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In 1897, Sheng Xuanhuai and Xi Jiadong transformed China's financial system into a gold standard with the help of Japan's annual indemnity of 33 million taels for defeat, funds brought back by overseas Chinese, and loans from Thai and Western companies, and the economy continued to maintain rapid growth. By the end of 1897, the central government's fiscal revenue reached 500 million silver dollars, ranking sixth in the world in terms of economic strength, and ranking sixth in the world in terms of comprehensive national strength after Britain, Germany, France, the United States, and Russia.

In addition, Song Xiaofei restricted the development of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in China, and many British and American companies moved their headquarters from Japan to Shanghai, and Japan's economy became even worse, ranking eleventh in the world after China, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Spain, and the Netherlands, overpowering Saigo Congdao and other militants, the contradictions between the two sides intensified, and the main war faction and the main peace faction quarreled in the Diet every day. Saigo gritted his teeth and killed Prime Minister Okuma Shigenobu, but it was inconvenient for him to do it himself.

In the southernmost part of Japan, Kagoshima Castle is surrounded by white clouds, and the sea is full of green leaves, and the autumn leaves are red. The beautiful scenery of this hometown did not make the former deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Army, Kawakami Caoliu, feel better, he wrapped a white belt on his head, wore a loose kimono, drank alcohol at home alone, and hummed Japan's new national anthem "Jun's Generation": The emperor has been continuous for a long time, and it will not change for a long time. The small stones condensed into a clump, and the green moss was more auspicious...... After singing, he cried loudly, picked up the saber on the ground, and also wanted to commit suicide by cutting his stomach - the Japanese army was defeated in the northeast. As the general of the defeated army, he became the wrong person of the commander of Yama County Youpeng, carried the head of Yama County Youpeng and surrendered, and later joined 4,000 Japanese prisoners. was ransomed by the Japanese government with a lot of money, he felt that he had no face to live in this world, and the only reason to survive was to avenge the friends of Shan County. After returning to China, he was forced to resign from the military department and joined the Genyosha, and is now one of the two leaders of the Genyosha, he repeatedly wanted to provoke the Sino-Japanese war, but Japanese Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma did not agree to use troops against China. At the moment, he felt that life was desperate.

Soroku Kawakami sits on a tatami mat. Pick up the saber. Saigo, dressed in a navy uniform, came in through the Daura-door. Saigo Nomichi, who is currently the Minister of the Navy, is also a native of Kagoshima, and he is five years older than Kawakami Natsu 6, and they are each other's confidants. Seeing that Kawakami was about to commit suicide, Saigo said sarcastically: "Kawakami-kun." I remember my brother Saigo Takamori once said that a samurai dies, and he must die worthily! I can't imagine that you are so columsy, and when you encounter a little setback, you will kill yourself, you wait for me to go out and then die, so as not to dirty my eyes! After saying that, Saigo turned from the road and pretended to leave.

At this time, Kawakami Caoliu was provoked by Saigo Congdao, put down the knife, and asked Saigo Congdao: "My lord came to me, is there something important?" ”

Saigo Congdao smiled slightly and said, "Originally, there was something big for you to do, but seeing that your spirit is so decadent, now there is nothing else to do." ”

Kawakami Caoliu hurriedly withdrew the unsheathed knife and asked, "What's important?" Speak, sir. ”

Saigo sat cross-legged on his own from the road and said, "Kawakami, do you want to go back to the battlefield, carry Song Xiaofei's head, comfort the dead Lord Youpeng of Yama County, and wash away the shame on your head?" ”

Kawakami Caoliu nodded and said, "I think day and night, if one day, I can return to the battlefield, I will definitely lead the troops to attack Beijing City and personally slash Song Xiaofei." ”

Saigo said: "I recently met with Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu and urged him to find an excuse to start a war against China and drive the Chinese out of Nagasaki and Shimonoseki. ”

Kawakami said, "Don't talk about Mutsu Munemitsu, Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma won't agree." ”

Saigo said, "A coward like Shigenobu Okuma should take the initiative to resign and let ambitious people come to power, such as Yamamoto Gonbei of the Satsuma faction." ”

Yamamoto Gonbei has been a friend of Saigo Congdao for many years, and Saigo's tone is obviously to rebel, Kawakami Caoliu hurriedly asked: "What do you mean?" ”

Saigo said, "I heard that you have recently controlled most of the Genyosha, and your society is full of talents, if you want to quickly change the situation, can you find someone to go to Tokyo and set a fire?" ”

Kawakami Caoliu guessed a few points in his heart, the following offense is a great rebellion in Japan, he was dumbfounded, and asked Saigo Congdao: "You mean to go to Tokyo to assassinate Okuma Shigenobu?" That was not a small fire, and it would plunge the entire country of Japan into turmoil. ”

Saigo said: "You don't have to worry about this, once the fire is ignited, it is my task to extinguish the fire!" Do you know Katsura Taro and Kodama Gentaro, two major generals? I've heard that the three of you are known as the 'Army Miha-kuro', and that you have a good relationship, and you have all agreed to advise the Emperor to remove Shigenobu Okuma from his position as prime minister. As long as you kill Shigenobu Okuma, I guarantee that you will return to the Army Staff. ”

Kawakami Caoliu sighed, his heart was very entangled, killing the prime minister is definitely not what a loyal samurai should do, once the matter is revealed, he will be completely ruined, even if he succeeds, according to the tradition of Japanese samurai, the samurai who goes to assassinate should also commit suicide, he thought for a long time, and finally nodded, and said: "If there is Katsura Taro, Kodama Gentaro to help, plus the navy controlled by adults, I am willing to gamble." ”

Saigo nodded from the road, took out a paper sketch from his arms, handed it to Kawakami Caoroku, and said, "You are my samurai in Japan!" This map is a map of Okuma's daily itinerary, and every morning when he goes to the palace, he must pass by the Niju Bridge in the outer garden of the Imperial Palace, where there is a dense pine forest, and you can send Genyosha to ambush in the forest after killing, waiting for an opportunity to attack. ”

With a trembling hand, Kawakami took the map from Saigo's hand, which also had a detailed topographic map of the Niju Bridge, and asked, "When are you going to let us do it?" ”

Saigo said, "I went back to Kagoshima this time to worship my brother Saigo Takamori. You call someone from the Genyosha to come back to Tokyo with me, so that it won't arouse the suspicion of Shigenobu Okuma. Without further ado, before the first snow of the year. Just do it. ”

As a result, Kawakami selected fourteen outlaws from the Genyosha, Uchida Ryohei, Kurushima Tsuneki, Taiyuan Yoshitsuna, Suzuki Tenai, Masaki Masaki, Tokizawa Yuichi, Kushita Inkichi, Takeda Nobuyuki, Okubo Haji, Tanaka Shiro, Shikisui Shirasui, Yoshikura Wangsheng, Chiba Hisanosuke, and Inoue Tozaburo to establish the "Heavenly Bless Hero" organization. Specialized in the assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Shigenobu Okuma.

That morning, the thick fog covered the green tiled roof and white walls of the Imperial Palace, making it difficult to see five fingers. At that time, the iron bridge outside the Imperial Palace of Japan was located on the Nishimarushita Bridge in Edo Castle. The water of the moat is very deep, and the old bridge is low, so another bridge was built on the bridge, up and down two layers, so it is called "double bridge", facing the main gate of the palace, there is a palace guard of honor of the palace police, and ordinary people cannot enter the palace through the double bridge, so it is inaccessible.

Shigenobu Okuma usually enters the palace from here in the morning. Go and say hello to Emperor Meiji. He didn't expect Saigo to be so crazy. dared to send someone to assassinate him, and brought relatively few guards, so he brought two personal soldiers from the Prime Minister's Office.

Shigenobu Okuma had just walked to Nijubashi that day. Nearby, a pine forest has emerged more than a dozen black-clad killers. With a bright katana in their hands, they couldn't help but rush over and kill, they were none other than Ryohei Uchida of the Genyosha, Tsuneki Kurashima and other outlaws.

The two personal guards behind Shigenobu Okuma hurriedly took out their Mauser guns, "My lord, run to the palace, we are blocking here." With that, they raised their guns and shot and killed two black-clad masked killers with a bang.

Because he was going to enter the palace to meet the emperor, Shigenobu Okuma was wearing a loose traditional dress and clogs, and the long and wide kimono made it very inconvenient for him to walk, so Shigenobu Okuma hurriedly lifted the kimono and ran quickly.

However, Ryohei Uchida, Tsuneki Kurishima and others quickly rushed to them, and with a single sword, they cut off the arm of one of the pro-soldiers, and the gun "snapped" and fell to the ground. Another soldier fired three more shots, killing three of the killers, but Ryohei Uchida and Tsuneki Kuroshima didn't want to die at all, and continued to rush up to hunt down Shigenobu Okuma.

Prime Minister Okuma Shigenobu panted and ran to the Niju Bridge, seeing that he was about to reach the main gate of the palace, he shouted to the palace guard: "There are assassins", but he was still caught up by Kurishima Hengxi and slashed on his left leg, the katana was extremely sharp, and the knife fell, Okuma Shigenobu was so bad that his left leg was useless, Okuma Shigenobu endured the severe pain, dragged the bleeding leg and continued to crawl forward, Kushima Hengxi chased after him and stabbed him in the right leg, and his right leg was also useless, and he couldn't move.

Kurushima raised his katana again and slashed at Okuma's neck, Okuma closed his eyes in despair, at this time, a "bang" shot rang out, and two officers of the palace guard rushed out of the main gate of the palace, one of them shot Kurushima in the head, right in the eyebrows, and the bullet passed through Kurushima's head, and Kurushima Hengki's body was crooked, and he fell into the moat under the Niju Bridge, and the blood that flowed out stained the river red.

A group of guards of the imperial palace heard the gunshots and rushed out one after another, and Uchida Ryohei and the remaining seven ronin saw that the assassination mission had failed, and this was not a glorious mission, so they raised their katanas, wiped their necks, and committed suicide.

Although Okuma Shigenobu escaped this catastrophe, he was attacked by a member of the Rakugenyosha Tsuneki Kurishima, lost his feet, became a waste, and in December of the same year, he was forced to resign, and the Japanese emperor appointed Yamamoto Gonbei as the new prime minister, and established a new military department to manage the army and navy, and the Japanese parliament quickly revised the "Constitution of the Empire of Japan", stipulating that the military department was directly responsible to the emperor, and issued the "Edict on Education", establishing a militaristic system in the political, military, and cultural fields, and the power of the officers was in full swing. It is tantamount to carrying out a "military coup". After Prime Minister Gonbei Yamamoto revised the Japanese Constitution, he immediately began to implement military arrangements to recover Nagasaki and Shimonoseki.

As the saying goes, "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop", Song Xiao received the news and felt that the opportunity to clean up the Japanese had arrived, and if it dragged on, Japan would definitely be a problem for China. It turned out that Song Xiaofei was still a little afraid of the Japanese army, but now, the infantry army has also updated its weapons and equipment, China already has a tank corps, and is looking for a battlefield to try, so Song Xiaofei also began to deploy troops, ready to give the Japanese a devastating blow! Moreover, the war may not be a bad thing for China's economy, at least it can greatly promote the development of China's leading industry.