In February of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), starting with the establishment of the country in Nanhuatai, the Naohide forces began to intervene in the shogunate.

Prior to this, if we did not consider the Hamhyung Foreign Company, the influence of the Northland on the shogunate was passive, although it stabilized the Ezo land, curbed the southern invasion of Lucia, and by the way, reduced the shogunate's investment in the northland, but on the whole, it was to work silently with its mouth shut.

During this period, even if they predicted earthquakes and hinted at epidemic epidemics, the Naohide family was still quite honest and never made any statements outside of the Northland - that is, the Northland Shige never publicly stated his political stance.

Gou Shen is king, and the Naoxiu family originally wanted to continue to make a fortune in silence, but on April 11, the old middle Ando Nobuyuki was deposed, and then the spearhead of the discussion was directly pointed at the old chief Jiushi, this straight show couldn't bear it:

The official internal division of the Tokugawa shogunate began with the loss of power of the conciliation faction, that is, the retirement of Masahiro Abe in the fourth year of Ansei (1857). Now, it is not easy for another conciliator to be the first for a long time, how can it be dropped, but also to force him to resign, is this going to be killed completely?

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh", that is, don't keep tossing around, the same is true for governing a small country, if you are not sure, don't easily lose all the limited poor vitality - of course, the ruler is not repentant or arrogant, and it is better to deal with that kind of scourge as soon as possible.

Therefore, Naoxiu, who had already set up a plan to preserve the long-term life, began his performance:

First of all, his son Fukutaro became the lord of the country, and such an advantage could not be used, so Naohide immediately sent a letter for help.

Speaking of which, this is a person, it is recommended that it is best to distinguish between public and private, even if it is father and son.

Now Fukutaro is the adopted son of the Tian An family, and his name has become Matsudaira Shigeratoshi, so Shigeru Min is the lord of the country and Naohide is the elder of the family, and the role of this monarch and minister has been decided - although Naohide still wants to overthrow this in the end, but now "sing that song in that mountain", before you have the strength to lift the table, the existing rules still have to be followed.

Although the white lord Matsudaira family is an old man from the top and bottom of the Naoxiu family, but you don't care about letting Fukutaro act according to the plan, so rude, it can't be between father and son - even if it's due to strength, but it's delicious vertically, it's hard to swallow horizontally, and how many final face-turns are accumulated from small dissatisfactions, such a lesson from the past must be guarded against.

Besides, this personality independence is the foundation of the Naoxiu family, and when it is his son's turn, he must abide by it, otherwise it will not self-destruct the foundation - how many chaotic seniors shouted equal rights and progress, but when they encounter major events, they will decide by themselves, this wise and martial arts, the protection of a hundred gods, Naoxiu feels that "I don't have that life, and it won't be my turn."

So, Naohide wrote the letter and asked his own clipper to set off quickly.

It's funny to say that despite the obvious development of the shipping industry after Naohide's invasion, the shogunate still forbade long-distance passenger ships to go directly to Edo in order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of this raid:

The daimyo of the western kingdom who traveled far away had to disembark at Osaka and then take the Tokaido to Edo by land;

The Daimyo of Tokoku also had to go to Edo via five streets, and it was not possible to come directly by boat.

The high-ranking daimyo was still like this, and the ordinary samurai and small people naturally did not dare to cross it, so everyone had to travel to and from Edo.

In contrast, Westerners took a boat every time they arrived in Edo, and the shogunate did not dare to stop it.

But this strange and distorted regulation is not without loopholes to exploit:

First, the passenger ship is not good, but the cargo ship can, what is wrong with me pressing the cargo with the ship;

Second, there is a difference between inside and outside, the princes must take the land route, and the shogunate's own people find a business trip, saying that there is something important to do, and they are let go of it with one eye closed - of course, the inspection is still required

It's absolutely impossible to bring soldiers, and the Uraga Office specializes in this.

In the past, during the Hakujo and Hakodate periods, everyone used the above two prevarications to sail directly to Edo, and since Ezo was really far away, the shogunate did not investigate this very strictly.

This time, Naohide sent a letter back to the white lord, still in the name of the cargo ship, but twenty days later, Naohide received a reply from the lord's son, "As you wish, let it go." ”

At this time, it was also in early May of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), and as a result, Matsudaira Shigeratoshi's recital was presented to Naohide, causing an uproar.

It stands to reason that this list shouldn't be so powerful:

Although Fukutaro was the adopted son of the Gosanqing Tian An family, when he sealed the southern Ezo land of the country, he was called "Matsudaira Shigetoshi" to the outside world, instead of the Miao character "Tian An", which means that it is a branch of the Tokugawa family, so there is no inheritance right to the Tian An family - that is, even if the head of the Tian An family, Keilai and his son, are dead, Fu Taro is not eligible to inherit the Tian An family.

Therefore, Matsudaira Shigeratoshi, as the new lord of the country, although it is a popular fried chicken, but in fact, it is just like that, the last table is okay, but if you want the shogunate to pay attention to it, then you really think too much.

But the problem is that the letter that Mao Min forwarded through Naohide is too exciting, and it involves the general trend of the shogunate, so it's not okay if you don't pay attention to it!

What does the music say?

Actually, he didn't say anything, just Mao Min pretended to be stupid and asked a small question, and then asked the shogunate what I should do.

And the problem is really simple, that is, the question of the annual tribute.

It stands to reason that as an official prince, not an imperial lord, Minami Ezo did not need to pay tribute to the shogunate.

But the Great Imperial House family is not to sacrifice themselves to help others, Princess Shang made the Hori family a great name, which is naturally conditional, one of which is that the white lord Matsudaira family will contribute 30,000 yuan a year for ten years, including the annual tribute of the northern part of the North Ezo land under his management.

The territory of the Matsudaira family, the white lord, includes the "Nanhua Taikoku" in the southern part of the northern Ezo land, the "Soya", "Monbetsu", "Nemuro" and the four islands of Yunwu in the northern part of the Ezo land, plus the northern part of the Ezo land under the administration, which happens to completely separate the Lucia territory from the Hakodate government - in fact, this is the position given by the shogunate to the Hori family, "Do it well, don't worry about anything else, just beware of the Lu people with all your might!" ”

As for the table height, the height of the table held by the earliest white lord was 30,000, and now the stone height is nearly doubled, not counting the 8,000 stones of the North Birch Tai in escrow, and the total of other territories is set at 50,000 stones.

According to the statistics of the Naohide family at the end of 1861, the number of people in the Matsudaira family of the white lord is now more than 50,000, if it weren't for Naohide's conviction, "the shogunate that has been in a hurry in recent years has no energy to do in-depth investigations", he would have suspected that there are internal ghosts in his family!

Donate 30,000 yuan every year, according to the self-receipt of 50,000 stones, escrow 8,000 stones, the proportion is just close to five princes and five people, or not to say that the shogunate's abacus is fine - you have the ability to toss, anyway, the shogunate does not suffer; And it was agreed that the donation was limited to ten years, and it was not considered to be eaten and wiped clean, and after ten years, the family naturally opened the sea and the sky, and the two sides did not hurt the harmony.

can think about it the other way, the Zhixiu family is spending money to launder it, and all the audacity and recklessness in the past have been exposed, and there is no need to be vigilant day and night, so it is not a loss.

Of course, the main focus of the Daigosho family and the Shimazu family is the idea of winning over Naohide, and the ruling elder Nakahisa and Ando are pushing the boat down the river and plucking the hair on the road, but the parties involved in this matter have not thought that this opening of the floodgates and the release of the tiger will have an infinite impact.

But no, now the white lord Matsudaira family has begun to make trouble, of course, the donation is a secret agreement and cannot be put on the table, but the annual tribute of the 8,000 stone Beihua Tai territory that can be managed has an article to do:

"Foolishness,

How to calculate the annual tribute of the escrow land, please also instruct. ”

This sentence seems to be nothing at first glance, but the centers are all smart people, can you not understand the meaning of this extraneous statement!

This is a false consultation on the annual tribute ratio, in fact, it is to spit out the discord between the public and military forces now, and all the thoughts lie in the first word "minister".

Why?

The reason is that the nominally the general of Seiyi is only in charge of the affairs on behalf of the imperial family, so the imperial family is the main one, and since this Matsudaira Shigeratoshi has become the lord of the country, this prince cannot be a minister to the general.

But the question is, it's not wrong for Mao Min to be called a minister, why?

Of course, it's because Maomin's position as the lord of the country is unclear.

It turned out that at the big assessment in early February, the public sample family approved Nanhua Tailiguo, but so far Mao Min's imperial court official position has not been approved!

Since the opening of the Tokugawa family, the imperial court positions of these daimyo were not held by the small court in Kyoto, but applied for by the shogunate. This procedure is generally that Edo gives Kyoto a table "asking so-and-so to be an official", and then the small imperial court naturally approves it without even pretending to be an appearance, and even the decree is issued directly to the shogunate, and anyway, there is no direct connection between the daimyo and the small imperial court from beginning to end.

For more than 200 years, everyone has become accustomed to this.

Therefore, after experiencing the grand marriage ceremony between Jiamao and the palace in February, Shigeru Min applied for the country, and at that time, the new prince Jiamao and the elders realized that it was inappropriate and thought that it was natural for him to settle the territory early, so he was approved.

But it wasn't until now that Matsudaira Maomin's recital was presented, and everyone found out that it had been nearly three months, and the small court was stunned that Maomin was not given an official position, isn't this a trouble!

If Matsudaira Shigeratin doesn't have an official position, then why should he be the lord of the country, no, as soon as the word "minister" comes out, won't the fun come - as for the annual tribute, is this a matter of how much the annual tribute? I have to wait for the will of the imperial court officials to come down, and the shogunate can officially order how much to pay to Mao Min, otherwise what name will people use to manage the territory.

Therefore, Matsudaira Shigeratoshi looked at it and asked how to pay the New Year's tribute, but in fact, he was asking, "What happened, why was the shogunate's decision blocked by the small imperial court?" ”

Therefore, as soon as the word "minister" came out, it was really dazzling!

Since the new general Jiamao and the palace got married in February, the shoguns are all happy, everyone thinks, "Now that the mustard between the public and the military is completely gone, the situation in the future will naturally be very good", but Mao Min's letter came up, like a basin of cold water, everyone was confused, who am I, where am I, what am I going to do?

When they came to their senses, everyone realized that the statement of the combination of public and military forces had always been just a statement, and the imperial court and the shogunate had not yet revealed it to the world, and as for how to combine the law, there was no conclusion yet.

Originally, I thought that after receiving the kiss, I would naturally work together sincerely and understand each other, but now it seems that I am taking it for granted.

If you don't believe it, this Matsudaira Shigeratsu founded the country, but the last important decision that the Great Imperial House was scheduled to make as a general, but now he was stunned by the small imperial court in Kyoto, and this official combination does not seem to be smooth sailing as imagined.

"Ten years of sharpening a sword, the shot will be extraordinary", Zhixiu's shot, the situation of immediately besieging Jiushi Guangzhou was alleviated:

Originally, everyone thought that this combination of public and military forces was imminent, and what a hot position the first seat of the old middle school was.

Now it seems that it is better to wait, because now that the situation is uncertain, maybe something will happen, it is better to let Jiu Shiding fight the lightning first.

In this way, the political situation in Edo, which seemed to be very clear, was chaotic again.

And this water is mixed to touch the fish, so Naohide hurriedly started the next step - this saves people to the end, how can you let Jiushi get out completely.