Edo, the office of the Kitabashi Institute—

"Come on, Dongsei, try the Nagasaki cake my friend gave me yesterday."

Kuroi pushed his favorite Nagasaki cake in front of Higashiro.

"Hoho, it smells good."

In the office, the town pursues: Hokui and Tatsumachi return to the "Dongcheng Group" and Li: Dongcheng, sitting opposite each other across the table.

Bo Jing and Dongcheng have always had a good personal relationship. In his spare time, Bo Jing often invites Dongcheng to come and have some snacks with him and have a chat for a while.

"The world has become increasingly uneasy recently." Bo Jing sighed and poured tea into the cup of Dongcheng. "I really miss the peaceful days when the barbarians had not knocked on the gates before..."

No matter how the times develop, no matter how old or young, men like to talk about three things the most—military, politics, and women.

Tokigi, whose mouth was stuffed with Nagasaki cake, nodded and said vaguely: "Well, yes. The world is messy, and I don't know when it will be able to recover stability."

"At this critical moment when the shogunate is in urgent need of the shogunate from top to bottom, from inside to outside to unite to cope with external troubles, the shogunate is still in constant conflict..." Bo Yi shook his head with a wry smile, "I recently heard that Mr. Ii and His Highness Tianzhangyuan quarreled again a few days ago... The gap between them seems to be getting bigger and bigger..."

"...There's no way." Dongcheng chewed the cake's teeth, "I've done some of my behaviors over the past two years, really too much... It's natural that his relationship with His Highness Tianzhangyuan has become worse and worse."

The black ship fleet in the United States opened the gates of Japan in June of the sixth year of Kayo (1853). Just a few months later, the superior shogun and the 12th general: Tokugawa Ieke died of illness.

After Tokugawa Ikei died of illness, his only son: Tokugawa Ikei's Dashi succeeded to the position of general and became the 13th generation general of the Edo Shogunate.

While the country is suffering from internal and external troubles, the Tokugawa family has become the new ruler of the country... Many people are quite worried about this.

Because the Tokugawa family must be a well-known brainless person.

Literally brainless.

Since childhood, he has been sick and cowardly by nature and extremely disgusted with talking in front of others. Only the wet nurse, Kazuki, can communicate with him normally and cannot handle government affairs at all.

Because the health of Jiading is so poor, people think that it will be too burping even if it takes a few years.

Due to physical reasons, the family has no children... With his appearance that he can't even walk well, he can't have a child.

Therefore, in order to ensure national stability, not long after the succession of the throne at home, the ministers began to discuss who should be appointed as the "Crown Prince".

In the Edo period, Japan's political structure was quite similar to that in the Zhou Dynasty in China - both adopted the feudal system rather than the centralized system.

The Edo Shogunate ruled only one-quarter of the land in the country, and the other three-quarters of the land were all enfeoffed in the form of a vassal state.

These people who were granted vassal states were called "Da Ming".

The levels of daimyos in the Edo period were divided into three levels from high to low: daimyos of the relatives, daimyos of the genealogy, and daimyos of the outside.

The relatives of the Tokugawa family were enfeoffed to various economically prosperous places or military rushes.

The Mahogany Dai Ming was once descended from the heroes who conquered the world with the first general of the Edo Shogunate: Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Outside the Daming period, after the first general Tokugawa Ieyasu developed, he surrendered to those who were loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Except for some exceptions, they were basically enfeoffed to some old, young, and poor areas.

Together, there are more than 300 of these three daimyos, so the vassals of the Edo period were also collectively called "Three Hundred Princes". These more than 300 vassal states divided up another three-quarters of Japan's land.

Among the names of the pro-vassal daimyo, the most important and most powerful ones are the Ohashi, the Mito and the Kii vas, which are collectively known as the "Three Imperial Families".

The first general Tokugawa Ieyasu made a regulation: when the general's family had no successor, the Mito family would be the heir of the daimyo, and the heirs would be born in the Kii and Ohachi families.

In the middle and late Edo period, the "Mi Sanqing" was established, namely the Ta'an Tokugawa family, the Ichihashi Tokugawa family and the Kiyomizu Tokugawa family. The Mi Sanqing family was second only to the Mi Sanqing family, but like the Ozaka family and the Kii family, they had the qualifications to inherit the position of general.

After deciding to establish an heir before the Tokugawa family set his head on the ground, Makushi began to find suitable candidates in the "Isan Family" and "Isan Family".

There are only two people who are suitable to inherit the position of general - Yibashi Keihi from Yibashi's family, and Tokugawa Keifuku from the Jiyi family, the "Iwashi" Jiyi family.

These two people have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Ichihashi was born in 1837, older and well-known. The ministers who supported Ichihashi as their heir believed that in this time of internal and external troubles, a general with strong enough strength must be taken over the overall situation.

Tokugawa Kyokawa was born in 1846 and was too young, but his bloodline was more orthodox. Those who supported Tokugawa Kyokawa Kyokawa's succession believed that no matter when, people with more orthodox bloodlines had to be generals.

So, the ministers were divided into two factions.

Those who support Ichihashi Keihi's succession are collectively called the "Ichihashi faction". Those who support Tokugawa Keifuku's succession are collectively called the "Nanji faction". The two factions quarreled endlessly.

The great princes from all over the country also joined the battle for successors, trying to get a share of the political struggle.

The one who set the finale for this "Iqiao·Nanji Fight" was the man who is currently sitting in the position of the eldest son - Naoki Ii.

Two years ago in 1858, as a hard-core "Nanji faction", Ii Ichi Naoki successfully took office as the master who held the power of the country through a series of political means.

After taking office as the eldest son, he forced Tokugawa Kyofuku to the throne with iron fist, allowing Tokugawa Kyofuku to be established as the crown prince of the general's family, and used cruel means to suppress the "Yiqiao faction".

The "Yiqiao·Nanji Controversy" ended with the comprehensive victory of the "Nanji faction".

It just so happened that shortly after Tokugawa Kyofuki became the heir to the general with the support of Ii Naohime, Tokugawa Ichidae finally died of illness.

Tokugawa Keifuku took office as the 14th shogun in 1858 and renamed "Tokugawa Ieshiro".

The general is young, but he is only 14 years old this year, and he is still unable to handle government affairs alone.

In addition, there is a special relationship where "Naosuke Ii is the biggest hero of the Nanji faction to win", so in the past two years since Tokugawa Ieshima succeeded as a general, power has basically been in the hands of Iii Naosuke, and important government affairs are decided by Ii Naosuke. Tokugawa Ieshima is no different from a puppet.

The powerful behavior of Ii Naohime and his violently suppressed the "Ichibashi faction" made the Shogunate Tenzhangyuan extremely dissatisfied.

Tianzhangyuan - This is the name of the official wife set by the previous general.

According to the Edo period, after the general died, his wife had to be a nun and then have a name for a ritual.

Tianzhangyuan's real name is Atsuko, and is known as Atsuki. After the previous general died of illness, she was nunned and received the name of a swear name: "Three Jingshun Zhenjing elder sisters in Tianzhangyuan Hall", commonly known as "Tianzhangyuan".

In terms of status, as the Tianzhangyuan, who was the wife of the previous general, had a status similar to that of the "Empress Dowager".

Tianzhangyuan is very young. She was born in 1836 and is only 24 years old this year.

Although Jiamao had no blood relationship with her, as the "Empress Dowager", she still wholeheartedly assisted her nominal son who was only 10 years younger than her.

Ii Naohime's various behaviors made the young "empress dowager" increasingly dissatisfied with the powerful minister - this matter is actually no longer a secret.

In the streets and alleys of Edo, "the conflict between Ii Da Lao and His Highness Tianzhangyuan continues to deepen" has become one of the biggest topics of conversations after dinner.

"Ah... I still hope that Master Ii and His Highness Tianzhangyuan can restore their relationship as soon as possible..." Bo Yi sighed, "The world is now chaotic, and if the shogunate cannot work together, it will be too disastrous."

Bo Jing took the tea next to him and drank it all in one go.

"Dongcheng, do you know what the most outrageous discussion I have ever heard about Da Lao Ii and His Highness Tianzhangyuan in the city recently?"

"What?" Dongcheng stuffed another piece of Nagasaki cake into his mouth.

Bo Jing sneered: "Some people who don't know if there is any problem are spreading blindly: Your Highness Tianzhangyuan and Master Jingyi actually have an affair. Your Highness Tianzhangyuan has never tasted the taste of a man, so..."

"Nonsense." Before Bo Jing finished speaking, Dongcheng rolled his eyes, "How old is Mr. Jing Yi? He is 45 years old this year. Even if His Highness of Tianzhangyuan wants to find a man, he will not be able to find Mr. Jing Yi."

"That's it." Bo Jing curled his lips, "The person who made up such a lies really doesn't know what he is thinking about..."

Kuroi picked up a piece of Nagasaki cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"But... His Highness of Tianzhangyuan's life is indeed very bumpy..." Bo Jing sighed, "Although I was not fortunate to see His Highness of Tianzhangyuan with my own eyes, I have also heard that she is a beauty with skin as cream and a beautiful country."

At this point, a slight grin appeared on Bo Jing's face.

"A young man, who has not even tried the joy of fish and water, has been a widow in his virginity for eternity."

Dongcheng also had a vulgar smile on his face at this time: "Bo Jing, do you also think that His Highness of Tianzhangyuan is a virgin?"

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Bo Jing shrugged, "I have the virtue of Ding Gong, let alone having sex with His Highness Tianzhangyuan, it's a problem whether he has ever met His Highness Tianzhangyuan."

When I married Tokugawa's family in Tianzhangyuan, Tokugawa's family's physical and mental state were extremely bad.

He was already disgusted with seeing people and could only communicate with his wet nurse normally. When he married him at Tianzhangyuan, his physical and mental state had deteriorated to locking himself in the house all day long and he didn't want to see anyone.

And his physical condition, which is like a waste, makes it hard to believe that he still has the ability to travel.

So people all said that until the death of the family Dinggong, Tianzhangyuan was full of a perfect body.

Tianzhangyuan lost her husband at the age of 23 and was a widow with a virginity - this kind of topic is so exciting!

Especially Tianzhangyuan is also a famous beauty with a beautiful appearance, which makes people feel even more excited.

It was two years ago that Tokugawa's family died of illness and Tianzhangyuan became a widow, but even though such a long time has passed, the topics related to Tianzhangyuan's virginity are still popular.

Countless Edo men fantasized about entering the boudoir of Tianzhangyuan alone in the posture of a lone hero, soothing the lonely body and soul of Tianzhangyuan!

Everyone knows that if a woman of the Tianzhangyuan level wants to fall in love with other men, she will not fall in love with ordinary cats and dogs. After all, she must be a kingly man to win the favor of Tianzhangyuan, but this still does not prevent Edo men from fantasizing as much as possible.

The perfect body of Tianzhangyuan - this happens to be a topic that both Bo Jing and Dongcheng like very much.

When talking about this topic that both sides like, the two middle-aged men, Bo Jing and Dongcheng, shined with their eyes and began to Hu Tianhai with great enthusiasm.

Just when both of them were having a good time—

"Persist in the Lord! Persist in the Lord!"

A shout of excitement and surprise sounded outside the house.

Bo Jing heard who was shouting? This is a certain Tongxin who was specifically responsible for helping him with paperwork.

"What's the matter?" Bo Jing asked loudly.

"The murder case of Muliu Town has been solved! The murder case of Muliu Town has been solved! The criminal has been arrested!"

"Broken?!" Bo Jing was shocked first, his eyes raised forward, then he stood up with excitement, stroking his palm and laughed, "Niye Jun is really amazing! It took only less than an hour to send him to take charge of this case? He actually solved the case so quickly and arrested the criminal!"

"Excellent! Amazing!"
To be continued...