17. Great changes in the vassal system
After seeing the three candidates, Tokugawa's family fell silent as usual. He leaned his back on the sofa, closed his eyes, and his eyes fell, making people even suspect that he was asleep.
Everyone knows that this is the general who is meditating. You should do whatever you should do. Anyway, just don’t bother the general. Tadaemon carefully picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip.
Western things are naturally used in the Western Pavilion. Rather than saying that this is an imperial meeting, it is an imperial tea. The general itself has the routine of holding tea parties with ministers. It is an old tradition for everyone to sit down and drink tea together. However, the Tokugawa family is too lazy to go to the tea ceremony, so it is more convenient to learn from Westerners to drink afternoon tea.
It is said that the tea was made by Mrs. Atsuhime himself, and after drinking it, Tadaoemon didn't feel that there was anything different. The ministers did not dare to speak and communicate, so they could only hold a tea cup to start to appreciate the French porcelain, which was the difference between it and the porcelain made in Japan.
Napoleon III gave it to the Tokugawa family, and it looked quite fancy.
"These three people are the only ones?" Just as everyone was staring blankly at a teacup, Tokugawa's Identity finally opened his eyes.
Look at this, I am not very satisfied with the three people in the proposal film. They were originally compromised characters, each of whom had good fathers or good mothers. Tokugawa's family was very suspicious of their level.
"If the emperor wants to have something to do, I will definitely follow it." Naochi Ii took the lead in answering.
Originally, Lao Zhong was an assistant to the general to govern the world. Of course, it was very important to be senior, but Tokugawa's family's own opinions were even more important. The world belongs to the Tokugawa family, and this kind of thing was not decided by Tokugawa's family.
"Yu Yi is..." The Tokugawa family looked like they wanted to speak but stopped.
This is very difficult to happen to the general. You are the biggest in Japan and you cannot say anything you have. Anything you say is the law, and this is the feudal world.
"Well... Old Chinese are used to select from relatives and genealogy, but in modern times, they have used many appearances. First, there were Matsushima and then Tokushima, and they were all capable ministers." Tokugawa Idea spoke very slowly, but when he heard the few people present, it was explosive remarks.
Yukikan Sanada himself is the son of Matsuhei Tadashi, and Shiyu Hira Hiro himself is the son of Tokugawa's family. Although he is nominally a daimyo, he is all the children of Tokugawa's family. Of course, there is no problem to be an old junior.
But now, from the Tokugawa family's intention, it seems that we must break the convention of using only relatives and genealogy and genealogy, and choose from the appearance. This is a major event that breaks the political balance of the entire shogunate, and it will shake the entire shogunate system.
"Ah this!"
Even Ii Naochi was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a moment. After all, if this was said from the mouth of the outer Daming, he could directly scold him. But now this sentence was said from the mouth of Tokugawa's family. Do you want to scold the general?
Tadaoemon sat down and was unable to understand the Tokugawa family's idea for a while. The shogunate took the initiative to give power to the outside world? It is not yet at the moment that it is a storm and needs to be directly "republic" with the outside world's princes.
Tokugawa Idai raised his hand and pressed it down, indicating that everyone should not rush to speak.
"I have a decision on this matter..."
According to Tokugawa's Iron Ding, the captains of the shogunate naval ships were all shogun ministers. Most of them were not high-level shogun ministers. They were all wise and powerful, and promoted them to their current position. They were simply a kind of grace like a mountain and sea. In addition, the righteousness of the monarch and ministers for two hundred years, their loyalty to the shogunate are very good.
The soldiers of the Shogunate Navy were either Makuhomon who were trained with the Dutch in their early years, or students selected from the Yokohama Navy Training Institute or Yokohama Merchant Shipping School, all of which were trained by the Shogunate itself.
Even if the Navy pursues an outsider, everyone below is a loyal minister of the shogunate, so there is no problem!
And now if one person can be promoted to be an old middle school among the exterior examples, it will obviously have a huge effect on easing the relationship between the exterior examples and the shogunate.
If you give power to the outside world in normal times, then the outside world will only think that the shogunate is weak and can be bullied, and you will feel contemptuous of the shogunate. But now the shogunate has just killed a group, sent a group, and locked up a group, which is the time when the "military soldiers are so powerful". It took only four days to mobilize troops to enter Kyoto. How fast is this?
The princes were frightened!
At this time, the shogunate released goodwill to the outside princes, and then it was no longer a sign of weakness to the enemy, but a favor and reward given to the lower class by the higher-ranking people.
"What does brother mean?" Tadaoemon suddenly felt something.
"Yu Yijiro and Fujiri are married again, and they will be appointed as the old junior, and they will be the navy!" Tokugawa Idai said a candidate that even Tadaoemon could not have imagined.
Shimazu Yajiro is nineteen years old this year, while Fujimi is eleven years old this year, and the age gap is negligible. The important thing is to immediately confirm the identity of the Tokugawa prince, and to take advantage of the appearance of the other person, and enter the Maku Pavilion.
"Then Kagoshima Hou lives in seclusion here?" Ii Naochi seemed to have thought of something.
"Yes, I ordered him to live in seclusion and hand over the position of the governor of the family to Yajiro, and then served as the navy to pursue coastal defense." Tokugawa Ideaki had already thought very well.
How could a young man be a good old shogunate? But if his father is his full-time secretary, there is no problem. Shimazu Tadaichi has been ups and downs for more than 20 years and is already an old man. There is no big problem to assist his son in managing the shogunate navy.
"Haisha is far-fetched, I can't wait." Hiroju Kuroshi directly flattered the Tokugawa family.
"It's just to win over Shimazu and to make Kyushu." Tokugawa's family smiled. They were all from the shogunate family, so he said it very bluntly.
As long as Shimatus in the southern part of Kyushu is fine, then other northern princes in Kyushu who have always been respectful to the shogunate will obviously not be able to jump out and take on the main points and fight against the shogunate. One of the major troubles in the shogunate can be removed.
After all, the Emperor of Kyushu Mountain is far away, and the military strength of the shogunate is beyond reach. Relying on the Kyushu Qun, the little vassal of Kyushu, there is no way to control the entire Kyushu Island. It is better to trade with the Shimazu family in this way, give them a favor to the shogunate for their magnificent titles and make them profitable.
"How?" Although the Tokugawa family had an idea in mind, he was not an arbitrary person and still asked the opinions of the ministers of the Muge Pavilion.
"I have no objection!" Tadakayoumon took the lead in expressing his approval. Tadakami Shimazu and I are Iron Brothers.
Chapter completed!