Chapter 228: The Tiger Emerges
Coincidentally, Xu Silin is also turning the idea of "Hong Yang and Twisting", but if he compares "Hong Yang and Twisting" to Japan, if he says it, it will be a little taboo - doesn't this mean, well, how did the twisting chaos come about? Oh, it turns out that it's the same as Japan, it's because the lives of ordinary people can't go on, and they are forced to go to Liangshan!
This kind of words, from the mouth of Prince Fu Zhengxuan, there is no taboo. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Lord Mingjian!" Xu Silin said, "Japan's current situation is really a bit of a dry firewood everywhere, if someone lights a fire, it may not spread and eventually become a prairie fire!" β
After a pause, "However, the people of the shogunate, Tokugawa Yoshiki and below, including Oguri Tadashun, all thought that the only people who could really threaten them were those who could really threaten them. β
"It's not that there are people who are sober-minded, for example, Katsu Haizhou has made remarks to Tokugawa Keiki more than once, saying that the people's grievances are boiling, and the coming day is a big disaster, so it is impossible not to make preparations in advance, but people are light and have no effect."
Katsu Kaishu was a wonderful flower in the shogunate, and he was the first person to realize that the "shogunate system" would eventually be unsustainable, not only within the shogunate, but also in all of Japan.
This person did not take the road to the fall of the shogunate, but he was always digging into the corners of the shogunate, intentionally or unintentionally. For example, the Kobe Naval Drill Institute and the Navy School, which he ran -- the relationship between the two is "one team, two brands", and almost all of the graduating students have embarked on the road of downfall, and the most famous of them is Sakamoto Ryoma, who was killed by Guan Zhuofan.
In today's terms, Katsukaishu is the biggest "public knowledge" in the "shogunate system".
"People who really do things-" Xu Silin sneered lightly, "Like the first Itakura Katsujing among the shogunate's elders, he always likes to say, 'It's just a few mud legs, what big waves can be stirred?' Why should we worry about it? ββ
The general directly under the old middle school, the highest rank of the shogunate, roughly equivalent to the role of the minister of military aircraft, the first seat of the old middle, can be roughly compared to the foreman of the military aircraft, however, unlike the military aircraft foreman, although the status of the first seat of the old middle is the highest, the real power is not necessarily the largest, at present, several old middle schools of the shogunate, the most popular Tokugawa keshi, is the Koguri Tadashun mentioned earlier.
"Can the mud legs make any big waves," Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly, "Let's not talk about it, but although the long domain has been destroyed, Takasugi Jin is a kind of person, so he may not be dead, right?" β
"Exactly!" Xu Silin said, "This kind of people are actually available in all domains, but the number of people and the strength of the power are different!" β
After a pause, "Before the 'Second Choshu Expedition', the forces of the 'King Honoring Faction' were the first in the Choshu Domain, followed by the Satsuma Domain; β
"Oh......" Guan Zhuofan muttered, "Satsuma Domain...... Is there anything restless? β
"Lord Mingjian," Xu Silin said, "When did the Satsuma Domain really settle down?" In the 'Rebellion of the Shogun', the Satsuma Clan and the Shogunate faction were united, and in the 'Burning of the Palace', if there was no cooperation between the inside and outside of the Satsuma Domain, how could the Yama Clan hijack Emperor Meiji and his party...... Uh, out hunting? β
I almost said the word "escape".
In that year, after the Xuan army crossed the sea to conquer Japan and occupied Yamaguchi Castle in Choshu, the Satsuma clan thought that the Chinese would not intervene in the struggle for imperial power in Japan, but joined forces with the Shogunate faction to force the shogunate to give up the right to guard the Ganmen of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, which was a "change of the Qianmen".
After that, the "Eastward Advance Detachment" of the Xuan Army advanced to Kyoto, and the Shogunate faction and the Satsuma clan panicked, so they made a plan to secretly light a fire, burn down the Imperial Palace, and take advantage of the chaos to take the Meiji Emperor's family hostage and flee for the "burning of the palace".
"'Wakasa Bay Incident,'" Xu Silin continued, "Takasugi Shinsaku and others rebelled against the remnants of the long, lost their hearts, blew themselves up and sank, and they were buried in the belly of the fish, as well as the Sagawa clan priest Matsukata Masayoshi - the Sasa clan was not only in cahoots with the Shogunate faction, but also colluded with the Nagatsu early on!" β
The "Shogunate" Meiji Emperor "went hunting" to Kohama Bay of the Echizen Domain, met with Takasugi Shinsaku and others who were already waiting there, and then set sail for the North Voyage - the destination was Ezo, that is, Hokkaido.
The flotilla reached Wakasa Bay and was stopped by the combined fleet of China and the United States.
The so-called "self-explosion and sinking" is of course not a fact, and this is a cover up by China, the United States, and the shogunate -- the Japanese fleet was sunk by the Sino-US combined fleet; The so-called "madness" means that there is still a large family of Emperor Meiji on the ship, and you pull His Majesty the Emperor to "sink yourself", hmph, what is not "madness"?
"Seeing that the Satsuma Domain recruited a rebellion," Xu Silin said, "The shogunate is helpless, the shogunate's hand has never been able to reach into the Satsuma Domain, even the new selection group, and they dare not bring out the pretense in the Satsuma Domain, in the whole of Japan, the Satsuma Domain is the only place where the Shogunate's power is not reached." β
After a pause, "Today, 'this kind of people' has roughly eased up in the Satsuma Domain, and if the shogunate really burns with dry firewood, 'this kind of people' will definitely take advantage of the wind to set fire!" β
"Well," Guan Zhuofan said slowly, "Or, the first fire head, which they lit, is not surprising." β
"Lord Mingjian!"
After a pause, Xu Silin said, "At present, there are many rumors in Japan, among them, in addition to China and the United States taking Japan's 'two one to add five', there is also a ballad, Piri Yangqiu, which seems to be ...... Speaking of the 'Wakasawan incident', I think we can't ignore it. β
"Oh, the ballad? What's the name? How do you sing it? β
"The name is 'Wakasa Bay, Wakasa Bay,'" Xu Silin said, "The lyrics are very slangy, I copied a copy and asked the prince to see it." β
As he spoke, he handed over a white fold with both hands.
Guan Zhuofan took it, opened the fold, and saw that it was written:
"Wakasa Bay, Wakasa Bay, the sea is muddy, and the puffer fish swim away;
Wakasa Bay, Wakasa Bay, the sandy beach of the crystal shore is silent;
Wakasa Bay, Wakasa Bay, Taro forgot how to flip and fish;
Wakasa Bay, Wakasa Bay, where did Jiro go? β
Guan Zhuofan finished reading it, and he was still groaning, and Xu Silin made a supplementary explanation on the side:
"Wakasa Bay is rich in pufferfish, and in Japan, 'Wakasa Fugu' is a delicacy as famous as 'Maseki Fugu'; Mihama Town in Wakasa Bay is known as 'Crystal Hamma', and the beach there is called 'Ringing Beach' when you step on it, and the fishermen of Wakasa Bay have a very peculiar way of fishing, called 'somersault fishing.'"
After a pause, "Also, Meiji Emperor Muhito is the second son of Emperor Filial Piety, and some people say that the 'Jiro' in the song is actually talking about the young emperor." β
"Well," Guan Zhuofan smiled faintly, "The lyrics are tactful and sad, not only longing for the previous dynasty, but also vaguely hinting that this young emperor died unclearly!" β
"Yes! Wang Ye Mingjian! β
"Well, it seems that there are really a lot of 'people with a heart'!"
"This ...... Be! β
"In the past two years," Guan Zhuofan said, "what is the situation of the Satsuma Domain?" β
"Back to the prince," Xu Silin said, "The life of the Satsuma Domain is not bad!" The 'reform of the feudal administration' was already fruitful, and after the 'Second Choshu Expedition', the rebellion was recruited, and the talents were gathered, which was even more like a tiger's wings! β
After a pause, "A few years ago, the Satsuma Domain set up an 'integration hall', and over the years, there have been iron-smelting reverberatory furnaces, ore melting furnaces, drilling discs, glass factories, forging factories, steam machine manufacturing offices, metal processing offices, minting offices, shipbuilding offices, textile factories, and so on -- it is similar to our 'industrial park' in Shanghai. β
Guan Zhuofan's heart moved: Hey, it's really a little similar!
Moreover, the establishment of the Satsuma Domain's "Integration Hall" was earlier than my "Industrial Park"!
"Drill discs?" Guan Zhuofan asked, "Is it used for the cannon to 'open holes'?" β
"Yes, the prince is very knowledgeable!"
"Well, you go ahead."
"Yes!"
After a slight pause, Xu Silin said, "The current Satsuma Domain can build cannons, medicines, and ships by itself...... The soldiers' uniforms were also made from their own textile factories - the quality was slightly inferior to that of the Tessie countries, but it did not seem to be too bad. β
"The army of the Satsuma Domain is also 'Western Law Training', and the army of the Shogunate is also 'Western Law Training', but the two are not the same! The shogunate's 'Western Law Training' was nothing but a faΓ§ade, but the Satsuma Domain's 'Western Law Training' was the same on the outside and on the outside, and it was truly 'Westernized'! β
"The weapons of the Sagasi army are a stream of foreign guns and cannons -- some of them were bought from foreign merchants, and some of them were made by the 'integration institute' themselves."
"Safan's fleet has also been formed, and although the scale is not large, the total tonnage is not below the shogunate fleet; As for the ships, there are new and old, but all of them are steamships. β
"In my opinion, the combat power of the army of the Sa Domain today, whether it is sea or land, has long surpassed the 'teams' of the Chang Domain! The army of the shogunate is even more incomparable! β
"Also, the finances of the Satsuma Domain are also quite good!"
"After the 'feudal reform', the treasury of the Satsuma domain has a considerable surplus every year, and the situation has been even better in the past two years!"
Speaking of this, Xu Silin smiled, "Speaking of which, the Satsuma Domain will probably thank us and the Shogunate - after the 'Second Choshu Expedition', Japan's smuggling has risen sharply, and the other domains, the Shogunate has been very strict in its inspection, and only for the Satsuma Domain, nothing is as good as it, therefore, a large amount of smuggling is in and out of the Satsuma Domain, and many giant businessmen have set up trading houses in the Satsuma Domain. β
Guan Zhuofan also smiled slightly, "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other!" β
After a pause, "What is the situation of the people in the Satsuma Domain?" β
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