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Chapter 527 The Desperate Rival

"Patriarch, I think the Kyushu Army's move is not trivial, but it has a far-reaching layout."

After the banquet, Tokugawa Iemitsu took a group of retainers back to the general's mansion on foot, during which Sakai Tadakatsu said to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

"What Mr. Sakai said is true. They set up a school to learn Chinese culture, and what they teach is their Chinese language, not our Dongying tradition. In the future, if the students of the Tokyo school succeed in their studies, they will also learn from the Kyushu Army. Talking is a huge threat to the majesty of the general and the safety of the people." The retainer Matsudaira Nobuzuna was also on guard against the Kyushu Army.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was heavy, he didn't understand what these subordinates said, but now there is really no good way to deal with the Kyushu Army's actions, because now the shogunate relies heavily on the Kyushu Army.Edo City needs the protection of the Kyushu Army outside, and the new army needs the training of instructors from Kyushu, and trade has begun to be dominated by Chinese merchants...

"I know what you said, what do you think should be the best way to do it now?" Tokugawa Iemitsu said.

"The samurai should be restricted from entering the Tokyo academy. The samurai are the cornerstone of our shogunate. If they are always on our side, the Kyushu Army has set up a school, and it will not be able to shake our cornerstone." Nobuna Matsudaira said.

"I don't think so. The warriors are loyal to us. If they enter the school and learn the advanced technology of China, they can cultivate a steady stream of talents for us. In contrast, letting those dull civilians enter the school is a It's a terrible thing. They are more easily bewitched by the people of the Central Plains and will become their loyal supporters." Said Tadakatsu Sakai.

"Otherwise, let's find a reason to seal down the Tokyo school. I always have a bad feeling." Abe Zhongqiu interrupted, "Whether it's a samurai or a commoner who goes to their school, they are all influenced by Chinese culture. It's really frustrating. Worrying."

"The problem is that no matter what reason we use to seal down the school they set up, the army outside the city will rush into the city without saying a word, and they don't care what reason we use." Tokugawa Iemitsu found himself riding a tiger, and wrote Alcohol, some headaches.

On their way back to the General's Mansion, a group of Banners came over respectfully and asked Tokugawa Iemitsu for instructions.

Ono Taro was pushed out by many banners, and he knelt on the ground respectfully and said to Tokugawa Iemitsu: "Your Excellency, the black ship came to sail before, the whole country was shaken, and people were panicked. The Kyushu Army set up a school in the city, which is even more shaken. The majesty of our shogunate. We are the samurai of the shogun's family, and we are designated as the head of the family to share the worries. Therefore, we are willing to mix in the Tokyo Academy, learn the advanced technology of the Kyushu Army, and revitalize our country."

Tokugawa Iemitsu was a little surprised, and Sakai Tadakatsu and others were also a little surprised.

"Baga! Are you forcing the palace?! Pay attention to the tone of your words with the Patriarch!" Sakai Tadakatsu stood up and scolded everyone, making the warriors tremble.

"Wait, maybe what they said is right. Our shogunate also needs to open up the country and learn from the Celestial Dynasty. When the Khan of Heaven was in power, we sent envoys from the Tang Dynasty across the sea to study, so that we escaped from the wild and primitive .Now is the inflection point of the country's decline, and we should do something extraordinary." Tokugawa Iemitsu said suddenly.

"Patriarch, are you really sure?" Tadakatsu Sakai and the others were deeply surprised and couldn't help blurting out.

"Let's discuss this matter for the time being, let's go back first." Tokugawa Iemitsu said.

The news that the Tokyo Academy would openly select students quickly spread throughout Edo Castle, and even spread out of Edo Castle through word of mouth from rural peddlers, causing a wave of upsurge in the area around Edo Castle.Now the people in this place know that officials from the mysterious and powerful Central Plains set up a school here, which is even more sensational than Jianzhen's eastward journey.Not only Edo Castle, but also daimyo, samurai, and farmers from other parts of Musashi Kingdom began to gather in Edo Castle.Even if you can't enter the legendary Tokyo Academy, it's an honor to be able to participate in this grand event.

Edo Castle, which had declined slightly due to the war, had a second spring at this time, and many people poured into Edo Castle.Some Japanese intellectuals became active.Some of these intellectuals are not attached to the shogun and daimyo, but they have considerable influence among the people, and they are the embryonic form of the original thinkers.Some of them began to criticize the inaction of the shogunate, which led to the fall of the curtain one after another. What's more, they began to support the Kyushu Army, believing that the Chinese civilization was the first civilization in the world, and asked the shogunate to move closer to the Chinese civilization.Of course, some intellectuals stood on the side of the shogunate, believing that the Kyushu Army had malicious intentions and supported the blockade of the country to prevent it from being sinicized.I have to say that some of them are very insightful, and they all understand the point.However, these intellectuals had different positions and fought against each other, and their faces were red-faced before the admission selection began.

On the side of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu seemed to realize that the wave of historical progress was unstoppable.In the past few days, he has summoned all the Dongying people who have been active in Liaodong, Yizhou, Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the past few years.

"Did the once magnificent Ming Empire perish at the hands of the Kyushu Army?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu learned from them the general story of the rise of the Kyushu Army, and he was even more emotional.We must know that the great Ming Empire once blocked hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops east of the Yalu River in Liaodong, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi was exhausted.In this way, the empire, which was originally stronger than the Dongying Kingdom, was overthrown by the Kyushu Army originating in Liaodong, which shows how strong the Kyushu Army is.And what they are most afraid of is this newly rising empire!Generally speaking, at the beginning of the rise of an empire, the contemporaneous military power is generally the strongest, and the ambition for expansion is also stronger.And the further you go, the easier it is to be complacent.Now that the Tokugawa shogunate is the third generation, they have the idea of ​​​​closing the country, and the rise of the Kyushu Army is a matter of recent years!

"Yes, Your Excellency General. At that time, there was a peasant uprising in the Ming Empire, which penetrated the entire Central Plains from the northwest and attacked all the way to the capital of the Ming Empire, killing and injuring millions of people. He and the Imperial Army were wiped out in one fell swoop, from north to south, sweeping thousands of miles, and fighting in ten directions. Nowadays, it is said that the Kyushu Army has expanded from one hundred thousand to one million to guard every corner of the empire. This Beiyang fleet is only their empire. One of the three major fleets." Some Dongying talents who have been active in the Central Plains really know the power of the Kyushu Army, and they will tell the situation of the Kyushu Army.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's lips and tongue were dry when he heard this, his heart was mostly cold, and a deep sense of powerlessness grabbed his throat.One hundred thousand Kyushu army can penetrate the entire Ming Empire and replace it, and now it has multiplied tenfold to become an army of one million.Even the Beiyang Fleet that suppressed Japan was only one of the three major fleets, which made it difficult for the shogunate, which had only tens of thousands of old-style troops, to fight against them.

(End of this chapter)