The first of the original old people, Kushi Guangzhou, after Abe Masahiro lived in seclusion, was regarded as the leader of the central reconciliation faction, but it was said that it was a reconciliation faction, it was not without a position, but the means were milder.

If he really doesn't have a position at all, then he will also clash with Da Lao Jingyi in Anzheng Prison and leave his job.

In the final analysis, these people in the shogunate center are all meat-eaters, but some are sven and some are fierce.

Even when the Jiushi and Ando lines were in power, the old middle Ando Nobumasa was also a fierce man, but in the general direction, it was still based on the reconciliation of the long world.

But Fusang is now like a bird, how can it be reconciled, the meat has become less and the battle is more intense:

For a long time, its own capital is not strong enough, and it can neither take out exchangeable benefits, nor can it solve the dilemma of soaring prices and difficult people's livelihood after the influx of foreign goods, so it is not surprising at all that it has fallen.

Originally, the fall of the Hisashi and Ando families was quite complete, and both of them were "forever stuck", and they never turned over later.

But now Naoxiu is messing in, so the ending is very different, Ando was deposed, but Jiushi actually got out safely - the first seat of the old middle school was lost, but he was demoted to the winner of Fang Laozhong, not only escaped being liquidated, but also left the capital to participate in the shogunate.

But as a price to get out, he not only dragged Abe Masahiro into the water - Ishikawa Bunbei came forward to run, that was on behalf of the first Abe in the former elders, otherwise everyone wouldn't buy it, and he also had to use some people as guns at critical moments, after all, this is no longer the time for him to be the boss.

At the beginning of the month, the day before the Edo Grand Appraisal Meeting, at that time, Kuyo also convened the Old Middle School Appraisal Council, at the meeting, in addition to proposing that he want to resign, he also proposed to breed industry and innovate the economy, after which he stepped down from the first seat of the old middle school, but the matter of reforming the economy is not over, so the old matter is brought up again today.

As soon as I heard Jiushi mention this, everyone attending the meeting was in good spirits.

Why?

Of course, the interests are related.

It turned out that in addition to promoting agriculture and encouraging the development of the orchid industry by the private sector, Jiushi's original proposal also put forward two important proposals, one was to open a Western bank, and the other was to open up Ezo land.

Fuso also had a money bank, which was the "Liangtai Shang", which was not only responsible for exchanging money, silver and copper, but also saving money and lending money - in fact, in addition to the Liangtai Shang, there were also "Kurayashiki", "Hanging House" and "Zacha", and even the shops of ordinary merchants, which also operated money lending, but two of them were the largest.

With two substitutes, why do you need to set up a Western bank?

Jiushi explained it this way at the time:

"Now the government and the opposition are embarrassed, and they can't make ends meet, which is a big harm."

What does that mean?

Hisayo said that both the shogunate and the people had economic difficulties, and that the expenditure was greater than the income, so he suggested the establishment of a Western bank.

As for why the Bank of the West was established, it was for two reasons;

First of all, he can't do anything about the two substitutes.

The world is not good, this original two-for-one businessman, such as the most famous "group of ten two-for-one businessman", this business is not good, the shogunate used to save money in these houses, but now when it comes to withdrawing money, it is often delayed, not that there is none, but it is often delayed.

So Jiushi suggested that it would be safer to keep the money yourself.

Second, in the past, the shogunate did not know what finance was, although there were coinage institutions such as gold, silver, and copper, but they were also entrusted to hereditary merchants, but now the long history has found that there are many disadvantages under the advice of people who are interested, so they have also moved the idea of innovation.

As for the establishment of a bank without establishing two merchants, it is because "samurai are not allowed to do business", which is replaced by a bank, and ordinary people don't understand the inside story, so it is not necessary to avoid material discussion - covering one's ears and stealing bells is only so famous, isn't it because this kind of thing has been done too much.

Moreover, this bank is a new thing, and it is also possible to avoid the indiscriminate interference of various companies - such wealthy businessmen as the "Ten Group of Two Substitute Businessmen" are often involved with the shogunate, which creates a new name, and it is not so easy for businessmen to want to interfere.

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What to do after the establishment of the bank, Jiushi also arranged it very well:

The first is to lend money to raw silk merchants, etc.

It turned out that the foreigners bought Fuso products, and this small amount was fine, but the large amount often had a three-month account period, and the Fuso merchants were all troubled by it.

Speaking of which, this is the result of the intrigue of businessmen on both sides.

As soon as the three-month account period comes out, in order to get the money as soon as possible, the alliance of the Fuso merchants cannot be maintained - the one with the lowest price can naturally get the money early, and the interest on the money for three months accumulates into a lot, which is also regarded as an input of the foreign businessman.

Therefore, it was a good idea for Jiushi to suggest that banks lend money to raw silk merchants, etc., which was both safe and fast - in fact, after the Restoration, the Fuso government did just that, not only stabilizing export prices, but also earning money and interest.

Second, if there is indeed a good business, the bank can also lend money.

As for what is good business, this shogunate is in charge of the government, and if you don't even know where there is oil and water, isn't this.

The idea of establishing a bank for a long time, to be honest, is quite in line with the thoughts of all of you:

Yu Gong, according to Jiushi, is a good thing for the shogunate and for the merchants;

Yu privately, this bank has been built, and it is impossible to say that a layer of oil should be scraped for them - as for how to scrape, it depends on their respective means.

But compared to the foreign thing like a bank, another piece of advice from Jiushi is more in line with everyone's minds, it's too rough, I like it!

What did Jiushi propose?

That is the "salty and cultivated Ezo land".

In fact, before Hisashi said this, this big root (radish) in Ezo had been hanging around for a while - in February of this year, the Great Imperial House family must have done a big thing before retiring, and the white lord Matsudaira family established a country.

It's hard to say anything else about the establishment of a country in the north, but everyone understands one thing, that is, the reclamation of Ezo has achieved initial results - if there is no foundation, the country will be established? Set up a ghost.

To tell the truth, Fuso is worried about developing Ezo, which is a repeated victory and a thief's heart is not dead.

The former great traitor, the former old Nakata Marsh Yoshiji, once said, "There are at least six million stone in Ezo!" ”

But the shogunate tossed back and forth several times, but failed to do it.

However, in the third year of Kahoega (1850), Naohide Hori built the Hakujo Shogunate, and in the seventh year of Kaei (1853), the shogunate reopened the box hall, and it seems that this matter has finally taken a turn for the better.

The old and middle-aged and big-eyed people present here, stimulated by the establishment of the country by the White Lord Matsudaira family, have secretly read the documents of this northern land.

I'm afraid of being serious about everything, I don't know if I don't check it, I was shocked when I checked it, it turned out that the Northland is now quite prosperous, and what's even worse is that a few families actually took advantage of it first, but people made a fortune in a muffled voice, and they didn't say it:

In the summer and April of the second year of Ansei (1855), Edo ordered Matsumae Takahiro, Date Keibang, Satake Yoshimu, and Tsugaru Shunsei to send troops to attack Ezo and Hakodate.

In September of the 6th year of Ansei (1859), the shogunate ordered six more families, Date Keibang, Hoshina Yoho, Nanbu Toshiyo, Satake Yoshiharu, Tsugaru Seori, and Sakai Tadaha, to help reclaim the Ezo land.

Originally, this kind of military service and hand-to-hand invitation are not a good thing, and it is often thankless, as for saying that there is no merit and hard work, this has to rely on conscience, but conscience is this thing, in the eyes of the ruling boss, it is unreliable.

However, the accounts of the shogunate survey office show that not only has the original Hakodate office turned a profit, but the six companies that helped to reclaim the Ezo land have not suffered a loss - the northern land has to repay the accounts every year, and these six companies originally borrowed a lot of money and food from the Hakodate office, but now not only did not increase, but began to repay the debt.

It stands to reason that since it is to help reclaim the Ezo land, the Hakodate in charge of the shogunate's loan, this should not be, but in this situation, one's own territory can't take care of it, and as long as Hakodate is willing, Edo can't say much.

The borrowed money and food have begun to be repaid, what the hell is this?

If you think about it on your knees, this is profit.

In fact, if there was no Naoxiu's chaotic entry, these six princes would have reclaimed

The effect was not good, and later around 1866, it was withdrawn from Ezo one after another. But now, with the systematic arrangement and unsparing support of Zhixiuyi, although the reclamation has only been two years, basically everyone has begun to return to their roots.

This favor is everywhere, since it is profitable, it is not good for the family to owe the box house that has been helping, so they can only start to repay the debt - in addition, it is not okay not to pay it back, the box house is keeping an eye on it, and the bottom of each family in Ezo is very clear, and if there is money in the library, it will not be repaid, and that person will not be able to do it.

After checking the accounts, these old and middle-aged and big eyes asked the six families who asked for help in reclamation in detail, and the results confirmed that this Ezo land was indeed profitable.

It's a shame now!

If you can't find the money, even if you lose it, it's not my share.

Therefore, at the beginning of June, Jiushi proposed "salty and reclamation of Ezo land", these people are the one who is happy, you Jiushi is so knowledgeable earlier, and everyone doesn't have to get you down.

In fact, he has been wronged for a long time, and he has long been eyeing Ezo, but the problem is that all parties do not cooperate:

When the Great Imperial House was set to reign, not a drop of water entered; finally Jiamao became a public official, but after the people became pro-government, they found trouble with him everywhere, and they talked about what to stop, and they were all tears;

And most importantly, the Hakodate government was extremely uncooperative, and when asked, they said that the time was not right, and there were still a group of people in Edo who complained about their grievances - led by the remaining Ibori Riken and Ome Fu Izawa Masayoshi, these people said that Ezo was the foundation of the revival of the shogunate, and the six princes had already gone too far to help the reclamation, and if they were to be distributed to outsiders, they agreed, but Taidao couldn't agree to it.

There has been no exchangeable benefit for this long time, so this thing is stuck.

It wasn't until Abe Masahiro sent Ishikawa Bunbei to mediate that all parties relented on this matter, but the time was too late - in fact, it wasn't too late, Ando didn't save it, but at least Jiushi didn't get out of everyone's shouting.

Now that the old things have been mentioned for a long time, everyone here is very happy, you look at people, what you say counts, now it depends on the attitude of the elder Qingyong.

But Jiushi has now taken refuge in Qingyong, and if he dares to mention it, he has said hello, of course this Qingyong will not stop it, so the elder, the sixth elder, and the three big eyes all agreed:

"Now that Fusang is underused, it is urgent to reclaim Ezo land, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, hurry up and submit it to the public, and after the general agrees, we will work together to draw up a list of families to help reclamation."

As for who is on the list, this reclamation of Ezo is so hard, and the genealogy and big body banners here naturally have to be brave enough to do anything.

In this way, the shogunate's ruling evaluation meeting was considered to be peaceful, and Keinaga exchanged the opportunity of establishing a new bank and reclaiming Ezo land for the support of the people.

This can be regarded as a good start for the elder Qingyong to take charge of the shogunate.

After the suggestion to deal with the edict was reported to the shogun Ieshige, he was allowed the next day—no, no, on June 7, the imperial envoy Ohara Shigetoku arrived in Edo accompanied by Shimazu Saibin, so the rest can be slowed down, and how to deal with this must be approved first.

So, on June 8, Ohara Shigetoku was still sitting in the Satsuma Domain, but the two elders of the shogunate, Wakisaka Yasuya and Itakura Katsushine, came to the door:

said to the head of the Shimazu family, Qi Bin, "Congratulations, the shogunate is going to use you greatly, don't forget our brothers in the future";

In the face of Ohara's inquiry, these two said, "You have come from afar, this trekking through mountains and rivers, rest for a few days, don't be in a hurry." ”

Can this Ohara, still understand, the shogunate first pacified the Shimazu family, and he was alone in Edo, it seems that there will be problems with this mission.

But he couldn't figure it out if he wanted to, now that the situation was so strong, and Qi Zhao's family was also ready, how could this matter suddenly change.

But he is not afraid, not to mention that the interests of the combination of public and military forces are attractive, just by virtue of the official position of the court governor of the left guard, Qi Zhao and his family also have the power to die.

Sure enough, when I heard that the envoy had arrived, one after another, people kept going to Shimazu's house to inquire about the news, and the most enthusiastic among them was Qi Zhao's son, the head of the Ichitsubashi family.