The Sanjo family had changed patriarchs, and news of the family banquet soon spread to the Tokugawa shogunate.

At the beginning, I only knew that the Sanjo family had changed a female doll as the patriarch, which made the general Tokugawa Ikei sneer.

He saw it as a sign of the imminent demise of the Sanjo family.

He just listened to it, and didn't pay attention to it at all.

Later, when he heard what fruits they ate and what water they drank, he became interested!

Because eating and drinking these things can cure illness and prolong life, and guide you to health and longevity!

As soon as he heard the news, he sat up with a snort!

He was sleeping on a tatami mat.

His tatami mat is close to the place where he conducts official business, so it is very convenient to go in and rest, and sometimes the more familiar individuals also go to the tatami room.

He now feels more and more lacking in energy, whether it is handling official business or receiving guests, he cannot exceed half an hour.

After more than half an hour, or even less than half an hour, he would become irritable and angry, and he would curse his subordinates at every turn.

Those close to him knew that at this time, it was not that his people had become bad, but that his mind had been active for too long and was not suitable for work.

Tokugawa Iekei sat up because he felt saved!

For he had heard that many of the people who were present at the banquet had become sick for various reasons, and that after eating fruit and drinking the water of the river of life, they did not feel these diseases!

What is even more amazing is that the mental state of all people has changed radically! Even those who used to be sluggish are now refreshed!

It's just the right medicine for him!

So, he broke the routine and sent an invitation to Sanjo Masao to have dinner at his house!

Although in the past, Sanjo really wanted to go to Tokugawa's house for a meal. Visiting or something, but it hasn't been done, and Tokugawa, as an ancient samurai family, doesn't look down on nouveau riche like the Sanjo family!

I didn't expect that I had already stepped down, and the opportunity had come!

The invitation also specifically mentions the new patriarch Sanjo Yumi, the guest who offered fruit and water from the river of life. and also go to the feast together.

Sanjo Masao showed this invitation to Mai Ke and asked Mai Ke to decide whether to agree or not.

As soon as Mai Ke saw it, he knew that it was a chain reaction of the fruits of the four seasons and the river of life, and since he had something to ask for, it would not hurt to go.

Furthermore, this is also an opportunity, if the head of the Tokugawa shogunate can surrender to the Celestial Army and solve the problem without blood, wouldn't everyone be happy?

Thereupon. He signaled that he could go.

Only then did Masao Sanjo show the invitation to his granddaughter.

The three beautiful sweeps didn't scan a glance, and directly gave Zhang Zhidong.

Zhang Zhidong was more direct, he didn't look at it, and only said: "Mai Ke said to go!"

Masao Sanjo immediately wrote a reply, saying that there would be three people at the banquet.

After writing it, he showed it to Mai Ke, and Mai Ke immediately ticked off the three words and changed it to four.

Sanjo Masao immediately understood and gave Mai Ke a thumbs up!

The fourth person is Zhang Zhidong!

Three beautiful places to go. Where can Zhang Zhidong not go!

There were still more than three hours before dinner in the evening, and Sanjo Masao took Mai Ke to go around the family's property. Zhang Zhidong and three beautiful nature as accompaniment.

In fact, these two people seem to look at these family businesses more than Mai Ke.

Although Sanjo Yuu has been out for a long time, Zhang Zhidong, the patriarch of the same word, has never seen it.

Mai Ke took a look at these businesses of the Sanjo family and felt that they were quite ordinary, although they were considered to be first-rate in the Dongying Island country at that time.

It is no wonder that they are all in a hurry to reform and reform. To introduce advanced technology, the most important thing is to break the ban on closing the country!

So there's not much interest in those things in the wheat fields.

It's Zhang Zhidong, he watched it with relish.

And the three graceful ones, with her half-understanding, introduced them more with relish.

Mai Ke took the opportunity to ask Sanjo Masao about the Tokugawa shogunate. When you are about to go to a banquet, you must know something about the host of the banquet.

It's also a coincidence that these three Masao really know a lot about the entire shogunate, because as his opponent, he spent a lot of time studying it.

The earliest roots of the shogunate were the samurai system.

The samurai system, which has to start with the manor system of the early Dongying Island country.

At that time, it was shortly after the so-called "Taika Reform".

After the Dahua Revolution, the state-owned land system implemented by the whole Dongying was not complete, and some nobles could still obtain the state-given land, vocational field, and meritorious land according to the level of their grades and the size of their merits.

At the same time, the state allowed newly cultivated land to be privately owned.

The land occupied by the nobles later developed into a manor that "did not lose" and "did not enter".

"Do not lose", that is, do not pay taxes to the state.

"No entry", that is, state officials are not allowed to enter.

In addition, temples, shrines, and local magnates also owned the estate. With the development of the manor, the local powerful forces have become increasingly powerful. In order to protect their estates, local tycoons often drove Zhuang Ding to learn martial arts.

Because it mainly practiced archery and horseback riding, it called itself the "House of Bow Horses".

These people are essentially a kind of military group formed according to blood relations and master-slave relationships, and their members are called "samurai".

This is the origin of the samurai class.

Whenever there was a peasant unrest in the area or a riot among the Ezo people in the northeast, the main island of Japan often sent a powerful local samurai leader to lead the troops to suppress it.

In this way, the power of the samurai grew.

At that time, the two largest local powerhouses were the Genji and Heiji.

They were all of the Shu clan of the imperial family of the Toei Island Kingdom: Genji was a descendant of Emperor Seiwa, and Taira was a descendant of Emperor Kanmu.

Under their leadership, the samurai class was mainly divided into two groups, the Genji and the Taira.

The base of the Genji Group is in the eastern part of the Toei Island Country of Honshu, and the base of the Taira Group is in the Western Country, and the location is in the western part of the Toei Island Country of Honshu.

Later, these samurai groups effectively took power and reduced the emperor to a subordinate position. Although he is still nominally the head of state.

The rule of the shogunate has gone through three periods until now.

It was the Kamakura Shogunate, the Muromachi Shogunate, and the current Edo Shogunate.

The first shogunate in Tokugawa began at the beginning of the 17th century, when Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed shogun and established the shogunate in Edo.

The shogunate territory accounted for about a quarter of the country's land, and the rest was owned by the daimyos, or princes. Called a vassal state.

The general is the supreme ruler of the country, and there are various positions under him to control the whole country.

By the end of the 17th century, due to the development of the commodity economy, the shogunate system was in crisis, and the financial difficulties of the shogunate were manifested in the feudal domain, and the peasants were in turmoil.

"Now this Tokugawa Iekei, a picture of a dying wood, does not have the momentum of his predecessors at all, and is even much worse than when he was young! It is estimated that his main energy is to save his life. ”

At last. Masao Sanjo commented.

Of course, Mai Ke knows the true history of this Tokugawa shogunate, and he doesn't have a long lifespan, but it's not good to talk to Sanjo Masao more, but he just said that no matter what his purpose is, after we go, we can see the moves.

At the same time, the Tokugawa family is now preparing to entertain guests.

As the most powerful family in the country. Setting up a dinner party is a trivial matter, but it actually really makes the big housekeeper embarrassed.

The head of the family is also the order of the general. Be sure to prepare the best table for the feast, because today's guests are at stake.

The housekeeper remembers very clearly, even when the emperor visited some time ago, the family did not pay so much attention to the housestay!

Of course, the housekeeper knows what to do, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!

This Tokugawa family. It seems that the family has a big business, but in fact, there has been an economic crisis since a long time ago!

What is the journey?

All family members limit the amount of food and other non-staple food they eat every day, and even the wife and concubine of the head of the family need to eat and stay in groups!

Those wives and concubines who did not have children not only did not have a single dormitory. They also have to work because they can't afford to hire workers who do the housework.

Even slaves can't use too much, at least they have to provide them with food and lodging, which they can't afford.

The housekeeper had to rummage through the cabinets to find some old goods and ask the chef to make them well.

The chefs of the Tokugawa family, although they are not as good as those of the Sanjo family, are still quite high.

Now Tokugawa Iekei is in his study, alone in a daze.

As soon as the excitement passed just now, he couldn't hold it anymore.

But his head has not been idle, and he is going through the movies over and over again, and there is more than one.

The most important one is the history of the glory of the Tokugawa family, but there is nothing about him in its own right.

Not only that, but now it seems that if no one comes out to turn things around, the Tokugawa family will definitely end in his hands.

I want to be that loser and bury the Tokugawa family!

After a while, he was thinking again, if the other party really has something wonderful that can save his life, but he needs to pay the price, how much is he willing to pay?

Could it be that the other party offered to give up all the existing qiē of the Tokugawa family, and also promised him?

For a while, the resourceful and decisive Tokugawa Iekei was in a mess in his head, and it was difficult to decide anything.

In this way, until the evening, Sanjo Masao and the other four arrived.

Looking at the few simple dishes on this banquet, Mai Ke couldn't help but sigh, could it be that the Dao Chuan family had fallen to such a point? Compared with the family banquet of the Sanjo family at noon today...... Ahem, don't compare, it's too incomparable.

After taking the seat, Tokugawa Iekei introduced it a little and let everyone eat as much as they wanted!

Then, he himself took the lead, took the lead, and struck first!

Mai Ke looked at something that could barely be swallowed, and this head of the family actually ate like a whirlwind and clouds!

It wasn't until he was almost full of food and drink that he noticed that several of the guests didn't move their chopsticks.

So he was a little surprised and said, "Don't you like this dish? It's the best thing in my house! It's delicious!"

Mai Ke replied: "It is indeed good, we eat quickly, we are already full! Thank you for the hospitality! In order to repay one or two, I have two pieces of news to tell you, one is good and the other is bad, which one is the master of the family willing to listen to?"

"What? two news?" Tokugawa Iekei, apparently unfamiliar with this mode of dialogue, hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to listen to the two together!"

Mai Ke was stunned for a moment, how do you say this? .

(To be continued......)