Sauichiro: rebuilding Ashina from the obliteration of the pillar

Chapter 157

Masayoshi Matsukata and Kaoru Inoue clarified the logic of the cabinet, especially the Army's actions against the Demon Slayer Squad.

The current Army Minister Terauchi Masaki launched a bold attack on the Demon Slayer Squad, which was entirely the result of the intentional or unintentional leap of the other military veterans——

They didn't give orders, but through the hints in the conversation, they hoped that Masaki Terauchi, who knew nothing about ghosts, could capture a few pillars of the ghost killing team, and then obtain the practice method of breathing method-after all, this is the method that can make the human body function Upgrade to a special power to dodge bullets.

Join the army that can popularize the training method of this breathing method, and the empire will have an unrivaled army of tigers and wolves.

"Then why don't you just ask the Ghost Slayer Squad for it?"

Fallen Ji asked suspiciously.

"According to records, the Tokugawa shogunate did the same thing."

Inoue Kaoru revealed the color of memories, "It was not long after the Black Ship Incident. In order to fight against the strong ships and guns of foreigners, the shogunate hoped that the Demon Slayer Squad would hand over the training methods of swordsmen. However, the frequent exchanges between the two sides caused ghosts suspicion."

"It didn't take long for Tokugawa Iemo, the contemporary general who conquered barbarians, to suddenly fall ill for no reason. Although the shogunate announced that it was beriberi, they knew that it must be the work of ghosts, because the timing was too coincidental and the illness was too strange. Immediately afterwards, the matter was over.”

Masayoshi Matsukata added: "With that lesson, Mr. Yamagata (Aritomo) knows that the government must not show any sign of cooperation with the Demon Slayer Squad. However, Japan did not gain much actual benefit from the tragic victory in the war against Russia. This drove him to take a risk with the idea of ​​breathing."

"Since we can't cooperate with the Ghost Killing Squad, we can only pretend that the government is completely ignorant of ghosts, and arrest the members of the Ghost Slaughter Squad on the grounds of sweeping up civil violence organizations. It's just that we didn't expect that the Metropolitan Police Department The bloodbath of the headquarters just gave the Army a good reason."

"So, that Terauchi Masaki who had one of his sons killed,"

Falling Princess repeated Genichiro's words, "You were kept in the dark until midnight last night?"

Inoue Kaoru said with some shame when she heard this: "If he knows the truth, he will probably reveal his flaws."

Masayoshi Matsukata interrupted disapprovingly: "These are all for the country, he is a soldier, I believe he has already realized something."

It turned out that from the beginning to the end, Zhengyi in the temple really thought that he was doing a good deed to eliminate harm for the people!

In order to hide their true purpose, these old men were able to do this.

They allowed the current cabinet and the Ghost Killing Squad to misunderstand each other and sit back and watch the conflicts intensify, just to obtain the breathing method in a legitimate way without stimulating the ghosts.

"But you never imagined that what happened yesterday would happen, did you?"

After a long time, Luo Ji asked again.

"That's right." Kaoru Inoue smiled wryly, "A sudden fire broke out, killing more than a dozen nobles and embassies of several countries were attacked."

"In short, no matter what this ghost... Maitsuji Muyou is thinking, what he has done has completely broken the invisible contract between us."

"Next, in the face of angry public and international pressure, we must also openly confront the ghosts."

Masayoshi Matsukata nodded approvingly.

"So if you want revenge, you should cooperate with us, not like this."

After all, in his opinion, both sides want the same thing.

The ghosts who lost control and began to harm the powerful indiscriminately, they must be eliminated, because this involves the root of the new government's rule.

And they all know with their asses that if the ghosts are not dealt with neatly enough, the great powers whose embassy has been destroyed will definitely find various reasons to jointly send troops to bring the newly developed Japan back to its original shape.

After all, the "Yellow Peril Theory" is now popular in Europe, and they will not let go of the opportunity to add insult to injury.

It is in their political interest to go all out to eliminate the evil spirits.

And this ancient country named Weiming happens to have powerful power that can be used, and is eager for revenge.

However, what they don't know is that this is exactly what Genichiro wants them to say on their own initiative.

He was worrying about how to accumulate reputation points for the next and next high-level lottery.

If you want to save that kind of astronomical sum, it is useless to just open a store and advertise. You must do something that can make people remember "Wei Ming", just like these veterans.

Only in this way can Wei Ming truly gain a foothold in this country.

It is unlikely that one day Wei Ming will completely disappear into the ashes of history after losing the power she can rely on.

Now, since these two veterans have offered to cooperate, it is simply the best.

"Master Xianichiro's death will always be attributed to you."

Falling Princess followed Xianichiro's instructions, still holding on to his "death", making a posture that we are not willing to cooperate with you.

"How dare you talk about cooperation?!"

At this time, Jiulang received Xianichiro's voice in his mind: "Cooperate with her in acting and stop her."

He immediately realized it, and suddenly interrupted: "Please wait a moment."

As he spoke, he took on the appearance of a young master, and looked at the two elders calmly.

"I want to hear how the two of you want to work with us."

The two old men immediately showed joy, and regarded Jiulang as the young general in the story who was eager to get rid of supervision and wanted to express himself.

"Master Jiulang!" Luo Ji pretended to be indifferent, "I can't believe what these old foxes say, we must avenge Master Xianichiro."

"Please calm down." Jiulang revealed an inexplicable majesty.

"Xianichiro is my elder brother. When he died suddenly, there is no one in the world who is more sad and angry than me."

"But he once said that we need to integrate into this new era as soon as possible and find Wei Ming's foothold."

"Starting a war with the government for the sake of hatred will only make the evil spirits more rampant. What good does it do us? Don't forget, the killers are ghosts after all."

Not to mention the falling concubine with a script, even the two old men couldn't help but admire the young man's rationality.

Seeing that Luo Ji had nothing to say, Jiulang turned his head and said to the two elders: "I don't know what kind of cooperation method you two are talking about."

"After all, as far as I know, three of the eight elders have died, and the remaining three are generals. Only you two have no military exploits."

This sentence is deliberately sowing discord, and it is also the reason why Genichiro chose to arrest these two people instead of the other three.

Because these two people have nothing else to rely on except their reputation.

Sure enough, after hearing what Kuro said, Masayoshi Matsukata's expression turned ugly.

This is no different from saying in a disguised form that they cannot be the masters.

However, Kaoru Inoue noticed keenly that the child might have had an idea long ago.

"Why don't you talk about your own thoughts first." He said encouragingly.

However, Kuro's first words startled them all.

"Leave the emperor to our Weiming people for protection. In this way, his safety can be guaranteed, and we Weiming can also find a way to gain a foothold in this society."

After a brief silence, Masayoshi Matsukata jumped up from the cushion, "This is impossible!"

Inoue Xin didn't expect that, I asked you to say it first, I didn't expect that you really dare to say it, but you actually want to be Cao Cao, coercing the emperor to order the officials.

"Is it really impossible? This is something that benefits both of us."

Kuro tilted his head, "Since Onimai Tsuji Musan once took Tokugawa Iemo on the knife, how do you know he won't attack the Emperor?"

"When the time comes, ghosts will come to your door. Are you going to let soldiers use guns to deal with them?"

Masayoshi Matsukata was at a loss for words.

But entrusting the emperor to such a group of ancient people who regarded themselves as vassal states for protection, is there any difference between letting foreigners protect him.

"Except for the swordsmen of the Ghost Slayer Squad, only our country Weiming has such masters."

Jiulang said confidently, "If you are worried, you can go to the Ghost Killing Squad and ask another pillar to stay in the palace to balance each other."

However, Masayoshi Matsukata still shook his head stubbornly.

"There is no evidence to prove that ghosts will directly attack His Majesty..."

Luo Ji interrupted him directly: "But we have received the news that the ghost named Yamada will act again in three days."

"This time, one of his targets is a member of the royal family."

"What?!" The two elders said in unison, in disbelief.

"When Yamada was a sword tester, he accepted the last commission from King Hatohiko."

Luo Ji's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of the two of them hard.Because of the existence of ninjas, they did not doubt the information Wei Mingren had obtained.

"It was a saber bestowed by the emperor, and it is still in the hands of that ghost, and it has been preserved as evidence."

"You said a prince, would he obediently go to the newspaper office and confess his crimes? Then that ghost also made it very clear that as long as there is one person who doesn't apologize publicly, he will kill all the employers."

"And the ghost who was furious because he was framed as a knife thief, will he let him go just because he is a prince?"

Luo Ji attacked the hearts of these two elders one sentence after another.

In fact, the life and death of a prince is not important.

The important thing is what he represents—as a royal family, he openly disobeyed the emperor's order, committed such a barbaric act as to damage the national reputation of hiring a knife tester, and then was killed by the ghost in revenge.

To be honest, this kind of thing has a good chance of becoming an international joke, a symbol for Europeans to demonstrate the brutal nature of Asians.

Emperor Meiji worked hard all his life to make Japan a "civilized" country.

If King Hatohiko was killed at this time, and the matter spread out and caused a commotion, His Majesty Meiji, who was already terminally ill, would probably not be able to survive and die.

The two looked at each other and at least reached a consensus on one point.

That is, it must be prevented from happening.

Moreover, as long as the ghost did take action against members of the royal family, it was very likely that it would truly threaten the life and safety of His Majesty Meiji.

"This point, we can't be the master, we must ask the emperor for instructions."

Masayoshi Matsukata responded, "But if you can perfectly solve the troubles that King Jiuyan is about to face, then we can do our best for you and take the opportunity to speak to His Majesty."

"We thought so too."

Kuro nodded, expressing his understanding, "However, since we need time to cooperate on this matter, we can discuss another matter of cooperation."

"That is, I hope that you two can be my teachers."

(End of this chapter)