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Chapter 647 Arching fire, Japanese civil war (third update, please subscribe)
What happened in Saga was an uprising, of course not!
Definitely a rebellion.

In the eyes of the reform government, it must be a rebellion.

In the seventh year of Meiji, that is, on February 1874, 2, nearly 1 people from the old Saga vassals headed by Eto Shinpei, who had served as a councilor, raised the banner of opposing the new government in Saga. Weak diplomacy towards North Korea, overthrow the current government, restore the old parliamentary system, and greatly promote the imperial prestige.

In another world, also on this day, the years of resentment among unemployed warriors exploded.But compared to the other world, they have one more reason - to ask the palace to inherit the emperor's throne.

However, what is different from history is that in another world, Eto Shinpei and others mistakenly believed that Saigo Shenglong raised his troops in Kagoshima, Itagaki Taisuke raised his troops in Kochi, and it must be easy for the gentry of Kyushu and Shikoku to respond. succeed.

But...they didn't raise troops.Even a few years later, Xixiang still raised troops, but in 1874, Xixiang really did not raise troops, so Eto Shinpei's "uprising" was soon put down.

But this time, Xixiang...is faced with a completely different choice than last time.

"Go ahead, Your Excellency!"

In the auditorium of the private school, Kirino Toshiaki, Shinohara Kunisan, Murata Shinpachi, Beppu Shinsuke and others all stood in front of Saigo Takamori, and they all said loudly.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, he died inexplicably, how he died, they must give an explanation!"

"Yes, Your Excellency, not only that, but now that His Majesty the Emperor has died suddenly, if there is no ghost in the government's heart, he will definitely inherit the throne as the Emperor with his family and children. Why is there no news yet!"

"Your Excellency, after Your Excellency resigned angrily, the Emperor suddenly fell ill, and died suddenly within a few months. It cannot but make people suspect that Iwakura and others murdered the Emperor."

"Yes, Your Excellency, maybe it was because the emperor woke up and wanted to protect the rights and interests of my samurai family, so I was assassinated by them!"

It's just ridiculous!
A thought came to Xixiang Takamori's mind, he didn't believe in any of these conspiracies, but His Majesty's death was indeed very strange!

The main reason is that His Majesty's illness is too strange.Although His Majesty fell ill before he left Tokyo, what kind of illness was that?No one can say why, and no one knows what kind of disease will cause those symptoms.

He even once doubted whether His Majesty was infected with syphilis, but the doctors said that even syphilis would not show those symptoms.

It was precisely because of the strangeness that he had doubts.But he would never doubt that Iwakura saw that they would assassinate His Majesty the Emperor.

After all, the emperor is the source of their rights. How could they assassinate the emperor when the emperor still trusted them?
"The time to raise troops is not yet ripe..."

Looking at the cronies who resigned with him in the auditorium, Takamori Saigo said.

"If we raise our troops rashly now, we are likely to fail."

In Xixiang Takamori's heart, he was absolutely unwilling to raise troops. He founded a private school not to oppose the imperial court, but to prevent Russia from going south.

"Your Excellency, now that the emperor has passed away strangely, there are tens of thousands of gentry inside and outside the city who are willing to obey your orders at any time. As long as you give an order, they will definitely be willing to follow you, even if it means death."

Tongye Liqiu said loudly that he was not exaggerating. Many gentry admired Xixiang very much, especially those low-level gentry. In fact, among the heroes of the reform, only a few people such as Xixiang cared about the interests of the low-level gentry. Advocating "conquest of Korea" is not so much for expansion, as it is to find a way out for the low-level gentry.

A few months ago, the reason why Saigo Takamori left the central government and returned to the local government was that apart from disagreeing with the acting Taizheng Iwakura on the "conquest of Korea", the most important reason was that he was detrimental to the implementation of the Meiji government. Dissatisfied with the policy of junior samurai interests.He sympathized with the miserable experience of the junior samurai after the Meiji Restoration.In his letter requesting Satsuma to help a soldier who participated in the civil war, he wrote: "When the situation is about to die, make it a private property. After the matter is settled, it will be discarded immediately, which will affect morality."

In Japan, one of his widely circulated Yan Zhi poems also wrote: "After several hardships, the will is strong, and the husband is broken and ashamed. Does anyone know about the family's legacy? Don't buy beautiful fields for children and grandchildren." He is even more disgusted with many governments. High-ranking officials pursue fame and fortune, spend extravagance, and accuse them of forgetting "righteousness" for "profit".

"Your Excellency, Saga and all the warriors in the world are watching you! If we don't fight, they will die in vain!"

Kunisan Shinohara also said loudly.At this point he seemed a little excited.

"As a samurai, I should die for my lord, but now that the emperor has died suddenly, how can we, as subjects, not seek justice for the emperor!"

It has to be said that Kunisan Shinohara knew Xigo well. After he raised this general idea, Takamori Xigo frowned. He stared into the distance and remained silent for a long time before speaking.

"If we raise troops, we will not only be killed in battle, but also ruined, leaving shame on future generations!"

"Your Excellency, we are willing to follow Your Excellency!"

Faced with the relentless pursuit of his cronies, Takamori Xixiang was speechless for a while.

After hesitating for a moment, he said.

"In that case, then... let's do it!"

On February 2th, a meeting was held in the auditorium of the private school. Shinohara Kunikan, Kirino Akitoshi, Murata Shinpachi, Beppu Shinsuke and others unanimously elected Saigo Takamori as the leader and raised troops against the government.From the next day, Takamori Saigo began to recruit soldiers, and changed the private school into the main camp of the Sa army, and the branch school into a branch camp, recruiting 4 people on the same day.

On February 1874, 2, just as the temporary Taizheng Iwakura Toshishi ordered the Ministry of the Army to send troops to quell the "Saga Rebellion", before the troops were dispatched, news of Saigo Takamori's rebellion came again.

Compared with other people, as a hero of the reform, and in the past few years, he has continued to speak out for ordinary gentry, and the rebellion of Xixiang Takamori, who has long accumulated popularity, immediately received many people's response.

For a while, Japan was in turmoil. At the same time as the turmoil, unemployed nobles from all over the country raised troops to respond to Xixiang Longsheng's soldiers.

An unprecedented crisis broke out in Japan before the Spring Festival in 1874. The movement of this civil war had a far greater impact than the Southwest War in another world a few years later-the emperor died of a sudden illness and the chaos of succession to the throne directly led to Civil war broke out not only in Kyushu, but also in Honshu and other places.

Although Daming didn't pay much attention to Japan, after all, it was just a small country not worth mentioning.

But because Ryukyu is controlled by Ming, when the news of Xixiang Longsheng in Kyushu launched a rebellion, Ding Yunsong, the colonel of the Ming army and the governor of Ryukyu, immediately thought of the "weak Japan policy" mentioned by His Majesty, What is a weak day?Of course, it is to weaken Japan as much as possible.

After discussing with the staff officer of the Governor's Mansion for half a day, a decision was immediately made - privately provided Xixiang Takamori with 5000 old-style Spencer rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition, and also provided more than 20 cannons and a large number of bullets. Mortars and shells.

As fire experts, the officials of Ming Dynasty are actually quite talented. Of course, one of the more important reasons is that they are located in a remote area. Therefore, the Governor-General gave them a lot of autonomy, and they cannot be allowed to deal with problems when they have problems. , We have to wait for a reply from the mainland in a month or two.

This is exactly the difference between those governors and ordinary officials.They can make their decisions at any time according to the changes of the current situation and according to their personal judgment.There is no need to consider the final decision of the local people.

This is also the reason why the colonies of European countries can last for hundreds of years-the governor of the colonies has absolute supremacy in the land of value!

And this is precisely the most taboo in the traditional Chinese bureaucratic system culture-the traditional Chinese bureaucratic system not only guards against military generals, but also guards against civil officials, and guards against those officials who feudal Xinjiang will suddenly become local separatist forces.

What is the core of traditional Chinese rule?

Never expand, but maintain!

Maintain the emperor's rule!Therefore, no matter how the dynasties change, they will ultimately govern the country in the way of Shang Jun.For the common people, we must weaken the people, and of course we must also weaken the officials.

Whether it is weak people or weak officials, it is to make them lose the ability to judge and decide for themselves.Ultimately, through this domestication, to maintain the rule of the ruler.

But the foundation of the founding of the Ming Dynasty lies in expansion.That's why officials are continuously given more autonomy.

This is also the fundamental reason why he can make a decision after making a judgment based on the situation in front of him without worrying about being held accountable.

"Xixiang is a nice guy!"

In fact, even without His Majesty's will from a few years ago, Ding Yunsong will give him some assistance within his ability, because the two of them have some personal relationships, and he also appreciates that upright Japanese army general of.

Now he wants to seek justice for the betrayed warrior, this matter... makes sense!

When sending ships to Xixiang Longsheng to deliver a large amount of arms, Ding Yunsong said to himself again.

"This should be in line with His Majesty's decision..."

(End of this chapter)