Weather forecasts in the mid-19th century were largely empirical, with very large errors, and nothing was very certain. For example, when will the typhoon that hit China's southeast coast pass?

"But the typhoon will eventually pass, and then my navy will be able to wipe out the Russian fleet in the Ryukyus, and this country will soon be back in our hands, so you can rest assured."

In the Yanyu Building on Qinglian Island in the north of Ruyi Island in Chengde Summer Resort, Emperor Zhu is sitting naked in a fragrant wooden barrel, several beautiful women in kimono are waiting on the left and right, some people are holding loofah pulps to wipe his back, some people are holding trays in their hands, red wine is placed on the plate, and some people are holding towels. In addition, there was also a woman in the barrel who was very ordinary in figure and appearance, listening to Emperor Zhu with affection.

This woman is, of course, the titular queen of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Her Majesty. The lady queen arrived in Chengde at the end of August, compared to a few months ago, her figure is plump, but her chest is still flat and does not bulge out, but it is not a Lori who has not grown up, and there is really not much temptation for Emperor Zhu, who is surrounded by all kinds of beauties all day long.

But where is this bed politics a beautiful thing with both power and sex? For the lady queen, the responsibility that should be fulfilled still has to be fulfilled, if not...... It's not too late to let Concubine Teng brought by Shuzi help give birth to an heir to the Ryukyu throne.

"Your Majesty, if Ryukyu recovers, is the concubine going to Ryukyu to sit down?" The lady queen looked at Emperor Zhu, a little reluctant.

"Why do you want to go to Ryukyu? Isn't it good to stay with me, I'm still the king of Korea, didn't I go to Korea to sit down......"

"Good. Absolutely. The queen laughed. Leaned his naked body into Emperor Zhu's arms. "The concubine has always stayed by His Majesty's side. I'm not going anywhere. ”

"You're going to have to go to Japan in a few days." Zhu Jishi turned his gaze to the lady queen. "After the death of Tokugawa Iekei, the atmosphere in Japan was somewhat abnormal, and there were people in the Kyoto court who colluded with the Male Domain to try to overthrow the shogunate, which was a way to control chaos and must not be implemented." Zhu Jishi's words surprised the lady prince, she didn't expect Zhu Jishi to support the Tokugawa family at this time. On the contrary, she thought that Emperor Zhu should support the Kyoto court. In order to let the imperial court and the shogunate compete, Zhu Ming took the two families in one hand, so as to profit from them.

"Akiko is the daughter of the Tokugawa family, although she looks soft, but her heart is very resolute, and she is really a heroine among women. She will not bow her head like the Japanese court, if the ministers in the Japanese court want to bully her as a weak woman, I am afraid that she will suffer a lot......"

What Zhu Jishi said is true. As Tokugawa Akiko gets older, the fierce side of her character is gradually revealed, although she is still absolutely obedient to Emperor Zhu. But it was difficult for others to influence her will, including her father, Tokugawa Saiaki.

"Your Majesty. Are you explaining that the concubine will be ...... to the Kyoto Imperial Court? Use of force!? The tone of the lady queen was very surprised, and Zhu Jishi stared at the queen and said seriously, "With my understanding of Mingzi, she doesn't take the emperor seriously." ”

This is true, although Akiko was born in the Mito Domain, which is the king. But she followed Zhu Jishi when she was thirteen years old and Lori, and it has been more than seven years now. In her eyes and mind, there is only one supreme emperor, and that is Zhu Jishi. The emperor or something, but a small lord of 30,000 stone in Yamashiro Province, Japan, has an annual income that is not as much as the pocket money that Zhu Jishi gave her, what is there to respect?

"But all the samurai in Japan are loyal to the emperor......"

"Oh?" Zhu Jishi sneered, "If this were the case, the Tokugawa Shogunate would have ceased to exist a long time ago...... Therefore, I am not optimistic about the outcome of this contest between the Japanese court and the Tokugawa shogunate. So I hope you can persuade your brother not to fight with the shogunate, because he will lose his position as emperor. If he wants to increase the land, he can directly propose it, and if 30,000 stone is not enough, it can be increased to 50,000 stone, which is negotiable. ”

"Your Majesty!" The Lady's voice sharpened. Because Zhu Jishi's tone of voice seems to be the boss of the Japanese emperor. "The concubine wants to remind you that the emperor's status in Japan is extremely lofty, Japan is different from the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is a family of all generations, and no foreign minister has ever dared to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne." Zhu Jishi looked at Shuzi helplessly, and was silent for a while.

"Your Majesty, you won't support Akiko and her ......"

"Shuzi, Akiko is my person, not the emperor's person!"

"So, do you really want to support her?"

"Of course I'm going to support her. Can you still watch her being bullied? Emperor Zhu's eyes were cold, and his lips were full of contemptuous smiles. The lady suddenly felt that she had no way to compare with the Tokugawa Akiko who had followed Zhu Jishi at the age of thirteen and was only 20 years old this year, and was as beautiful as a porcelain doll - at least in Zhu Jishi's mind. Her pale face was a little distorted, but she still tried her best to restrain herself, and said with a deliberate smile: "If the concubine is bullied, the emperor will definitely stand up for the concubine, right?" ”

Zhu Jishi regained his expression full of tenderness, and nodded slightly: "With me, no one will bully you." In fact, I asked you to go back to Japan to persuade the emperor for the sake of you and the emperor. The Heavenly Emperor can be immortal because it is set aside, and it is pointless to destroy an idol without power. If the emperor had such supreme power as the emperor of China, how many powerful people in Japan would want to replace him! I know that in the history of Japan, there were Ming monarchs who tried to restore the authority of the emperor, but what was the final result? Even if your brother can overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, will it really be the coming of the emperor's dictatorship? Maybe it's another Warring States troubled era! And now is different from the past, once the troubled times come, it should be the heroes colluding with the powers! At that time, it is difficult to say whether the Heavenly Emperor can keep the 30,000 stones of the mountain city country! ”

"When the time comes, the Ming Dynasty will also be one of the great powers that interfered in Japan's civil strife......"

"Yes, I will support the Tokugawa clan! If necessary, I will send the samurai legion back home and let them fight for the Tokugawa clan! ”

"They are not all members of the Tokugawa family, and if the Tokugawa family is accused of being enemies, they ......"

"They'll be on the side of the Tokugawa family! Because I have money and guns, and the Tokugawa family still has millions of stone land, they can get silver dollars for fighting for Tokugawa, and they can also get land after making meritorious deeds, and even become the lord of a feudal domain! What does the emperor have? Money, or arms? Shuzi, you know better than I do about the situation of the Heavenly Emperor. I am afraid that your brother gave you to me as a concubine just to get my support, but I look at the problem from the perspective of the long-term friendship between China and Japan and the stability of the Greater East Asian order. Now, the order in Japan is that the shogunate overheads the emperor, and this order was not created by Ieei and Akiko, but has been handed down from the Minamoto Yoritomo era, just like the emperor here in China has great power, and it cannot be easily changed! Otherwise, it is really difficult to say whether the future of Japan will be an autocratic emperor or a republican democracy! ”

The lady was speechless, she had been in China for a while, and she usually read newspapers and books, of course she knew how terrible a republican democracy was - she could not have an emperor, a minister, a general, and let the untouchables vote for the commander, if Japan became such a country, then it would be better to let the Tokugawa family continue to be generals.

Emperor Zhu's words are not without a little truth. Historically, although Japan's Restoration was relatively successful, it did not become the Republic of Japan or the People's Republic of Japan. But that was because the people of the Tokugawa family bowed themselves at the feet of the emperor and regarded themselves as loyal servants of the emperor, and did not dare to show the revolutionary spirit of breaking the pot and breaking it. Even then, isn't there a Ezo Republic?

And in this time and space, Tokugawa Iyuki is still a doll, and Tokugawa Akiko is not the emperor, maybe he really broke the jar and broke it, and the emperor and those who are qualified to be the emperor are clicked, what can this Japanese republic do when the time comes?

As soon as she thought of a republican and democratic Japan, the lady queen took a deep breath and nodded heavily at Emperor Zhu: "It's good, the concubine will leave for Japan tomorrow, and she will definitely persuade His Majesty the Emperor to back down." (To be continued......)