The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The first of these clauses is actually not strict.

"From now on, the Japanese Kingdom has abolished the title of "Emperor" and will instead refer to itself as the "Lord of the Japanese Kingdom." All changes in the Japanese Kingdom's kings must be reported to the Ming Dynasty and canonized by His Majesty the Ming Dynasty. Without the decree, he calls himself the king without permission. The soldiers of tomorrow will definitely attack and destroy them!"

To put it bluntly, this clause actually reaffirms and confirms the suzerain-vassal relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Yamato Kingdom. It must be the relationship between the suzerain state and the vassal state. The Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of the Japanese state, and the Yamato state is the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

In this case, Yamato naturally cannot overstep the imperial system, and the emperor must give up the title of emperor and call himself the Lord of Yamato, or call himself the King of Yamato.

Based on this sect-vassal relationship, starting from this year, the sixth year of Masanori, all kings of the Yamato Kingdom must be formally canonized by the Ming Emperor to have legitimacy. Yamato kings who have not been canonized by the Ming Emperor cannot represent the Yamato Kingdom. , is not legal.

In fact, when he saw this article, Brother Shengren's eyes suddenly lit up and he was slightly happy. He was quite happy.

Because no matter it was the Kamakura shogunate or the Muromachi shogunate, the emperor was just a mascot raised by the shogunate after it had emptied its power. He had no power at all. He relied on granting legitimacy to these powerful ministers in exchange for money and food, and thus survived hard!

In other words, the current emperor does not have any power or influence.

But if the Ming Dynasty canonizes each Yamato king change, this can actually strengthen the influence of the emperor in the Japanese country. At least for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty only recognizes their emperor’s royal family as the monarch of the Yamato country. This can also be done Greatly strengthen the influence and presence of the Japanese king in the Japanese country!

You must know that the Ming Dynasty made several mistakes in this regard before.

The first time was when Zhu Yuanzhang, the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty, mistakenly thought that Prince Huairiang of the Yamato Southern Dynasty was the Yamato Emperor. As a result, he negotiated with Prince Huairiang for more than ten years, but was fooled in vain and turned a blind eye to the active tribute of the Muromachi Shogunate. , and the two sides failed to establish diplomatic relations as a result.

The second time was Emperor Taizongwen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, who was also not clear-headed. Zheng He led the invincible naval fleet to the Yamato Sea, which frightened the third shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, to immediately surrender and pay tribute. However, Zhu Di was directly canonized. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu became the King of Yamato, and also gave Ashikaga Yoshimitsu a gold seal of "King Yamato". Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wrote back and called himself "King Yamato, vassal Yoshimitsu." Yamato officially recognized itself as a vassal state of China.

But the key problem is that they all got it wrong!

The real king of Yamato is not Prince Eira, let alone Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but the Emperor of Yamato, a descendant of Amaterasu!

Until now, among the clauses proposed by the Ming Dynasty Zhongshan Marquis, the first clause clearly stated that Emperor Yamato accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty!

This is undoubtedly an attempt to "rectify chaos" and strengthen the influence and presence of the emperor's lineage in Yamato!

As for other things, brother Shengren didn't think about it that much for the moment.

Anyway, it has always been a nominal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. If you canonize it, just canonize it. That is, it is almost the same as the king of Korea. All the kings of Korea were canonized by the Ming Dynasty. It doesn't matter. As long as these Ming troops are willing to withdraw, This first point is also acceptable.

In fact, there is a vast ocean between the Kingdom of Yamato and the Ming Dynasty. As long as the Ming army withdraws and the Kingdom of Yamato closes its doors, it will not matter what it is. As long as it does not overstep the imperial system in its dealings with foreign countries, it will win. Jin is still the emperor of Yamato, and he is still the emperor of Yamato who has the support of the Ming Dynasty!

However, after seeing the second article, brother Shengren couldn't laugh anymore, and his face even turned pale instantly.

"Secondly, the Ming Dynasty dispatched troops to the entire territory of the Japanese country all year round, including but not limited to major ports, mineral locations, etc. The Ming Dynasty soldiers can mobilize local materials of the Japanese country for their own use, including local Japanese labor, and dare to resist Anyone who doesn’t follow will be killed without mercy!”

What does it mean?

Ming Dynasty wants to dispatch troops to the territory of Yamato?

And they are all key places such as ports and minerals!

Not only is the Ming army not ready to leave, but they also intend to stay in Yamato for a long time!

Brother Katsuhito couldn't laugh anymore. When he looked at Ashikaga Yoshiki and Ise Sadamune beside him, they were trembling with fear.

So brother Katsuhito continued to look at the third one, and then slowly began to despair.

"Third, the defense of Kyoto of the Japanese Kingdom was handed over to the Daimeiyoubing, including the Imperial Guards of the Japanese Lord and the escorts of the Muromachi Shogunate. They were also handed over to the Daimeiyou. No one in Kyoto, including the Japanese Lord and the Shogun, was allowed to do so. There are more than a hundred armed forces!”

The defense of Kyoto is handed over to the Great Tomorrow Soldiers!

The Imperial Guards and the Shogunate Guards are all made by the Great Tomorrow Soldiers!

Moreover, armed forces of more than a hundred people are not allowed to appear in Kyoto...

what is this?

Doesn’t that mean Kyoto is still under the control of the Ming army?

And the life and death of the emperor, the shogun, and the Yamato nobles are all under the control of these great soldiers of the sky?

How could this be agreed to?

They are not fools. Who is willing to leave their life and death to a group of outsiders?

Although his Imperial Guards were not many, they were loyal at any rate.

But what about these great soldiers?

If they were really allowed to guard his palace, brother Shengren would not be able to sleep well, fearing that these mighty soldiers would rush in and chop off his head!

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Brother Shengren took a deep breath and continued to look behind.

"Fourth, as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese state must fulfill its obligations as a vassal state. Every year, the shogunate personally pays tribute to the Ming Dynasty and listens to the teachings of His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Since the Ming Dynasty is the suzerainty of the Japanese state, the Japanese state must serve the Ming Dynasty unconditionally, including but not It is limited to providing money, food, supplies, etc. during wartime..."

This clause was actually fine before. The vassal countries paying tribute to the capital were actually conducting joint trade with the Ming Dynasty. This was a mutually beneficial thing in itself. The reason why the shogunate was able to call on the world before was because they controlled the power of trade with the Ming Dynasty.

The tyrannical clans such as the Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan, because they had no way to obtain the silver charms issued by the Ming Dynasty, secretly attacked and robbed the shogunate's returning tribute ship, and finally forced the shogunate to surrender part of their interests. The three families formed a tribute mission together and divided the money. profit from this trade.

But the question is, why did Marquis Zhongshan emphasize that the shogun should personally pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?

Brother Katsuhito felt strong uneasiness in his heart. After all, he had been the emperor for nearly ten years, so he quickly saw that this was a check and balance method by Marquis Nakayama.

The first article increases the emperor's influence in Yamato, and the fourth article is equivalent to directly handing over the Ming trade power to the shogun!

With the opposite trade rights, the shogunate is still the shogunate, and can still call on daimyo and cultivate party members!

The insidious thoughts of Zhongshan Hou are really obvious, and he is unscrupulous!

He is deliberately setting fire to the situation, allowing the emperor to continue fighting with the shogun, and ensuring that a unified force emerges in Yamato Buha, so that Ming Dynasty can continue to control Yamato!

Brother Shengren had cold sweat on his forehead, but he still had to continue reading.

"Fifth, the Japanese country enjoys the right to independent governance, but the heavenly soldiers stationed in Japan are not the people of Japan. The Japanese country is not allowed to dispose of the heavenly soldiers stationed in Japan without authorization. The Ming Dynasty will dispatch the ministers and generals stationed in Japan to uniformly command and dispatch the heavenly soldiers stationed in Japan. The Japanese country has no right to interfere... …”

Minister in Japan!

General stationed in Japan!

Yamato is not allowed to deal with the garrisoned heavenly soldiers without authorization!

This is simply the ultimate bastard!

To put it simply, this article is equivalent to directly announcing Ming's privileged rule over Yamato!

If the terms of Zhengtoku and Xinwei are really implemented, then all the power of the Yamato Kingdom will fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty’s minister in Japan and the general in Japan!

On the contrary, the emperor and the shogun were once again reduced to mascots, and they were the mascots of an outsider, the Ming Dynasty!

Damn it, you can never agree to this!

Brother Shengren continued to look behind him with full of anger.

"Sixth, all minerals in the territory of Japan, including gold and silver mines, are owned by the Ming Dynasty. Japan is not allowed to exploit them without authorization, and will kill anyone found..."

What is this?

Robbery?

Have you started stealing?

Why did the minerals from my country, Yamato, become yours, from Ming Dynasty?

It is not allowed to "mining without permission" and "shoot to kill"!

It's simply an act of banditry!

Did he break into your house, take control of you, and then start robbing you?

Is this the magnanimity and benevolence that the Celestial Suzerain Kingdom should have?

"Seventh, the daimyo of the Japanese country are not allowed to have more than a thousand armed forces. If they are found, they will confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans without mercy..."

This...this...is simply unreasonable!

The local daimyo shall not have more than a thousand armed men!

This is simply impossible!

A big family has hundreds of family members alone!

Recruit some local samurai ronin, and you can easily exceed a thousand!

Then what?

Tomorrow the soldiers will appear!

I will confiscate your home and exterminate your clan, kill your whole family, and massacre your people!

"Eighth, from now on Hyogojin will be the port of our Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Navy will be stationed in Japan. No Japanese ships are allowed to travel from Hyogojin..."

This one is even more outrageous!

Hyogotsu became the Ming Dynasty Navy Base!

Don’t forget that behind Hyogotsu is Yamato Kyoto!

Isn't this a disguised form of surrendering Yamato Kyoto to the control of the Ming army?

It's not enough to station troops in Kyoto, but a naval base must be built in Hyogotsu!

"Nine..."

Three pages of dense terms!

By the time brother Shengren finished reading it, the anger in his heart had already boiled to its peak!

To sum it up in one sentence!

frenzied!

Totally unconscionable!

Losing power and humiliating the country!

Once the three of them agree to the "Provisions of Masanori and Xinwei", the Yamato Kingdom will instantly become a slave state of the Ming Dynasty, without any power at all!

Not only the emperor, shogun, Yamato nobles and other high-level figures will be monitored and controlled by the Ming army, but even the lower-level Yamato people will be squeezed and enslaved by the Ming army and turned into labor slaves who mine minerals for them!

In other words, these densely packed clauses are aimed at turning Yamato into a slave state of the Ming Dynasty!

These unscrupulous Akito not only want to plunder the minerals of Yamato, but also enslave the people of Yamato. They want to take away everything from Yamato!

Brother Shengren couldn't bear it anymore. Just when he was about to object, the words of Zhongshan Marquis of the Ming Dynasty came into his ears.

"Of course, you can disagree."

"If you really have the courage, then I will lead the Ming Dynasty soldiers to massacre all the Japanese countries starting from the bloodbath in Kyoto!"

"As for the three of you, the whole clan will be killed and your heads will be sacrificed to heaven!"

The whole clan was slaughtered and their heads were sacrificed to heaven!

A light word directly broke down the psychological defenses of the three of them.

Either you agree honestly, become the mascot of the Ming Dynasty, and continue to enjoy life.

Or resolutely oppose it, and then kill the entire clan and behead them to sacrifice to heaven!

The Ming army then selected one or two obedient ones from the remaining nobles and continued to implement their crazy slave country plan!

To put it bluntly, the three brothers Ashikaga Yoshimi, Ise Sadamune and Katsuhito sadly discovered that even if they knew about the Ming army's slave country plan, they could not do anything, or in other words, they could not stop it at all. No!

How to stop it?

Not to mention that the three of them are still in the hands of the Ming army, even if they try their best to spread the news, what can they do?

The Ming army slaughtered 40,000 to 50,000 Yamato warriors before and after this time. This was already all the troops that Yamato could mobilize and gather!

To put it more harshly, when the Ming army massacred these warriors, there were only 10,000 of them, and they had almost no casualties. With such high combat power, even if the lords from all over the country gathered an army of 50,000 again, they would really be able to fight. Can you get by?

Can't beat it!

The terrifying firearms of the Ming army were enough to frighten all disobedients!

So, there is no hope of resistance.

The three of them looked at each other, then fell into a daze.

They don't want to sign, otherwise they will become eternal sinners of the Yamato nation!

But they don’t want to die either. If they don’t sign, they will die, and this beast Zhongshan Marquis wants to “kill the entire clan”!

So what to do now?

The three of them were completely stunned.

Tang Hao watched this scene quietly and did not say anything to urge him, but was filled with emotion.

Treaties that were humiliating and humiliating were signed countless times by the Manchu and Qing dynasties, such as the Sino-British Guangzhou Peace Treaty, the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, the Sino-British Five-Port Trade Charter, the Sino-British Treaty of Humen, and the Sino-British Five-Port Treaty. "Article of Commerce", "Article of Commerce of Five Ports" between China and France, "Treaty of Aihui" between China and Russia, "Treaty of Tianjin" between Russia, the United States, Britain and France, "Treaty of Beijing" between Britain, France and Russia, and "Treaty of Horses" between China and Japan. Treaty of Guanxi, and the most famous Treaty of Xinchou...

Behind every treaty that humiliates the country is the blood and tears of countless Chinese people!

Now the offensive and defensive forms have changed hands. Because of Tang Hao's unexpected arrival, the fate of the Ming Dynasty has changed!

With the efforts of Tang Hao and Zhu Houzhao, the Ming Dynasty took the lead in taking the most critical step - colonizing overseas!

That's right, we want to colonize Japan!

This despicable nation, whose "king has no morals and the people are thieves", has fully demonstrated their Beijie character since the founding of the country, and later caused indelible and huge pain to the Chinese nation!

Tang Hao had no sympathy for such a despicable nation.

If it were not for the fact that mining still requires labor, and considering that these Japanese people could be transported to the Ming Dynasty to bear the Ming Dynasty's corvées, freeing the people of the Ming Dynasty to farm their fields with peace of mind, Tang Hao would have even thought about wiping them out of the world. remove!

Based on overall considerations, leaving these Japanese behind is the best choice.

As long as the Ming Dynasty firmly controls the Japanese country and further builds this place into the Ming Dynasty's naval base, it will not only improve the maritime trade routes in the East China Sea, but also use this place as a base to continue to expand southward, such as the Southeast Asian lands, such as the Western Ocean place.

Use the Ming Navy and the profits from sea trade to change the increasingly decadent Ming Dynasty step by step until finally...reviving the Ming Dynasty!

Time passed by, and the three "heads" of the Japanese country had been thinking about it for too long, so the Marquis of Zhongshan became a little impatient.

"how?"

"To sign or not to sign?"

"It seems that you really want me to be a villain for once!"

Tang Hao sneered and shouted: "Bring their families and children here!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of brothers Ashikaga Yoshimi, Ise Sadamune and Katsuhito suddenly changed.

The three of them looked at Tang Hao in panic and wanted to plead, but they still remained silent.

It wasn't until their family members and children were brought up that the three men finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to plead for mercy.

"Marquis Zhongshan, why are you doing this?"

"Tang Hou, please let my children go!"

"Master, my wife is pregnant, Master!"

The three of them roared and shouted wildly, hoping that Tang Hao would be merciful.

However, Tang Hao never had any compassion for the Japanese.

"kill!"

"Kill until they are willing to sign!"

The Marquis of Zhongshan gave the order and the soldiers took action immediately.

The first to die was a daughter of Ise Sadamune. She was quite pretty and charming in her Mood for Love, but she was destroyed by Chang Kuohai and split into two halves with an axe, in front of Ise Sadamune. .

This old Japanese nobleman went crazy instantly, his face covered with his daughter's blood and bone residue.

"Tang Hao, you madman! You butcher! You executioner!"

"You want to subvert our country, Yamato, you are simply a beast..."

Before Ise Sadamune finished cursing, he was punched by Chang Kuohai and fell to the ground in pain, unable to speak anymore.

Chang Kuohai aimed the ax at his youngest son, who was also Ise Sadazong's favorite son.

"No! No!"

"I'll sign it, I'll sign it now!"

The first person who gave in appeared, and the second one will follow.

When Ashikaga Yoshihide saw his pregnant wife begging him, he immediately signed his name as the shogun.

The last one was the Emperor of Japan, the descendant of the Sun God, Brother Katsuhito.

This Emperor of Japan was still quite courageous. Lei Xiong even killed two of his children, but he refused to sign.

In the end, it was Tang Hao who spoke up and said, "If you don't sign, I will kill all the royal family members and make you extinct!"

Hearing this, Brother Katsuhito was completely desperate.

He signed his name with trembling hands, then stamped the Emperor's golden seal, and then knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

Since then, Yamato has become a slave country of the Ming Dynasty!

The Yamato people are over!