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On the seventh day of Ambassador Wei Zhengdao's attack on Edo, nearly 50 warships of the North Sea Fleet sailed into Edo Bay, and the huge hull of the treasure ship, which was the flagship of the entire fleet, made all the Japanese who saw him tremble.

This was the first time that Daqin's warships entered a Japanese seaport, and it was the port of Edo, which entered the heart of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate, fearing that it would cause war, did not dare to stop it, so it could only negotiate patiently and carefully.

It was an event destined to go down in history, as the arrival of the North Sea Fleet caused strong unease in the Tokugawa shogunate and further intensified its internal strife.

As the uncle of the successor general Tokugawa Ietsuna, Hoshina Masayuki has a special status.

Originally, he was inclined to Abe Tadaaki's opinion, and adopted gentle means to appease the Japanese ronin, and at the same time actively solve the problems of the ronin's life, and fundamentally eliminate this hidden danger in society.

However, this policy was not only strongly opposed by officials who advocated the complete expulsion of ronin, such as the elder Sakai Tadakatsu, the old Naka Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and Matsudaira Noriju, but also the tremendous pressure generated by the North Sea Fleet into Edo Port forced Hoshina Masayuki to change his attitude and instead support the policy of Sakai Tadakatsu and others to completely expel the ronin.

Although Abe Tadaaki and his cousin Abe Shigeji tried their best to oppose it, it was difficult to salvage the situation, and finally under the change of attitude of Masayuki Hoshina, the shogunate issued an order to expel the ronin completely.

The promulgation of this order will undoubtedly have a historic and tremendous impact on Japan.

In today's Japan, there are many samurai who have lost their source of livelihood, and they are like lost dogs, helpless, but they belong to the class of "warriors", and they are the class of "fighting for a living".

As soon as the Tokugawa shogunate's tribute order was issued, it was tantamount to pushing all the ronin to the hostile five sides.

Yui Masayuki, who was defeated and retreated to the area of the original pass, was already struggling to breathe, and could be wiped out at any time.

But with the issuance of the order to expel the ronin. The number of ronins who came to defect immediately increased greatly, and in just a few days, Yui Masayuki's team recovered to more than 1,000 people. And there is a steady stream of waves rushing to rush, making the dying Yui Masayuki strong.

At this time, Yui Masayuki raised the slogan of allegiance to the emperor and fighting for the emperor, and sent people to Kyoto to ask for a meeting with the emperor and ask God to give him a banner.

Emperor Masahito, who had had enough of the Tokugawa shogunate, saw the Tokugawa family die and the ronin was in chaos. I felt that it was the perfect time to reassert the authority of the emperor.

However, the current Yui Masayuki is still relatively weak after all, and the emperor still did not publicly express his support for Yui Masayuki out of caution, but it is inevitable to express some ** attitudes.

At the same time, he sent people to Edo to ask the Tokugawa shogunate to revoke the edict expelling ronin, and in this way, won the favor of the samurai class in Japan.

This series of events has caused a huge wave in Japan. Those helpless Japanese samurai, Yui Zhengxue, who defected to Sekihara one after another, are really endless, making Yui Zhengxue's strength expand rapidly.

On the other hand. Because of the arrival of the North Sea Fleet, Abe Tadaaki, who was in charge of military affairs, had to mobilize a large number of troops to strengthen Edo in order to prevent possible abrupt changes.

This allowed the shogunate to enter the military campaign against Sekigahara. was greatly restrained, and in a battle in Kan'er Mountain, Yui Masayuki used the trick of deception. In one fell swoop, he annihilated 500 men of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Five hundred centaurs may not seem like much, but this is the first victory won by Imasayuki since the rebellion, and it is a victory on a frontal battlefield, which is of extraordinary significance and has an immeasurable effect on consolidating his position among the ronin.

And this defeat of Kanershan, in turn, plunged Abe Tadaaki into a huge crisis.

At the shogunate's council hall, Sakai Tadashi took advantage of the trouble to liquidate Abe Tadaaki from beginning to end, and he pointed at Abe Tadaaki with a straight face and reprimanded loudly: "Abe Tadaaki, what do you want to do?" At the beginning, we built yì to expel the ronin, but you opposed it with all your might, and finally raised tigers, hurting the envoys of Great Qin, and causing the biggest crisis since the establishment of the General's Mansion;

Now that the Qin fleet has made it clear that it will only pursue the murderers and not use force against the shogunate, you prefer to let the traitors go and not suppress them, and transfer a large number of troops back to Edo, so that there is the defeat of Kanershan, what are your intentions? I think you are more dangerous than Yui Masayuki, and sooner or later the General's Mansion will fall into your hands. ”

After Sakai Tadakatsu finished reprimanding, Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately followed and said to Masayuki Hoshina: "Abe Tadaaki's transfer of troops back to Edo has caused vigilance and vigilance in the fleet of the Qin State, and it is likely that the fleet of the Qin State thinks that the shogunate transferred back the army to deal with them;

Now that the atmosphere in Edo Port is becoming more and more tense, I am worried that if there is any misunderstanding, it will immediately cause a war, which will be a great difficulty, and Abe Tadaaki will insist on going his own way, and the consequences of such a guide are really unforgivable! ”

Abe Zhongqiu was still calm, and his cousin Abe Shigeji couldn't help but jump up and retorted: "The fleet of the Qin State suddenly arrived, who was panicked at that time?" You have also agreed to the transfer of troops to prevent accidents, so why should we be blamed alone? ”

Another elder, Nakamatsuna, was fifty years old at the time, and he was the second-generation lord of the Iwamura Domain of Mino Kuni, the lord of the Hamamatsu Domain of Enoe Province, and the first lord of the Hayashi Domain of Ueno Kunikate. There are three feudal states in total, and their strength should not be underestimated.

After Abe Shigeji finished speaking, he immediately snorted coldly: "We don't shirk our responsibility, we agreed to transfer the army back to Edo in the first place, it was indeed our mistake, we are willing to ask the general for guilt." ”

Matsudaira Chengju's move to retreat is indeed good enough, even the calm Abe Tadaaki was speechless for a while.

The subtext is that we just went along with this decision, and we all admitted that we were wrong, and shouldn't you, Abe Tadaaki, be the first to propose the withdrawal of troops back to Edo?

Abe Tadaaki sighed secretly, got up and saluted Tokugawa Ietsuna, who was sitting at the top: "The humble general is unjust, and it is indeed difficult to escape the blame, and I am afraid it will be difficult to assist the general in the future."

Abe Tadaaki's resignation from the position of old junior high school so simply shocked Sakai Tadakatsu and the others, which was too unexpected for them.

Abe Shigeji followed his cousin out of the General's Mansion, and as soon as he got in the car, he couldn't help but ask urgently, "Brother, why did you resign from your position as an old man?" Why is that? ”

Abe Tadaaki lowered his eyelids and sighed leisurely: "If I don't resign from the post of Lao Zhong, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll really be in danger of being a general." ”

"Why did my brother say that?"

Abe Tadaaki looked at the street scene through the gap in the car curtain, there were more soldiers than pedestrians on the street, and the atmosphere was very tense.

The situation became like this, and he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness, "Recently, Sakai Tadashi has frequently traveled to and from the Qin State Embassy, and he has been very close to Wei Zhengdao;

It seems that there is nothing wrong with the attack on Wei Zhengdao, but the fleet of the Qin army came too quickly, and Sakai Tadakatsu blindly advocated retreat and allowed the Qin fleet to enter the port of Edo, and the whole thing is connected before and after, and there are many intriguing points;

If I don't resign from the old middle office, in the end, the shogunate will really have a conflict with the Qin state, think about it, it's nothing more than someone trying to force me to resign from the old middle office, the matter has come to this point, if I don't take the initiative to resign, not only will it affect the general, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to get out of the whole body in the future. ”

Abe Tadaaki's analysis, listening to Abe's heartbeat, this kind of thing like power struggle has always been extremely dangerous.

"Brother, what about me, do I also have to ask the general for resignation?"

"As long as you don't come out again, it should be okay for the time being, as long as I don't die, others will always have some scruples. There are some things at the moment, and I am still in the fog, so let's take a look at them first. ”

For a long time, the Abu family was the strongest family in the shogunate, and also led several feudal states, and the brothers were ** old and high-ranked, and they were deeply valued by Tokugawa Iemitsu, which is incomparable to other families, which is why Sakai Tadashikatsu, Matsudaira Nobutsuna and others united to exclude Abe Tadaaki's Guyuan.

Now that he has resigned from the position of Laozhong, he is still the lord of the feudal kingdom, and this has not changed, and Sakai Tadashi and others have to think about the consequences if they want to move Abe again.

A dispute in the shogunate seems to have subsided due to Abe Tadaaki's guilt-ridden resignation, but this is only a superficial phenomenon, and in fact, with Abe's resignation, the undercurrent is even more turbulent

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