In July of the sixth year of Japan's Kahoega, when the lady queen set off for Japan, Tokugawa Iekei's funeral had been successfully completed. As the late Shogun of Seiyi, Iekei was given a gift of a minister and buried in Zojoji Temple of Sanenyama Guangduin near Edo, and his legal name was Shintokuin Temple.

It is different from the evaluation that people in the world are considered to be "ignorant and faint" in history. In this time, Iekei made some improvements with the help of Zhu Jishi, organized the new shogunate army, and won the bloody battle of Osaka Bay. Therefore, there is an evaluation of "Ieyasu Gong reincarnated". However, in the last few months of the reign of the "reincarnation of Ieyasu", the "reincarnation of Ieyasu" Emperor ruled Japan, he was bedridden due to a stroke and changed his heir, and he did not make up his mind to use force to force the imperial court to obtain the title of shogun for Tokugawa Ieyuki, which left the Tokugawa family and Japan with the hidden danger of turmoil. So compared to Tokugawa Ieyasu, this Tokugawa Iekei's courage is much worse after all.

The 23-year-old era of the Iei has come to an end, but the appointment of a new general has not been appointed. Therefore, in Japan at present, there is no one military commander under one person and above tens of millions, and the smell of gunpowder and the breath of change waft inside this island country. Will a troubled era of the Warring States really come as people feared?

The Embassy of the Ming Empire in Japan was located in Koishikawa, Edo Castle, flanked by the Yokohama Domain and the Mito Domain. The former was the residence of Tokugawa Akiko in Japan, but the adoptive mother of the Tokugawa clan governor did not live here now, but lived in Edo Castle in order to take care of the young Ietyuki. The latter was the residence of Tokugawa Saiaki. On this day, two black Western carriages with HSBC logos parked outside the Ming Embassy.

On the surface, the carriage of HSBC, but the person who got out of the carriage was not the senior class of HSBC. Got off a carriage in front. It was the Tokugawa Yoshiki of the Tokugawa family of Hitotsubashi and the infantry who pursued Matsudaira Yoho. The people who got off the last carriage were the lords of the Tokushima domain, Wasuka Saihiro and Sakuma Zozan. The four of them were under the leadership of Zhu Mo, the Ming ambassador to Japan. Disappeared straight into the courtyard of the deep house.

At this time, it was already September 9 in the Western calendar. Just after the end of the day. In the deep embassy, Zheng Hong, the king of Yanping, who was dressed in civilian clothes, and Weng Tonggong, who had already hung the name of the Ming Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were welcoming the arrival of the four people. The sea breeze was gentle, the sky was filled with gauzy clouds, and on this cool early autumn day, a feast was already set up in the pavilion in the embassy garden. Tokugawa Akiko was already sitting in the banquet room with Tokugawa Ieyuki, who was not yet two years old, and when she saw the guests come in, Akiko nodded slightly.

"Wasuka-kun. Matsudaira-kun, Sakuma-kun, brother, let's all sit down...... Today is a casual feast, so there is no need to make a big salute to the young master. ”

The four visitors were stunned, and their eyes quickly turned to the boy who was dozing off in Akiko's arms. Matsudaira Rongho was the first to bow to the ground and said loudly: "Your subordinates are in charge of the infantry, and the lord of the Aizu domain, Matsudaira Rongho, will see the lord!" ”

Bee Suga Qiyu and Tokugawa Yoshiki also hurriedly bowed, claiming to be subordinates, and honoring the family luck as the lord. Only Sakuma Zozan is still standing. He is not only a famous "orchid scholar" in Japan, but also a great Confucian in science. Everything is about a "courtesy". Although he now holds an important position in the shogunate, he is not a retainer of the Tokugawa clan, but an elder of the Matsushiro clan. If Iyayuki becomes a general, he will naturally be his lord, but Iieyuki is not a general yet.

"Get up, sit down. Lord Wang, Mr. Weng, you also sit ......" Tokugawa Akiko said lightly, saying the same thing twice, once in Japanese and once in Chinese.

"Mr. Sakuma, do you know about Patagonia?" As soon as everyone sat down, Akiko asked Sakuma Elephant Mountain Road.

"Patagonia, the southernmost point of South America, is still terra nullius."

That John Manjiro was now recruited by the shogunate as a member of the imperial family, and worked as a translator in the new shogunate army, translating European military books. Regarded as a subordinate of Sakuma Xiangshan, the two often discuss major events in the world, and Sakuma Xiangshan naturally knows Patagonia.

"Patagonia will soon have a master, and it will become the new Japan, and Isayuki will be the new king of Japan!" Tokugawa Akiko touched Ieyuki's head dotingly, and then glanced at several Japanese people seated, including Tokugawa Keiki, all with surprised expressions.

"Ieyuki is going to become the new king of Japan...... But who will canonize it? Sakuma blurted out Zoyama.

"Mr. Sakuma, who does he think will be the right person to canonize it?" Tokugawa Akiko asked with a smile.

Sakuma Xiangshan was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "His Majesty the Emperor probably can't control South America...... This is the meaning of the Great Tomorrow, right? ”

He said this in Chinese, and after speaking, he looked at Zheng Hong.

"That's right, that's what the Holy Lord meant, and the Holy Admiral will seek some or all of Pagotania for His Excellency Tokugawa Ieyuki, as a reward for Ieyuki-sama's participation in the war against Russia."

Hearing this statement, Sakuma Zoyama already understood what was going on. Patagonia is for the Tokugawa family, not for Japan! If Isayuki can't become a general to rule Japan, then Patagonia or something, Japan don't count on it! That's a land the size of two to three Japan! Even if you can only get one-third, it will greatly alleviate the crisis of too many people and too little land in Japan.

Thinking of this, Sakuma Xiangshan left his seat, walked to Iieyuki, and bowed to the ground: "The subordinate infantry pursues Sakuma Xiangshan, see Iieyuki-sama!" ”

Tokugawa Akiko smiled: "Mr. Sakuma, when Iieyuki becomes the king of the new kingdom of Japan, you will be the minister of the new kingdom of Japan. ”

Sakuma Zoyama hurriedly thanked him. Of course, he doesn't care about the minister or anything, and supporting Tokugawa Iieyuki is entirely for the sake of the overall situation - the cake of Patagonia is too tempting! How many stones should be 10,000 stone high in such a large area of land?

Tokugawa Akiko set his sights on Matsudaira Yoho, the lord of the Aizu domain, who had just taken the lead in kowtowing to Tokugawa Ieyuki, apparently loyal to the Tokugawa clan.

"Rongbo, the climate in Patagonia is cold, and it is similar to the Aizu Domain, so why don't you let the Aizu Domain build a castle there, which can be regarded as a branch domain?"

Matsudaira Yoho hurriedly thanked him, he had just received a check for 100,000 silver dollars from Tokugawa Yoshiki, and now he was allowed to set up a branch in Patagonia, which was naturally completely inclined to Tokugawa Ieyuki.

And the elder of the Tokugawa family during the banquet, the younger brother of the Tokugawa family, Suga Qiyu, looked at King Zheng and Weng Tongyi at the banquet at this time, and both of them were expressionless. Mingzi took out the picture cake of Patagonia, it should be Zhu Jishi's instructions, right? The Ming Emperor's support for the Tokugawa shogunate was resolute enough, but this attempt was always worrying......

At this time, Weng Tongyi was also carefully looking at Tokugawa Keiki and the other four Japanese. His suggestion has been adopted by Akiko, to use thunderous means to attack political opponents, take control of Kyoto, and then completely control the political situation in Japan. But adoption is one thing, enforcement is another. Ieyuki is still a babbling child, and Akiko is not a great daisho, but just the adoptive mother of the Tokugawa clan governor. They did not have the strength to realize this proposal, so they had to win the support of the important retainers of the Tokugawa family and the main feudal lords.

And now, there are not many shogunate ministers who support Tokugawa Ieyuki and Tokugawa Akiko. Matsudaira Jianyu is counted as one on the front side, although Tokugawa Akiko's biological father, Tokugawa Saiaki's brother Tokugawa Keiki, has always flaunted the king, but in the face of huge interests, he still chooses to support his sister - after all, his sister and Tokugawa Ieyuki will return to China sooner or later, and the power of the shogunate will be Qi Zhao and Keiki. Matsudaira Saimin (Iekei's younger brother), one of the army commissioners, also privately expressed his support after receiving a promise to increase his fiefdom. The director of the Numazu Military Academy, Kosu Tadashun, also supported Tokugawa Ieyuki after Zheng Hong agreed to let Japanese students study at the Ming Royal Army Military Academy. In addition, the wealthy merchant Sagami Yamasoro also pledged allegiance to the Tokugawa family in order to maintain Sagamiya's status as a royal merchant.

If today as long as you get the support of Wasuka Saiyu, Matsudaira Rongho and Sakuma Zozan, even if the new shogunate army is completely mastered, with a gun, are you afraid that you will not be able to do what you will do to blackmail the Son of Heaven and order the princes? (To be continued......)