Later generations summarized the main forces of the Shogunate faction in the Fuso Meiji Restoration Movement: Choshu Domain, Satsuma Domain, Hizen Domain, and Tosa Domain, because they were so powerful that they were called the Four Great Domains of the end of the Edo period, and were referred to as "Sacho Tohi".

Among them, Choshu was the first to do it in the early days, Satsuma became the main force and vanguard of the curtain after discovering that the combination of public and military forces could not be realized, and the middle and lower class samurai of Tosa have been silently pushing the curtain down, and Hizen only showed his true face after discovering the general trend, but because of his strong strength, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The "Three Heroes of the Restoration" are Okubo Ritsu, Kido Takayoshi, and Saigo Takamori, and the "Restoration Sanxiong" are Sakamoto Ryoma, Takasugi Shinsaku, and Katsukaishu, among which Saigo Takamori and Okubo Ritsu are the characters that Naohide wants to make friends with this time in Satsuma.

In the future, Saigo Takamori traveled to all sides as the diplomatic representative of the Satsuma Domain in the early stage, strategizing and uniting the forces of the Shogunate, and after the official start of the Shogunate War, he participated in the battle as the military representative of Satsuma, and was the de facto military commander of the Takeshi Clan, the nominal commander of the Imperial Court. After the success of the Restoration, he served as Field Marshal and Governor of the Guards, and was the first military person in the early Restoration government.

At the same time, Okubo Ritsu was the head of the feudal government, actively developing the strength of Satsuma, and at the climax of the fall of the shogunate, Uekyoto was one of the key figures in promoting the development of the situation, and after the establishment of the Restoration government, because Kido Takayoshi was sick, Ohisa became the de facto administrative director of the Restoration government as the secretary of the interior. Later generations called him the first statesman of the early Meiji Restoration and the "Bismarck of the East".

The mountain is not me, I will go to the mountain. Although Mr. Ito drove Naohide out, he took a ladder to step down, and Naohide could visit them under the pretext of asking Mr. Ito's disciples to submit an apology.

Saigo Takamori is now called Saigo Takasaka, in the last year officially Yuanfu, Okubo Ritsu has not yet Yuanfu, now the young name is Ichizo, the two houses are only separated by one street, and the two children are very good.

On this afternoon, four people came to the house of Saigo Kuro Takamori in Shimokajiya Town, claiming to be visiting Saigo Takaeiden, and the name stab was signed by Naohide Edobori and his companions.

Saigo Takayong is only fifteen years old this year, two years ago, he has a deep and generous personality, and he is very popular with the younger generation in the neighborhood, but he is usually rarely visited by outsiders, so he is very curious to come out to greet him.

During the Edo period, the average height of men was 1.58 meters, and the average height of women was 1.38 meters, and Takanaga was already 5 feet 3 inches (165 cm), taller than the average adult, and looked majestic and dignified.

After entering the yashiki and sitting in the greetings, Takanaga asked about Naohide's intentions, and Naohide smiled bitterly and told the story of his being kicked out by Mr. Ito, although the accents of Edo and Kagoshima were very different, Naohide's voice was full of emotion, and the plot was vivid and twisty, and Takanaga couldn't help but laugh after hearing it.

Because of the vigorous management of Shimazu Shigehiro, the eighth head of the Satsuma Domain, the relationship between the shogunate and the Satsuma Shimazu family was greatly eased, although at this time, the old family office Hirogo was engaged in the illegal smuggling of China-Naha-Kyushu Island, but where did the corporal of the Satsuma Domain know about this, so the hospitable Takanaga was relatively enthusiastic, and agreed to help deliver the letter of apology.

Naohide breathed a sigh of relief, in this era, the principle of morality is important, if he has a misunderstanding with the teachers of Saigo and Okubo, it is not easy for them to be close to themselves as students.

Naohide, who was relaxed, observed the situation of the Saigo family, and it seemed that it was okay now, basically the same as an ordinary samurai family, the old stacking was cleaned up, and it was not at all like the poor appearance of the Saigo family when they had seven children, but the furniture was old, and it could be seen that they were not rich.

In order to express his gratitude, Naohide hopes to be able to feast Takanaga, but Takanaga waves his hand and doesn't care, but he is more interested in the books on agriculture and orchidology that Naohide mentioned to Mr. Ito, and wants to see it. Zhixiu couldn't ask for it, and the two read and discussed, so comfortable.

At this time, the content of the Satsuma Domain's Shoshikan was mainly Zhuzixue, but in recent years, there have been continuous attacks by Nanban ships, and the deceased eighth-generation head of the family, Shimazu Shigehiro, likes Rangaku, so the Zoshikan also teaches some of the contents of Rangaku.

Saigo Takayong was very interested in agricultural books, and Naohide answered the puzzled points one by one, and the two sides became more and more harmonious. At this moment, the three of Murata Yongmin, who had taken the time to leave, came back, and Naohide explained that he was not familiar with Kagoshima and could not find a suitable izakaya, so he hoped to eat some local specialties at Saigo's house, and asked Takanon-kun to bear with him.

Saigo was a man of all the world, and although his family was not wealthy, he was not sensitive to money, so he was not polite, and beckoned the maid to help - yes, at this time the Saigo family also hired a servant.

Because he sat all afternoon, he was not a stranger, and Saigo's mother, grandparents, and younger siblings also came out to help.

Xixiang's third brother was just born this year, and the child is powdery and jade, which is very cute, and Naohide also took out various gifts to distribute, and the scene was very lively. Speaking of which, Saigo is indeed extraordinary, and the average samurai pay attention to face or something, and politeness is inevitable, but Saigo's natural self-confidence, generousness, and sincerity, no matter what he does, you feel that it is natural and magnificent.

The food was bought by Yongmin and Zhixiu's two students, and Zhixiu told him that Xixiang was not an ordinary person to be treated seriously, Yongmin's eyes were very poisonous, and the things he bought back were very much in line with Zhixiu's thoughts.

Satsuma Black Pork Tsuki (black pork), taisaura (hairtail), tuna, Sakurajima Odori (large radish), potatoes, pickles, honshochu (taro yaki), Taibai sesame oil, Taixiang sesame oil (white sesame oil baked and ground at low temperature), Chiran tea (green tea), and many more.

Many of the lower-level samurai don't pay much attention to it.,The wife and children have to work at home.,So after a while, everyone gets busy.,Naohide is afraid that it won't be able to do well.,Let Toranosuke、Gakujiro do it.,It's called helping to be the head chef.。

After a while, fried potato chips and fried saury were presented, and the aroma was overflowing, and Saigo observed Naohide, and saw that Naohide had no contempt for his younger siblings fighting over food, and he was very satisfied with him. Saigo's family didn't even have enough coffee tables, so it was normal to gather around food, but in the samurai families who paid attention to etiquette, they despised this kind of behavior very much.

"Zhixiu's parents passed away when he was young, and it was the help of neighbors who were able to get food and clothing, and it was more important to live than to be decent." ”

Saigo thinks so, Saigo's father is a small head of the mountain royal survey square, a small leader in charge of tax collection, usually a little extra money, the corporal of the old investigation office Guangxiang is thrifty and honest, and the clanging is poor, jingling, and usually helping poor relatives and neighbors, so he is very supportive of Naoxiu's simple attitude to life. But at the same time, he is also a little curious about Naoxiu's identity, dressed neatly but not luxuriously, looking at the hands is still very big, I don't know what the origin is.

The old man and the children were eating happily, and the head of the family, Saigo Takamori, came back, and Naohide hurriedly greeted him, saying that he was a friend of Takasaka, "Come to visit, please disturb me." ”

Yes, Saigo Takamori's father is also called Saigo Takamori, which starts with a misunderstanding: after the victory of the Battle of Toba Fushimi in 1868, the imperial court was rewarded for meritorious deeds, when Saigo was commanding the battle on the front line, and fellow countryman Yoshii Yumi signed up for him, but accidentally registered his name as "Saigo Takamori", and after the imperial court decree was promulgated, Saigo changed his name to "Saigo Takamori".

Xixiang's father, as the small leader of the tax collector, usually eats and drinks a lot, likes to drink two sips, and is very happy to see the excitement at home, beckoning everyone to sit down and hurry up to serve the food.

Coupled with the four of Zhixiu, there were not enough tableware at home, Xixiang beckoned his younger brothers and sisters to borrow it from the neighbor's house, and everyone happily opened the banquet, and Zhixiu also accompanied Xixiang's father and son to drink and laugh.

It was already winter, so the sliding doors were closed, and during the banquet, a young samurai came in, saw a stranger in the house, and turned to leave.

Saigo said "unaccompanied" and chased him out. After a while, Saigo pulled the boy back, and after sitting down, he introduced Naohide, "This is my friend Okubo Ichizo", Naohide hurriedly saluted, Okubo returned the salute silently, and then ate silently.

In his previous life, Naohide heard a rumor that Okubo's family was not good, although his father was also a corporal, but unlike Saigo's father, who could have some extra money as a tax collector, his mother was frail and sickly, and his three younger sisters were still young, so when Okubo was hungry, he would silently walk into Saigo's house at the meal, and Saigo would share food with him, and Okubo would walk home silently after eating quietly, without making a sound during the period.

The future Okubo has a strong self-esteem and never loses his temper in front of people, and it is said that when he was assassinated and died, he insisted on sitting up with a heavy responsibility, and it is estimated that his sensitive self-esteem was cultivated by the experience of poverty in his childhood.

Naoxiu eyebrows smiled, the heroes of the world entered my middle school, in fact, Saigo and Murata Yongmin are the same, they should eat and drink, and their ideas are extremely correct at the critical moment, Xiao En Xiaoli is useless, and Okubo is even more arrogant, this is a character who takes the world as his own responsibility, as long as anything in his way will be kicked away by him.

Anyway, Naoxiu is on the side of these two today, and in the future, the dead face will also be friends, heroes, is there a lack of pendants on his legs?

Coming out of Edo, Naohide traveled to a quarter of Fuso, and what he saw was a poor country, and the location of each feudal domain looked like a town in a previous life, which was really disappointing. At this time, there is still a bustling city like Edo and Osaka, and the countryside seen during the journey is really like the African countryside in the previous life, with mud houses, no light, and not one or two children running bare-buttocks.

The more roads you take, the more lost Naoxiu becomes, and Fusang, who can't even produce a screw, is it destined to take a bumpy road?

Today, I saw two of the three heroes of the Restoration, and these two in the future generations are earth-shaking figures, and hope is pinned on you. When Saigo and Okubo were still unknown, some people commented, "Saigo is flawed gold and jade, and Okubo is flawless silver jade." "Today I made a promise with straight hair and ruthlessly, what is there to give, Xixiang, you have no time to be good, you also try to impact the gold and jade for a long time, the ratio of gold and silver is one to fifteen, I don't believe it, with you two fierce people and me hanging on this hanging, how can you make up a big beard."

Naohide was dreaming there, and Okubo was full, bowed slightly, and left silently. Saigo and Naohide looked at each other and smiled bitterly, Saigo couldn't do anything with Okubo, and Naohide was a broken dream.