On July 8, 1854, as soon as Naohide returned from the temple with his troops, Egawa Hidetoshi pulled Naohide into his room and muttered - Yingmin was full of questions, "This white master is a maverick, Naohide you

What kind of bad things are there in Bai Zhu?"

Nao Soo smiled but did not answer. He asked Ying Min: "Mr. Tan'an, have you been happy in the past two years?"

One sentence choked the opponent - Yingmin said that Bai Zhu was "maverick", which was actually accusing Naoxiu of being evil-minded and even suspected of being treasonous. Naoxiu asked him this in turn, which was actually not a good thing. The implication was that

Is it possible that Mr. Tan'an, who usually worked so hard, got better?

It’s okay not to mention it, but I feel awkward when I mention Egawa Hidetoshi:

My father's career had begun to flourish before the arrival of Miren Heifan. I originally thought that "with the arrival of Black Ship, his father's career as the banner of Lan Xue should be further improved." But I didn't expect that in one year, his father's career would be improved.

It's been a year, and other ministers who are proficient in orchid studies have been promoted one after another, but instead of being promoted, my father has been demoted, and even his own son has been affected - Egawa Hidetoshi always thought that he was assigned by the shogunate when he came to this ghost place of White Lord.

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And what’s even more disturbing is that the Naohide Hideo in front of him got up because of the influence of the Jiangchuan family, but the Jiangchuan family is unlucky and this Naohideo has become a distant country, so where can he reason?

But when I think about it carefully, it seems that my family's inexplicable change of fortune started when I met the Naohide in front of me. Could this be my father's deliberate arrangement to put me here to be transferred to Naohide? Well, it seems that it is really possible.

In the 10th year of Tenpo (1839), because of the "Barbarian Society (Foreign Scholar Party) Prison", my father was casually knocked down by the "viper" Torii Yozo - except for the hereditary Narayama Daikan, all other duties were deprived of him.

Qian Qian Jingjing, his father can only enjoy teaching in the rope martial arts hall.

It seems to be the 14th year of Tenbao (1843). I can’t remember the details. Hori Naohide met his father in a roundabout way and presented a few agricultural books. I don’t know why he got his father’s special attention. Naohide said of course.

Is it because of his talent, or because he is so handsome? Hey, it seems that it is not impossible to say so.

After that, the Jiangchuan family changed completely.

In the first year of Honghua (1844), because of the windmill "invented" by Naohide, the Ekawa family and the Oguri family began to form an alliance - the Oguri family needed Ekawa Tanan to endorse the windmill as a giant in orchidology, and promote it in Niruyama as a demonstration.

At that time, the Izu Kingdom also received a bumper harvest because of the agricultural books presented by Naohide. In addition, in the same year, Mizuno Tadokuni, the chief of the old school who launched the Barbarian Prison, fell. Some people began to propose within the shogunate that Dad should return to the army.

By the way, Naohide was promoted to Hatamoto because the agricultural science book he presented contributed to the harvest of Mount Nirayana. Naohide smiled bitterly. The reason was clearly because he had made great contributions to treating Nishimaru Noekexiang before. The shogunate wanted to avoid attracting attention.

The credit has been given to the meritorious officials for two years, and they were only rewarded to the meritorious officials in the name of Jiushan's good harvest.

Later in the third year of Honghua (1846), Naohide also contributed the method of making briquettes to the Ekawa family, so the royal merchants of the Ekawa family became a large supplier of charcoal in Edo, and had a steady stream of rich income.

income.

Thinking of this, Egawa Hidetoshi glanced at Naohide and thought, "This guy is actually a pretty good person, and he knows how to never forget to repay kindness."

With rich and powerful allies, his father's talent was finally discovered again, so his father was promoted to the position of Kasei Ginmi Service, and he returned to the center of the shogunate.

But then Naohide "missed overboard" in Nagasaki - my father once lamented that he was jealous of talented people, and he was secretly jealous at that time.

Good people don't live long, and disasters last a thousand years! In the second year of Kayei (1849), Naohide, Eiko, and Toranosuke were forced to come to Niushan in disgrace. At that time, I was really sorry. After all, they were brave enough to dare to do so privately.

Studying abroad is really exciting.

After so many years, my little jealousy towards Naoxiu has long faded away. At that time, I took good care of the three of them. Good people are rewarded. Naoxiu actually learned real things overseas. In one year, he actually helped

The Jiangchuan family built the Nirasan Iron Works!

Of course, my father and I have been thinking about and preparing for it for four or five years, but the paper is still there, and Naohide was indeed a big help.

The iron-making was a great success, and my father's reputation soared. He was appointed as a coastal defense officer. Although it was just a false position, the honor was not low. This is a job of guiding rivers and mountains. Without some real ability, you can't sit still.

, this is the affirmation of father’s abilities by the public and the middle-aged men.

Of course, Naohide also turned around with this, and jumped from a criminal to a flag bearer of 200 koku. Although he was sent to the Northern Ezo Territory, was he still a glorious person? Naohide said that I gave away the goods of 100,000 taels of gold for free.

It can still make a sound when thrown into the sea, so how much is two hundred dan? Calculated based on four citizens and six citizens, it will take me 1,250 years to get back my money!

But since Naohide left Edo, his father has been unlucky in the past few years, and the Jiangchuan family has also begun to decline. What is the reason for this? Could it be that this man is Jiangchuan's lucky star? If this is the case, I will do it myself.

Already?

Ever since Egawa Hidetoshi was appointed as the White Lord, he has been reflecting on how he ended up in this situation. However, Mr. Tanan only taught him that "misfortune depends on blessings, and blessings rely on misfortunes." He did not pay attention to the changes in the shogunate.

Investigate your son deeply - he is afraid that Yingmin will lose his composure, so he is really confused. In the past two years, the shogunate has vigorously developed the orchid science industry, but why has the Jiangchuan family declined inexplicably?

He was pondering here with a pensive look on his face, but Nao-hsiu waited for a long time and couldn't get an answer. He thought to himself, "Did he stab Ying-min's lung tube? I want to drag Ying-min on board, but I don't want to make things worse." So he didn't

If he dared to keep showing off, he coughed quickly and began to analyze the reasons for Mr. Tan'an's bad luck in the past two years.

"The big tree attracts the wind!"

The Egawa family occupies the Nirayama Iron Works, and salt and iron are the world's greatest wealth. Unless Mr. Tanan furthers his official career, not to mention Omatsuke, he must at least be enshrined in Edo Town. Only by entrusting this kind of service can he protect himself from siege.

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But how can it be so easy to get the high position of Sanfengxing?

Besides, Mr. Ekawa was still a giant in Orchid Studies, and his rival Torii Yoshizo was defeated, but the shogunate was full of Confucian officials, and there were so many people who couldn't stand him.

Let's talk about Torii Yaozang. He is the son of Lin Shuzhai, the head of the university. He is the hereditary head of the university in the Lin family and is in charge of the official Shoheihuang. All the important officials in the shogunate are his disciples and former officials - even your father is the same. How can you beat them?

Besides, why bother fighting?

Take Lord Shengmo of Chuanlu, who was promoted to be the administrator of the survey the year before last, as an example. He is also proficient in Orchidism, but he always regards himself as a Confucian minister. He usually avoids the dispute between Confucianism and Orchidism.

Has it been approved and implemented?

Egawa Hidetoshi looked a little unhappy after hearing what Naohsiu said, but he also knew that he was speaking from the bottom of his heart, and no one other than a close relative or friend could tell him this. In addition, he was actually a little dissatisfied with his father for making too many enemies, so he reluctantly snorted in agreement.

But he didn't want to just listen to this. No matter how good your analysis is, it's useless if you can't come up with a solution. So he asked Naoxiu: "What should we do?" In other words, "How should we deal with it?"

Naoxiu smiled and said: "How do I understand this? I see that your husband is handling things in an orderly manner.

It’s breathtaking.”

Yingmin was stunned. I still don't know what my father was doing - when people said they wanted to build a new ironworks, he would give people gifts without even giving a discount; he added eight new coastal defense stations at once without saying a word.

He didn't object to the idea of ​​changing the stage layout of Uraga Suido. When I was assigned to Hakuzu, he even told me with fear that he would resign from both the "Confirmation Ginmi Service" and the "Haibōkake" service, and prepared to return to Niki.

Go ahead and eat old rice. This is called "well-organized and breathtaking". Your standards are too low, right?

Yes, at the beginning of December last year, the shogunate did not vigorously pursue the matter of the accident at the Nirayama Iron Works, which caused trouble to the public. It also promoted Ekawa Hidetoshi to "White Lord Advocate". Mr. Tanan did nothing about this, but when he waited

One month after he took office, he suddenly submitted a letter to the shogunate and resigned from the post on the grounds of "old age, frailty, and lack of energy."

Mr. Tan'an was fifty-four years old at the time, which was indeed considered an advanced age at this time, and he was indeed very busy at ordinary times. "Old age, frailty, lack of energy" is not an excuse but a fact.

In addition to resigning, Egawa Tarozaemon also made two suggestions:

The first is to move the Nirayama Iron Works to Yokosuka - the Yokohama Iron Works has begun operation, but there has been no progress in Yokosuka due to a lack of professional personnel and other reasons;

The second is to establish Shimoda Advocate at Shimoda Port in Izu Province and ask the shogunate to "select good talents and appoint them".

No one can fault these two pieces of advice:

The Nirasan Iron Works was founded by Jiang Chuan. It is said that the planning alone took five years. If you just give it up, what else do you want? It can't be too obvious to draw the board when crossing the bridge. The decency of the shogunate is no longer needed.

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The establishment of the "Shimoda Advocate" is even more selfless - the Egawa family is the hereditary Nirayama acting official from the beginning of the shogunate. To put it bluntly, Izu Country is the semi-public private domain of the Egawa family. Once the Shimoda Advocate is established, Izu

Kunishita Port and the surrounding territory were directly set aside, and they also required "selecting good talents and appointing them", that is to say, not interfering with the selection of service personnel. At this level, who would dare to say that Jiang Chuan was disloyal.

Moreover, Jiangchuan had already thought up the reasons for the shogunate - Perry, the admiral of the Japanese navy, was cunning and untrustworthy. Although Perry promised to come to Nagasaki next time to wait for news, what if he was just trying to make a fool of himself? We will break in then.

If you come to Uraga Port or Edo Bay, you will be blinded. And even if the Japanese don't do this trick, what if other Western countries follow suit? Uraga Port holds the key to Edo Bay, so why don't you let it go?

Just go to Shimoda Port. Just in case, I said, just in case there is an emergency, isn't it better to send us to Shimoda than to Uraga, which is farther from Edo?

Jiangchuan's two suggestions moved the new Duke Yang Jiading (Jiaxiang changed his name to Jiading when he became general) and the senior officials. Of course, such a loyal minister must be gentle to persuade him to stay, but Mr. Tan'an refused to change his words, no matter how hard he said it.

After that, everyone gives in:

"Determining the Ginmi Service" does not need to be done by Jiang Chuan anymore, but Niu Shan, where the iron is made in Niu Shan, Yingmin went to Baizhu. Young people should spread their wings and fly high, but Jiang Chuan you still have to take up the important task and "take the lead" for you.

Good job concurrently.

But you can't shirk "coastal defense". Now is the time to serve the shogunate. Jiangchuan, you are not feeling well. From now on, you can worry less about physical things and just prepare for consultation.

As for "establishing Shimoda to practice", we will wait until we study it carefully.

At that time, Yingmin was still grounded at home. He was very dissatisfied after hearing this by chance, and even had a quarrel with his father. Now Naohide said that Mr. Egawa's handling was "very orderly and amazing." He thought this was not ironic, right? But he
Chapter completed!