I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Takigawa frowned slightly and looked at Ogata.

Ogata then went on to say:

"Takigawa-kun, you just said that only by revitalizing the samurai Tsunaji and encouraging the samurai to abide by the Bushido, can the samurai become more impoverished and indulge in more pleasure. Right?"

"That's right." Although he didn't know what this rogue from a foreign land that he just met today wanted to do, Takigawa nodded lightly after hearing Ogata's question, "Currently, the majority of samurai lack..."

Takikawa just wanted to make another long speech, but was interrupted by Ogata a step ahead:

"Takigawa-kun, have you seen how the low-level samurai live?"

"You must have never seen it, have you?"

"Because of their low status, many warriors have received low salaries for generations."

"In order to alleviate poverty, some of them devote themselves wholeheartedly to the public service, or have to find another job. While serving the public service, they plant land and do handicrafts to subsidize their families."

"Are they poor because they have not lived up to the samurai code?"

After quietly listening to Takigawa's impassioned statement just now, Ogata only felt that he was angry and funny.

In the second half of Takigawa's words - that is, the part where he offered a huge reward and showed his head to the public after catching him, Ogata didn't feel much, and didn't feel very angry.

After all, there are many people in the world who want to take his head, and Takikawa is not alone.

However, after listening to the first half of Takigawa's remarks, that is, only by vigorously encouraging the samurai to abide by the samurai morality can the samurai become more impoverished and indulge in pleasure, Ogata frowned. Involuntarily crinkled up.

Before leaving the domain, Ogata was a junior samurai of the Hirose domain.

At that time, many brothers who practiced swords with him in the Sakakibara Sword Gym, like Ogata, had no hope of rising due to their status and salary, and lived a life that was not much better than that of ordinary farmers. .

Because he was born in a family of lower-level samurai, and he has many friends who are lower-level samurai, so after hearing Takikawa's point of view that "emphasizing samurai Tsunaji can change the atmosphere of samurai", Ogata only felt that ridiculous.

Many brothers who practiced swords with Ogata in the Sakakibara Sword Gym in the past have very noble personalities.

They usually serve their duties conscientiously and have never done anything that violates samurai morality.

But no matter how noble their character is and how conscientious they are in serving the public, they cannot make their lives better.

Not only did it fail to improve their lives, but in the end they ended up being massacred for no reason by the lord they had been serving all this time.

To make the life of a low-level samurai like Ogata rich, Ogata felt that there were many ways.

But it certainly does not include vigorously promoting the so-called bushido.

As for what Takigawa said afterwards, "It is better to be a king than a king, and I can't be a minister or a minister"... Such an argument is tantamount to saying in a disguised form: The death of those brothers of Ogata will be in vain. Matsudaira Gennai should have been killed in order to avenge them.

After hearing Takigawa's words, it was difficult for Ogata to remain silent.

Takikawa probably didn't expect that someone would dare to question him, so he was stunned for a while, then raised his head slightly.

"Heiichiro Takigawa, the eldest son of Takigawa Banner and a disciple of a master of Sinology, Takigawa Heiichiro, do not know where he learned from?"

"I haven't worshiped any famous teacher." Ogata said in a calm tone, "I only went to the temple house for a few years when I was young."

After hearing Ogata's words, Takigawa's face showed a slight complacency and complacency.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's proposition just now is the common proposition of me and many of my classmates from the Yangyue School."

"My classmates and I are all apprentices of Master Xiangsheng. Under the teaching of Master Xiangsheng, we are all full of knowledge."

"We all believe that vigorously encouraging warriors to abide by warrior morality and studying 'Zhu Zizhengxue' is the only way to reverse the current atmosphere among warriors."

"Ordinary people should not comment on the affairs of the shogunate."

"So please stop talking nonsense in the future."

Ogata didn't know what the Yangyue School was.

Guasheng, who was standing not far from Ogata, lowered his voice at the right time, and said softly at a volume that only she and Ogata could hear clearly:

"Yangyue School is a private school run by Aioi Harusui."

After listening to Guasheng's explanation, Ogata couldn't help laughing.

Takikawa’s words just now seemed polite, but he said the same thing overtly and secretly—I follow everyone, you who have only been to a temple house, don’t talk nonsense about my opinion. .

Those who were a little more perceptive could have heard that what Takigawa said just now was mocking and criticizing Ogata in disguise.

Shirobei pursed his lips, as if he was thinking about what to say to ease the tense atmosphere.

As for Gua Sheng—a very strong displeasure appeared on her face.

"Hmph, it's just a teacher from Xiangsheng Chunshui, you..."

Before Gua Sheng could finish his refutation, a big hand suddenly put on Gua Sheng's shoulder.

It was Ogata's hand.

After implying that Guasheng didn't need to say more with his movements, Ogata slowly straightened up his body that had been leaning against the wall from just now.

"Master Takigawa, do you think that I, an ordinary person who has only been to the temple house, do not have enough knowledge to question your claim?"

Takikawa did not answer Ogata's question aloud.

He only raised the corners of his mouth higher, making his face more confident and complacent, and answered the question Ogata just asked with his movements.

"Okay, let's stop this topic." Shirobei, who didn't want to let the atmosphere become so stiff, said at this time, "We still..."

Shiroubei, who wanted to be a peacemaker, hadn't finished his sentence, so Ozen cleared his throat, and then——

"Meng Wubo asked: 'Is Zilu benevolent?' The Master said: 'I don't know.' Asked again, the Master said: 'Yuye, a country of a thousand chariots, you can rule its endowments, but you don't know its benevolence.'" How about seeking? ’ The Master said: ‘Seek, a city of a thousand houses, a family of a hundred vehicles, can be made a ruler, but I don’t know how benevolent it is.’ ‘What about Chi? Even if you talk to guests, you don’t know their benevolence.’”

All the people present cast their astonished and shocked eyes on Ogata.

Gua Sheng opened his mouth wide in astonishment.

Surprise flashed in Shirobei's eyes.

Mrs. Fengling's reaction was fairly flat, but she raised her small hand to gently cover her slightly parted rear lip.

Among them, Takikawa had the biggest reaction—the confident smile on his face froze immediately, his eyes were wide open, and the eyeballs seemed to be about to fall out of their sockets.

The reason why everyone had such a violent reaction was because Ogata was reciting "The Analects of Confucius" in Chinese just like Takikawa just now.

And people with a little normal hearing can hear that Ogata's Tang Yin is much more standard than Takikawa's just now.

After Ogata recited one sentence, he immediately recited the next one.

Sentence after sentence, without any pause, I smoothly recited 7 sentences in "Long and awkward sentences in the Analects of Confucius.

After the recitation was finished, Ogata said softly to Takikawa, who was still smiling stiffly and staring wide-eyed in front of him:

"Although I have only been to the Temple House for a few years, I still studied hard during the time when I was studying in the Temple House."

After leaving these words lightly, Ogata strode out of the room.

Ogata didn't bother to pay any attention to this Takikawa.

Because the two are not from the same world at all.

Although Ogata is a samurai like this Takigawa, he is the ruling class of this era.

But Ogata is just a low-level samurai of the small fan of Hirose Fan.

And Takikawa is directly under the banner of the shogun.

Strictly speaking, people like Takikawa are the true ruling class of this era.

Ogata had nothing to say about Takikawa, who was the real ruling class.

No matter how much reasoning is said, it's just a chicken talking to a duck, and Ogata is too lazy to waste time with this kind of person.

After Ogata strode out of the room, Guasheng hurriedly followed after being stunned for a while.

As for Takikawa—he was still standing there stupidly, not yet fully recovered.

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Sad news: The author fell ill yesterday.

It's acute gastroenteritis.

I feel dizzy and want to vomit again, it's so hard...

Because the author is a part-time job, I have never had time to save manuscripts.Has been in the state of zero deposit

After returning from the hospital last night, I forced myself to leave this chapter.

Because yesterday's body was really uncomfortable, so today's chapter is only 4400 words...

If everyone catches up on time, the author should be recuperating in bed right now.

Hope you get well soon...

Please take one day of sick leave, and talk to everyone about a little interesting thing that happened when you were sick

As the title says, I'm going to call in sick today.

Thinking about it carefully, this is the first time I have asked for leave from this book, and it is also the first time I have asked for sick leave since I started writing novels on March 2019, 3

As I said at the end of the last chapter, I had gastroenteritis.

Because I saw the doctor in time, got the injection, and took the medicine, after lying on the bed for a full day yesterday, I felt a lot better, and the body temperature dropped to about 1 degrees 37.

By tomorrow, the update should be resumed.

Although there is no update today due to illness, I still want to tell you some interesting stories about my illness, so that everyone can have fun.

Everyone should have experienced more or less that when people are sick, they always dream about some weird things.

And when I was sleeping and recuperating yesterday, what I dreamed was Shinsengumi

It's probably because I've been watching Dahe drama recently.

I can't remember exactly what I dreamed of at the moment I woke up, but I just remember that I seemed to be a team member of the Shinsengumi, wandering around the streets of Kyoto as if it were my backyard.

In the dream, I also said something like "the flag of sincerity will not fall down!"

Because of the strong sense of immersion in this dream, after waking up, I couldn't synchronize with reality in time. The first moment I woke up from this dream, my first thought was: "Where is this place? Cheng Zi Where's the flag?"

Looking at it from another angle, the me in the dream may be me in a parallel world.

In the parallel world, I am a team member of the Shinsengumi. Under the flag of "Sincerity", it is not impossible to fight to the last moment with the group of reformers who shouted "Heavenly Punishment".

Chapter 370 The Wind Chime Taifu From "Rashomon Bank" 【5000 words】

Guasheng, who went out a few steps behind Ogata, walked out of the room at a faster pace than Ogata, rushed to Ogata's side, and asked Ogata in a surprised tone:

"Mashima-kun, do you still speak Chinese?"

"In the temple house where I studied, the teacher in charge could speak Chinese." Ogata said, "I learned Chinese from my teacher."

The lie that Ogata casually made up can be described as impeccable.

After all, this reason sounds very reasonable, and no one can verify its authenticity.

After listening to Ogata's casually made-up reason why he couldn't find any problems at first glance, Gua Sheng nodded seriously:

"That's amazing, Mashima-kun, you don't have to worry about food and drink when you have the ability to speak Chinese. In the future, you will open a private school specializing in teaching Chinese in some big cities and towns. There will definitely be an endless stream of people coming to study. .”

What Gua Sheng said is correct.

With the skill of "speaking Chinese", it is indeed very easy to find a way out in this era.

Because Sinology, headed by "Zhu Zixue", occupies the absolute mainstream of the academic world in this era, there must be people who have a lot of pursuit in learning, or simply want to learn Chinese.

So, as Guasheng said, if Ogata opens private schools specializing in teaching Chinese in big towns such as Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka in the future, there is no need to worry that no guests will come to the door.

With the skill of "speaking Chinese", you can even apply for a translator in the shogunate.

Although Japan in the Edo period adopted a "lock-down order", it still maintained a normal diplomatic status with China, North Korea, and the Netherlands.

In order to maintain normal diplomacy with these three countries, the shogunate has always trained or recruited talents who can speak the languages ​​of these three countries.

So if you can speak Chinese and go to the shogunate to apply for a translator, the shogunate will definitely welcome you.

After hearing Guasheng's words, Ogata smiled:

"Is it a good idea to set up a private school for teaching Chinese in Oshiro Town, but it's a pity that I have no interest in teaching."

While chatting, the two left the residence one after the other.

The air with a faint smell of fat and powder came towards the two of them again.

After walking all the way away from the left house, Gua Sheng stopped slowly, put his hands on his hips, took a deep breath of fresh air outside, and showed a big smile: