"Reshape the shogunate discipline!"
"Nanji Sect will never let the 'Nanji Sect' continue to act recklessly!"
"People who don't want to continue to sink will all go with me and fight!"
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A shout similar to this sounded across Edo.
Countless samurai soldiers—basically all of whom have family status and family fortune—are shouting "Supporting the Ichiha Bridge" and "attacking the Orange Thief", and rushed to Akasaka Mimen to join the battle!
[Note·Direct Stories: The direct samurai of the Shogunate, that is, the general name of the Hachimoto and the Imperial Family]
At first glance, it seems that the "Nanji School" is heartbroken, and the "Yiqiao School" is expected to be the most popular.
In fact, this is definitely not the case!
The reason for this situation is purely due to interests.
Tokugawa Ishiki and Naotani are in conflict - this kind of thing is well known to everyone and is no longer a secret.
For the direct actors, the situation they most like to see is naturally "unchanged".
No matter who is the general of the conquest, no matter what kind of unrest occurs, they will be satisfied as long as they do not let their interests suffer.
Maintain the original system, allow them to continue to enjoy privileges and continue to live a happy life of life and despair.
And this happens to be what Tokugawa Ieshiro hates the most.
He has always hated the decaying and depraved children of Shigen.
Since he took office, one of his major governance directions is to eliminate the political influence of direct participants and the financial pressure caused by their devotion but not participating in construction.
The "direct-involved group" with mixed interests is far from being able to defeat it with just a few means.
The shotgun cannot hit the trigger... Just by improving oneself, you can no longer get rid of such chronic diseases.
Tokugawa Ishima saw it very clearly. If he wanted to completely suppress Zhishen, what he needed was "reform"! not "improvement"!
Since this "old shit mountain" cannot be cleaned up, we can only establish another Johor Bahru.
The "forming a new army" that Tokugawa Ieshima has vigorously organized in recent years is the concrete realization of this idea.
Establishing a new army... Since the "black ship incident", this matter has been mentioned countless times and has been implemented many times, but in the end it has been shelved due to various changes.
But with the retreat of Ichihashi Kiyoshi and the rapid rise of Aoden, Tokugawa Ishiki's authority grew day by day.
A few months ago, when Tokugawa Ieshima mentioned "forming a new army", he seemed to have the high momentum of "vowing to accomplish this".
In fact, with his resources and personal supervision, the process of building the army was indeed a thousand miles a day.
It’s okay to have other things, but the establishment and promotion of the new army is a real offense to the interests of direct leaders, and it is their fundamental interests!
In terms of name, Naoka is the regular army of the shogunate.
Once any war occurs, they will be called up and fight for the shogunate.
If there is a new army, what else should I do?
Since there is a new army that is more capable of fighting, it is a matter of time before the gradual marginalization of the old army is gradually becoming!
The cornerstone of Zhishen's privileged identity is its lofty status as the "Shuofu regular army".
In other words, the formation of the new army is digging into the roots of straight ginseng!
Once the new army is formed and successfully promoted, the influence and presence of direct leaders will inevitably be greatly reduced - this is absolutely!
Their core interests are violated... How can the children of direct ginseng tolerate it?
To sum up, you can imagine the anxiety and annoyance of the children of direct ginseng.
Tokugawa Ieshima tried to reform, while the direct party only wanted to maintain the existing system... The two sides had no room for negotiation at all.
This is not a contradiction that can be alleviated by spending some money and saying good things.
This is an irreconcilable fundamental contradiction!
In this way, more and more people hate Tokugawa Ishimaki.
They slandered Tokugawa Ieshige on the grounds of "against the changes in the ancestral constitution" and "disaster chaos in discipline".
Under the "Hate Wu and Wu", some people even hated Qing Deng.
As for why they hated Aoden, the reason they gave was that "Kodori bewitched Tokugawa Ieshima! The new selection group under his command was too strong, which made Tokugawa Ieshima's wrong idea of ​​"promoting the new army vigorously"
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Gradually, they had a unified idea: if Tokugawa Ishimatsu continued to rule, our hardcore crops might be gone!
Tokugawa Ishimashita must be stepped down!
However, I think it is impossible to defeat Tokugawa Ishiki just by fighting alone.
Only by establishing a leader who can integrate and command them can we compete with Tokugawa Ishihiko.
The leader who can compete with Tokugawa Ishihashi... has no other name except Ichihashi.
No matter from which angle it is measured, Yiqiao Qingxi is the ideal leader among the children of Zhigan.
First of all, from the beginning, the "Yiqiao Sect" was shown as a conservative.
The "Ichiqiao Sect" advocates "expelling barbarians, restoring the "country locking order" and allowing the shogunate to return to the 'right track' of the past" - this coincides with the concept of direct participation.
Secondly, a bridge is always famous for its valuation.
Even now, many people still insist that Keiki Ichihashi's talent is above Tokugawa Ieshima, yelling, "If Keiki Ichihashi comes to be the general, he will definitely achieve much dazzling results than Ichihashi Tokugawa Ieshima."
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Finally, Keiki Ichihashi's biological father was Tokugawa Yoshiaki, the former lord of the Mito vassal family.
Tokugawa Shiaki is a well-known conservative.
He opposed all reform plans and believed that only by adhering to the ancestral constitution can the world be safe and sound.
Tokugawa Qiaki was already dead, but his spirit still exists in the hearts of countless accomplices.
Influenced by him, Ichihashi, as his son, became a conservative "spiritual totem".
Although the war is very sudden, the keen sense of smell all noticed that this is a great opportunity to pull Tokugawa Ishimatsu off the stage and support Ichihashi Gong to take office!
What is the truth is completely irrelevant.
They didn't care whether Tokugawa Ishiki died or whether Kiritomi was a traitor.
They only care about whether their hardcore crops can survive!
As long as you defeat the "Nanji Sect" and conquer Edo Castle, Tokugawa Ishishi will die even if he doesn't die! Kiritoshi is not a treacherous minister, but he must be a treacherous minister!
So, the scenes of "numerous direct attendants rushed to Akasaka Mimen and rushed to the Yiqiao Army" were born.
After all, it is for the word "profit".
What is "Yiqiao Gong is a wise king" and what is "Jiamao is dead, and you should be established in celebration" are all excuses to cover up your dirty behavior.
Of course, not all direct ginseng wants to go against Tokugawa Ishimashita.
Some people also directly follow the word "loyalty and righteousness" and are unwilling to betray the general.
But... Unfortunately, these direct parties who supported Tokugawa Ieshima and were willing to fight for Tokugawa Ieshima all fought bravely in the previous "Edo Cage Battle" and suffered considerable casualties.
Those who hate Tokugawa Ishiki no Yasuhiro chose to passively avoid the war after the "Edo Cage Battle".
As soon as the Fauci coalition launched an attack, they would run away in a flash or pretend to be dead, so they all lived well.
There are not much left in the straight ginseng standing on the side with Tokugawa Ishimao...
There are still many ginseng left that are irrelevant with Tokugawa Ishiki...
At first glance, it seems to give people the illusion that the "Nanji School" has lost all the hearts of the people and has lost the power and has few supporters.
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Edo Castle, Akasaka Mimen—
"Captain Harada! Another group of enemy troops come!"
Harada Zuosuke wiped the sweat beads from his face and turned his head to look. More than 20 young samurai rushed into the battlefield with a scream. When he saw a man wearing a light onion-colored Hoori, he raised his knife and slashed it.
Seeing this, Zuosuke Harada gritted his teeth and scolded:
To be continued...