Chapter 755 Qingdeng is promoted! Lord of the Qinjin clan!【·End】

The messenger left.

The Shinsengumi generals still sat there, speechless and motionless, like clay and wood sculptures.

The inside and outside of the auditorium were shrouded in silence like the deep sea, and you could hear a pin drop.

About 10 seconds later, Sanosuke Harada, who had the most out-of-the-box personality, made his first voice:

"Otsu...Mr. Tachibana has become the master of Otsu?"

His tone was full of uncontrollable excitement.

Otsu - Even Sanosuke Harada, who is the most uneducated and always presents himself as an "idiot", understands the value of the Otsu area, let alone others.

Isamu Kondo slapped his thigh.

"Wow! It's really great!"

Nagakura Shinpachi said excitedly:

"Otsu is right next door to Kyoto. If you ride a fast horse, you can make two or three trips back and forth between the two places in one day."

Genzaburo Inoue took over:

"In this way, Mr. Tachibana can use Otsu as a base to better support Kyoto! Let the two places become horns to each other and maintain the peace of Western Xinjiang forever!"

The chief murmured:

"Qinjin Fan... Qinjin... the name is good!"

Toudo Heisuke lightly frowned:

"It's really strange... Since Otsu Castle is the domain hall, the name of the domain should be 'Otsu Domain'. Lord Dashu actually gave it a special name... This is really against the laws of our ancestors."

Kinoshita Mai on the side responded and said:

"Doesn't this just show that Dashu Gong loves Qingdeng? He enjoys unique privileges."

Sanako was happy at first, but then her face fell as if she remembered something.

"Being granted the title of Otsu... Although this is a good thing, it also means that the burden on Tachibana-kun's shoulders is heavier. Otsu is the western gateway of the shogunate and the front line facing the daimyo of the Western Kingdom. In the future, Changshu or other Western countries

If the daimyo comes, we will be the first to bear the brunt."

Hijikata Toshizo shrugged:

"What are you afraid of! When soldiers come to block us and water comes to cover us, I'm afraid they won't come back! If there is no battle to fight, won't we lose the opportunity to make achievements?"

Xinjian Jinyouyou said:

"I don't quite understand...Although Mr. Tachibana is a confidant of Mr. Dashu and deserves more favors, is the favor Mr. Tachibana has received this time...is it a bit too much? Mr. Tachibana's title

Our land is not an insignificant backwater, but that Dajin!"

Kondo Isamu grinned:

"Never mind this kind of thing!"

Looking around, there is a lively scene.

The atmosphere inside and outside the auditorium was filled with joy.

Everyone was enthusiastically and actively participating in the discussion, spreading excitement.

Everyone was sincerely happy and excited about the good news that "Qingdeng was awarded the title of Dajin".

Even Serizawa Kamo and Shinami Nishiki, who did not belong to the "Seimeikan School", no longer had tense faces at this time, and both showed complex expressions that seemed to be both relief and admiration.

Even Shannan Keisuke, who was always calm, now widened his eyes and muttered involuntarily:

"It's actually Otsu...and it's a land of 300,000 koku...this...this..."

Shannan Keisuke's shock was beyond words.

Previously, he had made many assumptions about the place where Qingnog would be entrusted. Among them, he thought the most likely location was Kai.

It was just a while ago that Aoto had the command of the Hachioji and thousands of people because of his feat of "defeating the British ships", so it was really reasonable and reasonable for him to now take control of Kai's territory.

But in the end...he never expected that Tokugawa Iemo would actually hand over the crucial Otsu to Aoto!

Where is Otsu?

It is more than just a blessed land adjacent to Kyoto with beautiful mountains and clear waters!

Although Japan is a small country with a narrow area and dense mountains, it still has four strategically important places that cannot be easily abandoned.

They are the Kanto region, the Noo region, the Osaka region, and the Otsu region including Kyoto.

The Kanto region is like Guanzhong of China.

Not only does it have a vast plain (the Kanto Plain), but it also has natural dangers (surrounded by mountains) that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It can be said that "it is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the land is fertile, and you can dominate them all." It is actually the foundation of a country.

The Genze Dynasty 800 years ago and Tokugawa Ieyasu 250 years ago both used the Kanto region as their basic base. They defeated all the heroes in one fell swoop and unified Japan, achieving unparalleled achievements.

Noo area - namely Mino and Owari.

There is a saying in China that "whoever wins Jingzhou wins the world."

Coincidentally, Japan also has a similar saying - those who win the Meinong win the world.

In other words, the Nongwei area is like the land of Jingchu in China.

Nobi is located right in the center of Japan.

If you want to give a vivid example... Japan is like a dumbbell, thick at both ends and thin in the middle - the thick tail is located in the middle detail.

The boundary that divides East and West Japan - Sekigahara - is located in Mino.

Not only that, this place is also one of Japan's important grain-producing areas. Although the area is small, the grain production is an astonishing 1.13 million koku!

Therefore, if we talk about "a battleground for military strategists", if Nobi is called "Japan's second", there is no other place that dares to be called "Japan's first".

Osaka area - the Osaka Plain with Osaka as the center.

Since the Nara period (710-784), Osaka has become a trading port due to its location near the sea.

Since the establishment of the Edo shogunate, Osaka has been the national economic center, logistics center, and the city with the most vigorous economic activities.

The Osaka area is to Japan what the Jiangnan area is to China.

As for the Otsu area...

To put it bluntly, what kind of status does Zhongyuan have in China, what kind of status does Otsu have in Japan!

First of all, Dajin is located in a plain area with abundant products, suitable climate and high grain yield.

Secondly, Otsu and Kyoto are neighbors.

As Nagakura Shinpachi said just now, if you ride a fast horse, you can make 2 or 3 round trips between the two places in one day.

In other words, with Otsu, you also have the military capability to "land troops at the gates of Kyoto in one day".

In addition, Otsu is a vital transportation hub.

Whether you are going from East Japan to West Japan, or from West Japan to East Japan, you have to pass through Otsu.

Tokaido, one of the "Five Streets", must pass through Otsu, and Otsu-juku is the penultimate stop on Tokaido.

Not only that, Otsu is also close to Lake Biwa.

As a famous lake in the world and the largest lake in Japan, as many tourists come to see it every year as crucian carp crossing the river.

Even just operating the tourism industry can bring in a lot of income.

Finally, Otsu was the western gateway to the shogunate.

The authority of the shogunate only radiated to eastern Japan, and it could only look at it with dismay in western Japan.

To the shogunate, Western Japan was no different from other countries.

Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, Hizen...these difficult foreign daimyo all gathered in Western Japan.

And Otsu happened to be located at the westernmost end of the shogunate's sphere of influence.

To the east of Otsu is the area controlled by the shogunate, and to the west is the territory of the daimyo of the Western Kingdom... In other words, Otsu is the western border of the shogunate!

To sum up, a Dajin = an important grain-producing area + a logistics hub + a transportation hub + an important tourist area + an important border town + a national defense area.

It is not an exaggeration to call Otsu the "Central Plains" of Japan!

Tokugawa Iemo's handing over of Otsu to Aoshinobu is like a certain emperor of China handing over half of the Central Plains to a hero who is neither a relative nor an acquaintance. In this way, we can roughly understand the purpose of Tokugawa Iemo's behavior.

How shocking.

Although the Edo shogunate has always been very willing to share territory, and has enfeoffed more than 300 daimyo over the past two hundred years, making the current Japanese political map as fragmented as jelly, the shogunate has always firmly maintained the four most important strategic areas.

Hold it in your hand.

The Kanto region is the core base of the Edo shogunate.

The Noo area is the territory of the Owari Tokugawa family, one of the "Three Royal Houses".
To be continued...