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Chapter 844: Sima Yi Of Japan, Dao Yan’S Conspiracy [Please Subscribe, Please Subscribe]

Soon Dao Yan finished reading the letter handed over by King Yan Zhu Di, then looked up at King Yan Zhu Di and said with a smile:

"The Japanese don't look down on His Highness. They clearly think highly of His Highness too much. They know how powerful His Highness King Yan is, so they said to His Highness that they are waiting for their troops, hoping to scare His Highness away.

"Otherwise, why don't we see the Japanese saying such threatening words to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Jin?!!"

Hearing Dao Yan's words, King Yan Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh.

It's obviously the same thing, but saying it in another way makes people feel better.

After laughing, King Yan Zhu Di looked at Daode and asked:

"Both the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan wanted to use the Ming Dynasty as their sword. Which side do you think is better to support?!!"

Dao Yan handed the letter back to King Yan Zhu Di, smiled slightly and said:

"Why bother choosing which side to choose? It's not a bad idea to support both parties at the same time."

“Nowadays, the Japanese Kingdom is apparently divided into the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but in reality it is a tripartite alliance between the Southern Dynasties, the Northern Dynasties, and the Muromachi Shogunate.

"Although the Muromachi shogunate belongs to the Northern Dynasty in name, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the Muromachi shogunate obviously has a hidden disobedience."

"It's just that this disobedience is temporarily suppressed because of the existence of the Southern Dynasty."

"But without the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, Japan would have continued to develop according to its current situation."

"Then the Muromachi Shogunate under the Northern Dynasty is very likely to completely crush the Southern Dynasty in the next few years, thereby completing the unification of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan."

"At that time, as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was instrumental in promoting the unification of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan, his personal power and prestige will reach an unprecedented height in Japan.

"If we compare it with previous historical figures from the Central Plains, then Ashikaga Yoshimitsu at that time would be roughly equivalent to figures like Zhu Mang, Dong Che, and Sima Yi."

"If the opponent's methods were more ruthless, then they would probably kill the emperor directly after unifying the Northern and Southern Dynasties, or force the Northern Emperor to abdicate, and then ascend to the throne himself as the Emperor."

"If the other party's tactics were softer, then they would probably play something similar to our Central Plains strategy: enter the court without trends, go to the palace with swords and shoes, praise and worship without name, add nine tins, fake yellow Yue, Kaifu Yi, Tongsansi, and the last three words "Three concessions, you have to accept" and other methods. "

After reading the information about the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Japanese Kingdom sent by Prince Zhu Biao and Jin King Zhu Fan, Daoxing had a deeper understanding of the situation of the Japanese Kingdom.

The final conclusion was that the Ashikaga Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate in the Northern Dynasty of Japan had hidden ambitions.

It cannot even be said that it is hidden, but it should be said that "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone on the road."

You must know that Ashikaga Takauji established the Muromachi shogunate just after he invaded Kyoto, forced Emperor Go-Daigo to abdicate, and established Emperor Komei on the throne.

As long as the Muromachi shogunate existed, the Emperor of the Northern Dynasties would be a puppet supported by the Muromachi shogunate.

And as long as the Northern Emperor wanted to truly regain power, he would have to find a way to eradicate the Muromachi Shogunate.

Similarly, as long as the Muromachi shogunate wanted to truly survive forever, it would eventually have to depose the Northern Emperor.

Then he ascended the throne as emperor and became the shogunate emperor, so that the Muromachi shogunate could truly completely replace the Northern Emperor's court.

Otherwise, as long as the Northern Emperor continues to exist, the small imperial court of the Muromachi Shogunate will be illegitimate and will always be nominally subordinate to the Northern Emperor.

As long as one day the Northern Emperor takes control of the situation, or has military strength that is enough to overwhelm the Muromachi Shogunate.

Then the Emperor of the Northern Dynasty could charge the Muromachi Shogunate with a crime of gross disrespect at any time, and then capture and destroy it.

It can be said that from the beginning of its establishment, the Muromachi shogunate had an irreconcilable fundamental conflict with the emperor they supported.

Such a fundamental contradiction can only be resolved if one party completely disappears.

It has to be said that in the original history, as the Taoxing who assisted the King of Yan, Zhu Di, in Qingjun and Jingnan, he did have a lot of dragon-slaying skills in his hands.

Regarding the Southern Japan, the Northern Dynasties, and the Muromachi Shogunate, the understanding of these three forces is still very good.

In fact, the development of original history is indeed similar to what Dao Yan had guessed.

After the Muromachi Shogunate under the command of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu peacefully unified the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan.

If the Muromachi shogunate wanted to establish national dominance, then how to weaken or seize the power of the Northern Dynasties became an important issue.

At that time, the Northern Dynasty Emperor belonged to a power that had great power over temples and public houses.

Therefore, the Muromachi shogunate seized the power of security, civil jurisdiction, and market taxation in Kyoto City by establishing its own institutions and related laws.

However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was still not satisfied.

At the end of the fifth year of Meitoku (the first year of Onei, 1394), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was promoted to Taizheng Minister, asked the ministers to pay him imperial rites.

In the first month of the following year, when Sekishiro Ichitsuji went to Muromachi-den to prepare the offerings for the congratulatory meeting of the Taishō Minister, he performed the "in" ceremony to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

The so-called "yuan" refers to the place where the emperor, the emperor or the queen mother lived. Apparently Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who had become a monk at this time, placed himself in the seat of the emperor.

On December 27, the thirteenth year of Onei (106 years), Emperor Gokomatsu's mother, Fujiwara Yanko (Tongyangmonin), passed away. Logically, Gokomatsu should have been in mourning for one year. This was called "Lian An" in Japan. ritual".

However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu used the reason that an emperor should not be mourned twice, so he asked Emperor Goko (bhej) Matsu to recognize his wife Hino Yasuko as his godmother (pregnant mother), so that he naturally became the father of the emperor.

In the fifth year of Meitoku (the first year of Onei, 1394), the 37-year-old Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gave up the post of shogun to his eldest son Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386-1428), who was originally scheduled to become a monk at Mount Hiei. The temple's second son, Ashikaga Yoshitsugu, returned to secular life.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was particularly fond of his second son Ashikaga Yoshitsugu who was proficient in music theory. In order to bring Ashikaga Yoshimitsu into the top ranks of public society, Yoshimitsu adopted a series of unusual measures from February to April of the fifteenth year of Oei (1408). The minister's seat.

First of all, the plan for "Tong Dian Shang" in February was successful.

The so-called "child lord" means that underage ministers' children go to court to serve the emperor. The protagonist of this is of course Ashikaga Yoshitsugu.

There were only two such "child halls" in the history of Japan. The other time was Fujiwara Tadashi in the late Heian period.

On March 4th, the underage Ashikaga Yoshitsugu Suiho stepped down from the fifth position.

From the 8th to the 28th of the same month, Emperor Gokomatsu visited Kitayama Palace, and Ashikaga Yoshitsugu had the unique opportunity to serve him day and night.

On the 24th of this period, he was promoted to the fifth rank, Zuo Matou (chief of the official horse ranch). On the 28th, before returning to the palace, he was promoted to the fourth rank, and on the 29th, he was appointed Lieutenant General Sakon.

On April 25, Ashikaga Yoshitsugu held a coming-of-age ceremony in the palace with the courtesy of a prince, and was subsequently named a junior councilor.

In less than two months, Ashikaga Yoshitsugu has successfully risen to the top ranks of the public.

In addition, it is said that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu planned to make Ashikaga Yoshitsugu the adopted son of Gosogoin, and then force Emperor Gokomatsu to abdicate.

It can be said that after this step, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's dream of seizing the throne for his son is only one step away.

However, the Onei Rebellion that occurred in the sixth year of Onei (1399) interrupted his plan, forcing him to temporarily focus on suppressing the civil strife caused by Ouchi Yoshihiro.

Later, on May 6, the fifteenth year of Onei (1408), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu died suddenly of illness.

After the death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, his eldest son Ashikaga Yoshimitsu succeeded to the throne with his eldest son who had opposing views on many aspects such as the imperial court, the public family, the protection of daimyo, and Ming Dynasty trade.

Therefore, when Ashikaga Yoshimochi succeeded to the throne, most of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's original policies were abolished by Ashikaga Yoshimochi.

Even Ashikaga Yoshitsugu, who originally wanted his preferred second son to usurp the throne, was forced to run away, and was later killed by Ashikaga Yoshinori on charges of treason.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's original plan to seize the throne of emperor naturally came to nothing.

From a certain perspective, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is actually a bit similar to Sima Yi.

Both are equally authoritarian and adept at governing, and both have emptied the original emperor and court. They have truly gained great power, and are only one step away from becoming the real emperor.

However, the descendants of the two are different.

Sima Yi's son Sima Zhao overthrew the Shu Han, suppressed the rebellion, unified the Central Plains, and established great military exploits, which provided a powerful prestige and power support for the Dian Di descendants to seize power.

After that, Sima Yan was able to rely on the foreshadowing of Sima Yi and Sima Zhao to successfully force Emperor Wei Yuan Cao Huan to abdicate and ascend the throne as emperor.

However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eldest son, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, was not of the same mind as him, and even had completely different opinions on various policies he implemented.

And after taking office, he abolished many of his policy arrangements.

If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew this, he would probably be resurrected even if he died.

However, this may also be related to the fact that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu loves his second son Ashikaga Yoshitsugu more and even wants Ashikaga Yoshitsugu to be crowned emperor.

You must know that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is the eldest son. In other words, he should inherit the greatest identity, status and power of his father Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Of course, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did pass on the position of Muromachi Shogun, which represented his greatest identity, status, and power, to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

If this is the case, then the eldest son Ashikaga Yoshimichi naturally shouldn't be dissatisfied.

However, who made Ashikaga Yoshimitsu want to go further and usurp the throne of the emperor!!!

It would be fine if it was just a usurpation of the emperor, but the problem is that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not intend to let his eldest son Ashikaga Yoshimichi usurp the throne and become the emperor [Kang instead wanted to let his second son Shitari Yoshitsugu to take the throne and become the emperor!

You must know that although the position of Muromachi Shogun is indeed high and powerful, compared with the position of the emperor who truly represents the entire Japanese country, it is obviously inferior.

No matter how powerful the Muromachi Shogun was, he was still nominally under the Emperor and a minister of the Emperor.

In other words, if Ashikaga Yoshitsugu really succeeds and becomes the new emperor, then Ashikaga Yoshimochi, the eldest brother, will bow to his younger brother!

How willing and willing does this make Ashikaga Yoshimochi, the eldest son!

So after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's death, maybe it was out of anger or revenge.

Ashikaga Yoshimochi couldn't wait to abolish many of his father Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's policies, and later killed his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshitsugu on charges of treason.

If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not favor his second son, but instead planned to let his eldest son usurp the throne and become the emperor.

Then maybe Ashikaga Yoshimochi would not go against his father Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but might instead go one step further to seize the power of the emperor like Sima Zhao did.

Or, like Sima Yan, he directly forced the emperor to abdicate and replaced him as the new shogunate emperor.

However, there was no if, after Ashikaga Yoshimochi, the fourth-generation shogun, abolished many policies of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third-generation shogun.

The sixth shogun, Ashikaga Yoshitsune, once restored his policies, but was assassinated by Akamatsu Mitsuke during the Cargill Rebellion.

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The eighth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa also tried to restore his policy, but failed due to the outbreak of the Onito Rebellion.

It can be said that after missing the opportunity of the third and fourth generation shoguns to usurp the throne, the future Muromachi shoguns also completely lost the possibility of usurping the throne and becoming the emperor.

Although Dao Yan did not know the historical development of Japan, he could see that both the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan were dissatisfied with the existence of the Muromachi Shogunate.

Now it's just because the Muromachi shogunate is so powerful that both sides just swallow their anger.

And as long as you know this, the next thing will be easy to operate.

"But now that our Ming Dynasty has intervened, it is naturally impossible for the Muromachi shogunate to unify the northern and southern dynasties of Japan."

"And if we want to support the Japanese forces, then we should naturally choose the weaker one or two forces to support.'

"Among the three forces in Japan, the Muromachi Shogunate is the strongest, followed by the Emperor of the Northern Dynasties, and the Emperor of the Southern Dynasties."

"So we might as well support the two emperors of Japan and the south at the same time, and let the two emperors of Japan call on the guardian daimyo from all over the country to send troops to attack the Muromachi Tokugawa together with our Ming Dynasty.

Mansion. "

"As for the reason, the Muromachi Shogunate School Disciple came to provoke us earlier, which is the best reason to send troops.

"After the Muromachi shogunate is overthrown, we will order the emperors of the northern and southern dynasties to decide who will live and die within a specified time on the grounds that the emperors of both dynasties are orthodox and it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to interfere.

Let the internal fighting between the northern and southern dynasties of Japan consume their strength again. "

"After the two emperors of the northern and southern Japanese dynasties decided the winner, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack and wipe out the remaining Japanese emperor in one fell swoop.

"From now on, the Japanese country will be destroyed!"

Dao Xing said his plan calmly.

After hearing what Dao Yan said, King Yan Zhu Di on the side thought for a while, and then nodded slightly. This plan is indeed very feasible.

However, he still has a question:

“What if the emperors of Japan’s northern and southern dynasties are unwilling to act according to our plan?!!”

After all, the Ming Dynasty's plan of the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind, and driving the Japanese to fight within each other, was a little too obvious.

There may not be any knowledgeable people in the Japanese country who can see through Ming's plan.

Daoyan smiled confidently and said:

"Will do!"

"Even if they see Ming's plan, they can only act according to Ming's plan!"

"Because in the final analysis, the current Japanese country is not a unified Japanese country, but a Japanese country that is actually divided into three pillars!"

"If they are unwilling to act according to Ming's plan, then Ming can help one of the three parties to destroy the other two at any time!"

"At most, the price Daming has to pay is just a little bigger than the original plan."

"As long as they don't want to be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, then they can only win the support of the Ming Dynasty, follow the Ming Dynasty's plan, and gamble that they can become the final victory of the Japanese country.

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"Unless it is said that the three forces of the Japanese country, the Southern Dynasty, the Northern Dynasty, and the Muromachi Shogunate, can be reunited and unified into a complete Japanese country in a short period of time, and there will be internal and external conflicts between them.

This enables us to work together without any grudges. "

"In this case, they don't have to act according to our plan."

"But, is this possible?!!"

Let’s not talk about the Southern Dynasties of Japan for the moment. The Northern Dynasties of Japan and the Muromachi Shogunate have also said before that there are fundamental conflicts between the two sides.

There is no solution to this fundamental contradiction, either the Northern Emperor abdicates to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the Muromachi Shogunate, or Ashikaga Yoshimitsu completely returns the military and political power of the Northern Dynasties to the Northern Emperor.

And if the Emperor of the Northern Dynasties was willing to abdicate to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the Muromachi Shogunate, then the Emperor of the Northern Dynasties would not contact the Ming Dynasty and win the support of the Ming Dynasty.

He went to overthrow the Southern Dynasty and the Muromachi Shogunate for the sword.

Similarly, if Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was willing to completely return the military and political power of the Northern Dynasties to the Northern Emperor, he would have dissolved the Muromachi shogunate long ago.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty has enough strength to help one of the three current Japanese forces to destroy the other two.

So it is doomed, whether it is the emperor of the Southern Dynasty of Japan or the emperor of the Northern Dynasty of Japan, even if they see through Ming's plan, they can only act according to Ming's plan.

Because this is a conspiracy, they have to do this!