New Shun 1730

No one can know what will happen in the future.

But Akihito knew that if he did not go to negotiate, there would be no possibility of "sleeping on firewood and tasting gall and swallowing Wu with 3,000 Yue soldiers".

Ichijo Kaneka was inclined to negotiate first, and Akihito was also inclined to negotiate first.

If it succeeds in the future, Akihito will be "Knowing how to advance and retreat, like Goujian"; if it fails, Akihito will be "Without a strong backbone, like Zhao Gou".

Whether the shogunate can reform successfully and whether it can achieve great things by sleeping on firewood and tasting gall is unknown. But in reality, it is even more unrealistic to expect the southwestern vassal states who may compete to be Shi Jingtang to achieve great things and avenge their previous shame.

Akihito thought for a moment, and a helpless bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Talk, then talk."

Ichijo Kaneka also nodded carefully, indicating that indeed, they could only talk.

The emperor's talks would always cause less harm to Japan than the shogunate's talks.

At least, in their opinion, it was less. Because they did not know the two words "market primitive accumulation" and "semi-colony".

Outside the usurped Purple Palace, Wu Fangrui had already put out his fifteenth cigarette. The nausea and dizziness caused by smoking one cigarette after another made him want to vomit.

He was not so anxious when he crossed the Altai Mountains and went straight to Yili. Today, he is already a little unstable.

After a long time, Yitiao Jianxiang walked out of the Purple Palace.

"Please invite General Wu of the Tang Dynasty to come to the Purple Palace for a detailed discussion."

Wu Fangrui was not from the navy, nor from the Jinghai Palace, but a good family who was admitted to the Wude Palace.

He still had some political awareness and shook his head and said, "The Purple Palace is a usurped title. I can attack it, but I can't go in after knowing the name."

Since he wanted to enter the palace, it seemed that Zhaoren did not commit suicide, and had decided to go with him to negotiate.

In this case, in full view of the public, the interpreter directly translated the name of the Purple Palace. In this case, he really couldn't agree - it was the same reason that North Korea could not accept any state letter signed with "Emperor". What may seem like a trivial matter to later generations is an unshakable political correctness at this time.

Ichijo Kaneka had to change his words.

"Please invite General Wu of Dashun to come in and talk to my master in detail."

Wu Fangrui then walked into the hall, and Zhaoren also directly put forward his request at a distance.

He could not be captured, and Wu Fangrui could only "invite" him to negotiate with Dashun.

The proper ceremonial guards must be there, at least in Japan, his dignity as an emperor must be preserved. Unless the negotiations reached the point where Dashun forced him to surrender from the emperor to the king, it would be impossible for him to take the initiative to think that he was "overstepping his authority".

Wu Fangrui couldn't say anything about this.

He could use force to force him to give up the title of emperor. But it can be seen that Zhaoren has the heart to sacrifice for his country, and this kind of forceful coercion is really meaningless. The kings of the fallen countries in all dynasties should still be given the dignity they should be given before their death.

Wu Fangrui saw that the other party had made it very clear, so he might as well make it clearer.

"The seventh son of the emperor is leading a large army and is coming from Obama. It will arrive in seven or eight days at most. I might as well say it clearly. You can do a lot of things in these seven or eight days."

"For example, gather the feudal soldiers, capture Obama and cut off my retreat; for example, gather the "loyalty" army and encircle and annihilate the emperor's army here."

"You can do whatever you want, or you can pass the message out and let Kyoto Soshidai find a way to do it."

"I only have three or four hundred elite soldiers, not many. But if you want to capture it, you must have two or three thousand people. And I can definitely burn this place before I am defeated."

"So, tell Kyoto Soshidai not to do useless work. If you have the ability, go and defeat the emperor's army, otherwise I will die if I stay here; if you don't have the ability, don't think about attacking here, it's meaningless to attack."

He was confident.

According to the plan, Obama left 500 soldiers.

According to the art of war, the Japanese can choose to mobilize the troops of the feudal lords around Lake Biwa, first capture Obama and cut off the retreat of the army. Then the armies from all over the country came to "serve the king" and surrounded and annihilated the elite marines of Dashun in Kyoto, so that Dashun would not dare to advance again.

However, the premise of the military strategy is to be able to capture Xiaobin.

Xiaobin City is easy for Dashun Army to attack because it is close to the sea.

Xiaobin City is easy for Dashun Army to defend because it is close to the sea.

Five hundred soldiers and three to five thousand Japanese warriors cannot be captured in a short time. Wu Fangrui has absolute confidence in this.

With such confidence, it doesn't make any difference to say all the things that can be done in the military strategy.

No matter how powerful the military strategy is, it still needs field battles in the end.

If you can't win in the field, no matter how many temple plans you have, it's all nonsense.

Zhaoren couldn't tell whether what Wu Fangrui said was true or false for a while. He really had never seen these officers who were subtly influenced by Liu Yu and whose self-confidence exploded to the point of being conceited after the military reform.

But the reality is so cruel. This kind of tactical field battle arrogance can only be self-confidence in the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia at this time - in Central Asia or the snowy mountains, they are more confident in tactics, but they are really not confident in logistics.

Zhaoren couldn't tell, and finally laughed.

"The Chinese heroes are indeed different. I don't know what will happen if the army of your prince is defeated halfway and Xiaobin Castle is breached?"

Wu Fangrui laughed and said, "If it can be breached, it proves that there are no soldiers here. I will burn this place first, kill your family, and then rush into Osaka, set fire everywhere, hold on to the end, and commit suicide for the country. One or two thousand people can't stop me."

Zhaoren heard this and laughed and said, "Very good. Then sit here and watch?"

He also knew that if what Wu Fangrui said was true, and the Dashun Army had really landed in Xiaobin and was marching towards this side, it would be meaningless as long as the field battle failed.

"It's good to sit here and watch. There is only one thing..."

"Say."

"During this period, cover the words such as "皇" in "Gang Yumen" and "京" in "Jianlimen" with paper. You can observe etiquette, but you can't establish etiquette."

This request is not excessive. If he led his troops to attack other places, it would be fine.

But whether it is "Gang Yumen" or "Jianlimen", each of them is written in Chinese characters. Wu Fangrui couldn't pretend not to see it, so he could only use this method of covering his ears and stealing the bell , and asked people to cover these words.

After he left, the Japanese could naturally recover.

Then after the negotiation, he would officially remove and delete them, and that would be enough.

After returning to the court afterwards, he could save some trouble, and it could also be regarded as a merit to let the emperor remember him.

These things are so important in this era.

Zhaoren knew that Wu Fangrui had given him enough face, not destroyed it directly. Of course, this face was to prevent him from committing suicide, not for him who was alive.

At this point, Zhaoren laughed and said, "Is this a case of covering one's ears and stealing a bell?"

Wu Fangrui subconsciously used Liu Yu's habit and spread his hands, thinking that although Laozi studied practical knowledge, Laozi was admitted to Wude Palace with real experience, and he could still recite "The Analects of Confucius".

"Don't look at what is not proper, don't listen to what is not proper."

Things that violate etiquette cannot be changed, so if you don't listen to them or look at them, won't they exist?

Zhaoren knew that he had lost again in his words. Only within the world should etiquette be observed. It seems that Dashun is determined to bring Japan into the scope of the world.

This request is excessive, but it is also a compromise. It is better than destroying it, and both sides will pass.

So Zhaoren nodded and agreed to cover all the words that could be seen on the city wall and that Dashun considered "overreaching" with paper.

Wu Fangrui also gave Zhaoren enough face and did not let the Dashun Army enter the inner city. After all, there were women in it, and it would not be good to leave some dirty jokes that would spread in the market.

Just block the city walls and the inner city, and don't let people go in and out.

Wu Fangrui was not afraid that those people in the inner city would make a fuss. He didn't know what the Kyoto Suoshidai outside the city would do, but he was not afraid.

If the Kyoto Suoshidai really had the guts to mobilize cannons to attack, Wu Fangrui thought that he would just light a fire and kill them all, and then withdraw.

With cannons, you may not be able to defend it, but after killing people and breaking out, there is no pressure at all.

But at this time, whoever dares to lead the troops to fire at the inside will probably become the "Chengji" of the Sima family in the future.

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Toki Yoritoshi, who temporarily stabilized the situation in Nijo Castle, was indeed in a difficult situation.

Akihito sent someone out of the Imperial Palace to say that he would start negotiations with Dashun, but he did not say that he would not allow siege, but Toki Yoritsugu did not want to besiege the Imperial Palace.

The key is that this matter is not like the Shimabara Rebellion, when Osaka Castle Lord Abe Masatsugu took the initiative to prepare the Kyushu vassal states for war before the order from Edo came.

That matter also had to be recognized by the shogunate afterwards and determined that it was not an act of usurpation.

Attacking the Imperial Palace is really different from what Abe Masatsugu had to decide back then. The former is that the general is away from home and does not obey the orders of the king; the latter is easy to be spread by the market as "Chengji, what is the use of Sima Gong raising you?"

He was the Kyoto Shogun, and he sent troops to attack the Imperial Palace. It was not just as simple as him committing seppuku. This represented the will of the shogunate, and it was really difficult to deal with afterwards.

Before, Akihito said to Toki Yoritsugu "The king dies for the country", but he did not die.

Now, Akihito sent someone from the Imperial Palace to say that he wanted to negotiate with Dashun in person, which made him a little confused about what to do.

The shogunate was powerful and could force the emperor to abdicate, but it had to look good.

When the emperor was the emperor, he had to abide by the basic laws set by the shogunate.

The "Laws of the Imperial Court and the Court Officials" was the basic law for being the emperor.

Since Toki Yoritoshi was the director of the Kyoto Shoshidai, he had memorized the "Laws of the Imperial Court and the Court Officials", but this law did not say that the emperor was not allowed to negotiate with foreign countries.

Moreover, the first article of the "Laws of the Imperial Court and the Court Officials" was: The affairs of the emperor are the first imperial knowledge. If you don't learn, you don't understand the ancient ways, and there is no one who can govern and bring peace. "Zhenguan Zhengyao" clearly stated it...

Akihito used the Weishui Alliance in "Zhenguan Zhengyao" as a metaphor to explain the legitimacy of his negotiation with Dashun.

Since the first article of "Laws of the Imperial Court and the Court Officials" is for the emperor to study hard, and Zhenguan Zhengyao is the first book, it is reasonable for the emperor to act according to the stories in Zhenguan Zhengyao.

It can be seen that the emperor seriously abided by the laws and studied Zhenguan Zhengyao seriously.

Besides, whether the emperor violated the laws depends on the attitude of the shogunate.

On the other hand, if the shogunate negotiates with foreign countries, it should report to the emperor in theory.

Is foreign negotiations a public matter? Or a military matter?

This is not clear.

The key point is that Dashun is not a barbarian Westerner, but the Celestial Empire, and the shogunate is indeed not equal to the emperor of the Celestial Empire, unless the Celestial Empire pretends to be stupid and pretends not to know the existence of the emperor, and assumes that the shogun is the king of Japan, but now it is obvious that the Celestial Empire is not playing dumb and not covering its ears.

The Dashun Army that had now invaded the Imperial Palace was still maintaining the image of a gentleman. It only "invited" Akihito to negotiate, and did not explicitly threaten him by saying that if he dared to attack, he would set fire to the Imperial Palace or kill the Emperor's entire family.

But some threats don’t need to be said so clearly. Toki Yoritoshi also knew how skilled the Dashun Army was in setting fires in Kyoto before. These things don’t need to be said, but they are threatening. Within half a day, the wind and fire blew up and burned more than a thousand houses. This kind of skillful means is really not comparable to ordinary arson.