Although the marriage of Miyashita began to be tossed repeatedly in the fifth year of Ansei (1858), the time of the re-determination was April of the first year of Bunkyu (1861).

But before that, in order to increase mutual trust, the Kyoto small court made an additional request:

"The marriage partner of the royal princess must be a shogun" - that is, the princess family must give way to Nishimaru-like Ieshige.

In view of the turbulent political situation after the opening of the port to the outside world, Jiading agreed to this harsh request. But he is also afraid that people will go away and change afterwards, so in addition to soothing the ministers and winning people's hearts, he is also actively preparing to marry powerful people:

Because of the relationship between Atsuki Midai, the Satsuma Shimazu family is a must; But the other in-laws have been unable to settle down for a long time.

Shimazu Saibin, the biological father of Ieding, Atsuhime, and his adopted daughter, are all interested in the current Hakodate family, but the ruling elders Nakakuyo and Ando hesitate for fear of provoking controversy.

In the eyes of these two, yes, because of the lack of attention in the early stage, Naohide is now covering the sky in Hakodate, and even has the capital to go alone, but marrying a princess of the Tokugawa family to the Hori family, even if it is an adopted daughter, it is not good - the previous marriage object was at least a daimyo at the level of the lord of the country, and the Hori family became the lord of the country, which is too sensational.

Therefore, Du Ji instigated her husband's family to talk to the two of them several times, but to no avail.

But the first Jiushi section of the old middle school is softer, and he did not have a hard top, but put forward a new suggestion:

"There is too much disparity between the princess of the Tokugawa family and the Hori family, can you choose one of the eighteen families of the branch Matsudaira to marry?"

But if this is the case, the intimacy between the Hori family and the Ieding and the Shimazu family is not enough, isn't it in vain, so both the Ieding and Atsuhime disagree.

During the period, I tossed a few times, but time waited for no one, and in a blink of an eye, it was the first month of the second year of Wanyan (1862).

According to the scheduled plan, on February 8, Jiading lived in seclusion, the son Jiamao succeeded to the throne, and on the 11th, Jiamao and Gongsheng held a marriage ceremony, which was too late, so Jiading and Atsuhime were ready to give up the matter.

But I never expected that after the fifteenth day of the first month, that is, after the fifteenth day of the first month, things unexpectedly took a turn for the better:

It turned out that the victor of the day, Nobuyuki Ando, went to the city to make a pilgrimage, but met an assassin on the way.

Afterwards, Ando, who was originally deeply resistant to the marriage family, had the same attitude as before, and took the initiative to promote the matter:

"Your Highness is wise, and today your subordinates suddenly realized!"

At the same time, the chief of the old middle school is no longer opposed.

This kind of change between the two of them certainly made Gongfang Jiading and Yutai Atsuhime overjoyed, but when they figured out the reason, the father couldn't help but feel a little creepy:

From the Sakurada Gate Incident two years ago to today's Sakashita Gate Attack, this is the second blatant attack on the shogunate in recent years, and the prestige of the Tokugawa family is also shaky.

But what's even more terrifying is that the result of the investigation of the Sakurada Gate incident is the handiwork of the damaged families in the Ansei Prison, but the change of Sakashita Gate is very different, although the old middle Ando is also famous for his fierce means, but after all, he did not fire a map cannon like the big old Iyi, so the matter of Ii can barely be regarded as a personal vendetta, but in the case of Ando, the target is directly aimed at the shogunate!

It turned out that in addition to the murderers who still don't know the so-called Mito Langshi and the king's people who have always contributed to the trouble, the main mastermind turned out to be Ohashi Shunzo from the Utsunomiya Domain!

Ohashi was a well-known member of the Utsunomiya Domain, who was arrested by the shogunate before the attack on Sakashitamon.

The problem, however, was that Ohashi had a great reputation in the Utsunomiya Toda family, which was not only one of the most famous daimyo in the lineage, but also a figure such as the old Nakatoda Tadaweni (born and died 1804-1851).

The current head of the Toda family, Tadashu, is only sixteen years old, so naturally someone is holding him hostage.

The previous head of the family, Tadaaki, was married to the princess of the Sakai family of Harima Kunihimeji, and the Tadawen room above was the adopted daughter of Mizuno Tadakuni, who was the chief elder, so it was creepy after thinking about it.

Is it the Sakai family, one of the four families of the spectrum, or the handiwork of the famous Mizuno family? Or even two together?

It's not unreasonable for everyone to be so suspicious - outside Sakurada Gate is actually outside Edo Castle, and Sakashita Gate is inside the Mikuwa, that is, inside the moat and castle tower, this place is heavily guarded, and if there is no one to help, how can these six ronins be light

Easy to mix in!

Moreover, the garrison leaders in the Mikugawa wheel are all flags of the Tokugawa family, so it's scary to think about it.

Therefore, after experiencing this incident, the two ruling elders and Ando didn't care about the matter anymore, and took the initiative to promote the marriage with the Hori family - life is going to be gone, and they still care about the matter of discussing these things, isn't that a trouble!

As soon as this line of thinking relaxed, they also found the benefits of this matter:

First of all, Naoxiu is big at the end of the box, and I don't know when there will be chaos, but after marrying the princess, this hidden danger will not only be eliminated, but it may become a help because of gratitude - this is a strong soldier who beat the Lucian people, can it not be fragrant.

This is positive and negative, why not do it.

Besides, there was no Western carriage presented by Naohide last year, and Ando hung up on the spot if he didn't make a good fuss.

But these two forgot that when Zhixiu presented ten carriages last year, they didn't ridicule Zhixiu for being "rude"!

It turned out that according to the etiquette of the time, this Western carriage was forbidden.

So what do you sit on?

The minister took an ox cart, which was also given by the royal family;

As for those who don't have this treatment, the ministers and the daimyo can only be "multipliers", and the tall ones are actually just the luxury version of the manpower sedan chair "cage".

As for the carriage, because the local horses in Fuso are small, this is really not - Wanomiya from Kyoto to Edo, it is a "chariot" carried by many people, and this is the case as a top person.

Therefore, when they saw the carriage of the boxhouse, everyone was sour, "KitKat, lascivious, extravagant and useless things!" ”

Why? Because ten is not enough.

Fortunately, Naoxiu is an old man and writes that "in addition to the dedication to the public, all the old and middle-aged adults work hard, and one person can travel one by one".

Fragrant, so fragrant!

This pack of rubber, carriage with bow shock absorption, with its own spacious space, this comfortable place, who sits who knows-compared with the previous "ride", at the beginning even had to pay attention to the feet, now that I think about it, it is for people to sit.

Moreover, the high-headed horses sent by the box house are also quite eye-catching, with their own attribute, and all the people who seduced are salivating, "What? It's delivered by car, don't say it's not okay to match it. ”

Therefore, everyone thinks that although Zhixiu is bold and reckless, he is still quite knowledgeable, "It's not completely impossible."

But in hindsight, this was the foresight of Naohide Hori - it wasn't until Ando's assassination that everyone knew that there was an iron plate in the carriage of Hakokan! And why the door is automatically locked, this time I also figured it out, the feeling is not afraid of losing things.

But just because of these interests and acknowledgments, the two ruling elders, Hisashi Nakayo and Ando, will not agree to marry Princess Tokugawa to the Hori family.

But after the change of the lower gate on the fifteenth day of the first month, the two brothers understood that this was someone who was planning to harm this baby, especially the various guards in Edo City, and they all felt that they were ill-intentioned like the masterminds behind the scenes.

So what to do?

Let's replace them all, this is a civil and military career, and the ruling elders can't make such a big move, not to mention that these two people are in power by coincidence, and they don't have the confidence at all.

But the solution was figured out, and marrying the princess to Zhixiu can more or less solve this problem:

Looking down from the top, the Hori family married a princess, that is, the lord of the country, is the daimyo of the country, does this box pavilion have to give up the position?

Who is it for, of course, it's Hori Rixi.

As the Hakokan Chief, he almost took over last time. Although I had a quarrel with Ando, "the virtuous don't avoid hatred" - people have a good father, Hori Ken has been doing it for thirteen years, which can be called deep-rooted, and now it is a top job "staying behind", this is a good Hori Riken, isn't it more or less able to increase the influence of Fanfang.

And although Naohide is from a low background, his influence is not small - especially at the bottom of the Daibangumi and Shinbangumi in the Shogunate's standing army.

It turns out that although Naoxiu was born in the second half of the temple community, his father and ancestors were all from the big group, but his father was injured in North Ezo because he saved the nobles, so he was transferred to the temple community.

But since the straight show flew Huang Tengda, the royal family of the big group has no

Don't be proud of him, "Look, this is the son of my big group, I even hugged him back then." ”

Of course, Naoxiu's relatives and friends "Zaowu Group" also contributed to it.

These families are blessed with straightforward beauty, not only have spare money, but also receive an education from Lanxue in advance. Therefore, in the past few years, under the east wind of the shogunate's implementation of the Western military system, many children have a small Tengda, although only Naoxiu's uncle Takemae family and father-in-law Nakamura family are mixed with the lower-level flag book, but the royal family genealogy is really out of a lot.

Therefore, good words don't cost money, so you can't say something good for Naoxiu.

Besides, Naoxiu planted the flag in the north, and in the early stage, the relatives and friends of the Zaoya group went to defect, and after he became the Hakodate in the fifth year of Anzheng (1858), the big group and the new group wanted to give the second son and the third son a future, so they couldn't ask for it.

And the Hori family is only left with Naoxiu Dumiao, and the prince Fukutaro is young, so this relationship naturally has to be entrusted to the Zaoya Group.

Afterwards, although Naoxiu didn't accept it when he saw someone, and he only took it when he arrived at the box house, but compared with the unsettled ronin on the street today, this is not a benefit, but a benefit.

And now Hakodate is not what it used to be, although it is still enough salted fish, but the samurai who came out of the house are also beginning to get rich, and they can actually support the main family in Edo.

Since then, the praise for Naoxiu has naturally been overwhelming.

Because of this good reputation, the Hokkaido Horika family was quite prestigious among the five sides of the Edo Standing Army.

In fact, the two ruling elders, Hisashi and Ando, are still a bit high-minded, and they didn't find Naoxiu's real means of raising hope:

Originally, it didn't benefit many families just by going out, after all, there were still a few people who were willing to leave the bustling city of Edo and go to the remote northlands.

So the real strength of Naoxiu is not here.

So what means can benefit everyone? Of course, it's An~Li, no, it's an internal job.

Because there are not many low-level samurai like the royal family, and in recent years, the shogunate has advocated frugality and the market is sluggish, and this reward and external fishing have also shrunk greatly, and even the often issued Yulu has been deducted and reduced in various names, and the pomp and circumstance of the samurai still have to be talked about, so everyone's life is hard.

At this time, well-wishers appeared:

"Do you want to help each other, no, and study something elegant together?"

"Yes, yes."

Therefore, under the leadership of the Zaoya group, more and more family members of lower-class samurai are doing internal jobs, that is, engaging in side jobs.

What are the families of these samurai doing?

There are embroidery, weaving wool textiles, and making fans, lacquerware and other handicrafts.

In any case, the samurai's family members have a higher literacy rate and are much more trustworthy, so this is an advantage in terms of the quality of their work and the cost of transactions.

Moreover, the family members of the Zaowu group also love to promote this, first, they have gained favors and relationships, and second, of course, there are commission rewards, and the more downlines of development, the more rewards there are.

In the past, the samurai family engaged in internal work, although it was forced to make a living, but it was not embarrassing to hide it, but now under the guise of elegance, it is organized by the samurai family, so it has gradually formed a scale, and it has actually become a trend in the light - especially at the level of the imperial family, the handicraft activities at home are not too frequent.

Although Naohide can't jump out and say, "It's me, I'm the one who did it", but these samurai families all know that their elegant artworks are sold through Hakokan, and they still have to say a few good words about this love house and Wuxia.

Therefore, Naohide is very popular among the five sides as a Hakodate.

This person, as long as he changes his position, it's not easy to find a reason, since the two ruling elders, Nakahisa and Ando, are inclined to marry the princess to the Naohide family, then after changing their position, the good reputation of the Hori family in the fan party has naturally become a strong condition.

"Why find a princess of the eighteen families of Matsudaira to marry, isn't this. It is still a good idea for His Royal Highness to be clever, and this pair of meritorious men must be favored, and marrying a princess of this family is really a good idea. ”

Therefore, at the end of the first month of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), when Naohide returned to Edo, the Takaya Yokose Sadagu couldn't wait to come to the door:

"Congratulations, good things are coming!"