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Chapter 318 The Emperor Becomes a Domain King

Above the mourning hall, Ma Shaojun was like a "dazzling" statue, attracting everyone's attention, while Mu Ren, who was still young, "trembled" and fell into the empress's arms, and was buried in confusion. I don't want to raise my head no matter what.

"Mr. Ma, the establishment of a king is a major matter for Japan. As a foreign minister, you are not qualified..."

Ze Tengliang stood up bravely and loudly "reprimanded" the Han minister for his transgression.

When other shogunate members around him heard this, they also made "noises", which made Mutsuhito even more frightened. The queen kept comforting him.

Ma Shaojun glanced at these Japanese people with arrogant eyes, causing some timid people to lower their heads, while Ze Tengliang looked at Ma Shaojun with "firm" eyes, like a brave man in the sea, alone One person fights against the wind and waves.

Opposite him, Ma Shaojun took out a paper roll wrapped in silk and said:

"This is Emperor Xiaomei's submission form. Do you need me to read it?"

Boom! !

Another "lightning" exploded, and everyone present was shocked.

Ze Tengliang directly stood up and refuted: "Isn't An Zhi a forgery??"

When Ma Shaojun heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the "disrespectful" interior minister with his peripheral vision, and said:

"The imperial seal and handwriting are all there, why not??"

"What's more, the Queen can testify!!"

"Really, Queen??"

Ma Shaojun looked at the queen who was still protecting Mu Ren. When the queen looked at him in fear, she could only see a "reminder".

At this time, Ze Tengliang said to the queen before leaving:

"Empress, Emperor Xiaomei just died, you can't tell lies!!"

"Even if you don't think about yourself, you still think about the Crown Prince!!"

Hearing Ze Tengliang's "naked" greeting, the queen was about to say something tremblingly, when Ma Shaojun immediately spoke:

"The last time I talked with Emperor Takamei, I remember that Prince Mutsuhito was also present."

"Why don't you let the prince speak for you?"

Although it was a question, everyone present knew that if they objected, Minister Ma would definitely turn against him.

Ze Tengliang looked at Prince Muren who was still trembling in the Queen's arms, then at Ma Shaojun, who was "like a tiger", and finally just nodded in agreement.

"Come, come to uncle, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Ma Shaojun waved to Mu Ren.

"Go for it!!"

The queen whispered to Mu Ren in her arms.

Mu Ren looked up at his "loving" mother. When he looked back and saw Ze Tengliang's "fiery" eyes, he immediately shrank back in fear, and then "slowly" walked toward the "hope" his father mentioned.

"Hello, Mr. Minister!!"

Although Mu Ren was only under nine years old, his royal education still allowed him to show the calmness he should have when facing Ma Shaojun.

Ma Shaojun glanced at him with satisfaction, and then asked him in a "gentle" tone:

"Did you hear what Uncle Ma just said?"

"Yeah, I heard that!!"

Mu Ren nodded vigorously.

Ze Tengliang, who was behind him, stepped forward quickly and said forcefully: "Your Highness, you must understand that you are the crown prince and future emperor of Japan, and you cannot be Japan's eternal sinner!!"

"The emperor is a member of the eternal lineage!!"

Ma Shaojun looked at the "ignorant" Ze Tengliang, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, but soon changed back to his gentle look before, and asked in a passionate tone:

"Quickly, tell uncle, did your father agree to go to the Han Kingdom and join the Han Kingdom??"

Mu Ren looked up at Ma Shaojun's "anticipating" eyes and Ze Tengliang's "dark" threats. Then he turned back to look at his mother who was worried about his safety and answered in a childish voice:

"Yes, my father told me to go to Han!!"

Boom! !

Thunder exploded, lighting up everyone's emotions through the windows.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!!"

"It is impossible for Emperor Xiaomei to say such things. Your Highness, are you confused?"

Ze Tengliang grabbed Muren's shoulders hard, and his ferocious expression scared Muren to tears.

When Ma Shaojun saw this scene, he said coldly:

"Master Zeten, why do you want to embarrass a child? This is so rude!!"

"Just now I took out the imperial edict, imperial seal, and handwriting of Emperor Takamei. You didn't believe it. Now you don't believe what the Crown Prince says either. Why, do you, the Tokugawa family, also want to be emperor?"

Ma Shaojun's words were like sharp blades that pierced the hearts of Ze Tengliang and some people, making them "fearful."

Ze Tengliang raised his head and looked at Ma Shaojun "without fear" and said:

"Mr. Ma, the Emperor is the spirit of Japan and cannot disappear. Please forgive me!!"

"Ha ha!!"

"Ha ha……"

When Ma Shaojun heard this, he couldn't help but laughed so happily in the mourning hall, which made some people even more scared.

After finishing laughing, Ma Shaojun looked at Ze Tengliang and replied:

"If the emperor is the symbol of Japan, then the shogunate should return power to the emperor, instead of saying it in words but secretly putting the emperor under house arrest!!"

"Lord Zeten, I think you should understand how Emperor Xiaomei died, right??"

Ma Shaojun's smiling face appeared in front of Zeze Tengliang's eyes, and he mustered up the courage to say:

"The Emperor died in an accident. Everyone knows this. As for rights, that is a Japanese tradition and has been the case in all dynasties."

(The Emperor of Japan is essentially a divine authority, similar to the Pope. Except for a few in history, most of the time he has no rights)

Seeing Ze Tengliang telling the history of Japan to his minister who specialized in "Japanese", Ma Shaojun burst into laughter, and then said:

"In that case, let me ask you, during the Han Dynasty, was Japan a vassal state of the Western Han Dynasty??"

When Ze Tengliang heard this, his eyelids jumped and he immediately retorted:

"The Western Han Dynasty dates back to nearly 2,000 years ago, so why should we compare it to today's Han Dynasty!!"

"What Minister Ma just said is indeed wrong!!"

Ze Tengliang reacted quickly and did not give Ma Shaojun a chance to "mess around".

"Oh, Lord Zeteng means that my big man is not as good as the former man??"

"Or are you saying that the virtues of the emperor of my court are not enough to be comparable to that of the Han emperor??"

Ma Shaojun directly used the "Datong" method to suppress the cunning Ze Tengliang.

Ze Tengliang, who was opposite him, responded in an "angry" tone:

"If Minister Ma wants to use the strong to bully the weak and use the strong to suppress the weak, then that's fine."

"But if we use tricks to seize Japan's foundation, I'm afraid we will be ridiculed in the history books for thousands of generations!!"

Ze Tengliang's tone was firm and he was unwilling to make any concessions.

Ma Shaojun stared at the "Minister of the Interior" for a long time and finally said:

"I have an imperial edict and the crown prince's witness is in hand. What kind of conspiracy or trick is this??"

"Forget it, let the general talk to me!!"

Ma Shaojun walked out of the mourning hall directly. When he walked out, he even said:

"Your Highness, take care!!"

Listening to this "hint", Ze Tengliang clenched his fists.

...............

Shogunate...

"Jun Zeteng, are the Han people really unwilling to give in?"

Tokugawa Kesada looked at Ze Tengliang in "fear", like a frightened child.

"Hi!!"

"It's all my fault!!"

Ze Tengliang knelt on the tatami and prostrated directly on the ground for Tokugawa Isada as a sign of respect.

"We have already eliminated the Emperor, why do the Han people still do this??"

"Even, we can still..."

Tokugawa Kesada "hesitated" and almost spoke his mind.

Ze Tengliang looked at the general who looked like a "teenage" child in front of him, and felt much more at ease, and then spoke:

"The meaning of the Han people has been very obvious. They do not want us to become the actual rulers of Japan, or in other words, not the legitimate rulers."

“What is justifiable??”

Tokugawa Kaisada looked at Ze Tengliang blankly, as if he didn't understand what this sentence meant.

"Sir General, the Han people do not want to see us truly control Japan. Even if we control Japan, we must leave an emperor as an obstacle, otherwise it will be impossible."

Ze Tengliang explained it in detail with some helplessness.

"Why, are we not sincere enough??"

"Or are we not giving enough benefits??"

Tokugawa Iesada stumbled and said two words without any "brain".

Ze Tengliang continued to answer helplessly:

"Now the shogunate has controlled Japan in terms of power, but legally, it is not the real commander-in-chief of Japan. Only the emperor has such rights. To obtain such rights, you must obtain the emperor, or the king of Japan. seat!!"

"And this is something that the Han people cannot tolerate. They will not tolerate the emergence of a shogunate that controls both people's hearts and power. This will pose a threat to them!!"

Ze Tengliang has spoken to this extent. If he still can't understand, then he can only compromise like those Han "bastards".

Tokugawa Iedada "suddenly realized" and asked: "In this case, our last test failed, then can we really only watch the emperor become a vassal of Han?"

"Hi!!"

"That's all we can do for now."

Although Ze Tengliang was helpless, he could only think that this was reality, or the reality of Japan. "Can't our army protect the shogunate, or in other words, protect our country??"

Tokugawa Iesada continued to ask with an "ugly face", as if he really wanted to fight a war with Han.

"General, the strength gap between us and Han is too big, plus..."

"What more??"

"In addition, there are many traitors among us. I'm afraid that someone may rebel by then!!"

When he said this, Ze Tengliang's tone was very angry. After all, as the Minister of the Interior, he knew the current situation best.

As far as he knows, there are currently many "pro-Han factions" in the Japanese army. They hold high positions, suppress the local factions, and have a lot of power. If they are not dealt with before the war begins, it is likely that they will deal with the shogunate.

What's even more serious is the Japanese Navy. Soldier Muto is a typical Han reunification faction. He was the one who stopped the last Korean incident.

If you include the current "Han maggots" in coastal cities such as Edo and Osaka, then Japan really has no ability to resist.

(In Japan, people who worship Han are called Han maggots)

"Ah, what should I do??"

Tokugawa Iesada anxiously walked around the stage, waving his sleeves constantly, looking "crazy".

Ze Tengliang glanced "worriedly" and finally replied:

"Please, General, allow me to go again. This time I will definitely get a satisfactory answer."

"real??"

"I'll do my best!!"

Ze Tengliang fell to the ground.

"Okay, okay!!"

"It must succeed!!"

Tokugawa Iesada was like a child who had received a promise, expecting the adult Ryo Sato to bring him candy.

After Ze Tengliang left, Tokugawa Iadada's playful expression changed several times, and finally turned a little cold.

.............................................

"Mr. Ma, I was so rude last time, please forgive me!!"

Ze Tengliang bowed to Ma Shaojun.

"Oh, Lord Zeten, why are you doing this? I don't even remember the little things. Why do you still remember him!!"

Ma Shaojun's face showed an expression of indifference, but his words that followed revealed "dissatisfaction" all the time.

"Lord Zeten, I don't understand why you oppose the emperor's entry into the Han Dynasty. You know, this is also a good thing for the shogunate!!"

"Good thing??"

Ze Tengliang looked at Minister Ma in front of him and really couldn't figure out what the benefits would be.

"Yes, benefits!!"

"In my opinion, although the shogunate ruled Japan, it was not justified and it was too troublesome to have an emperor."

“Isn’t it a good thing that our Han Empire took the Emperor away??”

Ma Shaojun picked up a grape on the table and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Mr. Minister, you are joking. The Emperor and his family cannot leave Japan for eternity!!"

Ze Tengliang refused without hesitation. What a joke, if the emperor really went to Japan, then it would not be what the Han people said, but what they believed.

“But what if it’s not the Emperor??”

Ma Shaojun said something "blatantly" that shocked Ze Tengliang.

"According to Emperor Xiaomei's wishes during his lifetime, he was going to Xijing to be ennobled, but he didn't believe it and was killed by you."

"Mr. Ma, you are wrong. The emperor drowned and had nothing to do with the shogunate."

Ze Tengliang immediately corrected Ma Shaojun.

"Haha, yes, he did drown."

"I made a mistake, I will punish myself with a drink."

After saying that, Ma Shaojun picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Ze Tengliang, who was opposite him, felt increasingly unsure. He felt that what he had prepared was no longer enough. Minister Ma was too cunning and suppressed him at every turn.

I saw Ma Shaojun put it on the tea cup, clicked it, and said with a serious expression:

"The emperor's going to Xijing is the order of Emperor Longwu, no one can stop him!!"

"This……"

Ze Tengliang was about to say something when he was interrupted by Ma Shaojun, who only heard:

"But considering the relationship between the shogunate and the Han Dynasty, we can make a deal with the shogunate."

"What deal??"

Ze Tengliang asked "uneasily".

"The throne, the throne that the Tokugawa family dreams of!!"

"Pa", Ma Shaojun spit out a grape seed and landed on the plate, like a chess piece hitting Tian Yuan.

Ze Tengliang looked at Ma Shaojun in front of him and said tremblingly:

"What throne??"

"The throne of the King of Japan!!"

Ma Shaojun used the calmest tone and said something that was enough to make the whole of Japan "explode".

"I know you don't believe it, but it's the truth."

"In other words, what you got is only half!!"

“Where’s the remaining half??”

Ze Tengliang asked immediately, with a hint of "nervousness" in his tone.

"You are a wise man, Lord Zeten."

Ma Shaojun didn't say anything and just continued to "taste" the grapes produced in "Fukuoka".

Ze Tengliang raised his head, looked at Ma Shaojun who was "eating", and asked in a tentative tone: "Shall we divide and conquer??"

Ma Shaojun spit out the seeds again and muttered:

"The emperor resides in the four countries, and the shogunate resides in Honshu and Kyushu. They do not disturb each other and enjoy peace!!"

"Huhu", Ze Tengliang kept breathing heavily, and finally said with a red face:

“The Shikoku is the sacred land of Japan, how can it be divided!!”

"The emperor is also the king of Japan, why should he be imprisoned or usurp power??"

Ma Shaojun’s needle-pointed reply to Maimang.

Ze Tengliang collapsed on the tatami and said in a hoarse voice:

"This matter needs long-term planning!!"

"Ha ha……"

Hearing such an "ambiguous" answer, Ma Shaojun was not only not angry, but also looked happy.

Even when leaving, he said directly:

"The four countries are small and small. If you lose something, you can just make up for it in the future!!"

"But tell the general, if you vassal the big man, then Japan will not be a small country like Japan!!"

Ze Tengliang met Ma Shaojun's "eager" eyes, bowed finally, and left the place.

Ma Shaojun, who was behind him, looked at the leaving carriage with a smile and said to the secretary beside him:

"Let's go and see little Mu Ren. I haven't seen you for a few days and I'm still thinking about it!!"

…………

"Really, do you really mean that??"

Tokugawa Kaisada looked at Ze Tengliang excitedly.

"Yes, as long as we are willing to give the four countries to the emperor, they are willing to canonize us as the king of Japan."

Ze Tengliang looked at the "promising" Tokugawa Isada, and although he was disdainful in his heart, on the surface, he was still very "respectful".

"Great, I want to make a kingdom, great!!"

Tokugawa Iesada danced like a child, "waving" the Japanese folding fan in his hand around like a toy.

"Sir General, if you do this, Japan will be divided. In that case, how can we explain to the deceased Lord Jiaqing!!"

Ze Tengliang looked like a "loyal minister", and even now, he is still thinking about what happened after Tokugawa Ieki's death.

"Oh, it's just a small Shikoku. Just give it to me!!"

"What's more, didn't the Han people say that they will compensate us in the future? The Han country has a great cause. If you take a little bit of it, it will be bigger than Japan. The four small countries are worthless."

Tokugawa Iesada seemed to "disdain" Shikoku as a place.

"Hurry, go and agree, or it will be too late!!"

Tokugawa Kaisada shouted anxiously to Ze Tengliang.

"Hi!!"

Ze Tengliang left here "helplessly".

After he left, Tokugawa Iesada calmed down again, kept "waving" the folding fan in his hand, and finally looked at the word "forbearance" behind him.

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(End of this chapter)