1862 (the second year of literature) After the reform of curtain politics, he became a general and pursued the policy of safeguarding curtain rights and combining military and civilian. 1866 (2 years of Qingying), after the death of the 14th generation general Jia Mao, Qingxi became a general. With the advice and assistance of French minister Roche, he absorbed the European system to carry out the shogunate reform and envisaged the establishment of a unified power structure centered on Tokugawa. Unexpectedly, in July of 1866, the new French foreign minister magis de Mustier came to power, no longer supporting the diplomatic line of French minister Luo Shu Ya linking the shogunate, but standing on the same front with Britain, tending to form a deliberative regime to recall the shogunate; Qingxi lost foreign aid. At the end of 1866, Emperor Xiaoming, who had always supported the combination of the public and the army and opposed the fall of the shogunate, died suddenly (so the fall of the shogunate was the responsibility of the shogunate), which further disillusioned Qingxi's dream of maintaining the legitimacy of the shogunate regime.
So,1June, 867, Tosa's Ryoma Sakamoto and Jiro Goto decided on the "eight strategies on board", advocating that the shogunate should return to major policies and form a big-name deliberative government led by the Emperor, which was supported by the agreement signed by Satsuma, Tosa and An Yunfan. 1In September, 867, Samak reached an agreement with Changzhou to send troops, and then joined forces with Yunzhou to form a rebel alliance; On June+10, 5438, representatives of San Francisco gathered in Kyoto, obtained the imperial edict and decided to send troops. In order to avoid a Japanese civil war, Qingxi took the initiative to hold a ceremony to return major policies in Nijo Castle. June 65438 +0867 65438+10/October 65438 +04, Qingxi returned major policies to the emperor. The emperor promulgated the Restoration of Kings and abolished the shogunate. Qingxi hopes to take this as a bitter plan, so that he can finally retain his strength and win back the dominance under the new regime. However, the alliance did not trust the actions of the shogunate, and was determined to launch a coup in the name of "restoring the past to the ancients" and establish a new government led by the emperor.
Facing the harsh demands of the imperial court and the rebel army, Qingxi led fifteen thousand shogunate troops to attack Kyoto from Osaka, and fought a decisive battle with five thousand shogunate troops. In the end, the shogunate army was defeated in both places, and Qingxi had to flee to Edo.
Finally, Qingxi agreed to surrender and win the seagoing ship under the lobbying of the navy. 1868 in may, Tokugawa Yoshinobu handed over edo, sealed it in Shizuoka and took 700,000 stones. Edo ended the 265-year rule of Tokugawa shogunate. 1868, when the Tokugawa family was punished, it was decided that Tianan Kamenosuke (Tokugawa Jiada) would inherit the imperial clan and seal it in the army with 700,000 stones. In July, Qingxi moved to Fujun.
1880 (meiji 13), the duke was restored. He gave birth to many children (male and female 2 1 child) during Shizuoka period, and was addicted to hunting and taking photos. 1897 deliberately stayed away from the political center before moving to Tokyo. 1898 I met Emperor Meiji and Empress for the first time. 19 13 (the second year of Dazheng) died at the age of 77. The Biography of Tokugawa Yoshinobu compiled by Shibusawa Eiichi is not only a biography of Qingxi, but also the biggest history of the end of the curtain from the perspective of the shogunate. [Edit this paragraph] After retiring as a general, Tokugawa Yoshinobu's interest in political activities dropped significantly. Even some old courtiers didn't meet because they worked in the new government. In order to avoid suspicion, he tried to avoid suspicion. On the contrary, he is keen to devote himself to interesting life such as photography, hunting and folk song research. He enjoys a certain position in the history of Japanese photography. The head of the Tokugawa clan was replaced by his adopted son Tokugawa Jiada and Kamenosuke who settled in Hotan. 1897 (Meiji 30th year) He returned to live in Tokyo from Shizuoka. The following year, I went to the Imperial Palace (formerly Edo City) to attend the Meiji Emperor. Before that, he was influenced by the prevailing theory of respecting the king in Edo Francisco and thought he was a traitor, so he never planned to meet the emperor. 1902 (thirty-five years of Meiji) was conferred the title of Duke. 19 13 died of pneumonia at the age of 76.