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Chapter 800 The fleet is coming (five)

The city of Edo was full of smog and chaos, with burning houses and shops, and black smoke hovering over the city for a long time.

On the day of the turmoil, dozens of shops were smashed, most of which were owned by Tadakatsu Sakai and Nobutsuna Matsudaira, and some were completely innocent shops that were implicated.In just one day, more than a dozen people died in the riots and hundreds were injured.

If it weren't for the shogunate general Tokugawa Iemitsu personally led troops to suppress this riot, there might have been more casualties.

Most of Sakai Tadakatsu's mansion was destroyed by the fire, and now Sakai Tadakatsu can only temporarily live in Matsudaira Nobuzuna's home.Tadakatsu Sakai wanted to cry, he provoked whoever he provoked, but he just wanted to get Da Yuer and the others the purpose of coming to Dongying, but he couldn't get anything out, and his home was burned down by the rioting residents instead.

Tokugawa Iemitsu visited Matsudaira Nobuzuna's mansion in person, and thousands of the most elite samurai were patrolling outside to prevent another riot in Edo Castle.

"Look what good things you guys have done!"

"Sakai Tadakatsu, you didn't manage your family well, let him make trouble outside at will, and even provoked the Chinese people!"

"Nobutsuna Matsudaira, you arrested a few Chinese people without authorization, which directly brought us huge troubles, which belonged to mishandling!"

"And Tadaaki Abe, you...how is your investigation of Shigemasa Itakura's case going!?"

When Tokugawa Iemitsu saw the disheveled Sakai Tadakatsu, Matsudaira Nobuzuna and others, he immediately criticized them.On weekdays, the group of ministers he relied on the most, but at this time they added to his obstacles.

"Your Excellency, General, on the night that Itakura Shigemasa was assassinated, a watchman was killed earlier and his body was found in the ditch. The murderer must have pretended to be a watchman. Assassinate him. As for who killed the watchman and Shigemasa Itakura in succession, I haven't found out yet." Abe Tadaaki said.

"What is the use of these killing methods I know? What I need is to know who is manipulating all this behind, who killed my retainers! Also, the riots in the city today are not like a spontaneous movement of the residents in the city, but Someone behind the scenes is fueling the flames, intentionally creating chaos, and making the residents even more dissatisfied with our shogunate." With his hands behind his back, Tokugawa Iemitsu has roughly seen the essence of the riots inside Edo Castle.

"Your Excellency the Great General is wise, we think so too." Sakai Tadakatsu took out a newspaper, "The Kyushu Newspaper published a special daily early this morning, which strongly criticized the actions of our shogunate, causing dissatisfaction among the people in Edo City and intentionally creating chaos. The death of Itakura Shigemasa is not necessarily related to the Kyushu Army. However, the riots in Edo Castle today must be related to the Kyushu Army."

"The Kyushu Army wants to use public opinion and riots to force us to release people." Abe Tadaaki added.

Tokugawa Iemitsu took the newspaper and scanned it roughly: "Is the thing recorded on it true?"

Sakai Tadakatsu nodded: "It is basically true, but it is precisely because of this that the residents in Edo City can be incited. Seventy percent of it is true, and three parts of it is false. It can add fuel and vinegar to arouse the dissatisfaction of the people in Edo City against us!"

"What a scheming! The Kyushu Newspaper is the property of the Kyushu Army. It must be the Kyushu Army's doing to publish such an article!" Tokugawa Iemitsu was also annoyed this time.Edo Castle is the core area ruled by the Tokugawa Shogunate. If even Edo Castle is in turmoil, then the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate is not far from disintegration.

"Your Excellency, General, I will take you to meet the Chinese men and women we captured. Maybe you can get some useful information from them." Sakai Tadakatsu said to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

"Take me to meet them." Tokugawa Iemitsu also wanted to see who caused such a big commotion.

Da Yu'er and the others were detained in a courtyard, and their movements were relatively free, but there was no way to escape.But Da Yu'er and the others didn't want to escape, anyway, the shogunate really didn't dare to do anything to them.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu saw Dayuer, his eyes lit up slightly, but it disappeared quickly.

"Do you know how many people were killed or injured in Edo Castle because of your detention? At least hundreds of people!" Tokugawa Iemitsu did not expect that there would be a beautiful woman in the source.

"No comment." Da Yuer still said the same thing, but she was puzzled in her heart, even if her own people wanted to save her, it wouldn't have to cause hundreds of casualties, right?

"Who are you from the Kyushu Army? Why would they not hesitate to cause turmoil in the city and drive the residents of the city to put pressure on our shogunate?" Tokugawa Iemitsu continued to ask.

"No comment."

"Sakai, Matsudaira, does she only know this sentence of Chinese?" Tokugawa Iemitsu was also hurt internally by Da Yuer.

Sakai Tadakatsu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "These people are very stubborn, and they don't want to reveal anything to us. If they ask, they have nothing to say."

"Then you can't ask anything, what are you leaving them for?" Tokugawa Iemitsu was a little dissatisfied.

"Your Excellency, General, they came to Dongying at a young age, and they have a lot to do with the Kyushu Army. There are strange things about this matter. I suggest you continue to detain them and see what the Kyushu Army will do." Songping Xin Gang said.

"Hundreds of people were killed and injured in Edo Castle because of this incident, and dozens of shops were smashed and robbed. How much more casualties do you want to cause?" Tokugawa Iemitsu said.

"I also feel that we should continue to wait and see." Abe Tadaaki, who has always supported Tokugawa Iemitsu, said.

"Why do you even think so?" Tokugawa Iemitsu was quite puzzled.

"The riots in Edo Castle today have exposed the hands and feet of the people behind the scenes. The Kyushu Army must be involved, but there should be other people involved. Your Excellency, General, we have the articles published by the Kyushu Newspaper in our hands, so we can find out Who did it. Not only that, when this matter is over, we can secretly investigate who was instigating the residents of Edo City during the riot. If my guess is correct, it is the traitors of the Huaxia Society. This time we There is enough evidence to put them in prison, even the Kyushu Army can't come to rescue them!" Abe Tadaaki said.

Tokugawa Iemitsu pondered: "What you said is very reasonable. The casualties can also be counted on the head of the Huaxia Society. If hundreds of people are killed or injured, the traitors of the Huaxia Society can be executed. Everything is worth it."

Da Yuer, who had no comment all the time, looked at the position of his shadow, and suddenly said to Tokugawa Iemitsu, Sakai Tadakatsu and others: "You should let us go quickly, our fleet is about to arrive at Edo Castle."

(End of this chapter)