From Tokugawa Yoshizo's words, Bai Le felt the urgency of this shogun. This is consistent with what Bai Le saw and heard in Japan over the years.

With the end of the Second Japanese Civil War, the Japanese economy was completely divided into three completely different states.

The empire's economists call it an encyclopedia of the world economic model, that is, the world's main economic model can be seen in Japan, but it is generally divided into three categories.

First, the free economy represented by the customs alliance body of Daming in western Japan. This economy is completely integrated into the economic system dominated by the empire. It can only carry out some controls in all areas that are related to the lifeline of the country, such as rice. The free economy is mainly the entire Kyushu Island and the western part of Honshu Island.

Second, the Shikoku Island occupied by the three-ben guns and some parts of the central part of the state are mainly used. Imperial economists call it the attached economic model. The so-called attached economic model is essentially a semi-colonial economic model. The feudal lords led by the three-ben guns still maintain their actual rule over the territory. Their own family and the privileged merchants controlled almost all trade between the economy and the outside world. These people were both lords and compradors, so they were also called the comprador economic model.

The third type is the central and northern regions of Honshu, Japan controlled by the Tokugawa shogunate. The empire economists called it the feudal bureaucratic economic model.

The so-called feudal states that this economy is mainly small peasant economy, and almost all foreign trade and emerging economies are controlled by the bureaucratic system. Officials are run by the government, and government-supervised business operations are the mainstream.

The empire deals with three different economies and has different diplomatic strategies. For the customs alliance formed by Western Daming, the empire is cooperation in struggle and cooperation is the mainstream, but in the face of its competition, the empire also partially controls.

The empire has a comprehensive support attitude towards the three-public gun jurisdiction of the comprador economy, because this economy is only open to the empire and is almost a colony of the empire. Therefore, the empire not only provides economic and financial support to it, but also provides military support when necessary.

The empire's attitude towards the feudal bureaucratic economy of the Tokugawa shogunate was always clear and required further opening.

The three economic models have their own advantages. The Customs Alliance economy is the most prosperous and fastest-growing part of Japan, and it has begun to go all over the world in an all-round way. It is a symbol of Japan's advanced nature. At the same time, the rituals and music in this part of the region have collapsed, and various political forces have emerged one after another. The power of the daimyos is more or less restricted and challenged.

Sanben Gun is the most stable political sector in Japan. The reason is very simple. These feudal comprador families accept comprehensive guidance from the empire from the inside to the outside. When a financial crisis occurs, the empire will provide loans to it. When there is a peasant uprising, the empire will provide weapons and equipment. When a food crisis occurs, the empire will even transport supplies directly from the national reserve warehouse. However, Sanben Gun Gun Gun does not participate in Japan's political struggles and implements harsh rule within. No forces including the Weishen are allowed to enter, and they also completely adopt the rule of fooling people, so it is very stable.

The Tokugawa Shogunate Territory is Japan's most independent economy, as self-sufficiency as possible, but also the most unstable and backward area.

For example, Bai Le came this time, because rice riots broke out in Edo, which lasted for two months and were only calmed down five days ago. The so-called rice riots are the rise in rice prices and the reduction in rice supply, which led to large-scale purchases of rice by urban people. Because rice prices grew too fast, profiteers hoarded goods, which triggered a riot of robbery. This time the rice riots were not serious. The most serious time was seven years ago, when at least three million people participated in the Tokugawa Shogunate Territory.

There are many reasons for the riots in the Mi region, including the natural disaster this year, but more of them are caused by the economic model of the Tokugawa Shogunate territory.

After the Anti-Shogawa War, Japan's full founding of the country led to a large-scale outflow of precious metals in Japan. Although the Tokugawa Shogunate reformed after the Japanese civil war and tightened Japan's foreign policy, the outflow of precious metals in Japan was still a problem. The result was that in the Tokugawa Shogunate territory, rice was still an important medium of trading, and even the officials of the Tokugawa Shogunate mixed gold and silver coins and rice were paid together.

Because of this, the value of rice must be guaranteed, so the Tokugawa shogunate strictly prohibits the import of rice and controls the export of rice.

Although the Tokugawa Shogunate tightened foreign trade, it could not control trade with the Sanben Gun and the customs union economies, especially with the Western Customs Union, which continued to lead to the outflow of precious metals. At the same time, the economy of the Tokugawa Shogunate territory gradually relied on the Western Customs Union.

For example, Japan's crop planting has expanded for 25 consecutive years. This is because mulberry trees produce mulberry leaves and mulberry leaves raise silkworms. The silk produced is supplied to the silk reeling factory of the Western Customs Alliance, and silk fabrics are Japan's flagship products and foreign exchange products exported to the outside world.

The expansion of mulberry planting area has reduced the planting area of ​​grain crops in the Tokugawa Shogunate territory, reduced the output of rice and other grains, and strictly prohibited the import of rice, resulting in the frequent supply and demand imbalance in the territory. More importantly, Japan's population has grown sharply in the past seventy years.

After the establishment of the empire, it was estimated that Japan's population was about 32 million. Even after more than ten years of Japanese civil war, Japan's population still grew sharply and approached the 40 million population in great strides.

The population of Japan is growing, but the problem of precious metals outflow and currency tension is that only Tokugawa Shogunate territory appears. The Western Customs Alliance, relying on the development of industry, especially the textile industry, has large-scale exports to earn foreign exchange, and exports wood, coal and other products. For a long time, there has been a foreign trade surplus.

As for the jurisdiction of Sanben Gun, due to direct control, the import and export volume is basically the same, so there is no problem.

This is an important reason why the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan urgently embraced the empire. Without industry, the growing population could not be digested and became a beggar. Without industry, the balance of imports and exports could not be maintained, which would affect the economy.

Tokugawa Yoshizo enthusiastically found Bai Le, and the two sides reached a framework oral agreement.

Generally speaking, Tokugawa Yoshizo, the general, and Okubo Takasuke, the Sankei, decided to decide what Japan wants to do and what it wants. Bai Le contacted Shinkyo to see what the empire could give and what it could help, while Goto Nobutsu was responsible for making connections.

This is also the limit that Bai Le can achieve within his authority.

In the afternoon, Okubo Takatsuki and Goto Nobuzuo accompanied Bai Le out of Edo Castle. They were originally going to get on the carriage at the gate of the city, but they found that there were a group of hungry people crowded here, sitting cross-legged at the gate of the city, holding rice with both hands, without saying a word, and without moving. They surrounded Bai Le's frame in the middle, unable to move.

When Okubo saw this scene, he said angrily: "It's this group of dogs from the Reform Club again!"

Bai Le was surprised. He knew quite well about the Reform Club. All the members in it were knowledgeable. Even if they were not entirely the upper class of society, they were all knowledgeable and thoughtful people. And the people in front of him were thousands of people, all in ragged clothes, and they would never be members of the Reform Club.

Nobuzuna Goto smiled and said, "Master Bai, this is a protest method advocated by the thief of the Reform Club. If you don't cry or make a fuss, you just don't leave."

Bai Le realized that he could not get angry there. This Edo Castle was the residence of the general, and there were thousands of hungry people in front of him. If they wanted to disperse them, they had to dispatch guards, but Tokugawa Yoshizo ordered the order. This time, with the report, it would be gone in an hour, but we couldn't leave Bai Le here for an hour.

If we discuss with the representatives of the hungry people and send out Bai Le's frame, these hungry people will definitely make a big fuss when they hear that they are foreign guests coming.

After thinking about it, Okubo Takatsuki looked at Goto Nobuzuki as if asking for help. Goto Nobuzuki smiled and said to Bai Le: "Mr. Bai, I'm really sorry. It seems that your carriage will not come out for a while. If you don't mind, I'll arrange another car for you."

"Kun Xin Gang, I think that's all. But please pay attention to my identity. I am the envoy of His Majesty the Emperor." Bai Le responded with a smile.

But he did not make things difficult for him on purpose. He just made two requests. One was to send someone to immediately remove the Imperial Ambassador logo on his carriage to save trouble. The other was to change him into a regular uniform. He was now wearing the imperial diplomatic envoy's official uniform and appeared in the shogunate's official carriage, which was not suitable.

This was already quite reasonable. Okubo Takatsuki made an arrangement immediately, and in the end Bai Le didn't get into the official car. They left Edo Castle at the side door, and the only ones were the donkey carts that transported vegetables and materials. Bai Le would not be able to take such things. In the end, Okubo Takatsuki got a few horses and three people left on horseback.

"It seems that the security situation in Edo is still not optimistic." Bai Le asked Tokubo Takasuke. Although this practice was only the practice of Sankei, he was the person who Tokugawa Yoshizo most trusted. He was the minister of the orphanage left by the sixth generation general for the seventh generation, but the seventh generation did not grow up at all.

Takasuke Okubo said: "The untouchables are easy to deal with. The key is that behind it is the Reform Club. In fact, behind this Mi riot, there is the shadow of Reform Club. In the northeast, there are also traitors who are armed and rebellious, which is really a bit troublesome."

Bai Le couldn't help looking at Goto Nobuzuki, his eyes hard to understand, while Goto Nobuzuki blinked and smiled silently.

During the meeting between the four people just now, Bai Le clearly felt that Goto Nobuzuka was supportive of Tokugawa Yoshizo's reversal to the empire, and was even more active than Okubo Takasuke. Perhaps it was precisely because of his attitude that he was trusted by Tokugawa Yoshizo.

But Takasuke Okubo's attitude is not that positive. It is not that he doesn't want to, but that he cannot do so.

Because he was a Sankei-Cheng, he was responsible for a series of emerging economies such as industry and trade in the shogunate, and Tokugawa Yoshizo completely turned to the empire. The part that Okuba Takatsuki was responsible for would inevitably increase investment and would also become the focus of the Tokugawa shogunate work. In this way, both financial power and voice power were tilted towards Okuba Takatsuki, and his status would inevitably be improved. Therefore, it is necessary to appropriately avoid suspicion in negotiations.

But why did Goto Nobutsu, a secret member of the Restoration Agency, do such a thing?

Events such as the Mi riots that threaten the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate were created by the Reform Movement Agency. Because Tokugawa Yoshizo felt that reform was imperative, it turned to the empire in full. According to general logic, the Reform Movement Agency should oppose reform or reduce the troubles against the Tokugawa shogunate.

According to Bai Le's understanding of the Restoration Club, this organization has no room for survival in the jurisdiction of Sanbengu. In the western Daming area, it has a lot of say and has coexistence and prosperity with the customs alliance economy. In the Tokugawa Shogunate territory, it is in secret, and the relationship between the two sides is hostile.

The Reform Movement Club, which aims to reform and unify, is destined to be the enemy of conservative and independent shogunate. As an important member of the Reform Movement Club, Goto Nobuzuka should not provide too much help to the Shogunate.

"It seems that Xin Gangjun has played an important role in this reform." Bai Le said with emotion.

Okubo Takatsuki nodded repeatedly, opened up the conversation, and praised Goto Nobuzuo without hesitation. Bai Le also captured an important message from his words. Goto Nobuzuo is not only a supporter, but also an advocate, which made Bai Le even more unexpected.

"Okubo, I arranged a party tonight. I was a few foreign office officials and I was classmates with Naoshita and Shiraki. Okubo also asked to visit me, so be sure to enjoy the scenery." Nobuzuo Goto said inviting.

"Since it's a class reunion between Nobunaga and Lord Shiraki, I won't join in the fun. Nobunaga, please be sure to entertain Lord Shiraki." Okubo directly chose to say goodbye.

In view of the security situation in Edo Castle, the two went to Goto Nobuzuna's residence together. When they arrived at his study, they found a workbench in Goto Nobuzuna's study, with a nearly finished balance on it, and the final modification was being carried out.

"I don't remember you like to do handicrafts." Bai Le said with a smile.

"One of my sons is already an adult. Half a month ago, I had a discussion with him about his future, doing business, politics, and joining the army. We discussed a lot, but he chose legal work. This scale is my gift to him and my supportive attitude." Nobutsu Goto said.

Bai Le smiled and said, "You are really a good father."

Bai Le played with some tools and suddenly saw a joint venture between father and son on the table. The young face came into view. Bai Le thought of someone in an instant. Bai Le said: "Isn't he the one who was wanted by the shogunate during the Mi riot... that..."
Chapter completed!