Edo Traveler

v12 Chapter 134: Kochi has also started reforms

"Shangqi has done a great job!"

After hearing that Chuemon had arranged for Yoshida Shoin and others to return to the secret of Moori's relatives, Matsudaira Qixuan couldn't help sighing. Rao is the center he has served as the center, and he has seen the methods of three generations of generals.

But he is also very smart, and does not continue to ask. After Yoshida Shoin seized the power of the Hagi Domain, what would Chuemon's plan be?

"This matter must never be leaked to a third person." Chungemon patted Songping Qi Xuan's hand and urged seriously.

Even the closest person can never tell. Whether the matter of the Hagi Domain can be accomplished or not depends on whether Yoshida Shoin can maintain his popularity in the Hagi Domain. If the news broke out, Yoshida Songyin must have no good fruit to eat.

"It should be like this." Song Ping Qixuan nodded, only to rot in his stomach.

The rest of the gossip was not talked about, Matsudaira Qixuan turned his head to give an order, and immediately the general was going to carry out an autumn hunt, and all the princes who were explained in the prefecture, as well as the young masters living in Edo, must participate in the autumn hunt. If the feudal lord himself, or the young master is really young, he can be represented by a designated elder.

Speaking of attending, of course, you don't have to come alone, but you are asked to bring along the number of samurai that matches your family's identity. For example, the Maeda family, the Shimadzu family, and the Date family had to pull more than 3,000 people to put up a wall for the general.

In disguise, these princes also cost a few dollars.

When the princes heard the shogun's edict, what was there to say? This is the practice of the shogunate. The former general Tokugawa family was held on a daily basis, that is, the Tokugawa family was weak, and it only stopped for two years.

As a courtier, it is only right and proper to accompany your lord to hunt and play. Besides, these people were imprisoned alive in Edo, and they had a chance to go out and breathe, so what could they be unhappy about.

On the Shogunate's side, half of the 2nd Osaka Division was ordered to be mobilized, as well as more than 2,000 members of the newly established 3rd Sendai Division to join the autumn hunt.

Just in time to check the situation of the 3rd Sendai Division, which has been recruiting and training for more than half a year, whether it has formed the corresponding combat power, and whether it can be pulled out to fight.

By the end of September, the autumn harvest in Kanto has been completed, and wild geese have come to the Kanto Plain to spend the winter, and the shogunate's autumn hunt has officially started.

Because it is a rare autumn tour, many princes go out in full costumes, but Zhongyouemon is the same princes chatting and laughing, and deliberately attracts them to show their affection. Ordinary princes still have their hearts on the shogunate's side, and don't want to be a rebel. The Yamanakado, which is being explained in Edo, also presented an eagle to Chuemon.

Eagle hunting, just right.

That who is the most famous advisor of Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Warring States Period, Masanobu Honda, was not the eagle craftsman of the Matsudaira family. The shogunate still has eagle heads, which are used for hunting by generals.

As for why Shanzongtangtang is so lavish, it is a valuable falcon, it is naturally because his feudal government reform has been quite effective. Under the auspices of Mr. Yoshida Toyo at home, the Kochi Domain on the one hand strongly attacked the ambitions of respecting the king and repelling the barbarians, and on the other hand, began to modernize systematically.

The idiots of the Tosa King's Party were severely suppressed by the Shinsengumi during the Incident at the Honnoji Temple in Kyoto. There were only two or three kittens left in Tosa, and it was impossible to form a climate for a while.

Under the advice of Yoshida Toyo and Sakamoto Ryoma, Yamanakado made use of the two advantages of Kochi Domain, one is the convenience of whaling, and the other is the tradition of shipbuilding.

It’s easy to say that whaling is convenient. In the game “Taiko Desire 5”, there is a scenic spot card called “Muroto Otsu”. From Tosa Kochi to the coast of Kishu, a large amount of organic matter is brought in due to the special "Kuroshio", which in turn gathers many small fish and shrimp, and then whales thrive here.

Ready-made offshore whales, after learning that whale oil is an international favorite, the Kochi domain is enthusiastic about whaling. The whole ship of whale oil was pulled directly to Yokohama for export, in exchange for a large amount of foreign exchange.

In addition, the Kochi Domain is located in Shikoku Tosa, and it has a tradition of shipbuilding and shipping. After the shogunate opened the country in Japan and the shogunate allowed the fiefs to recruit foreigners to build ships and train troops, Yamanakado asked people to come to Kochi to build a shipyard and train their old shipbuilding. Worker.

Nowadays, it is not just the simple operation of the Kochi Shipyard. The Kochi Domain even has its own steamship shipping fleet, with more than a dozen ships traveling between Shikoku, Yokohama and Kobe. Routes to Hong Kong and Shanghai have been developed last year and operations are being expanded.

With the money earned from whaling and shipping, the Kochi domain completed the accumulation of the first pot of gold. In addition, farmers were encouraged to grow mulberries and raise silkworms. The finances of the entire domain were greatly enriched. With the establishment of a modern new army, the strength of expanding armaments.

Chuemon looked back at Sasaki Takayuki, who served next to Yamanakado, the head of the Kochi domain, Mosuke, who studied in the UK and was a second lieutenant in the army. He was dressed in military uniform. It is said that he was in charge of the training of the new army of the Kochi domain, and when the autumn hunting, you can see the skills of the soldiers of the Kochi domain.

However, Sakamoto Ryoma and Yoshida Toyo did not come to Edo, Yoshida Toyo presided over the reform in the domain, Sakamoto Ryoma was actively expanding the shipping business, and at the same time established the Kochi domain's own modern naval aid team.

It is not easy to support the newly born Tosa Navy with the money earned from the shipping business.

The shogunate team, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com and three hundred princes, more than 100,000 people, walked all the way, and it took three or four days to reach Xiapu. Because generals often come here for autumn hunting, there are many buildings nearby for shelter. Ordinary warriors and armies set up temporary field camps and stationed on the spot.

It's a competition.

Without any accident, there was no place to put water at all. The first Edo division of the Shogun's new army training team was the first to complete the construction of the entire field camp.

But it wasn't that Chuemon's intention was to give the lords a disgrace. It was simply Matsudaira Qixuan privately cheering on the soldiers and making them complete as soon as possible, so that the shogunate's face would shine.

As for the troops of the 2nd Osaka Division and the 3rd Sendai Division, the speed was relatively slower, but not too bad. The army brought out by the French, the serious code of conduct is strictly carried out in accordance with the standards of the French army, it is only a big camp, a trivial matter.

After all the troops of the shogunate had set up their camps, the troop of the lords would end their camps one after another. The fastest is the Shimadzu definition office of the Kagoshima domain, which makes Shimadzu Tadako and Shimadzu define father and son, quite proud.

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