Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 37
It was just beyond Hashimoto Zuo’s expectation that he felt that the first to jump out and shouted at the shogunate should be the emperor or the ministers, or there were some princes who were really active and jumped earlier than the ministers. But the development of things is very bizarre.
Rumors began to spread on the streets that the shogunate did not want Emperor Xiaoming to abdicate and give up the country. In fact, it was because Emperor Xiaoming was the first to break the tacit understanding between Gongwu under the provocation of some people.
Without passing through the shogunate, he issued a decree to the princes of the world, making the shogun’s face lose face. To a certain extent, it was officially declared that the court deprived the generals of the power to administer the affairs of the world on their behalf.
If it was you who became the emperor, and people came directly to force you to add Jiuxi to him, are you not angry?
You can’t wait to kill him, cut him into eight pieces, and cut him all over the place.
That’s why the shogunate reacted so violently, just hoping that Emperor Xiaoming would be alerted to the villain around him. Don’t listen to the slander, and finally destroy the peace of the world for more than 200 years.
Of course, the shogunate was not a pure white lotus, and actually had some ideas. What idea? Isn’t Emperor Xiaoming childless? In his early years, there was a Prince Yougong, who was scared to death by the bombardment of the imperial palace by the Zunbang elements. Now there is only one daughter, Fugui Palace, and no other heirs have been born.
The shogunate hoped that Emperor Xiaoming could pass the throne to Princess Fuguigong, and then use the general’s second son, Kanosuke, or the third son, Atsujinosuke, as the emperor’s husband. So that the shogunate and the imperial court can become one, and give birth to a child in the future. If it is a boy, it will be the most perfect. Not only has the blood of the Tokugawa family, but also is the grandson of Emperor Xiaoming, and it is appropriate to succeed him as the king.
Good rumor!
With a gun and a stick, it looks very real at the same time!
The idea of combining two families into one family was actually implemented more than 200 years ago. It’s just that the daughter of the shogun’s family married the emperor, and the son could not live. When the emperor or the daughter of the palace family marries the general, either the son will not be born, or the son will not survive.
It’s hard to say who is in this family who is struggling with this, that is, they definitely won’t want a son from two families.
Because apart from the women married on both sides, the daughters of other emperors or generals have many children, and the children are so many that they can give birth to five or six children, and each of them grows up. Why did premature death and infertility happen only in the marriage of the two families? We can’t say it arbitrarily.
But it is undeniable that there is a market for the idea of combining two families. There was a market more than 200 years ago, and of course there is a market now. It’s just that Chuyouemon is going to turn to a modern monarchy, some princes want to establish a constitution, some princes want to stand up on their own, and some ministers want to restore imperial power.
After lining up in a row, there is no big market for the combination of public and martial arts now.
But today, there are rumors coming out, which is somewhat interesting.
Originally furious, Emperor Xiaoming, who had already ordered the lords to urge Shangluo to hear the rumor, calmed down slowly and began to consider the feasibility of this matter.
If he had a son, he would definitely not consider any other plans, but he didn’t have a son. If you don’t have a son, it seems that it is not so difficult to accept your daughter as the throne. As for finding an imperial husband for the female emperor, combined with giving birth to grandchildren, and inheriting the throne?
Thinking about it in this order, it seems that it is indeed feasible. And in this way, the relationship between the imperial court and the shogunate can be greatly drawn, so that the two become one.
Thinking of it this way, who asked me to fight against the shogunate in the first place?
Emperor Xiaoming thought about it for a while, and it seemed that I gave the order myself, and no one specifically advised me, or told me bluntly what to do. At most, Sanjo Shimei seems to have a bit of that meaning, but it’s just following me.
When Santiao Shiwan hanged himself at home, Emperor Xiaoming still remembers it clearly. Sanjo Mimi burst into tears at the gate of the palace, and the tragic situation made people have to give birth to a heart of sympathy. It is precisely because of this incident that the conservative Emperor Xiaoming fell in love with Sanjo Shimei.
Such a pure and filial son should also be a loyal and brave minister.
Still think about it…
On the contrary, when the princes heard the rumor, they began to hesitate again. Emperor Xiaoming himself is a matter of the Samu faction, and it has been well known through countless previous examples. According to what they thought in their hearts, it was indeed unlikely that the shogunate would get a Sasaku-sect emperor.
With the rumors, everyone was startled. Could it be that the shogunate and Emperor Xiaoming teamed up to get rid of someone?
Don’t end up being really good relatives between the two of them. We jumped out as thorns and were killed by the shogunate as chickens to frighten those monkeys.
Nong’s Songping Qingyong was a little hesitant, even though he was actually in the palace, watching Tokugawa Keibao and Emperor Xiaoming describe the abdication. But smart people just like to think too much, and when they think too much, it is easy to generate all kinds of fancy ideas that are not in line with reality.
What’s going on?
Of course, it’s the rumor that Chuemon, a shriveled stomach and bad water. Anyway, the end of the shogunate’s rumors is not one or two times, we can create a little more.
The main reason is to differentiate Emperor Xiaoming from the ministers and princes, and at the same time to make the princes bewildered and hesitant to patrol, and to give the shogunate time and opportunity to defeat them.
It’s better to let some people who are interested in killing people in Kyoto. It’s better to kill them all at once. To save the future of dirty hands, Chuemon needs to do it himself.
Anyway, it’s just spreading rumors. As far as the shogunate is concerned, there is no loss, so why not do it.
Taking advantage of this moment, when Matsudaira Keiyong persuaded the shogunate to think twice before the document arrived in Edo, Jiangchuan Yingmin had already received the military order from the shogunate. In addition to more than 1,000 people guarding Osaka Castle, the remaining 5,000 troops were immediately dispatched. Ready to go to Lo.
Of course, the army did not enter Kyoto directly, because that would have too much influence. According to Chuemon’s plan, it was first stationed in Fushimi-machi, south of Kyoto. There is a railway connection here, which is very convenient. It only took two or three days for the army to move to Fushimi Town and set up basic fortifications and field facilities.
Although the soldiers did not enter Beijing, they were in the south of Beijing, and the atmosphere in Beijing changed again.
Emperor Xiaoming urgently summoned Tokugawa Keibao and asked what the shogunate meant. If it’s just for the sake of the wealthy palace’s succession, and then to become attached to the shogun’s young prince, there is no need to make such a big fanfare. Tokugawa Keiho didn’t know about the rumors, so he could only ask Abe to return to Edo for consultation.
It was Matsudaira Qingyong, who realized that things might not be what they appeared on the surface, and the two sides were just arguing. So he immediately ordered that more than 2,000 people from the domain should be summoned to the capital because of the riots in Kyoto and the need to recruit more people.
So far, the Fukui domain has more than 5,000 troops in Luozhong.
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