In fact, the order of the six daimyo to help reclaim the Ezo land, in the eyes of the shogunate center, really thought that this was compensation:

First, there is no division of land, and where to cultivate, and even the size of the area, it is up to the government to negotiate with each family and report to the center—that is, to decide the right or the Hakodate government to say it;

Second, although in view of the difficulty of reclamation in the northern land, each family was exempted from all taxes within three years in the Ezo land, but this is only for the inland reclamation sites, in Hakodate and other territories of the government, the fishing, hunting, and trading of these six families still have to be taxed by the government;

And most importantly, the shogunate clearly stated in its will:

"All imperial affairs in Ezo and North Ezo shall be subject to the laws and regulations of the Hakodate Commissioner, and each family shall not violate them."

Looking at it this way, the Hakodate office is still the lord of the northern land, and Edo is just worried that the northern terrain where the commission is located is weak, so he found some people to help, not to cut off his own femoral humerus, and as for worrying about the shogunate's dissatisfaction with all the commissions, it is impossible to talk about it.

Moreover, when the shogunate center communicated in advance, the implication of these six daimyo was that it was drudgery, and even if it was not drudgery, it was just chicken ribs - of course, I don't know what the retainers who carried it out of it thought, and if they had the idea of "squeezing oil out of their bones", wouldn't it be fat.

Before announcing the decree in public the next day, he explained the heels of the will in detail, so that Anahide and Okubo could be satisfied.

In addition, Matsumae also explained the cancellation of 100,000 hands as gold:

This year, for some reason, there was another fire in Edo Castle, and the shogunate suffered a lot of losses, and it was a lot of money to rebuild.

Therefore, "Since the construction of Wuling Guo has stopped, it is better to continue to stop." Hakodate will be patient for the time being, and when Edo's finances ease up a bit, he will naturally compensate for the Hokuchi, who 'understands the general situation and takes the overall situation into account'. Oguri Toyoshi Gomori specially asked me to say, 'No matter what, this is also the front line of resistance to the Lu people, and it must be taken care of.' ’”

This is the advantage of having people in the DPRK and China, not only can they make arrangements in advance, transfer from the middle, and even worse, but they can also give dignity and reveal some inside information, as they are now.

Naohide's friend Oguri Tadashun is not only a Kanding Executive, but also a hardcore henchman of the head of the old Ii Sweep Department; And this time, the envoy Panmatsu was pulled by Oguri, and he was also an old friend of Naohide and Okubo, and he had a close relationship.

Otherwise, no matter what you think, the imperial envoy will announce the decree in public, will the executive still dare to question it!

Of course, before the central decision, he didn't even consult the opinion of the Hakodate Commissioner's office, which was really not taking Naohide seriously. However, after the head of the Ii Sho Department became the elder, the ruling style was so rigid, and he was like this to everyone, and there was nothing to complain about - to be able to arrange the old Tomomatsuzen to serve as the envoy, presumably the important ministers of Edo still took a lot of thought.

In this regard, Zhixiu was very appreciative and said, "The north is remote, but the 'domestic' local products are still good, but they can be Zhuangchengyi."

Matsumae is such a keen person, as soon as he heard Naohide mention it, he knew that the gift was worth a lot, "This mission is not a loss, and it is not in vain to do all the thought I did before."

So he revealed some more information:

Originally, when Naohide took over the Hakodate Office last year, because he was facing another invasion by Rucia, the position of Hakodate Office was regarded as a hot potato, and Naohide's appointment was quite smooth at the time.

But after the formal peace with the Lu people this year, Edo regretted a lot of flags, "How can you easily let this country boy take a big advantage!" ”

In fact, the Hori family originally lived in Shinjuku Town, and it was really not a country, but Naohide was born in the second half, not to mention that the flag book is not even a genealogy of the royal family, and in the past fifteen years, it has soared, and now it is in the position of the box gate, so there are not too many people who are red-eyed, and the "country boy" is good, you must know that recently even "traitor" has been said!

But Matsumae, who is exquisite, of course, refuses to mention this kind of disgrace to his face.

He denounced it in front of Zhixiu, "The essence of the palace is loyal, where is it beyond the reach of ordinary people." The name is deserved, the name is deserved. ”

Naohide and Okubo met and laughed, among the three people present, none of them were from a famous family - Okubo was a corporal of the Satsuma Shimazu family, and he was dismissed before he transferred to Naohide; Naoxiu is the second half of the royal family; And Matsumae's foundation is not very glorious, and he is only born in the second half, although he has the same name as Fukuyama Matsumae's family, "Matsumae", but the two are not related at all, he is not a famous family, and there is no way to do it in the shogunate.

As one of the few shogunes in the Naohide family, Matsumae's experience is very clear to the two:

Fourteen years of Tianbao, three

Thirteen-year-old Matsumae Taro is still the heart of Nagasaki Mefuko, although he was regarded as a confidant by Lord Metsuke at that time because he was good at drilling camps, and was specially brought to Nagasaki to accompany him, but the family was still only two halves;

Speaking of which, Naohide is still a noble man in Matsumae, and after the two got in touch with each other, in the third year of Honghua (1846), Oguri Tadashun served as the assistant of Nagasaki Mefu, and Matsumae began to switch to Oguri's men, and this began to soar.

Although he can't compare with Naoxiu, his promotion speed is also extremely fast.

In the third year of Kaei (1850), Oguri was promoted to Nagasaki Mesuke, and he was promoted to Muramesuke, thus becoming a genealogy of the imperial family.

In the seventh year of Kaei (1854), Oguri became the Nagasaki government, and Matsumae, which had been running in Nagasaki, was even more important.

In 1858, after Oguri became the commissioner of Kansei, Matsumae unexpectedly stayed at the Nagasaki Metsusho - in fact, in 1855, the shogunate began to secretly "exchange Fuso gold for foreign silver" with the Hamhiro foreign company, and Matsumae was an important helper of the executor Oguri Tadami. Although Oguri turned to Edo that year, the matter was still ongoing, and Matsumae was still an important figure in it.

In the 6th year of Ansei (1859), Matsuzen finally left Nagasaki, the sixteenth year of his reign, and transferred to the shogunate's apprenticeship, accumulating merit and becoming a banner of 120 koku, and renamed "Matsumae Shunfeng"

Don't look at Okubo's current 200 stone banner, but it was due to the military exploits of the two White Lord battles, not only in the north, but also the two hundred stone was also the money for the bloody battle with Lucia.

The 120 koku in Matsumae may not seem like much, but the family is a lowly and powerful person in the center of Edo, and it is not at all the same as the town council in a remote place like Okubo - of course, now that Hakodate has opened its port to Westerners, its status has become important, and Okubo can barely catch up with the side of the important ministers.

But it's not the same, in addition to the big eyes and the imperial eye, there are only more than 50 people in the shogunate, and the Nagasaki and Hakodate are not as good as these fifty people - nominally, the big eyes are not as good as the ministers of the government, the daimyo, and the important ministers, and the imperial eyes are not the ones who actually do the work, so they are humble and powerful, and they can't be taken lightly.

Naohide is now a 2,500-stone big body banner - although he did not participate in the second battle of the White Lord, but the shogunate thought that he had a good governance and a good foundation, so he still added 300 stone to his family, and the dignified box hall pursued it, and the "Ezo land exploration" in the mouth of outsiders was not to have an equal relationship with Fu Matsumae.

However, in Edo, "the daimyo walk all over the streets, and there are many flags like dogs", and the family has a deep view, and the current ruling elder Ii is a person who attaches great importance to his background, so even if he is protected by Oguri, Matsumae has not been wronged in Metosho.

Therefore, this "deserved" is half of Song's first half of the relief and straightforwardness, and the other half is to pity himself, and he can't help but say that he is sincere and heartfelt.

"Now that the Tokugawa family is excited, it is a good opportunity for loyal people like you and me to serve!"

Who wouldn't blow each other in business, and Naoxiu is really not sorry to say this.

Although the important ministers of the shogunate have been tilting against each other over the years, and the shogunate is also a bit of a miasma, but under the oppression of Westerners, the fan, especially the navy, the orchid industry, especially the ordnance production, the shogunate involved in foreign affairs, and the supervision of everything, these are the easiest to be promoted, and I don't know how many talents have risen in recent years.

Of course, the risks involved in diplomacy are too great for the wise to take. However, this is the time to tout, so of course this can't be mentioned.

Matsumae, who is the goal, and Naohide and Okubo, who are involved in foreign affairs, talk about the future, and they are happy for a while.

However, after talking for a while, he began to ask in a roundabout way whether Naohide had any Western merchants he liked after the opening of Hakodate's port to trade, especially if he was "particularly honest and reliable."

"It's finally here!"

You know, from the moment Matsumae SF got off the ship, Naohide waited for him to ask about this.

At the behest of Naohide, OO, who had already settled in the Mi New York, that is, Takezen Toranosuke, suddenly instructed Hamhen to end the secret trade with the shogunate at the end of the sixth month of this year's Japanese calendar.

You must know that Xianheng has helped the shogunate a lot over the years, and it has even reached the point where it is inseparable.

And Oguri Tadashun was able to become the survey commissioner of the "Upper Three Commissions" at the age of 30 because he single-handedly presided over the transaction with Xianheng Foreign Company.

Therefore, the withdrawal of the Hamhyung Foreign Company, the shogunate was like being hung in the air, and it was very uncomfortable.

Jia Yong III

In 1850, the year after Naohide returned to Fuso, he began trading with the shogunate in Nagasaki by the overseas power Hamhyung & Co., which had remained overseas.

Of course, the shogunate had been closed to the country for a long time, and before starting trade, it had wasted a lot of energy, played the trick of barbarians offering treasures twice, and had the needle threading of Nagasaki Mefu Oguri Tadashun, plus the fact that Xianheng was determined to lose money and make money at the behest of Naohide, and was willing to offer a large amount of consulting fees, this time the joint was finally opened.

Since 1851, books, newspapers and periodicals, steam cans, machine tools, Western ordnance, plant seeds, breeding stock, orchids, etc., have been pouring into Fuso through the Xianheng Foreign Company.

Compared with the Languo Merchant House at that time, Xianheng Foreign Bank had no requirements for governance, and the price was fair, the children were not bullied, and the most important thing was that they could be paid on credit, and the consulting fees were sent in waves, so they gradually established a reputation - I think too, Naohide and others hired a group of people, and spent all day and night overseas trying to figure out what the shogunate needed, how could an institution with performance requirements like the Languo Merchant House be compared with it!

The shogunate benefited greatly from this, and the wind storytelling of the Hamhen foreign company was particularly valued:

From the first visit of the black ship in 1853, every move of the Westerners would be reported in time by the Hamheng Foreign Company, and sometimes even just to transmit information in time, the Hamheng Foreign Company's ship would also make a special trip.

Such a righteous act naturally aroused suspicion - Fusang's suspicion of Westerners was already heavy, and there was no Zhixiu in the world that he had entered indiscriminately, and the Languo Commercial Hall notified the black ship in advance of the visit, but it was suspected of bullying and ulterior motives, not to mention the behavior of Xianheng Foreign Bank that lost money and sold and shouted, the so-called "nothing to offer courtesy, either treachery or theft", of course, was more vigilant.

However, Xianheng successfully dispelled the shogunate's doubts on the grounds that "the shareholder was a Celtic emigration in the United States, and he was trying to restore the country" - this reason is true, and the shogunate had such a righteous act for the survival of the Ran country, which does sound reasonable.

In fact, vigilance and suspicion are not important, the important thing is "true fragrance", as long as the Xianheng foreign company is beneficial to the shogunate, this business can be done steadily.

In 1854, the shogunate established the Tsushima Suijun Training Center, and the boats and instructors were provided by Hamhyung & Co.

In 1855, Xianheng also sent Western technicians to help the Nisan Iron Works start the construction of the steelmaking industry.

In 1855, the shogunate had to start "exchanging Fuso gold for overseas silver" through the Hamhyung & Co. - the overseas gold and silver ratio was about 1:15, while the Fuso was a sum of five, and the difference was twice as much.

In the past 9 years, the shogunate invested 1.5 million gold and silver equivalent to 1.5 million tenpo small judgments - there were both gold bars and a small amount of melted gold coins, after all, the shogunate had no surplus food, how could there be so much gold in stock.

The pure gold handled by the company was equivalent to 9.4 tons of later generations, but there was no mistake in the weight before and after, and the shogunate sent back nearly 38,000 guan (141 tons) of silver, which was exactly the same - of course, the company did not help in vain, and collected 10% of the hardship fee.

These silvers are equivalent to more than 3.6 million taels of Chinese silver, equivalent to nearly 1.21 million pounds.

With such a big hand, Xianheng Foreign Company has never delayed on credit, but the shogunate has never been a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and at the beginning it was necessary for Xianheng Foreign Company to mortgage the payment, and after the huge amount of money, it was necessary to see the silver before he was willing to pay the gold, but Xianheng Foreign Company never had any resentment.

This year, in June of the sixth year of Anzheng (1859), before the last trade in gold and silver, Xianheng & Co. specially sent another clipper to inform the details of the second battle of Dagukou.

However, at the end of June, after the merchant ships left the port, when inspecting the gifts of the Xianheng Foreign Company to the public and important ministers, a letter was discovered, in which the Xianheng Foreign Company reviewed the experience of many trades, and expressed his reluctance. But these are floating clouds, and the point is the words at the end of the letter: "The situation is compelling, and trade is suspended." The mountains and rivers are far away, and we cherish each other."

I didn't notice the slightest abnormality of the curtain officials before, which is shocking!

When the news reached Edo, the shogunate was greatly surprised by this, but everyone ran away, and the letter did not say the detailed reason, so it became a mystery because of it.

But others don't know, but can you investigate and pursue Oguri Tadashun can not know!

This Xianheng foreign company has a lot to do with the Hakodate commissioner Naohide, so he used his henchman Songqian SF as an envoy and asked him to go to Hakodate to find Naohide to ask, what the hell is going on!

For no reason, why did Xian Hengyang suddenly run away?