‘In the ninth year of Wude, King Li Shimin of Qin killed Prince Li Jiancheng and King Li Yuanji of Qi at Xuanwumen. This is the famous Xuanwumen change in the history of the Tang Dynasty.’ In the Honmaru, I opened two rooms and transformed them into classrooms. Here I would teach the children the principles of history, mathematics, chemistry, physics and life. After a few calculations, in Japan, the oldest child was already six years old and the younger ones were many. Anyone who could walk by himself, regardless of whether he was sensible or not, was called here to listen to the class every morning. The content of the lectures would be recorded and printed as textbooks.

'My father, isn't the book saying that the prince Li Jiancheng was going to murder the Tang King Li Shimin first, but Li Shimin had no choice but to fight back before killing the prince Li Jiancheng?'

I signaled the child to sit down. The advantage of having too many children is that he couldn't remember the name. "Good question, here I want to say a very important thing, you all must remember it. History is written by the winner. First of all, we think that the book says that the King of Qin hastily responded to the battle and was ambushed again. How could it be possible to turn defeat into victory in an instant? So there is only one possibility, that is, the killing of the prince Li Jiancheng of Xuanwumen was a carefully planned conspiracy. As for the history books, isn't it still possible to write as much as the winner wants. Of course, we still have to admire Li Shimin, after all, he is the winner, and he yelled at it afterwards, transforming himself from a conspirator who killed his brother and forced his father to a victim of self-defense to gain sympathy.'

History is a microcosm of politics, and you can see the purpose behind it every bit here. Of course, this trick of Song Taizu wearing a yellow robe is really unpredictable. But every founding emperor is an extremely clever politician, which is not fake.

After the children discussed freely, I left behind the homework I needed to review tomorrow. The class ended in thirty minutes.

When we arrived at the study, the ninja leader Ishikawa Goemon had been waiting for a while. During this period, Ishikawa Goemon personally went to Kansai to confirm the drought conditions in Kansai countries and the news of the Maori family.

Seeing that Ishikawa Gouemon's eyes were bruised, he asked with a smile, "Why, I was beaten by my wife after a few days of going out."

‘She dares!’ Ishikawa Goemon hummed and whispered, ‘But, this time I went to Kansai, I lost someone.’

‘What’s the matter? Have you met a mob?’ According to reports, the drought in Kansai is far better than that of Kinki and Kanto Tokuro, and the phenomenon of cannibalism is common. I admire the skills of Goemon Ishikawa, who can come back alive.

‘That’s not, but when I was in Hiroshima Town, I met a beautiful woman. Speaking of which, she was really a stunner who was sick, and asked me to help her home because she was sick. I was a little moved…’

Ishikawa Goemon said this and I already understood seven points, "Can you jump if you hit the immortal?"

‘No, no.’ Ishikawa Goemon waved his hands repeatedly, ‘If the immortal jumped, at least he could see his body, it would be worth it. Just after helping her walk a few steps, he rushed out dozens of fully armed Maori's feet and insisted that I was 'painting', intending to kidnap good women, punched and kicked, and then snatched away all the dry food and money from me.’

I asked, ‘Then won’t you run? Who can keep up with the ninja want to run?’

'I wanted to run away, but my clothes were pulled by that woman. I was so late, I was surrounded. They were all real swords and guns. Once they were surrounded, they would be hard to fly. What's more, I played a role as a doctor who walked into the alleys, and my weapons were not good at helping me.'

‘Yeah.’ After hearing this, I nodded and helped him analyze, ‘According to what you said, you are accused of ‘fishing’. It’s good that people are fine, just lose some money. Just turn around and reimburse you. Let’s take a look at the things outside of money.’

‘Fishing?’ Here in me, Ishikawa Goemon always encounters some new terms.

‘Yes. Fishing.’ I explained, ‘If this is organized by a gangster, we can call it robbery, fraud, and immortal jumping. But if it is done by the retainers of the Maori family, it is the act of the local government, which is called fishing. From this point of view, the Kansai family is not having a good life.’

‘Yes.’ Ishikawa Goemon sighed, ‘Kansai is not a heavy grain production area, and the amount of grain stored by farmers cannot be compared with Kinki. Moreover, Kansai has always been taxed, and 607% of the annual income has to be paid for annual land rent. In addition, the drought has forced many refugees to join the Chinese people, bandits, etc., and the people are even more indifference. When I was in Hiroshima Town, I heard about some things. The first thing was that the elderly father of a bricklayer family was hungry.

After they died, the two sons argued endlessly. The eldest son said he wanted to eat his father's body, and the younger son wanted to bury his father. In the end, the younger son's proposal was executed. The two brothers secretly buried his father while the night was night. The two brothers were so hungry that they agreed with their brother's idea because they were too hungry. When the two brothers returned to the grave to dig out their father's body, they found that the body of his father, who had just been buried, had been poached and eaten.'

‘I’m so hungry that I don’t care about anything. Is there any more?’

Ishikawa Goemon nodded and said, "There is another thing that has something to do with the family. The family has some business in Jetcho. One of the handymen's sisters married to Kansai. When the handymen heard that Kansai couldn't have food, they took a leave and brought a bag of rice to pick up her sister's house. After arriving at her sister's house, the sister suddenly woke him up at night and asked him to run away quickly. Because his brother-in-law and children had already planned to kill him to eat meat. After the handymen's brother-in-law knew that the handymen had run away, he regretted that this fat man could eat for half a month for the whole family."

After listening to the story, I sighed in my heart, "The nature of a jackal." This handyman and his brother-in-law almost staged a story about a farmer and a snake.

‘Ishikawa, has the rule of the Maori family weakened due to drought?’

‘No. The Maori family summarized drought as a natural disaster. According to my observation, half of the land in the Western Kingdom has completely lost its harvest, and the remaining half will be reduced by 50%. This year's harvest in the Western Kingdom is expected to be less than one-third of the previous year's.’

‘Not to mention the Western countries, even Kinki will reduce production by half. You can’t see the dry and cracked riverbed in the river. But will the increase in the power of the Chinese people and the bandits affect the rule of the Maori family?’

Ishikawa Goemon shook his head, "No, the powerful people and bandits in the Western country all secretly colluded with the Maori family. They would only rob those villages that were not honest enough and local tyrants who stole the orders of the Maori family. It can be said that these evil parties have become thugs of the Maori family, and they have consolidated the rule of the Maori family to a certain extent.' Ishikawa Goemon has long seen many tricks of the official and bandit family. These evil parties who were acquiesced to survive must offer sacrifices regularly, and the Maori family plays the role of sharing the spoils in it.

‘It’s very difficult to deal with. It seems that unless there is a three-year drought, we can advance into Guanxi without any effort.’

‘Your Highness is really good at joking, so how can there be a reason for three consecutive years of severe drought?’

Think about it, this is an island country. As long as a typhoon comes, the problem of rainfall across the country will be solved. 'The court of the Western Kingdom...'

‘The Western court was supported by the Maori family. Last year, Daming from all over the country who supported Emperor Masato Town donated some supporting rice, and I think there is still surplus grain.’

‘The last question, is the woman who fishes really amazing?’

‘My thirty years of experience in Ishikawa is definitely true. Although it is not the dignified and generous type of Princess Ashi, it is also a rare beauty on earth.’
Chapter completed!