Before Shirozu's mission to Edo, there was an in-depth conversation. At that time, Egawa Hidetoshi and Naohide carefully discussed Shirozu's future and believed that "Shirozu is remote and currently has a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. It will take ten years to survive, and this place

In order to fight against the frontier of Lucia, the outcome is uncertain, so the revitalization of Fuso is based on Edo."

What does this sentence mean?

In fact, they gave in for the time being. Both of them felt that the White Lord was weak and insignificant now. Moreover, because the Northern Ezo Territory was the front line against Lucia, the future was uncertain. The future trend would depend on the development of the shogunate.

Therefore, when Yingmin asked "if I can be honest with my father, Mr. Tanan," Naohide said frankly, "I should."

As for the reason?

It's very simple. Mr. Tan'an should not be deceived either publicly or privately:

Yu Gong, after industrialization and the popularization of education, if you want to be a saint and control everything, there is something wrong with your brain. Now Fusang is like a bird, closed and backward hysteria. If Bai Zhu wants to build things behind closed doors, then he is really thinking too much. Only

The right approach is to seek allies as much as possible.

Mr. Tan'an is a giant in Orchid Studies and an important minister of the shogunate. He is a natural ally of the White Lord on the road of reform, so it is very necessary to pass on the information.

Personally, Mr. Tan'an was Naohide's mentor and took great care of him. He was also Yingmin's father. It was the kind of intimacy that "breaks the bones and connects the tendons." It's not appropriate to hide this all the time.

Besides, since Hidetoshi refused to resign and returned to Edo on the grounds of "physical discomfort", Naohide knew that he had found a fellow traveler. In this case, the consequences of deceiving Mr. Tanan would be serious, and it might arouse Hidetoshi's suspicion.

Therefore, when Yingmin asked whether he should be honest with Mr. Tanan, Naohide frankly said "should".

Some people may think that "governing depends on the system, and doing great things requires power and tactics." Therefore, "if the king is not secretive, his ministers will be lost, and if the minister is not secretive, he will lose himself. If several things are not secretive, it will be harmful." However, Naohide feels that we should not pursue power and tactics too much, "

He didn't quite understand the "fa, technique, and momentum", but if he acted petty in the tide of the times, wouldn't that mean that Old Man Shou had hanged himself - seeking death?

Sure enough, after hearing about "secret trade", "study abroad secretly", and "participating in large-scale battles among barbarians", Mr. Tan'an was very moved - these are prohibited crimes that involve confiscating homes and exterminating families. Naohide can allow Yingmin to participate in them, and

He dared to let Yingtoshi return to Edo as an envoy. What kind of trust is this!

Of course, the premise for being moved is that "Naohide once asked Hidetoshi to escape early", otherwise Tarozaemon Ekawa would have been furious. Now, the suspicion of "did Naohide intentionally drag the Ekawa family into trouble" has been eliminated, then

All that's left is a boxing heart.

"Naohide, this is too bold. God knows this, and the earth knows it. You know it and I know it. Please don't publicize it."

Yingmin understood the importance and nodded solemnly to his father's instructions, but he still had a question:

"Does Oguri Bungo Mamoru treat her this way?"

Bungo Mamoru is Oguri Tadjun's new official position, which is the benefit he received after taking up this important service in Nagasaki.

It stands to reason that the Oguri family is a close ally of the Egawa family. Both parties advance and retreat together in the court and support each other in business. Moreover, Oguri Tadjun is a good friend of Naohide and has been very kind to the Egawa family, so he should not hide it from anyone.

Hide it from him.

"Alas", Mr. Tan'an sighed after hearing this. Although this silly son has grown up, it is obviously not enough! But to be fair, this is his own son. Since he seems to be capable of success, it is natural.

It still needs to be cultivated.

When Yingmin saw his father sighing, he immediately realized that he had asked the wrong question again, but he had been holding it in for a long time. He also asked Zhixiu about this question, and Zhixiu said, "The time has not come yet." When asked again, he laughed and refused to answer.

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This said that keeping half of the money was the most hateful behavior, so Yingmin had no choice but to ask his father for advice.

For the sake of his son, Mr. Tan'an is not afraid of being a bad person.

He first asked Yingmin, "What did Naoxiu say?"

Mr. Tanan was also happy when Yingmin said that Naoxiu smiled and did not answer this stupid question.

But over the years, he also summed up some experience in teaching children, that is, "this method does not work for other people's children"! Therefore, he did not ridicule Yingmin, but began to explain earnestly:

"Naohide can't explain this reason, because it would be too hurtful to say it! - Although Oguri Tadjun is Naohide's good friend, how dare Naohide hand over such a life-and-death matter.

Besides, what's the point of telling Oguri Tadashi? Not only might his friends be hurt, but Naohide is not alone now. He has thousands of people under his command. How could he dare to be so willful?

As for confessing and telling me, that's because of the situation.

You have obviously begun to participate in the secrets of the White Lord. You have stayed at the White Lord for a whole winter. Even if you make your first report against Zhixiu now, it will be difficult to get rid of it.

Besides, what's the benefit of reporting it? According to what you said, Naohide is trying every means to clear his name. That guy is so weird, and he will probably be cleared this year. The Jiangchuan family will not be guilty of being such a bad person at all."

In fact, Egawa Hidetoshi had already known the answer to this question in his mind, but he just couldn't believe it. When his father said it again, he now understood it completely, but he still felt quite uncomfortable:

"It's not easy to speak out and do dangerous things! Why do you have so many scruples when you do things well?"

That night, Jiangchuan and his son got drunk, and Yingmin seemed to have matured completely overnight.

He can't do it if he is immature, because Yingmin is going to start his own business, and now he is the head of the family, so he has to be cautious in everything - last night, Mr. Tan'an finally agreed to Yingmin's decision to separate the family, and the eldest son of the Nirasan Jiangchuan family became

Yingmin's younger brother Yingwu, and Yingmin became the first generation of Bai Zhujiangchuan family.

Of course, as the Jiangchuan family is a famous family among the shogunate, the division of the family must be reported to the shogunate for approval.

However, since most of the Ezo Territory was placed under the imperial control in February, the shogunate has been vigorously encouraging the bannermen to immigrate and colonize the northern territory. However, who is willing to leave the prosperous place of Edo and go to the barren land, so there are only a few applicants. Therefore.

The Ekawa family was the first to respond to the establishment of a branch family in Northern Ezo, but it was too late for the shogunate to encourage them, so they would definitely not stand in the way, and approval was a sure thing.

Sure enough, after the application for family separation was reported to Edo, the shogunate greatly praised Ekawa Tarozaemon and his son, believing that "the Ekawa family is worthy of being ministers of Hiroshi, with high integrity and integrity." The approval was very fast, and in late March, Hidetoshi was specially awarded as the fourth son.

The flag book of one hundred stones, and it did not divide the original stone height of the Jiangchuan family - but the new four hundred stones were provided by the White Lord, and the shogunate did this without any money.

The new eldest son of the Ekawa family in Nirayama, Hidetake, was very moved - he had done nothing, and a bean bag fell on the roof, and somehow he became the next head of the Ekawa family, the hereditary Daikan of Nirayama. His brother Hideto is really noble and honorable!

Therefore, he had no objection at all to his father raising more than 200 people to give to his brother. He also said that if there were not enough people, he could add more people, and if the money was not enough, he could give more. Brothers and sisters were respectful, which diluted a lot of the sadness caused by the separation.

Affection.

In fact, apart from being reluctant to leave his family, Yingmin really didn't feel the sense of disappointment caused by being "assigned" as outsiders said. The only reason he was willing to stay with Bai Zhu for a long time was because although Bai Zhu was apostate and apostate, he and his wife

The gloomy atmosphere of Edo is very different, but the upward momentum is intoxicating.

Moreover, it is obvious that Naoxiu does not have any ulterior motives for plotting rebellion, because there is no one who plots rebellion without monopolizing the power - Lord Bai's power has been dispersed, so he can't pretend it!

As long as he is not rebellious, Hidetoshi has nothing to worry about. Lord Shiro's life is incomparable to that of Edo, and the prosperity is far inferior, but Egawa Hidetoshi does not go there for pleasure.

In fact, Yingmin vaguely felt, "

After the visit of the Kurofune, Fuso was shaken and uneasy, and the shogunate's reforms seemed to be struggling. Take my father as an example. Mr. Tan'an, the master of orchid studies, was an important minister of the shogunate and was very effective in promoting the orchid study industry, but there were limitations.

There are countless others. Only in Bai Zhu can I feel that everything goes smoothly. No matter what happens, Zhixiu always has a way!"

In fact, after the black ship's visit, everyone in Fuso began to lose confidence in themselves. However, Yingmin personally experienced the great battle in the Far East and saw Naohide display his power with his own eyes. With the help of the Anglo-French coalition, the Lucian stronghold in the Far East was wiped out.

It was empty, so he felt quite proud.

On the one hand, the shogunate was trying to make ends meet, and on the other hand, the White Lord defeated the enemy. Yingmin didn't know that he was already a little fan of Naohide.

It stands to reason that this year, the annual tribute of two thousand seal skins from the White Lord has been handed over, Zonggu has been obtained, and the family division has been completed. The little fanboy Egawa Hidetoshi should return to the White Lord as soon as possible, but he can't leave yet.

Because there is still one last task that has not been completed - receiving the ordnance.

In the seventh year of Kayei (1853), Oguri Tadjun, the imperial commissioner, went to the north as an envoy. The shogunate appointed Naohide as the White Lord. At that time, Naohide held the idea of ​​​​"crying children have milk" and proposed to the shogunate.

Three requests, "Immigration, building large ships and distributing imported ordnance".

Immigration is to ask the shogunate to come forward to help the white masters immigrate. In 1850, when the white masters were first established, the shogunate allowed the white masters to organize immigrants on their own. This time, they asked the shogunate for assistance;

The purpose of building large ships was to request the expansion of the White Lord's navy - because in 1853, the shogunate only allowed "the White Lord's warships of less than 500 koku to be no more than four", and Naohide believed that the navy was too weak to protect the territory;

As for the distribution of imported ordnance, the reason is that although the shogunate agreed with the White Lord to forge ordnance by himself, the White Lord's foundation was too poor to produce any advanced ordnance, so he could only rely on the shogunate's distribution.

As a result, Naohide's petition fell into disarray as soon as it arrived in Edo, and it was not until last year's "Fuso America Peace Promise" that the results came to light:

It was impossible for the shogunate to come forward to organize immigration. The shogunate was busy with affairs and did not have the energy, so it was put on hold.

As for building big ships, the shogunate agreed, but it required that "Shiro's shipbuilding should be sent to Edo first, and the rest can be kept for his own use." In other words, "warships cannot exceed four," and four more must be built for the shogunate first.

After that, the warships built by the White Lord can be used by themselves, and the shogunate does not care about the manpower and expenses, asking the White Lord to take care of everything by himself - in fact, this is teasing Naohide, because the shogunate will not allow a powerful navy to be under its control

, so I didn’t take what Naohide said to heart at all;

As for "distributing imported ordnance", because the White Lord was on the front line against Lucia, the shogunate did not deliberately make things difficult. Considering that the self-made ordnance was indeed not very good, it also specially approved 500 taels of gold to the White Lord's training center.

Let the White Lord go to Nagasaki for self-purchasing - the amount of Western ordnance purchased by the shogunate is insufficient. How can the White Lord be taken into account? Give the money and buy it yourself.

In fact, this is still full of malice, because it would be outrageous not to give it, but five hundred taels of gold seems like a lot, but in fact it can't buy anything good - if it can be bought, why does the shogunate let Lord Bai buy it himself?

Wouldn’t it be better to buy directly?

However, the new leader of Nagasaki was Oguri Tadjun, so as long as the shogunate opened its mouth, everything could be easily discussed. The envoy at the time, Banzawa Murasunochun, asked the wealthy merchant Rihachi to deliver the official document and Kinokuniya's gold ticket to Nagasaki.

, please help Mr. Xiaoli - of course five hundred taels of gold is not enough, Lord Bai added another thousand taels himself.

Logically speaking, the order placed last year should be received this fall, but Oguri sent someone a message saying, "Delivery in Shimoda will be in April."

So Hidetoshi had to wait at Shimoda Port, but he was puzzled, "These ordnance purchases are all calculated. How did Oguri Tadatsun get this batch of goods? Could it be that he deducted the shogunate's purchase share. If this is true,
Chapter completed!