Edo Traveler

v9 Chapter 15: Can Shimadzu be recommended?

After boasting the shogunate, Emperor Xiao tomorrow will ask again, if Lucia can be expelled, what about Britain and the United States? Is there any way to get rid of them all?

   What do you ask Keiho Tokugawa to answer?

   Tokugawa Keiho smiled a little embarrassingly, thinking that the Hyo Tomorrow in front of him is really an old-fashioned person. Although there is no bad idea to persecute the shogunate, Tokugawa Keiho is embarrassed by this question.

   "The second shogunate has sufficient troops, and the warship rises, and it must be determined to fight against the barbarians." What can be said, Tokugawa Keiho replied bitterly.

   "Also, it is not a day's work to get rid of the barbarian, but Wang Yuanqing tried his best to do it."

   However, the Emperor Xiao Ming supported the Tokugawa Shogunate in the end, and the news of the shogunate's expulsion of Lucia came in time, like a needle. Emperor Xiao Ming, who was dissatisfied with the shogunate’s opening of the country, appreciated the shogunate’s actions this time and praised it. Moreover, he is not a three-year-old kid anymore, knowing that he has to eat one bite at a time, and he is not in a hurry to let the shogunate rid him of the barbarian tomorrow.

   "Since the shogunate can get rid of the country of Lucia, you must tell the army to show you the period of success."

   The two were having a good conversation, and Iwakura, who was sitting on his knees next to Emperor Xiao Ming, said something like this casually. Since your shogunate is capable of expelling Lucia, will it take three years or five years for the general to get rid of all the foreigners in the country?

   "Yes, if Yuanqing can, can you write a detailed statement, how many young people must be for the barbarian?" Emperor Xiao Ming did not notice that there was something in this statement, after all, he hoped that the barbarian would be destroyed as soon as possible.

   "This fashion requires generals and imperial decree, and ministers can't control it."

   Glancing at Iwakura, Keiho Tokugawa didn't know if this person was intentional or unintentional. The Kōchō prince looked down on the Kanto samurai, and it happened from time to time to make things difficult for the samurai. If this is the case, then Keiho Tokugawa can ignore it. If the young attendant in front of me was deliberately making a fuss in front of Emperor Xiao Ming, hum.

   "And the same authority explained that the big marriage is also being discussed in Beijing, and soon there will be good news." Fortunately, Emperor Xiao Ming is in a good mood today and did not struggle with this matter.

   If he is provoked and forced to ask Tokugawa Keiho to give a time to ban the barbarian publicly in the palace, this will really prevent Tokugawa Keiho from coming to stage. Fortunately.

   "The minister retires." A fairly pleasant conversation ended.

   Before exiting the main hall, Tokugawa Keiho glanced at Iwakura and turned to leave. After returning to the Nijo Imperial Palace, he immediately ordered people to investigate all the attendants around Emperor Xiao Ming, and asked for a clear investigation of the personal relationships of all persons within three generations.

   These days, many martial arts and public families are married, and the two parties marry each other, and even accept adopted children. Iwakura didn't know what foreign vassal relationship he had. If someone instructed him to make irresponsible remarks with Emperor Xiao Ming, Tokugawa Keiho was not going to eat dry food.

   In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the surveillance of these influential public officials in Beijing, mainly to investigate whether they usually see any dangerous people or stupid idiots. If you collude with those people, you will just grab a current situation, not to mention breaking the NPC, and sending him to Yinqi Island for three years in prison is also deserved.

   After Isamu Kondo, who was ordered to arrest those roninners in Beijing, received a secret order from Tokugawa Keiho, he quickly dispatched personnel and began to monitor the public officials who often made high-level opinions.

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   "My brother, you are in Uraga, and you insist on rejecting Lucia, which is a great contribution to the shogunate." In April, Shimazu Tadashi returned to Edo early in the morning after returning to Satsuma for less than half a year.

  When he arrived in Edo, he was secretly surprised when he heard that Tadaoemon had expelled Lucia in Uraga. The shogunate is really restoring its strength, even Lucia dared to expel it. Fortunately, Shimazu Zhongjiao himself did not have any thoughts to fall the curtain, and this action made the idea in his heart firmer.

   I have to send our Shimadzu daughter to Ooku to make the relationship between Shimadzu and the shogunate closer!

   With a pillow breeze blowing from Odai to Tokugawa family in Okutong, then Shimadzu’s position is as stable as Mount Tai. Before the shogunate discussed with the United Kingdom and the United States, it was clearly stated that Ryukyu was a foreign country and the shogunate had no control over it. The words made many people in the Satsuma domain resentful and resented the shogunate (the Shogun’s statement that Ryukyu was a foreign country was a historical fact).

  The Shimazu family relied on the Ryukyu channel to do smuggling business with the Qing country and accumulated millions of family business. In order to clarify the relationship, the shogunate threw Ryukyu to Britain and the United States. What if Britain and the United States took a fancy to Ryukyu and sent troops to occupy it? The interests of Satsuma cannot be guaranteed.

   In fact, he thought a little bit well. Historically, Perry sent Zu Abbott to directly investigate the situation in Ryukyu. He also surveyed and mapped the sea off Taiwan’s Jilong, and even went ashore to investigate the situation at the Jilong Coal Mine. After returning to China, Zu Abbott wrote a report, hoping that the United States would send troops to occupy Ryukyu and the chicken coop and gain a solid foothold in East Asia.

   As for the United Kingdom, let alone, for the benefit of Taiwan, it directly fought a "camphor war" with the Qing Dynasty, forcing the Qing court to sign various unequal treaties. Basically, it monopolized the production of various materials in Taiwan ~lightnovelpub.net~ and controlled the lifeblood of Taiwan with the economy.

   Therefore, Shimadzu Chukao urgently needs to further collude with the shogunate to ensure that Satsuma’s smuggling business will not go wrong, either directly export or continue smuggling, in short, we must continue to make this money.

   "What a great accomplishment, but Lucia is not as powerful as I am." Tadaoemon waved his hand, which is not all our credit.

   "Hahahaha, if you are someone else, you may not dare to resist Luyi."

   "Leave aside this, why did you arrive in April? Isn't it June before?"

"Hey, speaking of this, I heard that I am currently choosing a noble lady for the general, thinking that Odaisho is the job?" Shimazu Shimazu just asked Yuto and Chuemon to open the conversation, and now I can finally talk about it. Business.

   "Yes, Hikone intends to choose a noble girl in Beijing to ease the conflict between the shogunate and the capital." Tadaoemon didn't think of anything for a while, but regarded it as Shimazu Shimazu who was curious about the recent news of Edo.

   "I don't know who you are?"

   "There is no one who has the best choice yet, and this matter is not in a hurry."

   When Tadaoemon said that the shogunate was not selected, Shimadzu was overjoyed in his heart. Fortunately, this trip came early and the matter has not yet been finalized. He can also operate in Edo and Jingzhong to seek benefits for Shimadzu.

   "Speaking of this, I have a candidate." Shimazu Tadashi moved closer.

"how?"

   "My daughter, a respected son, is eighteen years old, she is highly valued by Qing Wei, and she is adopted as an adopted daughter. Brother, can you recommend one or two?"