The lowly commoners of the Japanese capital, the Imperial City, truly had their eyes opened!
First, the envoys sent by the anti-shogunate faction passed on a message, demanding that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, petition the Ming Dynasty to intervene and overthrow the shogunate. Then, envoys from the pro-shogunate faction relayed a message, claiming that the primary reason for the Japanese populace's hardship was the insufficient authority of the Japanese Emperor to rule the world, and they demanded that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, force the Emperor to abdicate in favor of the Shogun.
In any case, both sides targeted the Emperor and the Shogun.
The only difference was that the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction offered no substantial benefits, while those from the anti-shogunate faction brought some rice balls and sake. Considering the Shogunate's actual control over Japan, what was the risk involved in pleading for the overthrow of the shogunate in front of Ming envoys and the Japanese Emperor? Was that worth a few rice balls and sake?
This was, frankly, an insult to the commoners!
Moreover, the nobles from the anti-shogunate faction were incredibly arrogant when delivering their messages, as if their necks were so high they'd touch the sky!
In contrast, the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction appeared more amicable, and the benefits they promised to the commoners of the Imperial City were more believable.
The pro-shogunate faction promised that once Shogun Tokugawa Ienari successfully ascended to the Imperial throne, Japan would fully emulate the Ming Dynasty.
The lowly commoners of the Japanese capital, the Imperial City, truly had their eyes opened!
First, the envoys sent by the anti-shogunate faction passed on a message, demanding that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, petition the Ming Dynasty to intervene and overthrow the shogunate. Then, envoys from the pro-shogunate faction relayed a message, claiming that the primary reason for the Japanese populace's hardship was the insufficient authority of the Japanese Emperor to rule the world, and they demanded that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, force the Emperor to abdicate in favor of the Shogun.
In any case, both sides targeted the Emperor and the Shogun.
The only difference was that the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction offered no substantial benefits, while those from the anti-shogunate faction brought some rice balls and sake. Considering the Shogunate's actual control over Japan, what was the risk involved in pleading for the overthrow of the shogunate in front of Ming envoys and the Japanese Emperor? Was that worth a few rice balls and sake?
This was, frankly, an insult to the commoners!
Moreover, the nobles from the anti-shogunate faction were incredibly arrogant when delivering their messages, as if their necks were so high they'd touch the sky!
In contrast, the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction appeared more amicable, and the benefits they promised to the commoners of the Imperial City were more believable.
The pro-shogunate faction promised that once Shogun Tokugawa Ienari successfully ascended to the Imperial throne, Japan would fully emulate the Ming Dynasty.
The lowly commoners of the Japanese capital, the Imperial City, truly had their eyes opened!
First, the envoys sent by the anti-shogunate faction passed on a message, demanding that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, petition the Ming Dynasty to intervene and overthrow the shogunate. Then, envoys from the pro-shogunate faction relayed a message, claiming that the primary reason for the Japanese populace's hardship was the insufficient authority of the Japanese Emperor to rule the world, and they demanded that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, force the Emperor to abdicate in favor of the Shogun.
In any case, both sides targeted the Emperor and the Shogun.
The only difference was that the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction offered no substantial benefits, while those from the anti-shogunate faction brought some rice balls and sake. Considering the Shogunate's actual control over Japan, what was the risk involved in pleading for the overthrow of the shogunate in front of Ming envoys and the Japanese Emperor? Was that worth a few rice balls and sake?
This was, frankly, an insult to the commoners!
Moreover, the nobles from the anti-shogunate faction were incredibly arrogant when delivering their messages, as if their necks were so high they'd touch the sky!
In contrast, the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction appeared more amicable, and the benefits they promised to the commoners of the Imperial City were more believable.
The pro-shogunate faction promised that once Shogun Tokugawa Ienari successfully ascended to the Imperial throne, Japan would fully emulate the Ming Dynasty.
The lowly commoners of the Japanese capital, the Imperial City, truly had their eyes opened!
First, the envoys sent by the anti-shogunate faction passed on a message, demanding that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, petition the Ming Dynasty to intervene and overthrow the shogunate. Then, envoys from the pro-shogunate faction relayed a message, claiming that the primary reason for the Japanese populace's hardship was the insufficient authority of the Japanese Emperor to rule the world, and they demanded that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, force the Emperor to abdicate in favor of the Shogun.
In any case, both sides targeted the Emperor and the Shogun.
The only difference was that the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction offered no substantial benefits, while those from the anti-shogunate faction brought some rice balls and sake. Considering the Shogunate's actual control over Japan, what was the risk involved in pleading for the overthrow of the shogunate in front of Ming envoys and the Japanese Emperor? Was that worth a few rice balls and sake?
This was, frankly, an insult to the commoners!
Moreover, the nobles from the anti-shogunate faction were incredibly arrogant when delivering their messages, as if their necks were so high they'd touch the sky!
In contrast, the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction appeared more amicable, and the benefits they promised to the commoners of the Imperial City were more believable.
The pro-shogunate faction promised that once Shogun Tokugawa Ienari successfully ascended to the Imperial throne, Japan would fully emulate the Ming Dynasty.
The lowly commoners of the Japanese capital, the Imperial City, truly had their eyes opened!
First, the envoys sent by the anti-shogunate faction passed on a message, demanding that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, petition the Ming Dynasty to intervene and overthrow the shogunate. Then, envoys from the pro-shogunate faction relayed a message, claiming that the primary reason for the Japanese populace's hardship was the insufficient authority of the Japanese Emperor to rule the world, and they demanded that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, force the Emperor to abdicate in favor of the Shogun.
In any case, both sides targeted the Emperor and the Shogun.
The only difference was that the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction offered no substantial benefits, while those from the anti-shogunate faction brought some rice balls and sake. Considering the Shogunate's actual control over Japan, what was the risk involved in pleading for the overthrow of the shogunate in front of Ming envoys and the Japanese Emperor? Was that worth a few rice balls and sake?
This was, frankly, an insult to the commoners!
Moreover, the nobles from the anti-shogunate faction were incredibly arrogant when delivering their messages, as if their necks were so high they'd touch the sky!
In contrast, the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction appeared more amicable, and the benefits they promised to the commoners of the Imperial City were more believable.
The pro-shogunate faction promised that once Shogun Tokugawa Ienari successfully ascended to the Imperial throne, Japan would fully emulate the Ming Dynasty.
The lowly commoners of the Japanese capital, the Imperial City, truly had their eyes opened!
First, the envoys sent by the anti-shogunate faction passed on a message, demanding that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, petition the Ming Dynasty to intervene and overthrow the shogunate. Then, envoys from the pro-shogunate faction relayed a message, claiming that the primary reason for the Japanese populace's hardship was the insufficient authority of the Japanese Emperor to rule the world, and they demanded that all commoners, during the Emperor's procession, force the Emperor to abdicate in favor of the Shogun.
In any case, both sides targeted the Emperor and the Shogun.
This was, frankly, an insult to the commoners!
Moreover, the nobles from the anti-shogunate faction were incredibly arrogant when delivering their messages, as if their necks were so high they'd touch the sky!
In contrast, the envoys from the pro-shogunate faction appeared more amicable, and the benefits they promised to the commoners of the Imperial City were more believable.
The pro-shogunate faction promised that once Shogun Tokugawa Ienari successfully ascended to the Imperial throne, Japan would fully emulate the Ming Dynasty.
What the commoners of the Imperial City found even more contemptible was that both the anti-shogunate and pro-shogunate factions specifically instructed that the performance must be staged in front of the Ming envoys, and that the attention must be focused on the Emperor or the Shogunate, but no matter how the act was performed, the Ming envoys must not be offended. Anyone who dared to offend a Ming envoy would have their entire family wiped out.