"What do you mean by angel?!"

I looked at General Yamamoto in surprise.

The three artifacts are the royal treasures, whether it is the Tiancong Cloud Sword or the eight-foot Qiong Hook Jade, or the Eight Mirrors, they are all the heavy weapons inherited by the emperor, and the people of the Ming Kingdom want me to prepare these three heavy treasures, what do they want to do?

At that moment, I was really shocked and frightened.

"Your Majesty, don't be nervous."

General Yamamoto bowed deeply to me, then smiled at me and said that this was just the Great Tomorrow Envoy wanting to see the three artifacts in person.

"I don't have any other ideas."

General Yamamoto assured me that I was still a little uneasy, and after repeatedly confirming that the angels of the Ming Kingdom had no intention of stealing on the royal treasures, I was relieved a little.

In the next two days, General Yamamoto came over twice, but he did not talk to me about the treasure again, but only talked to me about Buddhism, Confucianism, the new atmosphere of the new Japan, and what is the common prosperity of East Asia and the goodwill of tomorrow, so that the Japanese people will truly throw themselves into the arms of the emperor and the motherland, and will no longer have to be brutally treated by the samurai generals.

I knew that I was no longer the emperor, and that the best thing I said was the king of the new Japan, and the worst thing was just a puppet in the hands of the Ming people, so I smiled and nodded every time, trying to make Yamamoto think that I agreed with and supported everything he said.

"The people of Kyoto are really unfortunate, and I myself am very opposed to the previous incident, but as a member of the Imperial Army, I cannot stop the atrocities of my colleagues...... If His Majesty had been frightened in any way during that incident, I would like to sincerely apologize to His Majesty and promise that there will never be a similar incident in the future. ”

Before leaving, General Yamamoto suddenly mentioned the ominous incident in Kyoto that had occurred at the beginning of the year, which had left me deeply frightened and wounded.

I remember that there was a lot of ash outside, and I didn't know what was going on, so I asked Nijo about them, and the lackeys of the Ming people told me that the Ming army was cleaning up the city in order to change the weather in Kyoto and fit the new Japanese way.

Ironically, I did.

It wasn't until half a month after the incident subsided that Yoshida, Yoshida, the elder brother of Yoshiko, told me what had happened. No one knows the exact number of deaths, but Kyoto's population has dropped by about 80%.

Later, in order to whitewash the so-called imperial paradise, the Ming people forced the people in the vicinity of Kyoto to move into the city, so that Kyoto regained some vitality.

However, my heart has not calmed down, and I have never forgotten the snowfall of those few days.

After Yamamoto left, Yoshida quietly entered the palace and brought me a secret letter from Mori Hidemoto.

Mori Hidemoto was an important minister in the Toyotomi era, and he was also an enemy of Tokugawa Ieyasu in his early years, and later he took refuge in Ieyasu and became the lord of the Nagafu domain, and also accepted Ieyasu's stepdaughter as a side room, and then participated in the Battle of Osaka.

It's rare that this old man still remembers me, and I'm a little excited.

In a secret letter, Mori Hidemoto told me that he and many other feudal lords and important ministers had heard that Kyoto had been captured by the Ming army, and that His Majesty had demoted the title of Emperor to the rank of deacon, and that the title of Emperor had been cancelled since then.

They hoped that I would be strong and stoic, and the Mori clan was calling on the feudal lords from all over the world to join forces to help the shogunate fight against the Ming army and the rebellious feudal lords such as Hizen and Satsuma.

At the same time, they also hope that we can spread the "edict of the cloth belt", so that they can have greater confidence and appeal.

But how dare I have that guts?

I was scared, very scared, and I trembled when I thought about the ominous events in Kyoto.

I only hope that the people of the Ming Kingdom will be kind to me now, I am still young, I am much younger than their emperor, I can wait slowly.

There was already a rebellion within the Ming Kingdom, and the emperor was seriously ill, and once their emperor died, after the new emperor ascended the throne, their national policy towards Japan would definitely change.

Oh, that's what I really think.

I thought of the old turtle of Tokugawa Ieyasu, if he could win, couldn't I win?

Yoshida knelt down and asked me to issue a secret edict, but I refused, and I felt a little guilty as I watched him leave disappointed. But in addition to feeling guilty, I am even more nervous about the entry of the angels of the Ming Kingdom into the palace tomorrow.

During the dinner in the evening, the new Prime Minister Hirayoshi came to see me and told me that Tokugawa Hidetada had retreated to Edo and that the Ming army was gathering elite divisions in preparation for the eastward crusade. In Kansai, the original Shogunate Army and the Shimazu Army's army were organized into the Imperial Concord Army, and due to the defeat in the Battle of Kyoto, the rule of the Shogunate in Kansai basically collapsed.

"Your Majesty, this means that the new Japan Kingdom is not only in the Kyoto area, but also owns the vast land of Kansai!"

It can be seen that Pingji is very happy.

I squeaked a few words, but I thought in my heart, with the Shimazu family here, even if Kansai is recovered as the territory of New Japan, it will be difficult for you, the prime minister, to get involved in Kansai.

Well, that's good news.

Japanese are Japanese, how can they be the Ming people and those Han people mentioned by Confucianism. I believe that the Shimazu family is not stupid, and that they are only helping the Ming people now to gain greater benefits in this battle.

Then, I can also give the Shimazu family benefits.

So, I pretended to be happy and proposed to Hirayoshi that Shimazu Tadashi would come to Kyoto to take up the post of Minister of War.

Pingji was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect me to make such a proposal. It was his turn to squeak, and finally deduced that he needed to be studied by the Ming Kingdom before he could reply.

I knew what he thought, so I let him go.

Later, Shimazu Tadashi really got the consent of the Ming State and served as the minister of war in the imperial court. I was both surprised and delighted.

But if I had known that the subsequent mutiny had been presided over by Shimazu Tadashi, I am afraid that I would never have printed it on his appointment letter.

Damn Shimazu and that damn Pegasus Meteor Punch, I really misjudged them.

The matter of the angels of the Ming Kingdom entering the palace caused considerable commotion in the entire palace and the imperial court, and Pingji and Nijo personally handled it, and the supervising minister Hu Taijun even asked me to accompany him to practice several times, which made me toss a lot.

What to wear at the ceremony of meeting with the angels of the Ming Kingdom, I and Hu Taijun had an argument.

I don't want to be too embarrassed in front of the angels of the Ming Kingdom, so I insist on wearing the imperial robe. But Hu Taijun said that I had been demoted to the ruling power, and I was the king of Japan canonized by the Ming Emperor, and according to the system, I could only wear the python robe equivalent to the king of Korea.

I refused, because to do so it meant that I had completely abandoned my ancestral inheritance and had completely become a vassal of the Ming Kingdom.

What made me suffer was that Hu Taijun didn't give me face at all, and he didn't care about my feelings at all, so he directly ordered someone to put on the python robe made by the Ming Kingdom, and threatened me that even if you are the emperor of Japan, but what do you have, His Majesty the Emperor will not be able to investigate for this.

"This kid seems to have a royal mandate too."

Hu Taijun snatched the son from Jiazi's hand, and the cabinet officials in the room watched like that, and no one stepped forward to stop him.

"You can't do this, I am a Shenwu Heavenly Empress, how can I not abide by the ancestral system?" I endured the grief and indignation in my heart, and for the first time dared to point at the lawless Hu Taijun.

The officials were frightened, and Hirayoshi's face was ugly, and after looking around, Nijo came up and said to me: "What Your Majesty said is true, but now it is a new Japan, no longer the Japan of the past, the Japanese people have ushered in a new life, and Your Majesty should also usher in a new life!" ”

After saying this, Nijo whispered to me: "Your Majesty, don't provoke Hu Taijun, this person has a lot of weight in speaking to the commander of the Ming Kingdom. ”

My hands trembled.

At this time, that Hu Taijun seemed to have just come back to his senses, and said to me angrily: "Your Majesty is not dropping after you drop, Your Excellency understands!" ”

Oh my God, this Hu Taijun, who killed tens of millions, he even had to take away his title!

I was stunned, really stunned, and I didn't speak for a long time.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Nijo persuaded Hu Taijun to the side first, and then reminded me that what I was fighting for now was not to obey, but how to deal with the Ming side.

Gradually, I came back to my senses and realized that it didn't matter what I wore, even if I put on a dragon robe, I wouldn't have any power.

What else can this new Japan do now besides relying on the Ming army?

In order not to be slandered by Hu Taijun to the commander of the Ming Kingdom, I finally agreed to the humiliation of the system.

The next day, the commander of the Ming Kingdom finally came.

On that day, Pingji had the roads of the palace paved with a big red carpet, and the palace people were required to dress up, holding small pennants made of Ming and lined up along the palace gate all the way to my palace.

The palace was lit up everywhere, and the banners welcoming the angels of the Ming Kingdom were pulled almost fifty steps away, and all kinds of flags were planted everywhere.

I was at the mercy of Hu Taijun like a fool, and they put a chair for me, but instead of letting me sit down, I was allowed to stand next to a billboard.

The notice board was written in Chinese characters, as if it was welcoming Wei Gong or something.

I'm numb, what I'm writing or what I'm doing has nothing to do with me, I only care about my three treasures. After a while, Hu Taijun asked Jiazi to come over, and asked Jiazi to change into Han clothes in front of everyone, and then stood next to the notice board with more than a dozen palace people who were also dressed as Han women.

I was puzzled and asked Nijo what he was doing.

Nijo replied, "Welcome." ”

I couldn't help but twitch my face at that time, welcome, let my beloved concubine welcome you! Is this the new atmosphere of the new Japan?

Just as I was about to have a seizure, Hu Taijun came over with a face that seemed to be owed him money, and snorted: "Your Excellency, you must understand that everyone in New Japan is equal. ”

Equal?

This is the first time I've heard of this word, what does it mean?

I didn't understand very well, and I didn't have time to understand, there was a cannon sound outside the palace, saying that it was a salute, who knows.

Then I heard a lot of people cheering, and then there was the sound of gongs and drums, and I heard it a little straight.

After almost half a pillar of incense, I finally saw people.

There were about two hundred of them, and they jumped happily in front of me, beating the little drum pinned to their waists.

Just when I was surprised at what these people were doing, I saw a lot of people stepping on high wooden poles under their feet, wearing red and hanging colors.