"The child sent a hundred letters as a gift for his father's birthday. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

When Xiuzhong's words came out, everyone was stunned.

Who present has not heard that these days, the eldest prince and the second prince are taking turns to win over the third prince, and I don't know how many treasures have been sent. Some things are placed in people's homes as heirlooms. Those things will not weaken the façade if they are taken out, although they are not as good as the gifts given by the eldest son and the second son, but they are also so high that they don't know where to go, so they won't take a few letters as birthday gifts.

Just when everyone was stunned, Tokugawa Ieyasu saw the letter in the box and saw the handwriting on the outside of the letterhead, and he also smiled slightly.

"Xiuzhong, do you still have these letters? If you count the number, there are indeed about a hundred seals, and I thought that after so many years, it should have been rotten a long time ago. ”

Xiuzhong bowed slightly: "The child was ignorant, and when he first arrived in the fiefdom, he didn't know anything about all kinds of government affairs, and it was thanks to his father's letter and advice that he gradually settled down in the fiefdom." In the following ten years, the construction of the fiefdom also relied on the advice of his father, and these letters were written in fine words, and the children naturally had to keep them properly. Today, it was presented back to my father as a birthday gift. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu waved his hand with a smile, and the chamberlain hurriedly took the box from Hidetada's hand and presented it. When he took the box, the chamberlain also saw the calluses and scars on Xiuzhong's hands, and compared to the pearl-white jade hands of the two sons in front of him, he immediately understood something, and nodded respectfully to Xiuzhong.

Tokugawa Ieyasu took out the top letter in the wooden box, opened the yellowed letterhead, and read it softly.

"Hold on to the right, investigate the root of the problem, go to the lower floors, and don't live in the house all day long. You are young, the people don't trust you, and the people below think you can be deceived, so you must go through the big and small affairs yourself. “

"Another point is to raise your own team. Remember to be gracious and powerful, find some people to form your team, and have your people in all aspects, so that you will not be deceived and deceived. In a few days, I will transfer a few capable officials to you, and after a while, I should be able to stabilize the fiefdom. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu showed nostalgia in his eyes and said, "Ah, it's my reply to you when you first went to the fiefdom. What are you asking me for? It seems that the fiefdom is not stable, right? ”

Xiuzhong's eyes also showed nostalgia: "Yes, the child was too young at that time. The officials under my command thought I was easy to deceive, and the people under my rule thought I was unreliable, and I couldn't even find a reliable and capable person around me, so I was really at a loss for what to do, so I had to write to my father for advice. ”

He sighed: "Thanks to my father and those transferred officials, otherwise the child's fief would have been worse for many years." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu shook his head slightly: "It's also your heart, I just clicked it." ”

Shasha, Shasha, Tokugawa Ieyasu opened the letterheads one by one, read them one by one, and asked Hidetada one by one.

"That's what I told you at the time, but now it seems that it's still wrong, do you notice it?"

"Yes, my father didn't come to me, so it was inevitable that something would be overlooked. However, the general direction has been decided, and I have thought about it for a long time with several officials, and made some adjustments to the specific measures, which have received a good response after the implementation of the territory. ”

"What about here? I've read the reports on your territory, and if I follow the path I've told you here, commerce in your territory shouldn't have developed as it is now. Did you go the other way? ”

Yes, after a long time of field investigation, the child felt that the development route in his father's letter was not suitable for the actual situation of the child's territory, so he dared to set another route. Because I was worried at the time, I didn't tell my father, and when the territory was getting better and better, I didn't want to bother my father because of this. “

The hall was quiet, and everyone didn't dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing the question and answer of the father and son.

And among the crowd, the atmosphere was already faintly wrong, they seemed to have tasted something, and they looked at the third prince Xiuzhong who was talking eloquently with strange eyes.

And with the reading of letters one by one, with Xiuzhong's fluent and sophisticated answers to the questions of the daimyo, although some people have already bet on the eldest son and the second son, they can't help but admit that compared to the third son, the eldest son and the second son are really alive to dogs. That kind of pattern and courage is not at the same level at all.

Xiuzhong's two elder brothers turned pale, and anger rose in their hearts.

"Okay, good, good, good Xiuzhong, good well-behaved brother, did you plan it back then?" The eldest prince gritted his teeth and whispered.

The second son clenched his fists, his expression was gloomy, and he stared at his radiant brother.

In the crowd, Ito smiled like an old fox, making the hearts of the people around him curse.

At this time, they also understood, no wonder this old fox said that he couldn't get sick some time ago, it turned out that he secretly placed a note on the third son!

However, scolding and scolding, they also have to admit that Ito, the old fox, has a really high vision, and he does dare to bet, but now he is developed, but now he is sick and dead, and the family behind him is enough to prosper for more than ten years.

Here, the conversation between Tokugawa Ieyasu and Tokugawa Hidetada also came to an end.

"Xiuzhong, you are good, not only have you grown up, but you are already an outstanding character." Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded.

Xiuzhong is respectful and humble: "The child is still too far away, and he still needs to work hard, if he can catch up with his father in the future, it will be regarded as a creation." “

Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and waved his hand, and Hidetada stepped back and retreated to the side of the two elder brothers.

"Good, good, good, Xiuzhong, you're really good." The eldest prince gritted his teeth.

The second son also clenched his fists, and his face was extremely ugly: "With a brother like you, I'm really blind." “

Xiuzhong's expression was calm, and his courage was amazing, although he didn't say a word, his momentum had already pressed the two of them underneath.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu coughed lightly twice, drawing everyone's attention.

He looked outside, and at this time the sun was already slightly setting in the west, and he had been talking to Xiuzhong for three or four hours before he knew it, and it was already late.

"It's so late, I'm really tired of you today, and it's taken so long to congratulate me on my birthday. I'm old, I'm old, I'm babbling about some of the things in the past, and I've made you wait so long. ”

"I really don't have a good memory, and there's one important thing I haven't said."

Tokugawa Ieyasu slowly stood up from his seat, with a hint of exclamation in his voice: "It's been so long, and the candidate for the next daimyo of the Fire Country has not yet been decided." ”

"Do you have any thoughts? Who of my three sons is up to the task? Everyone is a national humerus, so you already have an idea, right? ”

The eldest prince and the second son's faces were difficult to see, and the last trace of luck in their hearts was broken. They can see that they have worked hard for more than ten years, but in the end they are still running for this younger brother!

There was a strange atmosphere in the hall, and officials from other places stood up one after another.

"I'm Hidetada-sama!"

"I'm also Hidetada-sama!"

They stood up together, although their rank was not as high as that of the nobles in the capital, they were all the governors of one side, and the combined influence was enough to affect the political situation of the entire Fire Country.

Some of them were still lucky, and the nobles who wanted to speak for the eldest or second prince closed their mouths again.

The nobles glanced at each other, and after a second, everyone spoke: "The young man Xiuzhong has both talent and virtue and long-term vision, and he is a qualified candidate for the daimyo!" “

In the midst of the cries of support for Xiuzhong, the eldest son and the second prince looked discouraged, and their unwilling emotions churned like poison.

The eldest prince opened his mouth and was about to speak, but he happened to meet the gaze of Kamitokugawa Ieyasu and Sarufei.

He opened his mouth, but he still didn't make a sound, only his fists were still clenched.