Xinshun 1730

Chapter 421 Chaos
In the Japanese palace, the Japanese king Zhaoren is summoning Guan Baiyi Jianxiang, but he has not received the news that the Dashun army has landed in Xiaobin.

The lagging news known at this time is that the Dashun Army landed in Yonago, and the Dasaka Castle Dai Ota Ziqing led troops to attack.

Guan Baiyi and Xiangzheng are discussing the letter sent by the shogun with the Japanese king.

Tokugawa Yoshimune explained that the cunning Tang people used the excuse of the Ryukyu incident to attack Japan. In his words, he mentioned that Dashun wanted a lot of conditions, and the shogunate hoped that Zhaoren would take this big blame.

Although he said it so clearly, Zhao Ren understood it.

His relationship with the shogunate was not bad. After he succeeded to the throne, the shogunate even allowed him to hold the Datasai Festival, which was a ceremony similar to the enthronement ceremony. Even this ceremony was cancelled.

The shogunate allowed Zhaoren to have a giant tasting festival, which really gave Zhaoren enough face.

Even if Zhaoren is still young, he understands that he is just an "emperor" and has no real power.

If you really want to intervene in military and government affairs, you may be forced to abdicate.

The Nijo Castle near the Imperial Palace and the Kyoto Soshidai guarded by the city can prevent his decrees from leaving the palace.

Therefore, when Tokugawa Yoshimune sent the information about the Dashun army's invasion, and vaguely mentioned that Dashun wanted many unacceptable conditions, Zhao Ren knew that this was to make himself blamed.

Otherwise, there is no need to discuss with him what government affairs the shogunate handles, it just needs to report in a formal manner.

Whether Guan Baiyi Jianxiang or the "Emperor" Zhaoren, in fact, they are all very good.

At the very least, the shogunate can maintain the stability of Japan. Anyway, that's it. What's the difference if someone else becomes the shogun?
Not necessarily better than the Tokugawa family.

They couldn't be more clear about what would happen to the emperor who wanted to hold real power.Besides, the daimyos are ambitious, and the emperor has no soldiers, at most, it is used as an excuse by the rest of the daimyos.

In the end, the soup was changed but not the medicine.They are all used as tools of the shogunate, for whom or not?

To be a tool person requires the awareness of being a tool person, and how to be a tool person well is a compulsory course that the "emperor" has to learn when he is the "prince" over the years.

Obviously, the shogunate feels that it can't beat Dashun and wants peace talks.But the shogunate wants peace talks, but it can't take the initiative to talk about peace. It is best for the foreign daimyos to be unbearable and ask the shogunate for peace talks.

It's just that Tokugawa Yoshimune waited and found that Dashun didn't follow the routine at all. He neither attacked the southwestern feudal clans of Kyushu Island, nor attacked the Changzhou Changfu and other feudal clans first.

These foreign daimyos, except for the Date family of the Sendai domain who felt that they really couldn’t beat it, it was better to negotiate peace; the domains of Kyushu Island did not intuitively feel the threat, and no one wanted to take the risk.

Furthermore, although the purpose of Dashun was not really for benevolence, righteousness and etiquette, the reason for sending troops was indeed because the Satsuma clan invaded Ryukyu.

What if Dashun's peace talks condition is that the Shimadzu family must be executed and the Satsuma domain withdrawn?
If the shogunate agreed, it would be tantamount to directly offending all the foreign daimyos.

So Tokugawa Yoshimune hoped that Dashun would send troops to hurt all the vassals on Kyushu Island.

Only in this way can we unanimously agree to sacrifice Shimadzu.At that time, he will die to protect the Shimadzu family, but the daimyos of the feudal lords disagree.

However, Dashun did not follow this routine, and it was not an option to wait.

Tokugawa Yoshimune also knew that the longer the delay, the more unfavorable the negotiation conditions would be.

Now I still try to go another way, let Zhaoren take the blame, and order Tokugawa Yoshimune to send someone to contact Dashun.

Let's see what kind of conditions Dashun wants.

Zhao Ren and Guan Bai are not qualified to control the content of the negotiation.

What the two of them had to discuss was how to give the shogunate enough face so that the authority of the shogunate would not be lost too much.

Zhaoren didn't think that the shogunate made a mistake, nor did he think of any weird ideas such as the collapse of the curtain.Moreover, the shogunate is absolutely powerful now, and those powerful vassals who have been suppressed for more than a hundred years do not have the slightest ability to resist at this time.

He wanted to support the shogunate, but also to suppress all kinds of criticisms. Although Tokugawa Yoshimune's meaning was cryptic, he also made it clear that if the fight continued, it would only be worse.

Now is not the time for infighting, Japan needs a shogunate to maintain stability, so that it can be reckless and wait for the future.

It's just that if Dashun's conditions are too harsh, and all the outsiders are strong, they must angrily accuse the shogunate of losing power and humiliating the country, and take this opportunity to resist the shogunate.

The key is that it is the Celestial Dynasty that started the war, not the Southern Man.What if the Celestial Dynasty demanded tribute?This is a problem that has to be considered when dealing with China, but it is not necessary to consider this when dealing with the so-called Southern Barbarian Western countries.

It was this issue that Zhaoren and Guan Baiyi and Jianxiang were discussing.

While discussing, suddenly there were several violent explosions outside, followed by a burst of chaotic shouts.

Zhaoren didn't know what happened, and Yiyi Jianxiang was completely stunned. They had never been in a war, and even though they knew that there was a war with Dashun, they were not at all psychologically prepared for the possible outbreak of war in Kyoto.

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Outside the palace, Wu Fangrui was riding on a horse, and two grenadiers beside him were throwing a grenade with a ignited fuse at a wooden building.

It is very close to Nijo Castle, the residence of the shogun in Kyoto, and also very close to the palace of the Wa Kingdom. The Japanese samurai who had no idea what happened were defenseless.

More than 30 people attacked Kyoto, seven or eight people set fire everywhere, and the rest gathered around him.

Wu Fangrui also knew that with his own strength, it was impossible to capture the palace or Ertiao City.

His purpose is very clear, which is to create chaos and wait for the arrival of more than 300 troops.

Once the Wa people's royal city fell into chaos, the command was not effective, and they didn't know what happened, the best choice for the Wa people was to stay in the palace honestly and not move around, this was the safest.

He is not familiar with the Japanese Wangcheng.

Even if there is no city wall, you can easily break into this city that has not seen war for more than a hundred years since the 43rd year of Wanli.

Even though the royal palace and Nijo Castle can be easily found, it is not known where Soshidai in Kyoto is.

If you know, it will be easy to handle, just rush in and behead, or burn and block the door.

As long as Suo Sidai in Kyoto was beheaded, or Suo Sidai in Kyoto fell into chaos, there would be no effective resistance organized in the Japanese city.

Although he didn't know, he also guessed that it should be somewhere between the palace and Nijo Castle, as long as he set fire everywhere in this area.

The interpreter who followed mixed into the crowd, shouting loudly, creating even greater confusion.

"Ota Ziqing was beheaded in the Daisaka Castle era. Tang's army attacked Sanzenin..."

Soldiers threw grenades or oil fires used by siege engineers everywhere, and the wooden buildings quickly burned into continuous fires. With the help of the wind, the fire quickly became difficult to control.

The city was in complete chaos, and the people in the city were running around, thinking of going back to their residences to hide, or running out of the burning houses, trying to put out the fire in their wooden houses.

In this chaotic moment, the city has completely lost its organization.The warriors in the city didn't know what happened. Wu Fangrui led several organized patrol teams to disperse them. People running around and fighting the fire mixed together, crying loudly.

Toki Yoritoshi, the head of the Kyoto Office, didn't know what was going on outside, so he could only call out to the samurai followers to stick to the courtyard first, and then consider the next move.

He is capable, knowing that when the situation is unknown, the best way is to stick to the spot first, instead of running around like a headless chicken.

The warriors in the city will naturally gather in this direction.

If he gets into a mess first, then relying on the few warriors around him will not be able to accomplish anything at all.

"My lord! My lord! Some thieves in the city are setting fire. They ride on big horses and wear warrior clothes. They may have mixed with the rest of the warriors..."

The samurai who ran in from the outside reported the news anxiously, and Toki Yoritoshi suddenly thought of a possibility.

Most likely it was Dashun's secret work who got here, but how did they get here?

Soon, someone came running again.

"My lord! Someone shouted in the city, Daban Chengdai was beheaded, Tang's army has already attacked Sanqianyuan!"

"impossible!"

Toki Yorimoro shouted to stop the samurai who reported the news, which was obviously nonsense.The Dashun army was in the Tottori domain before, even if Ota Ziqing was beheaded in battle with the Dashun army, it is impossible for the Dashun army to fly, how could it fly to Sanzenin?There is no news along the way?
I'm afraid, it was the secret agents of the Dashun Army who landed near Osaka by boat, quietly invaded the undefended Kyoto, and set fire everywhere.

Now that the city is in such a mess, I should take someone to the imperial palace first and inform the emperor to avoid panic in the imperial palace.

First climbed to a high place with a ladder, and observed the surrounding movement, Toki Yoritoshi found that things were out of his control.

The city was in chaos, the people fled in all directions, there were flames and smoke everywhere, and there were explosions from time to time.

The samurai rushing here were coerced by the people, and several samurai drew their swords and hacked to death some fleeing people, making the people even more panicked.

The more chaotic this is, the less you can panic, otherwise it will only become more and more chaotic.

Since it was just a small plan to enter the city and set fire to it, Toki Yoritoshi thought about it, and then ordered: "Put up the flag, see the former Imperial Palace."

At this time, it is difficult to stabilize the situation. We can only make sure that the emperor does not panic before dealing with the fire in the city.

Obviously, the purpose of arson is to create chaos, and it is easy to slip away with the help of chaos, and it is impossible to catch people at this time.

Kyoto is not surrounded by city walls, unlike Dashun's side. If something goes wrong, the city gates can be sealed to ensure that they cannot escape, and they can be searched in the future.

Toki Yoritoshi is still very clear-headed. The most urgent task is not to catch those secret operations that create chaos, but to stabilize the situation and gather samurai.In all likelihood, these minions have escaped, and it would be unwise to spend energy on pointless things.

He guessed right, after Wu Fangrui ordered people to set fire everywhere, he led people and ran away along the way he came.

To meet the follow-up troops in the north, relying on the chaotic situation at this time, first capture the Japanese palace.

As long as you can capture the palace, you can protect yourself by taking hostages as threats, or threatening to set fire to the palace.

The follow-up main force, no matter how slow it is, will arrive within seven or eight days.At that time, the day's great contribution will be considered complete.

(End of this chapter)