Chapter 187: The Meiji Restoration (25)

When Emperor Xiaoming heard the news, Long Yan was happy.

Kyoto Guardian Matsudaira Rongbao took the opportunity to say: Your Majesty, the Choshu Domain intends to burn Kyoto, murder the prince, and hold Your Majesty hostage, which is really a great rebellion and heinous!

The Governor of the Forbidden Guard, Ichibashi Keiki, seconded the proposal and said: I implore Your Majesty to send an edict to defeat him.

Prince Chihito of the Arisugawa Palace said: Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Yi ship are near Edo, the sword is pointing at Changzhou, and the war is about to break out; Wouldn't it be a steep and majestic crusade for us to crusade at this moment!

Discussion Zhongshan Zhongneng Dao: Your Majesty, last year, the Changzhou Domain donated more than 10,000 gold, and raised troops to conquer the country, all of which were the first to set an example. Was Ikedaya's rebellion indeed the order of the Maori father and son? A closer look is needed.

Emperor Xiaoming: That is the case, there is Lao Qingqing to investigate.

The Ikedaya changed dramatically, and the people of Choshu were shocked, and the Maori father and son called everyone to discuss again.

The old Fukuhara Echigo of the Changzhou family said: Qi Yu Lord, the soldiers are fast, immediately raise troops into Luo, meet at the royal gate, bow down and petition, and implore our emperor to move to the palace.

Choshu Domain's Priest Kusaka Xuanrui said: The Lord of Qi, the British, French, American, and Dutch fleets are approaching Edo, and the 20-day time limit is also coming, so beware of taking advantage of the fire to rob.

Maori respectfully said: The general has ordered us to open the Xiaguan Strait, and the ships will retreat on their own. Switch No?

Fukuhara Echigo Road: Enlighten the lord, if the next pass is open, three years of hard work, all pay for the water!

Maori respects his relatives: the power of the two interests is from the weight, and the power of the two evils is from the light; The ship must be imminent, and our vassal must wait for it, and do not let it go.

On August 4, 1864, the commander of the combined fleet of the British, French, American, and Dutch forces, Augustus. Cooper led more than 5,000 troops, 17 ships, and more than 300 guns to the sea of Xiaguan.

Maori did not dare to fight, so he urgently sent Ito Hirobumi to contact.

Augustus. Cooper refused to see it, and with an order, 300 huge cannons roared for three days, and the artillery fire was everywhere, and the townhouses and forts were all powdered.

Mori was frightened and sent Takasugi to board the ship to negotiate.

Augustus. Cooper: Erbang and I, soldiers, ships, and cannons are not comparable; Last year was defeated, and now the dynasty is repeated, why are you still fighting?

Takasugi Jinsaku said: Our emperor allowed to engage in battle, and the shogun also issued an order, and my state did not dare to disobey. Victory or defeat is determined by freedom, and it is not human power to do it. And then and Er, please also Mr. Cooper Haihan.

Augustus. Cooper Road: If peace is made, the Shimonoseki Strait must be opened, the war losses will be compensated, and the ports of Hyogo and Niigata will be opened; From now on, you must refrain from shelling our ships at every turn. This is not a covenant under the city, but it must be carefully observed, otherwise the war will break out.

Maori signed and signed the pledge, and the resentment was unsettled.

The old Fukuhara Echigo of the Changzhou family said: Qi Yu Lord, I improvised troops into Luo, met at the royal gate, and redressed the grievances of the lord.

Maori was reluctant to bow his head, and the retainers were also inconvenient.

On August 18, 1864, the Choshu Domain gathered 3,000 soldiers, divided into three routes, and entered Luo, and in the early morning of the 19th, they arrived in Fushimi, Gyeonggi.

The governor of the forbidden guard, Yoshiki Hitotsubashi, urgently summoned the Kyoto guardian Matsudaira Yoshinaga and the Kyoto office secretary Matsudaira to discuss the matter.

Hitotsubashi Keiki said: The soldiers of the shogunate, Aizu, and Kuwana are more than 2,000 in total, and the enemy is outside Kyoto?

Matsudaira Rongbaodao: My soldiers are outnumbered, not enough to control the enemy, retreat to the imperial gate, respectfully ask my emperor to edict, and raise the world's soldiers to discuss it.

Hitotsubashi rejoiced: "Slow and urgent, the Satsuma clan soldiers are strong and strong, there is Lord Lao Dingjing, quickly to the Satsuma Domain in Kyoto, and ask Komatsu to bring a knife and Saigo Takamori to send troops to help. Lord Rongbao and I immediately went to the Kyoto Imperial Palace and begged our emperor to issue an order.

Matsudaira took the ceremony and flew to the Satsuma Domain.

The old Komatsu of the Satsuma clan could not decide to bring a knife, so he said that the army was enlisted Saigo Takamori Road: Do you send troops to help?

Saigo Takamori Road: Without the imperial decree of our emperor, this is purely a private fight between the feudal soldiers, and it should not be taken lightly. As a precautionary measure, he immediately asked the lord to send 500 elite soldiers as soon as possible in case of emergency.

The Chōshū clan entered Luo, and Prince Chihito of Sugawa Palace and Nakayama Tadano were terrified, and the two urgently consulted and implored Emperor Komei to expel Matsudaira Yoho, the guardian of Kyoto, and allowed the Choshu clan soldiers to enter Beijing.

Emperor Xiaomei hesitated.

Ichibashi rejoiced and said: Your Majesty, the soldiers are dangerous, and they will enter without being called, if this case is opened, under the whole world, there are more than 200 domains, and everyone can enter Luo.

Emperor Xiaoming thought about it again and again, and said: "Last year, it is my intention to wait for the Lieutenant General Matsudaira Rongbao to expel the people of the Choshu Domain from Beijing. Today, the Choshu Domain is not an edict, and the arrival of troops in Gyeonggi is indeed disobedient. Shang Wang, the precipice of the long domain, retreated on his own. As a precaution, the decree was quickly passed on, and the governor of the forbidden li, Ichibashi, celebrated the president's entry into the army of Luo, and garrisoned the imperial palace; Aizu, Satsuma, Kuwana and other feudal domains must be followed.

The edict of filial piety was transmitted to Fushimi, and the people of the Choshu clan had different opinions and lawsuits.

The Choshu feudal priest Jiusaka Xuanrui raised his arms and shouted: If we are not summoned to Beijing, we are all chaotic ministers and thieves, and the world will attack them together. And according to His Majesty's Tianyin, temporarily retreat to Hyogo to standby.

The governor of the Choshu clan came to the island and reprimanded: What can you do if you retreat to Hyogo? The soldiers entered the royal gate and bowed their heads to petition, which was the established policy of the feudal lord, and he had already obeyed his words, so why did he return to the twilight and twilight again? If this is not the case, please watch from the wall with the strange soldiers, I will lead the guerrilla army, and petition the royal gate.

Shinano, the old national secretary of the Choshu feudal family, seconded the proposal.

The commander of the Choshu Domain, Fukuhara Echigo, said: "What we lead is also the Qing side rebels. That is, with our strength, we will purge the traitors and traitors on the side of the monarch, and implore our emperor to restore the official position of the head of the family, and pardon the sins of the three Shimi and other fallen Qiqing; Ambition is in me, and I can't do it! Quickly pass my order, the soldiers are divided into three ways, go straight to the royal gate, and those who violate the order will be killed.

On the morning of August 20th, the Governor of the Guards of the Island led the travelogue team to kill the Clam Imperial Gate.

At noon, Genrui Kusaka also led a strange army to Sakai Town.

The governor of the forbidden guard, Ichibashi Keiki, and the guardian of Kyoto, Matsudaira Rongho, urgently visited the pilgrimage, and Matsudaira Rongbao said: Your Majesty, the minister will immediately lead the new group and the Ogaki clan soldiers to go straight out of the imperial gate to meet the main force of the rebels, Fukuhara Echigo; When the minister goes out to fight with illness, he will definitely eradicate the traitors, quell the war, and swear to protect His Majesty.

Hitotsushi also said: Your Majesty, the Choshu bandit army besieged the imperial palace, and the minister has ordered the Aizu, Satsuma, and Kuwana feudal clans to guard the Clam Palace, Ganmon, Sakai Town, and other nine gates; However, without His Majesty's permission, the vassals may be perfunctory and implore His Majesty to make a crusade.

Emperor Xiaoming is also anxious, without thinking, straight road: Kyoto's safety depends on the second secretary! Quickly spread the decree, the Changzhou bandits must not be summoned to Luo, and the vassals must rise up and attack it.

The old Komatsu of the Satsuma clan took the edict with a knife, saying that the army was enlisted Saigo Takamori Road: Your Majesty's edict has been issued, and my clan must comply with it. There is no soldier in Choshu here, and the Clam Imperial Gate and Sakai Town Gate are in an emergency one after another, is there a rescue?

Saigo Takasheng Road: The Governor of the Forbidden Guard ordered us to guard the dry door, if this door is lost, you and I will not be able to escape the blame. The merit is nothing more than to save the driver, watch from the wall, and wait for the best opportunity.