Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 29

The emperor’s decree of filial piety has been issued, but it is impossible for anyone who wants to open their mouths today and change their mouths tomorrow. If you want to take back your life, you have to go back and forth, talk about it for three or five months, and in the end, you can’t do anything, and then take back your life.

Abe was ordered to come, and he was very busy inside and out. The filial piety inside the palace wants the emperor to perfunctory, and the public family outside the palace wants to lobby. It is also necessary to guard against the increasingly arrogant and arrogant elements, and it is not safe to eat and sleep every day.

It was Matsudaira Keiyong, who was quite excited after listening to Hashimoto Zuochi’s report. The plan brought by Shinsaku Takasugi is actually similar to the plan he envisioned.

His original goal was to force Chuemon to come to Kyoto, and by paying homage to the emperor again, clarify Japan’s system of monarchs and ministers, and weaken the general’s status as the pillar of the military family and the head of the world. As a result, Chuyouemon can only enter the so-called national feudal lords’ public meeting and compete for power.

After all, Matsudaira Keiyong is confident that he will definitely be more popular than Chuyouemon, and can master the entire meeting of princes, and then serve as the prime minister of the Japanese Empire.

Of course, this time it’s still the same thing, a private alliance is an alliance. Matsudaira Keiyong instructed Hashimoto Zuai as usual, if Zhongyouemon really went to Luo, and in the end he refused to hold a public meeting of the feudal lords, and he would carry out military remonstrance. It is also necessary to let the people from the Changzhou domain go first, and wait for the people from the Changzhou domain to fire the first shot, and then let’s go.

Hashimoto Zuochi had done this once in the past. Because of this, Masuda Tanzheng, the elder of the Changzhou clan, was still under orders and committed suicide by cutting his belly. The main ministers of the Fukui Domain were all found by the shogunate and sat in a row at the scene, watching how they cut their abdomens and then how their heads were beheaded.

So Hashimoto Zuochi is very aware of this set of “philosophies”, and he holds it in his hands.

After the close business between the two ended, Matsudaira Qingyong started a new round of series connection. He can’t say it’s completely whimsical, after all, at the moment, a large group of princes, or dispatched retainers, or personally, have promised him one thing. That is to say, if a virtual monarch can achieve the constitution, he must support him to hold power.

In that scene, to give an inappropriate example, during the battle between the Beiyang government and the government, Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui criticized each other, and they were not at peace. At this time, Zhang Xun jumped out and tried to compete with the snipe and clam for the fisherman’s profit. On the surface, it is of course to restore the Qing court, but in fact, it is to prepare to take control of the world.

At that time, some of the warlords in Beiyang were really smart, some were looking at the wind, and some were even ready to be oriole. However, they unanimously supported Zhang Xun as the governor of the 13 Beiyang Province Alliance, and they also signed blood as an alliance, signed and signed, expressing their willingness to support Zhang Xun to enter the capital and restore the Qing court.

As for the result, needless to say, Duan Qirui gave Duan Qirui the name of “Rebuilding the Republic” for nothing. And the blood letter signed by everyone was stolen from Zhang Xun’s safe and disappeared completely after spending a lot of money.

Whether these princes have the same idea as those Beiyang warlords, we don’t know. But Matsudaira Qingyong was sure that these people definitely wanted to fight for power and profit. As long as this is clear, then he believes that with his own wisdom, there is a way to play them in the palm of his hand.

And just from his personal perspective, the development of things is almost exactly the same as what he expected. In particular, Maori, the lord of the Changshu domain, and Iyo Yu and the lord of the island domain, Date Mongjo, all agreed with his idea very much.

Of course, he wasn’t stupid enough to come directly to the official seal to make a wish. Because no matter who it is, its ultimate goal must be to seize the power of the whole of Japan, not to share power with others.

Even if you are the Prime Minister, I am the Chief Cabinet Secretary. Why did everyone fall down together, you are the boss, and I am the second?

Based on this, Matsudaira has temporarily blurred this key point. But first try to look into the future with the princes, we have a common enemy, that is the Tokugawa shogunate. If the shogunate does not fall, the rest of the things will be castles in the air, and there is no point in talking about it.

Let’s go to one place first, to bring down the shogun Tokugawa Chusho, this is the top priority!

It can be regarded as shelving disputes to a certain extent and fighting together.

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“Is it all resolved to Yokohama?” Chuemon was overjoyed.

“It’s solved!” Zu Liu was also very happy.

After deducting 4% of the handling fee and benefits of the 6 million pounds loan from Britain and France last year, the remaining 5.76 million pounds was handed over to the shogunate in the form of spot gold and silver.

Britain and France are also willing to go out. The shogunate requires money to be able to send missionaries and expand settlements. So Bashari and Bailey Court, from Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, Calcutta, Pondicherry and other places, made every effort to transfer cash to Japan. It took less than four months in total. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

After the money was delivered, the two envoys were busy building the church. Then he led the surveying and mapping personnel to the enclosure next to the residential area.

Now the money has been sent to Edo under the **** of the guards of the transfer team, and is ready to be sent to the gold treasure under the castle at night. With this money in place, Chuemon was half at ease.

“And no income from Jinzang.” Chuyouemon is now not expected to win, but first expected to lose.

“Is it sent to Ueno Kanei-ji Temple?” Sukeroku immediately guessed what Chuemon was thinking.

Originally, the shogunate was not short of money, and it was no problem to save this money temporarily. If the world is in peace in the future, just take it out and use it. If the shogunate was defeated and the money was out, there would still be funds to start again, and the team would be able to pull up and fight again.

“Follow Kanei-ji Temple first, and wait for the opportunity.” Chuemon nodded.

“clear.”

Soon the troops of the 3rd Sendai Division will arrive in Shimono Nikko, and when the troops are settled, the money can be transferred to Nikko. Not to mention, with the protection of 4,000 troops, this money can also be safer.

After the two discussed it, the sky became dark. Without further ado, immediately send someone to Kuanyong Temple to make arrangements. On the side of Nihonbashi Railway Station, the First Brigade of the First Edo Division, the most friendly and friendly of the shogunate, was arranged to transport and transfer.

Five million and seventy-six million pounds disappeared into the vast moonlight of Edo.

The shogunate, who had been hesitant and flustered a few days ago, suddenly showed some incredible “excitement”. When the document urging Chuemon to leave was delivered to Edo. The shogunate directly and publicly stated that the feudal lords’ public meeting was already a rule of the shogunate’s years, and it should be held in Edo.

I will not go to this Kyoto!

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