On August 20, the Japanese Emperor Shohito knelt in a side room in the Edo Castle Castle Tower, waiting for Li Zhi's summons. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shohito was actually a sixteen-year-old boy, but six years ago, he was already the emperor of Japan.

To Shaoren's left and right, two Tiger Ben Army soldiers with very unfriendly expressions stared at him. Those two soldiers were the personal soldiers of the king of Tianjin in the Ming Dynasty, and they were born tall and big, which made Shaoren feel a strong sense of threat.

Not only were there two pro-soldiers on the left and right, but there was also an officer standing in front of Shaoren. However, the officer didn't seem to take Shaoren seriously, and didn't look at Shaoren from beginning to end, as if Shaoren was an insignificant character.

Shohito had arrived in Edo from Kyoto ten days earlier, because Li Zhi had come from Tianjin and was said to be summoning him. Today, Lee Sik began to summon various Japanese figures. But obviously, Shaoren is not the more important of them. Shaoren has been kneeling in this aisle for an hour, and Li Zhi in the main hall has been summoning people from all sides, but he has never been summoned.

At the beginning, in front of Sakuhito were the feudal lords of the Shimazu family, the Mori family, and the Nagamune Ibe family, who had taken refuge in Li Zhi. These feudal lords saw Shaoren kneeling in the side room, and their expressions were a little contradictory.

On the one hand, the emperor of Japan knelt in a side room and waited for Li Zhi's summons, which made the feudal lords feel a little embarrassed. After all, these feudal lords are also Japanese, and they also share in the shame of destroying the country.

On the other hand, the feudal lords automatically separated themselves from the emperor - they had defected to the daimyo of Li Zhi, and had offered to support Osaka after it was attacked by the Tokugawa shogunate. Therefore, although Japan has been destroyed, it is clear that their interests will not be damaged.

It is even possible to go one step further.

In particular, the genealogies of the Shimazu family and the Nagamune Ibe family clearly record that their paternal ancestors were Watarai people from China. The two men had no ill feelings toward Lee Sik's rule of Japan. So looking at the poor Japanese emperor at this time, there is a feeling of staying out of the matter.

The four princes did not wait long in the side room, and Li Zhi quickly summoned them. Shao Ren saw that they had only stayed for more than ten minutes after entering the main hall, and they walked out one by one with joy, not knowing what benefits Li Zhi had given to the four of them.

After the four feudal lords left, Emperor Shohito of Japan continued to wait in the side room. Waiting, waiting, he suddenly had some urgency.

He anxiously told the soldier next to him that he wanted to go to the toilet.

However, the soldier didn't know whether he didn't understand him, or didn't want to pay attention to him at all, so he didn't pay attention to him.

Shaoren knelt there, his bladder was getting more and more bulging, and he couldn't help it. He couldn't help but stand up, trying to find a toilet conveniently. However, as soon as he stood up, he was pressed to the ground by the soldiers next to him.

The soldiers didn't let him move.

Shaoren wanted to cry without tears, so he could only hold his urine and kneel there.

After waiting for another hour, Li Zhi seemed to finally remember Shaoren and sent someone to call the Japanese emperor in.

When Soren walked into the main hall, he saw that Lee Sik was not sitting cross-legged on a tatami mat like the Japanese, but on a gorgeous chair on the top. There are also several chairs on both sides of the main hall, which sit Zheng Kaicheng and Zhong Feng who crusaded against Japan, and Zheng Kaida and others who were stationed in Osaka by Li Zhi.

Shao Ren knelt on the ground and was about to speak, but he heard Li Zhi ask him.

Then the Japanese translator standing next to Li Zhi asked loudly: "The Emperor of Japan, what is the use of keeping you with the prince of the county?" ”

Shaoren shuddered when he heard this, looked at the arrogant conqueror, and opened his mouth to speak.

Zheng Kaida has been stationed in Japan for a long time, and he knows the situation in Japan better, so he arched his hand to Li Zhi and said: "Lord, in fact, the Tokugawa shogunate is extremely contemptuous of the emperor. Thirty years ago, the shogunate enacted the 17 Laws of the Forbidden Provinces and the Imperial Family, which detailed the power and actions of the emperor and the nobles. The "Hodo" clearly stipulates that the emperor should put learning first and should not be involved in state affairs. The Shogunate's approval was required for the appointment of court officials, the clothing and ribbons of the Emperor's ministers, and the Emperor's tours. ”

"Except for the power to set the name of the era, the emperor is completely a tablet!"

Li Zhi looked at Zheng Kaida and did not speak.

Zheng Kaicheng said in a deep voice: "However, even if the Tokugawa shogunate was so contemptuous of the emperor, they still kept the emperor to worship, which shows that the role of the emperor has special significance for Japan." If we abolish the emperor, will it arouse the hatred of the Japanese? ”

Zhong Feng laughed and said: "What you hate, we are strong and strong, and we will kill wherever we dare to hate." It is better to kill the Japanese to the point where we can emigrate from Jianghuai Province to occupy this land. ”

When Li Zhi heard the words of his subordinates, he pondered for a moment and asked, "How is the situation in various parts of Japan now?" ”

Zheng Kaicheng replied: "At the end of last month, we announced to the princes everywhere that Japan was dead, and asked the princes everywhere to come to Edo as soon as possible to hand over power, but the princes everywhere did not listen to the order. At the beginning of the month, Jiang Chong led 10,000 men to attack the Sendai Domain and killed all the stubborn Date family, and the princes everywhere were afraid. ”

"Three days ago, the six minor princes near Edo knew the general trend and had already taken the initiative to surrender. But the princes who were further away were still waiting to see the situation. ”

"Especially some princes by the sea, it is said that they have sent all their wives, sons and daughters to the mountains, and they have the determination to fight with us."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "The Japanese are fierce and martial, and I am afraid that it will be very difficult to rule. If you don't kill a dozen great princes and kill him personally, I'm afraid that the other princes don't know what fear is. ”

Zheng Kaicheng and the three of them arched their hands and said: "Wang Ye Mingjian! ”

The Japanese Emperor Shao Hito, who was kneeling at the bottom, saw the four conquerors talking in Chinese there, knowing that the words of these four people would decide the fate of the Japanese imperial family, and he was so nervous that his forehead sweated.

Suddenly, he thought of something and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness, the Emperor of Japan is the belief of the Japanese people and cannot be abolished. ”

Hearing the emperor's words, the four people above the main hall fell silent.

Zhong Feng looked at Shao Ren and sneered.

Li Zhi said suddenly: "In the future, Japan will be a province under the rule of the widows, and we must only be loyal to the widows." The emperor is the spiritual symbol of Japan, and if the emperor is not destroyed, the Japanese will not forget that Japan is an independent country and the emperor must be abolished. Even if this provokes rebellion in various places, the Japanese Imperial Family must be beaten as civilians. ”

Zhong Feng looked at Shaoren and asked, "Your Highness, what should Shaoren do?" ”

Li Zhi thought for a while and said, "The spiritual symbols of the Japanese must be abolished, kill them!" ”

Zhong Feng shouted loudly, and with a wave of his hand, two pro-soldiers walked up and dragged Shaoren down.

The Japanese emperor was stunned, and understood that the king of the daimyo was going to cut off his head, and he was suddenly frightened. He couldn't control his bladder for a while, and he urinated all the urine he had been holding for a long time at once.

Li Zhi frowned, stood up, and left the main hall with a flick of his sleeves.

"It stinks here, let's go to the palace below."