Leading Pei Ziyun into the hotel was a new maid. She was petite and wore a light white maid uniform. She was very young and looked about seventeen or eighteen years old. Her movements were very gentle and her voice was soft-spoken.
"It must be a castle." When Pei Ziyun was introduced into the main building, he found that the building had walls and sharp corners were used to reduce the surrounding defensive corners. There was no castle tower. It is estimated that artillery had appeared at that time to prevent strong fire attacks. become the main target of attack.
"It's not a mountain city, it's a flat mountain city!"
These are castles built on hills and hills. There were many of them during the Warring States Period. Of course, Japanese castles can actually be considered a kind of fortress.
But this is a time of peace after all. There is a courtyard around the main building, with lawns, flowing water, and rockeries. There are also fruit trees planted in them and servants are taking care of them.
Pei Ziyun took a cursory glance and found that these trees were loquats. He was a little surprised because in Japan, although loquats can treat diseases and their fruits, leaves, and seeds can be used as medicine, they are a very common fruit tree and are highly respected. However, if they are planted in the yard, There are some taboos about loquat trees.
Because loquat is an evergreen tree with wide leaves, when planted in a yard, the sun is blocked and the air is heavy, which is bad for health.
There is also something to do with the time it takes for loquats to bear fruit. It takes a long time for the seeds to bear fruit. When the loquats are planted, there are older people in the family. When the loquats bloom and bear fruit, the old people may age and die, thus forming a kind of By the way, many Japanese people think that when loquats bloom and bear fruit, it means someone in the family will die.
Moreover, loquat seeds are poisonous and are very dangerous for children to eat by mistake. Nowadays, almost no families in Japan plant loquats in their courtyards.
Pei Ziyun followed the maid to the main hotel, thinking silently in her heart: Loquats are planted in the courtyard of this hotel. Is it done by chance, or is there some other reason
Entering the hotel, it felt a little gloomy. Several maids were busy, seemingly making a small banquet. Pei Ziyun also saw a small cake. When they saw the guests, they all bowed.
"Cake, remember Bando Yuanzi's birthday is not today. Which Bando family member is celebrating this birthday?" Pei Ziyun thought casually and narrowed his eyes. These maids had the same movements, similar appearance decorations and even temperaments.
The Bando Consortium has extraordinary financial resources and a profound foundation. Training these people consumes not only money, but also time.
After walking for a while, we were led to a living room.
Entering the living room, Pei Ziyun found some ukiyo-e paintings on the walls around the living room, and some old-fashioned weapons on the shelves.
"Hi! Please sit down, the lady will be here immediately!" The maid made a cup of tea and walked away backwards. The whole living room fell silent. Pei Ziyun took a sip of tea, put the wooden knife on the table, and looked around with his hands behind his back.
Pei Ziyun also knew something about Ukiyo-e. When he took a closer look, he found that Ukiyo-e was not only well-preserved, but also had smooth texture, revealing a charm that was obviously made by everyone.
Pei Ziyun looked at the contents carefully and found that they were all pictures of the end of the war.
Just as Pei Ziyun was observing carefully, a voice suddenly sounded in Pei Ziyun's ear.
"Yamada-kun, are you also interested in the curtain?" It turned out to be the owner of the hotel, Bando Enko, who appeared.
Pei Ziyun turned around and bowed slightly: "Hello, Bando-san."
Enko Bando is a beautiful woman, but she looks a little thin. She is wearing a long skirt, but because of her thinness, she looks a little empty and her face is a little pale. According to the information, she is sixteen years old, but she looks only about fourteen years old. But his eyes are very lively and lively.
"Yeah, I'm a bit interested." Pei Ziyun pointed at the picture: "This painting is relatively real. There are some ukiyo-e paintings depicting wars, and most of them show samurai fighting with samurai swords."
"This isn't right."
"Although both sides had Bato teams at the time, the shogunate also had the famous Makoto team."
"Hidema Nimi was known as the best samurai at that time. He assisted the shogunate in fighting, fought in various vassals, and killed the thieves who overthrew the shogunate. He was known as the Thousand Killer. The public rewarded him with knowledge and practice of 1,100 stones."
"But when it comes to total war, it has entered the level of hot weapons."
"This kind of samurai slashing with swords is the impression caused by the so-called "The Last Samurai"." It was approaching the afternoon, and the rain was already a bit heavy, and it was pattering.
Bando Enzi smiled: "I have read two of your novels and admire them very much. As a twelve-year-old samurai, I don't want you to have such thoughts."
"These are two different things. Even if I am a samurai, I have to admit the historical facts."
"What I'm saying is that the weapons of the overthrow faction are actually similar to the weapons of the shogunate. One is British style and the other is French style." Enzi Bando: "Of course, strictly speaking, weapons from all countries have them. After the shogunate's victory, the styles were unified."
She looked along the pictures: "These are all battles my family participated in. There are seven pictures in total, representing seven battles. The first and second battles were the most intense. Seven men in my family died in the battle!"
Bando Yuanzi passed her finger across the picture and pointed at a person: "This is my direct ancestor Bando Takumi. At that time, his father and brother died in the war. He inherited the position of the head of the family and continued to fight for the shogunate. He was shot three times. He was carried off the front line and reported in the newspapers of the time.”
"After the victory of the war, the shogunate rewarded the Bando family for their merits and gave the Bando family 3,000 koku tomoyo from Hokkaido. The total tomoyo had 3,800 koku. The sacrifices we made paid off."
Pei Ziyun nodded. Many people think that this knowledge and practice are not much, but in fact it is a lot. In terms of feudal officials, a retainer with a salary of more than 150 shi is a Dalu retainer, and the salary of a family elder is generally between 1,500 to 2,000 shi.
There are 5,000 bannermen and 18,000 royal family members who serve as direct ministers of General Xinchuan. Among these banners, there are 2 people who know and do more than 9,000 stone, 4 people with more than 8,000 stone, 12 people with more than 7,000 stone, and 6,000 stone. There are 21 people above and 73 people above 5,000 stone, a total of only 112 people, which can be regarded as direct lineage within direct lineage.
100 koku to 200 koku is a lower-level flag. Most of the flags are under 500 koku, occupying 60%. 3800 koku is a big flag in the shogunate. Being promoted from Xiaopuqing to Jihe is not decent in the ordinary sense. , the formation house can be set up and managed by itself, and the masters of the past dynasties have been reused.
It was during the Overturning War that the Bando family was truly recognized by the shogunate, and thus became very prosperous.
Although Bando Yuanzi saw his achievements in the information, seeing Pei Ziyun's small face serious in thought, she couldn't help but laugh, and asked casually: "What do you think, why did the rebels win first, and the shogunate won last?"
"This is too simple, Bando-san." Pei Ziyun woke up from deep thought, shook his head and said calmly: "After the fall of the Three Feuds, we sold the backward matchlock guns and other old weapons very early and bought British-made rifles, but The shogunate was not an idiot and also purchased French weapons.”
"In terms of weapons, it can be said that there is no difference between them. Even the shogunate is a little slower, but the difference is not very big."
"The key to success lies in the composition of the army. After two hundred years of peaceful rule, the descendants of the warriors who fought bloody battles have actually become a powerful class who are afraid of blood." Pei Ziyun's eyes showed some emotion.
"There were few people in the fall of the San Francisco dynasty, and the vassal warriors (samurai) had been infiltrated by the shogunate for a long time and were a bit unreliable. The basic establishment of warriors was abolished and a new army was established with ronai and peasants as the main force. Although these people had little experience, they were not afraid of bravery. die."
"Although the shogunate has new weapons, they are all made up of old flags. These people have not seen blood for two hundred years. Although it is not impossible to make progress, there must be time."
"At that time, the shogunate also experienced two major events, namely, the feudal lord assassinated the shogunate elder in broad daylight. This was described in my book "Samurai Under the Cherry Blossoms"."
"The second was the violent death of General Qingzhong, and Qingxing came to power at the age of seventeen."
"The elder was killed by the samurai, and the new general came to power too young. The prestige of the shogunate was seriously affected. The most lacking thing was time, so the shogunate was defeated as soon as they fought." Pei Ziyun said.
When Bando Yuanzi heard this, she was shocked. Her original teasing disappeared and she looked at Pei Ziyun with a new look - she didn't expect that this person was only twelve years old and had such a clear understanding of this period of history!
You know, Bando Enzi spent several years studying this period of history, but still failed to understand the reason for the shogunate's defeat.
"General Qingxing saw that the situation was critical and mobilized troops from Hokkaido to go into battle. This may not have much hope, but the climate in Hokkaido is relatively harsh and samurai corruption is relatively low. Therefore, as soon as he entered the battlefield, he immediately stopped the rebel army." Pei Ziyun continued. .
"After several battles, General Qingxing immediately discovered each other's strengths and weaknesses and issued an order - an order to hold the front lines in check."
"Once the overthrow of the shogunate army is contained, its weaknesses with few people and small resources will be exposed. After all, the shogunate army has a large number of people and resources, and it is relatively easy to simply contain it. When it enters a war of attrition, the 80,000 shogunate army gradually adapted to the war after bloody battles, and the shogunate's army fell. The army is completely gone."
Pei Ziyun said, knowing in his heart that the history of this world is similar to that of Tokugawa Keiki, with a series of political mistakes that made people stunned.
The military situation is similar. After two hundred years of peace, there is no army left to fight. The ronrants and peasants can be suppressed on a small scale, but when they encounter the new army, they pounce.
Of course, what is more serious is the huge strategic mistake.
Even if all the previous cards are wrong, even if there is no Hokkaido army, just ordering the shogunate army not to rush into field battles, dig forts and lay wires along the walls with a move of "surround without attacking, build forts and build walls", you can easily wipe out the fall. military.
The reason is simple, if you can't hit, you can always shoot while holding the base.
Once the overthrowing army is contained and unable to break through quickly, its weaknesses will be exposed.
It can be said that knowing this, Tokugawa Keiki can easily crush the defeated Tokugawa army. The so-called historical inevitability is actually worthless.
"It turns out that our Hokkaido Army's role is only to contain it?" After being surprised, Bando Yuanzi was a little disappointed when Pei Ziyun said this. The leader of the Hokkaido Army is the Bando family.
"This is the difference between life and death. If the country changes, of course the general must wake up." Pei Ziyun said and smiled: "Otherwise, although the Bando family fought bravely, they didn't actually achieve much. How could they get the Three Thousand Thousand Knowledge and Practices?" stone?"
This sounds easy. As long as the general wakes up and restrains himself, the result will be completely different.
But Pei Ziyun knew that if he was in that scene at that time, how could he wake up if he didn't have a broad vision and sufficient strategy
"The first generation of shoguns certainly could not predict what would happen in the next two hundred years, but when Hokkaido was included in the development, a Hokkaido army stopped the rebel forces, which enabled the general to wake up and adjust his strategy, and completely annihilated the rebel faction in three years. "
"This is really interconnected. It's so amazing." Pei Ziyun sighed, and at this moment, the entire manor suddenly swayed with a "boom".
"There was an earthquake?" The two of them were suddenly startled.
(End of chapter)