Chapter 182 The Emperor's Memoirs (Part 2)
I couldn't help but ask Yoshida if the news was true.
Yoshida said it was very reliable. According to Chinese businessmen in Kyoto, a rebellion broke out in Liaodong in Ming Dynasty. A general named Nurhaci betrayed the Ming Dynasty and led his tens of thousands of elite troops to capture several important towns in Ming Dynasty.
Now, the court in the Ming Dynasty is in chaos, and there are rumors that the emperor of the country is sick, but no ministers can truly know the emperor's condition.
After hearing this, I was confused and asked Yoshida why this was the case.
Yoshida was not very clear. He told me that if the Ming army really wanted to return to the country to quell the rebellion, the situation in Japan would change.
Even if the Ming army does not return to the country, their commander may be changed. After the successor Ming army commander takes office, he will definitely be more informed than the current Ming army commander.
At least, things won't get worse.
“That’s it,”
I thought about it and now the Ming army and the commander of the Ming army are facing difficult problems, so it is best for me not to stimulate them.
Therefore, I brought the Nijo Peace and the others to say that I agreed to all the requests of the Ming Dynasty and the court officially reorganized the cabinet, hoping that the ministers could exercise their powers according to regulations and govern the New Japan.
Regarding the candidates for prime ministers, I have sent someone to ask Mingguo for their opinions. What I thought to myself is that compared to this guy, Hiraki, although Nijo is not sorry for me, at least he is still obedient in some aspects. Therefore, it would be best if Nijo could serve as Prime Minister.
I asked Yoshida to discuss this issue with Nijo. I wanted Nijo to take the initiative to talk to the commander of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the right to nominate the Prime Minister is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, before Nijo could reply, Heiki brought someone to find me.
He stood in front of me and said in a daze: "I heard that Your Majesty doesn't like me."
I don't know how to answer this.
Pekiyo stared at me, he was watching my reaction.
"I hope Your Majesty understands that I have received strong support from Mr. Hu."
Heiki said in a muffled voice, "I hope your majesty understands that this prime minister is not easy to be a minister. The war with the rebel Hidetaka is still continuing. Except for Kyoto, the entire Japan is full of war. If there is no capable prime minister to take charge of the court, things will become very bad."
Afterwards, he said to me with a stern face: "Your Majesty must be clear that your Majesty is absolutely safe for you. If your Majesty is dissatisfied with me, you will be very disappointed!"
I whispered: "Is this what you are going to say?"
"I am just telling the truth." Hirayoshi said.
"I will consider what you said."
I waved my hand powerlessly. This inner minister who Pingjiwang was my former confidant could be so rude to me.
Perhaps, the change in Pingji's attitude towards me may be that Hu Taijun was making trouble in it.
When I saw that Taijun for the first time, I knew that this guy was not a good person.
Pekiki took people away, and I was angry alone in the hall. After a while, Kako came in, and she had just heard it.
"Hirida Ma is not a human!"
But apart from cursing Hirata as a bad guy, what can I and Kako do?
Within a few days, the Ming Dynasty gave the only candidate for the Prime Minister, which was indeed the guy Heiki. Nijo was nominated as the "Good Minister" by the Ming Dynasty, responsible for foreign affairs with the Ming Dynasty.
I heard that after Nijo learned that he was nominated as the Minister of Goodwill, he happily started drinking at home. And Hirata was a little disappointed.
The reform of the imperial court was carried out quickly, and the past official seals were confiscated and melted, and the new official seals were released one by one under the supervision of the Ming people.
The officials' clothing has also changed, and the kimonos of the past have been abandoned. With the arrangement of the great scholar Lin Luosheng who defected to the Ming people, Kyoto has imitated the clothing of the Ming people, so that some Westerners who have just arrived in Kyoto thought they had arrived in China.
I watched all this like nothing happened. No one came to ask me for instructions. Only when I needed to come forward, someone came to bring me there.
I heard that people from the powerful vassals such as Shimazu in the Satsuma clan came over. They laughed and laughed in the court, and then collectively went to thank the Ming army commander who lived in the former Ieyasu Koji Temple, as if the Ming army commander was the emperor.
I am very sad. Of course, it is not that I am reluctant to leave those official seals, but that the great power I had previously immersed in has become my fantasy.
This failure taught me a very important lesson. I later learned that whether it was Nijo or Heiyoshi, the officials nominated by the Ming people in the court, or the powerful vassals who came to Qingjia from other places to establish the new Japanese government, all of them had sold off Japan's interests in exchange for the real benefits given to them by the Ming Kingdom.
I was very angry, and even had a ridiculous idea at that time, that is, why I couldn’t sell my things myself, but instead I was sold by others!
I can no longer be a bird in a cage, I can no longer be fooled like a monkey, I must be self-reliant!
I want to meet the Ming commander in person!
However, when I asked Nijo and the others about this, I was strongly opposed by Nijo and the others.
These traitors were not willing to have direct contact with the Ming people.
Because, in that case, they will lose the value of existence and they will lose the opportunity to gain benefits from it.
Yoshida is still loyal and he keeps asking for information outside.
The Ming people seemed to have plans to withdraw their troops and return to their country to quell the rebellion. According to reports, the emperor, who was seriously ill in the country, also issued an edict to the commander of the Ming army, asking him to return to the country quickly.
However, the Ming commander who had never appeared had been disobeying the emperor's orders for some reason. He stayed in the small imperial office and commanded his army to clear away the shogunate troops in Guanzhong.
It was April, and I finally heard good news.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent someone to enthrone me. The one who announced the edict was a very fair-looking messenger. I don’t know who he was, but only know that others called him Eunuch Li.
After Eunuch Li left, I happily drank some wine with Jiazi. I was full of confidence at this time. As long as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty admitted that I was the King of Japan, I would always have a time to restore my freedom!
Two days later, things turned around.
The general of the Ming army, Yukiji Yamamoto, suddenly came to see me. As soon as he came, he told me about his past and his conversation with me was very friendly and peaceful.
My heart was beating and I felt that the opportunity had come, so I told him about my grievances over the past few months and some of my personal demands.
General Yamamoto promised me that he would pass on my request and study it.
Chapter completed!