As the saying goes, "you can't eat hot porridge in a hurry", so this rescue also requires strategy.

In early May of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), Matsudaira Shigeotoshi, the lord of the Southern Birch Kingdom, caused an uproar as soon as it was played, and the parties in Edo, who had been extremely enthusiastic about this matter, finally began to wake up, "This combination of public and military forces looks beautiful, but can it really be as people wish?" ”

Although the wind direction had begun to change, Naohide waited patiently for ten days until the matter completely spread, and he made the second move:

On May 23, Ishikawa Bunbei rushed from Nirayama to Edo to see the first seat of the old school, Kushi Hiroshu, claiming that he had something important to do.

The heart of waiting for him for a long time was burning, so Ishikawa was immediately received as soon as he arrived.

Why did you have to wait for Ishikawa for a long time?

This is going to start with his and Ando Nobuyuki's heels:

In March of the 7th year of Ansei (1860), the Sakurada Gate Rebellion occurred, when the old Ii was stabbed to death, and then he was reinstated in March of the leap month, and on April 28, he was promoted to the head of the old middle school, and then took charge of the shogunate until today.

To be honest, many people were really stunned by the high position in the world at that time, why?

Of course, because the qualifications are not enough.

Although the next general country is a great name of the long family, but now it is really not a famous family, in the 4th year of Jiayong (1851) Guangzhou served as the old middle, the last old middle of the long family is still the long world Guangming, that is the first year of Tianming (1781) is a very distant thing.

Speaking of which, the same is true of Nobuyuki Ando, an ally of the long generations, who is also in a broken household - counting it, the last elder of the Heian Todo family in Iwaki of Mutsu Province was Nobunari, and when he took office, he was also the old Huang Li in the fifth year of Kansei (1793).

Fuso is accustomed to being born in a family.

Although in recent years, there has been some relaxation under internal and external troubles, but for the top position of the first seat of the old middle school, there is no change, and it is still in the pocket of the major giants.

If you don't have enough qualifications to push the world to the top of the world for a long time, who is this behind-the-scenes master?

Of course, it's not his brother-in-law's former elder Masahiro Abe's first seat - Abe was so disheartened that he had long since ignored the world.

But the Abe family is a famous family for generations, Masahiro himself has been a fourteen-year-old middle, and he has the experience of being the first in twelve years, plus his people are flexible and tolerant, so there are many allies, and as a member of the Abe family, of course, there is a lot of support.

At that time, as the elder, Iyi was hanging, but the first seat of the old one is still there, and this person is the leader of the founding faction, Matsudaira Chengquan!

Cheng Quan has always been an ally of Masahiro Abe, and he is also the sworn enemy of the Qi Zhao family, so he still stood tall when Ii was in power, and was promoted to the first seat of the old middle school in the sixth year of Ansei (1859) - of course, he was a person above, and he was still the big old Ii at that time.

It's funny to say, because the attention was paid to the right person, and the daimyo and the ministers at that time were married to each other, and they were all related to each other under the twists and turns, so even political enemies were many relatives.

Of course, although the old man Ando Nobumu at that time was a relative of the bend, he was not a political enemy.

After I's assassination, Nobumu Ando was very active, and he proposed to Chengquan that he could ask Hisashi Hiroshu to come back out of the mountain.

At that time, Chengquan was already sixty-six years old, and at that time, the average life expectancy was forty years, and he himself was not willing to continue to work in the capacity of government, so he thought it was a good idea:

Jiushi and he worked together when they were both old and middle-aged, and they were the cadres of Abe Masahiro's family, and the reconciliation faction supported the founding of the country, and the political situation was chaotic after the assassination of I, and Chengquan felt that Jiushi was a good candidate to clean up the chaos!

Therefore, although Hisashi and Ando are not strong in their own strength, there are two major factions standing behind them - the reconciliation faction of the Abe faction

and the founding faction of the whole lineage.

Now that the court is surging and the old man Ando Nobuya was deposed on April 11, Jiushi naturally wants to ask the boss of the department, Abe Masahiro, for help.

By the way, Ando Nobumasa is Ando Nobumu and Ando Nobuyuki, just as Zhuge Liang, Kong Ming, and Mr. Wolong are the same person, these three are also the same person:

Nobumu Ando changed his name to "Nobuyuki" after I's assassination, saying that "I didn't do this";

After Sakashita's own assassination this year, he changed his name to "Shinmasa" in March and fought back resolutely against the dirty water that had been spilled at him – but to no avail, and he was eventually deposed.

Hisashi asked his brother-in-law Masahiro Abe for help, Abe didn't want to muddy the waters, but he couldn't stand his sister's affection, so he wrote to Ishikawa Fumibei in Nirayama, "Find out the situation first, and then tell me quickly." ”

Who is Ishikawa Bunbei?

This name was not well-known in later generations, but his alias "Sekito Fujiin" was well-known, and this person and Eki Shigetaro were called the double walls of the Bigo Fukuyama Abe family, and he was Masahiro's right-hand man when he was in charge of the shogunate.

As for why Ishikawa Bunbei is not in Fukuyama but in Nirayama, it is because of another sister:

In July of the fifth year of Ansei (1858), Mr. Tanan died of overwork, and at that time, Yingmin had already established the Haekjue Jiangchuan family in the northern land, so the position of acting official of Nirayama fell to the head of his younger brother Yingwu.

But Yingwu was young at the time, although because of Mr. Tanan's extraordinary achievements over the years, the shogunate let him succeed to the throne, but the young Yingwu couldn't handle political affairs, and this was difficult, of course, he had to ask his brother-in-law for help.

Speaking of which, this is also the black history of the Egawa family, Ishikawa Bunbei is only six years younger than Egawa Eilong, and besides, Ishikawa is a courtier, not to mention, he himself is the adopted son of a feudal doctor, this background is really not compatible with the famous Egawa family, but Mr. Tanan insisted on marrying his daughter Sadako to Bunbei - of course, it is also possible, this is not because Ishikawa is the confidant of the chief old Naka Abe, maybe it is because of Bunbei's talent. Well, I believe, you feel free.

So, under the influence of Naohide's rebellion, Eitake became the acting official of Nirayama, and Ishikawa Bunbei, with Abe's consent, he ran to Nirayama to help as a guest.

The mastermind of the prime minister of the shogunate is now in charge of the government affairs of the Nirayama area, and the old foundation carefully built by Mr. Tan'an, it is really not too easy.

As a result, Ishikawa Bunbei was supposed to stay well in Nirayama, but he suddenly received a letter, and the old head of the family, Masahiro Abe, asked him to wait for an opportunity to save Jiushi, "This is about the first seat of the old school, it's really difficult!" ”

But sigh to sigh, things have to be done.

To be honest, Abe asked Ishikawa Fumibei to operate this matter, naturally for a reason:

Back then, Qi Zhao was able to recover, it was Abe's handiwork, and it was Ishikawa who could be contacted in the center! Now that he is married to Miyaxia, Qi Zhao's family has regained momentum, which makes Ishikawa come forward, and he still has a little old face to sell.

But Abe, who was far away in Bigo Fukuyama, could think so, but Bunbei couldn't help but mutter:

"This person is going to tea and cool, and the brother-in-law of the old family owner is going to be killed, can this face be relied on now? I think about it too much. ”

He muttered and set off from Niriyama, and when he arrived in Edo, he didn't dare to go directly to the Kushi family's house, nor did he seek help from the daimyo of the Qi Zhao family, but instead turned around and went to the white lord Matsudaira's house.

This is not because he believes that Naohide has the ability to interfere in the shogunate's affairs, but because Naohide sent him a letter in advance asking to see him - since the Hori family has the strength and says that there is a way, then he has no clue, so what's the harm in listening to it.

Ishikawa has been in Nirayama for nearly four years now, and the biggest feeling is that Egawa's family is really a trench!

From the first year of Honghua (1844), Mr. Tanan and the Oguri family began to join forces to start a windmill business. After that, it was out of control, and experienced honeycomb coal, cement,

Ironmaking, steelmaking, machinery manufacturing and other industries have expanded, and now they can be called the rich party.

After Wenbingwei took charge of Yingwu, he found that he didn't have to do anything, and Xiao Gui Cao could make a lot of money.

Moreover, although Mr. Tanan, the pillar of the top, has fallen, his son Youngtoshi has done a good job in the Northland, and the two students and allies Oguri Tadashun and Naohide Hori have risen to the top, so no one dares to spy on the Egawa family's industry, how worry-free - the Nirayama Ironworks have been split up again, but speaking of which, this is the shogunate's industry after all, isn't it, besides, isn't it also the old foundation, and it really can't talk about cutting the grass and eradicating the roots.

And in the process, Ishikawa Bunbei, who has a reputation for being shrewd and capable, discovered a secret, that is, the meat steamed buns have meat not on the pleats - after the promotion of windmills, pasta became popular, and the snacky saying that Naohide said back then also became popular.

In the past, when it came to strength, it meant how much a certain family was taller and how tall it was, but the actual experience in Nirayama made Ishikawa dare not calculate strength by food and population anymore.

Especially at the beginning of this year, Nanhua Tai Liguo, he was even more firm in his belief, since the shogunate recognized the strength of the Hori family, it means that now it is really impossible to go to the north.

So Ishikawa Bunbei came to the door, and he met Naohide at the former Hori family's house, which is now the white lord Matsudaira family mansion.

Speaking of which, Ishikawa and Naohide really haven't met before:

Naohide had visited Masahiro Abe, but what was his identity at the time, not even a flag, how could Ishikawa have the leisure to pay attention to him as the mastermind - speaking of which, Abe is really very elegant, just because he cured a strange disease like Nishimaru, he was able to meet a royal family member in the second half of the year.

When Naoxiu developed in the Northland, Abe also retired due to illness, and the two had no chance to see each other.

But the two have made friends, and they are very harmonious after meeting.

After all, in the autumn of the fifth year of Ansei (1858), Abe Masahiro quietly returned to Fukuyama Castle from Edo, when the three families of the Nirayama Egawa family, the Oguri family and the Hori family pooled a loan of 100,000 gold, and the Abe family had a chance to regroup.

Besides, the great monk Xiunian has visited Jiushan many times, and he and Wenbei are doing well, and under this love house and Wu, Ishikawa also has a great impression of Xiunian's extremely admired Naoxiu.

When the two met, Naoxiu said:

"I used to be taken care of by Isemori, but now I heard that there was some turmoil in Edo, so I took the liberty of inquiring about it, hoping to help more or less."

Where is it just to inquire, in fact, Naohide has already helped a lot - at this time, Matsudaira Shigeratoshi's recital has spread, Ishikawa Fumibei is such a keen person, can he not know that Naohide has messed up the situation, so he quickly and politely thanked.

If it weren't for the fact that reality trains people.

Although Ishikawa's evaluation is "gentle and simple", in fact, he used to be known for his pride in talent, and Naohide had heard of it, but now, Ishikawa has a generous face, and he gives him a junior to thank him sincerely, and he doesn't see the slightest embarrassment at all.

But Naohide didn't dare to underestimate Ishikawa, aside from his glorious experience as Abe's courage, when he was still a student of Lai Shanyang, the famous Lai Shanyang made an exception to treat him as a friend, and later his posthumous affairs were also handled by Ishikawa, and even the posthumous manuscript of "Fusang Political Chronicles" was also compiled and published by this person, and it was a proper cow!

In terms of intrigue, Naohide's level is at most five, and Ishikawa is sixty if he can't do it.

Therefore, although he had foreseen such a big killing weapon, Naohide still respectfully asked Ishikawa for advice:

"Now, this is the situation, what do you think we should do?"