The Japanese samurai have a commendable advantage, that is, once they identify a master, they will follow it all their lives, unswervingly, dedicate their entirety, and be extremely loyal.
Even after his death, he will take the initiative to be martyred and end the era of their existence with the lord.
In particular, those who have been blessed with it, such as the "god of war" Nogi Yoshinori in the Meiji period, after the Meiji Emperor Xue, both husband and wife were martyred.
Saigo Takamori's benefactor Qi Bin, after being framed and died young, Saigo's goal was instantly confused, and before he could adjust, he was hunted down by the shogunate and committed suicide by jumping into the sea in desperation.
After being rescued, he lived peacefully for 3 years in anonymity on a remote island, mingling with farmers and children.
During this period, he had given up the idea of taking his own life, and instead inherited the legacy of the lord, vowed to avenge the lord's hatred, and spent his life's work to realize Qi Bin's unfinished ambition: armed collapse.
For the Satsuma clan, the new clan mainly wanted to maintain the strength of the clan, and still needed these loyal samurai to shed their blood for them.
Therefore, after the storm of the Anzheng Prison launched by the shogunate, the new lord of the clan, Zhongyi, secretly issued a "letter of involuntary edict" to these troubled and wanted to take revenge, praising their loyalty and making them inherit Qi Bin's legacy and loyally assist the new lord.
It was rare in the past for the lord of the domain to directly subordinate the lower samurai, and the samurai of satsuma domain were roughly divided into 10 classes, with clear barriers between the ranks of the superior and inferior, and some low-ranking samurai did not have the opportunity to approach the lord of the clan in their lifetime.
Therefore, the new lord of the clan immediately touched these samurai, and they were flattered and voluntarily formed a "sincere loyalty group" to be loyal to the clan government, to hoe the treacherous curtain and change the country's major policies.
The 49 members of the Makoto Group, including the Three Saigo Brothers, Okubo Ritsu, and Arima Shinji, all later contributed to the neutrality of the Meiji Restoration and became the founders of the new government.
In fact, at this time, the Satsuma Domain is brewing a big move.
The new lord of satsuma domain, Izhibin's will, was loyal, but the actual power was in the hands of his father, Hisamitsu.
As I said earlier, Jiuguang was a rival of Qi Bin, the two were half-siblings, and after Jiuguang's mother poisoned and poisoned Qi Bin, Jiuguang should have become the new lord of the clan, but this Qi Bin still broke his thoughts before he died.
Before Qi Bin lost his breath, he called Jiuguang to his side, and without him saying anything, he arranged the aftermath by the order of the lord of the domain:
1, Ling Jiuguang's 19-year-old eldest son Zhongyi, as the husband of his 8-year-old daughter, entered his own family and inherited the family business;
2. Establish his son Tetsumaru, who is only 10 months old, as a loyal son.
In this way, the young son of his own can inherit the family business and become the lord of the clan when he grows up.
Qi Bin's arrangement made Jiuguang very unhappy, he accompanied himself for many years, consuming the lord of the clan but still could not get the throne, such a will, he refused to agree.
But Qi Bin said that this is a helpless move, if you succeed Himamitsu and follow my clan, there will be infighting, which will eventually lead to the division of the Satsuma Domain and the destruction of themselves.
Jiuguang was helpless, and had to accept this unhappiness, gritting his teeth and swallowing the last bitter water that Qi Bin threw at him.
However, although things were done according to Qi Bin's behavior, in fact, they did not follow Qi Bin's development, and after Zhongyi succeeded him as the lord of the domain, the power was actually controlled by his father Hisamitsu.
Such an example cannot help but remind people of Cixi.
Humanity's lust for power is a foolish act to prevent civilization and self-destruction. It allows conspiracies to succeed, corruption to run rampant, infighting to continue, and to disregard the tide of reality and concentrate on fighting for power and profit in its own small circle, under the pretext that when the lord is young, he has to come forward to preside over the situation, in fact, he has been deliberately planning for many years, and finally achieved his goal.
It is said as if leaving one's own country will not be a country, in fact, without oneself, the world may become more profitable.
Kumitsu did not have the ability and wisdom to control a country, and the conspiracy to usurp power was even less popular, which left room for the extremely deep neng vassals of the castle government.
Soon after his succession, Okubo Ritsuto threw in his favor, gained his trust step by step, and chose the opportunity to make Saigo Takamori comeback.
Okubo gave one reason, two or three reasons, the important one of which was that he was the only one who could reconcile satsuma's old samurai and supporters outside the domain, and the so-called integration of the "old school" and the "reform school" was used by me.
In February 1862, Saigo was restored from Amami Oshima to Kagoshima, renamed "Oshima Miemon", and was reinstated as an official, serving as "Fumufu", "Bird Pre", and "Court Servant".
These job titles, Chinese incomprehensible, we do not have to delve into the source of the explanation, just know that it is to contact the person in charge of the special situation inside and outside.
It should be said that at this time, Kumitsu and Saigo were not ready for in-depth cooperation, and there was neither communication nor emotional foundation.
Especially Saigo, who came with Qi Bin's legacy, did not have the slightest favor for Jiuguang, the opponent of Qi Bin, let alone loyal.
Kumitsu, too, had it not been for Okubo Toshitsu saying that he was a flower, he would not have activated the "slave" of the previous lord of the domain.
As a result, the two felt extremely unhappy as soon as they talked.
Kumitsu wanted to lead his troops into The Capital, and taking advantage of the decline of the shogunate and the combination of public and military forces, he dominated the shogunate with Satsuma's strength, seized greater power, and ascended to the central stage.
Saigo did not accept it as soon as he heard it, saying that there was no shogunate cabinet elder internal response, and there was no external response from all the princes, and it was difficult to achieve things. He also asked Hisamitsu what if the shogunate colluded with the foreigners to beat us up?
It is said that in the conversation, Saigo was very rude, using the Qi Bin era to contrast with the present, poking at the pain point of Kumitsu, Saigo five big and three thick, the voice is low and has uncompromising deterrence, angry Jiuguang tooth root itch, but dare not reprimand him in person.
Words do not speculate more than half a sentence, Xixiang only worked for one day, and then returned to his hometown for hot spring recuperation under the pretext of foot pain.
This history of Saigo tells us that a person, standing in the pattern, must have his own irreplaceable things, even if the sky changes, the opponent is in power, he is also an irreplaceable "public asset".
Only in this way can we save ourselves.
When Saigo was reinstated in 1862, at the age of 34, he had accumulated irreproducible popularity inside and outside the domain four years ago, and mastered the secrets of contacting revolutionary heroes in the world, so he was able to make an immediate comeback when the new lord took office and was extremely unpopular.
This was only the first time in his life.
He had 2 more comebacks before his death at the age of 50. The reasons for this are more or less similar.
——Fei Chun reading biography