In fact, it was known that Naohide might have overseas connections - in the second year of Kaei (1849), when Naohide returned to Fuso, Matsumae participated in the relevant disposal at the Nagasaki Metsusho.

But the relationship between Xianheng and Naohide, because there are several firewalls on the structure, even Oguri Tadashun only guesses about it, and Matsuzen is even more confused.

But in the secret trade between the shogunate and the Hamheng foreign company before, Matsuzen he made a lot of profits, so naturally he would not object to coming again - of course, it is estimated that such a good thing as the Xianheng foreign company is difficult to find, but what if?

Entrusted by Oguri Tadashun, the commissioner of Kanse, he began to ask in a roundabout way whether Naohide had any Western merchants he liked after the opening of Hakodate's port to trade, especially if he was "particularly honest and reliable."

It stands to reason that today is Matsuzen's first day of arriving at Hakodate, so it would be too impatient to say this.

But he can't help it before making Fansong, which is also a last resort:

After announcing the decree in public tomorrow, although his identity as an envoy is still there, he doesn't have anything to handle in his hand, so if you don't ask now, it will be difficult in the future.

In the final analysis, Yu Gong, now Zhixiu is a dignified and faraway country, and it is not something that a cat or a dog can easily command; Yu privately, Matsumae, as Oguri's loyal confidant, knows that Oguri and Naohide's relationship now seems to be close, but in fact they are beginning to be estranged, which is not easy to do.

Therefore, if you don't ask now, do you have to wait for the New Year?

Naohide is a good-natured person, ignoring the look of Okubo on the side, and agrees to pay attention to it - after all, Hakodate only traded with Westerners on June 2 of this year and the calendar, so how can you make friends so quickly.

It's all clear.,In order not to delay the rest of the fan-sama.,Naohide、Okubo two said goodbye and left.,

After sending the two away, Matsuzen returned to the house and pondered repeatedly, feeling that he was still a little in a hurry. After thinking about it, it suddenly dawned on me - it turned out that unconsciously, I was actually suppressed by the other party's temperament.

"It shouldn't be!" Matsuzen slapped his thigh hard.

In fact, from the moment I learned that Edo had canceled the 100,000 taels of Hakodate "hand as gold" and Naohide and Okubo remained silent, this meeting was not controlled by Matsuzen:

If the two of them are anxious or even angry, as long as the emotions are revealed, then Matsumae will naturally tremble.

But people are silent, full of loyalty, then I'm sorry, it's obviously 100,000 gold in my eyes.

Since there is nothing to ask for, naturally the atmosphere of this conversation becomes favorable to the straight show side.

Thinking of this, Matsumae was also convinced.

In the fourteenth year of Tenpo (1843), when he and Naohide met, both of them were in the second half, but he was Nagasaki Mefuke's subordinate, and Naohide was just a study tour, although Naohide was neither humble nor arrogant to himself at that time, but there was still a flattering mind.

But now it's only been more than ten years, and I have worked hard to become a flag, but people are even better, and the big body flag book and the distant country are pursued, which is really terrifying!

Especially this bearing.

Since he became the shogunate's apprentice, he has also seen many important ministers. This romantic demeanor is incomparable, but between his eyes, under his sincere and eager attitude, he has a bearing that should be like this. And this kind of confident demeanor has only been seen in the backer Oguri Tadashun.

It's ridiculous to say, there are so many famous ministers and generals in Edo, I have seen a lot, even the head of the big old Ii Sweep has seen it from afar, life and death are rich and decided, and there are many nobles who have a splendid rain and clouds in their chests, but this vigorous and high-spirited meaning, but there are not many of them, no wonder outsiders call the center of Edo "a lot of twilight".

Oh, that's not right!

Naoxiu can also be said to be heroic, but this Okubo himself has seen it, although he was clever at the beginning, he was full of anger, and now he is also a confident attitude, looking forward to it is quite majestic, is this northern land development so nurturing?

In order to get a good future, shouldn't I kick the second and third children to the Northland to exercise?

Not to mention Matsumae's lawsuit, after Naohide and Okubo went out, the two were silent all the way. However, Naohide still has a gentle and relaxed posture, and Okubo's face looks a little stiff.

Seeing that Okubo had something on his mind, even though he and Matsumae had already eaten together just now, Naohide still pulled him to the head of the house for a drink.

"Edo, it's a mess!" There were only two people at the banquet, and Okubo also let go and complained directly to Naohide.

Although Hidetoshi Egawa is the Hakodate government, he has been patrolling around the Northland on behalf of Naohide, and the real head of the bunchen is Okubo Riji.

Over the years, he has worked hard to run the Northland, and the master knows that firewood and rice are expensive, so without the annual 100,000 taels of "hands as gold", Okubo is very uneven!

"How much is 100,000 taels? That's a lot, not too much. ”

Okubo saw Naohide like this, and was so angry that he picked up his wine glass and drank it all.

This year, that is, in 1859, the total budget of the Northland is 816,000 gold, and the total expenditure is 854,000 gold, which is not enough to make ends meet! - Of course, this is a secret account, which is not the case with the shogunate, and the account is just about to be leveled.

Judging from the clear account, the loss of 100,000 gold in the northern land must be a big mess, so the Hakodate government has only one way to go by abolishing the Bangumi, and at the same time, it must tighten its belts and reduce all kinds of expenses a lot.

"The big old Jing Yi sweeps the head of the department is not small."

Naohide didn't dare to tease anymore, Okubo was an old scalper with high hard work, and if he provoked people to pick on his son and quit, he would be dumbfounded.

The two began to analyze the shogunate's intentions.

If you want to say that the shogunate pursued all the precautions against Hakodate, it must be true:

In the fifth year of Ansei (1858), Naohide returned to Kitachi as a Hakodate officer, but in the same year, the former white lord Rikugami Obantou Murata Nagatoshi was transferred to Edo, although he still hung the name of Hakodate Rikugami Obanto, but in the name of teaching the art of war, he was arranged to be a part-time professor of martial arts, and he was never released. In the past year, Murata has also been rewarded for his "skill in educating people", from 200 koku after the Second Battle of the White Lord, to 220 koku.

Although 20 koku is not much, if you can increase your family by lecturing, then it is not surprising that everyone in Edo samurai is rushing to be professors and lectures!

In particular, Murata built a subway cannon island in Edo, but the scenery is no longer there, not only was he excluded by the people of the martial arts institute, but also the teaching industry was also questioned by some students, he was fearless because of his thick skin, just a year, this "education skills" really don't know where to start.

Therefore, it is clear that the shogunate had the intention to win over Murata.

Similarly, after the Second Battle of the White Lords in 1857, the shogunate rewarded the Hokkaido ministers who had been free-range:

At that time, the white lord pursued Egawa Yingmin, and his family became a thousand stones—before it was six hundred stones;

Okubo Riji, Murata Eitoshi, and Nakahama Manjiro are three, and Banner Ieroku has increased from 50 stone to 200 stone - Okubo is the Hakuro Town, Murata is the land Daibantou, and Nakahama Wan is the Navy Daibantou;

Other important group heads and heads of the White Lord Office have also been promoted from the royal family tree to the flag book of fifty stones.

This hat flew all over the sky, and of course it was hoped that he would gain a lot of loyalty to Edo.

Moreover, this time, the family was no longer issued by the White Lord's Office, but by the Shogunate, so everyone, like the other shogunate flags, had to send their families to Edo to live - of course, similar to Naohide, the wife was allowed to stay in the Northland, and the children did not care about the girls, and the eldest son of the boys had to be sent to Edo.

These left-behind children in Edo don't need to suffer in the Northland, but they are actually hostages.

For this reason, the shogunate broke a fortune.

Besides, although Hakodate and Hakuro merged, and the daisei of the office was also appointed to Naohide, the new Hakodate was established, and the former Hakodate was appointed Hori Toshiki, and this appointment was really amazing!

Before he was appointed as the Hakodate Commissioner, Hori Rishi was the shogunate's Imperial Metsu, and his status was higher than that of this Hakodate.

Put the defeat in the Battle of Hakodate

Hori Rishi was appointed as Hakodate Motofu, so in order to make a comeback, he still has to fight to make trouble. In addition, Hori Rixi has done a proper brand here, and the foundation is solid, which does not make Naohide staring at him to death.

Besides, in the future, just find an excuse to let Naohide get out, and there is no need to send any candidates, and Hori Hee will be reinstated - this is still under the condition that Eitoshi Egawa is unwilling to take over.

If it weren't all said that the center has many essences.

But if the shogunate is more wary of Hakodate, it must be to put gold on his face:

In 1856, the white lord was set at a stone height of 30,000 stones, which was a thief for Naoxiu and others.

Because Ezo did not produce rice and relied on fishing and hunting for a living, and the shogunate judged the stone high on rice production, the Matsumae family, who originally ruled the northern land, was a daimyo without stone.

In 1854, the Hakodate Prefecture was established, and since most of the Ezo land was assigned to the Imperial Domain, the shogunate compensated the former lord Matsumae for the domain of 30,000 koku and 18,000 taels of gold per year. According to the calculation of the four gongs and six people, it was equivalent to the stone height set for the commissioner at that time, which was 75,000 stones.

Based on this calculation, the annual income of the Hakodate Office is more than 35,000 gold, which is not counted in the fifth year of Ansei (1858), and the annual income of the Hakodate Office is more than 35,000 gold, which is actually a good job when Hori Toshiki was in charge. He cherished his reputation and did not disturb the people, and the Matsumae family fought hard to pull away a large number of people when it was handed over in 1854, and it was really good to receive this number, and it can even be said that Hori Toshiki has no problem with managing it well.

Now that peace has been negotiated with Lucia, the 35,000 gold, plus the tariff on the 20 percent of the trade with the Westerners, which was estimated to be 15,000 gold in 1859, is another 3,000 gold, for a total of 38,000 gold.

You must know that the white lord was responsible for his own profits and losses before, so the 38,000 gold can be used all in Ezo.

Of course, the previous annual tribute of the white lord is still there, and after the merger, it will continue to be paid by the Hakodate commission, but the annual tribute of the Hakodate commission has not been - the shogunate has been throwing money into Ezo, and the annual tribute must be able to be collected!

In fact, 38,000 gold only needs to support 1,200 people in the Dingban, and even if there are miscellaneous people in the office, etc., the flag is issued by Edo, and the royal family's money is taken care of by the government, which is roughly calculated, and if the Goryokaku is not built and the subsidy of 100,000 gold is abolished, this is really not a harsh treatment of the shogunate.

Of course, the ordnance update and welfare benefits are definitely not as good as before.

But Hakodate has its own iron-smelting station, and the shogunate didn't say to take it back, isn't this self-reliance? After you show a straight show~ enter, the shogunate handed over the box house to you, don't you have any points in your heart? - If you don't have to be embarrassed, you can sit in this position!

Besides, the 18,000 taels of money that subsidize the Matsumae family every year have always been paid by Edo, so it stands to reason that this money should be paid by the Hakodate Commissioner.

To be a man, you must see all aspects, and don't just focus on your own interests.

In fact, Okubo is much more refined than Naohide in fine politics, and he has long been clear and clear in this regard, but he is still a little resentful:

"It's said that there is no money, but didn't Edo earn 2.55 million gold?"

"It's the equivalent of 2.55 million gold." Naohide corrected Okubo's statement.

Now that the development of the northern land is now, it is close to the stage of the poor dagger, and Okubo and other backbones are naturally deeply involved in the secret.

The shogunate used the "Fuso gold to exchange foreign silver" to help run the company, but in fact, most of the silver obtained came from the Hokkaichi Konomai gold and silver mines since 1856.

After returning to Northland in 1858, Naohide began to secretly share most of his information with everyone.

And in order to better grasp the overall situation, the news of gold for silver is naturally among them.

But Okubo's idea of "if you can't find the money, you will lose it" is really a headache for Naohide - oh my God, how did you develop this perspective?

Naohide had no choice but to tell Okubo that the shogunate had a lot of use for this money, that is, to prepare a rich country and a strong army!