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This directly limited the emperor's authority to the study of art and waka, rather than governing the country, and stipulated in the form of law that the emperor could only be used as a symbolic puppet. Arrogant and domineering, unprecedented in ancient and modern times.

The Tokugawa family was also unrelenting to the ministers, and he first stipulated that "even if you are a regent, you cannot be taken by any of the three princes." It's nothing else. ”

On the surface, it means that even a regent must rely on his ability to really become the Imperial Minister, the Left and Right Minister, and the regent Sekihaku, but the actual meaning is that the power to evaluate the "instrument" is in his own hands, and from that time on, when there is a vacancy in the regent Sekihaku, the Tokugawa Shogunate needs to approve the successor when the Minister's family discusses the successor.

The Tokugawa shogunate, with similar restrictions, had already pinned down the emperor and the imperial court, which of course made the ministers angry. The qi and blood of the elderly have declined, and it is nothing to get by, but where can the young people with strong blood endure it?

In an extremely depressed state of mind, the three young people also took the opportunity to come out to enjoy the cherry blossoms and taste wine, and vented while drinking.

After stumbling and singing for a while, Ichijo Kaneya finally stumbled down again, and then looked at the two young colleagues with drunken eyes.

"Gentlemen," his eyes narrowed, "the glitz and glamour of the world, like a dream, does not know when it will begin or end. His Majesty the Emperor was relaxed and refreshed, and escaped into the empty door, but our torment did not know when it would end. Next year, Tokugawa Iemitsu will be going to Luo, and I really don't want to go to Nijo Castle to suffer his face......"

His Majesty was the former Emperor Masahito, and at the age of fifteen, he succeeded his father, the empress Yosunari, who had become a monk, and became the 108th Emperor of Japan. More than three years ago, after being emperor for 18 years, he also learned from his deceased father, and went straight out of the house to become another new emperor.

He abdicated as a monk, partly because he adhered to tradition, but more importantly, because he was fed up with the persecution of the Tokugawa shogunate, he protested in this way and avoided ceremonial contact with the Tokugawa family.

In the year before his abdication, the shogunate gave some monks purple robes that only high monks could use without informing the shogunate, severely reprimanded him, and declared the purple robes he had given invalid and the monks had to return them. Although the monks fought fiercely and the emperor himself was angry, the robes were eventually taken back according to the shogunate's wishes, and all the rebellious monks were exiled to the frontiers.

Not long after, the shogun sent his nurse, Mrs. Fuku, who was born in a humble samurai family, to the capital to pay homage to the emperor, and forced the emperor to summon her (originally only courtiers of very high birth could receive such treatment), and asked the emperor to add her the honorific title Kasuga Bureau.

Through these brutal acts, the shogunate demonstrated its authority in front of everyone, and the emperor had to swallow his anger and silently endure humiliation. It was because it was too unbearable that Emperor Masahito chose to abdicate and become the emperor early.

In all this, it can be seen that the arrogance of the Tokugawa family has far exceeded that of any previous shogun family, which is really chilling.

And this tyrannical shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, is coming again next year. The shogunate had already made it clear that the shogun was going to visit the emperor in Rakuro.

Tokugawa Hidetada, the former shogun who retired to the Imperial Observatory, passed away at the beginning of last year, and it was understandable that Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun, wanted to go to Loku once next year, but the shogunate also made it clear in the encyclical that Iemitsu would lead the Tokugawa family's direct generals to go to Lo together, and it is said that the number of people will reach as many as two or three hundred thousand, which can be described as unprecedented, and the threat and demonstration are self-evident.

These three people are the three princes of the imperial court, and they will definitely come out to receive the shogun on behalf of the imperial court when the time comes, but which of them is willing in their hearts? Especially the current Minister Zuo Ichijo Kaneya, who has the dual identity of being the leader of the minister and the former emperor's prince, he especially feels that kind of humiliation.

Yes, although he is now the patriarch of the entire Fujiwara clan, in terms of actual blood, he is actually a member of the imperial family, and he is very close to the emperor.

He is the ninth son of the previous emperor - Emperor Goyosei, and his mother is the emperor's concubine Konoe Maeko, but because at that time, one of the five families of the head of the Ichijo family, Ichijo Neki, was older and had no heirs, so in the fourteenth year of Keichō, at the age of five, he was given to Ichijo Naki by Emperor Goyosei as an adopted son, and after the death of Ichijo Neki, he inherited the position of the head of the Ichijo family and became the fourteenth head of the family.

Later, with his official promotion, before he was thirty years old, he became the left minister of the imperial court, and also became the patriarch of the Fujiwara family, the elder of the Fuji family.

In addition, before him, Emperor Goyosei also passed his fourth son to the Konoe family, one of the five families, as the adopted son of the head of the Konoe family at the time, Konoe Shin-yin, renamed Konoe Shin-to, and inherited as the eighteenth head of the Konoe family after the death of Konoe Shin-yin.

Like his younger brother Ichijo Kaneya, he held various court official positions at a young age, and finally served as the Zuo Minister, Guan Bai and the Elder of the Fuji Clan, and abdicated a few years ago and transferred these positions to his younger brother Ichijo Kaneya.

As a result, two of the five branches that were originally the heaviest of the Fujiwara family (the Ichijo family and the Konoe family) became the descendants of the Imperial Family, and they became the so-called "Imperial Regents", which meant that the family of the Ministers who could have imperial blood and serve as the regent of Sekihaku.

In the Heian period, the Fujiwara family has repeatedly produced powerful ministers, and has been serving as the regent Sekihaku and other positions, and the power has been tilted towards the government and the opposition for many generations, and I don't know how many generations of emperors have been erected, but now, two of the core families (five regents) have become legitimate royal descendants, which is a bit laughable.

It was in the harsh winter of the shogunate's autocracy that the imperial family and the Fujiwara family also developed a feeling of sympathy for the same illness and gave up their old grievances. Because of this, Emperor Goyosei was able to pass his son to the Fujiwara Five Families to inherit the position of head of the family so smoothly.

It was precisely because he was born in the royal family and was the leader of the public family that he wanted to restore the prestige of the imperial court more and more, and hated the rampant and domineering of the Tokugawa family more and more.

"Most things in the world are helpless, even if you are reluctant, what can you do?" The right minister, Nijo Yasudo (according to the long-standing rules, if the left minister Ichijo Kaneyashi resigns, he will take over as the left minister, and the position of the right minister will be filled by the Minister of the Interior, Takaji Kyohei) shook his head with a gloomy face, and then picked up the flask and poured himself another glass of wine, "Can you still avoid this unfortunate errand?" Can you also learn from His Majesty the Emperor and become a monk? ”

As soon as he asked, he was speechless. That's right, he really can't avoid this unfortunate errand next year now, he, the left minister, wants to resign, he must get the consent of the shogunate, otherwise it is useless to just agree with the emperor or the emperor, if he resigns now, he will definitely be regarded as a great disrespect by the shogunate, and it will be rejected. Doing so will only make yourself suffer more unbearable humiliation.

As the head of the prince and the minister, he is not free to such a point, and he has to be careful to resign for fear of offending that side, this suffocating atmosphere is really unbearable.

He clenched his hand blankly, re-released it, and looked up everywhere to see that the sea of cherry blossoms was stained with blood because of the glow, and the sun had already lowered to the horizon, about to hide behind the distant stupa.

This is the remnant sun that is about to set, and this is the current situation of the royal family and the ministers. With this thought, a tear flowed unexpectedly, and he picked up the wine glass and drank it up.

"Our ancestors were in a mess, which caused the power to fall, and the result was that the imperial court fell to this point, and was robbed of the ruling power by the samurai. Eagle Si Kyoping, who served as the Minister of the Interior, suddenly sighed as well, "What's the use of saying anything more now?" Two, let's still drink the bar and finish the floating life according to the rules, and we don't have to worry about so many mundane things when we get to heaven. ”

His words were full of helplessness and sadness, but they did not extinguish the flames of wine in the hearts of the other two people - how could such a young man be so easy to calm down and "finish the floating life according to the rules"?

"It's not despairing to that point." Nijo Yasudo suddenly put down his glass, "The rule of the Tokugawa family actually hides a great crisis, and I don't think it will last long!" ”

As soon as he said this, the other two young people were immediately stunned, no one thought that on such an occasion, the right minister would actually say such a terrible thing.

Even if it's drunken hypest, it's too dangerous.

After a few moments, Ichijo Kaneya finally settled down, and then he looked up and looked over the wall and underneath it.

They all brought their servants to this Lushan Temple, but in order to drink wine and enjoy the cherry blossoms, they left their servants in the temple, which was far away from here.

There was a dead silence all around, and apart from the occasional birdsong, it didn't look like a human being. However, because it is almost nightfall, the buildings and stupas are looming in the shadows, which makes people feel a little frightening.

"Where do you start?" After making sure no one was eavesdropping, he asked softly.

Although Nijo Yasudo was like a drunken man, he always felt that there was something deep in it, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Could it be...... Don't you see? Nijo Yasudo sneered with the strength of wine, "The rule of the Tokugawa family is full of evil, and it is already angry and resentful, and even the Tokugawa family itself is full of holes and hidden dangers, how can they maintain this world?" ”

It seems to have a deep meaning.

If it were logical, he would have drunk the dangerous topic loudly, or at least he should have taken care of him and used the wine as a cover to divert the subject. But...... The resentment and arrogance in the young man's heart made him not choose to do so.

"You...... What do you mean? He asked in a whisper.

"If I don't say it, are you so confused that you can't see through the world?" Nijo Yasudo still sneered, obviously a little dissatisfied with his caution, "The Tokugawa family claims to be the descendants of the Gen family, but where do they have a little bit of Gen family's bearing? They act greedily and violently, from Ieyasu to Iemitsu, and no one in the world will really support them. ”

Since Tokugawa Ieyasu became prosperous, in order to elevate the Tokugawa family, he has always claimed to be a descendant of the Genji family, and after defeating the Toyotomi family, he asked the emperor for the title of the elder of the Genji, but his bloodline has always been doubted, because the life records of his previous generations are very poor, it is difficult to say whether he made it up or not, and he himself cannot come up with any strong evidence to prove it. At least not in the ministers who are disgruntled with him, they do not agree with his lineage.

"Although the Tokugawa family's bloodline is doubtful, after all, it has been in possession of Japan for decades now, and no one can beat it by force." Ichijo Kaneya didn't quite agree with the other party's reason, so he shook his head, "Even if the people of the world don't really support them, they can rely on their own force to maintain it." ”

"But wouldn't the Tokugawa family themselves be in civil strife?" Nijo Yasudo asked rhetorically, "Look at the Tokugawa family, what kind of situation is it now?" Tokugawa Iemitsu himself is already thirty years old, he can't give birth to a son, and he has such a stiff quarrel with his own brother, won't the shogunate have civil strife after he dies? ”

Today's shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, whose childhood name is Takechiyo, was not liked by his parents in his childhood, and his parents preferred his younger brother Tokugawa Tadanaga (Kunichiyo), especially his mother, Shogenin, and repeatedly asked Tokugawa Hidetada to abolish his heirship. It was only because his nurse Kasuga Bureau went to sue Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Ieyasu instructed his son Hidetada to "maintain the position of Takechiyo's heir and not allow the abolition of Nagatachi and the corruption of Tsunatsune" to happen, so that he kept his position, and finally succeeded his father who gave way when he became an adult and inherited the position of shogun.

As a result, he also hated his mother and younger brother very much, and he had always been close to his nursing mother, treating her as a real mother.

Perhaps because he was treated like this by his mother and became angry with all women, Tokugawa Iemitsu has always been less interested in women, preferring men and has never left an heir. In this era, when he was nearly thirty years old and had no heirs, many people thought that he might not have until he died. At least two Kangdo are part of this group.

"It's hard to say......," Ichijo Kaneya still shook his head, "Jiaguang is young and strong after all, and there is still a chance to leave an heir." Besides, even if he dies without an heir, he still has a brother who can inherit the position of general. The Tokugawa family now owns most of the world's land, and even if there is a small mess, it can still be maintained. ”

After many land inspections, the shogunate held the land production data of Japan and various feudal domains in its hands, and also strengthened its control over Japan, among the 30.56 million koku of land, the shogun was directly able to control about 7 million koku, and the other daimyo were generally hundreds of thousands of koku of land (except for the Kaga domain of the Maeda family, which had 1.025 million koku territory), which was completely unable to confront the shogun, plus those Tokugawa clans and Matsudaira clans who were also Tokugawa clans, As well as the Daimyo of the Shogunate who was divided into feudal lords, the Shogunate was able to control more than half of these lands, and it had an overwhelming advantage over the other feudal lords, and in this respect, the rule of the Shogunate was still as solid as a rock in the eyes of most people. Ichijo Kaneya holds this steady view.

"A little mess? No, if the Tokugawa family is in chaos, it will definitely be chaos! Nijo Yasudo stood up suddenly, and then staggered out, "Tokugawa Iemitsu only has one younger brother of Tokugawa Tadanaga who can inherit the throne, if he doesn't kill his younger brother now, when the time comes, Tadacho will inherit the position of shogun, who can survive now Iemitsu's cronies?" If the Tokugawa family really kills the younger brother, the Tokugawa family will definitely cause a big mess for the general's successor qualifications, and maybe the disintegration will be within ten years! ”

"You...... Right House ...... Be careful! Seeing that Erjo Kangdao shouted so loudly, Eagle Si Jiaoping, who had been silent all the time, finally couldn't help but speak out to persuade the two "bosses", "Don't talk about this kind of thing, if the people in charge hear it, it will be troublesome then!" Even if Itakura is easy to talk to, the shogunate will never sit idly by and ignore this kind of thing! ”

The Kyoto shogunate was an internal shogunate system specially established by the Edo shogunate to control the Kyoto region where the imperial court was located after seizing political power in Japan, and was directly under the shogun. The official position was responsible for maintaining law and order in the Kyoto area, and to put it bluntly, it was responsible for suppressing Kyoto, controlling the imperial court and the minister's house, and monitoring the entire western Japan region of the daimyo who had dissenting views on the shogunate, and was also responsible for the civil affairs of the region and the local states of Omi, Tanba, and Harima.

In other words, the person who held this position was the chief representative of the shogunate's power in Kyoto, and he was also the chief representative of the shogunate's authority in Kyoto in addition to the shogun's personal presence. This official position is 10,000 koku, which can be said to be the highest in the local office, and it also has a large number of armed subordinates, who can suppress rebellions everywhere at any time.

Moreover, in order to strengthen the authority of this position, the shogunate also stipulated that only the closest descendants of the meritorious families (pedigree daimyos) could hold this position.

Today's Kyoto office is called Itakura Shigemune, and his father is Itakura Katsushige, who is also the former office secretary. Itakura Katsushige served the Tokugawa family in the Warring States period, and became an important general, participated in the Battle of Sekigahara, and gained the trust of the Tokugawa family. After the establishment of the shogunate, he was granted 27,000 koku of land by Tokugawa Iemitsu and became a member of the shogunate's confidant and meritorious daimyo. Later, after a brief one-year stint in the position by the first director, Nobuyasa Okuhira, Katsushige Itakura took over the position and remained in Kyoto ever since.

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The internal bureaucracy of the shogunate was directly under the shogun. The official position was responsible for maintaining law and order in the Kyoto area, and to put it bluntly, it was responsible for suppressing Kyoto, controlling the imperial court and the minister's house, and monitoring the entire western Japan region of the daimyo who had dissenting views on the shogunate, and was also responsible for the civil affairs of the region and the local states of Omi, Tanba, and Harima.

In other words, the person who held this position was the chief representative of the shogunate's power in Kyoto, and he was also the chief representative of the shogunate's authority in Kyoto in addition to the shogun's personal presence. This official position is 10,000 koku, which can be said to be the highest in the local office, and it also has a large number of armed subordinates, who can suppress rebellions everywhere at any time.

Moreover, in order to strengthen the authority of this position, the shogunate also stipulated that only the closest descendants of the meritorious families (pedigree daimyos) could hold this position.

Today's Kyoto office is called Itakura Shigemune, and his father is Itakura Katsushige, who is also the former office secretary. Itakura Katsushige served the Tokugawa family in the Warring States period, and became an important general, participated in the Battle of Sekigahara, and gained the trust of the Tokugawa family. After the establishment of the shogunate, he was granted 27,000 koku of land by Tokugawa Iemitsu and became a member of the shogunate's confidant and meritorious daimyo. Later, after a brief one-year stint in the position by the first director, Nobuyasa Okuhira, Katsushige Itakura took over the position and remained in Kyoto ever since.

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! 】