Tokugawa Iemitsu was born into a famous family in Japan, his brother was already dead at the time of his birth, so within the Tokugawa family he was equivalent to the eldest son, before his brother was born he was still very popular with his parents, but after his brother was born, he looked very dark and very stupid, and his brother was beautiful and likable, although his grandfather still had high hopes for him, but his parents did not like him. Fortunately, with Tokugawa Iemitsu's nursing mother who has always supported him, he can have such a great achievement, so who is Tokugawa Iemitsu's nursing mother?
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According to relevant historical records, Tokugawa Iemitsu's mother's name is Ah Fu, originally the daughter of a traitorous general, because when she was young, she had acne scars on her face, so she was very old and had not yet married out, her mother saw that she was getting older and forcibly married her to her brother-in-law, After Ah Fu got married, he found that her husband had three or four concubines, and once he saw a concubine seducing her husband and felt very angry, so he beat her to death in a fit of anger. After this incident, she fled back to her mother's house.
But when she returned to her mother's house, she had nothing to do all day, and at this time, the Tokugawa family just openly recruited a wet nurse, so she went. After that, I was lucky enough to be selected. Afuku treats Tokugawa Iemitsu like her own child, she uses all her strength to help Tokugawa Iemitsu, it is because of her meticulous care of Tokugawa Iemitsu that she gradually came out of the predicament of autism, without her Tokugawa Iemitsu would not succeed, so it can be seen that Tokugawa Iemitsu's mother played a very important role in Tokugawa Iemitsu's life.
Tokugawa Iemitsu's sons were all there
Tokugawa Iemitsu was born in Bushido-era Japan, and his father and grandfather were very famous samurai, so during his reign over the Tokugawa family, he focused his main energy on managing Japanese samurai. However, the issue of the succession of Tokugawa Iemitsu's heirs was once the subject of after-dinner talk in Japan at that time, and there were five sons of Tokugawa Iemitsu, but the fate of Tokugawa Iemitsu's five sons was not good, so what was the fate of Tokugawa Iemitsu's sons?
According to relevant historical records, Tokugawa Iemitsu had five sons, his eldest son and youngest son died prematurely, and the second son, Tokugawa Ieyasu, succeeded him as a shogun, and although Tokugawa Ieyasu became the shogun heir of the Tokugawa family, he died at the age of forty, and although he was married, he had no heirs, so his position was not inherited.
After a long period of discussion, the Tokugawa family decided to let Tokugawa Iemitsu's youngest son, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, inherit the position of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and later Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was ready to pass his position to his children, but because his child died at a very young age, he had to pass the position of sixth shogun to his son-in-law.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's son-in-law died before he could succeed to the shogunship, so he had to pass on the position of sixth-generation military general to Tokugawa Ieyasu, the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu's fourth son. Only two of Tokugawa Iemitsu's sons succeeded him as shogun, and did not pass the throne according to the tradition of succession from father to son, mainly because Tokugawa Iemitsu's sons had no heirs at the time of their deaths, so they had to let their brothers inherit.
What is the evaluation of Tokugawa Iemitsu
As the third shogun of the Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu played a particularly important role in Japanese history. As with many others who have commented on it, there are many comments about Tokugawa Iemitsu. These evaluations are both positive and negative. But no matter what is said of Tokugawa Iemitsu, his exploits and deeds cannot be indelible.
The most popular to say tokugawa Iemitsu is that he was a qualified shogun who dedicated his life to the Edo shogunate. Tokugawa Iemitsu took many political steps to consolidate the dominance of the Edo shogunate in Japan. First of all, he ended the "two-headed politics". During the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu's grandfather and father, his grandfather handed over the position of shogun to his father and called himself the Great Imperial Palace, and the shogun and the Great Imperial Palace jointly managed state affairs, which was "two-headed politics". Later, after Tokugawa Ieyasu's death, Tokugawa Iemitsu officially became a shogun, and Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa Iemitsu formed the same "two-headed politics" as before. After the death of Tokugawa Hidetada, Tokugawa Iemitsu abolished the "two-headed politics" and established a new management system, which greatly strengthened the power of the shoguns and became the holder of absolute power in the shogunate.
Tokugawa Iemitsu perfected and revised the Samurai Dharma and compiled the Kwanei Order. The samurai's learning content and etiquette culture were stipulated, and the supervision of various forces was strengthened. It was stipulated that the daimyo should report to the general on a regular basis, and the punishment system was improved and strengthened. This weakens the rights of his subordinates and strengthens the rights of generals. People's evaluation of Tokugawa Iemitsu also involves his personality, Tokugawa Iemitsu's personality is considered to be somewhat isolated, because he was raised by his mother since childhood, so he did not get the love of his parents, so he was very eager to be loved, but this wish was not realized.