Without first establishing internal governance, there can be no external campaigns.
国家創業の折には、難事についてはまず自ら行い、易事は人に任せよ。
Military Strategists
Ōkubo Toshimichi
The ruthlessly effective architect of modern Japan who built the Meiji state's institutions while his more charismatic peers took the glory (1830-1878). Okubo Toshimichi proved that revolutions are won by warriors but consolidated by administrators — and that the builder of systems is more consequential than the hero of battles.
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