Chapter Eighty-Three: The Two Shogunates of Japan

Mrs. Qian said: "Daughter, in fact, the matter is not so serious, my family is just asking for a point of wealth, and the affairs of the court and politics are not touched at all, and Your Majesty will not be so ruthless." ”

Queen Qian thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll try." ”

Obviously, the two of them did not know the interaction between economics and politics at all, and only felt that it was just a piece of industry.

You must know that if you give 100,000 taels of dividends to the Qian family every year, there must be at least one million taels of industry, and the industrial chain lock reaction will only be more.

How could Zhu Qizhen not pay attention to it.

Empress Qian called the maid outside and asked, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

As the empress, the Qian family's ability to control the entire palace is quite powerful, so the emperor's whereabouts are under the control of Empress Qian almost at any time.

"Back to the queen mother, Your Majesty is discussing in the Wuying Palace."

Queen Qian said to Mrs. Qian: "I have this matter in mind, you go back and wait for the news first, and when Your Majesty returns to the harem, I will tell him." As for whether it succeeds or not, it depends on the will of God. ”

At this time, Zhu Qizhen was discussing the war against Japan in the Wuying Palace.

"Smack" Zhu Qizhen smashed a piece of fold on the table and said: "A small country rebel, dare to do this, who is tolerable, who is unbearable?" ”

"The ministers are guilty." The ministers led by Liu Dingzhi pleaded guilty one after another.

After all, the envoys sent to Japan by the imperial court, whether they were eunuchs or scholars, all represented the face of the emperor, and they were slapped in the face by the Japanese. It is an insult to Zhu Qizhen.

The so-called lord worries about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates the ministers to death, and these right-hand auxiliary ministers are naturally guilty.

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter has nothing to do with the secretaries, it's just that what to do about this matter, but today we have to negotiate a charter." ”

Liu Dingzhi sighed, and said: "The minister thought that he would send troops to help the Japanese lord rebellious." ”

As soon as Liu Dingzhi's words came out, the ministers below said: "The ministers seconded the proposal. ”

Liu Dingzhi knew very well that this was the emperor's intention.

As for the eunuch who died in Japan, is there anything greasy in it? Liu Dingzhi didn't know, and he didn't want to know, but there was one thing he knew.

That was the emperor's heart.

The news of the death of the envoy in Japan came faster than the official channels, and almost all the newspapers spread before the imperial court knew what was going on.

Set off a wave of surging public opinion at will.

Put a lot of pressure on the cabinet.

And Zhu Qizhen has not given instructions on this matter for a long time, which is called the result of waiting for the Japanese side, but in fact, he is waiting for this matter to ferment.

As a result, the Cabinet has no way to control the situation.

So, before this meeting, the content of the meeting was decided. Now it's just a process.

Even if Liu Dingzhi objected, it was useless, so he naturally had no idea of fighting against the emperor.

Zhu Qizhen's control of the imperial court was more skillful. It's easy to get the results you want from your cabinet meetings.

Immediately, Guo Deng proposed to order Wang Ying to go to Japan with two groups of men and horses to conquer the Northwest Ocean Naval Division of General Yin, the general of the Eastern General Yin.

Zhu Qizhen asked the cabinet again.

There is also no opinion in the Cabinet.

In fact, this is already a common practice.

There are not many big wars, and when the cabinet meetings decide how many to fight, it is the task of Gourd and the Privy Council to really decide whether to fight.

Cabinet ministers also rarely intervene.

First, if you make a mistake, you must be responsible. Second, even the nobles don't want to interfere.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Where is Wang Ying?" ”

Guo Deng said: "I am going to be a master in Beijing." ”

Although Liu Dingzhi didn't speak, he understood better that this was premeditated, otherwise Wang Ying, who was in Guangdong, would have arrived in Beijing so easily.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wait a while for him to meet." ”

"Yes." Wynne agreed.

Not long ago, King Xiang finally left the world, King Xiang succeeded to the throne, Zhu Qizhen ordered the canonization, but also to make some adjustments to the army in the direction of Yunnan.

After all, King Xiang has been in Luchuan for more than 20 years, and he has really marked a piece of land in Luchuan with traces of China. Tusi from all over southern Xinjiang also agree with King Xiang.

It is still unknown whether the prince of Xiangwang can retain the foundation of King Xiang in Luchuan like King Xiang.

There has been military intelligence around the turnover.

In fact, even if there is no war, there are many normal affairs of the military, and the cabinet and the Privy Council are also checks and balances with each other, and there are many things that the Privy Council cannot accomplish alone.

There is usually a dispute between the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.

But if the two sides can't solve it, it can only be raised to a cabinet meeting.

Or an enlarged meeting of the Cabinet, and a few lords of the Privy Council will be called over, and everyone will deal with it together.

There are several such meetings at regular intervals.

After most of the hour is over, they disperse. Zhu Qizhen summoned Wang Ying in the Wuying Hall again.

Zhu Qizhen asked directly: "Is the battle of Japan assured?" ”

Wang Ying said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister thinks he is ready and has complete certainty." ”

Wang Ying had already entered Beijing a month ahead of schedule. During this period of time, the situation in Japan was studied, and in the mobilization of troops, some of the elite soldiers of the Nanyang Naval Division had already come from the south.

Several elite battalion leaders in Beijing are already preparing to return the Haixi Provincial garrison to change their defenses.

It can be said that before anyone found out, the war machine of the Ming Dynasty had already begun to operate.

It's just that the scale of Japan's war is too small, and it is not necessary to use the Ming Dynasty as a weapon of war at full capacity. With just a slight allocation of one or two, there will be enough troops to conquer the day.

In particular, the situation in Japan is worse than before.

Hosokawa Katsumoto, an old minister, is actually much more measured than Ashikaga Yoshimasa. The current situation is completely caused by Ashikaga Yoshimasa's own words and deeds, he first set up his younger brother as the prince, and then let Hosokawa Katsumoto serve as his younger brother's teacher, tying the Hosokawa family to Ashikaga Yoshimasa's younger brother. And then because he had his own son, Ashikaga Yoshisao, he wanted to change his position.

In fact, there may not be no possibility of change, it depends on the political skills of Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

It's just that Ashikaga Yoshimasa did it so roughly, forcing Hosokawa Katsumoto to ride a tiger.

But Hosokawa Katsu is old and cunning, he has never done things absolutely, and there is still a glimmer of possibility that the matter will be resolved peacefully. But it was nothing else that really shattered his idea.

It was the death of the Ming envoy.

As for the death of the Ming envoy, the decision is a major unsolved case in Japanese history.

Hosokawa Katsumoto tried his best to explain that he did not kill this person, and sent someone to Beijing to plead guilty. Didn't protect the envoys. He will never admit to this crime.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty only recognizes one Japanese king to Japan, that is, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Hosokawa Katsumoto's envoys, and there is no possibility of seeing the official figures of the Ming Dynasty at all.

Not to mention that Hosokawa Katsumoto knew the news that Daming was going to send troops, and he suddenly despaired.

He was not desperate for the fate of the Hosokawa family, but desperate for the doom of the Ashikaga shogunate.

Instead, he gave up all illusions, returned to his fiefdom and embraced Ashikaga Yoshiyoshi, his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshimasa, as a shogun, and took the initiative to attack Kyoto.

It seemed that the victory would be finalized before the Ming army entered Japan.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa also led his own soldiers and horses to fight Hosokawa Katsumoto, but how Ashikaga Yoshimasa was Hosokawa Katsumoto's opponent, naturally he was defeated and retreated.

Fled to the Kanto region of Japan.

But Ashikaga Yoshimasa has an orthodox reputation after all, and even after defeat, he has the ability to make a comeback.

And today the two sides have already played a real fire.

In such a situation, the Ming army attacked, but it was just to clean up the mess. It is impossible to encounter any strong resistance, after all, the real enemy of Hosokawa Katsumoto's tens of thousands of allied forces is Ashikaga Yoshimasa's army.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops were enough to decide the victory of this battle.

This coup d'état, known in Japanese history as the Onin War, was the beginning of Japan's Sengoku period. It's just that this battle, because of the participation of the Ming army, has become different.

However, Hosokawa Katsumoto's estimate is not bad, whether it is the Onin Rebellion in history or the Onin Rebellion today, it is the beginning of the demise of the Ashikaga family.

It is nothing more than the death of the Ashikaga shogunate, and the other is the death of Japan.