Heiankyo, Ashikaga shogunate.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu blushed and asked the little surname around him to pass on the latest news to the old ministers below.

"The Fujiwara family of the Southern Dynasty staged a coup d'état, Emperor Chokei and Prince Kaira died, and the Fujiwara family seized real power."

"Let's talk about what you're going to do next."

The atmosphere in the shogunate suddenly became restless, and a group of old ministers straightened up, vying to see this battle report from the front, and from time to time there were low discussions and scoldings.

"General, it's all the fault of the monk named Daoyan!" Yamana Toki, the daimyo of the Yamana family, suddenly got up and complained to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

"In order to win over Prince Huailiang, we have spent several generations of strength. However, Dao Yan suggested that the general give an order for Huailiang to carry out a coup d'état. ”

"As a result, Prince Huailiang died, and my shogunate's arrangement of the Southern Dynasty fell short. Please give the order of the general to let Daoyan apologize! ”

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard this, his face darkened, but he did not speak. Monk Huiru also listened to the next one, and refuted when he heard the words: "What Yamana said is so unreasonable! ”

"Although it was suggested by the family teacher, this decision was approved by the general!"

"When Yamana says this, does he mean that the Shogun's decision was wrong?"

Yamana's face froze, and he hurriedly knelt down to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu: "General, I have no such intention!" ”

"That's enough, stand down!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu glanced at Yamana Tokishi in disgust. Yamana Tokishi opened his mouth and wanted to argue, but he was speechless for a while, so he had to retreat. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked around and saw that everyone had no intention of speaking, so he turned his gaze to Yao Guangxiao again.

"Master Dao Yan, what do you say?"

"Amitabha." Yao Guangxiao's face is still unwavered. "Yamana-sama thinks that this matter is all because of the poor monk, so it is just because of the poor monk."

It's just that the poor monks don't understand that this matter is clearly the defeat of the Southern Dynasty and the victory of the shogunate. Why are all the princes looking sneered and not happy? ”

"Oh?" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu leaned slightly to the side. "What is the victory?"

"The coup d'état of the Southern Dynasty, many daimyo abandoned the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and defected to our shogunate, which led to the decline of the Southern Dynasty now, and the stronger of us, which is also one of them." Yao Guangxiao talked eloquently.

"Second, didn't the princes find out...... Has the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty already removed the title of Emperor and received the title of 'King of the Uno Kingdom' by the Daimyo? ”

"This ...... What does that mean? Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was still puzzled.

Yao Guangxiao secretly despised in his heart, but his face was still unfathomable, and he said with a smile: "This means that now there is only one emperor left in my Yamato country, that is, the 'Emperor Gokomatsu' of my Northern Dynasty." ”

"Now that the two dynasties are standing side by side, there is no longer a situation, and the long-cherished wish of the three generations of the Ashikaga shogunate has been completed!"

"The Southern Dynasties are weak and crippled, but they are just rebels with a different country name...... It has lost its righteousness, and there will no longer be a daimyo willing to follow, but it will only become weaker and weaker. ”

"The general will unify Yamato, just around the corner!"

As soon as he said this, all the Japanese people in the shogunate were amazed. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes widened: "...... Is that so? ”

"Of course it is." Monk Daoyan looked determined, and saluted Ashikaga Yoshimitsu: "Poor monk congratulations to the general, congratulations to the general." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu tried to turn his head, thinking along the lines of Yao Guangtaka's words, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what he said made sense: Originally, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty fled to Yoshino in the south in embarrassment after being defeated by the first general Ashikaga Sonji, with no soldiers and no generals in his hands, nothing.

Relying on the name of the emperor, he won over some of the daimyo and fought against the shogunate for so long. It can be said that the title of emperor is the greatest reliance of the Southern Dynasty.

But now the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has taken his own honorific title, which is equivalent to self-destruction of the Great Wall, and he will no longer be the opponent of the Northern Dynasty shogunate. Such a result is even more advantageous than Huailiang's mastery of the Southern Korean regime?

After all, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu could not guarantee that after Huaira gained a firm foothold in the Southern Dynasty, he would still have his heart set on their shogunate.

"Good, good!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's face turned from anger to joy, and he even stood up from his seat.

"It's a great event! This matter is all thanks to Master Daoyan's strategy! There is a reward, and this general has a reward! ”

"Your Excellency General Xie. But the reward doesn't have to be. Poor monks are outsiders, and they don't need such things outside their bodies. It is an honor for the poor monk to be reused by the general. ”

Monk Huiru saw that the master was solemn, and quickly lowered his eyelids, but he was muttering in his heart: Master will leave this place and run away in a while, what do you want so much gold, silver and jewelry? When the soldiers of the Great Ming come here, aren't the treasures of the Ashikaga family all my Ming's?

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu felt more and more that Dao Yan was really high, and he was even more overjoyed, clapping his hands and calling the servants: "Banquet, banquet!" ”

"General Ben should celebrate! Not only to celebrate the defeat of the Southern Dynasty this time, but also to celebrate that this general can get such a powerful help as Master Daoyan! ”

"Amitabha." Yao Guangxiao still has an indifferent face, with a master's demeanor.

Naturally, the Southern Dynasty didn't need to rely on those daimyos...... Because the current Southern Dynasty has a stronger reliance.

It is only necessary to retain a minimum of righteous names, so as not to arouse the hatred of all the Japanese people. The rest of the die-hards like the shogun Ashikaga family, who could not surrender to the Ming Dynasty, naturally had thunderous means to get rid of them......

"Your Excellency! Shogun! ”

The Ashikaga shogunate was setting up a banquet to celebrate the achievement, and the atmosphere in the palace was jubilant because of the shogun's joy. On this occasion of congratulations, a small flag with the Ashikaga family crest on his back rushed in with a frightened face and knelt in front of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was thinking that during the banquet, he would discuss with Yao Guangxiao and his ministers again, and step up the matter of going south to destroy the remnants of the "Gokameyama Waking". As long as this force is destroyed, he will be the "man of the world" who is rightfully named in Yamato. The pinnacle of power was within reach, and it felt like he was fascinated.

But Yaxing was disturbed by this sweaty little flag, and the expression on his face became unhappy.

"There are no rules! Don't you know that General Ben is hosting a banquet to entertain the eldest of your families? Say it! If it's not a big deal, I won't spare you! ”

But the little flag was not so timid, and he didn't even notice that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was extremely dissatisfied at this time. His whole body and mind trembled at the news he had heard.

"Shogun, the guardian of the Tango region has come to report."

"The army of the Ming Kingdom has landed in Tango and is attacking in the direction of Heiankyo!"

"What!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu got up in a hurry and knocked over the table in front of him.

The best wine soaked the tatami mats like blood.

……

Wakoku, Tango.

"Hehe, it's finally time for us to play." Surrounded by tens of thousands of Ming troops, Lan Yu stepped off the Ming warship.

"Widows, your grandfather is here!"

(End of chapter)