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Chapter 288 The Alliance Under the City
The mood of the top leaders of the Tokugawa shogunate was complicated when the U.S. troops approached the city of Edo.

Although the top officials of the Tokugawa shogunate tightly sealed the news of Kanagawa's defeat, there were too many defeated soldiers who had no choice but to flee from Kanagawa and return to Edo Castle.

This is no longer something that the Tokugawa shogunate can block if it wants to.

The news of Kanagawa's defeat still spread like wildfire, and the entire Edo Castle was lifeless and shrouded in a haze.

The defeat of Nagasaki more than a month ago and the news of the capture of the feudal lord had just reached Edo. The officials of the Tokugawa shogunate, and even the peddlers of wine shops and tea shops were still skeptical about this matter.

It is believed that the rumors are exaggerated and the strength of the American army is overly exaggerated.

Now, the bloody and cruel reality is nakedly placed in front of everyone in Edo.The Edo people have no reason to insist on the combat effectiveness of the American army.

"Everyone laughs at Naoshima as a coward, which is a disgrace. Now it seems that Naoshima-kun is the most sober person."

Masahiro Abe, who was behind Ieyoshi Tokugawa, regretted not listening to Naomasa Nabeshima's advice.

If Nabeshima Naomasa's advice had been followed, the situation would not have developed to such a bad state.It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in the world.

A gust of cool wind was blowing in, and Tokugawa Ikei standing at the top of the city stared blankly at the American army waiting in full force below the city, and the rumble of cannons outside Edo Port was endless.

Thinking of the "U.S.-Japan Treaty of Goodwill" that made him so angry, and thinking of the defeat of Kanagawa not long ago, Tokugawa Ieyoshi's head went blank, and his eyes were dark.

In a trance, Tokugawa Ieyoshi faintly felt an overwhelming heat wave extending from the abdomen to the chest cavity, and finally gushing out of his mouth uncontrollably.

Desperate, Tokugawa Jiaqing collapsed on the ground and soon lost consciousness.

When Tokugawa Keqing regained consciousness, he found himself lying on Ooku's bed.

"Master Abe."

The first thing he did when he regained consciousness was to call Masahiro Abe.

"General!"

Masahiro Abe waited for Tokugawa Iekei's orders before standing on Yu Tokugawa Iekei's bed.

"Go to the American military camp and negotiate a peace with the Americans. The Americans are so eager to attack Edo because of the treaty." Tokugawa Jiaqing said to Masahiro Abe, "Except for the first compensation, Except that we really can't afford to pay, the rest of the treaty is negotiable."

"Yes." Masahiro Abe said bitterly.

This is not a good job. Even if the peace negotiation is successful, Abe Masahiro will have to bear the eternal infamy.

His Abe Masahiro's reputation might be worse than Nabeshima Naomasa's, and he would be regarded as a national thief.

Naomasa Nabeshima lost only one Nagasaki, while Masahiro Abe lost the entire shogunate.

However, there are some things that have to be done by someone, and Masahiro Abe took up this drudgery without hesitation.

Liang Yao and Perry are both people who can negotiate peace. Between the two, Masahiro Abe played some tricks and chose to negotiate with Perry.

Masahiro Abe has dealt with both Liang Yao and Perry.

Among the two, Masahiro Abe believes that Perry's understanding of Japan is far less than that of Liang Yao. Talking to Perry may reduce the loss.

Furthermore, as far as he knew, Perry was the top general sent by the US to Japan, and it was reasonable to talk to Perry.

Even if the negotiation didn't work out in the end, this trip would be good for the shogunate if Perry and Liang Yao could have a rift between them.

Perry was very happy when the Tokugawa shogunate sent an envoy to negotiate a peace, which was exactly what he wanted.

However, Masahiro Abe still underestimated the weight of national interests in Perry's heart.

Of course, Perry was able to sign the "U.S.-Japan Treaty of Goodwill" with Japan under his leadership, but at the same time, Perry also knew that Liang Yao knew the Japanese shogunate and the Japanese better than he did.

Only by letting Liang Yao come to talk together can we win the best interests for the United States in Japan.

In the face of national interests and personal interests, Perry chose the former without hesitation.

Of course, there are practical reasons why Perry made such a choice. He does not have a translator who is proficient in Japanese.

Upon hearing the news that Masahiro Abe had boarded the Mississippi to try to negotiate peace with Perry, Liang Yao became furious and couldn't help cursing: "Masahiro Abe, this old fox, is so fucking cunning."

After scolding, Liang Yao handed over the command of the army to Deng Yan, and immediately took Liang Sen to Edo Port and boarded the Mississippi.

Seeing Liang Yao's arrival, Masahiro Abe's mood fell to the bottom.

"Abe, old man, are you all right?" Liang Yao met Masahiro Abe with a smile.

"Your Excellency, Colonel, you are safe and sound." Masahiro Abe bowed deeply to Liang Yao, and said with a dull expression.

After taking his seat, Liang Yao didn't talk nonsense with Abe Masahiro, and went straight to the main point: "When we first met, I told Mr. Abe that when we meet again, we have to sign more than just these terms. .”

"As long as your country can make some concessions on the compensation, Abe will be the eternal sinner and sign this treaty on behalf of General Tokugawa. We really can't afford to pay so much silver." Masahiro Abe said.

"Although our army has just experienced the defeat of Kanagawa, in Edo, our shogunate still has [-] troops. If your country attacks Edo by force, it may be difficult to get a bargain."

Obviously, Masahiro Abe is running the train with his mouth full.

According to the information he collected, the total number of troops that the shogunate can control is only 6 to 8.

This is the data before the defeat of Kanagawa, and now the data will be even less.

At this time, there may not even be 5 shogunate troops in Edo Castle.

"It's not unacceptable to reduce the compensation." Perry whispered to Liang Yao. This contract fully met Perry's psychological expectations, and Perry decided to accept it as soon as it was good.

Even if the "U.S.-Japan Goodwill Treaty" does not include compensation, as long as the Tokugawa shogunate signs it, after Perry's class returns home, whether it is the president, the Congress, or the Department of the Navy, they can explain the past.

When it comes to the expedition to Japan, Fillmore and Congress are more pragmatic, and the request for Perry and Liang Yao is only to open the door to Japan.

Obviously, they have exceeded their goals with almost negligible losses.

"The compensation must not be less." Liang Yao said to Perry.

After finishing speaking, Liang Yao turned his head away, Liang Yao looked up to Masahiro Abe and laughed as if he had heard a big joke.

"Hahahaha, let alone a hundred thousand troops, even if your Tokugawa shogunate has a million troops, they are just the souls of my American army, what a shame.

If your Excellency is still so obsessed with obsession, then please go back and we will fight again.The United States has millions of troops, thousands of warships, and countless guns. It only takes ten days for our reinforcements to arrive in Edo from the United States.

At that time, there will be hundreds of warships and hundreds of thousands of American soldiers in Edo. What we want is not just a mere [-] million taels of silver indemnity and the founding of the country and the mutual market. "

(End of this chapter)