The Mi people, led by Perry, demanded the establishment of a refuge port and a supply port, and the twelve important ministers of the shogunate who participated in the negotiations were worried that the other party would be able to look forward to Shu, so they asked Egawa Taro Saemon to come forward and find out how big the Mi people's ambitions were—"Is there so much to ask for or is it simply endless?" "If the current ports of refuge and supply are all right; But if you insist on trade, then things will be in big trouble!

It turned out that the Tokugawa shogunate had not always been closed to the country, and had also carried out a large amount of foreign trade in the early days of its establishment, and it had been in the supermarket at that time, resulting in a serious loss of gold, silver, copper, and heavy metals, soaring prices in Fuso, and the people of Fuso making trouble one after another. ”

What's more, the old lord of Mito, the Tokugawa Qi Sho family, insisted on opposing even the negotiations, and you said that trade, and you were not hacked to death on the spot by someone - although the Qi Zhao family did not have the upper hand in the shogunate, but the influence of the people was great, and it was echoed among the princes.

Therefore, in this situation, if the "trade" is reported, it will be the old man hanging himself - looking for death.

In fact, the head of Lin University, Damu Fu Jianjing Zhengxian and others have already made up their minds, if the bottom line of the rice people who heard is

"Insist on trade", then the two sides will directly break up - anyway, it will be completely messed up, and it will be useless to be afraid; But if Perry can agree to "no trade", then the barely negotiated negotiations can continue.

At this point, everyone can see that it is wishful thinking to be good, and they can only hope that the rice man's knife will not be too fast.

That afternoon, after Mr. Tanan and Perry hooked up, they hurriedly turned around to report the situation, and after listening to it, the courtiers present were silent.

When Jiang Chuan was talking to Mi Ren, the Confucian official Matsuzaki Mantaro also followed, he saw that everyone was silent, and he beat the drum vigorously in his heart, "Colluding with Mi Ren in private is a big taboo; Jiang Chuan was present and did not stop him when he was talking, so he was an accomplice. Do you want to jump back now? ”

He looked at Lin University's head with a blank eye, if the top boss scolded Jiang Chuan angrily, he had to quickly jump out and accuse, "What Jiang Chuan said is self-made, I don't agree!" But the two interpreters were also present at the time, and I don't know if the pot can be thrown out.

Where can the head of Lin University still take care of Matsuzaki's eyes, since Matsuzaki is silent, then what Jiang Chuan said may be true, but the trouble still exists:

First of all, there is no basis for empty words, in case Perry waits for the port of refuge and the port of supply to negotiate and then asks for trade, where will he cry then?

Second, even if the rice people stopped talking about trade, would they be able to easily agree to this port of refuge and supply, and how would Edo react to this?

Thousands of words converged into one sentence, "regret not being at the beginning", how could this unlucky errand take the initiative to snatch it from the ghost.

The cold scene didn't last long, and after looking at each other, several shoguns made excuses to leave one after another, leaving only a few bigwigs to make the final decision - there were only five highest-ranking people left on the scene, Lin University Chief, Ome Fu Jiani, Edo Kitamachi Edō Uido, Kanjo Inspector Mizuno and Kawaji.

Of course, Egawa and Matsuzaki, who were secretly colluding with the rice people, also had to stay and continue to be questioned.

The bigwigs asked Matsuzaki to repeat Perry's conversation with Egawa again, and found that it was roughly the same as what Mr. Tanan said, so Matsuzaki was kicked out as well—what was the use of him staying.

Lin Datou looked around at everyone and found that in addition to him and Ido Kakuhiro, the head of Edo Kita-Town, the rest of the people present also had an identity - Haiphong hanging, and these four were involved in the negotiations when the black ship attacked for the first time last year, and he was full of feelings for a while, "Last year, I saw that Haiphong was as weak as a dog, and I don't know how others think of themselves afterwards today?" ”

In fact, what is there to discuss, the matter is very simple:

It is impossible to refuse to refuse - nine black ships are in front of you, and you can't hide from the fifteenth day of the first month, this time there are nine ships, and next time I am afraid that there will be nineteen or twenty-nine ships, and the shogunate will have to accept his fate if he can't reach it!

The only key now is how to save some face, lest the people present after the rice boat is gone will be torn to pieces by political enemies.

And the negotiation of Taro Egawa Saemon is also quite good, reasonable and well-founded, and the barbarian Perry also opened his mouth to give in. In fact, what Jiang Chuan said, Lin University also understands, but he can't say this in formal negotiations - for example, Jiang Chuan talked about the type of export goods, what if Lin University said that Perry climbed down the pole, in case the rice people find a suitable trading variety, then is it time to talk about whether to trade? Therefore, I can't even mention it, and I can only insist that "trade has to be discussed".

To tell the truth, the shoguns present whether they came forward or did not come forward to negotiate felt extremely constrained in the negotiations - Edo didn't give any room to play at all, the right to be the master was basically equal to nothing, everything had to be consulted Edo, the only thing to do was to rack their brains to shirk, but as soon as the rice people threatened, they had to back down, so no one could kneel to talk!

But it's too late to say all this now, and now, everyone is sitting in the same boat, putting aside the grievances of the past, and discussing how to get out.

Jian Jing Masano and Kawaro Shengmo also mean this, after all, it's useless to tear your face now - what Edo wants is a solution, it's not good to just tear your face and shirk your responsibility, you said that you completely disagree with what the top people of Lin University did on the spot, then you have to come up with a way, just don't agree to have a fart, you can do it! But the problem now is that everyone has to kneel, so the trick of tearing the face is not good now, and it's too late.

The six shoguns were also figures who were usually vertical and horizontal, and it was not uncommon for them to have strong winds and waves, so they quickly reached an agreement, and according to this negotiated resolution, everyone worked together to deal with the criticism of political enemies in the future.

Those who left under the pretext were also invited back, and everyone was forced to express their positions, and unanimously agreed that this resolution was good, "Top quack!" ”

The next day, Mito reappeared, and the two sides basically agreed to start negotiations on the port of refuge and the port of supply, but this could only be done with the approval of the shogunate.

Moreover, Perry and others also signed a memorandum, "If the port of refuge and the port of supply are successfully established, the matter of trade can be temporarily disregarded" - in fact, there are not no differences among the Mi people, but Perry is an authorized envoy and the admiral of the East Tianzhu fleet, and the rest of the people can only agree under Perry's insistence.

So why did Perry give up the trade demand?

As Mr. Tan'an said, he didn't even bring a civil official, and subconsciously really didn't regard trade with Fusang as a goal that he wanted to achieve - at this time, the Mi people were trading with five mouths in China, and there was no way to finish the business, Fusang felt that he was a treasure, but in Perry's eyes, Fusang was much more important as a supply port than trade!

And Perry isn't all stress-free:

Knocked on the port of Fusang twice, spent a huge price, and there was no result, how can he explain?

The conversation really collapsed, and the military order did not authorize him to take the initiative to go to war.

And is there really going to be a war? The strength of the British Far East Fleet is not trivial, capable of watching the rice people rampant Fuso? And once the powerful England intervenes, will it be consistent with the position of the United States, and will it lead to friction and filth?

There are a lot of problems involved, and according to Perry's private sources, in recent years, the call for western development in the Minyuan has been very high - after the victory of the Mexican War in 1848, he acquired a large amount of land, so he stirred up trouble in the Far East, which is certainly a great joy for everyone, but if it is not possible, he may not be able to complete it

Retreat.

What's more, the shogunate's attitude towards trade has always been very resolute, "if you don't talk about it, you won't talk about it", so whether your goal should be corrected, and if you see it, you can't do it?—— Fuso is not completely powerless to fight back, last year on his "founding day" after firing a cannon demonstration, Fuso also fired a cannon in the name of celebration in return, at that time the opponent's shore artillery had hit 2,800 yards, although the power was less, it could be consistent with the firing range of the main artillery bombardment of his own fleet, and he did not fall behind at all.

In addition, the bastard of Lucia's special envoy Pu Jiating stirred up the situation - Fusang covered it up, only saying that Pu Jiating had something to do and suspended the negotiations, but if he was really gullible, and the Lu people took the lead, then his honor as the first person to build Fusang would be in vain.

In any case, he pressured the shogunate to sign an agreement quickly, but in view of the difficulty of trade, he turned his attention to the ports of refuge and supply ports, so he wrote on the memorandum that "if the ports of refuge and supply ports are successfully established, the matter of trade can be ignored for the time being."

Holding the memo, the top of Lin University often breathed a sigh of relief, in any case, this was finally an explanation, and then they didn't care about Perry, and the twelve shoguns hurried back to Edo.

Of course, the shogunate was dissatisfied with this, and after talking for a long time, they came up with this result, and it was understandable that "mutual relief for the drifters" was still excusable, how did this port of refuge and supply come about?

The first-class person of Lin University said that "Mi Yi has to make inches, his attitude is arrogant, and he has only obtained this result through all kinds of negotiations", and the other defenses did not say anything - the implication is that "we are capable of this, and whoever is not convinced will do it."

Qi Zhao and his family jumped out and shouted, "The rice people insulted me too much, and I must go to war", and the old middle school people were not in the mood to perfunctory them, saying that "even if the war starts, you have to salute first and then soldier", and asked Qi Zhao to propose a new candidate for negotiation, but Qi Zhao found a few shoguns, none of whom were willing to come forward - the battlefield was preset in Edo Bay, and it was inappropriate for the daimyo to come forward, and the shoguns were not stupid, saying that they were going to declare war, but the old middle school said that "salute first and then soldiers", this is not a real declaration of war, and when the time comes, this "declaration of war" may become "provoking war without words" It's up, who can wear such a big hat!

And the old middle school didn't really agree with Qi Zhao's view that the war was going to war - it was your discerning vision to win the battle, and if you lost the battle, Qi Zhao and the other daimyo went back to their own territory to hide, and the mess was not cleaned up by us, so seeing that the arrogance of Qi Zhao and his family was slightly lowered, they hurriedly reached a new resolution, "The port of refuge and the port of supply can be discussed, but this is the bottom line." If the rice people have to make another inch, then it will be done! ”

And the Grand Assessment Committee also approved Jiang Chuan's proposal - come and don't be rude, let's show Mi Yi with both hands, don't make them too proud.

However, it was the 12 foreign ministers who returned to Edo, but only seven of them returned to the scene - this time they didn't stay in Yokohama Village, and when things got to such a point, they all went back to Edo to report in person. But after the report, Kanai Masano, Kawaji Shengmo, Oguri Tadashun, Arao Narumitsu and Koga Zengichi, who were originally hiding behind the scenes, said that they would not go back, and they all said that they would prepare for war in Edo, and whoever likes to go to this unlucky errand. The old middle school also felt that the matter had come to this point, and no matter how many candidates there were, it would be useless, so they did not force them.

The first class of Lin University did not have to pull these five to die together, and they did not jump on the spot to be responsible, not to mention that they have always been seven of themselves, and now it is useless to climb others except for the right and wrong of life, it is better to leave a personal love to see each other in the future - in case they fall, they still expect these five to speak up, but I want to think that when they really go on the road, the seven people can't help but be depressed, when will this broken errand be finished, I really responded to a sentence, "There is more than enough behind me to withdraw my hand, and there is no way to turn back!" ”