One million taels of gold... What a terrifying number this is!

Even Qingdeng, who now knows how to make money, still had to spend a lot of time to save such a large amount of money.

After learning that the shogunate planned to spend 1 million taels of gold to go to Shangluo, Qingden first couldn't believe his ears, and then his eyes widened in extreme shock, and he stood frozen on the spot, unable to speak for a long time.

Using 1 million gold to cover travel expenses to Luo... Is there any mistake?

I think back then, when the Shinsengumi was founded, the military expenditure it received was only a measly 3,000 taels of gold.

In order to raise military expenses, he thought hard and spent a lot of effort before finally overcoming the financial difficulties.

You just took a trip to Donghai Street, and you didn’t have to cross the mountains and cross the sea. Donghai Street is a flat avenue, and there are many stations along the way for supplies. In the end, it will cost you a fucking 1 million taels of gold! And this money

The price only covers the outbound trip, not the return trip!

What can't you do if you have this money?

Do you still think that this is the heyday under the third generation shogun Iemitsu?

Do you think there is too much money in the treasury and there is nowhere to spend it?

There is no place to spend money anymore!

Forming a new army and purchasing weapons—these two alone are enough to feed the gold-eating beast.

Even if you distribute this money to the common people in Guandong, it is far better than using it as the so-called "travel expenses" to Shangluo!

Just for the so-called appearance, just for the so-called "showing the general's spirit", just to comply with the so-called etiquette, one million taels of gold...

Qingto couldn't help but think to himself: If he could have these 1 million taels of gold, he could directly expand the Shinsengumi's strength to more than 10,000 people!

In the eyes of Qingdeng, who pursues pragmatism, this kind of behavior is no different from pretending to be fat, which is simply puzzling!

In response to the extremely expensive travel expenses, the warship leader Rintaro suggested: "This is expensive and time-consuming. If it costs too much, it is better to go by boat."

He advocated taking the sea route by warship, which was not only more efficient and less expensive, but also to a certain extent, taking a warship to Beijing was far more powerful than going to Luo on his legs.

However, the "ritualists"... or "conservatives" of the shogunate immediately strongly opposed this proposal put forward by Katsurin Taro.

The reason they gave was "The general has never been on a ship before, what if the ship sinks?"

This reason is completely untenable.

First of all, the warships currently used by the shogunate are no longer old classical warships, but advanced warships produced in the West.

Tokugawa Iemo has always been very concerned about the construction of the shogunate's navy.

Not only did he single-handedly promote Rintaro Katsu, but he also planned to establish a naval training center in Kobe next year specifically for training naval talents.

In recent years, under the instruction of Tokugawa Iemo, the shogunate has successively purchased several advanced warships from the West.

For example, the steamship Hamrim Maru was started in the Netherlands in 1855, completed in 1857, and sailed across the Pacific in 1860 to carry the Japanese mission to the United States.

It's probably too much to expect these junior battleships to go into battle.

But if it's just transporting people and goods, that's not a problem. In terms of safety alone, it's absolutely guaranteed.

Secondly, it is not about crossing the Pacific or traveling around the world. After leaving Edo Bay, the warship will sail close to the country. The journey will be calm. It is April and it is not the monsoon season. What is the danger?

The leader of the "conservatives" and the person who was most opposed to the general taking the ship to Luo was the Honjuin of Oku.

[Note·Daao: The General’s Harem]

Partisanship is literally everywhere.

Even the little big Ao has some fucking partisanship!

Honjuin - the side chamber of Tokugawa Ieyei, the 12th shogun of the Edo shogunate, and the biological mother of the former shogun (13th shogun) Tokugawa Ieyada.

To make an analogy, Honjuin's status is similar to that of the "Empress Dowager" of the shogunate, which is one level higher than Tenjoin who is the "Empress Dowager".

The original name of Honju-in was Mizu Kenko.

Compared to Tenjo-in, which has always maintained a high degree of topic due to its peerless beauty and various specious rumors, and often appears in people's discussions after dinner, Honju-in's sense of existence is very weak, and it is quite unknown.

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In recent years, she has not appeared in the public eye, and people have almost forgotten that there is such a "hidden BOSS" in the Big Ori.

Although Honjuin is silent now, when Tokugawa Iesada was still alive, she was also a restless master.

As the biological mother of Tokugawa Iesada, she naturally hoped that her children could carry on the family line and that she could have lovely grandchildren.

Ever since, as soon as Tianzhangyin got married and came to the shogunate, she would run to Tianzhangyin every once in a while to ask Tianzhangyin: Do you and your family have Zhuoai... Ah, no, correction. It should be "Are you pregnant with a child?"

That's right.

She eagerly anticipated and waited.

As a result, there was no movement in Tianzhangyuan’s belly.

Expectations gradually accumulate into disappointment...

It is said that when the rumor spread that "Tokugawa Iedada has not consummated her marriage with Tenchoin", she was so angry that she ran to question Tenchoin.

It is not clear what the content of her question was.

However, they must also be those old-fashioned things.

According to the values ​​​​of this era, it is the duty of the imperial family to give birth to an heir for the shogun and continue the descendants of the Tokugawa family.

Therefore, in Honjuin's view, Tenzouin's behavior of not consummating the marriage with the Tokugawa family and not having children is simply dereliction of duty and failure to fulfill the duties of the imperial office.

On the one hand, she did ideological work for the Tokugawa family, and on the other hand, she strongly urged Tenzouin to give birth to the Tokugawa family's heir as soon as possible.

Over time, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became increasingly tense.

Benshouyuan didn't even want to look good to Tianzhangyuan.

Tianzhangyuan, who was just a daughter-in-law, was unable to fight against her mother-in-law and could only endure the bad breath silently.

This "cold war" between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not last long.

Because... In 1858, Tokugawa Iesada died of illness.

After losing her husband in middle age and losing her son within a few years... Honjuin was deeply hit and became disheartened from then on.

His only son has passed away and his bloodline has been cut off. There is no point in continuing to be hostile to Tianzhang Academy.

She moved into the depths of Da'ao, rarely met people, and lived a life of seclusion.

As time went by, she and Tianzhangyuan settled their differences, and their relationship gradually improved.

It's ironic...it wasn't until their son (husband) died that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gradually broke...

Honjuin never interfered with political affairs and never gave any advice on the administration of the shogunate.

However, she was quite concerned about Tokugawa Iemo's personal safety.

Although she is not her blood relative, she still has deep feelings for Tokugawa Iemo.

In the succession dispute that year, Ooku, led by Honju-in and Tenjo-in, always stood firmly on the side of the Nanki faction and supported Tokugawa Iemoge's rise to power.

In this process, Honjuyuan relied on its lofty status to contribute a lot.

Therefore, Honjuin can be regarded as one of the great contributors to the Nanki sect.

As the noble "Empress Dowager", and as a core member of the Nanki Sect, a great hero... Due to emotions and reasons, neither Tokugawa Iemo nor Tenjoin could act arrogantly in front of Honjuin.

Honjuin strongly opposed the proposal put forward by Katsu Rintaro to "go to Luo by ship".

His attitude was so resolute that it could be called hysterical, and quite a bit like "If Tokugawa Iemo goes to Los Angeles on a ship, I will commit suicide directly."

In fact, Qingneng understands Honjuin's inner world very well.

Anyone who has carefully studied Honjuin's life will not find anything unusual in her fierce attitude of regarding "riding on a ship" as "going to hell".

She has really experienced too much excitement in her life.

Her husband, the 12th shogun Tokugawa Ieyei, reigned for 16 years (1837-1853). He was quite strong and had strong fertility. He and his wife had Tokugawa Ieyada and Tokugawa Yoshiki.

Chang and other 11 males and 16 females.

However, only the Tokugawa family was able to successfully grow up.

The other children either died at birth or died young.

Just when everyone thought that Tokugawa Ieyei was about to die off his children, Honjuin gave birth to Tokugawa Ieyada.

Before giving birth to Tokugawa Iedada, Honjuin had given birth to two boys, but they both died young.

It can be said that the birth of Tokugawa Iesada was a hard-won surprise.

Godaisho is a title that can only be held by the main wife. Honjuin who is just a side room does not have this title.

However, she was given an identity commensurate with the biological mother of the next general: Yu Nianji Your Majesty.

In order to protect his descendants, Tokugawa Ieyaki directly issued a strict order: Keep Masanosuke (Tokugawa Ieyada's nickname) in the deepest part of Ooku! Don't let him get a cool breeze!

In this way, after taking care of it regardless of the cost, this single seedling was finally saved.

It's a pity... Although this single seedling survived, it also became disabled.

Perhaps it was the successive deaths of his brothers and sisters that brought considerable stimulation to Tokugawa Kesada.
To be continued...