Chapter 253: The farce of sealing the widows
After more than a year of careful preparations, the Mingshen Sect once again mobilized tens of thousands of Lu Yong and sailors from all over the country to prepare to send troops to Korea again to completely solve the Korean war.
On the fifth day of the first month of the twenty-third year of Wanli (1595), the first heavy snow of the year fell in Beijing.
Ruixue Trillion Year.
The Myojin Sect was in a happy mood, and he came to the noon gate tower in high spirits and summoned Naito Ruan.
Myojin Sect readily agreed to the seven peace conditions proposed by the Japanese people, and prepared to canonize Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Japanese courtiers.
The clever Naito Ruan immediately made a large list of courtiers to be canonized to Myojin Sora.
Myojin Sect immediately issued a decree to canonize Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the king of Japan according to the Ming official system; Awarded to Ukita Hideie, Konishi Yukinaga, Masuda Nagamori, Otani Yoshitsugu, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Mori Terumoto, Kato Kiyomasa and other governors; Jing Zhe Xuansu gave clothes and hats; Naito Ruan was the commander of the envoy.
Naito Ruan, who has been playing in Beijing for more than a year, did not expect that this time he would enter Beijing and face the saint so smoothly. For more than a year, he tasted the delicious food of Beijing City, enjoyed the beauty of Beijing City, and in the end, not only successfully completed the important task of peace, but also was canonized by the Ming Emperor as an official position of a commander.
Naito Ruan immediately prostrated on the ground, shouted long live to the Myojin Sect Mountain, and thanked the emperor.
A few days later, the Myojin Sect issued an edict appointing Shen Weijing as the canonization envoy, holding the letter of canonization of the Wa Kingdom, and from now on he returned to the Wa Kingdom with Naito Ruan, and read the letter of canonization of the Ming Dynasty to Toyotomi Hideyoshi in person.
Shen Weijing, Ruan Naito, and Michiko Kato set out from Beijing on the same day, escorted by 300 Dongchang soldiers led by Fang Shan, passed through Dengzhou, boarded a luxury station ship specially prepared by Yin of Dengzhou, and rushed to Busan, North Korea.
After arriving in Busan, Naito reported to Konishi Yukito about the situation of peace negotiations with Daming in Beijing for more than a year. Of course, Naito did not mention the fact that he was eating, drinking, and having fun all day in Beijing.
After listening to the report, Governor Konishi led Naito Ruan to report the results of the Beijing peace negotiations to the supreme command of the Japanese army in Busan, and then immediately went out in person to accompany Shen Weijing to rush back to the Japanese country.
After more than half a month of sea turbulence, Konishi Yukicho and Shen Weijing and his entourage successfully arrived at the Wa Kingdom.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who had already received the news in advance, specially rushed to Fushimi New Town to prepare to meet the envoy of the Ming Dynasty there.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered his subordinates to carefully plan a grand canonization ceremony. Thousands of ironclad guards served as guards for the canonization ceremony.
On both sides of the road that Shen Weijing passed, countless boys and girls dressed in the traditional national costumes of the Japanese Kingdom sang and danced to welcome the arrival of the Ming envoys.
Shen Weijing rode on a tall horse, squinting at the beautiful girls on both sides who greeted the Ming Shengcha, his heart was rippling and comfortable.
Shen Weijing, accompanied by President Konishi, came to the front of the canonization hall. He got out of his horse and looked up at the hall in front of him.
In front of the magnificent hall, two rows of gold-armored guards stood neatly.
Seeing that Shen Weijing and the others had already come to the front of the steps of the main hall, one of the golden armor guards let out a loud shout, and the golden armor guards at the scene immediately pulled out the sabers on their waists and raised them vertically to their chests.
"Please Taiko-sama!"
With this shout from nowhere, all personnel immediately stood solemnly, and the scene was suddenly unusually silent.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi walked out of the temple gate slowly with a cane and a bent waist.
"Lord Taige, Shen Weijing is here to pay a visit!" Shen Weijing saw Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and when he saw Toyotomi Hideyoshi walking towards him, he hurriedly moved his feet and greeted him.
"Welcome to the business, please inside!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi smiled and made a gesture of please to Shen Weijing.
Shen Weijing affectionately supported Toyotomi Hideyoshi and walked towards the main hall.
The ministers of the Wa Kingdom followed closely and entered the main hall one after another.
Come to the main hall, Shen
However, the official palace and the golden seal given to Toyotomi Hideyoshi by Emperor Shenzong were presented with both hands, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi accepted it with joy.
Shen Weijing also handed over the costumes given by the Ming Dynasty to other Japanese generals.
After settling Shen Weijing and taking his seat, Toyotomi Hideyoshi couldn't wait to retreat into the inner hall, changed into the official uniform given by the Ming Dynasty, and prepared to wear it to accept the canonization.
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi returned to the main hall in the inner hall in the Daming official uniform, Shen Weijing was almost amused by the funny appearance of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Daming official uniform. I saw that the thin Toyotomi Hideyoshi was wearing a wide Ming official uniform, and no matter how he looked at it, he looked like the Monkey King of the Monkey King wearing the official uniform of Bima Wen.
"Wearing this official uniform, Lord Taige is really radiant and impressive!" Shen Weijing stood up and complimented Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was about to sit in the middle of the altar, with a smile on his face.
For this canonization ceremony, Toyotomi Hideyoshi specially invited the senior monk of the Rinzai sect of Xiangguo Temple to be his translator. Shen Weijing's words were transmitted to Toyotomi Hideyoshi through the mouth of Xixiao Acceptance, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi was very useful, and immediately ordered someone to pour wine for Shen Weijing.
The welcome banquet began in a peaceful atmosphere.
Thinking that his lifelong wish was about to come true, Toyosei Hideyoshi ordered the musicians next to the hall to play a cheerful beat. For a time, the transverse flute, taiko drum, cymbal drum and other national musical instruments of the Japanese country played in unison, and the whole hall was full of cheerful and pleasant atmosphere.
Halfway through the banquet, Governor Konishi stood up and said loudly: "Today is a good day, the peace negotiations between the Wa Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty advocated by Lord Taiko have finally come to a successful conclusion. Let us now welcome the special envoy of the Ming Dynasty to read the edict of canonization in public with warm applause. Everyone applauds! ”
It is said that the envoy of the Ming Dynasty canonized read the canonization letter in public, and the canonized Toyotomi Hideyoshi and others should stand solemnly or even kneel. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who didn't take Daming in his eyes, didn't move his butt at all, and still sat upright in his chair, ready to listen to Shen Weijing read out the canonization letter.
As a scoundrel in the market, Shen Weijing didn't know these complicated etiquette at all, and with a burst of warm applause, Shen Weijing stood up with a red face, took out the sealed canonization edict, opened it and read it:
"I respectfully accept the mandate of heaven, reign over all nations, and only settle China, which will make the sun and moon shine at home and abroad, and I will be unhappy and then my heart will be sad.
Hideyoshibi of Japan called the army in Korea. Husband Korea, my Celestial Dynasty for 200 years to abide by the country of tribute. I was in a hurry, and I was so angry that I went out of the way to save him. Killing with Zhang is not my intention.
"Nair sent Toyotomi Governor to Fujiwara Ruanlai, and the reason for Chen to call the army was originally to beg for the Heavenly Empire, and begged North Korea to convey it, but North Korea refused to pass through the Viet Nam Sound Sect, and he took the risk to annoy the Heavenly Soldiers, and repented of the disaster.
"Today, return to the Joseon Wangjing, send back the Joseon prince and courtiers, and respectfully submit the letter, and still apply for the petition. After the ministers played before and after, and the people re-invaded Jinju in Korea, the situation was repeated. I retribution.
Whoever came to pass, the king of Joseon, Li Hao, invited Erdai, and played, and the people of Busan, after many years of no uproar, served as an envoy. Seeing that he was respectful, I specially took Fujiwara Ruan to come to Beijing, and ordered the civil and military ministers to gather in the Que court, translate and review the beginning and end, and made the original agreement for three things: from now on, all the people in Busan have returned, and they dare not leave a single person; After the sealing, I didn't dare to ask for tribute to the city, so as to start the beginning; Don't dare to offend the DPRK again, so as to lose your neighbor. Disclose the truth, and as expected, I will be honest with my heart and be kind.
Because of the guerrilla attack on Shen Weijing as the envoy, he held the edict and sealed Ping Hideyoshi as the king of the Wa Kingdom, gave him a gold seal, and gave him a crown. The courtiers also gave official positions in each amount, and used Bo Enhan.
He still told the people of Erguo that he should obey Er's orders and not disobey them. The world is in Ertu, and the people are in the world. Cover from Emperor Cheng Zuwen to give the country of Er, so far it has been sealed again, which can be described as a grand ceremony of the world......"
When Shen Weijing read this, he suddenly felt that the content of Emperor Shenzong's edict was a little strange, when he was in Beijing, Mingshenzong obviously agreed to the seven conditions of peace between the people of the Japanese country, but the content he had just read was completely different.
Shen Weijing held the edict
book, paused, and looked up secretly at Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who was sitting in the center of the altar. He found that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's translator, Nishixiao Cheng, was standing next to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, putting his mouth to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ear and whispering. And Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face showed obvious displeasure.
Shen Weijing hesitated for a moment and continued to read out the edict:
"After self-proclaimed, Erqi scrupulously adhered to the Three Covenants, always shouldered and single-minded, repaid the Heavenly Empire with loyalty, and made peace with all countries with faith and righteousness. The crowd in the vicinity must be forbidden, so as not to cause trouble. The people of the sixty-six islands along the coast have been recruited for a long time, and they have abandoned their own business, and they should be more willing to care for Sui, so that their parents and wives can be reunited. ……”
Shen Weijing read this point and didn't dare to continue reading. He finally understood that all the peace negotiations made by Emperor Shenzong before were just acting, and the Holy Lord had no intention of sincerely negotiating peace with the Japanese people.
Shen Weijing secretly complained in his heart: "This is a peace, it is clearly a showdown." I thought I was fortunate to be a special envoy to witness the truce between the two countries. Which Cheng thought, but took on a drudgery. If I read it again, I don't know what kind of tone the Holy One is. This annoys the Japanese people, and they have to lose their heads. ”
Shen Weijing looked at Toyotomi Hideyoshi again, at this time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's face had turned purple due to anger, and he held the wine glass on the table tightly with his right hand, trying his best to control his anger.
"Brother, look...... Still reading? Shen Weijing asked for help from Governor Konishi in a panic.
"Oh...... This ......" President Konishi couldn't make up his mind for a while how to help Shen Weijing.
"Bag! This is a canonization, and it is clear that he has come to teach my king a lesson. Read no more! Before Toyotomi Hideyoshi got angry, Tokugawa Ieyasu stood up angrily and yelled at Shen Weijing.
"No, let him read it, let him finish it!". Toyotomi Hideyoshi held back his anger and said sharply.
"General Shen, then ...... Let's finish reading the national book. Governor Konishi said to Shen Weijing in a helpless tone.
"Dude...... You can't die without help......" Shen Weijing already had a premonition that his situation was very bad at this time, and he could only regard President Konishi as his last straw.
Governor Konishi sat in place, lowered his head, and said weakly to Shen Weijing: "Read it." ”
"Yes...... The reason why you look up to your body is that you are willing to answer the heart of heaven. As for...... Contribution, Gur is sincere, but I am a general of the sea, only know...... Defend the war, the wind and waves haunt, the jade is inseparable, the effect is strong, how can I ...... Accountability, all exemptions, no provocations, obey my orders, do not disobey. Tianjian Kong Yan, Wang Zhang Youhe, Qinzai, so the edict.
The treasure of Guangyun on the 21st day of the first month of the 23rd year of Wanli"
Shen Weijing trembled and finished reading the canonization letter, wiped the cold sweat on his face tremblingly, and secretly looked at Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
"Bag!" At this time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was already angry, he roared loudly, and threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground, "I'm angry too!" Emperor Daming, I was originally the king of the Wa Kingdom, do I still need you to canonize me? This is a negotiation and canonization, and it is clearly a declaration of war against me. Okay, since you want to fight, then let's fight. See that our army does not attack the city of Beijing, and behead you old man for guilt. When the time comes, I will sit on your dragon chair and receive the bow of your subjects!" ”
"Spare your life, my lord! I...... I really don't know......" Shen Weijing knew at this time that he was in a catastrophe, so he had to kneel down and beg for mercy.
"Come on, push this Ming envoy out for me and behead him!" Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave an order, and immediately two guards with knives came in to control Shen Weijing.
"The king spares his life...... I really serve the Great Wa Kingdom......"
In the sound of begging for mercy, Shen Weijing was pulled outside the hall and beheaded in public.
Shen Weijing, a generation of clowns in the mixed world, finally ended his ugly performance in the Ming and Japanese peace talks, and died in Huangquan with a sad end.