Dominate the Country

If the Tokugawa shogunate gave up the war against the natives of Tsushima Island at this time, it would undoubtedly greatly dampen the morale of the Japanese people. At that time, there would be no need for those useless public officials to play the role of "radicals". I am afraid that "the traitors of heaven" would break out within the military family.

In recent years, Japan has followed China's baton to "conquer the east and the west, and fight the south and the north". It seems very majestic, but it is dancing with someone else's baton. Even if that person is a superior country that Japan favors and relies on very much, this still makes many Japanese feel a little uncomfortable and a little unsatisfied.

Now Japan needs a foreign war that it can complete independently and make its own decisions to strengthen the confidence of its people. Unfortunately, Japan is too far away from Europe, and it is impossible to fight against Europe independently, so Japan can only settle for the next best thing.

The Japanese who look at the world have been muttering about their position in the world many years ago.

After truly understanding the strength of the European world, the Japanese discovered that without China's strong support, Japan's strength alone would not necessarily be stronger than the Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark. These countries are a bit useless compared to powerful countries such as Britain and France, but at least they can gather more than 50,000 elite combat forces, and each has a strong navy.

As for Spain and Sweden, which are standard second-rate European countries, they are even more powerful. They have at least 100,000 regular armies and a strong navy. There is also the lighthouse country in America!

With the strength of Japan alone, it is definitely not an opponent of these countries. Because in terms of the navy, Japan is absolutely weak, and in terms of land battles, Europeans rely on guns and cannons to fight. What about Japan? No matter how many samurai there are in Japan, the crowd is useless in front of thousands of guns and cannons.

The level and quantity of Japan's iron cannons [muskets] and big collapse [cannons] are much worse than those of Spain and Sweden.

And Japan has no money. This is very important. Now the war is fought with money. Japan's economy and finances are really no advantage over Spain and Sweden.

The comparison after such a clean analysis made the Japanese very sad. This made their little hearts collapse and embarrassed their self-esteem.

Look at the United Kingdom, which is also located overseas. But it is doing well and is now the most powerful country in Europe. Even if the British were cheated once in North America, the British country is still strong, which no one can deny.

But what about Japan? In terms of actual land area, Japan is only slightly larger than Britain, and its population is more than twice that of Britain, but the difference in strength is so huge..., it's embarrassing.

Of course, some people say that the situation in the East and the West is different. The Western world is full of countries of all sizes, and the entire continent is falling apart, but what about the Eastern world? The powerful Chinese Empire was already majestic and invincible two thousand years ago.

Whether it is the Roman Empire or the Holy Roman Empire in European history, they are much inferior to the dynasties in the East.

You can only fish in muddy water. The water in Europe is muddier than muddy water, while the East is solid.

Look at Japan in history. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Japan wanted to stretch its claws toward the mainland, but its hand was chopped off by a knife. During the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan attacked Japan twice, fortunately, he was blessed by the divine wind. In the Ming Dynasty, it seemed that Japanese pirates were everywhere, but if the Chinese had not dealt with themselves, how could the Japanese pirates have caused such a big trouble?

Not to mention the Qing Dynasty and the Chen and Han Dynasties. Japan's path is completely different from that of Britain, and there is no comparison.

But this is fate.

The Japanese have such a large population and so many fearless warriors, but their strength is so poor, which makes Japan feel uncomfortable after all.

Fortunately, the Tokugawa Shogunate changed its attitude in time. After holding on to China's thighs, the Japanese samurai equipped with full Western guns and cannons are still very capable of fighting. And with China's support, Japan does not need to open gun and artillery factories and shipyards in its own major events, and does not need to worry about the logistics of the war. Japan can pull up an army of more than 300,000. According to the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, it overwhelmed Spain and Sweden in one fell swoop.

Some people compare Japan to Prussia in Europe. Just talking about the ability to raise troops and the combat effectiveness of soldiers, Japan is stronger than Prussia. Prussia has too small a population...

But even so, no one regards Japan as a world-class power, because most of Japan's military supplies rely on China. This is the price Japan pays for being China's younger brother. If Japan gets enough military supplies from China, it will not need and cannot vigorously develop its military industry and steel industry.

Otherwise, how could China be so confident and bold to arm Japan? There are gains and losses.

Now Japan has become the No.1 among the world's second-rate powers, which is recognized by all countries. In terms of combat effectiveness alone, without considering weapons manufacturing and wealth, Japan can compete with the six first-rate powers on land. [Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire]

After all, Japan has a population of 30 million. With such a population, it has far surpassed Britain and Prussia. France and Austria are only comparable in population, and the Ottoman Empire is far inferior to Japan. That is to say, Russia's population is stronger than Japan's. Countries like the United States and Spain cannot compare with Japan's population potential.

And the Japanese before really recognized their status, a super second-rate power, a second-rate power that can compete with first-rate powers. But with the acquisition of the Falkland Islands, the area of ​​Madagascar Island is twice that of Japan, which has to make Japan have a more beautiful dream.

Although it doesn't matter whether you are a first-rate power or a second-rate power next to China!

But the Japanese care about this.

If the earth is a classroom, China is the boss here-the teacher, then the six first-rate powers are the six people with the best academic performance in the class, or they can score more than 90 points in each subject. Although Japan is the seventh in this class, there are one or two subjects that are dragging it down and can't score more than 90 points, but this is the difference in grade. The ranking is a small matter. The Japanese care about this, they hope that they can get 90 points in all subjects! For Japan, it is a rare honor to be promoted to a world-class power.

From the sentence "The emperor of the place where the sun rises writes to the emperor of the place where the sun sets", we can see that the Japanese are proud. After being suppressed by China for thousands of years, they also hope to be recognized by outsiders.

And now many Japanese also think that they are qualified and have the conditions to become a first-rate power, because the Falkland Islands will be theirs.

How big is Austria now? Even if Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc. are included, Austria will not have one million square kilometers. Prussia is even a tiny country, and it doesn't even have colonies.

But these two countries are well-deserved first-class powers. Even the Japanese were amazed by the Prussian army in the Seven Years' War. Austria, ruled by the Habsburg dynasty, has been the mainstay of Europe for hundreds of years. Even if its momentum has declined in recent decades, no one will deny their strong strength.

Compared with Prussia's brand-new military color, Austria is more like an ancient family with a long history. The profound heritage makes outsiders inherently not deny it.

Now Japan lacks only time.

Although Madagascar is called New Japan, in the eyes of many Japanese, there is no feeling of two Japans. That is just a sign that Madagascar has become a Japanese territory. In this way, Japan already has the foundation to become a world-class power.

The heated discussion among the Japanese people finally came to two conclusions. If Japan wants to be promoted from second-rate to first-rate, in addition to fighting a war with European powers immediately, the rest is to build a new Japan and consolidate Japan's foundation.

The first method is unreliable. Japan is thousands of miles away from Europe. If Chen Han did not support it, Japan would not be able to fight with the Europeans. This is the gap between regional powers and world powers.

In the original time and space, Japan has long been in a dispute between land and sea, and now Japan has taken a big step on the road to becoming a land power. Their navy, also known as the Maritime Self-Defense Force, is weak, and its total tonnage is not even as good as the squadron of Chen Han's Ryukyu base. And no one in Japan thinks there is anything wrong, after all, the cost of maritime power is so huge.

Any battleship costs tens of thousands of pounds, and the fragile finances of the Japanese can't afford it at all. So they can only obey and run wildly on the road of the army.

In the Sino-Japanese conflict, after Japan was completely defeated, a decadent atmosphere swept across Japan, with the reason being that China would completely suppress Japan and Japan would never see the day of revival. At that time, China was hiring mercenaries in Japan. To be honest, Chen Ming did not intend to support Japan at the beginning. He chose to hire Japanese lower-class samurai as mercenaries, with the dark plan in his heart to dig into Japan's corners and cultivate pro-China forces in Japan.

As long as Japanese society is "discriminatory" against those mercenaries who return to their hometowns, there will inevitably be chaos in the future. Chen Ming put a lot of effort into Japan in the early days and laid a lot of plans.

What he wanted was to mess up Japan and let those mercenaries who returned to their hometowns make trouble. Where there is oppression, there is resistance. Then he organized the Japanese samurai in his hands, from the volunteer team to the security army. If they returned to Japan fully armed, they would definitely make Japan want to die and never recover.

Chen Ming himself did not expect that the situation in Japan would eventually develop into what it is now.

That decadent atmosphere may have also created a considerable impact.

In those years, the upper class of Japan was living a life of drunkenness and dreams, which was really decadent.

But since Japan has embarked on the right path, after the Tokugawa shogunate got those visible and tangible benefits, they have also become very, very realistic - praising China highly, flavor Gangmu.

In just a few years, the entire Japanese samurai burst out with a strong "development momentum", and the recovery speed of the Japanese economy was also frighteningly high. Later, the fiscal revenue of the Tokugawa shogunate and the feudal lords and daimyo in various places increased greatly, and the income of the "people" also increased accordingly, and the mental state of the whole Japan became brand new.

Up to now, Japan has been completely unable to leave China. Although Japan's shipping industry has developed relatively rapidly, after all, the roads in Japan are really rugged, and the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyo in various places really have no ability to open mountains and roads to dredge land transportation in various parts of Japan. The development of this shipping industry is naturally rapid.

But Japan's naval power is very weak, just like Siam, Phnom Penh and other countries, the shipping industry is well developed, but that is under the protection of Chen Han's navy, just like Denmark in Europe, their own naval power is very poor, and these countries also consciously do not develop their own naval power.

You must have any black spots and shortcomings in the hands of the boss, so that the boss will be at ease.

Otherwise, Chen Ming cultivated a Japan with strong naval and land combat power. Isn't he afraid of being backfired one day? That's impossible. If Japan's naval power is strong, it will pose a great threat to China. Similarly, Siam's naval power may also threaten Chen Han's dominance in Southeast Asia.

It's just that Siam's population is too small. Compared with Japan's population of 30 million, Siam's population is less than 4 million now, and it may exceed 5 million if slaves are included. But their definition is different from Japan.

Japan is China's thug and the head horse of China's men. This was decided by Chen Ming when he decided to conquer Japan; and Siam's initial definition was that it was China's granary. Until now, it is also China's raw material production and market dumping place.

Siam also strictly abides by the rules, flatters, cheers, and waves flags to play too happily.

This is like the water dispenser managers in the NBA in the previous life. They are also very hard-working. A qualified water dispenser manager sweats no less than the main force. In addition to passion, you also need acting skills! Averaging 50+ points per game and waving towels and cheering is also a physical job.

And this is the balance of China's opponents and subordinate countries.

Siam cannot compete with Japan in terms of military strength, so it needs to show itself in other aspects. In an NBA championship team, in addition to the big stars and powerful players, it also needs the water dispenser guardians who wave towels and cheer and pass water. They are also the puzzle of the championship team!

Now Japan needs to conquer Madagascar as soon as possible. The first step to consolidate the foundation of the new Japan is to unify the whole island.

This view is like the voice of all walks of life in Japanese society today. The Tokugawa Shogunate has been kidnapped by public opinion without knowing it.

Chen Ming witnessed the development of this process with his own eyes. Although Chen Han's intelligence department participated in it, the development of public opinion to the current point was the fault of the Tokugawa Shogunate itself.

Originally wanted to provoke national sentiment, but was kidnapped by public opinion without knowing it. Chen Ming could only laugh.

In this era without telegraphs, in a society like Japan, the powerful daimyo have completely changed the calculations of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Sakai Tadashi insisted that Japan should declare war now, and there was no need to hold a meeting to discuss anything. The shogunate could have announced the conquest of Tsushima Island on its own.

If the daimyo were called to a meeting, various problems would inevitably arise, at least the status of the daimyo in the New Japan territory, and the proportion of the shogunate and daimyo's troops and military expenditures in this war, etc. This is simply not something that can be solved in a short time.

And there are not many in the world.

The shogunate should now show its domineering spirit. With China's support, who does the shogunate need to fear? And Sakai Tadashi also needs to win as much support for the shogunate from China as possible in Nanjing.

Sakai Tadashi kept walking around in the Japanese Embassy in China, and his mind was lingering with the words that the secretary had just reported to him.

King of Japan, King of Japan.

Chen Han took out the title at this moment. This was not to ask the shogunate to make a fuss about the title, but to show support for the shogunate.

It's just that this strength is a bit puzzling...

...

At this time, in the Cabinet Office, in the office of the Minister of the Interior, Gao Shida was chatting with the retired Tang Feipeng.

The latter is an expert on Japanese issues. The current situation in Japan is a bit funny, but why has it developed to this point? Tang Feipeng's opinion is very necessary to refer to one or two.

"The most important thing for the shogunate to do now is not to consider domestic issues, but to immediately announce to the whole country to conquer the Kingdom of Merina and conquer the Falkland Islands."

"Why do you care about what's going on inside them."

"The King of Japan, the King of Japan. The Tokugawa Shogunate is on an equal footing with the Chrysanthemum Family. Do they still hope to reverse the titles?"