I couldn't contain the excitement in my heart and asked Yoshida if the news was true.

Yoshida is very reliable, and according to Chinese merchants in Kyoto, there was a rebellion in Liaodong in the Ming Kingdom. A general named Nurhachi betrayed the Ming Kingdom and led tens of thousands of his elite soldiers to capture several important towns of the Ming Kingdom.

Now, the court of the Ming Kingdom is in chaos, and there is gossip that the emperor of the country is sick, but none of the ministers can really know what the emperor's condition is.

I was confused and asked why Yoshida was like this.

Yoshida didn't know much either, and he told me that if the Ming army really wanted to return to China to quell the chaos, the situation in Japan would change.

Even if the Ming army does not return to China, their commander may change. After the successor commander of the Ming army arrives, he will definitely be more reasonable than the current commander of the Ming army.

At least, things won't get any worse.

"That's right,"

I thought about it, now that the Ming army and the commander of the Ming army are facing a thorny big problem, it is best not to provoke them on my side.

Therefore, I brought Nijo and Hirayoshi to them, saying that I had agreed to all the requests of the Ming Kingdom, and the Imperial Court had officially reshuffled the cabinet, hoping that the courtiers would be able to exercise their powers according to the regulations and govern the new Japan Kingdom well.

Regarding the selection of prime ministers, I have appropriately sent people to ask for the opinions of the Ming side. What I thought to me was that although Nijo couldn't stand me compared to this guy like Hirayoshi, he was at least more obedient in some ways, so it would be best if Nijo could be the prime minister.

I asked Yoshida to talk to Nijo about this issue, and I wanted Nijo to take the initiative to talk to the commander of the Ming Kingdom about it, after all, the nomination power for the prime minister is in the hands of the Ming people.

I didn't think that Nijo hadn't replied yet, but Hirayoshi had brought someone to find me.

He stood in front of me and said thoughtlessly: "I heard that Your Majesty doesn't like ministers. ”

I don't know what to say.

Pingji was staring at me, he was watching my reaction.

"I hope Your Majesty understands that the minister has the strong support of Hu Taijun."

Pingyoshi said in a muffled voice, "I hope Your Majesty understands that this prime minister is not easy to be, and now the war with the traitor Hidetada continues, except for Kyoto, the whole of Japan is in flames, and if there is no capable prime minister to sit in the imperial court, things will become very bad." ”

After that, he said to me with a straight face: "Your Majesty must be clear that your Majesty's loyalty to Your Majesty is absolutely reassuring of Your Majesty. If Your Majesty is dissatisfied with the minister, the minister will be very disappointed! ”

I squeaked, "Is that what you're talking about?" ”

"The minister is just telling the truth." Pingji Road.

"I'll take into account what you've said."

I waved my hand weakly, this Minister of the Interior, who was my former cronie, could be so rude to me.

Perhaps, the change in Pingji's attitude towards me may be that Hu Taijun is playing tricks in it.

The first time I saw that Taijun, I knew that this guy was not a good person.

Hirayoshi took the people away, and I was alone in the temple and angry, and after a while Yoshiko came in, and she had just heard it in the city.

"Hirata is really not human!"

But apart from cursing Hirata as a bad guy, what can I and Yoshiko do?

Within a few days, the Ming side gave the only candidate for the prime minister, and sure enough, it was the guy from Pingji. The second article was nominated by the Ming people as a "goodwill minister" and was responsible for foreign affairs with the Ming state.

I heard that Nijo was happy to drink at home after learning that he had been nominated as a goodwill minister. Hirata, on the other hand, was a little disappointed.

The restructuring of the imperial court was carried out rapidly, the past official seals were confiscated and melted, and the new official seals were released one by one under the supervision of the Ming people.

The costumes of the officials have also changed, and the kimonos of the past have been abandoned, and under the great Confucian Lin Luosheng who took refuge in the Ming people, the whole of Kyoto has imitated the clothes of the Ming people, so that some Westerners who have just arrived in Kyoto still think that they have arrived in China.

I watched all of this as if I was nobody, no one came to ask me for advice, and only when I needed to come forward did someone come and take me there.

I heard that the Shimazu and other powerful feudal clans of the Satsuma Domain came over, and they laughed and laughed in the imperial court, and then went to thank the commander of the Ming army who lived in the former Ieyasu small imperial palace, as if the commander of the Ming army was the emperor.

I am very bitter, of course I am not reluctant to give up those official seals, but the great political service that I was immersed in before has become a fantasy of mine.

This defeat taught me a very important lesson, and I learned afterwards that whether it was Nijo or Heiyoshi, or the officials nominated by the Ming people in the court, or the powerful feudal lords who came from other places to celebrate the establishment of the new Japanese government, they all betrayed the interests of Japan in exchange for the real benefits that the Ming Kingdom gave them.

I was so angry that I even had a ridiculous thought at that time, that is, why I couldn't sell my things myself, but were sold by others!

I can't be a caged bird anymore, I can't be played like a monkey anymore, I have to be self-reliant!

I'm going to see that Ming Commander in person!

However, when I raised the matter with Nijo, I was strongly opposed by Nijo.

These rebels and thieves, they don't want me to have direct contact with the Ming people at all.

Because, in that case, they lose the value of their existence, and they also lose the opportunity to benefit from it.

Yoshida is still loyal, and he is constantly out to find out the news.

It seems that the Ming people really have a plan to withdraw their troops and return to China to quell the chaos, and it is said that the emperor, who is seriously ill, also issued an edict to the commander of the Ming army, telling him to return to China as soon as possible.

However, the commander of the Ming Kingdom, who had never been seen, had for some reason been disobeying the emperor's orders, and he had been staying in the small palace and directing his army to clear the remnants of the shogunate in Guanzhong.

In April, I finally heard good news.

The emperor of the Ming Kingdom sent someone to canonize me, and it was a very white messenger who announced the decree, I don't know who he is, only that others call him Gonggong Li.

After Gonggong Li left, I happily drank some wine with Jiazi, I am full of confidence at this time, as long as the Ming Emperor recognizes that I am the king of Japan, then there will always be a time when I will regain my freedom!

Two days later, things took a turn for the worse.

Koji Yamamoto, the general of the Ming army, suddenly came to see me, and as soon as he came, he told me about his past, and the conversation with me was very cordial and peaceful.

My heart was beating and I felt that the opportunity had come, so I told him about my grievances in the past few months, as well as some of my personal demands.

General Yamamoto promised me that he would pass on my request back to study it.

Finally, he bowed to me very politely, and then said: "On the orders of Duke Wei, I would like to inform Your Majesty that the Great Tomorrow Envoy will enter the palace in three days, and please prepare the three artifacts. ”