On the streets of Kyoto, the Emperor's guard of honor walks the road in a majestic manner, and the guards of the Imperial Palace are guarding the carriage on either side.

Inside the carriage, Shao Ren adjusted his robe and smiled at the corner of his mouth.

After 480 years, the emperor of Japan has finally grasped the power in his own generation, and he will complete the unification of Japan in the future.

Shaoren is like winning the first prize of the two-color ball, imagining what he needs to do after unifying Japan, such as how to deal with the rebellious and thief Tokugawa family, and whether to pull Toyotomi Hideyoshi out and whip the corpse or something......

After the Emperor's guard of honor had turned a street, he walked up the main road of Kyoto, and at this time, he heard only a commotion in front of him, and the shouts of the guards from time to time.

Shao Ren knocked on the carriage window: "What's the matter?" ”

Not long after, the new daimyo Mori Korokuro came running over, panting and said: "Your Majesty, it's nothing, it's just a samurai named Yanagi Taiken, who stopped the royal car without knowing the height of the sky, and said that he wanted to meet you and had something to say." ”

"A low-ranking samurai who is only forty stone old also wants to see me?"

Shaoren was bored for a while, waved his hand, and said, "Drive him away!" ”

"Yes!"

With a burst of shouts from Maori Korokuro, several guards immediately rushed up and pushed Yagyu Taijian to the side.

Yanagi Taijian pushed away the guards violently, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I am employed by the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty, and I have a top-secret important matter to report!" ”

The voice reached Shaoren's ears far away, and his whole person was shocked: "Daming's brocade guard? ”

Jinyiwei is not only a household name in the Ming Dynasty, but also thunderous in East Asian countries, and there has been a news in Japan for many years that it was the Jinyiwei of the Ming Kingdom who poisoned Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

At this time, I only heard the samurai in the distance shouting again: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I have discovered a secret matter of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which is related to the rise and fall of the Shogunate Alliance, and I must tell you in person, others can't believe it!" ”

Shaoren knocked on the carriage window a few times and said hurriedly: "Let him come!" ”

Maori Korokuro answered and went to lead people in person.

He wasn't worried at all that this guy named Yagyu Taiken was an assassin, because the emperor's security was very strong, there were hundreds of samurai around, there were many plainclothes on the streets, and even there were samurai with muskets on the rooftops, occupying the high ground to observe if there were any hidden musketeers around.

The fire gun is not like a sword, it is not easy to wrap it up and hide it so long, this one called Yanagi Taijian has nothing on his body except for a saber.

Yanagi Taiken was brought to the emperor's imperial car, and he knelt on the ground respectfully and saluted, with a humble attitude.

Shaoren frowned and said, "Do you have any important things to tell me?" ”

Yanagi Taijian looked around nervously and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, the villain has reliable information, and the shogunate has sent a large number of dead soldiers to assassinate you!" ”

Shaoren's heart tightened, and the warriors around him were even more nervously vigilant.

Mori Korokuro pointed at Yagyu Taijian and shouted, "Where did you get the news?" Do you have a certificate? ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a commotion behind the honor guard, and in the shops and alleys on both sides, dozens of ronin warriors suddenly broke out in the crowd that was originally kneeling on the ground to avoid the honor guard.

One by one, they brandished their shiny katanas and slaughtered Emperor Shaoren's carriage, and they kept shouting: "Heaven Punishment, Heaven Punishment!" ”

"Escort! Escort! ”

The guards of the Emperor's honor guard drew their samurai swords one after another, and fought fiercely with the invaders, and for a time the entire streets of Kyoto were filled with swords and swords, and blood was splattered, and it became a battlefield.

Shao Ren in the carriage had never seen any strong winds and waves, and he stared at this fight very nervously, looking a little cramped.

At the same time, he made up his mind that after he unified Japan, he would definitely wipe out the Tokugawa family!

Although the number of these dead soldiers is small, all of them are swordsmanship masters, and they have rich combat experience, and they are very fierce.

After a moment of fierce fighting, nearly half of the Emperor's guards were dead and wounded, and several Assassins had even approached Shohito's car, and Mori Korokuro hurriedly beckoned the guards next to the carriage to stop him.

The samurai with firearms on the roof were also entangled, they were worried that they would shoot their own people and alarm the emperor, so they could only watch the fierce battle below.

When everyone was busy dealing with the assassins, Yagyu Taiken, who was originally kneeling on the ground, suddenly burst into flames, hurried to the front of the car, and the katana in his hand danced with a cold light, and continued to cut down several guards until the front of the carriage.

Shaoren was shocked, holding the carriage and retreating again and again, only to see Yanagi Taijian roar violently, rise up, hold the knife in both hands, and cut down the head of the emperor on the carriage.

The emperor's personal samurai saw that he hurriedly waved his sword to parry, and with a "dang" sound, his tiger's mouth cracked, the long knife fell to the ground, and the whole person fell to the ground, not even catching a move of Yanagi Taijian.

Yanagi Taijian was born in the Yagyu family, Japan's first kendo family, and was a closed disciple of Miyamoto Musashi, and also participated in the battle of mountains and rivers with the Ming army, and escaped death.

Whether it is swordsmanship or combat experience, life and death fighting, Yagyu Taiken has undergone a transformation, and has become one of Japan's first-class swordsmen.

A sword split the emperor's personal samurai, Yagyu Taijian did not delay at all, and with a wave of the katana in his hand, he stabbed into the heart of the emperor, who had already been frightened, and left a sentence in a dashing manner: "Heavenly punishment!" ”

The meaning of "Heavenly Punishment" is almost the same as "destroying you on behalf of the moon", here it represents the heavens destroying you.

Shaoren screamed, his face turned pale in an instant, and he felt powerless, he pointed at the Yanagi Taijian and said, "You ......."

Before he finished speaking, Shaoren's hand gradually drooped, and his whole body fell to the ground weakly, dazed.

In his last consciousness, his own death and the plan to revitalize Japan were complete!

Moreover, he should be the most slain among the several emperors killed in Japanese history.......

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Within days, the emperor died on the streets of Kyoto, shocking the whole of Japan.

Not surprisingly, this was the work of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the elder Sakai Tadakatsu believed that the shogunate had reached the most dangerous moment, and if it did not take effective action as soon as possible, the shogunate would surely die!

In order to curb the growth of the Shogunate Alliance, he decided to take a risk, sending a samurai master to infiltrate Kyoto and assassinate Emperor Shohito.

After succeeding in the shogunate, he immediately launched a powerful offensive against Kyoto.

Taking advantage of the death of the emperor and the internal turmoil within the emperor's faction, the feudal lords and daimyo competed for power and annexed each other, and the shogunate elder Sakai Tadakatsu personally led an army of 100,000 shogunates to attack Kyoto.

Due to the careful arrangement of the Tokugawa shogunate and the placement of many traitors in the Shogunate Alliance, the shogunate army won seven battles and seven victories, and took Kyoto with a devastating momentum.

In just one month, the newly formed "imperial army" has not yet formed combat effectiveness, and it has even retreated without firing a single shot.

On April 18, the 11th year of Tenmu, the shogunate elder Sakai Tadakatsu welcomed the thirteen-year-old shogun Tokugawa Iessuna into the imperial palace and put the emperor's family under house arrest.

Because Emperor Shohito had no heir, the shogunate established Hidenomiya, the eighth son of Emperor Gomizuo, that is, the younger brother of Shohito, as the new emperor, and announced that the shogunate would move to Kyoto.

The shogunate's "relocation of the capital" was already being arranged by Sakai Tadakatsu two years ago.

Because Edo Bay was garrisoned by the Ming Imperial Navy, this life of living under the enemy's guns put the shogunate under strong pressure.

Moreover, Edo Castle is close to the sea, once it turns against the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the Ming army lands again, the shogunate will not be able to withstand several rounds of blows at all.

Therefore, the Shogunate's relocation of the capital to Kyoto in the middle of Japan's main island of Honshu was the best choice, at least it was not close to the sea, and it was surrounded by mountains on three sides, so the Ming army could not land.

Assassinating the increasingly powerful emperor can be regarded as a plan to kill three birds with one stone!