At the beginning of the 14th year of Gansheng, a fleet of twelve cruisers sailed out of Haizhou Port. The Ming Dynasty's mission to Europe followed the fleet toward Europe.

On the other side of the sea separated from the Haishu Sea, in the Edo Bay facing the sea, in the port not far from Edo Castle, there are snowflakes floating on the sky every day, and the sea is also misty. Although it is a cold wind, on a newly built fort at the entrance of the bay, several officials in official uniforms are stopping and looking at the sea. From time to time, they also turn their eyes to the misty sea.

Go to the West.

Among the people on this fort, the heads were the shogunate master Tadao Sakai Tadao, the old man Matsuhei Nobutsu and Tadao Abe. The three of them were the real core of the shogunate. Since the general Tokugawa Ietsutsu succeeded to the throne seven years ago, it was with the support of the three of them that the shogunate barely maintained its rule in the storm of "the invasion of the barbarians" and "the deviation of the daimyo".

However, the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the shogunate.

Staring at the sea, Matsuhira Nobuzu suddenly spoke.

"The son of Emperor Mingzheng is already fourteen years old. The court has sent people to ask the Emperor of Ming to allow him to join Japan. He is the prince of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor of Japan. He will definitely not agree to it as a decoration. Moreover, once he comes to Japan, he will inevitably bring tens of thousands of Ming troops here..."

Emperor Mingzheng... That is the concubine of Emperor Ming!

When Emperor Mingzheng married Emperor Ming far away, Emperor Gansheng was still the "General of Pinglu" of the Ming Dynasty. Who would have thought that the general would become an emperor at that time? He would not have expected that the emperor would enfeoff the royal family overseas as a prince. Since he could enfeoff the royal family overseas as a prince, what about the son that Emperor Mingzheng gave birth to him? He was the one who could inherit the throne of the Japanese Emperor!

In the past few years, the imperial ministers who have been suppressed by the shogunate for many years have made many efforts on this matter. As early as ten years ago, a minister submitted a letter of state to ask the Emperor to return to Japan and go to Kyoto to supervise the country. It is a supervise, which is clearly trying to seize power by using the power of the "Prince of the Emperor"!

Another identity of the Emperor Prince is the Prince of Ming Dynasty.

Will the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty let his son come to Japan alone?

A large army will inevitably be sent.

What's even more deadly?

In addition to the court, many other daimyos also kept shouting "Respecting the king and expelling the barbarians". They respected the emperor, and naturally occupied the "barbarians" in Kansai and other places.

Hulu, Daming, imperial court...

Life is not easy in the shogunate!

Even though I have barely tied with the barbarians over the years, I have faced a group of foreign names who are full of indecent words and are still yelling "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" and have ulterior motives and wanting to welcome the "Emperor" back.

What should I do when the shogunate faces such a situation?

A headache!

"If the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent the prince, then the shogunate..."

Before Abe Tadaki finished speaking, Tadaka Sakai spoke.

"So, we have to make plans early!"

After pondering for a moment, Tadao Sakai said.

"If Prince Xu of the Ming Dynasty came to Japan, can we stop them?"

The answer is obviously no.

There was no need for words, they all knew what the result was. Toyotomi Hideyoshi led hundreds of thousands of troops, but they could not stop the Ming army in North Korea. Now, the shogunate with internal and external troubles is even more impossible.

"Once the prince returns to China, almost all foreign daimyos will turn to him. After all, he is not only the heir of the Emperor, but also the prince of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will do its best to support him. At that time, we will face not only foreign daimyos, but also the elites of the Ming Dynasty."

The old Chinese Matsuhira Nobutsu sighed.

"In this way, the shogunate is simply unable to compete with them."

"So, we have to make plans early!"

Staring at the sea, Tadao Sakai said.

"In fact, respecting the king and expelling the barbarians is not necessarily a bad thing. After all, the barbarians are invading now, which is a disaster for Japan. If they can use "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" as the banner and command the world, how can they not defeat the barbarians?"

In fact, the reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to occupy Kansai was not only because of its firearms and its combat effectiveness that far exceeded the Japanese. The alienation between the Daming and the Shogunate was also a considerable part of the reason. Compared with the unity of the Kamakura Shogunate when resisting the Yuan Dynasty, Daming, who was suppressed by the Tokugawa family for many years, even hoped to use the Qing Dynasty to weaken the Tokugawa Shogunate. After all, if you pass Kansai, it is the core of the Tokugawa family, which is Kanto.

The warlords never had a motherland in their eyes. This is the axiom of letting go of the world. The same is true for the Japanese. Those foreign daimyos also don’t mind bringing wolves into the house. Moreover, the wolf is not brought by them, and they really can’t stop it. Instead of forcing it, it’s better to use a knife to kill people and use that wolf to eat the Tokugawa shogunate.

As for the future... we can "respecte the king and expel the barbarians" in the future!

After all, the Emperor was the concubine of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and could ask for help from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. As for the barbarians, they were the dogs who were defeated by the Ming Dynasty Army who fled to Japan to take refuge.

If the Celestial Army came to Japan early, would there be any barbarians there?

Look at how smart this abacus is.

Anyway, those famous names have their own plans, and "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" is just a saying for them to preserve their strength.

"Using the banner of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians" to command the world? What does the big elder mean?"

Matsupi Nobuka said in confusion.

"If so, we can't stop them, so we can participate. They can invite the prince to Japan, and we can also invite them!"

Tadaoka Sakai's words shocked Matsuhide and the others.

"Invite the prince to Japan, that general..."

"General, if they succeed, there will be no Tokugawa family again!"

Tadaoka Sakai said in a deep voice.

"Outside the Daming and the public, they will not tolerate the Tokugawa family. However, if the Tokugawa family takes the initiative to invite the prince to come to Japan to succeed the throne, then at least the existence of the Tokugawa family can be guaranteed. At least in the next few decades or even hundreds of years, the Tokugawa family will still exist in Edo, as for the imperial court..."

Staring at the sea, Tadao Sakai said.

"After "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians", Kansai can be given to the court, and the Tokugawa family still controls the overall situation. As for the emperor and the foreign daimyo, they will use each other. This is our opportunity. If we use each other, the foreign daimyo that is evenly matched will never willingly hand over the power they have in hand to the emperor. The emperor is just a card for them. Just like respecting the king and expelling the barbarians, all we need is to wait and wait for the conflict between them to break out. This will be a very long thing. It may take decades or hundreds of years. As long as the Ming Dynasty does not intervene in person, the Tokugawa family will always have a chance."

Chance!

Sometimes people are willing to take risks for an opportunity. Moreover, in Tadaosaki Sakai's opinion, when nothing can be stopped, the shogunate will be better than being caught by those with ulterior motives and then used to attack the shogunate.

In fact, for the Tokugawa shogunate, they had no other choice. After all, they could not stop all this...

In this case, it is better to take the initiative to recognize your father than to be beaten up by him in the future if he finds an excuse to be beaten up by him.
Chapter completed!