The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 565: Usurping the Emperor, a Way to Death

Mo Zibu had actually been paying attention to the reaction of the shogunate representatives. He had seen Tanuma Ichi's shock, anger, and current cowardice.

"They're scared. The Tokugawa family, with its vested interests and extreme conservatives, really don't have the courage to burn themselves to death."

Mo Zibu shouted in his heart that the opportunity to solve the problem that threatened China had finally arrived.

Just when the people in the shogunate had basically reached a consensus, the samurai of Satsuma also reached a consensus.

Mo Zibu gently said to them: "The situation of Satsuma Domain is different from that of Ryukyu. I even rejected Ryukyu's offer of territory, so naturally I will not come to seize the Shimazu clan's foundation.

Let’s not talk about the matter of donating books, but Satsuma samurai should still read more Confucian classics.

As for Shimazu Shigehiro, since he likes Dutch studies, there are a full range of Dutch studies here in China. When you go back, you can bring some books back.

If he feels that it is not enough, he can come to Yingtian Prefecture and live there for a while."

This statement was very clear, and the Kinshiroku warriors in the Satsuma delegation understood it immediately. After a while, Saigo Kichibei took the letters of allegiance from all members of the delegation and presented them to Mo Zibu.

Although it was called a letter of allegiance, it actually also included some small requests they made to Mo Zibu.

Mo Zibu took it and looked at it, while Saigo Kichibei came forward and knelt down to explain it to Mo Zibu.

"Your Majesty, from this moment on, the Samurai will immediately begin to respect the king and expel the barbarians, and honor Your Majesty as the True Holy King of the Eastern World.

All Satsuma warriors will regard it as the highest honor to serve as His Majesty's lackeys and uphold the orthodoxy of the sages.

In order to better serve His Majesty, the Satsuma Domain hopes to obtain the status of an outer vassal, and the Satsuma samurai can obtain the status of a noble, becoming part of China.

"I agree in principle. As for your specific requests, the Minister of Jianji Palace, Grand Secretary Enping Bo Lin Tong, will work with the relevant civil and military ministers to formulate a plan for you. If you have any requests, you can also raise them with Elder Lin."

As long as they are willing to surrender, let the Jinsilu faction take power, and cooperate with China's strategy against Japan, Mo Zibu certainly doesn't mind giving Satsuma a break.

With the collective departure of the representatives from the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Satsuma Domain, only representatives from the shogunate remained in the huge Nunning Palace.

Tanuma Ichi looked at Emperor Mitsunari not far away and had completely given up resistance.

He himself understood that when he, as a representative of the shogunate, cowardly knelt down with the representatives of Satsuma and Ryukyu, the situation was doomed to be irreversible.

"Your father was the elder councilor of the Tokugawa shogunate and supported Ieharu for decades. His reforms, reforms, and reforms have even cut off Ieharu's lineage. Don't you know where the problem lies?"

Mo Zibu acted like a patriarch and scolded Tanuma Yichi in a lecturing tone.

"The current situation in Japan is entirely due to the seeds of disaster sown by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the beginning of its establishment. It cannot be saved by superficial so-called reforms.

Your father doesn't have Wang Anshi's determination to establish a mission for the people and bring peace to the world. Thinking you can save the situation with just a few minor repairs is wishful thinking!

No matter how outrageous Wang Anshi's reforms were in their implementation, his courage and ambition to do everything for the reforms were beyond the reach of even Tanuma Okitsugu.

"Your Majesty is right." What else could Tanuma Ichi say? He couldn't say anything.

However, Mo Zibu's tone wasn't particularly harsh, so Lin Shuzhai immediately stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty sounds quite resentful of their lack of fighting spirit. Can the Tokugawa family's rule still be saved?"

Well, what Lin Shuzhai actually wanted to say is, are the Chinese Empire and you, the Great Emperor Guangzhong, still willing to retain the Tokugawa Shogunate?
Of course we should keep it. Why would you overthrow such a good agency?
What Mo Zibu really wanted to overthrow was not the conservatives like the Tokugawa family, but the imperial family, which was only a little disgusting in this time and space, but had caused great harm to the Chinese people in history and had not been punished.

"If the Tokugawa family could realize that there is no two suns under heaven, and no two masters under heaven, and knew to whom they should be loyal, then why couldn't it be saved?"

Lin Shuzhai understood a little, but not completely. He gritted his teeth and said, "The people of the outer wilderness are shallow and ignorant. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Forgive him? Of course, forgive him for not understanding.

"You should know that east of Japan lies the vast American continent. The Manila Galleon came from there. It is a land rich in resources, with both native inhabitants and a large number of Western immigrants.

How can we, the Chinese in the East, sit idly by and watch others occupy such a God-given land?

If the Tokugawa family can conquer the native and western barbarians of the American continent for our Eastern Chinese people, then it will naturally have a reason to exist."

Lin Shuzhai naturally knew about the American continent. This was a common trait in the Eastern world of that era. Most people knew nothing about the outside world, but some in the upper class had a perspective not unlike that of Europeans. Lin Shuzhai understood that, in addition to selling farmers to Southeast Asia to cultivate the land, Japan also had the responsibility of serving as a springboard, logistics base, and pioneer for China's eastward expansion into the Americas.

The Shogun will become the general who leads China to conquer the American barbarians.

Well, this is difficult to do, and the material consumption is astronomical, but at least the Tokugawa family can still exist, and perhaps in the future it can even be transformed into a vassal noble of the Chinese emperor and exist forever.

"Your Majesty, I, Lin Shuzhai, implore Your Majesty to designate Mito Hangaku as the sole national school in Edo. This way, the samurai of the Kanto region will quickly pledge their allegiance to Your Majesty."

Mo Zibu nodded. Lin Shuzhai was making a request. He wanted that in the future, at least those who could rule the Kanto region would be warriors from the Mito clan school.

"As you requested, I will establish Edo University in Edo in the future, and all officials will be recruited from Edo University."

Of course Mo Zibu would agree, because Mito Domain School also advocates respecting the emperor and expelling the barbarians, and it was passed down by Zhu Shunshui. Its core idea is more in line with China's annexation of Japan than the Kinshilu School.

Upon hearing Mo Zibu's permission, Lin Shuzhai, Oda Nobufu, Ueno Touya and other shogunate daimyo, hatamoto, and schoolmasters all prostrated themselves on the ground, shouting in unison:

"Disciples of Guandong Zhuzi pay their respects to the Great Emperor of the East, the True Saint King of China. Long live him!"

The only one who remained kneeling and not crawling on his face was Tanuma Yizhi. Mo Zibu was not angry either. He looked at him with a smile and asked:
"Is your father worthy of Tokugawa Ieharu? He's now roasting on both sides of the oven. I think he's almost done, right?"

Tanuma knew he could no longer hold back, and with a thud he prostrated himself on the ground, pleading miserably, "Your Majesty, please save me!"

"You know what to do. If things are done well, I think it is not impossible for a good minister from Japan to serve in the Chinese court."

Tanuma Ochi understood. His father's reforms had angered the people and the country, but he was fine now because he still held power and had the trust of Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu.

But these cannot exist forever. Once they are gone, there will be no place to bury the body.

This is also the reason why Mo Zibu said that their family was being roasted on the fire.

Historically, the Tenmei famine alone led to the fall of Tanuma Okitsugu from power, and all his descendants were adopted by others. He then drank poisoned wine and died.

At this time, Tanuma Okitomo, the eldest son of Tanuma Okitsugu, who was begging for mercy, was stabbed to death in the Shogun's Honmaru Palace by the hatamoto Sano Masagoto.

If it were according to this time and space, with the coming Tenmei famine and the eastward expansion of China, Tanuma knew that their entire family would be killed, and perhaps Tokugawa Ieharu would even be killed by his subordinates.

"Your Majesty, I, a foreign minister, have a grievance to appeal!" Tanuma Ichi, who was already afraid of death, immediately became quick-witted when he learned that there was a chance for his family to get ashore safely.

"Tell me, what injustice has caused you to come to me to appeal?" Mo Zibu was also very cooperative and acted like the head of the family.

"Foreign ministers risked their lives to report that someone in the Edo Shogunate was conspiring to assassinate Tokugawa Iemoto, the son of the Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu, and was also controlling the Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu.

Foreign ministers were powerless to stop it, so they could only come to China and implore the Emperor to send troops to save the Edo Shogunate and the Land of the Rising Sun!

Wow, this reasoning is so impeccable that it immediately interprets Mo Zibu's actual invasion as saving the Edo Shogunate and the Land of the Rising Sun.

"Is that all? There is only collusion among the shogunate officials, and no powerful external enemy colluding with them?" However, Mo Zibu was still not very satisfied, so he continued to hint.

"And..." Tanuma swallowed hard, "They've also colluded with the Emperor in Kyoto, attempting to change the thousand-year-old traditions of the Land of the Rising Sun. Their crimes are heinous, Your Majesty, please investigate!"

Lin Shuzhai also gritted his teeth, he couldn't let himself be outdone by Tanuma Yizhi, he was the most important person to surrender this time, so he also shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty, I wish to report this.

"There has always been no two suns in the sky, and the country where the sun rises is the same. However, a family in the country where the sun rises has usurped the throne and deceived the superior country for thousands of years. This is treasonous and immoral. Your Majesty, please send a large army to punish this traitor!"

Good! Mo Zibu wanted to clap his hands and laugh. He finally got to this point. He pretended to be surprised and shouted angrily:

“I did hear a few rumors, but I never thought it was true.

In this world, only the Roman Emperor of the West, the Caliph of the Arabs, the Emperor of India and the Emperor of China in the East can be called emperors of the world.

"Wa is part of the Eastern world. How dare someone commit such a heinous crime? Submit the evidence immediately. I will immediately raise an army to punish you!"

(End of this chapter)