The oldest, Sanako, is 25 years old this year.

According to the standards of this era, this is completely the age of an older leftover girl!

Qingdeng let out a long breath silently and thought to himself:

——Jutaro scolded him very much.

——It is indeed time for me to seriously think of a solution.

——What should we do to marry Sanako, Amai and Souji at the same time, and also make them accept this fact heartily?

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Qingdeng is not just for vacation and fun.

While he was enjoying his vacation, he was still paying attention to the situation in the world...especially the developments in Satsuma in Kyoto and the latest war situation in Shimonoseki.

Although there are many doubts, the imperial court has now identified the murderer of Anekokoji Koucho as Tanaka Shinbei of Satsuma.

This case earned Satsuma the reputation of "murdering ministers" and became the target of public criticism.

So far, Satsuma has been deprived of his duty to guard the palace gates.

The ministers of the Zunbo faction, headed by Sanjo Sanimi, fiercely criticized the rebellious Satsuma.

Judging from the current situation, Satsuma is in a state of "completely falling out of favor".

The imperial court had a strong attitude of "driving the Satsuma people out of Kyoto".

How Satsuma will take action next and how to break the situation - this will profoundly affect the current political situation in Kyoto.

As for the latest battle situation in Xiaguan, let alone that.

This sudden "war against the foreigners" in which Changshu participated alone, regardless of victory or defeat, will profoundly affect the subsequent history of Japan!

On June 6, the American and French ships that arrived at Shimonoseki first attacked Changshu as expected.

Not only did it sink the warships of Changzhou, but also destroyed all the cannons on its shores.

After achieving complete victory, the warships of the United States and France sailed away - they did not just go home.

Destroying the warships and shore batteries at Changzhou was just an "appetizer".

According to reliable intelligence, the reason why the warships of the United States and France retreated is to prepare to rope in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands to form a "Four-Nation Alliance" to mobilize more troops from the mainland and raise abundant supplies - which probably takes

One year - wait until next year, fight against Xiaguan again, and teach Changzhou a profound lesson!

Xiyi only sent a few warships and beat them to a pulp, leaving them unable to fight back... However, in the face of such an overwhelming and tragic defeat, the patriots in Changzhou did not become depressed.

On the contrary - they become even crazier!

I don’t know whether it was the huge pressure that made them gradually become abnormal, or what happened. All in all, the behavior of the loyal people in Changzhou became increasingly puzzling.

Today's Changshu... To put it bluntly, the entire feudal lord has gone crazy!

With their current state, it would not be surprising no matter what kind of big news they make.

Sure enough, just recently, they made trouble again!

On June 18, the Choshu Domain suddenly sent troops to attack the Ogura Domain on the other side of Shimonoseki and occupied Tanoura!

Tanoura - a beach adjacent to the Shimonoseki Strait, is the territory of the Kokura clan.

You haven't even succeeded in resisting the Western barbarians! Why allocate precious combat power to sneak attacks on innocent neighboring vassals? What about the promised "war against the barbarians"? Is the Ogura domain also a barbarian?

Changzhou's miraculous operation shocked the world's jaws.

After seizing Tanoura, Choshu announced their reasons for sending troops.

Its content is really explosive——

While Choshu was making all-out efforts to repel the barbarians, the Kokura clan on the other side of Shimonoseki stood by and did not send troops to assist Choshu. If you don’t work hard to fight against the barbarians, you will try hard not to resist the barbarians! So we must teach the Kokura clan a lesson!

Naturally, this so-called reason for sending troops, which is completely unreasonable, cannot convince the public.

For a long time, the vassals have maintained a high degree of political tacit understanding: let's play, make trouble, don't touch each other's territory, don't hurt each other's "cake".

However, Changzhou violated this tacit agreement.

This kind of behavior is undoubtedly a shameless invasion by one vassal state against another!

For a time, the shogunate and various feudal lords denounced Choshu and angrily criticized it for being unkind and unjust.

Although the shogunate and the feudal lords were very fierce in their condemnation,... the various forces had not taken any substantive action, and they just talked about it from a distance.

It must be said that there is a reason why the Tokugawa family has been able to maintain its dominance in Japan for more than 250 years.

Relying on a series of systems such as pilgrimage and handover, the strength of the vassals was reduced again and again.

As a result, today, all the vassals in the world are becoming weaker and weaker one after another.

Even though the system of pilgrimage has been abolished, the vassals will not be able to recover in less than 10 years.

The only vassal states that had the ability to conquer Choshu were Satsuma, Aizu and a few other vassals.

On the one hand, these powerful feudal lords were unable to send troops as they did not border Choshu, and on the other hand, they were unwilling to stand up for the worthless Kokura clan.

Therefore, in response to the tragic experience of the Ogura Domain, all the shogunate and the feudal clans could do was to provide all support except help.

However, it would not be correct to say that Changzhou was not harmed.

Even if the people kept silent about Changzhou's shameless behavior, they still remembered it deeply in their hearts.

Don't underestimate the influence of "image", and don't underestimate the power of "people's hearts".

There is no doubt that the actions of the lofty ideals of Changzhou have put them in an increasingly disadvantaged position.

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On June 20, after many days of trekking, Tokugawa Iemo, Tenjoin and his party finally returned to Edo.

As soon as he returned to Edo, Tokugawa Iemo immediately announced: A meeting to discuss merit and reward was held!

The protagonist of this merit-discussing and rewarding meeting was naturally Qing Deng, who successfully defeated the British ship.

In this conference, Tokugawa Iemo could be said to have given Aoshi no face.

The ceremony was so grand that all the ministers of Edo had to come to participate.

At the conference, Tokugawa Iemo also formally awarded Aoshito the official position of the eighth prince with the hearts of thousands of people in the form of a "face-to-face speech".

With the complete decline of the "Ichitsubashi Sect" and its weakening power, Tokugawa Iemo was finally able to concentrate the resources of the shogunate.

He directly announced in public at this conference: From today on, the Shinsengumi will receive a military salary of 20,000 taels of gold every year!

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