In the past 20 years, the Japanese imperial throne has changed several times.

After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the Toyotomi family in the 43rd year of the Dynasty Wanli (1615) and established the Tokugawa shogunate.

Since the shogunate was first established, it needed the righteous name of the emperor of Kyoto as a backing, and the imperial court in Kyoto needed financial assistance from the shogunate, so they had to submit to the power of the shogunate.

In the same year, the Tokugawa shogunate formulated and promulgated the "Prohibition of the Laws of the Forbidden China and the Public Family", which stated that the emperor should give priority to the practice of learning and mastery of waka, but in fact it was to limit the emperor's interference in politics.

The only power of the Emperor to be recognized in Article 17 of the Act is Article 8, which states that the Emperor has the right to determine the name of the era according to the "precursors of the dynasty."

In 1619, Emperor Gomizuo was reported to the then shogun Tokugawa Hidetada because his favored female official had given birth to a son, causing strong dissatisfaction with Hidetada.

The following year, due to the need for financial aid from the Tokugawa family in the Kyoto Imperial Court, the emperor had to marry Tokugawa Kazuko, the daughter of Hidetada.

In the fourth year of Kanei (1627), there was a "purple cloth incident", and the Kyoto imperial court allowed dozens of monks of Daitokuji Temple and Myoshinji Temple to wear purple clothes without consulting the shogunate in advance.

However, the shogunate's "Prohibition of the Laws of the Forbidden and Public Households" stipulated that all the birth laws of monks must be approved by the shogunate, and the shogunate used this as a reason to invalidate the purple-clothed edicts of Kyoto's Daitokuji Temple and Myoshinji Temple, and exiled the monks. This disgraced the Japanese Emperor Masahito.

Kanei 6th year (1629). Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu actually sent his nurse Kasuga Bureau to meet the emperor, but because the Kasuga Bureau had no officials and no position, he went to meet the emperor and pointed fingers in front of the emperor. It was considered a great shame by the emperor.

In the same year, the enraged emperor gave up the throne without warning to Prince Kokonai, the imperial daughter, who was barely seven years old, in order to cut off the shogunate's ambition to inherit the throne with his own grandson.

Xingzi has been the Emperor of Tennu for more than ten years, and at the age of 2o, she gave way to her half-brother Shohito.

It can be said that this series of changes in the imperial throne was the result of the struggle between the emperor and the Tokugawa shogunate.

This time the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu died suddenly. And his son was only ten years old, and immediately a soldier scholar Yu Jing Zhengxue instigated a ronin rebellion. The whole of Edo was in turmoil.

This incident came too suddenly, and it could have a huge impact on Great Qin's policy toward Japan, and Qin Mu had to urgently recruit important ministers from the court to discuss.

In the Huagai Palace, Huang Zhenlin further introduced to the ministers who rushed over: "The ronin rebellion instigated by the soldier scholar Yu Jing Zhengxue. It has led to a great rebellion in Edo, with many casualties and the possibility of turning into a civil war.

At present, the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu is young, mainly assisted by his uncle Masayuki Hoshina and the elder Sakai Tadakatsu, and the elders Nakatsudaira Nobutsuna and Abe Tadaaki, and is trying their best to quell the rebellion. ”

He Liang, the secretary of the military department, immediately asked: "Have my embassy in Japan in Daqin and the people who went to Japan to trade have been harmed?" ”

"The embassy is doing its best to collect information, and has not yet received any news that the people of Daqin have been killed, but trade has been greatly affected."

The Admiralty Governor Di Zhongxing said, "Your Majesty." Chen Jianyi immediately dispatched the North Sea Fleet out of the port and patrolled the waters near Japan to deal with the crisis nearby. ”

This is for Daqin. It was indeed a big crisis, and Daqin intended to keep the Tokugawa shogunate in order to cause internal friction between the shogunate and the emperor.

At the same time, Japan is still the largest trading country in Daqin, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Household are promoting two plans, one is to promote the use of Daqin's currency in Japan and thoroughly control Japan's financial currency. The second is to exchange grain for cash crops. Control zhì Japan's grain.

And these were promoted by the Tokugawa shogunate, and once the Tokugawa shogunate collapsed. Or there is a heavy dà mutation, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not affect the advancement of these strategic ideas.

Qin Mu nodded and said, "Then pass on the decree and let the North Sea Fleet cruise out of the port." As soon as the situation in Edo gets out of control and our embassy in Japan or the people of Great Qin are harmed, the North Sea Fleet will immediately sail to Edo to protect our embassy and business travelers in Great Qin. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Huang Zhenlin continued: "Your Majesty, this mutation may not be an opportunity for my Great Qin, the minister thinks that if this rebellion by Yui Masashi can deal a heavy blow to the Tokugawa Shogunate, then the Tokugawa Shogunate will inevitably become dependent on my Great Qin under internal pressure, and if it is done well, it will be possible to completely control the Tokugawa Shogunate and make it become an agent of the Great Qin in Japan." ”

Huang Zhenlin's words made many ministers nod their heads frequently.

Cabinet Minister Li Yuan said: "The Tokugawa Shogunate has dominated Japan for more than 30 years, and its emperor has always been in name, and this time the Ronin rebellion was instigated by Imasayuki I, even if the emperor is really behind it, it may not be able to support it for long, once the power structure of the Tokugawa Shogunate can be smoothed out, the Tokugawa Shogunate, which has a large number of troops, should be able to easily quell the rebellion, so this ronin rebellion may not be able to cause much damage to the Tokugawa Shogunate." ”

Qin Mu thought for a while and asked Huang Zhenlin: "For the four people of Hoshina Masayuki, Sakai Tadakatsu, Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and Abe Tadaaki, what does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs know?" ”

Huang Zhenlin replied: "Qi Gong Xià, Hoshina Masayuki is the half-brother of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and the reason why he is not surnamed Tokugawa is because the previous head of the family, Tokugawa Hidetada, is afraid of the inside, and is fortunate that Hoshina Masayuki's mother has a son, and he does not dare to be included in the palace, so he has been fostered outside the palace.

After his brother Tokugawa Iemitsu succeeded to the position of head of the family, he attached great importance to him, and first asked him to worship 200,000 koku from the Yamagata Domain of Haguni Province, and then to receive 230,000 koku from the 6 Austrian Nakazu Domain. When Tokugawa Iemitsu was dying, he also called Masayuki Hoshina to the bedside to support him.

Bao Ke Zhengzhi is quite accomplished in Confucianism, but at the same time he is obsessed with Shinto, and he has rarely dabbled in politics and military affairs, so he can be mediocre.

Sakai Tadakatsu and Matsudaira Nobutsuna were loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate, but they had no political talents, and they usually did things, and they only knew how to do what Tokugawa Iemitsu wanted. Only Abe Tadaaki is a person who is quite clever in politics and military. In addition, he is sympathetic to the lower classes of the people, and has a high reputation among the people. ”

In this way, the real pillar of the Tokugawa shogunate is now the old middle Abe Tadaaki, if this roof beam is removed, what will be the consequences?

Sima An said: "Your Majesty, the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate should not be underestimated, and some things, once they are wrong, I am afraid that it will backfire, or even give up all the previous achievements." ”

In this regard, Qin Mu was noncommittal, and asked the others instead: "Do the ministers agree with Huang Shilang's policy to weaken the Tokugawa shogunate first, so that I, the Great Qin, can further control it?" ”

The internal sub-assistant Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Majesty, Huang Shilang's strategy is really good, but it is not easy to operate, Japan is far away from Nanjing, once something happens, it is difficult for Daqin to control it in time;

Your Majesty, the Tokugawa shogunate was like a building, it might be easier to destroy it, but once the building topple, it would not be easy to hold it. ”

Liu Meng, the governor of the Chinese army, immediately said: "Lu Ge Lao Mo blames the official for colliding, the official just can't understand, if the Tokugawa shogunate really falls, do I have to help it?" Can you take advantage of the trend? ”

Li Guo, the governor of the Right Army, also said: "Your Majesty, the minister also feels that instead of spending his energy on supporting the Tokugawa shogunate, it is better to take advantage of the situation and push it and let Japan fall into a state of fragmentation again." ”

Gu Junen, the commander of the military department, immediately objected: "This official does not agree with the views of the two great governors, a relatively weak Tokugawa shogunate and a relatively stable Japan are the most conducive to our Great Qin's control of Japan, and at the same time conducive to the implementation of the established policy towards Japan;

If Japan falls into a state of fragmentation again, it will be difficult for our Great Qin to control them one by one. At that time, I am afraid that many vassal states will be attached to their emperors for their own survival needs. At that point, the situation will be even worse. ”

There is some truth in what everyone said, Qin Mu feels that the key problem is distance, because the distance is relatively far, it is difficult to respond in real time, so a turbulent Japan is very unfavorable to Great Qin to control.

In a relatively stable Japan, many of these plans could have been implemented slowly, but the paradox was that if the Tokugawa shogunate had not been weakened, those policies would have been implemented very slowly, and they were likely to be resisted by the Tokugawa shogunate halfway through.

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