Chapter 730 - Constitutional Monarchy
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As the day of the enthronement of the Later Nara King approached, more and more local daimyo came to Kyoto in person or sent their men with gifts to congratulate the new king on his accession to the throne.
The king of Nara was not idle, he had already begun to govern himself, ambitiously taking half a step into a series of new policies, political, military, and economic.
Later King Nara's new policy was nothing new in Duan Fei's opinion, purely to take all the power into his own hands, under Duan Fei's instructions, Tanba Ohara handed over the troops in his hands, and then King Nara immediately used this as the basis to form an armed force completely controlled by him.
At the beginning, the king of Nara was extremely excited, from a puppet emperor who ate and waited for death to become a real king with heavy soldiers, it didn't feel ordinary cool, but unfortunately he didn't wait for two days to be cool, and the problem came.
The first problem is money, soldiers need to eat, and it takes a lot of money to raise so many people every day, and the treasury that King Nara took over is empty, where can I afford to raise tens of thousands of troops in the progress of the permanent station.
It also costs money to engage in internal affairs, and it is no less than the military aspect, and it also costs money to engage in the economy. Within a few days of coming to power, the king of Nara fell into a serious financial crisis, even a crisis of confidence.
If you don't have money, you can't do anything, and then the king of Nara began to be anxious about money, he sent people to collect taxes, and the taxes collected were not enough at all, so he had no choice but to visit Duan Fei in person, hoping that Duan Fei could support some silver on behalf of Daming.
When the King of Hou Nara asked for money, the smile on Duan Fei's face gradually calmed down, and the King of Hou Nara secretly felt bad in his heart, but Duan Fei did not categorically refuse, he just asked rhetorically: "King, I don't know how much silver you need to borrow?" ”
Later, the king of Nara hurriedly said: "Only 100,000 taels of silver is enough." ”
Duan Fei took a breath and said, "One hundred thousand taels of silver, it's not much......
After Nara, the king was overjoyed, only to hear Duan Fei continue: "It's not a lot......"
After the king of Nara's face suddenly collapsed, Duan Fei smiled and said: "One hundred thousand taels of silver can still be raised, but ...... This envoy can trust the king, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty are very tricky, the envoy borrowed money from them, they must not give it, but if they knew that the money was lent to the king, it is estimated that they will ask for some interest, I don't know how long the king plans to borrow? How much interest are you willing to give? I'll send someone to talk to some big businessmen. ”
After the king of Nara knew that it was not so easy to borrow money, Duan Feiken promised to help him was already good, he gritted his teeth and said: "After this king officially ascends the throne, he can really govern, and when the taxes of the whole world are collected, I will have money to return to the prince, two months, with a limit of two months, how about half a profit?" At the end of the year, the king will return 105,000 taels of silver to the lord with interest. ”
How much profit can be taken is not Duan Fei's purpose, seeing that the king of Nara must borrow, he drafted an IOU, in addition to what the king of Nara said, he also added one, overdue not to pay even the interest of one percent of the late fee per day, let the king of Nara sign on the top, the king of Nara felt that he must be able to pay, and the late fee of one percent does not seem to be much, so he happily signed and drawn.
Duan Fei put away the IOU, and asked the king of Nara to return to the palace to wait for good news, and the king of Nara returned to the palace with a worried mood, and the silver taels of the cart and cart were sent to the palace in the evening, and the king of Nara was overjoyed, and after receiving the silver taels, he continued to spend money lavishly, and he did not know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive, although the king of Nara was poor, he did not know how to be thrifty, and government officials, businessmen, and the military were all pit on his money, so the 100,000 taels of silver were spent in less than ten days.
When the king of Hou Nara came to Duan Fei again with a cheeky face, Duan Fei still cheerfully lent another 200,000 taels of silver to the king of Hou Nara, so that the king of Hou Nara left with gratitude, and then on the day of the enthronement ceremony, the Ming Dynasty from all over the country entered Beijing one after another, bringing a large number of gifts, which temporarily alleviated the financial crisis of the king of Hou Nara.
Kyoto gathered around the daimyo or their subordinates for a while, to Kyoto brought unprecedented excitement, but also brought a lot of chaos, a considerable part of the daimyo in Kyoto had a grudge against each other, in Kyoto suddenly met on a narrow road, many people immediately fought, dozens of daimyo also brought tens of thousands of subordinates, when they were inextricably fighting, Kyoto's guards exposed the slow recruitment, insufficient training and other problems, resulting in the Daimyo and his subordinates in Beijing becoming more and more arrogant, fighting all day long, making Kyoto a miasma.
After the king of Nara became more and more troubled, these daimyo on the surface to him respectful, in fact, yang and yin, asked them to hand over the military power, they grinded, asked them to donate money to pay taxes, they desperately cried poor, after the king of Nara took these soldiers and ruffians really had no way, as a result, there was a trouble, these guys actually began to open their mouths to the lion of the king of Nara one by one, asking for a reward.
When their demands were not met, the daimyo demanded to leave Kyoto, and the king of Nara was so angry that he sent troops to detain them despite the opposition of his ministers, and as a result, the daimyo rebelled one after another, and the Kyoto Rebellion, which shocked the whole of Japan, suddenly broke out.
The daimyo from all over the country had secretly arranged a large number of men and horses in Kyoto, and as soon as the king of Nara made a move, they immediately launched it, and the Beijing army that deliberately preserved its strength was beaten to a few places, and then these daimyo frantically plundered Kyoto, until the Shujun musketeers were dispatched, they scattered in a hurry, leaving a mess, and the king of Nara vomited blood after being angry.
Later, King Nara had no choice but to be cheeky and borrow money from Duan Fei again, but this time it was not Duan Fei who met him, but a businessman with a mustache and about fifty years old.
"The contemptible person's surname is Wuming Haiyan, I heard that the grandfather of the country said that the king is here to repay the money?" Wu Haiyan said to the king of Hou Nara seriously.
Later, the king of Nara saw that Duan Fei was avoided, but sent a merchant to greet him, knowing that there was no way to borrow money again, and the local daimyo refused to hand over the military power and refused to hand over the tax right, he had no confidence to repay the debt before the loan was due, with great loss and hesitation, and then the king of Nara returned to the palace.
Half a month ago, King Nara would never have imagined that he would fall into such a situation after holding great power and pro-government, what should he do now? In front of the king of Go-Nara was a question that had no answer.
On the seventh day after the enthronement of King Go-Nara, that is, on the third day of the Kyoto Rebellion, an even larger riot broke out suddenly and without warning. The Yamaguchi-gumi's organization set off a big riot, and most of their leaders were the descendants of those who were forced to commit suicide in the name of King Nara after Duan Fei some time ago, and they shouted slogans to defeat the tyrant and the unrighteous faint king, and violently stormed the palace, so frightened that the king of Nara held his wife and children and shrunk in the dormitory and did not dare to show his face, but only knew how to shout for people to ask the Duke of Wei Guo to suppress the riot.
Wei Guogong did not appear this time, and a big man who will be famous in the annals of Japanese history in the future officially appeared on the stage of history, he is Tanba Ohara!
Tamba Ohara stepped forward at the most critical time and called on the Kyo army to act immediately to suppress the rebellion in Kyoto!
Most of the Beijing army is composed of soldiers from the original Hosokawa family, although the king of Nara once wanted to take over the control, but it has not been effective, and now after the comeback of Tanba Ohara, the Beijing army responded and went out to the streets to suppress those mobs.
Most of the so-called Yamaguchi-gumi are unarmed people, where they are the opponents of the army, the army rushes over like wolves, where do these scholars have the opportunity to fight back, the suppression was quickly suppressed by blood, and the people led by them were all killed on the spot, and Kyoto settled down again in the bloody atmosphere.
After learning the news of the rebellion, the king of Go-Nara was overjoyed and immediately summoned the great hero Tanba Ohara, but before he could announce the reward, Tanba Ohara cautiously presented a thick book of 'new policies for senior management', and the king of Nara casually rolled his eyes, and his joy suddenly came to naught.
Just when the King of Later Nara was secretly planning how to perfunctory Tanba Ohara, and then immediately begged Duan Fei to send troops to kill this newly emerging rebel, Tanba Ohara's understatement extinguished all hopes of the King of Go-Nara.
Tanba Ohara said lightly: "This is also the meaning of the daimyo and the envoy of the Ming Dynasty...... After this period of pro-government, the king should understand that he has no ability to govern at all, forming a cabinet and implementing a constitutional monarchy is the only good way to maintain the king's position, ease the relationship between the daimyo in various places, and let the country have long-term peace and stability. ”
After listening to Tanba Ohara's words, King Nara finally realized that he finally fell into Duan Fei's calculations, what promises and contracts are fake, only strength is the real reliance, but what he lacks most is strength, and now it is obvious that Duan Fei has made an agreement with Tanba Ohara and the daimyo in various places, but he, the king of a country, is kept in the dark, just because he has no strength and has no right to speak.
After the king of Nara is completely wilted, in the current situation, if he dares to say nothing, there is absolutely no good end, being confined in the palace is the best end, Tamba Ohara dares to betray his family master, what is the difficulty of killing a king who has no real power? Who would doubt that after the killing, all the blame will be placed on the rioters of the Yamaguchi-gumi? And who will look up?
When Tanba Ohara asked the King of Nara again if he was willing to agree to implement the "New Policy of Senior Administration", the King of Later Nara could only bow his head silently, and Tamba Ohara was overjoyed and immediately asked the King of Later Nara to stamp and approve the "New Policy of Senior Administration" he offered, and another Sekihaku in Japanese history was born.
A court meeting was immediately held in the palace, and the ministers who had already received the news looked at Tanba Ohara, who held the great power, with a trace of awe in their eyes, but few people looked at the king of Go-Nara, in their eyes, the king of Go-Nara would be abolished sooner or later, and there was no need to pay attention to it.
However, the content of the "New Policy for Senior Administration" surprised everyone, which person in power does not want to hold power for thousands of generations? The new policy stipulates that the cabinet will be elected every five years, and the longest government will only be 10 years, which is new, and there are two parliaments in addition to the cabinet, so isn't everyone have the opportunity to participate in politics? Many people's minds suddenly came alive.
In any case, the constitutional monarchy in Japan passed the initial test and was finally implemented smoothly in Japan......