"Your Majesty the Emperor, the minister has a proposal to submit."

As soon as Emperor Zhu finished speaking, several other Japanese in the room were still considering what Emperor Zhu had said, when they heard someone speaking in English. It turned out to be John Wanjiro, who looked like a hillbilly, he stepped forward and bowed to Emperor Zhu, and then took out an envelope from the pocket of the suit he was wearing and handed it to both hands.

"Weng Qing, take it and give it to me."

Weng Tongyi is now the deputy minister of the imperial study of Zheng Sanpin, and he has also been made an earl. However, the work is still the great secret, and he was on duty when Emperor Zhu received these Japanese. Hearing the emperor's order, he hurriedly stepped forward to take the envelope from John Manjiro's hand, opened it and looked at it, frowned, and then respectfully handed the letter to the emperor. It turned out that the entire text on the letter was in English, and Weng Tongyi didn't recognize a word.

"Your Majesty the Emperor." Wan Jiro seemed to have forgotten the rules of the audience in the Daming Palace, and he didn't wait for Zhu Jishi to ask.

He believed that the root cause of the turmoil in Japan since ancient times was that there was a shortage of food due to the large number of people and the narrowness of the land, and that there were many poor people even among the samurai. Therefore, the fundamental way out for Japan is not to combine public and military forces, but to emigrate overseas in order to reduce the surplus population of the country. He had traveled extensively in the United States, and he saw empty and fertile land uncultivated, and the United States had always been welcoming to foreign immigrants. Therefore, Japan should open its country as soon as possible and allow its citizens to settle in the United States to alleviate its domestic predicament. ”

In addition, when he was in the Americas, he also discovered that there was still an unoccupied land in the Americas, called Patagonia, at the southern tip of the South American continent. It is about 4,000 miles long from north to south. The area is larger than Borneo. The land is vast and sparsely populated. Both Spain and Britain tried to establish colonies in the area. But the whites did not look down on the land at all, so the land is still not occupied by the whites. If the Ming Dynasty can join forces with Japan and take advantage of the fact that the British and French powers are at war with Russia and have no time to take care of anything else, they will definitely be able to take this place for themselves......"

"Pagatania ......" Zhu Jishi certainly knew that there was such a "borderland" in the world of Lu Daoshi, and he also thought about it. It's just that Pagetania is too far away from Daming, and the land is too barren, although there must be a lot of mineral resources underground, but it is impossible to develop it at the moment.

Other than that. Now the northeast, Jiaozhou and Lanfang principality of the Ming Dynasty are still very empty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are welcome to settle in Siam, Sarawak, the British Straits Settlements, Australia and the western United States.

Moreover, establishing a few colonial strongholds in Pagetania and taking them for yourself are two completely different concepts! Da Ming wants to occupy a piece of territory in such a distant place, but he doesn't plant a flag and announce that everything will be fine. At the very least, it would need to be effectively governed, and it would need the consent of two of Palatania's neighbors, Chile and Argentina, – and the Ming would not have the strength to support a war on the other side of the globe.

And this John Manjiro probably knew that it was not so easy to occupy Pattania, so in his proposal he proposed a long-term plan for the Republic of Pagtania to be jointly established by China and Japan. Trying to take advantage of the outbreak of a major war between Britain, France and Russia, he sent a Sino-Japanese coalition army to occupy Pagotania on a long voyage of thousands of miles, and then obtained the recognition of Britain and France through diplomatic means......

It's basically a fantasy. Unrealistic!

"Saigo, sea boat. Yoshida, do you all know that this plan for the establishment of a state in Pagetania has been planned? ”

Emperor Zhu put down the proposal and looked at the three Japanese in kimonos with a blank expression.

"The ministers already know the way!"

The three of them replied in unison. Saigo Takanaga stepped forward: "Your Majesty, although the Japanese nation has lived on the island for a long time, it has always dreamed of getting a piece of mainland land!" If the shogunate can come up with a strategy for the founding of Pagotania, it will definitely be supported by people of insight throughout Japan, and the world of Takechiyo-sama will be as stable as a rock! ”

Sheng Haizhou also said: "Your Majesty, if my yellow nation wants to possess the land of Pagtania, it cannot be achieved by relying on the power of the Ming Dynasty. Because the Ming Dynasty owns Borneo, Jiaozhou, Manchuria, and in the future will also have Khalkha, Mongolia and Siberia. It is easier to open up those lands than to open up Patantania, so not many Chinese want to go to Pattania. Unlike Japan, Japan has no base overseas, and if it gets the opportunity to enter Pagotania, it will definitely go all out to open up, and spare no effort to open up for 20, 30, 40, or even 100 years until it succeeds! ”

Yes, the Ming Empire already has a lot of good places to occupy. Ordinary people can't get along in the local area, and there are many options to get out of the country and break through. Who wants to go to the farthest and poorest part of Pagotania? But the Japanese people have no way out, and no matter how hard and poor Pagetania is, it is better than starving to death in the country.

Moreover, the Japanese samurai regime had far stronger control over the peasants than the Ming court. Farmers don't have human rights in Japan! As long as the shogunate ordered a few feudal clans to be moved to Pagotania, the villagers below would have to be slashed if they didn't want to!

Yoshida Shoin took a deep breath and raised his voice: "Your Majesty, if Lord Takechiyo can be the commander of the Republic of Pagotania, then there will be no more samurai ministers in Japan!" Even if it is delayed for 100 years, there is no problem with the combination of public and military! ”

If that were the case, it would be great......

Zhu Jishi thought for a moment and chuckled, "I am not interested in the land of Pagotania...... If it can really be possessed by my yellow race, let's make Takechiyo a king. However, this matter must be supported by Britain and France, and for this reason Japan must send troops to participate in the war against Russia. ”

Sheng Haizhou said: "If you can get Pagotania, even if you send a million troops, it will be worth it!" ”

Zhu Jishi nodded: "In that case, I will go and talk to the British ambassador Churchill." If the support of the UK can be enlisted, the matter should be successful. ”

……

When it comes to European diplomacy, Zhu Jishi has always been cautious. So before discussing the issue of Pagetania with Qiu Fatzi, he went to the Changchun Immortal Pavilion to find Maria as usual. Clementina, ask for her opinion.

"Oh, Pagotania? What a barren land! ”

Zhu Jishi and Maria were very casual with each other, and when he arrived at the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, he didn't let the female official roll call report, and went straight into the imperial concubine's study. Maria was leaning lazily on the couch, reading an English novel, her eyes red as if she had just cried, probably moved by the contents of the book. She didn't pay attention when Zhu Jishi came in, until the emperor casually asked a question.

Maria...... What books to read? Zhu Jishi also sat on the sofa and leaned on Maria's slender legs. He reached out and took the book from Maria and glanced at it, it was called Uncle Tom's Cabin. He knew about this book and had read it. But more than a hundred years later, it is still in Chinese.

"Tell me about Pagtania, will the British allow Japan to occupy it?"

"At what cost?"

"Japan entered the war against Russia and sent troops...... 10,000 people. ”

"Too little, and ...... Will these Japanese soldiers be thrown into the western theater? Maria wiped her tears and smiled, "If the Japanese army is used on the Eastern Front, it is to help the Ming Dynasty fight, why does the British have to pay extra for Lu?" If it is used in the west, you are not worried about the collusion between Japan and Britain? ”

"So...... Can't do this? Zhu Jishi was a little disappointed.

"I didn't say that." Maria blinked her charming eyes and said with a smile, "The British have a lot of things to do, and many places can't be managed, isn't that the case in New Guinea?" You've built three ports there, and the British only remembered to ask about it. And...... The affairs of the Americas are not something that Britain can meddle in at will. Your Majesty, do you know James. Monroe's Manifesto? ”

"The Monroe Doctrine?"

"Oh, it seems that no one has called it a doctrine yet." Maria. Clementina was silent for a moment, "The Americans are against the creation of new colonies in the Western Hemisphere by European countries. This is a big reason why Paletania is still a terra nullius. Although the Ming Dynasty and Japan are not Western countries, presumably the United States will not welcome them. (To be continued......)