During the 267 years of the Tokugawa period, Edo Castle was a fire-prone city, and there were 49 fires and 1,798 fires during the 267 years of the Tokugawa period. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The info house is mainly wooden, there are frequent earthquakes, and there is no fire protection system, which is the reason for the frequent fires. This frequency also destroyed the properties of many shoguns, such as Edo Castle, which was a city without a castle tower. The castle tower is a tall castle in Japanese architectural culture, and it is often in the center of the castle, and it can only be seen by breaking through several layers of walls. The daimyo and shogun resided in their castle tower. After the castle tower was destroyed in a fire, the Tokugawa shogunate built the Fujimi turret in Honmaru, a term that means that you can see Mt. Fuji from the top of the building.

On the other hand, the Honmaru of Edo Castle was transformed into the Imperial Palace after the Meiji Relocation of the Capital. During World War II, it was damaged by the bombing of Tokyo by the U.S. military, and some buildings were destroyed and rebuilt after the war.

At this time, the Fujimi tartar, the shogun Tokugawa Isaharu was so angry that he even threw his cypress fan on the ground. (Suddenly want to talk more, insert a few tips, the fan has a greater status in Japanese culture than China, in major Shinto ceremonies, tea ceremonies have special fans and tea fans, there are also special fans for Noh drama and dance, and there are even military fans similar to command props in wars, and there is a work in Japanese painting where Takeda Shingen held a military match to block the sword of Sister Uesugi, which is very classic.) In addition, the actual fan was invented in China, and later spread to Japan and became very popular. Tang poem "Light Luo Small Fan Fluttering Firefly" is talking about the ladies group fan. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the folding fan, which replaced the group fan in China, is generally believed to have been invented in Japan and introduced to China in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the favor of Emperor Yongle in the early Ming Dynasty. Become Le's favorite fan. The cypress fan is one of the first folding fans in Japan. This is what was first introduced to China. ）

"Matsudaira Yasufuku misled the country and harmed me!" Tokugawa Isaharu was furious.

Although Matsudaira Yasufuku had not yet come to meet him, the ninjas hidden in Matsudaira Yasufuku's team had already brought back to Edo the news that Matsudaira had messed up the negotiations. Tokugawa Isamu didn't trust Matsudaira Yasufuku very much, and favored Tanuma Yoshiji, and learned that Matsudaira Yasufuku was arrogant and rude in the face of the Tang people, which greatly embarrassed the shogunate, and deliberately provoked a war, intending to fish in troubled waters, so that Tokugawa Isamu wanted to kill this idiot alive.

Yoshiji Tanuma was also at the table. Kneel respectfully and sit there. Although he was satisfied that Matsudaira Yasufuku and other old lieutenants who opposed him had messed things up, which made Tokugawa Isaharu furious, he was also worried about whether the Tang people, who were obviously not good at stubble, would use troops against the shogunate and cause a serious political crisis.

The angry Tokugawa family finally calmed down a little, and then remembered to ask his most trusted Tanuma Yiji, and said, "Yiji, Matsudaira Red Deer has offended the Tang people, and I'm afraid that our hope of recovering the Matsumae Domain's territory without using swords has been shattered." The Tang people are more likely to send troops because of this, do you have any good idea now? ”

Tanuma Yiji knelt down and bowed, "Now it seems." Only by appeasing the anger of the Tang people could war be avoided. ”

Tokugawa Isaharu asked, "How do you do it, do you want to apologize to them?" Will this lose the face of the shogunate? ”

Tanuma Yiji said: "Matsudaira Laochu's action. It has made the shogunate lose its dignity, the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is unrivaled, I heard that they crossed the sea to attack the Qing country, the distance is tens of thousands of miles, and tens of thousands of people can be mobilized to fight, and the Tang people's iron cannons and large barrels are extremely sophisticated, and the range is several times that of the shogunate samurai's weapons, and the shogunate army is probably not an opponent. ”

Tokugawa Isaharu said with some hesitation: "How can you say that, who is more powerful, you still need to fight to know." ”

Tanuma Yiji lowered his head and hurriedly said, "Yes, the samurai of the shogunate are extremely good. His Holiness also thinks that we have a chance to win, but even if the shogunate wins in the end, I am afraid that we will suffer a lot of losses, and the ambitious daimyos, even the people of the Imperial Three Clans and the feudal clans, will wait for the opportunity to cause trouble for the sake of the authority of the world, and we need to avoid such a situation. ”

Tokugawa Isaharu nodded in agreement, although the strength of the shogunate is indeed the strongest, but the strength of the Uesugi clan, Date, Maori, Shimazu, Nabeshima and other domains is not bad, and even if the three families who are relied on by the Tokugawa clan as the pillar stone have always supported the clan, there is no guarantee that there will be any trouble, and the relatives who were born in the direct line of the Tokugawa family, after so many years of dilution, if they are bewitched, they may also oppose the shogunate.

"Yiji, what advice do you have that will save the shogunate from war?" Tokugawa Isaharu was originally a man who was afraid of trouble, and if he was not afraid of trouble, he would not basically leave political affairs to Tanuma Yiji, and he focused more on private hobbies such as shogi and hunting.

A glint flashed in Tanuma Yiji's eyes, and he lowered his head and said, "I can only ask Matsudaira-sama to cut my stomach, and then give his head to the Tang people, so that it is possible to calm the anger of the Tang people." ”

Tokugawa Iyoji was shocked and said, "Is it possible to do this?" Although Kang Fu made a mistake, it was really difficult to accept that he would be cut his stomach and give his head to the Tang people. ”

Tanuma said, "If we don't, then I'm afraid that more people will die and the shogunate will suffer a serious blow." Matsudaira-sama was a loyal retainer and must have understood the lord, but for the sake of the shogunate and the Tokugawa family, he could only do this. ”

Tokugawa Ieji was very hesitant, he was not stupid, Matsudaira Yasufuku and others had been opposing Tanuma Yiji, and Tanuma Yiji killed Matsudaira secondarily, and there was definitely an element of communiqué personal vendetta. But there is no other better way for the short-witted general, and it seems that it is acceptable to sacrifice an old middle school and then exchange it for peace.

"So, let me think about it first."

Tian Nush Yiji bowed down and said, "Please decide as soon as possible, after all, the situation is urgent." ”

As soon as his words fell, suddenly a young man outside the door shouted: "General, there is an urgent military situation." ”

Tokugawa Ieharu was very unhappy, interrupting his conversation like this, if he usually had someone strangle this little surname. But when he heard the frightening of the little surname, he still asked the little surname to report.

The little surname opened the door and knelt on the ground to report: "Lord General, three days ago, the soldiers and horses of the Tang army broke through the residence of the Sendai Domain, and the governor of the Date family was captured by the Tang Army, and now the Sendai Domain has been completely defeated, and the Tang Army claims that it is to retaliate against the shogunate's humiliation of them. ”

Tokugawa Isaharu and Tanuma Yoshiji were dumbfounded.

Tokugawa Iyoji said with some trembling: "It's so fast, the Tang army is coming so fast......"

Tanuma Yoshiji was just about to speak, when suddenly another flag samurai rushed in and shouted anxiously, "Lord Shogun, it's not good, two steel ships emitting black smoke have arrived outside Edo Bay......"

The sound of "boom" seemed to shake Fujimi's turrets, and Tokugawa Ieji's face turned completely white, which was clearly someone shelling Edo Castle! (To be continued.) )