In Edo Castle in Fuso, bustling citizens parade in the night light river. The hawking of vendors, the humming of singers, and the unique three-line plucking sounds gathered together to form a lively Edo Ukiyo-e.

This is the most blooming city in Fuso. The three hundred years of operation of the Tokugawa Shogunate has made it the economic center of Japan. You can never feel that this is a vulnerable country that is as bullied by the West as the Qing Dynasty.

In a simple izakaya, four men were quietly watching the crowds on the street from the window on the second floor. The faint fragrance of powder in the air made them frown.

"The ancient Chinese poem is very true. The businesswoman does not know the hatred of the country, but still sings the flowers across the river! Isn't this the case for our Japan? Western powers used cannons to bomb our country's door, and Xiao Letian from the south despicable changed our country's name. This is to eliminate Japan's roots..."

"Silence! Kojima-kun is silent... Don't say that person's name. There are already many taboos when we discuss matters together. Edo Castle has a variety of forces, be careful of the walls!"

The man named Kojima-kun was scolded by the man sitting on the seat, so scared that he didn't dare to say anything more, because this person was no one else and a very famous pioneer in the reform forces, Kaneko Goro.

Katsukoro, a vassal of Changshu, was later renamed Takayun Kido. He was a very influential boss among the reform forces in history. Unfortunately, in this era, he met the radiant Xiao Letian. The strong intervention of the Prime Minister of the East China Sea completely collapsed the anti-curve movement, and the ideal plan of these reformists was smashed to pieces.

In their eyes, the Japanese national name changed to Fusang, which was a very shame. The establishment of the Fusang Bank made Japan's economy controlled by foreigners. As for Xiao Letian's repeated recruitment of wild samurai, he was even digging the roots of Japanese Bushido.

"You guys! You all know that they are only loyal to the lord rather than this country. When that person can provide better conditions for promotion and more opportunities for meritorious service, will they still turn back? They can only become the sword in the hands of that person!"

Kaekoro's expression was extremely painful, and he raised his head and drank a glass of bitter wine. The three of them were all loyal fans of Kaekoro's. They drank a glass of sake together and said in pain, "Is there no way? Can that person be defeated?"

"Of course there are solutions. Now it seems that directly adopting military conflicts can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. When you cannot kill that man, the money and military magic in his hands will tempt more and more Japanese samurai to throw themselves into his arms! In the end, the Japanese still kill the Japanese, and the blood we shed! "

"So we can only find a breakthrough in ourselves. If we want to get rid of the control of that devil, we must first activate the wisdom of the people. What is wisdom of the people? We must first shape our national spirit in Japan, instill the concept of the country into all Japanese people, so that they can recognize the identity of Japanese national..."

"People must have discriminatory minds. Let those samurai know that we are Japanese and Chinese, and they are not the same type of people at all. They must have this discriminatory mind..."

Kei Kogoro's speech inspired his fans, and the three of them suddenly became excited and discussed together how to awaken Japanese national consciousness and how to vigorously promote it.

But they didn't know that in the kitchen outside the izakaya, a black shadow was quietly lurking on the beam of the room, staring at the busy couple below with bright eyes. A thin iron wire hung down from the beam, facing the sake pot on the stove.

The transparent liquid slowly flowed down the wire and fell accurately into the mouth of the narrow sake pot, one drop or two drops. When the boss turned his head to prepare the sashimi, the wire had quietly been retracted back to the beam of the room.

Half an hour later, Gui Xiaowuro and three friends suddenly vomited blood while drinking and fell on the tatami and fell into a coma. When the terrified shop owner called the officers and soldiers, the bodies of the four people had already become cold.

Kei Kogoro's experience was not isolated. In just one week, Sakuma Xiangshan, Oyama Iwa, Oto Keisuke... and fifteen reformists were assassinated.

Some were poisoned in izakayas, some were strangled to death while writing letters at home, and even drowned while bathing in hot springs...

It is not a big deal to die in such a huge Japanese. The people still live a peaceful life. In their eyes, what if no one dies on that day?

However, in the eyes of those big names, especially those who are real power, the deaths of these people are very intriguing, because these people are the most fanatical reformists and are also core members of respecting the king and expelling the barbarians.

Matsuhei Etsu in Wakamatsu Castle Castle once sighed at the direction of Kyoto after drinking, "The Emperor has no chance to take the stage anymore. In the end, the King will be a dream shattered!"

When Xiao Lotte left Fusang on a boat from Edo, he suddenly found that one side of the dock was extremely lively, and there were even sounds of fighting.

After calling Ryumajun, he asked casually and found out that it was a ship ready to sail to Ryukyu, and those who were quarreling were countless wild warriors who could not survive.

"Prime Minister! The life of Japanese wild samurai is so hard. They are hungry and full, and sometimes they even have to work part-time as bandits to have enough food... Now their dream place is Ryukyu, and only there is a better opportunity!"

Following the wind, Xiao Letian faintly heard the ronin shouting, wanting to use the least amount of money to get a chance to board the boat, and even there were usury merchants who were going out to borrow money next to the boat.

Those poor ronin could not even afford a ticket for a boat, and even needed to borrow usury to get the opportunity to board the ship. The extremely poor warriors who could not borrow money even had emotional people who swung their fists and started fighting, and the scene quickly got out of control.

Xiao Letian sighed and said to himself, "What is the core competitiveness of a country? What exactly is it that unites people's hearts? Look at these warriors and you will understand very well. What they want is an upward channel, an opportunity to change their destiny..."

"This is the heart of the people. Whoever can establish an efficient and fair talent promotion system in East Asia will be the first to establish an efficient and fair talent promotion system, and whoever can grasp the hearts of the people, especially the elites!"

"The wild samurai don't see any chance to change their destiny, so they want to overthrow the Tokugawa family's rule. Hong Xiuquan from Guangxi cannot see the possibility of being admitted to the scholar, so he wants to rebel and poke the lid pressing on his head!"

"Stop it! You can continue to block the hearts of Rushui people! One day you will force all the elites of Asia to my command! There will always be one day..."
Chapter completed!