On May 12, Xiubao was ready to return to Japan, but Emperor Wanli retained, Xiubao politely refused, and the emperor sent hundreds of officials to the outside of the city, which was extremely noble;

On May 13, after a farewell of 20 years, Emperor Wanli decided to go to the court, changed the absurdity, made great efforts, and the court was full of surprises;

In mid-June, Emperor Wanli was determined to rectify the rule of officials, govern the party strife in the court, and at the same time appease the displaced people, recuperate, reopen the sea ban, encourage overseas trade, and strengthen the study of Western knowledge and independent innovation; This series of drastic reforms lasted until Emperor Wanli died of illness five years later, known as the "Wanli New Deal";

At the beginning of August, Emperor Wanli enshrined Xiubao as the king of Japan, and at the same time named "He Wang" according to the domestic pro-domain, the same position as the Zhu family's pro-domain, and the courtiers had many opponents, but the emperor was extremely resolute, and the hundred officials had to be edicted;

In October, Emperor Wanli built and the palace for Xiubao in Beijing, and equipped with more than 1,000 miscellaneous soldiers, invited Xiubao to live in Beijing every three years, Xiubao sent his son-in-law Hanoi Manguo to Beijing to thank him, the emperor bounty 100 taels, 100 horses of silk;

At the beginning of December, at the invitation of Xiubao, Emperor Wanli sent more than 100 Confucian scholars and protégés to Japan to give lectures. This move was considered by later generations to be the beginning of the intensification of tomorrow's exchange and cultural assimilation;

Four years (1620)

On March 23, Ishida Mitsunari, the lord of the Mito domain, insisted on going to Fushimi to meet Hideho despite his serious illness, and died suddenly after receiving Hidebo's promise to "support Hideyoshi to become Sekihaku".

In mid-May, Toyotomi Hideyori was promoted to the right minister, Hanoi Manchukuo was promoted from the three great ministers, Kawachi Guangguo was promoted to the fourth middle minister, and Hideho resigned from the post of left minister, which was believed by the outside world to be in preparation for Hideyori's promotion to Guan Bai;

Early October. Emperor Gomizuo came to Fushimi and wanted Hideho to serve as the Imperial Minister, but Hideho was worried about causing Hideyori to be dissatisfied and refused again; Fujido Takatora learned about this. secretly invited Shima Kiyoko and Goto Kiji to discuss;

On November 3, Fujido Takatora passed the position of Governor to Fujido Takagoji, and he went to Fushimi to live, where he had close contacts with the sons of Hideho;

May 1621

On the fifth day of the fourth month, an earthquake struck the Osaka area, affecting Kyoto and Fushimi, causing damage to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, killing many female officials and ministers. Hideho sent people to take the royal family to Fushimi for a temporary stay. The Emperor felt his loyalty;

On the eighth day of the fourth month, the emperor led the people back to the palace, and in the evening, they found a strange stone in the ruins of the back garden of the palace, and wrote in blood "Clear the source and return to the stream". The maid reported to the emperor, and the emperor did not understand, but invited the onmyoji of the Yin-Yang Liao to come and investigate;

On the ninth day of the fourth month, Onmyoji informed the Emperor that "Kiyogen" means "Kiyowa Genji" and that "Guiryu" means to return to the "mainstream". It was Heaven that warned the Emperor that Seiwa Genji should be returned to the imperial family; The emperor still had lingering palpitations about the loss of his son and other clans before, so he deeply thought that the words of the onmyoji were true, but there were many Qingshi and Genji, and what should be done, the emperor could not understand; At this time, Onmyoji told the emperor. Seiwa Genji is distributed all over the country, but according to dignity, it is enough to show sincerity to heaven simply by inviting the Seiwa Genji direct family back to the imperial family; When the emperor heard this, he immediately sent someone to draft an edict and ordered Hideho to bring his concubine to the audience;

April 12. After some discussion with Hidebo, the emperor promulgated the "Imperial Title Restoration Edict", requiring Hideho and his son-in-law to be given the title of the imperial family, Hideho built a palace in Fushimi, renamed Hohito, which was "Prince Hohito of Fushimi Palace", the eldest son was renamed Manhito, and the second son was renamed Liren, Hideho still served as the prince and concurrently served as the general of Zhengyi, but Hideho still took Hanoi as the Miao character;

On the fifth day of the eighth month, following Hidebo's suggestion, the emperor decided to change the name of the next year to "Kaiyuan" to commemorate the important event of the return of the imperial title; Hideho dedicated 40,000 stone to the mountain castle as the emperor's imperial material;

The first year of open source is 1622

In March, Hideho realized that the return of the imperial title had not caused a revolt from the daimyo, so he accepted the emperor's edict with peace of mind and succeeded him as the prime minister.

In mid-May, Toyotomi Hideyori visited and asked Hideho to serve as his son-in-law, and Hideho readily agreed, giving it with the word "country", which was for Toyotomi Hidekoku;

Two years 1623

On March 12, Uesugi Keikatsu died of illness, and his son-in-law succeeded to the 150,000 stone of the Shinbata Domain;

On August 4, Kuroda Nagamasa died of illness, and his son-in-law Tadayuki inherited 150,000 koku from the Miharu Domain.

Three years 1624

On July 13, Fukushima Masanori died of illness and a riot broke out in the family, and Hideho sent troops to support his son-in-law to inherit the family business, but due to the violation of the "Laws of the Samurai", 100,000 stone Zhixing was confiscated, which will be 350,000 stone;

On the sixth day of the ninth month, Takadai-in Temple died of illness, and Hideho buried him with Toyotomi Hideyoshi;

Four years 1625

4.27 When Mori Terumoto died of illness, Hideho sent Kawachi Kokoku to mourn, during which he learned that Mori Terumen had no heirs, so he asked Hideho to inherit the Mori clan as the second son of Prince Manhito;

On May 8, the second son arrived in Hiroshima, and Shima Kiyoko made it his Yuan Fu and renamed it Mori Motokiyo;

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Emperor Wanli died of illness, and his eldest son succeeded to the throne, which was Emperor Taichang, and Xiubao personally went to Beijing to congratulate him, and asked Prince Manhito to succeed him as the king of Japan;

On September 19, Hideho returned to Fushimi and formally asked the emperor to step down as the general of the Seiyi and succeed him to the throne with his eldest son, Mitsuhito.

On the eighth day of October, Emperor Gomizuo's only son died of typhoid fever, and the issue of the imperial heir became the focus of the court.

Five years 1626

On the seventh day of the second lunar month, Toyotomi Hideyori was promoted to the second left minister, only one step away from the position of Guan Bai;

In mid-March, Emperor Taichang was critically ill, and before his death, he insisted on summoning Xiubao, who was summoned and immediately left for Beijing;

On March 20, Hideho arrived in Tianjin, and at the same time, Emperor Gomizuo fell into the water while playing in Fushimi, and died of his injuries that night; When Prince Manhito learned the news, he summoned Fujido Takatora, Takeda Katsukin, and Goto Kiji and other advisers overnight, and everyone thought that this was a godsend, so they summoned the then Sekibai Kikutei Yoshiki (the eldest brother of Kikutei Mochiko in the side room of Hideho) Rufushimi Palace, and informed Emperor Gomizuo of the funeral, Kikutei Yoshiki was shocked and at a loss; Fujitang Gaohu suggested that Manren should not do two things and be the emperor; Juting Liangji thought it was so, so he drafted the edict and acted according to the plan, which is known as the "change of Bingyin" in history;

On March 21, Kikutei Yoshiki escorted the body of Emperor Mizuo back to the Kyoto Imperial Palace. summoned the ministers to read the edict, and Manren also ordered Guangguo and Liren to lead troops into Beijing to "stabilize the situation"; Above the court, Juting said that before the death of Hou Mizuo, Xiubao was the emperor's younger brother, so that he inherited the throne; The minister was shocked. However, he dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and later Mizuo lost his only son, and taking Xiubao as the emperor was beneficial to improving the treatment of the minister and enhancing the imperial power, and after thinking about it, he acquiesced to this; Manren was overjoyed, and immediately sent people to Daming to welcome Xiubao back to China;

On March 22, Emperor Taichang died of illness and entrusted Xiubao to take care of Emperor Tianqi, but Xiubao politely refused and recommended Yuan Keli and Xiong Tingbi to enter Beijing to assist him;

March 25. Nasu Zikichi arrived in Kyoto and informed Hideho about Kyoto, but Hideho had no choice but to return to Kyoto;

On April 15, Hideho ascended the throne in Kyoto. changed the name of the year to "Imperial Unity", set Fushimi as the accompanying capital, established Manhito as the crown prince, and Rihito as the prince of Fushimi Palace;

Between May and March of the following year, Hideho carried out reforms in accordance with the system of the daimyo clan, which is known as the "Imperial Reform";

1. The concubine is the prince of the inner prince, and Liren is the prince of Gong;

2. The concubine is the prince of the country. Kawachi Kokuni is the Prince of Jiang (State), Hanoi Masakoku is the Prince of Shishi (State), Toyotomi Katsukoku is the Prince of Nong (State), and Toyotomi Hideyori is the Prince of Regency (State);

3 The descendants of the first line of the Emperor are the kings of the county, Toyotomi Hidebo is the king of Aichi, Toyotomi Hidemitsu (the eldest son of the Hideyoshi) is the king of Nangun, and Mori Motokiyoshi is the king of Numata County;

4 The main allies and retainers of the Imperial Seal were the Kokuko, Ukita Hideya was the Duke of Bikoku, Maeda Toshimasa was the Duke of Kaga, Gamo Hideyuki was the Duke of Iwakuni, Tokugawa Tadanao was the Duke of the Governor, Toshitaka Ikeda was the Duke of Kokoku, Asano Nagasaki was the former Duke of the Koku, Fujido Takatora was the Duke of Zhou, and Shima Kiyokoko was the Duke of the Inkoku;

5. Other daimyo with more than 200,000 koku and less than 300,000 koku were enshrined as county lords, such as Fukushima Takayoshi as Akashi Bo and Nasu Ziyoshi as Ashiwa Marquis;

6 More than 100,000 koku and less than 200,000 koku daimyo were enshrined as castle marquis, such as Goto Keiji for Kashima Marquis and Nine Oni Shoutaka Toba Marquis;

7 There is no title for a daimyo below 100,000 stones, but if it is returned to the king's land. For example, Oda Hideo, the lord of the Mino-Honsu Domain (Yamangoku), was the first to return the territory, and Hideho built a house for him in Kyoto and gave him the treatment of a gun.

In addition, Xiubao also stipulates: The daimyo or the daimyo who enjoyed the treatment of the county lord or above could intermarry with the imperial family, and the marriage between the daimyo needed to be played by the imperial court, otherwise the marriage contract would be dissolved.

The first year of the Emperor's reign was 1627

On May 9, in order to consolidate the royal power, Xiubao ordered Chongchuan and Fujitang Gaohu to draw up the "Laws of the Ministers", which stipulated:

1 forcibly merged the Fujiwara clan into one family, with Kikutei Yoshiki as the Fujiwara elder, and the branch returned to the main family;

2 stipulates that from now on, Sekihaku will be a vacant office and can only be elected from the Fujiwara clan, the Osaka Toyotomi clan, and the Kiyosu Toyotomi clan;

3 stipulates that from now on, the prince will concurrently serve as the general of the Seiyi, and there will be three generals under him, respectively Prince Gong, Omi Kawachi clan, and Ise Kawachi clan, who will be responsible for maintaining law and order on all sides, but the military power shall be granted by the general of Seiyi;

4 It is stipulated that from now on, the left and right ministers will be renamed as the left and right prime ministers, and the left prime ministers will be given priority to the Cheongju Toyotomi clan, Gifu Toyotomi clan, and Zhou Guogong lineage, and the right prime minister will be appointed by meritocracy.

The "Imperial Decree" was basically abolished, and the possibility of the minister's intervention in the government was basically ruled out, and the rule of the Toyotomi clan and the Hanochi clan in Japan was greatly strengthened.

12th year of the reign of the emperor (1638)

On July 12, Hideho died of illness on the way back to China at the age of 63. Three days later, the crown prince ascended the throne and refused to change the yuan out of filial piety, a practice that has continued to this day.

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