In the narrow blue strait scattered all over the islands, steel giants are quietly moored, their muzzles like fangs of blood and fire, ready to tear apart all forces that dare to provoke.

When the huge fleet of Chinese appeared in the port of Nagasaki, Emperor Komei and the retainers of the shogunate, who were calling for a decisive battle between the clans and the Chinese, were surprised to suppress their anger.

At present, the shogun Tokugawa Ieshige has just succeeded to the throne, and he is young, just thirteen years old, and the shogunate is controlled by his family elders, and the representative figures are the big old Ii Naobi, the middle old Abe Masahiro and other giants.

Masahiro Abe was the actual manager of the Nagasaki Naval Training Center, and after the news of the death of Katsukaishu and other naval officers came, Masahiro Abe sat in the temple without closing his eyes for three nights.

"Forbearance", the message that Katsu Haizhou exchanged for his life reached the ears of Abe Masahiro, and Abe Masahiro knew sadly that Katsu Haizhou was right.

When the Chinese fleet poured cold water on the anger of the people who were about to detonate, the shogunate immediately sent a peace mission to Nagasaki to seek peace.

Even Emperor Xiaomei and the hard-line daimyo who supported him could only wait and see what happened.

Among the daimyo who were close to the emperor, the most powerful were the Mori clans of the Choshu Domain, which were famous for their Mori Motosho clan during the Sengoku period. Mao Liyuan is known as the first wise man in this book, and in the strategy game, he and China's Zhuge Liang's intelligence are set to full scores, which shows that he admires him.

Later, the grandson of Mori Motosho joined the Western Army against the shogunate, and after the defeat of the Western Army, the Mori family was reduced by the shogunate, and since then the Mori feudal lords have been at odds with the Tokugawa shogunate. The lord always replied, "It's too early." The heart of its downfall has not stopped for a moment.

Last year, the old Tokugawa shogunate died, and the current daimyo of the Choshu Domain, Mori Kei Qin, received a secret order from the emperor to advocate respect for the king, but Maori Jing Qin was extremely open-minded, and introduced the Western military system to train the new army.

Hearing of the Chinese invasion of Nagasaki, although Mori Keijin was not on good terms with the "Hizen monster" Naomasa Nabeshima, he still quickly organized a musket team and prepared to conquer Nagasaki at the invitation of Nabeshima.

Similarly, when the Chinese navy flexed its muscles outside the port of Nagasaki, the Choshu musketeers were ordered to stay still and wait for the emperor's instructions to conquer.

The port of Nagasaki, on the other hand, temporarily stabilized the situation after defeating reinforcements from the Hizen Domain and the neighboring Chikuzen and Chikugo domains.

The military ban on Nagasaki has been lifted, and a management committee has been set up, with Totsu Koroku as the chief member, and at the same time organized a security team of thirty or forty people, of course, these people are either wandering samurai or idle scoundrels, who take the opportunity to extort merchants and harm serious businessmen who looked down on them before, and repeatedly prohibit them, and only after the Pingyuan Army shot a security team ronin who destroyed a silver woman, did the security team's bully-like behavior be somewhat restrained.

Of course, Zhang Youcun's strategy is that as long as he doesn't make too much trouble, he turns a blind eye to it, isn't it just for the sake of making some benefits for these people to do things for the Chinese? As long as it does not affect the normal business order of Nagasaki, he does not have to worry about petty extortion.

Nagasaki's main street intersections are guarded by heavily armed Chinese riflemen, adding to the slaughter of this beautiful port town with osmanthus flowers. In the leaflets distributed to residents in various neighborhoods and every day, they propagated the idea that "everyone is equal" under the imperial power, and severely criticized the samurai system of the daimyo retainers of the Daimyo family, and said that Nagasaki would be self-governing, and that the residents themselves would elect the chief members of the committee, and even expounded the law of self-government, especially the recent shooting of the security team of the public security team of the Ronin of the public security team was hyped, and said that if the management committee and the security team violated the law, they could report directly to the Central [***] department.

Zhang Youcun has read the internal reference material "Colonial Management" issued by the regent to senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has a very good grasp of some of the essences, in the final analysis, it is the Japanese people to govern the Japanese, carrots and sticks, dilute the color of the occupation army, distort the theory of sovereignty and occupy the moral high ground with the theory of people's livelihood, etc., of course, whether it is to criticize the samurai system or to expound the idea of free elections, they have invited Totsu Koroku and himself to participate in the interpretation, and it is carried out in a way that is acceptable to him, and he has never thought that it will have any great effect. In a larger sense, it is just a cloak of legitimacy for the colonial political axe.

At the same time that the Chinese began to educate Nagasaki on colonization, the shogunate mission arrived in Nagasaki, led by three generations of middle-aged and elder Nobuko Naito, who was an important minister of the three dynasties of the shogunate, second only to Naohiro Ii and Masahiro Abe, who was weak and sick, and Naobi Ii acted arbitrarily when he signed a contract with the United States last year, and did not allow unauthorized signing, which has since provoked the movement of honoring the king in the country.

Under these circumstances, Nobuyo Naito was undoubtedly the best person to come to peace talks with the Chinese, and even in Kyoto, the emperor had a good impression of Naito, the seventh lord of the Shogunate and Echigo Murakami Domain, who also enjoyed a clear reputation among the daimyo in various places.

Kneeling on the tatami mat, the scent of flowers came from him, and Nobukin Naito cautiously observed the Chinese diplomatic envoy across the table, the dignified Chinese official was about forty years old, and he was in the prime of life.

In hand, it is a draft treaty drawn up by the Chinese, invoking the treaty of commerce between the United States and the United States, requiring the country to open the three ports of Hakodate, Hyogo, and Niigata, and to establish Edo (Tokyo) and Osaka as commercial ports, ports and commercial ports, and Chinese can freely enter and exit, enjoy the right of residence, the right to lease houses, etc., China has a consulate in Edo, abides by the principle of free trade, there is no restriction on non-governmental trade between the two countries, and officials must not interfere, and the agreed tariff rate is applied to imported goods, and the tariff rate on Chinese exports is 5% ad valorem. China's tariff rates on local exports are free of charge and 5 percent, and China has no right to determine tariffs on its own, and local gold and silver can be exported and imported duty-free.

In the event of a dispute with the Taixi state, China may, at the request of the Chinese Embassy, act as the principal and mediate in triumph, and the treaty will be valid for 20 years, at which time a new treaty may be revised.

In addition to invoking these provisions of the treaty of commerce between the United States and the United States, the Chinese also proposed that their country hand over the war criminals who provoked the dispute between the two countries, and that the port of Nagasaki invoke the Shanghai Treaty and set it up as a free trade port under the trusteeship of China, while the Chinese garrison guaranteed Nagasaki's status as a free trade port.

The lion opened his mouth widely, and Nobukin Naito's face was quite unsightly. The surrender of war criminal Yunyun is even more absurd, in fact, the shogunate has already conducted an investigation into the naval exchange of fire in the middle of the country, and found that it is likely that it was only the private affairs of the naval officers of the naval training center, but now the Chinese are pointing the finger at the shogun and the emperor.

"Lord Naito, if your country cannot accede to our request, then we can only go to Edo and Kyoto to meet His Majesty the Emperor, and ask His Majesty the Emperor to show us the way."

Zhang Youcun's tone was flat, but it made Naito Shin's brows twist, this is a **naked threat, naturally saying that if they do not agree to the conditions of the Chinese, their fleet will go to attack Edo, and the army will invade Kyoto.

"Please take our suggestion seriously, and we will give Naito-sama plenty of time to consider it." Zhang Youcun's tone was calm, but he was a little categorical.

Nobu Naito sighed softly in his heart and nodded.

The Kyoto Imperial Palace, with a stone wall on the periphery, white sand inside, and a wide cedar roof, stands in front of the quiet stone garden, and here is the residence of the emperor, who claims to be the embodiment of the gods, and calls the emperor by a nickname because the imperial family has no surname.

The sound of the clear spring bamboo moving, there is a faint singing voice in the distance, pleasant and simple.

Emperor Komei quietly looked at the letter in his hand, a secret letter from the Mori Kini of the Choshu Domain, in which the Mori Respectful Relatives asked His Majesty the Emperor to wait and see what happened, and if the shogunate once again signed a covenant with the Chinese that was detrimental to the national system, he could call on the daimyo of the world to ask Hizen and ask Nabeshima Naomasa, so as to boost the morale of the righteous men who fell to the shogunate, and the shogunate would not support Hizen Province in the face of losses, thus kicking off the beginning of the downfall.

He also said that for the Chinese, the emperor can appease and woo the outside, first settle the inside, take advantage of this good opportunity, bring down the weak shogunate, and the emperor's divine light will shine brightly, innovate the advantages and disadvantages, and then fight with the Chinese for a long time.

"Respect for my relatives, and I am also a wise man." Emperor Xiaoming gently put down the letterhead with emotion.

Wen Chen, who knelt on the opposite side, said respectfully: "With the assistance of Lord Maori, Your Majesty's pro-government is not far away." Wenchen knew that since someone in the shogunate advocated the "combination of public and military forces" and forced the emperor to marry the shogunate Tokugawa Ieshige with the imperial sister "Prince Child" and the palace princess, the emperor's patience with the shogunate has reached the limit, and now the emperor prevaricates on the grounds that the palace is still young and has a marriage contract, but the shogunate is very anxious to force the palace, and the twelve-year-old Kazumiya is afraid that sooner or later he will marry the shogunate, and His Majesty the Emperor is depressed can be imagined.

Emperor Xiaoming's white hands slowly picked up the teacup and tasted tea.

At the same time, in a teahouse in Nijo Castle, the shogunate elder Ii Naobi slowly handed an edict he had drafted to Nagano, a retainer who knelt down and sat down.

Shogun Tokugawa Ieshige is young, and it can be said that Imai Naobi is the real ruler of the shogunate, and even the ruler of the entire Samoto, and at the same time, he is also the thorn in the side of the Emperor and the Daimyo who support him.

Nagano received the edict and was slightly startled, which was an edict in the name of the shogunate ordering the daimyo of each clan to conquest the Chinese who had invaded Nagasaki.

Nobu Naito, who had just been in Nagasaki for peace talks with the Chinese, wrote a secret letter to present the draft peace treaty proposed by the Chinese, and at that moment, Nagano's face changed.

During the peace talks with the Americans, he believed that his country's coastal defense was insufficient, and that a war with the United States would inevitably lead to military disasters and damage to the country's body.

But now, why do you impulsively want to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese? You must know that the Chinese fleet outside the port of Nagasaki is stronger than the American fleet a few years ago.

Nagano immediately thought that the closest clans to Nagasaki, such as the Choshu Domain and the Satsuma Domain, were not on good terms with the shogunate, and that they often exchanged secret letters with the emperor and went to war with the Chinese.

Nagano's main meal smiled and said, "My lord is really smart.

Jing Yi Zhibi knew what Nagano's main meal was thinking, and said very seriously: "Nagano, you are wrong, I have been conscientious and dare not distract from it all these years, and the people of the time scolded my country for being a thief, and I am willing to accept it, but they don't know that the country is really one, if you don't open the country, how can you do it?" ”

"However, the Chinese are very ambitious, looking at his treaty, intending to enctuit our territory, and as soon as this wind opens, it is also dangerous, not to mention the seriousness of the matter, Tessie is thousands of miles away, quite worrying, but China is next to my bed, how can I allow my country to sleep peacefully? If we don't work hard, from now on, we will sooner or later become slaves of the country. ”

Nagano's face was flushed, his face was full of shame, and he said to the ground: "My lord, I was wrong!" ”

Jing Yi Zhibi sighed deeply: "I only hope that they can all have this awareness, let go of their respective calculations, and work together to the outside world, so that our country can have a glimmer of life!" ”

Nagano got up, clenched his fists and said, "I'll go to the Imperial Palace to see His Majesty the Emperor." As a liaison between the shogunate and the emperor, he was a frequent visitor to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, but he was almost always given a cold reception.

Ii Naobi bowed slightly.

…… Sitting in the carriage, Ye Zhao was still reminiscing about the letter written by Rong'er, smiling from time to time, Rong'er said in the letter, she has grown taller again, the little guy seems to be happy, most girls in this era are not tall, Ye Zhao really thought that she would not grow up, this is also the little guy's heart disease, and suddenly found that he began to jump in size, and he was naturally happy.

Think about it, Rong'er is also sixteen, cardamom is in her prime, and she is so cute, do you want to give her a sincere gift to celebrate? smiled, as if he had obscene thoughts again, alas, he couldn't bully her anymore.

I haven't seen Rong'er for a long time, but I really miss her, and when I say that I have the ability, I will go back to Guangzhou for a walk.

In this way, Ye Zhao shook the folding fan.

Seeing the draft peace treaty drawn up by Zhang Youcun, Ye Zhao knew that there would be a war between China and the People's Republic of China, and not only now, but also in the next few years, this issue would become the most complicated bilateral relationship facing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Although with the current situation, it is difficult for me to stop China's pace of hegemony in East Asia, but this nation will never be willing to bow down to its subordinates, even if it encounters setbacks in a short time, it will certainly try to rise, and the entanglement between China and China has just begun.

Outside, the yellow huss suddenly neighed, as if he had run a few steps to the side, and slowly stopped, Ye Zhao leaned over, almost fell on the seat, frowned slightly, pulled the curtain and looked out, this is a very lively long street, with shops on both sides, and all kinds of wooden banners hanging high. Just now, a rickshaw suddenly rushed out of the spur, if it weren't for the yellow huss horse, I was afraid that I would be shocked.

A patrolman in a black uniform ran over, grabbed the rickshaw driver and shouted, "What are you running?" Do you know the rules? The rickshaw driver smiled and apologized.

Nowadays, there are regulations on horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws, but unless there are serious violations, rickshaws are rarely fined, after all, those who pull rickshaws are bitter haha, the current national situation, if you are too harsh, I am afraid that these bitter haha will become the target of extortion by the patrols, and can only come a little bit.

For example, in Nanjing, on several main streets, if a horse defecates in the open, it will be severely fined, and the carriage driver has become a highly skilled job.

"Che Ma dang pee on the street, fine five jiao!" The patrol who had finished educating the rickshaw driver suddenly walked towards the carriage that Ye Zhao was riding, Ye Zhao was stunned, lifted the curtain on the front door, and sure enough, Huang Bi pulled a urine, this horse is a divine horse, and it has never been able to defecate anywhere, it seems that it was really scared just now.

The entourage paid money and accepted the penalty and received the ticket from the patrolman, and these fines will be transferred to the Nanjing Health Bureau as the cost of the cleaning team.

Five dimes, fines can be said to be very heavy, but it is precisely for this reason that Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou and other large towns in the south of the country have gradually become clean and clean. The carriage was gradually eliminated, rickshaws and double bamboo sedan chairs prevailed, and the officials needless to say, they liked to sit in a sedan chair, but in the southern country, there were very few eight-carrying sedan chairs, even if Li Jianchen and other first-class members were only riding four-person sedan chairs.

After a while, I saw two cleaners running over with buckets.

Although the scale of cleaners in Nanjing is not as large as that in Guangzhou, several main streets are contracted in sections, and they are cleaned every day.

"Huh?" There was a crisp sound next to him, Ye Zhao scratched his head a little, and he was fined for urinating on the street, and she saw it again.

A beautiful female police officer wearing a heroic black patrol uniform walked over, followed by three or four subordinates, both male and female policemen, Ye Zhao smiled at her: "Can you give face, don't be punished." ”

The patrolman who had just handed the bill to the guard Liu San saw that Ye Zhao knew the deputy bureau seat, and he was stunned and busy looking at the bureau seat's face.

Zhu Sisi glared at Ye Zhao and said, "Besides, I'll punish you a little more!" ”

Ye Zhao smiled, took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, and said to Zhu Sisi: "It's past six o'clock, get in the car." ”

During this time, Ye Zhao was busy in the dark, and Zhu Sisi didn't seem to have returned to the cloth line, and the two hadn't seen each other for more than ten days.

Since yesterday, the two deputy prime ministers and four parliamentary ministers entered the Xiyin Academy, and the political system of the Southern Dynasty kicked off.

Zhu Sisi didn't want to get into the car, but then she saw Ye Zhao jumping, as if she was going to jump out of the carriage, what would it look like to pull and pull with him on the street? This guy, no matter what, can do anything.

I had no choice but to turn around and explain a few words to my subordinate policemen, and then got into Ye Zhao's carriage.

Seeing that the threat worked, Ye Zhao snickered in his heart, but he didn't do anything to her, it was fun to be a pervert bullying her, but it was time to treat this little girl well, if she bullied too hard, she didn't beat herself up anymore if she turned around and knew her identity.

"Where to eat?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

Zhu Sisi was slightly surprised, he hadn't seen him for more than half a month, he grew up, and said, "Whatever." ”

Ye Zhao clapped his hands, raised his voice and said outside: "Jinyun Garden!" The carriage then slowly drove out.

"Why don't you go back to the cloth line?" Ye Zhao asked.

Zhu Sisi stroked her delicate and beautiful long hair that was slightly curly. said: "I've been back, I've been back a few times, but you haven't come back." ”

Ye Zhao sighed and said, "I've been busy lately." ”

Zhu Sisi asked with concern, "How's the business?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Go to Jinyun Garden, what do you say?" ”

Zhu Sisi rolled her eyes and said, "Sometimes I really hope you lose everything." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "It's a good loss, you support me." ”

"I'll raise it, and that's better than if you don't adjust it now." After Zhu Sisi finished speaking, her pretty face turned red, these days, she really misses this pervert, and even misses him for talking about it by her side, and has returned to the cloth shop several times to see him, but he didn't come back very late.

I met him on the street today, looking at his hateful smiling face, Zhu Sisi felt very kind, and even almost cried, hating herself for not being angry, but unconsciously, she had already been deeply rooted.

Suddenly said what was in her heart, Zhu Sisi was stunned, hurriedly turned her head, her pretty face was hot, and she was even more angry with herself, this pervert, can you die proudly?

Ye Zhao smirked, reached out and pulled Zhu Sisi like a jade arm, Zhu Sisi struggled, and the soft and youthful delicate body was still embraced by Ye Zhao.

"Tune, I'll tune in from now on." Ye Zhao smirked, imprinted a kiss on Zhu Sisi's snow-white forehead, smelling Zhu Sisi's fresh breath, and his heart was full of tenderness.

"Ah", but the back of her hand was bitten hard by Zhu Sisi, "Hmph, I don't know how many women you have found in the past few days." Zhu Sisi glanced at Ye Zhao with hatred, and she was angry, she couldn't see that this pervert really missed him, and when she saw him, she was angry.

Ye Zhao smiled and kissed her soft little face, and said, "If you don't look for it, you won't look for it in the future." But he didn't explain that it was his third aunt, and in this situation, the explanation was not beautiful.

Zhu Sisi was speechless, so he could be so cheeky, but it was helpless.

In the private room on the second floor of Jinyun Garden, Ye Zhao asked for an abalone shark fin dinner, and he was in a very good mood, and the amount of food was surprisingly good.

Zhu Sisi ate double-headed abalone for the first time, and took a small bite, which was delicious and indescribable, but she remembered her younger brothers and sisters, and said, "It's good that the three boys are here." ”

Ye Zhao said with a smile: "I will send a telegram to Guangzhou tomorrow, and ask someone to buy a double-headed abalone and send it over, father and mother, three boys, five boys, five girls, a total of five people, right?" Two per person. ”

Zhu Sisi knew that this pervert was careful, but she didn't expect that none of her younger siblings' milk names were wrong, after all, if the family didn't count that time, she had only eaten with him once, and it was a long time ago, if she didn't care, how could the girl remember it so clearly? Looking at his face towards his younger siblings at that time, he really didn't expect to remember the names of his younger siblings.

"Whatever you want." Zhu Sisi knows Ye Zhao's spleen surname somewhat, since he said it, he will definitely do it, and refusing it is in vain, it seems hypocritical, his family has a big business, and he doesn't care about this bit of silver, he can buy it if he wants to, if he is really poor, he can raise him himself.

Ye Zhao smiled and nodded, he liked Zhu Sisi very much, a very atmospheric girl.

Zhu Sisi suddenly frowned and asked, "Why did your business turn around, and did you ask for the silver from home?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Don't believe me so much? If I want to do business steadily, who can beat me? ”

Zhu Sisi pursed her lips, but she also knew in her heart that when she worked together, she could see that the pervert was very knowledgeable, but he was just ridiculous, lazy and lustful, and if he could calm down and do things, he would not necessarily lose to others.

After dinner, when I returned to the cloth line, it was already the time of the lamp, Zhu Sisi took a bath generously, changed into lake green silk pajamas and pajamas, and permed her long hair with small curls.

The soft big bed, Ye Zhao and Zhu Sisi lay side by side on the bed, pillowing Ye Zhao's arm, and being embraced by Ye Zhao, Zhu Sisi felt that her body was warm, and the big bed was even more soft and elastic, and it was extremely comfortable to lie on it.

Comfortably holding Zhu Sisi's soft little feet with her feet, watching Zhu Sisi's clear big eyes closed tightly, her pretty face gradually turned red, and her nervous youthful and energetic delicate body trembled slightly, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Sisi, let's talk." ”

Zhu Sisi still didn't dare to look at Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao pondered and said: "I was originally going to wait for the completion of the new mansion before marrying you, but now I look at it, I am afraid that the new mansion will not be able to live in until the middle of next year, and there will be ** months, I can't let you follow you without a name or a point, so let's buy a yard and marry you, let's make do with it first, do you think it's okay?" ”

Zhu Sisi was silent.

Ye Zhao continued: "Let me tell you about the situation in the family, the eldest lady is actually very young, only sixteen years old, and she has been married to me for five years, and she is the marriage referred to by the family; The second wife is in free love in your words, and she can also help me; Third wife, you have seen it, the same time you ran away that day. ”

Zhu Sisi opened her clear eyes in surprise and said, "That's your third aunt." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Yes, it's your third sister." ”

Zhu Sisi was silent.

Ye Zhao said again: "And Hua Ji and Shawa, you have seen them, they are all very good people, you will definitely like them, and they will like you." ”

Ye Zhao continued: "Sisi, I know that you are a member of the Guangzhou Women's Association, you oppose concubines, like monogamy, and think that my character is despicable, in fact, how to say it, there are many things that we both misunderstood, just say that in the past half a month, you must think that I went to Hu Tianhu, but I am not wronged, I don't believe you touch it, I can't stand it next to you, if I spend all day drinking, can I do this?" Ah, but it's hard to say, who called you so pretty? ”

Zhu Siqiao's face flushed, and she said angrily: "There are no serious words to say!" ”

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "So, you can wronged us in the slightest, and if you offend you, you owe it first, and then slowly compensate for it." And I'm actually a big man. ”

Zhu Sisi flattened her mouth and ignored him.

Ye Zhao hugged her tightly, kissed her lightly on her white forehead, and said, "You also know the situation at home, marry me next month, will it be successful?" With his hand flipped, he didn't know where he conjured up a large bouquet of flowers, sent it to Zhu Sisi, and said, "Look at the beauty, isn't it?" ”

Zhu Sisi sighed, took it, smelled the flowers, looked at the colors, and said, "Beautiful." ”

"Marry me, okay?" Through the flowers, Ye Zhao asked softly.

In this situation, Zhu Sisi was dizzy, so she couldn't help but nodded, and then she was shocked, I wanted to say that I didn't know what my father and mother would say, but I immediately knew that looking at Ye Zhao's style, he could marry into his mansion, but I was afraid that Daddy and Auntie would beat gongs and drums and set off firecrackers, not to mention that under the laws of the southern kingdom now, in fact, the status of concubines has long been different from before, but the status of the family is one level lower, and the heirs and heirs are different; Even if the concubine who had no personal freedom and was just a man's property, with the financial resources revealed by the pervert, I am afraid that my father and mother would like to send me to his house, after all, my father and mother are the most painful brother.

Ye Zhao had already hugged her with a smile and kissed her gently......

(To be continued)