In the game, the two samurai are drifting apart.
Faced with the breakdown of old rules and the establishment of new rules, how do ordinary people know what to do? No one knows what route to take in the future. Every step is a bet. Once you make a mistake, you will lose everything.
But now that they are in the game, they can make bold changes. Kondo Isao slowly changed from protecting the imperial court to opposing the imperial court. Katsura became the agent of the old rules and the kind of person he hated the most.
When he was guarding the imperial court, everything went wrong. After opposing the imperial court, Isao Kondo developed rapidly.
"So the True Selection Group has restricted his development. If he had participated in anti-barbarian activities, he might have succeeded. Do you think so? Have you ever thought that you might have another life?" Duran asked.
Hijikata Jushiro and Okita Sougo didn't say anything. They were both determined people and knew that the so-called other life was just an escape.
Many people hope that there will be a parallel world and hope that they can have a better life there.
Through games, you can experience a new life.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars were raging, the confrontation between the old and the new, and the choice between life and death. You all had your own choice whether to help the Han Dynasty, compete in the Central Plains, or live in seclusion.
It is obviously for a game console, but it feels like rewriting my own life. Every major choice seems to be writing history, with a strong sense of epic.
Everyone looked at the big screen and gradually became involved.
As time goes by, Katsura Kotaro's power has become one of the princes, but he must launch attacks to rob other princes to satisfy the family that supports him. Without launching a war, it will be difficult to obtain sufficient benefits.
He has become the spokesperson of decay, the guardian of obsolescence, a spokesperson representing the power of the old family. If he becomes the emperor, he will probably just repeat the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The Eastern Han Dynasty is the history of the family's continuous expansion. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor had to give profits to the family.
Regardless of the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor was very aggrieved. The only emperor who made people feel proud was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, there were first the princes with different surnames, the Huns, and later the princes surnamed Liu, who made peace, but the emperor always found a way to solve it.
.In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the strength of the family rose, and Liu Xiu was promoted by the family, which could not solve the family's problems at all.
The emperor of the Western Han Dynasty also solved many problems. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he basically acted like an ostrich. Except for some changes in official positions, he basically did not do any major things.
The emperors of the Western Han Dynasty said "no", but the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty were basically guests. Even if they were uninvited guests, they had no ability to say "no".
Saying 'no' requires strength. When someone comes to harm one's own interests, 'no' is a powerful counterattack. It is a pity that a weak civilization cannot say it.
The emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty couldn't say "no".
Now Katsura Kotaro can't say 'no', because the fundamental reason why the aristocratic families defend him is that the major families want to protect their own interests. If Katsura dares to say 'no', these families will no longer defend him, and they will also tell him
'No'.
After saying 'no', you have to rely on yourself next, but you can no longer rely on the aristocratic family, and you may even become enemies with the aristocratic family. The word 'no' means two completely different situations.
Those who had no strength and still had to say "no", such as Wang Mang, died miserably.
If you have the strength and say "no", you are Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
If you don't have the strength, don't say "no", that's the emperor of the early Western Han Dynasty and the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
So what kind of emperor is powerful? Then we can only hope to have a reliable father. If the father saves money and can leave some money for his son, then he will be powerful.
However, this power can only be used once, and it will be gone after it is used up. Because the emperor said "no", he has to rely on himself in the future. But if you only rely on yourself, it is easy to spend money but difficult to make money.
After the money is spent, what can we do to make it back? The emperor uses his profits to solve the problem, but in the end it is the emperor himself who is weakened.
Gui just couldn't say 'no', so his cooperation with various families was completely passive. He had to consider the interests of each family, so he had to launch wars, annex land, and acquiesced that each family falsely reported their population and concealed their slaves.
You can evade taxes by hiding your population, and you can make more money by annexing land. Although Gui knows that these families are playing tricks secretly, he can't change it. Because once he changes, his power will collapse. Once his power collapses, the game console will be useless.
On the other side, Kondo Isao, who was brave and good at fighting, also saw the darkness of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His many failures were not due to strategic problems, but because the imperial court was holding back. It was clear that he already had the advantage, but they used various methods to refuse to cooperate.
Fighting on one's own will lead to one's own deep defeat and complete defeat.
Therefore, he was extremely disappointed with the imperial court. Many comrades-in-arms died in front of him. How could Isao Kondo, who always valued his comrades-in-arms, not be angry? But to oppose the imperial court, he had to come up with a new program.
At present, most of the princes are using the slogan of "supporting the Han Dynasty" and "clearing the emperor's side", and they are eliminating the eunuchs around the emperor.
There are three major forces around the emperor: eunuchs, relatives, and powerful ministers. In fact, no matter who becomes powerful, it will be detrimental to the emperor. But who is the direct force under the emperor, it must be the eunuchs.
Of course, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also trained the inner court like this, but before the imperial examination, it was difficult to maintain the flow of talents, and any force would be unable to lose its power.
Because talents cannot flow, it is easy for a person to cultivate his own power if he occupies a position for a long time.
Kondo Isao saw clearly that the so-called "Qingjun side" was only for his own benefit. There were few princes in the world who really considered the lower class princes.
"It's okay if the imperial court cannot be protected." Isao Kondo said disappointedly. There was no point in using the lives of his comrades to protect a decaying empire.
But if he doesn't protect the empire, what should he and his comrades do? I don't know. They are very ambitious, and they will definitely not be able to retreat to the mountains and forests. They must do something.
If the imperial court is not protected, it seems that the only option is to overthrow it. But after overthrowing it, what kind of new imperial court can be built?
I don't know, Kondo Isao couldn't imagine it, so he was confused. The decadent court was disappointing, but the princes were not decent, and he couldn't come up with a program, so he didn't know how to deal with himself.
In reality, Kondo Isao also knew that the shogunate was corrupt. The shogunate could only be stable by cooperating with heaven and man, so he became the puppet of heaven and man. But if it does not rely on heaven and man, the shogunate is nothing, and it will not be as good as the Edo period.
So he couldn't find a way out except to protect the shogunate. At this time, he seemed to understand Katsura Kotaro a little, and the other party must be as confused as himself.
He saw through the corruption of the shogunate, but he could not come up with a program, so he could only plan anti-barbarian activities again and again, and then failed again and again.
And what about himself? Protecting the decaying shogunate, he is afraid that even his comrades will be ruined in the end. Kondo Isao himself is not afraid of death, but if his comrades die because of his choice, he will be sorry for them.
The more I play the game, the more complicated my emotions become. Especially when my comrades die, I feel that all this can happen in reality at any time. As long as the shogunate continues to be corrupt, it will only be a matter of time before the Shinsengumi is consumed.
In "Gintama", the Shinsengumi were really abandoned and had to leave Edo Castle and hide in the countryside. If the three members of the Master House hadn't helped to rob the prison, Isao Kondo would have had to have his belly opened.
It can be said that the game is so real that it predicts the future. The choice of the True Selection Group is doomed to pay a price. If they protect the corruption, they will definitely be counterattacked by the corruption.