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Chapter 586 The Golden Body is Complete, Waiting for Ascension

March 1784, 3 AD, the ninth year of the Guangzhong reign of the Great Yu Emperor of China, originally the forty-ninth year of the Qianlong reign, was the eleventh day of the second lunar month.

Mo Tianci, the retired emperor of Dayu, led more than 400 civil and military officials from the Zongli Yamen, set out from Ningbo Port, crossed the East China Sea and arrived in Nagasaki.

On the third day of March, Mo Tianci arrived in Osaka, escorted by more than 3,000 samurai from the southwestern vassal states of Japan.

At the same time, the tenth Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Ieharu, also came to Osaka to pay homage to the emperor with the 63 daimyo of the Kanto region and the 32 daimyo of the Tohoku region.

Mo Tianci held the imperial axe in his hand, and then, in accordance with the emperor's style, convened the most grand Sankin-kotai ceremony in Japanese history since the enfeoffment of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

All the daimyo of the so-called 300 feudal domains of Edo were present.

Oh, there is one clan that cannot be present. As one of the two powerful clans in the Meiji Restoration in Japanese history and the founder of Japan's militarist army, the Mori clan of Choshu clan has been uprooted.

When Li Changgeng, the captain of the third-class battleship Wen'anzhi and a rear admiral with the rank of vice admiral of the East China Sea Fleet, captured the Choshu domain, he followed Mo Zibu's orders.

Li Changgeng and Ye Mingyue burned down the entire town under Hagi Castle, the headquarters of the Choshu clan. Of the more than 30,000 people in the town, except for more than 3,000 young women who were captured, the rest were either killed or burned to death.

Two thousand three hundred samurai of the Choshu domain, including the retired former lord Mori Shigenari and the nine-year-old lord Mori Haruchika, were all captured and killed.

A small number of them died in battle, while most were captured, tied to warships and beheaded. After beheading, they were directly thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

The Osaka Castle was packed with people, and those with less than 10,000 koku were not qualified to enter.

Tokugawa Ieharu, dressed in a black robe, presented his seal, as well as Tokugawa Ieyasu's sword, armor and flag, which were the treasures of the Tokugawa family, to Mo Tianci.

At the same time, Tokugawa Ieharu held the hand of his nine-year-old adopted daughter Shigehime and asked Shigehime to go up and pay a visit to Mo Tianci.

Mo Tianci put on a dignified look, but he was very satisfied in his heart. He liked the climate in Japan very much. Although he was born and raised in Southeast Asia, who likes the heat?

More importantly, Japan is really not small, with thousands of miles of territory and a population of 30 million. Life will definitely not be difficult if you live in such a place.

Mo Tianci first asked Chongji to stand up, and ordered someone to bring a small brocade stool for her to sit on.

"This girl is truly blessed to receive the Emperor's care. If she gives birth to a child in the future, it will be the supreme honor of the Land of the Rising Sun."

The three hundred daimyo who came to participate in the Sankin-kotai had already been severely shocked by the Genjo Imperial Guard and the East China Sea Fleet that controlled Osaka Castle.

They only now realized that they had been beaten badly in previous conquests, but in fact the Chinese army had not used its full strength at all. The main force fighting against them was nothing more than the armed southwestern vassal soldiers of China.

When thinking about the scenes where a regiment (1,000 people) had six field guns, a thousand flintlock rifles, and a third-level battleship had seventy huge cannons, many people felt from the bottom of their hearts that it was indeed an honor to be able to associate with such a great emperor.

After Chongji sat down, Mo Tianci continued to speak, "You, Tokugawa Ieharu, are able to understand the will of heaven, understand the truth, and have made great contributions to protecting the land of the rising sun. Now that you have seen the true Holy King, you are also able to give up wealth and honor and return to God. You must be a great contributor to the Chinese world!"

Mo Tianci's words were equivalent to characterizing Tokugawa Ieharu's behavior. Only he dared to say these words, and once he said them, others would think it was natural.

If someone else were to come, the effect would definitely not be the same.

"Respect the king and expel the barbarians, get on board!" As soon as the words fell, Ogasawara Tadatsugu, the lord of Kokura domain, immediately shouted.

The Kokura Domain was located in Buzen Province in the northwest of Kyushu Island. At that time, the southwestern domains all regarded themselves as loyal vassals (guides), and they seemed to be using China to show off their power and to be superior to the daimyo of other regions.

In particular, the Kokura clan was not far from the Mori clan's Choshu clan, but they witnessed how the entire Mori family was wiped out, so they were particularly loyal.

"Respect the king and repel the barbarians, respect the king and repel the barbarians!" Ogasawara Tadatsune shouted first, and naturally others could not fall behind, so cheers broke out in the castle tower.

Afterwards, some people began to cheer that the Great Emperor had passed away and the Supreme Emperor had passed away. The scene was very much like the Three Suns meeting their subjects.

"I heard that your lord, Tokugawa Ieyasu, possessed the so-called divinity of Tosho Daigongen. I think this originates from the story of Amaterasu, the descendant of Xu Fu.

Although we Confucians do not talk about supernatural things, we still need to talk about the implicit heritage behind this.

Before I sailed east, the Great Emperor had already instructed that the Tokugawa clan be allowed to restore their ancestral surname. From now on, all members of the Tokugawa family should change their surname back to Xu."

As he spoke, Mo Tianci looked at the lords of the various fiefs in the castle tower, "Surnames are separated, and the inheritance is distinguished by the use of padding characters. This is an ancient custom.

We are now in the Second Warring States Period, and more than two to three thousand years have passed since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. In this era of great contention, it is inappropriate to use ancient customs.

Therefore, the vassal states of the Land of the Rising Sun should also follow the example of China in compiling genealogies to distinguish between the clan branches and use generation names to avoid using filler characters to make fathers and sons look like brothers.

"Ha Yi! We obey your command and will go back to compile the family tree and determine the generation names." The daimyos of Japan quickly agreed.

Changing a Japanese person's surname is the most important step.

Just as Mo Tianci said, separating surnames and using padding characters to determine the direct lineage from father to son and grandson is an ancient relic that has long been discontinued in China.

Among the countries surrounding China, North Korea, which has been the most affected, has basically undergone this complete change.

Only Annan and Japan still use the character "垫". Japan also has an ancient tradition of using the surname as the surname and the clan name as the clan name.

Therefore, ending these ancient customs and making them unified as Chinese is the most important thing. As for other languages, writing systems, etc., they are secondary.

Because there is basically no problem with the characters, whether it is Han Nom characters, Hangul, Hiragana or Katakana, they are essentially a kind of phonetic characters.

Even Katakana is the same. Although it is not used to spell Chinese characters, it is essentially a form of kunyomi.

This kind of thing is of too low a quality and is rarely used by the upper class.

Moreover, among the three Korean languages, Hangul, Asoka, Hikari and An, only Korean Hangul has basically completed all the functions of becoming an independent language. The rest, Han-Nom and Kana, have not yet evolved completely, so it is easy to make up for it.

As for the language, the differences between the Han Chinese's Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka and Mandarin are so great that they are almost completely unable to understand each other, so it's a good idea to solve them all at once.

After granting the Tokugawa family the surname Xu, Mo Tianci announced the second decree, in which he conferred the title of Duke of Jiang on Tokugawa family for their contribution to the country and changed the title of Shogun to Shogun of Touji.

The original meaning of "ji" was the sun rising in the sky, and later it was extended to mean extreme, limit, or until a certain point. Dongji means the easternmost point where the sun rises, which echoes Nanji in Java.

At the same time, he was appointed as the General of the East and the General of the East to oversee the military and political affairs in the Kanto region and prepare to advance further east to America.

"General, Duke Jiang, since you have been honored and promoted by His Majesty the Great Emperor, you should go to the capital to express your gratitude. The specific government affairs will be temporarily handled by your retainer, Elder Tanuma Okitsugu."

Upon hearing this, Tokugawa Ieharu knelt down and kowtowed, proclaiming, "Long live the emperor!" "From today on, I will go by the name Xu Jiazhi. My descendants will not use the word 'jia' as a prefix. When I go to China, I will definitely ask a great scholar from the Central Plains to revise the family tree and its generation names."

Mo Tianci laughed heartily and immediately ordered a thousand men from the Yuanzong Guards to escort Tokugawa Ieharu and set sail from Osaka for the west.

Afterwards, Mo Tianci issued a more detailed imperial edict. According to the edict, Japan was divided into four parts, namely four provinces.

Kyushu Island was renamed Penglai Island, and Shikoku Island was renamed Houzhang Island. The two islands were merged into one province, called Penglai Province, with Nagasaki as the provincial capital.

The Satsuma clan elder and leader of the Confucian Kinshiroku faction, Kabayama Hisayoshi, was appointed governor of Penglai, and Lin Tianbiao, a Zhejiang native who had just been promoted from colonel to major general, was appointed admiral of Penglai's land and sea forces, responsible for garrisoning the city.

The Chinese region of Wakoku, which is the westernmost part of the main island of Japan, is Yingzhou Province, with its capital in Hiroshima. The leader of the Confucian Yangming School, Saii Narisai, is the governor of Yingzhou, and Lan Yuanmei, a major general of the army and the general of Susong Town, is the admiral of Yingzhou's land and sea forces.

The remaining areas such as Kansai and Kinki, mainly the Osaka Plain where Osaka is located and the Ono Plain where Nagoya is located, belong to the Asahi Province.

Because Kyoto was basically burned down and only a small piece was left, the provincial government moved to Osaka, with Mo Tianci himself in charge. The three battalions of the Genjo Guards and the Kyoying Liwei Army were stationed there as the main military force to defend Japan.

The remaining Kanto and Tohoku regions were divided into the Fuso Province, with Edo as its capital. Tanuma Okitsugu was appointed as the General of the East and the Governor-General of Fuso, to manage all military and political affairs.

The remaining Ezo Island in Hokkaido was directly placed under the jurisdiction of the Jilin General's Office together with Sakhalin Island.

Regarding the specific administration of Wakoku, all daimyo were divided into six levels of fiefdoms according to their stone height, from Shunyi Wang to Chushun Hou.

The heavenly domain that originally belonged to the Tokugawa family, the so-called imperial domain that was uprooted, and some confiscated and changed lands were guarded by officials selected by the imperial court, while the fiefs of the daimyo remained unchanged.

All the counties and kingdoms originally under the Wakoku Ritsuryo, such as Hizen Province and Buzen Province, were abolished and replaced with prefectures, and renamed Hizen Prefecture and Buzen Prefecture.

"From today on, all foreign debts owed by the princes and dukes over the years will be immediately recalculated by the Ministry of Revenue of the imperial court.

If the princes and lords of various towns have any concerns about their debts, they can also report to me, and all unreasonable debts will be cancelled step by step.

The amount owed will be used to offset the manpower, supplies, and armaments that the counties will provide for future overseas expansion, especially in North America."

The feudal princes, or daimyo, looked at each other in shock for a moment before bursting into cheers.

This is probably the biggest benefit. Some of them have millions of silver dollars, while others have hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. It seems that they probably won’t have to pay it back.

As for the expenses for colonization, the court doesn't want them to go out to colonize, but they are not doing it yet. This is definitely a good thing.

"At the same time, according to the imperial court's vassal laws, each vassal prince will provide samurai to the imperial court for night guard duty. These night guard samurai will form the direct army for His Majesty the Emperor to command."

This is another benefit. Being the imperial guard is not a hard job, but an excellent opportunity to gild one's ego. Most people want this treatment, but they don't have it yet.

. . . .

And just when Mo Tianci went to Japan, the administrative adjustments of the Dayu court had already begun.

On the one hand, after Mo Tianci arrived in Japan, it would definitely be impossible for him to deal with all the daimyo with just one meeting. There would probably be three hundred vassal officials, and he would have to meet them one by one.

On the other hand, Japan's feudal system will definitely be abolished step by step in the future, and what Mo Zibu prepared for them was to relocate the feudal system.

In the future, land will be prepared for these feudal lords in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Myanmar and some areas in Southeast Asia. After they are moved there, the feudal domains will be abolished and counties will be established throughout the East Asia to completely absorb them.

But this will take a long time. Mo Zibu estimates that it will take at least twenty years.

Mo Tianci will definitely not live that long, so there must be a system to take over and complete this work step by step.

Finally, there are the warriors. A few thousand guards would definitely not satisfy Mo Zibu's appetite. He would have to recruit at least 50,000 warriors who were cheap and would not be a pity if they died to fight.

Although these Japanese dwarfs did not show much combat effectiveness in this war, this was actually caused by their leaders being too incompetent and the gap in strength between the two sides being too large.

If the Dayu court were to arm and train them in the future, their combat effectiveness would definitely soar rapidly. After all, literate warriors with ideals are definitely more useful than simple farmers and civilians.

In particular, these dwarfs have an advantage, that is, they are light in weight. If used on the grassland, they can greatly reduce the burden on war horses and make them very good candidates for dragoons.

The Japanese samurai flintlock dragoons could counterbalance the Mongolian Qiexue light cavalry, preventing the light cavalry from being monopolized by the Mongols.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet recommends that we not establish another government office above the provincial level. If we do, we will inevitably have to establish one in the Central Plains as well, which will disrupt the existing structure."

After hearing the report from Deputy Minister Lin Tong, Mo Zibu nodded. "So, what does the cabinet think is the way to govern Nanyang and other regions?"

Now Dayu has a very large territory. After the retired emperor Mo Tianci served as the Prime Minister of Nanyang, he also served as the Prime Minister of Dongyang.

More importantly, Nanyang is now accustomed to having a Prime Minister flexibly deploying affairs from thousands of miles away, and also needs such a person to better carry out the overall planning of colonization, so this position still needs to be fixed.

"The cabinet's opinion is to use a temporary appointment, called the envoy with special powers to supervise military affairs, money, grain, criminal law, foreign and Han colonization, etc., or the envoy in short.

A Nanyang Mission was established and a Prime Minister of Nanyang was appointed.

The East Asia Mission was established in Penglai, Yingzhou, Asahi, Fuso and the southern part of the Joseon Dynasty, and a Prime Minister of the East Asia was appointed.

In the future, foreign territories like Central Asia, India, and North America will each have an envoy, who can be dispatched when necessary and easily dismissed when not necessary."

Mo Zibu nodded, "That's fine too. It avoids setting up government offices above the provinces, making Nanyang, Dongyang, Hezhong and other places correspond to the Central Plains, increasing centrifugal force.

Then issue an edict, ordering Cai Guogong Mo Zitang to go to Ha Tien and take up the post of Prime Minister of Nanyang, and the Emperor will remove the word "Minister" and be called Prime Minister of Dongyang."

(End of this chapter)