Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 418 Not using treasure money is disloyal to the Ming Dynasty
With the help of Chen Zuyi's son Chen Zhongming, by the end of the 24th year of Qianxi, the conflict between the Ashikaga Shige family and the Uesugi family finally evolved into the beginning of great chaos.

At that time, as the New Year was approaching, the Ashikaga Sei family invited the successor Kanto governor to the Kamakura mansion. In name, he was getting close to his subordinates, but in fact, he held a Hongmon banquet and killed him.

Afterwards, the troops under the Ashikaga Sei clan immediately attacked the Uesugi family's territory at night, catching them off guard and causing the opponent to suffer huge losses. The Uesugi family members fled in panic.

This sudden murder caused all the daimyo in Kanto to panic. They did not understand the grievances between the two sides, so they had to take sides according to their preferences. The people in Kanto split for the first time and were divided into two factions: Ashikaga and Uesugi.

At this point, the Hyangde Rebellion of the Japanese Kingdom broke out in advance in history. This war was called the Kantung Rebellion of the Japanese Kingdom in later generations of this world.

In the first month of the following year, the Uesugi family took a breather and then gathered an army to fight several battles with the Ashikaga Shige clan's army.

However, in these battles, the Uesugi coalition forces were defeated miserably, and many generals died in the battle. They had no choice but to pack up their bedrolls and flee eastward, resting temporarily in Oguri Castle.

But the Ashikaga Seiji didn't want to give the Uesugi family a chance to breathe. It didn't take long before the Uesugi army was defeated again and Oguri Castle was captured. The Ashikaga Seiji completely forced the Uesugi family into a desperate situation.

In order to solve the dilemma, the Uesugi family thought for a long time and finally asked the shogunate for help, hoping that the shogunate would send troops as soon as possible.

The eighth-generation shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who had been ousted by the Yagyu family at this time, quickly agreed to the Uesugi family's request and issued an order to conquer the Ashikaga Nari clan in the name of the "Emperor".

Ashikaga Shigeji, like his father, also became an enemy of the shogunate.

Since the issuance of the conquest order, the shogunate army concentrated all forces as quickly as possible and launched an attack on Kamakura Castle, the main city of the Ashikaga Sei clan.

Unfortunately, at that time, the main force of Ashikaga Seiji was stationing troops in the strategically important Furukawa Castle, and there were only some old, weak, sick and disabled in Kamakura Castle.

As a result, Kamakura Castle was quickly captured by the shogunate army.

The Ashikaga Sei clan had no choice but to abandon Kamakura Castle and wanted to rebuild its political system in Furukawa Castle.

But Furukawa Castle is the territory of the Yagyu family!
Because the environment and strategic conditions of Furukawa City were very good, Chen Zuyi had been eyeing it in the early years, so he sent his second son Chen Xiaoming to run the city for many years.

Furukawa City is a city close to a river. It is located in the waterway hub of Kanto. It is also a strategic location and has unique geographical advantages.

At the same time, the surrounding areas of Furukawa City are under the control of Chen Zuyi and his three sons' retainers. The economic and personnel base are very strong, which is very beneficial to the future development of the Yagyu family.

When the Ashikaga Nari clan was in a dilemma, Chen Xiaoming sent an envoy to invite him to take refuge in the city and expressed his willingness to support the Ashikaga Nari clan.

Ashikaga Shige was overjoyed. With this strategic location, he gradually stabilized the eastern part of Kanto and resisted the crazy counterattack of the Uesugi coalition forces. The war situation reached a stalemate.

In order to gain an advantage, both sides built additional defenses at the junction. For example, the Uesugi family built two castles, Kawagoe and Edo.

A few years later, Chen Zuyi passed away and Chen Zhongming became the patriarch of the Yagyu family.

Chen Zhongming was a radical. He sent people to assassinate Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth shogunate, and appointed one of his youngest sons as shogun.

At this time, he became the de facto supreme ruler of the Japanese state. A few years later, the Gyeonggi area and the areas west of the Gyeonggi area were actually controlled by the Yagyu family one by one.

At this time, the issue of the Japanese kingdom of Kanto has not yet been resolved, and the Ashikaga Sei family is still in confrontation with the Uesugi family.

The Yagyu family represented by Chen Zhongming, Chen Xiaoming, and Chen Weiming took the opportunity to build cities and develop their power in the Kanto region of Japan, such as building a mansion in northern Izu, which later became Horikoshi Castle.

In order to gain the support of the Ashikaga Sei family and the Uesugi family, Chen Zhongming sent an envoy and invited the top leaders of both parties to hold an "exchange meeting", which was actually a "spoils sharing conference."

A few months later, the Ashikaga Sei family negotiated peace with the Uesugi family. At the same time, they unanimously elected Yanagashi Nobu (Chen Zhongming) as the new generation shogun on the grounds that the former Ashikaga shogunate's misconduct led to chaos in the Japanese country.After Chen Zhongming made three resignations and three concessions, he reluctantly took the title of shogun and established the Yagyu shogunate.

At this point, the Japanese country was divided between three forces. The first and most powerful force was the Yagyu family, the second was the Uesugi family, and the third was the Ashikaga Nari clan.

The reason why there is no "Emperor" is because at this time, the "Emperor" of Japan was just a religious leader.

Historically, during the Warring States Period of Japan, the so-called "Emperor" was just a "mascot" and had no real power.

It is said that the first person in history to use the title "Emperor" was Prince Shotoku who was the regent during the Tuigu Dynasty of Japan. He wrote in the credential he sent to Emperor Sui Yang that "The Emperor of the East respects the Emperor of the West." It once aroused the anger of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.

However, the Sui Dynasty's record of such ceremonial documents is "the emperor at sunrise to the emperor at sunset". Previously, the rulers of the Japanese country were called "king" or "king".

The rulers of Japan probably used the title "Emperor" during the Meiji period in Japan's history. The earliest official written record of Japan's "Emperor" to the outside world dates from the Republic of China period in Chinese history.

Therefore, in the current era, the Japanese country does not have a head of state with the title "Emperor", only the "Emperor" who represents the religious leader, and this "Emperor" does not call himself "Emperor", nor is he called "Emperor" to the outside world, a bit like The leader of a certain religious family passed down from generation to generation.

After Chen Zhongming led the Yagyu shogunate to return to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu made a deal with the Japanese "emperor".

The first thing is to get rid of the arrogance. After all, there is no day in the world. Only the Emperor of Ming Dynasty in the world can use the words "tian", "huang" and "di". No monarch of any other country can use them, otherwise it will be treason.

As for saying that this is the translation of "Emperor", because its pronunciation is "ten-no", even if it is transliterated into "天王", it also contains the word "天".

This is transgression, absolute rebellion, and must be completely abolished.

Since Japan returned to the Ming Dynasty, it must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so the treatment of the "former emperor" is also very simple, that is, build a large temple for him on the outskirts of the Ming Dynasty capital, and send him and his clan to become real monks. And they are not allowed to leave the temple.

And from now on, "Emperor" can only be translated into other words, such as "Teng Monk Master" or "Teng Monk", but it can no longer be translated as "Emperor".

When this generation of "Emperor" passes away, then the "Emperor" will completely become history.

Because the Japanese country no longer exists, the religious leaders of the Japanese country should naturally disappear.

The reason why the so-called "Emperor" was allowed to live a few more years was that Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty was kind and wanted to give him dignity.

Leaders such as Ashikaga and Uesugi will not care about these things. They have no feelings for the "Emperor" in the first place. If there is a war with the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely die in the end.

After all, it doesn't matter who rules them, as long as they are given hereditary territory.

Secondly, it is clear that the jurisdictions of Dongying Dusi and Jinghai Dusi, as well as the jurisdictions of the three Xuanfu Divisions under Dongying Dusi, are not allowed to be coveted or occupied by those who do not belong to the jurisdiction of this division. For example, they returned to the Ming Dynasty as early as the middle of Yongle and were set up by the imperial court. Ryukyu Prefecture.

In short, what the imperial court assigns to you as the Xuanfu Division is yours, and what is not given to you cannot be snatched away. Otherwise, it will be an offense to rebel, and the imperial court will send troops to destroy you, and it will be your own fault.

Finally, since the Japanese country no longer exists, the original Japanese currency must be forcibly abolished, but it is allowed to be exchanged for Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes (a combination of Tongbao and gold banknotes) at a certain ratio.

All vassal states, vassal states, and vassal states of the Ming Dynasty must use Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.

Not using treasure money is disloyal to the Ming Dynasty. Since it is disloyal to the Ming Dynasty, it is not a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. If it is attacked by the Ming prince's vassal state, the Ming Dynasty will not stop it.

(End of this chapter)