Cabinet meeting in the court of Shogun Tokugawa Iomoto
Tokugawa (TO): Admiral Yoshimitsu, what is the current status of our fleet?
Yoshimitsu (YO): Admirable, Lord Shogun.
TO: Foreign Minister Hideyori, is the embassy project working as planned?
Hideyori (HI): Yes, Lord Shogun. We have made sure the foreigners are--
General Iseguri (IS): Wait, there are foreigners on our soil? I thought our policy was no foreigners would be allowed in or out of Japan!
TO: General Iseguri, please wait your turn. And in answer to your question, this is an exception, a special case. At any rate, we keep watch over them to make sure they don't violate any of the conditions of the agreement. Minister Hideyori, as you were saying...?
HI: Yes, the foreigners feel comfortable. We have made sure that their compound receives a steady stream of supplies.
TO: What about contact with the "ordinary people"?
HI: There is none of that. We have made sure that the ambassadors talk only to high-level government officials, such as ourselves.
TO: Do they have any news from the outside?
HI: They do. Relations have grown sour between two of the Western countries. They say--
TO: Is one of them that one that's running that pirate base of Taiwan?
HI: Umm... no, sire. Those would be the Dutch.
TO: Just wondering; carry on.
HI: Anyway, they say that the war was started over the rights of some native tribe.
TO: *laughs hysterically for nearly two minutes. Manages to compose himself* I'm sorry, something seemed funny in that. I mean, two countries going to war over some minor "barbarians"? Of course, they're barbarians themselves, so it's expected...
HI: Lord Shogun, I believe the war was started over some territory this tribe owned.
TO: Is this tribe near us?
HI: No.
TO: Continue...
HI: Anyway, the one nation wants the land owned by the tribe, and the other nation feels obligated to help--
TO: *more hysterics, then* Sorry again... I mean, why should they feel obligated? Aren't these just primitives, like the Ainus our fathers fought?
HI: From what I've heard, I believe so.
TO: Ah. Well, enough on that. Any other news?
HI: Some guy shanghaied the treasury of Poland and ran.
TO: Erm, why is this important?
HI: It's not. I just thought I'd share that with you.
TO: *slaps HI*
*brief silence*
TO: I believe we are done, are we not?
HI: I believe so, Lord Shogun.
YO: Yes, it seems that way to me too.
TO: Very well. Dismissed!
ORDERS
-Continue our policy.
-Invest 1 economy in education.
-Invest 2 economy in industry.