In November of the tenth year of Kaiyuan (1632), the Emperor Houhuashan, who had been lying on his bed for more than a year, was critically ill again. Minister Taizheng left Kawashi and Toyotomi Hiderai went to the Imperial Office to ask for the establishment of the East Palace as soon as possible.

Because his only son died young, his brothers died of illness or became monks. All the ministers and ministers persuaded Hinata to be the crown prince, but the emperor was silent.

Hidebok knew what he was afraid of, so he took the opportunity to visit the disease and said "comfort": "Sakiko is now the princess and the only descendant of Your Majesty. Please believe that Man Ren will take good care of her."

Then he hinted that Yui Shin-gawa Yuki asked to adopt Manren as the Emperor of Houhuashan first and then establish him as the East Palace. In this way, the future emperor will still be in the lineage of "Masato-Machi-Machi-Machi-Hohuashan".

Perhaps it was because of the safety of Sadako, or fear of Hideo's power, or for the long-term consideration of the royal family, after thinking for a long time, the Emperor Houhuashan finally agreed and agreed to hold a ceremony on the ninth day of the 12th month to formally enthrone Mangen as the East Palace and move to Kyoto Imperial House.

It was not until this time that those daimyos who were kept in the dark suddenly realized why Hideopo wanted to name his legitimate son "Manren". It turned out that it was to follow the path that Ashikaga Yoshiman had not finished.

After all, Emperor Houhuashan never survived that severe winter.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month of Kaiyuan (1633), Hideo specially invited fireworks masters from Mingguo and held a grand fireworks conference in Kyoto. Unfortunately, Houhuashan no longer had the energy to attend. With the help of Kyoko Takako, he half-stuck up when he was ill, looked at the bright fireworks blooming outside the window, and said weakly: "Are you right or wrong about what I did?"

Kyoko Takako was already tearful at this moment, but she still suppressed her sadness and comforted her: "Your Majesty is naturally right. Sadako is now also the crown princess. Wakaku (son of Manren and Sadako) are also very strong. In the future, your bloodline will be passed down. This... is the best way in this situation... Please don't worry about these things, and you can rest for a long time. After a while, the couple will take Wakakui to see us."

"You have been worried these days, and I always comfort me in different ways." Houhuayama sighed and said, "There are the dictatorships of the foreign relatives in front, and the samurai ignored the authority of the emperor for more than 400 years. Thanks to Fushimi Palace, I should be considered a very satisfactory emperor. To be honest, I can live a great life thanks to him. I just hope that he can not forget his original promise and not regret it."

Houhuashan looked at the fireworks outside the window with a dumbfounded eyes, and said to himself: "Maybe, since I became Taige Youzi, fate has connected me and Toyotomi. The birth of Ruogong is both an end and an beginning. I will bless him in heaven. Even if I am gone, you must live strongly, for Sadako and for me."

Emperor Gohayama wanted to reach out to wipe the tears for Kyoko Takako, but he was powerless. After holding Kyoko Takako's hand tightly and shaking it twice, he collapsed in her arms. In this way, the legendary emperor who experienced the late Warring States Period and the Momoyama era of Antu, witnessed the founding of the Koriyama Shogunate and the restoration of the Fushimigu Imperial Library, passed away. He reigned for 16 years at the age of 54. He was then chased by Gohayama Courtyard and buried in Tsukirun Tomb.

Unlike the previous emperor, the new emperor also followed Hideo's opinion and gave him the Hanfeng posthumous title "Kuma" as the Hanfeng posthumous title. This is the first emperor who died normally since Emperor Kotoki (887). It is also the Hanfeng posthumous title that appeared again after four hundred years.

In the same month, Manren was reigned at the Kyoto Imperial Hall. After his death, he was posthumously named "Xiaoming", so many later generations called him "Xiaoming Emperor". On the day of his ascension, he respected Hideopo as the emperor. Because Hideopo had already built the new Imperial Hall near the Shiyuan Temple (also known as the Jinka Temple) where the original Ashikagai Yoshima Temple was renovated, the former Ashikagai Yoshima Temple, was built. Therefore, the upper courtyard was called "Dongming Courtyard", and the orders issued by the court were all called the court order.

At the same time, Prince Yuren of Ruogong was established as the Eastern Palace and the reign of the year was decided to change the year name "Huangtong" next year.

In order to consolidate the imperial power, the court carried out a series of reforms under the leadership of the Dongming Yuan, which was known in history as the "Imperial Reform".

The first is to re-determine the authority of the Emperor and the court from a system perspective, and to make Yi Xin Chongzhuan and Fujido Takato formulate and promulgate the "Reform of the Reform" and "Political Book" based on the shogunate "The Laws of the Martial Family" and "The Laws of the Public" of the Forbidden Party, which mainly stipulates:

1. The power of the world belongs to the Emperor;

2. The power and functions of the shogunate were all transferred to the court, and the vassals' responsibilities and allegiance to the shogunate were also transferred;

3. All the kings under the world are kings, and all the kings are kings and ministers. The "scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants" system was abolished, and those who were in kinship with the royal family were listed as "royals", the ministers and grand titles were listed as "Chinese people", the former shogunate and daimyo ministers, the warriors were listed as "geniuses", and other farmers, workers, merchants and the lower class were listed as "civilians", with ranks of high and low, but mutual interactions were allowed between levels;

4. It is stipulated that the Minister of Taizheng, Guan Bai, and the General of the Conquest of Yi are above the Chinese clan and below the royal clan, but they are not permanent. Among them, the Guan family and the Tsinghua family can serve as the Minister of Taizheng and Guan Bai. The Eastern Palace also serves as the General of the Conquest of Yi, and the General of the Three Guards, respectively, belonging to the lineage of Xianren, Qingren and Xingren, who are responsible for maintaining public orders in all parties. The required military power will be granted by the General of the Conquest of Yi after the consent of the Emperor;

5. Title and official position reform:

In terms of title:

According to the height, they are divided into kings, dukes, marquis, bons, and kings. Among them, the kings are divided into princes (inside), and the princes (inside), and can only be divided into royal families (including those who have been surrendered by ministers). For example, Xianren, because his fief is in Omi, was named Prince Jiang, and his residence in the city becomes the palace name, namely "Sakamoto Palace" (later the palace name is gradually abolished, and only the title name is retained);

The centimeters are Xingguo Duke, Anguo Duke, and Fuguo Duke;

Marquis are divided into Marquis of Xingjun, Marquis of Anjun, and Marquis of Fujun;

Bo is divided into Xingxian Bo, Anxian Bo and Fuxian Bo;

You won't subdivided it anymore.

Among the royal family, in addition to the Eastern Palace and the Crown Prince,

The emperor's legitimate son is named Prince, Nei Prince, and the concubine's son is named Prince, Nei Prince;

The prince's legitimate son is granted the title of Prince, the inner prince, and the concubine's son is granted the title of Duke of Anguo and the princess;

The legitimate son of the county prince was granted the title of Duke of Anguo, Princess, and the concubine's son was granted the title of Marquis of Anguo and Princess;

The legitimate son of Duke Anguo was granted the title of Marquis of An County, Princess, and the concubine's son was granted the title of Bo from An County, and the county lord;

The legitimate son of Anguo Hou was granted the title of Anxian Bo, the county lord, and the concubine's son was granted the title of Dajun and the town lord;

The descendants of the descendants were all surrendered by the court, and the court allocated one-time funds to make a living, or the marquis would support them by themselves.

Among the Chinese people, the Guan family and the Tsinghua family can be granted the title of Duke, the ministers can be granted the title of Duke, and the famous ministers can be granted the title of Bo.

In the daimyo, if there are more than 300,000 stones (referring to the time when the shogunate was established), you can be granted a title of Duke, if there are more than 150,000 stones, you can be granted a title of marquis, if there are more than 50,000 stones, you can be granted a title of Bo, and if there are less than 10,000 stones, you can be granted a title of

Among them, the title of Duke Xingguo, Marquis of Xingjun, and Bo in Xingxian. In addition, the title of Duke Fuguo, Marquis of Suixian, and Bo in Fuxian. However, the title of Daming who had knowledge and practice was granted as a false title, that is, the court did not allocate salary, and the expenses should be resolved by themselves.

Among the gentry, those who have made great contributions will be granted the title of marquis, lords and lords after their lords are requested for approval.

Among the common people, those who have made great contributions will be granted the title of Bo and the title of King after the request of the local chief.

Official positions:

The false positions given to local names before were taken back, and it was stipulated that all court positions will be given in the future, and the official positions and titles will be distinguished.

Reforms were carried out on the basis of the existing Taizheng system, legal system and the "Seven Departments, Nine Cathedrals and Twelve Institutes", and a cabinet was established to replace Taizheng, with eight provinces including the Ministry of Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Management, Ministry of War, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Punishment, and Palace Inner Province. Each province had twenty-four departments under it, and in addition to the institutions such as the Bond and Bond, it was also renamed, so it was called the "Ge Provincial System".

The official position was set up to be streamlined. For example, the original fourth-class official system of Taizheng was reduced to the cabinet system. The left and right ministers held the highest administrative power, equivalent to the chief and secondary assistants of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty. The rest were like the inner ministers, and the grand Nayan was included in the cabinet as cabinet ministers, while the remaining third-class officials were greatly reduced, and the relevant functions were allocated to the eight provinces.
Chapter completed!