In addition to paying close attention to the war in the Qing Kingdom, the shogunate still had to revise its internal affairs and prepare the army and harmony. The recruitment of the 3rd Sendai Division was in full swing, and inside and outside the temporary Sendai Camp was in full swing.

At the beginning, Ida Qingbang was confused, you know. When he turned the corner in his mind, he immediately sent an order back to Sendai, asking the children of the Sendai domain, especially the second and third sons of the retainers, to apply for the recruitment as long as they met the standards. He even hinted that those with meager salaries would be allowed to leave the domain to apply for recruitment.

Anyway, those second and third boys have no right of inheritance at home. Instead of sharpening their heads and wanting to get a chance to become an official in the domain, it is better to go to the training team. Food, housing, housing, and uniforms are given, pensions are given to those killed in battle, subsidies are given to those injured in battle, and after retiring, they can be sent to rural villages and return to the village to work as police officers.

As long as you become a trainee soldier, it is basically from birth control to death, the shogunate will be tied to you.

Although he hoped that the more than 6,000 people in the third Sendai division, it is best to be all descendants of the Sendai clan. It's a pity that this recruitment is a black-box operation, and there is an order from Zhongemon in advance. For those from Sendai Domain, at most one thousand will be given. You can even give only seven or eight hundred, unless there are very good people, and they are not recruited to form a team. The rest must recruit strong men from the Ou region to eliminate social instability.

It is best to recruit four or five hundred from the Aizu clan to check and balance the existence of the Sendai clan. The loyalty of the Aizu clansmen to the shogunate is truly worthy of reference.

Another thing was also pushed very smoothly. The Hawaiian prince Lotte, who knew the "kindness" of the shogunate, "happily met" at a banquet arranged by the shogunate, and "happily met" a daughter who was carefully selected by the shogun. At first sight, the two of them fell in love with each other. More needs to be said about what happened next.

According to the previous arrangement, this girl was directly adopted by Tokugawa Keibao, as the daughter of Owari Hou's family, married to Prince Lotte of Hawaii. In theory, she is also the noble daughter of the Grand Duke Owari's family in the Kingdom of Japan, and the identities between the two parties are completely worthy.

I rushed back from Kyoto and heard Tokugawa Keibao of Chuemon's plan, there must be nothing to say, so he naturally agreed. Immediately, as a prospective father-in-law, he had a talk with Lot, and it was considered that the parents had seen their son-in-law.

marry!

Lot had already sent a boat to fly the news back to Honolulu to inform his brother Kamehameha IV. Of course, Kamehameha IV, who had a request to the Tokugawa shogunate, could not express any objection. He could only say something to his brother, such as "promise the country with one's own body", so that Lot could accept the marriage contract.

Since his younger brother has also agreed, what else is there to say, Lot married the woman from the Tokugawa family. At the same time continue to study at the Yokohama Naval Academy.

In this matter, the shogunate and the upper and lower ranks are working together to advance together. However, Chuemon, who was ill-intentioned, actually did a little trick in this matter.

Everyone knows that in the current era, the kings of many countries, in addition to serving as the generals of the three armies of their own countries, are often awarded high-ranking military positions in other countries. Like Wilhelm II of Germany II in the future, he was still the marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The symbolic meaning of this thing is far greater than the actual meaning,

One thing to say, this thing is really an honor. It is impossible for the dignified William II to kneel down and salute the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz.

The Tokugawa shogunate, where Chuemon was located, did not have any honorary titles such as lieutenant admiral in the army or vice admiral in the navy. Tokugawa Keifuku was called a lieutenant general in Europe, which was purely a misunderstanding. Who called his official position to be a lieutenant general of the left guard? Foreigners don't understand it.

Therefore, according to the convention in a certain sense, Chuemon rewarded the Hawaiian prince Lot with the treatment equivalent to more than 50,000 stone and the daimyo of the castle owner.

To put it bluntly, when the princes go to the temple to pay homage to Chuemon in the future, Lotte will be ranked above the daimyo of 50,000 stone (inclusive). At the same time, it is also above 50,000 stone, those who have not received the treatment of the city master.

In general, such princes can completely serve as the senior middle school of the shogunate. So when it was translated to Lot, it was roughly translated as the Imperial Minister of the King of Japan.

Lot thought that he was going to give him a naval position, but the former minister should be the former minister. It was an honorary position anyway, and Lot didn't take it seriously. It is impossible for him to really be a minister to the king of Japan, or he wants to do it, but Chuemon is not necessarily willing.

Even if the whole marriage is a bit high here, in Lot, it is just marrying a Japanese aristocratic wife. It can be regarded as strengthening the diplomatic relations between the two countries, but there is nothing else.

On the shogunate's side, Lot became the lord of the 50,000-stone castle, a subject of General Tokugawa, and a vassal in the feudal sense.

Now this set of things, of course, is of no use. But when I really want him to use it, I think it will be very useful.

When John Manjiro, the consul general in Hawaii, and Taichi Tanabe, the consul in London, both instructed them one by one, and sent them off in person, the time came to winter.

The news of the British and French forces conquering the capital was finally sent back to Edo. The result was not unexpected. After all, the shogunate had received information long ago, and learned that the Qing court defeated Tongzhou Bali Bridge~lightnovelpub.net~ and lost the only mobile corps in its hands.

As for the hundreds of thousands of banner soldiers in the capital city, all the ministers actually know what kind of birds they look like. Just look at the 80,000 cavalry under the banner of Edo Castle, it is not enough, what kind of bird is the 80,000 cavalry of the banner, then what kind of bird are the old and young men of the Eight Banners in the capital city.

Not to mention, the two have a common hobby. Raising oriole, raising goldfish, they all love to play this set.

What everyone is concerned about is whether the Qing Kingdom has signed a treaty with the foreign powers again, whether it will affect the Japanese side, and whether Britain and France will clean up the Qing Kingdom and then deal with the shogunate.

It's a pity that the field observation group of officers sent to the Qing country did not return the news whether the treaty was signed, and the shogunate could only stare blankly. Chuemon knew that a contract would definitely be signed, but we can't spoil it in advance, we can only wait for the news to arrive.

Amid some anxiety, Sir Lawrence, who had come to the Shogunate to consult on buying a horse on behalf of Earl Elgin, came to Yokohama again. In addition to bringing the news that the British and French forces had captured the capital, he also made a new request to the shogunate.

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