Nagasaki has a maximum of two people, one in the country and one in the prefecture, that is, one is on duty in Nagasaki and the other is on duty in Edo. The two alternate in the ninth month of the Japanese calendar every year.

Therefore, when Oguri Tadjun appeared at Izu Shimoda Port in early April of the second year of Ansei (1855), the eyes of Shiro Nobu and Egawa Hidetoshi were about to pop out - because Nagasaki Nobu was shouldering the heavy responsibility of negotiating with foreign countries.

Did Oguri return to Edo as usual? Did something big happen again? Are the Westerners in the end?

Mr. Tan'an was also puzzled, but Oguri was from Nagasaki, and he was from Shimoda. Although they were both from Tokoku, Oguri's service position was now higher than his own, so it was inconvenient to ask, but his eyes

is also full of worries.

"Didn't I bring weapons to Yingmin?"

Oli's words made both Jiangchuan and his son very angry, "You are a serious person with thick eyebrows and big eyes. You have learned how to play tricks after being a Kyushu explorer for a year."

But since Oguri can joke, it must not be something bad happening, so the atmosphere is greatly relaxed.

Next, Oguri recounted the past by himself, and then Mr. Tanan and Hidetoshi knew why he returned to Edo early—it turned out to be a special request from the shogunate, "to discuss important matters."

Oguri Tadashi Shunde's official career has been smooth over the past few years, and he has accumulated so much experience that he is now an important minister who is able to participate in important matters!

In the fourth month of the seventh year of Kaei (1854), Oguri took up the post of Nagasaki at the "young age" of twenty-eight years old, and became an instant hit!

Although there are many arguments, the Oguri family is the main lineage of the Tokugawa family, with a wide and intricate network of connections, and Oguri Tadjun's own experience is also very beautiful, so there is no controversy.

You won’t know until you look at it, but you will be shocked at first glance. If you carefully check Oguri’s resume, it is really dazzling!

First of all, he was born with a minor surname like Gongfang, which meant "closeness";

Secondly, Oguri has made extraordinary achievements since becoming an official:

From the third year of Honghua to the second year of Kayei (1846-1849), Oguri Tadatsun served as Nagasaki Mesuke's assistant. During this period, he treated Nanman ships well and opened up new information channels for the shogunate outside the Ranguo Commercial House. In addition, he also

Once, a barbarian offered a treasure, which greatly increased the prestige of the shogunate - it was actually the efforts of Naohide and others who were studying in the United States at the time. However, the shogunate did not know the inside story, so they credited Oguri with all these achievements;

In the second year of Kayei (1849), Naohide, Eiko, and Toranosuke returned to Fuso with books and goods worth one hundred thousand taels of gold. At that time, they fed many important ministers of the shogunate. Oguri, who was the person who handled the gifts, also benefited a lot. In the second year

He was promoted from deputy to full-time officer, promoted to Nagasaki Metsuke, and began to enter the ranks of quasi-high-level officials in the shogunate.

From the third year of Kayei to the fifth year of Kayei (1850-1852), Nagasaki Mesuke Oguri assisted the Nagasaki government at that time in recruiting Hamoyo foreign companies. In addition to regularly obtaining a large amount of information, valuable Western ordnance, books and machinery also

began to pour into the hands of the shogunate in a steady stream.

In the fifth year of Kayei (1852), Oguri Tadatsun was promoted to Omatsuke due to meritorious service - in fact, the shogunate did not want to let Oguri stay in Nagasaki anymore. After staying there for six years, although Oguri was only Nagasaki Mesuke, he was no more powerful than Nagasaki Mesuke.

The genuine Nagasaki is easy to talk about, but who can stand this!

After that, Oguri supervised Mr. Tanan's construction of Shinagawa Odaiba - in fact, it only caught up with the end of the construction period, but after all, it was caught up, who made people's lives better.

He then oversaw disaster prevention and relief work on Tokaido.

In the second month of Kaei's sixth year (1853), "there was a great earthquake in the Togo region. Mountains in Ashigara, Hanone, collapsed, and Odawara Castle was destroyed."

Fuso is an agricultural society, and there is basically no solution for natural disasters such as earthquakes. Not only are there heavy casualties at the time, but it is also difficult to deal with the aftermath due to lack of supplies. Generally, it will not be able to recover within a few years.

The "Bezoars" are all in Tokaido, where the Tokugawa family started. Most of them are "royal territories" directly under the jurisdiction of the government. Originally, this was a heavy blow to the shogunate, but because of the strong supervision of the selfless Oguri, this time

Although the disaster happened as scheduled, the losses were not very heavy, and the recovery was quick, and the big storm was over.

Because of this incident, Oguri Tadashi was awarded a famous sword by the then Duke Xiang Jiaqing, and was called "the Kirin son of my family" by him himself!

After that, Oguri went to Shirozu as an envoy - Shirozu changed his agency from a proxy official office to an envoy office.

After returning from the Northland, Oguri participated in the negotiations with Lucia as an attaché. The Lu people's special envoy Pu Jating did not take advantage of anything. Among them, Oguri contributed a lot. He obtained the leader of the negotiation group, Masako Otatsu, Kanjing, and decided to follow the Sichuan Road.

Sheng Mo's favor.

On March 6, the seventh year of Kaei Kaei (March 31, 1854), the shogunate and the admiral of the Japanese Navy signed the "Fuso-American Peace Agreement." During this period, accurate information, Shinagawa Odaiba and Western ordnance played a great role

important role.

After that, whether it was a matter of drinking water and remembering the source or continuing to prepare for a rainy day, the Xianheng Company, which provided information and armaments, became very important.

In order to win over Hamoyo, the shogunate appointed Oguri Tadatsun as Nagasaki minister in April, hoping to get more help - the trade with Hamoyo was handled by Nagasaki Mefu Oguri, and the two parties had a very good personal relationship.

The senior middlemen were a little sick and rushed to seek medical treatment, so Oguri Tadashi got a big advantage - logically, he was only twenty-eight years old at the time, and it was not his turn to be a junior in any case, but the Miren Black Boat was so powerful that the shogunate

Shang Xia was really frightened, and he had to grab a straw, so he didn't care about his age or seniority at that time.

However, after Miren Kurofune left, it was a bit of an eyesore for Oguri to be in a high position at such a young age. Everyone in the shogunate was waiting for Oguri Tadjun to make a mistake so that he could be removed from his post in Nagasaki.

However, Oguri had served as an official in Nagasaki for six years and had already laid a solid foundation of contacts. Moreover, he and Mr. Tanan once co-authored "A Summary of Agreements between Western Countries" and were familiar with negotiating with foreign countries, so he was stunned.

Keep the Nagasaki policy firmly in place.

The only challenge occurred on the 15th day of the seventh month in the seventh year of Jiayong (September 7, 1854). Admiral Shi Tailin of the British Hong Kong Squadron led 4 ships to the port of Nagasaki and announced the news of the Crimean War.

Demanded that "Fuso open a port for trade and declare war on Lucia together with England."

England is the most powerful country in the Western countries, and a rising star, the United States, has tormented the shogunate to the point of wanting to die. Now an even more ruthless one has come back, so Edo was greatly shocked when it received the news - even the younger brother Mi Ren could not afford to offend.

, let alone the eldest brother Yingjili. But let’s face it, Lucia who dares to go against the British is easy to mess with? It’s really a dilemma.

In fact, the shogunate had received relevant news before, but after Kurofune left, everyone was busy fighting among themselves, so they never discussed how to deal with it.

In the middle of June in the Japanese calendar (the end of July in the Western calendar), a steam merchant ship from the Xianheng Company entered the Tomozaki Port in the Tsushima Islands. It announced in the wind story book, "The war in Europe is in full swing, and the British Far East Navy will be detrimental to Russia and fear that it will not be used in the West."

I came to Nagasaki in the ninth month of the calendar year. It was called a trade deal, and my intention was to unite Fuso and fight against Russia. This is a serious matter and cannot be ignored."

In the seventh month of the Heli calendar (August in the Western calendar), the cargo ship of the Languo Commercial Office also brought information, "Gu Yingying also loves your country and travels to the market. If your country forgives its feelings, the British ships will sail eastward."

"I am anchoring in the ports of your country, begging for salary and food, and I am afraid I will be refused."

But after two consecutive notifications, the shogunate failed to come up with a decision. Can you believe this!

Now the British really appeared in Nagasaki, and Oguri Tadjun requested Edo to make a decision in an express letter. However, the shogunate still had constant disputes, so the final reply to Nagasaki was extremely deceptive, "Proceed with caution, and you may accidentally injure the screen."

Oguri got angry when he got the reply! On the side, Nagasaki Mesuke Nagai Iwamai also grinned widely. This is too outrageous.

"Proceed with caution", who's to say?

The two people I'm talking about are Oguri and Nagai. It turns out that the shogunate didn't send special negotiators at all this time, so they just asked these two to talk to the British. Edo completely became a coward.

The last time Lucia's special envoy Fu Jatei came, the shogunate sent a negotiation team of five people, Tsutsui Masanori, Kawaji Shomo, Oguri Tadjun, Arao Shigeyoshi, and Koga Masuichi, but this time they sent no one! This is obvious

The purpose is to let Nagasaki Nobuyuki and Nagasaki Mesuke take the blame!

"Accidental damage to the curtain body" is even more irritating.

This is equivalent to not saying anything. It is rejection, agreement or partial agreement. It is none of this. How can you talk to people?

Oguri Tadatsun's heart was filled with rage. He gritted his teeth for a while, and suddenly felt something was wrong. Nagasaki Mefu Nagai Iwamai, who usually chirps, was so quiet now. He turned around and was shocked!

Nagai had already taken off his clothes and was gesturing with a knife, as if he was preparing to commit seppuku.

It's too early to commit seppuku, we haven't even started talking yet!

But then he thought about it, don't say it, it's hard for Nagai to think it through, it's really right to commit seppuku without talking about it, but it will definitely be too late if you talk about it - if you refuse, the British Navy will get angry and start a war, and things will be out of control; if you agree,

Whatever the other party's conditions were, the shogunate would investigate them later, and if they failed, they would have to commit seppuku.

But if you commit seppuku now, leave a letter of loyalty and write a few words of hope for the shogunate to cheer up in the future. If it doesn't work, it will be fooled. At least your family dignity will be preserved - this is the same as later generations of corrupt officials hanging themselves in advance.

, people are so miserable, the government needs to estimate people's hearts to some extent, and maybe let them go lightly.

However, just because Nagai couldn't do anything, doesn't mean that Oguri didn't have any. He said a few words softly, and Nagai's eyes lit up when he heard it, "Master Oguri, I'm just going to follow your lead!"

To be honest, now that the power of negotiation is in his own hands, Oguri Tadashi is not only not afraid, but also a little excited

, he really wanted to sign an agreement to "Unite Britain and Resist Shandong", and see how ugly the faces of those people in Edo were!

However, after his mood stabilized, he still did not dare to do so - Lucia was not a thing, and the English were not good birds. The coalition forces were just luring the wolf into the house, and it was not worth taking the risk.

After receiving the Edo order that clearly made him take the blame, Nagasaki Mesuke Nagai Iwamai had already knelt down, so the subsequent negotiations were entirely a performance by Oguri Tadjun.

Like Perry, the admiral of the Mi navy, Shi Tailin did not bring any civil servants with him, so the "opening of the port for trade" was just a cover. "I am happy to succeed, and happy to lose."

But people must have a bottom line. You can't bring four warships out just to see the sea scenery!

Oguri Tadashi was very courageous. He followed the example of the negotiation with Lucia last time and let the English people come and leave happily, but the opponent actually did not gain much benefit.

But at the same time, there is a lot of money involved.

Perry had not eaten beef during his two visits, but this time the British had it! In the end, even the British sailors got tired of eating beef and said that the food at the Xiangjiang Naval Base was not so good!

Fusang has many mountains, little land, and many people, so most of the cultivated land is divided into small plots for manual cultivation. As a result, the number of cattle is very small. If you have a cow, you are not an ordinary citizen (a farmer), you must be a powerful farmer!

Because cattle are so precious that ordinary people cannot afford to raise them, when the rice admiral Perry asked for beef, the shogunate officials gritted their teeth and refused to give it, which was a rare show of stubbornness.

But this time, Oguri Tadjun bought and slaughtered cattle from Nagasaki and even Saga. He also provided Satsuma black dolphin, goats from Kyushu, fish, fruits, whatever they had, at any cost.

I’m not used to drinking sake, how about taro yaki? Rum, yes! Satsuma recently released rum, which tastes great! Beer? Yes, brewed with wild hops from Ezo, it has a unique flavor.

Do you want to eat the iron cannon? Don’t be afraid, it’s not a musket but a pufferfish! Eat the pufferfish to your death, it’s so delicious! Are you afraid of being poisoned? I’ll eat it with you, so you should be relieved.

As for women, although there are many prostitutes in Nagasaki, Oguri Tadjun is not a real seller looking for glory, so his subordinate Taro Matsumae found a few prostitutes. They all have white faces and black teeth, and their smell is worse than that of sailors.

, all of them were big-bodied and round-waisted, with ancient faces, and they also came up with a trump card. Matsumae said that Nagasaki women all have some hidden diseases, don’t be afraid, they can be cured, at least two out of ten can be cured, so in the end no one dared to try, and finally

Fooled over.

In addition to the soft hand, Oguri Tadashi also showed a hard hand:

In fact, Nagasaki's defense is now very strong. The forts inside Nagasaki Bay have been completely renovated. The peripheral Iojima and Kannajima platforms were also completely completed last year - in Naohide's original world, they were completed in 1855.

But because the Saga Nabeshima family could produce pozzolanic cement, the construction was completed ahead of schedule.
To be continued...