Chapter 801: The Shimazu Family's Destiny (Part II)
Although the daimyo of feudal lords all over Japan knew that this gathering was nonsense, they still had to force their participation in it. The Far East has already made a private agreement with them, redividing their respective spheres of influence in Japan, changing the previous situation of village chiefs and town chiefs everywhere, and they will only have their own power under their rule.
The Far East will assist the feudal lords in various regions, eliminate the township chiefs and county magistrates in their respective territories, and completely redivide Japan into several lords. The Satsuma Clan established the shogunate, with Shimazu Tadashi as the new shogun, and ruled Japan together with the local lords.
The daimyo of the feudal lords in various parts of Japan this week were still acceptable to such an arrangement in the Far East, after all, they had gained more benefits than before. Each lord can get a territory of more than one million stones, and he can develop with peace of mind for a few years, and he can fight against the Satsuma domain.
At the same time that the Far East convened a secret gathering of feudal lords from all over the world, the Far Eastern Company began to implement its established plan. At the beginning of the sixteenth year of Kanei, Emperor Akimasa of Japan officially issued an edict appointing Shimazu Tadashi as the general of the expedition, the right minister, and the elder of Genji. And opened in Osaka, the Osaka shogunate, also known as the Shimadzu shogunate, was founded.
The Kyushu Division, also renamed the Konoe Division, was stationed in the Kyoto and Osaka areas, responsible for the security and defense of the region, and was the main military force of the Shimazu shogunate. The Southern Army of the Far Eastern Army left this area and returned to Harima and other places to garrison.
Because the command and control of the Kyushu Division has always been in the hands of the Far East Army, Shimazu Tadashi does not know that the Kyushu Division today has long been unrecognizable compared with before.
Before the opening of the Far Eastern Army in Shimazu, a large-scale reorganization of the units of the Dare to Die was carried out. The Kyushu Division, which was originally subordinate to the samurai and ashigaru of Kyushu, was mostly drawn down to the rest of the daredevils. A large number of veteran daredevils were transferred to the Kyushu Division.
Although the Shimazu clan preferred to find a place in other regions to open the shogunate, the Far East had already decided that Osaka would be the place where the Shimazu clan would open its house. He had no choice but to accept it. However, the Far East promised to gradually help the Shimazu family clear the territories of the daimyo of other feudal lords in Honshu in the following year, which made Shimazu Tadashi's heart that had been hanging loose.
In the next few days, Shimazu Tadashi also began to get busy. He led many of the retainers of the Satsuma clan and began to prepare for the establishment of the shogunate in Osaka. Opening a shogunate was not an easy task, and there were many tasks. Keep Shimazu so busy that his feet don't touch the ground.
However, when Shimazu Tadashi and many retainers of the Satsuma clan rushed to Osaka Castle, they were immediately stunned by the sight in front of them. The entire city of Osaka has become an empty city, and the people and materials in the city have been scraped clean by the Far East.
The Satsuma Domain organized the Kyushu Coalition and fought fiercely with the Tokugawa Shogunate for several months, and the supplies had long been exhausted, and most of the troops were lost. Shimazu Tadashi suddenly ran out of ideas, he had to go and ask to see Gao Jianguo, but Gao Jianguo just asked him to wait patiently. Tell him that the Far East Company's support will arrive soon.
Shimazu had no choice but to return to Kyoto with a large number of retainers and samurai, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Far East. When Shimazu Tadashi returned to Kyoto, he was summoned by the famous Emperor Sho to lead many of the retainers of the Satsuma clan to the palace. When Shimazu Tadashi heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took many retainers and samurai all the way to the emperor's palace.
Kyoto was formerly known as Heiankyo, and Emperor Kanmu of the Heian period made Kyoto his capital in 794 AD. It was not until 1869 that Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Edo. The Imperial Palace in Kyoto has been in business for many years and is quite large. The Imperial Palace in Kyoto is divided into Imperial Palaces. Kyoto Imperial Palace, Sento Imperial Palace, etc., the most important ones are Kyoto Imperial Palace and Sento Imperial Palace.
The Japanese Imperial Family is the descendants of Amaterasu in Japanese mythology and is still worshipped by the entire nation until modern times. If you count from the tribal chiefs, they have been royal for about three thousand years, whether or not the power is really in their hands. The emperor has always had a divine status, is the titular leader of the country, and is truly arguably arguably the longest-reigning royal family in the world.
After the Far Eastern Army captured Kyoto, the city and the Imperial Palace were guarded by the Kyushu Division. When Shimazu Tadashi and a group of retainers from the Satsuma clan arrived at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, they found the officers and soldiers of the Kyushu Division guarding the Imperial Palace. It's all completely unfamiliar faces.
Although the Kyushu Division has always been controlled by the Far Eastern Army, a considerable part of the backbone of the division is composed of the original samurai and ashigaru of the Satsuma Domain, but today they traveled all the way, and they didn't see a single samurai from the original Satsuma.
A retainer behind Shimazu Tadashi said with a gloomy face: "My lord, none of the samurai stationed in the palace are from our Satsuma Domain, and the Far East is still not very at ease with us." ”
Listening to the retainer's words, Shimazu Tadashi shook his head, and then said with a wry smile: "Now our Shimazu family is like a fish on the board, we can only let them slaughter. In any case, we must build the shogunate first, and then slowly develop our own power. Now we can only endure it, and there will always be a day when we will truly dominate Japan. ”
Suddenly, a large number of samurai of the Kyushu Division roared into the palace, and the faces of Shimazu Tadashi and many retainers of the Satsuma Domain behind him suddenly turned as white as paper. They vaguely understood in their hearts the intentions of the Far East.
Shimazu Tadashi slowly pulled out his katana and said with a sad face: "Gentlemen, let's fight to the death for the last time!" Let them see the bloody nature of our Satsuma men......"
A group of Satsuma clan members also drew their katanas, and shouted with red eyes, "I am willing to die for the Shimazu family......"
Shimazu Tadashi looked at the Satsuma samurai beside him, and his heart was extremely sad. In fact, he should have woken up a long time ago, and it was all the obsession to dominate the world, which made him lose his calmness and reason.
The Far East is so vicious that they not only want to destroy the Shimazu clan, but also make them bear the unjust name of slaughtering the emperor.
At this time, a large number of daredevils had already rushed over. Shimazu Tadashi roared, took the lead in raising his katana, and launched a suicidal charge against the Far Eastern daredevils. The Satsuma samurai behind him also followed behind Shimazu Tadatsune, holding their katana high and roaring and rushing forward.
Fujita looked at the dozens of Satsuma samurai who rushed over, his face suddenly straightened, and he shouted: "Put down your guns, they are all real samurai, let's use the way between samurai to solve the battle." ”
With that, he put away his revolver, then drew his katana behind him, shouted, and rushed forward with his sword raised to meet the people of the Satsuma Domain. Immediately after that, the samurai of the Death Army also put away their guns, drew their katanas, and followed Fujita to kill the general. (To be continued......)