The film vividly describes the conflict between old and new forces that a country encounters during its transformation and upgrading.
Bushido in Japan is a long-standing cultural tradition. It is very applicable in the age of cold weapons. The samurai who are not afraid of death, the ultimate loyalty, and the superb swordsmanship, even Americans like Xiao Tang are impressed.
But what about modern civilization? Vulnerable.
Meiji can really understand this, no matter how sharp a knife, no matter how fast a horse, is vulnerable in the face of howitzers, machine guns and bayonets. In fact, hot weapons appeared in the shogunate era, and many famous names were equipped with iron cannons and large tubes, but during the Tokugawa shogunate period, their development was stagnant again.
How similar is this to China. The Ming Dynasty of China began to use red-clothed cannons. As a result, after many years, the Qing Dynasty mainly relied on Senggelinqin's horse team to resist aggression.
This is facing a difficult choice. The tradition is very good. Bushido and the Eight Banners are all existences that can sweep the Quartet at that time. But the cannon is coming, what should I do?
Meiji's choice was to fully westernize and ban knives. So Katsumoto rebelled and he thought it was Omura's cause. In fact, if it weren't for Meiji's determination, it would be difficult to push forward the reform so decisively. But Meiji was very skilled, and finally repelled Omura, appeased Brother Tom, and gave Tradition a decent honor.
This is a top politician.
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