In early July of the first year of Wanyan, after the division of the new land, the samurai of the Bigo Fukuyama Domain rushed back to the castle under the leadership of the head of the family—the autumn harvest was approaching, and there were many things, especially the skyrocketing price of rice, and it was not okay not to pay attention to the autumn harvest.

After a few days of political affairs to rest for a while, the side employer Eki Shigetaro remembered that he had a guest but had not seen him, and he hurriedly asked people to invite the great monk Xiunian to the house.

Speaking of which, Jiang Mu didn't mean to snub Xiu Nian, after all, the friendship between the two was different, how could they be compared to ordinary messengers.

On the day of the Kamitsu Festival in March this year, the head of the Daiji Ii Sweep was assassinated to death, and although the shogunate tried its best to cover it up, the inside story gradually became known to everyone. Stimulated by this incident, all the families in Fusang were ready to move, and there was an endless stream of envoys who were ordered to hook up, and many came to Fushan - after all, the old family owner has been in power for many years, and the potential is strong, where can anyone who has a heart miss this.

However, Abe Ise was disheartened and avoided the envoys of various families, and the only one he received was the envoy sent by the public side, but he also declined the invitation to go out of the mountain again with "a broken body, and it is difficult to be brave".

But I never expected that at the beginning of the leap March, under the recommendation of the old middle Ando Shinmu, it was the former old middle and lower general lord of the general domain, Kushi Guangzhou, who rose back - and on April 28, Jiushi was promoted to the first seat of the old middle school.

The Okugoto, who served for a long time, was born as a princess of his own family, and his construction ideas were similar to his own main hall, so that the outside world thought that Abe Ise was behind the push. But Shigetaro, as a close confidant, naturally knows that this is not from his own adult's handwriting, but this kind of thing can't be clarified, it's really depressing!

Fortunately, Xiunian is here, and this heart has to be talked about.

After receiving the invitation, Xiunian Shi Ran came to the Jiangmu Mansion, and the accompanying travelers also brought some special products, which were all Fantaro's favorite things.

In fact, Shigetaro originally liked the tea ceremony, and the artistic conception of "one period and one meeting" was so elegant, but with the difficult times, especially after returning to his own territory, he was busy with affairs, and he was less interested in this leisure and elegance, anyway, he liked the things in the cup.

But the family's finances are insufficient, and drinking too much sake is contrary to the frugal way advocated, so Shigetaro had to drink sencha instead, but it didn't come to pass, and the price of this tea has also risen a lot after the trade last year - Eki can't afford to drink it, but it's not good to cause a discussion after all, so he also deliberately reduces the enjoyment of this aspect.

In the past, when the main hall was in charge of the shogunate, as a confidant, Shigetaro Eki's usual entertainment continued, which was really enjoyable! But now that I have reached a situation where I am almost thrifty, sometimes I think about it, it is really like a dream.

And every time Monk Xiunian came, he always brought some hobbies, but Jiang Mu was so envious that he didn't want it.

After driving away the idlers and others, only Fan Taro and Xiunian had a drink, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.

"Hmm~, this beer is good, why didn't you see the residence in the past."

"This beer brewing also consumes food, go to the year box museum to open the port, the implementation of the relaxation of the ban, the last time it was omitted, this time it will definitely be brought to Mr. Kensai to taste a thing or two."

Shigetaro looked envious when he heard this.

This smart man doesn't need to say it explicitly, the implication of Xiu Nian's words is that the beer was sold to Westerners in the box house to make a lot of money, and now I am afraid that word of mouth has spread, so it is sent to sell well. And being able to make foreign money, now this is the ability!

Xiu Nian knew that this person was red again when he looked at his expression, and he hurriedly reassured:

"Fukuyama is full of sunshine, and this wine will definitely be better than beer in the future."

Hearing the grapes, Fan Taro glanced at Xiu Nian, "This monk has a powerful method, although the family guards day and night, but in the end it still didn't prevent it, and in the end let this guy stick up." ”

In the autumn of the fifth year of Ansei (1858), Abe and Shigetaro returned to Fukuyama from Edo.

Within a few days, the acting official of Nirayama, Egawa Taro Saemon Hidemu, sent someone to visit and sent a small judgment of 40,000 days.

The hermitage hall originally didn't want to accept it, but he still said, "The hall is upright and upright, and this eunuch is not deep." And the feudal government is in urgent need of Zhongxing, for the overall situation of Fukuyama, it is better to accept it. If there is something in the future, Jiang Mu deserves it. ”

Originally, I thought that the other party was a cold stove, and if I couldn't help in the future, it would be a big deal to apologize for my seppuku. Unexpectedly, the later development was really as Xiunian said, "Take care of the past kindness and righteousness, and ask for nothing else." ”

The main hall and himself once judged that although the money was sent in the name of the Nirayama Egawa family, the two major allies of the Egawa family, the Kanding Inspector Oguri Tadashun and the Hakodate Governor Naohide Hori, would definitely not be able to escape, and these three families must have a plan.

But in the past two years, people have not asked for anything, and even the golden ticket was paid off at that time - the first time was 40,000 gold in cash, but the subsequent 60,000 gold was also given on the spot, and there was no attitude of holding it at all.

Originally, in May this year, the shogunate issued a new coinage, and the gold content of this Wanyan small judgment was only three percent of the Tianbao small judgment, and I thought that there would be a dispute over the final payment, but the wealthy merchant Shikiya in the north actually paid the last 30,000 gold in Ding silver according to the currency value of the Tianbao small judgment, full of sincerity!

In the autumn of the second year of Ansei (1855), the shogunate began to "exchange Fuso gold for overseas silver", and the person who carried it out was Nagasaki Oguri Tadashun, and the chief old man at that time was Abe's attendant, so outsiders didn't know about this trick, but the main hall and Shigetaro knew.

Therefore, the 100,000 gold in the past three years, the first two payments and the last payment of silver, did not make Fukuyama suffer, this is a big feeling!

At the end of May this year, when Xiunian came to visit, Fantaro made a decision with the monk, "Say, what are you going to do, Fukuyama can promise without ambiguity." ”

At the beginning, it was said that Shotaro resisted alone, but in fact, the monarchs and ministers knew that he couldn't resist. Of course, this is really not good to be relied on - the magic of politics is indescribable.

To the surprise of Shotaro, Xiunian just smiled:

"A gentleman is not a party. Fukuyama Zhongxing is also to preserve the vitality of Fuso, so why should Mr. be suspicious. ”

Afterwards, he replied to the matter, and the hall was silent for a long time, and finally only said one sentence, "The future is terrifying!" ”

I repeatedly checked what Xiunian and others did in Fushan, and found that people are indeed beautiful, and there is really no backhand in promoting agriculture and Western industry - they love to do it and pull it down, and there is never any temptation or persecution, but there are quite a few people in their own family who have nothing to do, but they don't care, they just gradually alienate these people.

Just like this wine, it will be mass-produced next year, but Xiunian has never relied on the introduction of good varieties and the provision of technology to make special requirements, and he wants to contract production and reimbursement, and Xiunian also said "good, good", without a trace of interference.

As for the opinions on governance, the monk is also if you are willing to say that I will talk to you, if you don't want to talk, then it is good to turn to Fengyue.

On the contrary, it was Shigetaro himself, he found that Xiunian had a splendid mind, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, and had a clear understanding of the situation in Fusang, and everything he said was true, if it weren't for the disheartenness of the main hall, he would have recommended Xiunian a long time ago.

Today, Shotaro invited Xiunian to come, but he was puzzled in his heart:

"Now that Jiushi and Ando are in power, this scene of politics has improved greatly, I don't know what the mystery is."

Mysterious, you're a big-headed ghost, it's too early to talk about improvement in less than three months.

"You, Shotaro, aren't you full of money, where have you seen? Isn't there a danger of mountains and seas in your chest, how can you 'discuss the government in vain' by the way? ”

Xiu Nian has a belly groove, but since Fan Taro asked, he also has to answer - in fact, Xiu Nian is often mentioned by Naoxiu because he has stayed abroad, and this insight is already a lot higher than that of celebrities at this time. The so-called "I knew three days earlier, and I was rich for a thousand years", he didn't have this consciousness himself, but Shigetaro really regarded Xiunian as a god.

"It's all up to your peers."

Looking at the other side with a greeting face, Xiu Nian had no choice but to explain, "Is this good, it's inconvenient to put a beak, but there is Jing Yi's sweeping head 'Zhuyu in front', and just moved away from this mountain, of course everyone is happy." ”

Ii was inaugurated as the elder of the shogunate on April 23, 1858, the fifth year of Ansei (1858). At that time, the chief of the old middle school, Hotta Ichibu and Qi Zhao's faction, fought in the dark,-for-tat with each other, and the shogunate was almost paralyzed.

It was the second year of the Yarrow War, and the English and Flannish warships were rampaging along the coast of China.

On May 20, 1858, the First Battle of Dagukou ended, and the allied forces had the upper hand; In June of that year, Britain, Foshan, Mi, and Shandong initialed the Tianjin-Gate Agreement with China, and the war came to an end.

The news reached Fuso - mainly because the Mi envoy Harris used this to pressure the shogunate, because for fear of repeating the mistakes of China, the hard-liner Qi Zhaoyi was greatly disappointed in the high-level of Fuso, and took this as an opportunity to sweep the head of the department with a quick knife to cut through the chaos and kick the political opponent

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In fact, Qi Zhao is too "straightforward" - it is a good thing to dare to think and dare to do, but his rough style is quite criticized, and this way of behavior is not liked by everyone, so he has a lot of enemies on weekdays.

Although there was a lot of infighting under the shogunate system, in the era of the former chief old middle Abe, it was "right things and not people", and the fighting method was quite soft - the first Mizuno Tadashi before Abe also lost his position because the means were too intense.

In the final analysis, although Westerners continue to knock on Hong Kong, for more than 200 years of Chengping, Fusang has not been psychologically prepared to face cruelty.

Compared with the situation where the old chief Hotta Ichigo and Qi Zhao's faction were in dispute, Ii swept the beginning of his leadership at the beginning of his administration, and his decisiveness was quite pleasing to the shoguns - of course, Qi Zhao's family was crying bitterly.

In fact, although Jing Yi's method of sweeping the head of the department at that time was resolute, it was actually thunder and rain, "only punish the evil, regardless of the party henchmen" - except for the core of Qi Zhao's family, the others did not have any major punishment at the beginning.

But "if you are not afraid of no good things, you are afraid that there will be no good people", before the turmoil passed, the small court in Kyoto added a fierce fire:

In August of that year, the royal family sent someone to send Qi Zhao's father and son a secret edict from Wuwu, "The public family and the martial family must work together; The shogunate and the feudal domains should eliminate disputes in major state matters of foreign and domestic affairs; Regardless of whether they are close or not, the shogunate, the feudal clan, the daimyo of the pedigree, and the daimyo of the outer style should work together to make efforts not to be insulted by foreign lords, and so on."

It seems to be a good word, but it appears in the form of a secret decree, and with what happened earlier, the small imperial court is holding accountable for the shogunate's repeated decrees and trade agreements with foreign countries without authorization.

This led to the "Wuwu Difficulty" - some people call it the Anzheng Prison.

The time of the Wuwu Disaster lasted from September of the fifth year of Ansei (1858) to August of the sixth year of Ansei (1859), during which everyone was stunned to discover:

"The head of the Jing Yi sweep is not only aimed at the Qi Zhao family and the small court in Kyoto, but even the neutral and even the people of the original Jing Yi faction have also been affected."

Speaking of this, it's very wonderful, what the hell does the old Jing Yi think, no one dares to say that he can figure it out, anyway, while cutting people, Jing Yi also made his foundation unstable.

That's fine, but something crucial happened.

On June 25, 1859, the Second Battle of Dagukou broke out, and no one expected that the arrogant Anglo-Buddhist army would be defeated.

When the news reached Fusang, everyone was dumbfounded.

On July 1, 1859, the three ports of Fuso, Nagasaki, Kanagawa (Yokohama), and Hakodate were officially opened to trade. In this trade, everyone found out that Qi Zhao and others were very worried, not to mention the large loss of gold, the price of goods rose particularly scary.

Therefore, after the news of the second battle of Dagukou came, quite a number of people changed their original position, "If China can win, can Fusang also win?" Of course, you don't dare to fight, but it doesn't hurt to be tough. ”

This is so good that Jing Yi's nose is crooked, "Why did you go earlier, this bend is too fast, aren't you afraid of flashing your waist." ”

Therefore, in August of the sixth year of Ansei (1859), in the original verdict of the "Wuwu Secret Case", Jing Yi and his family increased the punishment with a strict attitude - it is difficult to ride a tiger.

But it backfired, leading to an even bigger backlash.

In the coming years, on the day of the Shangshi Festival in March, the head of the Da Lao Jing Yi was assassinated to death.

It is really sad and terrible that this battle between China and the Yingfo Yarrow has affected the situation in Fusang to such an extent!

There is a saying called "bystander clear", and Shigetaro Eki really didn't think much about it from this perspective, "The fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond." It makes sense. ”

Monk Xiunian talked for a long time, and then got a comment of "it makes sense", and he was so angry that he didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Shotaro hurriedly surrendered his hand and coaxed the monk for a long time before letting the monk continue.

"Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh. Illness is chaotic, and sweeping the government is also debatable. ”

"Jing Yi's internal affairs are not doing well", this is the saying that the wall is down and everyone pushes it, anyway, people can't be resurrected after death, and most of the people who are gaining power now are those who opposed Jing Yi at the beginning - but whether it is done well or not, there is also a lot of debate within the Naoxiu family.