Zhou Pu didn't know that Mao Lixiu was secretly thinking about it, but even if he knew, he didn't care, like Shimazu Tadashi, no matter how he purged his opposition in the domain and killed those vassals who disobeyed him, as long as they could take refuge in him and help the Han army enter Japan, then he didn't care. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Then your clan should prepare first, and be sure to put up the flag when our announcement comes." He indifferently gave an order, "In the future, we still have many places where we can use your domain, and we ask your domain to support us a lot." ”

"And when will the angel make the declaration?" Maori Motoshin hurriedly asked, "If the cons can know the specific date of the Han's march, they should prepare early." ”

He didn't know that Zhou Pu couldn't give him a clear answer at all now, because these questions were still controversial within the Han army.

In the previous plan of the Han army, after taking Kyushu Island, the port should be fully repaired, and then Kyushu Island should be blocked as a new springboard for the invasion, and continue to be attacked by sea ships, and even directly approach Edo, so it is necessary to concentrate forces and attack the strongest points of the shogunate with the greatest strength, and strive for the Dingding.

However, at the State Council to discuss the attack on Japan, Zhou Pu proposed that in order to strengthen the Han Dynasty's striking capability, simply use the subordinate army to attack Kyoto in the north, if Kyoto can be captured, on the one hand, it can hold the Japanese imperial court in its hands, strengthen the Han Dynasty's ability to appeal, and further weaken the resistance of the Japanese; On the other hand, it was also able to contain a large number of troops of the shogunate and provide strategic support for the Great Han's major war in the Kanto Plain.

With the support of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty himself, this change in the plan was adopted in principle and became the main battle plan of the Han army. However, there will be changes in all plans, and some degree of modification will need to be made on the spot to adapt to the situation.

Zhou Pu's work went very smoothly, and with the support of the Han army, he used various means to recruit a large number of wealthy families in Kyushu to serve him, and it seemed that it would not be difficult for them to put together an army to cross the sea and march to Kyoto.

However, after several battles between the Han army and the shogunate army and the feudal armies in various places, they were shocked to find that these feudal armies were even weaker than they had expected, and their morale and training were very low, to put it mildly, almost a rabble, so they were very skeptical that they would be able to march north alone.

Originally, the Han army planned to send only a small part of the army, and bring the various subordinate armies together to form a northward army, but now it seems that it will not be so easy to use such an army to enter Kyoto, and the Han army that needs to be strengthened to a certain extent.

As for the extent to which it will be strengthened and whether it will affect the next landing in the Kanto region, the highest-ranking officers of the Han army are still carefully deliberating, and there is no accurate result yet. Fortunately, although the overseers of Dahan have been pushing the workers to help, the port of Nagasaki has not yet been completely repaired, so there is still plenty of time for the military top brass to discuss the next steps.

Since this issue has not been discussed, it is natural that there will not be an accurate time to enter Kyoto, so Zhou Pu really has no way to tell the other party now.

"Now that the Han army needs to rest, there is no way to give a specific time for the time being, but you can rest assured, it is only a matter of time before you march into Kyoto, and it will be soon." Zhou Pu didn't intend to give these facts to Maori Yuanxin, but he just brought them over very vaguely, "Your clan only needs to make preparations in advance, and then march into Kyoto with our army, so as to fulfill a long-cherished wish for many years." ”

"As long as there is a chance to bring down the shogunate...... Of course, the disadvantage is not willing to be left behind. Mori Motonobu reassured, "However, there is one thing I still want to ask clearly - in the letter issued by the angel, it is mentioned that the government will restore discipline for the bad country, and it seems that there is an intention to let the imperial court return to Japan, and from the sudden disappearance of His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Emperor, the court of the bad country seems to have reached a tacit understanding with your country to a certain extent, so may I ask, if the Han Dynasty succeeds, what position will the imperial court put in, and how will the evil domain need to deal with itself?" ”

"Your Imperial Court...... Already disappeared from Kyoto? Zhou Pu was a little surprised, "Is this true?" Is there any other news now? ”

In his previous plan, on the day of the Han army, Ichijo Kaneya and Nijo Yasudo and others would flee Kyoto with the Japanese emperor and emperor, try their best to come to the territory of Kyushu, and then issue an edict in the name of the imperial court, calling on the daimyo to raise troops against the shogunate, but since the Han army marched, the news of Kyushu and Honshu Island has been isolated, and Zhou Pu has never heard the news of the Japanese court, and he doesn't know whether they have succeeded in their plan, so he is naturally a little worried.

So, of course, he was overjoyed to hear that they had indeed fled from Kyoto.

"It seems that the angel doesn't know it yet......" Mori Motonobu's eyes lit up. Could it be that the imperial court has not yet come to Kyushu? ”

The news of the violent turmoil in the imperial court and the simultaneous disappearance of the ministers and the emperor and the emperor - almost the top of the entire imperial court - was of course a great news, and almost the same day it spread out of Kyoto, and the Mori family received the news the day after the Han army marched into Kyushu, and they were very shocked at the time, they did not expect that the Han would be so deliberate, and the imperial court would be so cooperative.

He discovered that the ties between the Han and the imperial court were not as close as they had expected, and he also discovered the fact that the Han did not have much control over the situation on the island of Honshu at the moment—these things could increase the bargaining power of the Choshu domain, or at least he knew that the value of the domain to the Han was very high.

"Unfortunately, we don't know the whereabouts of your imperial court yet, but we believe that since they can escape from Kyoto, they will definitely find a way to contact us, and I am confident that they will be safe and sound." Zhou Pu admitted very honestly, "In addition, the actions of your imperial court have obviously proved that they are not only with the same mind as the shogunate, but also regard the shogunate as an enemy. ”

"Since the imperial court has the will to call on the world to crusade against the shogunate, as courtiers, we Maori will certainly comply with the call of the imperial court." Mori Motoshin said without guilt, "Also, angels, please rest assured, we will help the angels search for the imperial court, and as soon as we find them, we will protect them from falling into the hands of the shogunate." ”

"There's Lao Guifan." Zhou Pu is in a good mood now, and his attitude towards Maori Yuanxin has also improved a lot.

"But...... I'd like to ask the question again...... If the Han Dynasty succeeds, what position will the imperial court put in, and how will the vassal need to deal with itself? After a pause, Mori Motonobu insisted on getting information about the disposition of the domain after the war, "I also ask the angel to inform the Evil Domain, so that the Evil Domain can prepare first." ”

This issue is very important to the Maori family, and even a matter of life and death, so even if it will upset the Han envoys, Maori Motoshin still has to draw a specific promise from his mouth.

"Since we are here to support your court and restore your country's discipline, then of course we will support your court after the war." Zhou Pu was silent for a moment, and then replied carefully and carefully, "We have reached a tacit understanding with your imperial court, and after the war, we will return Kyoto and neighboring areas to your imperial court, and they will directly rule them." ”

Mori Motoshin froze slightly, but still did not speak, waiting for the envoy to continue talking about his disposition phalanx here.

The term "Kyoto and neighboring regions" can be used in a broad way to refer to the five provinces of Yamashiro, Yamato, and Kawachi in the region, or to ten or more provinces. Although the envoys of the Han Dynasty were not clear, it was presumably that after the war, the imperial court would gain a large territory and become a powerful force.

This is certainly not good news for the Maori family - the imperial court is already a righteous person, and it is even more the titular monarch of the Maori family, if they have another base and hold huge financial and material resources, it will definitely bring great pressure to the Maori family, especially if the Maori family still only retains the current small territory

Therefore, Maori Yuanxin inevitably had some gloom, waiting for the announcement of the Han envoys.

"Of course, in addition to satisfying the needs of your court and supporting it, we will reward your loyal ministers and those who helped us to eradicate the shogunate, and the more we contribute, the greater the reward." Zhou Pu saw the other party's expectations and apprehensions, so he smiled slightly, "Here I can make a promise to your clan - if your clan and the Maori family are willing to serve the Han Dynasty and help our country support your country's society, our country is willing to guarantee that your country's imperial court will return all the territories looted by the Tokugawa shogunate to the Maori family after the war." ”

His tone was very flat, but it sounded like a thunderclap to Maori Yuanxin.

"All...... Return them all? This...... This...... Dare to ask the angels, is this true? ”

It's no wonder that he was so shocked, you must know that as one of the five elders, the territory determined by the Mori family by Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the territory of China (most of the seven kingdoms of Nagato, Shubo, Iwami, Yasui, Bigo, Izumo, and Oki, as well as a small part of Bichu and Hakugi countries) with a territory of more than one million stones, which is almost three times the size of the current territory, and not much smaller than the entire Kyushu Island in terms of area.

In the past, when the Maori feudal lords and important ministers discussed, they all wanted to take this opportunity to expand their territory while taking revenge on the Tokugawa shogunate, but even their most optimistic view did not think that the Great Han would return all the previous territories to them, after all, they did not have a good relationship with the Great Han before, and the Great Han did not need to be so kind to them. Their best hope is to add one or two kingdoms to their existing territories.

Therefore, when he heard that the envoys of the Han Dynasty were so generous and actually said that they would return all the territories of the Maori family to the Maori family, Maori Yuanxin felt very hard to believe.

"I came here to represent the will of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, how can I deceive you with jokes?" Zhou Pu was still smiling, "The shogunate bullied the Maori family before, this is an unjust act, of course we have to set things right." Of course, this also requires the Maori family to understand the righteousness and contribute to our Han and your court, and we are just giving your court a suggestion, and the specific implementation still depends on them......"

Zhou Pu made such a plan, of course, it was not his whim, as early as when he went to Kyoto before, when he landed at Shimonoseki from the northern tip of Kyushu and passed through the territory of the Maori family, he carefully considered how to arrange the Maori family after the war.

At that time, he made a decision after thinking about it, as long as the Maori family cooperated with the Great Han, he would also support the Maori family after the war, so that they would become a great feudal lord with great strength.

Of course, this was not because he liked the Maori family, but because he was adhering to the advice given by the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister, both of whom had made it clear when he left China that the Han Dynasty did not send troops just to plunder wealth once, but to strengthen its control over Japan after the war, so that it would become a vassal state that had to rely on the Han Dynasty.

In order to achieve this goal, in addition to continuing to garrison troops in Japan after the war, the most important thing is to try to construct a situation in which various forces contain each other -- only when various forces contain each other and fight each other, then they will rely on the heavenly might of the Han Dynasty to protect themselves.

In order to win over the main forces of Japan to join the Han Dynasty, Zhou Pu had already generously arranged the entire Kyushu Island and the region to the Shimazu family and the Kyoto Imperial Court respectively, which meant that the two of them would definitely become a powerful force after the war, enough to influence the entire country.

In order to balance their influence, especially so that they could no longer easily expand their power, Zhou Pu felt that it was necessary to arrange a strong force between them, so as not to let them continue to grow.

The Maori family is a good candidate - it has been brilliant before, and it has ambitions, so they will do everything they can to regain their former territory, and they will not really submit to any other power, if the Maori family is restored, and then some small feudal domains are installed in these places, presumably the situation in Japan will be more consolidated after the war, no one can take the initiative to change the situation, and the Han will be able to safely occupy the position of arbiter.

In view of these considerations, he promised to return the territory of 1.2 million koku to the Maori family as long as they cooperated.

After all, it's still the same sentence, this is not his land, he doesn't feel distressed at all, and the Han doesn't care at all, as long as he can achieve the political tasks assigned to him by the Han Emperor, he can divide it at will.

However, I have to say that this kind of authority and feeling of arbitrarily dividing a country's land is really too comfortable -- in the final analysis, in feudal society, isn't a person's greatest power to arbitrarily divide territory?

However, although Zhou Pu was complacent, he did not get carried away, he knew that his power was not natural, but only from the appointment of the Han Emperor, from the powerful force of the Han army, and he must also repay the Son of Heaven with a satisfactory performance. Otherwise, with a word from the Son of Heaven, his original power would be wiped out.

"Too ...... Great......" Although he knew that he shouldn't lose his temper, Mori Motoshin couldn't help but tremble with excitement, "Thank you...... Thank you Angel! ”

Since the Tokugawa family forced the Maori family to cede their territory and turned the Maori family into a lord of less than 400,000 koku, the Maori family monarchs and ministers have been thinking about restoring the glory of the past, but because the power and advantages of the shogunate were too great before, they can only hide their hatred in their hearts, even the most optimistic view, can only admit that at least in these decades, the shogunate still has a dominant position, will not be easily shaken, and must wait for several generations to wait for the opportunity.

However, they did not expect that the opportunity would come so quickly, and so generously. If it really happens, then they will become the Zhongxing generation of the Maori family, and they will definitely become the existence admired by the younger generations of the clan, and as for the Maori Yuanxin himself, he will definitely be rewarded by the family - and may even be divided into tens of thousands of stone territories and become the ancestor of a hereditary branch of the family.

Although the envoy of the Han Dynasty said that this was just a suggestion of the Han Dynasty, Mao Liyuan was confident that the imperial court would not be in accordance with the will of the Han Dynasty at that time, and as long as the envoy spoke, the matter would be settled.

"Our country has always been kind to those who contribute to our country, and the more we contribute, the greater our reward." Zhou Pu still had a smile like a spring breeze, "In order to reassure your domain, I will write a letter to the lord of your domain, writing down our conditions and promises - of course, this is not a formal edict, and the allocation of your country's territory must still be recognized by your court." ”

In the previous era, the Tokugawa shogunate would appoint or confirm a feudal lord with the shogunate's seal, indicating that the domain was recognized as his domain and that his legitimate heirs would be allowed to inherit it from generation to generation, but nowadays, the letters of the Han envoys are definitely more useful than the shogunate's seals.

"Thank you...... Thank you Angel! Excited, Maori Yuanxin knelt directly on the ground and saluted Zhou Pu with his head on the ground, "If this comes true, our Maori family will be grateful to the Han Emperor and the Lord for generations, and we will definitely do our best to repay the Han and the Lord." After I go back, I will definitely ask the feudal lord to prepare immediately and wait for the Han to go north! Bow down and die! ”

"What do you say about death, the Han Dynasty's crusade against the shogunate is in accordance with the will of heaven, how can it kill you?" Zhou Pu teased him with a smile, "Okay, when you go back, also ask the lord of your domain to pay attention to finding the court of your country, and strive to protect them as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams ......at night."

"Everyone!" At this moment, in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of Kyoto, a person excitedly said to the person next to him.

"The big Han really came over, and he was about to take Kyushu, we have to wait until the day when the world was recovered!"

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