Ge Sanlang, born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in the 19th year of Wanli, is a lieutenant general of the emperor's army.

One of the planners, theoreticians, thinkers, and politicians of the imperial army's conquest of Japan, the advocate of Chinese imperialism, and the great warrior of Wei Gonggong's thought, he is known as the "second soldier" of the emperor.

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Kazuko Tokugawa?

Father-in-law Wei had the impression that this girl from the Tokugawa family would be the middle palace (empress) of the Japanese emperor, and later gave birth to a daughter and became the emperor. In the end, she entered Buddhism with her husband and became a nun, which seems to be quite an interesting woman.

The general's daughter, the queen, and the emperor's mother, her status is quite expensive.

"How old is Kazuko Tokugawa?" Gonggong Wei lit a cigarette, and in the smoke, the old man seemed to be pondering.

This question stopped Shi Dezheng, how did he know how old the girl of the Tokugawa general was. Is it necessary for him, the commander of the Combined Fleet, to know about this question?

Seeing that Shi Dezheng didn't know, Gonggong Wei was a little disappointed, and looked around at the generals: "Does anyone know?" ”

Gonggong Wei looked around at the generals, but none of the generals could answer.

At this time, the former editor of the "Huangming Daily", who had been sitting on the side and silently making notes for the meeting, was later selected by the Duke of Wei because of his outstanding writing ability, and Ge Sanlang, who was specially transferred to the base camp as a staff officer from the Qipin Record, suddenly raised his head and said: "Father-in-law, that Wazi girl is eleven years old. ”

"Oh?"

Father-in-law Wei asked Ge Sanlang: "How do you know?" ”

"Back to my father-in-law,"

Ge Saburo stood up respectfully, bent down slightly, and said: "Since my father-in-law proposed that the Imperial Army should expel the Japanese who occupied the Ryukyus in Taipeiwei last year, my subordinates boldly guessed that my father-in-law intended to conquer Japan, so since then, my subordinates have been inquiring about the situation of the Japanese shogunate and local daimyo from the maritime merchants who come and go to Japan, so they know a little about the Tokugawa family. ”

Ge Saburo said very modestly, but Wei Gonggong was really impressed with him, earlier he only knew that the other party was particularly able to write and draw, so he was transferred to the base camp as a staff officer, I didn't expect this kid to have a talent for intelligence work, and what is even more rare is that he can associate the war against Japan from one of his original thoughts, which is really a rare talent.

"Chief of Staff," Grandpa Wei looked at Jiang Xifeng.

"The last general!" Jiang Xifeng bowed.

"Talent is rare, and he can be assigned to the confidential office, specifically responsible for intelligence work against Japan, and is directly responsible to our family."

Gonggong Wei pointed at Ge Saburo, the latter's heart jumped, the confidential room is an institution that has just been established in the base camp last month, this agency is directly linked to the army and navy, and is not only responsible for the document processing of the base camp, but also responsible for the internal and external intelligence work of the imperial army and the admiral maritime yamen, and the Jiangnan town guarding the yamen, which is an extremely powerful institution.

In addition, the confidential room moves with Grandpa Wei, that is, wherever Grandpa Wei goes, the personnel in the confidential room will follow. It can be said that if you can serve in the confidential room, you can be regarded as a close person of Father-in-law Wei and a confidant among his henchmen. In the future, the chances of promotion within the Imperial Army are much higher than those of other organizations.

"Loyalty!"

Ge Saburo, who was very grateful, gave a bow to his father-in-law.

In the eyes of all the generals, they were all very happy for this young staff officer, because this staff officer had interviewed each and every one of them when he was still serving in the "Huangming Daily", and wrote their glorious images into manuscripts one after another, so that their names were widely circulated in the Jiangnan area, and even His Majesty the Emperor could know their names.

Because, every issue of "Huangming Daily" will appear on the desk of His Majesty the Emperor.

Only the wing commander of the 6th Infantry Wing, Li Yanzhao, moved, looking at Na Ge Saburo's gaze very vigilantly, and at the same time feeling ashamed of his negligence.

Why didn't I think of finding out about the situation in Japan earlier, otherwise, he would have been able to answer my father-in-law's question just now.

Father-in-law Wei asked Ge Saburo again: "That Wako is so young, why did Tokugawa Hidetada marry her... Who's that? ”

"Father-in-law, it's Emperor Gomizuo." Ge Saburo said.

"Uh-huh,"

Gonggong Wei nodded, "How old is that guy in Houshuiwei?" ”

Ge Saburo said: "Twenty-two years old."

"Huh?"

Gonggong Wei secretly scolded the beasts, one is twenty-two, and the other is only eleven, which is a double difference, and it is also a loss to Tokugawa Hidetada.

"Father-in-law, Tokugawa Ieyasu had a wish to marry the emperor before his death, so after Tokugawa Hidetada succeeded to the throne, he personally went to Luoyang to let the emperor accept his daughter and son as concubines, but this matter was opposed by the minister of Luoyang, and Tokugawa Hidetada was very angry because of this, according to the maritime merchants, now Tokugawa Hidetada is purging the minister of Luoyang."

"Luoyang?"

Father-in-law Wei was stunned.

"My father-in-law doesn't know, Japan imitates the Tang Dynasty system, and calls its Xijing Chang'an, and Tokyo is called Luoyang, and now the emperor lives in Tokyo, so the Japanese say that going to Tokyo is called Shangluo." Katsura Saburo explained.

Later, Katsuzaburo said that Emperor Mizuo had a favorite servant Shitsuji and Tsuko gave birth to a son and a daughter, and after the news reached the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Tokugawa Hidetada was even more dissatisfied.

The contradictions between the two sides are in the crater of a volcano and will erupt at any time, and this is obviously conducive to the imperial army's war against Japan.

"Okay, these situations you said are very important, very important, to fight against Japan, we will give you a credit first. In the future, you must shoulder the responsibility for the intelligence work with Japan, and make persistent efforts, and you can completely mobilize the resources of the Dongxing Society. ”

After speaking, Gonggong Wei turned his head and said to the generals: "Comrades, now you have some bottom, right?" What do these questions that Katsuzaburo said illustrate is that Emperor Gomizuo and Tokugawa Hidetada are at odds with each other, and there are also a number of forces in Tokyo that oppose Tokugawa Hidetada, and we must fight for these forces. ”

Ge Saburo took the opportunity to say: "Father-in-law, his subordinates have always believed that bribery and propaganda have a greater role than fighting by force. ”

"Well said!"

Grandpa Wei praised.

Ge Saburo saw that everything he said was affirmed by Gonggong Wei, so he boldly suggested: "Father-in-law, I suggest that the imperial army should land directly in Tokyo, attack Tokyo Castle and control the Emperor Gomizuo in his hands, so that this emperor can order other forces in Japan that oppose the shogunate to be used by our imperial army." ”

After finishing speaking, he paused, "In addition, I suggest that my father-in-law can repair the book Tokugawa Hidetada in the name of the Son of Heaven and accept his daughter as my emperor's concubine." If Tokugawa Hidetada agrees, the Japanese forces loyal to the emperor will inevitably be suspicious of him and will be even more dissatisfied, causing the contradictions between the two sides to expand. If they do not allow it, they will make those Confucian scholars and forces in Japan who are close to our emperor and Ming dissatisfied with them, and make them firmly join the imperial army..."

This trick is very moving, but it is not a matter of pretending to use the name of the Son of Heaven to seal Yan Siqi and others a miscellaneous general, but it will be a serious problem to ask for a little mother-in-law for the old man.

Gonggong Wei has to think about what he wants to do, and the old man may be able to acquiesce, but the mother-in-law of the concubine may not do it.