On August 18, 1862, Saigo Yorimu came to the door to ask to see Naohide.

This person is the elder of the Aizu clan, and he has won the trust of the head of the family, Matsudaira Yoho, and this visit is to discuss important matters with Naohide:

As the new director of Kyoto, Rong Bao felt that it was not a small risk for his family to go to Luo alone, so he pulled the white lord Matsudaira family alive and dead. And this time, Xixiang came to the door, hoping to discuss with Naoxiu, these two families jointly sent troops to Shangluo, how to be foolproof.

Infallible?

Naoxiu laughed dumbly at this, now it's the storm at the end of the curtain, and I can't even think of such a good thing as "foolproof"!

Not to mention foolproof and safe victory, even the goal of retreating with his whole body, Naohide felt hanging - after all, in Naoxiu's original world, this Huijin Domain, in the end, it was disgraced, not only did it not please both sides, but it was also liquidated in the end.

Now that the ronins are gathered in Kyoto, under the instigation of the minister, the rampant nature has begun to take shape, and the market is in chaos.

But what is this, in fact, from now until the end of the Bakuma, this especially Kyoto, that is the meat grinder, who dares to participate in it, a good skin can be stripped of a layer of skin to get out, unlucky, it is common to give your life.

Let's not talk about the small people of Shengdou, and don't talk about the samurai of the princes and princes, just the Fuso Emperor and the shogun, they sacrificed one and a pair respectively, dare to ask who can not be afraid.

To tell the truth, this time he was pulled on the boat by the Aizu clan to go to Luo together, and Naohide really didn't do anything beforehand, the reason is as mentioned above, who likes to jump in this kind of fire pit, anyway, Naohide is as far away as he is.

How cool it is to become a great god, "there is no invincible hand in its own hole", you can pretend to be something if you have nothing to do, "you have to spare people and spare people", isn't this fragrant.

But the problem is that the Age of Discovery (from the middle of the 15th century to the middle of the 17th century) has been over for more than two centuries, and the Yarrow War has ended for almost two years.

Therefore, this time, Huijin pulled the north to go to Luo together, although the risk is high, but there are opportunities, it depends on how to operate.

And Naoxiu only had this change, but in fact, he was forced by his own people.

At the end of July, Okubo Riji arrived in Edo as the Hakodate Town Governor due to the reclamation of Ezo land. Then, Okubo told Naohide the bad news, and in February this year, the news of the establishment of the White Lord was back to Hakodate, and Kitachi was torn apart at that time.

Why?

Of course, it's because people's hearts are fluctuating.

The entire Northland, except for the Zhisho Box Pavilion, other places have long been firmly controlled by the Zhixiu family, which is divided into two, and many people want to go with Zhixiu - no one is stupid, and it is impossible to tell the difference between good and bad!

Over the years, Hakodate has divided the public account into private accounts, and the public accounts are for the shogunate to see, and the private accounts are the actual internal operation of the Naohide family.

In the year before the establishment of the White Lord, that is, in the first year of Wenjiu (1861), what was the number of public and private accounts?

The annual income of the public account is 100,000 yuan, and the judgment is more than a small one.

The bulk of the income is the tariff of the box kan ironworks and the opening of the port, of which the annual income of the ironworks is more than 60,000 yuan, the tariffs are nearly 20,000 gold a year, and the rest is commercial taxes and field tribute.

As for the private account, hehe, nearly 1.5 million, almost 15 times the public account, which is not included in the income of the "Three Wealthy Merchants of the Northland" Jiale House, Ximei House and Four Seasons House - thanks to the Shogunate Wanyan coinage, the amount of income in the North Land was not so much, but the currency of Wanyan coinage depreciated, and this figure looks good.

Of course, the common people and townspeople don't know about this.

But they usually receive so many benefits, such as free education, cheap medical care, disguised agricultural subsidies, etc., that fools know that something is wrong - many immigrants have enjoyed these in their original hometowns.

Of course, there are all kinds of township schools, medical centers, agricultural self-help groups, etc., as well as the Beidi Tiantai sect headed by the great monk Xiunian, which are all done by righteous people on the surface, and have nothing to do with the Hakodate Shogun.

There is only Jisho Hakodate, there are many samurai in the former shogunate, and it is also a façade, so in order to hide people's eyes, it is still the way of the government.

Now that the White Lord has established the country, and the northern land has been divided into two, can the people of this territory not be afraid, who doesn't know what the shogunate is like?

"Just throw away radish leaves, cowpea leaves, soybean leaves, etc., but it's too wasteful, these things are mixed with some grains and boiled to eat, and the taste is very delicious."

This sentence was explicitly promoted by the shogunate and the princes back then.

In fact, even if the government doesn't say it, it's poor

The people have to do the same, I really think that every family has land.

But the question is, why didn't the samurai master try such a delicious thing himself?

This is the first to immigrate to the Northland, isn't the reason that they are all so poor that they can't live, and now I heard that the adult has run away, can you not panic:

Although he is in the north, the immigrants did not jump out of the cracks in the stones, relatives and friends are all in their hometowns, and now what Fusang is like, can you not know - this vegetable leaves are boiled with cereals, and now the landed people are almost unable to eat it!

Therefore, when it comes to the civil unrest in the Northland, it is more funny:

In the past, although Naohide was pursued, the territory of the Hakodate government was still the imperial domain of the shogunate, so although Naohide and others were engaged in three or four things, they could always cover it up and wash it all kinds of whitewash.

Originally, Naohide thought he had a plan, and he thought it was a good cover-up, and this Edo shogun, except for Oguri Tadashun and a few others, should not have shown any big feet.

But in fact, the shogunate really didn't care too much about it over the years, but the prophet of Chunjiang plumbing duck and the people of Hakokan have long felt that something is wrong, but everyone also has the idea of "making a fortune with a muffled voice", and no one is publicizing.

Besides, there are many routines of Zhixiu, and the people are not sure, in case this is a meeting with the Qingtian Lord, who can say for sure.

But now that this family is divided, it doesn't matter if you can be sure, the important thing is that this good day can't change, otherwise, even if I agree, it won't agree to the iron cannon at home - all the people in the box hall are soldiers, although the breech gun doesn't dare to send it down, but this mini gun has long been popularized.

So the new commissioner Hori Toshiki, the town commissioner Okubo Riji and others went around to put out the fire, but many of the townspeople and the common people did not listen:

One is that Ezo is not like North Ezo, this person is uncertain.

North Ezo is a place where Zhixiu has worked hard to operate, the area is remote, and the focus has been on construction for many years.

And after Naohide, the one in charge of the North Ezo Land was the Hakodate Governor and Egawa Hidetoshi, who was Naohide's fan brother and had already boarded the thief ship, so the North Ezo Land has actually always been a place outside the law.

As for Ezo, which has always been secretive, the administration is dressed in the skin of the shogunate, so the old-fashioned view prevails, which is to recognize people.

As long as you don't want to rebel, there is no civil unrest, and the annual tribute can be paid on time, then the shogunate is basically completely decentralized, and you can do whatever you like.

Naohide was appointed in 1858 by Hakodate, and it is less than four years to this year, so the people don't understand, why change people if they do a good job, and don't other acting officials take ten years to leave office?

Actually, this is a misunderstanding.

The acting official has been in office for ten years, and when Mizuno Tadashi was the chief lieutenant twenty years ago, he did set this rule, and it has been implemented to this day.

But the pursuit is different, the far country pursues all the important points, let a person be in charge for ten years, then it will not be a big deal, therefore, generally at most two terms, that is, four years to be replaced.

Therefore, even if there is no white lord to establish the country this year, Naoxiu will work until the end of the year at most.

But the people don't care about it, they are worried about the death of the people, so the people's hearts are fluctuating.

Of course, Hori Lixi's lack of prestige is also one of the problems - although he is excellent, he can be compared with whom, and this is not a difficult person to compare with.

And the reason for the troubles of the second leader is the internal problem of the Naoxiu family, that is, some people are quietly thinking about it and deliberately instigating:

What Naohide asked for when he arrived in Edo was a smooth handover, so that Hori Toshiki or Egawa Hidetoshi could ascend to the throne of Hakodate. I don't know if it's because it's too violent, or if it's the ingenuity of the generals or other immortals, the result is that the white lord and the north are divided into two.

There was no plan before leaving, and Naohide was excused by the shogunate to stay in Edo, so there was a disagreement within the Hokkaido.

What's even worse is that the Zhixiu people don't come back, and the handwritten letter comes back, and it is credible to write it, but it is just a request for internal consultation in the Northland, and how to deal with it if you like, don't worry about him.

If the heart is so big, there is no one.

Although Hori Rishi is the new commissioner, this is the service of the shogunate, and the Hokkaichi family does not recognize this at all, so he can't hold back the field.

If the white lord did not establish a country, and the northern land was still one, then Hori Rixi took over, and everyone continued to sell dog meat on the head of a sheep, then of course everyone had no opinion on him.

But now that one is two, things are not so simple.

Everyone is worried that Hori Rishi has different hearts, if he really makes Ezo a real shogunate office, this matter will not be troublesome, even if Hori Rixi's original intention has not changed, but the white lord and Hakodate are so separated, and they will soon become two-headed snakes, and they will be separated for a long time in the future, and this gap will be self-generated, so don't you fight first.

Of course, this is just a superficial excuse, and now that the white lord has established a country, he can theoretically do his own thing in the territory, rather than continue to hide it.

If you want to say that there is a fly in the ointment, it is that it has not been classified as the white lord Matsudaira family by the northern land. But everyone also knows that doing this is wishful thinking, what is the shogunate's plan, Mao Min is the adopted son-in-law of the shogun Jia Shige, not his own son!

Therefore, this time to stir up public opinion, it is indeed a bit too much to say that the struggle for power and profit, but it is true that some people are unwilling to be lonely:

As soon as the north is divided, the white lord and the box hall will be decoupled on the surface, who stays in the white lord and who is in the box house, should it be a fight.

If Zhixiu is here, then he will definitely not be able to make waves, after all, he is a generation, as long as he does not go against the grain, everyone can endure it.

But now, Zhixiu didn't come back, and Naoxiu's son Mao Min returned to the Northland in March, but he, a seventeen-year-old child, has not made an inch of contribution to the Northland, what deterrent power can he have, so everyone inevitably thinks carefully:

Many of the people of Ezo are looking straight away, is there an opportunity to take advantage of it, can they bargain with the shogunate about it?

If Naohide doesn't agree, will it be able to suppress Hori Toshi-hee and let him open up more as the head of Hakodate? Now that this northern Ezo is refreshing, how bad it is for Ezo to continue to be wronged.

Moreover, in the future, how will Hakodate deal with the white master? You must know that there has always been an industrial transfer, but Fengyuan is still the leading industrial base, so will Hakokan listen to the white lord in the future?

Also, Okubo Riji used to be the chief civil servant of the Nachida, but he is the Hakodate Town Commissioner, and there is a great possibility that he will continue to stay in Hakodate, so who is the head of the white lord?

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All this, this separation, don't look superficial, but there are really many problems to be dealt with, and how to deal with it involves a struggle for power.

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity of public unrest in Ezo, whether intentionally or unintentionally, someone is contributing to the troubles in it anyway.

Fortunately, Northland has been operating for so many years, and the top management and backbone know it:

The Hakodate Office under the rule of Naohide, it is a veritable small official house, and the people in various places are self-governing, especially in the North Ezo land, so fight for a yarn, even if you grab it, the right is not much under the discussion.

There is another factor, which is also an important reason why this infighting is not intense:

That is, most of the industries in the northern land are owned by the private sector, and even the railways of the white lord Toyohara, the Toyohara Iron Works, and the Soya Shipyard are also the same-only Hakodate Iron Works must be run by the government because the shogunate is staring at them.

This little power has no money, everyone will naturally not tear it apart to the death, of course, it is inevitable to fight, after all, as long as there are interests, it is inevitable that this will be the case.

Naoxiu replied without making suggestions, and because of this, as a group, you always have to pay the price of growth, and this separation is a good exercise.

If this can't be done, what else is the Northland talking about interfering in the world, washing and sleeping early, it is better than anything else.

And Okubo, Egawa Hidetoshi, Hori Toshi, Murata Eitoshi, Nakahama Manjiro, Ryoma and others did not disappoint:

Although there was a lot of trouble in Ezo for a while, especially among the original Ainu, there were many riots because of the fear of policy changes.

At that time, there was an endless stream of people who came to Hakodate to petition, and there were rumors in various places, and even some village soldiers spontaneously assembled, and it seemed as if the northern land was about to be torn apart.

Actually, it's just a false alarm:

With the Hakodate Ordinance's assurance, "the original laws and regulations will remain unchanged", and the completion of the internal consensus of the Hokkaichi family, peace quickly returned to the Ezo region.

Moreover, the surface division of the white lord and Hakodate was also completed in an orderly manner.

But there is also a consequence of this matter, that is, the northland was stunned to find that even if there was no straight show, the northland could deal with major events independently.

So, in late July, Okubo Riji arrived in Edo as the Hakodate Town Governor because of the reclamation of Ezo land, and he told Naohide:

"Everyone, there is such an idea, that is, the idea, that is, when will the Northland be the head, can the dog lift the curtain and show a small face."