Just as Shinto Tatsugoro was warning Keiki, Naohide was smiling and leading his troops into Osaka - the Osaka in Tatsugoro's mouth had fallen, but it was actually a miscommunication.

At dawn on October 24, 1867, the Emperor's army landed at Kaigang, and the soldiers who came to Osaka that day were only a few hundred forwards. Just this point of people, let alone Osaka, which has a population of one million, has not even broken through the barriers of Osaka Dingban and Osaka Kaban.

But at that time, the internal response formed by the merchants of Osaka was swarming, and the market was chaotic and people's hearts were fluctuating, so there were rumors that Osaka had fallen.

Of course, when Tatsugoro warned him, Osaka Castle had indeed defected. In this way, under the mistake of a mistake, in fact, the news that Qingxi got is not wrong.

But how did the Osaka soldiers surrender in one day?

That's a long story.

Because of Naoxiu's chaotic incursion, when the public and military forces were combined for the first time in the third year of Bunjiu (1863), the general Jiamao and the president of political affairs Qingyong did not completely bow their heads.

At that time, the opening of the port to the outside world caused anger and resentment, and under the surging feelings, the general Jiamao had to announce the rebellion. But then he didn't feel that something was right, so under the escort of the white lord's strong soldiers, he broke through the barrier and ran back to Edo.

In fact, this shows that the Tokugawa shogunate was not optimistic about the rebellion, and as for the imperial court and the princes who wanted to radically suppress it, then you should play it yourself.

Sure enough, Choshu shelled the foreign ship at Shimonoseki, and as a result, the naval division of the Four-Nation Alliance counterattacked, causing the Maori family itself to be disgraced.

After the August 18 Incident, the imperial court and the Qingxi family also gave up their extravagant hopes of radicalization.

Therefore, in March of the first year of Genji (1864), Hitotsubashi Yoshiki was also appointed as the "Governor of the Imperial Guard", but because of Edo's strength, "Ichikai-san" could not actually control.

In April of that year, the "Aoi Matsuri Rebellion" occurred, and with the defeat of the dying struggle of the radical Shogunate, the Edo shogunate once again occupied the dominant position of the public and military forces.

After that, the reformists showed their strength, and it was not until the spring of the first year of Keio (1865) that Oguri Tadashun proposed the banner book "Former Leader Bongkai", which led to a large-scale counterattack against the reformers within the shogunate.

But even so, it was not until the third year of Keio (1867) that the reformers completely lost ground:

In February of that year, Yoshiki Hitotsubashi, the leader of the "Ichihui-san", unified the forces of Mito and Owari and Tokugawa in the three imperial states, contacted the Kyoto Ministers and the princes who were inclined to use force, and joined hands with the conservative shogunate, such as Sakai Tadashi, the first of the shogunate's elders, to attack the reformers, and overthrew the reformists in one fell swoop.

In early April, Sakai Tadashi, the president of domestic affairs who had returned to Edo, was acting as shogunate because Shogun Ieshige was stranded in Kyoto, and it was only then that he began a major purge of the shogunate of the Restoration.

As a result, on 16 September, the joint naval forces of the four Western countries threatened to take the sea, and it was another time when chickens and dogs jumped.

In total, it is only October, less than half a year before the complete loss of power of the Restoration, and all kinds of bad things are entangled during this period, so whether it is the "Ichigaku-san" of the celebration or the Sakai Tadashi faction of the shogunate, where will there be time to thoroughly sort out the situation.

As a result, today's Osaka Castle is still the lord of the Hitachi Kunikasama domain, Makino Sadato.

In fact, Makino is a good candidate:

For Keiki, Mito and Kasama are both in Hitachi Province, and the Makino family has been in charge of the Kasama domain for more than a hundred years, so how can the two sides have a friendship;

In the first year of the Genji era (1864), the Makino family participated in the siege of the Mito Tengu faction, and they behaved actively, which was natural for favoring the shogunate and rejecting Mito.

Therefore, while both sides were in a hurry, Makino, Osaka Castle, looked okay, so he was not replaced.

After the venerable Wang Jun coerced Osaka, the hidden danger was exposed:

In September, the four Western countries united with the naval army to threaten, and although he was gone, Makino was already exhausted and his liver and gallbladder were broken.

Therefore, he carefully calculated and felt that it was still the Zun Wang Army that had a big chance of winning.

So he resisted slightly

resisted, saying that he didn't eat dry, but when he saw that the conditions offered by Naoxiu were really good, Makino happily defected.

Not to mention anything else, Makino's hometown, the entire Kanto Kasama Domain was persuaded by King Qinjun, so what is he still struggling with.

Of course, Osaka was a city of merchants, and the wealthy merchants of Osaka armed a large number of townspeople to respond to the royal army, which also put great pressure on Makino.

In the past, there was Edo and there was no blood to open the castle, and now there is a rumor to determine Osaka!

The two phases are superimposed, so the momentum of the royal army is unmatched for a while.

What can surprise the small court of Kyoto, the celebrity, and even the princes of the world is that after the king's army settled on Osaka, they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

After blocking the streets of Fushimi and Toba, under the leadership of Naohide, the army of the king began to do their job.

What are Naohide and the others busy with?

Actually, it's two things:

The first is to invite the princes to discuss the major politics together;

Second, it is to drive a boat to release grain.

Now that the king's army is prestigious, the princes of have long come to stammer, and when they saw Naohide acting like this, everyone couldn't help but say:

"It is advisable to chase after the poor, what is the thoughtfulness of the museum?

If you are worried that your subordinates will lose too much, we can gather troops to help. ”

In this regard, Zhixiu responded with a slight smile:

"Isn't it good to be giving out food in full force now?"

Of course, it's only been half a year since the downfall of the reformers, and this celebration has made a fuss. Now that Qin Wangjun is willing to release grain on a large scale, this is of course the best.

If this is not the case, the princes of are so treacherous that they can deceive ghosts, how can they stand in line early.

In fact, if it weren't for the strength of the reformers, Keio's murder would have caused a catastrophe as early as last year. But after suppressing the outbreak a year later, the food crisis is even more vicious.

And Qin Wangjun released grain, which was very cunning:

Osaka is rationed per capitation and supplied by ticket;

As for the merchant who wants to resell, yes, but you have to make it clear, where are you going to sell it?

If it is a imperial domain, then I'm sorry, but you need a local representative to come to contact you, and you can entrust the merchant to transport it after calculating the share;

As for the territory of the princes, it is empty and unfounded, and the daimyo has to come forward in person.

What kind of letterhead, this thing can't show sincerity at all, it just so happens that there is not much food transported by the Qin Wang Army, and it will be negotiated after the sincere purchase.

What is called a murderous work, it is a great famine.

Only food can save lives, so even if the princes themselves can eat enough, as long as they are not stupid, they have to obediently go to Osaka to bow their heads and stammer.

But after arriving in Osaka, the princes who still refused to sign the letter of King Qin must have come for nothing.

Therefore, after getting on the thief ship, the princes were more anxious than Zhixiu's "King Qin", urging Zhixiu to hurry up to Luo, and not to be careless and be overturned by the opponent.

Comeback?

How can it be!

Naoxiu is confident, of course, he refuses to act recklessly.

Now is about to sweep the world at the end of the moment, with the method of victory, it is not enough to create momentum.

As the saying goes, after this village, there will be no such shop!

The princes couldn't move, and they panicked for a while, feeling that Qin Wangjun was getting carried away and eating jujube pills. But then they found that there was an endless stream of grain ships to Osaka, so they turned to praise Naohide for his foresight:

As long as the food is enough, then there is still no worry about what is there.

Just because it can make people have enough to eat, at this time of Keio's murder, it is invincible at all!

Not to mention that King Qin's army is dispatched, as long as there is enough food, the princes alone can take Kyoto with a roar!

Although the flattery is cool, Naoxiu is not dizzy, he stays in Osaka, in addition to trying to divide the opponent and build momentum, he is actually waiting for the alliance of all parties

Togami Luo.

In the final analysis, Naohide is not really for the sake of the Zhongxing shogunate at all, what he wants to do is the modernization of Fuso, so why steal the limelight.

As a result, the army of the king refused to take the initiative to attack, and the soldiers and horses of the Keiki faction, after Fushimi and Toba were defeated several times, Kyoto also became honest - what else can be done if they can't be defeated?!

The royal army spread the word to the world, and the small court and the Qingxi family also issued an edict to ask the princes to go to Luo to escort them, so those who were willing to wade into troubled waters were all on Luo one after another.

Naoxiu's attitude is very calm:

Those who are willing to stay in Osaka are welcome; If you want to go to Kyoto, you can do it, even through the vicinity of Osaka.

As for how many soldiers can be brought to Luo?

It doesn't matter, how much at will.

But how can there be a fool in the world, as long as he is from Fushimi and Toba streets, he honestly controls the accompanying soldiers and horses within two hundred.

This is because, one is Keio's murderous work, and everyone doesn't have the strength to toss even if they want toss; The other reason is self-explanatory:

You believe what others say, it's enough to allow Shangluo, and dare to take the soldiers to Fushimi and Toba, isn't it okay to find a beating!

On November 20, the nominal first shogunate, President Keinaga, and his entourage finally arrived in Osaka.

He, the president of political affairs, is really not self-appointed by the reformers, because the Great Imperial House is set to come back, and Qingyong's service is just and bright.

As for Jiading, he also came.

Originally, Jiading had lived comfortably all these years, and he didn't want to come forward to toss at all - he was sluggish when he was a general, and later easily gave way to Jiamao.

But Qingyong persuaded him to come forward.

What did Kyungyoung say?

"Now Fuso has changed dramatically. If you don't come forward, the limelight will be obtained by fools, so I am afraid that something unbearable will happen in the future. ”

This sentence is reasonable, what Qingyong said is, "I have no dissenting intentions, but if you don't come forward, I am still beautiful, and it is difficult to say who belongs to this world in the end." ”

Although Jia Ding is a bastard, there is a limit to bastards, so he drove the expedition himself.

Speaking of which, the Kenwang army landed at Mito Nakomin on October 2, and by the 20th of that month, the Restoration faction had been surrendered to Edo, and in this short period of time, it was a complete victory, and it also had a great deal to do with Keinaga and Ieding:

Qingyong is a little naïve in governance, and he is not a hero.

But the question is, as long as there is a choice, who wants to be a subordinate to Xiaoxiong, and he is not afraid of the cunning rabbit and the death of the lackey.

As a result, Keisei entered Edo Castle on October 5, and soon after the shogunate surrendered.

At that time, he sternly questioned Sakai Tadashi and others and asked them to explain:

Why did the reformers fall and the Keio murder broke out?

Why did he agree to change the tax to foreigners, and even borrowed money from foreigners as collateral for Ezo minerals.

What kind of are all these doings?!

To tell the truth, just based on righteous words, how can Sakai and others be willing to wait for death.

In fact, because Keinaga and the reformist ministers had a good reputation, Sakai and the others believed in the leniency of the reformers after they found out that they had also betrayed their relatives and left.

If it weren't for an honest kid like Keeyong, I'm afraid that if someone else came, Sakai would doubt sincerity, and things wouldn't go so smoothly.

Later, the reformists raised the Daigosho family as a name, and also wantonly transported grain into Edo, which quickly stabilized people's hearts.

Of course, even if Sakai and the others struggled, Naohide and the others didn't care.

This year's concession of the reformers is simply digging a pit for the opponent, and through this attempt, I believe that no one will dare to block the reform of the reformers head-on in the future.

After planning for so long, it is impossible to bring back to life the dry bones in the grave opposite.