The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The enthronement ceremony was held as scheduled.

Under the witness of all the daimyo of Japan, Brother Katsuhito took that step tremblingly, as if his whole body was drained of energy.

Unlike the enthronement ceremonies organized by the Japanese emperors in the past, today's ceremony should be called the "Ceremony of Conferring the Title".

Because the people who accepted the title were not only Brother Katsuhito, but also Ashikaga Yoshitsugu, the shogun.

Ming envoy Chen Kuan, holding the decree of His Majesty the Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, stood in front of the two.

And Ashikaga Yoshitsugu and Brother Katsuhito knelt on the ground with a dull look, accepting the title of the Ming Dynasty.

There were no accidents, and the Ming army would not allow any accidents.

In addition to the 5,000 soldiers left in Hyogojin, who were commanding the Japanese to build and transform the navy base, in addition to the soldiers stationed at the key checkpoints in various parts of Japan, there were a total of 20,000 Ming soldiers in Kyoto at this moment, which was a powerful military force enough to suppress any disobedience!

No matter how dissatisfied or desperate these Japanese were, they could only watch as the two most powerful people in Yamato knelt down in front of the Ming angel under their noses and accepted the title of the Ming Dynasty!

Katsuhito accepted the title and became the King of Wa, or the King of Wa for short.

Ashikaga Yoshitsugu accepted the title and became the twelfth shogun of the shogunate.

Then, the two of them made public statements and read out the "Shengde Xinwei Treaty" that would make them infamous for thousands of years!

But the two had to do this because their families were in the Kyoto Imperial Palace at the moment, with the Ming army holding knives on their necks!

If they dared to make any unusual movements, the whole family would be killed and beheaded for sacrifice to the heavens!

This was the warning given to them by Zhongshan Hou!

Having come to this point and seeing with their own eyes that the Ming court was still sending troops over continuously, Ashikaga Yoshitsugu and Katsuhito were completely desperate and had no courage to fight for anything.

So the two could only read out the humiliating clauses one by one.

As they read out each clause, the Ming army soldiers would sing it out in turn to ensure that the Japanese nobles and Japanese people who were watching the ceremony could hear it!

When the last clause was read out, Ashikaga Yoshie and Katsuhito were already in tears.

And the nobles and Japanese people present were even more dazed and in a trance.

They didn't expect that the two most powerful people in Yamato would choose to... sell out their country!

That's right!

It's selling out!

What's the difference between this and selling out?

These damn clauses, one by one, are clearly meant to turn Yamato into a slave country of the Ming Dynasty!

Yamato is not allowed to have armed forces, the Ming Dynasty sent heavenly soldiers to garrison, and there are "Ministers in Japan" and "Generals in Japan". Not only do they have a superior status in Yamato and control everything, but they can also mobilize and plunder all the resources of Yamato at will, including those minerals, gold and silver, money and food, and even the people of Yamato!

What is this?

Yamato has completely lost its sovereignty!

Yamato has become a slave state of the Ming Dynasty from today!

For a time, many Japanese could not accept it. They roared, screamed, cursed, cried, and tried to express their dissatisfaction in this way, trying to persuade His Majesty the Emperor and the General to change their minds.

However, before Ashikaga Yoshie and Katsuhito could speak, the well-prepared Ming army started the massacre directly.

One by one, the Rumi guns fired, shooting all the noisy people, whether they were nobles or common people, one by one, without any mercy!

This sudden scene frightened all the Japanese present and froze in place, shutting their mouths tightly, not daring to make any more movements or sounds.

Even if they had a lot of blood on their faces, even if someone beside them fell in a pool of blood, they could only cover their mouths tightly, stand there in horror, and let their tears continue to fall.

Liang Chu, the minister stationed in Japan, saw this scene and couldn't help sighing.

"Marquis Tang, I understand that you hate these nobles, but how innocent are these Japanese people? Why do you want to..."

"Are you a fool?" Tang Hao looked at Liang Chu coldly, "Those who were yelling and cursing just now are undoubtedly radical elements who oppose the Ming Dynasty's control of Japan. They will definitely become rebels in the future!"

"This marquis helped you, the minister stationed in Japan, to solve the trouble in advance. You still have the nerve to question me here?"

"Liang Chu, if you don't stand firm, then this marquis doesn't mind taking you back to Beijing, and you don't have to do this job!"

When these words came out, everyone looked at him sideways.

Chen Kuan still had no expression on his face.

This attitude seemed to say that Marquis Zhongshan was indeed qualified to abolish you, Liang Chu.

In fact, as long as Tang Hao went back and talked to His Majesty the Emperor, Liang Chu might not be able to hold on to this position.

Liang Chu's face changed drastically and gradually turned pale.

The position of "Minister to Japan" seems to be a tough job to govern in a foreign land, but it is not.

First, the court stipulates that the Minister to Japan has the same status as the Provincial Governor of the Ming Dynasty, and is a second-rank frontier official in charge of the civil affairs, land tax, household registration and other affairs of Japan, and needs to work with the Censorate to handle major matters. At the same time, the Provincial Governor is also responsible for announcing the central government's orders.

Not to mention that the Japanese country is separated from the Ming Dynasty by a vast ocean. Even if a government order is issued, it will be delayed due to inconvenient transportation. Therefore, there is no doubt that the minister stationed in Japan is the real frontier official, and he can rule the entire Japanese people.

In addition, in view of the current unstable situation in the Japanese country, Liang Chu has the dual duties of chief envoy and inspector. In other words, he, the minister stationed in Japan, is the head of the Japanese civil servants and a detached frontier official.

As for Liang Chu himself, he really needed this opportunity.

Because people such as Liang Chu, Fei Hong, Mao Ji, Jin Gui, etc. were all Jinshi in the middle and late Chenghua period, and then entered the Hanlin Academy to complete their qualifications. After His Majesty the Hongzhi Emperor came to the throne, the Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao came out to study. These Hanlin Academy Only the best people there got the opportunity to go to the East Palace to give lectures to the prince, and thus had a "half-teacher" friendship with the emperor Zhu Houzhao.

But a half-master is always just a half-master. The only real imperial master is Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe was now the chief minister of the cabinet and the head of the civil servants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty.

Let me ask you, compared to the same period, who is willing to be suppressed like this by Yang Tinghe?

It is very common for literati to look down on each other and compete for official careers.

So Liang Chu was naturally jealous, and he also wanted to seize the opportunity to rise to the top.

So this time the minister stationed in Japan is undoubtedly the best opportunity for Liang Chu.

Even if he has been in charge of the Japanese country for five years or even ten years, he, Liang Chu, is only forty years old now and will only be fifty years old by then. With his great achievements in helping the Ming Dynasty integrate the Japanese country, plus his " With the friendship of "half division", Liang Chu can definitely enter the cabinet directly, become an official with Yang Tinghe again, and continue to compete!

This is Liang Chu's ambition and the real reason why he is willing to come to this barbarian land overseas!

Among the lecturers at the same time, Yang Tinghe was already the chief minister of the cabinet. Fei Hong was also promoted by the court to be the general constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and one of the nine ministers in the court because of his power behind him. Jiao Fang and other people were able to flatter because they were despicable and shameless. Promoted by His Majesty the Emperor to Minister of Household Affairs...

Therefore, facing the threat from Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao, Liang Chu really panicked.

"Forgive me, Marquis Tang, I'm just a little... not used to it yet!"

Liang Chu bowed his head in submission, and Tang Hao was too lazy to continue to criticize and embarrass him.

"If you haven't adapted to it yet, adapt as soon as possible."

"Do you think this position belongs to you? I don't know how many people are watching from behind, waiting to plot against you and pull you down!"

Tang Hao reminded meaningfully: "Don't forget, the Shijian Silver Mine has been spread all over the world for a long time, and I don't know how many people are trying to kill it with red eyes!"

"Liang Chu, if you were smarter, you would understand the current situation clearly!"

Iwami Silver Mine!

Someone wants to plot against me?

Upon hearing this, Liang Chu's face turned even paler.

He wanted to continue asking what was going on, but unfortunately Chen Kuan interrupted them at this moment.

"Do business first!"

"It's your turn!"

The old eunuch is still very good at etiquette!

Liang Chu did not dare to hesitate and could only keep this matter in his heart.

Then he and Zhu Dangqi came out, each standing next to brother Katsuhito and Ashikaga Yoshimi.

"My official is Liang Chu, the Ming Dynasty's minister stationed in Japan. In the future, whenever the Japanese government responds to civil affairs, I need to intervene and implement it!"

"This general is the Ming Dynasty's general stationed in Japan. In the future, whenever the Japanese country responds to military affairs, they must consult this general before they can be implemented!"

Although Zhu Dangzhe was not good at words, he was not a fool. He simply copied the words and read them out.

One is in charge of Japanese civil affairs, and the other is in charge of Japanese military affairs. In other words, these are the two great mountains of Japan in the future!

Brothers Ashikaga Yoshimi and Katsuhito saluted each of them, which was regarded as recognizing their future... superiors.

And a group of Japanese nobles and common people knelt on the ground in a daze, bowing to the two people who would hold all the power in Yamato... Akito!

Since then, the canonization ceremony has ended.

Liang Chu and Zhu Dangqi also officially started to get busy.

When the Japanese Kingdom was first established, they had many things to be busy with.

For example, Zhu Dangqi, the general stationed in Japan, took the lead in receiving a group of generals under Tang Hao's command, because these generals would not stay in Japan, and even the 10,000 soldiers of the Beijing army who followed Tang Haoping to push Japan away. He will follow the Marquis of Zhongshan back to Beijing to receive the reward.

Therefore, Zhu Dangqi must rely on himself for all matters. He must complete a smooth transfer of power, and then quickly arrange for his confidants to guard various parts of the Japanese country. Fortunately, Tang Hao has helped him complete this step before, but it is similar to the Ming Dynasty warriors. Just rotate.

In addition, there is the problem of the Japanese auxiliary soldiers. These warriors have no moral bottom line. They are just greedy for life and afraid of death, so they choose to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty. As a result, when they attack and massacre the city, they are more ruthless and cruel to their own people, burning, killing and looting. , and wantonly raped, humiliated, and killed women. This was something that no Ming soldiers dared to touch. However, these auxiliary warriors had no scruples and completely unleashed their true nature.

Therefore, one of Zhu Dangqi's next important tasks is to rectify these auxiliary soldiers, eliminate the damn beasts inside, and get rid of the bad and keep the good.

The two were busy for half a month, and then they had to stop.

Because the handover of the army has been completed, Zhongshan Hou will soon lead these meritorious soldiers back to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Dangqi and Liang Chu were eager to squeeze out time to have a secret talk with the Marquis of Zhongshan, because they also found many difficulties and obstacles in the administrative process, and now the only person who could help them was There is only Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan.

Therefore, on the eve of Tang Hao's return to Beijing, the two of them came to visit together.

Inside the room, the configuration is still the same.

Chen Kuan, Tang Hao, Liang Chu and Zhu Dangqi.

The reason why I wanted to find Chen Kuan was because my status was different now.

Liang Chu and Zhu Dangqi had become powerful figures in the Japanese country. If Tang Hao met with them in private again, he might arouse the suspicion and fear of Emperor Zhu Houzhao, so he simply called Chen Kuan, an old eunuch, and asked him to report what they talked about directly to Zhu Houzhao. That’s it.

After the four of them took their seats, Liang Chu, the minister stationed in Japan, began to vomit his bitterness.

"Tang Hou, this is really a bad job!"

"The constitution of this Japanese country is completely different from that of our Ming Dynasty. It is just like the Shang and Zhou dynasties in the history of the Central Plains. A big noble led a group of small nobles to rule the Japanese country."

"Previously, this great aristocrat was the Japanese royal family, and later it became the Japanese shogunate. And in this shogunate, there was not one great aristocrat, but several great aristocrats who jointly ruled. Then they began to fight openly and secretly. As a result, the local lords were completely hostile to the central government. Having lost confidence and awe, everyone wants to step in and establish their own shogunate..."

"The government orders I sent out from Kyoto were all done in a perfunctory manner. Is it possible that we really want the imperial court to send a group of officials over to the prefectures and counties of Japan?"

Tang Hao looked at Liang Chu with a smile, and then suddenly cursed: "Are you full of food or are you just sitting idle with nothing to do?"

"Return to the Japanese country in counties and counties, do you believe that I will depose you now?"

The Marquis of Zhongshan suddenly went berserk, so frightened that all three of them trembled.

Even Chen Kuan glared at Tang Hao angrily, "Don't send our family away directly. We will die in a foreign land!"

Liang Chu's face was full of panic, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Logically speaking, he was so conscientious in his duties, why would he be scolded by the Marquis of Zhongshan...

"First, the administration of civil rights is left to the Japanese king and shogun, so what does it have to do with you, Liang Chu, the minister stationed in Japan?"

"Previously at the canonization ceremony, you said that all the civil affairs of Japan need to be handled by you, and I couldn't help but want to scold you. It's just that the occasion is inappropriate."

"You still don't understand that the first priority of the minister stationed in Japan, I once reminded you, is to eliminate Japanese culture and purify Japanese children. To put it more bluntly, it is to open schools and promote Confucianism. As for other civil affairs, what does it have to do with you?"

Liang Chu was startled when he heard this and opened his mouth to refute.

"To put it harshly, the quality of life of those Japanese people has nothing to do with me, the Ming Dynasty!"

"The Japanese country is just a slave country of my Ming Dynasty. These Japanese people are just slaves of my Ming Dynasty. Why are you so caring about your slaves?"

"Could it be that if you treat them well and let them live a good life, they will be grateful to you as the minister stationed in Japan, and they will forget the hatred of Ming Dynasty for colonizing them? It is simply ridiculous!"

Tang Hao looked at Liang Chu coldly, and then glanced at Zhu Dangqie.

"The word 'colonization', you two, please keep this word in your mind!"

"The so-called "colonization" is essentially plunder. On the one hand, it allows and recognizes the independence of colonies and semi-colonies; on the other hand, it exercises control by cultivating or supporting agents; economically in the form of providing "aid", through attaching harsh conditions to Loans, unequal trade, organizing multinational companies and other means to control the economic lifeline of these countries and plunder these countries; militarily, in the form of providing military "assistance", they establish military bases, station troops, and dispatch military advisers to these countries. Helping train the army, etc., and carrying out disguised military occupation... In order to achieve this series of strategic goals, it is possible to instigate a coup, provoke a civil war, support a puppet regime, etc. "

"Whether it is sending troops or building ports, our ultimate goal is to colonize the Japanese country, and use these means to plunder all the resources of the Japanese country, including minerals, gold and silver, money, food, and even population, and send them back to the Ming Dynasty to change our increasingly decadent country. The Ming Dynasty, use the interests of Japan to change the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, and then truly revive the Ming Dynasty! "

"So don't apply your political ambitions to this place. The Japanese country has always remained backward and weak. This is what is most beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. Do you understand?"

Liang Chu nodded in a daze. Tang Hao's colonial remarks had a huge impact on the Confucianism he had been studying. It was like a hammer hitting him hard several times, leaving people confused and helpless. measures.

But Liang Chu couldn't find the words to refute!

Because what Tang Hao did was obviously wrong. According to Confucianism, it was undoubtedly wrong. But the problem was that what he did was beneficial to Ming Dynasty!

The Ming Dynasty is decaying and declining day by day. This is a dilemma that all knowledgeable people can see.

So is it really wrong to colonize Japan to save the Ming Dynasty?

Liang Chu couldn't get the answer.

On the one hand, it is the Confucianism he upholds and admires, but on the other hand, it is the justice of the family and the country. How can he choose?

"Liang Chu!" Tang Hao warned coldly: "Think carefully about what I have told you, and think carefully about what is beneficial to Ming Dynasty!"

"I will give you a year to adapt. If you still can't figure it out in the end and are still disappointed, then let this position be given to a smart person!"

Liang Chu trembled and fell into deep thought silently.

Then Tang Hao looked at Zhu Dangchu and said in a deep voice: "Those auxiliary warriors, kill the main culprit first, and kill one out of ten of the rest, and the military discipline will naturally be established!"

"Don't care about the lives of these Japanese people, and use thundering means to deter them. Do you understand?"

Zhu Dangchu accepted the order with horror and nodded hurriedly.

"A general cannot be soft-hearted. It is the most basic thing that a merciful person cannot command an army!"

"You still have a long way to go in the future. This is also an experience. When I see you again, I hope you, Zhu Dangchu, can be independent!"

Zhu Dangchu's eyes were red when he heard this. The reason why he could escape the useless life of eating and waiting to die in his life was all because of the Zhongshan Marquis in front of him.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will never let you down!"

"The Japanese country will not be in chaos, otherwise I will commit suicide to apologize!"

Tang Hao smiled with relief when he heard this.

The next morning, the fleet set sail.

With Liang Chu and Zhu Dangqi bidding farewell, Tang Hao led the meritorious soldiers and embarked on the journey back home.

Looking at the vast sea, Tang Hao couldn't help but feel a little excited.

I don't know how Shu'er is doing.

And his own...bloodline!