Edo Traveler

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The turbulent five years of Ansei (1858) are about to pass, and the Tokugawa family in Edo has praised Tokugawa Keibao fiercely. This kid is really quick-witted, so he can do things that are skinless and shameless.

The gold that was originally used to persuade the court officials, as well as the banned people, was loaned to Owari Fan by the Tokugawa family in the name of borrowing. With 60,000 taels of unpaid money, Owari can have a good year.

Naturally, Tokugawa Keibao, the guardian of Kyoto, had to continue to do it.

You kid is so perfunctory, we didn't find out before. It's really hard work, and I'll leave it to you to deal with the work of the court and the ministers in the future.

Naobi Ii originally didn't like Tokugawa Keibao, who had some connections with the Mito Tokugawa clan, but now he has many positive compliments to Tokugawa Keibao. He has publicly encouraged Tokugawa Keibao to work hard many times. future.

After the trip to Kyoto was over, and the Tokaido main line was also fully connected, Naobi Ii could finally end his mission of patrolling outside. At the same time, because of the criticism of Anzheng Prison, he has been hiding outside for a long time, and he can prepare to return to Edo.

The Tokugawa family decided to let Naobi Ii go back to his hometown for a relaxing year, and then go to the government to explain. Hikone is in the territory, and Naobi Ii has been serving in the center of the shogunate for a long time. In recent years, his time in Hikone is almost zero. Just in time to stay in my hometown for a few days while there is nothing to do at the end of the year.

Everywhere is immersed in the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, only one place is not…

The shogunate army, who had been in India for a long time, finally returned to the country under the leadership of Takeyo Enomoto and Toshizo Hijikata. The anti-British people's national uprising in India was basically suppressed, the main resistance forces were all disintegrated, and several major cities that were the core of the resistance were all captured.

Leaders died or surrendered, and the remaining part of the residual force was not even enough to fight guerrillas in the countryside. The combat power is basically similar to that of a small group of thieves and bandits, and it is no longer able to pose a threat to the British and Indian colonial governments and troops.

Alcock, the envoy to Japan who made a great contribution to the rescue of India, was still in the line with Viscount Canning in India, mainly to settle the many expenses of the shogunate training team, and to obtain the last part of the salaries. After all, this is an expedition, and it is a mercenary army participating in the war. If you don’t have enough money, you are embarrassed to drive your soldiers to the line of fire.

The total number of troops dispatched to India was about 10,000. In addition to the 3,000-year-old veterans who only played in India for half a year in the early days, the more than 6,000 new recruits from the training team have been in India and fought many battles with the British.

It was more than 6,000 when I left, and 4,200 when I came back!

There are only 2,800 neat and 1,400 sick and disabled.

Modern warfare is very cruel. Rifled guns and rifled guns are used in large numbers. In addition, the British do not regard mercenaries as human beings and use them to the death. There were only more than 2,800 soldiers who came back completely.

The remaining more than 1,400 people are either blind or have lost their ears. It is not a problem to have a missing arm, and it is normal to take off a thigh. In addition to these missing parts, there are also many sick and bedridden because of unclean diet, unsuitable climate, and medical problems.

Although I have returned to Japan now, I just lie down in another place. It is hard to say whether it can be cured. The British side will throw it away after they are used up anyway, and they don't care about the follow-up. Able to pay all the money during the period of printing to the shogunate, even if it is Viscount Canning to save face.

Although it was a victory to return to the country, the wounded soldiers in the entire warehouse still saw that Enomoto Takeyo and Hijikata Suisan were closely related. When they were studying in the military academy, they still carried a little bit of longing for war.

How to say that sentence, for people who are not familiar with military affairs, war is undoubtedly romantic.

It's normal to have casualties, but I didn't expect more than half of the casualties after a battle. What Jiang Chuan Yingmin warned before going, it is really true, the two of them are indeed young.

The two generals reflected in their hearts, as were the soldiers recruited to fight in India. Although the main body of this army is composed of farmers from Kanto, most of them are illiterate, but their officers are all promoted from the veterans of the training team who returned to the country. Naturally with a certain kind of thought.

Sitting in the corner of the cabin, several non-commissioned officers of the training team denounced the oppression of the British staff and commander-in-chief, and lamented the incompetence of the shogunate. It must be the traitorous ministers who were in power, kneeling and licking the UK, and then they treated us as cannon fodder and sent them to the British to drive them at will.

"I heard that the East China Sea Railway has been completed, and when Jingyi is old, he will come to the house to explain it." A non-commissioned officer said sullenly.

"How?" Another non-commissioned officer could actually guess what his companion was saying.

Before, they felt that they should try to push the shogunate to reform. The constitutional monarchy system I learned in India is very good, especially the parliament is divided into the upper house and the lower house, that is, the House of Lords and the House of Commons, which is very good. These little military officers, entering the lower house and participating in the administration, will definitely be able to save the shogunate's decline.

But now it seems that the shogunate has absolutely no intention of asking for a constitutional monarchy, and blindly caters to the British. It must be Mr. Jingyi who deceived Sheng Cong and refused to reform. This made them full of anger and resentment in their hearts, who were full of the heart of boxing and protecting the shogunate.

I heard that the general Tokugawa family is definitely a kind and generous prince. As long as our advice can go to General Chen, the shogunate will definitely be able to carry out a necessary improvement.

How to get the Tokugawa family to listen to their opinions?

It won't be long before Ii Naobi, the shogunate elder of the shogunate, arrives at the prefecture. According to the situation of the return of the training team last time, Ii Naobi will represent the shogunate to express condolences to the soldiers of the training team. At that time, I directly hijacked Ii Naobi, and asked their favorite, Matsudaira Qixuan, who was recovering in Osaka, to serve as the elder.

Then, in the name of Matsudaira Qixuan, he made a memorial to the Tokugawa family. I respectfully invite the Tokugawa family to make political reforms and establish a constitutional monarchy. This allowed them to enter the lower house of the shogunate council, and then take charge of the shogunate.

I am definitely stronger than others!

At that time, you can also invite Tokugawa Zhongzheng, as well as Jiangchuan Niushan Hou and other capable ministers and generals, as ministers of the Makue, responsible for specific governance operations. The shogun only needs to drop his clothes and hand over the rule, watching us lead the shogunate to the right path.

"How many troops do you have?" The non-commissioned officer who spoke at first asked directly.

"Twenty-five."

"Thirty."

"Fifteen."

…

Seven or eight non-commissioned officers reported one by one, and in the end, there were more than 200 people. Compared with the number of troops stationed near Edo, it was too small.

"Not enough! Absolutely not enough! At least 500 people are needed."

"Five hundred..." The sergeants on the left and right looked at each other.

"Not bad! Two hundred people kidnapped Mr. Jingyi, and three hundred people invaded the city's main pill."