If the reform party is confident of victory against its internal opponents in Fuso, the only thing they worry about is the disruption from Western countries:

Not to mention anything else, their ships are strong and powerful, and just blocking the sea route is enough for everyone to drink.

But with Naohide here, is the problem of foreigners still a problem?

In a word, 1867-1868 is the window period for the Far East. If you want to make any internal innovations, please do it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!

Why do you say that?

If you look at it simply, you will know that last year, Bingyin foreign harassed France and Miren and suffered a big loss, so that's it.

In the final analysis, Prussia is about to rise, and the European countries have too much time to take care of themselves; and the Mi people have been severely weakened after experiencing the North-South War, and they can't do anything even if they want to.

In addition, other circumstances also determined that 1867-1868 was a rare window period for innovation in the Far East:

First, the second world economic crisis broke out in the past two years.

Therefore, one by one, no one in the Western countries is willing to go to war - this is different from later generations. The crisis at this time is a real crisis, a kind of national unrest, not just an economic malaise.

Moreover, the grain harvest in Europe has been poor in recent years, and it will be even worse in 1868 next year.

Under such circumstances, if the foreigners still dare to use troops on a large scale, it would be really uncomfortable for the old man to hang himself - have you heard of mutiny?

Second, the Suez Canal would be opened in 1869.

At that time, the voyage will be greatly reduced, and Europa will send ships to the Far East to intervene, which will not be too pleasant.

In addition, in the next two years, the submarine cables from Europa to Tianzhu and Xiangjiang will be laid. If there is any trouble at that time, it will not be so easy to do anything.

To put it bluntly, at this time, the reformers only need to deal with the ministers of various countries and prevent them from causing personal problems.

Fusang is remote and is far less valued than China. Even the ministers of these countries are not popular niches or stars of hope, so these people do not have big aspirations:

Just complete a few events to increase your sense of presence and seek promotion and fortune.

And if it really goes big, if it doesn't end well and makes the local central government furious, why bother?

Here we have to mention the brilliance of Naohsiu:

At that time, he devoted all his efforts to developing the Northland, although the main reason was for something else - taking advantage of the chaos at the founding of Fuso and the shogunate to develop power when the shogunate had no time to pay attention, so as to resist the expansion of Lucia in the Far East.

You know, without his interference, Britain and France would have paid more attention to Fuso - the two powers regarded it as a bridgehead to contain Lucia.

Not to mention the traditional powerful England, which has been heavily prepared with troops, even France later invested a lot of money:

Not only has the army been stationed in Yokohama, but the naval force left in Fuso is also quite powerful.

In June 1883, after expansion, a separate "Buddha Edo Squadron" was formed, with the total number of ships reaching 25!

But now the situation is very different:

Because of Naoxiu's mischief, Lucia not only failed to seize the Wulong River outlet, but its Far Eastern territory was also severely damaged.

Therefore, without the Lu people watching eagerly, Yingfo's attention to Fusang was greatly reduced.

This is one of the reasons why Naohide is confident in handling the ministers of various countries.

As for how to get it done?

It's just a matter of taking the right medicine, so easy!

What the envoys were most concerned about was actually the three-point achievement of the joint war fleets of the four countries in September, which included the opening of ports on a regular basis, the establishment of the country, and the reform of taxes.

Regarding the regular opening of the port, this reformist group will not overthrow it, so the minimum performance of the ministers is guaranteed;

As for the imperial edict to found the country, the reformers wanted it very much, so naturally they would not object to it;

The only thing that needs to be overturned is the tax change.

However, Naohide had already thought about the price. Fuso was unable to modernize, so it was bound to introduce foreign capital. This exchange was enough for them to explain to the Central Committee:

Although England is the largest industrial power, it has a small land and a sparse population. Therefore, its industrial potential has bottomed out, and the trend of financialization has begun to be unstoppable. In the next twenty years, its capital will pour into the United States in large quantities.

The kingdom of man.

Is there any difference between the gold and silver I earn if I invest in someone else?

As for the financial industry in the Buddhist country, its history of prestige is much longer than that of the British, so there is no problem.

The only thing to worry about is whether you can make money by investing in Fuso?

But regarding this, various ministers are more confident than Naohide.

Financiers pluck their hair when they pass by, gouge out their eyes with fast horses, and even squeeze out oil from sand. Worrying about this is the greatest insult to their profession!

As long as the British and French ministers are dealt with, the American minister, Little Vanderbilt, will not be a problem:

It turned out that due to the outbreak of the second world economic crisis, the British began to engage in malicious competition with the American shipbuilding industry. This situation would not be alleviated until two or thirty years later.

Now that Fuso is willing to accept the transfer of Miren Shipyard, little Vanderbilt is not willing to accept it - now his family is the leader in the shipbuilding industry. Even if he doesn't care about others, he doesn't even care about himself.

Once the British, Buddhist, and American ministers agree, the remaining countries of Lanzhou, Prussia, and Lucia will be nothing but clouds:

If you are willing to agree, you can still pick up some leftovers;

If you don’t want to, well, who has time to care about you?

Moreover, the reformers are not afraid of foreign troubles. After seven years of continuous improvement, they have a gyroscopic torpedo. Although it is not a big weapon, it can be used with a small speedboat.

Playing a raid is quite a deterrent.

Therefore, these activities did not require Naohide to come forward in person, and Qingyong and the foreign followers successfully settled the matter.

After arranging the foreigners, the reformers, who had eliminated the hidden dangers, did not start to take action:

On October 24, the third year of Keio (1867), Naohide took over Osaka as a vanguard and issued a "Charge of Rape" to Kyoto.

Naohide led strong troops to occupy Kinki, and the reformers began to advance rapidly in various places.

The first to be pacified were the shogunate officials.

On October 20th, Edo opened the city without blood, and after integrating the new shogunate army, the Restoration Army began to establish a unified force in Kanto.

"After the culling of traitors, the princes discuss the major issues publicly." Who supports and who opposes?

With food in one hand and a big stick in the other, naturally no one dares to be ignorant.

And in order to show their loyalty, the troops of the various families who joined later were extraordinarily powerful - poor Utsunomiya's Toda family, just because they hesitated a little, they were impatiently wiped out by the Ando family of Mutsu Iwakihira.

Who knew that the Sakashita Gate Incident (1862) was planned by important officials of the Toda family?

The Ando family has been holding back this anger for five years, and they can't hold it back now.

In addition, the Toda family actively renovated the imperial tombs and were die-hard royalists.

But nowadays, respecting the king means opposing the founding of the country, and the reformers are trying to scare the monkeys. This is not the fault of the Toda family.

After the Toda family disappeared, the Kanto princes, whether they wanted it or not, had no choice but to be summoned, and they had to honestly sign the "Return of Rape Form" and the "Return of the Great Government" - after all, the "Return of the Great Government" required

It is a "public discussion of major policies." Upon closer inspection, each family actually has nothing to lose.

What is really unlucky is that the famous families such as the Sakai family in the shogunate's genealogy will be difficult for them to easily influence the political affairs in the future. But the reason why the famous families are called famous families must be that they are few in number. If there are as many as big roots,

That famous family is worthless, isn't it?

Qingyong led people to eliminate the residue and filth in Kanto, and the reformists in other places certainly refused to lag behind:

Among them, four countries were the first to decide.

Tosa and Uwajima teamed up, relying on the eloquence of "Nangmianhou" Date Munejo, but Tosa didn't get much limelight - poor Yoshida Motoki's strong army, which he had worked hard to build for more than ten years, became Ida.

Damouji’s help.

On Kyushu Island, there was a fierce man like Shimazu Saibin, plus the three families of Satsuma, Saga and Chikuzen-Fukuoka, so Kumamoto and Kurume only verbally protested, and then all the families in Kyushu followed the trend and followed the reformists.

As for the Sanyo Road in western Honshu, Choshu acted as the thug, and Bingo Fukuyama came out to take charge of the overall situation.

It turned out that in such a situation, even the prestigious former Lao Zhong leader Abe Masahiro could no longer sit still.

When Kurofune visited Fuso to found the country, Abe, as the leader of the conciliation faction, worked hard to bridge the gap, but he could not suppress the divisions within the shogunate despite all his efforts. Therefore, he was discouraged and resigned while he was ill. If Naohide hadn't interfered, this Wakamo

, Qi Bin also died of illness early.

Don't think Abe is an old-timer, because he became famous very early, and he is only 49 years old this year.

The reform faction was launched in the Qingyong administration in the second year of Wenjiu. The earliest basic group, in addition to the enlightened ministers, were the original reconciliation faction princes.

This time, after being invited by Qingyong Yanshu and encouraged by his retainers, Abe, the "wisdom power state", finally calmed down and thought about it and came out again.

In fact, Abe also saw that the victory or defeat this time would definitely determine the future direction of Fuso. If you miss such a big event, you will never happen again.

And because they were always on the wrong team - the long-range navigation strategy, the bombardment of Shimonoseki, the August 18th Incident, and the Aoi Festival Incident, Changzhou could no longer afford to lose this time, so it was extremely fierce after raising its troops.

Between Abe, who has astonishing prestige and is good at dancing, and Changzhou, who has astonishing fighting prowess, who among the Shanyang Dao princes can withstand them?

Moreover, good news also came from Hokuriku at this time:

The reformers' troops in Kanto were mainly composed of the Northern Territory, Mutsu Yu and the reformer princes. Because of the long distance, Keinaga's own Echizen soldiers did not appear.

But after all, Qingyong is the leader of the reformists, so the Echizen soldiers and horses are holding back their efforts to do something big.

And what they were eyeing was the Kaga Maeda family, who was known as the world's deputy general. The Maeda family had a wealth of one million, and was the prince with the highest territory besides the Tokugawa shogunate.

Although the Maeda family has been slippery for generations and therefore refused to express their opinions easily, as news continued to come from various places, the Maeda family also quickly reacted - once a slippery man made up his mind, he would speculate faster than anyone else.
To be continued...