Chapter 28 6. Bole

Early the next morning, an astonishing event happened in Chiba Martial Arts. A short, middle-aged samurai wearing a black woven silk uniform and a Sendai flat hakama suddenly walked in and asked: "Is the swordsman Mr. Sakamoto there?" The disciple who came out to receive him secretly hated his arrogance and asked, "Who are you?" "Sheng Haizhou." He said while beating Wei Ji's neck with a bamboo whip.It's like a stiff neck. "Where is Mr. Sheng?" It shouldn't be like this to visit the world-famous Chiba martial arts school. "Katsu Kaishu of Hikawa."

"what?" "It will be carried out on behalf of warships." The disciple changed color and hurriedly ran to report. Isn't he a senior shogunate official?Are you kidding me?The disciple was furious as he ran in. The dignified senior officials of the shogunate came to the martial arts gym on the street without any notice. It was so unreasonable that people were at a loss.And he didn't bring a single entourage, is it really Mr. Sheng?Not only that, but as the acting warship of the shogunate, he even came to pay a special visit to Ryoma Sakamoto, a rogue, what's the matter?Mr. Sakamoto is so good?I knew he was famous for his sleepiness.

The disciple knelt in the corridor in front of Ryoma's room and asked, "Mr. Sakamoto, are you awake?" A confused voice came from the room: "Is the meal ready?" "No, it's not. The acting warship, Mr. Feng Xing, came to see you and is waiting at the entrance." "Let him in." Long Ma said leisurely, not surprised at all.He was actually very surprised in his heart, Katsuno was a subordinate of the general, at the same level as the Tosa feudal lord.This man is so frank. He thought it might be because he survived yesterday to express his gratitude.But this is too much.At this time, Longma heard Sheng scolding in the vulgar language of a man in the entrance: "What do you say to let me in, the room is dirty, and it will stain my clothes. You tell him, I have prepared two horses, and I will go to the house. At the door, let him out."

Ryoma had no choice but to come out. "Ah, Sakamoto-kun, you are really missed. Last night, you kept lingering in my mind, which made me unable to sleep. I will take you to a good place and get on the horse." Sure enough, there were two horses in front of the door.One is led by a groom.Sheng rode the chestnut horse. "Longma." He called Longma by name, and said, "Can you ride a horse?" Ryoma has never learned riding skills, he only learned horse riding from Otome.Otome's riding skills are very famous under Kochi Castle. After Ryoma got on the horse, he rode the horse forward using Tosa's unique Otsubo-ryu method of holding the rein.

"Ryoma, okay." It is no wonder that Sheng will sigh.Because at this time, many of the bannermen's children could not ride a horse. "As expected of a Tosa villager who has shocked the world with a single leader since the Warring States Period." "This is taught by my sister." "Your sister?" Sheng was very interested in Ryoma, and even wanted to meet his sister. "Ryoma, can you run?" "Where?" "The naval drill station in Minami-Odawara-cho, Tsukiji." It turned out that he was going there, Long Ma's eyes were filled with anticipation.

The two horses galloped forward like the wind.The road is so narrow that two horses cannot go side by side.Finally, Ryoma said "Excuse me", and ran to the front.He is better at riding a horse than Sheng.They tried their best to choose the samurai residential area with few pedestrians, turned east and west, and finally crossed the Tsukiji Aki Bridge and entered the training center.The two jumped off the horse, tied the horse into the stable, and then walked slowly across the training hall. "Isn't it big?" Sheng would sometimes show off like a child, "Although I am the commander-in-chief of the shogunate's navy, the manager of this training center is actually Nagai Genbotou."

Ryoma had also heard the name.Like Sheng, he is a leader among the senior officials of the shogunate. "He's different from me. He's a calm gentleman with a lot of talent. The West has a Sabbath, and they rest on this day. Nagai thinks that if Japan rests like them, Japan will not be able to catch up with the West, so there is no Sabbath here." The class starts from the time and ends when the time is declared.It is not a boarding system but a day school, so the end of school is relatively early.The subjects of study and practice include surveying, arithmetic, shipbuilding, steam mechanism, ship operation, sailing boat training, sea gunnery, and gunship training for large and small gunboats. There are a total of eight instructors.There are assistants and eight people under him.

Sheng took Ryoma to watch the facilities, and then took him to the professor's room. Almost all the teachers and their teaching assistants were in the room at this time. This room was used by swordsmen and spearmen when we talked about martial arts in the past, and it is fifty folds wide.The instructors sat at the Japanese-style table, writing documents, reading foreign books or smoking.Sheng introduces Ryoma to them. "This is Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa. He is a samurai who left the domain, but it is very interesting. You should associate with him as you would with me." After hearing such words, as Sheng, everyone knew that he would give Ryoma an extraordinary treatment.

Everyone was different and greeted solemnly: "Please take care of me." Although Sheng Haizhou doesn't show kindness to others or accepts them as his subordinates, he is very good at employing people.In the end, Katsuki brought Ryoma to someone.This person is dressed very strangely.The other instructors all wore short hoods and hakama uniforms, and looked neat. Only this one had his hair cut short and combed back like a Westerner, and he was wearing a Japanese uniform with a stand-up collar.He was dark, with narrow brows, and a rough chin that reflected strength of will. "Sakamoto-kun, who do you think this is?" Katsuki asked.

"This is..." Ryoma looked at the man. "He is from Tosa just like you. He is the famous Manjiro Nakahama." Ryoma remembered.This person is the person who has experienced the most twists and turns in Japan today. He was born in Nakahama, a fishing village in Shimizu Village, Hata County, Tosa Country. He was originally a fisherman.When he was fifteen years old, he and five companions went fishing in a small fishing boat in the coastal waters. Suddenly, they encountered a storm and drifted to an uninhabited island near Hachijo Island. They survived by catching fish and shells.Six months after drifting, on the fourth day of June in the twelfth year of Tianbao, he was rescued by the American whaling ship John Holland passing by, and taken to Hawaii.Afterwards, he went to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, for his initial education.His talent was gradually recognized by the Americans, and he became a clerk on an American fishing boat.Later, he traveled around the United States and the Pacific Islands, and finally returned to Okinawa. It was already four years since Kayong was handed over to the Satsuma feudal officials, and he had been wandering for more than ten years.

At first he was imprisoned as a suspect who went abroad secretly.The following year, when Perry came to the voyage, the shogunate needed talents who could understand English and overseas knowledge, so they summoned him exceptionally and promoted him to be the bannerman.Now he is the instructor of the warship drill station. Since Manjiro Nakahama drifted to the United States when he was fifteen years old, he now only understands the fisherman's language of Hata County, Tosa Domain.And he is Banner.So he doesn't talk much, and always puts on a particularly hard-to-please face.But he was very smart and observed things very keenly. When he was in the United States, Americans were very surprised.Such a person came into contact with the civilization of the North American continent due to the chance of "drifting" during the lock-up period, and returned to Japan before Perry's voyage. It can be said that Japan is lucky.The Tosa clan promoted him to a samurai at first, and later the shogunate promoted him to a shogunate.Throughout the Edo period, this promotion can be called a miracle.But because of this, he was also looked down upon by many people.Therefore, although he is very powerful, he was not too active in the end.When Ryoma went to study with the painter Kawada Koryu in Hasuike Town, Kochi Castle, he often heard him talk about Nakahama Manjiro, and he didn't want to see him now. At this moment, Manjiro smiled unexpectedly. "You are Sakamoto-kun?" He knew Ryoma.It is said that Koryu Kawada wrote a letter to Manjiro, mentioning Ryoma. When Manjiro returned to Tosa, Kawada Xiaolong let him live in his home, inquired about overseas affairs in detail, and wrote a book, "A Brief Chronicle of Biao Xun". "Biography of the Great Tosa" commented on "The Chronicle of Drifting Sunda" as a "magical book", and said: "Hainan hero Sakamoto Ryoma will rise up to sail in the future and advocate the Japanese navy. At first, it was inspired by this book." Give this wonderful book. It was Manjiro who was in front of Ryoma who provided the material. "I learned a lot about you from Xiaolong's letter. I have been waiting for you to come, and you really came today." He speaks very fast.Katsu Kaishu, a native of Edo, did not understand the speech because it was spoken very fast and in the Tosa dialect. "Ryoma, what did you just say?" Ryoma explained it to him. Sheng smiled and said, "Longma, you are really strange. You have been interested in founding the country so early, why do you want to assassinate me by pretending to be barbarians?" "Hey." Ryoma himself thought it was funny.This unsteady person probably thinks that throwing away barbarians is a current fashion, and it must be learned when interacting with people. "Mr. Nakahama, Ryoma is like this. If you accidentally teach him warship technology, he might become a pirate. But even that is interesting. Take good care of him." Shengwei Ryoma lowered his head.From this moment, the foundation of Ryoma's life was established.After meeting Sheng, his life has entered a new level.A person's life should have a proposition, and I seem to have stepped into my life proposition.Longma was very happy. This year, Ryoma was twenty-eight years old. What a late bloomer.Later, with Ryoma working for the Restoration, Choshu Hisaka Genzui, Takasugi Shinsaku, Katsura Kogoro, Samosigō Takamori, Okubo Toshimichi and others all stood on the standpoint of their own domain and began to work for "state affairs". took a step forward.Moreover, Ryoma, who was supposed to be a man of noble character, was discovered by the minister Katsu Haishu.It was a marvelous step he took. This is a poem written by Ryoma when he was a teenager.After hearing this, his father sighed: "After all, he is still a worthless guy." The lonely mood of Ryoma, who is called a fool in the city, is reflected in this poem. The world is clamoring for the king to fight against the barbarians, but it is all empty talk.It would do no good for me to join them secretly, to dance the same dances and sing the same songs.Right now I'm going the other way, but just wait and see, I'm sure I can change Japan.This is Ryoma's thoughts at this time, he feels that he has finally opened up a path of life of his own. On the night of returning from the naval training station, Ryoma, who had never suffered from insomnia, could not sleep.He is so excited.He couldn't sleep, so he crawled out of the quilt and wrote a letter to Otome in his hometown.This letter was handed down to posterity. Although the characters are like graffiti, they have an incredible elegance. Among the characters written by reformers, they are called "the most charming calligraphy".Ryoma's article is also very interesting.He didn't stick to the current epistolary style, but just wrote what he wanted to say.Therefore, his letters, together with those of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, are regarded as masterpieces of the slips. After finishing writing, he heard a voice from the originally silent corridor, it was Sanako. "I'm sorry to disturb you late at night, but I have something urgent to tell you. Would you please come to the hall?" While waiting for Ryoma in the hall, Sanako suddenly looked up at the courtyard and found that it was raining outside.In a corner of the courtyard, there is a small shrine of Beichen Miaojian Palace, and the lanterns at the entrance are dazzling.It was Sanako's responsibility to light the lanterns every night since she was a child. At this time, every big family will have its own house god, and Beichen Miaojian Palace is the house god enshrined by the Chiba family for generations.This is the reason why Zhou Zuo stepped out of Yidao Style and created his own school, named Beichen.The Sakamoto family, where Ryoma lives, bought a mountain and named it Saitani Mountain. On the mountain, the god of Heling Myo, who came from Uwajima, is enshrined. He Lingshen is really a monster god.Sanako thought. She has known the otaku of the Sakamoto family for a long time.When Ryoma left the feudal domain, he once climbed Saigu Mountain to pray to the Spirit God.Ryoma told Chongtaro about this, and Chongtaro told her. The Heling God in Sanako's imagination refers to Ryoma. Why did you suddenly change your mind?He said that he went to assassinate Sheng Haizhou to fight against the barbarians, but when he came back, he became Sheng Haizhou's disciple.She couldn't figure it out.Although she is a woman, she is a radical anti-barbarian.If the shogunate issued an order to fight against barbarians, she even planned to disguise herself as a man and go to battle.When Perry came to sail, she followed her elder brother Shigetaro to the Tosa domain where Ryoma was at that time. He has changed back and forth with Lingshen, and now he has completely become a founding theorist.Sanako was thinking.Ryoma walked in. "What's up?" "I have something to ask you," she said. After all, she is a woman, and what she cares about is not the so-called doctrines and ideas, but why Ryoma betrayed so casually.What she cares about is Ryoma himself.Who is it?She started not to understand.What's the point of liking such a person?Thinking of this, her heart ached, and her worry was burning. "Who the hell is Mr. Sakamoto?" "I am what I am." "Are you an anti-barbarian or a founder?" The term "unlocking" was very popular at this time, and whether to lock the country or found the country became the focus of discussion.The shogunate, which originally advocated the closure of the country, succumbed to the pressure of foreigners and began to gradually open up the country.However, what most people with lofty ideals pursue is to lock up the country and fight against barbarians. Sanako severely accused Ryoma of betrayal.Ryoma listened to her without saying a word.Everything Sanako said made sense, which left Ryoma speechless. "What's the matter with you? Not a word." "Ah, this..." Ryoma held his head and said, "Dong dong dong dong dong." Sanako looked unhappy.When Ryoma doesn't understand himself, he will say some strange things that others don't understand. "Sanako, you really know how to reason." Ryoma didn't explain to her, but just smiled, "I'm an idiot, even if you shouted your throat, I can't understand." "Cunning." Sanazi couldn't understand the Tosa words he said, and felt like he was talking to a foreigner, "Are you the Saba faction, or are you a hero who sacrificed himself to respect the king and fight against barbarians?" "Hey." Ryoma said with a smirk, "I'm Japanese." "Japanese?" Sanako looked incredible.Because at least at the end of the Tokugawa period, the term "Japanese" only appeared in a very small number of people.Those who claim to be people of lofty ideals are either the Saba faction or the mysterious King Qin.Or to use another classification method, they are Satsuma people, Changzhou people, Tosa people, vassal ministers, scholars of various feudal lords and ministers, etc. They each have their own groups and positions, or have their own doctrines they believe in.They just think through it and act on it.Okubo Toshimichi from Satsuma, Takamori Saigo and Katsura Kogoro from Changzhou failed to surpass their feudal states in the end. In short, they were Satsuma and Changzhou people respectively.It can be said that only Ryoma Sakamoto is "Japanese" nowadays.When Ryoma was questioned by Sanako, he hadn't thrown himself into the storm yet.The series of actions he took were all from the standpoint of the "Japanese". Sheng Haizhou is the vassal minister.Although he has always insisted on this position, his consciousness is the closest to Ryoma's.Therefore, Longma feels a kind of magical charm in Haizhou. Sanako always felt that Ryoma's behavior after that was a bit strange.Every day when the sun was about to set, he was always in a hurry to get ready to go out, either to say goodbye to Sanako or to say hello to Shigetaro. After finishing speaking, he left Chiba, Otachi, and never came back until almost dawn. Sanako wanted to know what he was doing.Not knowing Ryoma's actions made Sanako restless. "Brother, what happened to Ryoma recently?" "Shh, keep your voice down." Next door is Zhenkichi's room. "I think it might be this." Jutaro lowered his voice and stretched out his little finger. "Pinky?" "You're stupid, woman. There must be a woman somewhere." "Huh?" Zuo Nazi showed surprise on her face, but she didn't think so in her heart.She is a smart girl. "Don't be jealous." "what did you say?" Sanako doesn't like his brother's frivolity. "Brother, as a samurai, how can you say such a thing?" Shigetaro was a swordsman after all, with sharp eyes. "He always went out alone, and then it was two people." "With whom?" "It's very suspicious. It's the thief, called Tobe Fujihei." "Ah, that thief." "Yeah...so..." Shigetaro tilted his head in thought.It's definitely not a good thing to be out at night and with a thief. "Could it be..." Shigetaro shook his head hastily, as if trying to deny his imagination just now. Sanako couldn't help laughing, and said, "Of course, brother." How could Longma be a thief? At this time, Singer under the Akasaka Motoglacier was also having a very similar conversation with the siblings. "Father." The person who spoke was the 14-year-old second daughter dutiful son, a very smart girl.Later, she married Banita Shita. "Every night, there is a ronin sitting by the back door of our house, you know?" "what kind of person?" "A big man, holding a knife and taking a nap there. Moreover, there is a follower who looks like a merchant, going back and forth around our house." "That must be Ryoma." "Ryoma? Is that the ronin who came to assassinate father a few days ago?" "That's right, Sakamoto Ryoma." Even in his old age, the filial son would still think of this from time to time, saying, "Sakamoto Ryoma is such a weirdo." "Because there were many assassins at that time, Mr. Sakamoto wanted to protect his father at night in order to repay his father's kindness." Xiaozi once analyzed. Ryoma is for this purpose.The back door of Shengjia has a eaves.He was sitting under the eaves, lying on the ground with a knife in his arms and sleeping soundly, and let the sleeping guard Fujibei go to make a patrol. Although I have already worshiped Mr. Sheng as my teacher, but now I don't want to learn any Lan Xue.Moreover, apart from this, there is nothing else to repay my husband for his kindness, so I will be his night guard.This is his idea.Once something unexpected happens, he intends to rush forward. Ryoma looks bohemian, and he actually acts as a guard late at night. It seems that his feelings for Sheng Haizhou are extraordinary.With his temperament, it is not easy to fall in love with someone, and it does not matter whether it is a man or a woman, but if someone makes him fall in love, he will do amazing things. "Ryoma is interesting." Sheng smiled and ignored him. One night, four people crept over, and all four were warriors. Could it be an assassin?Ryoma opened his eyes slightly, pretending to be asleep quietly. The "Assassin" carried a lantern.The family crest of Marquis Tosas is impressively on the lantern.The three lanterns with three-leaf cypress patterns suddenly approached Ryoma, and someone said, "Ryoma, be honest." Ryoma was speechless for a moment.What kind of assassins are they? They are clearly the four people including Shimoyoko Okamoto Kenzaburo of the Kajibashi clan of the Tosa clan who came to arrest him. Ryoma stood up. "What's wrong? What's the matter?" A cold moon above the head.Ryoma, who grew up in the southern country, could not stand the cold of Edo. "Please come with us to the Kajibashi feudal mansion." Shimoyoko Okamoto Kenzaburo said. "Longma, we were ordered to come here to arrest the Tuofan people, don't mess around." "Don't mess around." Ryoma gestured to the bedside Fujihei, telling him to come over, and said, "You have seen my situation. Next, you can watch for yourself." "It's really cold, Okamoto." Ryoma put his left hand in his chest and walked up. "Mr. Sakamoto." Kenzaburo Okamoto followed up alone. "Are you really going to get caught?" he said in a small voice that his colleagues couldn't hear. Many people in Tosa have the surname Okamoto.Because it is easy to confuse, people in the clan generally refer to Kensaburo as "Oka Ken".Although he is just a low-level eye, he has the ambition to be a king.Why is there no bloodshed?He is just a "spiritual man" with this idea in his heart.Although it is the same feudal clan, today is the first time I have seen the legendary Ryoma. "What's going on?" He nervously asked what Ryoma meant. "No, I haven't decided yet. If there is a fight near Shengjia, it will cause trouble for Shengjia and nearby residents. Now I will go with you to the moat." "What are you doing by the moat?" "Throw you into the river." After hearing this, Gang Jian didn't know what to do. "Ryoma, don't mess around." He hurriedly took off his straw sandals and put them behind his waist. "Ken, do you want to fight?" "No, I'm going to escape." Gang Jian smiled timidly, "Anyway, I can't beat you. Moreover, whether in the feudal state or the capital feudal government, although the sergeant is still a stubborn samurai, the subordinate The samurai are all united around Mr. Takeichi, and their momentum is increasing day by day. Mr. Sakamoto, I heard that you and Mr. Takeichi were very good friends before." "That's right." However, what I thought was completely different.Ryoma heard that the current Wushi has become a fanatical anti-barbarian. He is grateful to the emperor and minister, just like a religious activist. "Mr. Takeichi has arrived in Edo now." "In Edo." Just as Ryoma said these words weakly, he noticed a small figure appearing behind him. Haizhou is also a good person.He had probably been observing the situation outside the back door, and finally understood the whole story.He came out in his pajamas and shouted, "Wait!" Oka Ken jumped up and grabbed the handle of Tosa's steel knife. "who?" "I am the master of this house." Sheng said, "I already knew what was going on. When I heard the movement at the back door, I thought it must be someone who came to assassinate me. When I came out, I realized that it was my apprentice Ryoma who came to arrest me. " Under the moonlight, the shadows of Gang Jian and several colleagues were cast on the road, motionless. "What's your name?" Sheng began to rap again.Gossiping is his biggest shortcoming in this life, and because of this he offended many people who shouldn't have been offended.However, Haizhou seems to regard making enemies as a kind of fun, which is helpless. "What are you doing with such long knives? You say it's the style of Tosa, walking on the streets of Edo ostentatiously. You think that your katana is one or two inches longer than others, and that's great, don't you? That's the same as Niyi What's the difference in the beard? The smaller the Nigi in the shrine, the longer the beard. If you see a Nigi with a long beard, then this person must be from the small shrine. Similarly, the guy with the long knife must be Nothing." a weirdo.Gang Jian and others were scolded, but they were not angry at all. "Tonight is a cold night." Sheng looked up at the moon, and continued, "To reward you, I asked my wife to prepare sweet wine, come in." After all, Sheng returned home through the back door. "what to do?" Okamoto was confused.In addition to him, there are Nanmataro, Doi Kumazo, and Ibaraki Rabbit Hair. Including Ryoma, naming animals after animals is the current Tosa custom. This is based on a primitive worship of animals, and it is believed that if children inherit the spirit of animals, they can grow up healthily.Takeshi Hanheita’s childhood name was Shikae, in addition to Yoshimura Totaro, who later became the leader of the Tenchu ​​Group, Goto Shojiro, who later became the Tosa Domain and participated in politics, and Baba Tatsuo, who launched the freedom and civil rights movement after the Meiji era. .Among the women, it is the same with the ponies sung in the ballads.And Longma's beloved niece Chunzhu is no exception. "Everyone come in." Ryoma pushed the crowd into the Katsufu, and by the way, let the sleeping Dai Fujibei enter. In the middle of the night, in Singer's kitchen, several people were hastily preparing the banquet. Mrs. Sheng was instructing the eldest daughter Mengzi, the second daughter Xiaozi and the maid to prepare sweet wine. "Mother, those people in Tosa speak so loudly, like a dog barking." The dutiful son chuckled, "Could it be because they are all low-status people in the Tosa Domain?" Mrs. Sheng ignored her, but only ordered: "Bring it up quickly." From this incident alone, we can understand the way Sheng Jia treats people.These people sitting in the study now are all low-level samurai in the Tosa domain, and the sergeant will not take them seriously at all.However, the wife of Ohatamoto Katsuya cooks herself and prepares food and drinks for these low-level warriors, while the two young ladies serve wine for them in person. In the study, Haizhou was still very excited and explained Japan's position in the world situation in detail. "If you continue to be so confused, the country will perish." Haizhou is good at talking, and his talking can even be called an art.Moreover, he will choose the appropriate content according to the listener. "Everyone is from Tosa. I heard that Tosa's junior samurai are descendants of the subordinates of Nagasoga, the lord of the Yamauchi family before Tosa took over. Nagasoga's vassal state was a big sea country. When Hideyoshi lord was attacking Odawara , Nagaso and my family built a giant ship called the Daikoku with eighteen anti-sails, sailed to Urado Bay, and participated in the war against Odawara from the sea. As descendants of heroes who fought on the Daikoku back then, you actually thought that only It is too shallow to use the weapons of the Warring States Period to fight against the large warships of foreigners." He's all in that tune. It was the first time for Gang Jian and others to hear such a thing, and they gradually became excited. When Hai Zhou was talking, Long Ma hurriedly interjected: "Mr. Sheng, you should accept them as apprentices too." Gang Jian and the others suddenly woke up, and couldn't help being dumbfounded. Their mission today is to capture Ryoma, a traitor from the feudal clan. "Ah, good." Sheng nodded happily.After hearing this, Gang Jian didn't know whether he was happy or embarrassed, and the expression on his face became very complicated. "But Ryoma, I'm the shogunate's deputy warship, and I don't have time to take care of you. How about this, you will be the head of my Katsuie private school. I will teach you, and then you will teach everyone. How are you four? Tonight From the beginning, Sakamoto Ryoma is your husband." It's a mess, they can't arrest their teacher. "Mr. Sakamoto, please take care of me." The four yokomo bowed their heads and saluted.At this time, Mengzi and Xiaozi came up with sweet wine. From then on, the fact that Ryoma was in Chiba Martial Arts became an open secret in Kajibashi Tosa Domain. "Let him go." This was what everyone thought. Among the people in power in the vassal state, Qin Wang's rebellion against barbarians is becoming more and more intense, which is the result of Takeichi Hanpeita's hard work. Since the assassination of Yoshida Toyo, who is known as "Ii Dao of Tosa" in April of the second year of Bunjiu, the coup in Takeichi has gradually achieved results.Although the government after the coup was just a complex coalition government composed of the feudal lords, conservatives, and kings, in any case, the Tosa clan was called "Sacho soil" together with Satsuma and Changzhou, and devoted itself to the end of the Bakumatsu. In the midst of the storm. Previously, Tosa clan had the most so-called dare-to-die warriors, but the rulers of the feudal kingdom practiced the Tosa clan.The people with lofty ideals are all from low-level warriors such as countrymen, and they cannot shake the vassal regime at all.However, Wushi used his own efforts to slightly change the direction of the vassal administration.This move is like shaking a giant rock with bare hands. It is difficult and unreasonable.One of the special features is the assassination of Toyo. Takeshi is behind the scenes.However, now that he has mastered the real power of the vassal state, although the old bureaucrats of the Yoshida Toyo faction clearly know that "it was ordered by Takeshi", they have nothing to do.The chief inspectors currently holding the procuratorial power of the feudal kingdom are Konan Goroemon and Hirai Yoshinojo.Even if arresters such as the supervisor and Xia Hengme abide by their duties to search for prisoners, they will be suppressed immediately when they reach the top. In the meantime, Wushi worked as a minister in Kyoto, and it went very smoothly.In August, Tosa, together with the two vassals of Sacho, received the inner edict of "Guardian of Kyoto".These are all planned and directed by Wushi. From the perspective of the current legal system, the daimyo must obey the orders of the shogunate, and they cannot act without the orders of the shogunate.The imperial court is nothing more than the "priest" of the country, without administrative and military power, and of course it has no power to issue orders of "Guardian of Kyoto" in the form of "internal edict". Although the young lord of the Tosa clan, Toyonoshi, was only seventeen years old at the time, he already noticed that this was a bit strange, so he said, "I have to discuss it with the old lord of the Edo clan." Soldiers have entered Beijing. Wu Shi was just the head of a Baizha village scholar in the feudal state, with a low status, but he did a lot of work for the court in Kyoto, and all of them achieved real results.The imperial court issued an imperial decree to the shogunate and sent several envoys named "supervising and urging the barbarians".In the late autumn of that year, Mimi Sanjo and Koji Koji, the deputy envoy, were sent to the Kanto. Takeshi shook the Tosa clan in the body of a white scorpion, and Tosa's great event of Qin Wang has basically been completed.One day, he secretly came to Chiba Martial Arts Hall and found Ryoma. "Ryoma, I miss you so much." Ban Pingta put down his knife and sat down. Longma smiled and said nothing, marveling at the changes in Wushi.This person has suffered a lot.The former white-faced samurai student, even Takeichi Hanheita, who can be called a handsome man, has white hair at the temples even though he is still young, and his face is as tanned as a farmer's with many wrinkles.He traveled all over the feudal kingdom, Kyoto, and Edo, and now he is leading the entire Tosa feudal clan to shake the world's public opinion. He probably doesn't have any time to rest.And the hairstyle has changed too.In the past, he had the hairstyle of an ordinary samurai, with a thin Tosa-style tsukiyo shaved on his forehead. He was so handsome that even men couldn't help but be tempted, but now he wears the high-ranking officials' bun. "Hanpeita, you changed your hairstyle." "Well, because my name is Yanagawa Zuomen now." Yanagawa Zuomen, this is Banheita's pseudonym, and he was appointed as the retainer of Major General Koji, the deputy envoy's sister, so he changed to the hairstyle of a public servant's bodyguard. Of course, Hanpeita was always just a Tosa feudal vassal. As a low-level vassal of a foreign daimyo, he could not talk to senior officials of the shogunate at all.It was just the speeches of the two emissaries, and he needed to write them.Therefore, with the approval of the Fan Office, he was temporarily converted into a retainer of the Duke. This is the same identity that Hanpeita entered and exited the Edo Castle General's Mansion.Moreover, what he wears in the hall is a black hat that only daimyos of rank four or above can wear.The shogunate has seen through this, but because he is now a retainer of the Imperial Envoy, there is nothing he can do about it. "Banping is too difficult." Long Ma said. Hanpeita's ambitious ambition was to free the Tosa clan from the rule of the shogun and become the emperor's pro-vassal.However, there are generals to be famous, this is the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, so, can his conjuring plan succeed?First of all, Rongtang, the father of the feudal lord who glared at everything in the Edo mansion, would definitely not allow it.Although Rong Tang also respected the royal family, he was always a samurai faction through and through, and he was a hard-line conservative who insisted on maintaining law and order.How long will he be silent about this play hosted by Wu Shi?Ryoma began to worry. But Wushi has his own considerations.In his opinion, Ryoma's actions are even more puzzling.Recently, he even worshiped Sheng Haizhou, a minister and founder of the country, as his teacher.In the eyes of those who respect the king and fight against barbarians, this person is a big traitor. "What's the matter?" Takeshi Hanpei asked, staring at Ryoma closely. "Ban Pingtai, take a long-term view." "Look at what?" "Look at me." Ryoma didn't argue with him.He always told himself not to argue with people unless something very important happened.So what if you win the argument?It's just an insult to the other party's reputation.Often, even when people lose an argument, they don't change their views and their way of life, only to increase resentment.But Ban Pingtai likes to argue with others.He often speaks directly to people's hearts, and he will never stop until he puts the other party to death.In Ryoma's view, Banping Tai is talented enough, but his edge is too exposed. "Ryoma, please." Banping Tai bowed his head in greeting, "I will deal with the matter of leaving the domain for you. You go back and do it with me. You have a plan, and I need a talent like you." "I have no conspiracy." Ryoma, this is the truth. "I don't have any conspiracies. I only want to do everything well. I will never do anything that is unrealistic. That's all. I don't know why people think I have conspiracies." "Ryoma, let me tell you a secret." In fact, Hanpeita submitted a proposal to the court in the name of the seventeen-year-old Tosa feudal lord Tosa Yamauchi. First, take back Omi, Settsu, Yamashiro, and Yamato Shikoku from the generals as the imperial court's territory, and then use the economic strength in the territory to gather ronin from all over the world to create an army directly led by the emperor.Then, headed by Sachoto San Francisco, mobilize Inshu, Bizen, Awa, Kyushu and other King Qin clans to guard Kyoto and regain power from the shogunate... If the shogunate knew these contents, it would be very shocked.No, perhaps what is more shocking is the Laofan Gongrongtang who is now living in seclusion in Edo.In fact, even Konan Goroemon, the important minister of the Qinwang faction manipulated by Takeshi, was shocked when he heard about it. When Wu Shi discussed with him earlier, he said: "Submit a letter to the imperial court in the name of the feudal clan." Xiao Nan said unintentionally: "Then you go and make a draft." So Wushi wrote a draft.After he wrote it, he didn't let Xiaonan read it, nor did he show it to the young feudal lord, and of course he didn't tell the old feudal lord who lived in seclusion in Edo, so he directly submitted the draft to the Nakagawa Palace.Nakagawa Miyako, the political advisor of Emperor Xiaoming, read this and presented it to the Emperor, saying: "This is a letter from the Tosa feudal lord." Therefore, this draft became an official document at once. Even Xiao Nan was furious when he heard about it. Therefore, Wu Shi acted like he was playing tricks, the kind of "conspiracy" that would reveal its flaws immediately. Ryoma said nothing. Wu Shi talked with Longma to no avail, so he had to prepare to go back. "Sorry." Ryoma expressed his apology from the bottom of his heart.Wushi Banpingtai came to him specially today to express his desire to seek talents, but he was noncommittal. "No, it's okay." Wu Shi also said straightforwardly.因为他相信，即便没有龙马，他也能以一己之力改变土佐。 “龙马，最近你也要小心。” “多谢，你也是。”龙马将武市送到玄关。 武市走到式台上时忽然站住，道：“龙马，男人真是复杂。我原本以为，你我之间只要倾心相谈，定能心心相印，结果却并不如我所想。龙马你啊，是个独行侠。” 龙马默然不语。 “你不这样以为？” “不，不久之后我便会召集天下的同志，但现在还不到时候。幕府的大梁还很结实，不是一两个藩的力量能够推翻的。时机未到。” “你就每天睡大觉等待时机吗？” "No." “那你怎么做？” “创建海军。” “海军？” “我要创建一支属于自己的舰队，与勤王诸藩合作，做好充分的准备之后，以京都为中心完成国家的统一，然后我便隐退。大事绝非一朝一夕能够做成。这需要很长的时间。半平太，仅靠那些勤王敢死之士，终究无法成就天下大事。”大话连篇，野心勃勃，半平太心里想着，嘴上问道：“什么时候创建你的海军呢？” “不知道。我现在还正努力学习军舰操作。” “跟幕臣胜海舟学？” “不要有偏见。不管对方是幕臣还是乞丐，只要有值得学习的东西，我就会跟他学。” “龙马！”半平太又回到起初与龙马争论的话题，“你不觉得将土佐改造成勤王之地，举全藩之力对付幕府会更加实际吗？” 他仍想劝龙马回土佐。 “不，这个任务还是交给你吧。”龙马说道。但是他知道，土佐藩山内家虽然是外样大名，自从关原合战以来就一直受德川家的眷顾，隐居的容堂公比任何人都清楚这一点。全藩勤王，谈何容易？龙马已经不对这个藩国抱有希望了。“半平太，我决定按自己想的做。” “创建一支龙马舰队？”武市无可奈何地离开了。