In the third year of Bunkyu (1863), the Battle of Shimonoseki broke out more than a year earlier, and the British, Buddha, and Mi combined forces defeated Choshu. The Choshu Domain, which was in deep trouble, had no choice but to send Yoshida Jufang to intervene.

At the suggestion of Takanaga Saigo in the Satsuma Domain, he came to the White Lord in October to find Naohide for help. But to Yoshida's surprise, Naohide didn't have any trouble with this, and agreed to help solve it.

Seeing this, Yoshida and Saigo glanced at each other, and then the two of them bowed solemnly:

"Straight show, we still have a reluctant request, look forward to it."

"It's endless, isn't it?"

Zhixiu was so angry that he was going to die, but given that these two goods were both masterpieces, he had to be patient to see what kind of moths he could have.

"In July of the first year of Wanyeon (1860), the covenant was broken......

It turned out that Yoshida was talking about a secret:

When the incident outside the Sakurada Gate occurred, the shogunate boss Ii was stabbed to death, and Fuso was nervous afterwards, and the princes thought that the shogunate would take the opportunity to make a big move, so they took action to protect themselves.

At the same time, the people of the various feudal clans also strengthened their ties, and Choshu's Katsura Kogoro, Matsushima Tsuyozo, and Mito's Nishimaru Obito swore that Mito would "break" first, and then Choshu would "complete" - that is, the Mito people would make trouble first, and then the "warriors" of Choshu would take over.

In nature, it was a spontaneous action, a conspiracy between the middle and lower level samurai of several feudal domains, and it had nothing to do with the high-level governance of each domain.

This Western powerhouse bullied Fuso, and there were many people who couldn't get used to seeing the shogunate swallowing their anger, especially the hot-blooded young samurai, and if you didn't support it at that time, you were embarrassed to say hello to others when you went out.

As for the breaking of the covenant, it was such an action carried out by a few "people with lofty ideals".

As a result, there was no result, and the Mito people continued to toss, but Choshu did not make any big moves, and it seemed that the broken covenant would be over.

Hearing this, Naohide seemed to understand what Yoshida was going to say.

As expected, Yoshida went on to say:

Although there was no substantial progress in breaking the covenant, the wildfires in Choshu flourished.

In December last year, Takasugi Haru, the leader of the younger generation in Choshu, took twelve little brothers and burned down the British Mansion under construction on Shinagawa Gotenyama.

Saigo Takanaga was dumbfounded when he heard it:

"At that time, the shogunate was in Edo, but no suspects were caught, so it turned out that your kid did it!

We've both hooked up, and you haven't said it all over again. ”

Yoshida didn't care what Naohide and Saigo's reaction was, anyway, he continued vigorously, and it seemed that he was holding back hard.

Yoshida Jufang in this world, instead of being punished for stealing the black ship of the rice people, was a blessing in disguise, and was protected by Shimota Tanan, the master of Shimoda at the time, not to mention, after being sent to the northern land, he was "lucky" to be stuffed by Naohide on the ship to England.

After three years of studying abroad in 1855-1858, Yoshida returned to Fuso.

Now it seems that Naoxiu's bad taste has finally worked:

Now Yoshida is obviously wrong, this talk of pouting straight lips, but the original pioneer of the slaughter dislikes the use of force, this obviously has a story.

Sure enough, what followed was Yoshida's gushing lamentation, how the students were stupid, how the Choshu samurai were stubborn, and so on, and the air was filled with an atmosphere that made Naohide happy—it's not good to be a prophet, and you know my pain this time.

But Yoshida then turned around and talked about his innovative ideas:

"A nation that provides for many people to do useless work will never be able to prosper......

To allow such conditions to be preserved and to hope for the progress of the kingdom would be as foolish and unforesighted as seeing the world's rivers rushing to the ocean day and night, waiting for the ocean to dry up. ”

Hearing this, Naoxiu's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide, this is Robert? Owen's point of view, Yoshida, what did you learn at Thames!

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Turning stiffly to Saigo, sure enough, the fat white man nodded straight there.

With the idea of what if, Naohide asked Saigo:

"Are you familiar with Owen's thoughts?"

Saigo looked back in surprise, meaning that there is still no need to ask, Owen also conducted experiments in the new Harmony of Yoneju, what a famous person.

Well, you win.

Naohide never dreamed that he would have this effect by sending Yoshida and Saigo overseas, and it seems that there are two social changemakers?

It's not surprising if you think about it, originally Saigo was later a famous politician for people's livelihood, and although Yoshida died early, he was also the first to put forward the hope that wealthy businessmen and farmers were Fuso, and now these two have opened their eyes early, so no matter how radical they are, there is nothing wrong.

So, Naohide finally understood, Yoshida said a lot, in fact, there is only one theme, the royal family, the shogunate, and the princes are all nonsense, to build a new Fuso, these people can't count on it, and the future can only rely on the awakened people.

And Saigo and his opinion are the same, as early as last year, the two hooked up in Edo, and now they are silently accumulating strength in their respective feudal countries, and they are ready to do a big job next!

"You are talking to me about this, why are you not afraid that I will expose it to your master?"

Of course not afraid.

Not to mention that these two were sent overseas by Naoxiu, even if Naoxiu did these things in the Northland, can a serious person do it?

There were also a group of students from the Northland who studied abroad with these two back then, and they have not broken contact with each other over the years, so the changes in the Northland are in the eyes of these two caring people.

What outsiders see is the Northland's forge ahead, and what these two see through the clues is the wolf's ambition:

All the people are soldiers to deal with Lucia, maybe, but those who have strength have privileges, and this iron cannon is sent down, and the people and townspeople can still be honest and obedient as in the past?

Moreover, what kind of "same-footedness" is actually to eliminate the difference in status and equalize rights, who can be deceived by this?

Both of them had eaten and seen it, and as soon as they thought about it, they knew that there might be ghosts in it.

Zhixiu shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this explanation, the fish released became sperm by itself, it was really terrible!

But Naoxiu wondered, you two only met last year, why did you hook up so quickly?

Speaking of which, it's actually very simple, it's just like-minded.

In October last year, Tsunaki Hashimoto, the confidant of the shogunate elder Keinaga, when he came back, didn't Naohide hold a reception banquet for him, and Yoshida and Saigo were present at that time.

After this acquaintance, they are also famous outsiders, and they want to work together to do things, so they have to move around; After walking around, these are all cultural people, so it is logical to talk about some knowledge with each other.

Don't be in a hurry to talk about this, the two of them found that each other was familiar with Western doctrines, which is not normal - although since the founding of Fusang in the first year of Anzheng (1854), Lanxue has flourished in the world, but you know so much about overseas scenery, as if you have seen it with your own eyes, isn't it a trouble.

Both of them were suspicious, so they went back and probed each other.

It doesn't matter if you check this one, you found that the other party has three years of experience in studying in all directions, and as for where you traveled, you don't know where you are.

This resume seems familiar, and the two pondered, could it be that the other party was the same as their own, and they had also secretly gone abroad?

So, with such a question, the two got closer to each other, and even later accompanied the head of the family to Shangluo did not delay the communication between the two parties.

In March of the third year of Bunjiu (1863), after Iemao went to Luo, the royal family, the ministers, the shogunate, and the princes, plus the courtiers and ronins of each family, were dancing wildly, and there was a miasma.

Matsudaira Keiyong and Shimazu Qibin saw that they couldn't do anything, so they withdrew early, Qi Bin returned to his hometown, and Keiyong returned to Edo, and they all slipped away; And the treacherous and cunning Maori Qingqin also let the prince Dingguang stay and run back to Changzhou.

The minister followed the lord, the head of the family left, Yoshida and Saigo had to follow closely, but before they parted, at the last party, the two formed an alliance.

At the time, Yoshida was drunk

Wild Song:

“……

The faint and turbid world is independent, and the blood of righteous indignation surges.

The powerful only know the proud family, and there is really no one in the country;

The gate valve knows how to boast of wealth, and the society thinks about it!

The sage sees the decline of the country, and the fool still dances in the world.

The rise and fall of chaos is like a dream, and the world is like chess!

……”

Saigo also drank too much, and he sang along with Yoshida:

“……

I wish to stop the tragedy of the commotion, and you must know that anger is not cheering.

There are thousands of roads in the world, and there are no ups and downs in being a fool. ”

But at the end, the two sang in unison, and they were both taken aback.

It turns out that although this song is widely circulated, the last sentence of the common version is "The three-foot sword in the palm of my generation is purifying the foolish with blood", only a few people know that the original version should be "willing to be a fool without ups and downs".

At that time, it was not easy for Northland students to study abroad, either because they were discriminated against, or because they saw that the gap was too big and they were very hit. In order to motivate these students, Naohide copied "The Song of the Showa Restoration" to encourage them, but Naohide felt that the last sentence of the original work was too extreme, so he changed it to the dogtail continuation mink.

But later, I don't know which one accidentally spread it, and now it is actually popular in Fusang - because it is impassioned, and it is especially suitable for the situation that Fusang is oppressed by foreign enemies today, so today's people with lofty ideals love to sing.

But the last sentence, everyone doesn't like the version made by Naoxiu, so some gods have to change it back!

This is like a code, since you know the original, it must have something to do with the Northland, so Yoshida Jufang and Saigo Takanaga looked at each other and smiled:

"Dead ghost, you didn't say it earlier."

However, neither of them said anything about it, but they made an offensive and defensive alliance, and swore to support each other's innovation in the domain.

Because of this, after Choshu was defeated by the Combined Fleet of the Three Kingdoms, Yoshida dared to go to Kagoshima for help - if you have an internal response, you will have confidence.

And Saigo only thinks that Naohide can settle this matter because he saw Takemae Toranosuke's luxury when he was in Yonesu, so he felt:

"620,000 pounds, which is equivalent to only 3 million US dollars, even if Zhixiu can't handle foreigners, I'm afraid he can find a way to lend this money. It's just a bit time-consuming and laborious. ”

If Naohide wanted to know that Saigo thought so, he would have to turn his face on the spot, 620,000 pounds is nearly five tons of gold, and other people's money is not money!

Of course, compared with Naoxiu's diligence and thrift (small belly chicken intestines), Saigo is much more atmospheric:

"Since Yoshida and himself are going to take refuge in Naoxiu, if Naohide really has the world in mind, then he will definitely come to the rescue. As for how to save it, that's a matter of Zhixiu, just know that people have this ability, don't you get tired after thinking too much. ”

Moreover, the two brothers discussed it on the ship, because the innovation of Choshu and Satsuma was very slow, so in addition to saving Choshu from fire and water, Naohide also had to provide other assistance to support their activities in the domain.

Since Naohide agreed to help Changzhou, he passed the test of these two, so Yoshida and Saigo kept talking and began to sell the feudal domain to seek Fuso Zhongxing.

Hearing the end, Zhixiu Quan understood, thanks to these two people who have made great progress after returning from studying abroad, and now they are already sad about the world, and they feel that the north is where the hope lies, so they went to the pole and ran to come.

Zhixiu couldn't cry or laugh, but it was useless to just talk about this kind of thing, if you want to rest assured of each other, there will be more arrangements in the back.

So, he hurriedly sent someone to invite Okubo from Hakokan, and this collusion had to be done by professionals.

It's October now, and after the Battle of Shimonoseki, the foreigners persecuted the shogunate in mid-July, and it's been almost three months, and it is estimated that the negotiations are about to see results.

Although Naohide dealt with it before, but now Yoshida came to ask for help, and it seems that he can only go to Edo in person. After stuffing the duo who came to take refuge (as a father) to Okubo and others, Naohide hurriedly boarded the ship and set sail.