The Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan, occupies a small area. It is more than 400 steps wide from east to west and eight to nine hundred steps long from north to south. It occupies only about one-tenth of the Forbidden City in Nanjing. The buildings in the Imperial Palace are full of rich Tang style.

It's just that it doesn't have the luxury of the Tang Dynasty, at least it can't compare with the imperial palace of the Tang Dynasty. The top of the sky is just a palace. And in Japan, the Imperial Palace is not luxurious and luxurious. It can't be compared with Edo Castle. It's too far.

There are so many! Even the residences of many powerful feudal lords are more beautiful than the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

Moreover, the materials used to build the house in Kyoto Imperial Palace are very poor. At best, it is frugal, but at worst, it is cutting corners. There is an air of poverty everywhere. There are also many places that are damaged, and there is no money to repair them. It is so beautiful that it will be investigated.

Just use it. Whenever it really collapses, the shogunate will still give you a small amount of money to rebuild it.

However, no matter how much the Kyoto Imperial Palace is destroyed, the people living there will still be the descendants of the nominal master of Japan, the Kamigun.

Therefore, Feng Gongfang and Tokugawa Mitsukuni from Shangluo still have to go to court.

The place where the Emperor met with Tokugawa Ietsuna and Tokugawa Mitsukuni was the Shichen Hall, which is also the main hall of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. It was raining outside when the emperor and the elder arrived, so the inside of the Shichen Hall was also dripping with water, and there were several items on the floor.

A wooden basin, followed by rainwater leaking from the roof.

However, the place where Ietsuna and Mitsukuni were kneeling was still dry, and there were seven or eight ministers sitting with them on both sides. They all chose a place where there was no dripping water. However, Guan Shiro Nijo Mitsuhei was a bit unlucky, so he sat on a wooden basin that caught the water.

The people on the edge were sighing!

Isn't it because the Zichen Palace leaks and sighs? Who doesn't? These ministers in Kyoto have long been accustomed to the leaky houses and being forced to pay debts by loan sharks and have to find a dilapidated temple to hide for a few days. Gong minister, isn't life like this?

Is this how you live? Pay off your debts when rice is distributed, continue to borrow debts after repaying debts, sing Japanese songs and write Chinese poems after borrowing debts, pretend to be a literary young man, a literary middle-aged man, and a literary old man for the rest of your life.

Prosperity, wealth, etc. are all stories in "The Tale of Genji" and they can't be true.

But how could Nijo Mitsuhei, who had a family income of more than 1,000 koku but was saddled with more than 5,000 koku in loan sharking (not owed by his generation), never imagined that the life of a minister like his, who could barely make enough food but could never pay back the loan sharks, would eventually come to an end!

Now it is coming to an end. The imperial family will be gone. Can the Gongqing family still exist? In the future, if the family salary of more than 1,000 shi is gone, and there is a lot of loan sharking, how will we live? Will we starve to death? Will we be wanted?

Killed by a samurai?

Thinking of this, Nijo Kohei almost started crying!

Just when he was about to cry, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps on the wooden floor of the corridor outside Zichen Palace, and then he saw two attendants opening the curtain, and then the Minister of Internal Affairs, Yitong Jing, appeared in front of everyone, saying loudly

: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, the Emperor of Mingzhengyuan has arrived, and all the officials are respectfully welcoming him!"

What? Why is the Emperor Meishoin here? She couldn't be mad at the traitors, right? Don't do this. Nijo Hikari said calmly: I still want to starve to death in peace, so don't piss off the general.

I was hacked to death with random knives!

Master Guan Bai even forgot to cry, and quickly gave a wink to the left minister opposite, Takashi Fangfu.

Minister Zuo was also confused. Mingzhengyuan has been retired for more than ten years and has always been peaceful. What happened today? What do you want to do?

The curtain was lowered again, which meant that the emperor and the emperor were coming out. As descendants of God, they could not be seen casually, so they had to be covered with curtains.

The ministers all bowed and greeted him respectfully, saying: "Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"

The emperor behind the curtain said in a melodious tone: "Your Majesty, please be at peace."

Everyone straightened up and turned their eyes to the gauze curtain, and could vaguely see two people sitting side by side behind the curtain.

At this time, the emperor spoke again: "I suddenly contracted a serious illness a few days ago. I am bedridden and unable to govern. After discussing with Emperor Gomizuoin, I decided to retire and give way to Emperor Meisheng. From today on, Emperor Meisheng will be emperor again!"

What? The emperor will be replaced now!

Everyone was stunned, but suddenly heard Tokugawa Mitsukuni shouting: "Original Mitsukuni congratulates Emperor Meishoin on his restoration as emperor!"

This is the final word!

Idiots do not hold great power. Today, Japan is governed jointly by two shogunate elders! The elder Hosuka Masayuki is supervising the army at the front, so the one who is actually in charge of the shogunate is Tokugawa Mitsukuni.

Guangguo expressed his position, and then there were sounds of congratulations.

Emperor Gonishi, who had abdicated, sighed, stood up and left. Behind the gauze curtain, only Emperor Meisho remained.

"Roll up the gauze curtain!" Empress Mingzheng behind the gauze curtain gave an order that surprised most people.

Nijo Mitsuhei was about to open his mouth to stop him, but suddenly found Tokugawa Mitsukuni looking at him fiercely, and quickly fell silent.

When the gauze curtain was rolled up, all the ministers lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the emperor. Empress Mingzheng said again: "Everyone raised their heads and looked at me."

Except for Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Tokugawa Ietsuna, no one else dared to raise their head.

Guangguo looked at his cousin, a 36-year-old woman, but she was well-maintained, with a rosy complexion, delicate skin, and a bulging chest with pretty facial features. Although she was not a first-class beauty, she was still quite handsome.

A charming woman.

"Mito Danagon," the female emperor asked, "why did you and the general come to Kyoto?"

"Your Majesty," Tokugawa Mitsukuni said, "last year when the Ming Dynasty general Wu Sangui dug up the tomb of the First Emperor while building the city, he also obtained a batch of bamboo slips, which recorded the Qin Dynasty alchemist Xu Fu's eastward journey and his request to be crowned the Ming Emperor.

An envoy to Japan has been sent to investigate the authenticity of this matter.

Your Majesty, is the late Emperor Shenwu really Xu Fu, the alchemist of Qin?"

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

"The late Emperor Jinmu is Xu Fu!" the female emperor replied, "Our Yamato dynasty is the founder of Xu Fu's eastward journey. In the foundation palace created by Xu Fu's eastward journey, there has been a collection of the imperial edict of the First Emperor conferring the title of King Jinmu on our ancestor!"

Admit it?

It's over

The ministers all seemed to be discouraged, and they all fell to their knees on the ground.

The emperor is not a god, what should they do?

"So is there an elixir of immortality stored in the palace?" Tokugawa Mitsukuni said seriously, "If there is an elixir of immortality, the Celestial Empire will definitely not blame it."

"How could such a thing be possible without this kind of elixir?" said the female emperor, "so I have decided to abolish the emperor's arrogant title. From now on, the king of Japan will be called the King or Queen of Japan. From today on, I am Mingzheng.

Queen!"

That’s it?

The ministers simply couldn’t believe their ears!

When the matter has reached this point, can it really be solved so easily? If the queen is replaced by a queen, can the Ming Dynasty give up? Can the Tokugawa family let the court go?

Will the Tokugawa family's 100,000-strong army of Shanluo retreat obediently?

Tokugawa Mitsukuni said loudly: "Your Highness the Queen, the Celestial Empire has not only sent envoys, but also land and water armies. If there is no elixir of immortality, it may not be so easy to end the matter of arrogating the emperor!"

Queen Meisheng smiled and said: "As long as the imperial court and the shogunate can unite, there will be no difficulties that cannot be overcome. Mito Danagon, what do you think?"

"What Her Royal Highness the Queen said makes sense," Guangguo said with a smile, "I just don't know how the imperial court and the shogunate should unite?"

The queen said: "I am a widowed queen and I have no husband. If I can choose a man with outstanding intelligence from the Tokugawa family as my husband, then won't the imperial court and the shogunate become one? After the imperial court and the shogunate merge into one, they can then go to the Celestial Empire."

Is there any chance that the negotiation will not be successful?"

"Well," Tokugawa Mitsukuni seemed to be deep in thought. After a while, he just murmured, "I wonder who is the smartest in the Tokugawa family?"

The queen smiled and looked at the silly Tokugawa Ietsuna, "Master, tell me? Who is the smartest in the Tokugawa family? Who is the most suitable to be the prince's husband?"

Tokugawa Ietsuna smiled stupidly: "The smartest person in the Tokugawa family is of course Mito Dainagon. He should be the most suitable to be the prince's husband, right?"

The ministers were stunned by what happened in front of them!
Chapter completed!