Chapter 21 21. Tosa Fengyun

Sakamoto Ryoma returned to Tosa Kochi, and immediately went to Takeichi Hanpeita's house.Wu Shi is waiting at home. "How about Changzhou?" Long Ma said anxiously: "The conservative faction holds great power, and there is no progress." The sunshine shining on the paper window has revealed the breath of spring, but the wind blowing in through the window is still very cold. "Sure enough." Banping was extremely disappointed. After Ryoma recounted his experience in Changzhou in detail, he said: "But I think it is now Japan's gunpowder depot. Although Nagai Masaku is in power now, it is very likely that the situation will undergo a major reversal. Once Changzhou If an uprising breaks out, the whole of Japan can be set on fire."

"The situation is very similar to that of Tosa." What Takeshi meant was that there was also Nagai Gagaku in Tosa, and that was Toyo Yoshida, who participated in politics.Now these two people are in charge of the vassal government, which has become the biggest stumbling block to the incident. If these two stumbling blocks are removed, the two vassal states can be successfully transformed into the vassal of King Qin. But Ryoma doesn't see Tosa so simply like Takeshi. "Changzhou is slightly different from Tosa." He analyzed that in Changzhou, Kusaka Genzui, Takasugi Shinsaku, Katsura Kogoro and other Qinwang sect belonged to the sergeants. After Nagai Gagaku stepped down, everyone was qualified to replace him.Moreover, Changzhou is not as strict as Tosa. Even people with relatively low status can be reused as long as they are capable. "Takasugi Shinsaku even preached that even ordinary people, as long as they have the ability, can also be promoted to ashigaru." But Tosa's participation in politics, Yoshida Toyo, was quite different.He abides by the established law since the founding of the feudal clan, and the hierarchical order is becoming stricter and stricter.Moreover, Rongtang and the important officials in the feudal clan were all like this.Even if Toyo steps down, Tosa will not change.

"Hanpeita, I have decided to give up on Tosa. This place is like the sandy land by the river, no matter how hard you work, there will be no harvest." "Get rid of all that sand." "It's useless. The sand includes not only Yoshida Toyo, but countless sands that are stubbornly laid on this land. Killing them all is another matter." "Great rebellion!" Wu Shi said, glaring at Ryoma.But Ryoma didn't care.To the countrymen, Tosa's feudal prince is nothing! "Ryoma, I don't care what you say, but I decided to reform Tosa, King of the All-Fan."

"Then how?" "Kill Yoshida Toyo first." Ryoma opened his mouth wide. "Already decided?" "Several groups of assassins have been selected, and now we have an opportunity." Takeshi has already begun to prepare to kill Dongyang?The next day, Ryoma lay at home, thinking about this question over and over again.Takeshi will be the behind-the-scenes commander of the assassination group.This is not an easy task.Takeshi definitely didn't kill people for the sake of killing people. He wanted to control power by himself after killing the politician Yoshida Toyo.Wushi divides people into three groups.

All of these people are countrymen with high martial arts skills, but they don't think their lives are worthless.Wushi knew that Ryoma opposed his assassination of Dongyang, so he didn't ask him for help. Ryoma didn't have a reason to convince himself to object, he just felt that he couldn't do it.He once met Yoshida Toyo once, and in his eyes, Yoshida Toyo is not a person who is not tolerated by the world.But Takeshi Banheita and others gave this kind of killing a very just reputation-Tianzhu.Moreover, he also has a very important reason, he believes that there is his own way to return to heaven.

After half a month or so, Kochi is already full of spring scenery. One day, Takeichi came to Sakamoto's house. Kwon Ping welcomes Wushi into his home graciously.Quan Ping was very happy that a handsome talent like Wu Shi was willing to make friends with his stupid brother.How did he know that Wu Shi had become the behind-the-scenes commander of the assassination group. "The spring is pleasant, Mr. Wushi, did you go to enjoy the flowers?" "Well, I've been to a lot of places." Takeshi is lying.He recently negotiated with Yoshida Toyo during the day, and then discussed the assassination plan at night.He came to Ryoma's room. "Ryoma, Tosa will soon change the world. The assassination plan you are worried about has already taken shape."

"Oh?" Even if Takeshi didn't say anything, Ryoma knew what was going on.He must have already discussed with the powerful family members who were pushed out by Dongyang.Those families are always terrible old-fashioned people, but because of this, they hate Dongyang who drove them out of power more than Qin Wang faction. "Yamauchi University and Yamanuchi Minbu both agree." Both Yamauchi University and Yamauchi Minbu are of the same family as the feudal lord.If these people are not moved out, after the assassination of Dongyang, the Qinwang faction will still be unable to emerge in the New Deal.

Earlier, a piece of news that would change Ryoma's life came to Tosa: Hisamitsu Shimadzu of Satsuma was going to lead an army to Beijing to support the emperor in order to straighten the way. There is no news that makes the people with lofty ideals more excited than this. Being preempted by Satsuma, how can Jiusaka Xuanrui and others in Changzhou be willing to lag behind?But once a conservative like Nagai Masaku is in power, they have nothing to do. Satsuma's move greatly changed the fate of Japan and Ryoma. The leader of the Satsuma Jingzhong Group, Okubo Iszo, flew to Kyoto at the end of last year under the order of Shimadzu Hisamitsu, and continued to be active among the ministers.

Okubo's statement is: the shogunate is weak, if political affairs are entrusted to them, the arrogance of the barbarians will become more arrogant, and the country will not be a country!He frightened the emperor and ministers in this way.The reason for this is that he is taking advantage of the minister's fear. The emperor and ministers are like children. They firmly believe that doing business with foreigners is foreign invasion, so they blindly tremble and fear. They don't know how to compare the strength of the enemy and ourselves. This fear of the emperor and ministers plunged the end of the Bakumatsu into chaos.It can also be said that it was this kind of ignorance and fear that made Satsuma, Changshu, Tosa, and Aizu the four important towns in the political situation at the end of the Tokugawa period.Because the imperial court believed that only these four vassals could replace the shogunate and expel foreigners.

Okubo was well aware of this fear of the imperial court, so he cleverly persuaded, of course, not directly to persuade the emperor, but through the Konoe family who had been friends with the Shimadzu family since Kamakura. "In the name of guarding the capital, an edict was issued to declare Satsuma soldiers to enter Beijing. With the backing of Satsuma's troops, the imperial court will be tougher on the shogunate." However, what frightened the court more than the barbarians was the force of the shogunate.Therefore, the imperial court did not issue an edict without authorization to summon the soldiers of a feudal clan, but only acquiesced in Shimadzu Hisamitsu's going to Beijing.So Jiuguang led his army into Beijing.

It wasn't just Satsuma who shocked Ryoma. He heard that the huge vortex aroused by this had already stirred up storms and waves in the world. Ryoma got the news from Yoshimura Totaro, who returned to Tosa after visiting Kagami, Choshu, and Kyushu. One night, Totaro Yoshimura came to Sakamoto's house and said, "Ryoma, something serious has happened. It's time for the man to decide whether to advance or retreat." He lowered his voice.If Ryoma's elder brother Kwon Ping knew about this, it would cause riots. Totaro Yoshimura was of short stature, clean-shaven and bruised.He has some literary talents, but he is also a hero, and at the same time he is full of passion and extraordinary bearing.Takeshi Hanpeita once said: "If you give Totaro 50,000 elite soldiers, he will be able to take over the world immediately." Unfortunately, in the autumn of the third year of Bunjiu, the rebel army (Tianzhu group) who fell from King Qin raised his troops and started a fierce battle with the shogunate , In the end, because the timing was not yet ripe, Totaro was shot and killed in the mouth of Washiya in Mount Yoshino.When he died in battle, he left two heroic death poems: Yoshimura told Ryoma about the current situation.Hirano Kunisin from Chikuzen, Hachiro Kiyokawa from Uzen, and Arima Shinshichi from Satsuma kept traveling between Kyoto and Kyushu, contacted each other, and finally decided to revolt. "General Shimadzu Hisamitsu, who led the Satsuma army in Osaka, marched into Beijing under the banner of the fall of King Tone. After I met Hirano, I decided to join. So I immediately returned to Tosa to recruit comrades for the uprising." "What did Wushi say?" Ryoma asked. "It doesn't make sense. Mr. Wushi is still thinking about King Quan Qin." Takeshi also persuaded Yoshimura: "Ayin, even if we summon one or two hundred vagrants, we can't bring down the Tokugawa shogunate. It would be more realistic to let the 240,000 kings of the Tosa clan fight against the shogunate." "This is a dream." Yoshimura said. A heated argument ensued between them, and a fight almost came to the fore.Takeshi felt that it was a pity that someone like Yoshimura left Tosa and participated in the "stupid charity", and even shed tears to dissuade him.But Yoshimura also insisted on his own opinion and wanted to persuade Takeshi to leave the domain. "I have broken with Wushi." Yoshimura said suddenly, "Ryoma, I am going to leave the feudal clan and go to Beijing tonight. If Wushi doesn't move, at least please come with me." "At least what do you mean?" Ryoma deliberately made an angry look, but the expression on his face immediately became like a spring breeze. "It's a good idea to get rid of the feudal clan." He said briskly.He seemed to feel that the road ahead was full of hope and the sky was clear. Takeshi's plan to assassinate Dongyang is in full swing, but it is difficult to put this plan into practice.Because the ultimate goal of the plan is not only to get rid of Yoshida Toyo, but also to control the real power of Tosa, so no one can know who killed Toyo.Therefore, there is no such thing as "Killing Sakuya traitor Yoshida Toyo" on the beheading certificate they prepared.If you write it down, it means that you are not calling yourself, and everyone will know that it is the hands of the King Qin Party. The assassination group listed Yoshida Toyo's main crimes as "living extravagantly, disregarding the national crisis, wasting gold and silver, embezzlement and bribery, and indiscriminate construction, which caused the people to complain."Therefore, it is necessary to do justice for the sky and kill it. But Toyo is also very careful.This person is highly skilled in martial arts, and even obtained the qualification of Shenying Liuyin from Chikugo Yanagawa swordsman Oishi Jin. Inosuke Okamoto and Sanosuke in the first group of assassins got the news one night and lay in ambush by the moat, waiting for Toyo to come out.But Dongyang, who had just left the city, suddenly stopped, thinking it was suspicious, and then immediately changed direction.Shimamura Weikichi, Ueda Kusuji and Tanizakushichi in the second group also had similar experiences. The vassal hall has been vaguely aware of the King Party's attempt. Recently, Yataro Iwasaki and his subordinate Yokome have been secretly monitoring the second group and the homes of the second group of assassins, and the actions of the assassins have been restricted due to this. Takeshi decided to use Nasu Shingo, Yasuka Kasuke, Oishi Danzo and others in the third group, and decided not to act until he was sure. Originally, Ryoma didn't care about Wushi's action.Even if Wushi killed Dongyang, what he got in the end was only the support of those conservative forces.Wushi will definitely be used by those elders, and the situation in Tosa will deteriorate.Ryoma wants to abandon Tosa and join the wave of innovation in the world. Ryoma has already made a decision.As for whether to join the righteous deeds mentioned by Totaro Yoshimura after leaving the domain, he has not yet decided.But he knows that only by devoting himself to the vast world, instead of living in the narrow Tosa, can he display his hands and feet and make great achievements. "Brother," Ryoma came to Kwon Pyung's room one morning at the end of February, "I want to leave the feudal clan and become a ronin."Even if nothing happens normally, the doctor advises him to be careful at all times to avoid the sudden onset of the disease. "Don't scare me." The crime of leaving the domain will affect relatives and friends, and even affect the continuation of the Sakamoto family. "Ryoma, are you crazy?" "I was serious." "Ryoma, listen to me honestly!" Kwon Ping roared, "Although our Sakamoto family is just a villager's family, we still have a territory of 190 shi, ten shi and four doulumi. If someone in our family leaves the feudal clan, it will definitely lead to the destruction of the family!" "It's so embarrassing." Ryoma laughed. "What are you laughing at? Be serious!" "Yes." Ryoma made a serious expression.This is because even if he wants to leave the domain, he still needs travel expenses.Also, he wanted a good knife.Therefore, Kwon Pyung's help is needed no matter what.If you make your brother unhappy, it will be very troublesome. "Ryoma, I don't allow you to leave the domain." "yes." "If you leave the feudal domain, not only will the Sakamoto family be implicated, but all relatives and friends will be implicated. Especially your most respected Otome, what should she do? Your brother-in-law Shinsuke Okakami went to Edo with the old feudal lord as a personal doctor, you I don’t think you don’t know. If you leave the feudal clan, it’s a minor responsibility for Xinfu to be dismissed, but it’s a big responsibility for you to escape confinement, what will your sister do?” Ryoma seems to have ignored these. "Brother, I give up leaving the feudal clan." After he finished speaking, he ran out.In fact, when he said that he gave up leaving the domain, it was just an excuse to get out. From Kochi to the east for more than fifty miles, Ryoma almost ran all the way to the home of Tong Shang in Shanbei Village, Kami County, and it was already night when he arrived.Okakami Shinsuke went to Edo, and Otome stayed at home. "Ryoma, what's wrong?" Otome was very surprised when she saw Ryoma, "What happened to the family?" "There is misfortune, but it's not the Sakamoto family. It doesn't matter what happens to the Sakamoto family with only one hundred and ninety shi in the territory, but Japan is facing great misfortune. It's a pity that the elder brother doesn't understand. Elder sister should understand?" Otome stared at Ryoma for a while, then nodded. "You want to leave the clan?" "What do you think, sister?" "Ryoma, you are a man. If you think it is right, you should do it resolutely. But, you have to explain the situation to me properly." Ryoma told Otome about the situation of the world. He said that if he stayed in the decaying Tosa, he would not be able to save the world. "Where's Mr. Takeshi?" "Hanpeita intends to die for it. I don't want to." "Yes. It may be that my sister prefers you, and I always feel that Tosa is too young for you." In the whole world, only Otome can understand Ryoma.She felt that Ryoma was created by herself, and she wanted to push him into a wider world. "You just leave the clan." "But... the eldest brother threatened me that if I leave the clan, my brother-in-law will be severely punished. Is that true?" "Yes." Otome said calmly, "Shinsuke will be punished by the lord. Although he won't be cut into seppuku, he will also be implicated by the trouble caused by his brother-in-law. At least the door will be closed..." "Ok." If it brings trouble to the Sakamoto family, I can only wrong my brother, but if my sister's family is affected by this, it will be a disaster for no reason. "Forget it, I won't leave the clan anymore." Otome stared at him.Although she is dignified, her eyes are very small and do not match the whole face. Because of this, it is even more terrifying when she stares at people. "Aren't you a man?" "Of course I am." "If you are a man, once you make a decision, you have to follow through on it. You can't look forward to the future. I will find a way with Shinsuke. And," Otome said while making tea, "If I were you, I would leave the domain, but unfortunately I am not a man." Otome spoke Turning around: "It's fine to be born in a peaceful and prosperous age. It's really not reconciled to be born as a daughter in this situation. Ryoma, what do you think?" "yes." Kung fu is good, and the heart is broad.Ryoma felt that if his sister were a man, she might be able to become a hero of Tosa. "Being born as a daughter and marrying as the wife of a doctor's family... It's really unreconciled." Ryoma listened speechlessly. "I can't do anything about it, but Ryoma, if you leave the domain, help me do what I want to do. No matter where you are, don't forget to write to me." "I will never forget." "The writing address is not the Okakami family in Yamakita Village, but the Sakamoto family in 1-chome, Joshita Honmachi." "Why?" "I've decided to leave here." Ryoma was taken aback.My sister is going to leave the Okakami house.If she was no longer Shinsuke's wife, he would have nothing to do with the Okakami family when he left the domain.What she said "will find a way" turned out to be what she wanted to do! "This won't work!" "Ryoma, don't say anything. I raised you, and it is my duty to send you, a man, to save the country." After speaking, Otome burst out laughing loudly. "Actually, that's not the case." She added, "Shinsuke always flirts with women, I'm tired of it." She said so, but her eye circles were red.