《Udaikondou Hisaku》 - Udaikondou Hisaku

In his later years, the Morrison Incident of 1837 (Tenpo 8) and the Opium War of 1840 occurred, and the situation was seen as bloody, in contrast to the ideal and peaceful image of the West that Toshiaki had painted. Nobuyuki's theory of the state as an absolute monarchy made enriching the country and strengthening the military a national policy, and powerfully developed the logic of trade with the backing of a powerful military force. His "secret strategy for domestic confusion" of wide-area aggression was more actively inherited by Mari Hoashi in "The Theory of the Eastern Invasion."
[Economic theory of an agricultural politician]
The economists mentioned above were generally people who looked at reality from the perspective of those in power and offered "advice" on policy.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Secret Strategy for Internal Confusion" are listed below.

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…彼の晩年には1837年(天保8)のモリソン号事件，40年のアヘン戦争があり，利明の描いた理想的･平和的な西洋像と異なって，情勢は血なまぐさいものとして映った。信淵の絶対王政的な国家論は，富国強兵を国是とし，強大な軍事力を背景として貿易の論理を強力に展開し，その《宇内混同秘策》の広域的侵略主義は，帆足万里の《東潜夫論》などにおいて，いっそう積極的に継承されていく。
［農政家の経世論］
　以上の経世家たちは，おおむね為政者の側から現実を見つめて方策を〈献言〉する形をとった人々である。…

※「《宇内混同秘策》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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