Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Regarding Tokugawa Zenshi's duplicitous plan to force the empire, Koizumi Jiro openly agreed, but as soon as he turned around, he relayed the matter to Fang Xiao's intelligence personnel.

Fang Xiao did not dare to delay and directly conveyed the information about Koizumi Jiro to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi immediately realized that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for, an opportunity to completely control the Fusang Kingdom.

Therefore, Lin Yi ordered Koizumi Jiro to fully cooperate with Tokugawa's good deeds, and also asked Daxia to cooperate.

After receiving Jiro Koizumi's promise, Tokugawa Yoshihiro immediately returned to Nagasaki.

He didn't tell anyone after he came out of Nagasaki. He was worried that he would cause unnecessary trouble if he disappeared from Nagasaki for too long, so he returned to Nagasaki as soon as possible.

Tokugawa Zenshi did not have the courage to cause trouble while Tokugawa Kexi was still alive, so he could only return to Nagasaki and wait quietly.

Koizumi Jiro also postponed the attack on Shikoku Island because he needed to cooperate with Tokugawa's good deeds.

At this point, the war between the Tokugawa Shogunate and Meiji was limited to Kitakyushu.

On November 1904, 11, Meiji's special envoy arrived in Nagasaki and began to negotiate an armistice with Tokugawa Yoshiki.

But at this time, Tokugawa Keiki could no longer speak, so Tokugawa Keiki appointed his eldest son, Tokugawa Keiji, to negotiate with the Meiji envoy.

After half a month of consultations, the two sides finally confirmed the new territorial division.

First of all, Meiji still does not recognize the legal status of Tokugawa Keki and Baiyu Tianhuang, but it promised that the two sides would not break out in war within ten years.

At the same time, it was determined that Tokugawa Keiki's territory was limited to Kyushu Island. As for Shikoku Island, it was also divided into two, with Kochi, Tosa, Okawa, and Saijo City as the borders. Shikoku Island in the west belonged to the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the east belonged to Meiji.

Secondly, Meiji withdrew his troops to Honshu Island, and at the same time stipulated that in order to avoid conflicts between the two sides, Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu were undefended cities, and neither side could deploy troops in either place.

As for Maguan Haixia, it is jointly managed by both parties, and both parties can freely pass merchant ships.

Faced with Meiji's sincere treaty, Tokugawa Keiji also agreed. Immediately Tokugawa Keiji signed a truce with the Meiji envoy.

But for such a contract, Tokugawa Yoshihiro saw that this was an opportunity for him. So on the second day after the contract was signed, Tokugawa Yoshihiro gave a speech expressing his reservations about the truce contract.

At the same time, he also said that it was clearly the Tokugawa shogunate who took the initiative on the battlefield and definitely signed such a regrettable contract.

Tokugawa Keiji expressed his dissatisfaction when he heard his brother criticize the armistice contract he led.

Daxia, on the other hand, said nothing about the truce between the two countries.

1905年5月，已经68岁的德川庆喜的病情进一步加重，在5月20日被送进了长崎的医院。

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Daxia expressed concern about Tokugawa Keiki's condition and expressed its willingness to send a medical team to Nagasaki to assist in the treatment of Tokugawa Keiki.

Meiji, who was far away in Kyoto, heard that Tokugawa Yingxi was dying. He was both happy and a little worried.

He was happy that he was finally going to survive this old man, but he was worried that if Tokugawa Kei died, his successor would start another war.

At this time, the Meiji government had only ceased war for half a year, and its strength was far from restored. But Tokugawa secretly relied on Daxia's assistance, and his strength recovered faster than him.

Therefore, Meiji's worries are not unreasonable.

Therefore, Meiji held an imperial hearing, hoping that the cabinet could discuss a plan.

After a three-day imperial meeting, Meiji also discussed a plan, which was to fully support Tokugawa Keiji as the next shogun.

As for the reason, the main reason is that Meiji and others feel that Tokugawa Keiji is more stable and rational. Presumably after Tokugawa Keiji becomes shogun, the current situation can be maintained.

If Tokugawa Yoshiji is appointed as the shogun, it will be difficult to guarantee that a war will not break out as soon as Tokugawa Yoshiji comes to power because of the hatred on the Meiji side that was exposed after the contract was signed.

After reaching this conclusion, Terauchi Seiichi's cabinet also issued a public speech, stating that Meiji Tenhuang was also paying attention to Tokugawa Yingki's condition.

At the same time, they said that if Tokugawa Keiji was willing, they could also send Meiji Tenhuang's royal doctor to Nagasaki.

For the goodwill expressed by Meiji, Tokugawa Keiji still expressed his gratitude, but he also rejected Meiji's request to send a medical team to treat Tokugawa Qingxi.

For him now, Tokugawa Yingxi has become like this, and it doesn't matter at all whether he dies or not.

The important thing is that he cannot make mistakes, otherwise, all kinds of verbal and verbal criticism may lead to his second brother taking over.

To put it simply, Tokugawa Keiki is now running out of fuel and life has come to an end. Anyone with eyesight can see this.

In fact, everyone was mentally prepared for his death. At the same time, after his death, Tokugawa Keiji could legitimately succeed to the shogunate.

But if he agrees to Meiji sending someone here, given the current situation of both parties, some people may spread rumors that Tokugawa Keiji conspired with Meiji to kill Tokugawa Keiki.

Don't think that no one would do this kind of thing. He can guarantee that his good second brother will be the first to jump out.

Therefore, Tokugawa Keiji would rather Tokugawa Qingxi die than let people from Meiji come to treat Tokugawa Qingxi.

As for Meiji, they were not stupid either. They had already guessed that Tokugawa Keiji would refuse, so they were just pretending to express their goodwill.

Following Tokugawa Keiji's rejection, he knew that he didn't say much and just expressed his understanding.

In November 1905, it began to snow on Kyushu Island, and the weather suddenly turned cold.

On November 11, Tokugawa Keki suddenly woke up from his long coma.

After eating his favorite meal, he passed away in the Inasayama Nursing Home in Nagasaki on the evening of the 26th. He was 68 years old.

Although everyone was well prepared for this day, everyone was still quite sad to see Tokugawa Qingxi passing away from illness.

Late at night on the 26th, Tokugawa Keiji released the obituary of Tokugawa Yoshiki. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Xia Empire and Meiji Tenhuang both expressed sadness over the death of Tokugawa Keiki, and also stated that they would send special envoys to attend Tokugawa Keiki's funeral.

Baiyu Tianhuang said that he will go to Inasa Mountain to hold a wake for Tokugawa Qingxi.

Other Western countries, after consulting their own countries, immediately expressed their willingness to participate in Tokugawa's funeral.

Under such circumstances, only Tokugawa Yoshihiro laughed wildly in his official residence.