Anzheng five years (1858), the first day.

The seventeen-year-old Sojiro Okita, under the auspices of his senior brother, Isamu Kondo, who is also the leader of the Jingzhong Langshi Group, held the ceremony of Yuanfu, and walked the world in the name of Chief Okita.

The recent situation in Kyoto, even a fool, can see that it is very turbulent. The Zunzong elements have resumed their activity, and various forces are entangled in Kyoto. Both Gongqing and the Gong family were dissatisfied or panicked at the stern attitude of the shogunate. The Kyoto side, who had been deprived of almost no right to speak, was really going to be completely killed by Naobi Ii this time.

Many respectable elements, including Umeda Yunbin, Liangchuan Xingyan, Lai Sanshu Saburo, and Ikenai University, have been running in series everywhere. The above persuaded the princes and ministers to ban entry and exit, inciting filial piety to the emperor. Next, they contacted all kinds of ambitious people, agitated propaganda in Kyoto, and weakened the prestige of the shogunate.

There was even an extremely vicious and vicious case in front of them. The heads of the statues of Ashikaga Tsunji, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who were enshrined in Kyoto and other institutions, were cut off and hung on the three bridges in Tokyo.

The names of the three generations of Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Hidetada, and Tokugawa Iemitsu were also deliberately written on it, and the wooden plaques were hung on the heads of the wooden statues. His intentions are self-evident, and his attitude is extremely arrogant.

Because of this incident, Tokugawa Qingbao's Qi Qiaosheng smoke, that is his ancestor, and now he is cut off as an idol and hangs his head in public, can he not be angry. But now the atmosphere in Kyoto has changed greatly, and even many people are full of hostility or doubts about the shogunate, and it is difficult to carry out normal investigation work.

In desperation, Tokugawa Kebao ordered Isamu Kondo and his loyal team to sneak into the people, investigate carefully, and make sure to detect it quickly.

As the leader of Jingzhong, Isamu Kondo has been active on the stage of Kyoto in the past two years, and there are too many people who know him. In particular, the last time to capture Mijo Miman and Iwakura Kusui has attracted widespread attention in Kyoto.

To put it bluntly, too many people know his face, and there is no way to start any more secret work. After thinking about it, Isamu Kondo gave his junior brother Okita Souji to Yuanfu, and then recommended him to Tokugawa Keibao.

But don't underestimate Chief Okita. When the British and American forces invaded Edo Bay, Chief Chief Okita captured and killed Lieutenant Colonel Preble of the US Navy. Later, Iwakura was captured, and he was able to reward hereditary replacements. Now it is a serious "official body", a **** shogun.

Smart and smart, just right for the job!

What else could be done, Tokugawa Keibao immediately agreed, and Chief Director Okita led a team of people and began to sneak into the undercurrents under the city of Kyoto, secretly investigating the increasingly rampant rioting activities.

At this time, the Imperial Palace in the Imperial Palace was still in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. The main reason was that the owner of the palace, Emperor Xiaoming, did not want to be hostile to the shogunate from the bottom of his heart. Since there is no hostility to the shogunate, naturally, there is no big burden in my heart. It is impossible to think that this incident will lead to a break between the shogunate and the imperial court, or even a civil war or something.

Before the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese celebrated the Winter Solstice and the Spring Festival, which were very lively, with various customs and ceremonies. On the first day of the new year, Emperor Xiaoming also ordered his ministers to go to many temples and shrines in Beijing to pray for good luck and prosperity for five years.

The imperial concubines and concubines in the palace also accompanied him to drink, enjoy the snow, and spend the day laughing. As far as the emperor's self-cultivation is concerned, this weak and old-fashioned emperor is actually very qualified, at least much more qualified than his rebel son. It is a pity that it is also because he is weak and easily influenced by others.

Maybe he's not as good as Huck in "Yes, Prime Minister", and Huck's final decision is usually influenced by the last person to advise him. And the Emperor Xiaoming is that this can also affect him, and that can also affect him.

In addition to inciting him to fall, he would sternly refuse, and even issuing secret orders to the princes, he would be persuaded. Of course, the secret edict can't be downfall, it can only be to assist the shogunate to expel foreigners, or refresh politics, prepare for war or something.

If he hadn't always had such a bottom line that he would never fall, maybe some people in Edo would have been ready to move him.

In the view of Emperor Xiaoming, the emperor originally put "religious learning" first, and took the salary issued by the shogunate, as well as various offerings or rewards at the four seasons and four seasons. Not only do you not need to be affected by complicated affairs, but you can also spend your days leisurely. All you need to do is to connect poems with songs, practice archery with bows and horses, and live a happy life.

What's so bad about days like this?

His father came this way, and his grandfather came this way. I don't know how many generations of ancestors came here. Even some ancestors were not as good as him.

As for the authority that many people hold in their mouths or in their hearts~lightnovelpub.net~ must know that once they have gained authority, they have to take responsibility. It is a pity that Emperor Xiaoming is not willing to be concerned by the responsibilities of the common people. To put it in a bad way, he is a "human god", how can he have contact with the common people.

That would probably get his hands and eyes dirty...

It's still the same now, reading books happily every day, drinking tea, and playing bed riding with seventeen or eightteen girls and daughters-in-law at night.

Seeing his unwillingness to make progress, a group of princes and ministers looked at him and were anxious in their hearts. Fortunately, Umeda Yunhama had brought back a piece of news that made them very excited. Both the Hagi Domain and the Fukui Domain agreed to send troops to Kyoto to support and support the imperial court.

Regardless of whether the "Eighteen Edicts on the Legal System of Gongwu" is true or not, these people have already judged him to be a fake edict. No matter what, the emblem of Emperor Mizuo, I'm blind, I'm mentally disabled, I'm deaf, it's fake anyway.

With an army of at least 7,000 people in the two major vassals, the imperial court has the confidence and the ministers sent by the shogunate to break their arms. The shogunate couldn't have brought all the training teams to Kyoto, and Yokohama also had British troops stationed there, so it had to be guarded.

"Marquis Matsudaira Akashi has arrived in Osaka!" Just as several people in the secret room were conspiring, Yamada Kanjiyu called the barrier and walked in.

Because the court deliberately delayed and told Songping Qixuan in advance that it was useless for you to come before the New Year. The court has to celebrate the winter solstice and the Zhengdan again, and there are a lot of messy things. So Matsudaira Qixuan first returned to the Akashi Domain to celebrate the New Year, and after a tour of the domain, he returned to Osaka.

"Have you brought soldiers and horses?" someone secretly asked.

"It is said that there are only 500 people in the training team, and there is no such thing as cannons." Yamada Kanjiu was very happy to hear the situation.