At this time, if the Tokugawa shogunate gave up the Tsushima indigenous war, it would undoubtedly greatly dampen the morale of the Japanese people. When the time comes, there is no need for those unpopular and useless public families to stage 'radicals', but I am afraid that there will be an outbreak of 'heavenly punishment of national thieves' within the martial arts.

Over the years, Japan has followed China's baton to 'fight in the east and west, and fight in the south and in the north', which seems to be very majestic and majestic, but it is all dancing with someone else's baton, even if that person is a country that Japan is very favored + dependent on, this still makes many Japanese feel a little unhappy and a little unsatisfied.

At present, Japan is in great need of a war that it can complete on its own, make decisions, and fight foreign wars to strengthen the confidence of the people. It is a pity that Japan is too far away from Europe to fight against Europe independently, so Japan can only retreat to the next best thing.

Japanese people who look at the world have been muttering about their place in the world for many years.

Having truly understood the strength of the European world, the Japanese found that without China's strong support, Japan would not necessarily be stronger than the Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark by relying on its strength alone. These countries are a bit useless compared to Britain and France and other powerful countries, but they can also gather more than 50,000 elite combat power, and each has a navy with good strength.

As for Spain and Sweden, which are standard second-rate European countries, they are even more powerful. They have at least a regular army of 100,000 men and a strong navy. And the lighthouse nation of the Americas!

Japan's strength alone is definitely no match for these countries. Because in terms of navy, Japan is absolutely weak, and in army battles, the Europeans rely on guns to fight, what about Japan? No matter how many samurai there are in Japan, the crowd is useless in front of thousands of guns.

The level and number of Japanese iron cannons [muskets] and collapse [artillery] are much worse than those of Spain and Sweden.

And Japan doesn't have any money yet. This is very important, now the war is fought for money. Japan's economy and finances are not at all competitive with Spain and Sweden.

The comparison after such a clean analysis makes the Japanese very sad. It was so much that their little hearts broke down and embarrassed their self-esteem.

Look at the UK, but also overseas. But it is thriving, and now it seems to be the number one power in Europe. Even if the British were cheated once in North America, the British corrupt country was still strong, which no one can deny.

But what about Japan? In real terms of land area, Japan is only a little bigger than Britain, and its population is more than twice that of Britain, but there is such a huge disparity in strength...... which is a shame.

Of course, some people say that the situation between the East and the West is different. The Western world is full of large and small countries, and the whole continent is falling apart, but what about the Eastern world? The mighty Chinese Empire was mighty two thousand years ago.

The Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire in European history are much inferior to the previous dynasties in the East.

Muddy waters are the only way to fish, and the muddy waters of Europe are better than muddy waters, while the East is monolithic.

Look at Japan in history, when the Sui and Tang dynasties wanted to stretch out their claws towards the mainland, they were chopped off by a knife. When Mengyuan was in the world, Kublai Khan also attacked Japan twice, and God was fortunate to have the blessing of the gods. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, it seemed that there were many Woko, but if the Chinese had not done it themselves, how could the trouble of the Wo Kou be so big?

Not to mention the time of the Manchu and Chen Hans. Japan's roads are completely different from those in the UK, and they can't be compared.

But this is fate.

The fact that the Japanese have such a large population, so many samurai who are not afraid of death, and their strength is so poor, which makes Japan feel uncomfortable after all.

Fortunately, the Tokugawa shogunate changed its attitude in time, and after hugging China's thighs, the Japanese samurai equipped with Western-style guns and artillery were still very capable of fighting. Moreover, with the support of China, Japan does not need to open gun and artillery factories and shipbuilding factories in its own major affairs, and does not need to bother with the problem of war logistics, Japan is enough to pull up 300,000+ troops, and 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, only talking about the ability of the army and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, Japan is even stronger than Prussia, and the population of Prussia is too small......

But even so, no one regards Japan as the world's first-class power, because Japan depends on China for most of its military needs. This is the price that Japan pays to China as a little brother. If Japan gets enough military supplies from China, Japan itself will not need and cannot vigorously develop the munitions industry and the steel industry.

Otherwise, how could China be so confident and bold in arming 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, purely in terms of combat effectiveness, regardless of weapons manufacturing and wealth, Japan can compete with the six first-class powers on land. [British, French, Prussian, Austrian-Russian, Ottoman]

After all, Japan has a population of 30 million, and a population of this size has already thrown Britain and Prussia far away. France and Austria were only comparable in population, and the Ottomans were far inferior to Japan. In other words, Russia's population is stronger than Japan's, and countries like the United States and Spain simply cannot compare with Japan's population potential.

The Japanese before them really recognized their own status, super second-rate powers, second-rate powers that could compare with first-class powers. However, with the acquisition of the Falklands, the area of Madagascar is two of Japan's, which has to make Japan have a more beautiful dream.

Although on China's side, it makes no difference at all whether you are a first-rate or a second-rate power!

But the Japanese are quite concerned about this.

If the earth is a classroom, and China is the boss here - the teacher, then the six first-class 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 lag behind, and they can't score more than 90 points, but this is the gap in grade. Rankings are trivial. The Japanese are very concerned about this, and they are looking forward to getting 90 points in all subjects! For Japan, it is a rare honor to be promoted to a world-class power.

It can be seen from the sentence "The Son of Heaven at Sunrise to the Book of the Son of Heaven at Sunrise" that the Japanese are proud, and they also want to be recognized by outsiders after being suppressed by China for thousands of years.

And now many Japanese people also think that they are qualified to be a first-class power, because the Falklands will be theirs.

How big is Austria now? Add Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and so on, and Austria wouldn't have a million square kilometers. Prussia is even more of a small land, and there are no colonies.

But both countries are well-deserved first-class powers, even the Japanese are amazed by the Prussian army in the Seven Years' War, and Austria, ruled by the Habsburgs, has been a mainstay of Europe for hundreds of years, even if the momentum has declined in recent decades, then no one will deny their great strength.

Compared with Prussia's new military color, Austria is more like an ancient family with a long history. The profound heritage makes it innately impossible for outsiders to deny it.

All Japan lacks now is time.

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

In the end, the heated discussion among the Japanese people came to two conclusions: If Japan wants to be promoted from the second class to the first-class, in addition to immediately fighting a war with the European powers, the rest is to build a new Japan and lay a solid foundation for Japan.

This first method is unreliable, Japan and Europe are thousands of miles away, if there is no Chen Han behind the back, Japan will not be able to compete with the Europeans. This is where the gap between a regional power and a world power lies.

Japan in the original time and space has long had a dispute between land and sea, and now Japan has made great strides on the road to becoming a land power. Their naval division, also known as the Maritime Self-Defense Force, is weak, and its total tonnage is not even as good as the detachment of the Chen Han Ryukyu base. And no one in Japan thinks there is anything inappropriate, after all, the cost of sea power is so huge.

A capital ship is tens of thousands of pounds sterling, and the fragile finances of the Japanese simply cannot afford it. Therefore, they can only obediently and obediently run wild on the road of the army.

In the Sino-Japanese conflict of that year, after Japan's complete defeat, a decadent atmosphere was set off in Japan, on the grounds that China would completely suppress Japan, and Japan would never see the day of revival again. At that time, China was aggressively engaging in mercenaries in Japan, and to be honest, Chen Ming had no intention of supporting Japan at the beginning. He chose to hire Japanese lower-class samurai as mercenaries, and his dark plan in his heart was to dig into the corners of Japan and cultivate pro-China forces in Japan by the way.

As long as Japanese society is full of 'discrimination' against those mercenaries who return to their hometowns, it will inevitably cause chaos in the future.

What he wants is to mess up Japan, make those mercenaries who have returned to their homeland make a fuss, and where there is oppression, there will be resistance. Then he organized the Japanese samurai in his hands, from the standing team to the security army, if they were fully armed and returned to Japan, they would definitely be able to make Japan want to die and collapse.

The situation in Japan eventually developed into what it is now, and Chen Ming himself did not expect it.

That decadent atmosphere may have also had a big impact on it.

In those years, the upper class of Japanese society was drunk and dreamed of death, and it was really decadent.

But since Japan has embarked on the right path, the Tokugawa shogunate has also become very, very realistic after getting those tangible benefits—holding China high.

In just a few years, the entire Japanese samurai family has exploded into a strong 'development momentum', and the recovery speed of the Japanese economy is also terrifying. Later, the Tokugawa shogunate and the feudal lords of each region increased their revenues, and the income of the 'people' also increased, and the mental state of Japan as a whole became completely renewed.

By now, Japan has been completely unable to leave China. Although Japan's shipping industry developed relatively rapidly, the roads in Japan were so rugged that the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyo were unable to open up roads to clear land traffic throughout Japan. Naturally, the development of the nautical industry was rapid.

However, Japan's naval strength is very weak, just like Siam, Phnom Penh and other countries, the development of the maritime transportation industry is good, but that is under the protection of Chen Han's naval division, just like Denmark in Europe, their own naval strength is very poor, and these countries also consciously do not develop their own naval forces.

You must have some black spots and shortcomings in the hands of the boss, so that the boss can rest assured.

Otherwise, Chen Ming cultivated a Japan with strong naval and land combat power, wouldn't he be afraid of being counterattacked one day? That's impossible. If Japan's naval power is strong, the threat to China is too great. Similarly, Siam's naval power threatened Tran's dominance in Southeast Asia.

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

Japan is China's thug and the leader of China's subordinates, which Chen Ming decided as early as when he decided to subdue Japan; And Siam's original definition was the granary of China. Until now, it is also a source of raw materials and a market dumping place in China.

Siam also strictly abides by the rules, patting sycophants, shouting cheers, waving flags and shouting to have fun.

This is like those water cooler managers in the NBA in the previous life, and they are also very hard. A qualified water cooler manager sweats no less than the main force, in addition to passion, you also need acting skills! An average of 50+ towel waving and shouting per game, this is also individual work.

And this is China's counterbalance to its subordinate countries.

Siam can't compare to Japan in terms of force, and BA's team to win the championship, in addition to the stars and powerful people, also need towels and shout water cooler guardians, they are also the puzzle pieces of the championship team!

Now Japan needs to conquer Madagascar as soon as possible, and the first step in consolidating the foundation of a new Japan is the unification of the entire island.

This view seems to be the voice of all strata of Japanese society today, and the Tokugawa shogunate has unwittingly been kidnapped by public opinion.

Chen Ming witnessed the development of this process with his own eyes. Although Chen Han's intelligence department was involved in it, public opinion has developed to the point where it is the Tokugawa shogunate itself.

originally wanted to stir up the national sentiment, but unknowingly he was kidnapped by public opinion, and Chen Ming could only hehe.

In today's era when there is no telegraph, in a society like Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate's abacus has completely changed the flavor of the daimyo with real power.

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

If the daimyo were to be called to a meeting, various problems would arise, at least the status of the daimyo in the new Japanese territory, and the ratio of the shogunate and the daimyo to the military expenditure during the war. This is simply not something that can be solved in a short period of time.

And there isn't much left in the world.

The shogunate should come up with a domineering spirit now, with the support of China, who else does the shogunate need to be afraid of? Sakai also needed to get as much support for the shogunate as possible from China in Nanjing.

Sakai Tadashi kept walking around the Japanese embassy in China, and his mind was haunted by the words that his secretary had just reported to him.

King of Japan, King of Toei.

Chen Han took out the title at this time, this is 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 little incomprehensible......

……

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, and the current situation in Japan is a bit funny, but why it has 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 think about domestic problems, but to immediately announce to the whole country the conquest of the Merina Kingdom and the conquest of the Falklands."

"You don't care what happens to them inside."

"The King of Japan, the King of Toei. The Tokugawa shogunate was on an equal footing with the Chrysanthemum family. Do they still have the luxury of reversing the titles? ”