Chapter 3: The Dust Has Settled

Nagasaki pursues Oya Akikei doesn't believe everything Oguri says at all - Oguri is the third year of Honghua's Eye Servant Assistant, and he arrived in Nagasaki two years earlier than himself, and his friend Hori Naohide went to sea under the pretense of being shipwrecked when he arrived, and Oguri definitely can't get out of this matter.

Besides, this time Hori Naohide returns, the goods on the bright side are worth 100,000 taels of gold, and there must be something strange among them, could it be that the Nanban realm is full of gold, and he can pick up such wealth in three years? Outrageous.

Legend has it that the former chief old man Mizuno Shikibu Shaosuke once sent someone to go to sea privately, in order to find out the details of the Battle of Canton in England, Nagasaki's henchman Feishu secretly reported that Naohide Hori had been fanned by the chief old man Abe Ise Mamoru again, and then think about Oguri Tadashun is a public surname origin, all this is just a trick of the predecessors, and it is also to deceive outsiders.

Oya Mingjing hummed a small tune and paced back to the house, ready to go to see the gifts and have a good time - the sea is treacherous, every step is frightening, and the old man has never fallen behind today.

The next day, around Naohide's return, Edo Castle began to be lively.

Naohide returned from going to sea, the incident occurred in Nagasaki, and it involved the merchant ships of the United States, and the opinions of the Nagasaki Commissioner, who was in charge of overseas affairs, were the most important, but Naohide was the flag book, so the target who was responsible for monitoring the flag book should also be involved, to see if there were any twists and turns in it, and the Yamen Xiaopu group to which Naohide originally belonged should also send out people, in case the bigwigs asked about this person's past.

It seems clear that the document submitted by the Nagasaki Commission and the Shofu had the same meaning, that is, "A certain flag was originally shipwrecked overseas, and now he has returned to ask for his guilt", but when the crime was discussed, the adults had their own opinions and disputes.

It took a few days for the old middle school to pass the document through - no way, Zhixiu's self-report book, overseas style storytelling, and cargo detail book are extremely long, and the old and middle school are all treacherous and cunning people, and no one will easily express their position if they don't figure out the situation.

After investigating the joints, the other elders suspected that this was the hand tail made by Chief Abe Isemoru , after all, this is a familiar smell, and several adults complained a little about it - isn't it good to go to sea and come back secretly? It has to be so formal!

The chief old man Abe Isemori is known for his long-sleeved dancing, but he also scratched his head a little this time - Abe acquiesced to Naohide going to sea, and the Nanban ship has knocked many times in recent years, and the Emperor of Lan also reminded the shogunate a few years ago that if he didn't open the country, he was afraid that there would be a catastrophe of swords, so he made a random move.

As for whether Naohide can go to sea and whether he can come back alive, he hasn't thought about it at all, Abe thinks that Oguri and Naohide are both shrewd and capable, and there may be an unexpected surprise in this matter.

As for what happens after Naohide comes back? If the juniors handle it well, they will push the boat down the river and sell their personal favors to protect the two; If things get bigger, you can just identify the general trend and style, even if the two juniors sacrifice, it is not a pity, and you can control the situation left and right.

In the past two years, Oguri engaged in wind storytelling and barbarian treasures, and the posture was novel, and Abe was quite happy about this, and in private, he also let people comfort Oguri. But this time, there are a lot of wind storytellers, military weapons, and treasures brought back by Zhixiu, and easy sacrifice will inevitably cause rumors, and it will burn on itself when it sees the fire.

The Nagasaki government has pushed all the stakeholders to the ground - no knives and guns, no riots, no news has been blocked, and a "cardinal judgment of the cardinal" has been turned around. Is this so arbitrary? Originally, "thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace", but Zhixiu's hands are extravagant, and as soon as he makes a move, it is a cargo of 100,000 taels of gold, and if he doesn't handle it well, he will easily fall into the reputation of being "mean and unkind", it seems that this person himself

It must also be protected.

The other four old middle school and Abe have been working together for a long time, Abe is usually oil-soaked loach and does not slip his hands, and he does not show any water, but this time he can not tolerate the chief to move, the old middle Toda Tadawen said that the ancestral family law cannot be violated, and the following plan is to let Hori Naohide apologize, I think this opinion is okay, who supports and who opposes?

To be old and middle is to be the mountain. In addition to Matsudaira Tadayu, the other four people worked as temple shrines, and they also worked together to defeat the Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Saiaki, who intended to shoot at all the Nanban ships, and it was a happy cooperation, but so what? Everyone has relatives, friends, protégés, and former officials, so if there are benefits, they have to share a point. Toda doesn't have to oppose Abe, he can't do it, he just wants to see what kind of medicine is in Abe's gourd, and if he is going to reform the shogunate or promote Rangaku or even the founding of the country, everyone should talk about it.

Governance is a compromise after an exchange, and the decision on the surface has already been communicated in private. But this time it was really not, Abe didn't expect Naohide to make a big scene, and he was quite caught off guard by this.

He is not willing to come out easily, and he is also on guard against other old and middle schools preparing to take advantage of this. Abe has a generous temperament and has always been kind to people, and usually does not make too drastic decisions, but this time several old middle schools suspected that he wanted to make a big deal. Under mutual suspicion, the atmosphere became more and more subtle.

Abe carefully read Naohide's self-statement, and found that it didn't mention any ideas such as the founding of the country, it was just a clean plea of guilt, no pride, and the text was very humble, and he didn't even say anything to beg for mercy, and the whole article was about the overseas experience of the past two years, and he didn't seem to care about his end Naohide at all.

Abe was originally very annoyed that Naohide made such a big scene, but after reading Naohide's self-report, he felt that the junior was quite knowledgeable, and he didn't talk about anyone, and he didn't say that the overseas Lanxue was prosperous and the shogunate needed to be reformed, and he just offered the militaristic heavy weapons and books he brought back, and he didn't mention the follow-up arrangements for these goods, and he looked like he was waiting for his crimes, so Abe still wanted to protect Naohide in his heart.

But let Abe say to the other elders, "I don't have any ideas, the wind still blows, what happened before and what happens after that", but who believes it? Your people got back a lot of orchid books and orchid things, worth 100,000 taels of gold, and they didn't make a fuss with so much money? I don't read much, don't lie to me.

Now what Abe wants to do most is to win the trust of all the elders, "I really don't want to make trouble", but this is quite difficult - the high-level officials of the shogunate are all Confucian scholars, believers in gods and Buddhas, and they are quite wary of Lanxue and Kiritan, and it seems that Hori Naohide is going to suffer some grievances.

Another old middle Makino Tadaya was very interested in the books and militaristic heavy weapons brought back by Naohide, and he asked the Fan Shu and the Imperial Office and Egawa Taro Saemon with a few names, and everyone said that these were the secrets of Westerners, saying that the Languo Merchant House was very hateful, and had been refusing to provide them in every possible way.

What for? Lao Tzu has a physical object in his hand, ready to do a big job! But it is quite expensive to engage in Lanxue, do the other old middle schools support it? It's best not to make a fuss.

Therefore, when Toda Tadawen said that he wanted to abolish Naohide, Makino Tadashi said that it would not be abolished, let's talk about these militaristic heavy weapons and books first? Is it to be transported back to Edo from Nagasaki as soon as possible, and then sent to the following for people to study.

The building is crooked, and several old people began to fight openly and secretly for the right to distribute goods - everyone is still knowledgeable, knowing that the Nanban ships that have knocked on the port recently this year are getting bigger and bigger, and the towering things on the other side of the sea - China have already knelt once, so innovation still needs to be innovated, and good things have arrived

The shogunate also had to study it. But don't make a big move, after all, many old-fashioned courtiers have red eyes when they hear the word Lan Xue-why is it so difficult to do something?

In order to deal with the follow-up goods, there were several meetings, and several old and middle-aged people quarreled from the wind and clouds to the liver fire, nothing more than a dispute over who fell into the hands, as for the life and death of Zhixiu, everyone had long forgotten about the back of their heads.

In the end, it was the general who personally inquired - Gongfang had to ask, because Oguri sent the gift to the Great Ori, talking birds, singing machines, bone china as thin as cicada wings, strange jewelry "fittings", perfumes and cosmetics, etc., Gongfang was surrounded by a group of women every day to the east and west, so Gongfang spoke, did you discuss the results? After the discussion was made, we quickly transported all the goods to Edo - it was not decent!

At the same time, in the past few days, the people of Nagasaki, led by Oguri, have been haunting the residences of nobles all over the place, and "Nagasaki souvenirs, please smile at them." Oku, Nishimaru, Imperial Side Royal, Lao Zhong, Ruonian Send, Big Eye Payment, Eye Payment, etc., as long as it can be spoken, all the rain and dew are stained, anyway, it is the money that is spent, Nagasaki pursues, and the eye pays to make a universal celebration, as long as you remember the name of the courtesy, after all, the gift is not in size, and what you give is a love.

Nowadays, the nobles of Edo Castle are embarrassed to greet people if they do not have cigar "leaf rolls", coffee, chocolate, or Western delicate gadgets on their guests.

As a result, several of Nagasaki's flagships have recently become famous in Edo, and it is estimated that they will soon be of great use under the expectations of the public - anyway, everyone says so, after all, after receiving a gift, they turn their heads and scold their mothers, and ordinary people really can't wipe their faces off this. Including the Confucian and Okuru scholars who served in the public court, the mention of Nagasaki used to be a nonsense scolding of forgetting their ancestors, but recently it has also stopped a lot, and in the afternoon they disappeared from Edo Castle - it is said that Yoshihara has been a lot of visitors lately.

After receiving the inquiry from the public, several old middle-aged people suddenly realized that they were fighting for a fart with the goods detail book, and they should talk about how to divide the things when they got them.

But this time it's the turn of the chief old man Abe Ise to do it, what should I do with the person who shipped the goods? The Nagasaki Office is still waiting for an answer. In the end, everyone quickly cut through the mess, "Hori Naohide was handed over to Egawa Taro Saemon to be controlled", as for whether Egawa sent Naohide to an uninhabited island or raised it in Nirayama with good food and drink, it's my business, it's important to divide things, this time the chief Abe is quite conceded, everyone has a share in the treasure, and everyone is happy to catch up with it.

After tossing for a month, Oguri returned to Nagasaki, and this incident in the Edo line was treated as a normal visit by the Tang Dynasty ship - as for why the Tang people also sent a Nanban ship to the shogunate? The Tang people are willing!

Naohide returned this time with two clippers, a 500-ton cargo ship to help deliver the goods, and a small boat of several tens of tons, and after receiving Edo's order, the big ship left the port, and the small boat and other delivery ships sailed to Edo.

When the ship left the port, the Nagasaki commissioner Ido Kakuhiro was teary-eyed - it was not that he had a relationship with Naohide, but that Edo was too ruthless this time and transferred most of the goods to Edo. Fortunately, he was keen, and he discussed with Mufu early, and privately detained a batch of mirrors and other delicate gadgets, which were not reported at all, otherwise this time it would be a big loss.

In the second year of Kaei, Naohide finally saw Mount Fuji after a three-year absence, still covered with snow, but he still couldn't see his son Fukutaro, although Nirayama and Edo were not far apart, but by the shogunate's "cautious punishment", himself, Eiko and Toranosuke could only stay in Nirayama honestly.