Chapter 294 Zhengde Xinwei Clause

Ouchi Yoshioki is dead.

But the debt of the Ouchi clan cannot be let go.

Tang Hao looked coldly at the brothers Ashikaga Yoshine and Katsuhito.

"I will give you two a chance to make meritorious deeds."

"I will give you each a 2,000-man army to go and wipe out those local daimyo who disguised themselves as Japanese pirates and plundered the coastal areas of our Ming Dynasty!"

"Katsuhito, right? When you wipe them out, I will hold a ceremony for you to ascend the throne!"

"And Ashikaga Yoshine, when you kill them all and return to Kyoto, I will let you sit on the position of shogun!"

As soon as these words came out, Ashikaga Yoshine and Katsuhito were shocked!

Ashikaga Yoshine was happy. What he feared most was that his father, Lord Nakayama, would force him to become the shogun, and then lead his troops away directly. Then he would definitely tear the remaining forces of the Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan into pieces!

Since the Onin War, the army directly under the shogun has been completely disbanded and shattered. This is the real reason why the ruling power of the Muromachi shogunate has declined and the local daimyo have fought on their own and no longer obeyed the call of the shogunate.

Without the army and the weapons, what can the shogunate use to suppress the local daimyo?

And it is precisely because of this that the shoguns after the Onin War, including Ashikaga Yoshitane, Ashikaga Yoshizumi and others, have all become puppets manipulated by powerful officials. For example, Hosokawa Masamoto is the best example. Relying on the family armed forces of the Hosokawa family, he abolished the shogun and manipulated the shogunate!

Therefore, if Ashikaga Yoshihide wants to secure his position as shogun and avoid becoming a puppet, he must first eliminate the Hosokawa family and the Ouchi family, and take the opportunity to form an armed force that belongs to him alone, so that he can maintain long-term stability!

At that time, even if his father Nakayama is gone, he Ashikaga Yoshihide can also rely on his own strength to suppress the local area and reproduce the glory of the Muromachi shogunate!

Not to mention that his father gave him such an opportunity at this moment, leading the invincible Ming soldiers to eliminate dissidents, which was simply a timely help!

Ashikaga Yoshitsugu knelt down at Tang Hao's feet again, wanting to lick his father's shoes to show his excitement and gratitude.

Fortunately, Tang Hao reacted quickly and kicked him again, so he was not disgusted.

Brother Shengren was also very excited at this moment, and he also wanted to kneel down and lick his father Zhongshan Hou's shoes.

Speaking of which, the situation of the royal court is even more miserable than that of the shogunate.

Obviously, he is the noble descendant of the Sun God, but since the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, all the power of the Yamato Kingdom has been stolen by the shogunate, so that now the emperor has gradually become a puppet mascot. It is almost a matter of people's hearts.

If Shengren wants to restore the monarchy and revive the royal family, he must have his own armed forces, preferably the kind that can subdue the world's daimyo!

It's a pity that he doesn't have it now, but his father, Zhongshan Hou, gave him such an invincible army!

What else can I say?

Just start to eliminate dissidents!

Neither of them is stupid, and both of them have their own ambitions.

One wants to revive the shogunate, and the other wants to restore the royal government, so facing the opportunity given by Tang Hao, they are both excited and excited.

Anyway, those local daimyo, who don't respect the royal family or the shogunate, will be killed, and no one will feel sorry.

As for whether they really disguised themselves as Japanese pirates and plundered the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, Ashikaga Yoshitsugu didn't care, and the elder brother Katsuhito didn't care, and Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao didn't care even more.

In fact, Tang Hao wanted these two ambitious guys to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and cultivate party members, and then form two forces in the territory of Japan, one is the emperor's court, and the other is the Muromachi shogunate, both of which are the ruling centers recognized by the people of Japan!

There will be a good show to watch next, at least for a hundred years, this Japan will not be quiet.

Furthermore, after this incident, these Japanese daimyo will learn a lesson and the fear of the Ming Dynasty will be engraved in their bones.

Forget about disguising as Japanese pirates to plunder again. After such a bloodbath, they will even tremble when they hear the word "Ming Dynasty". This is the effect that Tang Hao wants to see!

Tang Hao calculated the time and gave a deadline.

"Three months is the limit!"

"You two must work together and not fight each other. Do you understand?"

Well, the real father is the real father. He also added restrictions to them considerately, not to fight at this moment.

In other words, the real father is telling them that except for the two of them not to fight each other, the other local daimyo can kill and clean up at will.

Brothers Ashikaga Yoshitsugu and Katsuhito thanked Tang Hao again, and then each set off with two thousand soldiers.

Ashikaga Yoshitsugu is still the same, with two thousand soldiers led by Ma Yong and Deng Boyan.

Brother Shengren was good at choosing after all. He selected Lei Xiong and Chang Kuohai, two reckless men who hated the Japanese, to lead 2,000 soldiers to go to war.

Tang Hao gave these four generals only one order, to kill as many young and strong men as possible, to plunder as much wealth as possible, to spread the reputation of the Ming soldiers as much as possible... In summary, it was a request, to kill as much as possible!

After they left, there were still 6,000 soldiers in Kyoto, and they were naturally not idle.

Under the leadership of Tang Mu, Zuo Yidao and other generals, these 6,000 soldiers went door to door to settle accounts and slaughter the Japanese nobles!

It must be admitted that the capital of every country is a place where nobles gather.

Although the Japanese royal family, including Brother Shengren, lives a miserable life and does not even have the money to hold a ceremony to bury the dead, these Japanese nobles are rich.

Just like the local gentry and court officials of the Ming Dynasty, these Japanese nobles in Kyoto are actually the spokespersons of the local daimyo in the ruling center, protecting the interests of the local daimyo, and basically have one or two daimyo forces behind them.

Of course, there are also old Japanese nobles like the Japanese royal family, such as Ise Sadamune, the minister of the shogunate, who was born in a noble family and has a high prestige among the Japanese nobles.

When he saw that Zhongshan Hou was about to take action against the nobles in Kyoto, the old guy immediately made a wise choice and hurried to the Muromachi shogunate to meet Tang Hao, directly kneeling on the ground to beg for mercy on behalf of the Japanese nobles.

"The Great Ming ambassador is above, we are willing to offer our property in exchange for the safety of our entire family, and please show mercy to the ambassador of the Great Ming..."

Ise Sadamune not only knelt, but the noble group he represented also knelt, and knelt very thoroughly.

Donate all your property, just to survive, there is no other choice.

After all, the heads of powerful officials such as Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Ouchi Yoshioki, Ashikaga Yoshitane and Hosokawa Takakuni were all hung at the door of the Muromachi shogunate. Anyone who sees this scene will be terrified and terrified!

These damn Ming people are simply tyrannical!

Isn't it said that the Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette?

Isn't it said that the Ming Dynasty has always been magnanimous?

Isn't it said that the Ming Dynasty has always sacrificed itself to support vassal states?

Look at the various crimes committed by these Ming troops in Yamato, they are simply butchers and executioners!

Until this moment, all the Japanese people finally understood a truth.

The reason why they pay attention to benevolence and morality to the outside world and look kind and kind is that they don't bother to settle accounts with you vassal states.

However, local daimyo in Japan have repeatedly disguised themselves as pirates to plunder the coast of the Ming Dynasty, so that this honest man is completely angry. Not only did he bloodbath Tsushima Island, but he also sent troops to settle accounts directly. Instead, Japan can no longer hold on.

They just want to give money as soon as possible and send these Ming troops away as soon as possible!

This is the unanimous idea of ​​the Japanese nobles.

Even if Ashikaga Yoshihide and Emperor Go-Kashiwara are making trouble at the moment, everyone can accept the power struggle between the shogunate and the emperor. After all, this is a commonplace.

At most, after the Ming army leaves, these Japanese nobles and local daimyo will work hard to eliminate one of the forces, and Yamato can be settled again.

So, you have to kneel, and you must kneel slippery!

The slavery in the bones of the Japanese is fully demonstrated at this moment!

Tang Hao has nothing to say about this. He can only select some nobles related to the pirates and slaughter them, and then suspend their settlement.

These nobles are also good tools to keep. They are all good leeks with good growth potential. Ten years later, they can harvest another batch.

Three months passed in a flash, and Ashikaga Yoshihide and Katsuhito returned to Beijing on time.

But compared with the cautiousness they had when they left Beijing before, they were really walking with the wind and their backs straight at this moment.

In fact, after slaughtering several daimyo families who still tried to resist, almost everyone surrendered wherever they went, and it became a disguised fight for territory.

Thanks to the previous reminder from his father, Lord Zhongshan, Ashikaga Yoshihide and his elder brother Katsuhito also maintained a certain tacit understanding, so Ashikaga Yoshihide went west and took Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku regions into his pockets. He slaughtered all the local daimyo who were unwilling to surrender. These three regions were also the places where the Japanese pirates were entrenched because they were close to the south. Ma Yong and Deng Boyan did not show any mercy when they killed them; while the elder brother Katsuhito turned to the northeast and took the central region, Kanto region and northern region into his pockets. As for Hokkaido in the north, he did not have time to go there because of limited time.

As for the Kansai Kinki region where Kyoto is located, the two of them maintained restraint. If you surrender a daimyo, I will go to find another one. Anyway, the two of them are now in a state of confrontation, and this time they returned to Kyoto with a samurai force of 10,000 people. On the one hand, it was to deter the other side, and on the other hand, it was quite a bit of a deterrent to the Ming army.

After all, the two of them joined forces, with a total of 20,000 troops, while the Ming army had only 10,000 troops, and they were fighting in different places, so their chances of winning were not great.

Brothers Ashikaga Yoshihide and Katsuhito are not fools. They can certainly see that their father, Lord Zhongshan, has some bad intentions, and there is no sign of him leaving Yamato and returning to Ming in a short time. How can they tolerate this?

If Lord Zhongshan continues to lead his army to stay here, what kind of country is Yamato?

Could it be that Lord Zhongshan has become the emperor of Yamato?

So after the two of them communicated with each other, they evolved into this posture of "forcing the palace".

Of course, because Kyoto is still under the control of the Ming army, the 20,000 troops cannot enter Kyoto and can only be temporarily stationed outside Kyoto.

Both of them returned to Kyoto with the Ming army and met their father, Lord Zhongshan again.

After listening to their report, Tang Hao's eyes flashed with cold light, but he did not speak.

He is not a fool, so how can he not see the protest of these two guys.

So, this is an ungrateful wolf who can't be tamed. When his wings are hard, he wants to curse his mother!

Tang Hao didn't waste words, and the water torture gift package was arranged again.

This time, the two were much tougher when they struggled and screamed, but as expected, they were beaten severely and then dragged away to be subjected to water torture.

After arranging these two idiots, Tang Hao immediately looked at the generals.

"Ma Yong, Boyan, Lei Xiong and Kuohai, forget about the four of you, your achievements are enough."

"Other brothers, who wants to go out and practice and slaughter the 20,000 Japanese soldiers outside the city?"

For a while, the generals competed with each other and knelt down to ask for more achievements.

In the end, they shared the credit together. An Guo and Tang Mu each led 4,000 soldiers and took the generals to fight.

Why do you say that Ashikaga Yoshitsugu and Katsuhito are idiots?

Because they started to get cocky as soon as they had a little bit of troops.

Because they didn't realize the huge gap between the Japanese army and the Ming army.

In front of the Rumi gun and the three-eyed gun, these Japanese troops that were temporarily put together, even if they had a strength of 10,000, were no match for the 4,000 Ming army. The only thing the Ming army feared was the Japanese army's heavy bows, but unfortunately the range was far inferior to the Rumi gun.

That day and night, the Ming army fought on two fronts. An Guo and Tang Mu led an army to raid the Japanese camp outside the city.

The Ming army was well rested, and the Japanese army had traveled a long distance, and their morale was unstable and their warriors were tired, so they were easily attacked by the Ming army in a hurry.

In an instant, gunshots rang out and flames shot up into the sky. These makeshift Japanese troops habitually fought on their own, and the final result was that they were defeated one by one by the Ming army. Facing the sharp Rumi gun and the terrifying three-eyed gun, they had no power to fight back and fell in a pool of blood one after another.

Three days later, when the numb-looking brothers Ashikaga Yoshitsugu and Katsuhito finished enjoying the water torture package again, they walked into the Muromachi shogunate, but saw the heads of the daimyo they had just taken in, neatly placed in front of them.

In an instant, endless terror and fear swept over the two of them. Before they had time to think, their bodies reacted instinctively and collapsed on the ground, with an unknown liquid flowing out from below.

Tang Hao looked at the ugly appearance of the two with an expressionless face and sneered: "This is the first time and the last time!"

"If you dare to do it again next time, I don't mind killing you directly and replacing you with two more obedient puppets. Do you understand?"

Puppet!

Still a puppet!

They struggled for so long but didn't expect to be puppets of others!

The difference is that in the past, the emperor was a puppet of the shogunate, and the shogun was a puppet of the shogunate's powerful ministers.

But now, they are all puppets of the Ming Dynasty, puppets of this Ming Zhongshan Hou!

In other words, the Yamato Kingdom is probably finished this time!

The Ming Dynasty directly intervened in the political affairs of the Yamato Kingdom in a tyrannical and domineering manner, and manipulated them, the emperor and the shogun, to become puppets!

The two looked at each other and saw endless regret in each other's eyes!

They will become... the eternal sinners of the Yamato nation!

Tang Hao chuckled and called out the noble representative Ise Sadamune without any nonsense.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's talk about the future of Japan!"

Tang Hao looked at the three people and took out the treaty that had been drafted long ago.

"You three, one is the King of Japan, one is the Shogun of Japan, and one is the representative of the Japanese nobles. You are all the most powerful people in Japan at this moment."

"Then let's start now!"

Tang Mu stepped forward and gave each of the three people a treaty.

"The Treaty of Zhengde Xinwei?"

The three of them flipped it open and looked at it, and then all of them were pale and desperate.

"First, from now on, Japan will abolish the title of "Emperor" and call itself "King of Japan". All changes in the King of Japan must be reported to the Ming Dynasty and conferred by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who claims to be a king without the emperor's order will be punished by the Ming Dynasty soldiers!"

"Second, the Ming Dynasty will station troops all year round throughout Japan, including but not limited to major ports, mineral deposits, etc. The Ming Dynasty soldiers can freely mobilize local materials in Japan for their own use, including land The Japanese laborers are inside, and those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy! "

"Third, the defense of Kyoto, Japan, will be taken over by the Ming soldiers, including the Japanese lord's guards and the Muromachi shogunate's guards, which will also be handed over to the Ming soldiers. Kyoto, including the Japanese lord and the shogun, must not have more than 100 armed forces! "

"Fourth, as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Japan must fulfill the obligations of a vassal state. Every year, the shogun will personally pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and listen to the teachings of the Ming Emperor. , and the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain of Japan, Japan must serve the Ming Dynasty unconditionally, including but not limited to providing money, food and supplies during wartime, etc...."

"Fifth, Japan enjoys independent civil rights, but the garrison soldiers are not Japanese citizens, Japan cannot dispose of the garrison soldiers without authorization, the Ming Dynasty will send the minister and the general stationed in Japan to unify the command and dispatch of the garrison soldiers, and Japan has no right to interfere..."

"Sixth, all minerals in Japan, including gold and silver mines, belong to the Ming Dynasty, Japan cannot mine without authorization, and will be killed without mercy..."

"Seventh, the daimyo of various places in Japan shall not have more than a thousand armed forces, and will be killed without mercy if they are found..."

"Eighth, from now on, Hyogo-jin will be the port of the Ming Dynasty, the base of the Ming Navy in Japan, and no Japanese ships may travel from Hyogo-jin..."

"Ninth..."

The three-page dense clauses completely destroyed the psychological defenses of Ashikaga Yoshiwone, Ise Sadamune and Katsuhito.

Even though they hadn't finished watching it, they all knew one thing.

That was that Yamato was...completely finished.

Once these terms are agreed to, Yamato will become a slave state of the Ming Dynasty. Not only will it lose all sovereignty, all wealth, resources, and even its people will be taken by the Ming Dynasty!

What kind of country is this Yamato?

"Of course, you can disagree."

Tang Hao sneered and spoke.

"If you really have the courage, then I will lead the Ming Dynasty soldiers to slaughter all of your Japanese country starting from the bloodbath in Kyoto!"

"As for the three of you, the whole clan will be killed and your heads will be sacrificed to heaven!"

When the three heard this, they fell into despair!