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"wish?"

Yataro Iwasaki gritted his teeth.

"Yes! A wish!"

Looking at the other party's extremely solemn posture, Qingdeng thought for a while and nodded:

"Okay, then tell me your wish."

Yataro Iwasaki, who was allowed to speak, first had a hint of joy between his eyebrows, and then this joy was quickly replaced by strong indignation.

"Your Majesty, my father was framed by an evil villain eight years ago and became a criminal!"

“To this day, the execution center has still not cleared my father’s name!”

"I beg you to help me restore my father's innocence and move my family's household registration to Edo!"

Speaking of this, probably because he was afraid that Aonto would misunderstand, Iwasaki Yataro quickly explained after a pause:

"My only wish is to seek justice for my father! As for the latter, it is definitely not my selfish ambition!"

"I am a member of the feudal clan. Unless I obtain permission from the feudal government or leave the feudal clan directly, I cannot leave the domain for a long time!"

"The next day I am a Tosa man, I will not be able to serve you the next day!"

"As for my family members...the Tosa Domain is currently held hostage by a group of unreasonable madmen."

"My family is my only treasure!"

"I can't bear to leave my family in the turbulent Tosa Domain... I really can't bear it!"

"Only if my family is no longer trapped in Tosa, can I fully assist you without any worries!"

After finishing speaking, Iwasaki Yataro buried his already drooped head lower, his forehead pressed against the tatami, as if he wanted to blend into it.

Qingdeng thought to himself.

To redress his father's injustice; to allow himself and his family to gain a freer and safer identity... Yataro Iwasaki's wish is quite reasonable.

In fact, if Aoden thinks about using Yataro Iwasaki, he will really have to find a way to solve his household registration problem.

As long as Yataro Iwasaki's registered residence is still in Tosa, he will inevitably be restricted everywhere.

You have to apply to the feudal government even to travel far away... How can you use it in such a situation?

Obtaining an Edo household registration for someone—this was a piece of cake, if not a piece of cake, for Qingnobo.

As we all know, Aomori is now quite famous throughout Japan, and he is quite able to speak to the shogunate.

Because he had worked at the Kokuban Office for a period of time, Aoto was familiar with the officials at the Edo Office.

As long as he repairs a book, countless people will rush to help him solve this small task.

However, in order for the Iwasaki family to be freed from the shackles of the feudal clan, the Tosa clan must first agree to release them...and this is not that easy.

In addition, it is not easy to restore the innocence of Iwasaki Yataro's father.

No matter how you say it, Tosa Domain has always been an independent local power.

Nowadays, the major vassal states are less and less afraid of the shogunate whose authority has been lost, so that the shogunate and the pro-shogunate's power to speak are getting weaker and weaker.

The names of Renwang and Gyeonggi Town Governor only have high influence in the Kanto region.

In other words - outside the shogunate's sphere of influence, Aoshito's face would not be so easy to use.

If Tosa is unwilling to cooperate, then it will be difficult for Qingneng to do so.

He had no contact with the Tosa Domain and lacked corresponding connections.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for him to make demands on the Tosa Domain. If he did not do so, he would be suspected of interfering in other countries' internal affairs, which would escalate into a troublesome diplomatic issue.

Just when Aintō was thinking about how to effectively and honorably realize his wish for Iwasaki Yataro... the other party saw through his concerns.

I saw Yataro Iwasaki quietly raising his gaze and peeking at Aoto's expression.

After a while, he hesitated for a while and said loudly:

"Lord Nioh! The leader of Tosa Kinou's party, Takeichi Hanheita, is in Kyoto right now!"

"Takeichi Hanheita is the leader of the loyal warriors of Tosa Domain! He currently has a very important and lofty position in Tosa Domain!"

"If I can get his help, my wish will not be worth mentioning!"

Qingdeng raised his eyebrows and muttered softly:

"Takeshi Hanheita?"

He thought for a moment, and then quickly remembered who this person was.

Its origin... we have to start with the history of Tosa Domain in recent years.

With a vast territory of 240,000 people, the Tosa Domain is one of the most powerful and influential vassal states in Western Japan... Such a size is destined to make it impossible for it to survive alone in the earth-shattering changes of the "Western Invasion".

When the "Black Ship Incident" broke out, the leader of the Tosa Domain was the 15th generation lord Yamauchi Do. His real name was Yamauchi Toyonobu. He was born in the 10th year of the Bunsei Year (1827). He is now 37 years old. "Ryodo" is his nickname. Number.

When he ascended to the throne of the feudal lord [Kaei 2nd year (1849)], he was only 22 years old.

Although he is very young, his vision is really broad.

Faced with a series of complicated situations arising from the opening of the country's borders, he was determined to carry out feudal government reforms and enhance Tosa's national power.

To this end, he appointed a liberal politician named "Yoshida Toyo".

Toyo Yoshida was born in the 13th year of Bunka 13 (1816). In July of the 6th year of Kayei (1853), he was promoted by the Yamauchi Temple. In December, he actively advocated the reform of the domain as a political participant.

This person is proficient in Chinese and foreign studies, and has a much deeper understanding of Western civilization than the closed-minded and conservative anti-foreigners.

He believes that rejecting globalization and rejecting the West is completely corrupt and empty talk.

In a nutshell - Yoshida Toyo advocated opening up ports for trade, learning from the world's advanced cultures, strengthening oneself, and then standing among the nations of the world.

He set the goals of reform such as abolishing family status, colonizing and developing industries, reforming the military system, building a country and building trade, etc., to enrich the country and strengthen the army.

In terms of political stance, Yoshida Toyo is a firm Samu faction.

In his opinion, respecting the king and fighting against the barbarians is a ridiculous fallacy that is not worth refuting.

Yoshida Toyo is familiar with Japanese history, so he knows very well that the Kyoto court has completely lost its leadership authority and ability to govern during the years of the rise of the samurai family.

The emperor, who lives deep in the imperial palace, is now nothing more than a nominal Shinto high priest, a spiritual symbol.

At present, Choshu and other forces are shouting to respect the king, but their private political purpose is to use the name of establishing the emperor as the common ruler of the world to cover up their ambition to push the situation to the point of overthrowing the shogunate and redistributing power.

Out of distrust of these careerists, especially the belief that the Kyoto court did not have the ability to lead the country, Yoshida Toyo, like other ministers, scorned the concept of respecting the king and resisting the barbarians, believing that the so-called respecting the king and resisting the barbarians was nothing more than looking at the sky, gossiping, and sitting around talking. , Misleading the country and the people!

And this conflicts with Wushi Banpingtai's concept.

Banping Tai of Wu City was born in the 12th year of Bunsei (1829). His name is Xiaozhen, commonly known as Banpingtai, and his nickname is Ruishan. His status is Baizha Xiangshi, which is sandwiched between sergeant and rural scholar.

In Tosa Domain, which has an extremely strict hierarchical system, although the status and treatment of Hakusashi warriors are slightly better than those of rural warriors, overall, they are still a lower class that is discriminated against and oppressed by sergeants.

Despite his humble status, Takeshi Hanping Taijiang has achieved remarkable achievements with his amazing perseverance and extraordinary talent.

Thesis, he is proficient in Chinese studies, Chinese studies, Mito studies and many other studies.

In terms of martial arts, he studied under Momoi Dojo, one of the three major schools in Edo, and obtained the status of the head of the school. He was a first-class Kagshin Akechi-style swordsman.

In addition to being both civil and military, he is also good at Japanese singing and painting, especially beauty paintings.

Not only that, he is also a handsome man with fair skin, handsome appearance and strong physique. It is said that he is over 180cm tall.

In the 2nd year of Kayei (1849), he opened a swordsmanship dojo in the Shinmachi of Kochi Castle (the capital of Tosa Domain) specifically for the Hakusashi warriors and warriors in the domain.

In addition to teaching swordsmanship, he also taught cultural knowledge.

Due to their class status, it was difficult for the Tosa Domain's Hakusashi clansmen and clansmen to receive a good education.

Takeichi Hanheita's behavior was comparable to "Prometheus spreading fire", which greatly increased his prestige within the domain.

Not to mention Baizha's fellow villagers and fellow villagers, there were even many sergeants who favored Wu Shi Hanping Tai.

For this reason, even people who are not Wushi's apprentices often refer to him as "Mr. Wushi" and "Teacher Wushi".

Unlike Yoshida Toyo, Takeichi Hanheita is a staunch believer in the Zongban faction.

In the first year of Wanyan (1860), with the "black swan incident" of the Sakurada Gate Incident, the elder Ii Naobi was killed, and the movement to respect the king and resist the foreigners rose nationwide.

Takeichi Hanheita, who was determined to contribute to the great cause of Zunbo, at this time, in the name of learning swordsmanship, led many students to travel around the clans, understand the domestic and foreign situations, and get in touch with the Zunhao patriots in other clans.

He often communicated with Choshu feudal lords such as Katsura Kogoro, Kusaka Genzui, and Takasugi Shinsaku.

In the first year of Bunkyu (1861), he put forward the slogan of "One Domain's Qinwang" and gathered many comrades in the Tosa Domain to form the "Tosa Qinwang Party".

As the initiator of the organization, Takeichi Hanheita was naturally promoted as the leader of the Tosa Kinou Party.

Just from the name, the organization’s goals and political stance are clear.

Toward the attitude of Toyo Yoshida towards the proposal of respecting war put forward by Takeichi Hanheita and his Tosa Kinnoi party, there is only one word - sneer!

Takeichi Hanheita personally went to the feudal hall to try to persuade Yoshida Toyo to support the Zunban movement.

As a result, Yoshida Toyo mercilessly ridiculed Takeichi Hanheita: "Mr. Mizuyama really doesn't understand the history of Japan! Every time the emperor and ministers riot, the world will be in chaos! Homotoheiji's chaos, and the chaos of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which one is not because of The imperial court's greed for power has led to tragedy everywhere and the people are in dire straits?"

Takeichi Hanheita is the most outstanding person among the rural scholars, but Yoshida Toyo is also the most outstanding in talent and learning among the sergeants.

When it comes to eloquence and knowledge, the latter is no worse than the former.

Yoshida Toyo's eloquent words made Takeichi Hanpei speechless in person.

In this way, Yoshida Toyo formed an incomprehensible relationship with the feudal forces within the domain.

In addition to respecting the violent forces, Yoshida Toyo also opposed the conservative forces within the domain.

After launching drastic changes in the feudal government, Yoshida Toyo used thunderous means to clear out a large number of veteran officials in the feudal clan, such as the hereditary family elder Fukao Hiroyuki, other family elders Fukuoka Miyauchi, Fukao Hiroto, etc.

This group of old vassal officials were usually pampered and did not want to be enterprising and acted conservatively. Yoshida Toyo did not deal with them out of personal grudges, but to reduce the resistance to reforming the vassal government. If we don't get rid of these conservative elements, there will be many obstacles.

This group of senior officials had their salaries cut and their official status taken away, so they naturally hated Yoshida Toyo.

Punching and kicking conservatives... Such a strong attitude is certainly enjoyable.

But what's the cost?

On the night of April 8, Bunkyu 2 (1862), Yoshida Toyo taught the young feudal lord as usual. On his way home after class, he was attacked by an unknown person and died on the spot. Even his head was chopped off. He was 46 years old. age.

To this day, the real murderer of Toyo Yoshida has not been found.

However, any human being with a normal IQ can guess who is the most suspicious.

Although conclusive evidence has not yet been obtained, according to the most widely circulated theory, both the Tosa Kinnobu Party and conservatives were involved in the assassination of Toyo Yoshida.

It is reported that the Tosa Kinnoi Party and the losing conservatives joined forces. The former was responsible for the assassination of Yoshida Toyo, and the latter took the opportunity to regain power in the feudal state.

After the event was completed, in exchange, the conservative family elders had to agree to allow a few Qinwang members with the status of sergeants to take up important positions in the domain, and support "respecting the king and repelling the barbarians".

By then, Yamauchi-do had abdicated.

Yamauchido was a core member of the "Hitobashi faction", and he was very active in the "succession war" when Tokugawa Iemo and Hitotsubashi Keiki competed for the shogunate.

After Ii Naomi became the elder and launched the Ansei Prison, he was ordered to live in seclusion in Edo. The position of the feudal lord was inherited by his adopted son Yamauchi Toyonori, who became the 16th generation lord of the Tosa Domain.

It was also at this time that Yamauchi Do gave himself the nickname "Nindo". Later, at the suggestion of others, he changed "Nindo" to "Rongdo".

The young feudal lord was weak, and the old feudal lord was far away in Edo... The absence of the highest authority was one of the important reasons why the murderer dared to assassinate Yoshida Toyo blatantly.

It is still unclear whether the rumor that the Tosa Kinou Party and conservatives joined forces to kill Toyo Yoshida is true or false.

However, the next development was indeed consistent with the rumor.

Shortly after the death of Toyo Yoshida, the officials of the Yoshida line in the domain were completely purged.

The conservative family elders regained control of the political power, and some important positions in the domain were held by core members of the Tosa Kinnoi party.

In this way, Takeichi Hanheita suddenly became a powerful figure in Tosa Domain.

His every move, word and deed can finally affect the vassal government.

He finally got Tosa to join the Zunbang camp as he wished.

Due to his weak foundation and lack of prestige, the young feudal lord had no choice but to allow himself to be manipulated by Takeshi Hanheita.

In July of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), under the leadership of Takeshi Hanheita, he and the Tosa Domain's young lord led 400 people to Beijing.

After arriving in Kyoto, Takeichi Hanheitai vigorously promoted the Zunban movement and advocated the restoration of royal government.

Today, the Tosa power represented by Takeichi Hanheita has become the fourth largest power in Kyoto after the Shogunate, Satsuma and Choshu.

Although Qingdeng had never met such a hero who stirred up troubles, he had heard of his name for a long time.

All he knew about Takeshi Hanheita came from rumors among the people in the market, and... Yamauchi Do's own words.

During the one year and eight months that Aotobu took office as a side minister and the servant of Odaishu, he visited Yamauchi-do who lived in seclusion at the Tosa Domain residence in Edo many times.

Yamauchido has a very easy-going personality, bold and unruly behavior, loves poetry and wine, and calls himself the "Drunken Marquis of the Whale Sea".

Whenever Qingdeng came to visit him, he would always take Qingdeng to drink and recite poems together.

For this reason, Qingdeng's relationship with him was quite good.

However, despite the good feelings, Qingden's most important feeling towards Shan Nei Tang was wariness.

Although Yamauchi Do's age has nothing to do with "old", his demeanor already has the demeanor of an old fox!

He never declares his political stance to outsiders.

He neither threatened to respect the king nor supported Zuo Mu.

Whenever a serious topic involving politics was brought up, he would laugh it off and then expertly smooth it over.

This kind of impeccable behavior, which does not let others take control of the situation, is both admirable and wary.

In a certain conversation, Yamauchido once mentioned Takeshi Hanheita to Qingnobo.

According to his description, Takeichi Hanheita was a gentleman who spoke loudly, had a noble and honest character, and valued the benevolence and righteousness of the bushido - which coincided with what was said in the market.

No matter which media channel it is, the evaluation of Takeshi Hanpingtai is overwhelmingly positive.

Someone once praised him as: "A branch of winter plum will be the pioneer and the first to bloom with fragrance in spring."

According to legend, such a good story once happened to Hanping Tai of Takeshi——

Takeshi Hanheita's relationship with his beloved wife Tomiko is quite harmonious.

However, Tomiko was never able to conceive a child.

There is a man named "Yoshimura Torataro" in the Tosa King's party. He is a confidant of Hanpeita Takeichi.

Yoshimura Torataro, who was worried that the Takeshi couple had no children, first persuaded Tomiko to return to her parents' home, and then sent the stunning beauty to Takeichi Hanpeita as a servant again and again as a housekeeper.

As a result, every beautiful woman left Wu Shi Mansion in perfect condition.

After learning that this was the work of Yoshimura Tontaro, Takeichi Hanheita directly scolded him and strictly prohibited others from doing such things again.

To be honest, when Qingden heard this anecdote, he had no reason to feel close to this Tosa hero who he had never met before - it seems that this person is just like me, he is also a dedicated person who is devoted to his lover. ah!

Although Takeichi Hanheita was the biggest suspect in the "Assassination of Toyo Yoshida", because his reputation was so good, many people were unwilling to believe that such a handsome gentleman could do such a despicable thing. .

As far as Aonto knew, Takeshi Hanheitai was indeed in Kyoto.

Yataro Iwasaki is right. Given the current status of the other party in the Tosa Domain, if he can get his help, whether it is to clear the grievances of Yataro Iwasaki's father or to move the Iwasaki family's registered residence to Edo, it will be a big deal. Down!

As soon as he thought about this, Qingdeng, who always acted vigorously and resolutely, immediately made up his mind:

"Okay, let's do it!"

As he spoke, he raised the corners of his mouth.

"I'm going to meet Takeshi Hanheita tomorrow!"

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The next day——

Wenjiu three years (1863), March 11——

"N-Nio-sama, are you kidding me? Do you really want to go to the meeting alone?"

"Ah? Which of your eyes saw my 'single sword'?"

Aoto said this in a half-joking tone while showing his left waist to Yataro Iwasaki, who was half a body behind him.

"Look, aren't there three knives stuck in my waist?"

After hearing this, Yataro Iwasaki suddenly showed a dumbfounded expression.

Qingdeng combed his hair early this morning and put on decent, formal clothes.

He did not lead any entourage except Yataro Iwasaki. Just after five o'clock in the morning (8 a.m.), he officially set off and went straight to the Tosa Domain.

All vassal states would set up vassal residences in Edo and Kyoto, whose functions were similar to consulates. They were offices for each vassal state to maintain communication and liaison with the shogunate and the imperial court.

"Uh... this... Mr. Nioh, please listen to what I'm saying next - it's really not a wise choice to act alone. The madness of the Tosa King's Party is no weaker than that of the Choshu people. It's too risky to go to the Tosa Domain alone."

"Zunwang" and "Zunmu" are naturally opposed.

If you want to raise the emperor's majesty, what should the general do?

If you want to maintain the power of the general, what will the emperor do?

The Tosa King Party is an organization that respects the king through and through.

Qingden was one of the core members of the shogunate.

His behavior of going straight to the Tosa Domain... was no different from running straight into the enemy camp.

Aoto knew what Yataro Iwasaki was worried about.

After smiling slightly, he said quietly:

"I'm here to make friends, not fight. In that case, why do I need to bring thousands of troops? If I bring too many people, it will give the other party a bad impression. Besides... About how to break into the dragon's pond and the tiger's den , I have long been familiar with it!"

Seeing that he could not defeat Qingto, Iwasaki Yataro could only sigh helplessly and said no more.

House after house was quickly left behind by the two of them.

Soon, the Tosa Domain Residence was in front of them.

Seeing an outsider approaching, the three gatekeepers immediately came to greet them.

Before they could speak, Qingdeng raised his head and said loudly:

"Notify Takeshi Hanheita - 'Nioh' is visiting!"

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