Ma Gan'er seemed to be greatly benefited from the compliments from others, and he showed a pretentious and reserved smile.

But at this moment, a rich male voice, like a booming bell, interrupted everyone's continuous praise of Ma Gan'er.

"What Hirose-kun said is indeed true! However, I personally believe that our country's current top priority is not to improve the land system, but to select and promote talents!"

The speaker was a strong man who looked nothing like a scholar. While talking, he straightened his back little by little with an increasingly passionate tone.

"In the past, Duke Ai of Lu asked about government affairs, and the sage replied: 'Government depends on the selection of ministers.'"

"If you raise the straight and ignore the false, the people will obey; if you raise the straight and false, the people will not obey."

As soon as the strong man's sonorous tenor rang out, it instantly overwhelmed all the sounds around him. The companions who were seated with him, as well as some nearby guests who were attracted by his loud voice, all focused their attention and attention on it.

On his body.

He became the center of attention - a nervous look flashed across the strong man's face, but he quickly adjusted his expression and mentality, cleared his throat gently, and straightened his waist.

Straighter.

"Shun had five ministers and ruled the world. Emperor Xin killed Bigan and destroyed the world."

"Only by being close to the virtuous ministers and staying away from the villains can we revitalize the country and solidify the power of the people!"

The strong man's words caused the people around him to nod frequently.

A few people even got so excited that they echoed:

"Yes! Well said!"

"Nojima-kun! You touched my heart."

"Yes! I agree! Duke Huan won Guan Zhong and united the nine princes to bring order to the world. If he lost Guan Zhong, he would be appointed as a cunning person and change his teeth. If he died without being buried, the world would laugh."

…

The strong man's advocating for peace made the strong man feel a little elated.

He enjoyed this feeling very much, took a breath, and said loudly with more energy:

"No matter what, the current administration is really heart-breaking to me!"

"The big tree, unknown to the people, rides on the salt carts and roosts birds on the springs, so that the thousand-mile horse is humiliated in the hands of the slaves and dies in a stall!"

"When I think of this, I feel filled with grief and anger! It's like being pierced by thousands of arrows!"

After saying this, the strong man beat his chest vigorously with a very contagious movement, and some tears could be seen faintly flashing in the corners of his eyes.

Ojukong: The honorific title given by the scholars and people of the Edo period to the currently reigning shogun.

Ayoto, Tenshouin and the two sisters all secretly looked sideways at Tokugawa Iemo next to them.

Tokugawa Iemo, who was listening well, was suddenly called upon and blinked blankly.

The strong man spoke with a choked voice and immediately continued without waiting for anyone else to answer:

"Nowadays, the barbarians are invading and the land is full of fishy smell. This is the time when our survival is in danger!"

"At this critical juncture, everyone in the shogunate must work hard and work hard to govern! However, Dashu Gong went against the grain and kept writing left and right! He insisted on using Nao Shizi's Fanshu Tune Office and Military Lecture Office!"

Qingdeng was no stranger to these two facilities: the Fanshu Adjustment Institute and the Military Education Institute.

After all, his old friend: Katsu Rintarou is currently serving in these two institutions. While he currently shoulders the position of headmaster (principal) of the Boshu Diao Institute, he is also the artillery professor of the Kung Fu Institute.

The Fanshu Diao Institute was not only a translation bureau specializing in translating Western works, but also the forefront of studying Western learning under the Edo shogunate.

Therefore, from this perspective, the functions of the Fanshu Diao Institute and the Changping Ban Institute of Learning are almost the same, and they are both schools.

It's just that the former teaches Western learning and the latter teaches Confucianism.

As for the Military Academy - it has a very strong "Western flavor".

After the "Black Ship Incident" occurred, in order to strengthen national defense, Hatamoto and his disciples who were qualified to worship the general were required to learn artillery and Western-style military skills in addition to learning guns and swords. Therefore, in the first year of Ansei (1854), he listened to "

At the suggestion of Seiichiro Otani, currently known as the "Sword Master", a martial arts academy was opened, which was merged with the warship drill academy in the fourth year of Ansei (1857).

To sum it up in one sentence - Jiangwu Institute is a comprehensive military school whose teaching content includes traditional martial arts and advanced Western military science and navigation.

Once this long-awaited military academy, which had high hopes of reviving the country's military strength, was established, the shogunate spared no effort in cultivating it.

The endorsement platform of the shogunate and the teaching content span ancient and modern times from east to west, and are highly inclusive, making today's military training schools a gathering of elites.

Martial arts masters, professors of Western studies... masters from various fields gathered at the martial arts academy.

Regarding Western military science, there are Rintaro Katsu, who is proficient in gunnery, navigation, Dutch and English; Takashima Akiho, who is proficient in gunpowder artillery technology and is also familiar with infantry, cavalry, artillery and other organization and tactics.

Regarding traditional martial arts, there was an initiative for the shogunate to build a martial arts academy. The current headmaster of the martial arts academy, Chiba Eijiro, the "former Edo No. 1 swordsman" before he rose to prominence, and Otani, who is known as the "today sword master"

Seiichiro.

Relying on his superb swordsmanship of the Jōshin Kage-ryu, he has defeated the famous "young tiger": Noburo Imai at a young age.

There are ever-changing swordsmanships, including one-sword style, two-sword style, and Kodachi style. Yin Ting Hideaki is the best at heart-shaped sword style.

In addition, there are a large number of powerful people who, although they do not often come to teach, occasionally come to teach the students of the martial arts institute as "guest professors" in their spare time.

For example--

He is over seven feet tall (2.1 meters+), and is good at wielding a five-foot (1.5 meters+) giant sword. Even Zuo Nazi's uncle... is the founder of the Beichen Itto-ryu sect, and is known as the "Taoi no Momoi"

Momoi Haruzang and Oishi Susumu were all defeated by him.

Yamaoka Teshu, who advocated studying Zen and cultivating one's character while practicing kendo, was known as the "Kendo Zen Master" by the world.

A disciple of Otani Seiichiro and a great master of the straight-hearted Kage-ryu: Kanbara Kenkichi.

…

Compared with the Hitotsubashi School, the Nanki School is more open-minded, and its political philosophy tends to "found the country" and relax exchanges with overseas countries.

Therefore, after the leader of the Nanji Sect: Jing Yin Zhibi came to power, both the Tibetan Book Transfer Institute and the Jiangwu Institute developed very well.

After Iyin Naobi was assassinated, Tokugawa Iemo had to stand in front of the stage. He was an open-minded monarch. He had always been very concerned about the current situation and future of the two institutes.

Despite being obstructed at all levels by conservatives within the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemo still insisted on promoting westernization in military, navigation and other fields...or modernization.

Today, with the full support of Tokugawa Iemo, the military academy is carrying out the pilot work of "forming a new army" day and night.

A new army, which adopts Western standards in terms of equipment and training methods, is being trained in full swing inside the military academy.

Learning from Western advanced technologies and systems - in the eyes of knowledgeable people, this is a correct and difficult thing to say.

But in the mouth of this strong man, it turned out to be a perverse and evil act.

The more the strong man spoke, the more excited he became, and the more his tone spoke, the more high-spirited he became.

"Xidi are just a bunch of barbarians from the frontier who have no knowledge of etiquette, justice and shame, and have not been taught by saints. Instead of teaching them the knowledge of saints and helping them to become civilized, we instead learn their strange and obscene skills - what's the truth?"

"Old Shugong abused the absurd system of Xi Di and promoted and re-employed heretics such as Shengrin Taro and Takashima Akiho! He did not respect Confucianism and favored heretics! Where does such an approach put our Confucianism? Where does it put our Confucianism?

Where are the scholars? Is the learning of the sages wrong? Is the method of the ancestors wrong?"

The strong man's words at this table directly aroused the emotions of the other Confucian scholars sitting with him.

I saw them all excitedly saying enthusiastically:

"Yes! Well said!"

"To actually introduce Xidi's strange skills is really the most ridiculous thing in the world!"

"The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed! Otherwise, how can we meet our ancestors under the nine springs a hundred years later?"

"Alas! Order has been corrupted, and human relations have collapsed! Duke Dashu uses heretics who have fallen into the heresy of Xidi. What does the way of saints mean? What does it mean to us who have studied the teachings of saints for so many years? Just go and invite them directly.

Those barbarians who are full of fishy smell should come to be officials!"

…

The roars of the Confucian scholars filled every corner of the tea house.

Miss Teshiro, who had not been separated from Aomori and others for a long time, rushed out of the kitchen with empty hands and an anxious look on her face.

Looking at the Confucian scholars who were like babies with no self-control, shouting and shouting whenever they wanted regardless of the occasion or time, a trace of hesitation appeared on Miss Teshiro's cheeks.

After a while, she gritted her teeth and strode towards the Confucian scholars - she probably wanted to persuade this group of "legends" who were enjoying themselves to be quiet, so as not to disturb the other guests present.

However, before she could take a few steps further, she felt a strong hand pressing her right shoulder from behind.

"Boss..." Miss Teshiro turned her head back and saw her boss shaking his head at her helplessly.

Forget it, just let them go - the boss said this with his actions and eyes.

A restaurant owner who has been working as a restaurant owner in the crowded Edo for more than ten years knows all too well the consequences of disturbing a pretentious person like this who is in high spirits.

The wise choice at the moment is to do more than to do less, and pretend that the group of Confucian scholars does not exist.

Miss Teshiro bit her lower lip angrily, and finally - she accepted the boss's suggestion, no longer approached the Confucian scholars, and only watched their performances from a distance.

Although it was a bit damaging to do so, Qingnobu really wanted to see the expression of Tokugawa Iemo who was so disparaged.

He raised the tea cup as if nothing had happened, pretending to be drinking tea, and using the cover of the tea cup, he quietly tilted his eyes and peeked at Tokugawa Iemo's face.

Tokugawa Iemo, who became the 13th generation lord of the Kiyin Domain at the age of 4, was welcomed into Edo at the age of 12, and succeeded to the position of General of the Conquest of Barbarians, can be said to be the perfect interpretation of the term "Original Enzo".

Tokugawa Iemo, who has been on the political stage since he was a child, was influenced by the surrounding environment and was cultivated with excellent cultivation.
To be continued...