At the meeting of the House of Nobles, Matsudaira Yoho, the lord of the Aizu Domain, denounced the lawlessness of the chaebol merchant class and China's enslavement of the Saimoto, and said that China had launched a naked plunder and economic aggression against the Saimoto, and that with the influx of Chinese goods, the gold and silver in the country had flowed into China, and that the paper money issued by the Mitsui Bank was now authorized to have no credit at all, and that once there was a run, the economy would suffer a great disaster. He also pointed out that up to now, it is said that the country's industry has not improved in the slightest, and it is even worse than the DPRK, which has gradually developed a light industrial system.

The Aizu Domain has guarded the Tokugawa Shogunate for generations, and the spirit of the Aizu Domain is deeply rooted in the soul of the samurai under its command, because although the Tokugawa Shogunate perished, the Aizu Domain is still a powerful feudal clan that cannot be ignored by the daimyo of the country, and Matsudaira Rongho is the spiritual leader of the Shinsengumi, one of the most powerful samurai groups.

At the same time, Matsudaira Rongbao is also a tough representative of the anti-Chinese in his own country, and he does not want his country to become a vassal of China, but hopes that his country will embark on a road of reading independence.

Even at the outbreak of the Sino-Russian War, Matsudaira Rongbao had secretly contacted the Russians, but the devastating attacks of the Chinese made Matsudaira Rongbao give up his adventure early.

In short, although the lords of the Daimyo and the public family had their own calculations, the most acute contradiction was the struggle between the pro-Chinese faction and the Chinese exclusion faction, and Matsudaira Yoho had become the leader of the Chinese exclusion faction, often challenging the authority of Hosokawa Shaobang in the House of Nobles.

In the castle town of Aizu Domain, a citizens' march to demand punishment of the Chinese guards broke out, and some shops selling Chinese goods were looted.

In Edo, two Chinese businessmen were killed, reportedly by members of the Shinsengumi.

Three days later, the Chinese armed police from Nagasaki took over the defense of the Edo Chinese Concession, and the confrontation with the Edo Guards was full of gunpowder, which caused the Chinese exclusion party of the House of Nobles to question Hosokawa Shaobang in a new round of harshly worded questioning.

Matsudaira summoned the minister of the Chinese Embassy in his capacity as deputy commander and directly denounced the actions of the Chinese armed police as "aggression" against his country.

In some castle towns, the number of protests among the citizens gradually increased, and the lower classes, who were dissatisfied with their lives, mostly blamed the dumping of Chinese goods for their poor lives, and began to join the ranks of anti-Chinese people with ulterior motives.

It can be said that this is a general outbreak of anti-Chinese forces in all strata of the Chinese people after the Chinese have expanded their influence to the capital.

Among the neighboring countries, in fact, China has interfered the most in the internal affairs of the country, and even secretly "protected" the royal family, which has also made China's policy towards the country the most criticized in the country, while it is far less troublesome for the subject countries such as Korea and Vietnam.

…… In the Wenhua Palace, Zhou Jingshan, Li Hongzhang, Shen Bingying, Zou Kaizhi and Foreign Minister Zhang Youcun are all there, and sitting at the bottom is Ruisi, the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Needless to say, it was the situation in this country that convened the ministers' meeting, and Rui Si attended mainly to report some information from the country, and many top-secret information, which Zhou Jingshan and other ministers had heard of for the first time.

For example, the Shinsengumi are planning a series of attacks on Chinese businessmen; For example, the situation of the core members of the Shinsengumi and the White Tiger Group, the armament of the action team, and so on, the Internal Affairs Office has its own estimates, and according to intelligence sources, there will be no major deviations.

Matsudaira Rongbao's special close relationship with the British and Americans made Zhou Jingshan and others also feel the urgency of the situation.

The frequency of American merchants and fleets in the Pacific region gradually increased, and it was clear that after the Civil War and the East-West Railroad, Americans began to search for overseas trade routes, and the Far East, which was once their most advantageous dumping ground for goods, is now completely the sphere of influence of the Chinese.

Some American businessmen naturally hoped to find a breakthrough in the oriental trade as soon as possible, and this became their first choice.

In fact, before the meeting, Rui Si proposed to assassinate Matsudaira Rongbao, and it was a hundred.

Shen Bingying, a representative figure of the Restoration, was somewhat influenced by Mencius in foreign exchanges, and believed in the way of benevolence and righteousness.

The empire kept a low profile and exerted a certain amount of pressure to force the political axe to recognize the seriousness of the problem, so that it could channel itself into the deviation of public opinion adjustment policy.

Shen Bingying's view is exactly the opposite of Zhang Youcun's, Zhang Youcun's excerpt said that although this is a small country, the people are unruly and often have the heart of slow China, so they should take this opportunity to send troops to investigate.

At this time, although Shen Bingying spoke first, Zhang Youcun also unambiguously clarified his views: "The saint always has a benevolent heart, but people have no thoughts of gratitude. ”

Ye Zhao silently sipped the tea, in fact, he had to deal with his country, and now there were more means, and there was no problem in collapsing his paper money system through economic means, but a chaotic country was not beneficial to the Central Plains Empire.

It's just that the general trend of the world will be united for a long time, and it is said that the country's heroes have been divided for a long time, and it is the political structure of the noble house and the great unification system, and over the years, it is obvious that both the people and the upper nobles have been psychologically unable to accept this transitional form of government, whether it is anti-Chinese, pro-China, or even the call to take back the royal family, it is a kind of demand for change.

What role should the empire play in this coming transformation?

Just as Ye Zhao was thinking silently, a guard hurriedly walked in outside the hall gate, walked quickly to Ye Zhao, and presented an urgent message to Ye Zhao.

After taking the telegram, Ye Zhao's brows furrowed, and the urgent telegram from the Edo intelligence station showed that three more Chinese businessmen were shot dead in the downtown area.

Ye Zhao sent the telegram to Zhou Jingshan and the others, and said: "That's it, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue a statement condemning the actions of the people, and then convene a security meeting of the Southeast Alliance, and the matter will be resolved within the framework of the Southeast Group." ”

Zhou Jingshan and the others nodded silently, the great emperor's diplomatic skills were skillful, and he was really perfect, and the problem that Shen Bingying was worried about was no longer a problem now.

At the emergency security meeting held in the afternoon of the second day, China briefed the countries on the attack on the Chinese guards in Edo.

China blocked the DPRK's impending vote on a resolution to suspend the status of the signatories to the Southeast Treaty.

In the following days, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassador on several occasions and at the same time sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging him to immediately arrest the murderers of Chinese businessmen and to ban all kinds of illegal armed organizations.

On the list of Chinese, more than a dozen samurai organizations, such as the "Shinsengumi," the "White Tiger Group," and the "Chibao Team," were officially listed as illegal organizations, and their core members were listed as key criminals and demanded that the official be arrested and extradited to China.

And more than a dozen days later, in the East Warm Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Mrs. Sanjo came to visit Weiyue Iori, which added another layer of meaning.

Iori was also promoted to a concubine two years ago, and it was no secret that the Chinese emperor had a concubine, and Mrs. Sanjo was the wife of Minomi Sanjo, the deputy commander of the Chinese emperor.

Sanjo Minoru is not yet forty years old, the son of the Minister of the Interior, Sanjo Minoru, in this book, the Minister of the Interior is another special group of nobles, stronger than the local tyrants, they have served the emperor for generations, and their origins are considered more noble. Sanjo Minoru was the guide of the Restoration in the imperial court, and his identity was extremely respected.

Even now, Sanjo Minoru is also working hard to welcome back the royal family, and in the more than a year that he has been in China, his wife quickly became close friends with Reeds, Iori has its own purpose, in fact, Reedsuki Iori's surname is indifferent, and Mrs. Sanjo gets acquainted with just think that there is one more friend to arrange flowers and drink tea.

Wei Yue Yi Zhi lives in the Xianfu Palace of the West Six Palaces, but although the emperor now encourages the imperial concubine to contact the society, but the harem is important, that is, parents, princes and princesses are not allowed to enter, not to mention a three-strip lady, it is a three-strip lady who asked to meet the imperial concubine Niangniang, and was finally introduced into the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace.

Lady Sanjo, who was dressed in a black kimono, was quite supple and beautiful, and kowtowed to Ye Zhao, Reedyue Iori, and Shawa, who was also in the East Nuan Pavilion, as a concubine.

Wei Yue Iori is six months pregnant, and she can clearly see her slightly bulging belly, and she is still so demure and beautiful in a loose black and white checkered maternity dress.

Sava grinded Ye Zhao to play tennis with her and Hua Ji today, and she followed, with a delicate purple skirt wrapped around her crisp breasts and hips, and the hem revealed a pair of crystal clear snow-white calves, and soft black high-heeled leather shoes, which made her figure fiery and surname.

Iori Reedsung and Mrs. Sanjo talked, while Sava murmured in Ye Zhao's ear, and Ye Zhao just nodded from time to time.

Mrs. Sanjo carefully answered Wei Yue Iori's question, but her eyes secretly glanced at Ye Zhao from time to time, it was rare to have the opportunity to meet the Emperor of the Central Plains, she really wanted to help her husband say a few words, and help the thousands of people in her country intercede. During this time, the husband was worried every time, saying that Songping Rongbao and others were only afraid that this time they would bring ruin to their country.

His husband also said that it seems that the Central Plains Empire and the Great Emperor did not overreact to the killing of the expatriates, but in fact, the Central Plains Emperor had already moved into a thunderous rage, and if the country could not hand over the murderers and ban organizations such as the Shinsengumi and extradite the criminals listed by the Chinese, I was afraid that the Central Plains Empire would definitely take the most severe measures to punish Yuben, and might even use military force against Edo.

The domestic situation in the country also makes it impossible to obtain a satisfactory answer to these conditions put forward by the Chinese, such as the Shinsengumi, and most of the core members are actually loyal vassals of Matsudaira Rongbo.

This is a dead knot that will be difficult to untie, and in the end, it will definitely be a catastrophe for the people.

(To be continued)