"Forefathers plant trees, and future generations enjoy the shade." This is Oguri Tadjun's mockery of the shogunate's decision.

As he said, after the evaluation meeting of Feng Shuo Shu, Mr. Tan'an Jiangchuan, who had been at the forefront of the development of Orchid Studies, not only lost his leadership in the development of Orchid Studies industry, but also had most of his rights in Haiphong Institute taken away.

Oguri Tadjun also basically lost his transcendent status in the Nagasaki trade and became an ordinary omifu in the shogunate.

It all started when Tokugawa Saiaki, the reclusive master of Mito Domain, participated in the evaluation meeting of Feng Shu.

Qi Zhao lived up to expectations at the evaluation meeting. He clearly put forward the view of "promoting the bravery of the martial arts and defending the enemy outside Edo Bay." The specific request was: on the basis of the basic completion of Shinagawa Daiba, increase the number of

Guards on both sides of Uraga Waterway.

Ekawa Tarozaemon, who was the commander of the coastal defense department, naturally expressed his opposition. Mr. Tanan, based on the plan reported to the senior middlemen in the past, said that "the Uraga waterway is too wide, so it is difficult to block it." However, Qi Zhao believed that "it depends on manpower."

, it is related to the century-old security of the shogunate and the millennium plan. If there are difficulties, we must overcome them, and if there are no difficulties, we must solve them if we create difficulties."

Then, someone suggested, "Ekawa, didn't you propose a plan to block the waterway with cannons in the water? Wouldn't it be better to optimize it some more?" - In fact, this plan was proposed by Oguri Tadjun during his tenure in Nagasaki, but I didn't know this.

Why do people put this on Mr. Tan'an's head?

Mr. Tan'an still wanted to defend himself, but now everyone's emotions were ignited by Qi Zhao. "Develop a brave strategy to defend the enemy outside the door" sounded interesting. He was indeed a wise prince who was always known for his toughness, so there was no reason at all.

People are willing to listen to Jiang Chuan's "nagging" again.

Then, Qi Zhao put forward suggestions such as collecting information on the enemy, building coastal defenses, reforming the military system, rectifying armaments, abolishing the order for building large ships, and opening up channels to recruit talents. Everyone present echoed from time to time, and Qi Zhao was completely in control of the situation for a while.

Moreover, Qi Zhao also proposed, "In order to prevent the shogunate from enjoying the benefits of the battle with the Southern Barbarians, the princes should be mobilized to assist in the defense, especially the famous names in the West. They must be allowed to send more troops and more money and food."

These words won the favor of the ministers present, and they all secretly praised Qi Zhao in their hearts, "I haven't seen you for many years, and I have become more and more mature." The current proposal sounds very pleasant - Qi Zhao, who lived in seclusion before, believed that "in order to reduce the expenses of the shogunate, we should reduce

The number of ministers and the adoption of great frugality", and he once criticized the "big Austrian" expenses of the general's harem as too extravagant.

In Naohide's original world, in addition to Hatamoto and the Laochu chief Abe's family who hoped to reform the shogunate, there were also outside daimyo such as Echizen Matsudaira Harugaku, Satsuma Shimazu Saibin and Uwajima Date Munejo who supported Sai Zhao's participation in the shogunate.

At that time, Qi Zhao was favored by others, so his subordinates were quite merciful afterwards. While asking princes from all over the country to "donate money" to the shogunate, they also reciprocated, allowing the foreign daimyo to obtain a lot of political rights and other benefits.

However, Qi Zhao's comeback this time did not receive much help from the princes, so he did not leave these people with any benefits. The suggestions he put forward were naturally more beneficial to the shogunate, and therefore were more likely to resonate with the important officials of the shogunate present.

Qi Zhao rushed to the front and took all the blame for possible troubles in the future. In addition, several important ministers had communicated with each other in advance before the evaluation meeting, so a consensus was quickly reached at the meeting. Then the senior middlemen wrote to the public, saying, "

After careful study by the ministers and others, we are prepared to deal with Mi Chuan's visit in this way."

Although Mr. Tan'an and Oguri Tadatsun were aware of it at the evaluation meeting, the official document issued after the official's approval still surprised them.

What did the official document say?

First of all, major adjustments were made to the original Edo Bay defense plan. Originally, Shinagawa Odaiba was the main one, and Uraga Waterway was the supplement. This time, the priority of defense has changed. Uraga Waterway has become the main battlefield, and only as a last resort.

The decisive battle in Shinagawa Odaiba will only be considered under certain circumstances.

Secondly, on the basis of the original four garrisons of Xunqin, five more garrisons were summoned.

The princes cooperated in defense and military affairs, and guarded the coast and strategic places.

In Naohide's original world, some people believed that "before the black ships came, Languo clearly warned the shogunate in advance, but the slow shogunate was unprepared." In fact, this view is open to question.

At that time, in 1852, which was the year before Kurofune's visit, the shogunate summoned the four garrisons of the shogunate. Together with the original standing army of the shogunate, they were indeed prepared. However, due to the years of seclusion, the entire shogunate

He did not understand the Western countries and underestimated the power of rice ships, which resulted in his subsequent passive situation.

Of course, Lan Guo is not a good person and has never systematically provided technology and information to the shogunate. However, considering that this is a close relationship between the two countries, since the shogunate is not active, it is normal for Lan Guo's business houses to be put up for sale.

Originally, the garrison consisted of four general clans: Hikone Clan, Kawagoe Clan, Aizu Clan, and Ninja Clan.

The five vassals added this time are the Choshu Mori clan, the Kumamoto Hosokawa clan, the Okayama Ikeda clan, the Tottori Ikeda clan and the Tokushima feudal clan Suga clan. Originally, someone proposed calling the Satsuma Shimazu clan to assist in defense, but

The old and middle-aged people considered that Shimadzu was located at the first southwest gateway of Fuso, and foreign ships to Edo would definitely pass through Satsuma first. Therefore, the Shimadzu family was under considerable pressure, so they shelved the proposal.

What’s interesting is that the senior middlemen have a good vision. Indeed, the four Honchika families have always stood firmly with the Tokugawa family in the subsequent storms of the Bakumatsu period, and they were eventually disgraced under the crushing force of the general trend; but including Satsuma,

The next six families in the imperial family will gradually stand against the shogunate in the future, especially Choshu and Satsuma, which are the two major banners of respecting the king and resisting the barbarians.

Therefore, later generations jokingly called this generation of senior middlemen, especially Abe's attendant, thinking that they were "smart as a torch", and the loyalty of the second batch was indeed not as reliable as that of the first batch.

The above are all arrangements specially made for the visit of rice boats.

On top of this, the foresighted old Chinese have promoted innovations that will have a huge impact in the future - of course, the rice ship has not arrived yet, so it is not guaranteed to come. Maybe the kamikaze will cause the enemy to destroy themselves, so there are a lot of

Innovation is all in the name of "trial".

The first article of the trial decree is to "build coastal defense and reform the military system."

According to the requirements of "building coastal defenses", all coastal daimyo are required to repair platforms in the coastal areas within their territories. In fact, with the continuous appearance of Nanman ships, many daimyo have already done this, but this time it was officially required by the shogunate. In the past

If you build a platform too well, you might get scolded, "Do you have ulterior motives?" Now, if you don't build it well, you'll get scolded, "Why are you planning to collude with the Nanman ghosts?"

But just repairing the Odaiba without a large barrel is not enough. The shogunate has always controlled the armaments of major celebrities, manufacturing, purchasing and selling iron cannons. The large barrel must be applied to the shogunate in advance. This time, of course, it cannot be let go, but the decree

It hints that "reasonable requests will definitely be approved, don't worry, I really won't lie to you this time."

In addition, the "ban on building large ships" that has been criticized and regarded as a self-defeating martial arts has also begun to loosen - the shogunate announced that everyone can start studying how to build large ships, but whether they can build large ships will be decided next fall.

At this time, the ministers of the shogunate were still holding on to luck. If the rice ships were not as powerful as the legend in the next year, they could slow down the construction of big ships - Fuso is an island country, and with the big ships, it would be much easier for the princes to communicate with each other.

, firstly, it will be difficult to control the flow of goods, and secondly, it will be unsafe. If rebels attack Edo and Osaka from the sea, then the shogunate will not shoot themselves in the foot.

The construction of coastal defense was a request of the shogunate to Quan Fuso, while the reform of the military system was an internal matter of the shogunate.

First of all, the "Odaiba Group" was newly established under the Odaiba Group - the backbone of elite soldiers and generals were recruited from the Fifth Division, and the young warriors were recruited. They mainly practiced Odaiba on a daily basis, and were usually stationed near Odaiba and Uraga.

Secondly, the shogunate is planning to establish a new "Lecture Hall" at Chikutsu Pao Island, where it plans to teach martial arts and Western artillery to the shogunate and his descendants, and establish two heads of the university, who will be held by the head of the university and the head of the imperial school.

For the peerless sword

Guest man Tan Seiichiro.

The martial arts training center has attracted many famous masters to give lectures, including Otani Nobuyu of the Shinkage Ryu, Hachiro Iba of the Heart-Shaped Sword Ryu and his disciple Torazou Mihashi of the Ittō Ryu, Yanosuke Kondo of the Ittō Ryu, Hachiro Inoue of the Hokushin Ittō Ryu, and Akechi Kagami of the Ittō Ryu.

There are first-class swordsmen such as Momoi Haruzo and Yana Go-ryu's Matsudaira Shusuke, and spear masters such as Takahashi Nifune of Jideuki-ryu. There are also famous experts who provide lessons in archery and fighting.

The spearmanship here refers to the traditional wooden spear assassination technique. The instructor of the iron cannon and the large barrel is the shogunate iron cannon Inoue Saotao.

Mr. Tan'an and Oguri Tadashi were very unfavorable about this - what age is it now, what's the use of practicing swordsmanship, spearmanship, archery and fighting? A lot of famous people can get together to hold a grand art of war conference.

Moreover, the appointment of Tiepao Fang Inoue Saotao was also very problematic.

The Inoue family inherited the shogunate's iron artillery service and had limited knowledge of Western military forces. The two tactics he most admired were "three-stage attack" and "hand-to-hand attack."

The three-stage attack originated from the Momoyama period of the Warring States Period, and was a tactic more than 200 years ago.

And it's even more ridiculous to ask for it. You teach others iron cannons and big guns, and you advocate cold weapon melee tactics. I don't know if you are trying to agree with everyone or if you really think so. Anyway, you can't get away with a reputation that is not doing your job properly.

Moreover, Inoue Satafu was quite envious of talents. When "Viper" Torii Yozo defeated Takashima Shirotao, this man was jumping up and down - Inoue once preached that Takashima's Western military formation was "almost child's play, harboring evil intentions."

", extremely slanderous words.

Oguri Tadjun believed that even if the famous Takashima Shiro Taifu was not invited back, it would be better to involve Mr. Tanan, a master of orchid science who is proficient in iron cannons and large barrels. Oguri had learned from Mr. Tanan at the suggestion of Naohide in his early years.

Tie Pao was well aware of Jiang Chuan's abilities. However, the shogunate never mentioned it, as if Mr. Jiang Chuan had suddenly disappeared.

What dissatisfied Oguri the most was that a large number of professors and lecturers were mentioned in the appointment of the lecture hall. This matter had obviously been prepared for more than a day or two, but he and Mr. Tan'an had not received any news at all before, so this was a deliberate move.

The two of them were excluded for a long time.

The first article of the "Trial Decree" is "Build coastal defense and reform the military system", and the second article that follows is "Pay attention to rumors and know yourself and the enemy."

It’s not surprising that Oguri Tadashi was worried, this second point was a huge blow to him.

Since Oguri became a Nagasaki headfu in 1846 and became a Nagasaki headfu in 1850, with early support from the United States such as Naohide and others, and later with the help of Hamoyo, Oguri provided the shogunate with a large amount of true and detailed information, and obtained many

It was praised by Gongfang Yang, Da Mu Fu and many Chinese veterans.

Even though he was transferred to Omatsuke this year, he still controls the management of Feng Storybook.

But this time, the shogunate appointed several new Omatsuke, such as Hori Toshihi, Nagai Naoshi, Iwase Tadatsuki, Okubo Tadahiro and others. Under the suggestions of these people, Feng Shuoshen was directly managed by Omatsuke. Although Oguri was still

You can see it, but basically you can only look at it.

Oguri Tadashi was very angry about this. In addition to the Feng Shushu of Xianheng Yangxing, the Feng Shushu of Languo Merchant House and the Tang Dynasty all became rigorous and detailed after being rectified during Oguri's tenure. He considered himself to have made great contributions.

Moreover, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not comment at all on the candidate for the new Nagasaki Metsuke.

This time, the whole channel was wiped out, and Oguri was marginalized from the Feng Shu story. He was very sad about this, thinking that the shogunate was burning bridges without considering his own feelings.

The remaining "trial decrees" seemed to Oguri to be "repeated" and tried to weaken Mr. Tan'an's influence on the Lanxue industry. He didn't understand why Mr. Egawa and him had worked so hard.
Chapter completed!