I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"Brother, how can you go to the palace with a sword?"

"I heard that you still pass the Kenrei Gate on horseback. Only His Majesty the Emperor can pass the Kenrei Gate! What are you thinking?"

"In front of the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, did the shogun not give the Emperor any face?"

Facing his sister's scolding, Tokugawa Iemitsu was really suffering and couldn't express it. When he was gone, he had a sharp expression when facing his retainers just now, slumped in a chair, like an old man in his twilight years.

"Got it, I got it... Kazuko..."

Tokugawa Kazuko looked at his outstretched hand, his heart softened, and he held it up, "Brother, I know you have the shogunate in your heart, and the great cause of your father and grandfather, but...but I am the emperor's middle palace." !"

"I can't watch my husband being bullied..."

Tokugawa Iemitsu was very remorseful, and repeatedly hit his head with his fist, "If I had known this would happen, I would never have let you be this Nakamiya!"

"Hezi, don't embarrass me anymore, okay? The authority of the shogunate must be stabilized in my hands. This is the last wish of my father and grandfather!"

Tokugawa Kazuko looked at him, not knowing what to say, she just felt that her elder brother was persecuted by Tokugawa's long-cherished wish and became a little dazed.

Tokugawa Iemitsu let go of her hand and sighed deeply, not expecting her to understand.

"This time Daming came from bad people. I doubt that King Xin died at the hands of our warriors. This is just an excuse. I can't give them this excuse."

Tokugawa Kazuko said: "Can't you talk to that messenger more? Give them whatever you want, as long as you guard our Kyushu."

Tokugawa Iemitsu laughed, "You are too simple and kind, Kazuko, I hope you can keep this simplicity forever."

Immediately, he turned around and said coldly:

"Kazuko, don't worry, as long as Gomizuo doesn't do anything outrageous, I will pay him three respects and keep his emperor's face."

"These are just for you."

Chapter 826 The Death of Wang Huan

"If it's true what your lord said, the Emperor of the Wonu Kingdom and the General Zhengyi are suspicious of each other and are at odds with each other. After your lord's instigation this time, I'm afraid Hou Shuiwei will soon be unable to hold back!"

At the Kyoto Posthouse, an official from the Ministry of Industry who came with him bent over and said with a smile.

Tuntian Secretary Wang Huan laughed when he heard the words, and made a pot of tea calmly, "Tokugawa Iemitsu has the military power in his hands, and Komizuo is just a puppet."

"After I left, is there any movement in the tail of the water?"

The official thought about it: "Hou Shuiwei didn't make any noise, but I learned from the Japanese slaves who came to deliver the food that Tokugawa Kazuko went to Tokugawa Ikoda to have a quarrel."

"It seems that Tokugawa Ieko Cao Cao's move to send Concubine Cao is not very effective."

"Hmph, the situation in the Wonu country is like this, it's a great opportunity for my Ming Dynasty, I want to submit this situation to the capital, the island of Kyushu, it's at your fingertips."

After speaking, Wang Huan picked up the pen and paper that he carried with him, and wrote with himself.

……

A few days later, Tokugawa Iemitsu invited Wang Huan to his residence as a general, saying that he was discussing in detail the misunderstanding with Daming.

After listening to his words, and looking at Oda Jiro, the feudal lord of the Matsushima domain who was bound under his feet, Wang Huan knew in his heart that Tokugawa Iemitsu's little abacus this time.

"The general really deserves to be the number one hero in Dongpu. He actually caught the murderer who planned to kill me, King Xin, in just three days."

"In that case, we can continue talking."

Tokugawa Iemitsu thought that handing over a dead ghost would be the end of the matter, but he didn't expect that Wang Huan still had something to talk about. In an instant, his expression fell.

But he still pretended to smile, sat on his knees, and said:

"I don't know what your envoy is going to say? As long as this general can do it, it doesn't matter!"

Wang Huan also straightened up, sat upright, and said: "Now you want to say that you say that the general Tokugawa Jiaguang of Dongying Kingdom has no way to control his subordinates. As a general, he can't control the problems of his subordinates."

"Although the murderer has been handed over, His Royal Highness Xin Wang has not been found. The general must also know the reason for my visit this time."

Having said that, the atmosphere became a little tense.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was kneeling, the veins on his hands were exposed, obviously trying to restrain his anger, he gritted his teeth, "Please tell me clearly."

"His Royal Highness Xin Wang is the biological younger brother of my Great Ming Emperor Qi. He has been a playmate since he was a child and has a very good relationship. Now he is missing because of this."

"Take him back, I'm afraid I can't get rid of my majesty's wrath. After all, this is a problem with your Dongying country. For me, Da Ming, it is a disaster for no reason."

"This is a treaty drawn up by me, please take a look at it, General."

The Tokugawa family was stunned for a moment as they stared at the report presented by Banner. He really didn't expect that Daming would have such a trick.

However, he still received it and looked at it with a fluke mentality.

Seeing this, the anger could no longer be suppressed.

"Compensate Daming with 3000 million taels of silver, open Kyushu Island as a treaty port, and allow the Christian Diocese of Shuntianfu to preach in the whole country!"

"Da Ming just died of a letter king. I don't know if I did it in Japan, but he opened his mouth like a lion. Could it be that the shogunate doesn't take my shogunate too seriously?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu stood up, stretched out his hand to stop the surrounding retainers who were about to come forward to besiege, and said coldly: "Please go back and tell the Emperor Ming that the compensation can be negotiated, and two or thirty million taels is not impossible."

"But it is absolutely impossible to open up trade and allow missionary work!"

Wang Huan sat without moving, and returned a sneer, "The general dares to say such a thing, does it mean that he doesn't know the capabilities of my Ming navy?"

"If the general refuses to give it, our Daming Navy will take it by itself. It is more than 5000 million taels. If the general refuses, our Daming Navy will take it by force."

"The person sitting here is not Wang Huan, but an envoy of Ming Dynasty. The general must think carefully before speaking, don't let a moment of righteous indignation bring disaster to the whole country!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu stood panting for a long time, but he was still out of breath, "Your envoy, please go back, I absolutely cannot accept these terms!"

In fact, Wang Huan never thought that Tokugawa Imitsu could accept it directly. He also knew that this was impossible, so he stood up and said with a smile:

"Since the general can't take charge, I'd better go to the imperial palace to meet the emperor."

"Wait—!" Tokugawa Iemitsu raised his hand, and immediately two bannermen stepped forward to stop Wang Huan who was about to leave, "I'm afraid the envoy still doesn't understand that the emperor is very busy and has no time to see you again. "

"I'm a small country in Japan, and I can't accommodate Ming's envoys, so please come back!"

"see a visitor out--!"

Watching Wang Huan leave, the last smile on Tokugawa Iemitsu's face gradually faded away. He gripped the handle of the samurai sword and said:

"Go to Liu Xiang and tell him to handle this matter. After it is done, we will stop the boat for him on the island of Kyushu."

Wang Huan was driven back like this, but what he wanted to do had been completed. At this moment, he was standing on the deck of the Cangshan boat with his hands behind his back, looking at the endless sea waves in front of him, feeling at ease.

"The sea breeze in Daming is still comfortable!"

While he was sighing, the officials accompanying him rushed over in a panic, "It's not good, my lord, there are many pirate ships ahead, flying Liu Ziqi flags, the visitors are not good!"

While speaking, many pirate fleets had already appeared in front, and without a word, they fired a burst of shelling here.

There were rumbles in the distance, but the pirates' firearms were not very good after all, most of them just fell on the surrounding sea surface, causing bursts of spray.

The official panicked, "My lord, what should I do, how could I meet so many pirates in the Bohai Sea?"

Wang Huan sneered, "I'm afraid someone wants to take my life and don't want me to go back to Daming, but that's fine."

The officials thought that coming out this time was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make meritorious service and get promoted, but they didn't have such a spirit of sacrificing their lives for righteousness, so they were surprised.

"What are you talking about?"

"If I'm right, most of these pirates were sent by the Japanese slave country. They don't want me to go back, but they dare not do it themselves." Wang Huan turned around with a helpless and decisive expression on his face:

"Everyone, this time we are dying for our country, don't be afraid, fight these pirates, kill one is enough, kill two to earn!"

"In the future, someone will avenge us!"

Looking at the pirates who had already joined the ship, Wang Huan jumped into the sea after saying these words, and the rest of the crew also stepped forward to do their best.

But both are hard to beat with four hands, not to mention that there are no sailors in the true sense among them, and they were all killed by the pirates led by Liu Xiang soon.

……

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Youxiao really did not expect that Tokugawa Iemitsu would dare to do such a thing. It seemed that he really looked up to him.

Zhu Youxiao originally thought that he would just block Japan first and play with them slowly, but now he is burning with anger. Looking at the entire Far East, no country dares to treat Ming's envoys like this.

If they don't teach them a lesson this time, the overlord of the Far East will be in vain!

Immediately, Zhu You took the case against the school.

"I didn't want to go to war, but Tokugawa Iemitsu, the chief of the Japanese slaves, humiliated me very much! First kill my brother Xin Wang, and then kill the envoys of the Celestial Dynasty, which is unbearable!"

"I pass on my will, and I order Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, to take command, and use the general army of Laizhou to hang the seal of the general conquering Yi, and go out to attack the Japanese slave country!"

"If you don't ask for an explanation, you will never give up!"

Chapter 827 Far East Military Police

The letter king Zhu Youjian died unexpectedly, and what happened next was also unexpected.

The Tokugawa shogunate initially named Oda Jiro, the feudal lord of the Matsushima Domain, as the murderer, and begged Daming for forgiveness, but in the ensuing negotiations, they revealed their true colors, claiming that they had nothing to do with the death of King Shinobi.

The erratic attitude of the Tokugawa shogunate caused the diplomatic situation between Ming Dynasty and Japan to deteriorate rapidly.

But then, something happened that completely dragged the relationship between the two countries into the abyss. Wang Huan, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, was sent to Japan as an envoy, and the group died in the Bohai Sea on the way home. It is said that they were ransacked by the pirate Liu Xiang and his gang.

After Daming got the news, he was sure that the Tokugawa shogunate killed King Xin first, and then the envoys. Emperor Longyan of Apocalypse was furious and decided to use force to seek an explanation.

But at the same time, some rumors began to rise in the Dongying Islands.

Rumors claimed that Emperor Gomizuo was actually the puppet of the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. Tokugawa Iemitsu went in and out of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, wearing armor and holding a blade, and rode through the Kenrei Gate on horseback, without paying attention to the emperor's dignity.

Coupled with the beginning of the state of war between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Ming Dynasty, many daimyos began to appear in the downfall faction, led by the sub-lord of the Matsushima domain, Oda Santa.

The daimyos of the Fanfan faction were weak, nothing compared to the power of the shogunate, so they began to actively contact Daming, hoping to get Daming's help.

Naturally, Zhu Youxiao was not afraid of those who came, and quickly summoned the Spanish Governor of the Far East who was stationed in the capital, and jointly issued a statement with him, not recognizing the ruling status of the shogunate in Japan.

The Spanish Governor of the Far East stated that the Armada Far East Fleet would send troops to attack Japan together in accordance with the terms of the alliance agreement, for two reasons.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, issued an edict to the King of Korea and ordered the North Korean navy to send troops to assist. As a country that had been invaded twice by the Japanese army, North Korea was naturally happy to stutter along with Daming.

In just a few days, the grievances between Daming and Japan turned into three countries, Ming, Spain, and North Korea bullying one.

Soon, Zhu Youxiao announced in public in the capital that he had formed a further and more reliable military alliance with the Spanish Empire. The two sides fully assisted each other in the military and shared resources and technologies in firearms, warships, etc.

Daming will send outstanding graduates from the Martial Arts Academy to serve as military advisors in Spain to assist them in training with drills, while Spain needs to send more high-quality experts to Daming to share technology with the Armament Department.

Soon, at the end of December in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, above the Chengtian Gate in the Forbidden City, Zhu Youxiao announced the formal war with Japan. There were only two reasons for this war, which were simple and clear.

First, seek justice for King Xin, the dead envoy Wang Huan, and a group of soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty.

Second, the Ming Dynasty and the Spanish Empire agreed that the current political situation in Japan was no longer normal. As the shogun, the power of the Tokugawa clan surpassed that of the emperor, which was very dangerous.

Therefore, the two countries need to send troops and use force to help Japan correct the current situation.

The use of force to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries is already ultra vires, but after the news spread, no country in the Far East felt that this was abnormal.

Daming played the role of the military police of the Far East, which should have been something a regional overlord should do, and there was nothing special about it.

……

This is the news that the people of Ming Dynasty learned from the "Beijing News" during this period, which is very shocking and makes them very proud.

Spaniards can now be seen everywhere in the capital of the Ming Dynasty and in major towns, because the military alliance of Spain in the Ming Dynasty is now more secure.

The combination of the two great empires of the East and the West, this powerful alliance will obviously affect the pattern of global hegemony in the next period of time.

As for Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate had no idea that the situation would take a turn for the worse within a few months.

Until December, not only Spain, North Korea and Japan declared war, but also Britain and the Netherlands came to want a share of the pie.

Tokugawa Iemitsu clearly saw that the Far East fleets of the Netherlands and Britain began to gather in the Spice Islands and were heading towards Japan.

Obviously, all countries in the world know who the ultimate winner of this war will be, and the great powers have even prepared to carve up Japan in advance.

As the ruler of Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate cannot tolerate such a thing, but he will not kneel down to the despicable Akito either.

So Iemitsu Tokugawa acted first, using the shogunate's absolute advantage in force, and began to cleanse the daimyo who supported the emperor.

In January of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Tokugawa Clan's Banner Army defeated the Matsushima Clan's allied forces on the plains. Tokugawa Iemitsu entered the city in person, and the Oda Clan was wiped out.

Immediately afterwards, Date Masamune, who was a retainer of the Tokugawa family, became the lord of the Matsushima domain.

Because Date Masamune already had the status of feudal lord, the first thing Tokugawa Iemitsu did when he returned to Edo was to force the Empress Mizuo to hand over the position of General Zuo Konoe.

This was left behind by Tokugawa Iemitsu, because he knew in his heart that Japan would not be able to defeat the invasion of so many great powers.

Now he can only try his best to let the loyal servants of the Tokugawa family occupy important positions, so as to make a comeback after the retreat of the great powers. As for surrendering, this is impossible, it is too humiliating.