mtl008 Chapter 441: Stirring up the Storm in His Youth
Chapter 441: Stirring up the Storm in His Youth
Let’s first talk about Okazaki Rikuto’s personal situation.
Through chatting, Gu Chen learned that when Okazaki Rikuto was young, he was actually a big figure within the Tenryo Bugyo, and even seemed to be the real power among them!
This is not easy!
You know, Okazaki Rikuto's last name is Okazaki.
Tenryo Bugyo is the base camp of the Kujo family. All important powers are controlled by the Kujo family. Other families can only drink soup and water on the margins but cannot eat meat.
In this dire situation, Okazaki Rikuto, who was not from an aristocratic family, fought his way out and climbed to the high position of Tenryo Bugyo, and actually grasped the real power!
From this point, we can see how awesome this old man was when he was young!
It is precisely because he is so awesome that he is envied and targeted.
According to the somewhat drunken Mr. Okazaki Rikuto, he was full of vigor and ambition when he gained power in the Tenryo Bugyo.
At that time, he had not forgotten his original intention. He wanted to do something for the ordinary people of Inazuma instead of muddleheadedly fighting for power and profit in the Tenryo Bugyo.
He also couldn't stand the fact that the power of the shogunate's top brass was controlled by the nobles.
As a high-ranking official who was not of noble birth, he wanted to start from himself and open up a channel for advancement for people of non-aristocratic birth!
It was these two ideas that affected the nobles' interests and touched their sensitive nerves!
The reason why the nobles are nobles is that they always control the upper class and always enjoy the rights and interests of the upper class.
Not only they have such rights, but their descendants and their families from generation to generation have such rights!
As a result, you, a guy who is not from a noble family, actually have a place among us!
It's okay if you occupy a position. At most, we will turn a blind eye and let you occupy this position. You just have to stay here honestly.
But you are not honest, you actually want to stir up trouble, and you even want to pull more people who are not of noble birth up!
If people who are not of noble birth continue to come forward, they will definitely squeeze the space that belongs to the nobles!
How could this be allowed?! This was a violation of their most fundamental interests!
Therefore, it didn't take long for Okazaki Rikuto to suffer rejection and pressure from all sides.
These pressures and difficulties are simply beyond the endurance of a human being. In short, he can hardly make any progress in Tianling Fengxing, and he can't do anything he wants.
There was really no other way at the time. In order to find a way out, Okazaki Rikuto could only turn his attention to the middle and lower-level personnel of Tenryo Bugyo, hoping to gain their support.
These middle and lower-level personnel, such as those who are of the same strength and purpose as Tianling, are indeed willing to support Okazaki Rikuto.
Because if Okazaki Rikuto can be promoted to a high position and hold important power, maybe they can too!
However, the support of only the middle and lower-level staff is obviously not enough, and the upper level still makes things difficult for Okazaki Rikuto.
Even though it was so difficult, Okazaki Rikuto still gritted his teeth and kept going.
When the other nobles saw that Okazaki Rikuto refused to admit defeat, they became annoyed and started to use underhanded tactics and frame him in various ways.
It is said that it is easy to dodge a spear but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark.
There is also a saying that two fists cannot beat four hands.
After being framed so many times, Okazaki Rikuto finally fell into the trap accidentally, and the situation became extremely dangerous at one point.
Seeing that there was no way out, and Okazaki Rikuto's ambition had been almost worn out, he had no choice but to retreat and resign from the Tenryo Bugyo.
When he resigned that year, he had nowhere to go, and he could only rely on the connections among the middle and lower levels of Tianling Fengxing.
With no other choice, Okazaki Rikuto had to open the Wuyouting.
Fortunately, his connections were quite useful.
After Wuyouting opened, those who followed the Heavenly Territory often came to support it, which made Okazaki Rikuto earn a lot of money and also allowed him to continue to maintain Wuyouting until now...
When they talked to this point and heard about Okazaki Rikuto's past, Gu Chen's eyes lit up.
You can't tell, this old man was also a big shot when he was young, he's not an ordinary person.
Okazaki Rikuto, who was sitting opposite him, was drinking and became more interested, so he started talking again.
This time, what he talked about was not the turbulent past of his youth, but the current situation.
When talking about these things, there was obvious sadness on the face of old man Okazaki Rikuto.
He first talked about his family's business situation in recent times.
All we can say is that the income and expenditure can be balanced, and Wu Youting can at least continue to operate.
The situation became so difficult when the isolation order and the eye hunting order were implemented.
Mr. Okazaki Rikuto might have been really drunk and did not directly express his opposition to the isolation order and the eye hunting order, but it was true that his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes.
Among them, Mr. Okazaki Rikuto emphasized that his family runs Wuyouting, which at least allows them to survive.
But what about others?
For many other Inazuma people, it cannot be said that their families are broken up, but it is almost the same, and their lives are very difficult!
It's all the fault of those idiots in the Tenryo Bugyo and the shogunate. What's wrong with their brains that they issued these two...
Ahem...that's why Inazuma is in such a mess!
Old man Okazaki Rikuto coughed for a while. He just said that it was Inazuma who made things chaotic, instead of directly blaming the two national policies of the Eye Hunting Order and the Closure Order.
After all, these two national policies were agreed upon by General Lei Dian.
To oppose these two national policies is equivalent to opposing the Shogun. Old man Okazaki Rikuto is not so... radical!
He openly opposed the isolation order and the eye hunting order, but this did not prevent old man Okazaki Rikuto from openly scolding Tenryo Bugyo!
The old man said bluntly that he knew very well how corrupt and dark those idiots in Tianling Fengxing were!
He knew very well how bad the Kujo family was!
A few days ago, the entire Tenryo Bugyo and the entire Kujo family were wiped out! What a good thing! They deserved it!
Seeing old man Okazaki Rikuto cursing like this, Gu Chen and Paimeng looked at each other in confusion...
This... this old man is still an old angry young man!
While feeling subtle, Gu Chen couldn't help but ask Okazaki Rikuto why he was so radical?
The Tenryo Bugyo has been wiped out. Don't you have many friends among them? Weren't they also affected? Didn't they die together?
Are you not sad? Are you not angry?
When it comes to this matter, Mr. Okazaki Rikuto doesn't care at all.
Because his connections and friends in Tianling Fengxing are all older people and have retired long ago.
So when Tianling Bugyo was destroyed before, all his friends escaped and nothing happened.
Old man Okazaki Rikuto didn't care about this. Instead, he felt a little satisfied with the destruction of the Tenryo Bugyo!
After saying that, the old man drank another glass! He drank it so happily!
Gu Chen and Paimeng looked at each other again.