"The common people in Edo also admire you very much."

"I think you not only eliminated the great harm of the anti-barbarian group, but also timely discovered and reported the information about the 'residence being attacked', which greatly prevented the spread of the fire in the residence and saved Edo from a fire disaster.

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"The name 'Tachibana Aoden' is really known to everyone in Edo now."

"Hahaha, I'm looking forward to what kind of reward the higher-ups will give you in the future, and what kind of official position they will transfer you to."

In response to Inoya's unstinting praise, Qingto was modest, smiled calmly, and said in a half-joking tone:

"I just hope that the common people in the city will stop giving me weird nicknames. Just one weird nickname like 'Little Tengu of the North Bansho' is enough."

At this time, Niushan, who had always been taciturn, smiled very rarely, took over the conversation, and asked Qingdeng.

"Mr. Ju, which government office do you personally want to be moved to?"

"If I had a choice, of course I would want to be moved to a place where there is more money and less trouble." Qingdeng still used a half-joking tone, "But where will I be moved to the right... it's not at all

It is beyond the control of my will."

Speaking of this, Qingdeng let out a silent sigh with a look of mixed emotions.

"I can only resign myself to fate."

How many achievements did Qingdeng perform that night 10 days ago?

1. Rescued the kidnapped eldest lady of "the most famous sect in the martial arts world": Sanako Chiba.

2. Discovered the conspiracy of the anti-barbarian group to destroy the settlement and promptly reported it to the government, ordered the execution office to punish the thieves, and the town fire officials rushed to the residence to make up for the situation, arrested most of the thugs of the anti-barbarian group, and avoided

The fire in the residence spread and got out of control.

3. Single-handedly fought against more than 60 thugs from the anti-barbarian group, saving the lives of a large number of Westerners in the settlement.

4. Caught up with Kamino Tatsugoro, the leader of the anti-barbarian group, and successfully killed him alone.

Of the above four achievements, except for the achievement of rescuing Sanako, which is slightly less valuable, any one of the other three is a great achievement that is enough for Qingto to receive a generous reward.

Especially the 2nd achievement.

He discovered the conspiracy of the anti-barbarian group in time and reported it to the government... This saved countless lives.

That night 10 days ago was not a very windy night, but there was quite a bit of night wind.

In Edo, where almost all buildings were made of wood and houses were extremely densely packed, any wind could cause a fire to get out of control.

Thanks to Qingnobo's timely intelligence report, the fire had not spread too much when the town fire officials arrived at the residence.

Thanks to the joint efforts of the town fire department and the people living near the residence, the fire was finally controlled within a very small area of ​​the residence and several adjacent neighborhoods.

If the town fire officials arrived later and the fire spread in the residence...the consequences would be disastrous.

In just one night, it was almost certain that Qingdeng, who had achieved these four great achievements in one go, would receive money or treasures, improve his family fortune, and move to a higher official position.

Maybe, even the family status can be improved, from the current "royal family member" to the "flag base".

Although both Hatamoto and the imperial family were samurai directly under the shogun, the status gap between them was vastly different.

In the Edo period, when "unless you are favored by a superior, the official position you can hold basically depends on your family background." If your family status can be upgraded to a banner, you will really become a "superior person".

However, for Qingdeng, he is still more concerned about where he will be moved to the right in the future than things like improving his family salary and upgrading his family status.

It is absolutely impossible to say that you don't care about which new government office you will be transferred to in the future.

But no matter how much Qingdeng cared about him, it was useless to care about his future official career.

As he said just now, this kind of thing is completely beyond his control with his personal will.

All he can do now is to quietly recover from his injuries and slowly wait for the people above to announce his reward and official career arrangements.

Qingdeng has accomplished such a great achievement, and the people above him will definitely review it carefully over and over again as to what kind of reward should be given to Qingdeng.

The Edo shogunate, which was extremely overstaffed, had never been able to praise its efficiency.

Therefore, without 1 or 2 months of hard work, Qingdeng would definitely not be able to wait for his reward and promotion.

"There hasn't been anything worth mentioning at the execution office recently. On the contrary, the shogunate...it hasn't been very peaceful these days."

Perhaps because he felt that the topic of "Aoto's rightward migration direction" was no longer worth talking about, Arima brought the topic back to the topic of "What's the latest news from the execution office" that Aoto had just taken the initiative to talk about.

Arima's sudden statement caught Qingto's attention, and he turned to look at Arima.

Aoto tentatively looked at Arima to confirm. This action of course meant "Has something big happened to the shogunate recently?"

Arima, who felt Aoto's gaze, pondered, thought up his words, and then said slowly:

"The people of the 'Ichibashi Sect' have recently further increased the pressure on Dashu Gong, asking Dashu Gong to liquidate Elder Jingyi as soon as possible and asking His Highness Tianzhangyuan to hide behind the scenes."

Qingden raised his brows slightly, raised his hand and scratched the hair on the back of his head: "The people of the 'Ichitsubashi Sect' are really persistent..."

Regarding what Arima just said, Qingto... no, it should be said that all the people in the government have heard about it.

Dashugong: a respectful title for the shogun.

Since the "brain-dead general" Tokugawa Issada, who has pathological brain problems, no heirs and no fertility, came to power two years ago, the Edo shogunate has been divided into two political factions:

The "Nanki School" who supported Tokugawa Iemoge as his successor as shogun.

The "Hitsobashi faction" supports Yoshiki Hitotsubashi to become the shogun's successor.

Since their birth, these two factions have been in constant overt and covert conflict due to their different political philosophies.

The leader of the "Nanki Faction": Naomi Ii relied on his iron fist to finally lead the "Nanki Faction" to defeat the "Ichitsubashi Faction" and successfully promoted Tokugawa Iemo to succeed him as the new shogun of the shogunate.

After the "Nanki faction" headed by Ii Naomi gained power, under the leadership of Ii Naomi, the shogunate launched a brutal suppression of the "Hitobashi faction".

A large number of officials and related personnel of the "Ichibashi Sect" were imprisoned and killed, with as many as hundreds of people killed.

Although Ii Naomi's repressive methods were quite cruel... the "Ichitsubashi Sect" was only severely damaged and was not completely eliminated.

The remaining members of the Hitotsubashi Sect hibernated and waited for the situation to change.

And they had really waited for the drastic change in the current situation - Naoki Ii was stabbed to death outside the Sakurada Gate three months ago.

The leader of the "Nanki Faction" died suddenly, and the "Nanki Faction" without Ii Naomi was leaderless... The "Ichitsubashi Faction" immediately launched a fierce counterattack!

The political power of the "One Bridge Sect" has risen and developed rapidly.

Things have turned... After the "Ichitsubashi faction" re-emerged and grew rapidly, they began to put pressure on Shogun Tokugawa Iemo, asking Tokugawa Iemo to liquidate Ii Naoki, who had persecuted countless "people with lofty ideals".

At the same time, the people of the "Ichitsubashi Sect" also asked Tianzhangyuan to hide behind the scenes and stop showing their faces frequently in front of the stage on the grounds that "how can women participate in political affairs" and "the Imperial Office should be dedicated to managing the Imperial Palace".

What is the plan of the "Ichitsubashi Sect"... is clearly revealed.

They just want to reduce the power of Tokugawa Iemo and weaken the strength of the "Nanki Sect".

Qingdeng had heard about all the above things more than a month ago.

More than a month has passed, and the "Ichitsubashi faction" has actually increased the pressure on Tokugawa Iemo... It seems that they will not give up until they succeed in retaliating against Ii Naomi and force Tenjoin to retreat behind the scenes.

"It is said that in the face of the pressure from the 'Ichitsubashi Sect', it is becoming more and more difficult for Mr. Dashu to deal with it." Inotani smiled bitterly and continued, "Judging from the current situation, Mr. Dashu may really be affected by it.

Unable to withstand the pressure, he punished the Jing Yi clan and allowed the Tianzhang Academy to hide behind the scenes..."

Tokugawa Iemo was unable to withstand the pressure of the "Hitobashi faction" - this was something that everyone in the government knew about.

It has only been 2 years since Tokugawa Iemoge ascended to the position of shogun. He is still only a 14-year-old boy.

Tokugawa Iemo was originally the lord of Kishu Domain. He was found because the former shogun Tokugawa Iesada had no heirs and was unable to bear children.

To put it simply - Tokugawa Iemo was parachuted to the Edo shogunate, and was not a "prince" who was trained as the next shogun since he was a child.

A general who was parachuted in and took over the throne for a short time... Tokugawa Iemoji basically had no foundation in the shogunate.

All he could rely on were the Tianzhang Academy, which strongly supported him as a think tank, and the officials of the "Nanki Faction" led by Naomi Ii.

Now, the "Nanki Sect" is leaderless due to the death of Ii Naomi, and its strength has been greatly weakened.

As a woman, Tenzouin could provide very limited support to Tokugawa Iemo.

Therefore, it is only reasonable that the weak Tokugawa Iemo was forced into a state of embarrassment by the pressure from the "Hitobashi faction".

"If you think about it carefully, Mr. Dashu has been really working hard recently." Inotani continued, "While he is busy dealing with the pressure from the 'Hitobashi faction', he also has to devote his attention to dealing with the accountability of overseas powers.

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Most of the buildings in the settlement were destroyed by the attack by the anti-barbarian group. Although many people were able to save their lives due to Qingdeng's timely rescue, some people who were not so lucky were left forever in the fire and smoke.

I closed my eyes... After encountering something like this, the Western people in the settlement would not simply give up.

They united and asked the Edo shogunate to give them an explanation.

When an incident of such a heinous nature occurred, the countries behind these Westerners could not just ignore it. Therefore, the overseas powers also personally took action and asked the Edo shogunate to give them a reasonable explanation.

If we want to quell the resentment and anger of the Westerners in the settlement and the country they represent, it is essential to completely destroy the anti-barbarian group that was the main culprit of this attack, and to arrest and severely punish all relevant persons.

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Therefore, during the period when Aoden was quietly recuperating in Jinyido, the Edo Administrative Office was in a state of complete chaos, as was the government office where thieves were punished and officials were changed.

In order to complete the deadly mission of "destroy the anti-barbarian group as soon as possible at all costs" issued by the superiors as soon as possible, the Edo Executive Office, Huofu Thief Kai and other government agencies were operating at full capacity every day, with official servants running back and forth, burning ointments and keeping the sundial.

Inoya Shicai's speech reminded Qingden of the recent busyness of the practice, so he asked:
To be continued...