Inari wants to live in peace

(41) Dialogue: Tsushima Occupation Incident (2) Ryuma Sakamoto

A large number of caretakers and nearby guards were waiting in a predetermined location for the dining room vehicle of the Inari God special train.

Then I lowered my hips to the chair in front of Sakamoto, who is sitting on the chair, facing each other.

It wasn't a pre-attack or a post-attack, but first he bowed his head deeply and said hello.

"Thank you very much for taking me to the Tosa clan this time."

"I just like it so I don't need to thank you."

You don't have to thank me because I only allowed you to ride on a whim.

My image of him is not only a master of the sword, but also an amazing man who can cut his head.

There were quite a few cartoons and cartoons featuring Ryuma Sakamoto, so I knew them with care.

Well, leave it alone, and I'll let you move on.

"Sakamoto-san stayed in Edo for a long time."

"That's right. I gained knowledge and experience at the dojo and school in Edo.

He was also severely trained in the militia garrison and successfully graduated a few days ago. "

Though the image of the swordsman was damaged when I heard about the training of the militia, I can tell that he is wearing a tight body, so he has slipped through the Shura area quite a bit.

I put my hand to my mouth and thought for a while, looking somehow at the view flowing outside the train, I asked what I felt doubtful about.

"I know you will return to the Tosa clan because of the delimitation, but why did you offer to accompany me?"

In modern times, trains go to each clan normally, so even ordinary people can travel cheaply and for a long time.

If you don't feel comfortable storing it, you can write to the Tosa clan or your family and borrow a street bank.

You don't have to bother calling me and asking me to accompany you until you're in danger of being truncated by the guards.

When I thought so, Mr. Sakamoto told me honestly, without hiding the reason.

"I wanted to hear directly what Inari God thought about foreign countries and black ships."

Sakamoto-san nods in front of her as she lowers her head.

The public has already been informed of the shogunate's future policy through the shogunate's officials.

But that's just like the minimal business contact you need.

It is difficult to know the sentiments of Japan's supreme rulers from such brief texts.

In addition, news and communication are subtly changing like message games, and the people who actually accept them believe only what they want to believe.

Then, by meeting with me in person and asking, I can hear the true meaning of lies and lies that are not clearly shown in the text.

Mr. Sakamoto, who made that decision, is innocent, but it makes sense at first.

And I hated lying and didn't want to hide anything else.Above all, I decided intuitively that it would be okay for him to tell me the truth, so I kept talking as usual.

"I don't think anything about foreign countries or black ships."

"What do you call it?"

To be honest, I know what I really mean, but it's hard to translate it and explain it to others.

However, since it was a good kick to look back at the current situation, I explained the continuation while organizing that it was neither in my head nor in this way.

"Japan is overwhelmed by foreign threats.

It's a little further, but there's also Australia, a friendly country. "

Even if negotiations break apart and war breaks out, if we team up with Australia, we can win without compromising the big countries.

However, I wanted to put an end to Tokugawa Shogunate's rule and clandestine country, and establish a new Meiji government as a democracy.

At first glance, it is a weak policy that has succumbed to foreign pressure, so it is only natural that there are people who are not convinced.

However, as the shogunate and the upper echelons of each clan, I wanted to avoid the trouble of ruling and managing the great power after winning the war, and even getting caught up in it.

It is almost the same feeling as a stable god who aspires to live in peace and hide from exile.

But for the bloodthirsty downstairs, it doesn't matter!I'm going to blow it up because it's annoying!

So I carefully chose the words and explained to Sakamoto-san not the real plan A but B, which is not wrong.

"Suppose, hypothetically, the negotiations between the United States and the Russian Empire broke down, and there was a war, and we won."

America is too far away, so it won't bother to attack.

But Russia is a neighbor, so it's possible, and it's still being harassed in a meaningful way.

But, well, leave it for a moment, and I'll keep talking.

"But war means leaving behind a scourge that will never go away.

So Japan will continue to be exposed to eternal robbery, resentment and jealousy from all over the world. "

I don't know if it will be real.

But as far as the 2000s are concerned, war is not a simple matter of winning or losing.

Terrorists are good at killing because of religion or resentment, and small countries that were being held back by big powers may breathe back and start coups.

"Besides, anger and hatred also spread around, so if one war is over, the next spark will soon emerge and continue to grow indefinitely."

If you open the end of the war once, the fires may continue to spread and plunge into World War II.

Because we are at war with the great power of the United States in the first place, we are already at the level of world war at that time, but we decided not to think about it.

Sakamoto-san asked with a suspicious face.

"Would Japanese hatred and civil unrest occur even in the victorious and occupied countries?"

While impressed by the speed of understanding, I answer the question with a serious face.

"People's anger and hatred cannot be erased easily.

I will tell my child that my parents have made me lick it in Japan, and it will be passed on to my grandchildren. "

The future was peaceful in Japan, but the neighborhood was quite chaotic and often brought out of the past.

There are some parts that we can't help because we have a loss, but if we can put too many toys on, it's a situation where it's not strange when the end of the battle is opened.

That's why I want to avoid trouble on the continent as much as possible, but since it makes no sense to tell Sakamoto-san that it hasn't happened yet, I think about it a little and say another word.

"It's time to get out of the safe bird cage and fly into the sky.

Therefore, in the future, it will be important to build good relations with foreign countries and avoid war. "

Navigation technology is developing, and the distance between Japan and foreign countries is getting closer and closer.

And yet, what happens if you always have a policy of playing the extra?

The mood of the least involved countries gets worse on their own, and suddenly it explodes like a love game somewhere.And there may be bad rumours that have no roots or leaves in the foreigners.

That is why it is a shift towards democracy in the sense of aligning our strengths and increasing our allies.

There is also the aspect of trying to improve the efficiency of the administrative office in accordance with the times, but personally, I have been able to turn Japan around enough, so I am not an enemy, and the appeal was strong.

However, it is important to convince Mr. Sakamoto now, so I will continue to explain.

"Previously, Japan was only a small island country in the Far East.

That's why other countries weren't so interested. "

In the first place, navigation skills are immature and it is difficult to cross the sea.

Even though there was a small island country called Japan in a remote place, few people thought of going with their lives.

If so, will it be different from now on?

I nod small to Sakamoto's question.

Steam ships have become frequent, and countries have emerged to use Japan as a convenient gateway to the continent.

The United States and the Russian Empire are already staring at each other between Japan.

Therefore, I will continue to be a clandestine country, but I will be caught up in trouble in other countries.

"There will undoubtedly be an increase in foreign intimidation, regardless of clandestine country."

In fact, Mr. Sakamoto nodded small with a reluctant expression because of the case of the United States, which boarded a black ship without an appointment.

In the future, diplomatic issues such as grandiose interference in internal affairs were frequently on the news.

I don't care because I'm leaving soon, but I'm sure the Meiji government officials will struggle very hard from now on.

Ask the caregiver to add warm green tea to calm the heavy feeling for now.

Then, after moisturizing your throat, exhale a little and re-divide.

"We will establish the country to keep pace with the world and improve the efficiency of administration in line with the times.

That's why I decided to convert to democracy. "

In the meantime, if you learn to the right of other democracies, they'll think you're friends, not enemies.

But if you keep your power focused on the Emperor, it's a dictatorship!It's a tyranny! It's no wonder they protested.

However, the world is not so simple, but it has never gone beyond showing the attitude of walking.

At least adding more allies would make it difficult to complain face-to-face, so I wanted to count on the diplomatic skills of the Meiji government.

"Did you understand the explanation so far?"

I exhaled and waited for Sakamoto's next words.

"Thank you, and I can't help but wonder in God Inari's heart!"

Mr. Sakamoto looks sad when he says that he is finally getting off his shoulders.

What the hell is going on here? I opened my mouth.

Um ─ ─

"The Edo Shogunate built by the Inari gods for the future of the world and the motherland must be cursed with their own hands!

It's so spicy! I think it's hard to do everything with my tongue! "

If you ask me, I'm sure that's all I can think of.

However, although officials of the Edo Shogunate reacted the same way as Mr. Sakamoto did today, they were already satisfied with the intention of returning to the great government and were in contact with the upper levels of each clan.

Besides, perhaps just because the workplace becomes a government agency or the department changes, things haven't changed very much.

But I'm sure this is a milestone in a turbulent era.

Therefore, Sakamoto-san, who talks enthusiastically, was not deliberately given water to call it the great work that has accumulated since the opening of the Edo Shogunate.

However, it seemed inevitable that my ears would become red due to shame, and I tried to listen to Sakamoto's praise even though I found out that I was embarrassed in an attitude.

At a later date, Mr. Sakamoto achieved the goal of listening from me to the heart of the establishment of the Meiji government.

In this way, he switched trains and stopped by before returning to the Tosa clan.

From now on, we will reach out to everyone we know to help build the foundation for the founding of the country.

They recruited each other to form the Tosa Emperor's Party (Tokusa-kun Imperial Party) rather than the Curtains, and widely informed the general public of the importance of the Meiji government and the founding of the country.

However, it was unexpectedly more than expected that a movement of royalty, the idea of honoring the monarch and repudiating external enemies, arose because of a little too much burning of the people.

Fortunately, civil unrest did not occur, but even after the establishment of the Meiji government, the shogunate and the bureaux of each clan became temporarily flat due to my letters and appeals for continued voting.

Normally this is the imperial court, and I am honored by the soothsayer, but I am the Inari god and god emperor who stands in the face of the arrow as to what went wrong.

However, the shadow is thin over there, and I don't even know if it stands out because I have a better look behind the forest.

By the way, if I return the authority of General Kaisei to the Imperial Court, I intend to completely fade out rather than hide out as I have always done.

Because of such an irrevocable wish, I stayed silent on the matter until the end.

And Ryuma Sakamoto and his associates want to work for the Meiji government and its affiliates in the future, and I want him to work for Inari God!and a letter was sent.

Though I thought it was a good idea, I sent a clever sentence along with a little support money to Sakamoto and Tosa Emperor Party officials who are turning around the country.

I can only imagine what they will become.

But now that I was so busy greeting everywhere, I quickly flew to the other side of my memory.