Chapter 6 This disaster has been planted among the walls

This person is none other than the Japanese envoy who was in charge of receiving Ise Sadashi in Japan when he was in Japan.

The visit of Ise Sadako this time was also the first tribute during the Orthodox years of Japan.

Seeing that Ise Sadahara was so polite to a few young people, the attendants beside him also saluted, but they came over with a bloody horse, and after following their master out of the horse market, a young man asked, "Uncle, why are you so polite to a few samurai?" ”

This man was his nephew, Sadamune Ise.

Ise sat on the carriage, closed his eyes and said, "We have come here for a request, and these young men, several of whom are not rich and expensive in terms of clothing, can not offend if they can." Let people take Ryoma well and go back to the general, maybe they can ease the general's mood. ”

When I think about the situation in Japan today.

Ise Sadai felt a headache.

In fact, after Li Shi's mission to Japan, the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Japan was not very good.

It is true that the agreement reached between Li Shi and Japan allowed Japan to get a share of the Sino-Japanese trade, and this benefit greatly increased the power of the Ashikaga family.

But after the news of the silver mine on Sado Island spread.

There is a feeling of being deceived throughout the Japanese upper class.

This feeling makes Japan have a sense of hatred for Daming, as if their own things have been robbed by Daming.

It's just that because of the powerful force of the Ming Dynasty. They did not dare to act rashly.

After all, although Japan is arrogant, it does not dare to challenge the Ming Dynasty. However, the dissatisfaction with the Ming Dynasty in Japan is very basic.

This is also why, after the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to visit Japan. Japan has not come to pay tribute for so many years.

This in itself is a discontent in Japan.

It is even said that if it were not for the new variables in Japan's internal situation, although the Ming Dynasty was extremely strong and prosperous, and the 40th birthday of the Ming Emperor was vigorous, Japan would also have to think about it.

What is the situation in this new situation within Japan?

It is the question of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, that is, the heir of the Japanese shogun.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa is a few years younger than Zhu Qizhen, but he has been married for more than ten years, but he does not have a son. People in their thirties are already very old in this era.

It is enough to affect the political stability within Japan.

Moreover, as mentioned above, the rule of the Ashikaga clan in Japan was not very stable in the first place, and there were many internal contradictions, but Ashikaga Yoshimasa was able to maintain political stability under the protection of the three management and four positions.

In the case of Ashikaga Yoshimasa having no heirs for so long.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa, with the support of the minister, made his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshisen his heir. And let Hosokawa Katsumoto, the oldest family elder in the shogunate, serve as his guardian

。

I just never thought of it.

Just this year Ashikaga Yoshimasa had a son. Named Ashikaga Yoshisho.

In this way, Ashikaga Yoshimasa came up with the idea of listing his son as his heir. It's just that this idea was fiercely opposed by Hosokawa Katsumoto.

The tacit understanding between Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Hosokawa Katsumoto was also broken because of this incident.

Hosokawa Katsumoto, whether from a personal moral point of view---- he is the guardian of Ashikaga Yoshisen, and he must protect Ashikaga Yoshisen and ascend to the position of general, from the perspective of personal interests--- he has already put pressure on Ashikaga Yoshisen. Once the general is replaced, it will be extremely damaging to his interests. Starting from the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshisen has been established as the prince, and Ashikaga Yoshimasa is not young, and his son is too young. Whether Ashikaga Yoshimasa, who is now in his thirties, can live to the age of Ashikaga Yoshisho is a question worth studying.

After all, the lifespan of the Japanese in ancient times, even at the top of Japan, was not too long on average.

This is a predictable political crisis.

So, Hosokawa Katsumoto absolutely compromised.

As a result, the contradiction between Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Hosokawa Katsumoto has become the biggest contradiction in Japan today.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa has already made up his mind to support his son as a general, and this time he sent envoys to Daming, just to suppress the opposition in the country in the name of Daming.

Prepare for the Ming Dynasty to seal Ashikaga Yoshimashin as the prince of Japan. After all, Ashikaga Yoshimasa also has the title of King of Japan on his head.

It's just that Ise Sadakin, but he doesn't think that this can have any substantive results.

Japan is not North Korea after all.

Japan has never been the good son of the Ming Dynasty, and even pulling the Ming into this political dispute may have the opposite effect. This is the reason why Isezhen personally made a big deal to sell the bloody BMW back.

It's not that Ise Sada-kini thinks he can't do this. It's that even if he does, it won't have much effect.

Ise Sada's relatives are all tied to Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and they can only find a way to curry favor with Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

Ise returned to Huiguan and asked, "Haven't you seen Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites yet?" ”

The people next to him said: "My lord, it has been arranged, tomorrow morning, Li Shangshu will have time to meet us." ”

Ise Sadako sighed and said, "That's the best." He immediately ordered to go down and prepare a suitable gift, which he wanted to give to Li Shangshu.

This Li Shangshu is none other than Li Shi, who was ordered to be an envoy at the beginning.

This Sichuan Xie Yuan has been in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites for so many years, and it is also because he has been in the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and he has been sent to foreign vassals many times, and he has the pain of running around and working hard.

Zhu Qizhen took it to heart, and only then did he help Li Shi to the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Although the errand of the Ministry of Rites in general

Coming up, it's still very leisurely. But it's expensive enough.

It's just that now it's not even idle.

Li Shi was so busy that he was on all fours. Not to mention the whole Christmas etiquette arrangement, the arrangements for foreign envoys, the etiquette arrangements for the ministers, and so on, are all in charge of the Ministry of Rites.

And this year, there are many special visits to the court.

In the 28th year of orthodoxy, the Ming Dynasty used troops on a large scale with foreign countries, and the most shocking thing was that it arrived in the Western Regions in one fell swoop. Expanding the territory for thousands of miles, the countries in the Western Regions were led by the tile, with more than a dozen, but the Nanyang countries were even more shocked by the destruction of Annam.

Annam is simply a small hegemon in the South Seas.

Although he was subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, he also established a tributary system and asked other countries to pay tribute to him.

Such a regional power was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty in this way, and it even fought a war of beheading 300,000 people. In many countries in the South Seas, I am afraid that the total population is less than 300,000.

Naturally, it was very shocking.

It happened to come out early, and this time the Qianqiu Festival was going to be a big one. In addition, after so many years of opening the sea, maritime trade is very frequent, so this time more than a hundred countries came to pay tribute.

Many of them are newcomers.

Li Shi didn't know if he was here to cheat the tribute, so he asked Li Shi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to take the final checkpoint. Like all kinds of things, Li Shi can be said to be busy with his feet not touching the ground.

Not to mention anything else, there are not enough rooms in the guild hall, and Christmas is approaching, not only are there many people from abroad. More people from China came, almost filling the city of Beijing.

Li Shi tried his best, and only then did he requisition some monasteries, so that these people could be settled down well.

Naturally, I didn't have the heart to meet the Japanese envoys.

Even when it came to the appointed time, Li Shi almost forgot about this matter, if it wasn't for the reminder from the people around him. He's going to forget.

The cabinet asked him to come over.

After all, this is not a matter of the Ministry of Rites, and it is necessary for Guanglu Temple, Shuntianfu, and many other yamen to act together in order to do this important thing well.

The Cabinet is responsible for coordinating the various departments.

When he heard that the Japanese envoy was outside, he secretly said in his heart: "I can't think about it, I can't let them wait outside every day, and it won't sound good if it comes out." ”

The Japanese envoy stood outside for more than ten days, almost like a benchmark.

Even if Ise is not there, he has to let his nephew leave one, and that kind of respectful attitude makes people really unable to find any shortcomings.

Li Shi had to call someone over, wanted to make a long story short, and after asking what was going on, he immediately sent this matter away.

Li Shi summoned Ise Sada, and there was no need to say much about greeting each other. Straight to the point, Ise Sada-kiss said: "The lord of the country has a new beloved son, and I want to ask the Celestial Empire to be canonized as the prince of Japan." With the heart of the Lord of the country. ”