Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 209 Chapter [-] The Chief of the Beggar Gang of Japan
After receiving the imperial decree from the Japanese king to lead troops to Beijing, Wang Daoqiu ordered all the warships to dock, and then began to unload the gift goods to be taken to Kyoto.

At this time, Wang Daoqiu's brainless fan Oda Nobuhide, as a local gangster, also organized a large number of manpower, cattle and carriages to fulfill the obligations of a younger brother.

After a few days of busy work, everything that was ready to be sent to Kyoto was finally loaded on the car.Then Wang Daoqiu led [-] troops and craftsmen, and more than [-] troops of Oda Nobuhide, to escort supplies to Kyoto.

Kyoto is not far from Osaka, it can be said that it is close to each other, and it takes less than a day to get there.However, Wang Daoqiu and the others had a large amount of supplies, and the Marine Corps was mainly infantry.So Wang Daoqiu and the others walked on this short road for more than three days.

Arriving at the outskirts of Kyoto, the Japanese king sent someone to tell them that they had to prepare a welcome ceremony, so they hoped that Wang Daoqiu and the others would stay one night in the outskirts of Kyoto and then enter Kyoto city early tomorrow morning.

Guests are welcome to do as they please. Since the master has asked us to go back tomorrow morning, we should go back tomorrow morning.So Wang Daoqiu ordered his army to camp on the outskirts of Kyoto.

Early on the next morning, Wang Daoqiu and the others, led by Fujiwara Takumi, headed for Kyoto City.

Arriving at the gate of Kyoto, Wang Daoqiu looked around at the Japanese capital. It was really as high as the courtyard walls of wealthy families in the Ming Dynasty.Moreover, some parts of the city wall are made of stones, and some parts are made of loess, and there are large areas of dark fire marks. It is obvious that this place has experienced a war, and the loess must have been used to temporarily repair the city wall at that time.

And right at the gate of the capital city wall, which was patched with patches and dressed like a beggar, the Japanese king led a small group of people and stood there, nervously waiting to greet Wang Daoqiu and the others.

This welcome ceremony didn't even have banners or ribbons. Wang Daoqiu really didn't know that the Japanese king asked him to stay in the suburbs of Beijing for one night yesterday, saying that he wanted to prepare for the welcome ceremony.Is this all the preparation?Could it be that what the Japanese king said about preparing for the welcome ceremony was to give him some time to go to the village and call a few extras to come over, so that he would not be left in the cold?

The standards of this welcome ceremony are too low. It is not as good as the village chief of a big country welcoming the township chief to visit and give guidance.

Faced with this "attitude" of the Japanese king, Wang Daoqiu didn't mind, and regarded it as coming down to help the poor fellows.But the young minister of Honglu Temple who was sent by Honglu Temple to preside over the foreign affairs activities of Ming Dynasty Japan organized it when he saw the Japanese king. Dozens of sparsely dressed people stood at the gate of the city and said that this was the Japanese country. The Ming Dynasty envoy from Heaven welcomed him, and his whole face was stretched out.

The current Japanese King of the Japanese Kingdom is the 105th Japanese King of the Japanese Kingdom. In the history of the Japanese Kingdom, it is called the Go-Nara Japanese King.He is just in his early fifties and has been in office for 20 years. In other words, he has been working in the Beggar Clan for 20 years.

When his father Gokashiwara Japanese King died, the family was extremely poor and had no money to pay for the funeral.So he "begged" everywhere and managed to collect a mere 22 guan to bury him.Therefore, his father, a generation of Japanese kings, can only have enough money for a hasty funeral [-] days after his death. The funeral ceremony is as simple as a rich man in the village, saving everything he can.

Just after finishing his father's funeral, in the autumn of the same year, Tamba local tycoon Kenji Yanagimoto rebelled again, and his enthronement ceremony was postponed.To make matters worse, the shogunate, who treated him as a puppet and used the emperor to control the princes, could not defeat the local tycoons. After the shogunate was defeated, he fled to Omi, and the shogunate became a government in exile.

The generals who held the emperor hostage and commanded the princes all fled. After that, even if the Nara Japanese King wanted to continue to be a puppet, he could not find anyone to take over, which meant that no one was in charge of his business anymore.

So from then on, he, the so-called "king", took his so-called "court" and started wandering the streets to find food for himself.

After seven years of working as a street liar, he sent an emissary to Kanto to beg for alms, and asked several local princes such as Imagawa, Hojo, Asakura, and Nagao to provide him with some living expenses.As a result, only Ouchi Yoshitaka of Zhou Fang contributed [-] guan alone, and the other princes ignored him as a Japanese king.

Later, it was also with the sponsorship of Yoshitaka Ouchi that the Go-Nara Japanese King finally had the money to hold his enthronement ceremony ten years after he took over.Therefore, in order to express gratitude to the Ouchi family for being stupid and rich, and to prevent this fool from continuing to be stupid in the future, the Japanese Queen Nara promoted Ouchi Yoshitaka to Daizai Daibi.

To put it bluntly, Yoshitaka within the National People's Congress just rewarded the Japanese king of Nara with several thousand taels of silver.For such a small amount of money, you can get a lot of money. You can tell how cheap the official position in the Japanese country was at that time!

Thinking of this, Wang Daoqiu inexplicably thought of Yan Shifan.That Yan Shifan was in Daming to seek a low-level official, he took money and humiliated, and was disgusted by others, no one paid him any attention.Otherwise, after going back this time, I would like to suggest Yan Shifan, let Yan Shifan bring the money, and come to the country of Wa to buy a prime minister.In this way, his father Yan Song is the head of the officials of the Ming Dynasty, and Yan Shifan is the head of the officials of the Japanese country. The scenery of the Yan family is incredible!

I teased the poor child Yan Shifan for no reason in my heart, and my thoughts returned to the Japanese city of Kyoto in front of me.

Since the demonstration of Ouchi Yoshitaka, the imagination of the wealthy people in Japan has been opened up.Although the officials granted by the Japanese king had no real power, and even their wages were discounted.But he has great righteousness!At least the next time you fill out a form, you can write "cadre" in the political profile column!Therefore, there were no fewer people from the Japanese country going to the Japanese king to buy "diplomas" every year.Therefore, after the Nara Japanese king's Caotai class court, he sold his official position to obtain donations, sold the Japanese king's autographs, and went to various places to serve as "master of ceremonies" at official events of the princes, saying a few words on behalf of the Japanese king and the Japanese court. If people like to hear it, earn some appearance fees.

Yes, in this era, the Japanese king and his court used these very low-priced methods to make a living, and were truly a "gang of beggars"!

Knowing that King Wa and his so-called imperial court are actually the clean clothes sect of the beggar gang.Therefore, Wang Daoqiu's thoughts towards the Japanese king and the Japanese court were the same as Cao Cao's towards the Han Emperor Xian. He just wanted them to be responsible for affixing the seal, and by the way, he would help promote the traditional friendship between the two countries and do the united front work for the Japanese people.

Therefore, Wang Daoqiu didn't mind at all the welcome ceremony at the village production team level organized by the Wa King and the Wa court, he just thought it was funny.

Resisting the urge to laugh, Wang Daoqiu dismounted and walked up to the Japanese king, and began to pretend to be affectionate between the two parties.

Wang Daoqiu himself is 1.7 meters tall, and with the heels of the dragon boots on his feet a few centimeters closer, he is now 1.8 meters tall when he stands there, plus he is wearing a python robe and jade belt that makes him look noble.Now standing in front of the Japanese monarchs and ministers who are only 1.5 meters tall and whose clothes can only be said to have no patches, the contrast effect!The kings and ministers of the Japanese kingdom feel inferior, all of them are now like small factory owners. Seeing the old horse in Hangzhou, the pony in Shenzhen, and the old Xu in the Central Plains, their faces are full of flattery, expressing absolute obedience to Wang Daoqiu.

At the gate of Kyoto, Wang Daoqiu and the Japanese monarchs competed with each other on their acting skills, making each other feel like they were relatives.After the performance was over, the Japanese king led Wang Daoqiu and others into the city and came to his "imperial palace".

Damn it, this Japanese "Imperial Palace" is so awesome. Wang Daoqiu saw that it was a real service, and the only adjective left was "fuck".The so-called palace has thatched roofs, and the courtyard walls are made of rocks as high as a person, probably so that wild dogs can't jump in.

The ground in the "Imperial Palace" is all dirt roads, not even a stone slab, so when the wind blows, the dirt will fly up to your face.

Looking at this shabby so-called "imperial palace" that was not even as good as an ordinary small landowner's home in the Ming Dynasty, and then thinking about the means of livelihood of the Japanese kings and ministers now, Wang Daoqiu is really smart now, writing about this bullshit "imperial palace" On the door, I had the urge to write the four characters "Chief Helmsman of the Beggar Clan".

Entering the "Imperial Palace" of Japan, the "state banquet" was also very sumptuous, including sashimi, vegetable salad, and the only hard dish to support the meal was stewed old hens.

Wang Daoqiu came from later generations and did not resist cold dishes and sashimi.But the Ming Dynasty Honglu Temple officials who came with Wang Daoqiu looked at the small plate in front of them. It was completely original, just washed and cut, and their stomachs were full of water. I feel like vomiting!
Although I really can't say anything, in diplomatic situations, basic etiquette still needs to be taken into consideration.So he pretended to pick up a few chopsticks, and then the young minister of Honglu Temple stood up and went through the process.

On behalf of the Ming Dynasty, he reiterated to the King of Wa and his ministers: Ming only recognizes the Wa Dynasty in Kyoto as the only legal government of the Wa Kingdom, and the King of Wa is the supreme leader of the Kingdom of Wa, and the Ming Dynasty only accepts envoys sent by the King of Wa to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the young minister of Honglu Temple also emphasized to the Japanese kings and ministers that the relationship between the two countries was a Korean-style relationship between a suzerain state and a vassal state.In the future, the Japanese king had to remove his imperial title and could only call himself "king". He was a vassal king under the rule of the Ming Emperor.For this reason, Shaoqing of Honglu Temple also bestowed a new seal of the Japanese king on behalf of Emperor Jiajing.

This square seal is different from the private seal-sized gold seal that Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty gave to the Japanese state. It is a large seal carved from a whole piece of top-quality Hetian mutton-fat jade. It is seven or eight centimeters long and wide!
Holding this royal seal with top-notch carving and jade quality, the 50-year-old Japanese king smiled like the second fool in the village.He immediately said that his whole family would use this seal from now on, and he would recognize the Ming Emperor as his godfather.

However, Wang Daoqiu was still skeptical about whether the Japanese king's words were true or false.Seeing the Japanese king holding the square mutton-fat jade royal seal, Wang Daoqiu also wondered if he was now thinking about how much the square seal could be pawned by taking it to a pawn shop.

The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple has finished this set of formalistic dross, and the next step is to show the actual reality to the king and ministers of Japan.Thousands of high-quality silk, hundreds of exquisite porcelain, hundreds of dazzling jewelry and jade, hundreds of coral and ivory carvings...

In order to promote the use of silver coins in the Japanese country, Wang Daoqiu specially donated [-] yuan to the Japanese king in order to collect seigniorage taxes in other countries like the beautiful national swords in later generations.

So many good things were piled together in front of the Japanese kings and ministers, which moved them so much!Everyone in Yiliwa rushed to express their loyalty in front of Wang Daoqiu.He said that from now on, the Japanese court would eat with the Ming Dynasty.Bi Yi and the others had been asking for food for 20 years, and the money they received was not as much as Daming gave them this time.

In front of the money and silk, the Japanese kings and ministers were so enthusiastic, they really asked for support sincerely!This also made Wang Daoqiu increasingly have the urge to carry a plaque "Chief Helmsman of the Beggar Clan" for the Japanese "Imperial Palace".

(End of this chapter)