Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 760 The Emperor with Low Inferiority

At noon, Emperor Mingzheng of Japan issued an abdication edict, and at the same time called on all Japanese to give up resistance to Ming Dynasty and be a citizen loyal to China.

The imperial edict mentioned that Japan used to be a vassal state of China, and even its name was a gift from Wu Zetian, but this time it just returned.

As Emperor Mingzheng of the Japanese royal family, she must know Japanese history. It is not nonsense to say that Japan was once a Chinese vassal state.

In history, China has often stood at the top of the world and has been brilliant for nearly 2000 years.

Many countries have been conquered by China, and China's vassal states, large and small, have reached more than 20.

The names of some of the vassal states were canonized by ancient Chinese rulers, and the vassal states are proud of it.

For example, the current North Korea, Bhutan, Myanmar, etc., the name of the country is conferred by China, and it is still in use today.

There is another country, we have to say, its name is also bestowed by China.

However, unlike North Korea and other countries, this country is now very powerful.This country is Japan.

As we all know, Japan used to be called Wa country.Since the 3rd century AD, Japan has been one of the vassal states of China.

At that time, Japan was still called "Yamato Country".In the "Book of Later Han" written by Fan Ye of the Song Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it is recorded that when Liu Xiushi, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, received the envoys from Dongying, he named the king of his country the King of Wa.

Why is Japan called Wa country?The explanation at that time was that the word "wo" was similar to "dwarf", meaning short.

Probably the envoy of the "Yamato Kingdom" was short in appearance, so he gave Emperor Han Guang a partial view.

At that time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty named the king of the Wa Kingdom and bestowed a golden seal according to the etiquette. The printed text was: Han Wo Nu King Seal.There are records in Han history.

From the analysis of the content of the seal, the status of the Wa Kingdom at that time was equivalent to a vassal state in the Han Dynasty.Later, this gold seal was unearthed in Japan.

However, over time, with the continuous import of Chinese culture, they feel that this title is indeed inappropriate.

So around 660 A.D., Tang envoys were sent to China to study, and begged the then Emperor Wu Zetian to give the country a name again.

Wu Zetian disagreed at first, but one time when Wu Zetian was drunk, the Japanese envoy came to beg again.

Wu Zetian nodded impatiently and agreed:
"From now on, your country will be called Japan!"

The Japanese envoys excitedly shouted long live!

During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a scholar named Zhang Shoujie, who once annotated Sima Qian's famous book "Historical Records" and named it "Shiji Zhengyi".

In this book, he quoted a geography work "Kuo Di Zhi" written by Tang Wei Wang Li Tai, Xiao Deyan and others.

There is a passage in it that says

"...The country of Wa, Empress Wu changed its name to Japan, the country is in the south of Baekje, and it lives on an island across the sea"

Of course, there should be a relationship of tribute and rewards between the vassal state and the suzerain state.

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records that during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Japan sent envoys to pay tribute, because Japan was relatively poor at that time, and only some dried fish and animal skins were paid as tribute.

After accepting it, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave Japan many gifts, including a "King Seal of Hanwonu".

Since then, Japan has paid tribute every year. Of course, the Han Dynasty rewarded much more jewelry and other things.

One year, Japan paid tribute to 160 beauties.

However, since the Tang Dynasty, Japan's national power has grown stronger and stronger, and it no longer claims to be a vassal to China.

However, they continued to send envoys to the Song Dynasty to learn the advanced culture and technology of the Song people.

Song people also continued to go to Japan for trade and business.But after the Song Dynasty was destroyed, the relationship between China and Japan was severed.

After Emperor Meisho promulgated the abdication edict, the imperial family that existed in Japanese history for thousands of years was finally annihilated.

The emperor is in Japan, and that is the god Amaterasu in the hearts of the people.

The shogunate is so powerful that they treat the emperor as a puppet, but they still need to use the emperor's influence to help them stabilize the political situation.

Knowing that the emperor voluntarily abdicated, the vast majority of Japanese people would voluntarily obey the emperor's wishes and put aside all thoughts of resisting Ming Dynasty.

But there are still a few people who are overwhelmed, and they hold back their strength in their hearts. They want to drive Da Ming away or be alone.

There are so many islands in Japan, they can just find one to establish a country.

But in the afternoon, Daming took the family members, relatives and friends of the soldiers who attacked the Marine Corps, as well as those who had contact with them, to the square and beheaded them for public display.

The number of public beheadings this time reached more than 1 people, including eighty or ninety elderly people, and a few months old babies, which completely shocked the rebellious Japanese.

They could imagine that once they were found out for doing something against Daming, all the people related to them would be finished.

On November 19rd of the [-]th year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian held the All-Japan Daimyo Conference at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

All Japanese daimyos must attend this meeting, and no one is allowed to be absent, otherwise it will be considered that they have dissent towards Daming.

Under Zhu Cihong's command, the Ming Xiejun Qianhu Maoli sought assassination, leaving [-] Ming Xiejun to guard Ezo, and also rushed from Ezo to Kyoto to attend the meeting.

Now Maori's performance is good enough, not only to control Ezo, but also to send a small number of garrisons to guard Vladivostok and Sakhalin Island.

He has already regarded himself as a citizen of Ming Dynasty, thus becoming the first traitor.

Vladivostok was hardly suitable for human habitation during the Little Ice Age at the end of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Youjian eliminated the Eastern captives, he did not garrison there.

But Zhu Youjian is sure that as long as someone dares to set foot there, the Ming army will let them destroy the country.

In such a cold place, Mao Li actually sent Ming Xiejun to guard him, and even Zhu Youjian looked at him with admiration.

In the future, those places in the outer northeast where Ming people are unwilling to go can be considered to be guarded by Ming Xiejun.

On November [-], Zhu Youjian announced that he had summoned eighty Japanese daimyos.

Soon Ming army officers and eighty Japanese daimyo entered the royal family.

Zhu Youjian sat on the seat of the Emperor of Japan, accompanied by the former Emperor Meisho of Japan.

Zhu Cihong, Qi Jiguang, Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, Huang Degong and other Ming generals stepped forward to salute:

"See Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian waved his hand:

"My dear friends, you have worked hard, and you are free from courtesy, and you are given a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Famous generals such as Zhu Cihong and Qi Jiguang were seated on the left.

They can just bow down and salute, but the eighty daimyos in Japan don’t dare to copy gourds, they all kneel in front of the Ming emperor and pay respects:
"Meet His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly:

"No gift, flat!"

"Thank you, His Majesty, the emperor of heaven, long live my emperor!"

Behind the eighty daimyopings, they were kneeling in the right row. Zhu Youjian knew that they liked to kneel, so let's kneel!
Zhu Youjian sat high on the Japanese emperor's throne, accompanied by Emperor Meizheng and Ah Qing.

But the following is very interesting, the soldiers of the Ming army all sit in the left row, and the Japanese Ming Dynasty all kneel in the right row, leaning up as if they are interrogating them.

Emperor Mingzheng, no, it should be called Xingzi now, Japan no longer has an emperor.

Xingzi looked at the generals of the Ming army on the left row, and found that they were all tall, strong and mighty.

Looking at the eighty daimyos in Japan, all of them are short in stature, and the tallest is only about 1.5 meters.

The former Japanese emperor, feeling inferior for the first time, thought to himself:
"We should let the Chinese improve the genes of the Japanese."

(End of this chapter)