In Kyoto, Sekihaku Nijo of the Imperial Court hurriedly walked past the Semyeong Gate with two attachés, and he had important news to tell His Majesty the Emperor.

When they entered the upper room of the Heitang Gate Palace, some ministers of the imperial court called out to Lord Sekihaku, but Nijo only glanced at them and rushed to the Zichen Hall where the emperor was located.

Nijo was well aware that those people were not loyal enough to His Majesty the Emperor, and it would be a waste to say a word to them at this critical time.

Moreover, many of these families have already begun to pack up and prepare to move east. Therefore, it is meaningless to waste words with them and argue whether to move the capital or not.

Itakura Shigemune's guy began to loot the wealth of Kyoto behind His Majesty's back and the imperial court, and the vicinity of His Majesty's palace was watched by Itakura's soldiers, if he didn't try again, once His Majesty was coerced by the Tokugawa family to move east, it would really be irreparable.

Thinking of this, Nijo couldn't help but glance at the attaché on the right behind him, and the other party nodded affirmatively at Nijo when he saw this, and Nijo also nodded again, and continued to rush towards Zichen Hall without a squeak.

With the support of the Ming people, Your Majesty will definitely be free!

Although Nijo's pace was fast, it was firm and powerful, and his mind was very hot at this time, because the person behind him who pretended to be his attaché was none other than Hu Guang, the deputy minister of the imperial envoy from the Ming Kingdom.

As stated in his proclamation, Ming Guoguo respects His Majesty the Emperor and the Imperial Court!

Isn't it the greatest sincerity of the Ming Kingdom to Kyoto that the Vice-Envoy personally came to meet with the Emperor?

In any case, Tokugawa Hidetada cannot be allowed to take His Majesty away!

Nijo took a deep breath, and the shogunate's army was losing ground at the front, with the nearest Ming army less than thirty miles from Kyoto.

According to reliable sources, Tokugawa Hidetada's eldest son, Iemitsu, has surrendered to the Ming army, and it is the most elite soldiers under Hidetada's subordinates who surrender with Iemitsu!

This means that Tokugawa Hidetada is finished, and he can no longer hold Kyoto!

Now, it's time to make a difference.

Hu Guang came to Kyoto for the first time, and he was very dissatisfied with his image in Japanese costumes, but in order to complete the task of the Wei Gong Bus Office, he could only be a Japanese servant.

However, except for the image dissatisfaction, Hu Guang was very satisfied, because since he came to Japan, he felt the strength he had never felt before.

It's like the bird that has disappeared in the crotch has gone home again!

The guy who is walking in front of him is a Japanese official, but he is respectful to himself, which makes people really emotional.

Well, I'll be able to meet the emperor in a while.

Ahh

The only person in the world who can be called the emperor is our Ming emperor!

Hey?

Hu Guang's eyes were attracted by the scene in the palace, no matter how you look at this large area of palace buildings, they look like our China.

Could it be that these palaces were built by us Chinese?

When Hu Guangzheng was thinking wildly, someone came to greet Erjo.

This person was another important minister of the emperor's side, from the second minister of the interior, Hirayyoshi Nobuoka, and before that, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was also the emperor's side of the minister.

Hirayoshi looked at the somewhat faceless attaché behind Nijo suspiciously: "Who is this?" ”

Nijo said with a little excitement: "Lord Shinoka, this is the envoy of the Ming Kingdom!" ”

"Huh?"

Pingji also went up at once, "It turned out to be an angel from the kingdom!" ”

"Our family is the deputy envoy, and the main envoy is the Duke of Wei, who commands the 100,000 imperial army." Although Hu Guang was very satisfied with the other party's incomparable respect for his identity, he was very modest, and habitually touched his beard, and said casually: "It's good to call me Taijun." ”

"Taijun!"

Pingji bowed deeply.

"Hmm."

Hu Guang responded lightly, in fact, he was also very puzzled, because the thing "Taijun" is a girl's title in Daming.

If it weren't for Gonggong Wei's strong demand that he call himself Taijun in front of the Japanese, he would not have been this cheap embryo.

"Taijun, please inside, Your Majesty has been waiting for Hou for a long time!"

Pingji gave two meaningful glances as he spoke.

........

Seeing that the Japanese emperor was a young man, Hu Guang was also a little surprised, and then he began his own performance.

After the special training of Confucian scholar Huang Zunxi, Gonggong Hu was full of "angel" flavor in his gestures, which really opened His Majesty Hou Shuiwei's eyes, and his inner admiration and yearning also arose.

After the politeness, the two sides began formal talks.

Nijo respectfully handed a draft of the Protocol of Tomorrow to His Majesty the Emperor, who could not wait.

Hou Mizuo looked at it seriously, Nijo and Heiyoshi sat upright, and Gonggong Hu was also upright.

After the capture of Nara, the great Duke of Wei, out of political considerations, felt that the time was ripe for cobbling together the puppet regime in Kyoto, and this idea was unanimously supported by the headquarters of the headquarters of the base camp.

Duke Wei then sent a letter to Hu Guang and asked him to sneak to Kyoto as a plenipotentiary representative, and with the help of the Chrysanthemum Agency, he negotiated with the important officials of the Kyoto court who were dissatisfied with the shogunate.

Negotiations naturally require a plan, and this "Protocol of Tomorrow" is born

The plan of the "Tomorrow Protocol" is quite concrete, and according to the supreme instructions of the base camp and the Wei Gonggong, the Kyoto area, including the southwestern Osaka and Tsu cities, will be implemented as a special administrative district, and it will be separated from any relationship with the shogunate and become a truly "independent" state.

Gonggong Wei instructed that he should have more contact with local Japanese people of insight, and at the same time help them, they should also get their help, and these people of insight should serve as officials at all levels.

Ge Saburo, the person in charge of the chrysanthemum organ, also formulated a "Outline for Handling the Current Situation in Japan," the basic spirit of which was completely consistent with the supreme instructions of Wei Gonggong, but in some respects it was more specific.

This is reflected in the Protocol of Tomorrow, as many as 21 of them.

For example, the emperor's area was maintained by the Imperial Army.

The shogunate's pressure and attacks on the emperor and the imperial court were also borne by the imperial army.

Kyoto, as the first line of the Imperial Empire against the shogunate, will never allow external disturbances, etc.

"In order to ensure the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, and the peace of the Kyoto area, the Empire must garrison at least one division in Kyoto. In addition, the Imperial Navy will also be equipped with corresponding facilities. ”

"The Imperial and Imperial armies fully guaranteed the Emperor's control over the Imperial Court and the administrative power of the Ministers over the regions. The imperial army did not interfere much with the specific actions of your imperial court. ”

According to his personal understanding, the general meaning of the protocol was to use the Japanese emperor and the imperial court to make up for the lack of manpower and material resources of the imperial army, and to divide and disintegrate the Japanese resistance forces.

Other provisions such as the need for Ming advisers at all levels of the organization, and the "hiring" of emperors and Ming officials in Kyoto for specific official positions.

Hou Mizuo was looking at it, and when he saw the last one, his face changed.

This article is that the emperor will change his name to the ruling and be canonized as the king of Japan by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the heir of the emperor must go to the Ming Dynasty to study.

Because he was not good at words, Hou Mizuo looked at Nijo.

Nijo understood, and immediately asked Hu Taijun to rest next door first.

As soon as Hu Taijun left, Hou Mizuo said to Erjo very unhappily: "If I sign this 21 Article, won't I become a traitor?" ”

The implication was obvious, His Majesty the young Emperor thought that the conditions of the Ming people were too harsh for him to accept.

When Nijo was thinking about how to persuade His Majesty, Hirayoshi preemptively said, "Your Majesty, how can you understand it like that! ”

"Oh?"

After the water tail is puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the Chinese allusion has the humiliation of enduring the step-down, and there is lying down to taste the courage, now that Japan has actually fallen to the Tokugawa family, Your Majesty's position is like a fictitious, could it be that Amaterasu has given His Majesty a great opportunity to restore power, how can Your Majesty give it up!"

"Your Majesty, no matter how strong the Ming Kingdom is, it is a mainland country after all, how can we have the desire to occupy territory for a long time with Japan?"

"Some of these terms are inappropriate, but what the minister wants to say is that these are just a small price paid by His Majesty to return the great government!"

"Does Your Majesty want to be subject to the shogunate for the rest of your life?"

“.......”

Under Hirayoshi's tirade and bitter words, His Majesty the young Emperor finally understood their painstaking efforts, so he used the Great Seal on the protocol.

When the matter was done, Nijo and Hirayoshi were very happy, they looked at each other, if they were not mistaken, the other party received a heavy gift from the people of the Ming Kingdom.

There is nothing wrong with this, and there is nothing wrong with this, let alone deceiving the king and betraying the country, because the future of Japan will still be controlled by them.