readx;?“ Mr. Minister, this is your first time in Japan, right? This is a very nice place, the scenery is very beautiful, the women are very gentle, the air is good, and it is very clean, which is more suitable for living than Nanjing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info, YBDU, now many Chinese rich and powerful people are buying land in Japan to build villas, and there is already a rich Chinese area here in Osaka. I heard that the Emperor of China also planned to build a palace on the shores of Lake Biwa in Japan......"

is gushing to Will. Hemming introduced Japan to a British Army major named Charlie. Gordon, a military attache in the British Legation, previously served as an instructor at the Numazu Military Academy of the Shogunate Army. However, the standard of education in this military school is really not very good, it is outdated courses, and the funds are seriously insufficient, so it was closed three years ago. At present, there is only one army junior military academy in Japan, which is run by the Daming Army Education Directorate, and their graduates can easily be admitted to the Royal Army Military Academy in China.

In addition, graduates of Japanese new-style middle schools can also go to the Ming Royal Army Military Academy like Chinese middle school students, and after graduating from the military academy, they can also enter the Ming Army after joining the Ming nationality. In fact, there are quite a few Japanese graduates who join the Ming Army, because Japan is still a samurai dictatorship, and only people from samurai backgrounds can hold public office. If you are not a samurai, no matter how good your graduation results are, you will not be able to join the Japanese Army! What's more, the future of military academy graduates who are also samurai graduates in the Japanese army is mainly determined by the family character from which they are born. Those officers who were born in the lower ranks, no matter how good they are, will be mixed at the bottom all their lives, and it is difficult to have a chance of promotion.

On the contrary, the Ming Army does not talk much about its origin (in fact, it is also talked about. But China does not have the hierarchical concept that Japan has in its bones. And the Ming army has been fighting. Military merit always comes first), as long as you can make meritorious service, you can be promoted. Finally, the salary of the Ming Army is also much higher than that of the Japanese Army, which is naturally very attractive to those Japanese young people from poor backgrounds......

In fact, it is not only the Royal Army Military Academy of Daming that is attracting Japanese youth, but also dozens of institutions of higher learning in Daming are also the goals that Japanese young people yearn for! Of course, Keio University and Gakushuin University in Japan are also excellent universities, and the curriculum is basically the same as that of Jeseki University. Most of the professors are also from Jesei University. However, these two universities admit fewer than 1,000 new students each year, and 800 of them must be from famous samurai families or public families. It is difficult for the children of ordinary people to break their heads. The reason for this, in addition to Japan's deep-rooted hierarchical concept, is the serious shortage of Japanese government education funds!

In fact, the Japanese government after the integration of public and military forces is a poor government that is a mess. There was no money anywhere - because half of the revenue was to pay the huge public debt (owed to cover the samurai debts), and the rest was just enough to pay the new government's more than 200,000 civil and military employees. Without money, naturally nothing can be done, what industrialization, what navy. What is compulsory education, what is the construction of railways...... And so on. It's all empty words. Even the independence of the country is faintly in question!

Ride inside the carriage through the Osaka city of Will. Hemming suddenly found that almost all the shops here were decorated with lights, and some even advertised "Hallomy Rewards" and "Celebration of Longevity Sale".

"Longevity, this is ...... The birthday of the Empress Tongji? "Will. Hemming asked Gordon beside him, somewhat uncertain.

"No, it's not the Tongzhi Female Emperor, it's the birthday of the Ming Emperor." Gordon said with some tears and laughter, "Here in Japan, the birthday of the Tongzhi Female Emperor is not a national holiday, but the birthday of the Ming Emperor is an important national holiday. Government offices would have a day off, and the Japanese Imperial Family, the Tokugawa family, and other famous Japanese samurai families would prepare rich congratulatory gifts to send to Nanjing. Just like the other vassals of the Ming Empire! ”

"Doesn't this put Japan in the status of a subject state of the Ming Dynasty? Was this Akiko Tokugawa's idea? Isn't she afraid of being accused of being a rape? ”

"It's not that Akiko Tokugawa had in mind, or that she's never revealed such intentions."

Gordon snorted, "Mr. Minister, not all countries value independence and freedom above life as much as Poland. At least, Japan is not such a country. In fact, in the East, it is not a shame to be a vassal state of China, which has been the Celestial Empire for a long time in the past. Historically, Japan has been a vassal to China several times and has become a vassal state. The last time he was a vassal was during the Muromachi shogunate, when the shogun of the Ashikaga clan was canonized as the king of Japan by the Emperor Damei...... And this canonization is completely your will. Therefore, during this time, many Japanese turned over this old account again and demanded that Japan restore the status of a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Restore the status of a Ming vassal state? Are there any benefits? "Will. Heming had vaguely heard about it.

Gordon sneered: "Of course it is beneficial, the Heavenly Emperor Family hopes to get the treatment and security of the Ming Princes after being demoted to the King Family...... Their lives are all miserable now, and their lives are not guaranteed, and they will be eradicated by the Tokugawa family at any time.

Some members of the Tokugawa family hoped to establish the legitimacy of the Tokugawa family's throne through the canonization of the Ming Emperor.

There are also some dignitaries in the Japanese government who believe that becoming a vassalage of the Ming Dynasty will help Japan get rid of its current financial difficulties and get more investment from the Ming Imperial Consortium to improve Japan's infrastructure.

As for the Japanese merchants, they envied the status of the Chinese merchants and the various systems that protected private property. Many of them have already joined the Ming nationality and are therefore in favor of making Japan a subject of the Ming Dynasty again.

Most of the Japanese civilians felt hopeless in the country and wanted to emigrate to the Chinese colonies and receive state-granted land like Ming citizens. There are also some so-called people with lofty ideals who want to use China's power to fight with Argentina and Chile and seize more colonies......"

"War with Argentina and Chile?" Will. A subtle smile of surprise slipped across Hemming's face. "How much do you know about this?"

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Nijo Castle, Hakushoin.

The door of the Japanese room was gently opened, and outside the entrance, an officer wearing a gray Ming military uniform bowed his head at the door of the entrance: "Imperial Concubine Niangniang, the lower official took the liberty to come to submit the Jianbai Letter on behalf of the military department, disturbing His Highness, I really feel extremely frightened." "It was Tokugawa Akiko who was sitting upright in the room, guarding a few women with small knives around her. She looked calmly at the Chief of the General Staff of the Japanese Army, General Matsudaira Yoho, in front of her. As a member of the Tokugawa family, Matsudaira Rongho had been a major general in the Japanese New Army. He also led his troops to Russia, and after the end of the war, he was promoted to chief of the general staff by Tokugawa Akiko, who was Akiko's confidant in the army. Akiko's pro-guard army, Shinnokumi, is also in charge of him.

Akiko nodded expressionlessly and beckoned to Matsudaira outside the entrance. The Japanese army general immediately respectfully moved into the Japanese room.

"Do you still want to use the title of vassal in exchange for the support of the Ming Dynasty to start a war in Patagonia?" Tokugawa Akiko was silent for a long time, and then asked the question in a low voice that she already knew the answer to.

In fact, Akiko also knew that there was no necessary connection between being a vassal to the Ming Dynasty and being in Patagonia. Even if it is not a vassal, the Ming Empire is definitely on the side of Japan. The reason why there is no position at present is simply because there is no consensus with France to do so.

However, there are many reasons why Japan became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty...... It can be said that all sides can benefit from this. And it's the only way for Japan to get out of its current stagnation!

And Tokugawa Akiko herself was able to further consolidate her power with the help of the Great Ming. And Tokugawa Ieyuki is not her biological son after all, and now he is about to grow up, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes pro-government. In Japan, she has no long-term power, and if she wants to be in power in the future, she can only go to the new Japan that belongs to her own son, or let her biological son exchange territory with Ieyuki...... But she never confided in anyone about this thought. (To be continued.) )