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From Qi Xianzong's introduction, Zhu Youzhen was surprised to find that the history of this time and space looked similar to the history he knew, and many historical events also happened one by one, but the results were not the same. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Take the Japanese shogunate as an example, after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate, the local daimyo were intimidated by the strength of the shogunate and had to stop killing each other, and Japan also entered a period of relative stability and seclusion under the leadership of the shogunate, until the Meiji Restoration.

But that is not the case today. The shogunate system was actually a variant of feudal system in which the shogunate and local feudal towns coexisted, and the feudal towns were nominally under the jurisdiction of the shogunate, and the shoguns and daimyo of each region were hereditary. During the Tokugawa Ieyasu era, due to their apparent military strength over other daimyos, the daimyo had to bow their heads and accept Tokugawa Ieyasu's redivision of the daimyo's domains.

According to the shogunate's division scheme, the daimyo were divided into three categories. The first type is the daimyo of the kin-feudal clan, that is, the daimyo who are related to the Tokugawa family. Among the stronger ones are the Owari Domain in Nagoya, the Kii Domain in the area between Osaka and Kyoto, and the Mito Domain close to Edo. These three feudatories occupied the richest regions of Japan, guarding the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, and they were also vested interests and staunch supporters of the shogunate system.

The second category is the pedigree daimyō, which means the generals who have been following Tokugawa Ieyasu. These daimyo were nominally retainers of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and all of them held official positions in the shogunate, and they held military power and were very powerful. Tokugawa Ieyasu stipulated that the shogunate ruled by the shogunate, and the daimyo of the pro-feudal clan and the daimyo of the pedigree also had a say, so the daimyo of the shogunate was also more respectful to the shogunate.

The third category is the Daimyo of the Outer Types, and this one is more miserable, they are all warlords who lost the war and were forced to submit to the shogunate. However, some of these daimyo were still powerful and dominant, with the best of them being the Kaga, Satsuma, and Sendai domains. They always held a grudge against the shogunate, but due to their remote location and their own evil intentions, they were unable to form a joint rebellion against the shogunate. Therefore, when Tokugawa Ieyasu was alive, no foreign daimyo dared to compete with the shogunate.

However, after the death of Tokugawa Ieyasu and his contemporaries, the situation changed subtly. Many of the new generation of daimyo are not satisfied with the embarrassing status quo and fantasize about restoring the territory of the Warring States period; The pro-feudal daimyo and the genealogical daimyo were afraid of the loss of vested interests, and tried all kinds of methods to suppress the new forces; At the same time, there was also a clear and secret struggle between the relatives and the genealogy daimyo for their respective interests. It can be said that the atmosphere is quite tense, and the fragile balance can be upset at any time.

However, the trigger for the turmoil did not originate in any one feudal town, but between the shogunate and the emperor.

Originally, the emperor had been a puppet for hundreds of years, and no one, whether it was a shogun or a daimyo, took the imperial family seriously, and successive emperors were cautious, hiding in the imperial palace in Kyoto and allowing the warlords to fight.

However, after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the shogunate, he further strengthened his control over the imperial family and weakened the emperor's few powers. The current reigning emperor is named Masahito, and he didn't even say anything about marrying a wife, so he had to marry Tokugawa Ieyasu's granddaughter and the daughter of the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada. This is similar to when Cao Xiang forced Emperor Han Xian to marry his daughter as the queen, and the heart of Sima Zhao of the Tokugawa family is already known to passers-by.

Emperor Masahito thinks that he is a "god" and a "family of eternity", although he is a little down, he is not willing to be at the mercy of the Tokugawa shogunate, and always wants to play a little "edge ball", slowly expand his influence, and at the same time test the shogunate's bottom line on himself.

Not long ago, two sensational events occurred in Japan.

One of them is the "Purple Clothes Incident". Buddhism was introduced to Japan from the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the religious thinking of the Japanese is also quite strange, Shinto can coexist with other religions, including Buddhism, and which god works will be worshipped. In my bones, this is not called religious belief at all, but actually pragmatism.

Later, the power of Buddhism gradually increased, and later it became a political force to be reckoned with. The great monasteries often occupied large tracts of fertile land and colluded with local daimyo to brainwash the common people into reluctance to accept the oppression of the feudal lords.

At that time, high-ranking monks could wear purple monk's robes, which was a symbol of honor and status. Originally, the power to grant purple clothes belonged to the emperor, and the emperor could also take the opportunity to collect money, and whoever gave more money would give purple clothes. Unexpectedly, the Tokugawa shogunate even deprived it of this power, and clearly stipulated in the "Prohibition of the Laws of the Public Family" that the imperial court could not grant purple clothes privately. Emperor Masahito wanted to challenge the authority of the shogunate from here, so he granted purple robes to more than 70 monks at one time.

At this time, the shogun had reached the third term, that is, Tokugawa Ieyasu's grandson, Tokugawa Iemitsu. This emperor was also unceremonious, and directly announced that the award was invalid, which made Masahito so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Then the second major event happened, Tokugawa Iemitsu may have deliberately let his wet nurse Afuku go to meet the emperor for the purpose of humiliating Masahito. Masahito was forced to meet with him and gave him the name "Kasuga Bureau", which became known as the "Kasuga Bureau Incident". According to the rules of the time, Ah Fu was just a wet nurse, and he had no official qualities, so he was not qualified to meet the emperor. But under the eaves, the man had to bow his head, and the emperor once again swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat in the secret battle with the shogunate.

The Tokugawa shogunate was so arrogant that it gave a rare excuse to the local daimyo who were dissatisfied with it. Led by the other daimyo of Kaga, Satsuma, and Sendai, many daimyo accused the shogunate of lacking due respect for the emperor and refused to pay taxes. Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious, and united with the feudal clan and the daimyo of the pedigree, preparing to launch a campaign against the three feudal clans.

And these three feudatories are not fuel-efficient lamps, they have long taken advantage of their remote location to secretly carry out smuggling trade with foreign countries. Especially the Satsuma Domain, they not only traded with the Portuguese, Spaniards, and Dutch for a long time, but also colluded with Zheng Zhilong, and their maritime military power was quite strong. In order to expand military spending, the Satsuma Domain repeatedly sent samurai to harass the Ming Sea Frontier, which is now frequently infested by the Japanese Invaders.

"How does my father-in-law know so much?" Zhu Youzhen asked curiously.

Qi Xianzong hurriedly said: "The minister has caught some Japanese robbers, and these news are all obtained from their mouths. The minister immediately played to the court, but the court only stared at the battlefield in Liaodong and had no time to take care of anything else; Second, the power and treachery are in power, and the mediocre ministers can get by, and no one cares about the political situation of a state. ”

Zhu You listened and couldn't help but lock his eyebrows. He had an instinctive premonition that the current situation in Japan was quite similar to the "Curtain Downfall Movement" more than 200 years later. If the shogunate is overthrown and the emperor returns to power, will Japan embark on the path of foreign expansion ahead of schedule? Daming is now unable to deal with a Houjin, if you add a Japan, wouldn't it be even worse?

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen now sincerely hopes that Japan will fight among itself for a few more years, and the more chaotic the better, and it is best to beat the human brain out of the dog's brain. As long as he is given a few more years, Zhu Youzhen will definitely find this hooligan-like and heinous island country to settle the score, and let them repay the blood debts owed to China by the two time and space, together with the principal and interest!