The traditional place of exile of the Tokugawa shogunate was Izu Shichishima and other coastal islands.

In August of the 6th year of Ansei (1859), the shogunate announced the verdict in the case of the Wuwu Mitsu, in which several of the convicts were sentenced to exile from Toshima and were supposed to suffer on the seven islands of Izu. But times have changed, and now Izu Nanisa is not stable, what if these daredevils want to take the opportunity to escape?

Speaking of which, the world is changing so fast, who would have thought that the remote Izu Shichishima is now often visited by foreign ships.

It all started with the English envoy Prus:

In the sixth year of Ansei (1859) and the eighth month of the calendar, the British and French envoys accompanied the Lu envoy Pirovsky to visit Yokohama to negotiate the armistice between Fuso and Lucia. Unexpectedly, the British envoy Pruth actually asked about the ownership of Bonin Island after negotiations.

The so-called Boning Island is the Ogasawara Islands of Fuso, which was discovered by Ogasawara Sadarishi in the second year of Bunroku (1593), hence the name.

It stands to reason that the shogunate should have recognized this place as belonging to Fuso, because the shogunate erected a boundary monument here in the third year of Enho (1675), but because there were no Fuso residents on the island and they were worried about angering the British, they could only respond vaguely. Anyway, it is not hard top, expressing a position but not explicitly opposing British rule here.

Afterwards, the courtiers looked for a map and were immediately blindsided:

Although the map is rudimentary, it can only be seen that the Ogasawara Islands are far from Fuso, but the distance is relative, and it is much closer to Edo from this place than from other places overseas, so it is undoubtedly a hidden danger after being occupied by the British.

But recently, the shogunate has been restless inside and outside, and there are too many headaches, hidden dangers, and things will be dealt with slowly.

However, to the north of this place is the Izu Shichishima Islands, and the key culprits in the Wuwu Mi Edict case cannot be sent to the Izu Shichishima Islands—considering the exchange of ships, wouldn't it be a catastrophe immediately if there was collusion between the inside and outside?

So this place of exile was chosen and chosen, and in the end, it was decided to escort it to Ezo - Hakodate Governor Naohide Hori didn't always call for emigration, so it was good for him.

After Naohide heard the news from the shogunate envoy, he was really tired:

Later, the government also exiled many opponents to Ezo, which shows that the politicians often have similarities.

Moreover, these prisoners in the Anzheng Prison are all cannon-mouthed berserks, "nothing can be done, nothing is left to eat", the origin is not small, the shelf is still big, and the inciting is a leverage, saying that they are exiles, but in fact they are black medicine kegs, and they can't say that they will cause chaos at any time.

Moreover, in the future, the main family of these people has turned over.

Therefore, you can't beat it, and you have to pay attention to being retaliated against in the future, so you can only be an uncle. But now that the shogunate is in power, the old Ii is in power, and the offerings have to be secret, so it's really hard to die.

However, there are talents like Tsunori Hashimoto, and it is worth a little effort - as for the others, in the future, if you buy roast duck meat and add a neck or something, it will be a good addition.

So, Naohide pinched his nose and agreed to take in the sinners exiled by the shogunate.

In fact, he didn't agree and couldn't do it, and the envoy notified him not to ask for his opinion, and the so-called "okay has to do it, and if it doesn't work, it has to work" is also. In addition, this envoy is a messenger, and Naohide can't pass him if he wants to give feedback-in order to inform the news of the peace between Hokuchi Fuso and Lusia as soon as possible, the shogunate casually arrested someone and set off.

And the official shogunate envoys, who were exiled to the northern land, have not yet arrived.

At the end of the month, the shogunate envoy finally arrived at Hakodate, and Naohide, who specially ran to the pier to greet him, was happy at first sight, this was not an old acquaintance Matsumae Taro - when Naohide first visited Nagasaki in 1843, he was taken care of; In 1850, when Naohide abducted the Okubo Riji family from Satsuma, it was also this person who exerted pressure as Nagasaki Mutosuke, otherwise it was estimated that it would take a lot of effort.

But compared with Naoxiu's eyebrows and smiles, Matsumae's interest is not high, and he can't say it with a sad face, but he speaks

Weakly, it is obvious that they are either unwell or have a heart problem.

When he arrived at the station, Matsumae kept Naohide and Ojiu to reminisce, and revealed the content announced in public the next day to the two people in advance, and Naohide knew why Matsumae was unhappy, and it turned out that this mission was a chore.

It's just a matter of escorting prisoners, no matter how hard they work, they are also subordinates, but the shogunate issued two orders this time, and Matsuzen thinks that they are not a good thing, isn't this obviously offending people.

The first is the lack of food.

Originally, when Naohide became the Hakodate governor last year, the shogunate promised to provide Hakodate with 100,000 taels of money every year, but now this money is gone - isn't this the fact that Fuso and Rucia have just negotiated a peace, so the Edo center felt that there was no need to spend a lot of energy in the Northland, so he saved this money.

Fortunately, everyone was afraid of Lucia's sudden attack, and the money was paid early in the sixth year of Ansei (1859), otherwise, the box hall where Yin ate the grain would have had a lot of fun.

The second is the reduction of troops.

For the same reason, this battle can't afford to be fought, and there is no need for the 2,000 people, let's give a six-fold discount, the box hall will put 800, and the white master will put 400, just right.

Naohide and Okubo looked at each other when they heard this, no wonder Matsuzen found it difficult to do, and if these two items were implemented, the Hakodate Commission would definitely lose its vitality.

You must know that in the past, when Hori Rishi was enacted, there were only 400 people in Dingban, but the shogunate had to subsidize 100,000 gold every year. Now the fixed number has been reduced to one thousand two, even if the white lord bears four hundred, but there are still eight hundred, and these are not yet supported by the pursuers.

This person has more money and less money, plus layoffs, it's no wonder if he doesn't make a mess!

But Naohide is well-informed and Okubo is talented, and neither of them is in a hurry to say anything, waiting for the following.

Seeing that the other side did not have a seizure on the spot, Fan Songqian breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"This northern land is hard, and the fool will experience it by boat.

The Hori Hall and the Okubo Hall are all imperial pillars, and any grievances can also be raised.

Although he is weak in the next position, before the trip, Oguri Toyo Houshou specially instructed that he would not let the two of them suffer if he was in the court. ”

Although it sounds good, before the knife fell, why didn't you see Oguri make a righteous move?

You must know that he is surveying and pursuing, this reduces the expenses of the box hall, even if you don't want him to nod, but you must know in advance!

But the ladder is given, and the two of them have to take advantage of the situation to step down, and now the government is the big guy Jing Yi, this red ghost doesn't bargain with you.

"It is our duty to be loyal to the public service."

Seeing Naohide's appreciation, Matsumae smiled with satisfaction, and then he told the compensation from the Edo side:

Isn't the Hakodate open to foreign trade, and there are a lot of tariffs every year, and the Hakodate can take 20% of them;

Moreover, in view of the small number of people in Ezo and the large area, Edo specially appointed six daimyo to help - "Ryida Keibang, Hoshina Rongbo, Nanbu Toshio, Satake Yoshisa, Tsugaru Seori, and Sakai Tadashi to reclaim Ezo land." ”

Okubo became angry when he heard it, where is this help, it is clear that Rucia does not invade, but then everyone rushed up to grab the cheap!

In this regard, Naohide was tepid, and he pulled Okubo to let him calm down for a while.

In a world where Naohide did not enter, in September of the sixth year of Ansei (1859), there was indeed this shogunate decree.

However, at the time, it was because of the stimulation of Lucia.

Although there were no two battles between the White Lords, and there was no formal war between Rusia and the shogunate, the Siberian governor of the Koru people, Muravyov, arrived in Edo in August 1859 with nine warships and demanded that the boundary be demarcated at 48° north latitude and that the entire land of Northern Ezo be assigned to Rusia.

However, encouraged by the Second Battle of Dagukou, the shogunate firmly rejected the demands of the Lu people, and the blackmail failed, and Muravyov then retreated.

Speaking of which, this second battle of Dagukou can be regarded as a rare victory of the Far East against the Westerners.

In 1859, when the Tianjin Gate agreed to change the treaty, the envoys of England and France had a dispute with China, and Britain and Buddhism decided to use force, and on June 25, twelve warships of the coalition army attacked the Dagu Fort again, but unlike the great victory a year ago, the coalition army was defeated, and even the commander of the English Xiangjiang detachment, Admiral He Bo, was also seriously wounded.

The Anglo-Buddhist forces retreated, and the agreement to exchange the treaty failed.

This news reached Fuso, which greatly encouraged the shogunate, so that it had the courage to refuse Muravyov, who had brought nine warships.

However, because of the efforts of the White Lords, Muravyov was killed in Kamchatka in 1855, and all the warships of the Lu people to the Far East were also lost to the White Lords. And in the absence of the stimulation of the Lu people, the shogunate still sent six daimyo to cultivate Ezo, and the meaning of this is intriguing:

The head of the Da Lao Jing Yi Sweep Department has always been a staunch Northland development faction, is this not the original intention?

Or did he notice that Naohide and the others were not honest, so he prepared to mix sand to take precautions in advance?

Seeing Naohide thinking hard there, his face was heavy, and Matsumae thought that "he was panicked and felt that the shogunate was too slow to develop the northern land so he asked other daimyo for help", and quickly revealed the mystery:

"This is Matsumae Izu's handwriting."

Naohide and Okubo suddenly realized, but then smiled bitterly, never thinking that this was the reason.

Previously, in 1850, when the White Lord was established, Naohide and others were not on good terms with the Matsumae family - I think it was also, originally this territory was someone else's territory, and it was good to intervene sideways.

However, in 1852, Okubo personally went to Matsumae to deliver beet seeds and help build a pozzolanic cement plant, and the relationship between the two families eased.

After the establishment of the Hakodate Office in the seventh year of An Jiayong (1854), the relationship between the Hakujo Office and the Matsumae family was one step closer - if the Hakujo was torn down the fence of the Matsumae family, then the Hakodate occupied the fields and yards of the Matsumae family, and everything was taken away except for the house. Looking at it this way, the contradiction between the two families is nothing wrong.

From the second to the third year of Ansei (1855-1856), the Hakodate Commission built an ironworks, and the Hakujo and Matsumae families joined forces to take advantage of many of them.

But I never expected that taking advantage of the opportunity to confess, this year, the head of the Matsumae family, Chongguang, would suddenly use a cold arrow in the back.

But since the point has been mentioned in front of Fanmatsu, with the astuteness of Naohide and Okubo, it is naturally not difficult to understand the reason:

In fact, since he took office as Hakodate last year, Naohide has become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Matsumae family.

This year, Hakodate opened its port to the outside world, and naturally seized a lot of business in Matsumae Town.

Besides, in the past year, Naohide and others have vigorously cultivated the land, because the conditions are good, not only the Ainu people have come from Matsumae Town, but even the people near Fukuyama Castle have dragged their families to come over, and the Hakodate is very short of people, so they naturally refuse to turn away.

Although in the past year, the Matsumae family has been given a lot of compensation in other aspects, such as priority or something, but it seems that people are not satisfied!

Naohide and Okubo don't know, they don't look at the people of the Matsumae family at all, what they want is a franchise and a monopoly, and the gap is too big.

"It's not a loss to the hero of the Matsumae family!"

Okubo also figured it out, Matsumae Izu Mamoru is a great trick - to be able to participate in the reclamation of Ezo, the six daimyo can't miss the good of the Matsumae family; Besides, counting the Matsumae family, in case the seven daimyo join forces, this person is overwhelming, and the Hakodate government office must not back down one or two.

However, from then on, Ezo never returned to the grasp of the Matsumae family. The head of the Matsumae family can be ruthless and break his wrist, it is really not a hero!

Okubo looked at Naohide, who shook his head at him.

"So Pan Song was a messenger before, and now it's useless to talk to him, waste saliva in vain, and it's easy to be despised;

Besides, this year's staking and anointing land have long been occupied by the government. These six daimyo want to take advantage, be careful that even the old book is folded in! ”