Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 60

After the morning’s agenda was over, Chuemon left the table and went to invite some ministers to lunch. The envoys were very interested in the “rebellion” that took place in Japan, and all of them were very curious.

After all, it looked fine yesterday, the country was calm, and the next day, it was suddenly said that there was a war in Kyoto. After another half day, the shogunate army returned with a great victory, and the news that tens of thousands of enemies had been wiped out went viral.

The ministers don’t have that many intelligence personnel in Japan. Even if there are, they are concentrated in various trading ports and Edo, and there may not be many people in other places.

They are curious, very curious.

They know that there is another religious leader in Japan, but the descendant of the so-called Amaterasu God, the Son of God, has been out of power for a thousand years. They were automatically replaced by the Pope in Europe, who was so authoritative hundreds of years ago that he was even able to force Emperor Shinra to confess his guilt and surrender.

The current pope? After the baptism of the Napoleonic Wars, there was only a lingering city of Rome, and the rest of the territory was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy and ceased to exist.

How did such a religious leader who had lost his power assemble an army of tens of thousands to fight against the shogunate? How did the shogunate end the war in one day, and even cut off the heads of the rebels and hang them on the bridgehead of the Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo?

They are curious, but Chuemon is not responsible for explaining to them. Can they understand what kind of political model Japan is and what is going on with Guan Zhongemon?

Just eat and drink at the table, and let them inquire about the rest. If they can find someone to find out, they are considered powerful. Now I don’t know how many princes, and I am still full of doubts about why the Changzhou soldiers are in any way.

Tokugawa Zhongzheng drugged them!

Leaving aside the doubtful ministers, the afternoon agenda continued. With the foreshadowing in the morning, the image of Tokugawa Zhongzheng, wise and wise and martial arts, has already emerged on the paper, and everyone knows what to do in the afternoon.

Withdraw the clan!

When the elder Matsudaira Qixuan, who was standing in front of Chuemon Gate, officially announced his decision to all the princes, a commotion broke out in the entire Luming Hall venue.

Even if he already knew it in his heart, he knew that the shogunate’s decision to cut the clan had already been made, but it was a fluke without an announcement. Although the princes spent most of their lives “in prison” in Edo. If there is a territory, the life and death in the territory are all decided by the princes.

Without the territory, I can only become a lord, eating and waiting to die as a rice bug in Edo. The shogunate’s pedigree and vassal are fine, and they can continue to hold power. We, the foreigners, are not completely abolished.

“Silence!” Songping Qixuan shouted loudly.

“After the vassal is withdrawn, Shangqi will be honored as the king of Japan, and all of you can be awarded titles and serve as members of the House of Lords!”

After saying these words, the noisy voice gradually subsided. Since the feudal clan is to be withdrawn, the shogunate must give preferential treatment conditions. You can’t say that you have returned your copyrights, and then you go begging for food, that’s impossible.

According to Chuemon’s more than a month of discussions with cronies and shoguns, and at the same time understanding the minds of a small number of 120,000 stone princes, the shogunate formulated corresponding preferential treatment regulations.

Needless to say in the first article, naturally, all the princes became members of the House of Lords, and they were hereditary instead of life-long, which was used to stabilize a certain class. The Meiji government gave this class a new name, the Chinese.

Of course, even if you are Chinese, you are actually divided into three, six and nine. After the end of the Second World War in history, Emperor Mai came to democratize reforms and directly abolished the Chinese. The emperor at that time proposed it, and it would be fine if the Chinese abolished.

Mai Tianhuang bird is not a bird, all get out. And the Chinese are going to get out, and all the distant royal families are going to get out. Being able to keep your royal family itself is already the result of a deal.

In short, there is such a Chinese as a guarantee, and the size can be regarded as a placement, which can set the hearts of the princes for discussion.

The second rule is very straightforward. The princes have three, six, nine, and so on, and the future nobility and nobles will also have three, six, nine. Princes of 10,000 stone and above, and banners of 5,000 stone or more, are awarded the title of baron. The retainers of the princes, if they also have knowledge and deeds of more than 10,000 stone, are also awarded the title of baron, but it is limited to this.

Because there are princes and retainers who know and do more than 50,000 stone, their territory is far greater than that of many princes with 10,000 or 20,000 stone. If this is given to other titles, it is not conducive to stabilizing the ranks of the princes.

Princes with more than 50,000 stone (exclusive) are appointed viscounts. One hundred thousand stones is a big threshold, because in the Edo period, one hundred thousand stones often meant the castle and the castle lord. Therefore, someone like Songping Qixuan, who is 80,000 stone, will be granted the title of the city of 100,000 stone.

Date Zongcheng, which had just been handed over to the Sendai clan, was the main character of the city of 70,000 stones and 100,000 stones. According to Shigao, he can only be a viscount, and according to his status, he is an earl.

The shogunate here is to give high or low, as long as UU reading www.uukanshu.com enjoys the main character of the 100,000 stone city, it will be given to the earl. Avoid unnecessary disputes or disputes, just cause trouble.

Going up, you will have the name of the 200,000 stone king. The most typical example is the mountain content hall of Shikoku Tosa, who entered the country with 202,600 stones. But the difference between countries is quite big, such as Owari, opening mouth is 750,000. Another example is the Higo, the Hosokawa family Kumamoto domain with 540,000, who is also the lord of the country.

The lord can at least give the marquis!

Because there is a special case, the Uesugi family, 150,000 stone, but he is the master of Yuhou Kingdom. Shigao is not enough to give, but status is enough to give, in line with the principle of giving high and not giving low, add it to the marquis.

As for the duke, that is a top tyrant who has made great contributions to the country and has a territory of more than 500,000. In other words, the Kanazawa Maeda clan and the Sendai Date clan have little merit, but have high status and strength.

Those who have made great achievements are naturally said to be Maori’s eldest brother who respects his relatives, the “unparalleled **** of war”, “loyalty first”, and “honesty anyway”. Not only to be named a duke, but also to be greatly honored, ranking second in the duke.

The first is the definition of Shimadzu, which was the first to advocate the withdrawal of the feudal feudal lord. Because he himself is the 770,000 stone daimyo of Kagoshima, he credited his father, but in fact it was a deal. In the end, Shimadzu Chugyo was also able to be named a duke, realizing the only one and two dukes in Japan.

The third one is Akashi Hou Songping Qixuan, a staunch supporter of Chungemon’s reform of the shogunate, who is also a vassal of the shogunate and the son of a former general.

There are more than a dozen people behind, and they are not listed one by one.

In addition to this most direct title, there is also the issue of the annuity of the nobles and the disposal of their vassal samurai.

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