The Count of Roche is a very manipulative person. As a diplomat, he has no means. How can he benefit France in the vast Far East?

Although he was already prepared to end in person in his heart, Count Roche still shied away on the surface and expressed his greetings to the Tokugawa family. Then he ran to Edo and went to see the Tokugawa family.

This time, the Tokugawa family was full of energy, and he could not get up after lying down for several days. In addition to the complicated affairs of the state and the instability of the curtain wall, he, a person who did not care much about political affairs, was disturbed a lot by these mundane affairs. There is no way to rest in peace, and the recovery will naturally be slow.

I took my doctor to take a look at the Tokugawa family. The French doctor only said that it is better to rest in peace, and it is best to drink a little milk every day. Who told the Tokugawa family to be frail from the womb, this can't be changed.

To be beriberi or something, has completely disappeared. Everyone in Edo knew that if you wanted to avoid beriberi, you could just eat multigrain doughnuts.

In addition, there is the problem of tooth decay. The tooth decay of the Tokugawa family may be the most serious one among the Tokugawa generals in all dynasties. He loves sweets himself, plus Chuemon suggested that he eat donuts every day (he eats them with sugar). Good guy, a tooth, more than half decayed. If this is not controlled, sooner or later it will become a toothless old lady.

"So what's your Majesty's situation?" Count Roche asked impatiently after coming out of the Western Pavilion.

"There's no major critical problem..." The doctor understood it too, let's just drag it on. Anyway, as long as you take care of it carefully and supplement your nutrition, it won't be a problem to drag it on for three or five years.

"That's good!" Count Roche wanted this answer.

He glanced back at the Western Pavilion, a palace built by the French and presented to Madame Atsuhime, standing out among Japanese architecture. Perhaps it should not stand out from the crowd, but be unique. Just as soon, the influence of France will overwhelm the Quartet, such as the Western Museum, which is deeply rooted in the heart center of the Tokugawa shogunate.

After confirming that the Tokugawa family will not have any major events in the short term, there will be time to establish a cabinet that is friendly to France and strengthen the influence of France in the shogunate army according to the wishes of France. Count Roche made up his mind to stand on the side of the shogunate and attack the arrogance of the British.

It was the mutiny that resulted from your arrears in military salaries and pensions!

There is no other reason for so many bells and whistles, that is, the lack of wages, the responsibility is all on your British side. As a representative of the civilized world and the largest army in Europe, France has always been "honest and trustworthy".

By the way, the thoughts of Count Roche coincided with the large number of Hamoto royal family members in the shogunate. In his mind, Naobi Ii and Chuemon were standard pro-British factions, at least standing aside and no longer serving as Prime Minister and Minister of War.

God is pitiful, is Naobi Jingyi an pro-British faction? He's pro-sterling!

If you lend him a golden franc, he will instantly become a Francophile. Just kidding, it's standard, I'll be the one who will kill you when my arms are strong.

Hey, it turns out that now, I was accidentally injured by Count Roche.

As for Chuemon, let's not talk about it, it's too early to show that he wants to bring shoes to the British Empire. Although he has become a **** now, the pro-British label on his body cannot be washed away for a while. Not to blame Count Roche, thinking of kicking both of them with a single kick, and replacing them with someone else.

Regarding the issue of the pro-French cabinet, Count Roche naturally also thought about it. Taking advantage of the fact that he could now make a good deal with the shogunate, he very much hoped that Mrs. Atsuhime's father would serve as the prime minister of Japan. But he has been in Japan for so many years, and he has long since seen that it is impossible for Shimadzu to become the head of the shogunate.

However, the definition of Shimadzu has already served as the old school and the navy. This time, maybe we can find a way to send it to a foreign country or to hold the position of the old school. Either take charge of the shogunate's diplomatic work and government-run modern industrial and mining enterprises, or directly serve as the finance minister of the shogunate.

It's just that the position of the eldest elder, who is better to give it to? Count Roche didn't have a particularly good candidate for a while, and his contacts with the shogunate were mainly concentrated at high levels, and the scope was relatively narrow.

Mainly those who went to study in France, the flag of the shogunate, have not returned to Japan. If there were 60 civil servants who graduated from French universities, and more than 30 military attachés who graduated from French military academies, it would be much easier for Count Roche to operate.

Try to unite these members of the Hamoto family, who are themselves officials, to establish a "fine law" group within the bureaucratic system of the shogunate. Then it will be able to form checks and balances with the elites. Even if the prime ministers and ministers at the top are not replaced, it is not bad that the practical bureaucrats at the middle level can be replaced.

Don't be too hasty, help the shogunate, but also make profits for France!

With the intermediary of Count Roche, Chuemon and Alcock finally sat at the negotiating table again. Alcock has not been idle during this period of time, and he has indeed tried to win over the envoys of various countries in Japan and put pressure on the shogunate unanimously. But diplomats from other countries are not fools. Seeing that Count Roche suddenly came back, and then immediately visited the Tokugawa family, he was willing to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

The current situation has changed from the contradiction between Britain and the shogunate to the contradiction between Britain and France. Once the French represent the shogunate, then it is not their small country's right to intervene.

Stay tuned!

But it's one thing to wait and see what happens, and it's another thing to come to watch all the UU reading www.uukanshu.com. Although the ministers and consuls of various countries said that they would never intervene in this matter, they pricked up their ears, sat on the side, and listened attentively.

"Thank you Count Roche for his willingness to act as the mediator on this matter, and I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the Shogunate." Chuemon knew that the French were purely fighting for the interests of the British in Japan, not sincerely helping the Shogun, but they still needed to work in face. made.

"Since I have a deep friendship with His Majesty Tokugawa, how can I not respond positively to his invitation." Count Roche also pretended to be a white lotus flower.

"You two please." Alcock interrupted the conversation between the two and sat down at the long table.

Chuemon and Count Roche made concessions to each other and sat down side by side. The three of them were ready to start today's negotiation. But there was a knock on the door of the conference room, and a young secretary crashed in at an incredible speed.

"Your Excellency Minister, Your Excellency Minister, London has appointed you as the Governor of the Straits Settlements, the Commissioner of the Malays and other territories and the Protectorate, and has been awarded the Grand Cross of Bath!"