637 The swordsman enters the city
Xiao Letian's diary is the top secret in the new army, and Wang Huaiyuan, Sima Yun and others can only look at it occasionally, and Xiao Letian's diary is full of many prophetic proverbs.
The inevitable fall of Napoleon III of France, the inevitable rise of Prussia and Germany, and the merger of Austria and Hungary are all recorded in Xiao Lotian's diary.
Truth be told, this diary is a book of prophecy, it's up to you to believe it or not.
Ito Hirobumi was already shocked after only two or three pages, he was impressed by the strategic perspective of the diary, he never expected that one person could analyze so many national destinies.
In this diary, there are science and technology, industry, geopolitics, and national roots...... It is almost a treasure book of European countries, and many of Ito's doubts are answered in this book.
Xiao Lotian looked at him with a smile, he didn't care that he had leaked the heavenly secret, he knew very well that this kind of judgment of the future would never have a law at all, even if he told them about the future results, but Ito Hirofumi couldn't explore the core rules.
It's like if you give him a handful of white rice, but don't tell him how to grow rice, in the long run, the other party will have a deep dependence on Xiao Letian, and the more accurate Xiao Letian's prediction, the stronger this dependence will be.
What's more, this accurate prediction of the future will make Xiao Letian's mythology even stronger, and this mythology is very fatal to the Japanese elite at this time.
The young Ito Hirobumi had already felt the jealous gaze on his back, his back was almost burned, if Xiao Lotian gave the command knife to Yama Prefecture Youpeng represented the martial man's decisiveness. Then what you get is a scabbard that can wrap around the blade.
Mo said that civil officials have no power, when wisdom is enough to point out the future shady, force will always become an accessory of wisdom, and it has always been the brain that commands the sword, not the knife that commands the brain.
Japan made such a mistake in Xiao Letian's previous life, when the strategists of the Meiji Restoration died, and the irascible militarists came to power, at that time Japan was the brain of the Taidao command, and all the smart civil officials who did not obey the command were basically killed.
After the Meiji Restoration in Japan until the end of World War II, for more than 80 years, assassination became the norm, and Taidao slaughtered the brains of wisdom again and again. Why can't Japan produce excellent strategists? It is because they have killed their own people and have already exterminated the smart people.
Takasugi Shinsaku died of illness, Sakamoto Ryoma was assassinated, and Okubo Ritsu was also assassinated, not to mention the 226 Mutiny and the May 15 Mutiny, and there were countless civilian officials who died at that time.
Xiao Lotian didn't want the Japanese samurai to become a group of thugs who were uncontrollable in their previous lives, and if they wanted to control them, they had to put on a scabbard, which was Japan's civil government.
"Ito-kun, all the shapes of Europe for the next fifty years are in this diary, you have to study it carefully, don't let me down......"
Xiao Letian's words made Ito Hirobumi cry in pain, he clutched his diary tightly and knelt on the tatami mat with his forehead, choking up and saying "Prime Minister...... The prime minister's great kindness cannot be repaid, and the ministers will serve you as a teacher for the rest of their lives......"
Xiao Letian's series of big gift packages smashed these future Meiji ministers dizzy, Xiao Lotian is bullying them young, and he wants to brand himself on them first.
However, this group of Japanese really eats this set, because the core political ideology of this group of people is to respect the king, among which the emperor is a very powerful grudge, and Xiao Lotian is the only person in the whole of Asia who can go on an expedition to Europa and achieve victory.
Sakamoto Ryoma has always wondered why Xiao Lotian is so interested in Ito Hirobumi, although he also admits that Ito-kun is very talented, but after all, he is still immature, and no one can say what the future of the rookie who has just emerged will be.
But Long Ma Jun has a complete admiration for Xiao Letian, after all, the ancients attached great importance to such things as blood, and Xiao Letian's blood flowed in his veins, so he had to repay his loyalty.
"Okay, that's the end of the meeting, let's talk about the rest of the topic...... What do you need when you invite me here? Do you need me to send a new army to support you directly? Can you defeat the shogunate ......?"
Returning to the strictest topic, everyone was seated, and Shimazu Tadayoshi was the first to speak, "For the time being, there is no need for direct support from the new army, after two battles of Choshu, the four feudal clans have matured a lot, and the army of the shogunate is too declining, as long as the prime minister can support us with more arms, victory will be easy......"
"No, no, I think the prime minister's new army should be prepared, the plan to bring down the shogunate must be completely arranged, the 260-year rule of the shogunate, who knows what the background is......" Shimazu Hisamitsu said with a frown.
Aritomo Yama was a fanatical samurai with dignity, and just now Xiao Lotian gave Ito Hirobumi more glory, which had already made him very jealous and unconvinced, he stood up and shouted loudly, "The samurai of the Choshu domain are invincible! Oda Nobunaga can't, Toyotomi Hideyoshi can't, and Tokugawa Ieyasu can't...... Please rest assured, we will win the final victory of the Battle of the Fallen Curtain!"
"Stand down!" Takasugi Jinsaku suddenly became angry, "The cause of the curtain is the common cause of the four feudal clans in the southwest, how can ......it be that we can rely only on our Choshu domain?
Takasugi Jinzuo's scolding Shan County Youpeng's face was flushed, and the big warlord blushed and buckled his head to admit his mistake, and then Xiao Letian waved his hand, "Let's not talk about the recruits, you first talk about material reserves, troop investment, and intelligence gathering, I'll see your specific plan......"
The Kagoshima castle tower started a long meeting, and it was talked about the sun going down, and even the dinner was casually solved by eating a few rice balls of sushi during the meeting.
Just when Xiao Lotian and they were meeting, there was a skirmish in the castle town, and the cause of the incident was actually because of Noheita and Hyotaro.
Xiao Letian came to Japan this time, and he didn't bring Xiao Hexin and Luo Huo, but only brought Noheita and Hyotaro and more than 100 Japanese sword drawing team members, and of course, the personal guard group led by Long Ye.
Xiao Lotian will not have a problem secretly entering Kagoshima under the protection of the Dragon Lord, and then he gave the sword drawing team a small vacation, allowing them to wander around the port and castle towns, but they can't go out of the city.
The group of sword-drawing team members had long been suffocated, and one by one they changed into long-lost kimonos and stuffed their waists with silver coins, and rushed into the city to enjoy themselves in style.
Taverns, casinos, brothels...... Everywhere there were sword drawers, and the merchants of Kagoshima were stunned for a moment, and they strangely noticed the difference between this group of samurai.
The first impression is that there is money, there is no one who spends copper coins, all of them are the latest silver coins of the Ryukyus, and there is no merchant in the world who does not like to use absolute hard currency.
Another characteristic is that they are bald, and everyone abandons the traditional hairstyle of the samurai, and their hair is shaved cleanly and more than a monk.
The last point is even more suspicious, how did this group of samurai wear silk kimonos? Isn't this a dress that only daimyo is qualified to wear?
Gradually, some well-intentioned people began to connect to find out the identities of these people, and many skirmishes occurred.
Noheita and Hyotaro were drinking sake at a tavern by the window at this time, and there were two Japanese geisha with pale faces playing and singing, and the low table was full of the best signature dishes in the tavern, and the guests around them were desperately swallowing.
Japanese favorites such as tuna sushi, spiny lobster, bonito with slapata, mountain and river pickles, squid roe, grilled eel, precious brown sugar sweets, and ...... This meal brings together almost everything you can find in the market.
But to the surprise of the geisha, the two samurai in front of them were still not satisfied, and many dishes were given to them after only two or three chopsticks, which made them really flattered, how could there be such generous guests on weekdays.
Originally, when the two samurai ordered, the boss didn't dare to give it, he thought he had met a bully meal, but a stack of silver silver Ryukyu silver coins was auctioned out, and the boss left and knelt on the ground to apologize, and then the famous dishes like the flowing water table were served up.
Noheita and Hyotaro have had a big meal in Europe with the prime minister, and they have eaten a dazzling variety of cuisines in the Qing Kingdom, and they have long been uninterested in these simple dishes, and they actually sighed at one meal.
"I miss the delicacies of the Qing Dynasty so much! Only that rich country is willing to use precious oil to stir-fry vegetables, how much food must be wasted...... But the fat tastes so good!" Hyotaro took a sip of sake, and only the boiled abalone in front of him still slightly satisfied his appetite.
"Nani? You've only been following your father for two years, and your appetite is so bad? Have you forgotten what you looked like when you were messing with Evil Hachiro? You can eat a white rice ball, and you want to cry with happiness, after the bloody battle of Naha, the prime minister held a banquet, and your kid ate twelve black plum rice balls, and you forgot about it?"
Hyotaro thought about it, shook his head and sighed, "It's like a dream......" But before he finished speaking, he heard chaos on the street outside.
"Baga, the damned wild samurai didn't make way for the sergeant?who gave you the right to wear silk? you're looking for death......" There was a sound of a knife unsheathed as he spoke.
"Nani?" Hyotaro and Noheita knocked down the low table, leaning against the window and looking out, only to find that the squad leader Toranosuke still had four or five soldiers, who had been surrounded by more than a dozen samurai, and more than a dozen swords were pointed at Toranosuke, and the swordsmen were leaning against each other's shoulders and backs, and their eyes were full of fierce light.
"Damn, if you don't kneel down and beg for mercy after you collide with the sergeant, do you dare to resist?
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