I just read that Tokugawa Iesato, adopted heir of the last Shogun Yoshinobu, and then head of the dynasty, after managing during Meiji and Taisho eras to rebuild prestige and possessions of the family and even arriving to become President of the House of Peers of the Diet since 1901, was strongly advocated to become First Minister of the Empire in early 1914 after the fall of the Gonnohyoe cabinet due to the Vickers-Siemens scandal... well what could have happened if Iesato managed to secure the position? How Japan could have react to the return of a Togukawa as head of government? And what could have been the course of Japan from the eve of WWI since then?
WI Tokugawa Iesato became Japanese first minister in 1914?
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I like this thread yous started. Not everyone knows that during the Meiji Era, late Tokugawa Era officials sometimes made it high in the governmental ranks. This opens up the possibilities. I wonder if Meiji supporters would trust a Tokugawa enough to give them the First Minister position.
