As Goto Nobuzuka said, he took the photo into his hand. The young man in the photo was one of his many sons. He was adopted very early, so he was unknown.

Although both father and son joined the Reform Club, the son obviously did not know his father's identity. This is Goto Nobuzuna's confidentiality level.

"You don't have to do this." Bai Le saw that Goto Nobuzuna put the photo on the kerosene lamp and ignited it, and immediately raised his hand to knock down the ignited photo. He picked up the burning corner from the ground and handed it to Goto Nobuzuna, and said with a smile: "Nobuzu-kun, do you think I will report you as a member of the Reform Club?"

When Goto Nobuzuki received the photo, he shook his head slightly, and ignited the only photo again.

Bai Le knew that Goto Nobutsu was a member of the Reform Movement Club, and he found that his thoughts were different as early as when they were in school. At that time, the Reform Movement Club was still in its infancy, and various thoughts were chaotic. The early Goto Nobutsu's thoughts belonged to the most radical group. Bai Le still remembered that Goto Nobutsu had a family-born kendo, but in college, Goto Nobutsu's favorite sport was shooting, just because shooting could kill enemies from a distance.

When he was young, Goto Nobutsu believed in killing and believed that all Japanese lords who opposed reform should be killed, whether they were generals or daimyos.

Such people must be members of the Reform Movement Club, but Bai Le has never had any evidence, and the same is true for the Security Bureau. Goto Nobuzuna's identity has always been a secret. In the early days, a few Reform Movement bosses such as Kido Fumio knew that as the older generation of people such as Kido Fumio died, no one knew Goto Nobuzuna's identity.

As Goto Nobutsu approached the Tokugawa shogunate and participated in the external relations and internal public opinion control of the shogunate, he has been regarded by the Japanese political circle as a loyal lackey of the Tokugawa shogunate and an enemy of the Restoration Agency.

So Bai Le was a little unsure. Goto Nobutsu is still a member of the Reform Movement Club. After all, he has done a lot of things to control emerging political forces such as the Reform Movement Club in recent years. This time, the Tokugawa shogunate was going to move closer to the empire, and Goto Nobutsu was only very supportive, which made Bai Le even more suspicious.

"Notaka, why do you support Tokugawa Yoshizo's policy toward China?" Bai Le saw that there was no one else in the study, so he simply asked bluntly. He believed that Nonoka Goto invited him to visit his home and held a class reunion just to make it easier to speak.

Goto Nobuzuki smiled slightly, picked up the balance that had been completed and walked to the tea table, and said, "I'll give you a small demonstration and you'll understand."

As he said that, he placed two tea cups on the left and right sides of the balance. The two empty tea cups maintained a balance. Nobuzuka Goto said: "These two tea cups are like the feudal, conservative Tokugawa shogunate and the free and open customs union.

And this....”

The beautiful purple clay teapot was held in Goto Nobuzuna's hands. He continued: "This is your country. The tea inside is something that is beneficial to the whole of Japan, such as advanced technology, inclusive ideas, scientific systems, etc. After the first Japanese civil war, the land under the jurisdiction of Daming in the West was integrated into your country's economic system. The two sides had close contacts and had continuous exchanges, so......"

With Goto Nobuzuna's words, the tea was poured into the tea cup representing the customs alliance economy, and half of it poured, which changed the balance and raised the tea cup representing the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan. Goto Nobuzuna continued to explain: "After the first Japanese civil war, the Five Dynasties worked hard to govern, reduce vassals, centralize power, reshape Japan, and introduce your country's technology. As a result, your country's tea flowed into the tea cups of the Tokugawa Shogunate, and the shogunate and the western daimyo achieved a balance.

Then there was the second Japanese civil war, where the fifth generation of generals were assassinated, and the sixth generation succeeded to the throne, and Japan fell into civil strife. Western Daming believed that this was a good opportunity for Shangluo to seize Japan, so he introduced military technology from your country on a large scale. In order to get the support of merchants, he relaxed the control of our Restoration Club, opened new schools, and opened economic fields......"

Some water was poured into the teacup of Daming in the west again, the balance was broken, and the Tokugawa shogunate was raised again, and Nobutsu Goto said: "The sixth generation of generals worked hard to govern. In order to fight the challenge of Daming in the west, they introduced your country's weapons and equipment on a large scale, established a new army, and opened an army university. They expressed more respect to the emperor in Kyoto, and in order to obtain support, they appropriately opened the newspapers and broke the boundary between samurai and civilians... So, another wave of water poured in, and the Tokugawa shogunate gained an advantage.

Six generations of generals won the battlefield, and the western Daming retreated step by step, losing some of the land seized during the first Japanese civil war. The Daming Alliance requested the empire to mediate. So the war was truce, while the western Daming established a customs alliance and also planned to build a joint garrison army to be responsible for patrol at the junction with the Tokugawa Shogunate territory."

As he said that, some tea was poured into the teacup of Daming in the West, and Goto Nobuzuo kept talking about the things that the customs alliance did, constantly adding water to it.

“Textile quota work is completed.”

"The joint navy was established and later renamed the Japanese Coast Defense Detachment."

“Tours to Europe…”

Little by little tea was poured into the tea cup of the Western Daming League, completely giving it an advantage. Nobuzuka Goto said: "Now the Tokugawa shogunate is at a disadvantage in all respects. Only by learning from the empire and carrying out a new round of reforms can we survive, then..."

It was awesome, the tea bowl representing the Tokugawa Shogunate was poured up and the water overflowed. Both sides were restored to balance because the water was full.

Bai Le stared at Goto Nobuzu's demonstration, and he listened carefully to Goto's words and quickly understood Goto's meaning.

For the empire, the strategy against Japan is to maintain Japan's division and backwardness. But at present, the empire's diplomatic strategy has only been half done, that is, to maintain Japan's division. As for backwardness, it is completely out of control.

Traces of advanced civilization can be seen everywhere in Edo Castle, and roads, railways, and steam equipment have appeared everywhere. In Nagasaki on Kyushu Island, the city with the longest opening of Japan to the outside world, it is really a Xiao Shinkyo. All the new things that the empire has can be found here.

The reason for this is that it is caused by the strategy against Japan. In order to maintain Japan's division, it is necessary to maintain the balance of strength between the two major forces. However, this balance is not a stagnant pool, but dynamic. When one side has the advantage, the empire must provide support to the other side (pour water) to achieve a balance between the two sides.

This way, the east side supports it once and the west side sponsors it, and the result is that the two major forces in Japan are becoming more and more open and progressive.

This is why Goto Nobusuo supports the Tokugawa shogunate to the empire in an all-round way. Although it will harm the Restoration Club in the short term, it will be a help to the entire Japan. The ultimate goal of the Restoration Club is to unify Japan, which will also be beneficial to the long-term interests of the Restoration Club.

"What you said makes sense. Although this kind of thing is not in line with the long-term interests of the empire, it is also unsolvable. But I care a lot about your personal political position. Are you a member of the Reform Commission or a general of the Tokugawa Shogunate?" Bai Le thought about it and asked out his doubts directly.

Nobuzuna Goto smiled and said, "I am a patriot like you, and I am willing to do everything that is beneficial to Japan. If you insist on letting me choose one between the Restoration Press and the Tokugawa Shogunate, I will choose the Restoration Press."

Bai Le said: "Then you are not afraid of getting rid of your own. Joining the Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect's reform this time will stabilize the rule. Your great cause of restructuring and unification will be frustrated."

"What is stable rule?" Goto Nobuzuo stood up, packed up the things on the table, and said, "The times have changed. The new era was opened by Emperor Taizu of your country. In the feudal dynasty era, the so-called stable rule was to give the lower class a certain amount of room for improvement, pay attention to problems such as land annexation, and reduce corruption.

The so-called stable rule is what Tokugawa Ieyasu said, allowing farmers to live half-dead. But in the new era, this is completely different. Whether it is your country or the newly rising Europe, it shows some obvious truths, that is, advanced will inevitably overcome backwardness, and openness will inevitably overcome closure.

The reason why the Tokugawa Shogunate exists to this day is the reform of the two generals, the Five and Sixth Dynasties, and completed the change from feudal system to centralization system. This is from backward to advanced, but its feudal dynasty is a backward side compared with the political system owned by world powers.

If Tokugawa Yoshizo wanted to maintain the long-term stability of the shogunate, repairing and repairing would not work. It would inevitably be a drastic reform, opening up to the outside world, implementing constitutionalism, opening up people's wisdom, establishing new schools, advocating freedom, democracy, and the rule of law, etc., all concepts representing advanced and foreign ideas.

If Tokugawa Yoshizon did this, why would I regret it? He is a great existence than any of the sages of the Reform Movement Society. If Tokugawa Yoshizon really did this, the Tokugawa shogunate would inevitably rise and gain an absolute advantage over the Customs Alliance and the Three-Book Guns, then Japan would inevitably be unified. At that time, Tokugawa Yoshizon would have a Reform Movement Society than the Reform Movement Society, so I would naturally support it."

Bai Le nodded slightly. If Tokugawa Yoshizo did not carry out a top-down reform, and just repaired and established some industries in the economic field, it would not solve the problem at all. If Tokugawa Yoshizozo launched a comprehensive and thorough reform, it would be what the Reform Club wanted.

After Goto Nobuzuo made tea for Bai Le again, he said, "Of course, what I just said was just a fantasy. In fact, Tokugawa Yoshizo would not do what I thought. He did not have the courage, nor did he have the ability. Tokugawa Yoshizo just wanted to be a papermaker in the old system."

Bai Le drank the tea handed by Goto Nobuzuna and said, "Please continue." After learning about Tokugawa Yoshizo's purpose, Bai Le urgently wanted to know what the eighth-generation general wanted to do.

Goto Nobuzuki explained Tokugawa Yoshizo to Bai Le. According to Goto Nobuzuki, the reforms that Tokugawa Yoshizo wanted were divided into two aspects: one was to establish industry and start work, and the other was to establish new diplomatic relations with the empire.

Tokugawa Yoshizo believed that the Tokugawa shogunate was at a disadvantage now. In order to maintain its rule, it must first get the support of the empire, similar to the empire's support for the Sanben Gun. As long as the empire is supported, the western daimyos would not dare to carry out comprehensive challenges, so that the Tokugawa shogunate can be given time to develop.

The so-called establishment of industrial and industrial operations is that the Tokugawa Shogunate also wanted to join the wave of the industrial revolution, focusing on military industry, steel and other heavy industries. However, unlike the industry mastered by the bureaucratic capital of the Tokugawa Shogunate, this time Tokugawa Yoshizo is willing to open up all industries except military industry to private capital.

This requires the technological support and capital of the empire. As for the political reforms expected by the Reform Movement Club, Tokugawa Yoshizo didn't want to do it at all. Even the establishment of new schools was mainly military schools and practical schools, and it was not allowed to involve politics and new ideas.

After hearing all this, Bai Le also thought that Goto Nobuzuka was right. Tokugawa Yoshizo was a pastor of the old system. It was difficult to make great efforts to repair it. Of course, this is indeed what the empire was willing to see.

Of course, what Tokugawa Yoshizo hopes may not be to follow his plan. There are many things, no matter how well the plan is planned in advance, it will be a mess to implement it, and people's thoughts are even more uncontrollable.

For example, Tokugawa Yoshizo planned to establish a large number of practical schools, which mainly teaches science and industrial technology, and does not involve politics in theory, but this kind of thing cannot be done at all. And there have been cases of failure, that is, Prussia, and the same was true in the early days of Prussia.

With an educational system, someone will receive education. The prerequisite for education is to be able to read. Once a person learns to recognize words, the ideas he receives will not be completely controlled. In fact, not to mention those engineering schools, those military academies established by the Prussian royal family in Prussia, their students will also be influenced by various new ideas.

And these are exactly what the Reform Movement Club hopes to see. Whether it is the Tokugawa shogunate or the western daimyo, every reform and every opening up of the Reform Movement Club is beneficial to the Reform Movement Club.

"During this period, Okubo Takasuke will discuss specific demands with Tokugawa Yoshizo. What are you going to do during this period? Are you going to return to China?" Goto Nobutsu asked on his own initiative.

Bai Le slowly shook his head: "I won't go back for the time being, and it won't solve the problem even if I go back. The current imperial diplomatic system is a bit chaotic. Duke Chengen has completely entered the imperial administrative system. The deputy minister who was originally in charge of diplomacy has become the prime minister of the new cabinet. Although His Highness Yu is responsible for foreign affairs, an official needs to take responsibility. This person has not been selected yet. So after I go back, I can't find anyone to discuss it."

Goto Nobuzuka asked: "Then how do you plan to arrange it."
Chapter completed!