In order to implement the "Building Fusang Industry and Promoting Industry", Oguri Tadashi is now in a difficult situation.

The process is as follows:

Naohide's visit this time was on October 25th of the third year of Bunkyu (1863), and in December of the second year of Bunkyu, when Oguri had just returned from his mission to Europe, Tadatsuki Iwase and Tadōtoku Mizuno, both of whom were the Three Great Heroes of Hatamoto, arrived.

Come to your door.

After meeting, the two men also produced a copy of the "Recommendations for Promoting Fusang Industry and Promoting Industry."

At that time, Oguri was shocked when he read it:

This proposal is rich in content and clear in structure, and when compared with the version I brought back, there are quite a few similarities.

Why is this?

You two idiots, one offended the elder Ii and was dismissed from his post, the other fell in love with Kuze and Ando and lost power together and have been idle at home. You can actually produce such a brilliant masterpiece behind closed doors. This is unscientific!

As a result, after Oguri asked, he finally understood:

It turns out that this document was written by someone led by Hakodate Chief Hori Toshiki. It has not yet been officially submitted to the shogunate. It was only sent privately to Iwase for study.

You know, Iwase Tadatsuki is Hori Toshi's cousin, so he can't be active in this. This time when he heard that Oguri was coming back, he rushed over to ask for advice. Look at my cousin.

Is the writing reliable?

In fact, there is no need for Iwase to come in person, as long as Jianbai is sent over, then Oguri will have to study it carefully.

why?

Of course it's because Horihi has a good father, so he can't afford to offend him.

Hori Toshihi's father was Ryuto Ii Hori Ken. In the early years of the Bunsei period (1818-1830), he was the head of Nishimaru Academy. After that, he held important positions. He was the Ryuu Ii who was promoted from the Omefu post. He can be said to be the strength of the Tokugawa family.

The most powerful faction among factions.

Moreover, the Oguri family and the Hori family are close friends. Zhongshun's father, Tadaka, has been frequently visiting Hori Ken over the years, and Oguri himself is very close to the Hori family because of his good friend Naohide - a friend.

Friends, that’s friends too.

Besides, Oguri is a stern person (not high in emotional intelligence), but he is just arrogant, not jealous of talents, so since this new proposal looks good, of course he should study it carefully.

But isn’t this a lie? One copy of a brilliant masterpiece is enough to choke people. Two copies, how long will it take to study it?

Shortage of manpower?

How difficult is this?

Hearing that Oguri also had a copy of the "Recommendations for Promoting Fuso Planting and Industrial Development" in his hand, Hashimoto Tsunayuki, the current shogunate political president Keinaga's mastermind, came to visit him.

Last October, Hashimoto was ordered by the shogunate to build a Western-style university.

Now that the university has opened, he has many professors, lecturers, and students, so he suggested that the two proposals be placed in the university for study.

Oguri knows that innovation is not that easy:

There is nothing wrong with innovating, getting rid of shortcomings, and introducing new things. Therefore, it goes without saying that the resistance must be great. Since Hashimoto is willing to take over, it is a good idea to share the pressure.

Moreover, this innovation was a big one, and Oguri himself was afraid that the construction was not thorough enough. If he messed up, if he failed to make progress, or even suffered a huge defeat, wouldn't he become a sinner through the ages?

Therefore, as soon as Hashimoto said it, Oguri agreed:

"No problem, let's do it together."

But what frightened Oguri Tadaka and Tadashi and his son was that the scene that followed was getting bigger and bigger. By October this year, the scene was also extremely big:

The name of the Western-style university planned by Hashimoto is "Bunkyu University". It is named after the year, so it is so simple and crude; the school building is the former site of the rope martial arts hall.

It turns out that after the death of Mr. Egawa Tanan, his eldest son Hidetoshi followed Naohide to establish a career in the north. The remaining son Hidetake was unable to take care of things because he was young. Therefore, the famous rope martial arts school in the past is still somewhat unreliable today.

dilapidated.

In fact, it’s not right to say it’s dilapidated. There are fewer students. There are many reasons:

One, the shogunate's official school had a Tibetan book transfer institute. Since the expansion of enrollment in the fifth year of Ansei (1858), it has absorbed many students;

21. In the first year of Wanyen (1860), Hakodate Institute of Foreign Studies was established, which added another branch;

There is another reason, that is, the number of Lanxue private schools in Fuso has increased significantly in recent years. Now that Mr. Tan'an is no longer around, the attraction of this rope martial arts school has lost some of its advantages.

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In any case, the Nirayama Ekawa family donated the rope martial arts gym - in Naohide's original world, the Eikawa family gave the rope martial arts gym to Fukuzawa Yukichi, who founded the "Eigakujuku", the predecessor of Keio University, here.

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Since the "Building Fusang Industry and Promoting Industry" was perfected at Bunkyu University, it was inevitable that the Jiangchuan family would take advantage of the situation and get involved:

The current governance of the Nirayama Egawa family is led by the heroic brother-in-law Ishikawa Seiaki, who has openly joined the administration.

Well, Tsunano Hashimoto is the confidant of the political president Keinaga, and Ishikawa is the mastermind of the old man Kuze Hiroshu. With the deliberate publicity of the two, more and more people are involved in this matter.

In terms of banners, the list includes:

As the military leader's keeper, Hori Ken and Ido Hiromichi both sent people to participate in the improvement;

Monitoring the princes and officials, four of them also expressed concern. They are Izawa Masayoshi, Okubo Tadahiro, Komai Toka and Oka Minister Tsune;

There are also a large number of people interested in Edo-machi shrines, kensei shōjos, foreign shōjos, and Ometsusukes, which are one level lower than Rōkōju and Omatsuke.

As for the service positions, those with lower ranks would be grabbed in large numbers.

The flag book is like this, so the gendai daimyo can’t sit still:

Needless to say, political president Keinaga, Hashimoto, who presided over this matter, can represent his attitude;

Old Naka Kuze’s mastermind, Ishikawa Seiaki, also got involved early;

The remaining few Laozhongs, including Tadashi Sakai, the first Laozhong who was born in June this year, have also begun to express deep concern about this matter.

As for the famous names from various places below, it can be said that there are not too many people who go up poles to get information.

As for the foreign princes, Satsuma and Tosa took the lead, followed by Sendai, Chikuzen, Saga, etc., and there were a lot of small feudal lords looking around - only Choshu was the most unlucky. After the Three Kingdoms bombarded Shimonoseki in June, the Maori family became a lost dog.

, everyone was afraid of avoiding it, so they withdrew from the perfection of Jianbai.

What the hell?!

Oguri and his son were devastated by this.

"If a ruler is not secretive, his ministers will lose their secrets; if their ministers are not secretive, they will lose their virginity; if they are not secretive about a few things, they will be harmed." The reform has not even begun yet, but the preparatory stage is already abuzz, and everyone knows it. The momentum is so big, isn't this a joke!

In response, Zhong Gao complained privately to his son Zhong Shun:

"If you are not careful in your work, you will be careless in making friends."

This "accidental friendship", Tadaka refers to the two people who went to Europa together with Oguri Tadjun, the deputy envoy Matsudaira Yasunao, and Kyogoku was very smart.

Tadaka believes that if the two of them had not leaked the news, Iwase, Mizuno, and even Hashimoto Tsunori later would not have come to ask for the "Fuso Planting and Industrial Development Proposal", let alone the current situation.

A roasting situation.

But Zhongshun disagreed with this and told his father:

“The water inside is so dark and dark.

Hori Toshi also wrote a confession, do you think anyone is talking about it now?"

Zhonggao deeply agrees with this:

The two constructions were completed together at Bunkyu University, and Hashimoto, who was in charge of the matter, knew the inside story very well.

But now it is rumored by the outside world that Oguri is the initiator, while Hori Toshi is rarely mentioned.

Oguri Tadashi was afraid that his father would be too worried, so he revealed some inside information to Tadaka:

"This matter is the result of Qingyong's envoy, who established the Daiming, Banner, and many other Daimyos.

As for the current public official, Yang Jiamao, that was also his tacit approval."

After hearing this, Zhong Gao let out a long sigh. He was also an old monster from thousands of mountains and rivers. How could he not notice the abnormality in it? He just couldn't believe it.

He had no choice but to tell his son Zhongshun:

"It's so hard for you to hide it from me!

I hope that I will give birth to a child who is stupid and stupid, and will be able to be a minister without any disaster.

Aren't you afraid of being shattered into pieces when you participate in such a big event?"

In response, Oguri Tadashi could only smile bitterly, and he asked his father:

"I was promoted by the elder Isao, but during the great turmoil in the shogunate after the Sakurada Gate Incident, I was completely unscathed. Aren't you surprised?"

"Isn't it because of your outstanding achievements that my family has a close relationship with the left-behind Ihori Ken, Daimoku Komai Asaon and others——"

At this point, Zhonggao couldn't go on.

why?

Because if you think about it carefully, there are too many doubts about it:

After the Sakurada Gate Incident three years ago, the Oguri family was not affected. It can be said that it was the care of the Hori, Komai and other families.

But after the "Sakashita Gate Incident" a year ago, the Sai Zhao family made a comeback. The Hori, Komai and other families could hardly protect themselves, so how could they still have the ability to protect the Oguri family!
To be continued...