"Defend day and night, it's hard to defend pig teammates."

Hitotsubashi Keixi, who was drunk alone, muttered to himself.

On September 16, the third year of Qingying (1867), the four-nation joint war fleet threatened to seize the sea. In less than a month, he and the imperial court were forced into a desperate situation.

Originally, everyone wanted to continue using the same old tricks to blame others, but the shogunate did not respect martial ethics and refused to accept the move:

The general who was stranded in Kyoto was overjoyed and urged the court to make a decision on the grounds of the imperial edict.

As for Tadashi Sakai and his colleagues who were responsible for the governance of Edo, they had long since been pushed aside completely.

In the letter that followed the foreign ship, it was written clearly, "This is a serious matter. Please make the decision with the political president and the princes of the court. If there is a decision, Edo will follow it."

But who is the political president? Isn’t it just a celebration?

Only then did everyone discover that after overthrowing the reformists at the beginning of the year, Sakai firmly disagreed with the establishment of a "foreign affairs president". It turned out that he had been ready to shirk the situation.

Well, this hot potato has finally fallen into Qingxi's hands, and he can't even shake it away.

Moreover, the Edo side arranged things clearly, and several foreign ministers were urgently sent to Osaka to take orders. From a humanistic and legal perspective, no flaws were left.

It stands to reason that there are no flaws to be found. After all, Gongqing and Qingxi can pressure the shogunate to implement foreign policies. If they propose concessions to foreigners, they will successfully pass the buck.

But the problem is that since the beginning of the year, when Horihixi, the then foreign minister, was forced to live in seclusion, these foreign ministers, old and new, have learned to pretend to be stupid - who can't talk about it, but this set of words

Behind it, there is actually only one sentence, "Those considerations seem to make sense, so I have to respectfully ask for a decision from the higher ups."

Moreover, in early October, while everyone was arguing with foreigners in Osaka, earth-shattering news came that the Hakodate Office had joined forces with the white master, Lord Matsudaira Kento!

According to the news received on October 8, King Kin's army landed at Mito Nakaminato on October 2. It is said that the ships covered the sky and the sun was blocked, and the army was endless.

Hearing the news, everyone in Kyoto was shocked and dumbfounded:

Hakodate and the Matsudaira family, the master of the White House, were hardcore members of the Restoration clan and had always been the pioneers of the founding of the country. Therefore, they were incompatible with the imperial court that insisted on resisting the foreigners. Where did the term "King of Qin" come from.

Besides, foreign ships invaded Osaka and oppressed Kinki. Why did you, King Kinto, go to Kanto where Edo is located? The distance is quite far indeed.

Xiang Zhuang dances with his sword, aiming at Pei Gong.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that King Qin is fake and the reformers are taking the opportunity to counterattack and it is real!

Thinking of this, Qingxi couldn't help but cursed "bastard" - he had expected this, but he didn't expect the reformers' counterattack to be so fast and fierce.

Speaking of which, this friend from Red Deer really succeeds more than fails.

When he overthrew the reform faction, he and Sakai and others had a tacit understanding:

Sakai supported himself in controlling Kinki in order to appease the imperial court and quell the dissatisfaction of the princes caused by Keio's murder;

And he supported Sakai and others to overthrow the reformers headed by Keinaga and help them take over the power of the shogunate.

But in any case, neither side has the idea of ​​​​killing the reformers - the current situation is unprecedented in three thousand years, the reformers can be suppressed, but they cannot be eradicated, otherwise no one will be responsible for doing things and resisting the blame.

Therefore, at that time, the net was wide open, and Oguri Tadjun, Inoue Kiyonao was appointed as the governor of Edo Nanboku Town, Hori Naohide was appointed as the governor, and Kawaji Shomo was appointed as the governor of the foreign government. These four people were retained in their posts.

But don’t be afraid that there will be no good things, just be afraid that there will be no good people.

It is not known which ministers and ministers took action. In early June, Oguri Tadayun and Hori Naohide were forced to resign.

"I have no foresight."

Thinking of the depressed place, I drank the wine in one gulp with joy.

Even if you don't think about the long term and can't wait to figure it out, then you can't find some good reasons!

It turns out that Oguri Tadashi resigned because of the incident of "exchanging overseas silver with Fuso gold":

From the second year of Ansei (1855) to the sixth year of Ansei (1859), the shogunate secretly conducted secret trade with Xianheng foreign companies, taking advantage of the huge disparity in the gold and silver exchange ratio between the outside world and Fuso to make large profits.

Oguri Tadjun, who once served as Nagasaki's governor, was the initiator and main executor of this matter.

It was the sixth year of the Ansei period that the three ports of Fuso were opened. One year later, the shogunate began to mint Manen coins (1860). During this period, foreign merchants took advantage of the different gold and silver exchange ratios to make arbitrage.

Kanto gold, Kansai silver, and Kinki gold and silver are mixed.

Therefore, after the opening of the port, those who suffered the most due to gold and silver arbitrage by foreigners were the princes and families of the Western Kingdom and the people of Kinki.

Qingxi knew that the incident of "exchanging Fuso gold for overseas silver" could drive a wedge between Satsuma, Choshu and all the Western princes and the reformers - Oguri Tadjun was a pioneer of the reform.

In addition, this seems to have many benefits, killing three birds with one stone.

From the fact that this matter first spread around Kyoto, we can conclude that it was the work of some unwilling minister.

Qingxi knows what they are thinking:

In addition to continuing to attack the reformers, one is to destroy his relationship with the Edo ministers.

how to say?

This matter is extremely confidential, which can be seen from the fact that it has been kept secret for so many years. Therefore, only the top figures in the shogunate can know the inside story.

But judging from the fact that Kyoto was the first to leak the news, Qingxi himself cannot escape the blame.

The General Iemo who is here now must not be able to harm himself, so he can only do it to himself. Although he did not govern himself back then, his father Lieutenant Qi Zhao, who was quite famous as the leader of the anti-barbarian faction at that time, might know this.

Later, I told my son that there was nothing wrong with this.

It seems that some people are quite wary of getting close to him and Tadashi Sakai and other ministers.

The second one is that the ministers are unwilling to be left alone.

Since the first merger of the public and military forces in the third year of Bunkyu (1863), although the shogunate made some concessions, the court gained a lot of face but not much real power.

If you mess up the shogunate, maybe an opportunity will come.

Qingxi knew that secretly the ministers were very enthusiastic about the restoration of the imperial government. And the restoration of the imperial government meant to eliminate the shogunate and take back the power to the court. If it really happened, the ministers in power would have everything they wanted.

I can’t say it, I will eat one and throw the bean buns away, it’s so beautiful just thinking about it.

"madness!"

Qingxi's biological mother, Tomeigong, is a royal princess, so Qingxi has been able to gain the trust of the royal family in recent years.

But Mito has been the king for so many years, and even Qingxi knows that the public minister has been too flashy for a long time and is no longer useful. This restoration of the royal government is really an advantage, and it will also benefit others - whoever governs the government in the future will be the Qingxi line or the princes who are interested.

No matter what, after all, if the ministers destroyed the shogunate, they could only make wedding clothes for others!

Moreover, although if this continues, the person who will benefit may be Jixi himself, but he still feels that this matter is a bit too hasty:

No one knows when this is.

Nowadays, the Western countries are oppressing Fusang, and Qingying is preparing for a more serious attack. If you step forward at this time, you are asking for trouble.

Therefore, the person manipulating this matter must be a traitor in Riche!

Fusang has always worshiped the strong.

Oguri Tadatsun engaged in "exchanging Fuso gold for overseas silver" and earned 2.55 million in small judgments of natural security in one fell swoop! Although the shogunate had tricked everyone by beggaring their neighbors, this huge sum of money was really safe in the pocket.

When Asano and Asano publicly scolded Oguri Tadashi, there weren't many people who admired him privately.

You have to consider Fuso's unique custom when doing things. This notoriety is also a reputation. After this incident, Oguri

The reputation of the genius spread like wildfire, and he actually became recognized as a person with extraordinary talents!

Besides, you have to use the art of war to do things.

Have you heard of "I specialize but the enemy divides"?

The shogunate was the one who benefited from this "exchanging gold with fuso for overseas silver", and countless ministers also benefited.

So after all this trouble, the Edo shogunate began to think of Oguri's good deeds. The people he had offended by proposing the "return of the original territory" two years ago actually began to forgive him - it was the shogunate who dared to bear a bad reputation, and it was Oguri who was the loyal minister!

Moreover, the bad feeling caused by the leakage of this matter was actually attributed to the entire shogunate, which aroused the common hatred among the shogunate.

Doesn't this create an opportunity for the reformers to reconcile with other ministers, you idiot.

Another thing is that it is wrong to follow Hori Naohide's method.

You said he was greedy for money and power, and the villain got lucky. Isn't that okay?

As a result, the story of his study trip to the sea twenty years ago was revealed, and it was said that he went to sea without authorization and secretly colluded with Mi Ren. The visit of Kurofune was the result of Horinao Shusato's foreign connections.

Damn it!

In the first year of the Yuanji period of the shogunate (1864), workers began to be dispatched overseas, and in the following year, "academic studies were allowed, and commercial and commercial workers were allowed to travel overseas."

Nowadays, there are countless people from all over the world who are going overseas.

You said that Naohide Hori went to sea without authorization twenty years ago. Isn't this just a compliment for his foresight and decision-making?

If he hadn't resolutely studied overseas, how could he have gone from being an imperial family member to his son becoming the ruler of the country and making a name for himself.

Alas, Red Deer’s allies are unreliable.

Besides, what are you doing with Hori Naohide, the acting general of the world?

Originally, the Qingying crime could be successfully pinned on this person's head. But now, taking advantage of this opportunity, he took the initiative to resign and got away so easily.

Moreover, you don’t even understand the principle of “beating a snake but not dying but being eaten instead”?!

Even if you didn’t know it before, let’s see if I, Qingxi, can still understand it – back then, the Qi Zhao family was suppressed by the shogunate boss Ii Naomi, but later, Qingxi and Qingyong included Shimazu Saibin, Date Munejo, Yamauchi Toyonobu, etc.

Everyone turned over one after another.
To be continued...