"I, I... have taken a deep look at the current situation of the empire and want to take... extraordinary measures to clean up the situation. I would like to inform you and other subjects:

To seek the well-being of the subjects of the empire and to enjoy the common prosperity of all nations, this is the legacy of the imperial ancestors, and one that I will never forget;

In the former case, the reason why the empire invaded the territory of Korea and secretly had the ambition to invade the Ming Dynasty was actually the work of the rebellious minister Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Today, the Ming Dynasty's army has arrived. If we continue to resist stubbornly, we will be in danger of annihilation of our race... To invade other countries' soil is definitely not my original intention. However, as the leader of the Japanese country, I cannot absolve myself of the blame.

Therefore, I cut off my imperial title as a sign of repentance. From now on, our Japanese country will never be crowned emperor again... I serve the great Ming Dynasty as a king and father, and I hope that you and other subjects will be kind to me..."

In the twenty-first year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, in the second year of Japan's reign, on the first day of April, at the Suzaku Gate of the Peace Palace in Kyoto, Emperor Houyangcheng, who was in his twenties, was at the moment in front of Nuerhachi and a group of Jurchen generals.

Amidst the threats, he had no choice but to personally read out the most important edict in his life, which was to surrender and reduce his imperial title.

"His Majesty!"

After all, Kyoto is the capital of the Japanese country. Although the feudal lords of the samurai family have never really taken the 'emperor' seriously, most of these public ministers who live here are facing Hou Yangcheng, who has cut himself off from the imperial title.

The imperial edict is written, but at this moment, it is still like mourning an heir, with endless grief.

There is no way, although since the rise of the samurai family, their emperor has lost real power and even lived in poverty, but at least in name he is still the co-owner of the Japanese country. Even if the feudal lords no longer take the emperor seriously, they still have "demands" for them.

As an emperor, you can still respect your face.

However, now, with this edict of surrender and derogation of the imperial title, from a legal point of view, the Japanese country will no longer have an emperor or a co-owner from now on!

It's just that these public officials and ministers, no matter how sad they are at this moment, don't even dare to wail loudly, they can only sob in low voices!

There was no way, not only did the emperor and the royal family in Heian Palace fall into the hands of the Jianzhou Army, but most of the public ministers outside the palace fell into the hands of Haixi You and Hou Wei.

It is said that people under the eaves have to bow their heads. After experiencing the harsh suppression and purge by the Jurchen cavalry, the remaining public ministers who have long been accustomed to bowing their heads for life are now facing the butcher's knife of the three Jurchen cavalry.

His head was so low that he was almost lying on the ground.

…

"General, this, this, why..."

Looking at the Ping'an Palace that suddenly burst into flames and thick smoke, 'Zhou Ren' and all the royal family members who had just left the palace under the escort of the Jianzhou Army could not help but look at them with sad faces at this moment.

To Nuerhachi.

"Since you have reduced your imperial title now, what use is the palace for? Is it going to be left to ambitious people to restore it in the future?"

Glancing coldly at Zhou Ren and the other members of the royal family, Nuerhachi couldn't help but look cold.

"Ah? No...no...don't dare!"

Looking at Nuerhachi's cold expression, no one, including Zhou Ren, the former emperor, dared to say no.

"Grand Governor, with so many Japanese scoundrels, our actions will be hindered a lot!"

Outside Luocheng Gate, Bai Yinli couldn't help but frown as he looked at the large group of royal family members who were escorted by the Jianzhou Army and the salutes carried by these people.

In his opinion, they were deep in the heart of Japan at this moment. Although the famous Tibetan lords Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu were being attacked by the Ming army, and although the emperor was just a personal seal in the eyes of these daimyo lords, if they knew it later

If Yangcheng is in their hands, it will inevitably attract Japanese siege with ulterior motives.

"Why, where did Brother Bai's original courage go? Could it be that he changed his surname and even lost his blood?"

Seeing the frowning Bai Yinli, Nuerhachi couldn't help but look over with a joking look on his face.

"Isn't it just to let the brothers wield their swords twice more and let the war horses run two more steps? What's there to worry about? Besides, those Japanese feudal lords can't even take care of themselves at the moment. How can they do it?

Are you going to take care of this puppet thing?"

Nuerhachi simply ignored Bai Yinli's worries.

In fact, if he wanted to be on the safe side, he could have chosen to send Zhou Ren and a group of Japanese royal family members to the Hexuan army in Jizhen, Edo, and have them escorted to Wang Bing's tent by a Royal Navy warship.

However, Nuerhachi chose to take the overland route, escorting Zhou Ren and the Japanese royal family members all the way through the city, in order to undermine the morale of the entire Japanese nation.

You must know that although the famous feudal lords of Japan did not take the emperor seriously, for the lower-level samurai and common people, the emperor still held a very important position in their hearts.

"Brother Bai, don't worry. This time our three-guard army is marching together. How can the tens of thousands of troops still not be able to tolerate these thousands of Japanese pirates? What's more, if things change, just take their heads back to the Marquis.

The same goes for handing over orders, hahahaha!”

Seeing that Nuerhachi and Baiyinli had a disagreement, Wumantai also tried to smooth things over.

In this way, under the escort of three Jurchen cavalry, everyone from Zhou Ren, the emperor and members of the royal family who had already lost his imperial title, to the public nobles in Kyoto, all set foot on the road to Nagoya in Kyushu along Honshu Island.

…

"My lord, I have come to report from Kyoto. His Majesty the Emperor and all the ministers have all fallen into the hands of the Jurchen cavalry. They have also issued an edict to strip off the imperial title and submit to the Ming Dynasty. Now..."

With the departure of the Jurchen army of the Three Guards, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Kamibin Kagekatsu and other Japanese lords got the news one after another that the emperor was abducted.

"What, the emperor was taken prisoner?"

"Baga!"

"Damn monkey, the Yamashiro Kingdom is within your territory, and you actually let the Ming Kingdom kidnap the Emperor..."

When Kyoto was captured and the news spread that the emperor and his ministers were all Jurchen cavalry, all the Japanese feudal lords were dumbfounded.

Especially the edict to reduce one's imperial title left many people at a loss as to what to do.

There is no way, even though these people never take the puppet emperor seriously, after all, the emperor is still the nominal co-owner.

Without this nominal co-leader and this human-shaped seal, the future battles between the Japanese daimyo and Tibetan lords will be completely torn apart, and will be based entirely on strength, and there will no longer be any righteousness to use.

"Come here, tell me my order, order the whole army..."

After receiving the news that the Emperor had been taken captive, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a man of the world, first reacted to snatch him back quickly. After all, he, a man of the world, was of no use to him because of his origin, and the emperor, the Emperor of Han, was still useful to him

Quite big.

"My lord, wait a minute!"
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