On the choice of the goal of "conquering Taiwan" or "conquering Korea", Saigo Takamori strongly advocated the conquest of Korea, demanding that "the land of Korea be seized and owned by me, and the gate of the imperial kingdom will be Yongzhen." In order to promote the conquest of Korea, he even asked himself to appoint an envoy to North Korea and use diplomatic means to provoke North Korea.

Okubo Toshitsu and others, who held the opposite view with Saigo Takamori, believed that Japan should now focus on "internal governance" and first establish a modern state system and logistics system before it can launch foreign conquests.

Okubo Ritsu and Saigo Takamori were friends during the fall of the Curtain, but now they are sworn enemies in politics. In order to stop the conquest of South Korea, Okubo Toshitsu and others used a variety of political means to lobby everywhere. Yamaguchi Aritomo, who is also a representative of the military circles, also sided with Okubo Ritsu, because Yamaguchi Aritomo wanted to safeguard the interests of the new government army, as well as his own interests in political and military circles. Aritomo, a prefecture from Choshu, took full advantage of the conflict between Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshitsu to profit from it in order to elevate the position of the Choshu faction in the government.

Compared with Okubo Ritsu and Yamaguchi Aritomo, who are good at using strategy and skill, Saigo Takamori completely appeared in front of people at this time as a bright and upright hero and idol. He kept all his political work on the surface, hoping to impress the ministers and senators with his loyalty and fame, and that they would not betray the low-ranking samurai with whom he had fought. However, political struggle requires strategy, cunning, and ingenuity, and it is impossible to win this war of public and private interests and ideas by relying only on the words "above board." During the court discussion, the Saigo faction was finally defeated, and Saigo Takamori's desire to send an envoy to Korea and have the samurai conquer the Quartet was completely shattered. An enraged Saigo Takamori immediately submitted his resignation to Emperor Meiji. The next day, Emperor Meiji approved Saigo Takamori's resignation as Governor of the Senate and Guards, retaining the rank of Army General. And the traditional Japanese samurai represented by Saigo Takamori have also lost the honor they can enjoy forever with his departure!

After retiring, Saigo Takamori naturally became the spiritual leader of the Japanese samurai, and the head of the Meiji government, Okubo Toshitsu, and others knew this, and they were extremely jealous of Saigo Takamori, just because Saigo Takamori lived in seclusion in Kagoshima, Kagoshima was Saigo Takamori's hometown, and the power of the Saigo faction was deeply rooted here, and the Meiji government had not been able to take action against him.

The reason why Lin Yiqing said to Saigo Takamori that "the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty" is based on his familiarity and deep understanding of this period of history.

Lin Yiqing's words really said what Saigo Takamori was thinking, he sighed and lowered his head, silently watching Chiho Kirino refill his teacup with tea juice.

"Mr. Nanzhou, do you think that today's Japan is what you imagined it to be?" Lin Yiqing saw that Xixiang Takasheng was silent, and asked in a different topic.

Saigo Takamori shook his head, still not speaking.

"I have been doing business in Japan for many years, I have been to many places, and I have seen the remarkable changes that have taken place in Japan, but I would like to ask Mr. Nanzhou, have these changes made the lives of the Japanese people better?" Lin Yiqing asked, "Is the life of the Japanese people better or worse now than it was during the shogunate?" ”

"Is Hanpeng trying to say that Japan has now gone astray?" Saigo Takamori did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"Yes." Lin Yiqing nodded, "In my humble view, the way to strengthen the country is to enlighten the wisdom of the people, and open the heart of love, loyalty, and filial piety." The way to serve the country and the family is clear, and all kinds of careers will follow. Or enlighten the ears and eyes, set up telecommunications, lay railways, and make steam equipment, which is sensational. But why is telecommunications and railways indispensable and so few people pay attention? Vainly envious of the grandeur of foreign countries, regardless of the benefits and losses, the structure of the house and the playthings, one by one, look up to foreign countries, long extravagant, waste money. The national strength is exhausted, the people's hearts are thin, and the country will not collapse, it is difficult! ”

Saigo Takamori raised his head, and his gaze suddenly sharpened.

Lin Yiqing noticed the change in Saigo Takamori's gaze, and knew that what he had just said had moved him, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he still remembered the "Nanzhou Weng Legacy" he memorized back then.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to fool a person like Saigo Takamori with just a few words.

And the reason why he dared to fool Saigo Takamori so much was because he had already roughly judged that even if the historical environment of this time and space was very different from his original historical time and space, there were many histories, and they were still right!

He has been able to determine that the famous "Southwest War" in Japan's modern history will break out again!

In that case, why not let this war last longer and longer?

Lin Yiqing, who is familiar with history, knows that it was precisely after the Southwest War that modern Japan swept away the domestic obstacles to its development and embarked on the road of total westernization and external expansion, becoming extremely aggressive, and bringing profound disasters to neighboring countries!

If the Southwest War is used to weaken Japan's strength, then encouraging Saigo Takamori in front of him to prepare for this war as soon as possible is the best opportunity to change history!

It turns out that the historical Saigo Takamori did not have enough understanding of this war and did not make much preparation in advance, so he was finally defeated by the attack of the Meiji government army, and if he had prepared earlier, the outcome of this war might have been different.

With the strength of the Satsuma Army under Saigo Takamori at that time, if he had prepared early and used strategy and tactics properly, he might not have been able to overthrow the Meiji government, which was not very solid at that time!

And no matter what the outcome of this war is, it will cause Japan's strength to suffer a great loss and it will be difficult to recover!

Thinking of this, Lin Yiqing became even more determined in his idea of changing history. He met Saigo Takamori's gaze and said sincerely: "I am saying this today, not only for Mr. Nanzhou, but also for Japan and Qianguo. ”

"Japan has just attacked Taiwan not long ago, the Qianguo Navy heard the change, and had a large number of reinforcements, and the Japanese Navy faced each other in the Langqiao Sea, three major battles successively, the Qianguo Navy suffered a lot of losses, and the elite of the Japanese Navy was completely wiped out, although the two countries did not declare war, but in the eyes of the Qianguo people, Japan can already be said to be the enemy," Saigo Takamori was obviously not so easy to fool, he stared at Lin Yiqing's eyes, and said slowly, "Hanpeng is a Qianguo person, if you say that you come for the Qianguo, it is natural, but you say that you are here for Japan, It's really puzzling. ”

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