There was an inexplicable silence in the room for a while, and a faint sadness enveloped the faces of everyone except Chiyoko, who was still ignorant.

Thinking of the amazing talent who once founded the Wonder Soldier Team Takasugi Shinsaku, the hero who was in the single-ship camp in the Battle of Kuga Chong, unfortunately died young, and an inexplicable sadness rose in the hearts of several people.

In the long history of the Meiji Restoration, Shinsaku Takasugi is a heroic figure worthy of attention. Although his political career was short, it was impressive, mighty and majestic, and full of turbulent turbulence. In the process of regrouping various political forces at the end of the Edo period, he was diligent in learning, good at thinking, and often prepared for rainy days, and witty. An overview of Takasugi's life, although there were shortcomings, his thinking continued to develop and mature. Its theory and practice have always been consistent with the pulse of the changes of the times, and it is worthy of the title of pioneer of the Restoration.

However, when the dawn of victory of the Meiji Restoration was still in sight, Takasugi Shinsaku, who was recuperating in Sakurayama, died of tuberculosis on April 14, the third year of Okei, in Shimonoseki Shinji, and was buried in Yoshida, the headquarters of the Wonder Army, at the age of 28.

"The 80,000 soldiers of the Hehedong Domain, attacking in Langhua City, I Cao is about to die, and I will laugh at the neighbors when they hear the sound of cannons." Reciting Takasugi Shinsaku's posthumous work, and thinking of the Restoration who was two years younger than himself, but died at the age of 27, Kayama Shikinori couldn't help but sigh, "The untimely death of Mr. Toyuki is really a great misfortune for the Empire, otherwise with his talents, the great cause of the Restoration will be greatly beneficial." ”

"There is a proverb in the Qianguo: 'When a country is in trouble, think of a good general,'" Shiki Kayama continued with a gloomy expression, "Now that the Imperial Navy wants to defend itself against foreign enemies, it makes people miss Mr. Toyuki who dared to single-handedly challenge the Shogunate Navy with one warship of the 'Bingin Maru' and win the battle...... If he is still here, our great Japanese navy only needs to ask him to lead a warship, and he will definitely be able to sink the entire navy of the decaying Qianguo in the waves of the sea! It's a pity, it's a ......."

Hearing his words with deep meaning, Ito Hirofumi only took a sip of his wine glass. Then he just smiled and said nothing. And the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, who was sitting opposite the Shiki of Huashan, had already frowned slightly.

"Listening to what Huashan-kun meant, is it saying that the strength of the Qianguo Navy is not to be feared, is that so?" In addition to the initial greetings, the 24-year-old has long hair, a slender face, and beautiful eyebrows, but there is a hint of coldness at a glance.

"Yes." Shiki Kayama replied.

"But why did the Imperial Navy lose so badly in the Battle of Moss Bay?"

Before the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang's words fell, Kayama Shiki's eyes were already cold, but he still looked respectful when answering his questions -- although in terms of military rank, he, the vice admiral, did not seem to have the need to treat the young man in front of him with no official position, but when it came to his background, neither of the two "Nine Qinghua" families of Xiyuan Temple and Dedaiji Temple behind this person could be compared to the Kayama family that he only entered when he was 2 years old.

Saionji Gongwang is the second son of the Tokudaiji Gongchun family, and he passed to the Saionji family when he was a child. Both of them were one of the "Kuga-sei" families (Kuga, Sanjo, Saionji, Tokudai-ji, Hanayama-in, Okai-gomon, Imadegawa, Hihata, and Daigo) after the "Five Regents" (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takaji). The "Five Regents" were families that had served as regants and Sekihaku since the Kamakura period, and the "Kyu-Qinghua" were nobles who had been able to become ministers since the Shogun Konoe. Saionji Gongwang became the patriarch of the Saionji family at an early age. At the age of 4, he was appointed as the "attendant" of Emperor Xiaomei, and at the age of 8, he was awarded the title of Major General of the Right Guard, and at the age of 13, he was awarded the title of Lieutenant General of the Right Guard. By the time Emperor Meiji ascended the throne, the 18-year-old Saionji was already a veteran of the imperial court. As a young man, Saionji was dissatisfied with the corrupt rule of the shogunate and was deeply worried about the future of the Japanese nation after the founding of the country. At the end of that year, as a close minister of the emperor, he participated in the "Kogosho Conference," which was a turning point in history, and together with Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimitsu, the leaders of the Shogunate faction, he formulated the policy of "reinvigorating the imperial government" and supported the emperor to personally manage national affairs. After the establishment of the Meiji government, he held an important position in the Senate. At a critical juncture when the shogunate was approaching the castle in the name of the Qing monarch and the new government was in danger, Saionji resolutely opposed the compromise in the imperial court and advocated that it should unite with the forces of the Saga and the Naga-vassal kings to fight against the great enemy. Xiyuan Temple's high opinion greatly surprised the important ministers of the imperial court, and Iwakura Gushi blurted out and said: "This gentleman has great knowledge. During the Boshin War, the 19-year-old Saionji Konobu served as the governor of Sanyin Province, the governor of the Second Army of Higashiyama Province, and later the envoy of Hokukoku Town, and led his army to participate in countless battles such as the Battle of Toba Fushimi, and later served as the governor of Echigo Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture, making meritorious contributions to the establishment and consolidation of local power.

After the Meiji regime was basically stabilized, Saionji Gongwang could have been an official and enjoyed glory and wealth, but considering the long-term goal of building a modern Japanese state, he resolutely resigned from his army and went to France to study for further study. During his time in France, he focused on the French political system. After that, he returned to Japan in order to report his current income to Emperor Meiji.

But when the Xiyuan Temple returned to China, what surprised and worried him was the sound of foreign expansion in the country that he heard after he returned.

In today's Japan, because of the Meiji Restoration, a large number of samurai classes have fallen into difficulties, and the entire Japanese society is in turmoil, and in the view of Saionji Gongwang, what the government should do now is by no means the so-called "conquest of Korea" and "conquest of moss" style of foreign expansion to divert the dissatisfaction of the domestic people, but should work hard from the system to solve the domestic contradictions!

When he saw that Shikinori Kayama, who had been deprived of all his duties and sentenced to two years in prison for "dereliction of duty" and "negligence causing death" by a military court, Shikinori Kayama, did not speak much, but kept listening to the conversation between Shikinori Ito and Shikinori Kayama. It wasn't until Shiki Kayama said the words "thinking about good generals in national distress" that he finally couldn't help but open his mouth.

"The Imperial Navy's failure this time was due to the fact that the warships were too old, and it was not a mistake of command or operation." Shiki Kayama blushed and defended himself.

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