I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 218 Tooth protrusion!

Saitoichi took the lead to walk to the door of Nanao House, raised his finger, and when the last index finger fell, two strong police officers and Saitoichi rushed to the front door together.

"Oh!"

The fragile wooden door could not withstand the fierce blows of three people. The door bolt broke directly, and the two wooden doors collapsed and hit the entrance.

"What's wrong!"

Ichiro Shimada was awakened upstairs. He immediately shouted a warning and at the same time reached out and touched the knife beside the pillow.

The other two people quickly stood up and took the knives and asked, "What's wrong?"

Below, Saito rushed into the house first. The boss on the first floor, wearing only his underwear and a piece of clothing, walked out and asked anxiously: "Who are you?"

"The Metropolitan Police is handling the case, get out of the way!"

The boss was shocked and shouted loudly: "You, the Metropolitan Police Department, can't break into my dormitory like this!"

Ichiro Shimada, who was upstairs, heard the shouts of the boss downstairs, his face changed drastically and he said: "No, they are the hawks of the new government, leave quickly!"

The two immediately stood up and followed Shimada Ichiro to break through.

Shimada Ichiro turned around and shouted: "Don't leave together, break out separately!"

One person quickly walked to the back door, Shimada Ichiro turned around and returned to the room, and the remaining person gritted his teeth and said: "I'll stay to stop them, hurry up!"

Shimada Ichiro replied: "Sorry!"

He came to the window, opened a small crack, and observed the surrounding situation.

Downstairs, Saito saw the boss shouting loudly and knew that this person was telling someone something. He pushed the boss away and walked quickly upstairs.

As soon as Saito went up the stairs, he saw a man standing in the corridor holding a knife.

"Are you alone?"

Saito asked with his teeth protruding.

The warrior snorted coldly: "You, the treacherous lackey, must die!"

The Noto samurai shouted and rushed towards Saito with a sword. Saito felt that this man was full of flaws, so he stepped forward quickly and stabbed out the sword in his hand in an instant.

"what!"

The Noto samurai was slashed on his right wrist and had a gash on his right shoulder, but he did not touch Saito at all.

After the two men staggered, Saitoichi quickly turned around and slashed the Noto samurai on the back with a horizontal move.

"what!"

The Noto warrior screamed loudly and fell to his knees, losing his fighting power.

Immediately afterwards, the samurai who escaped to the back door was discovered by the police ambushing at the back door, and the two sides started fighting.

"Bang bang bang..."

The samurai drew his sword and fought back, but was shot by several police officers and fell down with several bullets in his body.

Ichiro Shimada, who was in the house on the left, heard the movement at the back door and glanced outside the house again. The front and back were blocked, and he had no chance.

A fight to the death!

Ichiro Shimada opened the window directly, stepped on the eaves and jumped directly into the alley next to him.

As soon as Saito heard the door opening, he opened the door and saw Ichiro Shimada jump down.

He immediately ran to the window and saw Ichiro Shimada getting up and looking back.

Shimada Ichiro roared: "Asshole, I will take revenge!"

Saito looked at Ichiro Shimada who ran away after saying the cruel words, and whispered: "You can't run away."

"There, don't let him get away!"

There were police officers squatting on both sides of the alley. Shimada Ichiro's shouting attracted the attention of the police officers. Shimada Ichiro was stopped before he could run out of the alley.

The police officer drew his revolver and shouted: "Put down your weapons immediately, kneel down and surrender!"

When Ichiro Shimada heard that someone was chasing him from behind, the expression on his face became even more ferocious.

"Damn it, kill!"

Ichiro Shimada accelerated and rushed towards the police officer in front. When the police officer saw that Ichiro Shimada was going to fight to the death, he immediately pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Ugh!"

Ichiro Shimada was shot twice and fell directly to the ground.

"How...hateful!"

Ichiro Shimada, who was bleeding constantly from his mouth, was very unwilling. He stared straight ahead and soon died.

All three assassins of Nanaoya were killed.

Saito took a look at the body. He left a few people to look at the Nanao House, and then led the remaining police officers to the Kawaki House two streets away.

Although they made a lot of noise in Nanaoya, the streets of Hebeiya were not affected at all. The streets were quiet except for the footsteps of the police officers.

The three people in the Hebei House did not expect that the people from the Metropolitan Police Department would find their hiding place so quickly. Saitoichi still violently broke in the door, scaring the three people to escape to the back door and were blocked in the yard.

Saito stepped forward alone and thrust out his teeth three times, cutting all three of them to the ground.

After venting his anger, Saito felt a little relieved. He took out the oil paper and wiped the sword, put it in the scabbard, then took out the cigarette and lit it, and took a deep breath.

"Mission accomplished, close the team."

The police officers immediately picked up the three bodies and left the Hebei House.

As soon as Saito returned to the Metropolitan Police Department, Kondo Isamu was still waiting for him.

"Saito, everyone has been caught?"

Saito nodded and said, "If they plan to resist, they will all be killed."

Isamu Kondo nodded slightly and said, "It's okay to deal with it this way, but Chang Lianhao is still there, and we can still ask for some valuable information from him."

Saito nodded and said, "I understand."

Isamu Kondo stood up and said, "You and I will go see the body so that we can find the Prime Minister to revive him later."

Then the two came to the morgue, and Chang Lianhao was also brought over.

Isamu Kondo pointed at the six corpses and asked, "Tell me their details."

When Chang Lianhao saw the dead Shimada Ichiro, he couldn't help but feel sad. At the same time, he felt ashamed that he could not withstand the test and betrayed them.

He lowered his head and took a quick look, then nodded and said, "It's them, there are many H's."

Kondo Isamu showed a smile, nodded and said: "Very good, Saito, you can handle it next, I have to go to the cabinet to wait."

At this moment, before dawn, Kondo Isamu went back to tidy up his clothes, and then came to the cabinet.

Early in the morning, Yagyu drove a carriage to the cabinet. As soon as he arrived at the door of the office, he saw Isamu Kondo standing there.

He stepped forward to say hello: "Kondo, why are you here so early?"

Isamu Kondo immediately stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, I have something to report."

Ichimura Tetsunosuke stepped forward and opened the door. Yagyu stretched out his hand and said: "Sink in, drink a cup of tea, and take a rest."

After the three of them entered the office, Tetsunosuke Ichimura picked up the kettle to get hot water to make tea. Yagyu sat down in his seat and put down his briefcase.

Kondo Isamu stood in front of the table and handed over the action report of the secret police: "Prime Minister, the seven assassins who intended to assassinate Lord Okubo have been caught. They are nobles from Ishikawa Prefecture.

Among these seven people, only Chang Lianhao was captured alive by Saito. The other six resisted during the capture and were killed. "

Yagyu looked at the report, nodded and said: "Oh, Saito's swordsmanship has improved again. You did a good job this time and acted very quickly."

Kondo Yuton said first: "This is what the Metropolitan Police Department should do. We will also strengthen surveillance of Kyoto and strive to detect such things as soon as possible if they happen again."

Yagyu is still very satisfied with the Metropolitan Police Department. Whether it is Kyoto or Osaka, the Metropolitan Police Department has a firm grasp of the public security issues in these two big cities.

However, Todo Heisuke of Edo had sent telegrams several times to request assistance.

Edo was already a metropolis with a population of over one million during the shogunate period. After the shogunate's demise, the shogunate's power did not perish. Many shogunate ministers became officials of the new government. Even Shogun Tokugawa Yoshiki also served as an official of the new government. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

However, Yagyu arranged for Ito Koshitaro to serve as the mayor of Edo City, and Toudo Heisuke to serve as the director of the Edo Police Station to govern Edo.

But the situation here is complicated.

In addition to the huge population, there are also intricate relationships between noble families, wealthy businessmen, and Westerners.

At the beginning, Edo was very slow in implementing the New Deal. In addition to the obstruction by the nobles, there were also those Westerners who caused trouble.

Before the Battle of the Gulf of Tonkin, Edo was in great chaos and government orders were blocked.

After the Battle of the Tonkin Gulf, Yagyu strongly arranged for Ito Koshitaro and Todo Heisuke to enter and take the lead in suppressing the evil party forces in Edo City.

More than 5,000 evil party members were exiled to Tokaido to do labor camps.

After Yagyu declared war on Spain and France, Ito Koshitaro was instructed by Yagyu to put pressure on Westerners in Edo, and Western businessmen restrained themselves.

When the nobles in Edo saw that the new government was attacking Westerners, they naturally began to restrain themselves, and Edo's decrees began to be implemented.

However, due to the large population, the police station is still short of manpower and needs support from Kyoto.

Yagyu then said to Kondo Isamu: "Edo can send more people there, and let Yamazaki cooperate and send people there together."

Kondo Isamu thought that over in Edo, Toudo Heisuke and others were all students of Ito Koshitaro. They did not say hello to the Metropolitan Police Department when something happened, and only reported to Ito Koshitaro.

He then asked: "Then I will send Shinpachi and the others to support?"

Yagyu didn't think too much, nodded and said: "Yeah, that's okay. The nobles over there will definitely be frightened when they know that Shinpachi and other old members of the Shinsengumi have passed away. They will be much more honest."

"Then I'll go back and arrange these things first."

"Go."

Isamu Kondo immediately left the cabinet and returned to the Metropolitan Police Department to send a telegram to the Osaka Police Station.

Okubo Toshimichi came to Yagyu's office with documents. When he saw Kondo Isamu walking in a hurry, he felt a little confused.

He walked to the door of Yagyu's office and knocked.

"Come in."

Okubo Toshimichi walked into the office and asked: "Prime Minister, I see that Director Kondo has been somewhat diligent in the cabinet these days. Is it because of those party matters?"

Yagyu shook his head and said, "That's not true. Several people wanted to assassinate you, but the Metropolitan Police discovered them in advance."

Okubo Toshimichi was shocked at first, and then asked in confusion: "What? Why did they want to assassinate me?"

Yagyu explained: "Probably because the newly promulgated ban on hair and other regulations caused dissatisfaction among the nobles. They couldn't assassinate me, so they chose you."

Okubo Toshimichi thought this was ridiculous.

He knew that no one had ever succeeded in the assassination incident that Yagyu had experienced, so it was really the most appropriate choice for him to be the assassination target. Unfortunately, these people failed more than succeeded.

"These people are really stupid. They are still living in the past, and they might as well be dead."

Okubo Toshimichi was dismissive of these people, so he made a very disdainful comment.

Yagyu nodded slightly and said: "Let them do whatever they want. The general trend is like this. They are just trying to control the situation."

Okubo Toshimichi stopped discussing the matter. He handed over the document in his hand and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this is the action report of Kochi Prefecture, Tosa Prefecture, submitted by the Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Justice."

Yagyu took it and checked it.

Okubo Toshimichi continued: “Now the Tosa Patriotic Party’s local funding sources have been basically cut off, and several local wealthy businessmen have severed ties with the Patriotic Party.

In the past few days, the Patriotic Public Party has also made internal adjustments. Some nobles have been eliminated from the Patriotic Public Party. These nobles seem to want to create a new party.

In addition, there is news that Osaka's Konoike Company and Goto Shojiro met and discussed several times, and some people even met several people from the Marquis of Uesugi. "

Yagyu listened to the report and read the action report at the same time.

He nodded and said: "Well, this matter should be regarded as a model and spread throughout the world."

Okubo Toshimichi replied: "Your Majesty Prime Minister, the election for the House of Commons is about to begin, and the various parties are moving very frequently. I am worried that something will happen."

"What could happen?"

Yagyu said somewhat leisurely.

Okubo Toshimichi said with a serious face: "Kido-sama told me privately that some people feel that the power of the lower house is too small. It only has a supervisory role on the upper house and national policies, and it does not play the role of the lower house of countries such as the United Kingdom at all. .”

When Yagyu heard this, his expression became much more serious.

This group of people is really restless and actually wants to increase the power of the House of Commons.

And there are actually people from the House of Lords who have joined forces with these parties.

You must know that the Parliament of Peers has greater power than the House of Commons.

Of course, both parliaments have less power than the government.

The House of Lords has legislative power, the House of Commons has supervisory power, and the government has complete executive power and weakened legislative power, as well as supervisory power.

Unlike the supervisory power of the House of Commons, the government's supervisory power is stronger.

In addition, the power to appoint officials is also in the hands of the government.

According to the current official selection system, government officials must pass a unified examination to become grassroots civil servants. They must train at the grassroots level for at least two years before they can be promoted to the level of section chief.

Subsequent promotions also need to pass comprehensive reviews such as performance appraisals and continue to be promoted.

However, officials at all levels such as county magistrates and above are appointed from the central government, which strengthens the central government's control over local governments.

You must know that since the shogunate era, Japan's political system has been like the Zhou Dynasty in ancient China. Except for the shogunate's heavenly leaders, the feudal lords are autonomous. These feudal lords only need the generals who make regular pilgrimages to Edo.

The Meiji government in history was still in this situation.

From the very beginning, Yagyu set out to strengthen the central government and weaken the local governments.

He did not delegate power to either chamber.

In other words, in the current system, the cabinet is the center of power.

Until he retires and becomes Prime Minister, Yagyu will strengthen the upper and lower council members, reduce the power of the cabinet, and ensure the separation of powers to prevent one family from becoming dominant.

As for now, Japan is in a critical period of reform, so naturally he alone has the final say, and he is the only exception.

(End of this chapter)