Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 877

During this period, neither Europe nor Asia had the concept of a nation. The nobles of various countries first considered family and personal interests. This was especially true for Japan, a country that had experienced hundreds of years of separatist regimes.

Ikeda Huizheng and others felt ashamed just now because they were unable to keep the name of the emperor under the force of Ming Dynasty, but they fought against the banner of the emperor, not because of other reasons.

In fact, they are also willing to cooperate with the Ming court in order to take the opportunity to strengthen and consolidate the power of the family.

There is nothing shameful in obeying the strong. Only by following the strong can we drink and eat meat.

This simple and pure concept is generally recognized and followed by the whole country of Japan.

"Your Majesty, there is no reason for your anger!
Although Your Majesty has been titled the Emperor for many years, he has been under the control of the Shogunate and has no rights in his hands. His daily enjoyment is not stronger than that of us foreign daimyos. Why did the Shogunate treat you as the Emperor of Heaven and Earth?
It can be seen from this that whether it is the emperor or the king, they are all false names. Now they are just replacing one name with another. Why should His Majesty be so angry? "

After seeing Emperor Goguang's anger, Songpan Jiamu, who was deeply influenced by Chinese civilization, bowed his head respectfully and stated that his words sounded very reasonable, which greatly reduced the embarrassment and indignation of Ikeda Teruma and others.

"Your Majesty, the reason why our new shogunate put the title of honor first is also for the sake of the royal family, and there is no intention of humiliating Your Majesty.

Since our country of Japan wants to respect Ming Dynasty as the supreme state of the heaven, we should treat ourselves as a subordinate in everything and everything.

Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it, with His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, the vast wealth of Shangguo and the large population of hundreds of millions have not claimed to be the Emperor, and if there is an island country in Dongying who calls himself the Emperor, what will His Majesty the Emperor of Ming do? where?
This point was also specifically pointed out by Mr. Zhang of the Ministry of War of the Shang Kingdom. From this, it can be seen that if the title of His Majesty does not go away, there is a great possibility that it will cause trouble to the upper body!

For the safety of His Majesty and the family, I have discussed with Mr. Ikeda for a long time before I made this suggestion. The deep meaning in it is to ask Your Majesty to make up your mind early, otherwise, Your Majesty's personal safety may not be guaranteed! "

Songpan Jiamu's next words were no longer subtle, and directly pointed out what would happen if he didn't give up his honorary title. After hearing the words, Emperor Houguang's resentment dissipated immediately, and the fear in his eyes was undoubtedly revealed.

Although Emperor Houguang was purely a puppet of the Tokugawa shogunate, he still had the heart to pass various news to the royal family from time to time.

Since the Ming army raided Edo, the Tokugawa shogunate collapsed in a short period of time, and then the Kyushu shogunate army suffered a disastrous defeat, and the main force of the Ming army landed on Honshu. The entire royal family has a detailed understanding of the major events that occurred in this period of more than a month.

In front of the Ming army, the shogunate army was vulnerable. Even if he did not issue the edict to disband the army, Tokugawa Iemitsu committed suicide, and the main figures of the shogunate were basically wiped out. Without strong figures coming forward to lead the daimyo from all over the country to fight against the Ming army At present, the remaining local armed forces have become a mess. If they resist again, they will only be defeated by the Ming army one by one, and the result will only increase casualties.

What's more, what Songpan Jiamu said was right.

The emperor sounds taller, but the royal family without wings is just a bird in a cage. In this situation, it is not unacceptable to change the title.

What Songpan Jiamu said just now is very clear, if he is ignorant of current affairs, he may not be able to see the sun tomorrow.

On the second day after Songpan Jiamu and others paid a visit to Emperor Guangming, an imperial edict was issued to the whole of Japan. The edict clearly demanded that all the pro-vassal and foreign daimyos give up unnecessary resistance and surrender. There was no announcement in the edict that the emperor would remove his title .

This is also Zhang Qingyuan's conscious delay strategy, the removal of the emperor's title will not be carried out until the whole territory of Japan is stable.

Soon after the edict was issued, Zhu Cihong, Zhang Qingyuan and other civil servants returned to Kyushu Island under the escort of a thousand soldiers, and left a thousand cavalry guards to watch Li Dingguo.

After sending the prince away respectfully, Li Dingguo divided the 1 people into four teams, each with 2000 people, equipped with 2000 cavalry, centered on Edo, and marched to the surrounding areas, striving to sort out the state within three months. While confiscating the weapons, he attacked those who dared to resist, and he himself led [-] troops to stay in Edo.

Just two months after Ming ended the war against Japan, Li Huaipu, the governor of Guangxi who was far away in Jiaozhi, put forward a claim related to Japan.

After more than two years of digestion and absorption, under Li Huaipu's subordinates, the Guangxi governor's office ordered that more than [-] Ming people from Guangxi be moved to Jiaozhi successively to consolidate the fruits of victory.

These more than [-] new immigrants, still migrated from prefectures and counties in Guangxi, where there are many people and little land, according to the previous rules. The money, food and materials needed for resettlement are all provided by the Four Seas Commercial Bank. Thanks to the strong support of the Four Seas Commercial Bank, There were no major mistakes in the resettlement work.

For the fact that the immigrants from Ming Dynasty occupied their original territory, most of the local people in Jiaozhi still hated and resented them as before. It happened one after another.

Li Huaipu, who originally wanted to use gentle strategies to appease the hearts of the people, received several news of disputes between the people of Cochin and immigrants from Guangxi every day. The perception is getting worse and worse, and they believe that their ethnic group belongs to the inferior people who are afraid of power but not virtuous.

In order to solve this seemingly unsolvable problem, after thinking about it, Li Huaipu specially proposed his own solution to Zhu Youjian on this matter, and asked the court for approval.

Li Huaipu's strategy is very simple: if you want the newly occupied North Cochin Land to have long-term peace and stability, you must selectively remove the Cochin people while immigrating here, keep the honest and obedient ones, and remove the cunning and fierce ones. Let immigrants live and work in peace and contentment.

The whereabouts of the Cochin people is also very clear: Japan.

Li Huaipu believes that people who are not of our race must have different hearts.

The experience of more than two years told him that most of the people in Cochin Kingdom are wild and unruly, and have a natural hatred for Ming Dynasty. It may be difficult to completely influence them. If you want immigrants to live in harmony with the locals, you can use ethnic groups I'm afraid it's impossible by nature.
Now the conflict between the two parties has caused a lot of casualties, which is related to the personal safety of the people of Ming Dynasty, and is very unfavorable to the subsequent development of Jiaozhi. Only by taking corresponding measures can we completely prevent such incidents from happening again.

(End of this chapter)