Chapter 187: The Meiji Restoration of the Wa Kingdom (28)

Tokugawa Shigetoku conscripted troops according to the order, and except for the Hikone domain and a dozen small feudal domains, the rest resisted.

The president of political affairs, Matsudaira Keinaga, said: General Qiyu, last year, he crusaded against the thieves, and requisitioned and transferred the 150,000 troops of the 21st Domain of the Western Kingdom nearby. Money and food are not continued, and the soldiers are war-weary!

After the shogun, Ichibashi rejoiced and said: "Lord Kaiyu, the Edo shogunate has been in power for more than 200 years, and after a long period of peace, 80,000 pro-feudal banner samurai are unwilling to fight. If you don't go to the general in person, you can't lift people's hearts.

Keijichi Matsudaira: General Keiyu, the ministers of Britain, France, the United States, and the Netherlands have repeatedly urged the signing of the treaty between the Seal and the opening of the port of Hyogo and the reduction of tariffs.

Shimazu Hisamitsu, the head of the Satsuma Domain, said: "General Kaiyu, all the feudal clans gathered in Kyoto to participate in the deliberations last year, and the policy proposed by this feudal clan to open the country, learn from the long skills, breed and prosper, build ships and cast cannons, and slowly plan the strategy, if His Majesty the Emperor and the Shogun adopt it, how can there be today's troubles!

Hitotsubashi rejoiced: Time has changed, and Shimazu-sama should not bring up the old things again.

Tokugawa Iemomichi: It has been more than 12 years since the signing of the contract with the Yikuni Seal! If you delay for a long time, you will bring disaster; The Chōshū Domain was repeatedly disobedient, and the 100,000 male soldiers immediately resumed the crusade, and it could not be hastily ended. The general will go to Kyoto and consult with His Majesty the Emperor again.

On May 16 of the first year of Keio, the shogun Tokugawa Ieshige traveled west by land and spent three months in the imperial palace to meet Emperor Komei.

When the monarch and the minister meet, they are embarrassed.

Tokugawa Ishige Michi: I implore Your Majesty to allow Hyogo to open the port, seal the treaty, reduce tariffs, and crusade against Choshu, and I am grateful.

Filial piety to the emperor: Covenants can be made, taxes can be reduced, but Hong Kong cannot be opened! In the eventful autumn, Mao Qing hesitated in March, and I was also bitter! Mao Qing personally conquered the long domain, and I really couldn't bear it.

Tokugawa Iemochi Road: Your Majesty, the peace has been maintained for a long time, and the daimyo of the pro-domain, the Konoe Imperial Family, and the Banner have not fought for a long time, and it is difficult to find talents; Last year, he crusaded and did not fire a shot; If we do things hastily today, will we not laugh at the world?

Filial piety to the emperor's road: conquest and crusade, labor and money, do not start lightly. Last year, the fire in Kyoto burned for three days and three nights, 30,000 houses were reduced to ashes, and more than 100,000 people were displaced; With a single thought, I and the prince will become dead trees and rotten plants, if it were not for the favor of the sky, the country would have been finished!

Tokugawa Iemomichi: Your Majesty, this is all thanks to the elders, and the ministers will gather the strength of the whole country to kill the Choshu bandits.

Filial piety to the emperor: Sun Tzu's Art of War: soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored. Don't be in a hurry for a while, don't be obsessed with one thing; Gathering troops, raising more food funds, and having the right timing, Fang came out with a thunderous momentum.

Tokugawa Imochi Road: His Majesty's teachings, every word is beautiful; Your Majesty Longen, the minister is unforgettable!

Filial piety tomorrow emperor road: Changzhou is the first major male domain in the southwest, Maoqing personally conquered, the flag was victorious, and the world was peaceful!

Tokugawa Iemomichi: The ministers will gather heavy troops, win in one battle, and never disappoint His Majesty's trust.

In early December 1865, Tokugawa Ieshige returned to Edo and summoned the shogunate and daimyo to attack Choshu.

Tokugawa Iemo: The crusade against Choshu will cause the lives to be ruined, and I am also anxious; However, His Majesty the Emperor thought that the change of the forbidden gate, the fire in Kyoto, and the displacement of more than 100,000 people, were not to be severely punished by the three or two families of the Chang Domain.

President of Political Affairs Matsudaira Keiki: Your Majesty the Emperor has made a promise, and the general will personally enlist, and we will do our best to make it happen!

Recently, Kido Takayoyo and Takasugi Jinsaku of the Choshu Domain, Takamori and Okubo Toshitsu of the Satsuma Domain, Sakamoto Ryoma and Shintaro Nakaoka of the Tosa Domain, have been very close to each other, and they have done many misdeeds in the name of trade with Yi, so I implore the Shogun to investigate.

Matsudaira Keido: The change of the forbidden door, Kido Takayo is the first evil offender, and not killing is not enough to correct the law of the country! Ryoma Sakamoto, Ritsu Okubo, Shintaro Nakaoka, Takamori Saigo, etc., if there are illegal acts, they will also be severely punished!

The Tosa Domain's lord Yamoto said: General Kaiyu, last year, Lord Yoshiki Hitotsubashi closed the naval training center, and Sakamoto Ryoma and others had no life, so they formed a Kameyama trading company and exchanged with Yi for profit; There may be illegal things in it, but Ryoma Sakamoto, Shintaro Nakaoka and others have long since left the domain, and I no longer have the right to control it.

Shimazu Hisamitsu, the head of the Satsuma Domain: "General Kaiyu, after the Saei War, my domain was in shambles; The subordinates entrusted Okubo Ritsu and Saigo Takamori to raise funds and purchase goods; If there is any lawlessness among them, our clan will be severely punished! However, now that he has signed a contract with Yi Zhanyin, if he is repeatedly entangled in the details, he will not be truthful and laugh in vain. The war is imminent, and I implore the general to be accommodating.

Tokugawa Ishige Michi: The matter is urgent, and now the most important thing is to crusade against the Choshu domain! The Naga clan surrendered, Kido Takayoshi, Takasugi Shinsaku and others took up their own laws, and Saigo Takamori, Sakamoto Ryoma, etc., if they colluded with the Naga Domain, they would also be severely punished to set an example!

Shimazu Hisamitsu, the lord of the Satsuma domain, retreated in a state of anxiety and quickly summoned Okubo Toshitsu and Saigo Takamori.

Shimazu Hisamichi: The shogunate mobilized a large army and soon attacked Choshu; Is it possible to transfer all the goods purchased for it?

Okubori Passage: All the weapons have been transferred through Kameyama Trading Company.

Shimazu Hisamitsu said: Although there are guns and cannons to help, the long domain is weak, and it is difficult to win; The lips and teeth will be cold, and my domain cannot be watched from the wall.

Saigo Takamori Road: The lord of Kaiyu, his subordinates are about Sakamoto Ryoma, Kido Takayoshi, Nakaoka Shintaro, Takasugi Shinsaku, etc., and then negotiate.

Shimazu Hisamitsumichi: The shogunate is full of eyes and ears, so be sure to find a safe place.

Okuboli Passage: Enlighten the lord, look at the world, Kyoto is the only safe place, go to the year of the forbidden door change, Saigo Junwei Zhen Kyoto, high to great, up to His Majesty, down to Li Shu, no one knows.

On March 5, 1866, Saigo Takamori, Kido Takayoshi and others gathered at the Satsuma Domain Mansion in Kyoto.

Kido Takayo said: The change of the forbidden gate, if it weren't for the insistence of Lord Saigo Takamori, my clan would have used the power of the whole country to wash away Yidi, would Lord Saigo have no regrets?

Saigo Takasheng Road: At that time, the Erfan bombarded the imperial gate, and my emperor left in a hurry; More than 30,000 people were killed and more than 100,000 people were displaced. If you go against the sky, I will stop it!

Kido Takayo said: Kyoto Bingxie, it is definitely not the original intention of my domain, I and Kusaka Genruijun bowed their heads to petition, can you hear about it?

Saigo Takamori Road: Unheard of it!

Kido Takayo said: Who loves and hates clearly, but it's just a reckless ear!

Saigo Takamori said: Last year, I crusaded against the Er Domain, if I didn't try my best to lobby, the Er Domain would have been reduced to rubble!

Kido Takayo was furious, got up and left.