The Japanese tea ceremony inherited the sencha method of the Tang Dynasty, where the tea leaves were not brewed but boiled with water, and in the Tang Dynasty, people would also crush cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and other condiments, and tea at that time was really a strange drink.

At this time in Japan, of course, the tea ceremony gave up those spicy spices, and only ordinary tea leaves were selected to make tea powder, and then after stirring and decoction, and finally made into a bowl of turquoise tea soup.

It is worth mentioning that the term matcha is derived from the Japanese tea ceremony, in fact, the so-called matcha is the powder of tea leaves, matcha cake, matcha popsicles, which are all the flavors that Xiao Lotian loved in his previous life.

One of the more disgusting things about the Japanese tea ceremony is that everyone at the tea party only uses a bowl, and no one takes a sip from top to bottom and then passes it down, so I have to obey the resistance of the Japanese, and I am really not afraid of infectious diseases.

In short, the tea party full of wild fun made the anger of both sides gradually subside, and under the nod of Prince Ninnanomiya, Saigo Takamori spoke, "Lord Taiga, several clashes under Osaka Castle have caused unnecessary casualties among the military and civilians, and once again I propose that both sides calm down and refrain and cease fire......"

Okochi nodded and said, "Of course the ceasefire is right, but I don't think your army will be without conditions, right?"

"Of course, there are conditions, the Tokugawa family has controlled Osaka Castle for more than 200 years, this is disrespectful to the emperor, please withdraw your army from Osaka Castle and return this castle to the emperor......"

Okochi's eyes shrank, and he secretly scolded in his heart that this is a city, this is the entire Kansai land, and if Osaka loses the land of Gyeonggi, it will be all gone.

"Whose proposal is this?" said Okochi without answering.

Saigo Takamori will not be fooled by this, and no matter who answers, even if it is to move the emperor out, the Tokugawa family can also use past examples to refute it.

"Whose proposal? Of course, it is the proposal of all the Japanese people, of course, the proposal of all the Japanese who are loyal to the emperor! Is it wrong that the land of Gyeonggi is the emperor's Gyeonggi?"

Okochi shook his head and sighed, "Wrong, the shogun's rule was authorized by the emperor for more than two hundred years, the Tokugawa shogunate's rule over Japan is legal and reasonable, and now the emperor has not abolished the position of the shogun, how can you take away the territory authorized by the emperor to the shogun?"

"In fact, according to legal theory, even the Tokugawa family's Edo Castle is the emperor's territory, and the whole of Japan is the emperor's territory, and our Tokugawa family is nothing more than managing it on behalf of the emperor, so how can we say who it belongs to?"

"If you want Osaka Castle, it's good, please ask the emperor to issue an edict to abolish the rights of the shogun first, and then talk about other things!"

Saigo Takamori smiled, "Do you think that's impossible?" Lord Taiga is a well-known old man of the Tokugawa family, you can decide all the affairs of the shogunate in one word, as a wise man, you will not fail to see the general trend of the world, the shogunate is already twilight, and failure is inevitable......"

"Hahaha...... "What can I do if I fail? Where should Japan go? If it were not for the Tokugawa family to govern Japan for the emperor, I am afraid that the past 200 years or so would still be a time of turmoil in the Warring States period, right?"

"Now that Xiyi is coming from the sea, Japan is struggling to resist under the offensive of foreigners, at such a critical juncture, you don't want to concentrate the strength of the whole of Japan to fight against foreign enemies, but provoke a civil war, you are national thieves!"

"Japan is getting more and more chaotic and weak, this is what Westerners want to see, we are already lagging behind the world, how can we stand up to cannibalism?"

Taiga Laochu suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Takasugi Shinsaku behind Saigo Takamori: "Takasugi Shinsaku! Haven't you ever been to the Qing Kingdom? During the two months you were in Shanghai, you saw with your own eyes what the Chinese Civil War was like, and have you forgotten that tragic situation? Stand up and tell us about ......?"

Takasugi Shinsaku walked out of the crowd with a pale face, and secretly looked at Saigo Takamori, and finally bowed in front of the prince, "The subordinate was in the Western calendar in 1862, that is, in the second year of our Bunjiu, and crossed the sea on the Chitose Maru to Shanghai......"

"Foreign merchant ships in Tianjin Port shuttle and compete, foreign merchant houses are lined up on the streets, groups of sailors come down from warships to carry out tasks, and the Waibaidu Bridge on Suzhou Creek is only open to foreigners for free......

"Yan Lu, a Chinese gentleman who fled to Shanghai, told me: 'My brother has been avoiding long-haired thieves since the old winter. In March this spring, the house was burned down, and the books in the house were emptied, and the miserable situation made people cry when they heard it......

"In the civil war of the Qing Kingdom, there is no winner at all, only the British will benefit, the war will only make the Qing Kingdom weaker and weaker, and the West will become stronger and stronger, I am afraid that the wealth accumulated by China for thousands of years will disappear and become empty!"

Prince Renhegong sighed: "Poor, how did the civilized state of the mainland get to this point! China is extinct, China is extinct!"

Okochi nodded and said, "Gentlemen, can't you still see through it......? I am in favor of the cease-fire agreement, but I will not lose Osaka Castle!"

Saigo Takamori sighed and shook his head, "I'm sorry, Osaka Castle we have to ...... Why don't we have a duel of warriors?" After saying a little, a herald outside the curtain rushed down the hill on horseback with a flag on his back.

Soon a hundred Shimazu samurai in helmets and armor walked out of the camp and lined up on the edge of the castle town to stare contemptuously at the castle tower in the distance.

Okochi sighed, "Do you have to bleed to death like this?" but looking at Saigo Takamori's determined gaze, he could only nod.

Immediately after the gates of Osaka Castle were opened, a hundred Tokugawa samurai armed with swords began to gather in the castle town, and the military formations of both sides began to clamor.

The roar of a beast was heard from the camp of the fallen army and the high castle of Osaka, and all the soldiers were cheering for their samurai...... Roar...... Hah!roar...... Roar...... Hah!"

When the atmosphere jumped to the most tense, the two hundred samurai suddenly burst out with a hoarse shout, "Duck to ...... Ah......" The snowy knife was raised above his head, and the two sides rushed together like crazy.

The whole war suddenly fell silent, everywhere there was the sound of staggered blades, everywhere there was the roar of death, and the heaven and earth were bloody.

The most primitive cold weapon combat brings unimaginable visual conflict, and the samurai who has just cut off the enemy's head is impaled through the ribs by another enemy. Heads were kicked around like balls, blood spurting from arteries spilling across the ground.

The brutal battle was exchanged for the more frenzied roar of the surrounding crowd, while the tea drinking bigwigs on the hillside were unmoved, and one of the most important spirits of bushido is to sanctify death, and the battle death is worth celebrating.

No one noticed that there was a bit of banter under Saigo Takamori's calm face. By this time, the situation of the war had gradually become clear. After all, the Tokugawa family is a two-hundred-year-old shogunate, and the samurai background is very deep, and the kendo hall in Edo Castle is also the most numerous and best in Japan.

Otherwise, why Ryoma Sakamoto went to Edo Castle to study kendo is because there are some of the best kendo masters in Japan.

It is conceivable that the level of samurai fighting of the Tokugawa family is generally higher than that of other great masters, and as long as it is a fair fight, the Tokugawa family is really not afraid of anyone.

The samurai of the Shimazu family began to lose control of their positions during the killing, and when more than forty samurai were killed, the Shimazu main camp began to retreat.

Saigo Takamori...... Looks like you're going to lose!" Okochi said with a smile.

"Oh, really......" Saigo Takamori's eyes flashed with a cold light, and at this moment, a strange change appeared on the battlefield, and those samurai of the Shimazu family suddenly took out a handful of Colt revolvers.

Bang bang bang...... After the gunfire, the samurai of the Tokugawa family were killed, and after the heavy smoke, only four or five Tokugawa samurai were still standing on the battlefield, but they were also wounded.

"Shameless! you are a disgrace to the samurai......" The Tokugawa samurai vomited blood, his eyes lit up with angry flames.

Okochi smashed the tea bowl with a snap, "Baga! You actually used foreign guns, and you actually violated the noble spirit of the samurai...... Shame!"

"Hahaha...... Are you wrong, war is war, victory is the only goal, and the musket is better than the sword, so why should I eat the ancients?"

"You should give the word shame to the foreigners, and see if they will listen to you and fight with cold weapons? The shogunate, which has fallen behind, should have withdrawn from the stage of history a long time ago......."

At this time, on the battlefield, the samurai of the Shimazu family began to harvest human heads, whether they were dead or dying, including those who could still be saved, and they went up with a knife, and each head was carried in their hands, and soon a Jingguan was piled up.

Osaka Castle was already crazy at this time, and all the defenders scolded the shamelessness of the coalition forces, and the roar of grief and indignation was earth-shattering. On the castle tower, Tokugawa Yoshiki, who had secretly entered the castle by boat, was already going crazy, and his eyes were red and swollen when he looked at the arrogance of the Shimazu family.

"Baga, Baga, Baga......" Tokugawa Keiki slammed his fist on the railing, his heart aching.

At this time, the sliding door was opened, and the little ghost of the fog accompanied a Frenchman to walk in, "General, Mr. Siduo, the training officer of the French army, has come to visit ......"

"Hello, General, as far as I can see, the situation on the battlefield has become more and more favorable, why are you still sad and angry? The enemy is stepping into our trap, and we should celebrate ......"

"Yes, we should celebrate, but after this war, how much will there be left of our bushido?

"Oh, dear general, I only know that the world is constantly evolving, and that nothing that remains the same has ever been ...... Since Japanese samurai worship the short life of cherry blossoms, why is bushido not a cherry blossom?"

"Let's welcome the new era, I think the chance to win has come!"

On the hillside in the distance, there was already a great chaos in the curtain, and Tokugawa Yoshiki could see very clearly that the guards on both sides had drawn their knives, although they did not move, but they were full of gunpowder.

The negotiations finally broke down, the prince walked away, there was no longer any possibility of a truce between the two sides, and Armageddon was about to break out.

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