Yoshinobu Tokugawa, who returned to the real government by the Taisei Hokan, was looking for an opportunity to take the initiative against the armed defeat group of the Satsuma and Choshu clan.
Since the current imperial court had stepped on that it was not capable of running the administration, I thought that the former Tokugawa Shogunate could move the new administration even after the Taisei Hokan was repatriated.
The Great Order of Restoration
On the other hand, on the same day as the Taisei Hokan, from the imperial court [ Secret Imperial Rescript ], But Yoshinobu's actions were swift and his nose was defeated. Emperor Meiji directly exercises power under the leadership of the defeated lords and Sat-Chō in order to thoroughly prevent the seizure of the government. To do.
This is 1867 Restoration of the Royal Order is.
The content is Iwakura Tomomi , a public house of the debate group. Seems to have thought. * The person in the photo
The Great Order of Restoration declared the establishment of a new government led by the Emperor for the first time in 700 years, and at the same time, the Edo Shogunate, which lasted 260 years, was officially abolished . It was done.
In addition, abolished the position of Shogun General And at the same time Kyoto Shugoshoku Kyoto Shoshidai who was monitoring the imperial court and Saigoku daimyo Also abolished it was done.
In addition, the traditional regent and Kampaku positions have been abolished, and [President] [Proposal] [Participation] I have three jobs. As the royal government revived for the first time in 700 years, it was like the Heian period and the Kamakura period. ] Was abolished, and the system of the imperial court was reviewed in order to actually exercise the government.
With the repatriation of the Taisei Hokan, a new government was created under the Emperor and the state management under the new system started The Tokugawa family tried to make it, but with this great command of the restoration of the royal government, the political management organization called the Shogunate was abolished, and the emperor himself led the politics . I declared.
Movement of the new government after the declaration
Immediately after the declaration, three jobs are immediately convened Then, a meeting was held in the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
On the spot, Satsuma's Toshimichi Okubo , Iwakura Tomomi Armed defeat group And defending Yoshinobu's position Tosa former feudal lord, Toyonobu Yamauchi, Echizen feudal lord, Yoshinaga Matsudaira, Owari former feudal lord, Yoshikatsu Tokugawa, etc. Will have a fierce debate.
The agenda at this meeting is the issue of advancement and retreat of former general Tokugawa Yoshinobu was.
Toshimichi Okubo and Tomomi Iwakura Debate Yoshinobu is ordered to return the territory after resigning from the Minister of the Interior Insisted. On the other hand, Kogi Seitai including the Tokugawa family Yamauchi Toyoshige was categorically opposed to this disposition. At this time, there seems to be an anecdote that tension ran among the attendees because Takamori Saigo, who was guarding outside the Imperial Palace, suggested that he would not hesitate to assassinate Toyonobu Yamauchi, saying, "I only need one dagger." ..
In the end, Goto Shojiro of the Tosa domain persuaded Yamauchi, and finally Yoshinobu Tokugawa decided to resign from the Naidaijin and return the territory.
Yoshinobu sought grace for this disposition, saying that if it was carried out immediately, his subordinates could become extremely high and an armed conflict could occur. At the same time, Toyonobu Yamauchi et al. Kogi Seitai In the circulaire rescript prepared by Okubo et al. For foreign countries, [ Establish a clan meeting to discuss national affairs ] Paying attention to the written wording, the meeting held earlier is just a gathering of representatives of several clan, and it cannot be said that it is a clan meeting, and the decision is invalid Insisted.
As Yamauchi Toyoshige's insistence passed, Yoshinobu succeeded in setting up a new meeting, and Yoshinobu's resignation and return were virtually watered down, and the story of Yoshinobu's inauguration was emerging.
Both Sat-Chō clan are impatient with this situation and go out to the usual method.
Saigo Takamori of the Satsuma domain gathered ronin and set fire to the center of Edo, and then repeated robbery and other wolf clan to provoke the shogunate side. The soldiers on the Shogunate side who were indignant at this would burn the Satsuma feudal clan's residence. In this situation, in the shogunate, the main war theory that Satsuma should be defeated became large, and even Yoshinobu could not suppress it.
The following year Table of Debate The Shogunate Army was Battle of Toba-Fushimi Nishiki no mihata * New Government Army Yoshinobu escaped from Osaka Castle and left for Edo after being defeated. Due to Yoshinobu's escape, Satsuma took full control of the new government. As a result, Kogi Seitai However, he lost his voice within the new government and was forced to switch to the debate group.
* A flag indicating that it is the emperor's army, and it was first given to the general by Emperor Go-Toba in the Jōkyu War, and then became a symbol of the government army going to subdue the enemy in the morning. Based on that, the shogunate side was officially recognized as a morning enemy.