Edo Castle Honmaru, between Seven Treasures.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the "Ming Jun" of the Tokugawa shogunate, has been getting worse day by day, in fact, his body has never been better, and he can make do with it in his youth, but he doesn't know how to cherish it, and he likes the "way", so that the heirs are scarce. The Kasuga Bureau, which "the general is not in a hurry and the nurse is in a hurry", had to expand the big Olympics, select beautiful women, and try to straighten out the family.

Not to mention, as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron hook can also be broken into a ruler. Under the unremitting efforts of the Kasuga Bureau, the general who loves the way of the people has finally become a general who is extravagant.

Especially when people reach middle age and find that their children are thin, it is likely that the family will start to work hard, redouble their efforts, and even take drugs...... Finally completely damaged his body, and he was almost dying.

However, his efforts have finally paid off, and now he has three sons who can inherit the shogun's throne - the somewhat imbecile "stupid princess" Tokugawa Ietsuna, the "dog boy" Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who loves small animals, and the relatively normal Koshu feudal lord Tokugawa Tsunashige.

But all three sons are very young, and the eldest was born in 1641, when he is only 8 years old. With Jiaguang's current body, it is estimated that he will not be able to wait for him to become an adult...... And Jia Gang is so stupid, it's really anxious!

When the five of them, including Matsudaira Nobutsuna, Abe Tadaaki, Hotta Masamori, Abe Shigeji, and Matsudaira Noritobu, entered the Seven Treasures, the Aizu feudal lord Hoshina Masayuki, who was in charge of the education of the family, was reporting to the shogun with a sigh.

Of course, the work was not done well, although Baoke Masayuki was so traumatic that he did his best, but Jiagang's brain was too stupid and he couldn't learn anything!

Masayuki Hoshina, who also has Tokugawa Ieyasu blood (he is Ieyasu's grandson and Hidetada's illegitimate son), is about to cry when he thinks about it. What's going on with this Tokugawa family? The end of the side branches are all heroic, such as themselves, tall and mighty, infinitely powerful, if they were born in the Warring States, they would definitely be generals. There is also the light of the Mito family, who is smart and clever, and can learn anything, but if he was born in troubled times, he is a resourceful military advisor. But these boys of the general's family ......

"Gongfang, the minister listened to explain what kind of noble primary school the emperor opened, and also personally compiled "Primary School Arithmetic" and "Primary School French". It is said that it can enlighten wisdom, or let the Ming embassy in Puga Port send these two books to teach the young master? ”

If you don't read well, blame the textbook......

"Can it enlighten wisdom? Hurry up and let them send it! As soon as Jiaguang heard the news, he immediately felt a little more energetic.

He was angry when he saw the Mito family's bare clothes now! So smart, old and old, he is 22 years old this year, and he even has a son. If Ietsuna can be as smart as Tokugawa Mitsuki, then he can rest assured.

After sending away Bao Ke Masayuki, who was as strong as a cow, Jia Gang beckoned to the five old lieutenants to sit closer to each other so that he could not speak loudly.

He has to keep up a little bit of energy now, and he has a beautiful woman to deal with tonight - the general of his country who conquered the country that day is really tiring! I knew that I was so tired, so I should have let Zhongchang be the ......

"How?" The general asked in a whisper.

"The princess, the minister has already asked the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, Grand Duke Luo, in person." Matsudaira Norshou, the elder of the 60,000 Shijiage, replied, "He said that Kuwu Island, which is called Huatai Island in our country, was originally the territory of their Ming Kingdom, and it also belonged to the Yuan, Jin, and Liao dynasties before. According to records, mink and gold are abundant there!

Recently, the Qing Dynasty has been active on the coast of the Whale Sea, and has set up two deputy general yamen, Vladivostok and Nuergan, and deployed more than 20,000 elite soldiers, apparently to obtain precious furs and gold. ”

"What?" The general asked, "Is there really gold?" ”

It was the heyday of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the Aigawa Gold and Silver Mountains on Sado Island were constantly providing wealth to the Tokugawa family, and the shogunate's 4 million stone tenryo were able to hand over a large amount of rice every year. This wealth was enough to sustain the rule of the shogunate, but the Tokugawa shogunate also faced a huge hidden danger, that is, there were too many ronins and samurai left over from the troubled times. Over the past 30 years, these ronins and samurai have produced many offspring. Due to the large number of people, only a small number of people were able to get appointments, and the rest fell into poverty, and it was inevitable that they were dissatisfied with the Tokugawa shogunate.

If the Tokugawa shogunate had enough financial resources to employ most of them, then the state of Japan would be truly stable!

"There should be gold...... "Matsudaira Nobuyoshi replied as he looked at Matsudaira Nobutsuna out of the corner of his eye.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said coldly: "On such a large island, there is nothing strange about some gold mines, but Huatai Island is so far away, and the climate on the island is also very cold, and it is impossible to cultivate, so it cannot support a large number of miners to live on the island, and the supply of the army will be very difficult after it reaches the island." ”

"Oh." Tokugawa Iemitsu was a little disappointed, "You mean you don't send troops to recover?" ”

"Of course not!" Matsudaira shook his head and said, "War is necessary...... Even if there is no gold on Kata Island, the shogunate cannot afford not to fight! Because the shogunate had already included Katai Island in Japan, how could it be easily abandoned? Even if you can't get the whole island, you should establish a few bases in the southern part of the island.

In addition, in recent years, there have been too many unmastered samurai wandering around, and there are many such people in Edo Castle Town! If we can use the expedition of Katai Island to send these people to the battlefield thousands of miles away, Japan will be much more stable, right? ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna had already seen that Iemitsu would soon die, and that the Tokugawa shogunate would be in danger of being ruled by a young lord, and if there was a foreign war to attract the homeless to go on expeditions. Regardless of the outcome of the expedition to Katai Island, the Tokugawa shogunate was able to profit.

Shogun Tokugawa asked, "I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to send troops like this, right?" ”

"Money is not an issue!" Matsudaira Nobutsuna smiled, "That's an island full of gold and mink!" The gold mines and hunting grounds on the island can also be converted into stone heights and given to meritorious warriors. ”

"In this way...... "Jiaguang still feels unsafe, "can you win?" ”

"Yes!" Matsudaira Nobutsuna smiled, "It's just a matter of winning...... The Matsumae Domain lost the entire island of Katajima, and if the shogunate was able to regain some of it, it would be a victory. ”

"That's good!" Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded, "Then let's prepare to send troops...... In addition, the Ming and Qing kingdoms are mortal enemies, right? If we were to go to war with the Qing state, would we be able to form an alliance with the Ming state? ”

"Alliance?" Matsudaira Nobutsu didn't expect the shogun to have such thoughts, "In the name of the imperial court, or in the name of the shogunate?" ”

That's a problem!

"Let's test it first!" Tokugawa Iemitsu said, "There is no way to do such a thing overnight!" ”

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When the "Nissin Mink War", which is known as the "prelude to the Eastern World War", is rapidly breaking out step by step under the impetus of all forces, the Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong is walking on the city wall of Nanjing City with a little girl who is quite short of thirteen and more than twelve years old. This little girl's complexion is as white as jade, her phoenix eyes are thin and long, and her posture is slim. Compared with Zheng Chagu and Fei Zhen'e, the two emperors of Zhu's harem, the stunning beauty is a lot worse, but they are not under Wu Sanmei and Ning Xiangyu. But what attracted Emperor Zhu the most was the cleverness of this little girl - otherwise? This is an underage girl! Emperor Zhu didn't have any lust, he went to the Longjiang Wharf in person, took this twelve-year-old girl named Donggu into Nanjing, and personally sent her to live in Jinling Girls' School.

The so-called Jinling Girls' School is half of the Guiyang Primary School founded by Zhu Cihong, and the other half is called Bei'anmen Nei Primary School. The two primary schools are in the Imperial City of Nanjing, occupying the territory where the Yulin Left Guard and the Yulin Right Guard barracks are located. Across the inner street of Bei'anmen, face to face.

According to Zhu Cihong's original plan, after Dongguo Gege came to Nanjing, he would arrange for her to live in the Laoshan Palace, but he didn't expect this girl to ask for many mathematical problems in the letter to Zhu Cihong. This makes Emperor Zhu very happy, this is a common language!

So I took her into Nanjing City and arranged for her to study at Jinling Girls' School.