Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 797

Zheng Sen, Zheng Lin, Sen is the elder brother, Lin is the younger brother, those who live in the forest are the pillars of the country.

Zaemon naturally obeyed. For many years, there was not a day when he did not miss his mother, and even dreamed that one day he would set foot on the land of Ming Dynasty, and still be a member of Ming Dynasty.

"But my lord, now the entire Dongpu is firmly controlled by the shogunate, and the Tokugawa family has a hundred thousand troops alone. We must act cautiously!"

Facing the current situation, Zaemon had to choose to endure temporarily, and couldn't help saying insincerely.

The Tokugawa shogunate was stronger than any daimyo in the Warring States Period. Maybe the Warring States Period in Dongying was just a child's playhouse in the eyes of Ming Dynasty, but it is no longer the case now.

"How about the matter that the king ordered you to recruit private soldiers?" Liu Hongjian did not answer Zaemon, but changed the subject.

Forbearance, forbearance, he had endured enough for the Dutchmen in Daming, but he never thought about forbearance when he came to the border of Japan, he hated this word.

"Returning to my lord, I have recruited 840 four Dongying warriors, and they are now hiding in my shop in Nagasaki."

"That's all. How's your loyalty?" Liu Hongjian was a little disappointed. Eight hundred people are enough.

"There is no problem with loyalty. The commissions given by the subordinates are high, and they are willing to work hard." Zaemon told the truth.

"Well, keep recruiting, it will be of great use in the future." Liu Hongjian reminded

Although Dongying warriors did not have a very good reputation in the eyes of Ming people, their fighting power should not be underestimated. As long as they could afford money, Dongying warriors would always risk their lives in battle. Liu Hongjian heard this from the Qi family brothers.

Although with the current military strength of Ming Dynasty, even if Dongpu warriors can fight, they can't do grenades, but after all, wars will kill people. Since they are going to die, why not let Dongpu people fight Dongpu people?

"The Tokugawa shogunate is certainly powerful, but are the other daimyos willing to be controlled by it?" Liu Hongjian frowned and said.

As far as he knows, the most powerful family in Japan during the Warring States period was not the Tokugawa family, but Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Although the Tokugawa family came from behind, it's not like they didn't even have an opponent.

"Go back to the prince, no! The only thing that the Tokugawa family fears most is the emperor." Zuoweimen didn't know what Liu Hongjian was thinking, so he could only tell the truth.

Liu Hongjian took this matter for granted. Just imagine that everyone in Ming Dynasty knew that weeds must be eradicated. After a hundred years, how could the Tokugawa family allow the Oda family and the Toyotomi family to stand up again.

"Then who is the weakest force in Dongpu today?" Liu Hongjian asked again.

Well, the Oda family and the Toyotomi family can't count on it. Since they don't want to kill their own people, they have to support a puppet, right?

"Returning to the prince, he is also the emperor." Zuoemon seemed to have guessed what Liu Hongjiang meant, and said with certainty.

"Oh? That's strange. Since the emperor is the weakest, why should the shogunate be afraid?" Liu Hongjian asked in confusion.

Japan's emperor system can be regarded as a wonderful flower on the earth. It has not been broken since the first Emperor Jimmu in their legends, until the later Emperor Akihito, from 1960 BC to modern times.

That is to say, from BC to the 21st century, Dongying has not changed dynasties.

Of course, Dongpu was later controlled by the three major shogunates, and the emperor has been nothing but a puppet-like existence for thousands of years.

But this puppet is much more awesome than Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Jintian's lineage has been a puppet for nearly 1000 years.

As for why the three shogunate did not abolish the emperor, the reason is almost the same as why Boss Cao did not abolish Emperor Han Xian.

The Emperor of Japan is a combination of secular authority and religious symbol. After the Onin Rebellion, although the Emperor of Japan was completely reduced to a puppet, the appeal and influence of the Emperor during the Warring States Period should not be underestimated.

After all, it is said that the Emperor is a descendant of God, which is like a belief for the Dongying people.

Like Cao Cao, the shogunate needs the emperor to ensure the legitimacy of its rule. The emperor appoints the general who conquers barbarians (although it is formal) and entrusts the power to the general.

The general further entrusts the power to the daimyo or the banner, and the daimyo and the banner further delegate...

This method can effectively plunder the long-term accumulated political and cultural heritage of the emperor system for use by the shogunate, and use the authority of the emperor to protect the authority of the shogunate and ensure the rule of the shogunate. This is the beauty of the puppet.

However, the three major shogunates have never relaxed their suppression of the emperor, constantly depriving the emperor of various powers, and trying every means to reduce the influence of the emperor.

Later, the emperor could only exercise religious rights, but had no political power, let alone financial power, and there was no money to repair the rain in the palace.

Sometimes when it rains heavily, you have to change places to sleep. During the Warring States period, the emperor was so poor that he couldn’t hold the enthronement ceremony because he had no money. After Yutian, he couldn’t be buried. The emperor even had to sell his own characters to make ends meet.

In the Tokugawa shogunate, that is, the Edo period, the emperor's economy has improved, much stronger than in the Warring States period, but the emperor's territory is only [-] shi, which is only the same as an ordinary daimyo, and it is far from the strong financial resources of the shogunate. don't.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate recognized the emperor's national orthodox status, they choked his throat and vitals and controlled the emperor's financial power.

Even when Tokugawa Ieyasu was in power, in order to restrict the emperor, he set several regulations: the emperor can only do learning and learn the way of being a king, such as China's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and "Zhen Guan Zheng Yao", and cannot interfere political affairs.

Then it was stipulated that the status of the emperor's family members, such as the prince, was under the minister of the Taizheng, the minister of the left, and the minister of the right, and the ministers could be appointed and dismissed by the shogun, and it was forbidden to marry the samurai and the public. The emperor was completely restricted.

Later, the shogunate publicly promulgated the "Forbidden China and Public Laws", which is too much to go into detail, but in summary, the emperor has only one power left, which is to determine the name of Japan.

"Tsk tsk—you're so useless!"

Hearing Zaemon's explanation, Liu Hongjian couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to the Japanese emperor. He has no soldiers, no money, and no one to care about you. What's the point of being an emperor?It's better to buy a piece of tofu and crash to death!
"The current emperor is the fourth son of Emperor Gomizuo, Emperor Goguangmei. He is 16 years old this year. He was abdicated by his half-sister Emperor Mingzheng and became the emperor. Emperor Mingzheng's name is Kazuko Tokugawa. He is the second general of Edo Tokugawa. Xiuzhong's niece."

Zuoweimen was afraid that Liu Hongjian would not understand the relationship between the Japanese royal family and the shogunate, so he explained it very thoroughly, but Liu Hongjian's eyes lit up when he heard it.

"The Empress?"

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