For ordinary people, the New Year represents a family reunion and a long-lost vacation in the past year, where people can reunite with their families to visit relatives and friends, get drunk every day, and then accompany their children to the street to set off firecrackers.

But for the political family, holidays are always a distant thing, and any emergencies need to be dealt with in a timely manner, especially for Xiao Letian, the situation in East Asia is much more important than his accompanying daughter-in-law.

Now Xiao Letian is setting sail with the little emperor on the Roma, and under the leadership of the most experienced pilot, under the guidance of three icebreakers, slowly sailing towards the east.

Xiao Letian, who frowned, stood at the head of the bed, and the sea breeze of hunting penetrated into his clothes with a biting chill, but he couldn't feel the cold at the moment, and his heart had been filled with the latest information.

The little emperor Tongzhi behind him felt Xiao Letian's suppressed aura, he didn't know what was going on, but he knew that what could make the invincible Prime Minister Xiao Cheng of the East China Sea look gloomy must be a big deal.

Xiao Lotian beckoned to the little emperor, and after Zaichun ran to his side, Xiao Lotian handed over a note in his hand, with only one line of small words on it.

"On January 30, Emperor Komei died, and the cause of death is unknown, but there are many clues that secretly prove that the emperor was poisoned. At the age of sixteen, Emperor Muhito subsequently ascended the throne. ”

Emperor Tongzhi couldn't understand what was written on this note at all, he just said that the emperor was the title of the emperor of Japan, and a Japanese emperor died, what does it have to do with him, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty?

Xiao Lotian knew that he didn't understand, so he touched his head and said secretly, "Tell you a secret, don't tell others, this sixteen-year-old Emperor Muhito will change his year name to Meiji next year, and a vigorous revolution will start on him......"

As a fan of military history in his previous life, how could he not understand the history of the Meiji Restoration, the Meiji Emperor started with war and power schemes, and spent 50 years to create the most powerful modern Japan in East Asia, and it was he who laid the cornerstone of modern Japan.

Ryoma Sakamoto's sea aid team, the Shimadzu shogunate's ninja regiment, and the power of Ryukyu merchants in Japan have secretly formed a large-scale spy network, and no information in Japan can hide it from him.

Don't look at the whole of 1866, Xiao Lotian fought in Europe and Gyeonggi, but his vigilance in Japan was not relaxed or even tightened at all.

In July 1866, during the Second Battle of Choshu, the Choshu Domain, the domain of the ancient daimyo Mori family, was attacked by the Thirty Feudal Coalition led by the Tokugawa Shogun, who thought that this time he would be able to win as well as the First Battle of Choshu.

But I never expected that the leaders of the Restoration, such as Takasugi Shinsaku and Yama Prefecture Aritomo, would be so able to fight, and with the support of the Sakamoto Ryoma Sea Aid Association, they defeated the main force of the shogunate, and killed Tokugawa Ieshige in anger, and Tokugawa Kiyoshi took the throne.

The victory of this battle was inseparable from the bloody sacrifice of the reformers, the unity and cooperation of the four feudal domains in the southwest, and the high-level arms secretly funded by Xiao Letian.

Ever since the Shimonoseki incident, Japan has been soberly aware that it is not possible not to learn how to use a new type of musket, but the relations between Japan's small countries and the oligarchy of Europe are not good, and although some British businessmen have brought a batch of high-priced rags, the salary is simply not enough.

If Xiao Lotian hadn't secretly financed Sakamoto Ryoma's arms, would the Odd Soldiers still want to have rear-loading foreign guns? They would still want to have fixed-loading cartridges? Isn't that a dream?

The strange army led by Takasugi Shinsaku really relied on the support of top-level arms to turn the tide again and again, and the main forces of the shogunate were defeated and retreated.

It can be said that the Second Battle of Choshu was a very important node in Japan's reform, because this victory shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Tokugawa family and plunged the entire Japanese society into violent turmoil.

All those with insight lowered their hopes for the shogunate, and the movement to bring down the shogunate began to accelerate in earnest. What is even more surprising is that in September 1866, the shogunate withdrew its troops and declared a failure, and four months later, Emperor Komei, who was close to the Tokugawa family, died.

Some people may wonder, why did the emperor and the Tokugawa shogunate still have one mind? This is really not unusual, Emperor Komei is still the emperor who is close to the Tokugawa family, and he is completely different from his son, and his ideal is to let the Tokugawa family raise him regardless of anything.

It is conceivable that such an emperor is not a thorn in the side of the Fallen Curtain faction? It is too simple to be poisoned or something.

"Your Majesty, this study tour has just begun, and you will be able to see with your own eyes a thrilling revolution, and you want to see with your own eyes how much other nations have suffered and shed so much blood for their rise...... If a country or a nation wants to live and live with dignity, it really can't be immortal!"

Xiao Lotian began to tell the story of Japan to the little emperor little by little, starting from the Warring States period in Japan in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, from Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu to the Black Ship Incident and the Ansei Prison...... and so on, hundreds of years of Japanese national history are like a view of the palm of your hand.

"Emperor, in fact, the Japanese first came into contact with Westerners, just like us, and they were also Portuguese and Spaniards, especially the Portuguese had a very far-reaching influence on Japan, but at that time, Japan's national policy was the same as that of the Central Plains, which was limited contact and careful business ......."

"It wasn't until the Black Ship Incident in 1853 that the Japanese discovered that the world outside their borders had changed dramatically, and that the Americans were able to build terrifying warships emitting black smoke...... You heard it right, at that time boilers were already installed on the black ships, and when there was no wind they burned coal to provide power...... Oops, why are you interrupting again!"

After speaking, Xiao Lotian directly gave the little emperor a brain meltdown.

"At the beginning, the Japanese were the same as the people and officials of the Qing Dynasty, and felt that this magical power beyond imagination was witchcraft and evil law, and they were also resistant at first, but the Japanese country is small and changeable, and they are not as stubborn as us, in the subsequent understanding, a group of people took the lead in opening their eyes, and they are the Japanese reformers I told you......"

"Shinsaku Takasugi, Ryoma Sakamoto, Ritsu Okubo, Katsura Kogoro...... There are too many, these people have begun to study Western studies with all their hearts in order to get the magical power of the West, and they have decided to start improving Japan politically, economically, and even culturally, and in this regard, they have taken many steps than us......"

"Your Majesty, you have to remember, on this trip to Japan, you must not reveal your identity, you will claim to be my brother-in-law, Fuhui is your sister, and you will accompany me to study in a private capacity...... Remember, the Japanese are crazy, and if they know who you are, I'm afraid all the ninjas in Japan will start to act!"

"Ninja action, what are they going to do, is it bad for me?" asked Emperor Tongzhi.

"It's not a disadvantage, it's a strange thing, and the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom suddenly appeared in Edo Castle, even if it was just for you to be a guest, it was a huge boost to the prestige of the Tokugawa family...... Listen, the Japanese are very fanatical, and sometimes what they can't get, they'd rather break the jade ......"

The Roma had finally broken away from the icy waters off the Bohai Sea, and now the ship was speeding towards Japan, and behind the Roma, a faint black smoke was wafting in the Ryukyu sky, which had become a blurred shadow.

The industrial layout of the Qing Dynasty is dancing rhythmically according to Xiao Letian's baton, and under Xiao Letian's disdainful efforts, China's industrialization process has finally run ahead of Japan.

While Xiao Lotian was traveling day and night, thousands of miles away in Edo, Japan, the last shogun of Japan was drinking sake and eating charcoal-grilled pork meat, which is what the Chinese call pork.

Japan inherited the customs of the Tang and Song dynasties, and in the eyes of the Japanese, pork was unclean and only untouchables were interested in tasting it, but the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshiki, loved pork, and even had a folk nickname called 'pig-like'.

Of course, the Japanese word for pig does not mean that Tokugawa Yoshiki is a pig, but the word "like" is an honorific title, which means an adult who loves pork.

Although Tokugawa Yoshiki, who had experienced the second defeat in Choshu, successfully ascended to the throne of shogun, the shadow of defeat has always hung over him, and he has been in a bad mood, and he has been able to sleep with alcohol anesthesia during this time.

Now that Emperor Komei, who was close to the Tokugawa shogunate, has died, fools know that there must be a black hand at work in this, which makes the shogun even more unhappy.

The wine, the pork meat, and the wonderful performance of the geisha made the shogun feel much better, but the spoiler always appeared, and just as he was staring at the geisha about to do something, a young man came over and whispered a few words in the general's ear.

"Nani, are you saying that someone brought me the most important top-secret news? No one will tell me but me? Damn, is the Shogunate of the Shogunate already in decline?

The little surname said to the general very carefully, "Yes, I know someone who came, and it is indeed the elite subordinate of our shogunate, and the identity will not be wrong......"

"Alright, let her in, I'll see her!" commanded the General.

Koshi clapped his hands and let the geisha retreat, and then the samurai opened the sliding door, and a woman in a kimono walked in lightly.

"Tokugawa ninja Kigakuin little ghost, meet the Shogun! I brought the most core information of the Ryukyus and the Great Qing Kingdom, please the Shogun hold back and let me speak slowly......"

Unexpectedly, after a few months of disappearance, the little ghost actually returned to Japan, and returned to the Tokugawa shogunate, which she was loyal to, and was received by the shogun.

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