C641 Everyones contemplation (1/2)
Sakamoto Ryoma didn't know why Xiao Letian wanted to tell him this, but he was clear that this Chinese man who gave him a second life was not joking.
Thinking back to the first half of his life, a corporal who came from the countryside of the four kingdoms, seeing his mother die because of him but unable to do anything, seeing his comrade being killed yet unable to do anything, at that time, his heart was already filled with fire.
Afterwards, the Jiang family sought to learn the way of the sword, and the teachers learned the laws of the world from Sheng Hai Zhou. Then, they followed the martial arts master, Ji Ping, in order to create an alliance with the Emperor of the Tuzuo family.
The rise and fall of half a year had allowed Sakamoto Ryoma to accumulate very powerful connections, especially since the Sea Aid Society had now become a money bag for the overturning cause. With Xiao Letian's support, the Sea Aid Society had now become the largest importer of arms in South Japan, and the largest importer of arms in North Japan was the Tsurukawa's Palace.
With a network of people and money, Ryukyu had a powerful external helper like Xiao Letian, who had already become the rookie in the power rankings, and even had the possibility of becoming the biggest helper.
”If the tree is in the forest, the wind shall destroy it! Mr. Ryoma, think about it carefully. There are a lot of people who are jealous of you! ” Xiao Letian said softly as he looked at Sakamoto Ryoma who was deep in thought.
In the real history, on November 15, 1867, when the version of Dragon Horse and the Land Aid Captain Zhong Gangshentailang were discussing how to reverse the situation, two assassins, in the name of a visitor, rushed to the second floor of the Riverside Inn and assassinated Sakamoto Ryoma and Zhong Gangshentailang amidst the chaos.
Originally, with Sakamoto Ryoma's capabilities, he wouldn't have been that easily assassinated. However, due to the fierce conflict that occurred between the two leaders of the relief team that day, in order to calm everyone down, Sakamoto Ryoma proposed that everyone remove their weapons and put them aside to ease the atmosphere.
It was precisely because they did not have any weapons with them that the assassins had an opportunity to take advantage of them. Otherwise, with Sakamoto Ryoma's mastery of Jiang Hu and Jiang Chen's Thousand Meddling Hands' blade techniques, the two assassins would not be able to easily succeed.
The deaths of Sakamoto Ryoma and his wife became an unsolved case in history. In the end, they did not know who was the real mastermind. The killer was obviously just a small character on the surface. As for who was the mastermind behind all of this, it was worth considering.
The Tsurukawa's Palace was obviously the number one suspect, but Xiao Letian knew very clearly that although the Tsurukawa's Palace was Sakamoto Ryoma's enemy, ever since the eighth plan was delivered up, the Mr. Ryoma had become the leader of the Gentle Inverted Pie.
On the road to fight against the Mu Clan, should he choose political pressure or fighting for power? These two policies were constantly swinging back and forth between the backstage officials. Even an idiot like Tokugawa Yoshinobu would know that killing a force to seize power first and suppressing a political pressure later.
Therefore, the possibility of the Tokugawa being the mastermind was not high.
On the contrary, the ones who were at the greatest risk of doing so were the people within the Inverted Pie, the fanatical warlords who used force to seize power, and the red-eyed people who envied Sakamoto Ryoma for his martial arts skills, they were the more suspicious.
And the most lethal part of it was still the Eighth Plan on the Mr. Ryoma's boat, as well as General De Chuan's great policy of returning the favor. Sakamoto Ryoma's gentle attitude had already been seen as a rebel by the Inverted Pie, but his spirit of dao had absolutely zero tolerance for traitors.
This was actually a very important factor for the politicians in Japan. Of course, Sakamoto Ryoma was a Inverted Pie, he had the same goal as the fanatical warriors, but as a strategist, he knew when to advance and when to retreat. As such, many of his actions took into account the interests of the enemies.
That's right, the difference between the strategist and the politicians and warlords was that the strategist could look at things from a God's perspective. They could choose a compromise path that was acceptable to both the enemy and the enemy.
However, the narrow-minded warriors and short-sighted politicians did not think so. In their eyes, even the interests of a small salted fish could not be lost, let alone given to the enemy. To the enemy, they had to be completely annihilated, even if the city was to be massacred.
Based on his analysis, the possibility of the historical Sakamoto Ryoma dying in the hands of his own people was very high.
In this small and violent country of Japan, it was very difficult for strategist to appear, because all the strategist s were killed by them. In the end, even those who understood the situation wouldn't dare to come up with any ideas.
Sakamoto Ryoma pondered for a long time as he drank half a bottle of sake ”Ah … The Prime Minister's words caused me to shudder, but I have no other way out. The situation in Japan has already become so chaotic that someone has to step forward to solve the problem, not create it! ”
shook his head and sighed inwardly, it seemed like he could not share all the information. He changed his face and laughed, ”I was also reminding you to be careful, in the future, you must not leave your handguns, I, the Japanese people have no obligation to help me to the end, but in the end, you guys have to rely on yourselves. It doesn't matter if you protect your useful body even if you walk a little slower.”
Xiao Letian's sincerity completely infected the Mr. Ryoma, and after the two of them finished drinking the wine to their heart's content, the Mr. Ryoma laid down on the table, still singing the song of their homeland.