Naohide is the patriarch of the newly established feudal kingdom, and Ishikawa Bunbei is the confidant of the old minister. These two are still planning to control the shogunate. If anyone knew about it, they would probably laugh out loud.

But Ishikawa had been in charge of politics, and Naohide had been building momentum for a long time. They didn't feel that they were overestimating their capabilities. They worked together to calculate and sum up, and easily came up with a few strategies - but the overall situation was still unfavorable at this time.

This desperate comeback is still out of the question, so we can only make up for it. It will be good if we can save Kuze Hiroshu.

Why are you so unambitious?

Because in addition to the overall situation, this is also too late in terms of time:

Ando Nobumasa was dismissed as a junior high school student on April 11th. Today is May 17th. More than a month has passed. Isn’t it too late? Just wait. In the big evaluation at the beginning of the month, someone will definitely want to do it.

Jump out and attack Kuze.

In fact, Naoxiu was very puzzled. There was a reason why he started late:

After his own intrusion, he brought about so many changes. The public and the former leader of Lao Zhong, Masahiro Abe, did not die. Last year's invasion of Tsushima by Lucia did not happen. Fuso's influence on opening up ports to the outside world has also been weakened.

But Kuze and Ando still have to be overturned. From this point of view, these two ruling veterans are too weak.

Therefore, it was not until Ando was dismissed and Naohide realized something was wrong that he quickly jumped out.

But you, Kuze, as a person involved, did not think of moving out the giant Buddha of Abe Masahiro until now, which is a bit inappropriate.

Bunbei, who has traveled thousands of miles, has almost white hair on his tail. It is natural to see that Naohide is dissatisfied. But in fact, he is more dissatisfied than Naohide:

The old head of the family, Abe, lives in seclusion in Fushan and has not been involved in worldly affairs for more than four years. But can he hide from the current situation?

"Every man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade."

You see, this in-law Kuze is not going to be fucked.

Ando Nobumasa was deposed, and Kuze was behind him to support him; but if Kuze himself failed again, who would deal with the aftermath for him?

By then, everything is done, and even if the old family leader Abe jumps out again, there will be nothing left to do!

Fortunately, the newly emerged white masters, the Matsudaira family, are quite capable. A memorial in early May muddied the waters in Edo. Otherwise, I would have been unable to do anything even if I had arrived as soon as I received the letter from my family.

ah.

Speaking of which, this Kusei is the same as his old master, who puts the overall situation first in everything, even at the expense of himself. But who can understand your painstaking efforts? This feeling of "I am a fish and a knife for others", hehe, it is not pleasant.

Presumably after this incident, the seclusion hall should also wake up.

When the Abe family is once again in trouble, I, Bunbei, will also let the world see what I can do.

Although Naohide, the mature fox, and Ishikawa, the old tanuki, felt that they had lost their chance in this matter, these two men, one brave and fearless, the other weathered, naturally refused to sit back and wait for death.

Therefore, even if they had some complaints, they kept silent and focused on the main business - there was a plan, but it had to be implemented.

But before that, there was something that the Ishikawa Bunbei and Guards Committee couldn't let go of. He didn't dare to act until he understood it:

"Your Highness, Anfang Mamoru, you have been so kind to the Abe family. It is difficult to repay this great kindness."

Naoxiu was happy when he heard it. If you don't say that a wise man is suspicious, he would have doubted his own motives. "You have nothing to do to be courteous. What do you want to do? Just tell me."

But that's right, if someone works so hard for no reason, then if you put it on yourself, you won't feel at ease if you don't understand it.

"When the road is rough, draw your sword to help." But it is too insincere to say this, so Zhixiu simply made it clear:

"Although our family is ranked high in Matsudaira, its foundation is still shallow. Naohide comes from the Nirayama sect and has a lot of connections with Fukuyama. He has been under his care for a long time, so he has always admired Isemori's ability."

What does this sentence mean? It actually means that the Nanhua Taiguo has no foundation, and from Naohide's point of view, Mr. Tan'an and he were both promoted by Masahiro, the old head of the Abe family. This drinking water and thinking about the source is naturally the Abe line.

And Naohide not only explained the reason, but also secretly praised Bunbei - the relationship between the Nirasama Egawa family and the Abe family, apart from Masahiro, also has an in-law relationship. Bunbei married

The daughter of the Egawa family, so Naohide helped out in the name of Mr. Tanan's disciple, and Bunbei looked good on his face.

"People carry people in sedan chairs", this gave Naoxiu face, so Ishikawa naturally had to follow it, in his heart

I somewhat let down my guard a little.

However, he has seen a lot of political disputes and treacherous things, but it is really rare for a cold stove to burst into flames!

To be honest, Ishikawa was quite embarrassed because he doubted Naohide's intentions, which was actually a bit unjustifiable:

Previously, the Nirayama Egawa family, the Oguri family and the Hori family pooled together one hundred thousand gold to lend money to the family. Due to the financial difficulties of the feudal clan, the head of the old family took the decision.

That was a small sentence of 100,000 Tianbao, which is equivalent to 300,000 taels of gold today!

After the opening of the port, each family was in financial distress, so this favor was a huge gain.

Originally, it was thought that the three families had found a way out, but until Kuze's death, the three families had not encountered any obstacles that they could not overcome, so there was no room for the Abe family to play.

Moreover, since the old head of the family ignored the shogunate, Ishikawa would not be able to bother Kuze rashly—offering a loan of 100,000 gold and then asking Kuze to take care of him. This is so shameless. Besides, if Kuze looks hot and then asks for money

What should I do? Isn't this a good thing turning into a bad thing?

But one code equals one code, and with so much capital invested, the expected return must be huge.

Therefore, Ishikawa Bunbei looked at Naohide quietly, meaning "enough of the nice things to say, let's talk about something practical."

Naohide also knew that he couldn't fool Ishikawa just by showing his loyalty, but he didn't want to talk in vain. Now that the tide of the end of the Tokugawa had begun, things were about to change, and it was time for Hokuto's position to be revealed:

"Mr. Junda, you are a learned and talented person. "Fusang Zhengji Lun" was written by you. Is there any record in history that this form of crisis led to the royal family taking charge?"

After hearing this, Bunbei immediately became serious - this can't be serious, the integration of public and military forces is the right topic at this time, and Kuze's experience is also related to this. This is a major event that determines Fuso's future!

But Naoxiu's question is rather strange, and the probing meaning is very obvious, that is, he is asking "Do you think you are optimistic or not?"

"Fuso Zhengji Lun" is Lai Shanyang's posthumous work, compiled and published by him as his disciple. However, Lai Shanyang is a well-known person who respects the emperor. Could it be that Naohide wants to win over his own emperor?

This is the Matsudaira family. The head of the family, Shigetoshi, is the adopted son of the Tian Yasu family. He is married to the adopted daughter of the current father-in-law, Nogemo. He is also the son-in-law of the Shimadzu family by blood. But where does he stand?

The head of the Tian Yasu family, Tokugawa Keiyori, is on good terms with Ii Naomi and is in opposition to the Qi Zhao family who respects the king. But now the core figure of the Qi Zhao family, Matsudaira Keiyori, is Keiyori's blood brother. He has broken bones and connected tendons.

A sudden reconciliation is not impossible.

And the shogun Iemo married a royal princess. This combination of public and military affairs must be carried out, but the king cannot be completely indifferent. Could it be that the shogunate has become wary?

On the contrary, the position of the Shimazu family is relatively clear. It is said that April has entered Kyoto, and Qi Bin has been cheering for the Qi Zhao family. This king's hat is firmly worn.

But the problem is that last year, the head of the Shimazu family, Sadashige, got engaged to Iemo's adopted daughter, who is also the daughter of Keiyori Tayasu.

So in circles, the positions of Shogun Iemo, Tian Adekawa, Shiro Matsudaira and Shimazu Saibin are vaguely connected. What secrets are hidden in them?

Ishikawa Fumibei's head was so big that he simply extrapolated from the results:

If Naohide is trying to make peace for others, hoping to fight first and then pull, dragging Kuze and even the Abe family onto the ship of public and military integration, does this make sense?

But when Bunbei thought about it carefully, he realized that it was impossible. In the memorial issued by this family at the beginning of this month, one of the characters "chen" revealed the inconsistency between the imperial court and the shogunate, and poured a lot of cold water on the unity of the public and military forces!

But it’s hard to say. What if it suppresses first and then increases or leads the snake out of its hole?

It's not impossible to draw out all the opponents first and then kill them all in one fell swoop.

Moreover, the Hideo in front of him has always been very cunning. He was not only the first hero to resist the foreigners with force, but also vigorously developed Western industries. It is said that he was still fighting fiercely with foreigners in Hakodate. No one can figure out this person's position.

Faintly, Ishikawa's forehead was already sweating. He knew that his questioning had finally pushed the matter to a critical point, and his answer would determine the outcome of today's negotiation:

If the answer is correct, then the previous strategy will continue to be implemented, and maybe Naohide can pull out a few more trump cards to help;

But if you say the wrong thing, all these agreements will be invalidated, and the two families may fall out - even if they are smiling on the surface, there must be a breakup behind the scenes.

But Ishikawa has no regrets at all!

If our family falls into someone else's trap because of our own fault, we will die without redemption.

Watching Ishikawa struggling, Naohide kept smiling and waiting. There were a lot of clever words, but they were really convincing. It’s impossible for a strategist to do anything without some skills!

"The royal family is in charge, Nao Soo, what do you think?"

Ishikawa Bunbei really wanted to say this, but he couldn't. This time he was the one who came to ask for help. If he wanted to be sincere, he had to show it himself first.

Sure enough, no big thing is simple. Bunbei let out a long sigh and revealed his position:

"The Baoyuan Pingzhi Rebellion (1159) and the Northern and Southern Dynasties Rebellion (1331) caused mourning everywhere and the people were in dire straits. We can learn from what happened before."

But in order to have some room, he quickly added:

"The rise of Shenwu and the fascination with thinking are difficult to remember; the Dahua reform (646 years) was also quite different from this time."

Done!

With Bunbei's words, Naohide understood the Abe family's position:

After the Heiji Rebellion (1159), the Kamakura Shogunate (1192-1333) was established; after the Northern and Southern Dynasties Rebellion (1331), the Muromachi Shogunate (1336-1573) was established.

These two turmoils were caused by the royal family challenging the powerful ministers of the Wu family. As a result, after the chaos, a stronger Wu family group shogunate appeared.

Shenmu was the first emperor of Fuso. Bunbei said it was "difficult to remember", which meant that he boasted good things but his deeds were unreliable. As for the reform of Dahua, the royal family was actually in charge, but it was "quite different from this time."

Bunbei also euphemistically said that "times have changed," and the old almanac could not be accurate.

Therefore, at least from Ishikawa Bunbei's point of view, the Abe family has no expectations for the merger of public and military affairs.

Naohide was very pleased with this - of course, in his original world, the Fukuyama clan persisted until the Battle of Toba Fushimi before surrendering to the Overthrown Faction. But now Abe Masahiro is not dead, so the Fukuyama clan

Inclination, Zhixiu really doesn’t dare to say for sure.

Now that Bunbei has expressed his position, although it does not mean that Abe thinks so too, or it does not even mean that it will not change in the future, it still makes his position clear, so the two companies can continue to cooperate.

Speaking of which, Naohide really wanted to say "I saw a ghost":

It is quite normal for their interests to be damaged or their talents not to be appreciated, or even to be disappointed with the Tokugawa family. However, many samurai and even daimyo, as the shogunate's official ministers, usually took a lot of advantage. What did they eat at the end of the shogunate when they were determined to assist the imperial family?
To be continued...