At a gathering of celebrities, someone asked to recite poems in memory of "Okubo". At first, Okubo did not remember who Okubo was. However, Yoshida Nobuya and Miyabe Daizo successively recited two masterpieces by Lai Sanyo, and Okubo reacted again and again.

I slowly remembered who this person was.

The Great Kusunoki was Masashige Kusunoki during the Northern and Southern Dynasties - this man, Nobushige Sanada at the end of the Warring States Period, and Yoshitsune Minamoto, who fought against Genpei, were also known as the three great heroes of the end. However, most people in the world call them Masashige Kusunoki or Lord Nan. It is rare for Yoshida to hear this

"Da Nangong" thought of this person.

Since calling Kusunoki the "Great Kusunobu", the man who calls himself "East Lake" must be Fujita Toranosuke, Mr. Toko of Mito Ryota. The Mito School highly esteems Kusunoki, so no wonder he came up with such a title.

Ever since he learned from Mr. Tanan and Oguri that Tokugawa Saiaki was appointed as the coastal defense officer, Okubo asked his father to help collect information about Mito, so he knew something about Fujita East Lake.

Yoshida and Miyabe finished reciting the poem, and the people next to them urged Okubo to continue, so he didn't have time to think too much, so he had to recite a poem:

"The legacy of diligence is filled with tears, and thousands of famous names are here.

When the flowers fade and bloom in Sakurai Station, the delicate fragrance still teases the old Nanshan Mountain."

When everyone heard it, they clapped their hands and applauded. It was not that this poem surpassed Lai's two famous works, but that this poem had never been heard before and it was obviously a new work.

After winning the lottery, Okubo felt a shiver in his heart. Just now, he felt that the topic was wrong and was suspected of criticizing the shogunate. However, someone urged him to recite the poem quickly. After reciting it, he became more and more uneasy.

Who is Kusunoki Masashige? He was a hero who stepped forward to assist the small imperial court in Kyoto in times of crisis. He was a major contributor to the overthrow of the Kamakura shogunate (1192-1333), and later fought against the Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573).

Founded but died in battle, and spent his whole life fighting against the Wu family, the general Zhengyi. This topic may have ulterior motives.

Mito scholars have always said that they respect the king. After Qi Zhao succeeded to the throne of the family, Mito scholars often criticized the shogunate for disrespecting the court. They thought Qi Zhao would be more restrained this time when he came back. Fujita Toko, who can be used as his right-hand man, named "Okaku Nan" at a gathering of celebrities.

The title, no matter whether there is a deeper meaning in it, but you don’t want to bring trouble for Naoxiu.

Thinking of this, Okubo said loudly: "This poem is written by a servant friend. I have other clumsy works below, please correct me."

"The merits of a lifetime are like floating cherry blossoms, and the husband is generous and proud of himself."

It’s no use calling out loyal ministers, thousands of rivers flow into the sea to the east.”

After the poem was recited, the entire audience fell into silence. Even the people playing chess and chatting further away turned to look over. Okubo was confused at the time. He had suppressed this poem temporarily. He knew what his level was, and he couldn't say anything at all.

After a neat fight, the current scene shows that he must have made a fool of himself again. What a bad luck!

This time, in order to draw a clear line between Okubo and Kusunoki, a rebel of the samurai family, Okubo wrote a poem hastily:

"The merits of a lifetime are like floating cherries, and a husband is generous and proud of himself" means "It doesn't matter what you do in your lifetime, as long as you know what a man has done";

"It doesn't matter how loyal ministers are, all the rivers flow into the sea and head east." This sentence has the same meaning as the previous sentence, "It doesn't matter how others evaluate it. In the end, not everyone has to go east." - Edo

In Kanto, this sentence is to flatter the Tokugawa family, wash feet and hold boots. It means that no matter how heroic you are, you don't have to go to Edo to worship in the end. The implication is that the Tokugawa shogunate and the first generation of Ieyasu public servants

is the real winner.

However, the era of Kusunoki Masashige was almost five hundred years ago. Although there are still legends among the people, it is a long time ago after all. The person who recently stirred up Kusunoki is Tokugawa Mitsuhiro, the originator of Mito school, which is what the people call it.

Mito Huangmen, Mitsuaki, is the second-generation head of the Tokugawa family in Mito. His official position is Gon Chunagon. The Fuso court likes to imitate the Chinese. The corresponding official name of Nakamen in the Tang Dynasty was "Yellow Gate", so

Mito is known as the "Mito Yellow Gate".

In the third year of Genroku (1690), Tokugawa Mitsuhiro spent a lot of money to rebuild Kusunoki Masashige's tomb in Minatogawa. The inscription is "The tomb of the loyal minister Kusunoko." Okubo's family was poor when he was young. In this life, he was seduced by Naohide and practiced orchid at the age of fourteen.

He was a student, so he didn't know much about this old story. He only heard people say "Oh, loyal minister Kusuko", but he didn't know that it came from Mitsuki, the second generation head of the Mito family.

"Who cares about loyal ministers?" Okubo poked Mitsuo, the founder of Mito theory, with one stroke, so everyone present calmed down, look, look, look, the big scene that you have been looking forward to is here, Fujita East Lake has been in the limelight in recent years

Not too young, let’s see how he deals with this stupid kid knocking on his door.

Toko Fujita was punished along with Sai Zhao in 1844. The Tianroku mansion was confiscated and he was not allowed to go out in "confinement". However, in 1846, Sai Zhao was lifted from the "discretion", and Fujita returned to the feudal government in 1849. Since then, he has been serving Qi

Akira rejoined the shogunate and ran around, although Fujita was very popular.

, but if he talks too much, he will inevitably offend people, so there are many people here who want to see him lively.

Fujita has always shown himself to be outspoken and generous, but a younger generation mocked the second-generation family master in a poem for saying that he was wrong. It was normal for a master to humiliate his ministers and kill them, and to kill people with a sword on the spot.

At this time, the importance of the intermediary became apparent. Okubo was brought by Sakuma Shoyama, so Sakuma naturally wanted to mediate. He quickly bowed to Toko Fujita, and then said:

"Wanchuan flows into the sea to the east of Chutou. If you establish your virtues and make meritorious deeds, you will be immortal. If you become a teacher and a general, you will be a perfect person. Who else can be worthy of this position except the Mito Yellow Gate."

Confucianism has a saying about three kinds of immortality, "The Supreme One has established virtue, the second has meritorious service, and the third has established words. Even if it lasts for a long time, this is called immortality."

As an old Jianghu, Sakuma directly identified Okubo's "Manchuan flows into the sea to the east" as admiring Tokugawa Mitsuhiro, which means that Mitsuhiro sighed at Kusunoki "wooing loyal ministers", but the world has forgotten, "What is the point of calling loyal ministers?"

There is a more awesome person in Mito located to the east, and that is Mito Yellow Gate!

Sakuma's statement is very interesting. From the perspective of the Three Immortals, Tokugawa Mitsuhiro is indeed stronger than Kusunoki Masashige - Kusunoki was defeated and died in the end. Even now, I have heard that there are some theories and works spread. At best, they are "moral".

"Making meritorious service" is a bit reluctant.

Mito Huangmen is similar to the Chinese Bao Zheng in folklore. He often visited privately incognito to punish corrupt officials. According to the legend, he punished hundreds of shogunate officials. In terms of number, he punished the shogunate officials for decades. Then

Both moral conduct and meritorious deeds are "certain and unmistakable".

Li Yan, this is definitely worthy of the name. Mito's classic "History of Daifuso" was organized and compiled by Mitsuo. This Li Yan is also worthy of the name.

Moreover, "To be a teacher, to be a general, to be a prime minister is to be a perfect person", this saying sounds so good. The elder Guang Kui often advised the generals at that time that it is not an exaggeration to call him the emperor's teacher.

There are hundreds of acting shogunate officers. Who would believe it if you say he doesn't give advice on the governance of the shogunate? It's just that he was a little short of a general. The world was relatively peaceful at that time. At most, he could pacify some peasants, but a few hundred people in Fuso could be called a general.

It is not entirely unreasonable to say that the generals are fighting together.

"Three virtues and meritorious deeds are immortal, and a perfect man is a teacher, a general, and a prime minister." When this comment spread, there was a big light on Mito's face, and according to Sakuma, Okubo did not deny the saying of "a loyal minister", but

I felt sorry for Mito Komon - people only praised Kusunobu but ignored the full extent of the praise. In addition, Sakuma had bowed to himself before speaking. When Toko Fujita thought of this, the flesh on his face did not jump.

, and his eyebrows and eyes relaxed.

At this time, the owner, Yasui Xixuan, also came out to show off - everyone wanted to come to Yasui's mansion because the old man was a kind-hearted man, and all these celebrities were tall and dignified. No one had a bad temper, and they would fight each other when they got into a fight.

, only a good old man like Yasui can persuade everyone.

"Young people are formidable, but there is no end to learning. In the future, Okubo should still ask more from his seniors for advice." This sentence not only affirmed Okubo, but also silently praised Toko Fujita and everyone present. Sure enough, he is still more mature than ever.

In fact, Yasui disagreed with Sakuma's explanation. Toutoudong praised the Mito Yellow Gate. Then there is Sendai to the east of Mito, and Ezo Land to the east of Sendai. What's more, there is a poem by Mokugobu that says "Chafu refuses to turn around"

Live, the east will enter the sea and follow the smoke." "Yao gave up the world, and (Chao Fu) refused, and lived in seclusion in Liaocheng, herding herds for a living." Maybe Okubo, a young man, is satirizing everyone's ambition for fame and fortune. Of course, everyone's eyes

I'm not blind. This young man is probably complimenting the Tokugawa family, but I just like to think wildly. Why?

Yasui is a Confucian master who values ​​textual research and has long been dissatisfied with Mito's fabricated history of Fuso. However, Toko Fujita is indeed a different kind. Toko is famous for being straightforward and generous, and has a personable demeanor, just like the Orchid scholar Sakuma Shoyama.

, although his opinions are different from others, he is often very knowledgeable about current affairs. There are all celebrities here who don't like to criticize others. Therefore, although their doctrines are different, everyone is congenial to each other, so he stepped in to mediate.

Speaking of which, this is also a strange thing at the end of the Tokugawa period.

The foundation of the Mito theory, "History of Daifuso", is really a random fabrication that dares to write anything. Folk legends, strange stories, private notes and personal conjectures are all openly compiled into it. Therefore, the Mito theory has no reputation among scholars.

The market, except for the Mito clan, was spread among lower-level samurai and wealthy farmers and merchants. These people did not pay attention to rationality, and it was enough to be happy. Of course, many people took the Mito doctrine of "respecting the emperor" as their banner. As for

Whether you do in-depth research and whether you believe it or not is another matter.

The Mito School of Thought belongs to the traditional Chinese school, which denies Confucianism, Buddhism and Orchidism, and advocates Fuso's local harmony and Shintoism. However, because of the high charisma of Fujita Toko, Toda Tadayei and others, these people were actually like many Confucian scholars and Orchidists at that time.

The scholars had very good relations and had very close contacts, which was also a strange phenomenon at that time.

There will be people in future generations

I think this may be because most scholars at that time criticized the shogunate, so they shared the same hatred and sympathy - the governance of the Tokugawa shogunate was too weird. It was based on clan theory, and people were basically appointed and dismissed based on their birthplace. It was too recruiting to be born at the end of the line.

I hate it. The head of the official school in Chang Pinghuang is hereditary to the Lin family, and all the positions in the shogunate are also assigned according to family background. Can scholars, lower-level samurai and wealthy farmers and merchants have any objections? So they worked together to sink the shogunate like this

Before the matter was completed, everyone reached an agreement: "Let's not fight among ourselves first."

Anyway, after the owner Yasui came forward, everyone laughed and the storm passed.

Okubo escaped death and quickly slipped aside. After coming over for a while, Yoshida and Miyabe also came back in despair - these two were both newcomers, and no celebrities, including Toko Fujita, were willing to answer them.

Yoshida was an open-minded person and felt that being left out was due to his lack of fame, but Miyabe Daizo couldn't help it - he felt that Okubo had offended Toko Fujita, and he came with Okubo, so he suffered the insult.

Miyabe was a lecturer in the Kumamoto feudal clan's Yamashika-ryu military training and was familiar with Chinese studies and Shinto, so he compared knowledge with Okubo.

In real terms, one Miyabe can defeat three Okubos, but on paper, even ten Miyabes can't keep up with Okubo, so this scene is very interesting: Chinese studies and Shinto, Okubo's ten apertures have penetrated nine - he knows nothing, and Tanlan Academy

The troops didn't know much either, so the two had no choice but to talk about the art of war.

Fuso's art of war includes personal fighting and military strength. Personal fighting requires hands-on action, and this is definitely not a suitable party, so the two talked about military strength. Kumamoto Clan is the Nagasaki Imperial Domain, and the Shiro Lord Clan is the northern barrier - Naohide

Self-proclaimed, although neither of them had fought any battles, both sides spoke eloquently. After a while, a circle of people gathered around to listen to the debate between the two.

As a celebrity, of course you have to pay attention to the situation. The latest trend is "rejecting the foreigners" - the shogunate has promoted so many people and issued a "trial decree". Naturally, we have to find an excuse. We dare not say that the rice ships are coming, so we can only start a fight.

He raised the banner of resisting the foreigners and said that everything was to prevent harassment from Western countries.

Since the spotlight was on fighting the barbarians, naturally the celebrities were concerned about this matter. Seeing Okubo and Miyabe Sora chatting with each other, they could not tell the difference, so someone encouraged the two to talk about Odaiba -

—This is good, everyone has seen it in person, and you can immediately tell whether it is right or wrong by reference.

The Odaiba now has new tricks. The Shinagawa Odaiba is basically completed. It cannot be changed even if it is wanted to. However, the two sides of the Uraga Suido are still under construction. After Mr. Tanan let go, the remaining eight coastal defense officials

He rushed forward and changed Jiang Chuan's original plan beyond recognition.

Okubo is Ekawa's "disciple", Fujita Higashiko is Qi Zhao's confidant, the previous plan was Ekawa's handiwork, and the current plan has Qi Zhao's approval, okay, the person who commented on Odaiba is just watching the excitement.

Big deal.

But every step of the way brings wisdom. Okubo was fooled once today, so he was not willing to take the bait no matter what, but there had to be an explanation. So he stretched out his hands to show Miyabe Daizo what was going on.

A pair of hands, with scars everywhere on the skin, and many calluses on the hands - Shirozhu Foundation was founded, and Naohide personally participated, so Okubo often practiced it, especially in the first two years when supplies were not available, so everyone had them.
To be continued...