Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 12

In the second year (Renxu) of the new moon in the spring, the mirror of the spring sun self-destructed. 【Copy today. The Spring Mirror self-destructs. 】

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The news quickly reached Edo by telegraph, and Chuemon might have known about it earlier than Emperor Komei. After all, Matsudaira Keiyong had to send someone into the palace to ask for a visit, and to inform the samurai family and the valet in the palace.

At this time, the Imperial Council had ended, and Chuemon was patrolling the construction site in Edo Castle. It wasn’t that the Honmaru was burned down before, and even Dao burned down Taiban. In the entire Edo Honmaru, there is only one tower where the castle is still strong, and Chuemon will not live in the castle, so he began to build a Western-style palace.

By the way, there are also the office buildings of the departments under the jurisdiction of the old middle school, which are also under construction at this time. In the future, those who want to live and work again, Zhongyouemon will take care of them, and other old middle school will also take care of them.

“How could such a thing happen?”

Looking at the telegram in his hand, Chuemon’s first thought was that someone would find it difficult for me. After all, the divine mirror is not meant to be hung on the main hall of the shrine. If it is exposed to the sun and rain for hundreds of years, it will rot and it will rot, which is understandable.

However, because he is a divine mirror, he not only does not generally appear in public, but also uses multiple layers of bags, letters, and boxes to repeatedly wrap it. In later generations, the stupa unearthed in Famen Temple was on the seventh or ninth floor, and the mirror of Kasuga Taisha was similar.

And he didn’t say that the secret was hidden in a place where the sun was not visible, but was enshrined on the Feiyun Terrace in the center of the main hall. There were seven to ten layers of packages outside, and it took ten minutes to open.

Is it really broken?

As for why he was found to be cracked, because Kyoto is going to hold the Gion Festival (ぎおんまつり). It is said that it originated in 869, when the epidemic broke out, and the people of Kyoto moved the idols in Yasaka Shrine out of the shrine and patrolled the city of Kyoto, praying for purification and elimination of the plague.

As a shrine that protects the national capital, Kasuga Taisha will definitely come out to offer sacrifices, asking Amaterasu to wash away the dirt in the world and bless the people’s safety.

At this time last year, the magic mirror was in good condition, and it could even show off against the sun. When I took it out this year, I found that the divine mirror had shattered and had self-destructed.

What to do!

“I will send someone to investigate immediately.” Seeing Chuyouemon’s frown, Kurokawa Keitoku knew that Chuyouemon was suspecting someone of sabotage.

“You can also send a few capable people, together with the Kyoto Shinsengumi team, to investigate this matter.” Although the possibility of human sabotage is relatively small, Chuemon has to check it out.

If man-made damage is found, it doesn’t matter, just ask for a mirror. Anyway, there must be a bronze mirror rewarded by the Tang Dynasty in the treasure house of Emperor Xiaoming. Find someone to dance and pray, and Amaterasu will be able to possess it.

“Understood!” Kurokawa Ketoku turned around and ordered.

“Transfer the telegram to a few seniors to have a look.” Chuemon said, pointing to another valet.

Soon all the seniors in Edo knew about this. Originally, Matsudaira Qixuan was still thinking about whether he wanted to go to the temple immediately to meet Chuyouemon, but a retainer beside him grabbed him and said that he would not summon him immediately, that is, he wanted you to think carefully about the countermeasures. Tomorrow The imperial conference can be said directly.

Instead of rushing to Chuemon’s house like a headless fly now. You hurried away, and the two of them stared at each other, what’s the use?

Matsudaira Qi Xuan agreed, and discussed it with his retainers. The retainer was called Tsuda Shindo, and he was an apprentice of Sakuma Xiangshan, who was recommended by him to come to Edo.

He was originally the son of a vassal of the Mizuno Tsuyama domain, but he was not the eldest son and had no inheritance. He was diligent in learning and questioning, and was preparing to take the imperial examination. It happened that Matsudaira Qixuan was the director of education at the old middle school. Under the conversation, I liked it very much, so I was directly promoted to Edo University. If nothing else, I would go to France to study in the future.

The next day, the imperial meeting.

The matter of the self-destruction of the Kasuga Divine Mirror was naturally the most important case in the entire meeting that needed to be discussed and concluded. Chuemon also thought about it all night at home. In addition to thinking that there may be human factors, he also believed that someone in Kyoto would definitely take this to make trouble, and even publicly jumped out to sing against the shogunate.

The matter of Amaterasu is not the same as saying that the public is reasonable and the mother is reasonable.

Do you have the ability to invite Amaterasu to come down?

Perhaps they should have rescued two Taiping soldiers from coming to Edo before, and learned the kung fu set of the rumors of Dai Tianfu or Dai Tianxiong.

Forgot to ask!

“What do you have to teach me?” Chuemon sat on the sofa in the first seat, looking at the ministers sitting in rows below.

“Is the minister going to write a letter and go to Jinzhong?” Tokugawa Keibao could only sit in the penultimate position because he was a senior in Nishimaru and had a relatively low status.

He has a very good relationship with Emperor Xiaoming, and the two are as dear as close brothers. Does the shogunate have any explanation, or other words, coming out of his mouth is stronger than what others say. At least the emperor of filial piety trusts him a little more than others.

The voiceover is, do you want me to make up some nonsense to fool the Emperor Xiaoming?

“It’s not urgent, just wait.” Nonsense? I haven’t made up the nonsense yet, you can wait a bit, and when we have compiled the nonsense, you can write a letter.

“Where’s Marquis Akashi?” Chuyouemon turned to look at Matsudaira Qixuan.

Last night, Matsudaira Qixuan and Tsuda Shindo spent half a night together, and they still had a little gain in their hearts. Moreover, he also knows some secret arrangements of Chuemon, so the direction of expansion is also wider.

“I think I will wait and see what happens, Marquis Fukui is not in Kyoto.” Matsudaira Qi Xuan gave Chuyouemon a look indistinctly.

“It’s not right, UU reading www.uukanshu.com I’m afraid Xiaoxiao will use this to confuse the public.” Ooka Zhongshu did not refute Matsudaira Qixuan, he just figured out the mind of Zhongyouemon, thinking that the capital is in chaos, Zhongyouwei Doors will be very unhappy.

“The Xinxuan team was ordered to take care of the streets, but there were rumors who took Yuanliu Huatai.” Matsudaira Qi Xuan said that he was not too worried about the rumors.

Even if there are rumors, after learning about Chuemon’s plan, Matsudaira felt that Chuemon may be looking forward to the rumors, and hoped that the spread of the rumors would make some people go from being eager to move to preparing for action.

If you really want to do it, that’s fine!

“What do you mean by Shangqi?” Abe Zhengwai had just entered the cabinet and was ranked third from the bottom. He spoke with a little caution.

“Yu has already sent someone to Kasuga Taisha Shrine, and there will always be a reply in three or five days at most.” Chuemon was going to look at the results of the investigation before deciding what to do next.

Listening to this voice, everyone also realized that the stakes were very important, and Chuemon didn’t want to take action immediately.