"Spontaneous action motivated by righteous indignation?" Emperor Meiji was furious when he heard this, "Kawajiqing, as the chief of police, is this how you control your subordinates?" Don't you know what these guys' stupid deeds have brought to me and to Japan by defending their actions in the aftermath? ”

The emperor's reprimand immediately caused Kawaji Toshira's face to turn red and his head hung lower.

As for the consequences of the actions of the "Tokyo Lions" being made public to the world by Saigo Takamori in the form of a seal, Kawaji Toshi's conscience knows very well. On the one hand, he was angry that Nakahara Nadao and others were arrested for acting secretly, and on the other hand, he hated Saigo Takamori, who was clever and spicy in retreating.

"Okubo, I'd like to hear your opinion on this matter." The emperor did not reprimand Kawaji Toshira again, but turned to Okubo Toshitsu and asked.

Seeing the emperor's question, the eyes of all the ministers were focused on Okubo Ritsu.

Okubo Toshitsu turned his head, looked at the emperor, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, just now Chief Kawaji has explained that the assassin acted spontaneously, or he had a personal vendetta against Saigo Yoshinosuke, and the government did not issue such an order, and this matter has nothing to do with the government and His Majesty. ”

"Okubo, do you think it's okay to put the blame on those assassins?" Emperor Meiji listened to Okubo Ritsu's words easily, and his anger became even stronger, and he slowly stood up from the throne.

"Do you think that Xixiang Qing's seal doesn't need you to reply?" Emperor Meiji said angrily, "Do you think that by putting the blame on the Assassins, you can convince the world?" ”

Okubo Ritsu lowered his head, and Yamaguchi noticed that his fists began to clench, obviously angry and frightened inside, and couldn't help but secretly laugh.

Although Yama Prefecture and Okubo are allies, they are in step with each other in many things, and they advance and retreat together, but for Okubo Ritatsu's personality, Yama Prefecture Aritomo is very contemptuous.

Okubo Ritsu can be so vicious to his friend Saigo Takamori, who fought side by side in the past, and whoever cooperates with him, who is not careful?

But at this time, Yama Prefecture has a tomo who knows that now he needs Okubo Ritsu very much, and he must not let Saigo Takamori's counterattack succeed this time!

"Your Majesty, whether the world is convinced or not, look at the facts." Okubo Ritsu calmed down and said, "Saigo Yoshinosuke is clearly retiring in Kagoshima, but he is actually recruiting troops and accumulating strength, and this time he is asking for guilt, which is clearly to revoke grievances, but it is actually to blame the government, so as to tarnish the reputation of the government." Your Majesty must investigate this. ”

Hearing Okubo Ritsu's words of defense, Okuma Shigenobu couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart.

"Okubo, I ask you, if it weren't for the assassins, there wouldn't be Saigo-qing's seal, would there's it?" Despite Okubo's extremely clever defense, Emperor Meiji was obviously not so easy to fool, and he paced in front of Okubo Ritsu, looked directly at Okubo's face, and asked in a deep voice, "If it weren't for the stupidity of the assassins, how could there be this seal?" Now that the corporal clan in the world is looking at me, how do you want me to reply to Xixiangqing? Do you want to make the world the opposite? ”

"The people of the world may not be against it, but the minister dares to guarantee with his life, and he will be against Yoshinosuke of Saigo Yoshinosuke in the future!" Okubo Ritsu still said quietly, "Your Majesty must not fall for his tricks!" ”

"In my opinion, Okubo Qing acted like this, I'm afraid that Saigo Qing will rebel tomorrow!" Emperor Meiji sneered.

Hearing the emperor's cold laughter, Okubo Ritsu actually shuddered.

Okubo Ritsu looked up just in time to see Emperor Meiji turn around and walk towards his throne.

Looking at the emperor's thin back, Okubo seemed to understand something, and his forehead couldn't help but ooze sweat.

This originally cowardly young man has really changed dramatically now......

At this moment, just when Okubo Ritsu was terrified, Ito Hirobumi looked at Emperor Meiji's gaze, but he was full of relief.

"If Xixiang dares to rebel, the minister is willing to personally lead the army to crusade and take his head to dedicate it." Youpeng of Shan County said suddenly.

The words of Youpeng in Shan County were like a shock, and as soon as his words came out, the hall immediately returned to a deathly silence.

"According to the Army's secret investigation, the Samos army is poorly equipped, lacks adequate training, and the discipline of the soldiers is very bad, and the combat effectiveness of these scum is negligible compared to the loyal soldiers who swear allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor and are armed with new guns!"

Hearing Yama Prefecture Aritomo boast about the combat effectiveness of the new Japanese army he created, Kido Takayoshi, Okuma Shigenobu, Ito Hirobumi, and Saionji Konozo all frowned.

Yama Youtomo was born in Shimokawashimasho, Hagijo, Choshu, and his family was a commoner, and his father was a warehouse assistant with a lower status than a foot soldier. There is a legend that when Yama Prefecture was a child, he was forced to apologize by lying on his stomach in the mud when he was walking in the heavy rain with a high-ranking sergeant and accidentally splashing muddy water on the skirt of the sergeant's kimono. At the age of 20, he entered Matsushita Village Juku, and at the age of 25, he became a military supervisor of the Odd Soldier Team and led the army to participate in the Shogunate War. After the Meiji Restoration began in Japan, Masajiro Omura, who was the head of the military department at the time, wanted to establish a new army, but was opposed by the nobles, and was seriously wounded and died in the second year of the Meiji era. His successor, Maehara Kassei who had been in the military department for less than a year, resigned. Yama Prefecture served as the Daisuke of the Ministry of War in the fourth year of the Meiji era (the reform of the official system in the fifth year of the Meiji era, and was renamed the Daisuke of the Army). After that, he rose to prominence and was promoted to lieutenant general and governor of the guards, becoming a key figure in the creation of Japan's new army.

In the fifth year of the Meiji era, Yamashiro Ya, a merchant of the Ministry of the Army, was suspected of receiving illegal financing from the Ministry of the Army from Yama Prefecture, and Yamashiro Ya committed suicide and Yamashiro was forced to resign. Two months later, however, Yama Prefecture was reinstated as Secretary of Army, because the government of the Sacho clan at the time believed that without Yama Prefecture Youtomo, Japan's efforts to create a new army would have slowed down. The government first established an unprecedented conscription system. Based on the experience of Aritomo Yamaguchi in the Odd Soldier Brigade and his study of the conscription systems of European countries, the Japanese government issued a conscription edict in the fifth year of the Meiji era. The edict and the edict issued at the same time criticized the old samurai class for "resisting the appearance and sitting on the food", pointing out that breaking the privileges of samurai status would achieve equality between the upper and lower levels and the unity of human rights, which was the basis for the "unity of soldiers and peasants". This view represents the common sentiment of the Restoration heroes who came from the lower ranks of the samurai.

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