Tokugawa Shogunate Imperial Palace, Edo.

Today, the General's Mansion is very lively, with red lanterns hanging high everywhere, and people coming and going, full of joy.

This is Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun, who is celebrating the fiftieth birthday of his adoptive mother, Afuku.

This Afu is not a simple character, and now serves as the great steward of the Great Shogunate.

The meaning of Da Ao is equivalent to the Chinese Imperial Palace Ouchi, this Ah Fu is the head of Da Ou, and his power is actually equivalent to the Queen Mother of the Imperial Palace, and her power is extremely powerful.

Although Afuku is only Tokugawa Iemitsu's adoptive mother, it is no accident that she can become the head of the Great Olympics and be in power for a while.

Because her status in Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart is far greater than that of his biological parents, to be serious, Tokugawa Iemitsu was able to become the third shogun a few years ago, thanks to Ah Fuku.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu was very young, he was taken away from his parents, and because of the poor living environment, he was frail and sickly, and his relationship with his parents was very bad.

Tokugawa Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, originally intended to pass on the position of shogun to his second son, Tokugawa Tadashi, because he didn't like Tokugawa Iemitsu.

At the critical moment, Tokugawa Iemitsu's adoptive mother, Afuku, ran to Tokugawa Ieyasu and cried, which forced Tokugawa Hidetada to pass the position of general to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was always obsessed with this matter, and after becoming a shogun, he finally found an excuse to force Tokugawa Tadanaga to death.

It can be imagined how deep Tokugawa Iemitsu's feelings for Afuku were, and her birthday meant a lot to Tokugawa Iemitsu, and she had to do a lot of work.

No, I'm sorry for the love and help of my adoptive mother, Ah Fu.

The lively and joyful birthday banquet passed in a sound of blessings, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the next morning.

In the early morning, the sun was rising, and Tokugawa Iemitsu was lying in the back garden basking in the sun under the service of the maid.

Suddenly, on the small stone path outside the garden, there was a rapid sound of clogs.

After a while, a guard stepped forward and said, "General, Your Excellency Aoyama and Your Excellency Doi ask to see you, saying that there is something important to tell you." ”

"Something big?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu's brows furrowed for a moment, and he said with a little dissatisfaction, "Let them wait in the front hall first, and General Ben will arrive later." ”

"Hey."

The guard said yes and took the order.

In the antechamber of the shogunate, two elders of the Tokugawa shogunate, Toshikatsu Doi and Tadashi Aoyama, were kneeling on the carpet with respectful expressions.

The sound of clogs came from the ticking sound, and when he reached the door, he stopped, and the closed door was immediately pushed open, and Tokugawa Iemitsu, dressed in a kimono, appeared outside the door, surrounded by two high-ranking samurai.

Doi Toshikatsu and the others didn't dare to slack off, so they quickly straightened up and saluted Tokugawa Iemitsu: "See the Shogun." ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu waved his hand, walked to the main seat and knelt down, and asked the two, "Your Excellency Doi, what is the big deal, and you need the two of you to come together?" ”

He was a little strange, "Isn't it because of the Catholicism of those Westerners, and the two places of Shimahara and Amakusa that have made a lot of trouble, and someone really rebelled?" ”

The shogunate elder Nakatsu Doi Toshikatsu replied respectfully: "Lord Shogun, it's not the rebellion of those Westerners, they don't have the courage or strength now. ”

He explained it first, and then got to the point, "I just got the news that the large fleet of 200,000 troops in the Ming Dynasty suddenly came to Osaka in our country and launched a surprise attack!" ”

"Now, they have captured Osaka Castle and the port of Nambatsu, and slaughtered tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Osaka Castle!"

"The hundreds of thousands of people left in and around Osaka Castle were also arrested by them and formed a labor camp like a concentration camp!"

"At present, their army is already coming in the direction of Edo! Only about 10,000 people remained, and they were watching over the labor camp of 300,000 of our citizens, supervising them to renovate Osaka Castle and the port of Nambata! ”

"What?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu was taken aback at first when he heard this, and then shook his head and said, "Impossible! How could such a bizarre thing happen? It's impossible! ”

All of these jokes?

Really, this shocking news is so incredible that Tokugawa Iemitsu can't believe it at all!

As a general who controls the Wa Kingdom, he can be said to be very well-informed, and he has basically heard all kinds of news, and he is not the kind of person who has no real power.

He knew that the Ming Empire had fallen into internal and external troubles over the years because of various natural and man-made disasters, and they themselves couldn't keep busy, so where would they have the spare strength to send a large fleet to attack Osaka?

"The two Excellencies, the Ming Empire, have always been a country of etiquette, paying attention to convincing people with virtue."

Tokugawa Iemitsu looked incredulous, "Although we have not sent an envoy to the Ming Kingdom to pay tribute for many years, but in the past few years, we have not offended the Ming Empire, how can the Ming Emperor send troops to attack?" Rumors, this must be rumors! ”

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Tokugawa Iemitsu's voice fell, and an old but angry voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Their army, mainly the navy, has indeed captured Osaka, and what Your Excellency Doi and Your Excellency Aoyama said is true. ”

As the words came, a thin figure slowly and leisurely stepped into the front hall, kneeling on the ground, and saluting Tokugawa Iemitsu.

The name of the person who came was Sakai Tadashi, the current elder of the Tokugawa shogunate, and he could be called the first person under the Tokugawa family, and he was in a high position.

Speaking of the Sakai family, it is a famous family in the Japanese country.

In the early years, Sakai Tadaji, one of the four great kings of Tokugawa, was born and died for Tokugawa Ieyasu's ascension to the top of the Japanese kingdom, and made great achievements.

Since then, Sakai Tadayuki and Sakai Tadashi have all been the elders of the Tokugawa shogunate, and this Sakai family is really in power.

"Lord Sakai?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu was stunned, and then asked, "Didn't you go to Nagoya?" ”

"Yes."

Sakai Tadashi replied, "I went to Nagoya, so I learned that the Ming army had indeed captured Osaka and committed many crimes in Osaka. ”

"I really can't imagine that the Ming Empire, which has always regarded itself as a state of etiquette, is so tyrannical and would commit such atrocities!"

"According to intelligence, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and their barbarism, cruelty, blood, and ruthlessness were simply outrageous!"

"Ahh How so? ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu was suddenly shocked and hurriedly said, "That'...... What do we do now? ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu was in poor health since he was a child, and his personality was relatively cowardly, and it was all thanks to the help of these loyal elders and middlemen that he was able to run the shogunate in an orderly manner.

Now I suddenly heard that the Ming Empire really came across the sea to wage war against itself and had captured the Osaka area.

"General, don't worry."

Sakai Tadashi said in a deep voice, "The Han people have an old proverb, which is called when soldiers come to block, and water comes to flood the earth. ”

"Since the Ming Dynasty has declared war on us and committed a lot of crimes in Osaka, the soldiers and civilians of Osaka who have been killed by them are said to be tens of thousands!"

"Not to mention the 300,000 Osaka people who were forcibly incorporated into labor camps and enjoyed inhumane treatment."

"If they are unkind, we are unjust! Gifts are still exchanged, and we immediately ordered to gather troops and fight back against these Ming bandits with all our might. ”

"We must defeat these attacking armies and fleets of the Ming Empire as soon as possible! Let them know that our country of the rising sun is not to be messed with! ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... Fight back, be sure to fight back hard! ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded again and again, and echoed, "Immediately mobilize a large army, wipe out all the Ming troops who landed in Osaka, and avenge the tens of thousands of Osaka soldiers and civilians who died!" ”

"We also want to rescue the hundreds of thousands of people who are suffering, and pay for the blood debt!"

"The blood of our people must not be shed in vain! These aggressors must be made to pay the price in blood! ”

Aoyama Tadashi on the side frowned, he felt that things were not so simple.

After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Your Excellency Sakai, you just came back from Nagoya, Nagoya is not too far from Osaka, do you know the current situation in Osaka?" ”

"Do you know about the Ming Dynasty army that landed from Osaka?"

"For example, how many troops are there in this Ming army? After the capture of Osaka, where did they go? ”

Sakai Tadashi was a very capable man, how could he not consider such a problem?

He waved his hand at the other party and said in a condensed voice: "Your Excellency Aoyama, don't worry, I have already sent Abe and Tsuida to take people to to spy on the news." ”

"If nothing else, in three days at most, they will be able to bring back the latest news from Osaka, and then we will know the truth of everything we want to know."

"General, there is no need to worry, our country has a vast land and a large population, and the most rare thing is that our people, everyone is a warrior."

"That's right! There is nothing remarkable about the Ming Empire. ”

"A few decades ago, my country was just a few ronin, and in order to survive, they went to the Daming coast to rob, and they were scorched and messed up."

"And now in our country, how many warriors are not afraid of death? To say the least, there are millions of people! How could the 200,000 Ming troops be able to resist it? ”……

Everyone comforted Tokugawa Iemitsu and began to discuss how to deal with it.

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that everyone dispersed, and they were in full swing to arrange various strategies to resist the enemy.