After hearing Zuocun's words, Mutsuhito's pupils shrank.
"What do you mean."
Mu Ren's voice trembled slightly.
Even if he is a child prodigy, he cannot change the fact that he is a child with a kind heart.
He was now firmly attracted by what Zuocun just said.
"It's just the literal meaning." Zuo Cun picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea.
"...Are you going to help my father?" Mu Ren felt his heart beating very fast.
"It's not me who wants to help, and it's not your father who wants to help." Zuo Cun drank the warm tea, "It's us who want to help you, do you understand?"
"His Majesty Emperor Xiaomei is not a person worth helping. If he was really worthy of our help, you wouldn't be locked up in this small courtyard." Zuo Cun said with a mocking look on his face.
"...Do you have other companions?" After a long silence, Mu Ren chose to ignore Zuocun's contempt for his father and asked Zuocun a question instead.
"One person can't achieve anything, and if he does, it's just a bad thing." Zuo Cun shook the hand holding the cup.
"...Where is your sincerity? How should I trust you?" Mutsuhito thought for a long time, raised his head, and looked at Zuocun's thin face.
Zuocun spread his hands and smiled.
"That's sincerity."
"What?" Mu Ren was stunned.
"I have no intention of hiding my identity. Even after I leave, you can always report my presence to your father and ask him to search for me nationwide." Zuo Cun looked at Mu Ren's eyes and said, "This is me Sincerity, isn’t it?”
Mu Ren was dumbfounded: "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong?"
Zuo Cun nodded: "There's really nothing wrong with it."
"So Your Highness Mu Ren, can you tell me your opinion now?" Zuo Cun secretly laughed. He is still a child after all.
Mu Ren thought for a while: "Then... let me talk to you."
"My idea is... if we can return the power of the shogunate back to the hands of the emperor, let the emperor govern the country, and at the same time establish stable diplomatic relations with foreigners, and use the power of foreigners to a certain extent, Drive away the tiger and devour the wolf.”
"Today Japan is only one step away from splitting. The shogunate cannot control the situation at all. Continuing to advocate the integration of public and military affairs will only make both the public and military families lose face. Moreover, the cheerful fight between the public and military integration faction and the Zunwang and Expulsion faction will only consume the internal affairs. energy."
"...This is my general opinion." After Mu Ren said this, he took a deep breath and broke into a cold sweat.
"...His Highness's ideas are similar to ours." Zuomura said thoughtfully, "Since the shogunate is rotten, let him die and let the power return to the hands of the emperor."
Suddenly remembering something, Zuo Cun smiled and stretched out a finger.
"If you put it that way, wouldn't it mean that combining the public and military forces and respecting the king and fighting off the barbarians can be achieved at the same time?" Zuo Cun shook his finger.
"What?" Mu Ren was stunned.
Do it all at the same time, are you making me laugh?
"Think about it, Your Highness." Zuo Cun patted Mutsuhito on the shoulder, "If according to our ideas, the rights of the samurai family are separated from the shogunate and returned to your hands, is it considered a fusion of public and military affairs in a sense?"
"...?" Mu Ren felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything to refute.
"The rights of the public and military families are in your hands. You have the greatest rights in this country. Is this respecting the king?"
"...!"
"If we have established good relations with foreigners and there is no longer a threat from foreigners, is this a different kind of resistance to foreigners?"
"...!!!"
Mu Ren thought for a long time and scratched the back of his head.
Speechless.
"Think more about it, Your Highness Mu Ren." Zuo Cun said nothing more and patted Mu Ren on the shoulder, "If necessary, I will come to visit you again."
After waving his hand, Zuocun jumped back and climbed over the wall.
Muhito was left doubting his life.
...
Time passes slowly.
June.
Britain finally had enough.
Three bad diplomatic incidents finally made Britain choose to take action.
The British fleet arrived at Kagoshima, the southernmost tip of Japan, and directly bombarded Kagoshima without any negotiation.
At the same time, another fleet sailed directly to Edo, heading towards the home base of Takaaki and Tokugawa Iemo.
The Japanese fleet trained by Katsu Kaishu and equipped with cannons and rifles stopped the British fleet in Edo Bay.
The confrontation lasted for nearly a month, and the whole of Japan held its breath.
In the end, Xiaoming rushed to raise funds to compensate the British, and the British fleet retreated.
The panic subsided and everyone was thinking.
Will such a powerful foreigner really get good results if he is angered?
Okita Souji wiped the blood off California Kiyo and ordered to his team members: "Take this person back."
"yes!"
Souji Okita sighed.
Now the workload of the new writing team is getting bigger and bigger.
Except for the initial period of time when they were establishing their power, the Shinsengumi probably only arrested three or five people a week.
Now, we have to catch several every day.
And they are all those anti-foreign patriots scattered in every corner of Kyoto.
There may be some big moves ahead.
Souji Okita sheathed California's power and sighed.
The British forced the palace to make both the anti-barbarian faction and the shogunate realize the anger of foreigners.
If you really want to resist the invaders, you'd better think about how many shells you can bomb.
Due to the heavy workload, the recruitment of new team members has now begun, and the establishment has been expanded by one more establishment. Genzaburo Inoue, the original deputy of Souji Okita, is temporarily acting as the captain of the division.
Now not only the Shinsengumi, but also the vassal soldiers of each domain are active in Kyoto.
"I hope nothing bad will happen..." Okita glanced in the direction of Mibu Village.
"Close the team!"
"yes!"
...
Zuo Cun didn't do much else this month.
First, he went to Satsuma to see Ryoma, talked to Ryoma about Mutsuhito, and then came back.
Ryoma had a general understanding of Mutsuhito's thoughts, but like Takeichi Zuisan, he advised Zuomura not to have any thoughts about Emperor Takamei.
If Xiaoming is really assassinated, Zuocun will be infamy for thousands of years.
It's almost July now.
The weather is really starting to heat up.
Zuocun caught a fish.
Today I plan to celebrate Souna's birthday, so naturally I need some good food.
Zuocun opened the door, and the sun was about to set now.
Soina bought a loom and is now making clothes at home.
Although the black and white haori that Samura wore was gorgeous, it didn't quite fit Samura's temperament and felt too elegant.
Ezuna wanted to make clothes for Zuo Cun that really fit him.
After the two of them finished dinner, Zuo Cun returned to his room. He and Ryoma's plan still needed more improvement, and it was necessary to check the scroll no matter how many times it was viewed.
In her room, Ezuna took out an envelope that she had carried close to her body for several years but had not been opened.
snap——
