"What are you down, kid?"

Hidemune expressed confusion and confusion at the loss that hung on Chojiro's face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chojiro sat on the branch and shook his legs a few times, and then said:

"Actually, my family is also a retainer of the Shimazu family......"

Then Xiuzong asked with some curiosity:

"Huh? Is it? Which one is it? ”

"I'm a child of the Dongxiang family, and I haven't paid for it yet."

Chojiro scratched the back of his head and said with some embarrassment.

"Ah, it turned out to be the Togo family."

The Togo clan was a descendant of the Sagami-Shibuya clan, who later came to Satsuma and grew here.

If Hidemitsu remembers correctly, this Togo clan should be the ancestor of the later Admiral Togo Heihachiro Minori.

But hearing this, Xiuguang has to ask a question:

"Eh, then since the Togo family is now a retainer of the Shimazu family, why can't you go to the Kajiki Museum to study?"

The topic is back to the original question. I saw that Chojiro's mood began to fall again, and then said with some unwillingness:

"Because I'm just a concubine of the Shu clan, my identity has long been so bad that I don't know where to go. Look at that inside,"

Chojiro moved his buttocks, and then reached out and pointed at the children in the house,

"You see, they are all members of the Shimazu family and the descendants of all the retainers, and the ones with the lowest status should be the descendants of the Shu clan, at least better than my Shu clan. Alas...... Why can't you go to the concubine......"

Hawkers,Looking at Chojiro's situation,Probably his line is already a Shu clan whose bloodline has been sparse for the Togo family's lineage, and I don't know where to go.。

Now, it seems that only the children of the family members and the descendants of the retainers were able to receive education in the "Onishimazu" education here.

"Yes! Shouting about the concubine or something every day, it's so annoying! The treatment is fundamentally different from that of a man! ”

It wasn't Xiuguang who suddenly answered, but Xiuzong. Xiuguang looked sideways, and saw that he had an unhappy face, and at the same time, there was a hint of echoing Chojiro in his words.

Ah, I suddenly remembered that this guy Hyogoro is also the concubine of the Date family. Only then did Xiuguang understand why Xiuzong suddenly reacted so much.

Date Hyogoro Hidemune was the eldest son of Date Masamune, a daimyo in the Tohoku region. Originally, there was no boy born between Masamune and Masamuro Aihime, so at first, Hidemune was honored by the retainers of the Date family as "Gosoji-sama", which means that he is the successor of the next generation of the Date family.

However, in December of the fourth year of Keicho (January 1600), when Hidemune was ten years old, Torakimaru, the sister-in-law between Masamune and Masamuro Aihime, was born. Later, in the 8th year of Keicho (1603), Masamune and Torakimaru went to Edo to pay homage to Hidetada, which was tantamount to affirming to the outside world that Torakimaru was the heir of the future Date family.

So now the position of Hidemune, who is in Osaka, is starting to become delicate.

Maybe it's because he's the same concubine as Chojiro.,That's why Hidemune just had such a big reaction.。 But to be honest, Hidemune's status is much better than Chojiro's. At the very least, Hidemune is still the eldest son of the Date family, but it is estimated that Nagajiro's child is not even ranked in the Shu family.

Speaking of which, the identities of Xiuguang and Xiulai are actually not sons-in-law in a sense. After all, the late Taiko Hideyoshi's main chamber, the Hokashosho, which is now a monk, did not give birth to a child, and did not accept Hideyori or Hidemitsu as adopted sons. However, because the first two brothers died early, there are not too many problems in this regard.

Well, in short, these things just talked about have always been a very troublesome topic.

"Actually, I have a dream!"

The depressed Chojiro suddenly regained his spirits and mentioned his dream to Hidemitsu and Hidemune.

"I want to be the head of the Togo family in the future!"

"Ah, that's a big dream."

Actually, it's hard. Xiuguang thought to himself. Because according to what Chojiro said, it is generally impossible to become the head of the Togo family in his capacity.

However, Hidemitsu did not say it openly, but chose to continue to listen to Chojiro's innocent words.

"Actually, the seventeenth head of our Togo family is the second son of Shimazu Iehisa-sama! Because the sixteenth generation head of the family, Lord Chongshang, had no son, so Lord Iehisa made his second son the adopted son of Lord Chonghu and named him Chonghu! By the way, Iehisa-sama here is not the son of Lord Wei Shinsai, but the younger brother of Lord Wei Shinsai. ”

Now Chojiro has mentioned the head of the Togo family again,

"However, I heard that the adults said that as early as the Bunroku period, Lord Shinsai asked Lord Shigethu to restore the Miao character of Shimazu and change his name to Tadanao...... So now the Togo family is considered to have no head of family...... Our Dongxiang family is in an embarrassing situation now! ”

"I see."

"That's why I want to be the head of the Togo family! Revitalize the Togo family! That's my dream! ”

Chojiro's eyes sparkle with visions and fantasies about the future.

"That's why I want to come here and study under Lord Weixinzhai! When I become more powerful, I may be able to inherit the Togo family! ”

The whole audience of Hidemitsu and Hidemune listened to Chojiro's words as a listener. Although he felt that his dream was difficult to achieve, he still felt that it was a beautiful dream, so he chose to look forward to it and encourage him.

"Stinky boy! Come on! ”

The first to cheer him up was Xiuzong,

"You're going to get better! Then maybe you can become a governor! ”

"But...... I said it to the adults and my peers, and they were all laughing at me and saying that it was impossible......"

"Never mind what he says! As long as you are good, who will dare to talk nonsense about you? When the time comes, he will be a concubine, and he will be defeated if he is not convinced! ”

Hey, Hyogoro, what kind of dangerous thoughts did you just instill in children......

Xiuguang hit Xiuzong in the back with a knife in one hand, telling him not to talk nonsense.

“…… Hyogoro, I know your enthusiasm, but it's better not to teach bad children. ”

“…… I know Your Highness. ”

Xiuzong touched his back with some grievances, and then shut up.

"But,"

Hidemitsu turned his head to look at Chojiro,

"Chojiro, you've been here a lot, but you've never met Lord Weishinsai with your own eyes?"

"Yes! I wanted to go in, but I didn't dare to ...... If you want to see the situation inside, you can't climb the tree! That's why I haven't seen Lord Weixinzhai all this time...... Fortunately, with your help today, I saw the scene inside! ”

After listening to Chojiro's words, Hidemitsu suddenly proposed:

"Since I've never tried it before, why don't you go inside the Kajiki Pavilion now and ask if you can study in it?"

This is a very bold proposition.