I'm really not the carpenter emperor

On this day, he led many bannermen Wu Yangyang into the Kyoto Imperial Palace and disarmed the Emperor's Imperial Guard.

In Zichen Hall, facing Gomizuo, Tokugawa Iemitsu not only did not kneel down to salute, but even drew out a samurai sword to threaten.

With a click, Tokugawa Iemitsu beheaded the current General Zuo Konoe on the Zichen Hall, and the blood flowed all over the ground, and Hou Mizuo was also scared back again and again.

Tokugawa Kazuko stood up, stood in front of the emperor, and roared:

"Brother, what are you going to do!"

"Hezi, get out of the way!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu decided not to be soft this time, because he knew that the current Tokugawa family had been cornered by Daming.

If you don't take a ruthless hand, it will be too late.

"Brother, are you going to kill the king?" As soon as Tokugawa Kazuko spoke, he was hit on the face suddenly, and was severely beaten to the side.

Immediately, she covered her flushed face, staring blankly at this elder brother who had loved her very much since childhood, her face was full of disbelief.

"Hold her!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu clutched his hand tightly, his heart was bleeding, but he also knew that now he could no longer be soft-hearted.

Holding the bleeding samurai sword in his hand, Tokugawa Iemitsu came up to Empress Mizuo and placed the blade on his shoulder.

With Hou Shuiwei trembling all over, he blurted out cold and emotionless words:

"His Majesty the Emperor, the position of General Sakonoe is vacant. Masamune Date, the feudal lord of the Matsushima Domain, is very suitable. What do you think?"

Hou Shuiwei still wanted to struggle, and asked tremblingly:

"Isn't the lord of the Matsushima Domain the Oda clan?"

"The Oda family rebelled against the shogunate, and I have already wiped out their family. The current lord of the Matsushima domain is the Date family. Does His Majesty have any questions?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu wiped the blade with the emperor's robe, raised his eyes and stared:

"Time waits for no one."

As soon as the words fell, the generals of the Imperial Guard who were loyal to the emperor were all killed by the bannermen of the shogunate, right in front of Gomizuo, almost powerless to resist.

The hall was stained with blood, and the fishy smell dispersed.

Hou Shuiwei sat down on the ground with a thud, his lips were trembling, "Then...then according to General Zhengyi's intention, let...Yida be the general of the left guard."

Date Masamune, who was also wearing armor, immediately saluted, and shouted: "Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor!"

Although he shouted like this, there was no respect for the emperor Gomizuo in his words at all. Gomizuo knew that the emperor's rights had been completely deprived of him by the shogunate.

All future emperors will become puppets of the shoguns of the past.

Chapter 828 The Fist Talks

The news of the Japanese slave kingdom spread to the Forbidden City. After hearing Fanzi's words, Zhu Youxiao motioned him to go down, shook his head and said, "The Tokugawa family is seeking their own death."

"Preaching my will, let Yuan Keli promote the slogan of returning to the king's government in the Japanese slave country, saying that the allied forces of the Daming Navy are to help the emperor regain power from the shogunate general Tokugawa, so as to gain the support of the rest of the vassals."

"Zhongxian, let the people from Dongchang go to Wonu Island to spread the news, saying that I intend to bestow Hou Shuiwei as the king of Wonu, and marry him after the victory, and make it a country that will not be conquered. Go."

Everyone nodded, and then retreated.

"Your Majesty, what is the meaning of this, to confer the title of king of Japanese slaves, and to marry?"

On the corridor, Wei Guangwei, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, said: "You haven't heard it yet, Your Majesty is here to spread rumors. The news can be circulated in the Japanese slave country, but the people of Ming Dynasty don't need to know."

Wen Tiren nodded, "What Gefu said is exactly what His Majesty meant. Spreading such rumors in the Japanese slave country is beneficial to the navy's operations. Afterwards, it is just a rumor."

"Even if Hou Shuiwei sends someone to ask for it, His Majesty can reply with rumors and refuse to admit it."

A civic official shook his head and sighed, "Huanghuang Tian Dynasty Shangguo, just send naval divisions to fight. Why do you use the following methods? Wouldn't it insult the prestige of my great Ming?"

Wen Tiren glanced at him and snorted coldly:

"Zheng Shilang, I think you are old-fashioned and pedantic! We can pay attention to etiquette at home, but when we go out, everything is in the interests of Daming."

"If we can win, we will have majesty. Who cares what means we use?"

Zheng Shilang was dumbfounded, his beard blown and his eyes stared, "Wen Tiren, you——, your words are too much!"

Dongge University scholar Hu Shiguang hurriedly came out to be a peacemaker, "Oh, please don't quarrel, this is what His Majesty meant."

"Whoever has complaints, go to His Majesty for advice."

Hearing this, Zheng Shilang was even more speechless, but in his heart, he still despised such indecent methods.

In his opinion, it is what the celestial kingdom should do if it wins in an upright manner and then negotiates peace with it. Like this method of spreading rumors first and then denying it flatly, it may be contemptible if it is passed on to future generations.

However, for Zhu Youxiao, the expedition to Japan was a long way across the vast ocean. This kind of battle cost a lot, and it would definitely not be in vain to go there once.

Wouldn't it be a waste of time to help Japan to set the domestic pattern from now on?

……

Kyushu Island, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Nagasaki is located on Kyushu Island, and Kyushu Island is the third largest island in the Onu Kingdom, and Nagasaki is the closest to the inland of the Ming Dynasty, and is the most important port town in the Onu Kingdom.

As early as the Tokugawa Ieyasu era, the Hizen domain in Nagasaki had been abolished and managed by the shogunate. Now Nagasaki is directly managed by the shogunate, and the acting official is the Matsukura family.

Matsukura Iei of the Matsukura clan was a loyal retainer of the Tokugawa clan of the Edo shogunate, but he was cruel and treated the Ming, Spaniards, and Dutch people living in Nagasaki as slaves.

Because of this, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Spain have each withdrawn from their diplomatic posts in Nagasaki in the past 20 years.

In addition, the Dutch and Spaniards invested in the purchase of nearby islands as a place of residence for citizens of their own countries to stay in Japan instead of staying in Nagasaki.

This is also the reason why other powers sent ocean-going fleets here to assist after Ming officially declared war on Japan.

However, since the end of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the state government was in turmoil, the finances went bankrupt, natural disasters continued in the country, and hungry people were everywhere.

Even Wanli and Taichang, who were emperors, didn't know that there were still a considerable number of Chinese in the Wanu country who wanted to go back and were forced to stay in Japan, living a life worse than pigs and dogs.

Because of the importance of Kyushu and Nagasaki in the entire Japanese slave kingdom, and there were still more than ten thousand Ming people in Nagasaki at this time, Yuan Keli chose Denglai Navy to land from then on.

And he also planned to capture the port outside Nagasaki City and transform it into the military port left by Ming Dynasty in Japan, so as to deal with its domestic situation at any time.

Of course, the establishment of this military port does not need to ask the Empress Mizuo or even the Tokugawa shogunate. Whoever has the biggest fist will get what they say. This is an eternal truth.

Daming can set it up, and you can also fight it, as long as you can beat it.

On this day, Matsukura Eishasa, the acting official of the shogunate in Nagasaki Prefecture, was sitting on a small stool in the port as usual, surrounded by banner samurai.

"Get to work!"

"Dirty Chinaman!"

"It's not easy to work, it's a waste of our rice!"

Countless Akito who were forced to stay in Nagasaki were under the supervision of the Banners. Some were carrying logs and some were carrying sandbags.

A bannerman in armor put three bags of rice on the shoulders of a middle-aged Han man in his forties.

Not long after putting it on, the man was on the verge of falling. At this moment, Matsukura Iei, who was sitting on top, winked at Banner.

Banner got the master's idea, pulled out a small knife from his boots, cut a sandbag, and in a blink of an eye, rice flowed out from the opening and scattered all over the ground.

Banner didn't give the man a chance to resist, and immediately kicked him to the ground, holding a knife and shouting: "Lazy, aren't you?"

"Do you know how much our rice is worth? If you loose this bag, you won't be able to pay for it if you sell it!"

The man hadn't eaten for a few days, and at this moment he had no strength at all, he could only curl up on the ground and be beaten, and he didn't dare to fight back.

Because he knew that if he spoke back at this time, he would only be beaten to death directly.

At this time, a young and beautiful Han woman led a six or seven-year-old boy through the crowd, came to the feet of Matsukura Iei who was sitting on top, and kowtowed repeatedly:

"My lord, spare my husband!"

"He is also unintentional, please forgive him!"

Matsukura Iei signaled to stop, and then a greedy look appeared on his face, "It's okay to spare him, you will be my concubine."

Before the woman could speak, the man struggled and shouted: "Don't listen to him, run, run! Run back to Daming!"

Shouting, the man drew the samurai sword on the flag itself and waved it wildly.

But how could he be the opponent of the Banner warrior, that Banner was robbed of the sword by a slave in public, and he became even more furious, kicked the man to the ground, and then stabbed the man in the chest with a knife.

The man's eyes widened, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, "Run away, run back to... Daming!"

The woman also knew that there was no chance of escape this time, so she suddenly jumped up, picked up a branch on the ground, and went straight to the Dongying woman behind Matsukura Iei.

"Don't move, or I'll kill her!"

Matsukura Iei was startled at first, and then he looked indifferent, and laughed, "You kill her, and then you replace her."

"This bitch, I've had enough fun."

Hearing this, the hijacked Dongying woman showed disappointment on her face, but she didn't dare to say anything.

The woman saw no chance, so she looked at her youngest son, pushed the Dongying woman towards Matsukura Iei, and shouted:

"You have to live and return to Daming alive!"

The little boy also reacted, no longer hesitated, got up and fled into the harbor.

Matsukura Iei couldn't help being furious, and he didn't have any other thoughts. He drew out his samurai sword and hacked his Dongying woman to death.

Unexpectedly, the Han woman held his knife tightly, not letting him move.

Matsukura Jingrong sneered, "Didn't you want him to escape? He can't escape! Catch him and I will strangle him to death in front of you!"

The woman's face was full of despair, her strength gradually drained from her hands, and she could no longer hold the sharp katana, so she could only watch Matsukura Iei walk towards her son with the katana in hand.

The little boy ran into the harbor, fell down and got up again and again.

All around him were banner warriors who gathered around, and there were only two paths before him, either jump into the sea or wait for death.

The little boy took a last look at his mother, and was about to jump into the sea, but there was chaos in the distance, and a bullet hit the port.

The dying woman was lying on the ground, dripping blood all over her body, and in her eyes, a flag was being raised on the coastline in the distance.

She never dreamed that she would see such a shocking scene.

Nearly a thousand warships appeared outside the port of Nagasaki, crowded with people, and artillery fire roared from the side and bow decks.

The shells hit the port, and there were thousands of giant ships in the Ming fleet, with hundreds of cannons on board. Compared with them, the warships of the shogunate were like children's toys.

Apart from Ming, there is no other country in the Far East that has a fleet of this size, and this time, apart from Ming, there is also the Spanish Armada.

Chapter 829 Carve up the Japanese slave country

"Your Excellency, the combined fleet of Ming Dynasty and Spain has already started attacking Nagasaki, should we start attacking?"

In the distance, outside Kagoshima, Kyushu, more than a dozen warships from the British Far East Fleet are moored.

After listening to the first officer, the admiral of the fleet, the British general John, put down the binoculars in his hand and said, "Where are the Dutch, have they all arrived yet?"

The first officer smiled and said, "Your Excellency, the Dutch took action earlier than the Ming Fleet. Now they have landed from Fukuoka and started to advance towards Shikoku Island."

John clenched his fists and cursed:

"These hateful Dutchmen are quick to pick up a bargain. Let's follow the plan and see how the Dutch explain this battle to Daming."

The first officer nodded and said in agreement:

"That's right, this time the British Empire has been honored by the combined fleet of Ming Dynasty after all. They are fighting against the fleet of the Shogunate head-on. We have picked up too much cheap here, and it is easy to offend Ming Dynasty."

John immediately gave the order, and soon the British Far East Fleet also began to attack the shogunate's warships moored outside Kagoshima. Since Kagoshima was not a major military town, and the shogunate transferred its main force to face the combined fleet head-on.

Therefore, the British fought extremely smoothly, and even without losing a single soldier, they successfully landed from Kagoshima and planted the flag of the British Empire on this island.

On the other hand, the battle in Nagasaki was also very smooth.

During the battle, the Denglai Navy found surprisingly that the warships of the shogunate not only did not have any improvement in performance and firepower compared with the warships invading the dynasty during the Wanli period, but instead regressed.

That's right, the current warships of the shogunate are smaller than those used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the invasion of the dynasty, and there are not even many ships that can carry artillery.

The shogunate warships that fought against the combined fleet were generally small ships, and the large ships were about the same as the inland Hiroyuki and sand ships that were seven or eight feet long.

And this kind of so-called "large warship" of the shogunate that can carry artillery can generally only carry about ten small artillery pieces, and its overall performance is even far inferior to the Cangshan warship that was eliminated by the Ming Dynasty for two or three years. .

Even the main Cangshan warship that is still serving in the Fujian Navy is equipped with sails made by Ming Dynasty and uses the ship-borne suppressing captive guns specially made by the Military Weapons Department.

In terms of firepower, crew, and maneuverability, it far exceeds the large warships currently used by the shogunate.