Of course, many of these schemes, Jing Yisun Erlang can't say everything, and Lin Hongnian can't know it.

But no matter what, Isunojiro sent the real Meiji Emperor to Nagasaki.

Even if Isun Jiro explained, Lin Hongnian still didn't believe it: "Except for the Matsudaira Dingjing you said, who else can prove that he is the original crown prince himself?" ”

Jing Yisun Erlang was anxious, and explained by himself for a long time, if this Lord Lin still didn't believe it, it would be in vain. He hurriedly swore an oath: "Lord Hayashi, my father and I swear in the name of Amaterasu and the ancestors of the Ii family that this is really the crown prince of Emperor Akihito. The Meiji Emperor in the Kyoto Imperial Palace today was an impostor from the Choshu and Shikoku domains. Lord Hayashi, according to the information revealed by Matsudaira Dingkei, it was the soldiers of the Choshu Domain who killed Emperor Akihito and wanted to control the crown prince, but he did not expect to be taken away by Matsudaira Dingkei, and they also burned down a temple in order to destroy the corpse. If you don't believe me, you can ask Muhito himself. You can also find some people from Kyoto who have seen Muhito in the imperial palace to confirm whether he is the crown prince or not. ”

Saying this, Lin Hongnian already had some belief that this young man was really that Muren. After all, finding a fake crown prince to hand over to himself would not do the shogunate any good, but it would really benefit them. Thinking about this, Lin Hongnian was secretly happy in his heart. With this hole card, it is more convenient to control Japan.

Therefore, Lin Hongnian directly asked Isunon Jiro: "Since it is your Japanese crown prince himself, that is, the current Meiji Emperor, why did you send him to Nagasaki?" Why don't you go to Edo, which is your shogunate? ”

Jing Yisun Erlang replied directly enough: "Lord Lin, the little father arranged it like this. Hayashi-sama can also think that the emperor is just an ornament for our shogunate. With this ornament, no matter who it is, of course, it is best that this ornament can be turned into a pure wooden person and not much to do. As you know, the Emperor is the symbol of Japan, and it is only fitting that my father would give you the symbol of Japan in order to show his sincerity to your country. I hope to help your country and the Kyushu Domain quickly take control of the Kansai region. As for the rest, my father didn't say much, and the little ones didn't know. ”

In fact, the Chinese Empire could have sent a minister to Edo a long time ago, but it never did, but in fact caused Hayashi Hongnian of Nagasaki to take care of it. In desperation, Izusun Jiro could only send people to Nagasaki, and by the way, show goodwill, hoping that the Chinese Empire would firmly send troops to completely defeat the anti-shogunate army. Of course, the most important thing was to sign a new contract with the Chinese Empire, explicitly not to conquer the Kanto region, so that the shogunate could completely rule the Kanto region.

Lin Hongnian didn't think about it so much, he only thought that this matter would be handled the same as the matter of the cession of Kansai, and he would report back to Shengjing first for the emperor to decide.

At the same time, more than 30,000 people led by Prince Chihito and Katsura Kogoro were halfway through the retreat to Kyoto Castle, but were attacked and hindered by the remnants of Aizu, who had fled from Kyoto and served the shogunate, and when they retreated to Nagaoka, twenty miles southwest of Kyoto Castle, they were attacked by the shogunate reinforcements from Osaka, the 40,000 shogunate coalition troops led by the old middle Itakura Katsutsuhizo and the tens of thousands of troops loyal to the shogunate in the original Osaka area.

The anti-shogunate army suffered thousands of casualties, but the shogunate army suffered greater losses, but the main general, Itakura Katsushine, did not care about the casualties of his men and attacked desperately, and despite the actual advantage of the battle, the anti-shogunate army retreated to Kyoto Castle in disarray. In the confusion, Prince Chihito led hundreds of men to flee in the direction of Nara in the southeast, and only Kogoro Katsura led the anti-shogunate army to the outside of Kyoto.

At this moment, in Kyoto City, people are already panicked and panicked.

Katsura Kogoro had just entered the city with his bloodstained body in tow, and Iwakura Gushi, the agreement of the new imperial court, led people to greet him.

Originally, in the new imperial court formed by the entire anti-shogunate faction, Katsura Kogoro, Takasugi Shinsaku, and he Iwakura Gushi formed an alliance and became the de facto core of power and took control of the new dynasty. And the so-called Taisei Minister and President Prince Chihito, Vice President Mori Kei and Yamauchi Toyonobu have actually been controlled by the three of them, and they are just puppets that have been pushed out to cover people's eyes. Therefore, with Katsura Kogoro leading his troops to Osaka, and Takasugi Shinsaku personally sending an envoy to Nagasaki, Iwakura Gushi was under great pressure to control the new dynasty alone.

It was not that he did not think of taking advantage of the absence of the two to directly seize power, but after thinking about it, the anti-shogunate faction united to establish a new imperial court to compete with the shogunate, and the Chinese Empire intervened. Now the situation is too critical, and at this time, infighting will only end well for everyone, plus Katsura Kogoro controls the feudal soldiers of the Choshu Domain, and that Takasugi Jinsaku has the same ideal of revitalizing Japan as himself, so he suppresses his thoughts and barely copes with it. Even, even the lord of the Choshu domain, Mori Keiko, and the lord of the Shikoku domain, Toyonobu Yamauchi, asked people to hint that they could join forces with him to deal with Katsura Kogoro and Takasugi Shinsaku, but Iwakura ignored them, but instead warned the two and extinguished their minds.

"Kogoro-kun, the situation is extremely critical!" Iwakura Gu didn't have time to be polite, and had a direct showdown: "Externally, the army of the Chinese Empire and the soldiers of the Kyushu Domain jointly sent troops, and divided into multiple routes to attack the Choshu Domain and the Shikoku Domain in one fell swoop. The area around Shubo Yamaguchi and Ogijo, the core garrisons of the Choshu Domain, had been captured by his 20,000 troops, and Kochi Castle, the Tosa Domain's office on Shikoku Island, had been conquered by a coalition of the Capture Army and the Kyushu Domain's soldiers. The warships of the Choshu and Shikoku domains were also destroyed by their Oriental fleets, and the entire sea was completely blocked by the Chinese Empire. Most importantly, even the westward return from Kyoto to the Choshu Domain was intercepted by a 20,000-strong elite army of the Chinese Empire, and our connection with the Choshu Domain was severed. Now I don't know what to do, I can only hope that Jin Zuojun's side can negotiate with the envoy of the Chinese Empire and let the Chinese Imperial army retreat! ”

"And internally, the whole of Kyoto and even Japan are also in turmoil. Although the two feudal lords of the Choshu domain and the Shikoku domain are controlled by us, they are ready to fight back at any time. In addition, there was news from Nagasaki that the real little emperor Muhito had appeared, and he was found by the people of the shogunate and sent to Nagasaki by the son of the shogunate elder, Izusunjiro, and the fact that our conspiracy to poison Emperor Akihito and the current Emperor Meiji was a fake was revealed. The city of Kyoto was already in shambles, and even the samurai began to flee secretly. ”

Katsura Kogoro was taken aback!

He only knew that the Chinese Empire had sent troops before, and although he knew that he would definitely be defeated, he never expected that it would be defeated so completely and quickly! In just a few days, the situation has deteriorated to such an extent! How else can this revitalize Japan and make the country strong?

At this moment, Katsura Kogoro suddenly felt so powerless! At the same time, there is a deep humiliation of being fooled.

Since the army of the Chinese Empire is so powerful, why do you still play like yourself and directly send troops to conquer Japan. Mr. Loss and himself, the benevolent fighters, still want to work hard for the strength and development of Japan, and also have disputes with the shogunate, all of this has become a joke!

Moreover, it was a roof leak that happened to rain overnight. Their new dynasty also began to become unstable internally, but at this time, that damn Muren reappeared.

Damn it! It was a big mistake to stop Takasugi Shinsaku from poisoning the emperor and putting the lord of Choshu under house arrest in the first place!

His mouth was full of bitterness.

"Kogoro-kun, can you tell me what to do? What happened to Jin Zuojun, why is there no news at all? Iwakura asked again urgently.

He was really anxious. The situation today is no worse than now, and all of this seems to be saved by only one thing, and that is the retreat of the Chinese Empire. Otherwise, they could only lead some anti-shogunists to escape, and staying in Kyoto would only be a dead end. But this is Kyoto, which was just occupied, and it is the capital of Japan, and they fled without a fight, and after that, where will they still have a foothold, and he can imagine that the people of all Japan will accuse them, and they will not be able to raise their heads for the rest of their lives.

What's more, even if they escape, it is not known how many anti-curtain soldiers will follow them. After all, as soon as the rumors of their death of the emperor spread, I am afraid that the samurai and people of Japan will be punished as soon as possible.

The only lifesaver was for Takasugi Shinsaku to convince the Chinese Empire to withdraw their troops.

"Jin Zuo's side, didn't you hear from you either?" Gui Xiaogoro shook his head: "I'm afraid it's just wishful thinking on the part of Jin Saku." The Chinese people have never thought of negotiating with us or anything like that, and they have not even taken a fancy to us. They were willing to negotiate with the shogunate, but they only saw the weakness of the shogunate, or they just confused us and the shogunate into killing each other. ”

Iwakura collapsed to the ground in despair, his only hope shattered, and this result made him extremely depressed. In fact, it was also because he was under too much psychological pressure, and when the six gods were without a master, he would fantasize about being able to solve it through Takasugi Shinsaku's negotiation. Now that he has come to his senses, this is nothing more than delusion.

The rest is how to find a way to survive for yourself.