Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 35
As we all know, the shogunate gave the emperor and the public family a total of about 100,000 shi, the emperor himself was more than 30,000, and the rest of the palace families and the public officials were divided.
Not only is there less, but there are still defaults. Who said that the shogunate only regarded the imperial court as a door flower to decorate its own facade from the beginning, and did not plan to make the imperial court happy. When the shogunate’s finances were in crisis later, the samurai of their own flags would not be able to take care of them, and it would be even more impossible to manage the imperial court.
That is to say, in recent years, the shogunate’s finances have gradually improved, which has allowed the court to eat a few more meals. To put it unreasonably, it was because the shogunate fed them too much, so they had the time to take in the foreigners and engage in some kind of king-respecting movement.
We now call it “convincing people with reason”!
Therefore, Chuemon’s order to abolish the lineage of the emperor was not directly forcibly abolished. But there are so-called preferential treatment conditions for abdication, and the conditions are quite good.
The first is the treatment. Following the example of Italy in the 21st century, four thousandths of the income of Italian citizens needs to be transferred to the Holy See of the Vatican, which is the so-called “tithing”. It doesn’t need any explanation, it should be understandable. In the old society, one-tenth of the income of the common people was handed over to the church. Now it has been revised to four thousandths, which is already quite a lot.
After Chuemon’s careful consideration, the number was temporarily determined to be five per thousand. That is to say, once the world is unified, the total financial revenue of the shogunate reaches 20 million, or even 30 million, and 5/1000 of it is directly allocated to the official offices of the worship officials as envoys of the emperor and ministers.
Five thousandths of twenty million, that is one hundred thousand taels of gold!
After all, the treatment of the emperor and the princes will not be reduced. With the development of Japan, this money will only increase, and it is more than enough to support these freelancers.
The second is the resettlement. The gardens, palaces, and mausoleums, including the forbidden center in Kyoto, are all property of the Emperor of Heaven, and the Emperor Xiaoming can continue to own and dispose of them. In addition, the shogunate maintains many identifiable mausoleums every year according to the level of donations to temples and shrines in the world.
The mansions, courtyards, gardens, manors, etc. of the princes are also all preserved. What they were originally and what they will be in the future, the shogunate will not invade the old property rights.
Within the scope of these buildings, the shogunate does not care what you call them internally. No matter whether you call me or emperor, you don’t even ask when you close the door anyway.
Finally, it is about the establishment of the Shinto ceremonies, because the emperor himself is the so-called “human god”, and it is completely appropriate to be the Shinto leader who leads the mountains and shrines. Moreover, the emperor himself also has this function, at most he is now a full-time commissioner.
At the same time, the monasteries had to be separated from Shintoism. That is to say, the original tradition of the combination of gods and Buddhas must be completely separated. The Shinto is the Shinto, and the Buddhist is the Buddhist. The Shinto is under the management of the newly established Worship Office, and the Buddhist temple is under the management of the shogunate’s monastery.
In the future, the practice of the monastery will have to be changed to the practice of the monastery.
In addition to the above three more important contents, there are many other regulations. Even Chuemon promised that if everything can be completed before the autumn harvest this year, he can pay 100,000 taels of gold as a preferential treatment fee. After the autumn harvest, Guan Yu of Binhaiguan was also released to the shogunate, and another 100,000 taels were allocated to the court.
It means that I can get two copies this year, and all of them are in cash, which saves the court the trouble of selling food. I can buy whatever I want, which is convenient and convenient.
The preferential treatment regulations came out of Tokugawa Keibao’s mouth and into the ears of Emperor Xiaoming.
Not only Emperor Xiaoming himself was stunned in place because of the extreme shock, but all the ministers around him, as well as Songping Qingyong, who accompanied him to the hall, were numb.
Even Mijo Mimi, who had been pushing the Emperor Xiaomei in the dark before, was shocked. He envisioned all kinds of possibilities and was even happy to see a civil war in the shogunate. Even if the capital was completely destroyed by the war in the end, the Emperor Xiaoming would run to other places to wait for the possibility of the day, Sanjo Mimei thought of it.
Du Du never thought that the shogunate would publicly force Emperor Xiaoming to abdicate and give up the country!
Such a rebellious thing, the shogunate actually did it so splendidly, without covering it up, clearly and plainly, in the form of a notification, and so suddenly told the court.
no! Absolutely not!
In the end, Santiao Shimei’s brain is faster than that of ordinary trash ministers, and it is also faster than Emperor Xiaoming’s. Regardless of his decency, he took two steps directly from Emperor Xiaoming’s side, and pulled the sleeve of Emperor Xiaoming’s sleeve, indicating that this matter must not be agreed.
Once abdicated and surrendered the country, the imperial court and all other shogunate opponents will lose their most precious righteousness. In the future, the orthodoxy in the world will be left with the shogunate family. If you say that you are a rebel, you are a rebel.
After being pulled by Sanjo Mimi, Emperor Xiaoming also came over to taste it. He was furious and got up and left. It was a rare act of disobeying the etiquette in his life, and he didn’t care about Tokugawa Keiho and Matsudaira Keiyong who were still kneeling below.
Guan Baiying Si Fuxi saw that Emperor Xiaoming was gone, and quickly stepped forward and asked in front of Tokugawa Keibao~www.mtlnovel.com~ how the shogunate did such a treacherous thing. Since Emperor Shenwu, how could the Heavenly Emperor of the eternal lineage be abolished like this?
The country of Japan was founded by Emperor Shenmu, and the emperor of that day has survived from generation to generation. If the shogunate did this, it would not only be tainted for thousands of years, but it might also lead to the opposition of most of the princes in the world.
What Tokugawa Keibao can do, he is just here on orders. As a loudspeaker, what he can do is very limited, at most, in terms of money, give Emperor Xiaoming a little more discount.
Of course, the minister of Samu, according to Chuemon’s intention, can also give benefits. Wusheguan and Jiuqinghua, the first ones who jumped out to publicly support the shogunate, can be awarded a duke in the future, hereditary replacement, and an annual salary of 20,000 taels of gold. The second person to make a statement was the Marquis plus five thousand taels.
Anyway, you can decide whether to follow the imperial court all the way to the dark, or embrace the shogunate’s decision.
Rather than go to the end and burn all the jade and stone, it is better to abdicate and give up the country, and still have the opportunity to live in peace. If he resists Master Wang, what will happen in the end, he can’t guarantee Tokugawa Keibao.
The words left and right of the minister, his face was extremely ugly. They are closely related to the Emperor. What else can they do when the Emperor is gone? He can only be a retainer of the emperor, his identity is completely empty, and there is nothing to be commended anymore.
At this time, there was a lot of discussion in the field, only Matsudaira Qingyong was alone, his pupils were shocked, and he didn’t know what he was thinking.
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