"Shunsuke, if the government is strong enough, Okubo-kun doesn't need to use such a conspiracy." Shigenobu Okuma said, "If the reforms are completed and the country's strength is greatly increased, how can the southwestern corner of Kagoshima be able to resist it?" At that time, I am afraid that it will be too late to obediently obey the orders of the government! ”

Hearing Shigenobu Okuma's words, Hirobumi Ito suddenly woke up, and admiration flashed in his eyes.

"That's what Okuma said! In the face of absolute strength, intrigue and intrigue do not work! Hirobumi Ito nodded.

Shigenobu Okuma was relatively open-minded since he was a child, and he was relatively close to Western thought. When Shigenobu Okuma was 7 years old, he entered the domain school of Saga due to his father's relationship. We are brought up as future human resources of Saga clan. Influenced by his father's teachings in his early years, Okuma Shigenobu regarded his father, who died young, as a role model, so he was not interested in the study of Japanese traditions. In the first year of Ansei, Shigenobu Okuma partnered with several comrades to establish the "Kusu Righteous Festival Alliance", a reformist organization within the domain. The first thing the alliance did was to appeal to the feudal lord Naomasa Nabeshima to reform the feudal school, which was Okuma's first appearance as a political reformer.

Naoma Nabeshima was a famous enlightened monarch at the end of the Edo period, and out of multiple economic and political considerations, he inherited and carried forward the enlightened policy of several generations of Saga feudal lords, and welcomed Western science, not only encouraging scholarship, but also began to imitate Western weapons. The construction of Japan's first reverberatory furnace for this purpose was an epoch-making initiative and of great significance. The reverberatory furnace heralded the beginning of Japan's path to industrialization. In particular, the Saga clan also began to build steam locomotives and successfully completed models. He also built several steamships on his own. With the gradual deepening of the accumulation of refining techniques in the Saga Domain. In the end, it could even successfully imitate the most advanced Armstrong gun in the world at that time. Thanks to the support of the feudal lords, scholarship flourished in the Saga Domain, and it gathered technical masters such as Nakamura Kisuke, Tanaka Hisashige, and Ishiguro Kanji, as well as Ran scholars. Due to the import of Western-style weapons, the soldiers of the Saga domain were strong and strong. He excelled in several wars at the end of the Edo period. Nabeshima is therefore among the famous kings at the end of the shogunate. He, along with Shigenobu Okuma, and others are known as the "Eight Sages of Saga".

Naomasa Nabeshima appreciates Shigenobu Okuma's talents. He was protected and promoted.,In the second year of Ansei, because Okuma Shigenobu and others were eager to carry out academic reforms.,As a result, there was a riot in the Kodokan.,Okuma Shigenobu dropped out of school.。 The following year, Naomasa Nabeshima ordered Shigenobu Okuma to transfer to Rangakukan. Officially became a professor at the Orchid Academy. Soon after, Naomasa Nabeshima succeeded in purging the conservative influence, and after Shigenobu Okuma's words, he decided to merge Kodokan and Rangakukan into one. It is officially listed as the mainstream academic in the domain. Shigenobu Okuma was appointed as a professor at Kodokan because of his advanced words. He was in charge of lecturing Western constitutional theories to Nabeshima, so he attracted much attention.

Since the "Black Ship Attack", the whole country of Japan has been in horror, and various trends of thought have emerged one after another, such as the founding of the country, public discussions, and respect for the king. When the Kodokan riots ended and Okuma Shigenobu was forced to leave, Naomasa Nabeshima instructed him to study under the famous teacher of Kodokan at the time, and he soon transferred to the Rangakukan.

Because Naomasa Nabeshima was good at management, the Saga domain itself was strong, economically developed, and had cutting-edge weapons, which could be called the best in Japan, and the Saga domain was equipped with Spanish-style muskets with seven bursts, and the artillery team had Armstrong rear-loading guns and mortars. Not only the weapons, but also the military uniforms of the feudal lords were greatly superior. The black kapok uniforms, woolen cloth, and rubber raincoats imported during the Boshin War were all the latest equipment of the world standard at that time. In this atmosphere, Okuma's views on Western science and military affairs were significantly higher than those of the Japanese in other domains.

Although he is now the secretary of the treasury, Okuma's understanding of politics, economics, and military affairs, and the relationship between the three is still beyond the reach of Ito Hirobumi.

"So now the government should refrain from provoking the Kagoshima clan and buy more time for the completion of the Rich Fargo Plan." Okuma Shigenobu said, "Your Majesty's decision to appease Mr. Nanzhou is a wise decision, so I don't think there is a need to send investigators to Kagoshima now, otherwise it will inevitably happen again, and in that case, I am afraid that it will not be able to be appeased by His Majesty's edict." ”

After listening to Shigenobu Okuma's further explanation, Ito nodded repeatedly.

As a like-minded comrade-in-arms of the year, Shigenobu Okuma's steady style has not changed.

After coming out of Shigenobu Okuma, Ito Hirobumi was in a much happier mood, but he still felt uneasy when he remembered the intimidation tactics used by the Kagoshima samurai to send the head to Okubo Ritsu.

How can you not irritate the Kagoshima clan and spy on the information?

Ito Hirobumi sat in the carriage and pondered for a while, but still couldn't get the point. At this time, the carriage had already arrived on the street, and Ito Hirobumi temporarily let go of the annoying question and enjoyed the street view.

At this time, the pedestrians on the street came and went, and in order to avoid pedestrians, the coachman slowed down the speed of the carriage, and Ito Hirobumi saw a large group of people gathered at the street intersection in the distance, and from time to time there were bursts of cheers, as if he was watching an acrobatic performance.

The carriage gradually approached in the direction of the crowd, and Ito Hirobumi looked up, only to see that there was actually a ninjutsu performance there.

Ito saw a girl about fifteen or sixteen years old tied tightly to a wooden plank with ropes, unable to move. After the binding was completed, a man dressed in black with only two eyes exposed covered her from head to toe with a white cloth, and then walked to a distance and stood still, facing away from the girl covered in the white cloth, and tied his eyes with a black cloth.

The girl under the white cloth was obviously very nervous, and she writhed her body vigorously, and the blindfolded man turned around at this time, flipped his hands, and there were two more crossed diamond-shaped shurikens in his hands.

Seeing the shuriken in the blindfolded man's hand, Ito understood what he was going to do.

The blindfolded man raised the shuriken in his hand to the audience and shook his hand violently, and Ito saw only two cold flashes of light, and the two shuriken were nailed to the sides of the girl's head covered in white cloth.

Seeing that the shuriken would stab the girl in the head by just a fraction of a second, there was a burst of exclamation from the crowd.

Ito Hirobumi couldn't help frowning when he saw that the girl's head was fixed there with a nailed white cloth, and let out a burst of "whine".

Although he knew that the blindfolded man's shuriken would not hit the girl, he still couldn't help but worry about the girl's safety, and was disgusted by such a performance.

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