Ao Bai was unable to catch the leader of the Japanese Bandits, Zong Yoshisei, because Zong Yoshinari was not on Tsushima Island, but in Edo Castle.

He was originally from Edo, was born in Edo, grew up in Edo, and became the lord of the Tsushima Fuchu domain in Edo, and only occasionally went back to the domain to see it.

However, when the "Wakos" at the Domapo Wakan in Busan all ran back to Tsushima, he happened to be at home. After learning the shocking news of the invasion of Korea by the Japanese Combined Fleet, Munaoyi immediately set off for Edo to report to the Tokugawa shogunate.

That's a big deal!

The combined fleet of Japan is coming...... And the commander is also surnamed Ukita!

I don't know if it's the one who ran away from Hachijojima?

So he had to go to Edo to report on the upheaval in Busan.

Of course, when I go to Edo, I can't see the "stupid princess" Tokugawa Ietsuna, who is only 13 years old this year, and is still competing with "Elementary School Arithmetic"!

And he doesn't care about anything.

Because the current public side was relatively stupid, the assistant minister's uncle Masayuki Hoshina and the old middle Matsudaira Nobutsuna, Abe Tadaaki, Matsudaira Noriju, Sakai Tadashi and others came up with a good way to help the shogun govern.

That is, when the general is concentrating on multiplication and division with his fingers, several old middle schools report to the government affairs - these government affairs are discussed by the old middle school and reported to the general together, as long as the general does not raise objections, it means that the old middle school has approved the decision of the old middle school. The people below did the same......

So it doesn't matter how stupid the public is, just don't talk - this method was used from the time of the Ietsuna period until the Tokugawa shogunate closed. Except for a few generals who are good at brains, other generals have heard of government affairs.

What's even more exaggerated is that sometimes in order to save time, the old or side employees will report several government affairs at the same time. It's just a report by several people...... Several people talk together and report different things! So the general couldn't understand what they were saying at all, and he couldn't raise any objections.

Many people like to explain the constitution of the cabinet or something, but compared with the generals of the Tokugawa family, the Emperor of the Apocalypse is more in charge!

However, Zong Yicheng's report this time didn't say that the stupid public side didn't understand, and even Masayuki Hoshina, Matsudaira Nobutsuna, Abe Tadaaki, Matsudaira Noriju, and Sakai Tadashi were also confused. Therefore, I had to hold a meeting for several days to discuss, and I also invited Tokugawa Yoribo, the lord of the Mito Domain, to discuss it together.

"It must be the Shimazu family who are making trouble!" After listening to the report of Zong Yoshinai, the wise and wise Tokugawa Yoribo immediately came to a conclusion!

Shimazu did all the bad things...... The big names of the Tokugawa shogunate have always treated Satsuma Shimazu as a villain!

"I'm afraid this is not something that the Satsuma people can do!" "According to a report from the Doumopo Shokan, the so-called Japanese Combined Fleet that invaded Busan Po had a total of 20 large Chinese sand ships..... There are at least 200 people on each sand boat, and 20 sand boats are 4,000 troops! If the Satsuma people mobilized so many people, we would not be unaware. ”

"Makes sense!" Tokugawa Yoribo nodded, "It seems that the Maori family also has a part...... They are thieves and always want to fall! ”

Shimazu is a bad guy, and Mori is certainly not a good guy anymore!

I didn't have a good heart during the battle of Sekigahara, and if it wasn't for the fact that Tosho Shenjun was too powerful, this group would definitely pounce and destroy the Tokugawa family.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, the territory of the Mori family was greatly reduced, from 1.2 million koku to 300,000 koku (370,000 koku after land seizure), which can be described as a great loss of vitality. The Mori family also held a grudge against Tokugawa because of this, and was bent on bringing down the curtain.

"But what are they doing this for?" Matsudaira Nobutsuna asked.

Not long after he returned from the Satsuma Domain, he went to the Satsuma Domain to investigate the escape of the Ukita Hide's family, but of course he didn't find out anything, so he had to let the head of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, live in seclusion.

Because Mitsuhisa's son Tsunahisa was more suspicious (the Ukita Hideya lived in Edo for a long time when they fled, and Tsunahisa was in charge of Satsuma), so they directly let Tsunada's son Enkya ascend the throne.

"Maybe it's because you're dissatisfied with the shogunate's policy of seclusion?" Tadashi Sakai, who has only recently become a veteran, said, "Recently, because of the great opening of the Ming Kingdom, there have been calls among the samurai and ronin to oppose the lockdown of the country. ”

Japan's lockdown is actually not implemented after China, this country has been playing lockdown since China's five dynasties and ten kingdoms, and the target of the lockdown is actually China!

Although Japan has absorbed a lot of Chinese culture, it is not willing to be assimilated by China, so it will implement the closure of the country.

However, during the Tokugawa shogunate, many Japanese samurai did not know how the lockdown came about, and thought that it was copied from China.

Now that China has opened up, Japan should also hurry up and copy it!

Why is it still locked? Is it because the princess is too stupid to copy?

"A bunch of idiots!" Tokugawa Laifang scolded, "The consequence of the founding of the Ming Dynasty is the decline of scholars, and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are equivalent to the samurai of our country!" ”

Of course, the difference between a scholar and a samurai is very big, one literary and one martial!

But Yoribo is not wrong about one thing, once Japan is founded, the samurai will definitely decline.

Because to open the country means to go to the ocean and participate in international competition. There are two ways for Japan to participate in international competition: one is commercial competition; The second is military expansion.

There is basically no samurai thing in the former.

Latter...... Japan is an island nation! Military expansion must be dominated by the navy! And the basis of the Japanese samurai was the land, and the military aristocracy based on the land had a hard time going to sea in the era of sails.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna exhaled: "It should be for the founding of the country...... There are too many samurai in Satsuma and Nagasu and there is no way out, maybe they want to make money through sea trade! ”

Hoshina Masanchi: "Where are there not many samurai? The biggest problem in Japan is that there are too many samurai! ”

These old middle schools are not stupid!

Although Zhu's spies had been trying to convince the shogunate that the Satsuma clan was supporting Toyotomi Yuin, they were not fooled.

Because the military and financial strength of the Tokugawa shogunate was overwhelming compared to a few disobedient "strong feudal clans", there was no fear that someone would fall the curtain at all.

"I'll talk about the problem of too many samurai later," said Matsudaira, "and the first priority is to explain the misunderstanding to the Ming and Joseon...... An envoy should be sent to China to explain to the Ming Emperor in person, and by the way, to inspect the situation of China's founding of the country. ”

"Let my family's Guangguo go!" Tokugawa Yoribo said, "He is proficient in old and new Sinology, and now he can use it." ”

......

"Enemy attack!"

"It's the Mongols......"

"How is that possible?"

"It's the Mongols, it's written on the sails!"

Tokugawa Mitsukuni hasn't set off yet, and Fuchu Castle on Tsushima Island is already in chaos!

Because the Mongolian navy has already come to the door, it has just carried out a round of shelling, and now it is lowering the boat and preparing to land on the beach near Fuzhong City.

Fuchu Castle is located on the shore of Minami Tsushima Island, and the port of Itsukuhara Town is located below, and from the castle walls, you can see the flags of Mongolian warships on the sea and the three characters for "Great Mongolia" on the sails.

Soyoshima (Yoshisei's son), who remained in the middle castle of Tsushima, also had a telescope in his hand, accompanied by several retainers, to observe the Mongol fleet on the sea.

He also saw the words "Great Mongolia" on the sails of several Western galleons...... It's so eye-catching! It shouldn't be wrong, it's the Mongols who called!

But...... Why did these Mongols embroider Chinese characters on the sails of their ships? Why not Mongolian script?

Also, Why did the Mongols use Spanish-style Galen ships?

The Tsushima clan was not unfamiliar with the daimyo of the countryside, their family had been engaged in foreign trade for generations, and they had seen many Western sailing ships, and of course they could recognize the Spanish-style Galen ship.

The Mongolian navy no longer uses Mongolian script on the sails of its flag ships, nor does it use Mongolian Galen ships...... It's a bit strange no matter how you look at this!

Could it be that the Spaniards took the name of the Mongols?

When Zongyi was really pondering, one of his retainers rushed over and reported loudly: "My lord, the ship is ready, please board the ship and leave Tsushima Island immediately!" Leave the battle of Fuzhong City to me! ”