After inspecting the black ships of the United States, Sakuma and others returned to Edo on the 10th day of the sixth month of Kaei (July 15, 1853 in the Western calendar) to report to the shogunate, but by this time the black ship incident was nearing its end, and the reports of Sakuma and other celebrities could no longer affect the major policies of the shogunate, but after the departure of the black ships, these reports still played some role.

It turned out that on June 9 (July 14 in the Western calendar), the shogunate had already received the credentials of the rice people in Yokosuka, and the possibility of a possible conflict between the two sides was greatly reduced, and the rice ships were ready to return home.

Before. The two urgent documents before and after the Uraga Commission Office arrived at Edo Castle early in the morning of June 5, after which the shogunate held an emergency assessment meeting and decided to hang all the coastal defenses to Uraga to "make a decision on the spot", and these coastal defenses arrived in Uraga one after another on June 7 -- these nobles did not dare to take the sea route, first, the sailboat sailed with God's help, and if the wind did not go favorably, it would be a great crime to be afraid of the battle, and second, if they were caught by the rice people outside the port, wouldn't it become a big laughing stock.

Nine, no, it's eight coastal defense hanging-the old lord of Mito, Qi Zhao, did not come, and entrusted Fujita Biao (Fujita Higashiko) to act on his behalf, and these people began to ask for details after arriving at the scene one after another, because they arrived one after another, and after each arrived, they asked the Uraga commission to re-report the details, so they tossed the fart and urine flow of the commissioner.

According to the recital of the Commissioner's Office:

On the evening of June 3, four black ships arrived, and that night he and Richujima Saburosuke pretended to be Vice Governor Uraga to negotiate on the ship, and the result was that the Mi people demanded that "the credentials be accepted within three days, and I am afraid that there will be something unbearable after the deadline."

On the 4th, the Mi people lowered several small boats and began to survey the inshore. Seeing this, Toda Sakae sent a naval army to stop him, but the rice people had no fear and continued to act with the protection of the big ship behind them.

On June 5, the third day of the arrival of the black boat, the Mi people expanded their measurements to cover the entire Uraga waterway, reaching as far as Kannonzai, the northern tip of the Uraga waterway, and further down to the Edo Bay Inland Sea.

On the 6th and 7th, the rice people really entered the inland sea of Edo Bay, and Uraga was in an uproar.

At that time, there were several forces in Uraga, including the shogunate's shogunate, the Uraga naval army, the "Odaiba gumi", and the auxiliary feudal soldiers of the Hikone domain. The head of the Uraga Navy and the Odaiba Group said that they would fight, and the elders of the Hikone Domain were neutral - you have made a decision, anyway, we are a land army and can only wave the flag and shout, but Uraga Shogunate Toda Clan Ei believes that it is impossible to open border provocations without a clear order from the shogunate, and also sends a force to monitor the every move of the Navy and the Odaiba Group.

Toda Ei was the highest-ranking Uraga priest in the area, and he was in charge of the Uraga waterway, so his advice prevailed.

Hearing this, Fujita Biao, who replaced Qi Zhao, was furious and angrily accused Toda of being "weak and incompetent, greedy for life and afraid of death".

If Qi Zhao was here, Toda would definitely not even dare to let out a fart, but if Qi Zhao didn't come, then he Toda was not afraid, "Fujita Biao, what kind of thing are you, but you are a Mito courtier, and you dare to be so presumptuous." So the two sides hurled insults at each other and almost got their hands on the spot.

However, the situation was quickly controlled, and the stakes were very high, and several Haiphong hung up Puga, who arrived on the front and back feet, so the later ones persuaded both sides, "It's all for state affairs, why bother making it so ugly, and spreading it out will stain the face of the imperial government." ”

The old and middle schools have given Haiphong the right to "arbitrarily decide on the spot", so now it is the turn of these people to sit on the crater, and they must come up with ideas on what to do, otherwise if they are delayed, maybe the black boat will sail to Edo, and it will be a capital crime to disturb the public at that time.

As soon as everyone summed up, this time the rice people were not good, and they were very different from the previous ones - other foreign envoys were so foolish, just drag it down or deceive it to Nagasaki, this time the rice envoy killed decisively, saying that the three days would be three, and the three days of June would arrive, and then the six days began to break into the inland sea, it seems that this is not possible without giving a clear answer.

Thinking of this, everyone hurriedly asked Toda, when the three-day deadline is about to expire, what did you say to Mi Ren at that time, and you were so embarrassed?

Toda said, "I also knew that the three-day deadline was too nonsense, so I asked Nakajima to explain that it didn't work at all, and then on the fifth and sixth I asked people to board the ship again to ease their cheeks, but the rice people didn't pay attention to me at all." ”

On the 4th, the day after the arrival of the black ships, Toda and Ido felt that something was wrong, because the rice ships began to measure the sea area near the port of Uraga on the same day, apparently in preparation for the landing. At that time, the two brothers summed it up, and it was unrealistic to expect Edo to reply in three days, so could they be tough and shoot two shots to scare the rice people?

But this time the mysticism came out and harmed people.

It turned out that the Odaiba on both sides of the Uraga waterway had not been completed due to blind expansion, but the coastal defense hangers also knew that the stakes were high, so they arranged the large cylinder before it was completed.

In addition to the original bronze cannon, the 3-inch rifled gun bought from Xianheng & Co. was also pulled to Odaiba, and the rice boat was so good that it happened to be parked within the range of the rifled gun - Admiral Peyton was quite cautious, and the mooring was far away from the battery, but he estimated the firing range of the Fusang battery according to the experience of the Battle of the South China Sea in England, and he did not expect that the other side still had a 3-inch rifled gun.

Moreover, it is also the blessing of Tohamheng and the Uraga Navy is also equipped with the latest electrolyte touch

Mine fire.

The 3-inch rifled gun and electrolyte-triggered mines were the confidence of the Odaiba group and the Uraga naval army in front of them to attack, otherwise, who could summon up the courage to start a battle in the face of the black ships that towered like mountains.

But mysticism kills individuals - except for a limited number of group leaders and gunners, even most gunners don't know how far a 3-inch rifled gun can hit.

This is because the shogunate blocked the news both externally and internally out of secrecy - of course, the people don't need to know the specific parameters, anyway, as long as they know that the shogunate is mighty and majestic, but why should they block the news internally?

This is specifically for the Lan Guo Commercial Center.

In order to trade with the shogunate, Lan promised to "never proselytize" and adopted Fuso etiquette to shoguns and shogunate officials as a sign of respect. Originally, this was a workaround of the Lan people, but what I didn't expect was that the shogunate decided that the Lan country was "incorruptible and shameless, and untrustworthy" - Fusang had locked the country for a long time, and it was inevitable that he was a little arrogant, and he had nothing to do with the Lan State Commercial Hall to have fun and build confidence.

And under the cover of "groveling", Lan Guo did not take advantage of the shogunate.

The director of the Lan State Merchant Hall, that is, the director, has tried to expand the trade volume for many years - in the early years, he also did the use of foreign merchant ships to pass off as Lan ships, resell Fuso small judgments, and other secret trade with the Saga domain, and so on.

The Siebold Incident in 1828 is the best example of this, when the shogunate found in Siebald's bag a map of Fuso, which was explicitly forbidden to export, when Siebald returned to Japan.

In the original world of Naoxiu, why did the black ship's visit cause such a big shock to Fuso? It's because the shogunate didn't prepare for it seriously.

As for why you didn't prepare seriously?

In 1852, the newly appointed Kapitan Kurtius of the Rankoku Shokan reminded the shogunate, "The rice people want to come to trade next year." That is, there will be a war in a hurry. ”。

But fortunately, Kurtius did one thing at the same time as he informed the Shogunate that the rice ship was coming—he asked the shogunate to change the treaty, suggesting that the shogunate expand its commercial share with Lan and give Lan more privileges.

After receiving Kurtius's rumor, the shogunate was suspicious, thinking that "the rice boat will come", is this an excuse made up by the Lan people to take advantage? So the elders asked the two Nagasaki commissioners to confirm the accuracy of the Lan people's information.

But how can these two Nagasaki ministers have other channels to confirm, except for the Lan people, only the Tang people come to Nagasaki to trade, and I don't know whether the Tang people said it or these two people are unhappy with the Lan people, or it may be that Kurtius is troublesome, and the reminder of Kurtius in the performance of these two is worthless, "alarmist for personal gain".

People tend to believe in the results they want.

So the shogunate put aside the matter of "the future of rice boats" - not completely ignored, "the family made the four families of the head of the house, and built a fort in Omori". But some people think that this decision is the decision of the shogunate before receiving Lan Guofeng's story, and it is completely unclear whether it is true or not.

In the world that Zhixiu entered chaotically, the situation of the Languo Commercial Hall was not much better.

In the third year of Kaei (1850), with the help of Nagasaki Mefu Koguri Tadashun, the rice ships under Naohide's power began to trade with the shogunate in the name of the Tang people.

Compared with the Languo Commercial Pavilion, Xianheng Foreign Company is too sincere.

The company was not for profit—in addition, it had a subsidy from Gakujiro at the time, so there was no conflict with the shogunate: the captain and sailors were eager to leave as soon as they arrived in Nagasaki, and the price of the goods was very affordable—if it weren't for the fear that the shogunate would be suspicious of them due to their hospitality, Naohide and Gakujiro would have been eager to give it away in vain.

The most important thing is that the goods, books, and wind stories are all about what the shogunate thinks and what the shogunate is anxious about.

The shogunate also once doubted, why Xianheng foreign company is so good, but the other party's attitude has been like this for three years, plus Oguri Tadashun helped mediate, "Where are there not a few mercenary fools, want to put a long line and drop the big fish", the shogunate also believed, and specifically criticized Oguri, "Don't be so contemptuous of the righteous", and took the initiative to open the door to Xianheng foreign company, raw silk, silk, tea, porcelain, you want to give what you want - the result is overall, Xianheng foreign company still has to earn, it is beyond the expectations of Naoxiu and others.

Even if the Lankoku Shokan submitted important information such as "the future of the rice boat", the shogunate was still wary of Lan Guo betraying himself after receiving relevant information, so the information about the 3-inch rifled cannon and electrolyte triggering mines was strictly kept secret - the Lan people did not always stay in Dejima, and they usually went to Edo to worship the princess during the New Year, and it was possible that the news leaked at that time.

Although the shogunate was a samurai, and their positions were all called military positions, in fact, they were also divided into two types: military and military positions, and military positions in the narrow sense were civil duties.

Suspected of stealing the axe, out of secrecy, the naval army and the leader of the Odaiba group refused to tell the truth to Uraga to the Toda clan, and Toda saw that the rice boat was naturally unwilling to start a war easily.

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Since Toda refused to go to war, the envoy sent to negotiate naturally couldn't get up.

Last time, Saburosuke Nakajima pretended to be Vice Governor Uraga, and this time, the additional Yorikayama Saemon pretended to be Governor Uraga - that is, Uraga Commissioner.

On June 5th and 6th, Xiangshan and Nakajima repeatedly boarded the ship and pleaded with the Mi people to "give grace and restrain their subordinates", and Xiangshan accused the Mi people of being unruly in the capacity of Uraga - he sent people to measure the water area before the shogunate gave a clear answer, but Admiral Perry was ready to carry out the hooliganism to the end this time, and he asked the adjutant to come forward and answer, "The Mi people abide by the rules of the rice country", so what happened to me to measure the waters?

And this time, the rice people tore their faces, and did not mention anything "I am afraid that something unbearable will happen", and directly said, "If no one comes forward to accept the credentials, the ship will be driven to Edo Castle." ”

Perry's attitude became more and more intransigent because he discovered a secret of Fuso, which was initially verified on July 12 (the seventh day of the sixth month of the Hejia calendar) and was convinced by Perry on July 15 (the tenth day of the sixth month of the Hejia calendar), establishing the confidence of success for Perry's second knock on the harbor.

After Kayama and Nakajima replied to the threat of the Mi people, Uraga Governor Toda was completely blinded - if the black ship appeared outside the river and in the sea, it would definitely be a great chaos in the city. It's easy to deduce this, as Uraga is an example, and although there are more and more people in the neighborhood who come to see the excitement, the local residents are running away with the old and the young. Therefore, he immediately sent a message to Edo, advising Edo to prepare for war.

The messenger departed on the evening of June 6 and arrived in Edo on the 8th.

After receiving Toda's warning letter, Lao Zhong made a joint discussion and ordered the taiko drums in Edo Castle and the bronze bells in various places to be ringed, and in order to tell the time and prevent fires, there were taiko drums in Edo Castle, and large bells in Fuso Hashimoto Ishicho outside the castle.

Since the first warning letter was sent to Edo Castle on June 5, the people have been relatively calm despite the panic throughout the shogunate, and despite all the rumors, Edo has not experienced war for more than 200 years, and everyone is calm.

However, the shogunate's June 8 bell and drum sounded in unison to announce that Edo had entered an extraordinary moment, which immediately caused panic among the townspeople, especially when the shogunate ordered all the samurai of each domain in Edo to be on guard, and the streets of each town began to appear with samurai in helmets and armor, and the situation was almost impossible to control for a while.

Many townspeople believed the news that the Nanban warships were about to attack Edo, and in order to avoid being affected by the battle, many townspeople began to flee the streets, and those who were not ready to flee began to flock to temples and shrines to pray day and night.

This panic was even worse in a world without Naohide, when the shogunate was ill-prepared and demanded the help of all the feudal clans in Edo, and recruited townspeople to join the defenses, adding to the chaos as if the end had come.

However, now that Odaiba off the coast of Shinagawa had been built, and five foreign families had been gathered in addition to the four families of the Honkin, the situation was quickly brought under control, and the townspeople were hiding in their homes and temples, and the streets were empty, but there was no cause of trouble.

But the old people still have a headache, because the blessing is not a single line, this time the public Fang Xiang Jiaqing also fell ill, the shogunate has no leader, and it is inevitable that he will be in a hurry for a while - the first warning letter arrived in Edo on June 5, such a big matter must be reported to the general, at that time Jiaqing happened to have a small illness, but the sixty-one-year-old man heard the bad news and was furious, and the next day he was actually ill.

This is also the reason why Qi Zhao didn't go to Uraga, originally the retainers didn't want Qi Zhao to rush to the thunder, and after learning that Gong Fang was seriously ill, everyone thought that Qi Zhao couldn't leave Edo, what if something unexpected or unexpected happened?

Higashimaru-like Iesho has always been in bad health, and the lord's own son, Keiki, is now the head of the Hitotsubashi family, and the seventeen-year-old Keiki is smart and clever and very much loved by the shogun Iekei, in case, I mean in case, if Gongfang feels that Shiko Iesho can't take on the responsibility at this stormy moment, then wouldn't Keiki, who was born in Mito, have a chance? And in case the general's family is ill and can't speak or simply dies, then who will be the next general will have to talk about it.

The old middle school is also very sad about this, the matter of the public side being sick is originally confidential, but Da Ao can't keep any secrets, and a lot of this matter has spread outside, Qi Zhao does not leave in the name of protecting the public side, and the old middle school is not good at saying anything, so they can only take one step at a time - in case the general Jiaqing is really not good, Qi Zhao, as the former head of the three families and the elder of the Tokugawa family, really wants Qi Zhao to take the lead in expressing support for the succession of the prince.

On June 7, the eight Haiphong hangers, together with Fujita Biao of the Mito Domain and Toda Eiei, the governor of Uraga finally made a decision on whether to accept the Miren Credentials after arguing all night - this decision changed the future direction of Fuso, but at the time it was not so important, because it was not just to accept a credential, and it was not that it had not been received before, and the specifications were not so high.