"Hey, hey, hey!" Xu Silin laughed dryly, "The prince is insightful!" The so-called country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, this kind of thing, Okubo will have to do it again sooner or later! I just don't know, next time, can he still retreat like the 'Burning of the Palace'? ”

"Hmm!" Guan Zhuofan nodded with satisfaction, "Maybe-"

After only saying two words, he stopped, "You go on!" ”

Xu Silin was respectfully waiting for the Auxiliary King's admonition, and couldn't help but be stunned, "Huh? Oh yes! ”

What Guan Zhuofan thinks is: To deal with this Okubo Ritsu, maybe I can repeat the old tricks of dealing with Sakamoto Ryoma, Saigo Takamori, and Nakaoka Shintaro? Anyway, this Okubo Ritsu, in the original time and space, was assassinated in the end, and I just ...... Hehe, "return history to its original face". Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, he killed Sakamoto Ryoma, Saigo Takamori, and Nakaoka Shintaro in a very special situation, that kind of opportunity, but it can not be repeated, at present, Satsuma and the shogunate are heavily guarded against each other, and it is not so easy to assassinate each other's leaders, let's talk about it.

In addition, even if you succeed, politically, you must choose a suitable time, otherwise, it is very likely to be a mistake and provoke a large-scale chaos that you do not want to provoke for the time being.

"In addition to Xiao Song's knife," Xu Silin said, "there is another person who also needs to be paid attention to." ”

After a pause, "This person's name is Saigo Komichi, he is very young, but he is only twenty-five or six years old, but after being promoted by Okubo Ritsu, in the past two years, he has risen rapidly, and his current position is 'Navy Prosperity and Hanging', and he is in charge of the fleet of the Satsuma Domain." ”

Saigo from the road? It's a familiar name.

Seeing that the auxiliary king was silent, Xu Silin lowered his voice slightly, and said, "Lord Wang, this Xixiang Congdao is ...... The younger brother of Saigo Takamori who the prince killed in Nagasaki back then. ”

There was a pause, "My brother." ”

Guan Zhuofan's eyes jumped slightly: I remember, one of the "Nine Elders" of the Meiji Restoration, the first naval marshal of Japan! At the time of the first day...... Well, at that time, this Saigo was the Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy at the same time.

He smiled faintly, "Okay, it's also an 'old man'." ”

Xu Silin smiled, "This ...... Hehe, that's true. ”

After a pause, "This Saigo Congdao, I don't know why, extremely hateful to the Celestial Empire, many times before and after, let out a lot of nonsense, saying that 'the Second Choshu Expedition', the shogunate invited China and the United States to send troops, it is 'connecting foreign countries', and the treaties signed by the shogunate with China and the United States are all 'unequal treaties' and 'traitorous treaties'." ”

Why are these words so familiar?

"Saigo's argument," Xu Silin said, "is quite demagogic, and there are not a few who correspond to his drums—especially the group of fallen shogunes who have been exiled to the Satsuma Domain." Now, there are people outside the Satsuma clan who hold this argument. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Guan Zhuofan, "Lord Wang, Saigo Congdao still claims everywhere that his elder brother, as well as Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro, are born without seeing people, and without seeing corpses in death, nine times out of ten, yes...... Killed by the Chinese. ”

Well?

This is a bit surprising, this Saigo Congdao, is actually so smart?

"Oh? What evidence does he have? ”

"Actually, there is no solid evidence," Xu Silin said, "It's just that in the two days when Sakamoto, Saigo, and Nakaoka disappeared, we happened to be in Nagasaki, and we met with the three of them; In addition, Sakamoto, Saigo, and Nakaoka are all considered to be the fallen faction, and we are the soldiers of the Chinese and the ships of the Americans. ”

After a pause, "The 'Second Choshu Expedition' is also 'the soldiers of the Chinese, the ships of the Americans'; the rebellion of the Fallen Shogunist faction is also peaceful, so Saigo Congdao put these two things together." ”

After another pause, "In the end, he thinks that we are supporting the shogunate, and he wants to bring down the curtain, in addition to saying bad things about the shogunate, he also wants to pour dirty water on us, so no matter whether Sakamoto, Saigo, and Nakaoka were killed by us or not, this stolen goods must be planted on us. ”

Hey, that's really crooked -- I can't say you're "planting" yet.

In this way, there is nothing "unknowing" about the "sake" mentioned above -- for Saigo Congdao, family hatred and national hatred are all in one, and naturally "extremely hateful to the Celestial Empire".

At this point, the situation in Japan, as well as the situation in the Satsuma Domain, which could pose the greatest threat to China's interests in Japan, was basically clear.

"Zisui," Guan Zhuofan said, "in your opinion, if Japan is in chaos -- I mean, if this 'one stroke' snowballs into a big mess, as if our hair twist is in turmoil, can the shogunate cope with it with its own strength?" ”

This problem, no compared to the previous "debriefing report", is just an objective description of the current situation, which is to make accurate predictions of major events in the future, and if the judgment is wrong, it may cause extremely serious consequences.

Xu Silin couldn't help but hesitate.

After hesitating for a while, I had to tell the truth.

"Back to the prince's words, this ...... I also said it was not very good. ”

After a pause, "The situation in Japan is very special, and it is completely different from ours in China -- two hundred and dozens of feudal domains, when they ruled the world, they went their own way; In troubled times, attacking each other, 'one beating' made a big fuss, what kind of chaos is it, for a while, uh, a little...... It's impossible to imagine.

After a pause, "Is it possible to directly compare the chaos of the attached hair twist, and ...... In between. ”

"Well," Guan Zhuofan nodded, "yes." ”

Xu Silin breathed a sigh of relief.

"As for whether the shogunate can deal with the chaos on its own, I think it's also between the two! …… Well, my lord, the point is, in my opinion, the people of the shogunate never really planned to deal with the great calamities of the coming days on their own - they always felt that if something really happened, we would not leave them alone. ”

"This is also one of the important reasons why Itakura Katsujin and his ilk think that they can sit back and relax."

"Otherwise, who will pay back our military expenses? Which foreign tax does the Japanese customs return to? And, uh-"

Speaking of which, stopped.

However, the unfinished words can be understood-

Also, what should you do with your big business in Japan?

At present, Japan's No. 1 wealthy businessman is called Ourakei, and Ourakei's company is called "Kee Co., Ltd."

China's Prince Fu Zhengxuan owns 50 percent of the shares of the "Qing Kee Joint Stock Company".

How big is this "big business"?

In the "Changzhou Merchant Destruction Incident", in order to reward Dapuqing for his meritorious work, Guan Zhuofan handed over the "Maguan Ship Company" and "Guanmen Manufacturing Office" under the name of Shiraishi Shoichiro, the first wealthy merchant in Changzhou.

After the acquisition, Opo Kei changed the name of "Maseki Shipping Company" to "Kee Shipping Company", and renamed "Guanmen Manufacturing Office" to "Oura Manufacturing Office", and then injected it into "Kee Co., Ltd."

In just one year, the scale of "Kei Kee Shipping Company" has changed from the largest in Choshu to the largest in Japan, and today, it has occupied nearly 80% of the domestic water transportation market and has become an absolute monopolist.

Oura Works became one of Japan's largest shipbuilding and machine builders, and it is a stand-up to Kagoshima in the Satsuma Domain.

Shoichiro Shiraishi was originally the main competitor in the Opo Keishi tea export business, but as soon as the market rival was gone, the "Kei Kee Co., Ltd." quickly re-monopolized Japan's tea exports, and the "Kei Kee Co., Ltd." "contributed to the increase in the price of tea in Japan" mentioned above.

"Kyung Kee Co., Ltd." also had a monopoly on the emerging export of lacquerware.

Under normal circumstances, "monopoly" is a very difficult thing, and the reason why the "Keiji Co., Ltd." was able to do this was because after the "Second Choshu Expedition," the shogun Tokugawa Keiki personally signed an edict, and the "Keiji Co., Ltd." was granted a license to travel freely between the various feudal states in Japan, and the purchase and sale of goods in and out were not restricted.

Oura Kei became the only merchant in all of Japan to have such a privilege.

In addition, "Qing Kee Co., Ltd." is involved in mining and finance, and has made great gains.

The shogunate transferred the Miike Coal Mine, which was originally under the direct control and operation of the government, to the Keiji Co., Ltd. at a very "appropriate" price.

In today's terms, the Miike Coal Mine has been "privatized".

Miike Coal Mine is not only the largest coal mine in Japan, but also has another layer of significance in the original time and space - Japan's **** Mitsui chaebol, which started from the Miike Coal Mine, and now, in the battle for Miike Coal Mine, Mitsui lost to the "Kee Co., Ltd.", and it is difficult to say whether the Mitsui chaebol can still appear in this time and space.

After the coal mine, Dapuqing set his sights on the copper mine - Besko Copper Mine.

This Besko Copper Mine is not only the largest copper mine in Japan, but also the largest copper mine in Asia, and it is also the number one in the world.

However, while the Miike Coal Mine was originally operated by the government, the Besko Copper Mine has been operated by the Sumitomo family, which has been operating the Besko Copper Mine for 170 years since the Genroku period, when the Sumitomo family received a license from the shogunate to operate the Besshi Copper Mine.

This "Sumitomo" is the Sumitomo who is comparable to Mitsui and one of Japan's **** in the original time and space.

Sumitomo started with copper refining and copper processing, and after several years of hard work, he developed the "Nanfukiman" technology of extracting silver from blister copper, which is regarded as the "authentic Nanfukiman" in the industry, and Osaka, where Sumitomo is located, has become the center of Japan's copper refining industry.

On this basis, Sumitomo acquired the right to mine the Besko Copper Mine, laying the foundation for the family's century-old foundation.

However, the hard work done by the Sumitomo family is not hard, and it is not about Ourakei; "Nan Blowing Man" Shenma, it's not what she cares about, authentic or not, it generally doesn't matter - anyway, after snatching it, everything has to be changed to "Western Copper Smelting".

Dapu Qing's methods are very vicious.

The Sumitomo family opened a "Merge Harmony Association" in Osaka, and they did a mortgage business, as if most of the capital of China's money and ticket numbers came from the Besko Copper Mine, and a lot of the money absorbed was used in the Besko Copper Mine.

To illustrate, this "merger and peace meeting" later developed into Sumitomo Bank, the second largest commercial bank in Japan and even in the world.

Sumitomo's depositors are both official and private, and one day, several of the largest "official accounts" came to the door one after another and withdrew all their deposits in one go, without giving any reason.

Sumitomo's family was in shock, and the rest of the "private households" of all sizes came to frantically "squeeze", but after two days of hard work, the "peace meeting" collapsed.

In this era, the mining industry was a "capital-intensive enterprise", and it ate a lot of money, and the Sumitomo family was riddled with debts, and the Besko Copper Mine could not continue, so it could only return the family's 170 years of hard work to the government.

Then, just like the Miike Coal Mine, the shogunate transferred the Besko Copper Mine to the Keiji Co., Ltd. at a very "suitable" price.

The creditor's rights and debts of the "Merge Harmony Society" were also taken over by Oura Kei at a very "appropriate" price, and the name was changed to "Keiwakai", and the void left by Sumitomo in Osaka's financial industry was quickly filled by Kee Kee Co., Ltd.

After this battle, the Sumitomo family suffered a great injury, and the Sumitomo chaebol, one of the ****, is nine times out of ten, and it will not be able to appear in this time and space.

Home to the largest coal and copper mines, Kyung Kee Co., Ltd. became the No. 1 mining giant in Japan.

At the same time, based in Osaka and backed by Keiki Co., Ltd., Keiwakai rapidly expanded to Kyoto and Edo, becoming the largest money bank in Japan.

At this point, the Japanese ***** Mitsui and Sumitomo in the original time and space are hung up, and what about the other two, Mitsubishi and Yasuda?

Mitsubishi's Yataro Iwasaki started in water transportation, but at this time, he was nesting in the official business hall "Kaiseikan" in the Tosa Domain, being a small official, depressed; The Japanese water transportation market has long been controlled by "Keiji", and on the other day, Yataro Iwasaki wanted to use the "old technique" of time and space, and the probability of success was close to zero.

There was only one Yasuda left.

Yasuda Zenjiro Yasuda opened a money bank called "Yasudaya" in Edo, and although the scale is not too large so far, it is still developing smoothly for the time being.

However, the chaebol of Japan in the original time and space was created in the context of the Meiji Restoration and the reunification of the country, and without this background, no matter how capable the people concerned were, it would not be possible to become a chaebol in the true sense.

Oh, by the way, Oura Kei's main business is cooking oil, and "Kee Kee Co., Ltd." naturally puts on another hat -- Japan's largest oil merchant.

Guan Zhuofan does not have enough data at hand to accurately estimate the extent to which the "Qing Kee Joint Stock Company", of which he is the boss behind the scenes, controls and influences the Japanese economy? However, compared to the original time and space, Samsung is better than South Korea!

In Japan, the background of Oura Kei is not a secret, and if Japan is in turmoil, the group of people who regard China as their enemies will surely spread fire on the head of the "Kei Kee Joint Stock Company".

It's nothing else, don't be a copper mine, there is absolutely no room for loss! -- Most of the copper used for my metal fixed ammunition was dug up from here!

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