In February of the second year of Wanyan (1861), it was the year of Xinyou's innovation, so the yuan was changed to "Wenjiu", and its language came from the Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Xie Gai Biography", takes the meaning of "both civil and military, long-term growth".

In other words, at that time, the small imperial court in Kyoto already had the determination to use force.

Therefore, after the marriage of Iemo and Wanomiya on February 11 of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), how to combine the public and military forces, and then how to use force, these two points became the top priorities of the shogunate.

It's okay to combine the public and military forces, but when it comes to the use of force, in fact, the views of the small court and the shogunate are very different:

The Fusang Emperor and most of the ministers wanted to completely drive away the Westerners and turn Fusang into a royal road ~ a happy land;

The shogunate knew a lot about the Western powers, and knew that it was unrealistic to eat a fat man in one bite, so it only hoped to "win the hearts of the people, rectify the armament, and then curb the foreigners."

The conceptual gap between the two is so large that it naturally lays a hidden danger for the integration of official duties.

However, in the second year of Bunkyu (1862), the prospect of this combination of public and military forces seemed quite good, and the important ministers of the shogunate were actively planning for it.

At this time, all the Western powers were attracted by the war between the north and the south of the rice people that broke out in April 1861, and they still had the heart to pay attention to the internal affairs of the remote island countries in the Far East, so the envoys of Fuso did not have any pressure, and they did not find anything strange at this time under carelessness.

On March 28 of the Japanese calendar, Harris, the outgoing Minister of the Rice People, met with the new Minister of Rice Shigeru under the arrangement of Nobuyuki Ando.

It stands to reason that the general will receive foreign envoys after his new appointment, and this is the proper meaning of the question.

But the problem is that the bane of the current authority of the shogunate is the founding of the country, and the first trade agreement in the fifth year of Ansei (1858) was brokered by Harris, who is the culprit!

Therefore, some people later impeached Ando, believing that he was "a bully and a foreigner", and the result was good, and on April 11, Ando's old junior high school was dismissed.

It was only at this time that the first seat of the old middle school, Jiushi Guangzhou, was stunned to find that there were so many people in the center who were dissatisfied with him and Ando!

Rengui knows that since the cloud is "expensive", it is difficult to do, so Jiushi and Ando never dreamed that they would end up like this, which can basically be described as "betraying relatives".

Naohide was still in Edo at this time, and he was also stunned when he heard the news:

Because of his incurrence, the Tsushima incident from February to August of the first year of Bunkyu (1861) did not occur, so why did Ando still fall into such a field?

It stands to reason that without Lucia's aggressiveness in forcibly occupying Tsushima, and the old man who was in charge of foreign affairs, Ando, was not widely criticized for this, so his position should be much more stable, but now Ando is still deposed, which is really strange.

If you don't know about foreign affairs, you can ask John, the governor of the British box hall, if you don't know about this internal matter, you can only rely on inquiry.

As a result, Tadaka, the father who stayed behind in the retirement of Ihori Toshiken and Oguri Tadashun, told him that this is not very normal:

First, why is the integration of public affairs so loud?

In addition to the promotion of Qi Zhao's family, the main reason is not the pot of Wanyan coinage.

In May of the first year of Mangen (1860), the shogunate minted new coins, which led to a sharp drop in the price of silver, and countless people in and Western countries were damaged.

Second, the small imperial court has always been able to frantically gain prestige under the banner of resolute refuge, but in the final analysis, it was the people's livelihood after the trade with foreign countries in June of the sixth year of Anzheng (1859), so whoever revolted could get the support of the people.

However, in the first year of Manen, the shogunate signed new trade agreements with Franky and Prussia in June and December, respectively

Destroy the foundation?

Recently, in particular, there has been a resurgence of criticism of signing contracts without permission.

And this is where the righteousness of Qi Zhao's family against political enemies lies, seeing that the combination of public and military forces is imminent, naturally no one wants to stand up and offend them who are about to turn over, and some people even take the initiative to take refuge, adding fuel to the fire and accusing the shogunate of being "disrespectful" in the matter of the edict!

Naohide had a question mark on his face after hearing this, these decisions were not made by Jiushi and Ando back then - these two did not have the courage of the big old Iyi to sweep the head, so the important ministers who participated in this matter back then would not come out to support?

As a result, both Hori Riken and Oguri Tadataka were surprised.,It's not normal to step on high and low.,What's so surprising?

The two hinted at Naoxiu respectively, and Jiamao's new princess is naturally a son of heaven and a courtier, so should he stay for a long time and Ando for the New Year.

At that time, Naoxiu was shocked, Jiushi and Ando abdicated, and the new ones could guarantee loyalty, what about this trouble!

Besides, the Ichibashi Qingxi of the Qi Zhao family and Jia Mao competed for the position of the son, why should the Qi Zhao family be powerful.

But first Hori Riken and then Oguri Tadaka, these two are old rivers and lakes with thousands of mountains and rivers, and Naohide can't believe what he says.

Seeing that the building of Kushi and Ando is about to collapse, it can be said from the bottom of his heart that Naohide wants to keep Kushi and Ando.

Why?

One is that he knows that since the fifth year of Ansei (1858) after the old Ii came to power, the shogunate center has been replaced like a marquee, if it really follows the original trajectory to let Kuyo and Ando abdicate this year, then the fall of the shogunate will also start from 1862 to the beginning of 1868 this year, except for 1865, which is the old and large blood change, the frequency is the same as eating and drinking, which is greatly unfavorable to the political situation of Fuso.

Naohide didn't have any real feelings for the shogunate, but as soon as he heard that the royal family was in the same line, he had a headache - the feelings of "children and grandchildren of infinite scarcity, born superior", is this all father's life, why.

Besides, the Zhixiu family has no relationship with the Fuso royal family, so even if you go to the pole and take refuge, you can't find a way.

Therefore, stabilizing the shogunate is the plan of the Naohide family.

Second, naturally, the governance of Jiushi and Ando is quite appreciated by Naoxiu.

It's not that they are masters of domestic affairs, and the two can only barely say in this regard:

Although the Wanyan coinage was decided when the old man was alive, it was really implemented by Jiushi and Ando, and the currency depreciated three times at once, which is very lacking in virtue.

Even if you don't do anything, you just lie down and announce that the gold-silver ratio has been changed to 1:15 is so strong - at least the shogunate has an attitude of sharing the suffering of the people.

Moreover, Wanyan coinage can barely be said to be a legacy of the predecessors, but in the first month of Wenjiu (1861), a copper coin was issued, which completely caused them to take the opportunity to loot the people - despite the pressure of copper coin outflow, but the work could not be done so roughly.

Of course, Naoxiu can also understand that the outflow of copper coins can't be solved by lying down immediately, and if you ask yourself, he doesn't have any good tricks - of course it's good to issue banknotes, but first, the execution is suspicious, and second, it may also cause inflation.

As for the Gosin Edo Reply Order in the first year of Wanyan (1860) in the leap March, although it was intended to control exports, it was indeed not good to carry out unified purchasing and sales.

In any case, these two have no special skills in the economy.

But "if a person has a short, he must have a long", and the governance level of these two is still good:

First of all, there was no major upheaval after the Sakurada Gate Incident in 1860, and there was no major upheaval after the assassination of Sakashita Gate Ando this year.

Secondly, these two still want to make a difference.

First of all, the expansion of the martial arts institute, although it was also prepared by Jing Yi, but it was not easy to land in the hands of these two.

As for marrying Gongxia and combining with Gongwu, it has been handled by the two of them so far.

In addition, Hisashi and Ando were not blindly subservient to the outside world - although they signed two new trade agreements in 1860, in order to delay the opening of the ports of Edo, Hyogo, and Osaka, they also sent Takeuchi Hotoku and Oguri Tadashun to Europa in December of the first year of Bunkyu (1861).

And in the same month, these two also sent Xianrinmaru, who had returned from the United States, to the Ogasawara Islands and erected a boundary monument to keep people behind, so as to show that this was the territory of Fuso, so that foreigners would not be watching all the time.

As for April this year, Makino Tadashi was appointed as the Goryeo Shin Hanger, trying to expand trade with each other and even join forces against foreigners.

And Chitose Maru's visit to China Xiangjiang is expected to depart at the end of April.

Once confirmed, a total of 15 people will go to Lanzhou to supervise the construction of the purchased warships and learn Western scholarship by the way - originally from the 1860 mission to visit rice to buy a ship, but last year when the war broke out between the North and the South, this ship was bought from another country.

Since the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, this is the first time that people have taken the initiative to send people to the West for further study, and they can't do this without the courage.

Besides, others don't know if Naohide can know, it was supposed to be in the Luzhan Tsushima incident that happened last year, but Hisashi and Ando have not compromised, and they relied on razing to defeat them, and finally asked Yingli to come forward to solve this problem.

Therefore, it can be seen that the external strategies of Kushi and Ando are still quite bold and pragmatic.

And these two are not bad for Naoxiu, not to mention the matter of Princess Shotokugawa, in 1860, he authorized the Northland to develop Western industries on a large scale, which is also a blue eye.

To sum up, Hisayo and Ando, who were in power in the shogunate, continued the previous strategy of Masahiro Abe, "to reconcile internally, encourage the orchid industry, and rectify military equipment; Consistent with the outside world, but not unscrupulous. ”

Therefore, Naoxiu has always felt:

"Keep Kuyo and Ando, it's better for Fuso and Kitachi!"

But unexpectedly, by mistake, Ando's old middle school was still dismissed as scheduled on April 11, which made Naoxiu angry.

After the two seniors from Hori Riken and Oguri Tadaka confirmed their heels, Naohide wanted to make a resolute move, but well, his current identity is more embarrassing:

It turned out that he was a distant minister of the shogunate, and as an important minister, he was willing to say that he could still express his opinion on the political situation;

But now, he is a courtier of the white lord Matsudaira family, although everyone knows that he is the father of the head of the family, Matsudaira Shigeratoshi, but the name of the monarch and the ministers has been decided, from the shogunate and the princes of the family, "You courtier want to point fingers at the outside world, why." Although Hori Riken and Oguri Tadataka knew Naohide's strength and didn't care about the change in his identity, others couldn't.

Why did the shogunate have no big opposition to the founding of his son Fukutaro (Matsudaira Shigetoshi), and here's why:

not only rewarded, appeased and won over the Hori family, but also actually set Naohide's father and son against each other, and drove him to a position that was not embarrassing or embarrassing in the general sense - the Hori family was founded, but in the future, Naohide himself wanted to participate in the shogunate, but it had to be carried out through his son. It's quite a powerful minister.,It's okay to play in your own house.,The road on the shogunate's side has been cut off.。

But Naoxiu is open, can you be prepared for this?

Therefore, in May of the second year of Wenjiu (1862), Jiushi Guangzhou, the first of the old middle schools that was supposed to be unloaded and killed donkeys, suddenly found that the style of painting had changed abruptly, and the situation that was almost everyone shouting and beating was actually eased.

How did Naoxiu do this?

It's nothing more than two tricks, "fishing in troubled waters" and "encircling Wei to save Zhao", that's all.