Edo Traveler

Heli Anzheng seven years, AD 1860, January.

Because the Edo Castle was burnt down, it was impossible for Chuemon to accept the worship of the princes in Honmaru. Therefore, according to Chuemon's order, the new year's national princes' meeting of raw silk, and the ceremony of visiting the first day of worship, were changed to the Lumeikan.

The hall of Luming Hall is a bright hall that can be used to hold dance parties for hundreds of people. It is used as a venue for meetings and ceremonies, and it is not cramped.

The biggest change felt by the princes is that Zhongyouemon sits in the north and faces the south, and a throne is placed on a small square pedestal, which is naturally higher than the princes. All around it is decorated with gold and red velvet curtains with fringe. Chuemon on the throne changed the clothes of the generals in the past, and wore the uniform of the commander-in-chief of the training team.

To put it bluntly, it is to imitate the French marshal's uniform and get such a suit for myself. Although clothes and other things are also against the previous system, but this kind of trivial matter, for the time being, no one will specifically jump out and do it against Chuemon.

More than 200 princes and representatives of the princes first stood up collectively and saluted Chuyouemon. Because this time the ceremony was held in the Luming Hall, there was no Japanese-style tatami for them to kneel on, so everyone stood in front of Chuemon.

He bowed and saluted, then pretended to offer more than 200 daggers. In fact, it was all discounted, and it was given to Chuemon as a New Year's gift of several thousand taels.

After bowing and salute, everyone took their seats. It is an ordinary sofa leather stool, some people are used to sitting, some people are not used to sitting. But when you are in front of the king, you must not have doubts, just sit back and relax.

Then, sitting next to the pedestal, Matsudaira Qixuan, the eldest elder closest to Chuemon, announced various matters that need to be confirmed this year. The national feudal lord raw silk conference, which is already a practice in the shogunate, has been held for many years when the former Tokugawa clan emperor ruled the world. Now that Chuemon takes the throne, it will naturally not change.

The conference is also held once a year, mainly to announce the production tasks for this year. Because the demand of foreign merchants is constantly increasing, and there is no saturation up to now, so over the years, the announcement at the meeting is to increase production and increase production, how can we continue to increase production.

After the founding of the country in history, because foreigners purchased raw silk from the Japanese market on a large scale, silk and silk textile manufacturers in Nishijin and Kiryu in Kanto went bankrupt one after another. The reason is that there is not even a single load of raw silk available on the market, and the silk cloth that is used to make the Wu clothing for General Daao cannot be spun.

Now, due to the advance arrangement of Chuemon, the production of raw silk has been rolling up, but it is still hard to find in the market. The European and American markets are really huge. Even if the First World War broke out and Europe was united, the United States still needs more than 3,000 tons of raw silk per year.

"So this year, we need to increase the production of silk by 5,000 dans. After you return to your country, you must persuade the people and reward silkworm breeding." Songping Qixuan just issued an administrative order and it was over.

If there is money to be made, these princes still don't work hard to do it? What foreigners give is ready-made gold, and it is foolish not to make money.

"In addition, regarding the addition of a silk reeling factory, Matsuyama in Shikoku, Uwajima, Hiroshima, and Onomichi in Shikoku will take the lead and will be organized in the first half of the year. In the second half of the year, Sanin Tottori, Fukuoka, Kyushu, and Yamato Koriyama will also depend on the situation of preparation. The factory is set up properly.”

"Chengzhi!"

When they heard the name of their family, several princes got up one after another and bowed their heads to Songping Qixuan to show their understanding. Some of the princes on the left and right are envious, and some are indifferent. What I envy is that they have not built factories in their own territory, but they are indifferent because they have already hooked up with the shogunate, and now they have become the princes of the nearby raw silk distribution center.

"Besides this, there is another thing that must be told to you." Songping Qixuan speaks very powerfully now, who calls him the eldest elder, under one person, over ten thousand people.

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It's just that the princes were a little surprised when he said these words. Because the meeting in front of me was the general meeting where the general convened everyone to talk about the raw silk industry. After so many years, I only talked about raw silk, and nothing else. Everyone came here passively, and then listened to the production tasks assigned by the shogunate.

After listening to the adjournment, I congratulated the general on a Happy New Year by the way, and then returned to the territory, and began to persuade the people to quickly see if there are any corners where mulberry trees can be planted, and hurry up to plant them. After planting, go to Naraya to collect silkworm seeds, everyone, and strive to set off a high (shielding) tide of feudal raw silk production.

Why is the matter of raw silk finished this year, and there are other things to say? This is out of order.

"Because of the planning of the Sanyo Railway Line, the Kyushu Railway Line, and the Oshu Railway Line, Kamazaki has something to discuss with you and others." When Matsudaira said this, he quickly turned his head to look at Chuemon.

discuss?

How could the dignified shogunate discuss with the princes?

I am the king and you are the minister. The monarch, the minister, the father and the son, the generals just do what they want. As long as we, the courtiers, can do it, we will go through fire and water without hesitation.

"The Yuyi Railway has a station and passes through the stations of the various vassals. The railway personnel used are all local vassals of the various vassals!" Chuemon said such a shocking sentence in a hurry.

"Wow!"

The entire hall of the Luming Hall suddenly exploded. Even if they knew that the king could not lose his honor, these princes were surprised by this decision of the shogunate. Is this a test, or what?

The warriors of the various vassals, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com are the subjects of the various vassals. The vassal of the vassal is not my vassal. This is one of the most perfect interpretations of the Tokugawa shogunate system.

The princes present are officials of Chuemon, but the warriors of the princes have nothing to do with Chuemon.

Now the shogunate wants to build a railway, and the princes have no objection. It's too fast to come to Edo by train. For example, the Shimadzu family's expenses on the road are said to be as high as two thousand taels of gold. Who told the Shimadzu family to have a big face, and more than 3,000 people should come to the house to explain it at a time. People eat horse chews and spend thousands of dollars a day. But by train from Osaka, you can reach Edo in one night.

To save seven days of travel expenses is to save 14,000 taels of gold!

Can we still have a grudge against money?

Moreover, after the successful construction of the railway, the commerce and trade are prosperous, and the transportation is convenient, and there is almost no harm. At most, when the train passed through the city, the whistle sounded, which frightened the canaries raised by the lord.

The railway can be repaired and the railway is repaired. The railway is an enterprise owned by half of the shogunate and foreigners. What does it have to do with us princes? Not to mention the warriors of our vassals in the vassal, they are not subjects of the shogunate.