After going around in such a big circle, Yiyin finally understood what Lin Xinsheng wanted to express.
He couldn't help but glance at the respectful Lin Xinsheng again. This woman was only twenty years old, but she was thoughtful and very sophisticated.
Her scratching just scratched Akechi Mitsuhide's itch. No wonder Akechi Mitsuhide regarded her as a talent and made sure to bring Yoshigan over and recommend her carefully.
I don’t know if this is her own intelligence or the guidance of the masters in the Confucian circle behind her.
The Ashikaga family is the direct descendant of the Genji family in Kawachi. The Genji family themselves are the bloodline of Amaterasu and the descendants of the emperor's subordinates.
If Yoshiyin could get back the source of his direct bloodline and put things right out of chaos, it would be natural for him to become emperor and he would continue the lineage of emperors for all eternity.
The most amazing thing is that there have been male emperors in history, and Yoshigan became the emperor as a man without attracting any criticism.
On one side is the bloodline of Amaterasu, the lineage of ancient gods. On the other side is Bishamonten, the living god who came to bring order to the world.
The mature philosophical system of heavenly principles of Confucianism provides political justice for Yiyin. Compared with the superstitious advocacy of Buddhism, it has an additional layer of heavenly protection.
With this double blessing, Yiyin's Shinto foundation is as solid as Mount Tai.
If Oda Nobunaga can be allowed to come forward to deal with Ashikaga Yoshiaki again, Yoshiro's hands will be clean and not stained by the blood of the Ashikaga Ichimen.
If it retains its human character of benevolence and righteousness in the secular sense, this god can be said to be glorious and upright.
Unfortunately, Akechi Mitsuhide and Lin Xinsheng miscalculated what Yoshiun was thinking.
Yiyin was a member of the Celestial Dynasty in his previous life, and in this life he was a spiritual member of the Celestial Dynasty. He had never thought about working hard for the order of the Wu family and improving the political system of the island country.
The elite of the island country are seeking a bright future for the island country, but Yiyin only wants to be the dog of the dynasty.
It is indeed a good idea to use Buddhist gods to come to the world to bring order to chaos, and to use the Confucian ideas of the unity of man and nature and the circulation of heaven to push Yoshigan to the position of emperor and inherit the severed orthodox tradition of the island country.
From then on, the island country's public and military forces merged, and under the leadership of the new divine descendant, the supreme leader representing secularity and religion, the politics will inevitably be more stable than before, but this is not a good thing for the mainland.
The internal stabilization means that hundreds of thousands of Ji warriors have no jobs. Most of the Ji warriors cannot do civilian work. Their so-called service is to help their master kill people.
When peace is achieved within the island country and millions of troops are laid off, how big of a social problem does this have to be? The only way to solve this problem is to export the contradictions.
At that time, Ashikaga Yoshiaki had just succeeded to the shogunate, and Ashikaga and Oda were the three pillars.
Oda Nobunaga wanted to win over Yoshigan, so he expressed his ambitions, pointed to a global map given by the Nanman people, and vowed to unify the island country, unite the samurai family to land on the mainland, and expand externally.
It was this idea of Oda Nobunaga that caused the first break between the Shiba and Oda families.
Oda Nobunaga still doesn't understand what she said wrong. But Yoshigan knows that he will suppress Oda Nobunaga for the rest of his life and not give her a chance to realize this ambition.
Yiyin believes in his heart that he is a member of the Celestial Dynasty, and what he pursues is the glory and wealth of his family and his family in this island country.
Instead of taking the people of the island country away from this barren and disaster-prone volcanic island, go to the mainland and pursue happiness.
The Wu family society can be feudal and superstitious, and can confine itself to internal conflicts, but it can never expand externally.
In the final analysis, Yiyin never considers himself to be a native of the island country. His three views are those of his previous life, and he considers himself to be a Chinese, so he considers issues from the perspective of the Chinese.
After listening to Lin Xinsheng's words and looking at her expectant eyes, Yiyin shook his head.
"I cannot be sorry to Ashikaga Yoshiki. Her kindness to me cannot be let down."
Yoshigami could not tell his true feelings, so he could only use the name of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and righteously rejected Lin Xinsheng's suggestion.
He was the nominal husband of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and thus gained a transcendent political status.
Now that Ashikaga Yoshiteru has passed away, as a widow, Yoshigage will be worthy of his deceased wife if he beats all the Ashikaga generals after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu as tyrants.
Yoshigami said this with great confidence, and Lin Xinsheng did not dare to refute. As a Confucian scholar, if she denied Yoshigami's affection for Ashikaga Yoshiteru, how could she have the nerve to talk about benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom, and trust?
Three cardinal principles and five constant principles, the wife is the cardinal guide for the husband, and the practice of Yiyin is the ethical and natural principle praised by Confucianism. When Zhu Xi came, he had to give a thumbs up to praise a chaste and righteous man, not to mention a junior like Lin Xinsheng.
Yoshiun's resolute attitude made Lin Xinsheng look helplessly at Akechi Mitsuhide. Yoshiun's reaction was different from what Akechi Mitsuhide suggested. This suddenly made Lin Nosheng unstoppable.
If he had known that Yoshigan insisted on protecting the Ashikaga Shogun family, Lin Xinsheng would never have dared to speak nonsense in front of Yoshigan and call Ashikaga Yoshimitsu a stupid b.
Akechi Mitsuhide also did not expect that the reason why Yoshigan refused was actually for Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
Thinking of this, Akechi Mitsuhide felt a little jealous, and the smoothness flowing out between her legs couldn't calm her down.
After all, the living cannot compete with the dead.
Akechi Mitsuhide killed Ashikaga Yoshiteru, but Yoshigan always felt guilty for Ashikaga Yoshiteru, leaving behind the image of a selfless admirer.
What if Akechi Mitsuhide gets Yoshigami's body? Emotionally, Akechi Mitsuhide will be Ashikaga Yoshiteru's loser all his life.
Pressing down the sadness in his heart, Akechi Mitsuhide smiled.
"Your Majesty..."
Yiyin interrupted her directly.
"Shut up, Akechi Mitsuhide. I can listen to your advice on anything. You are not worthy to speak only about Ashikaga Yoshiteru's matters."
What Lin Xinsheng thought was unworthy was that the relationship between Lisbo and his wife was a matter of concern, and there was no need for a counselor like Mitsuhide Akechi to interfere.
Akechi Mitsuhide decided in his heart that Yoshigage hated her for causing Ashikaga Yoshiteru's death, so he didn't allow her to say anything more, and he suddenly became eclipsed.
Yoshigan himself knew that Ashikaga Yoshiteru was just a shield to silence Akechi Mitsuhide. The real reason was that Yoshigan had other plans for Daotong.
After thinking for a while, Yiyin said.
"When the emperor's orthodoxy is broken, it is broken.
I, Sibo Yiyin, do not need to be a filial son and grandson of the emperor, but I can still rule over the sixty-six countries and continue the principles of heaven."
Lin Xinsheng perked up and listened to Yiyin's advice. He still agreed with the Confucian system of heavenly principles, which meant that he had something to play for.
"I beg you, Jinduo Palace, to clarify where the law of heaven comes from?"
Yiyin smiled.
"Come from the Ming Dynasty, come from the Kingdom of Heaven."
Lin Xinsheng murmured and repeated.
"Heaven..."
From the perspective of a Confucian scholar, Lin Xinsheng himself had a good impression of the Celestial Dynasty. After all, it was the place where Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism flourished. Confucianism had a transcendent status and could make Confucian scholars from the island country cry with envy.
Yiyin explained.
"I want to succeed the King of Japan, reopen the exploration and trade, and let the island country bathe in the glory and blessings of the Celestial Empire."
Before Lin Xinsheng came to his senses, Akechi Mitsuhide had already stepped forward and asked.
"Your Majesty, do you want to resume paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty?"
Yiyin nodded.
"Yes, the Ashikaga Shogunate was weak and chaotic in the early days. The third generation of generals Ashikaga Yoshimitten indulged in geniuses and actively sought tribute to the Ming Dynasty. He was eventually named the King of Japan and obtained the qualification to explore and consolidate trade.
With the benefits of the Kanji trade, the treasury of the Ashikaga Shogunate was abundant, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was able to flex his muscles and become the true master of the world.
It was also because of his status as the King of Japan and the support of the Celestial vassal system that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu dared to slaughter the Emperor's court and dominate the world."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the most powerful among the Ashikaga shoguns in the past. It was she who established the world of the Ashikaga family and turned the Ashikaga shoguns who were born from the compromise of powerful samurai families into the real rulers of the world.
She accomplished three major things in her life.
First, he actively sought to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. After three generations of emperors, including Hongwu, Jianwen, and Yongle, he was finally crowned the King of Japan by Zhu Di because of his contribution to annihilating the Japanese pirates, and opened up the Ming Dynasty's joint trade.
Secondly, with the help of the huge profits from the Kankai trade, the Ashikaga Horsemen were formed. They used the contradictions between the powerful shogunate lords to exert a balancing hand and completely suppressed the powerful samurai and surrendered to the Ashikaga shogun.
Third, the emperor, ministers, and Shinto were slaughtered, eliminating the biggest political danger for the samurai regime.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was thoughtful in his actions and prepared to massacre the emperor's court. The two tokens of Ashikaga Shogun's rule over the world were handed down from her.
First, the sword given to the Shogun by the Emperor's court was a symbol of Ashikaga Shogun's inauguration and establishment of the sword to command the samurai family.
Both of them, the seal given by the Great Tomorrow to the King of Japan, were a symbol of Ashikaga Shogun's identity as the ruler of the island nation.
With the imperial sword and the seal of the King of Japan, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu could stabilize the political situation after the emperor's fall and allow the Ashikaga world to last for one hundred and fifty years.
But today, Yoshigami is unwilling to inherit the lineage of the Emperor, and sincerely admires the Celestial Empire, so he has no choice but to inherit the lineage of the Ming Dynasty and the King of Japan.
The Imperial Sword and the Royal Seal were originally in the hands of Yoshikage. But after Ashikaga Yoshiaki came to Luo, Yoshigan gave these two tokens away, allowing Ashikaga Yoshiaki to succeed Ashikaga Shogun.
Yiyin doesn't care about Yu Jian.
Today's Wu family is no longer what it was back then. A hundred years of troubled times have exhausted the prestige of the Wu family's pillars. In fact, no one cares about the righteousness of the Wu family represented by the sword.
However, the Japanese King's Seal was actually the letter of imperial edict obtained by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu from Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Di. The Ming Dynasty also recognized this vassal king's status.
If Yiyin can join the tribute system of the Celestial Dynasty, it will be enough to continue the so-called Taoist tradition.
The emperor of the island country is the emperor of the island country, and the king of Japan is the king of Japan. These are two completely different positions.
The emperor is a small dynasty where the people of the island country close the door and enjoy themselves, and Annan closes the door and enjoys himself. There is no difference in essence.
The King of Japan had a place in the Ming Dynasty's tribute system. The Ming Dynasty and other countries under the tribute system actually had contacts with the King of Japan.
Lin Xinsheng naturally hopes that the island country will obey the tribute system of the Celestial Empire. In the world of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the orthodoxy of the island country cannot be higher than the heavenly principles of the Celestial Empire. This is how Confucian scholars kneel down.
she laughed.
"Your Majesty is wise. Taizu of the Ming Dynasty listed the island country as one of the fifteen countries that cannot be conquered. Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty even decreed that General Yoshimitsu be the king of Japan.
If you can be recognized by the Celestial Empire, the lack of orthodoxy will naturally be solved."
Akechi Mitsuhide frowned.
"We were afraid that China did not see an island country in its eyes and was unwilling to interact with us. So we just went around in circles and ended up doing nothing."
Yiyin smiled.
"I would like to submit to the Celestial Empire, and naturally I have my reasons."
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's surrender resulted in Kankai trade. From then on, the treasury was abundant and he was able to exert great efforts.
If the Spo family wants long-term peace and stability, it must stabilize the Spo establishment. If it wants to stabilize the Spo establishment, it must make the Spo Fund earn more money.
Sibo's establishment is expanding year by year, and there is a limit to how Sibo Zhong's fund can make money on the island. Only by receiving the blessings of the Celestial Empire and reaping huge profits from the exploration and cooperation trade can we have a hundred years of peace of mind."
Akechi Mitsuhide sighed.
"After the death of General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the Hosokawa family and the Ouchi family usurped the benefits of the Kankai trade.
However, these two families were so short-sighted that they actually fought in Ningbo, China, in order to compete for trade rights. They were judged as Japanese rebellion by the China, and the Kanhe trade was cut off.
Your Majesty, it is not easy to regain the trust of the Ming Dynasty, to be ennobled again, and to reopen the Kanhe trade, so please think twice."
Akechi Mitsuhide didn't understand. There was clearly a shortcut from the Emperor that could perfectly solve the problem of orthodoxy. Why not use it? Just for Ashikaga Yoshiteru's little favor? Is it worth it?
The Ming Dynasty was not a good one. The canonization of kings and tribute trade were the Ming Dynasty's means to control the vassal states. If the Spo family wanted to fight for this orthodoxy, they would probably pay a high price.
Yiyin disagreed with this. He just wanted to be the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty and leave a stable family fortune to his descendants in this barren island country.
As for the price paid, Yiyin doesn't care. As long as China is willing to recognize him and sacrifice some interests of the island country, then it doesn't matter.
As the saying goes, I would rather live with the Celestial Empire than give domestic slaves. Even if this restricts the development of the island country and locks up the future of the island country, he will not care.
Yiyin smiled.
"Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are people who are willing."
I have a feeling that one day, I will be of great value to Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty will definitely come to unite with me, just wait and see.
Akechi-hime, the road to the emperor is indeed a shortcut, but when doing things, you can't just think about muddle along in front of you and leave all the problems to future generations.
Future generations may or may not be wise. It is inappropriate to always expect wisdom from future generations.
The Spozhong Fund can still hold on now, but I need to prepare for a rainy day and leave more room for maneuver for future generations.
The position of emperor is easy to get, but it cannot solve the problems of the descendants. If the Kanhe trade can be reopened and the Shibachu Foundation can accumulate enough wealth to support the family business, I will really feel relieved."
Akechi Mitsuhide was speechless. Yoshihiro cited Ashikaga Yoshiteru's friendship and the long-term development of Shiba Tadashi Fund as reasons. From personal emotions to family and country interests, Akechi Mitsuhide was unable to refute.
It seems that Yiyin is determined to rebuild the old relationship with the Ming Dynasty and become the Japanese king of the Ming Dynasty.
Akechi Mitsuhide glanced at Lin Nobukatsu again, and saw her nodding her head repeatedly. She was more excited than Yoshigin, and had already abandoned Akechi Mitsuhide's emperor line.
Confucian scholars are born to be pro-China, and they are full of ideas that they are invincible. They can only kneel down and lick them, but not make enemies.
Akechi Mitsuhide felt a little frustrated at this time. This was the first time that she had a strategic direction rejected by Yiyin.
Yiyin was unwilling to become emperor and took shortcuts to complete the grand transformation of the Shiba family. What could she do?
Akechi Mitsuhide could only bow and sigh.
"Your Majesty is far-sighted and far-sighted, but your subordinates are far inferior."