These days the Satsuma army has been making preparations to continue the offensive, because Kagoshima Prefecture Commander Oyama Tsunara organized 30,000 reinforcements to come, the Satsuma army landed in Honshu troops have reached 80,000 people, the strength is unprecedentedly strong, Shinohara Kunikan and Kirino Toshiaki decided to follow Lin Yiqing's original strategic plan, divide the troops into two routes, one way north to take Kyoto, the other road to the southwest sweep, before Nomura Shinosuke has led an army of 3,000 people from Fukuoka to cross the sea to capture Yamaguchi Prefecture, for the Satsuma army to go south to lay a good front station. For the Satsuma Army, the current situation can be described as very good.

But Lin Yiqing knows that in order to realize the strategic plan he has formulated, there is another person who he must get rid of!

This person is Okubo Ritsu!

The current Okubo Ritsu is not only the biggest enemy of the Satsuma Army, but also the biggest obstacle to Lin Yiqing's plan to change history.

Okubo Ritsu has a strong desire to be a leader, and he belongs to the kind of person who has the skills to drill and has a desire for power. He once became close friends with more than 40 people, including fellow villagers Saigo Takamori and Arima, and formed the political group "Jingzhong Group", which often met to discuss major events in the world. Okubo did not agree with the use of assassination to change society, but advocated reaching out to the upper echelons of the clan to make them accept his ideas. In order to get close to and seize power, he played hard work to learn Go, and finally got acquainted with the enlightened lord of the Satsuma domain, Shimazu Hisamitsu, and used the clever trick of taking the initiative to lend Shimazu Hisamitsu a book and carrying letters in it, and proposed to Shimazu Hisamitsu to go out of the shogunate and reform Japan's political ideas. Shimazu Hisamitsu greatly appreciated him and appointed him as the "Imperial Mini-Nato", and not only did he finally become a powerful faction that could influence the government of the domain. Achieve the goal of approaching the center of the power of the domain. After that, he gradually became active in the central political circles. Until today.

Okubo Ritsu is a figure who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and he doesn't recognize his relatives. He killed his early companions without mercy. They found out that Arima Shinchi and others were preparing to take Shimazu Hisamitsu into Beijing to attack the ministers of the Sashoku faction, so they sent Satsuma clan soldiers to kill Arima Shinchi and others; After the Restoration, Okubo almost climbed to the pinnacle of power. First, as the deputy head of a large diplomatic mission, he went to Europe and the United States for nearly two years. In particular, he made a special trip to visit German Prime Minister Bismarck, and admired his iron-blooded policy, believing that "if you want to re-run the country, you can't do anything other than him." After returning to Japan, Okubo Ritsu played with power tricks and had no mercy for Saigo Takamori, a former close friend, until Saigo Takamori was forced to resign and return to his hometown. He also forced the Minister of Imperial Affairs, Minoru Sanjo, to resign due to illness. Then he personally led his troops to suppress the rebellious Saga Eto Shinpei. After purging his political opponents, he seized power as the "Secretary of the Interior" and began his "iron-blooded policy". A series of reforms were carried out, such as "abolishing feudal domains and establishing counties," correcting land rents, conscription, "purchasing property and developing businesses," and "civilizing and civilizing."

Okubo Ritsu dreams of power, acts upside down, unscrupulous, and treats close friends with six relatives. The military dictatorship and bureaucracy of the Meiji era were the initiators of Okubo Ritsu. The Meiji Restoration allowed Japan to avoid becoming a European colony and become the first modern country in Asia, but it was an incomplete top-down reform that began with a distinct military character and quickly slipped into militarism. And Japan's militarism is for Japan and even for the whole of Asia. It's all a huge disaster.

Such a person must be eliminated no matter what.

And for the plan to get rid of Okubo Ritsu. Lin Yiqing has had a lot of drafts, but on this night, he still decided to do it himself!

The next day, Lin Yiqing went to say goodbye to Takamori in Xixiang.

"Are you going to fetch the head of Jiadong for me personally?"

Hearing Lin Yiqing say that he was going to Tokyo to cause chaos, Saigo Takamori guessed what Lin Yiqing was going to do, and after a long silence, he asked.

"Yes." Lin Yiqing nodded affirmatively, "What I promised Mr. Nanzhou will definitely be done." ”

"I often think about how nice it would be if Jiadong could be like the old Jiadong!" Saigo Takamori recalls the eventful years he had experienced with Okubo Ritsu, and he couldn't help but feel emotional.

"Mr. Nanzhou often misses the old feelings, and the current Mr. Jiadong will not miss the slightest old feelings." Lin Yiqing said calmly, "At this very time, Mr. Nanzhou must not miss King Qin's plan because of his old feelings. ”

"Not all of them." Saigo Takamori shook his head.

"Oh?" Lin Yiqing was slightly stunned.

"You know what? Han Peng, at the beginning of the news of the uprising, Jiadong actually wanted to come to see me and persuade me not to raise troops. Saigo Takamori sighed.

"I've heard of it." Lin Yiqing nodded, "It's just that he didn't come that time." ”

The Japanese government was actually shocked when it learned that Saigo Takamori might raise troops. Because the dispatch of the second batch of "Tokyo Lions" was the act of Kawaji Toshira himself, he did not notify the Japanese government. The Japanese government's reconnaissance and disagreement of the Kagoshima clan originally only remembered some warning effects, and it was better to prevent trouble before it happened, Okubo Ritsu did not really think that it would be so soon to provoke a mutiny, and he couldn't help but be stunned after hearing the news, and after discussing with Kido Takayoshi, he made several threats to go to Kagoshima in person to explain the reason and persuade Saigo Takamori, but they were stopped by government officials. After much deliberation, Okubo finally decided to have Junyoshi Kawamura, the cousin of Saigo Takamori who was the Navy Daisuke at the time, go to Kagoshima to persuade Saigo Takamori not to raise troops. However, it was too late, Kagoshima was already a county, and Kawamura Junyoshi was considered a traitor to Satsuma, and he didn't even see Saigo Takamori's face, only Kagoshima Prefecture Commander Oyama Tsunayoshi.

The two of them had their own helplessness, and sat silently, and Junyoshi Kawamura asked Oyama Tsunashi: "Can I ask General Saigo to enter Beijing by boat with me and give advice to the emperor?" ”

Hearing this, Oyama Tsunashi smiled bitterly and replied, "It's a pity that there are too many people. ”

Kawamura Junyi was puzzled, and asked again: "I don't know how many followers there are?" ”

Oyama Tsunashi replied: "There are 10,000 to say the least." ”

Hearing Oyama Tsunara's answer, Kawamura Junyoshi knew that things were irreparable, and he also saw that Oyama Tsunara could not actually be the lord of Saigo Takamori, and Saigo Takamori could not actually be the lord of the Kagoshima samurai.

Oyama Tsunayoshi also advised Kawamura Junyoshi that if the Satsuma army entered the horse pass, please ask Kawamura Junyoshi to avoid it, and not to attack with the navy, otherwise his life may not be guaranteed. Kawamura nodded with a wry smile, then returned by boat, and then quickly reported to Okubo Ritsu. Upon learning of the news that Saigo would need to raise troops, Okubo Ritsu made up his mind at this time and sent a telegram to Kumamoto Towntai and the military police of various local governments to make preparations.

Lin Yiqing later heard Oyama Tsunayoshi talk about this to himself, and when Kirino Toshiaki and Shinohara Kunigan learned the news, they also blamed Oyama Tsunayoshi for not letting go of Kawamura Junyoshi.

"If he comes, I'm afraid that his life will be lost......" Saigo Takamori said softly, "so I don't blame him......"

"If it weren't for everyone's hard work, Mr. Nanzhou's life would have been lost." Lin Yiqing reminded Saigo Takasheng Road.

Hearing Lin Yiqing's slightly reproachful reminder words, Saigo Takamori couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Yes! So, now is the time to hesitate. Saigo Takamori nodded, stepped forward, stretched out his hand and gently patted Lin Yiqing's shoulder, "This trip is difficult, you must be careful, if it can't be done, don't force it, just come back safely." ”

"Okay, I will follow Mr. Will." Lin Yiqing nodded.

"How many people are you going to take with you this time?" Saigo Takamori asked.

"This operation must be secretive, the target is too big because of the large number of people, so it is to bring only twelve members of the strange soldier team, and six ninjas." Lin Yiqing replied, "In addition, there are undercover agents in Tokyo who can assist. ”

"Your target this time, I'm afraid it's not just Jia Dong, right?" Saigo Takamori thought for a moment and asked again.

"Yes." Lin Yiqing nodded, "The purpose of targeting important government officials this time is to plunge the Tokyo government into chaos and urge His Majesty the Emperor to make up his mind as soon as possible. ”

"Is Songju also on your shortlist?" Saigo Takamori asked.

"Yes." Lin Yiqing replied affirmatively.

Kido Takayo, who is one of the "Three Heroes of the Restoration" with Saigo Takamori, has always been very dissatisfied with Saigo Takamori's independent kingdom in Kagoshima, and this time after learning that Saigo Takamori had raised troops, Kido Takayoshi had taken the initiative to ask Ying, wanting to personally lead the army to compete with Saigo Takamori, but due to illness, it was difficult to support and failed to make the trip.

"Song Ju is seriously ill, and he is afraid that his life will not be long, he can't lead the troops, and he can't do anything, so Hanpeng will let him go!" Saigo Takamori let out a long sigh and said.

"Mr. cares about the old feelings, which is touchable, and Han Peng understands that it will be as Mr. wishes." Lin Yiqing replied respectfully.

"Before you leave, you need to explain everything, Liqiu and the others can not be as good as you, you leave suddenly, they start a war, I am afraid that there will be something inconvenient." Saigo Takamori said again.

"What the gentleman said is that I will arrange it." Lin Yiqing replied.

"Go back quickly, and if Tokyo is well guarded and can't do anything, come back as soon as possible." Saigo Takamori looked at the heroic Lin Yiqing, and his love was overflowing, "I don't want to spend the rest of my life in Chiho's tears." ”

"Hanpeng obeys his fate." Lin Yiqing was moved in her heart and said, "Qiansui is pregnant, and these days after I left, I asked my husband to take care of her." She is stubborn, and sometimes she refuses to listen to my words, but she will definitely listen to your words. ”

"It just so happens that I haven't eaten Chiho's tea for a long time, so let her accompany me these days." Saigo Takamori laughed, "I happened to have made a few poems before, and I need Chiho to give me a review." (To be continued......)

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