Later, Otome and Kusahara Saburo were kept in Thames by the British, and I heard that they were very popular.

In particular, Otome has also received the title of 'Angel of the East' since she became friends with Ms. Nightingale, the 'Angel of the Lantern'. ”

Knowing that her adopted daughter Yuko was Otome's number one fan, Oguri Tadashun had no choice but to smile and introduce her to the latest situation of Otome.

Although he described his mission to Europa in 1862 as amusementing, it was not so easy in fact - as a small country, Oguri and others were snubbed and despised for countless people, and it was only by taking precautions that he managed to complete the errand.

The means and process behind it are far from being as simple as him and his family, and even Oguri himself has made a dangerous choice because of this trip.

Naoxiu's chaotic entry caused Oguri to soar ahead of schedule, but as a price, he went further and further on the road of Lanxue and the founding of the country, and now there is no turning back.

Of course, this is also related to his own lonely and tall character.

For example, this time on the mission to Europa, the original head of the mission was not Oguri, but Takeuchi Hotoku, who was also the Kanding Mission.

But Takeuchi felt that the task was difficult, so he came to ask Oguri to travel instead of him, and Oguri, for the sake of his own political ambitions, resolutely took over the burden.

But what are Oguri's ambitions?

In a word, his ambition is the "Nakako shogunate".

In this world, he became friendly with Naohide, and not only did he become interested in Rangaku at an early age, but from the fourth year of Honghua (1847), as a Nagasaki Mefusuke, he joined forces with Naohide who was overseas at the time, and began to import Western books, ordnance, and machinery into Fuso.

As for the introduction of the Hamhiro Foreign Company for secret trade in the fourth year of Kaei (1851), it was promoted by the shogunate as Nagasaki Metsuke.

Later, in 1854, during the negotiations with Rusia in Nagasaki and the second visit of the Miren Black Ship, Oguri was seen.

In the fifth year of Ansei (1858), Oguri Tadashun also became an important minister of the shogunate, and at the age of 32, he ascended to the throne of the three commissioners and began to control the financial power of the shogunate together with other colleagues.

However, the ambitious Oguri struggled until the first year of Bungen (1861), and in the three years he took office, except for the successful renovation of the Nagasaki Iron Works (shipyard), the rest of his achievements were only the promotion of some agriculture, which can be said to be a small achievement.

Despite his own disappointment, it is ironic that Oguri was highly regarded within the shogunate, with many referring to him as one of the three heroes of Hagimoto, along with Iwase Tadashi and Mizuno Tadatoku.

But Xiao Li, who has opened his eyes, knows that he can only listen to the words of these three masters.

Not to mention anything else, it's just that compared with his friend Naoxiu, not only has the construction of the northern land been thriving, but he has also beaten Lucia many times before, this one is in the poor countryside, the other is in the center of the shogunate, and the conditions are not the same, and the result is still such a big gap in achievement, and he is embarrassed to call it a three-master or something.

What made him particularly anxious was that his own innovation was hindered everywhere, which showed the depth of the shogunate's stubborn illness, and if he continued to do so, his lofty ambition to "revive the shogunate" would not become a rakugo.

Moreover, personal ambitions are small, the shogunate is declining, and Fuso is turbulent, so these can't go on!

As a surveyor, he is well aware of the current situation, since the opening of the port, Fuso has been in turmoil, and foreigners have become increasingly arrogant, "internal and external persecution is a sign of the end of the road."

Moreover, this is not his own idea, many of the shogun's banners, especially those who have dealt with foreigners, are as worried and hurried as him.

Therefore, Takeuchi Hotoku consciously made it difficult and beyond his strength, and Oguri bravely went to the top, in order to personally go to the West to see where the road to the shogunate was.

Before leaving, he received an urgent letter from Naohide, suggesting that this and that, but in fact, Oguri didn't expect much from this, and just had the idea of being prepared, so he accepted Saburo Kusahara and Otome.

But when he arrived in France, he realized the bitterness of being inferior to others:

No matter how much he negotiated, he couldn't get the attention of the Buddha by reasoning and praying, and in the end, regardless of the risks, he even tried to threaten him, but it was still fruitless.

Later, it was not until the silkworm blight incident occurred that the negotiations improved somewhat.

At this point, even if Oguri hesitated, he had to follow Naohide's suggestion.

And what is Naoxiu's suggestion?

It is "civilization and enlightenment"!

It turned out that Naohide said that Fuso's "colonization and industry" and "enriching the country and strengthening the army" had just begun, and now that things are not as good as others, then it must negotiate with a "civilized and enlightened" attitude.

To put it bluntly, unlike Fuso, the Western government has a very strong public opinion, and the Western government also attaches great importance to this, so if it can win the favor of the Western people, then the negotiation can be twice as effective with half the effort.

The so-called "civilization and enlightenment" is to bring culture and governance to the West, so as to gain a sense of identity and intimacy.

Oguri knows that Naohide is not well-intentioned, and his friends are extremely dissatisfied with the Fuso system, which can be hidden from others, and can also be hidden from himself!

"The intention of the wine man is not to drink", saying that it is to carry out diplomatic relations with a "civilized and enlightened" attitude, but it is easy to make a fake come true, and I am afraid that the Western system will be used to reform the shogunate, which is the true intention of the friend.

Oguri himself is not against innovation, but what Naohide did in the Northland, he was really a little afraid:

When the four people are equal, the noble samurai of the past are worthless, and when the time comes, Fusang will be rich and strong, and I don't know if the Fusang rich country will become a strong army, but it will not be able to run away if the world is turned upside down.

Moreover, Fusang has its own national conditions of the Celestial Empire, and this "civilization and enlightenment" is blindly imitating foreigners, and in his opinion, this is not as safe as "Western skills and Fusang morality".

However, "when the matter comes, you must let go", now that you have taken over the envoy, you still have to take the errand in front of you as the first priority, anyway, this "civilization and enlightenment" is still only for diplomatic purposes, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, why not give it a try.

Therefore, later at the Thames Expo, Otome was in the limelight again, and Oguri didn't delve into it, whether it was acting or not, it was really a coincidence, "It's hard to be a family member if you're not deaf or dumb", it's rare to be confused, it's good to be useful!

It turned out later that the "civilized and civilized" negotiations that Naoxiu engaged in really had some effect:

The Fuso mission successfully obtained the permission to postpone the opening of the port in England, and the cost was less than Oguri and others expected—after ordering a large number of machinery and two warships, the British did not chase after them in terms of tariffs and the opening time of the port;

And from the perspective of the British people, the impression of Fusang is also relatively friendly, but I don't know if it can really be as Naohide said, these can have a restraining effect on the British who are rampant and domineering in Fuso.

However, it's not just good, in the end, it's difficult to plug the opening as soon as it opens:

In order to show the civilized and civilized attitude of Fuso, Oguri, with the assistance of Huitong Foreign Company, issued a statement in the press and expressed his admiration for England's strength, civilization, and wealth.

Moreover, when negotiating with the British government, he also drew a large pie, "After Fuso is stabilized, it will become an important eastern trading partner of Great Britain." ”

But after that, I don't know what the English government thought, but it actually began to arrange for members of the Fuso mission to visit shipyards, factories, universities, and other institutions.

Oguri had originally come to seek a way to the future of Fuso, and he could not ask for these arrangements, so at his instigation, the members of the mission were eager to understand the situation, trying to figure out the reason for the great power of England and the West in a short period of time.

And "steel and port", "machinery and industry", is the first experience they summed up.

Unfortunately, within a few days, this conclusion was overturned:

Yukichi Fukuzawa was a student of Oguri when he traveled to Kyushu Island in his early years, and he followed Oguri Chicken Dog to heaven over the years, and now he is also the head of the Kandai Group. Two years ago, when Hamrinmaru visited rice, he followed him when he was still in charge, and now he is an envoy to Europa, and Yukichi has also been taken by his teacher.

It was this Yuji, the trick he made, that caused the previous summary of the mission to be invalidated.

It turned out that as soon as the mission arrived in Thames,

Huitong Foreign Bank, which was good friends with Zhixiu, not only came to ask for warmth, send money and gifts, but also secretly submitted a document.

This thick document is the "Proposal for the Cultivation and Development of Fuso", which is full of information on how Fuso will develop.

Xiao Li knew that this was a ghost done by Naoxiu, and he was busy with official business at the time, so he asked his disciple Yuji to examine it first-if there is something to do with the disciple's work, the poison in this article should also be tried by the student first.

But what I didn't expect was that Yuji couldn't put it down after getting it, and he mentioned it to Oguri a few times that he didn't seem to be interested, and he actually began to make his own decisions.

Yu Ji privately asked Huitong Foreign Bank to help arrange the itinerary, and only notified the teacher when it was confirmed.

Of course, Oguri was very annoyed, but there were meetings with celebrities and wealthy businessmen from all walks of life in England during the trip, and it was not easy to shirk it - it was not easy to brush up on some goodwill, and it would not be in vain to get rid of it.

But Xiao Li, who originally thought that if something happened, he would give his disciple a good look, but he was surprised next:

In addition to the giants of Niu and Jian, there were also celebrities from Thames, Durham and Edinburgh College, who carefully explained to Oguri the "Proposal for the Cultivation of Fuso Production", which made him suddenly enlightened himself who was a little incomprehensible.

Of course, it is an exaggeration to say that it is suddenly enlightened, but it is necessary to make a big difference.

In fact, Xiao Li was touched by the muttering of Yuji before, but first, the stakes are very high, how dare he express his position easily; The other one is that there are so many contents in it that he can't understand much for a while.

But now that many celebrities in England are taking turns, that Oguri has to listen carefully even for politeness, it doesn't matter if he listens, he really understands something if he has been thinking about it.

But what made him ashamed was that these professors all lashed out at Fuso's shogunate system, believing that it was useless to engage in any kind of farming and industrial development without glorious innovation—wash and sleep as soon as possible, and have everything in your dreams.

Oguri originally thought that this was a trick of the British government, but after the trial, these celebrities were also dissatisfied with today's English, so he believed that this was a straightforward persuasion.

Actually, Xiao Li didn't suspect that he was wrong, this is indeed someone who is playing ghosts, but the mastermind behind the scenes is not the British government, but Naoxiu.

A few years ago, Zhixiu invested heavily in England and Mizhou at the same time, and asked the outside brain to study the innovation of Fusang - of course, it was Huitong and Huili that came forward.

One after another, more than 100,000 pounds and more than 40 million meters of gold were smashed before and after.

This was in the mid-19th century, when the precious metals were standard, and even if a few famous scholars were not interested, it was relatively easy to get some professors.

Therefore, let's not talk about the rice version, this English "Fuso Proposal for Breeding and Industrial Development", even if it is a bit on paper, it is quite perfect - at least, compared with Fuso's own closed-door construction, it is far beyond that.

Of course, there are also shortcomings, that is, it is inevitable to mention the issue of governance, because this is something that cannot be avoided by the economy.

Oguri, who is in need of Fuso's future road, encounters this suggestion, so what if you don't bow down?!

Regardless of him, the deputy envoys Matsudaira Yasunao and Metokyo were also on their knees, although they didn't admit it verbally, but they had already listened to stupidity.

Although the three of them assured each other afterwards that they were tight-lipped and that they all thought that the matter was too big to be rashly reported to the shogunate, they secretly copied several copies of this "Proposal for the Cultivation and Development of Fuso" and prepared to study it carefully by themselves.

Not only that, but Huitong also arranged for them to visit various schools and private factories, which greatly broadened the horizons of the members of the mission—what the English government had arranged in front of them must be a high-level place, which was actually quite out of line with the reality of Fuso.

Thinking of this, Xiao Li smiled slightly, now, "civilization and enlightenment", "colonization and industry", "rich country and strong army", he probably knows how to do it in Fusang, it is nothing more than education and governance renewal are indispensable.

While he was triumphant, a servant came to report:

"Horian is visiting."

Oguri's face changed suddenly, and the word "missing" blurted out.

At that time, his father Zhonggao next to him was shocked, "Why is this, aren't you allies and friends?" “