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"Can you believe what Komatsu said?"

Ying Tianfu, inside the Embassy of the Russian Empire in the Ming Dynasty. Alexander asked the people around him in a low voice. Muravyov and Putiyatin are both half-bottled experts on the Orient and know a few things about Japan.

"Japan does have a very peculiar political model, in which neither the king nor the government have power, but are held by the head of a group of military aristocrats known as samurai, called the shogunate," Muravyov said. The Tokugawa Shogunate, which was established 250 years ago, now ruled Japan. In addition, the shogunate itself was not a centralized government, but a feudal feudal system. The shogunate itself owned about a quarter of Japan's land, and the remaining three-quarters of the land was held by about 300 feudal domains. The Satsuma Domain, on the other hand, was one of the most powerful of the feudal domains, controlling the Satsuma Kingdom in southern Kyushu, Japan, and previously controlled the Ryukyu Kingdom. ”

Alexander turned his gaze to Putiyatin, and the Russian vice admiral smiled: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, rest assured, this Komatsu has expressed his willingness to stay on the 'Alexander I' as a hostage, if he dares to deceive us, he will die!" And even if he deceives us, what can we do? Is there anything else the Japanese can do against the Pacific Fleet? All we did was to provide the Satsuma clan with a few thousand rifles and a dozen cannons, and then escort the Satsuma army by water to the port of Osaka in the Kinai region of Japan. ”

Komatsu Kiyoyu is now on the "Alexander I" ship, and Bai Siwen has only proved his identity, and the specific negotiations are handled by Xiang Yonggong (who acts as translator) and Putiyatin. Kiyoyu Komatsu claims to represent the lord of the Satsuma domain, Shimazu Saiko, and the emperor of Japan! He also brought a letter from Emperor Hyomei, who was said to be Hyomei. The content is a request for help from the Russian crown prince. to restore the authority of the emperor.

And Komatsu Kiyoyu also proposed a plan to bring down the curtain on behalf of Satsuma and the emperor. The Russian fleet first assembled near Kagoshima Castle. Pretending to attack Kagoshima. In this way, the Satsuma clan could ask the Tokugawa shogunate for help, and the shogunate naturally couldn't ask for it—they could drive their army into the Satsuma domain in the open. Komatsu estimated that the shogunate might transfer one division to Kyushu and the other to stay in Edo. In this way, once there is a change in Kinai, it will be difficult for the shogunate to send troops and reinforcements in time. Before the arrival of the shogunate army, the Satsuma clan sent 5,000 elite ships escorted by the Russian fleet to Kinai by water, landed near Osaka, and with the fire support of the Russian fleet, raided and captured Osaka Castle, and then attacked from Osaka to Kyoto to capture the Japanese capital. Liberate the imperial court and the emperor from the control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

With the support of the emperor and the imperial court, the Satsuma clan was able to designate the Tokugawa clan as a traitor to the court, deprive Tokugawa Ieke of his status as a general, and call on all feudal clans dissatisfied with the Tokugawa clan to fight together! If this happens, the Shimazu family will replace the Tokugawa family and establish a shogunate to rule Japan. In return, the Shimazu shogunate was able to cede not only the Ryukyu Kingdom to Russia, but also allowed Russia to lease three ports on the Japanese mainland, and all the privileges that had been given to Zhu Jishi's four oceanic firms were also transferred to Russian merchants. It is also possible to sign a treaty with Russia against the Ming Dynasty. Accept Russian advisers to help Japan carry out reform and reform, and transform Japan into a pro-Russian civilized country.

The Russian crown prince snorted. Chao Putiyating smiled in appreciation: "That's good, if you get this friend of Japan." Our situation in Asia has opened up, and even if the Satsuma clan can't control Japan, it would be good if it could cause chaos in Japan. Zhu Jishi has special interests in Japan, so the Ming Dynasty will definitely be involved in the chaos in Japan, as long as there is three years for him to look north, the Russian Empire will be able to concentrate on doing something. ”

Saying that, his brows were gradually wrinkled, what could the Russian Empire do? Serfdom reform was certainly necessary, but could it succeed? Will the tsar support it? Will the aristocracy support it? It's not optimistic! And the war against Turkey, the tsar had already made up his mind, the nobles and ministers were gearing up to save the Orthodox compatriots and Slavs who were enslaved by Mismling, and whoever opposed this war would simply betray the Orthodox Church and the Slavic people......

He stood up and walked over to Muravyov: "Nikolai. Nikolayevich, do you think that in the coming years Zhu Zishi's army will march to the north bank of the Amur River? ”

"That depends on whether Russia will be in danger in Europe and the Near East." Muravyov stood up and looked at Alexander, "And Russia's position in Europe depends on whether it can quickly defeat the Turkish Empire and capture Istanbul. This must be achieved before Britain and France react, blockading the Bosphorus! And in order to achieve this goal, the Russian army must carry out a radical reform, upgrade the level of equipment and training. The old smoothbore guns must be eliminated immediately, the Hodchsky grenades filled with A-oil explosives must be massively equipped with artillery, and the army must study and master the tactics of using barbed wire and trenches for field defense......"

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"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Shuzi is a rare beauty, if she can serve His Majesty with her, it is the greatest honor of the concubine, and the concubine believes that she will be able to give birth to a child for His Majesty......"

Candlelight sprinkled on the pillow, the east warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Tokugawa Akiko whispered, Zhu Jishi watched as his Japanese concubine doted on her and took her into his arms.

During this time, the situation in the Ming Dynasty was relatively stable, Emperor Zhu has been staying in Yingtianfu and working hard to create people, and there have been some gains, Wang Yunjiao and Su Yuniang, who have been married to Zhu Jishi for many years and have not been pregnant, are actually pregnant with children, and Luo Xiangju, who has the highest "yield", is also pregnant, plus Maria, who will give birth in August. Clementina, Emperor Zhu will soon have four more children.

As a direct consequence of the arrival of the four joys, Tokugawa Akiko's sleeping tasks have increased significantly, and as a bond of friendship with the Tokugawa family, Zhu Jishi hopes to make Tokugawa Akiko pregnant as soon as possible. But after months of hard work, it still didn't bear fruit...... At this moment, Zheng Hong, who was visiting Japan, suddenly came with news again, saying that the call for the integration of public and military forces in Japan was getting louder and louder! In addition, Emperor Komei wanted to marry his sister Prince Shukouchi to Dameiko, and he also wanted Prince Shukouchi to inherit the throne of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

This seems to be a beautiful thing, especially when it is possible to achieve a "combination of public and military forces". Zhu Jishi did not know that in the history of the Japanese Edo period, there was this "public and military combination" movement, and it was once unanimously approved by the whole of Japan. However, there are two specific plans for the combination of public and military forces, one is to focus on the shogunate; The second is dominated by the imposition of vassals and the imperial court.

Because he does not understand this history, Zhu Jishi now mistakenly thinks that the "combination of public and military" is caused by his own butterfly effect. It is likely that the Tokugawa shogunate wanted to annex the imperial court, obtain the name of righteousness, and then integrate Japan into a completely unified country!

If the Tokugawa shogunate could win this "war against Russia", it might really be able to use this prestige to achieve its long-cherished wish. And a unified Japan is obviously not in the current interests of the Ming Empire. It's not that Japan won't be reunified, but that Japan can't be unified so quickly. If 10 or 20 years later, the Ming Dynasty has established an overwhelming dominant position over Japan, then there is nothing to let Japan unify. But not now!

Therefore, Zhu Jishi had the idea of supporting the Japanese royal family and the imperial court, and it was appropriate to take Prince Shuzi as a concubine at this time. If you can use this to get in touch with the emperor, you can support the emperor and the shogun to fight, and the emperor seems to have fallen in history (Zhu Jishi doesn't know that Emperor Michiyo actually has a good relationship with the shogunate), right? But...... What will the shogunate think?

"The princess and my father are both courtiers of His Majesty the Emperor, so I naturally want to see His Majesty marry the Emperor."

"Really?" Zhu Jishi looked at Tokugawa Akiko, "The public side is not worried about the Heavenly Emperor gaining my support?" ”

Tokugawa Akiko blinked in confusion: "Why should the public be worried about it?" His father's letter to the concubine said that the princess also supported the combination of the public and the military, and he hoped that the concubine would facilitate the marriage between His Majesty and Prince Shuzinei. ”

What kind of song is this? Zhu Jishi really doesn't know much about the Japanese people's thinking. (To be continued......)