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Chapter 296 Confused Hou Shuiwei (Part 1)

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    The Japanese country of Kyoto, the Imperial Palace of the Emperor!

    The so-called imperial palace is the palace of the Japanese emperor. This palace has been the residence of successive emperors since the capital was moved from Nara to Kyoto in the second year of the Tang Dynasty (781 AD). After the Meiji Restoration, the emperor moved to Tokyo, and the Kyoto imperial palace became the imperial palace.  It became the emperor's palace.

    The Kyoto Imperial Palace covers an area of ??more than 1,300 acres (912,000 square meters). It has stone walls on the outside and white sand on the inside. It is one and a half miles wide from east to west and two and a half miles long from north to south. It is surrounded by walls. There are nine famous gates and ten main halls.  There are 19 offices and halls. The palace courtyard is decorated with pines and cypresses, and plum blossoms and cherry blossoms complement each other. It can be said that it is a masterpiece of Japanese architecture!

    Emperor Gomizuo, who was only twenty-six years old, was sitting in the Shichen Palace with a frown on his face. Although this young emperor was the nominal supreme ruler of Japan, in the face of the powerful force of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the entire emperor  The family can only surrender helplessly!

    Fortunately, among the three major shogunates in the history of Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate was the most powerful, but the Tokugawa family still did not dare to directly replace the emperor's position. Instead, they retained the emperor as a puppet.  Jia Ze became the actual ruler of the Japanese country in the name of the general who conquered the barbarians!

    In order to show this orthodox relationship in name only, the letters of credence between the Tokugawa Shogunate and foreign countries, including the Ming Dynasty, will still be signed with the title King of Japan or Maharaja of Japan, but the content of the letters of credence has nothing to do with the emperor.  Got it!

    In fact, under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, the emperor, the nominal ruler of the Japanese country, could only exercise some religious rights and establish the reign name, but had no other rights. Even the emperor's financial power was also restricted.  The shogunate strangled him to death.

    During the Tokugawa Ieyasu era, the emperor's income was only 10,000 koku. Although it increased later, it never exceeded 40,000 koku. This kind of income can be said to be only equivalent to the ordinary daimyo of Japan!

    The emperor, whose actual income was extremely limited, could only live a simple life in many cases, because without money, the emperor's palace could not be repaired due to leaks, so that when it rained heavily, the emperor had to move to several places to sleep.  It is really a very strange thing.

    But even so, the emperor under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate was considered to have a good life. After Japan was in the Warring States Period, the emperor was so poor that he had to sell his writing to make ends meet because he had no money!

    There have even been cases where the emperor was unable to hold the enthronement ceremony because of lack of money, and could not be buried after his death. It should be said that the leader of the country like Japan had no actual rights, but he was not replaced by others. In ancient and modern times, there are only  The Emperor¡¯s family!

    Even so, in order to limit the emperor's rights, Tokugawa Ieyasu also formulated several rigid rules for the emperor. The first one is that the emperor can only do academic work and learn how to be a king. For example, take a look at the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" of the Celestial Dynasty.  "Zhenguan Politicians", but you must not interfere in political affairs!

    The second stipulation is that the status of the emperor's family members, such as princes, must be below that of the Taisho Minister, the Left Minister, and the Right Minister. At the same time, the ministers around the Emperor can be appointed and removed by the Shogun. This is equivalent to removing all the Emperor's wings.  Make him a true polished commander!

    The third stipulation is to prevent the ministers and ministers around the emperor, which is commonly known as the public family in Japan, from having any connection with the samurai daimyo, that is, the samurai family. Tokugawa Ieyasu expressly prohibits intermarriage between the samurai family and the public family. In this way, the emperor  It was completely restricted.

    In order to further control the emperor, the Tokugawa shogunate even wanted to integrate the imperial family into the Tokugawa family's bloodline. The Tokugawa family also wanted to imitate the Fujiwara family and directly become the father-in-law of the emperor!

    In fact, Tokugawa Hidetada has already done this. In the forty-eighth year of Wanli (1620 AD), when the Ming Dynasty changed three emperors in succession, Tokugawa Hidetada's fifth daughter, Tokugawa Kazuko, married Emperor Gomizuo and became the middle emperor.  Palace Queen!

    But before the great task of integrating the emperor's lineage into the Tokugawa family's bloodline was completed, the Tokugawa family was inexplicably overthrown by the Ming army. It is said that Tokugawa Hidetada and his son have been sent to the Ming Dynasty for punishment!

    Originally, for Hou Shuiwei, this should be considered a good thing. After all, a big mountain that was pressing on his head was removed. However, in fact, for Hou Shuiwei, this incident almost became a disaster!

    The reason is very simple. When there was the Tokugawa shogunate, Emperor Gomizuo was still recognized as the orthodox ruler of Japan. Even if the number was not large, the Tokugawa shogunate would regularly give money and food to the emperor!

    However, after the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Tokugawa family, all the daimyo lost their restraints and began to act independently. He, the emperor, was no longer in charge. Not only did the money and food supplies disappear, but even the guards who were called guards but actually monitored them ran away.  Several ministers appointed by the Tokugawa family did not evenNo trace!

    Poverty is not a big deal for the emperor, but why did the Ming Dynasty suddenly send troops to the Japanese country, and what will they do to him as the emperor? This has become Gomizuo's heartache!

    Especially when I heard recently that the Ming Dynasty¡¯s army had begun to attack Kyoto, and it was so overwhelming that no daimyo could resist it. Mizuo was even more worried about this!

    He, the emperor, was a coward before, and now he is like a helpless baby. Facing the big man like Ming, he can't beat him, and he has no place to run. There seems to be no other choice but to wait for death!

    In fact, Gomizuo was not willing to just wait for death. In order to have some power to protect himself, he even asked for help from the daimyo around Kyoto and promised the position of shogun. However, faced with the hungry wolf that broke into the sheep, Ming  , no one of those big names paid any attention to him!

    "Am I going to become the last emperor?" Gomizuo, whose mind was full of confusion, said helplessly to himself!

    "Your Majesty! You are the emperor of Japan. You should not be so depressed. The people of Japan are still waiting for your guidance. If you are so depressed, what should they do?" Suddenly a soft female voice came, but it was  A woman in palace attire stood behind Hou Shuiwei!

    "You're here!" Hou Shuiwei turned to look at the woman and said nonchalantly: "Your Tokugawa family is finished. Even the Tokugawa family's force cannot resist the Ming's attack. I don't have a single soldier under my command.  what else can we do?"

    It turns out that the woman was Tokugawa Kazuko, the famous Queen Kazuko in later generations!

    After hearing what Gomizuo said, Tokugawa Kazuko bowed down and saluted, and then said calmly: "I learned from the retainers of the Tokugawa family who fled to Kyoto that the Ming Emperor had issued an imperial edict to the Tokugawa family, which means:  , the reason why the Ming Dynasty attacked the Japanese country was mainly because the Tokugawa family usurped the emperor's rights. Now that the Tokugawa family has been destroyed, the concubine's father and brother have been escorted to the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty attacked the Japanese country.  The reason for them is gone, so why did they come to Kyoto?"

    After hearing what Tokugawa Kazuko said, Gomizuo felt even more confused. He looked at his queen in confusion, and after a long time he said: "You mean, the reason why the Ming Dynasty attacked the Japanese country was to vent my anger?  But I heard that the general of the Ming Dynasty, known as the Demon King of the Seventh Heaven, would slaughter cities and build temples wherever he went. Now he has built dozens of temples, and more than a hundred people have been killed.  Forget it, how could such a terrible evil be sent by the Ming Emperor to vent my anger?"

    I have to say that rumors are really scary. When Cao Ling invaded Japan, he only built two temples. At best, only 70,000 to 80,000 people were built in the temples. But now that the news has spread to Hou Shuiwei¡¯s ears, things have become more complicated.  It has become like this!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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