"The dying and sick sat up in shock, and the dark wind blew and the rain into the cold window."

In popular parlance, this poem is "Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular."

And at the end of the curtain, it was such a process of repeated bad luck and worsening.

Later generations say that the end of the shogunate generally starts from the sixth year of Kaei (1853) to the successful fall of the shogunate, since the first visit of the Miren black boate, the society of Fuso changed drastically, and the Edo shogunate also deteriorated and finally collapsed, so this period is called the end of the shogunate.

Samuel? Huntington had this to say: "Rulers in a crisis of authority tend to become the most sincere innovators, and their sincerity to innovation comes from their sincerity in retaining power." ”

The same is true of Fuso, the shogunate, which was the apex of the shogunate system, also carried out three reforms at the end of the shogunate in order to save the decline, and they are the three reforms of Anseasa, Fumihisa, and Keio:

The first reform of the security government was initiated by Masahiro Abe, who, as the chief lieutenant of the time, united with the shogunate and the princes in an attempt to rectify coastal defense and develop the orchid industry in order to cope with the oppression of Western countries.

As for the time, it was supposed to be in June of the first year of Ansei (1854), when the "Fuso Mi Ren and Relatives Agreement" had just been signed, and everyone learned from the pain, so there was a wave of outbreaks.

But didn't Naohide get in, so this Ansei reform started earlier, and it was advanced to the fifth year of Kaei (1852) - it was confirmed that the rice people and black ships were coming, and the shogunate couldn't sit still and started the innovation, but the host didn't change, and it was still the old middle Abe.

Later, despite the fall of Abe, the Ansei reform was carried out until June of the second year of Bunkyu (1862).

At the beginning of June, the first of the former elders, Hisashi Hiroshu, retired, and Matsudaira Yoshinaga became the new elder, and after taking over the shogunate, he was full of confidence and ready to show his strength.

Later generations called this innovation initiated by Qingyong as the Wenjiu Innovation.

However, although it is such a big matter, Naohide can't directly intervene - he is the old man of the pen head of the White Lord Matsumae family, a typical courtier, so it is not his turn to directly point fingers at the shogunate.

Isn't there a saying, "Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared", and now the white lord cooperates with Aizu Shangluo, so the door to this political intervention has opened a small crack to Zhixiu:

The head of the Aizu family, Matsudaira Yohono, is one of the four Takasu brothers, and among these four brothers, the head of the Owari family of the Gosan family, is one of the cores of the Qi Zhao line.

As for the current shogunate government, the elder Keinaga and the shogun are all the chief generals of the Qi Zhao family.

Therefore, this hitchhike with Aizu is equivalent to hitching up with these two bigwigs - although the bigwigs don't take Naoxiu in their eyes, but their masterminds are not so cold, and there is a possibility of hooking up.

It stands to reason that the white master should not be so miserable:

The head of the family, Mao Min, is not bad in name, the dignified lord of the northern land, the adopted son of the Yusanqing Tian An family, the princess of the Shimazu family, and the son-in-law of today's Gongfang in name.

But the problem is that the white master Matsumae family has only been rich for two generations, and Naoxiu is a world with his bare hands, but this sounds good, but it's not actually a shallow foundation.

Even if Zhixiu and the Great Imperial House must have hooked up a little, but the family must be a trouble-prone character, and he neglected the government before he retired, and would rather the power fall into the hands of the ministers, and now that he is in seclusion, he doesn't care about anything, which can't be counted on.

As for today's general Jiamao, he has only established some relationships through Shangluo, and they are still in the stage of accumulating trust, besides, Jiamao is only pro-government this year, and this prestige has not yet been erected.

I can't count on drops in the short term.

Of course, for Jiamao, this is good:

Zhixiu's chaotic entry led to the family not dying, there is a father here, although it is unreliable, it is better than nothing.

Originally, after Jiamao took over as a general at the age of thirteen, the eldest old Jing Yi Zhibi and the first old middle school for a long time, including the current Qingxi and Qingyong, didn't take him seriously, Jiamao grabbed back a little initiative by marrying the palace, but in the end he was not played to death by Qingxi.

If Jiamao knew that he had avoided the fate of being manipulated by the ministers since he was a child, maybe he would have gone to Kaneiji Temple, Zengshang Temple and Nikko Tosho Palace to make incense, and figured it out, the fire should be soaring to the sky.

Anyway, that's the thing, the situation is like this, Zhixiu wants to participate in Wenjiu's innovation, and at present, he can only focus on the way of Qi Zhao's family, and the object of hooking up can't be the big guy himself, and it will be at the top at the level of the mastermind and courtier.

Therefore, on October 15, 1862, the house of Hakujo Matsumae was decorated with lanterns, and there were many guests, but they were all courtiers of each family, and none of the important ministers of the shogunate were there.

And not only that, but even the protagonist of this party is not Naoxiu, people just borrow his land, use his people, and spend his money by the way.

But even so, Naoxiu has to be happy, after all, people feel close to you, so that's why they asked you to help.

Speaking of which, the relationship between this protagonist and Naohide is really good, and it can even be said that he has received the favor of Naohide, he is Tsunaki Hashimoto:

Hashimoto studied with Mr. Koan Ogata.

In the third year of Kaei (1850), when Naohide went to Kitachi to be the acting official of the white lord, he passed through Osaka and met Hashimoto.

At that time, Hashimoto was only seventeen years old, and he was fooled by Naoxiu so much that he didn't want to, and Mr. Cha's "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" really amazed him.

Later, as a close to Matsudaira Keinaga, Hashimoto offended the eldest old I, so he was sent to Ezo in the Ansei Prison, and was taken care of by Naohide, who was the Hakodate minister at the time.

Now that Keinaga was in power, of course he couldn't watch his cronies suffer, so he fished out Hashimoto, who had just returned to Edo.

Counting this, from the fifth year of Ansei (1859) to the second year of Bunhisa, Hashimoto ate ice ballast for three years, of course, refused to count it silently.

But now that the case has not been completely overturned, it is not good to be too public, so Naohide said that he wanted to clean up the dust for Hashimoto Tsunaki, and Qingyong and Hashimoto both felt very good:

"This thief has become the guest of honor of the guard, what could be more majestic than this, compared to the other families, they will know the situation at this time better.

Moreover, the guests of the Fukui Domain's banquet will inevitably gather, and the people who tend to be inflammatory, this is not good, as for the white lord to wash the dust for Hashimoto, how many guests can't find anything wrong. ”

As a result, the first public appearance of Hashimoto's return was hosted by Naohide.

And Zhixiu is not troublesome, as long as the banquet is prepared, there is no need to advertise it, and the one who should know will naturally know:

Hashimoto has received it for Qingyong, and the future of this future is unlimited, "the seven officials in front of the prime minister", not to mention that Hashimoto is far from being comparable to the gatekeeper, who wants to tie up the elder Qingyong, naturally can't ignore Hashimoto.

Sure enough, on October 15th, the white lord went to the house to visit Hashimoto.

However, when he came back, Hashimoto was only a courtier in the end, and Keinaga was also the first shogun, and his prestige was not stable, so there were no guests with too high status, so it was easier to entertain:

Most of them presented gifts, said goodbye to Hashimoto himself, said a few words and left;

A small number of people stayed at the banquet, as long as Hashimoto and Naohide came forward to accompany two glasses, this meeting would be considered thoughtful - not to say that Hashimoto was really popular and couldn't afford to offend, just say that the master Naohide, who was once the distant country of the shogunate, and now he also hangs the official position of the five Anfang Shou, so everyone has to give some face.

From morning tossing to dusk, it was really a lot of pomp and circumstance, and the twenty-nine-year-old Hashimoto was quite complacent.

But after three years of ups and downs, his city has also deepened a lot, knowing that these are just the icing on Jinshan, and how far he can go when he re-emerges from the mountain this time depends on his strength and hard work.

And when it comes to strength, there are a group of guests at the dinner, these people are all carefully selected by Zhixiu and him, and the strength of Yishui cannot be ignored.

No wonder Hashimoto is so cautious, the people who participated in the dinner, in addition to himself and his host Naohide, there were nearly ten celebrities alone, and unlike those who were floating, these people could all influence a feudal clan and a country:

In the Echizen Fukui Domain, where Hashimoto is located, the four major conspirators of the head of the family, Matsudaira Keinaga, are all present, except for Hashimoto himself, Yokoi Toki, Nakane Shishi, and Mioka Hachiro are all present;

Keiki, who governed with Keiyong, also sent Mito celebrity Fujita Biao to attend;

The core figure of the new old middle school, Itakura Katsujing of the Matsuyama Domain of Bichu, also sent Yasagoro Yamada, who was known as the "Sage of Bichu";

Coming with Angoro is the founder of the country who is as famous as Mr. Konan this year, Sakuma Zozan of the Matsushiro Domain;

As for the powerful foreign daimyo, Satsuma, Choshu, and Tosa were all present, among which in addition to Choshu Yoshida Jufang is a new one, Samoshigo Takanaga is his old acquaintance, and Tosa Yoshida Motoyoshi is a well-known ruler.

In addition, Okubo Riji, who accompanied him, although he was only in Hakodate Town, but he also dealt with him when he was assigned to Kitachi, and his talent was vertical and horizontal, proficient in practice, hehe, and he was also a figure that should not be taken lightly.

Speaking of which, this dinner party can be called a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, and it is really not easy to deal with!

But to Hashimoto's surprise, the dinner party ended peacefully, and it wasn't until the time to drink tea after the meal that this tongue and sword appeared:

Okubo Riji, he is the only shogune on the field, because he took care of (guarded) today's protagonist Hashimoto was able to attend, so naturally he had to be treated differently by everyone - those present, even Naohide were all courtiers, so it was easy to find Okubo to tempt him, and it was easy to arouse the same hatred.

Why?

It all starts with one of the shogunate's current innovations:

Didn't the imperial court want to set up the five bigwigs after Toyotomi's old affairs, and these five bigwigs were all princes, so it caused widespread dissatisfaction among the shogunates, especially Qimoto, who thought that this was to weaken the shogunate's power.

But I don't know what General Jiamao thinks, but he actually agreed, and now Qi Bin, the head of the Shimazu family, has been promoted to the old middle age.

At the same time, when the shogun saw the rejoicing, he also vigorously promoted this matter, and Feishu asked the princes of each family to gather in Edo as soon as possible, and then discuss the major policies together.

The shogunate's flag book was full of discussions and opposition.

Now there is only one shogunate flag book in the hall, so everyone can not make fun of him - the so-called celebrity, of course, must have a tongue like a sharp blade, after this teasing ~ enter, it can be regarded as a dissipation.

But the topic, naturally, can't be too sensitive, Okubo went to Edo to reclaim the Ezo land, so it's good on this topic, is there two brushes, show it out for everyone to see!