In the Purple Mountain Imperial Palace, the high-ranking retainers of the Shugong and Heng Clans were still queuing up to meet them.

Due to the large number of retainers of the Shunomiya and Yokogawa clans, more than 20,000 of them lived in the samurai town alone, and more than 800 retainers were eligible to participate in the audience. The audience was divided into two steps, the first was to gather all the retainers who participated in the audience in the courtyard outside the Shishiroden Palace, and then Shunomiya and Tokugawa Akiko carried Nagajiro to receive worship outside the Shishimin Hall gate. Then, Zhu Jishi met with Shugong and Mingzi one by one in the Zichen Palace, talked and appointed positions.

Zhu Jishi's method of forming a samurai army was simple, adopting an organizational method similar to that of the Xianghuai training army, appointing 800 battalion commanders with 500 men, and then recruiting subordinates in the samurai town by themselves. Each battalion leader recruited 250 to 300 men and then marched to the Horqin steppe, where they were trained while waiting for the subsequent arrival of samurai recruited from Japan.

Zhu Jishi was not familiar with most of the samurai who came to meet him, and only said a few words of encouragement before asking them to swear allegiance to Nagajiro and then let them retire - Emperor Zhu never expected these Japanese to be loyal to him, but fortunately, with Nagajiro as a future prince, he used this two-month-old child as a puppet.

"I respectfully ask His Majesty the Emperor to make His Majesty Holy Ann." Saigo Takanaga came in with Okubo Ritsu, and the two gave Zhu Jishi a salute, and then greeted Shugong and Akiko, as well as Nagajiro in Akiko's arms.

"It's Saigo, who is this?" Zhu Jishi pointed to Okubo Ritsu next to Saigo, and said in his heart, aren't all Japanese short and frustrated? Why is there a tall man again?

"He's a fellow Satsuma countryman, Okubo Ritsu."

"Okubo Ritsu ah ......" Zhu Jishi remembers this name, one of the three heroes of the Meiji Restoration. He looked at Saigo Takayong of Damako. Guess this person should be another of the three heroes of the Restoration, Jesse Township is prosperous. He knew that the Japanese of this era were very fond of changing their names and surnames. Longyong's change to Longsheng is just a one-word difference, and it couldn't be more ordinary.

"Okubo, do you have any requirements?" Zhu Jishi didn't kill the other party because he was a new three masters, but asked politely.

"I have already been admitted to the civil and military two talents, but I still hope to learn a little more new knowledge and become a teacher in the future."

Want to be a teacher? Zhu Jishi was stunned for a moment, and with a roll of his eyes, he understood that Okubo wanted to be Nagashiro's teacher.

"Good. It's good that you have such ambitions, Yingtian Normal College will soon recruit students, you can take a test, you can borrow money from the school, and your money will continue to be distributed. ”

Now that the free promotion period of Daming's new-style education has passed, whether it is a government-run university academy or a new-style school run by the royal and private families, tuition fees are charged. However, tuition fees for ordinary new elementary schools and colleges are cheap, and although tuition fees for universities and colleges are high, schools generally provide full student loans – and now college graduates and college graduates can find good jobs. So they should pay for their education.

After Okubo Ritsu's request was satisfied, he did not mean to leave, but bowed down to the ground and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor." Your Majesty has something unclear about, and I want to ask for advice. ”

"Just ask any questions." Zhu Jishi knew that the other party's question would definitely not be easy to answer, but he still asked him to ask questions.

Okubo asked in a low voice: "Now that the Eastern countries are all headed by China, His Majesty is the Emperor of China, who is the leader of the East, and Japan is the only one who looks forward to international affairs...... Can His Majesty tell Wechen that if the Russian conquest wins, what benefits can Japan get, and can it get territory? ”

What a hassle! Zhu Jishi cursed this Japanese devil fiercely in his heart, but he still said with a smile on his face: "It's hard to say how far the war against Russia can be won...... Moreover, the matter of seizing Russian territory depends on the opinions of Britain and France, and there is no way for the Ming Dynasty to have the final say. I can only make a guess now, Eastern Siberia and Alaska should be occupied, but it is not easy to get a Sino-Russian, British-French condominium status, Japan is not a great power, it is impossible to participate in condominium, at most Japanese merchants enjoy certain privileges in the condominium area.

However, the Kuril Islands and the Aleutian Islands should be managed by Japan, and the land area of these two islands is about one-fifteenth of Japan's, but the fishery resources are extremely rich and the development value is still very high. ”

"It's good to be able to do that." The lady queen interjected at this time.

"Hay." Okubo Ritsu and Saigo Takanaga didn't know what to say, so they gave another salute and withdrew.

Out of the Zichen Palace, Saigo Takanaga, who didn't say anything just now, suddenly sighed: "It's a pity......"

"What a pity?" Okubo asked.

"On the Asian continent, there is no place for Japan anymore."

"One mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and Emperor Ming's approach is understandable." Okubo Ritsu remained silent, "But with such a giant as Daming, Japan will not end well even if it goes to the mainland!" ”

Saigo Takayong thought for a while and nodded: "That's right, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty!" The Ming Dynasty has long regarded the land of the East Asian continent as a bag, and what the four countries jointly manage is just a nonsense to deceive Britain and France. ”

"Fortunately, there are still many unclaimed lands in the world, and the future of Japan should be there, but there is ...... in Japan."

Saigo Takanaga sighed. If the rhythm of doing things in the Ming Dynasty is calculated in days, then the rhythm of doing things in Japan is probably calculated in years. Especially after the Battle of Osaka Bay, everything became a drag. A "combination of public and military forces" was discussed again and again, and all sides were arguing. The shogunate's plan was not accepted by the feudal clan and the imperial court, which also had their own small calculations. The public government is not in good health, and there is not much energy to promote reform, and now the main concern is the issue of the succession of the shogun, and after learning of the birth of Nagayoshiro, he has repeatedly ordered that Nagayoshiro be designated as the heir of the Tokugawa family. The shogunate and the various feudal clans had different opinions, with some supporting Tokugawa Yoshifuku of the Kishu clan as the adopted son of the family, while others supported the Hitotsubashi family's keiki. There is a lot of uproar, how much energy can a group of important ministers of the shogunate have to deal with external affairs?

"It seems that we can only hope that Lord Nagajiro will be served early." Okubo Ritsu sighed.

Saigo shook his head: "I hope that Lord Nagayoshiro can grow up in the Ming Dynasty, Japan needs a leader with the eyes of the world, not a general or an emperor who grows up in the hands of a woman in the deep palace." ”

……

In the Zichen Palace, the interview was over, but Zhu Jishi did not leave, but talked about other things with the lady prince and Tokugawa Akiko.

"Shuzi, I'm going to Beijing in a few days to personally command the war, so how about Mingzi take Changjilang to stay in the Purple Mountain Imperial Palace to accompany you?"

"That's great."

"Your body still needs to be well recuperated, and I will pamper you when I come back." Emperor Zhu paused, seemed a little embarrassed, and said after a while, "But things always have to be prepared in many ways, Shuzi, can you consider adopting a son as the heir of the Ryukyu Kingdom?" ”

Emperor Zhu's words were not untargeted, because the lady queen was in very poor health, and it was likely that she would not be able to get pregnant, and would even die a few years later. In order to avoid any unnecessary controversy over the Ryukyu throne, it would be better for the lady to adopt a son.

The lady queen was not surprised by this embarrassing question, just nodded slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine is not alone in the palace, the shogunate and His Majesty the Emperor have prepared concubines for the concubines, and they are all girls with good character. ”

There is no concubine system in Japan, but China did have this system in the early years, in order to prevent women of high status from being unable to conceive, all the children born of concubines who marry can be counted in the name of the housewife.

"That's fine." Zhu Jishi knew that the lady queen had brought a few stunning girls, although he was not very lustful, but he still knew the responsibility of being an emperor, so he could only reluctantly work hard...... This emperor is really tired. (To be continued......)