Nishimaru Shigeru married the prince of the imperial family in order to stabilize people's hearts, and the Hori family was able to Shang Tokugawa Princess, which also had a lot of benefits, so Naohide had a reason to refuse.

But this governance is sometimes too private and treacherous, so there is nothing wrong with being careful.

And the Gao family Yokose Sadagu is doing this, as a broker, he has to bridge up and down, run left and right, and ensure that both sides are satisfied.

"There is no vanity under the fame. This can rise to the top with bare hands, and it is really not a good stubble! ”

Yokose knew that it wasn't that easy, but Naohide's reaction still surprised him a little.

"The public is so gracious, and it is difficult to repay the minister's broken bones. However, the noble heavens are noble, and the family does not dare to surpass. ”

Listen, this sounds good, but it's not actually a bargain - don't rush to reach out when you see the benefits of Tianda, this amount is not bad.

The so-called "Gao family" is actually a down-and-out family that was taken in by the Tokugawa shogunate when it was founded, and was usually in charge of the ceremonies and ceremonies of the shogunate.

The shogunate governed the government with Zhu Zi's Confucianism, and this "ceremony" was as important as "benevolence".

If it's a peaceful season, it's a beauty difference for this Gao family to be able to fox and fake tiger, but now the chaos in Fusang has been revealed, and today Yokose is sending a woman to the door, he is a clever person, so he can naturally distinguish the importance of the matter, so he is extra careful.

The so-called "hemp pole beats the wolf and is afraid at both ends", so Naoxiu here also muttered:

Since ancient times, "the car and boat shop has its feet, and it should be killed if it is not guilty", although it is biased, but it also shows that this matchmaker is not easy to mess with.

And the Gao family is used to tricking, in the Ako Forty-Seven Righteous Men Incident, wasn't the Daimyo Asano Changju killed by the Gao family.

"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief".

If you're not mistaken, Yokose means, this seems to be asking the princess of the Shotokugawa family to give herself, such a big pie fell from the sky, who would believe it if it didn't come at a price!

Besides, this Yokose Sadagu has never had any contact with the Hori family, and he didn't have any friendship before, and he said such a big thing when he met with empty white teeth, isn't it a fool to be gullible.

Yokose is a habitual matchmaker, and he also knows that he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so this first visit is just a formal hello, and the means after that are naturally endless. Therefore, he didn't entangle, and after meeting Fukutaro, the son of the Hori family, Yokose left with a smile on his face.

This retainer who had just left and stayed in Hori Riken reported to the door to ask for a meeting:

"Tomorrow, the Boss is invited."

Now that Naohide and his son Hori Hee are in cahoots, it is natural that they will be invited.

Hori Riken is a senior, and he has served for many years, and now he is the top stayer, and with him as a guarantor, Naohide dares to be sure, "It's really a good thing, it seems that there is really no conspiracy." ”

There is an old man patting his chest to guarantee:

"Although it is in a hurry, this is also the kindness of the public, that is, I am ready to retire before making a wish."

If you really talk about it, this Ezo land reclamation can also be regarded as a kind of territorial expansion - after all, the Matsumae family has poor governance, and except for the Saruto Peninsula, other places can be said to be wild places in the past. If the Hori family officially established a country in the Northland this time, wouldn't it have really earned this reputation?

Therefore, the family must want to do such a thing before abdicating, and Horiken can understand this.

And he also has his own thoughts:

His son, Hori Toshiki, has always boasted, "How good is the development of Northland". Now the Tokugawa family wants Princess Shang to give Naohide, it seems that this is actually true.

Listening to the shogunate's plan, it is to prepare for the construction of "Hokkaido", and then divide the sixteen countries, and if you want to come to this Hori, you can only occupy one or two, and the rest of the country, it will be your turn's turn - all surnamed Hori, why can't you get the moon first near the water, no matter how good this big body flag is, it can't catch up with the lord of the country for Weifu's own use!

Therefore, when the Gongfang family was summoned, Hori Riken, who heard about it, felt like grass had grown in his heart, and he had already made up his mind to do this.

There is a matchmaker and a guarantor, and all parties are interested in promoting, so things are progressing very quickly, and Naohide is in Edo at the end of the first month, but the marriage will be decided in early February.

Speaking of

Come, hastily is a little hasty, but if you just "adopt" the engagement, it is not difficult.

It turns out that Hiweiji, the daughter of Shimazu Qibin, has long been worshiped under the knees of Nishimaru-like Ieshige as a daughter - because if you don't marry the Hori family, you have to marry other powerful people.

Now that this princess is in place, can she not be happy just to receive gifts?

The specific steps are:

Zhixiu first went to the table, "Due to old age and frailty, I applied for abdication to make way for Xian" - this clear-eyed person is very fake at first glance, thirty-seven-year-old and frail, a deceitful ghost.

After that, the public issued an order to soothe, and then the old and middle schools began to build momentum:

"He has worked hard and has a high degree of achievement, and he knows the way of the courtiers to retreat, which shows that he is not only talented but also loyal."

Yes, when the daimyo and the shoguns took a look, this board echoed very well, and everyone still watched the drama silently.

Sure enough, at the beginning of February, when the city was assessed, some people couldn't wait to jump out, saying that "the cultivation of the north has been smooth over the years, and it needs to be commended for its meritorious work."

Then, the public began to weep bitterly:

"Since the sixth year of Jiayong (1853), Fuso has been difficult. Fortunately, thanks to the wisdom of the Great Imperial Palace, the good ministers were promoted to be reckless, and the courage of a hundred years of struggle was achieved, and the initial results of the northern land were obtained. ”

As soon as you hear it, this hat is well worn, first move out the deceased general Jiaqing, and then say that Ezo land reclamation is a hundred-year plan, and there is also the aura of promoting talents regardless of the family, no matter what is arranged next, this is naturally deserved.

Besides, everyone knows that in a few days, the public will abdicate and make way for Xian, and arrange some back roads before leaving, which can't be stopped by reason and reason-dare to get in the way? Believe it or not, after Jiamao took the throne, he immediately vented his anger to his adoptive father, this father is kind and filial, he understands!

Therefore, the above public side felt a general, and everyone at the evaluation meeting hurriedly shed tears.

When the atmosphere was almost brewing, the first one in the old middle school proposed for a long time that this reward and punishment is the foundation of the martial arts, and since the development of the northern land is good, the meritorious man must be rewarded.

How is it rewarded?

Jia Ding spoke, "The reward will be discussed later, and there will be a princess before that." ”

At that time, I really wanted people to jump out and oppose it, why was there still a princess, the family was determined to live in seclusion, and it was too self-liberating - Naoxiu was born in the second half of the royal family, this family is too low, and marrying a princess in the past is too shocking!

But then, the Gao family Yokose Sadagu came out of the crowd and arranged things clearly, and everyone had nothing to say when they heard it:

It turned out that Princess Shang's was not the Hori family, but His Royal Highness the Tian An family - give Zhixiu ten guts, and he didn't dare to divorce his wife Yingzi!

Moreover, this time, His Royal Highness of the Tian An family is obviously going to send it, and he was arranged to establish a country in the Northland, including the southern part of the Northern Ezo Land and the northern part of the Ezo Land, and he is in charge of the northern part of the Northern Ezo Land.

This princess of the Tokugawa family married His Royal Highness the Imperial Sanqing, no one can say anything, but this Royal Highness is "Mao Min" in front of his name, and he has never heard of it - when did His Royal Highness have such a big son?

Until the head of the Tian An family, Qinglai, took Mao Min out of the list to thank him, everyone didn't react.

Only Qinglai secretly laughed in his heart, and the famous ministers and generals in the hall all drank the footwashing water this time!

It turned out that Naoxiu's eldest son, seventeen-year-old Fukutaro this year, silently worshiped under the knees of the head of the Yusanqing Tian An family two days ago, and became an adopted son.

Qinglai himself doesn't reject this very much, why?

First, he already has a son-in-law, Shou Chiyo, so what's wrong with adopting an adopted son, and he said that he would be separated as the head of the country immediately, but it was just a formality with him.

Therefore, whether this favor should be done or not, of course, depends on the number of benefits.

After Qinglai learned the details, he immediately slapped his thigh, it was so fragrant!

It turns out that the adopted son's future main room was born in the powerful Daimyo Shimazu family, and he is the adopted daughter of the future general.

And although the adopted son is from an average background, he has enough gift money - Zhixiu is not small, and he offered a golden ticket of 10,000 yuan for this matter

Gold.

Although Wan Yan's small judgment is almost meaningless, it is far inferior to Tianbao's small judgment, but today's world is not what it used to be, is it?

After the Japanese palace arrived in Edo from Kyoto last year, the shogunate only offered 2,000 taels of gold to the small court as a thank-you gift, which sounds good, but in fact it was just 2,000 Wanyan small judgments.

After so many years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have been combined with the previous rectification of armaments, especially after the opening of the port to trade, prices have soared, and the market has been depressed.

Even Qing Lai directly joked about the above thanks to the straight show:

"I heard that you still have a son and two daughters, and if you have something in the future, welcome to continue to come to me."

"Addicted to grabbing money, you can pull it down", so I didn't make Naoxiu angry on the spot - Tian An's family is okay with 10,000 gold, Jiamao accepted it as 30,000, and the two husbands and wives of Jiading and Atsuhime also received 30,000 gold for the elderly, plus 1,000 matchmakers Yokose and 1,000 guarantor Hori Riken, before and after, it cost 70,000 taels without a chance to get married, and it hurts!

Of course, the people in the temple did not know the inside story of this matter.

After the head of the Tian An family, Qinglai, returned to the throne with Mao Min Shaneen, the reward drama in the northern land officially began:

There is a precedent to follow for the shogunate to directly reward the daimyo courtiers, such as the Honga family of the Maeda family's pen head family of the Maeda family's pen head family of 50,000 stones;

The original box hall is pursued by Toshiki Hori, who is in charge of the box building;

Reward the enshrinement and Egawa Hidetoshi Sengoku, Hakodate Dingbantou Murata Nagatoshi 200 koku;

The rest of the meritorious officials will be rewarded when they make a pilgrimage to Edo in the future.

How could the daimyo and shoguns who could participate in the Great Assessment have the leisure to listen to this-this is the establishment of this northern land, and some of it is set aside, but what about the rest of the territory? Will it be gradually distributed in the future? Is there a chance for my family?

Someone who is well-informed has poked out the fact that the shogunate is going to set up the sixteen countries of Hokkaido. At this moment, if a fly sees blood, everyone will immediately not be calm:

The great traitor Yoshiji Tanuma (b. 1719-1788) once said, "There are three million stone in Ezo!" ”

What is the height of the front Hakodate office? It seems to be 60,000 stone high, and the annual tribute is 50,000 gold.

Hey, no, how much did Nanhua Tai Liguo just say this time?

30,000 stone for self-collection, 10,000 stone for escrow.

If the 60,000 stones are removed, there will only be 20,000 left in the Hakodate Commission? 20,000 and then divided into 11 countries, isn't that a dream, isn't it, "The shogunate wants to draw a big pie to fool people, and wants to trick everyone into going to the northern land to reclaim?" ”

However, the name of the richness of the Northland is now gradually spreading, what if it is a plan - when the eleven countries are divided into eleven countries in the future, if you don't participate, then there is no place to buy regret medicine!

Gongfang Xiangjiading, the ruling elder Nakahishiro and Ando, together with Tian Anjia and Naohide and other confidants, caught the families off guard at the general assessment meeting in February of the second year of Bunjiu (1862) on the establishment of the northern kingdom of Princess Shang.

Because of the strict planning and unintentional calculation, the matter was not hindered in the big assessment at that time.

In this way, as the white lord Matsudaira family, the Naohide family began to officially intervene in shogunate.

A few years later, the ruling and opposition families gradually realized the inside story of this big assessment:

First, although it was covered up on the surface, in fact, this was the first time in decades that the shogunate raised the flag of the Daimyo family;

Second, when the combination of public and military forces was about to be implemented, the shogunate center headed by Kuyo and Ando actually began to take precautions, not only attracting powerful banners such as Naohide and Hori Riken, but also starting to hook up with powerful daimyo such as Fukui Matsudaira and Satsuma Shimazu.

All of this profoundly affected the future trend of the situation at the end of the shogunate, but at the time, many people thought that "this was just another capricious act of the always obedient public party before retiring." ”

On the 8th of February, the general's family was set to live in seclusion, and the son Jiamao succeeded to the throne; On the 11th of the same month, a grand marriage ceremony between Jiamao and the palace was held.

At this point, the curtain of the combination of public and military forces finally opened, and the storm at the end of the curtain officially became fierce.