the princes of the country to succeed the throne.

But this is just to say that the Beishan Palace family, who is still the emperor's prince, is just orthodox to appease the Chimeiyuan family. Since they have made up their mind to label the Northern Dynasty as a traitor, they will obviously be demoted to the next generation. The prince lost his right to inherit the throne.

Princes are given the title of viscount from birth, and can be promoted to the level of up to several prefectures and kings based on their merits.When the emperor's heir or prince dies, his eldest son will inherit the rank of county prince, and his rank will be decided by the emperor's ministers.The grades of the other disciples remain unchanged, and they will be whatever titles they were originally promoted to due to their merits.

The second level is the county king, which is divided into grades one, two, three and three.

Basically, the position of county king can only be held by the heirs of the royal family, whether they are demoted from the royal heirs or princes, or added from the lower levels.In addition, families with special contributions can also be granted the status of county king in excess.

But now the orthodox emperor only granted it to his two younger brothers, the one with the foundation of the family and the three with the real family.

Ichijo's family foundation was sealed to Himeji with 24 koku, and he was called the King of Gyeongbokgung Palace.After the Sanjo Minoru family moved to Fei, Kumamoto acquired 25 koku and was called the Prince of Chiba Palace.

A county prince is granted the title of viscount from birth, and can be promoted to up to the duke level based on meritorious service.After the death of the prince, his crown prince will inherit the duke level, and his rank will be decided by the emperor-level ministers.The grades of the other disciples remain unchanged, and they will be whatever titles they were originally promoted to due to their merits.

The third level is Duke, divided into grades one, two, three and three.

There are many people who have been awarded dukes. All the sons of the Hide family, except the Ashikaga, Tsutsui, Tachibana, and Yuki families, have been awarded dukes. In addition, there are Konoe, Kujo, Imadegawa, and Takashi. The four families are related to the Sho family. Toyotomi Hidesada's eldest son, Iesada, and Hideya's younger brother, Hidehisa, both hold the title of Duke.

The reason why the Ashikaga clan was not awarded was because after he was an Ashikaga clan, he was labeled as a traitor because of the ascendance of Daikakuji Temple. The Ashikaga clan must be downgraded and awarded.

The Tsutsui, Tachibana, and Yuuki families could only be awarded the title of Marquis because of their insufficient family status.It is worth mentioning that Uesugi Katora was actually awarded the Duke level.

The total number of duke's first conferees is about 15.

Dukes are granted the title of Baron from birth, and can later be promoted to the rank of Marquis.After the death of the duke, his eldest son will inherit the rank of marquis, and his rank will be determined by the emperor-level ministers.The grades of the other disciples remain unchanged, and they will be whatever titles they were originally promoted to due to their merits.

The fourth level is marquis, which is divided into grades one, two, three and three.

The first ones are the sons of the Ashikaga family, Tsutsui Sadaie, Tachibana Kageie, in addition to Nakagawa Hidemasa, Ikeda Terumasa, Hori Hidetoshi, Ukita Kanie, Ukita Munekatsu, Ukita Hidei and the adopted sons of the Hide family. They are all at the level of marquis, and marquis corresponds to the Tsinghua family of the Gongqing family.

The initial number of people conferred by the Marquis is 34.

A marquis is granted the title of baron from birth, and can be promoted to the rank of marquis up to the rank of marquis.After the death of the marquis, his eldest son will inherit the earl rank, and his rank will be determined by the emperor-level ministers.The grades of the other disciples remain unchanged, and they will be whatever titles they were originally promoted to due to their merits.

The fifth level is earl, divided into grades one, two, three and three.

Shimazu Yoshihiro, Asano Nagamasa, Date Masamune, Mogami Yoshimitsu, Toudo Takatora, Mori Hidemoto, Takeda Hidenobu, Satake Yoshishige, Mori Tadamasa, Nabeshima Naoshima, Nagamune Nobutichikabe, Sakuma Katsuyuki Daimyos with knowledge and deeds exceeding 10 koku, such as Akita Mikiki and other ministers, as well as ministers of the public minister's family, were awarded earl.

The initial number of earls was 41.

Except for the crown prince, who was granted a baron upon birth, the other princes were granted knighthoods by tribe.Later, he can be promoted to the earl level based on his merits.After the death of the earl, his eldest son inherited the rank of viscount, and the rank was decided by the emperor-level ministers.The grades of the other disciples remain unchanged, and they will be whatever titles they were originally promoted to due to their merits.

The sixth level is Viscount, divided into grades one, two, three and three.

It is mainly awarded to daimyo with more than 3 koku and ministers of the Habayashi family, but not all daimyo with more than 3 koku and the Habayashi family can become viscounts.

The initial number of viscounts was 104.

Viscounts are not knighted at birth.Later, he can be promoted to the rank of Viscount through accumulated merit.After the death of the viscount, his eldest son will inherit the rank of baronet, and his rank will be decided by the emperor-level ministers.The grades of the other disciples remain unchanged, and they will be whatever titles they were originally promoted to due to their merits.

The seventh level is divided into first, second and third grades for barons.

It is mainly awarded to the Great God Banner of more than 5000 stone, and more than 1000 stone can also be awarded to those with special duties in the court.

The initial number of barons was 234.

A baron is not knighted at birth.After the death of a baron, his eldest son inherits the rank of baron, and his rank is determined by the emperor-level ministers.The grades of the other disciples remain unchanged, and they will be whatever titles they were originally promoted to due to their merits.

Except for the above-mentioned successor grades, the grades basically remain unchanged from the date of grant.

The first rank of each rank corresponds to the second generation of hereditary rank, the second rank corresponds to the first generation of hereditary, and the third rank of rank is required to be downgraded to the next generation.

Descendants will be downgraded to nobility in each generation. Counts and above will not be downgraded to barons. Viscounts and barons may be removed from the Chinese family sequence due to downgrades.

Of course, the emperor has the right to show favor to the Chinese and allow them to continue the original hereditary generation for one generation, but the original level cannot be hereditary for more than two generations at most.

All grades, including ordinary people who do not belong to the Chinese ethnic group, who have made extraordinary contributions can be re-conferred to the Chinese ethnic title. Those who already have the Chinese ethnic title can be granted additional higher-level titles without being subject to the upper limit of cumulative merit. .

For those who have made great contributions to the emperor's heirs or princes, the emperor has the right to promote them to the hereditary and irreplaceable princes of the country.

For example, the Ashikaga family later contributed to the pacification of Hokkaido and was awarded the title of Duke, etc.

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